Chapter 18: Before Entering the Palace
Chen Anran has moved back to Youlan Courtyard since his parents came back, the original tunnel has been filled, the ground is covered with thick marble, the roof is full of bells, and the windows are also made traps inside and outside. Two other residences are currently being renovated.
The six elder brothers are now gathered in her Orchid Courtyard. Chen Anran ordered the guards to be on guard outside the room, and even Yahuan Ruyi and Shuxin went outside to "stand guard".
Chen Anran asked the eldest brother, "When you went to court with your father today, how was the emperor's health?" The eldest brother frowned and said, "The emperor looks very weak, his face is dark, he has always listened to the minister's music, occasionally said a few words, saw his father here, smiled on his face, and nodded to his father." The emperor couldn't sit still for half an hour, he was shaking, and the minister finished playing, and then dispersed, and it seemed that the emperor's time was running out. ”
"No wonder some people are moving big now, I can't wait!" Chen Anran pouted and said. The second brother said: "It is estimated that someone is going to seize the military power of the Western Xinjiang army!" Now the talisman is still in my father's hand. "There are usually two ways to seize power, one is to frame and the other is to assassinate. And these two methods usually require an inner ghost. Chen Anran continued. Thoroughly clean up, I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of an inner ghost, I hate the inner ghost the most! We slept on the front line, born and died, and these inner ghosts stabbed us in the back! Damn it! The eldest brother hammered off the table and said indignantly.
"Without further ado, the scope of the cleanup includes our general's mansion, the army of the eldest brother and the second brother, the rice shop of the third brother and the fourth brother, and the medical hall of the fifth brother and the sixth brother. How to check the specifics, figure it out by yourself, the sooner the better. I'll be in charge of catching the ghosts in the general's mansion. "The brothers all nodded in agreement. "The eldest brother and the second brother returned to the army after the New Year, and in the past few days, the eldest brother and the second brother helped me clean up the general's mansion, but I have to listen to my arrangement!" Chen Anran looked at the eldest brother and second brother with a smile, "Okay! The eldest brother and the second brother agreed in unison.
"One more thing, our family should have our own code language, and we should first talk to each other when we meet. Because the hermits are good at disguise, I am afraid that they will disguise themselves as one of us and sneak in to do bad things. ”
"There is indeed this kind of risk, my fifth brother and I will also be disguised, if we can do it with the fake, others may also be able to do it." The sixth brother said nervously with wide eyes. "Every three days, I will send new code words to my family, and everyone should remember them, including my father and mother." "Okay''" the brothers replied in unison. Everyone knows in their hearts that it is often their dearest people who can hurt themselves, because they are defenseless. Code words and methods similar to code words saved the Chen family many times in the years that followed.
''Sister, when did you become so smart and capable!'' ''''The brain is easy to use, but it's different!''' The brothers praised their sister from the bottom of their hearts.
''So what was our first code word?'' Tell us now! ''Big Brother asked. Chen Anran thought for a while, remembered his favorite poem of Chairman Mao, and said, "Our first secret word is the scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting, inside and outside the Great Wall, but the rest of the recklessness, up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging, covered in silver, extremely enchanting." There are nine people in our family, and each of us has a sentence." "Sister, you are so literate, this code word is like a poem about snow, easy to remember and good to hear!" The fourth brother praised sincerely. "It's not that I'm afraid you won't remember, sister, I worked hard to think about it!" Chen Anran said with a smile, but he was thinking in his heart, "How can I have that talent, is this by Grandpa Mao's light!" After the discussion, the brothers went back to their respective homes.
Chen Anran began to set up arrangements for catching ghosts and establishing an intelligence network. This is a familiar road for her, she was a professional agent in her previous life, after six years of agent training. Came to ancient times, and now from employment, nervous and excited. On the one hand, I want to protect myself and my family, and on the other hand, I still have to go all out to find that water urchin agate.
In the afternoon, ministers came to visit General Chen one after another. Chen Anran hid in the ear room of the meeting room, secretly observing and listening to these visiting ministers. Preliminary judgment of which people are upright and selfless, and which people are ill-intentioned. What is the position of each and what is the purpose of coming. These are the areas where she gathers intelligence.
At dinner, the general's father said that tomorrow is a small year, and the emperor will give a banquet to foreign vassals, princes, and ministers of the first and second grades. There are five places in the General's Palace, depending on who wants to go. Chen Anran was the first to jump up and say that he was going, he had never been there before because of his brain disease, but this time his brain was clearer, and he especially wanted to take a look at the palace and open his eyes. The family spoils Chen Anran, and if my sister wants to go, she must go! The eldest brother and the second brother have the best martial arts, they can protect their father and sister, and they have official positions, so the five places of the Chen family to participate in the palace banquet were determined: the eldest brother and the second brother of the father and mother, and Chen Anran.
At night, Chen Anran lay on the bed, thinking about how to enter the royal treasury when he entered the palace tomorrow. Thinking about it, my eyes lit up! Think of a good idea!