The four of them went out of the Imperial Catering Division, and under the guidance of Yi Die, they went directly to the direction of the Taiqing Palace that Gonggong Xu said.

Before arriving at a palace building, Yi Die said: "This is the Taiqing Palace, which is the place where the concubines of the inner palace use you to worship, and no one walks around on weekdays." There are several palaces around, but the concubines lived in the past, but it is possible to find His Majesty. ”

Han Jian said: "No matter what, you have to go first to find it." From here as the center, it is believed that the place where the traitors imprisoned His Majesty will not be too far from here. ”

Several people entered it through the window of the Taiqing Palace, but it was not pitch black, and there was a faint candle light. I only listened to a few people yelling inside, and if I listened carefully, it looked like a little eunuch was gambling.

"Gambling, the palace has been banned repeatedly." Yi Die said, "It must be because these eunuchs think that no one in the Taiqing Palace comes on weekdays, so they choose to gamble here." Your Highness, let's go away, so as not to alarm the people in the palace. ”

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded, and was about to leave, but he heard footsteps coming from the light. Footsteps accompanied by yawns.

The four of them hid behind the bookcase for the time being, but they saw a little eunuch coming over with a lantern, as if he was going out, Han Jian didn't take it very seriously, and eunuchs and palace maids abound in the deep palace. But Yi Die said in a low voice: "This is King Ji's companion eunuch." ”

Hearing this, Han Jian felt that things were not simple. Although this little eunuch came to gamble, it is very likely that he had some "important task" on his body, and he came to gamble to try his luck. When the little eunuch came out of the door, Han Jian and the others followed, only to see the little eunuch trembling through the snow and walking towards a palace.

When the little eunuch reached the gate of the palace. knocked on the door, a palace maid opened the door, the whole palace was pitch black, the little eunuch followed into the palace, but the palace maid came out with a broom and swept the door, not in a hurry to enter the door.

Han Jian guessed that the empress was likely to be hidden in this palace, and the inner palace itself was mainly inhabited by concubines, palace maids and eunuchs, and the palaces were basically concubines, and the empress was casually hidden in the palace of the concubines. It's hard to be found.

Han Jian gestured. A group of four people quickly rushed forward and subdued the snow sweeping palace maid before she could make any reaction, and then Yi Die was responsible for dragging the palace maid, while Fa Yi and Ke Qu'er entered the palace first. Then he heard a man shouting, "Who ......?"

Just spoke. has been sealed by Ke Qu'er's long sword. Ke Qu'er, who is used to being an assassin killer. He doesn't blink an eye when he kills. The action was resolute and decisive, and when the shouter fell to the ground, Fa also glanced at Ke Qu'er. frowned slightly, as if she felt that Ke Qu'er was a little ruthless.

"I can't live." Han Jian stepped forward to check, although the person was not dead, but he was definitely not saved. And it was the little eunuch who had just come in who died.

"It doesn't seem to be here." Fa also looked around at the environment and said.

"Not necessarily." Han Jian pointed to the staircase of the inner curtain, "Go upstairs and have a look." ”

"Hmm." Fa Yi nodded and said, "I'll go first." ”

Fa Yi glanced at Ke Qu'er when she spoke, probably a little suspicious of Ke Qu'er's move, she was afraid that the empress was really on it, and if Ke Qu'er went up first, it would be unfavorable to the empress.

Han Jian sensed Fa Yi's vigilance, and after Fa Yi took a step up the stairs, Ke Qu'er said a little inexplicably: "Why did she go up first?" ”

Han Jian said: "It should be that the master doesn't want you to take risks." ”

Ke Qu'er smiled and said, "Your master is a good person." ”

Han Jian didn't have time to argue with Ke Qu'er, and then went up the stairs, and when he reached the second floor, he realized that the second floor of the palace was a space that didn't even have windows like an attic. A tung oil lamp flickered on the table, and behind the yarn, there was a bed, on which it seemed that someone was lying.

The four of them hurriedly stepped forward and went to the bed, but saw a woman with white lips and a bloodless face lying on it, as if she was asleep, and the whole person didn't move.

"Majesty!" Yi Die shouted first, and with this shout, the empress opened her eyes slightly, probably not very used to the light in front of her, and it took a long time for her eyes to fix her eyes, and when she saw that it was Han Jian and others, her face first showed joy, and then she sighed lightly and showed sadness.

"The minister's rescue is late, and I ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins." When Han Jian saw the empress's appearance, he originally wanted to question the empress, but due to the situation, he had to bow and apologize.

The Empress spoke slightly, but did not make a sound. At this time, Ke Qu'er's hand fell on the empress's wrist, checked the empress's pulse, and said, "She is poisoned." ”

Yi Die and Fa Yi hurriedly helped the empress up, wanting to help the empress breathe in the inner palace, but Ke Qu'er took out a pill from her arms and said: "She is very deeply poisoned, and she can't be relieved for a while, and this antidote pill can only slightly calm the toxicity in her body!" ”

Han Jian took the antidote pill and was about to stuff it into the empress's mouth, but Fa Ye looked very uneasy and was about to stop it, but Han Jian had already sent the antidote pill to the empress's mouth.

After the empress took the antidote pill, sure enough, after a while, her face showed a little blood, and her breath was much more even.

"Dongwang, junior sister, Yi Aiqing, why did you come?" The Empress struggled to squeeze out a few words.

Han Jian said: "There are some things that I can't tell Your Majesty in detail for the time being, please leave the palace with your ministers." The minister is afraid that some rebellious ministers and thieves will immediately be unfavorable to His Majesty. ”

"I'm not leaving." The Empress smiled and said.

Han Jian sighed, the empress looked down on life and death, even if she knew that someone was going to usurp the throne, and the one who was seeking to usurp the throne was her biological brother, she didn't want to leave.

"Please think twice." Han Jian arched his hand.

Ke Qu'er said with some disdain: "The antidote pill is just temporarily suppressing the toxicity in her body, and if she wants to move, I'm afraid it's not so easy." ”

The empress glanced at Ke Qu'er, frowned slightly, and asked, "Girl, why are you so familiar?" ”

Ke Qu'er snorted coldly, her head turned to the side, and Yi Die replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this Miss Ke is the female assassin who once assassinated His Majesty." ”

When the empress heard this, she didn't laugh angrily, and her eyes still fell on Han Jianjian, with a bit of inquiry in her eyes.

Han Jian said: "Miss Ke was invited by the ministers this time to come to the palace to rescue Her Majesty, and asked Her Majesty not to be stuck with her past mistakes. ”

The empress smiled, "How can I be a stubborn person? ”

Han Jian couldn't help but curse in his heart, what are you not a rigid person, but now you are not willing to leave? The matter on the side of the Yamen of the Criminal Department will soon reach Yang Yu's ears, and it will be strange that Yang Yu will not take risks at that time.

Han Jian said: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, and the minister is offended." ”

Han Jian couldn't help but say, picked up the empress, and then walked quickly in the direction of the stairs.

Han Jian's actions surprised everyone present for a while, but when Han Jian took a few steps with the empress in his arms, Yi Die, Fa Yi and Ke Qu'er didn't feel anything, the empress refused to leave at the moment, and the empress was in danger, so there seemed to be no other better way. Only the empress was held by Han Jian and kept trying to struggle, but when the group left the palace, the empress calmly accepted Han Jian's "kindness".

When he got out of the palace gate, Han Jian immediately felt a chill, after all, it was snowing outside, and at this time, the empress was only dressed in single clothes, and she couldn't bear it because she was poisoned and weak.

"Master, I'm sorry for you to help the apprentice take off his coat and put it on for His Majesty." Han Jian said.

"Your Highness, let's let my subordinates do it." Yi Die said, undressing his clothes.

Han Jian said: "As a woman, Miss Yi is inconvenient to undress. ”

Yi Die heard Han Jian say this, and thought that he was not undressing this time, but "untying his clothes", so he also felt that what Han Jian said made some sense, and he was no longer reluctant.

The other law also took off Han Jian's coat and draped it on the empress, whose body was already shivering from the cold.

Han Jian hugged the person tighter, identified the way, and hurried through the snow.

It's easy to come and it's hard to go, although the four of them have high and low martial arts when they come, but fortunately, it's easy to move, and now they want to leave, and they want to bring the empress who can't move freely, just the bright and dark whistles along the way are not much, not to mention the last four or five meters high wall.

Several people quickly arrived at the palace wall of the inner palace, although the palace wall of the inner palace was only more than two meters high, but it was difficult for them to go there at the moment.

Fa Yi said: "Jian'er, let's come for the teacher." ”

The empress originally closed her eyes, as if she was closing her eyes to breathe, but when she heard Fa Yi's words, she opened her eyes and looked at Fa Yi coldly, and said, "Senior sister, what do you call the East King?" ”

There was a clear reproach in the tone.

"Majesty xià atonement." The Dharma also bows to the sinful way.

Han Jian really didn't know what the empress was thinking in her heart, she would rather wait to be slaughtered than leave, and now on the way to escape, she was actually angry for Fa Yi's title. Han Jian thought, could it be that a woman who is the head of a country is different from ordinary women in terms of psychology and thought?

Han Jian said: "The master will go up first and answer it." It shouldn't be difficult. ”

Fa Yi nodded, jumped up first, Han Jian motioned for Yi Die to help, and turned to hug the empress on his back, so that Han Jian was much more handy. The line quickly passed through the walls of the Inner Palace.

Passing through the cold palace and the abandoned gardens outside the cold palace, the group finally arrived under the western wall of the palace. On the last wall, Han Jian was a little embarrassed. Whoever carried the Empress on his back could not leap two or three meters high and grasp the belt hanging from it.

Yi Die asked, "Why don't you wait for your subordinates to go out first and find a rope?" It's also secluded, so no one should come for a while. ”

"Without further ado, where are the three watchmen going to find ropes in the middle of the night?" Han Jian looked around at the environment, he wanted to see if he could find a tree to climb up and get out of the palace. However, there are also rules in the palace building that trees are not allowed to be planted near the palace walls, also to prevent people from using trees to climb the palace walls.

Just when she couldn't leave the palace for a while, Ke Qu'er muttered intentionally or unintentionally: "My master's light skills are unparalleled in the world, if she is an old man, she will definitely be able to go out." ”

Han Jian looked at Fa Yi and said, "Master, if it doesn't work, only you go up and pull us first, and then you come down and go up." ”

Fa Yi nodded slightly, and suddenly looked at the palace wall vigilantly.

I saw a gray figure suddenly appear on the wall of the palace wall, like a ghost. Just when Yi Die and Fa Ye thought that they were friends and foes and were preparing for a battle, a rope was put down.

"Come up." The voice coming from the wall was cold and impersonal.

"It's the master." Ke Qu'er said with some surprise. (To be continued......)