Chapter 1154: Palace Maid
The palace maid Zhang Caihua hurriedly ran into the room with her skirt in her hand, "Guifei Niangniang, something is wrong, thieves have broken into the palace and are killing people everywhere."
The concubine had already heard the rumors and asked in a trembling voice, "What about the guards, is there no one to stop the thieves?"
"The guards stood by and watched, and everyone said Your Majesty...... was killed, and it was said that the women in the palace were killed, so the thieves wanted to kill all the women in the palace. ”
"Your Majesty really ......"
"It seems so, no one has seen His Majesty for a month. ”
"The last time I saw His Majesty was half a year ago. The concubine said quietly, remembering the love of the past, as if she was in a different world, and then realized the danger at present, "What should I do? Where have everyone gone?"
"The queen mother is hiding, the concubines have their own places to go, and the concubines have to find a way quickly. ”
"I ...... Where am I going? I don't know anyone. ”
"Doesn't the mission of the Loulan Kingdom live in the Huaixi Pavilion outside the city? King Loulan is the elder brother of the concubine, so it is better to go there. ”
"I don't know the way. "The concubine married from the Western Regions and has never been out of the palace.
"I know that as long as you follow the road, you will soon be the Huaixi Pavilion when you leave the West City Gate. ”
The concubine felt her legs weaken for a while, "Caihua, you...... You can't leave me. ”
"Of course, I followed the concubine into the palace from Loulan Kingdom, and I will not leave you at a step. ”
The concubine felt a little relieved, and reluctantly got up with Zhang Caihua's support, looking at the things in the room, "What should we bring?"
"No, King Loulan must have everything there. ”
"That's right. The concubine was simple-minded, and she didn't even change out of the royal style clothes and jewelry, and walked out of the room trembling slightly, "What about the other palace maids?
"I took them away, we are trying to escape from the palace, the more people there are, the easier it is to do bad things. ”
The concubine has long been six gods and no owner, Zhang Caihua said what she said, with her support, she walked out of the dormitory, feeling that Zhang Caihua's strength was particularly strong today, and she barely touched the ground with her feet, "Caihua, slow down, my feet are soft, I can't walk too fast." ”
"Well, there's a well ahead, you sit on the edge of the well and rest for a while, and I'll go ahead and explore the way. ”
The concubine insisted on walking to the well, Zhang Caihua put down the handkerchief, the concubine sat down to take a nap, and heard the faint sound of shouting and fighting in the distance, and couldn't help but be frightened, and grabbed the palace maid's forearm, "Caihua, don't go, I'm afraid." ”
Zhang Caihua turned around and gently held the concubine in her arms, she entered the palace of the king of Loulan a year before the concubine married the emperor of the Central Plains, and quickly became the princess's favorite and most trusted maid, and for five years, she has been by the concubine's side to help the concubine through difficulties big and small.
She has the ability to make others like her, and she also has the ability to easily erase feelings, which is the training she has received since she was a child.
Zhang Caihua let go of her hand, the concubine seemed to be asleep, her body slowly leaned back, suddenly increased her speed, and fell into the deep well.
Let the concubine die without pain, this is the only compromise Zhang Caihua can make.
The task was completed, Zhang Caihua stood by the well and looked at it for a while, it was dark below, it was estimated that it would take a long time for someone to find out that the concubine died here, Zhang Caihua took out a hosta of the concubine from her sleeve and put it on the edge of the well, maybe this will make the concubine's body be found earlier.
Zhang Caihua turned her head abruptly and saw two people standing under the wall.
One person was dressed in the clothes of a low-level miscellaneous servant in the palace, about forty years old, with a wooden expression, as if he had never smiled in his life, and with his status, he was not qualified to appear in the place where the concubines and concubines gathered.
The other is the tight-fitting dress of the Jianghu people, which is even more incompatible with the palace.
"Who is he?" Zhang Caihua asked coldly, staring vigilantly at the Jianghu people, the handyman was obviously an acquaintance she knew.
"This is the Dragon King Gu Shenwei. The handyman's voice was not old at all, and he didn't need to hide it anymore.
Zhang Caihua's vigilant expression did not relax, and she didn't seem to believe the words of the handyman, "Are you disguised?"
Gu Shenwei nodded, he pretended to be a hero and broke into the palace, and he hadn't recovered his original appearance, "Why did you kill her?"
Zhang Caihua turned her head and glanced at the deep well, "Didn't the Imperial Master tell you?"
"Well, the noble concubine of Loulan Kingdom died in the palace for unknown reasons, which will make the Central Plains and Loulan Kingdom have mutual problems and destroy the Central Plains' control over the Western Regions. ”
"You know that. ”
"I haven't thanked you for your help over the years. Gu Shenwei said that it was impossible for Sima Gao of the East Gate and Qin Yeming, who pretended to be a low-level miscellaneous servant, to obtain too much confidential information from the palace, at most he acted as a transmitter, and the real explorer was Zhang Caihua.
Zhang Caihua is a disciple of Xiaoyue Hall.
The lotus girl had already made a plan for the chaos in the world, and arranged troops in advance for this purpose, and the experience of Xue Niang and Gu Shenwei inspired her, so she sent a disciple to Loulan Kingdom, find a way to enter the palace to get close to the princess, and then marry with the princess to the Central Plains.
This was part of the plan, but before the broader plan could be implemented, the Dutch girl became Huo Yun.
The disciples of Xiaoyuetang will not give up the task, Zhang Caihua was originally going to lie dormant for many years before returning to serve the imperial master, so after she heard about the turmoil in the Western Regions, she was not affected at all, and continued to serve the concubine and help her win the emperor's favor, but when the emperor suddenly lost interest in women, she had nothing to do.
The appearance of Qin Yeming changed Zhang Caihua's task.
Huo Yun's memories come and go, and his attitude towards Gu Shenwei is also good and bad, after living in seclusion in Kongtong Mountain for a whole year, Gu Shenwei cobbled together her plan for the Central Plains, knowing that there was a disciple of Xiaoyue Hall lurking in the palace, ready to be on call at any time.
Qin Yeming first gained Gao Enci's trust, and sent a secret message to the palace through him, and it took three full months before Zhang Caihua responded, and from then on she began to get more instructions, collect intelligence in the palace, and quietly transfer it to Gao Enci, and then he handed it over to Qin Yeming, who came once a year.
A few months ago, Qin Yeming infiltrated the Imperial Palace Dining Workshop with the help of Zhang Caihua, and it was only then that Zhang Caihua knew that the object she was working for was the Dragon King Gu Shenwei.
Hearing that the Imperial Master lived by the Dragon King's side, Zhang Caihua no longer felt deceived and continued to carry out the new task given to her by Qin Yeming - to monitor the Empress Dowager.
Gu Shen was so careless that he forgot to cancel the order that the imperial master had given, and Zhang Caihua waited for a few years in order to kill the concubine when the palace was in turmoil.
"Thank me, there's nothing to thank for carrying out the order. Zhang Caihua's vigilance slowly decreased, "What other orders does the Imperial Master have?"
"Take me to the Queen Mother. Gu Shenwei said, avoiding her question.
"That old Taoist martial arts are very high, I don't dare to get too close. Zhang Caihua explained, stretching out her hand and pointing outside the palace, "He escorted the Queen Mother out of the palace and returned to Kunde Palace by himself, and the Queen Mother disappeared." ”
"Leaving the East Gate?"
"Hmm. ”
"Come with me, you don't have to go back to the palace in the future. Gu Shenwei said.
Zhang Caihua nodded, took the words of the Dragon King as the order of the Imperial Master, glanced at the deep well for the last time, and walked towards the Dragon King and Qin Yeming......
There are no heroes in the east of the palace to break in, but here it is more chaotic, the palace maids and eunuchs have become headless flies, asking each other about the situation, looking for a place to hide everywhere, few people notice the strange combination of Zhang Caihua and his party.
The guards at the east gate were as strict as those at the west gate, and the palace guards were a group of people who read well, and they had heard many rumors that the emperor had died, and they were a little unsure of their duties, so they only guarded a few palace gates, and did not pursue the high-rollers who crossed the wall.
When the chaos was over, the guards hoped they wouldn't make too many mistakes.
Zhang Caihua's martial arts are average, Gu Shenwei jumped out of the palace wall with her, the street is still deserted, occasionally there are soldiers on horseback passing by, even he himself doesn't know where to go, today's capital has lost the core of power, and there is nowhere to report how much news there is.
Qin Yeming found the gift of Sima Gao from the East Gate.
Gao Enci arrived on horseback, came to Gu Shenwei and turned over and dismounted, glanced at the strange palace maid, and said, "Zihe Zhenren entered the palace last night, so I didn't ......"
"Well, the real person sent a group of people away from the East Gate last night, you know?"
"I happened to rush to the east gate at that time, and I saw the real person of Zihe, he had a decree from the Queen Mother, and he went back by himself after sending people away. ”
"I want to know where those people went. ”
Gao Enci glanced at the palace maid again.
"It's okay, she's also my person, and the news is what she handed you over. ”
Gao Enci and Zhang Caihua have been working together for a long time, and they finally met for the first time at this time.
"I followed it for a while. Gao Enci felt that the person sent by the Purple Crane Zhenren must be unusual, so he took it upon himself to follow behind, "About twenty people, go directly to the Staff Bureau." ”
Gu Shen was surprised, Su Ai saw with his own eyes, after the Jinpeng killer took away Lin Xiaoshan's son, he hid in the Instrument Staff Bureau, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to go there, and Zihe Zhenren also heard Su Ai's words, was he doing a dangerous trick, or did he hide something and didn't say it?
"The Queen Mother is no longer in the palace, you can lead the guards to pacify the people in the palace. Gu Shenwei gave advice and took Qin Yeming and Zhang Caihua to the south city.
Gao Enci rode back to the east gate, and when he saw the group of bewildered guards under his hands, he suddenly understood that Gu Gongzi was trying to make a great contribution to himself.
The southeast city is also the same as the eastern part of the palace, there is no figure of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, but the chaos is more serious, especially the small officials and stragglers in the streets and alleys everywhere, who do not know anything about what happened and their duties, but they have to answer countless questions from the people, they can't answer, and they dare not answer, they can only persuade everyone to go back to their respective homes, not to do business, let alone wander.
The capital is not Biyu City, and the inhabitants of this city are not used to chaos, and their slow reaction has greatly prevented the chaos from spreading.
The gate of the cane bureau was open, but there were no guards or craftsmen inside, and the whole courtyard seemed to be empty, and the three of them quickly searched from front to back, but found no place to hide.
Gu Shenwei must see the Empress Dowager, he believes that all the clues about the destruction of the Gu family are in the hands of this woman, he doesn't care about the chaos in the city, and he doesn't care who can benefit from the chaos in the end, he must see the Empress Dowager.
Suddenly he had an idea and guessed where the Queen Mother had gone.