Three quarters of the hour, the royal palace.

There are stars but no moon.

A group of eight forbidden troops, led by the leader, routinely inspected the Shangyi Bureau.

"The leader's name is Cheng Yi, he is four years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, and he joined the forbidden army at the age of twenty. His character is like his name, calm and resolute. ”

The palace in the middle of the night was completely shrouded in night, except for the faint candle flame under the lantern under the eaves, the rest of the place was hidden in darkness.

"This group of forbidden troops has been patrolling since the time of the child, and it is exactly three minutes of the hour when they arrive at the Shangyi Bureau."

Cheng Yi has been patrolling this route for three years, and he can easily complete it even with his eyes closed.

But tonight, when he led the forbidden army on this road that was already too familiar to be more familiar, there was always a sense of foreboding in his heart.

Although he didn't say this nervous feeling, he just acted more cautiously, his eyes sharpened, and he would not let go of even the smallest details.

The others did not have the same nervousness and uneasiness as he did, and continued as usual, just wanting to get through the two hours and go back to sleep.

Passing by the gate of the Shangyi Bureau, I saw that the gate was empty, and there were two young eunuchs on duty in front of the door. Seeing Cheng Yi and them passing by, his face, which was already a little sleepy, immediately woke up, and then looked at them respectfully.

Cheng Yi saw that there was nothing unusual around, so he didn't stop.

The left side of the Shangyi Bureau is adjacent to the mountain, the mountain is not high, and there is a small road near the Shangyi Bureau, which leads directly to the Shangshi Supervisor, which is also the scope of Cheng Yi's inspection.

Therefore, Cheng Yi saw that the Shangyi Bureau was fine, so he took the others up this path to the Shangshi Prison.

Hearing this, Su Shi couldn't help but ask: "Does the route patrolled by the forbidden army include this mountain road?" ”

Zhou Jin shook his head, but then explained: "Because the Shangyi Bureau and the Shangyi Food Prison are all built on Cuiwei Mountain, the forbidden army will inspect the Shangyi Prison after inspecting the Shangyi Prison, if you don't want to go back the same way, you will take this mountain road to the Shangshi Prison." ”

Su Shi thought for a while and said, "So although this mountain road is not included in the patrol route, the forbidden army generally takes this mountain road to save time?" ”

"Yes."

Although Cuiwei Mountain is not high, it is still a mountain, so Cheng Yi stood on the mountain road, looked sideways, and crossed the high wall of the Shangyi Bureau, and could see the situation inside.

It's just that there is no moon tonight, and it's midnight, and the entire Shangyi Bureau is shrouded in darkness, even if there is a little starlight, everything inside seems hazy and can't be seen clearly.

But no one cares about this, because in the dead of night, darkness and silence are the most normal phenomena.

It's just that just when Cheng Yi thought that everything was safe, he suddenly heard a janissary snort, which seemed to be very strange.

Cheng Yi knew that the forbidden army had undergone rigorous training, and if nothing special happened, he must not make any noise when performing his mission.

He was about to ask, when he heard the voice say, "Head, look inside the Shangyi Bureau." ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone involuntarily stopped and looked at the Shangyi Bureau together.

At this time, a light suddenly lit up in the Shangyi Bureau, which was supposed to fall asleep, and when the light was first lit, everything seemed hazy, and in the hazy light, there seemed to be two figures.

At this time, someone smiled and said: "At this time, the lights are lit, someone should get up at night, what's the fuss." ”

The rest of the people couldn't help laughing, and were about to tease the person just now, but they found that Cheng Yi not only didn't laugh, but his face became solemn, revealing eyes like blades.

Because even though the lights in the room were dim, he could still tell at a glance that the people in the room were a man and a woman through the clothes of the two blurred figures.

And in a very short time, he had already judged that the room where the lamp was lit was the room where the weaver girls of the Shangyi Bureau lived.

Therefore, Cheng Yi's first feeling was that someone in the palace was bold and dared to have an affair with the Weaver Girl of the Shangyi Bureau.

However, when the lights became more and more bright, Cheng Yi's eyes became more cold and sharp.

Not only him, but even the other guards suddenly turned into wooden people when they looked at the scene in the room.

Because at this time, although the two figures in the room had their backs to them, by the light of the lamp, they had already seen the clothes of the two of them.

Although the women were dressed in the costumes of the Shangyi Bureau, the men were dressed in yellow robes, with a red dragon on the top and green moire embroidered on the bottom.

In the dead of night, it is already illegal for men and women to be in the same room, and now men are wearing prince's regular clothes, which is a big crime to kill the head and punish the nine clans.

Whether it was Cheng Yi or the guards, they couldn't help but gasp, they couldn't imagine that there would be such a bold person in the palace.

The first to come back to his senses was Cheng Yi, he was about to wave his big hand, let the front team of the forbidden army become the back team, and go back to the Shangyi Bureau to arrest people.

At this moment, the two figures who were originally facing away from everyone suddenly turned around, and then looked at each other affectionately.

Cheng Yi's hand immediately stiffened in mid-air, his gaze suddenly became dull, and his face looked extremely frightened, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Too ...... Too...... Prince! ”

He was so frightened that his teeth chattered as he spoke, so that no one could hear him.

However, the others looked at Cheng Yi's frightened eyes, and also knew that this matter was not trivial, and looked at the room where the fire was lit again, and at this time, everyone had clearly seen the faces of the two people, and they were also deeply imprinted in their minds.

Hearing this, Su Shi Huoran got up and looked at Zhou Jin in disbelief.

"Cheng Yi is really sure about the prince he saw?"

"Cheng Yi has been in the palace for fourteen years, and it is impossible to be mistaken."

Su Shi still couldn't believe it, and continued to ask, "What about the others?" ”

"The other Praetorian guards have all entered the Forbidden Army in the past four or five years, and they haven't seen the prince's brother, but ......"

"But what?"

"After the incident, the secret guards questioned the portrait of the prince's brother in turn, and everyone swore that the person they saw in the Shangyi Bureau was exactly the same as the person in the portrait."

Su Shi exhaled lightly: "So, that woman is Hui Niang?" ”

"Cheng Yi has also seen Hui Niang, and there is also a portrait of Hui Niang in the palace." Zhou Jin's expression suddenly became extremely strange, "And the room where the lights are turned on is the room where Hui Niang lived ten years ago." ”

Su Shi thought about it seriously, and suddenly smiled: "It shouldn't be difficult for Pei Xun to dress up one person as another, and I believe that Cheng Yi was a certain distance from that room at that time, and he might not be able to see it so clearly, so as long as the appearance of the person dressed up is seven or eight points similar, it is enough to scare people." ”

Zhou Jin suddenly became silent again, and after a long time, he looked up at him and said slowly: "If it's just like this, it won't make the palace shake." ”

Su Shi frowned: "Could it be that something else happened?" ”

Zhou Jin sighed: "What happened next is the most unbelievable. ”