After the two agreed, they sent someone to invite Wen Chong over, and the latter was overjoyed to learn that Fan Li finally agreed to Yiguang to enter the palace for a detailed work, and he was about to inquire about the situation in the palace.

In addition to Wu Wangfucha in the palace, there are several concubines, all of whom he used to accept, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, as well as Wu Rong, who has been in the palace since childhood, and everyone in and outside the palace believes that she is the queen of Wu, and she is also deeply loved by Fucha's grandmother, the Queen Mother, but the husband has not been canonized for a long time, I don't know what his intentions are.

Once Yiguang enters the palace, it will inevitably attract Wu Rong's jealousy and even harm, Yiguang not only has to deal with her, but also has to monitor her husband's every move and the court's correspondence, fortunately, Yiguang has a good memory, and it is not difficult to pass the news out of the palace.

Wen Chong pondered: "Concubines are not allowed to leave the palace at will, but maids can, the best way is to find a loyal and reliable maid to accompany Miss Shi into the palace, first, to be able to pass on the news, and second, to take care of each other, so as not to be isolated." ”

Fan Li bowed his head and said: "That's true, I don't know if there are trustworthy maids in Brother Wen's mansion?" ”

"There are a few credible ones, but whether they can take on this important task needs to be carefully considered; During these ten days, Brother Fan and I will try to teach you the secret language and the way to deliver the message. Speaking of this, Fan Li said solemnly: "You remember, as a meticulous work, the most important thing is feelings, don't ...... Don't touch your feelings! ”

"Yiguang knows, thank you Mr. Wen for reminding me." As soon as Yiguang's words fell, someone from afar said: "Childe, that girl said that she still wants to see you and thank you in person." ”

"No need, give her some money and let her go." Wen Chong waved his hand, and the subordinate was about to leave, but he suddenly changed his mind again, "Slow, bring her." ”

"What's wrong?" In the face of Fan Li's inquiry, Wen Chong said: "Didn't you just say that you want to choose a maid to enter the palace with Miss Shi, although I have a few here who are quite credible, but they are not from the Yue country, not from my race, and it is not easy to grasp the mind, but this woman who was rescued by accident is a Yue girl, and she said several times that she would thank her in person, and she is still a kind person, you might as well see it." ”

"It's fine." Soon after Fan Li's words fell, the subordinate led a slender woman in, with her head down all the way, unable to see her eyebrows clearly.

Yue Nu came to Wen Chong and said gratefully: "Thank you Gongzi for rescuing the concubine and allowing the concubine to pick up her life. ”

Hearing this familiar voice, Yiguang's body trembled slightly with excitement, stared at the Yue girl without blinking, and said in a trembling voice: "You...... Are you Sister Zheng? ”

The Yue girl's body was shocked, and she hurriedly raised her head, and after seeing that it was Yiguang, she hurriedly went up and hugged her, crying and laughing happily, and the two of them were surprised, and they didn't understand how it became like this.

After calming down a little, Zheng Dan wiped his tears and choked up: "I thought I would never see you again in this life, and I didn't expect to meet here." ”

"Me too!" Yiguang was a little better, and said with a tearful smile: "After escaping death that day, I went to the bottom of the cliff to look for my sister, but I never saw it, it turned out that my sister was rescued here." ”

"After I was rescued by Wen Gongzi, I was in a coma for several days, and I wanted to go to you as soon as I woke up, but my injuries were too serious, and I have almost recovered until today, and I was planning to look for you, but I didn't expect to be here." Zheng Dan held Yiguang's hand tightly, lest as soon as he let go, Yiguang would disappear again, "Were you also rescued by Gongzi Wen?" ”

"No, I'm here for another reason." Yiguang shook his head, and Wen Chong, who had been watching on the side for a long time, finally found an opportunity to interject, "You know?" ”

Zheng Dan nodded and said: "Yiguang and I are both from Lai Luo Village, we grew up together since childhood, like sisters, and later the Wu State invaded, I was caught with Yiguang and sent to Gusu, when I was outside the city of Gusu, a centurion named Liuzhi wanted to kill us, and I fell off the cliff because of that." ”

Wen Chong smiled: "There are really too many coincidences today, first Yiguang, and then you, it seems that the sky is helping us." ”

"What coincidence?" Zheng Dan asked suspiciously, Wen Chong explained the matter roughly, and then did not beat around the bush, and said directly: "Are you willing to accompany Yiguang into the palace?" "Zheng Dan is a native of Yue and a good sister of Yiguang, so he will not betray them.

"I ......" Zheng Dan was about to answer, but Yiguang interrupted: "The palace is sinister, this time, I don't know what kind of hardship I will encounter, sister think twice." ”

Zheng Dan tightened his hand and said with a smile: "I know you care about me, but now that you are in danger, how can I, as a sister, stand by and watch; And I believe that no matter how difficult the future is, as long as our sisters work together, we will be able to overcome it. ”

Yiguang was moved, choked and nodded, "Well, let's go over together!" ”

"Good!" Wen Chong stroked his palm and said with satisfaction: "Now everything is ready, only the east wind in ten days is owed." ”

Fan Li is the most complicated of the four, but the matter has come to this point, he can't say anything, so he can only secretly make up his mind to do his best to protect Yiguang in the days to come.

Yiguang knew that her entry into the palace this time was related to the survival of the Yue Kingdom, so in the next few days, she had been asking Fan Li for all kinds of skills she needed to master as a spy, after all, after entering the palace, they couldn't meet from time to time, no matter what kind of things they encountered, they could only rely on themselves.

armament map, deployment map, troop deployment map; These are like the mouthpieces of the Wu army, if they master these, in the future, when the two armies fight, they can strike first and prepare for half the effort.

Of course, Fan Li could not get the drawings of Wu Jun, so he could only draw the original armament map of the Yue Kingdom from memory and teach Yiguang to remember the main points.

These drawings are extremely complicated, thanks to Yiguang's excellent memory, one glance and ten lines, only to be able to remember these drawings in just a few days.

In the courtyard after the heavy rain, the trees are lush and green, and from time to time water droplets slide from the tips of the leaves, and a few dragonflies fly low in the air, catching mosquitoes and wrapping their stomachs.

Zheng Dan came to Yiguang who was bowing down in front of the desk with a plate of freshly made pastries, and said with concern: "After watching it for so long, you are also tired, take a break and eat a pastry, I just made this pastry, and it is hot." ”

"Hmm." Yiguang responded casually, but his eyes never left the drawings on the bookcase, and Zheng Dan shook his head and reached out to take the drawings.

This time, Yiguang finally raised his head and said eagerly: "Sister, what are you doing, give it back to me quickly." ”

Zheng Dan hid the drawings behind him and said distressedly: "You have seen it from the fifth watch to the present, for three hours, and you have not rested, and you haven't even eaten a few bites of lunch; Look at you, your eyes are red. ”

"I'm fine, give me the drawings quickly, the day after tomorrow is the fish watching conference, I haven't completely memorized these drawings yet." In the face of Yiguang's words, Zheng Dan insisted: "I know you are in a hurry, but no matter how anxious you are, you have to take care of your body, Mr. Fan also said, the string in your heart is too tight, this is not a good thing, you have to try to relax." ”

Yiguang wanted to say more, but Zheng Dan said undoubtedly: "If you want to go back to the drawings, hurry up and eat a piece...... No, two pieces of pastry, no bargaining. ”

She has always been docile and gentle, and it is rare that she is so firm, it can be seen that she is really worried about Yiguang, and the latter also understands, so she nodded helplessly, and picked up a piece of tea-yellow pastry from the white plate of fine porcelain painting, this pastry seems to be transparent, warm and soft in her hand, and you can vaguely see that there are rose petals inside.

Yiguang said curiously: "What kind of pastry is this, how come I have never seen it?" ”

"I'll tell you later, let's try it first." Under Zheng Dan's urging, Yiguang nodded, handed it to Zhu's lips and took a bite gently, the pastry melted in his mouth, and the taste was extremely sweet.

"Is it delicious?" Zheng Dan couldn't wait to ask.

"It's delicious, it seems to have a slight aroma of roses, how did my sister make it?" Yiguang's praise made Zheng Dan smile, "When I went to the kitchen the day before yesterday, I saw a lot of freshly picked horseshoe there, because no one eats it, so some of them have rotted, look at the pity, so I tried to peel and mash the pulp and grind the powder, and then added acacia honey and rose petals, tried for two days, and finally succeeded." ”

"I see." Yiguang looked at the pastry in his hand and said with a smile: "My sister is still the first one to make pastries with horseshoe, and her mind is really clever." ”

"I remember you said that the horse's hooves can clear the lungs and heat, produce jin and dissolve phlegm, you are so time in order to be able to remember this drawing, day and night, you must have a heavy heart and lungs, the most suitable to eat the horseshoe, but the fresh put it for a short time, now ground into powder, you can eat it at any time." Saying that, Zheng Dan said apologetically: "I don't know how to write and ink, and I can't help you when I see you working so hard, so I can only put more thought into this." ”

Her words warmed Yiguang's heart, "Sister has a heart." ”

Zheng Dan smiled and urged: "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's cold." ”

"Hmm." Yiguang nodded, just as Fan Li and Dongyun came over, and they also tasted a piece of each, and they were full of praise for Zheng Dan's craftsmanship and ingenuity.

After these words, Fan Li handed a vermilion brocade box to Yiguang, who said curiously: "What is this?" ”

"Just open it and you'll know." At Fan Li's suggestion, Yiguang opened the brocade box, which contained three pieces of gilt filigree inlaid pearl jewelry, hairpins, bracelets, and rings, all of which were exquisite, and the brilliance flowed, and they were worth a thousand gold at a glance, which was an unusual thing!

Yiguang said in surprise: "This is ......"

Fan Li knew what she wanted to ask, and said: "Since you decided to enter the palace, I asked Brother Wen to find the best goldsmith in Gusu City to create these pieces of jewelry, day and night, and finally created them before entering the palace." ”

Dongyun listened silently on the side, there was an inexplicable sourness in his heart, a few days ago, Fan Li came to her for the drawings of this set of jewelry, and asked for a lot of opinions, she was secretly happy at the time, thinking that Fan Li understood her mind, and deliberately created such a set of jewelry as a thing of love, and then learned that this was given to Yiguang, and she was disappointed.

Yiguang raised her hand to caress the exquisite ornaments in the brocade box, and after a while, she withdrew her hand and opened her lips and said: "After Yiguang enters the palace, King Wu will have all kinds of rewards, why did Mr. specially create such a set of jewelry for Yiguang, but there is another reason?" ”

"Hahaha!" There was a hearty laugh behind Fan Li, it was Wen Chong, and when he got closer, he said with amazement: "Miss Shi is really ice and snow smart, I guessed it at once, no wonder even the young uncle who has always been above the top has praised you." ”

Yiguang bowed and smiled: "Mr. Wen has a good reputation. ”

"I'm telling the truth." Wen Chong gave a false salute, turned his head to Fan Li and said: "I have already sent that goldsmith, including his apprentice, out of Gusu City according to your words, and no one will know the origin of this set of jewelry, let alone find out about us." ”

Fan Li nodded, and said, "Are they dissatisfied?" ”

"This goldsmith has offended the people of the government, and he is worried every day, and finally has the opportunity to leave Gusu, and he can't ask for it, how can he be dissatisfied; As for the apprentice, he is an orphan, and he is a childhood sweetheart with the goldsmith's daughter, and the two are happy, so he is naturally willing. ”

"That's good." Fan Li bowed his head and said to Dong Yun: "Please demonstrate." ”

Dong Yun nodded silently, and took the bracelet embedded with round pearls from the brocade box, and under her movements, one of the pearls was removed, revealing the hollow bracelet body, "This can be used to collect letters, if you get the defense map of the armament of the Wu State, you can draw it, hide it in the bracelet, and wait for the opportunity to send it out of the palace." ”

After Yiguang wrote it down, she took the ring again, and the pearl on the ring arm can also be removed, which can be used to place medicines, as for what to put in, Yiguang is a doctor, and he is the most handy in the application of various drugs.

Zheng Dan was stunned beside him, he never expected that this small jewelry would hide so many organs, and when he saw Dong Yun pick up the golden hairpin with pearls on the top, he blurted out: "What is this used to hide?" ”

"Hide nothing." Dongyun picked up the golden hairpin and walked to a pine tree, raised his hand, and before everyone could see it, the golden hairpin had been steadily pierced into the trunk.

In Zheng Dan's surprised gaze, Dongyun pulled out the golden hairpin, the hairpin body was still brilliant, and there was no trace of bending and deformation, she handed it to Yiguang, "Understood?" ”

Yiguang frowned slightly and looked at the golden hairpin, the gold is soft, not to mention piercing the hard trunk, even the human body may not be able to pierce it, why can this golden hairpin be able without the slightest deformation, it is really unreasonable, unless......

A spiritual light flashed in Yiguang's mind, and she looked at Fan Li and blurted out: "This is not made of gold!" ”

"Yes, this hairpin is made of fine iron and brass forged for several days, and only a layer of gold is coated on the surface, and it is extremely hard." A ray of light golden sunlight fell on Fan Li's face through the shadow of the tree, and the light and shadow were scattered.

"Why?" Although I guessed the reason for the hard hairpin, more questions surfaced in my mind

Fan Li stepped forward and inserted the hairpin in Yiguang's hair, with an indescribable sadness in his eyes, "The palace gate is as deep as the sea, and the people on the vermilion wall are dangerous; You are entering the palace as a Yue girl, those people in the palace of Wu Wang, will not tolerate you, and use all kinds of means to cause harm, I and Brother Wen can not enter the palace, only give you this hairpin, so that you can use it to protect yourself when you are in danger. ”