Chapter 223 Palace Fire

The night in June is not very thick, and the moon is like a scimitar, hanging high in the night sky, dotted with stars.

The summer breeze sleeps, and two lanterns come slowly from the bluestone paved palace road.

Although Yang Shufei is not in power, her status is noble, so there is no shortage of Ban Zhi outside the door? The four squads lined up in a straight line, and when they saw someone coming, someone immediately came up and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Two lanterns approached, and there were two low-ranking eunuchs, each holding a lantern, and one holding a food box. Hearing the inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "The slave and maid are waiting for the imperial dining room, the night is cold, and the official family asked the little one to send a bowl of ginseng soup to make up for the little lady." ”

"Come here!" Ban Zhi called the eunuch over, looked at the other party, and said, "Why are you two little eunuchs?" Ping said that he sent something, wasn't it from Lieutenant Yan Shiliang? ”

One of the two little eunuchs walked out, and after a careful look, he was still a small official, wearing the costume of a small yellow door. In the Han Dynasty, Xiaohuangmen was a rather high-ranking eunuch, with 600 stones. However, in the Song Dynasty, he was just a petty official, "History of the Song Dynasty? There is a record in "Career Officer": "Where the inner servant is first supplemented, it is called the small yellow door." ”

Don't look at the official position is not high, but Ban Zhi's tone can't help but soothe a little. "I don't know what this lieutenant is called?"

Xiao Huangmen said: "It's a shame, I don't dare to publicize it." ”

After a pause, Xiao Huangmen continued: "Zhongguan Yan said that he wanted to serve the official family today, so he sent us!" If Ban Zhi thinks there is a problem, he will search for it! ”

Ban thought about it, but he still didn't dare to search his body, but he routinely checked the food box and tried the ginseng soup with a silver needle, but everything was fine.

When he arrived at the Baosheng Palace, Xiao Huangmen glanced disdainfully at the Banzhimen behind him, and opened the food box openly, revealing the ginseng soup inside. Sticking out his finger and taking a closer look, he found that there was gray powder between his fingernails. There was already a night cover, and this powder was like night, so it was naturally not easy for people to notice.

Although the powder is small, after the small yellow door puts the powder into the ginseng soup, it is relaxed, and the surname of the medicine must not be weak.

Although it was publicized here, when he arrived in the palace, Xiao Huangmen couldn't help but get nervous, for fear that his companion would do something bad and did not let him enter. handed the lantern in his hand to the other party, said a few words, and then led him to the inner room under the guidance of Gong E.

"Who?" As if hearing footsteps, a female voice came from the room, full of kindness.

"Niangniang, it was the official family who sent someone to send ginseng soup!" Gong E replied.

Concubine Yang Shu was stunned, and said in the room: "The official family has filial piety, so the ginseng soup will be placed outside, and the palace will come out to eat the soup later!" ”

Xiao Huangmen was in a hurry, no wonder he was a little offended, and interjected: "Little Niangniang, the official family specially told that this ginseng soup needs to be eaten by the slave maid after watching the little lady, so that you can go back to pay the errand!" ”

Concubine Yang Shu didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "This palace is not a three-year-old child, do you need to be so biting?" ”

Xiao Huangmen had some sweat oozing out of his forehead, gritted his teeth, and said: "Offended the little lady, the slaves and maids can only listen to the words of the official family, please let the little lady understand the filial piety of the official family!" ”

When Yang Shufei heard this, she couldn't help frowning slightly, a little unhappy. I just thought about Song Renzong's filial piety, and the eunuchs and palace ladies were all outsiders in the end, so it was not good to show the contradiction between Song Renzong and Song Renzong in front of them. But his voice grew cold. "Since the official family has this order, come in!"

Xiao Huangmen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and when Gong E went to open the door, he quickly raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

I saw Yang Shufei wearing a red short-sleeved robe and skirt, with a gold silk brocade wrapped around her waist, sitting on a round stool made of golden silk nanmu, and a three-legged black round table on the side, with a tulle round fan and seasonal fruits on the table. Holding a needle and thread in his hand, it seems that he is sewing a pair of shoes, I don't know if it is for the official family or for the king of Changsha?

"The slave has seen the little lady, may the little lady be a thousand years old!" Xiao Huangmen bowed respectfully.

Yang Shufei slowly put away the shoes and needlework in the sewing, and said, "Ginseng soup, you?" Take it, the main palace is delicious, and then do things! ”

When Xiao Huangmen heard this, he immediately looked sincerely frightened, but he was so happy in his heart that he hurriedly sent the ginseng soup up. At the same time, he put on a sad face and said: "Little Niangniang, the slave maid is also obedient to orders, I hope the little Niangniang will forgive me!" ”

Yang Shufei glanced at Xiao Huangmen coldly and said, "Long-winded! ”

Xiao Huangmen stopped talking, not daring to have any more excuses.

Yang Shufei took the ginseng soup, drank it all in one gulp, and the soup bowl fell back into the food box heavily, and said coldly: "Can you go?" ”

Xiao Huangmen hurriedly retreated: "Little retire!" Small retirement! ”

It's a bit of trouble when you come in, but it's easy to get out. I just walked out of the Baosheng Palace, walked around a corner, and didn't want to suddenly sound a voice. scared the little yellow door who was a thief so much that the food box in his hand fell to the ground.

The person who spoke was a little annoyed and said, "What is it that is so frightened! I ask you, how are things going? ”

Xiao Huangmen turned his head to look over, and with the light emitted by the lantern, he saw the person who came clearly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "Please rest assured, Yan Duzhi, everything is done!" ”

"Really?" This person is Yan Wenying, but at this moment, in order to hide people's eyes, he did not wear his prefect robe, but wore the linen clothes of ordinary miscellaneous servants. If you don't look carefully, no one would have thought that this miscellaneous servant in linen clothes is actually Yan Wenying, who is above 10,000 people under one person in this palace.

The little yellow door had the intention to invite merit, and said with a happy face: "Naturally, the little one watched the little lady eat the ginseng soup with her own eyes." As he spoke, Xiao Huangmen opened the food box, pointed to the soup bowl inside, and said, "Look, although there is not a drop left, there are only some residues left!" ”

Yan Wenying was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately a fierce flash flashed in his eyes, revealing a hypocritical smile and said, "You come here with me and talk about the situation inside." ”

Xiao Huangmen didn't notice it, happily promised to come down, followed with his companions, walked about 200 steps, and saw a desolate courtyard, Yan Wenying went in. Although Xiao Huangmen didn't like the desolation of this courtyard, he also knew that this place was easy to talk about secret things, so he followed suit.

I didn't want the little yellow door to just pass the half-hidden wooden door, I felt a tingling pain in my back and waist, turned my head to look over, and saw a head wrapped in a black turban and a black scarf, just revealing a pair of indifferent eyes like ice, and when I lowered my head slightly, I saw a cold and shining blade.

Xiao Huangmen turned around, and saw Yan Wenying with a gloomy face, standing in the middle of the courtyard, an unknown big tree, and the shadow shrouded half of Yan Wenying's body, making it impossible to see his face clearly.

Xiao Huangmen understood everything, and the screams accompanying him did not attract Xiao Huangmen's attention. "Huh! It turns out that it was so...... We should ...... It should have been understood a long time ago! Unexpectedly...... Think...... Belch! ”

But it was Yan Wenying who saw that the little yellow door was not dead, and he was dissatisfied in his heart, so he made a gesture to the killer. The killer twisted the blade and crushed the internal organs of Xiao Huangmen, and Xiao Huangmen's thousand words full of unwillingness finally accompanied his vitality and disappeared in this cool night breeze.

Suddenly, a cry sounded in the distance, and without Yan Wenying asking, a eunuch ran in outside, hanging his head and reporting to Yan Wenying: "Daddy, there is news from the Baosheng Palace, the little lady has an acute illness and abdominal colic, and she is as steady as a broken intestine!" And vomiting, convulsions. ”

When Yan Wenying heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and chose to say with a straight face: "What are you doing in a daze?" If you don't check it out immediately, the little lady must have been poisoned. I heard that Xu Chen sent a batch of ham to the little lady a few days ago, and I think I can't get rid of him, so you arrest him first! ”

The eunuch made a promise and immediately ran out.

The killer stepped forward and asked coldly, "Master, these corpses?" ”

Yan Wenying glanced at the two corpses that fell to the ground in disgust, then turned his head sideways, waved his hand, and said, "Fill in the dry well." These days, there are not a few corpses in that well in the palace? ”

When he went outside, he saw a small sedan chair not far from the courtyard, and after Yan Wenying went in, he immediately changed his clothes inside and came out. He beckoned to a small eunuch on the side of the sedan chair.

The little eunuch immediately rushed up, hung his head and asked, "I don't know what you have to say?" ”

Yan Wenying pointed to the small deserted courtyard and said, "There is a dry well in it, fill it in, lest anyone stumble and hurt people's lives!" ”

The little eunuch slandered in his heart, in the deserted small courtyard, except for snakes, insects, rats and ants, who else would go inside? However, since it was Yan Wenying's order, the little eunuch slandered his belly, but he didn't dare to say the first half of the word, so he promised immediately.

Suddenly, a fire erupted in the southeast corner.

The little eunuch was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

"I think it's a fire!" Yan Wenying had a weird smile on his face and muttered.

The little eunuch felt strange in his heart, he went crazy, how could Yan Duzhi laugh? But in the blink of an eye, the expression disappeared. The little eunuch muttered in his heart: Could it be that I was wrong?

Yan Wenying on the other end had already ordered: "Get up the sedan chair!" The official family has already sent someone to pass on our family! ”

Several strong eunuchs answered, hurriedly carried the sedan chair, and sent Yan Wenying to the Yanfu Hall in small steps.

Summer is the time when the weather is dry and dry, the flame is very large, Zhao Yu also saw it in the Changsha Palace, and when he climbed the tall building, he could see the fire that had burned half of the sky red.

There was no time to change clothes, Zhao Yu had already shouted: "I'm afraid that something has changed in the palace!" Wang Jue, Zhao Yingwu, hurry up to the guards, and go to the palace with the king! ”

As he spoke, Zhao Yu had already taken a spear, and he didn't even have time to saddle Que Yue's horse, so he put his feet on the slippery horse's back and galloped towards the palace.

On the streets, chickens fly and dogs go. But no one dared to accuse Zhao Yu who went towards the palace, and everyone's hearts were worried about the fire in the palace.

This night is destined to be a night of insomnia for countless people. (To be continued.) )