Chapter 263: The Inner City Court
It's a pity that the Beirong people have been accompanied by horses since they were children, relying on cavalry to gain a foothold in the world, how can they know the nature of the water? What's more, the northern prairie cannot afford to raise such a huge naval army.
Looking at the clear water pool of the Taixi River, Jiang Fan secretly guessed that its water must have come from the dark river under the northern prairie.
Such a huge amount of water is produced every day, endlessly, day after day, and I am afraid that the water storage capacity of this underground dark river is extremely amazing.
At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and all I saw was the stars shining brightly and the sky was cloudless. Such a clear night sky also soothed Jiang Fan's heavy mood slightly.
His sword stood above the nine heavens, overlooking the world, and his eyes stayed on the plains of the Taixi.
I don't know when it began, but when the night completely fell, from the Taixi Plains, a cavalry began to run out of the stone gate and head towards the distant grassland.
There were as many as 1,000 cavalry, although the number was not large, Jiang Fan could clearly feel that the 1,000-man cavalry was extraordinary.
Each of them has a violent aura to the extreme, obviously, these thousand people are all Beirong's so-called barbarian cultivators.
I don't know where so many Barbarian Ancient cultivators are going when they set off at night?
Jiang Fan stood on the Thunder Falling Sword, his eyes staring closely at the cavalry team that was moving quickly. And with the departure of this cavalry, the city was truly quiet.
Without the hustle and bustle of the day, the entire Taixi Plain is extremely lonely and empty, and the square stone gate is really not as strict as in the daytime.
After leaving only a few soldiers to guard it, all the barbarian cultivators during the day were gone.
Perhaps, in their opinion, on this Wulierdu steppe, they abandoned Katu is the strongest force, and who else dares to attack this Taixi City at night?
Seeing that his guard was lax, Jiang Fan set off and disappeared into the sky in an instant.
After landing on the boundless grassland, the young man put away the Thunder Falling Sword and flashed towards the Taixi City at great speed, but after two blinks of an eye, he passed in front of the armor guarding the stone gate without noticing.
It was really that his speed was too fast, and in the eyes of those soldiers, he only felt a breeze blowing, and he couldn't see that there was a young man from the Han family who had entered this Taixi City from under their noses.
And after arriving in this Taixi City, Jiang Fan hid under those big houses, but his eyes looked straight at the inner city in the center.
In that inner city, it is where the royal court that abandoned the Katu is located, if Zhang Xinyue was really taken captive by the people who abandoned the Katu, then there must be no doubt that she is in the royal court at this time.
Thinking of this, Jiang Fan did not hesitate, and immediately went to the inner city under the tall city walls.
It's also a coincidence, on the city wall where there are guards on weekdays, there are not many people guarding it tonight, just when Jiang Fan was puzzled, he secretly asked why he was so lax in his heart, but he saw a team of swords and soldiers began to walk out of the inner city.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan suddenly realized that it was time for the change of shifts, no wonder there was no one here for the time being.
After figuring this out, he also took this opportunity to easily enter the inner city wall again and headed straight towards the royal court.
The construction of the royal court that abandoned the Katu was indeed in the style of the Han people in the Central Plains, but the handwriting on the plaque was replaced with the ancient language of Beirong.
As soon as Jiang Fan entered this city, the first thing he saw was the Sifang Palace, here, it was the most heavily guarded place, but these mortal armors, no matter how many, could they prevent a cultivator like Jiang Fan?
After he passed through the four halls with ease, there were two forks in the road in front of him. Jiang Fan didn't know where Zhang Xinyue was in his heart, so he chose one arbitrarily and walked towards it.
Who knows, the place he inadvertently chose was actually where the royal harem was located.
In this royal court, from time to time, there are palace maids who go out to light lamps and change lamps, which makes this lonely and deep palace more popular. And after Jiang Fan bypassed those guards, when he arrived here, he found that he could no longer see a man.
There were very few people here, and there were people, all of them were those maids in palace robes, and just when he was puzzled, he suddenly heard a voice behind him, followed by a slight footstep.
Jiang Fan immediately jumped up, and landed silently behind a roof, leaning his ears and sounding carefully.
"Is there still a lack of pure fruit in the sandalwood garden? Mrs. Ming had to bathe when she was young, but she couldn't do without this pure fruit. ”
To Jiang Fan's surprise, what these two maids said was actually the pure language of the Han family?
In this deep palace thousands of miles away in a foreign land, I didn't expect that there would be people who could speak the language of the Han people? Jiang Fan didn't know why, but he also felt cordial, but he was also puzzled in his heart.
Then, I listened to the two maids who were gradually approaching and continued: "There is no shortage of it, but there is no shortage of people to pick incense in the Sandalwood Garden recently, and if there is no spice in the future, it will not be able to continue to secretly make pure fruits, how should this be?"
"This is easy to do, wait for me to have a few words with Mrs. Ming tomorrow, and ask her to call a few people to collect spices. ”
"Very good, very good, so I am relieved. ”
It was only after the two of them drifted apart that Jiang Fan fell down again, and after thinking carefully about what they said, he became interested in this "Mrs. Ming".
With the three words Mrs. Ming, you can see that this person's identity is unusual, and it is very likely that she will know about Zhang Xinyue.
Jiang Fan has no choice now, this royal court is too big, if he searches carefully, he is afraid that one or two nights will not be enough at all, and once the time drags on for a long time, it will inevitably be even more dangerous.
You must know that there may be very few powerful people like him in this royal court, but it does not mean that he can be unscrupulous. Since the moment Jiang Fan entered this royal court, there has always been a sense of danger, which has been haunting and lingering.
He knew very well that this feeling did not arise for no reason, it must be that this deep palace was real, and if there really was something unknown and powerful, it would make him have this idea.
All in all, he can't stay here for long, he must find Zhang Xinyue quickly and take her away safely.
And if you want to find Zhang Xinyue quickly, the only way is naturally to catch an insider, and then force the news.
And now there is such a goal, Mrs. Ming.
After making up his mind, Jiang Fan set off to follow the two maids.
He followed closely behind, and saw that the two maids did not talk all the way, but passed through several houses, and then entered a room full of fragrance.
Hiding in the dark, Jiang Fan knew that this brightly lit house should be the Sandalwood Garden they were talking about. Knowing this, he waited outside, and sure enough, in a few moments, the two maids took a wooden box, and when they went out of the house, they began to walk back.