Chapter 52: Exploring the Palace at Night
This story is pure fiction
The two little eunuchs saw that it was late, so they thought that Chao Xiaodao would return to the palace as soon as possible. As soon as he walked into a secluded alley, he was knocked unconscious from behind, and his clothes were stripped off and tied up and thrown in a ruined house.
It was none other than Qiao'er and Youtian who knocked them out, Qiao'er and Youtian threw the two of them behind the broken house, and did not leave, Youtian stood outside, Qiao'er took the Yaksha mask and entered the house, waking up one of the little eunuchs.
"You...... You...... Is it a person, or is it a ...... Ghost? The little eunuch who woke up was startled when he saw the mask Qiao'er was wearing.
"I'm the Hell Soul Seeker, I'm going to ask you a few questions now, can you answer them honestly, I'll let you go, what if you can't answer them? Hey...... Hey...... I'm going to have to ask for your life to go to hell! Qiao'er scared the little eunuch.
"You...... Ask. Only...... Or...... Hurt me...... Just your life. The little eunuch said tremblingly.
"What do you guys do?" Qiao'er asked.
"It was His Majesty the Emperor who asked us to send a message to King Zhao, and we were going to see King Zhao tomorrow and say that we had something to discuss. We don't know about the rest. The little eunuch replied truthfully.
"Then how did you get back to the palace?" Qiao'er continued to ask.
"We have a waist card in our waist, and we can enter the palace by showing our waist card when we enter the palace." The little eunuch replied.
"That's what you're talking about?" Qiao'er took two waist cards and shook them twice in front of the little eunuch.
"Yes, that's it." The little eunuch said.
Then, Qiao'er asked about the situation in the palace, and the little eunuch answered truthfully. Qiao'er knocked the little eunuch unconscious again, and then blocked the mouths of the two little eunuchs.
You Tian also heard it outside, and he also counted it in his heart, and the two changed into eunuch clothes and walked towards the palace.
When they came to the gate of the palace, Qiao'er and Youtian showed their waist cards, and the guards looked at the waist cards, and let Qiao'er and Youtian go in.
Qiao'er and Youtian didn't expect to enter the palace so smoothly, because it was dark, Qiao'er and Youtian looked for a place to hide everywhere in the palace, and finally found a place to hide in the firewood room of the imperial dining room.
At midnight, Qiao'er changed into a night suit, put on a yaksha mask, and whispered to Youtian: "Brother Youtian, you are waiting for me in the firewood room, once something happens to me, you must find a way to pass the news to General Yang." ”
"Why don't I go, you have done a good job, I got the news, you can rush to General Yang's mansion as soon as possible and tell General Yang the news." I can still resist the meeting in the palace, and I can run out if I have the chance. You Tian didn't want Qiao'er to take this risk.
"It's okay, Brother Youtian, you'll just wait for me here." After Qiao'er finished speaking, she walked out of the firewood room.
Qiao'er followed what the little eunuch said, and came to the imperial study first, and did not go out of the door or jump out of the window, but pulled a few tiles from the roof and jumped down.
After Qiao'er entered, she saw a bookcase in the center of the hall for the emperor's approval, and behind the desk was an imperial chair, and the armrests of the imperial chair were carved with dragon heads at both ends. Around the bookcase, there are eight large bookcases, which are filled with all kinds of books, some on paper and some on bamboo. Qiao'er is not in the mood and does not have time to read these books. When I came to the bookcase, I saw that the bookcase was full of folds. Qiao'er moved all the folds under the bookcase, then lit the fire and began to read them. After reading a few recitals, they were all memorabilia of the local situation reported by the Assassin Shi from all over the country, and suddenly the content of the recital came into Qiao'er's eyes.
It is written: Your Majesty: The tenth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Jiande (577 AD). The general Yang Jian secretly let go of the eleven monks of Anning Temple, and instigated the monks to hide in the deep mountains, and then go down the mountain on the day when Buddhism is promoted. Now that five escaped monks have been caught, they are being escorted to Chang'an, and they are at the mercy of His Majesty. Yang Jian, a person who privately released the court to repeat the crime, is a great rebellion, and should be held accountable and punished. The payment is, minister: Yu Wenxian. The date is: the 19th day of the winter month of the sixth year of Jiande.
After reading it, Qiao'er knew in her heart that it was none other than Qi Yang Wang Yu Wenxian who accused General Yang. Today is the third month of the sixth year of Jiande, which shows that those monks should be escorted to Chang'an soon. It's been so long, and this piece of music is still on the bookcase, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter.
Qiao'er thought in her heart, it is estimated that the two little eunuchs sent out by the emperor today are going to Zhao Wang's Mansion to find Zhao Wang Yuwen to discuss this matter.
After Qiao'er restored the folds on the bookcase as it was, she jumped onto the roof from the roof breach. It may be that when the tiles were restored, the noise was so loud that it alarmed the palace guards, and only one voice was heard, "There are assassins, catch assassins!" ”
Qiao'er panicked now, this alarmed the entire palace, Qiao'er climbed in through the window of a room in a panic, and hid in a corner. It's okay not to go in, but as soon as I hid, I heard someone in the house rushing outside and saying, "What's going on outside?" Then a person came in from outside the door, and whispered to the person who spoke: "Your Majesty, it seems that there are assassins in the palace, and General Zhang is leading people to arrest assassins." "Whoever is so bold as to dare to break into the palace at night must catch the assassin." The man who spoke first said.
Qiao'er listened, okay! It's not good to come here, I've come to the emperor's bedroom. Qiao'er hid in the corner and didn't dare to squeak. I can only wait for it to be quiet outside before going out, but Qiao'er is worried that the sky will come. Qiao'er made a fuss here, Youtian must be worried, and said that it was not good for Youtian to come back to her, what if Youtian was caught.
Qiao'er was thinking about it when she suddenly appeared in front of Qiao'er. When Qiao'er was not scared, the person in front of her was frightened, who is this person? It's none other than Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong. Old Yuwen Yong felt that there were people in the house, so he walked around the house, it doesn't matter if he doesn't turn around, this time, well, I was really startled when I saw Qiao'er with a mask, because Qiao'er's mask is really terrifying.
Yuwen Yong took two steps back in fright, and scolded loudly: "Who are you? As soon as he finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "Someone, catch the assassin......!" ”
Qiao'er jumped out and said to Yu Wenyong: "I am the Hell Yaksha, you have killed too many Buddhists, and God has sent me to ask for your soul." After speaking, he pounced towards Yuwen Yong, knocked Yu Wenyong down, and when he was about to pinch Yu Wenyong's neck, the door was kicked open, and the palace guards came in.
Qiao'er saw that the situation was not good, and quickly jumped out of the window, and then flew straight to the roof, and ran to the imperial dining room with light skills.