Chapter Thirty-Nine: Nie Wuzheng Steals the Scepter
In order to be more sure whether it was Nie Wuzheng, Jia Qianqian quietly got up and went around to the backstage of the acting.
It's busy backstage. The owner of the drama troupe was a man in his fifties, and when he saw Jia Qianqian coming in, he immediately greeted him with a smile, "This little brother, go to the front to watch the play, the backstage is very chaotic, and I can't greet you." ”
"You're busy with yours, I'll take a look." As soon as Jia Qianqian opened her mouth, the class master found out that she was a woman dressed as a man, no wonder something was wrong at first glance, how could there be such a handsome young man. It's just that how can there be girls in men's clothes in this palace?
"Well, this girl, this backstage is too messy, I'm afraid it will snub you, so let's go to the front to watch the show."
The more the class leader drove her away, the more Jia Qianqian didn't leave, and simply sat on a box with costumes. In the troupe, the box with costumes can't sit casually, but the owner of this troupe naturally doesn't dare to offend anyone in the palace, and naturally doesn't dare to open her mouth to let her get up. If she didn't leave, he had to stand next to him with a smiling face.
After a while, the play on the stage was finished, and the next one was about to be replaced, and the protagonist and the trickster returned to the backstage. Jia Qianqian stared at a tricky official who came back. The actor who played the official was putting the props away with another person, and when he looked up, he saw Jia Qianqian sitting on the box.
Now you can see it clearly, it is really Nie Wuzheng. Nie Wuzheng was also stunned for a moment when he saw Jia Qianqian appearing in the palace, then glanced at him and walked towards a secluded place.
Seeing that there was no one around, Nie Wuzheng smiled and said, "Qianqian, why did you also enter the palace?" ”
Jia Qianqian glared, "This is what I want to ask you, why are you so bold, this is the palace of the Great Yan Kingdom, if it is discovered, it will really be a dead end." ”
"Don't you say, who knows me, no one in this palace knows me." He was referring to Long Jie and Long Xiao.
"But, it's hard to say, maybe there are people who know you, anyway, you should hurry up and get out, don't take this risk."
"I haven't stolen the scepter yet, what's the hurry?"
Jia Qianqian lowered his voice and scolded viciously: "Nie Wuzheng, are you crazy, the palace of this Great Yan Kingdom is not a vegetable market, can you run around freely and steal such important things?" Don't accidentally put your life on the line. ”
Jia Qianqian's anxious appearance made Nie Wuzheng's heart warm, "Qianqian, I'll be careful, but how can you still appear in the palace like this?" ”
"Hehe, my son is now very privileged, the emperor gave me a gold medal, and I can enter and leave the palace freely."
"Really?" Nie Wuzheng's eyes lit up. If Jia Qianqian is willing to help, why worry that he won't be able to leave the palace after the scepter is in hand.
"Qianqian, then you'd better come to the palace if you're okay these days, maybe one day I'll be discovered, and you can save my life."
"Nie Wuzheng, do you still want to stay in the palace?" Jia Qianqian stared at him incredulously, intuition that he was enchanted.
"I have my way, you don't have to worry." Nie Wuzheng naturally wouldn't tell him that he had an internal response here. If you can't succeed today, you must find a way to stay in the palace so that you can wait for the opportunity to do it again.
At this time, a eunuch came, "I'll go in first." Nie Wuzheng hurriedly entered the backstage of the troupe. Jia Qianqian looked at his hurried figure helplessly, and had to secretly pray that he would not be discovered, and it was best for him to retreat.
Absentmindedly returned to the front desk, only to hear an "ouch" sound, and bumped into a fat woman.
"How do you walk? Don't you have eyes? The fat woman thought it was the son of a minister, and immediately scolded viciously. You know, she is Princess Anping, the younger sister of the current emperor.
Jia Qianqian didn't want to cause trouble, smiled apologetically, turned around and wanted to slip away.
"Stop! So bold, hit this princess, and want to run away without even saying an apology? ”
Jia Qianqian rolled her eyes helplessly and turned around, "The people have offended a lot, and I hope the princess will forgive her sins." ”
"Folk girl? Are you a girl? Where did the wild girl come from, why did she appear in the palace so nondescriptly? This Princess Anping's loud shouting immediately provoked a lot of people, and Concubine Ya also came over in a hurry.
When she recognized the girl in men's clothes in front of her as Jia Qianqian, she was even more surprised, "Why are you here?" Who asked you to come? ”
It's over, and I can't slip away silently, so I have to helplessly brush my body and salute Yaguifei, "Niangniang's birthday, the emperor ordered the people's daughter to come to celebrate Niangniang's birthday." ”
"The emperor will let such a wild girl haunt the palace so casually? Can you really talk nonsense? Ya Guifei sneered.
"What's the origin of this girl? Ya Guifei seems to know her? Princess Anping asked on the side.
This Ya Guifei was speechless for a moment, how could she be embarrassed to say that this wild girl was the woman her precious emperor fancied, and she had brought her in to visit her.
Jia Qianqian was annoyed and straightened up, "My father is the emperor's newly appointed servant, I have a gold medal from the emperor, and I can enter and leave the palace freely, if you are not satisfied, you can ask the emperor." ”
"What an uneducated woman dares to call herself me in front of this princess and the noble concubine, how can the imperial brother give you such a great privilege? Take the gold medal to this princess and take a look. ”
At this time, a eunuch shouted at a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
It turned out that it was time for the birthday banquet, and the emperor was done, so he also came over to cheer up Concubine Ya.
Everyone hurriedly knelt down to greet Emperor Yong'an. Emperor Yong'an found Jia Qianqian at this time, and couldn't help laughing: "Today is Concubine Ya's birthday, why don't you dress pretty, or wear men's clothes?" Later, bring a few brocades home and make a few beautiful women's clothes, like this formal occasion, you can't wear too casually, this is the minimum etiquette. ”
Emperor Yong'an's voice was full of love, he sincerely taught Jia Qianqian as his daughter. It's a pity that when she heard these words in the ears of Concubine Ya, she immediately guessed that Jie'er was not in the capital now, could it be that this Jia Qianqian actually hooked up with the emperor again?
"Yes, the folk girl will pay attention next time." Jia Qianqian was still neither humble nor arrogant, and she didn't notice the envy and jealousy of everyone at all.
"The hour has come, let's have a table." Emperor Yong'an walked towards the chief, took two steps, and then turned around and said, "Concubine Ya, you are the birthday star, come and sit with me, Jia Qianqian, you also come over, sit next to me." ”
Ya Guifei is the birthday star, and she is the most favored concubine of Emperor Yong'an, she and Emperor Yong'an sit in the chief together, which is beyond reproach, but this wild girl who came out of nowhere also sat on the top position, which made everyone confused, and immediately inquired about Jia Qianqian's origin in private.
Jia Qianqian, who was sitting in the chief, was uncomfortable, alas! Eating with this emperor's concubine is simply a living sin, and I am afraid that no matter how delicious the meal is, it will not taste good. Now I can go in and out of the imperial dining room, and I can take everything delicious home and enjoy it slowly, where do I need to be subject to this constraint.
This hour is the time for lunch in the palace, and it is also the most vigilant time in the palace. A guard quietly came to the place where the troupe was resting, and handed the package in his hand to Nie Wuzheng, which contained the clothes of the palace guards, and Nie Wuzheng hurriedly put them on.
Nie Wuzheng, who had transformed into a palace guard, swaggered towards the treasure house where the scepter was kept, along with the inner guard.
This inside guard found an opportunity a few days ago, and after getting the chief eunuch drunk, he used ink clay to expand all the keys on his body, and then prepared them all. It's just that he hasn't had time to figure out which key it is.
Before coming to the treasury where the treasures were stored, there were two guards guarding the door, and Nie Wuzheng walked over generously. The two guards asked, "Which captain are you under you?" Why haven't I seen you? ”
Nie Wuzheng smiled: "I'm new here, seeing that the big brothers are working hard, I secretly brought you a little food." ”
One of the guards glared, "Don't you know the rules here, you can't eat when you're on duty?" ”
Nie Wuzheng smiled and said, "It's okay to eat a little bit of this thing." After speaking, he took out a handful of powder and sprinkled it on the two.
The two guards were startled and were about to shout, but found that they could no longer make a sound. The two of them stared at the frightened eyes and slowly collapsed to the ground. The guard hiding in the shadows immediately rushed out, and Nie Wuzheng and Nie Wuzheng broke the necks of the two guards one by one, and then dragged them to a secret place.
The guard was on guard, and Nie Wuzheng took out a large set of keys and tried them one by one. Seeing that a large number of keys were almost finished, I still couldn't open them. Nie Wuzheng's hand, which had always been calm, began to tremble. In this storehouse, the locks and buckles are made of super hard black iron, and if there is no key, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cut through the sword that blows off the hair and sharpens the iron like mud for a while.
Just when Nie Wuzheng was about to despair and poked the last key in, the lock clicked open.
Nie Wuzheng hurriedly flashed into the house, leaving the inside guard to let out the wind. There were no lamps and candles in the room, but the light was soft and clear, and when I looked up, I found that the roof was compartmental, and there were more than a dozen huge night pearls inlaid on it. There are boxes in the room, and there are boxes on the wooden shelves, and they are full of rare treasures. Nie Wuzheng wasn't interested in any of this, just hurriedly looked around for the box that could hold the scepter.
However, after rummaging through the house, he still could not find the scepter. Isn't the Scepter stored here? But that day, after Emperor Yong'an unveiled the scepter in front of the Jing'an Palace, the inner guards secretly followed the eunuch who released the scepter, and saw him take the scepter into this room with their own eyes.
Nie Wuzheng looked through all the treasures again, but there was still no shadow of the scepter. A thought suddenly flashed through my heart, could it be that there is a secret room here?
There are also masters of building secret rooms in Xuancheng, and Nie Wuzheng has also learned a little bit and knows a little bit about fur. At that time, every suspicious place was broken with his hands. Eventually, an inconspicuous clay vase on a wooden shelf against the wall caught his eye. Walk over quickly, touch the pottery bottle with your hand, and the pottery bottle does not move. Nie Wuzheng held the clay bottle with both hands, turned it three times to the left, and the wooden frame slowly moved away, and a secret door appeared in front of him.
Nie Wuzheng had to hold the mood of giving it a try, and began to try one by one with the copied keys on his body. This time with good luck, the third one opened, and when I pushed the door open, a small room with even rarer treasures appeared in front of me. On the table in the middle of the room, a large pearl of the night about a foot in diameter emitted a white light, and the scepter next to it was reflected in the light, and the luxurious atmosphere of the whole room made people almost breathless.