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Let's say that Longzi entered the capital west and found the palace.

And he saw from afar that there were guards standing guard in front of the gate of the king's house.

Xin said: "Although I am wearing palace clothes, I have no evidence, how can I walk through the main gate?" ”

Thinking so, he went around to the back of the palace.

I guessed that there was a harem not far inside, and stopped.

After looking around, nothing out of the ordinary.

When I looked up, I saw that the wall of the courtyard was two feet high.

Long Zixi held his breath, his legs were slightly bent, and with the force of his two feet, he actually pulled up from the ground and jumped onto the wall.

When I looked inside, there was no movement.

He jumped lightly and fell to the ground.

Long Zixi stabilized his mind and discerned the direction.

There is a palace not far from the front left, and it is vaguely a harem.

And he walked lightly toward the palace.

Just turned around a peach forest, suddenly a group of soldiers appeared in front of him.

Long Zixi wanted to avoid it, but he couldn't do it.

The team had already seen Long Zixi.

Someone asked, "Who?" "Come up early.

Long Zixi arched his hand:

"The little ones are the people in the harem."

There was a person who looked like an official and looked at Long Zixi for a long time:

"People in the harem? How can you be so faced? ”

Longzi West Road:

"Not long after the little one entered the palace, how do the adults know the little ones?"

The human:

"What are you doing here, you are blinding in the dark?"

Long Zixi was about to answer, but when he saw another person next to him, he scolded Long Zixi:

"Stupid! It's been a few days since I came, why don't you know the road? Walking around on their own. I didn't arrest you as a thief! ”

When Long Zixi saw it, the person turned out to be Tuyutian.

Seeing that Tu Yutian bowed his hand to the person who looked like an official:

"This is a subordinate under the subordinate, I just entered the palace not long ago, and the road is not familiar, please don't blame my lord!"

The man also returned the salute to the earth and rainfield:

"Oh, it turned out to be a local hero. Since he is a subordinate of the hero, teach him some palace rules well, and he has nothing to do! ”

Tsuyutian Road:

"Exactly."

The group of soldiers turned and left.

Tu Yutian gave Long Zixi a look:

"Remember the way next time! Go, come back with me. ”

Long Zixi understood, said yes, and followed Tu Yutian to the residence of the "Five Elements", which turned out to be a wing room on the right side of the harem.

When they entered the house, the four were also there, and when they saw Long Zixi, they were all surprised.

Jin Wedge Road:

"Why is my brother here? How did you get into the palace? ”

Long Zixi said that he climbed over the wall and met the night patrol officers and soldiers again.

Huo Yunqi blamed:

"Brother is so reckless, I lost to meet Brother Tu!"

Long Zixi said apologetically:

"The little brother is in a hurry to enter the palace, but he is also helpless."

At that moment, he inquired about Xiao Wei's whereabouts and wanted to tell the queen about it.

When Jin Wedge heard this, he said:

"In this case, I can't blame my brother. Fifth Brother Tu, the queen has not rested yet, go and report to the queen. ”

Tu Yutian got up and left.

After a while he came back and said:

"Please come with me, brother."

Long Zixi came to the harem with Tuyutian.

The queen had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Long Zixi, she hurriedly asked:

"What's the matter, there's Williams?"

Longzi West Road:

"Yes. I heard that he was being held in the palace, but he didn't know where he was being held. ”

The queen groaned for a moment, and said:

"The only way to do this is to let the 'Five Elements' slowly investigate."

As soon as the words fell, I heard Tu Yutian outside the house shouting loudly and asked:

"Who?"

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Then there was the sound of footsteps, sounding like there were as many as thirty or forty people.

Someone said:

"Tu Daxia, the lower official got a report, it seems that an assassin sneaked into the palace, intended to be unfavorable to the queen, and specially rushed to escort him!"

Just listen to the earth rain field road:

"It turned out to be Lord Yin! I've been staying here all the time, where are the assassins? The queen is already resting, so do not be disturbed. Just ask the adults to visit somewhere else. Our brother is here, and he keeps it safe. ”

Long Zixi crouched by the window, and it sounded as if three or four more people had come, and someone asked:

"What's going on?"

Listen to the voice is the boss of the "Five Elements".

Tsuyutian Road:

"It was Lord Yin who said that there were assassins in the palace, and he wanted to be unfavorable to the queen, so he came to escort him. I have already told Master Yin that no assassins have been found, and that our brother is here to protect me. ”

Jin Gong Road:

"Exactly, please rest assured, Lord Yin, there is no need to delay here, so as not to disturb the queen's rest!"

But I heard Yin Qiu sneer:

"The two queens have rested. Is there a reason to sleep with the lamp? ”

The queen glanced at Long Zixi, told him not to move, turned around and walked to the door, opened the door and went out:

"Lord Yin is right, the palace has not rested yet. Hongu also heard it, Lord Yin said that there were assassins, but where did he see them?

"Thank you, Lord Yin, this palace will show your loyalty to King You.

"Now, this palace is really going to rest, Lord Yin, please go back!"

Yin Qiu and the others knelt on the ground and said Chitose, and only after listening to the queen did they stand up.

Yin Fairway:

"The queen is fine, and the lower officials are relieved. Come on, we must send more sentries these days, strengthen precautions, and strictly control the entry and exit of idle people. If there's a slight slip on the queen's side, you'll all lose your heads! ”

After speaking, he smiled slightly:

"The next official will retire."

Seeing Yin Qiu and the others walking away, Jin Gong asked Huo Yunqi and Tu Yutian to guard the door, and the other three returned to the room with the queen and closed the door.

Shui Haobo said in a low voice:

"It's dangerous! This Yin Qiu is really pervasive, he must have heard something! ”

Mu Jinmu sighed for a long time:

"It must have been someone who reported Yin Qiu's encounter with Brother Long just now, which aroused his suspicions. Fortunately, Yin Qiu didn't search hard, otherwise...... Hi! ”

Shui Haobo wondered:

"This Yin Qiu is really incomprehensible! Didn't he startle the snake when he came? ”

But the queen shook her head again and again:

"This Yin Qiu is really difficult! He came here today, because he is not afraid of startling the grass and snakes, but it is a plan to knock the mountain and shock the tiger, but it can teach us that it is not easy to deal with it! ”

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, the queen said:

"I don't think he knows for sure that Brother Zixi has entered the palace, but he just came to test it.

"When he came, he clearly told us that he already knew something, and warned us not to act rashly.

"He also told us clearly that he would send more people to monitor us, if Prince Xiaowei was really in the palace, it would be difficult for us to save him!"

When everyone heard this, they all felt reasonable, and they even felt that things were difficult to do.

After a while, Long Zixi gritted his teeth:

"The younger brother heard that for the convenience of the discussion, the king of Youyou let Yu Shifu, Gong Yi, and Yin Qiu live in the palace. Why don't I go to their residence and catch Yin Qiu, the dog thief, and everything will be easy to do! ”

The queen shook her head and said:

"No, you can't. Yin Qiu's side must be strictly guarded, and if you do this, you will be startled. ”

Long Zixi sighed, and couldn't help but feel ashamed that his ideas were always very simple.

Huoyun Qi Dao:

"The top priority is to find out if Xiao Wei is really in the palace and where."

The Way of Wood Prudence:

"Brother wants to come, then Yin Qiu plus the guards, there are only four or five places in the palace, we will investigate slowly, but we can't find a clue."

The queen nodded:

"Exactly, I'll let the palace maid pay attention to it here. If Xiao Wei is really in the palace, he must find out no matter what. It's just that before the verification, the Zixi brothers can't move lightly, and they only stay with a few big brothers. ”

The plan has been decided.

Long Zixi hid in the residence of the "Five Elements", and it was not a problem to arrange a secret visit here.

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After two days, the queen called them together again and rejoiced:

"There's news!"

When everyone heard the news, they were very happy.

The queen summoned a maid of the palace and said:

"Tell me about it."

Then the maid of the palace saluted them and said,

"The slave maid has a fellow villager who is responsible for cooking in the middle and lower parts of Lord Yin's palace. According to her, there was indeed a boy who lived with two old mothers. Usually, only two guards and two old mothers took care of the boy. ”

Long Zixi hurriedly asked:

"What did they do to the boy? Neither beating and scolding? ”

The palace maid said:

"I heard that he didn't beat or scold that boy, and he didn't eat or drink. But he was not allowed to go out of the house. ”

Huoyunqi asked:

"Sure enough, there are only two guards?"

The palace maid said:

"There were only two guards at the door of the house. However, those rooms were all used by Lord Yin, and they were not far away, and there were thirty or fifty guards living there. ”

When Long Zixi heard this, he no longer suspected that Xiao Wei was there and secretly thought: No matter what, I must guide Xiao Wei to rescue him!

The queen sent the maid of the palace, and everyone discussed how to rescue her, but they couldn't think of any good way for a while.

After a while, the queen said slowly:

"After thinking about it, there is only this one plan that can be tried."

When everyone saw that the queen had an idea, they were all happy, and they listened with bated breath.

The queen said:

"Didn't Yin Qiu say last time that there were assassins in the palace? We'll have a plan for that.

"It's just that this strategy needs to take some twists and turns, and there is no urgency. What's more, it's very dangerous, maybe you have to take a few lives.

"Here's how I planned: let's find a few masters and enter the palace to attack together in the name of assassinating Father Shi or Yin Qiu, and Yin Qiu will do his best to deal with it.

"Let's arrange for Brother Zixi to save Xiao Wei, or there may be hope of success!"

Everyone felt that this plan was interesting, but they were not very confident in their hearts.

Long Zixi pondered for a moment and said:

"The princess just said that Yin Qiu's investigation is very tight, who will easily enter the palace?"

The queen said:

"I've thought about this too, but it was my brother who reminded me when he entered the palace this time. Entering the palace will not take the right path, it is nothing more than climbing over the wall to enter. Although the city wall is high, what is the difficulty for people with strong martial arts? ”

Long Zixi nodded and said:

"That being the case, this time Hong Dejun brought a few guards to Beijing together, and he was waiting for news there, so he chose a few good martial arts to do this, how about it?"

The queen shook her head:

"No. No matter how strong those people's martial arts are, they must be general, and I am afraid it will be difficult for them to take this position. Besides, Hong Dejun went to Beijing to save his father, how could he be involved here? ”

Long Zixi thought for a while and said:

"Yes."

Silent at the moment, thinking freely in his heart.

Tsuyutian Road:

"One more thing. The precautions in the palace are very strict, but I am afraid that it is easy for a few people to enter the palace and it is difficult to get out of the palace. Who would be willing to do this for us? ”

The queen sighed:

"Yes, this is very dangerous, so I said that if I don't get it, I will have to take a few lives.

"No matter who does this, it's only for the purpose of making trouble, and you can't fall in love with war.

"This is why martial arts must be strong, they must be able to afford to make trouble, stand up, and escape.

"As for the candidates, they must be loyal and willing to die, but they are hard to find."

Everyone thought for a while, and Jin Gong suddenly nodded and said:

"I thought of a few people to see if it was suitable, that is, a few tigers from Fengcheng Fushan.

"First, Zhehu used to be a palace guard and was familiar with the path in the palace.

"The two, they are strong in martial arts, especially the Broken Tiger, I think they are a little worse than the Zixi brothers.

"Three, he was an errand boy under Master Qiu back then, and he also knew us, although Lord Qiu treated them like a mountain, he was also affectionate.

"If Lord Qiu comes forward to invite him, Zhehu will definitely come gladly!"

As soon as Long Zixi heard about the folding tiger, he said:

"It's a coincidence, the little brother also has a relationship with several of them."

He introduced the meeting and the folding of the tiger.

The queen was overjoyed and nodded:

"That's very good, and it's a few more cents."

Seeing that everyone gradually had a clue, their hearts were opened, and the capital asked the queen to give an order.

The queen said:

"Before the plan, the Zixi brothers were still hiding in the residence of the 'Five Elements', but fortunately, King Youwang rarely came here, and Yin Qiu and they would not come to search, so it was fine.

"I asked Brother Jin to go out in person and bring my letter to my Master Shiqiu, who is also living in seclusion in the mountains, not far from Fengcheng.

"Then ask Second Brother Mu to tell Hong Degongzi that he is a little restless, and he must not act rashly. With the news, report back in time, and we will discuss again.

"It's late tonight, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of Yin Qiu and others, we will split up tomorrow morning."

The people were commanded and dispersed.

The queen went to prepare her own letters, without titles.

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Early the next morning, Jin Kai left the palace with the queen's letter, and Mu Jin went to "rest in Beijing" to find Hong Dejun.

Long Zixi hid in the residence of the "Five Elements", although he couldn't see anything on the surface, but it was difficult to calm down inside.

Before noon, Mu Jin returned.

told the queen that the information had arrived, and Hong Dejun promised to act according to the plan and not act rashly.

At the end, he looked at Long Zixi and said:

"It's just an accident, I don't know if it's happy or sad."

Long Zixi hurriedly asked what the accident was.

Mu Jindao:

"That Bao Xi girl, Hua Dining, and Qin Xiongjie also came to Haojing, and they have already done all the way with Hong Dejun and others."

Long Zixi was taken aback:

"Praise? She? Why is she here?"

Mu Jindao:

"Brother Hua Dining said, the day after you left, the girl left the Bao Mansion without telling anyone, but someone said that she was dressed in men's clothes and rode away.

Hua Di Ning suddenly remembered that the Zixi brothers had said that she would also follow her into Beijing, and he expected that she would come to Hojing. At that moment, he and Qin Xiongjie rode fast horses and chased out, but fortunately they really caught up.

The Hua Dining brothers persuaded her to go back, but who knew that this girl was stubborn and stubborn, where she was willing to listen, but forced her to die.

"Brother Hua Dining couldn't, so I had to accompany her to Hojing."

Dragon Son Sidon Foot Path:

"This girl really did it, and the little brother just said that she wouldn't let her come, and she would do it, who knows...... Hey, maybe she'll have trouble again! ”

Then he said to the princess:

As soon as the younger brother saw this girl, he felt that she was quiet and scheming. Now it seems that he has his own ideas and acts resolutely, but he is afraid that he will cause trouble in the future. ”

The princess persuaded:

"I'm here and now, I guess I'm just thinking about you and Xiaowei. It's also human nature, and then pay attention to it. ”

Long Zi Xiwu shook his head and sighed, but there was no way.

I had to wait patiently for news from Jin Gong's side.

A few more days later, the gold wedge also returned.

When he saw the queen and the others, he was very happy, and Dao found Lord Qiu very smoothly.

Master Qiu didn't say a word, and accompanied him to Fushan, which was very smooth.

Zhehu readily agreed, and decided that he, Sacrifice Qiong, and Baal would carry out this plan, just wait for the queen to set the time, and everything will be arranged by the queen.

Everyone rejoices.

The queen said:

"Then it will be in the middle of the fifth day of October.

"Every day and hour, King You has to worship his ancestors in Mingtang, because it is 'Shi Xiang', judging from previous years, it is generally only accompanied by me and a few close servants such as Yu Shifu and the priest.

"In the past two years, Yin Qiu has gained momentum, maybe he will accompany him, it would be better if this was the case.

"Please ask the three of them to climb over the wall and enter the palace when the time comes, and the Zixi brothers will take the opportunity to save people.

"Tell them not to fight, and they must try to get out as soon as possible.

"I'm here to arrange for a few of the 'Five Elements' to secretly help the Zixi brothers."

After thinking about it, he said to Long Zixi again:

"Brother, whether you can save it or not, you must fight quickly. If you can't save it, you must escape from the palace first! ”

Long Zixi nodded.

When the people heard that the queen had set the time for the fifth day of the tenth month, they felt that it could not be better.

It turns out that from the Xia Dynasty period, there is a system of worshiping ancestors on the king, and the first month of the four seasons every year is called "time enjoyment", which is not a formal sacrifice ceremony, nor is it very grand.

The place of sacrifice is called "Shimu" in summer, "Chongwu" in Yin Shang, and "Mingtang" in Zhou, which is on the east side of the south gate of the palace, the farthest away from the harem.

There are still a few days left, so there is plenty of time to prepare.

The "Five Elements" had already explained the geographical situation and road of Yin Qiu's residence to Longzixi.

Fortunately, since Yin Qiu came last time, although the number of patrol guards has increased significantly, there has been no other movement.

On the fourth day of the first month of October, the queen received the will of the king of You, so that she would come to the Ming Hall to worship her ancestors together on the following day.

I also learned that in addition to the two officials in charge of the sacrifice, there were also three people, including Yu Shifu, Priest, and Yin Qiu.

All things were as the queen had expected, and all were happy.