Volume 2 Dragon and Phoenix Fight Chapter 42 Who Steals Incense
When Long Shaoyang and Xiao Di arrived at the East Palace, they saw a gorgeous carriage parked in front of the Mingde Hall from a distance - the crown prince Xiao Minglong had already prepared the carriage. At that moment, Long Shaoyang followed the prince into the carriage, and the two of them took a car together and went straight to Miyagi.
After a while, the carriage went up Suzaku Avenue, entered the Imperial City Street, passed through the Yingtian Gate, and entered the palace city. Because it is the prince's car, Long Shaoyang has a gold token, and the carriage runs unimpeded all the way.
After passing the Yongtai Gate, the carriage slowly turned westward, and walked towards the Renshou Palace, the residence of Emperor Qi.
When the carriage passed a row of rockeries, Long Shaoyang and Xiao Minglong looked left and right, and after looking at each other, Xiao Minglong suddenly coughed violently a few times, Long Shaoyang lifted the curtain of the carriage, jumped down, and made a slight noise, just because of the slightest hint of the coughing sound, even the coachman did not notice.
As soon as Long Shaoyang's feet hit the ground, his body rolled with the trend, and in a flash, he rushed into the gap of the rockery. He looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he curled up and crouched in the crack of the stone, only listening to the grass among the stones and the low chirping of insects, and did not dare to move at the moment, waiting for the dark to come.
The sun shifted westward, and the last rays of sunlight faded into the shallow grass.
Long Shaoyang quietly stretched out his body against the stone, carefully removed the casual clothes outside, and stuffed them into the cracks of the stones, leaving a black night robe with narrow sleeves, and covered his face with a black cloth, revealing only two eyes.
The sky is dark, and there are many palace lamps lit up near and far, like stars in the darkness.
Long Shaoyang took a step and quietly sneaked under the cover of flowers, trees, rockeries, and columns, running high and low, like a black cat at night, heading towards Liuxiang Palace.
Along the way, he walked and stopped, and from time to time he saw palace maids and eunuchs carrying palace lamps walking by, and there were teams of neatly dressed guards shuttling back and forth, he held his breath and avoided them one by one.
After doing this for about half an hour, I saw a tall hall in the distance, with two big lanterns hanging in front of the hall, and the light was faintly shining in the hall. ”
At that moment he crept around to the corner of the temple, fell to the ground, listened for a while, and felt that there was silence all around, and jumped down to the window. Stretching out his fingers and gently piercing the window paper, Long Shaoyang looked at the paper hole and looked inside.
I saw that this was a dormitory, the room was splendid, the decoration was very gorgeous, there was a very large bed against the wall, and there were golden silk tents hanging on both sides, and there was a dressing table next to the right bed, and a wooden box and bronze mirror were placed on it. He swept to the left again, and saw two red candles on the case in the middle hall with high fever, but they were empty.
Long Shaoyang listened under the window for a while, and understood that there was no one in the house, so he gently walked to the door of the hall, slowly pushed open a crack, dodged in, and then closed the door.
I saw that the inside of this hall was even more magnificent than what I saw in the window, lined with high-burning candle flames, and it seemed that there was golden light everywhere.
Long Shaoyang didn't want to look more, so he immediately rummaged around for those land deeds. According to the previous speculation of the three people, such an important thing would most likely be placed in a hidden place, so he found it in the nearby atrium. In the drawer, in the vase, and on the table, Long Shaoyang did not let go of any possible place, and searched for it, but found no trace.
He said in his heart: "The palace is so big, where to put these small land deeds, it is really like a drop in the ocean, and it is impossible to find it according to the map." Well, let's look inside the wings. Then he turned and went into the dormitory.
As soon as I walked to the dresser, I suddenly heard two people walking towards me in the distance.
He was startled, and listened, and the two women were recognized. He turned around and walked quickly towards the temple gate, and just after a few steps, he only heard the two women talking closer, and the sound should be about seven or eight meters, and then stopped: "If you go out of the door at this time, even if you don't collide with these two people head-on, you will be seen, and this whereabouts are difficult to hide." ”
I only heard the laughter of the two women getting closer and closer, as if in his ears, Long Shaoyang's heart moved, he walked quickly to the window, gently opened a gap, and then heard the sound of "ah", someone pushed open the door and walked in, it turned out to be two palace maids, one holding a palace lamp.
At this moment, Long Shaoyang jumped forward, turned over through the window, and followed by a roll, like a civet cat, in a blink of an eye, he was already lying among the flowers and plants under the window, not daring to move slightly, and a layer of cold sweat had appeared on his forehead. This jump, a flip, a volt, is really as fast as lightning, in one go. He fell to the ground in a very small voice, and he was in the same place as the two palace maids talking and laughing, so the palace maids did not notice anything abnormal.
I only heard a palace maid laugh and said angrily: "It's all your fault, Niangniang's bottle of rose water, but at the time of His Majesty's birthday banquet, Xiliang Kingdom paid tribute, and our Niangniang was the only one in the harem, and you forgot it, so I came back with you." ”
Another woman laughed and said: "My good sister, Jin'er will compensate you, will it succeed?" If it weren't for my timidity and fear of the dark, I wouldn't have to bother my sister." I heard that the rose water is distilled from picking fresh roses, which is extremely expensive, and it is the most suitable for wiping the body after bathing. ”
The previous palace maid smiled and said, "Look, you know a lot! No wonder the mother spoils you!"
Then I heard the sound of footsteps, apparently walking towards the dormitory.
Long Shaoyang listened to it outside and immediately understood: "It turns out that Concubine Wei Guifei went to bathe, and all the palace maids followed to wait, no wonder the palace was empty." Well, the palace maid named Jin'er dropped the spices used by the concubine for bathing, and she took them back by folding. ”
Listening closely, there were a few slight sounds of wood rubbing in the hall, which came when I wanted to open the drawers and cabinet doors.
I only heard the palace maid named Jin'er "Huh", and said strangely: "Why did this window open a crack?" I was worried that my mother would catch a cold after taking a bath, so I deliberately closed it when I left, which is really strange." ”
Another palace maid smiled: "I see, you forgot to close it, look at your lost memory, you can even forget the rose water of the mother, what else can not be forgotten." He giggled.
Following the sound of footsteps, someone in the hall walked towards the window.
Long Shaoyang crouched among the flowers and grass, holding his breath and not daring to move. Suddenly, he had an idea, touched a small pebble on the ground, popped it out vigorously, snapped, and landed in the distance among the grass, making a soft sound, and then pinched his throat, "Meow" - learned a cat meow.
I only heard a palace maid say: "It turned out to be a wild cat, it scared me, maybe this window crack is its ghost!"
Another palace maid said: "Last month, one of Niangniang's embroidered shoes was lost, and later found it in the back garden, presumably by this wild cat." Hurry up and close the window tightly, in case you come in again in the middle of the night, and spoil the things that the mother will use tomorrow, you and I can't afford to wait......"
The palace maid named Jin'er smiled and said, "Don't worry, good sister, that thing is in the drawer under the Niangniang's dresser, and it is covered with a rosewood box on the outside, so it's all right." ”
Long Shaoyang's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he forced himself to snicker in his heart, thinking: "Most of the things that Wei Guifei will use tomorrow are those title deeds, if they are ordinary items, why bother so much?" Let's go, it's time for the lady to take a bath. ”
The palace maid named Jin'er answered, and the footsteps sounded, followed by a squeak, and the door was shut.
Long Shaoyang poked out half of his head, only to see the two palace maids walking away under the dim palace lamp in the corner of the hall.
Seeing the two palace maids walking away, Long Shaoyang knew that time was pressing, so he didn't dare to delay at the moment, jumped in front of the hall, pushed the palace door open a gap, got in, and covered the palace door with his hand, and went straight to the dormitory.
When he entered the dormitory, he felt that the fragrance was fragrant, and the fragrance was abnormal, which really matched the name of the temple and the name of the master. He walked to the dresser and reached out to open the drawer under the counter, where a small wooden box was located. With a joy in my heart, I carefully took out the wooden box. I saw that it was less than a foot long, about half a foot wide, with a deep tone, carved with exquisite patterns, and the texture was slender and floating, which was the rosewood box that the palace maid said.
Long Shaoyang put the wooden box on the dresser, as soon as he opened it, several neatly folded papers jumped into view, took one of them and opened it, looked at the candle flame, and saw that the handwriting on the paper was clear and neat, the official seal was bright and conspicuous, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he read it roughly, it was the genuine title deed. Then I took a few more and looked at it twice, it was also average, and I immediately settled down, took out all the title deeds in the box and put them in my arms, and took out the title deeds I had prepared before from my arms, put them in the box, and then put the box back in its original place.
Everything was stopped, Long Shaoyang didn't have time to stop, and tiptoed towards the palace gate. Stretching out his hand to open the door, he suddenly heard two soft noises from behind the roof, and he stopped there, not daring to move, followed by two soft noises overhead, indicating that someone on the roof had walked from the back of the house to the front of the house.
In an instant, a chill came up from his back, and Long Shaoyang was at a loss for a while.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a faint voice in the distance, and several people walked towards him.
Long Shaoyang couldn't help but feel anxious, and at this moment, he heard a soft sound, and the person on the roof turned over and landed in front of the hall, followed by a silent sound. He listened to the sound and knew that the person's martial arts were not low, and he didn't dare to rush out.
I could only hear the sound outside the door getting closer and closer, and it was very clear that it was the laughter of a group of women. At the last moment, Long Shaoyang saw a large piece of velvet hanging down the curtain on the right half-covered and half-open, and immediately no longer hesitated, jumped to the back of the house, opened a gap, bowed and peeked, thinking about waiting for the concubine to sleep peacefully, and then trying to get out.
At this moment, there was a "squeak" and the door of the temple opened.
Long Shaoyang looked towards the door, only to see two palace maids pushing open the door of the palace, standing on the left and right sides, and following a woman in.
He had long heard that Wei Guifei was beautiful and incomprehensible, but he had never seen it in person, and he was staring at the oblique upwards, just blocked by the back of the palace maid standing on the side. In just an instant, the woman had turned around and walked towards the dormitory, followed by two palace maids on the left and right.
I saw that the woman was dressed in a pale green gauze dress, and a waterfall-like green silk was scattered along her shoulders, making her figure and gait more soft and moving.
Long Shaoyang said in his heart: "I'm afraid this woman is Wei Xiang'er Wei Guifei." ”
Wei Guifei walked to the dresser and sat down. The two palace maids followed the two sides of the position, waiting for her to dress up, and the two palace maids who opened the door before were still respectful, bowing to the left and the right in front of the door.
When Long Shaoyang saw this formation, he was secretly surprised and motionless, for fear of making a little noise.
After a while, I only heard Wei Guifei say: "The palace is a little tired, you put out the candles in the middle hall, and retreat." There was a sense of majesty in his cold voice.
The palace maids agreed, extinguished the candles in the central hall, and withdrew.
The hall suddenly darkened, the surroundings were silent, and the burning candle in front of the dresser occasionally made one or two "crackling" sounds, but I saw that Wei Guifei was always sitting in front of the lamp, motionless, without the slightest intention of going to bed.
Long Shaoyang looked at her back, curious in his heart, and thought: "Look at her like this, it looks like she is waiting for someone." Thinking of this, he immediately stopped, he didn't want to peep at others behind his back, not to mention that the other party was a lone woman.
Just thinking about how to get out, he suddenly heard three short and slight tapping sounds from the window lattice in front of the dormitory, and after a while, there were three more sounds, as before.
He held his breath and did not dare to move, but heard a faint sound of footsteps coming towards the temple door, followed by a soft moonlight into the temple - the temple door was slowly pushed open a narrow slit, and a figure flashed into the hall, very vigorous.
Long Shaoyang saw this scene after the curtain, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Good skills! I don't know who this person is?"