This road, both sides are courtyard walls, not even a tree, it is impossible to dodge, I simply walked generously, the Wenhua Hall is about a mile away from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, there are four palaces, and the Wenyuan Pavilion is also behind the Wenhua Palace, there are occasionally a few small doors on both sides, and they are also closed tightly.

I didn't see anyone on the road, and after a while, I came to a square, the diameter of the square is about thirty zhang, surrounded by a white jade railing, there is a lantern hanging on each of the four corners, opposite the square is a tall palace, I know that it is the Wenhua Palace, the hiding place of the royal emperors is in it, I looked at the bright lights in the hall, and thought to myself, is there still someone in it at night, I heard the old man say, only during the day there is Hanlin to work.

I don't care about it anymore, since I came, I don't care so much, continue to walk towards the Wenhua Palace, through the square, and come to the Wenhua Gate of the Wenhua Palace, I didn't go in directly, because there were four Shence Army soldiers on duty standing in front of the door, if you ask me what I'm doing here, I can't say, just cross the main hall and walk to the front, maybe I saw too much, and those few on duty didn't even look at it.

There is a small river more than 20 zhang away from Wenhua Gate, the side of the river is full of flowers and trees, when I walked to the river, I looked back at the few Shence army did not pay attention, flashed into the flowers, along the river, by the cover of flowers and trees, I went around, so that I can detour to the back of the Wenhua Palace, behind is the Wenyuan Pavilion, to the back of the Wenhua Palace, it is also a high courtyard wall, I look around no one to jump up to the wall. The courtyard of the Wenhua Palace was also deserted, but there were figures walking around in the hall.

I jumped off the wall, gently came to the window of the main hall, and looked in through an open window, there were four or five eunuchs in the main hall, walking back and forth with books, and two people in official uniforms sitting on the bookcase and not knowing what they were copying, and there was also a person in the hall who was wearing the official palace walking around, and said while walking: "No matter what, you must find it tonight, and if you can't find anyone, don't leave." ”

One of the eunuchs, who seemed to be a leader, also spoke: "Lord Zhang, I've been looking for three hours, and it's not easy to find things at night, can't you find something tomorrow?" ”

"Gonggong Liu, this is what Lord Shoufu wants, if you can't find it, tomorrow the emperor asks, will you take it?"

The eunuch didn't say anything more when he saw that the official surnamed Zhang said this, and led a few eunuchs to the inner room again.

An official sitting at a table rummaging through books said, "Lord Zhang, if you can't find this, Shoufu will blame it." ”

He said that once he was in power, he forgot how he came up, where he was looking for something, and he was finding fault with me. I've only been in the ministry for a few months, and he's afraid that I'll rob him of his position as the first assistant, so he'll find fault with me if there's nothing to do. ”

I'm in a hurry outside, and if they can't find it, I'll have to wait until tomorrow night, and I hope they find it soon.

At this moment, there was a bustling sound of people outside, and then a large group of soldiers entered the main hall, only to see a leading general give a military salute to the official surnamed Zhang, and then said: "Lord Zhang, receive the secret report of Jinyi Wei, there are thieves coming to Wenhua Hall tonight, please ask Lord Zhang and a few people to go out, we will search the hall." ”

After hearing this, the official surnamed Zhang was furious: "You guys are here to find fault, you know that we are looking for something here, talking about thieves, we have never seen anyone come in here." ”

The eunuchs also came out when they heard the sound of talking outside, and the leading eunuch said, "What Master Zhang said is right, we have been here since dinner, and no one has come in at all. ”

The general was also very tough: "This is not for me to say, this is the order of the Jinyi Guard, the commander of the envoy Gao, and it is a holy decree, according to the secret report, the target of the thief is the Wenhua Palace, and it has been in for two hours, so for the safety of several adults, it is better to go out first." When we've searched it, you come in again. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom, I couldn't see what was written, but the officer surnamed Zhang took it and looked at it, and returned the paper to the general who led the troops.

"Okay, okay, good, if you can't find the thief, see if I don't go to you. Let's go out first and wait for us to see what they can find. ”

The official took a group of eunuchs out of the main hall, and I was worried that if they surrounded me outside, I would be in trouble, and I saw a pillar on the side, and I climbed down the pillar to the eaves, such a big palace, the eaves were also very large, and I hid under a purlin, and I couldn't find me at all below.

After tossing for a while, I only heard a voice from the hall: "General, I have searched everything, but there is nothing, is the secret report fake, and now I have offended Lord Zhang." ”

"Hmph, I didn't go outside to search here, let people surround the periphery of the Wenhua Palace, search carefully for me, Master Zhang, I'll explain, it's not our fault, the will of the saint, and it's not our will, I'm afraid where he will come from."

The soldiers in the main hall had withdrawn, and then I heard the sound of soldiers walking under the eaves, and I hid on it and did not dare to move, until they tossed and turned for half an hour, and even searched the river outside the courtyard wall, and then collected the troops and left. I didn't dare to go down, and waited a little longer for no movement, and then climbed down the pillar again.

But seeing that in addition to a few lanterns in the main hall, the eunuchs and officials were not there, I quietly climbed through the window, followed the corner, came to the door of the main hall, and saw that the door of the main hall had been closed.

Three or four steps from the inner chamber, I heard the sound of a bow and arrow breaking through the wind behind me, because it was the dead of night, and I heard it very clearly, so I hurried forward, and the lantern fell out, and then I saw an arrow stuck in the wall in front of me, and I rolled directly into the inner chamber without even thinking about it