Tao Zi traveled all the way, and he didn't dare to stop any longer along the way if he didn't have to.

It took her more than a month to get to Gyeonggi. Lowering her shoulder, she stepped into the town in front of her in the afterglow of the setting sun.

It's just that at dusk, there are no pedestrians on the road, Tao Zi walked abruptly on the street, and only the shadow was stretched out.

She walked into an inn, and the door was also deserted, not only did she not see any guests, but she didn't even have a shopkeeper.

She shouted, and a fellow came out of the back hall. Seeing Tao Zi coming to the door, he didn't see much enthusiasm, but asked lightly: "What's the matter with the guest officer? ”

Tao Zi randomly found a seat and sat down, and said, "Yes." The first question is, why is this town so deserted when it is also considered to be the land of Gyeonggi?"

Hearing this, a hint of strangeness flashed on the guy's face, and then he said clearly: "The guest officer is a foreigner." It's true that our town is Gyeonggi, and it used to be prosperous, but ......"

He glanced left and right, and finally closed the door uneasily, before lowering his voice and continuing: "After this national teacher became the leader, he collected cardamom girls for three years, and now the girls in the whole country are almost broken, and now it is spread outside, and in less than two months, the national teacher may move down the edict and start to let all parts of the country pay tribute to child men." ”

"You say, the people who originally had daughters in this town have all run away, and now the families with sons have also run away, who else is left? Originally, the people who came to our inn rested here before entering the city, but now that the wind is blowing, who dares to enter the city. The guy sighed and continued: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, if there are no more guests in our inn, I'm afraid it will be closed." ”

Tao Zi's face became more and more gloomy, and he originally thought about how the herdsmen in the land over there could know so much about the affairs of the imperial capital thousands of miles away, I was afraid that it was just an exaggeration, but now that this guy said it, the situation was only worse.

She frowned and continued to ask, "How many miles is there to get from here to the capital? Besides, it's easy to get into the city now?"

The guy rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Guest officer, you have two questions. It is only a hundred miles away from the imperial capital, and it is very easy to enter the city now, but no one wants to enter. However, it is not early now, so it is better for the guest officer to rest here and leave at dawn tomorrow. ”

Tao Zi shook his head, and then touched a piece of broken silver to the guy, who suddenly smiled and became more than enthusiastic.

Tao Zi returned to the street, and after a few jumps, the people had disappeared. She went to the residential area and searched house by house. As far as the eye can see, there are indeed many vacant houses, and there are still people living in them, and there are indeed no boys and girls.

Having explored half the town, she had taken the fellow's word for it. It's just that I don't know who this national teacher in the imperial city is.

If you make a move, what are the chances of winning......

She exhaled a cloudy breath and headed towards the imperial capital. At first, she had to discern the direction, but as she gradually approached the imperial capital, she clearly felt the resentment, evil and evil aura that rushed to the sky.

She took a bottle of invisibility potion and went straight over the high walls.

The resentment and evil aura around him became more and more intense, but it was still not as good as the place in the palace, Tao Zi condensed his spiritual power in his eyes, and almost saw that there was a thick black pillar of qi in the palace.

With such a momentum, I am afraid that it is difficult to suppress myself......

After some exploration, it was already dawn. On Suzaku Street, there are several sedan chairs open in pomp, this formation, is it going to the court?

Tao Zi's luck wood concealment technique quietly followed the last sedan chair.

Before the ministers go to the court, they need to undergo two checks to make sure that there are no sharp weapons on their bodies, and then they will be put into the warm pavilion for the ministers to tidy up their appearance.

Tao Zi didn't know Chongguo's official uniform, and only looked for the cautious one among the crowd. When the man came out of the clean room, he had already changed to Tao Zi.

After the chamberlain sang in a thin voice: "Go to the court, the ministers rise", Tao Zi walked to the Qianyuan Hall with everyone. It's just that it's difficult to stand there, but fortunately, he can still distinguish between civil and military, so he only stands back.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"The national teacher has arrived!"

With two chantings, a middle-aged man with a bloated figure slowly walked up to the high platform and sat on the dragon chair, and only half a step behind him was a thirty-year-old Qingjun Taoist priest.

He wore a moon-white robe, and there were no other ornaments, but he was handsome and humble like jade, which made people dare not force their eyes, but took advantage of the fact that the emperor in the bright yellow dragon robe was like a dough fool. He then also walked up to the high platform and sat on the lotus platform side by side with the dragon chair.

The emperor said, "Do you have something to play?"

Seeing that the ministers only bowed their heads and no one came out, he continued: "In this case, how are the preparations for this year's selection going?"

This time, there was still no one in the ranks, and the emperor on the high seat said angrily: "What about Fan Bingxiu? I ask you, how are the preparations for this year's selection?"

Tao Zi suddenly felt that something was wrong, could it be that the person she was pretending to be was this Fan Bingxiu? ”

When the emperor on the high seat heard this, he was satisfied and said: "This is the top priority of my country, and I cannot afford to lose it." Fan Aiqing has to be careful. ”

Tao Zi bowed and said, "The minister obeys the order!" and respectfully retreated.

I don't know if it's my own delusion, but I found that the Taoist priest on the lotus platform seemed to glance at him. Although it was not a divine sense, this glance made Tao Zi suddenly cold.

After leaving the palace gate, she threw Fan Bingxiu into the sedan chair and quickly got out.

This time, she disguised herself as a burly man, and found an inn in a not prosperous but not depressed area to live in. It seems that this matter still needs to be considered in the long run.

During the day, she will go out to go around the palace a few times, and she is indispensable in some prosperous markets.

This time she walked to a rouge shop, only to hear a suppressed cry coming from inside! She immediately stood on her feet as if she were looking closely at the stall in front of her.

With the help of her ears, she clearly heard the voice just now: "Brother Ying, can't you really take me away? If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave in the future......

Then a male voice said, "Ah, I'm ...... You, after all, have no fate. ”

The woman sneered, "What is not fate? You didn't say that before, I think you're obviously scared...... You've lied to me in the past!"

The man said, "You are the candidate handpicked by the national teacher, how can I not be afraid?" I am the eldest son in the family, how can I just leave...... Ah, let's accept our fate......"

The woman suddenly cried bitterly: "No, I don't want to accept my fate, I don't want to be like those people, I will die miserably when I enter the palace...... I don't want to resign myself to ......"

Tao Zi suddenly thought about it.