Chapter 605: Entering the Palace to Hunt Ghosts
Perhaps inspired by An Ruoxi, or perhaps from the original intention of making contributions to the country, Yang Guang resolutely decided not to deliberately avoid contradictions, and when the eldest brother Yang Yong returned to Chang'an, he exposed to him the truth of the large-scale corruption and perversion of the law by the officials of the Eastern Palace.
Even if the eldest brother is involved, most of them will have other reasons, otherwise, as he is the prince of a country, why would he instigate the palace officials to extort money from the ladies of the previous dynasty. If that's the case, it just so happens to give the eldest brother a chance to defend and make amends, and I won't compete with him for the throne anyway. Yang Guang thought so in his heart.
"Lord Wang, I have already gone to Yufu Peng to ask, Hongxuan is a slave born in the Wangye Grange, there is no problem with his background, and he can come to serve by the prince's side." At some point, she returned to the dormitory and reported to him.
"Ah, in this way, from tonight, I will move to the palace to live, Hongxuan doesn't need her to follow me into the palace for the time being, you can follow me alone. Also, you go to Chuanyufu to come, and I will ask him about Xiao Xiao's marriage. Yang Guang's thoughts were interrupted by Cersei and he commanded casually.
Yuzan and his wife, as representatives of their mother's family, sent Xiao Xiao to Yang Su's house early this morning, because Yang Guang had a life, all wedding ceremonies were simple, so Yang Su did not send a large team of people to greet the relatives, only by the groom official Xie Wei with a few servants to welcome the bride into the house, to the main hall to meet Yang Su and Zheng Qiye, even the banquet was not placed, and Yang Su set off with Yang Su to return to Xinzhou.
Yang Guang listened to Yuzan's report, and estimated that Yang Su more or less guessed his true intention of being eager to marry Xiao Xiao to his mansion, so he hastily arranged the marriage and returned to Xinzhou with Xiao Xiao.
That's fine, since Yang Su guessed that Xiao Xiao might be the eyeliner he sent to his mansion, once she is in danger in the future, it is logical to ask Yang Su for help. Yang Guang believes that although Yang Su guessed the identity of Xiao Xiao's eyeliner, she definitely couldn't guess that the object of her surveillance was his new guard bearded guest, according to the current situation, Yang Su was still in a half-asleep state, which was more conducive to finding out his comrades from Zhang Zhongjian's clue, and even Guan Zizai.
Sent away Yuzan, Yang Guang stepped out of the dormitory, seeing the sunset, it was dusk, because he remembered that he had asked Guo Yan to catch ghosts in the palace tonight, Yang Guang ordered someone to send Duan Da, who led all the soldiers of the hussar battalion to his mansion, together with Liu Fang and the others, explained to them that they would strictly guard the mansion, beware of someone sneaking into the mansion, robbing Pang Xun and other messengers, and calling Cersei, he wanted to leave for the palace.
Liu Fang saw that Xian Yuluo, who was inseparable from Yang Guang on weekdays, disappeared, and also wanted to protect Yang Guang from entering the palace together, but was stopped by Yang Guang.
"Adult men are not allowed to come and go at will in the forbidden palace, what are you going to do with me? You've had a lot of hard work in the past two days, so get a good night's sleep, and I'll have an errand for you to do tomorrow. Yang Guang stopped Liu Fang, and only took a maid out of the Jin Palace, and walked towards Daxing Palace.
As soon as the master and servant walked into the main gate of Daxing Palace, Yang Guang immediately felt that the palace had strengthened vigilance. Because there are thousands of female dependents living in the palace, it is inconvenient for the soldiers of the forbidden army to enter the palace at night to stand guard, and the eunuchs under the jurisdiction of Changqiu Prison have become the main force on duty in the Daxing Palace at night.
Yang Guang took Se Se from the main gate of Daxing Palace all the way to Lanzhi Palace, where Xiao E's mother and son lived, and met no less than 100 eunuchs standing guard in the palace along the way.
"Lord Wang, so many fathers-in-law are standing on both sides of the road, what are you going to do?" It was the first time in his life that he had seen so many eunuchs, and he couldn't help but ask Yang Guang curiously.
"It has always been the case in the Daxing Palace, and at night, it is inconvenient for the soldiers of the forbidden army to enter the palace to be on guard, so these eunuchs stand guard and patrol the night. Remember, you live in the palace with me, and when it gets dark, you don't go out of the palace and walk around at will, so as not to let the eunuchs catch you and lock you up in a small black house to live, and I won't save you from it. Yang Guang was worried that Cersei knew the truth about the recent haunting in the palace, so he was frightened and deliberately deceived her.
The two followed each other to Lanzhi Palace, Yang Guang saw that Guo Yan was already standing outside the gate of Lanzhi Palace waiting for him early, so he stepped forward to greet him with a smile and said, "General Guo, didn't the king and you agree on the second watch during the day, why did you come so early?" ”
Guo Yan clenched his fists and replied: "The last general knows that the prince has to work during the day, and it is not advisable to sleep too late, so it is time to arrive." ”
"Hmm, it's rare that you are so sympathetic to this king, since you are here, you might as well follow me into Lanzhi Palace and sit down for a while, and when it gets completely dark, let's set off together, how about it?" Yang Guang had a good impression of Guo Yandeng, and invited him to enter the palace to rest with a smile.
Guo Yan did not shirk either, and followed Yang Guang into Lanzhi Palace with a saber in his hand.
"Lord Wang, didn't you just say that Daxing Palace does not allow forbidden soldiers to serve as guards at night? Why did he come in with a knife on him? Looking back, seeing Guo Yan walking into the duty room next to the door to rest, he couldn't help but ask Yang Guangdao softly.
"The rules of the palace, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Yang Guang replied to him coldly, and took the lead in entering the main hall of Lanzhi Palace.
In the main hall of Lanzhi Palace, only Xiao E, the princess of Jin, was waiting for Yang Guang with her maid Chi Shao, seeing that Yang Guang had arrived, Xiao E hurriedly got up and took the initiative to explain to her husband: "Zhao'er and Jian'er have fallen asleep before dark, if the prince wants to tease the two babies, I am afraid that he will have to get up early tomorrow." ”
"Didn't Jian'er sleep upside down, why did she sleep so early today?" Yang Guang walked to the center and sat down, turned around and motioned for Xiao E to sit down as well, and asked her.
"It's not because of ......" Xiao Er's words began, and suddenly saw Yang Guang shaking his head at her, and then realized that the maid who came to live in the palace with Yang Guang might not know about the haunting in the palace, so he immediately changed his words and said, "Children's family, sleep is not long, maybe you and Zhao'er are tired of playing during the day, so I went to bed early today." Cersei, you will live with Chi Peony and Green Pothos in the future, if there is something going on with the prince, you can't be busy alone, they can help you a little. ”
Cersei obeyed, and was led by Chi Shao back to the dormitory to settle down.
"The prince is really going to patrol the palace with General Guo tonight? Forgive the concubine for saying too much, so it's better to forget it. Xiao E was concerned about Yang Guang's safety, and after Se Se left the main hall, he persuaded him as soon as he opened his mouth.
"With the princess here, are you still afraid that the evil ghost will come back to the palace to be scary?" Yang Guang joked with Xiao E, and when he saw Xiao E's sad face, he replied solemnly, "To be honest, I wanted to see how much skill this Qianniu recommended by Yuan Gao was, and whether he could catch evil ghosts, so I asked him to patrol the night with him tonight." ”