The sky was covered with dark clouds, the twilight was deep, and the sky seemed to be covered by a black curtain. There was not a trace of light coming through, and there was no wind. It was so dark that it made people breathless.
The trees in the West Garden of Prince Jing's Mansion were covered with greenery. At this time, there were only a few lanterns hanging under the eaves, shining eerily and quietly on the bodies of a dozen sword-wielding guards.
They are not the guards of the palace, but the palace guards from the palace. They stand in the garden with indifferent expressions; behind the rockery is still an independent palace, small in scale, but extremely exquisite. When King Jing Zhao Tuan was in Bianliang
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At this time, a soft sedan stopped on the stone pavement in front of the palace steps, and under the corridor stood several palace officials and maids with impatient faces.
After a while, when the palace door was still not open, the old eunuch at the head straightened his sleeves, cleared his voice and shouted: "Princess Dong, it's getting late, the princess has to leave, and I have to go back to the palace to pay my respects."
Please forgive me, Princess!"
In the chamber that had been silent for a long time, the sound of sobbing pleading came out again at this moment:
"Grandpa Huang would never treat Yingyun like this! Mom, please let me out. I want to see Grandpa Huang!"
"Yingyun, please don't do anything to scare me anymore. This is your imperial grandfather's will. If you are born into the royal family, just accept your fate. It's not a bad thing for you to marry Chi Hu. Girls will grow up to be adults."
You are going to leave the cabinet! You have to remember that after arriving in Chihu, it will be no different than in Bianliang. You need to change your past temper. Don't do everything according to your temper. You must learn to take care of yourself..."
The old eunuch winked at his subordinates, gestured to push the palace door open, bowed his tassel to the princess who was hugging a ball in the palace, and shouted in a loud voice: "Princess, please get on the sedan chair!"
Two middle-aged palace maids walked in, ignoring the tears on Yingyun's face, they stepped forward and grabbed her arm and dragged her out; the princess also cried and broke away Yingyun's hand holding her Jinshang, and watched Yingyun being dragged out.
He went to the side hall and was stuffed into a soft sedan chair.
"Princess, I will return to the palace to deliver my order!" The old eunuch saluted the princess who was lying on the ground again, turned around and motioned to the two young eunuchs to lift the sedan, and the two palace maids clung to the sedan to prevent the clouds
He jumped out halfway and, surrounded by dozens of forbidden seats, went out through the side door of the West Garden of the Prince's Mansion.
The servants and maids in the palace couldn't help but sigh when they saw this scene, and some couldn't help but secretly wipe their tears. They waited until everyone in the palace had left, then walked into the Xiyuan courtyard, but they saw the person slumped on the ground.
Princess, no one knew what to say, and no one noticed a figure walking out of Xiyuan from the side door.
Soon, several rather strange bird calls came from behind the towering courtyard wall, leading to a piece of resentful Qiang flute playing.
The women of the clan who were used as compensation and handed over to the Red Husbands all gathered in Chong'an Temple.
The second inner city of Bianliang is the palace city, which was built on the basis of the Jiedu Envoy Office of the previous dynasty. The residences of princes and ministers, as well as some royal temples and Taoist temples that the royal family often visited were built around the palace city, but
No more imperial city walls were built to surround it.
However, from King Jing's Mansion to Chong'an Temple, there are deep houses and high buildings all the way, and the tall and thick courtyard walls squeeze the not-so-narrow corridor into a particularly deep and narrow one.
The Red Husbands have not yet withdrawn from the siege of the city, and the curfew has not yet been lifted. At this time, there is no one in the long alley.
The dark clouds were hanging low, and dozens of jailers, palace maids, and palace attendants were walking in the sedan chair, with only four finger lanterns lighting the way. They listened to the resentful sound of the Qiang flute, mixed with a few strange bird calls from time to time. Everyone had a unique feeling.
A creepy feeling.
"Eunuch Chen, why haven't you heard this bird's call in Bianliang City? Why does it have some evil nature!" asked the primary school guard who was in charge of guarding the old eunuch next to him.
"What evil is evil? Don't talk nonsense, Chong'an Temple is to suppress evil!" The old eunuch scolded in a low voice, but he couldn't help urging everyone to leave quickly.
"Dang-dang-dang..." A dull sound of bamboo binding came from afar, and in a blink of an eye, a man pushing a wheelbarrow turned from the alley.
On one side of the wheelbarrow is a row of low cabinets, with a lantern for lighting, which vaguely reveals that the person pushing the cart is a strong man with a blurry face; on the other side are stoves and other items, and the charcoal fire in the stove is still burning.
The red firelight shone out, and at first glance they were the food ladles being sold in the streets of Bianliang City.
Although the curfew in the city has not yet been lifted, there are very few people with connections inside and outside the palace who actually act according to the rules.
Seeing the man pushing a wheelbarrow and stopping at the entrance of the alley, the old eunuch didn't have any suspicion. At this time, the man's chirping of birds and the sound of the Qiang flute also stopped. When he saw someone coming and going at the entrance of the alley, he called for someone instead.
Peace of mind.
This time, Princess Yingyun was ordered to go to Chong'an to watch the gathering. The old eunuch was worried that someone in Prince Jing's Mansion would stop them. Now that they had all left Prince Jing's Mansion, they did not think about what else could go wrong.
The man took out a short stick, propped the wheelbarrow at the entrance of the alley, took out a small iron pot and put it on the stove, and then took out bowls, chopsticks and other items from the drawer of the low cabinet. Soon he saw a simple night food stall at the entrance of the alley.
Lay it out in an orderly manner.
When the palace eunuchs were waiting, the jailers gathered around the sedan chair and approached. The man shouted: "Everyone, you have been working hard on patrol at night. Would you like a bowl of hot noodle soup to warm yourself up? I still have wine in the thermos here! Cows and sheep
Cold cut, special sauce, not to mention very fragrant, pickled garlic is also delicious with wine!”
"With your blind dog eyes, which one of you sees us like those fools on night watch? Go, go, get out of the way, don't block the way!" the captain of the jailer scolded.
"Gao Mazi, why the fuck didn't you set up a food stall in Luohanfu Lane, but you came here? It's so hard to find me. Don't tell me you don't know that I'm patrolling Luohanfu Lane tonight? What a waste of money you have.
How can a bowl of wine make you feel so heartbroken? You don’t want your grandpa to protect you. If you go out and run around now, why don’t you be treated like a spy and be chopped into pieces?”
Rude shouts and curses came from the alley, and the sound of scattered footsteps came closer and closer. Seven or eight night watchmen armed with spears and spears were chasing after them.
The leader first grabbed the food stall owner by his collar, and was about to scold him again. He turned around and saw a dozen people surrounding a soft sedan in the alleyway on this side.
Before getting ready, he asked in a low voice:
"Who are these people? Why are they so sneaky? Who is in the sedan?"
The captain couldn't help but laugh. They were dressed like this, and these blind guards actually asked them who they were?
The captain couldn't help holding his sword to his chest, waiting for these blind guards to come closer before severely reprimanding them. They didn't even notice that there were dozens of figures hiding in the night near the cross alley, holding long sticks.
The doors of several nearby mansions were pushed shut from the outside, but they all took out copper basins and bowls, knocked them loudly, and shouted:
"It's a fire, put out the fire quickly! The lady's wing is on fire. Who is the one who has been stabbed a thousand times and ran into our lady's boudoir without lifting her pants? Catch those two little bastards! Madam, why can't she?"
Naked? Oh my, it’s such a shame, Madam, Miss, they are stealing people together..."
The captain of the guard looked back in surprise, but unexpectedly, the leader of the guards who walked up to him suddenly drew his sword, and a cold, lonely sword flashed from the corner of his eye, as fast as lightning.
Before the captain had time to react, he felt his neck go cold. He covered his neck where blood was pouring out and shouted in a hissing voice: "You are not..."
"Someone is robbing Princess Yingyun!" The old eunuch stood beside the sedan chair and screamed. The patrol leader's sword had already been used as a hood. As soon as he shouted, the sharp blade had already cut half of his face.
Cut off.
The guards at the back screamed in panic, but they were covered up by the sudden knocking of pots and bowls all around. They could not resist for a long time without drawing their swords, and were killed one after another by the night guard with swords and spears; the other two eunuchs and palace maids were also killed.
Can survive.
Yingyun watched in horror as the sedan curtain was lifted from the outside. She raised her pink fist and was about to hit the person in the face, but was grabbed by the person.
"Princess, please don't fight. I am Xu Huai."
"Xu Huai!" Yingyun has been trapped in the sedan and has adapted to the dark environment. At this time, only a little light came in, but she could still see Xu Huai's face clearly. Her body suddenly collapsed and she grabbed Xu Huai's arm to stop.
He fell down and asked, "But dad asked you to come and save me?"
"We are following your Highness's order!" Xu Huai didn't have time to explain anything to Princess Yingyun here. He followed her words and said, "We need to disperse | evacuate this place. Princess, please put on these clothes immediately. Someone
I will escort the princess to Lord Zhu Zhilang first!"
Xu Huai pulled Princess Yingyun out of the sedan chair, took off her skirt, put on a burqa, and quickly pulled up her hair, pretending to be a man.
Although long sticks were used to push up the doors of each mansion in advance, and a lot of noise was made to cover up the fighting and shouting, there was such a loud movement that there were already servants in each mansion climbing ladders and holding lanterns high to peek through the courtyard walls.
figure it out.
Xu Huai took Zhou Jing, and Zhu Chengjun led people to escort the princess away from the alley to the east. He took the men dressed as night watchmen, and ignored the looks from the nearby mansions, and continued at the entrance of the corpse alley.
The jailers and eunuchs groped around and took away the valuables one by one, and then evacuated through another way.
Even if I held the lantern high, I couldn't see very far. I saw a group of people robbing and killing people in the alley. The servants were just blocking the hospital door. Who dared to go out and cause trouble?
After Xu Huai and the others left calmly, someone forced open the door of the dead house and walked out. He held up a lantern and looked at the clothes of the robbed corpse. They were all shocked and did not dare to delay any more. They hurriedly sent people to rush.
I went to report it to the official. At this time, no one knew that Princess Yingyun had been "robbed"...
