"Is the woman you're talking about the girl next to them?" Xu Zhaohua was a little curious.

"Yes, she is actually the number one, but she can't buy it with money at all, I have seen those rich sons who begged her to spend half of their family property in one night, and she was unmoved, as if they were much more noble than us." The woman in red was a little disdainful: "It's not a cheap life." ”

Xu Zhaohua secretly sighed how terrible a woman's jealousy was: "What is that woman's name?" ”

"Ge Tie Hiki, strange name, and I noticed that she seemed to know the women with whom she met regularly, and although they didn't speak to each other, I had seen them make eye contact."

It's getting more and more interesting.

There are more and more news, filling Xu Zhaohua's mind, and she needs to take the time to solve these questions one by one.

It seems that some of them have been busy during this time.

"Got it, you can get out." Xu Zhaohua said with his eyes closed.

As soon as the woman in red heard the news, she immediately hurried out with the gold and gold hairpins on the table, and almost tripped on the threshold when she left, as if Xu Zhaohua would be able to take back these gold and silver treasures in the next second.

Looking at the gradually falling leaves outside the window, Xu Zhaohua felt a little cold, and her chest was still a little stuffy, she suddenly reacted to whether she was also infected with the wind cold? If it is, it really couldn't have come at a better time.

At this time, the streets were still bustling with people, and the streets were criss-crossed, like a big net in this net, and people at this time did not know what was waiting for them.

Tomorrow, she will have to think about how to enter the Daduan Capital City and approach Sui Chen. Thinking about it, Xu Zhaohua gradually became a little sleepy, and the sunset sprinkled in the room, but Xu Zhaohua didn't feel a trace of warmth, and fell asleep after covering the quilt.

Early in the morning, Xu Zhaohua came out of the Qinglou and prepared to go to the gate of the Daduan Palace to take a look at the situation.

There is a long street in the center of the capital of Daduan, with a high city gate at one end, the main gate of the imperial palace at Daduan on the other, and a downtown area in the middle.

Now Xu Zhaohua is in the middle of the city, walking towards the palace gate, before she reached the door, she saw several teams of soldiers guarding the door from a distance, and it was a fantasy to sneak in while they were not paying attention.

What to do?

While thinking, Xu Zhaohua heard a scolding in front of a bun shop not far away:

"Get out of here, you poor beggar. If you can't afford to buy buns, don't think about eating, what kind of skill is stealing, let me see you again, I have to chop off your hand! Bad old woman get out of here with these buns!"

An old lady in a coarse cloth was pushed to the ground by the owner of the bun shop, and while listening to the abuse, she stuffed the buns that had rolled on the ground into a washed and white cloth pocket.

Xu Zhaohua looked at the injustice in his heart, but he still resisted the urge to go up and reason with that person.

This is at the big end, and more is better than less.

After watching the lively crowd gradually disperse, Xu Zhaohua still went into the steamed bun shop and bought a lot of steamed buns, and when he came out, he was ready to give them to the old woman just now, but he only saw the bustling crowd in front of him, but he couldn't find where she was.

Some disappointment welled up in her heart, and after weighing the heavy bun in her hand, Xu Zhaohua sighed, only hoping that the old woman would no longer be hungry.

When she turned to leave, she saw a back squatting in an alley sticking out of the street where she was standing, and Xu Zhaohua recognized at a glance that this was the old woman just now.

She walked slowly towards the old woman, and the old woman who heard the footsteps turned around and saw Xu Zhaohua and the bun in her hand.

Xu Zhaohua saw clearly that there were many scars on the old woman's face, and he was stunned for a moment and came back to his senses.

"Mother-in-law, take it" Xu Zhaohua handed the bun to the woman in front of him.

What makes her feel a little different is that the beggars on weekdays are ragged and unkempt, but the old woman in front of her is not, although her clothes have been worn for a long time, they are a little torn, but the holes are neatly sewn with patches. The hair is also neatly combed, and there is a wooden hairpin inserted. No wonder the owner of the steamed bun shop didn't get suspicious when she first went in to steal the buns.

The old woman didn't take the bun, but looked at Xu Zhaohua's face carefully for a long time.

Xu Zhaohua was a little chilled by her, "Mother-in-law?"

The old woman took the bun at this time, Xu Zhaohua felt a little strange, and didn't say much and got up and wanted to leave.

A pair of rough hands grabbed her.

The woman nodded at her, and then led her out into the street, pointing to the Datuan Palace in the distance, and to the bun in her hand.

It turned out that she was a mute.

Xu Zhaohua probably guessed what she meant: "I can help you enter the Daduan Palace, but you have to ensure that I don't have to worry about food and clothing."

Xu Zhaohua said her understanding, and the old woman hurriedly nodded her head to show her understanding.

She hesitated, how could an old woman who had been reduced to stealing and begging on the street have such great ability to let her enter the palace of Daduan? And how did she conclude that she had what it took to keep her fed and clothed?

Seeing Xu Zhaohua hesitate, the old woman sighed and motioned for her to go with her.

Xu Zhaohua was a little vigilant, but when he saw the old woman's weak body, he expected that she couldn't play any tricks, so he walked behind her.

They passed one narrow path after another, and the road was covered with moss left by the humid air all year round, and this moss was still so much in the autumn, so it can be seen that there is more than this on weekdays.

Finally, I settled in a small yard surrounded by a wooden fence, and in the middle of the yard there was a large plane tree, and when autumn came, its leaves also fell away, and the ground was covered with thick plane leaves, and no one cleaned it.

Presumably, this woman lives here alone.

There was also a small thatched hut in the courtyard, which was probably where the old woman lived. After entering, there was almost no furniture inside, only a bed, a table, and a pair of dishes and chopsticks.

But without exception, it's all neat.

After the old woman closed the door, she gave Xu Zhaohua a big gift, Xu Zhaohua was shocked, she was very familiar with the ceremony that the lady had just done.

This courtesy is only performed by the ladies of other countries to the empress of the visiting country when they accompany their envoys.

Her kneeling conveyed two meanings:

She used to be a palace maid in which palace, and her position was not low, after all, the palace maids who could follow the envoy were the best in each palace. Not only that, but she also knew that Xu Zhaohua was the queen, the queen of Eastern Qi.

How did she know her true identity? What's more, he is still dressed in men's clothes.

Xu Zhaohua quickly thought about the country that had been an envoy to Eastern Qi and that she was present at the time, and she only thought about it five years ago when Sui Chen came to Eastern Qi, and she was in the limelight once.

Later, she jumped off the cliff, and she didn't know which countries would send envoys to Dongqi after that, but it was certain that she was next to Zhou Shengcuobai when Daduanguo was on the envoy, and other countries also came to congratulate her when she and Zhou Shengcuobai got married, so she naturally knew that the queen of Dongqi was Xu Zhaohua.

Therefore, this old woman must be the one who followed Sui Chen to envoy to Eastern Qi five years ago, but how could she be reduced to this now?

Perhaps seeing Xu Zhaohua's doubts, she took out a wooden box from under the bed, slowly swiped her fingers across the wooden box, twisted away a handful of dust, and blew the wooden box with her mouth, and immediately the dust was scattered into the air.

opened the box, and there was a dress with a beautiful color but a particularly good workmanship and material, Xu Zhaohua recognized it, this is the clothes worn by the palace maids and female teachers in the Daduan Palace.

The female teachers also came from the palace maids, their status is higher than the palace maids, and they teach some new palace maids to teach them the palace rules on weekdays, and some can even teach the newly canonized but not very familiar with the palace rules.

She speculated that this old woman was a female teacher who had once been of high status in the palace of Daduan.

The old woman flipped through her clothes, took out a jade pendant from below, and handed it to Xu Zhaohua. Xu Zhaohua looked at the jade pendant and looked at the old woman with some incomprehension.

The old woman took out a pen and paper and wrote a few words on it: Jade Pendant, Priest, Daduan Palace.

She immediately understood that as long as she found the shaman with the jade pendant, she could enter the Daduan Palace.

The old woman then wrote: East Ancestral Hall.

"The East Ancestral Hall of Daduanguo?" Xu Zhaohua asked.

The woman nodded.

With this period of time in the teahouse and the Qinglou, she knew that there were two large ancestral halls in Daduan. One is that the east ancestral hall is near the city gate, which is dedicated to the people; The other is the West Ancestral Hall, which is dedicated to the royal family.

When Xu Zhaohua was going out with the jade pendant, the old woman handed a piece of paper to her: Xiaoxu, daughter, help her

Xu Zhaohua understood what she meant, she wanted to help her find her daughter, her daughter's name was Xiaoxu, in the palace of Daduan, she nodded goodbye to the old woman and prepared to go to the East Ancestral Hall to find the priest that the old woman said.

When he walked near the gate of the city wall, Xu Zhaohua saw an ancestral hall, asked passers-by, made sure that it was the east ancestral hall, and then walked in.

There are many people in the ancestral hall, some who ask for peace, those who seek marriage, and those who ask for children......

But it seemed that it was still difficult for her to find the shaman, almost everyone was ordinary, no one looked like a shaman. After walking a few laps, she came to a corner of the ancestral hall, where a door stood. There was a lock on the door, apparently she had forgotten to close it after opening it, and she looked around and saw that no one noticed her, so she sneaked in through the door.

After entering, I found that it was a courtyard, and behind it was a noisy ancestral hall. There are many masks hanging in the courtyard, as well as drums of various sizes.

Xu Zhaohua looked left and right and didn't find a person, and suddenly felt that something was coming from behind, and a sideways dodge just dodged a blow, and when he turned around, he saw a man with a long beard and strange clothes staring at him.

Presumably this is the shaman.

"Who are you? What's the purpose of coming here," the man said coldly.

Xu Zhaohua didn't speak, but took out the jade pendant that the old woman handed over to her, and the man was shocked:

"You, you...... How did you get this jade pendant" As he spoke, he suddenly grabbed Xu Zhaohua's wrist with a fierce face:

"Did you do anything to her? Say! What the hell did you do to her?"

Xu Zhaohua was stunned by his suddenness, but he was still very calm:

"She's fine, she's fine. It's just that it's too lonely to be alone."

When Xu Zhaohua said this, he deliberately slowed down his tone to observe the man's expression, and sure enough, the man's expression told her that there was a story between the two of them.

Xu Zhaohua pointed to the jade pendant in his hand: "This jade pendant was asked by her to give it to you, and she said that as long as she gives this to you, you can promise me to enter the Daduan Palace."

The man let go of Xu Zhaohua's wrist: "So, you come with me."

They came to a drum.

"Do you know what this is for?" The man asked.

"Sacrifice?" Xu Zhaohua replied.

"Smart," the man lamented.

Then, he told Xu Zhaohua a story:

Once upon a time, there was a wizard who went to the palace to practice, met a palace maid, the two fell in love at first sight, they gave each other a pair of jade pendants as a token of love for each other, but unfortunately the palace maid must be old before they can leave the palace, so they have to wait and wait. A year before the palace maid was about to leave the palace, the wizard was drugged when he went to the palace to practice, and finally framed him for having an affair with another palace maid. He couldn't argue, and the man in his heart didn't believe him. In the end, when the palace maid left the palace, she married another woman, became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, but her husband died suddenly in a catastrophe, and she became a widow.

coincided with the birth of a child and the palace needed a nurse, so she was once again recalled to the palace and could only foster her daughter in a relative's house. In this way, the old palace maid became a female teacher, taking care of the prince's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and many years passed like this.

Suddenly, one day, the wizard heard that she had been kicked out of the palace, so he hurriedly went to the female teacher, and when he found it, he saw that her face had been scratched, and her throat was also poisoned......

Xu Zhaohua heard that the man in front of him was the wizard in the story, and the woman was the palace maid and female teacher in the story.

"Why aren't you together?" asked Xu Zhaohua.

"Ever since she was kicked out of the palace, she has never wanted to see anyone again, and she has refused to write about why she is like this," the wizard replied.

"Xiao Su is the daughter of a female teacher?"

The wizard hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, in order to find out who caused her mother to be like this, this child insists on entering the palace alone."

The wizard also told Xu Zhaohua that there will be a large-scale sacrificial ceremony in the palace every three years, and he will be the great witch of this sacrifice every year, if Xu Zhaohua wants to enter the palace, as long as he learns a few movements, he will sing a few sacrificial spells, and then he can enter the palace by wearing a mask.

After Xu Zhaohua learned the news, he immediately had a sense of settle, and immediately wrote to Zhou Sheng Cuobai to tell her next plan and what she had discovered in the past few days, and asked Zhou Sheng Cuobai to send someone to investigate Sui Chen's whereabouts and the reason why he built the underground palace.

Zhou Shengcuobai was overjoyed and surprised after receiving the quick letter, happy because he had received so much information, surprised because he was surprised that the news Xu Zhaohua had obtained in such a short period of time was so accurate, and he was worried about Xu Zhaohua's comfort. Immediately sent Xu Songchen and Su Qinfeng to investigate the situation.

On the first day, Xu Zhaohua began to learn some basic drumming gestures, which was taught to her by Dawu himself, and Xu Zhaohua learned all the drumming methods and which kind of drum to hit in that situation in the morning.

He had to sigh in his heart: this woman is so smart.

After a brief lunch, Xu Zhaohua asked to start learning the process of sacrifice, Dawu was a little hesitant, after all, learning things can't be rushed, but seeing Xu Zhaohua so determined, he still agreed to teach her the next moves.

The process of the sacrifice is a bit cumbersome, which requires the priest to dance and sing a mantra in his mouth, which is to communicate with the gods, and also to wave the drum in his hand. After the Great Witch Sect went through it, he was already sweating profusely, after all, this kind of thing was too energy-intensive and physical.

The sun was about to set, and Xu Zhaohua was still incoherent in some places at this time. The big witch advised her to eat quickly, if she was stubborn, she would not eat a mouthful of food or drink a sip of water if she didn't practice.

In fact, Xu Zhaohua practiced to this level in the afternoon, which was already very good, and he had never seen a person learn the process of sacrifice so quickly.

Xu Zhaohua was the first.

The next morning, before dawn, the rooster crowed to wake up the sun, and after Da Wu got up and pushed open the door, he saw Xu Zhaohua practicing what he taught yesterday in the yard, and he couldn't help but praise him in his heart, he was really a good apprentice who was diligent and hardworking.

After approaching, he found that something was wrong, Xu Zhaohua's clothes were already half soaked with sweat, and her face was a little pale, could it be that she had practiced all night since yesterday?

This completely stunned Da Wu, he has walked the rivers and lakes for so many years, and has seen all kinds of women, but there has never been a woman who can be as tough as Xu Zhaohua.

This made him look at her with admiration from the bottom of his heart.

Dawu looked at Xu Zhaohua's practice results are very amazing, all the actions and lyrics are done in one go, not stuck and muddy at all, if he didn't know that she just started yesterday, he would definitely mistake her for an old wizard.

There are only two days left before the triennial sacrifice.

In the past two days, the great witch explained to Xu Zhaohua the strategy after entering the palace: how she should escape in the sight of people, what to do when she escaped from the sacrificial procession to the palace, what precautions should be taken before the sacrifice, and how should the sorcerer pack when he sees the king......

They have to discuss these things in advance so that nothing goes wrong.

On the other side of the Daduan Palace, someone is in a dilemma.

Sui Chen had a headache, tomorrow is the sacrificial ceremony, the sacrificial ceremony once every three years is a tradition that Daduanguo has followed since the founding of the country, and it can't be canceled if it is canceled.

This means that tomorrow Sui Yue must stand in front of the hundred officials to preside over the sacrifice, but if you just let Xianyue use witchcraft to control it, you can only control Sui Yue's mind, and let him speak, but he can't say too much, and the speed of speaking in this way will be very slow.

But the sacrificial ceremony needs to be presided over by him from beginning to end, which is obviously not possible, so he can only wear a human skin mask to pretend to be Sui Yue. But in this case, it is easy for people with a heart to find that the body shape is different.

After thinking about it, Sui Chen decided to take the second method and take a risk.

Two days passed quickly, and the grand sacrificial event once every three years was about to begin, and unlike previous years, this year she Xu Zhaohua would also become one of them.

Almost before dawn, the witch began to work, checking the equipment, drums, masks, clothes, and making sure that everything was safe before starting breakfast. Xu Zhaohua looked a little moved, after all, it seems that Dawu still doesn't pay attention to this sacrificial ceremony, as careful as he doesn't allow a little mistake, but despite this, he still agreed to take such a big risk to take him into the palace.

When everything was ready, they set off.

Along the way, Xu Zhaohua threw his mask and saw the people on the side of the road, and when they saw her and the Great Witch walking on the road, they all made way for them to walk, people always treated the gods in awe, and the wizard was the spirit body that communicated with the gods.

When he arrived at the gate of Daduandu, the soldier simply asked Dawu if he had a secret order, and Dawu gave him a yellow sign and was allowed to go, so she followed closely behind Dawu, looking around cautiously, wanting to see where the three palaces of the West were.

Everything went unexpectedly well, after knowing that the Great Witch's footsteps stopped.

"Yo, why did you bring a little attendant here today?" Said a man in a black ritual robe, also wearing a mask, on the other side.

Xu Zhaohua remembered that the great witch told her that the palace sacrifice would generally invite two wizards, one was the great witch stationed in the folk east ancestral hall, and the other was the great witch stationed in the west ancestral hall of the palace.

The one in front of him didn't need to guess to know that it was the one from the West Ancestral Hall, and he heard Da Wu say that the relationship between the two of them was not very good, but as for why it was not good, Da Wu didn't tell him.

The Great Witch snorted coldly, ignored him, and continued to walk forward.

The one in the West Ancestral Hall stretched out his hand to stop Xu Zhaohua, who was following behind, to threaten the great witch: "Since the junior brother has accepted the little apprentice, then my senior uncle should have a good look at the honor."

Bro? Could it be that these two are still brothers, and they are from the same family?

Xu Zhaohua, who was stopped, was full of doubts, but he quickly reacted:

"Meet Uncle Shi, I'm afraid Uncle Shi forgot, you can't take off this mask after wearing it at today's sacrifice ceremony, otherwise you will offend the gods, and you and I can't afford it. Another day, I will bring good wine to the door to apologize to my uncle. ”

Xu Zhaohua said in a suppressed voice.

The big witch in front looked at Xu Zhaohua with approving, if she didn't insist on entering the palace, it would be really a good material.

After hearing Xu Zhaohua's words, the one in the West Ancestral Hall thought that he was really a stinky boy with sharp teeth, and when it came to this, he didn't have much to say, so he could only reluctantly get out of the way.

He and the person in the East Ancestral Hall have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and he couldn't imagine that he had fallen behind a hairy boy today, so he looked at Xu Zhaohua and the back of the person in the East Ancestral Hall who had left viciously.

Before the sacrificial ceremony, all civil and military officials must wear black costumes and wait at the Temple of Tongtian, and the king will personally preside over the ceremony. When they reached the Temple of Heaven, the Great Witch stopped her and signaled that they could not go in now, but to stay in the side room until the king announced the beginning of the ceremony.

Xu Zhaohua followed Da Wu into a room, and waited silently for Sui Yue to appear, she wanted to see what Sui Yue's situation was. The ceremony was about to begin, and she saw a man in a dark robe ascend to the Temple of Heaven surrounded by everyone.

Xu Zhaohua looked at the window with wide eyes, Sui Yue is here? But he looks like he is no different from ordinary people.

No! He is not Sui Yue, she is Sui Chen!

Xu Zhaohua is very sure of this, but anyone she has seen will not admit mistakes, even if she has her back.

That person is Sui Chen!

Seeing Xu Zhaohua staring at Sui Chen like this, Da Wu knew her purpose for entering the palace, and originally thought that she might enter the palace to see a relative or lover, but she didn't expect that her target would be the king.

This woman is not simple!

As Sui Chen announced the start of the sacrificial ceremony above, she and Da Wu walked out of the room, slowly walked towards the Temple of Tongtian, and met the one in the West Ancestral Hall at the door, the three of them took one step at a time, and when they walked under the altar, all the ministers sat cross-legged, and Sui Chen, the impostor king above, also bowed slightly.

It's receiving God.

Then the sound of drumming sounded, she and Da Wu began to dance the sacrificial dance, chanting spells, through the mask she saw Zhou Shengchenmo and Xu Qingshan also sitting cross-legged in the team, and secretly thought that she was about to get closer to success.

After a sacrifice, their task was completed, and the two people from the East Ancestral Hall and the West Ancestral Hall snorted coldly at each other when they met, and each went into the house to pack up his things and prepare to leave.

And her task has just begun, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, she has to change this dress to find a palace maid's clothes to change into.

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