Chapter 40: Jia Qianqian hid the scepter again
Nie Wuzheng gently picked it up with a trembling hand, and then took out the jade medallion from his bosom and embedded it into the groove at the top of the scepter. The whole scepter suddenly shone brightly, but after a moment it was back to its original state.
Nie Wuzheng's hands clenched the scepter, his whole body trembled, and his mood was no longer indescribable from ecstasy. He finally has a treasure that can restore the country, and with it, who else can stop him? All will be subject to the magic of the scepter.
Although it is not yet possible to easily try the scepter to outsiders if it is as mysterious as it is recorded, if it is discovered, I am afraid that it can only be desperate and show the scepter to give it a try, and then maybe even Emperor Yong'an will be able to surrender.
"Young master! Hurry up, something seems wrong. The inside guard who was on guard outside the door urged in.
Nie Wuzheng stabilized his mind, wrapped the scepter in a piece of brocade, and walked out quickly. Walking out of the door of the treasure house, he was stunned, only to see that the sky, which was still sunny just now, suddenly darkened, and the dark clouds in the sky rolled angrily, as if a storm was about to pour out.
"Young master, have you succeeded? Get out of here. ”
Without sunlight, Nie Wuzheng naturally didn't dare to show the scepter easily, and the most important thing at this time was how to get out of the palace. Untie your cloak and tie the scepter upright to your body, so that it will not be easy for others to spot it as long as you don't bend over.
Turning around and locking the door of the treasure house, the two of them hurriedly walked towards the place where the troupe was staying.
Because of the sudden change in the sky, it seemed that night had fallen in the entire palace, and the precursors of the storm also made people feel very uncomfortable, and the banquet of Concubine Ya ended early. Palace lamps have been lit everywhere in the palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids are busy packing up their things to meet the storm that will wait for a while. Some of the ladies outside the palace also began to bid farewell to Concubine Ya, preparing to hurry home before the rainstorm fell. Jia Qianqian is naturally no exception, as soon as Emperor Yong'an announced the boycott of the banquet, she said goodbye to the emperor and Concubine Ya. Emperor Yong'an personally said before the banquet that he would reward her with a few brocades and let her take them back to make a few clothes, so a eunuch had already prepared the brocade and put it in the carriage she entered the palace.
Before leaving the palace, Qianqian suddenly remembered Nie Wuzheng, and wondered if he would really stay in the palace, so he couldn't help but run to the troupe again.
Nie Wuzheng took advantage of the chaos in the palace at this time, and hurriedly slipped back to the troupe to change his clothes. But before he could discuss with the troupe master how to take the scepter out of the palace, a eunuch came over to announce the decree of Concubine Yagui, let them stay in the palace first, and she still had to watch the play. And he commanded that no one should move around at will. The two guards guarding the treasury are already dead, and they will soon be discovered, and if they can't get out of the palace in time, the palace gate will be closed and the entire palace will be searched, and the scepter will have no place to hide.
Nie Wuzheng hoped that the dark clouds would suddenly disperse at this time, and the sun would shine again. But God doesn't seem to help him, but rather like a precursor to anger.
At this time, Jia Qianqian hurriedly came over, and Nie Wuzheng saw her and hurriedly walked with her to a secluded place. "Nie Wuzheng, you better hurry up and get out of the palace, it's too dangerous here, you don't think about yourself, you should also think about all the people of Xuancheng, if you miss, the dragons of Xuancheng will be leaderless, I'm afraid that the line of the Dayan Dynasty will be over forever." After the scepter, let your subordinates find an opportunity to steal it, and you can't risk yourself. ”
"Qianqian, are you going out now?" Nie Wuzheng's heart moved, and he suddenly decided to bet all his hopes on Qianqian.
"Well, I have to get out of the palace before the heavy rain falls, who knows when this heavy rain will fall."
"Qianqian, I already have the scepter, you help me take it out and hide it, and when I get out, I'll look for you." Nie Wuzheng said as he took out the scepter that was tied to his body.
"Oh my God, you, you really stole the scepter." Jia Qianqian's eyes widened, and she looked at the brocade-wrapped scepter incredulously.
"Quick, don't let anyone find out, or you'll be in trouble."
Jia Qianqian knew that he had already done this shocking case, and now if he didn't help him find a way to get out, he really had only one way to die. His heart was pounding, and he unbuttoned his coat and tied the scepter to his body, hiding this scourge that could ruin his family.
"You hurry up and get out of the palace first." Nie Wuzheng urged urgently. I just hope that the two guards guarding the door of the treasure house have not been discovered yet. In fact, Nie Wuzheng didn't have it so easy to get his hands on, this important place where treasures are stored in the palace, there are usually at least four guards guarding outside, and the guards on patrol will pass by once in a short time. Just because it was broad daylight and it was Concubine Ya's birthday, there were many birthday celebrations in the palace, and the guards were transferred over there to help, prohibiting those guests from wandering around the palace at will. After a long period of peace, it is inevitable that there will be many loopholes and laxities, and who would have expected that someone would commit crimes in the palace in broad daylight?
Jia Qianqian came to her carriage with fear, climbed into the carriage while people were not paying attention, and then ordered the eunuch who drove the carriage to take her out of the palace immediately.
The carriage trotted all the way to the palace gates. On the way, many carriages of Mrs. Decree who came to the palace to celebrate her birthday were also rushing out. At the gate of the palace, all vehicles had to stop and be inspected by the guards. Jia Qianqian looked at the vehicles in front of him that were blocked there for inspection, and suddenly became anxious. If the east window incident happened, the palace gate was sealed, and he took this big disaster, I don't know how miserable he would die. Although the scepter was found by her for Emperor Yong'an, but when she entered the palace treasury and stole it out herself, the nature was different, but I was afraid that Long Jie and Long Xiao would not be able to save her if they were here.
At this moment, a thunderclap sounded, and many horses were frightened and scurried. Jia Qianqian gritted his teeth, urged the eunuch who was driving the carriage to the gate, turned sideways, held the gold medal and said to the guards who were inspecting: "This is the gold medal given by the emperor, just like the emperor is coming, it is going to rain heavily, hurry up and let me go." ”
The head of the guards guarding the gate of the palace hurriedly saluted the gold medal, and then waved his hand, so that Jia Qianqian's carriage would be released immediately without inspection.
As soon as Qianqian's carriage drove out of the palace gate, a guard galloped in the distance and came to the gate and announced: "The emperor has decreed that the palace gate should be sealed immediately, and no one will be allowed to go out!" ”
At this time, the downpour fell from the sky, and the pedestrians on the street had long since fled, and Jia Qianqian's carriage galloped in the rain. Suddenly, Jia Qianqian, who was in the carriage, noticed a dazzling white light flashing outside the carriage, and then a huge explosion thunder fell. The frightened horses galloped forward in a frenzied manner, and the eunuch who was driving the carriage was thrown out of the carriage and rolled to the side of the road, fainting.
Jia Qianqian desperately grabbed the door frame of the carriage, trying not to let himself fall down by the bumpy carriage.
The crazy horse carried her all the way and ran out of the capital along the street. It wasn't until Jia Qianqian felt that he couldn't hold on any longer in the carriage that the horse stopped.
Jia Qianqian straightened up and looked out of the carriage. In the foggy rain, the carriage was found parked under a large tree in front of a ruined temple. The carriage was tossed like this, and the carriages were about to fall apart. Qianqian hurriedly got out of the carriage and rushed into the ruined temple in the rain.
Although the ruined temple was dripping with rain everywhere, and I don't know what gods were worshipped had also collapsed, the house was still sturdy. Jia Qianqian wiped the rain from his face, looked around, and saw that there was no one, so he took out the scepter tied to his body. Untie the brocade, and the crystalline scepter shone with a faint glow. I stroked it with great feeling, alas! At this time, I don't know if the scepter is missing in the palace? If I found out, I'm afraid it would be turned upside down.
Suddenly, Jia Qianqian felt that something was wrong, and when she looked closely, she found that the groove at the top of the scepter had been plugged. She immediately discovered that the one that was plugged in the groove was the jade medallion. Oh, my God! Nie Wuzheng also brought the jade medallion and put it in, if it weren't for the sudden change of the sky, and the sun, this jade seal scepter would be combined, and it would be irradiated by the sun's rays, I wonder if there would really be a mysterious power that captivates people's minds?
If there really was that mysterious power, wouldn't Nie Wuzheng be able to do whatever he wanted with it in the palace of the Great Yan Kingdom? Wouldn't Emperor Yong'an also have to be controlled by him? Jia Qianqian's hands trembled, and her heart was about to jump out of her mouth. It was still pouring rain outside, and Jia Qianqian struggled to control herself, wrapping the scepter in brocade again, thinking about how to deal with the aftermath.
Nie Wuzheng, who got the scepter, will definitely fulfill his dream of recovering the country, even if he can take the Great Yan Kingdom without blood, what about Emperor Yong'an? What about Long Jie and Long Xiao? Will he be killed by Nie Wuzheng? If he takes another 10,000 steps back, even if he doesn't kill them, I'm afraid he will be in the prison forever. Jia Qianqian didn't dare to imagine how desolate these arrogant people would be once they fell into that fate.
She didn't want Nie Wuzheng to die, and she didn't want to see the destruction of the Great Yan Kingdom, and what prevented all this from happening was to destroy this scepter. But if it was really ruined, and Nie Wuzheng's dreams and hopes were also destroyed, would he make any crazy moves?
The only way to do this is to make the scepter disappear again. At this time, the rain gradually stopped, and with the experience of the last time, Jia Qianqian decided to bury the scepter again. Go to the back of the ruined temple and look around. It's overgrown with grass and ruins, and no one will pay attention to it. There was a shallow pit beside a crumbling earthen wall, Jia Qianqian put the scepter in it, pulled out some weeds to cover it, and then covered it with the collapsed dirt next to it, and finally knocked down the crumbling earthen wall.
The earthen wall fell with a clatter, and a mound of earth was pushed up on top of the scepter, covering it tightly underneath.
After doing all this, Jia Qianqian returned to the broken temple, climbed into the carriage that was about to fall apart, and tried to drive the carriage back to the city. When she was almost at the gate, she got out of the cart again, led the horse in the opposite direction from the road she had just returned, and then slapped the horse's buttocks with a branch. The horse was in pain and immediately pulled the empty cart and galloped forward. Jia Qianqian entered the city slowly. As soon as she entered the city, she found that the gates were immediately closed. It turned out that Emperor Yong'an had ordered the city gate to be closed, and the whole city was searched for suspicious people.
Jia Qianqian knew that Emperor Yong'an had discovered that the scepter was missing, and began a big search, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally hid the woe for the time being. But what about Nie Wuzheng? I wonder if he escaped? If people recognized him and found out who he was, he would be dead as well. Also, he is also a person who has been in and out of the palace, but I am afraid that he is also a suspect, and the emperor may also send someone to search.
Thinking of this, Jia Qianqian hurriedly stopped a rental carriage, took off her mud-covered coat in the car, and asked her to send her home.