The heart skipped a beat from great fright, and the bucket in his hand fell to the ground, but because it was grass on either side, it didn't make a sound.

Zhu Qingwu's mind went blank, and then countless discoveries flashed, but at this moment, a slightly shrill voice suddenly came from his ears.

"I wish my father-in-law, offended, it's me, don't make a sound."

The man let go of him as he spoke, and Zhu Qingwu turned around, only to find that there was a young and handsome eunuch standing in front of him, who should be the little Zhang Gonggong in Yuzhu's mouth.

"I wish my father-in-law." Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said, looking up at the figure next to the frame not far away, "Originally, I was the only one who went out of the palace to buy our white case, and you can go out with me as someone from the imperial dining room, but because of the Chinese New Year, the demand for cakes in each palace is huge, and there are many things to buy, so the father-in-law in charge temporarily sent a person to join me, and I can't let him find out, so I have to wronged you for a while." ”

"What?" Zhu Qingwu asked a little puzzled.

Then I saw Xiao Zhang's father-in-law pointing to the jar behind the car and saying, "I'll use an excuse to get rid of him in a while, and you will find a chance to get in."

There are a few half-human-high jars on the frame in the back, and it's no problem to get into, but it's certainly not very comfortable.

But now, I can't care so much, Zhu Qingwu naturally agrees.

Xiao Zhang Gong was about to leave after the bus, Zhu Qingwu saw this, and hurriedly grabbed him, "Xiao Zhang's father-in-law, what about Yuzhu?" Aren't we waiting for her? ”

When Xiao Zhang's father-in-law heard this, he immediately replied: "Yuzhu said that she found a dog hole in the corner of the cold palace a few days ago that leads directly to the outside of the palace, and she will go out from there, so we don't have to worry about her."

"Dog hole? Can ......"

Before Zhu Qingwu's words were finished, Xiao Zhang's father-in-law interrupted him, "Zhu father-in-law, it's not too early, I can't delay it any longer, I'll go and break him up." ”

After saying that, he walked over.

Zhu Qingwu could only suppress the doubts in his heart.

Father-in-law Xiao Zhang didn't know what to say, and then went into the imperial dining room with the young eunuch.

Seeing this, Zhu Qingwu first looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he walked over and got into the innermost jar.

This jar doesn't look big, but the capacity inside is not small, but when the lid is covered, there is no way to ventilate inside, and it is very stuffy in an instant.

Zhu Qingwu endured the discomfort, hugged his body and quietly waited for Xiao Zhang's father-in-law and them to come out.

I don't know how long it took, but finally there was a voice outside.

"You're too careless, you can lose the token, if you really can't find it, how can we get out of the palace today?"

"It's all my fault, but I haven't found it."

"Forget it, don't talk about it, it's not too early, let's get out of the palace quickly."

"Okay, let's go."

The next thing was the carriage swaying gently and heading out of the palace.

I don't know what this jar is used for on weekdays, but it is very well sealed, and soon there is no oxygen in the jar.

The jar was stuffy and hot, and after a while I couldn't breathe.

But Zhu Qingwu couldn't see the scene outside, and he didn't dare to rashly open the jar to breathe, so he could only endure it.

Just when he was about to reach his limit and wanted to lift the lid of the altar a little crack, he suddenly heard a voice outside.

"Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Xiaoxia, why do you have to go out of the palace to buy on Chinese New Year's Eve?"

"Don't mention it, in the recent New Year, there are countless pastries for worship, eating, and making people in various palaces, and the ingredients are consumed very quickly every day, even if they can't buy it at the palace every day, and there must be more needed for the New Year tomorrow, so the father-in-law in charge sent us out of the palace to prepare some more."

"It's hard work."

"How can you work hard, you still have to guard outside in this cold winter, so when I came out, I specially brought some lotus crisp and jujube cake for all the military masters, and you can share some of them."

"Father-in-law Xiao Zhang is polite."

"Then I'll take care of you to check it, and we'll leave the palace first."

As soon as the words ended, someone came over and opened the jar to check.

The jars next to him were lifted one by one, and soon they were next to him.

Zhu Qingwu only felt that his heart was lifted in an instant, and he looked up cautiously, for fear that the lid on his head would be lifted.

However, the more he feared something, the more he was afraid, and after the jar next to him was inspected, he heard the lid above his head suddenly ring.

Zhu Qingwu hurriedly raised his head, and then saw that the altar lid above his head had been lifted and a gap had been opened.

Zhu Qingwu only felt that in just a moment, the blood in his whole body seemed to flow backwards, and his heart was beating desperately, so he quickly covered his mouth so that not a single heart jumped out.

However, at this moment, another voice came from the side, "Okay, what's so beautiful about a few jars, can you hide someone?" Just look at two. ”

As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard a "snap", and the lid on his head instantly closed back.

Zhu Qingwu's heart fell back heavily, her brain was blank, and she was dizzy.

The jar was stuffy and hot, and the oxygen had been exhausted, and it was another shock just now, Zhu Qingwu only felt that he had reached the limit, and he was about to faint.

However, at the gate of the palace at this time, he was afraid of making a sound, so he could only desperately bite the tip of his tongue to force himself to wake up, and soon tasted a thick bloody breath in his mouth.

It's just that this didn't last long, and as soon as he left the palace gate, Zhu Qingwu fainted.

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"I wish my father-in-law, I wish my father-in-law."

Zhu Qingwu slowly opened his eyes, and there was no longer a black jar in front of him, but a vast night sky.

The feeling of suffocation just now has not yet dissipated, so the first thing Zhu Qingwu did when he woke up was to open his mouth and breathe heavily.

After a long time, the suffocation in his chest finally dissipated.

"Zhu Gonggong, it's not good for me to forget to leave something for you to breathe, which makes you faint."

Zhu Qingwu shook his head and looked at the endless sky above his head, there was no cutting of the palace wall here, so the sky was vast and vast, and it was very complete.

Looking down, not far away is a field of wheat covered with thick snowcoats.

"Father-in-law, I will branch Xiao Xiazi for a while, but he will be back soon, so I can only send you here, this is already the outskirts of the city, you can go out of the city by walking all the way down this road."

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said, took out a set of regular clothes and handed it to him, "You change this on." ”

"Out of town?" Zhu Qingwu asked with some difficulty.

"Yes, Yuzhu asked me to bring you a message, as long as you leave Yingdu, you will be free."

"Where's Yuzhu? When will the jade beads come out? Zhu Qingwu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

"It's about midnight, and I'll pick her up in the evening."

"I'll go too."

"No, Yuzhu asked you to leave in the middle of the night, and the province has a lot of dreams."

"But ......"

"I know you're worried about Yuzhu, and I'm worried about her, but don't worry, I'll take care of her."

"You ......" Zhu Qingwu wanted to say something, but suddenly stopped.

He suddenly remembered that Yuzhu always gave himself jujube flower cakes, lotus cakes and all kinds of shortbread on weekdays.

Every time I asked her, she said that she took it from the imperial dining room.

And the pastries that Xiao Zhang's father-in-law gave to those guards just now were also jujube flower cakes and lotus cakes.

Besides, this matter was found to be a capital crime, but Xiao Zhang's father-in-law was willing to help him.

And that day, in the backyard, when Zhu Qingwu said that she wanted to ask Tang Xijian to marry Yuzhu, she had a strange look.

All the bits and pieces are like beads being strung together, and Zhu Qingwu finally understands something.

"Okay." Thinking of this, Zhu Qingwu looked up at the young eunuch in front of him.

Although neither of them spoke, they both knew each other.

"Then the jade bead will be handed over to you."

"Hmm." Xiao Zhang's father-in-law nodded solemnly, "Don't worry." ”

Xiao Xiazi will come back at any time, so Zhu Qingwu also understands that he can't continue to delay.

So she took his clothes and said goodbye to him, and then turned and ran along the path in front of him.

The bumps along the way had exhausted him, but Zhu Qingwu didn't dare to stop.

He kept running forward, and only when he was about to reach the gate of the city did he stop, found a wheat field and changed his clothes, and buried the eunuch clothes he had taken off, and then he mustered up the courage to go to the gate of the city.

Yingdu is the capital after all, even if it is late at night, people still come and go, and the lights are bright.

Zhu Qingwu didn't know what method Yuzhu had thought of to delay, and there was no order for a search and arrest until this time.

But Zhu Qingwu was still very nervous when he walked to the city gate, but fortunately, no one asked him for any customs clearance rules like in the TV series, and he didn't even look at him more, so he let him go.

The moment Zhu Qingwu walked out of Yingdu, he still had a feeling that it was not real.

He turned his head, and the weathered hundred-year-old city gate behind him was like a kind old man, watching him say goodbye.

He really left the palace that had trapped him for eight years, and left the Tang Xixi.

In fact, it was only a few hours, but Zhu Qingwu already felt a little like a world away.

He couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad for a while, although he was standing at the gate of the city coming and going, but the world was vast, as if he was the only one left.

Lonely but also free.

This is the freedom that Yuzhu desperately fought for him.

There are three different roads ahead, and Zhu Qingwu doesn't know which one is the right way.

But from then on, the world is vast, and all are the way back.