When Ye Pei came out of Zhaoming Palace, he was still thinking, Lin Bihan and Zhou Xun came up and asked, "Princess, but what happened?" ”

"Huh?" Ye Pei turned a deaf ear.

Lin Bihan took the things taken out by the palace people and thanked him, and escorted Ye Pei to the outside of the palace.

Back at the post house, Ye Pei looked through the relics of Xiao Shinan brought out of the palace.

There was a regular robe he wore in it, a Khitan brocade robe inlaid with raccoon dog hair that Xiao Shinan wore when he went to Bianliang City, and a silver gilt belt that he often wore.

Ye Pei had always cherished one in ten thousand hopes, thinking that he might still be alive, but after seeing Xiao Shinan's regular clothes, it was finally shattered, and Ye Pei couldn't cry.

He really couldn't come back, and even his bones were gone. His hearty smile, his strong embrace, his lofty ambitions......

Her husband really can't come back!

"Princess......" Lin Bihan cried beside Ye Pei.

Ye Pei cried and cried, suddenly thought of one thing, and began to look at these things again.

Lin Bihan asked, "What is the princess looking for?" ”

Ye Pei frowned and asked, "Can you see the seven-trick dagger I gave to Brother Xiao?" He'll be sure to take it with him. ”

Lin Bihan also helped to find it, but the two of them rummaged through it two or three times, and finally confirmed, "There really isn't!" ”

Ye Pei paced back and forth in the room, "That dagger has an extraordinary meaning to the two of us, Brother Xiao will never leave it, unless, is there something hidden?" Brother Xiao did not die of illness, how did he die? Or was he not dead at all? ”

A kind of hope rose in Ye Pei's heart, "Where will the seven-trick exquisite dagger go?" Was he handed over to whom before he died, or was he hidden? Where did Dari, who has been following Xiao Shinan's side, go?

If Xiao Shinan was really killed, would Brother Xiao Bodhisattva know something? If Xiao Shinan hadn't died, where would he have gone at this moment? The more the Empress Dowager Fa Tian didn't want me to see it, the more she would hide it...... "A hundred questions appeared in my mind at the same time, which made Ye Pei upset.

"Go and call Zhou Xun in." Ye Pei commanded.

Waiting for Zhou Xun to enter the house, Ye Pei asked eagerly: "Zhou Xun, tell me about Brother Xiao Bodhisattva again." ”

"What does the princess want to hear?"

"Have you heard about the Empress Dowager Qi being moved to Beijing before, and you said that Xiao Yunjin tampered with the edict and became the Empress Dowager of Fatian? Then what must she cover up, I'm going to go to Beijing! ”

Zhou Xun said: "The princess guesses what the Empress Dowager Qi Tian will know?" ”

"Yes, I suspect that Xiao Shinan is not dead, if he does, it is likely that he was murdered in Shangjing!"

Zhou Xun frowned and thought for a moment, "Okay, I'll go with the princess!" ”

"I'll go too." Lin Bihan also said.

Ye Pei said to Lin Bihan: "No, you stay in the post house to cover for me, if someone visits, you will say that I have a cold and can't see guests." I rode fast horses with Steward Zhou, and we will be back in five days. ”

"Then bring a few guards." Lin Bihan said worriedly.

"There are many people who make mistakes, and the target is bigger and easier to expose, so it is most convenient for me to sneak into the Shangjing Palace alone."

"Okay." Lin Bihan and Zhou Xun both agreed.

Ye Pei cleaned up, and went north to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing with Zhou Xun.

Shangjing Linhuang Mansion is more than 600 miles away from Zhongjing Dading Mansion, Huanglin Mansion is the capital city set up when Yelu Abaoji established the Great Liao State, composed of two parts in the north and south, the north is the imperial city, the south is Hancheng, like a huge "day" shaped distribution.

Ye Pei and Zhou Xun arrived in Shangjing in the evening of the second day, and went to Seoul to find an inn to rest.

In the dead of night, Ye Pei changed into night clothes, took a fish and dragon whip, sneaked into the imperial city, and successfully entered the old palace in Shangjing.

The Imperial Palace in Shangjing has been abandoned for many years and looks very depressed. It is not as tall as the Bianliang Imperial Palace, with many palaces, and Ye Pei found the highest point very smoothly.

She slowly groped her way forward and saw the three gilded characters of "Open the Imperial Palace" written on the large plaque in the hall. Ye Pei knew that this was the place where Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji was alive.

At this time, there were not many people living in the palace, and there were not many palaces with lights on, Ye Pei tentatively moved forward, thinking that it should not take much time to find the palace where Brother Xiao Bodhisattva was imprisoned.

Who knew that more than a dozen Khitan warriors suddenly gathered on the back wall of the Kaihuang Palace, wearing Khitan flower clothes, narrow sleeves and narrow trousers, and colorful ribbons tied on their thin braids.

Ye Pei thought that his whereabouts had been discovered, so he quickly found a dark place to hide. Who knew that these people did not come to Ye Pei's side, but gathered on standby.

I only heard one of the leaders say in Khitan dialect: "Are they all assembled?" ”

"It's all right." "It's all right." Everyone agreed in a frenzy.

"Okay, let's go to Chongde Palace." The leader commanded.

One of the samurai said, "Is it enough to kill a weak woman who is powerless?" ”

Another person also said: "I think it is also a knife to kill chickens, and I think you are enough for yourself." ”

The headman named Qilu said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about! The Empress Dowager Fa Tian personally assigned a few of us to come over, naturally she had her intentions, how did Rong Lisha die, have you forgotten? ”

As soon as Rong Lisha's name was mentioned, several people immediately fell silent, and they all followed Lu Lu to a large hall in the southeast direction of the Kaihuang Palace.

All this was heard clearly by Ye Pei, who was secretly hiding, she didn't know who Rong Lisha was, and she didn't know what the Empress Dowager Fatian had ordered, but she could confirm that they were going to kill a woman who was powerless, and this woman was Brother Xiao Bodhisattva nine times out of ten.

Ye Pei followed more than a dozen Khitan warriors and soon came to Chongde Palace. They swaggered in through the main entrance, and there was not even a single palace attendant inside.

Ye Pei came to the back window and peeked in with the tip of his tongue to break the window paper.

I happened to see a Khitan lady about fifty years old running out in surprise, she was obviously older than Xiao Yunjin, but she looked more well-maintained and graceful. She is not as strong and sturdy as ordinary Khitan women, but has the gentle air of a southern woman.

"Ahh What are you going to do? The woman panicked, but quickly regained her composure.

Holding a meniscus-shaped sword, he said to the woman, "We are here on the orders of the Queen Mother. ”

The woman said with a dignified face: "Queen Mother? You have seen the real Queen Mother here, and you still don't bow down here? ”

Lu said: "Empress Dowager Qitian, don't embarrass us, we are under the will of the Empress Dowager Fatian, and you also know what we are going to do." If you hang yourself, we will do a good job, and you will also keep the whole corpse. ”

Ye Pei listened to it clearly, and she knew that the gentle woman in front of her was Brother Xiao Bodhisattva, the Empress Dowager of Qi Tian.

I only heard Brother Xiao Bodhisattva say: "As soon as Emperor Shengzong is gone, how dare you do this to me?" ”

Lu said: "Who says it's not? Empress Dowager Qi Tian, the phoenix that fell on the shelf is not as good as a chicken, you still have to recognize the reality. ”

"The Lord is my raised son, and he will not tolerate you treating your mother-in-law like this."

"Hahaha......" Qi Lu laughed even more, "Empress Dowager Qi Tian, are you really naïve or fake romantic?" The Lord is the biological son of the Empress Dowager Fatian, and naturally he is towards his biological mother.

When the king of Nanping died, did the lord intervene? In order to eliminate the hidden danger of instability in Daliao, how could the Lord disagree? ”

"You ...... Xiao Yunjin didn't dare to kill me, she was my handmaid before, and she will always be my handmaiden! ”

"Whether it's a maidservant or a queen mother, it's just a title. Whoever is in power now, we will obey the orders of the dead soldiers. ”

"Don't mess around, if this matter spreads to the outside world, how will other countries view our Daliao?"

"Come on, who knows what's going on today? Empress Dowager Qi Tian, just accept your fate! ”

"You, you ......" Brother Xiao Bodhisattva retreated again and again, and several people pressed forward step by step.

Lu Lu said again: "The Empress Dowager Fatian asked us to bring you two things, a glass of poisonous wine and a piece of white silk, which one do you want to choose?" ”

Brother Xiao Bodhisattva exclaimed: "I don't choose, I don't choose either!" ”

"Then it's only me who did it, Empress Dowager Qi Tian, I'm sorry!" As he spoke, Qi Lu held a steel knife and slashed towards Brother Xiao Bodhisattva.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Ye Pei aimed at Qi Lu and shot a poisonous needle.

Qi Lu had already prepared, and took a few steps back with a somersault, and the poisonous needle shot into the floor tiles, making a crisp sound of "ding".

"Sure enough, someone ambushed and rescued the Empress Dowager Qi Tian, brothers, act!" With a shout, a dozen samurai hulala formed a semicircle.

Ye Pei couldn't imagine that the Empress Dowager Fatian had expected her arrival, she felt strange in her heart, but her actions were not slow. Ye Pei lifted his foot, kicked the edge of the back window open, and jumped into the main hall with a short body.

"Who are you? Want to attack the Queen Mother? Ye Pei said as he protected Brother Xiao Bodhisattva with his body.

Although Brother Xiao Bodhisattva didn't know Ye Pei, he saw her protecting himself, so he relied on her.

Hearing Ye Pei's voice, Lu knew that the other party was a woman, he showed contempt on his face, and said: "King Langya is really a god, there is really a party of the Empress Dowager Qi Tian!" Kill me together! ”

A strong man beside him held a scimitar in his hand and slashed at him.

Ye Pei understood the essence of Khitan martial arts under Xiao Shinan's guidance, and she intended to use "promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses" and "softening rigidity" to deal with them.

Ye Pei saw the whereabouts of the other party's knife, and he was not afraid at all, and a "eagle harrier turned over" dodged from under the knife.

Seeing that Ye Pei was extraordinary, and seeing her breaking into the palace alone, he knew that she must be a master, and shouted: "Brothers, give it to me!" You can't leave a single mouth alive! ”

More than a dozen meniscus-shaped knives slashed at Ye Pei at the same time.

Ye Pei is a "horizontal banqiao", another "autumn wind sweeping leaves", and one after another "watching and helping each other", dancing the fish and dragon whip to the wind, like a tiger descending the mountain, and like a tiger with wings.

Seeing that more than a dozen of his Rong Jia dead soldiers couldn't catch a woman, he couldn't calm down.

He bravely rushed in front of Ye Pei with a weapon in hand, a vertical chop followed by a sweep, and then an oblique stab, these three moves were done in one go, up and down, left and right, front and back, all-round attack, if it was a change for ordinary people, he would have done a ghost with a knife.

However, Ye Pei got the true biography of Xiao Shinan, a "Qiankun step" under his feet, a "splitting mountains and hitting stones" and a "flying god dance" in his hands, which can really be described as a perfect combination of Han martial arts and Khitan martial arts.

Ye Pei not only skillfully dodged Qi Lu's attack, but also took the initiative instead of passive, she also immediately whipped and wrapped around Qi Lu's beard knife.

Ye Pei was not in love with war, and immediately collected the whip after being entangled, turned the whip into a pestle, and stabbed it directly in the throat of Qi Lu, so frightened that Qi Lu retreated and dodged.

The other dead soldiers behind Qi Lu were also not weak in martial arts, and someone immediately came to the rescue, and the horizontal knife picked up Ye Pei's fish dragon whip, who knew that the fish dragon whip suddenly lengthened, and the curved part in the middle did not affect the attack speed, and the fish's mouth opened wide and bit through Qi Lu's throat.

He fell to the ground suddenly, causing the other dead soldiers to panic. But after all, they are all well-trained Khitan dead soldiers, and they all regard death as home. Fall down, and immediately someone rushes up again.

Ye Pei took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, and in an instant, he knocked down three Khitan dead soldiers.

Ye Pei was fighting against ten in the hall, but he didn't pay attention to the fact that one of these Rong Jia dead soldiers did not rush to attack Ye Pei, but walked to the big incense burner that was burning in the hall and blew a tube of medicinal powder into the incense burner.

At this time, someone saw it and wanted to escape, but I don't know why the man ran to the back window like a drunk, Ye Pei jumped over with an arrow and strangled the man to death with a fish and dragon whip.

The remaining few people also suddenly lost their combat effectiveness, and they all staggered, not knowing what evil poison they had fallen into.

At this time, Brother Xiao Bodhisattva hid behind the pillar and also let out a cry for help: "Woman, it may be a poisonous fan......" As she spoke, she also fell down softly, foaming at the mouth unconscious.

Ye Pei also began to feel dizzy, but she could still move around clearly, but the fish whip in her hand became heavier and heavier, as if she was about to be unable to drag.

She insisted on going to the door, opening all the doors and windows, and walked out of the temple herself, sitting under the watchpost outside the door and gasping for breath.

Ye Pei understood that he must have been poisoned, and this poison should have come out of the incense burner sprinkled with poison powder by the Khitan dead soldiers.

Realizing this, she held her breath and returned to the hall, dragging Xiao Bodhisattva out of the hall with all her might.