In May, the days were long and the nights were short, and Lai Xing'er was easy to survive until dark in his dormitory, so he deliberately changed into a soapy coat, picked up the basket of paper money offerings, and quietly went out. He went east from the Yanying Palace, crossed the Zichen Hall and the Yutang Hall according to the route ordered by Wu Bi, and when he passed by the Zhujing Palace, Lai Xing'er suddenly remembered that he heard Lao Huang say yesterday that Empress Zhang was killed here more than a month ago, and he couldn't help but feel a tingle in his scalp and speed up his pace.

Strange to say, Lai Xing'er had just walked through the Pearl Mirror Palace, and a strong wind blew in his face, and the wind was still carrying dots of raindrops. Not far from the east of the Pearl Mirror Hall is the right silver platform gate, out of this gate is the east clamp city of Daming Palace.

The gate of the right silver platform door is open, and there is no forbidden army guarding the doorway. Lai Xing'er stood in front of the door of the right silver platform, brushed the raindrops on his face, looked back at the left and right behind him, and saw the dark temple and the shadows of the trees, and in addition, it was a rain curtain that was falling more and more urgently. "Looks like she's smelling danger from her words, and won't be here tonight."

Lai Xing'er exhaled softly, feeling a lot more relaxed in her heart. He stepped out of the right silver gate, all the way south towards the Longshou Canal, the rain drenched his whole body, he hugged the basket to his chest, lest the paper money inside be wet by the rain and could not be touched. When the first raindrop hit his face, Lai Xing'er hesitated: he could use the rain as an excuse to turn back. But in that case, tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, he will still play the role of bait, which is the last thing he wants to do in his heart, just as Fleur told him in person two years ago that he was an eyeliner sent by the queen to the inner garden of the East Palace. Since you have to do it, let's end it early, so I can follow Wu Bi's arrangement and go to the place where Empress Zhang's body is buried to pay homage to it, and whether he can lead out Furong's people is not something he can control. After tonight, he is an ordinary little eunuch, what else can General Wu expect him to do?

Lai Xing'er thought wishfully and decided to go to the Longshou Canal in the rain tonight.

The Longshou Canal meanders all the way from the Taiye Pond in the Daming Palace to the Qujiang Pond in the south of the city, which is more than ten miles long. There is a piece of bluestone the size of a mill plate placed every few zhang away on the side of this section of Longshou Canal in the East Jiacheng, which is thought to be used by the princes and concubines who come here to play. It took a long time for Lai Xing'er to light the pine resin torch he brought with him, bent down, and looked for the bluestone marked with an arrow that Lao Huang said one by one.

"The little father-in-law came here in the heavy rain, originally to worship the queen. This filial piety is really rare. A pleasant voice sounded behind Lai Xing'er.

"Oops, she's still here." Lai Xing'er's heart sank suddenly, and when he turned around, he saw that the mysterious masked woman standing in front of him was indeed the mysterious masked woman, looking through the dense rain curtain, although she was close at hand, but her body was shrouded in a faint layer of light smoke, which added a strange color compared to the appearance of the day.

"Miss Guo'er is really busy today, not only to sew the dress of today's concubine, but also to think about the queen of the previous dynasty, not to rest in the room on a rainy night, but also to follow the small rain all the way here, this hard work is also very rare." Lai Xing'er turned his heart sideways and sneered at each other.

The masked woman seemed to unexpectedly reveal her identity when she opened her mouth, and after a moment of silence, she chuckled: "What I said, naturally I won't break my promise." What's more, the little father-in-law did not hesitate to risk the crime of bullying the king and killing his head during the day to come to warn, if I didn't come, how could I thank the little father-in-law in person, and how could I be worthy of the hundreds of forbidden soldiers who accompanied us here in the rain? ”

Lai Xing'er subconsciously looked around with her words: the huge sandwich city was empty, and there was no figure in sight. But listening to the masked woman's tone, it was clear that he and she were already surrounded by a lot, he lowered his voice and asked, "You know that there is an ambush tonight, are you really tired of it?" Now, I can't help you anymore. ”

"Don't worry, they are all hiding a hundred steps away, and they can't hear what we say," the masked woman's beautiful voice revealed an indescribable calmness and ease, "You helped me once, I don't want to owe you this favor all the time." I ask you, how water-based are you? ”

Lai Xing'er instantly felt like a small animal that was surrounded by two hunters but not killed, both helpless and helpless, he looked down at the slowly flowing canal water under him, shook his head, and smiled bitterly at the masked woman: "Sister Guo'er isn't planning to force me to jump, right?" If you think of running for your life, why don't you listen to the persuasion and have to make a trip! ”

The masked woman was not used to hearing him call herself like this, she was ashamed and angry, and cried, "Who is your sister, who wants you to be so complimented!" I come from a point of making sense, and I don't need to say it with you. Since you are not accustomed to water, you will inevitably choke on a few mouthfuls of water later, even if I owe you, I will definitely repay you in the future. ”

Lai Xing'er listened to her so seriously, as if she didn't want to accept the slightest help from others, and saw that she had said this to her, and there was no one around, not like there was an ambush, and her tense nerves began to relax, and she teased the masked woman: "You don't want to be a sister, I'll call you sister." During the day, I didn't pay attention to what you looked like in the weaving room of the Shangfu Bureau, with such a strange thing on your head, you are not tired, it is better to take it off, we can get to know each other. I said, Sister Guo'er, you ran here in the rain in the middle of the night, but did you find that place? ”

The masked woman raised her hand and gave Lai Xing'er a resounding slap, and scolded: "You flamboyant stinky boy, if it's not for Furong to say something first, I will abolish you tonight!" I've found the place, but do you really want to worship? ”

Before she could finish speaking, Lai Xing'er heard someone in the darkness shouting an order: "All the sergeants come forward and grab them alive." Suddenly, countless torches lit up in the East Clamp City, and hundreds of soldiers in armor lined up in a fan shape and pressed straight towards the side of the Dragon Head Canal.

Seeing this, the masked woman sneered, took off the curtain hat on her head, stuffed it into Lai Xing'er's hand, and said, "Take it, don't let go." Then he picked it up and Xing'er jumped straight towards the dragon's head canal.

Lai Xing'er grew up in the capital since he was a child, he was not accustomed to water, he was forcibly pulled into the water by the masked woman, and immediately poured a few mouthfuls of water belly, and his body also sank to the bottom of the water.