Chapter 20: The Partition Wall Has Ears (2)

Lai Xing'er had already heard the words in the old yellow dialect through the battlement wall, and he clearly knew a lot about Empress Zhang's death, and maybe he also knew where Empress Zhang's body was buried. Thinking of this, Lai Xing'er scolded: "Bold! Who is talking nonsense here? With that, he turned around the wall and came to the two of them.

The two forbidden soldiers outside the battlement wall couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that there was someone in the thatched house, and only when they saw that it was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old eunuch who came out of the battlement wall, they were slightly relieved. One of them shouted at Lai Xing'er in a rough voice: "Hey, you little guy who came out of the thatched house, it's okay to hide behind the wall and eavesdrop on people's conversations, you dare to speak disrespectfully to the military master, have you lived enough?" ”

Lai Xing'er saw that the person who spoke was burly, and the voice seemed to be the old Huang, so he asked sharply: "I think you have lived enough, don't you say anything about the forbidden place of the harem, you dare to boast about your merits, and have a grudge against Uncle Guo, aren't you afraid that I will report what you just said to General Wu?" ”

The old soldier next to Lao Huang saw that although Lai Xing'er was small, his tone of voice was not small, so he hurriedly rushed to Lai Xing'er with a smile on his face and explained: "Don't be angry, little father-in-law, he is such a bad person, don't take him seriously." May I ask where my little father-in-law is on an errand, how can I look so familiar? ”

Lai Xing'er deliberately bluffed the two of them, so that he could ask Queen Zhang's burial place from the old yellow mouth, so he replied in a long tone: "I am the head of Yanying Palace, and I just sent Lord Liu Yi and Lord Wei Chang back to Hanlin Academy. As a forbidden army, you are quite disrespectful to the former emperor and the late queen, and you have slander, but you know that this is a capital crime, aren't you afraid of losing your head? ”

The old soldier suddenly said: "I said, it turned out to be the father-in-law who was waiting in front of the emperor, it is strange that he was born so handsome and has such an outstanding character." You don't care about the villain, just spare us this time, the little old man will compensate you. As he spoke, he was about to kneel down and snort at Lai Xing'er, but was pulled by Lai Xing'er.

That Lao Huang seemed to have seen some of the world, and he was not frightened by Lai Xing'er's words, but stiffened his neck and argued: "Even if you are a eunuch with a head and face, you can't wronged people in vain." What I said is the truth, if you don't believe it, you go and ask Lord Li, the Duke of Jinguo. ”

Lai Xing'er helped the old soldier to the side and stood firm, sneered at Lao Huang, and asked: "Since you don't know what to do, then let me ask you: How did Empress Zhang die?" ”

"Everyone knows that she intended to be unfavorable to the current emperor, and was executed by Lord Li Jinzhong at the bewill of the ancestors." Lao Huang replied confidently.

"Where is he put to death? Where are the bodies buried? Lai Xing'er didn't wait for him to breathe, and then asked.

Lao Huangguo has been in the forbidden army for a long time and has seen a lot of things, and when he heard this question, he asked vigilantly: "What are you asking for?" ”

"You may not know, Jin Guogong is my uncle." Lai Xing'er deliberately boasted and said, "I have heard his old man talk about the situation at that time, if you can't answer today, or if it doesn't match what his old man said, I don't think you will admit this great disrespect and false speech!" ”

When Lao Huang heard that Lai Xing'er had such a personal relationship with Li Jinzhong, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone softened: "I'm afraid what Master Li said is not as detailed as the villain." On that day, outside the Hall of Eternal Life where the former emperor lived, Lord Li originally ordered Lord Xie Liangchen to do this errand, but later I don't know why Lord Xie refused to obey the order, so he sent the matter to the villain's boss, Captain Qin......"

"Don't be verbose, pick up the important ones." Lai Xing'er was afraid that he would be delayed here for a long time, and if he was bumped into by Wu Bi, who was patrolling the night, it would be unfavorable to the two of them, so he urged.

"Yes, yes." Lao Huang was obviously quite jealous of Li Jinzhong's nephew, so he answered honestly and continued to speak, "Captain Qin broke into the Hall of Eternal Life with four sergeants, including the villain, and wanted to forcibly take Empress Zhang out, but Empress Zhang refused to comply, and we were also afraid and did not dare to use force, Captain Qin knelt and asked the first emperor who was lying on the dragon bed for instructions, and the first emperor only closed his eyes and said nothing. Later, the villain said to Captain Qin: "The emperor didn't speak, but agreed." Captain Qin then ordered Empress Zhang to be dragged out of the dragon bed. ”

"There is a bead mirror hall not far from the east of the Eternal Life Palace, there are no concubines living in it, we took Queen Zhang to the bead mirror hall, Qin Xiaowei held a white silk that had been prepared to the queen with both hands, and then led us to retreat outside the hall, waiting for the queen to cut herself. About half an hour later, we entered the hall to collect the body of Empress Zhang, but found that Empress Zhang was standing alone in the center of the hall, looking at the three-foot white silk hanging above her head in a daze, unwilling to cut herself. So Captain Qin led me and the other four to kneel in front of the queen, and repeatedly begged the mother not to embarrass me and wait, and to go on the road earlier. Empress Zhang only muttered: 'Wait a minute, my brother will arrive with the troops, and the palace will be the emperor......' and there is no intention of dying.

In desperation, Captain Qin ordered us to step forward to fulfill Empress Zhang's last time, but after all, she was the queen mother of the high, and none of the four of us dared to walk over and approach her. Captain Qin shouted at me: 'Old Huang, you are the most daring, they don't dare, you can do it with me.' Afterwards, I will promote you to be a lieutenant in front of Lord Li. In this way, I bit my teeth, stepped forward and hugged Empress Zhang desperately, Captain Qin put the white silk on her neck and pulled it back, and after a while, I felt that the queen's body was paralyzed in my arms. ”

I don't know why, listening to the old yellow cat babbling about the most thrilling scene of the palace disaster that day, Lai Xing'er suddenly felt a chill on his body.

"After confirming that Empress Zhang had swallowed her breath, Captain Qin and I collapsed to the ground at once, unable to move for a long time. Obediently, the queen mother of the dynasty died in the hands of the two of us! I don't know who suddenly asked: 'What about Niangniang's corpse?' Including Captain Qin, the five of us looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while. Later, Captain Qin said to the four of us, 'You stay here, and I will go and report to Master Li and listen to what he commands.' As soon as he was gone, the four of us fled from the temple, and everyone was afraid to face the body of the queen. Speaking of this, Lao Huang swallowed nervously and looked around, as if he was afraid that Empress Zhang's soul was wandering around.

Lai Xing'er and the old soldier were all pale and speechless.

"Later, Captain Qin came back and said that he couldn't find Master Li, so we all worked together and found a place in the palace for the time being, and buried Empress Zhang hastily." Lao Huang's words stopped abruptly, which caught Lai Xing'er by surprise.