In the courtyard of Bai's house, Bai Ling and Bai Yi were cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks after breakfast, and Bai Shijun was conducting a routine inspection of his medicine box before going out every day. Bai Ling took the scoop and scooped water from the bucket on the side, and Bai Yi quickly wiped the wall of the bowl with a rag with the water flow in the scoop.

About a quarter of an hour later, the father and son of the Bai family walked out of the courtyard gate and called Bai Ling back to the house step by step.

Bai Ling waved his hand and stood in the doorway to see his father and brother away, and then closed the door, blocking the eyes of the brocade guards from the wooden door.

This day seems to be an inconspicuous day among countless ordinary days.

Until Bai Ling returned to the house and changed into a pair of clothes—that was the usual clothes of the palace people in Cining Palace.

In front of the mirror, Bai Ling put the iron helmet on his head again.

The field of vision narrowed dramatically, and the sound of breathing echoed slightly inside the iron helmet, and the sounds that could be heard on both sides were a little weaker than before.

With a little force, she took off her iron helmet again.

"Fourteen," she said, looking up, though she didn't know which direction to shout, "we might as well go." ”

Behind him came the familiar sound of landing.

……

Wei Shishi took Bai Ling and easily bypassed the Jinyi guards who were watching at the entrance of the alley, and the two avoided the crowd, and after passing through the layers of bricks and tiles in the early morning, they finally landed outside the Shenwu Gate.

On the last day of April, the front of the West Nagafang inside the Shenmu Gate and behind the Shunzhen Gate, which was almost the opposite, were full of people.

Standing behind the Shunzhen Gate are the eunuchs and palace maids of the inner palace, and most of the people in the Shenwu Gate are the relatives of these palace people - for those poor families who have no doorway and no money to spare, there are only two days in the year today and the seventh day of the first lunar month, and they can have the opportunity to see the relatives in the palace with their own eyes.

Of course, it is impossible for these relatives to enter the palace, and the so-called "visit" is just to let the palace people and their relatives and friends stay in front of Shunzhen for a short time, everyone holds hands, talks and talks, and there is hope for this half a year.

A large wooden table has been set up in front of Shunzhen's door, and there is a time incense on the side, and each group of people will meet with a stick of incense - lighting incense, shouting people, getting together, and extinguishing incense...... Then the next round of incense lighting begins.

It's the same process every year.

The palace people who presided over the order here yawned and looked at the sky, waiting for the auspicious time.

Fourteen took Bai Ling and landed on the shady side of a roof not far away, because it was daytime, so it was difficult for him to take Bai Ling to bypass the heavy guards in the palace like at night.

He pointed to a small gate on the east side of the Shenwu Gate and whispered, "Look over there." ”

Bai Ling looked at the situation, and sure enough, he saw a dozen young men not far away, all wearing the same iron helmets as her, chained together like cattle, and they were all sitting quietly on the ground, no one spoke, and no one moved—those were the newcomers who had specially arranged to go to Cining Palace today, and the palace people who were in charge of escorting these people stood impatiently in the shade of the trees, looking around.

Soon, someone came out of the side door of the palace to pick up people.

After a while, they all gathered under the tree, checking each other's credentials, and although the children needed to be taken to the worship room for inspection, they had to look at some of the things that should be asked and the records that should be kept.

The palace people divided their labors, and the palace people who were counting the heads repeatedly suddenly saw a familiar figure in the afterglow, and he hurriedly stopped the work in his hand.

"Fourteenth Master!" The palace man shouted and stepped forward to salute.

The other few who were talking under the tree also looked over immediately—Wei Shishi had already stood outside the Shenwu Gate at some point, and seemed to happen to pass by.

Wei Shishi casually glanced over here, and also stepped forward to greet them, "A few old masters are busy again today. ”

The palace people lowered their waists, "It's rare that the Queen Mother has a will, and we can't live up to her old man's wishes...... It just so happens that the Fourteenth Master is here, and we have a problem here, can you see if you can ......"

"What's wrong?" Wei Fourteen asked.

The palace man standing in front of him said softly, "That's the case, Lao Qi didn't pay attention to it before, there is a list that forgot to let the head of Cining Palace knock the seal, you see......" The man's face was a little ashamed, "We only found out when we checked it." ”

"I knew I was on this list at the beginning—"

"Shut up!" The man turned around and scolded, and then looked at Wei Shixi with a smile, "It's not that we're worried about being deducted, but we're going back and forth to make up the formalities, these people will definitely not be able to enter the palace today, so the Queen Mother will have to wait." ”

Wei Shixi said softly, "What kind of list, I'll take a look." ”

Several palace people surrounded him, and Wei Shiyi read all the vouchers and books in their hands in one glance and ten lines, and said softly, "It's not a big deal, people are sure it's okay, and it's okay to stamp my seal." ”

"People are fine, people are absolutely fine!" Several people were delighted, "There is the Fourteenth Master Lao!" ”

Wei XIV didn't answer, but silently took out his own half-seal from his waist - all the secret guards had one such half-seal, and the other half of the seal was in the hands of their master.

In most things on weekdays, the dark guard can be the master with half a seal, but once a complicated authorization is involved, it needs to be looked at by the respective masters, and then the remaining half seal will be given after confirming that it is correct, and a complete seal will be formed.

"I'll do it myself." Wei Shixi glanced at the twelve teenagers behind him, "Is it to send to the worship room?" ”

"Yes, we're with you, too."

Wei Shixi walked in front with these palace people, and one palace person followed behind the back hall.

After passing through the deep and dark Shenwu Gate stone path, the twelve helmeted teenagers turned into thirteen, and only two or three helmet teenagers sensed something, and they all turned their heads to look at the new person in the team.

"Don't mess around!" A whip flicked behind him, "Look ahead!" ”

……

Yuan Zhen had just had breakfast at this time, and was leisurely looking at the big orange eating at his feet. Qiu Shi hurriedly opened the curtain from outside and came in, so frightened that the big orange turned around in a circle, Yuan Zhen hurriedly stretched out his hand to protect it, and hugged the cat in his arms.

Yuan Zhen coaxed leisurely, raised his eyebrows and looked at Qiu Shi, "You are all in a hurry to reincarnate?" ”

Qiu Shi didn't fight back, he brought a stool and turned things up on the shelf, "Long live Lord wants to find a book, I ran to three places and didn't find it, let's see if you have it here." ”

Yuan Zhen snorted, "What books can I have here......

Before he could finish speaking, there was another knock on the door.

"Come in." Yuan Zhen said softly.

A young eunuch came in outside, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Qiu Shi next to Lang Lang looking for something, and he couldn't help but stop talking.

"Just say something," Yuan Zhen was a little impatient.

The eunuch hunched his back and said in a low voice, "Back to Gonggong Yuan, Gonggong Jia is here, waiting outside." ”

"Well," Yuan Zhen leaned over and let the cat go, "Got it, let's get out." ”

After the others left, Qiu Shi's movements also stopped, "What is Grandpa Jia...... Jia Yuchun? ”

"Yes."

"When did you get along with him?" Qiu Shi turned around, his eyebrows furrowed into a wrinkle, "I can warn you, that's not a good thing." ”