At the end of the palace banquet, many officials were half-supported and half-carried out of the palace by their family members.
At the beginning, there was only a small quarrel among the younger generation, but emotions are contagious, and the situation became more and more "out of control" later on.
In the past, there had never been such a large-scale face-to-face confrontation between civil and military forces. In the past, both sides would also compare their children at palace banquets like this; however, it was very subtle, mainly to see if the emperor had any rewards.
Whether the thing is valuable or not; then the winner looks at the loser with disdain, and it’s gone.
All have to face.
However, this kind of comparison is really frustrating.
For military generals, it would be aggrieved if they could not have a pleasant quarrel or directly fight with others after losing; for civil servants, losing would be a loss of face to a general whom they looked down upon.
It made them want to wash it off on the spot.
Having said that, tonight’s applause is just an introduction, and the root cause is still the ‘battle’ between civil and military forces.
Everyone has a bloody nature. Today's palace banquet, no matter whether it is a civil official or a military general, the bloody nature in his bones will be stimulated in the end.
At the palace banquet, you can't fight or scold, and the applause is still not enough. To get excited, you can only drink heavily, and then drinking will make you even more excited.
Good guy, the situation became more and more uncontrollable, and finally, he collapsed.
The most important thing is that the emperor actually allowed all of this to develop on its own without any intention of stopping it.
When Qi Baoer came out of the palace, Qian Wentong on his left was already singing, and Hao Zhengqun on his right was already asleep and being carried away, followed by these two helpless family members.
The drunkenness of these two people is really indecent. If someone saw them, they would probably be laughed at for a while.
So when Qi Baoer walked, he deliberately chose a path that no one used.
The servants of each government had already been notified and were waiting at the gate of the palace with their carriages. Qi Baoer first handed Qian Wentong to Mrs. Qian, and then carried Hao Zhengqun directly to the carriage.
Mrs. Hao and Qian couldn't say anything more at this time, so they each helped their husband into the carriage.
After they settled down with the two men, they were about to thank Qi Bao'er again, but the man was already driving his horse and only a figure from his back was left for them.
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The Grand Princess's Mansion.
The whole family had already had the New Year's Eve dinner, and a few of them, together with several disciples of the Zhuo generation from Linghua Sect who had just returned this afternoon, rushed to Shoukang Yuan to prepare for the New Year's Eve with the two elders.
Daliang and others were chatting with old man Qi; Erlang, Siliang and Zhuowen were playing leaf cards with Mrs. Tian.
It's just that both parties, whether they are chatting or playing, are a little absent-minded.
They were all worried about Qi Baoer who was going to the palace for the banquet.
Old man Qi took a sip of tea and looked out the window where the snow was falling, and asked, "What time is it?"
"Sir, it's almost ten o'clock." Da Liang looked up at the hanging plate on the wall and replied.
The hanging plate is a product of Taoism. The reason why Qilin Kingdom counts twenty-four hours a day was originally transmitted from the Taoist sect. The Taoist sect has their special ability and can make a square hanging plate the size of two palms.
The hanging plate has two twelve o'clock marked on it, and there is a pointer on it that hardly moves to the naked eye... It is similar to the wall clock in Qibao'er's previous life, except that the energy used by the hanging plate here is
Talisman.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Taoism to be called the state religion in Qilin Kingdom.
Knowing that someone would spread the news if someone came back, Zhuoyu still ran to the door and looked out, muttering: "Isn't it said that the palace banquet usually ends at nine o'clock? Why hasn't my uncle come back yet?
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No one here can answer this question.
Today is New Year's Eve. Neither the Emperor nor His Highness the Crown Prince would be so impersonal as to return a minister to stay after the palace banquet, unless...
Just as Daliang's mind changed, a sound of hurried footsteps came from afar, causing his body to tremble, and all the muscles in his body tensed up instantly.
Sure enough, Little Coconut ran in panting slightly, "I've seen the old man, I've seen..."
Old man Qi's face turned dark, and he interrupted him hurriedly, "Don't meet me, where is your master?"
"In reply to the old lady, after leaving the palace, the Lord rushed to the city defense camp; the Lord asked the servant to come back and tell the old lady and the old lady that they may not be able to come back tonight, so that the old lady and the old lady do not have to wait for her."
Then he turned to Da Lang and said, "My lord, please ask the eldest son to go to the city defense camp immediately."
As soon as Daliang heard this, he got up immediately, confessed his crime to Mr. Qi and Mrs. Tian, and then left quickly with Little Coconut.
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At this moment, at the city defense camp outside the north gate of the capital, there seems to be a thick dark cloud in the sky above it. Even the floating snowflakes are blocked by it. People who are dozens of meters away can still feel the sound coming from the city defense camp.
There was a gloomy atmosphere coming from the camp.
Standing outside the city defense camp and looking in, the outside and the inside are completely two worlds. The fence of the city defense camp is the dividing line between the two worlds.
Snow is falling outside, and the torches held by the government officials cannot be as bright as day, but they can still illuminate the surroundings; but inside it is pitch black, and nothing inside can be seen at all, and the light of the torches is completely blocked by the fence.
Barrier outside.
Seeing such a strange scene, everyone felt chills running through their bones.
Qi Bao'er was not the only one who came overnight, there were also Lord Shang Chengfeng, Lord Jingzhao Yi'an, as well as the three men sent by His Highness the Prince, Chen Yi Chen, Two Chen, and the Yamen from the Ministry of War and the Yamen from Jingzhao Mansion.
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The reason why these three parties were alarmed can only be traced back to a month ago.
One day a month ago, Jingzhao Mansion received a report that a strange case of killing a family occurred in a village outside Nancheng City.
The reason why it is said to be a strange case is because the death of that family was beyond human control.
There were a total of fifteen members of the family, including an old man in his seventies and a baby who was not yet one month old. They all died overnight without any warning.
The deaths were very peaceful. It looked like the whole family had died in their sleep, and all the corpses had smiles on their faces.
There were no signs of intrusion into the home, and after the autopsy was performed, there were no signs of poisoning in the entire family.
Weird?
How can this case be solved?
Jingzhao Mansion was in trouble. A few days later, another strange case of killing a family occurred in another village outside the south of the city.
The identical family members all died in their sleep without being poisoned.
Then a few days later...
This matter supposedly has nothing to do with the Ministry of War.
Only six days ago, the same dead as in those strange cases began to appear in the city defense camp in front of them.
Some of the soldiers who were stationed at night just stood there with peaceful smiles on their faces without making a sound, while some of them completely 'slept' peacefully in their tents.
Wouldn't this alarm the Ministry of War?
Then His Royal Highness was alarmed.
Mr. An's eyes were so wandering that he didn't dare to look in the direction of the camp. He said with a frightened expression: "After two such weird cases of mass murder, I went to invite Taoist Priest Wei Yang from Shangqing Temple.
After seeing the corpses, they said that those people were possessed by evil cultivators in their dreams.
Taoist Priest Wei Yang and the others found out about the traces of the evil cultivator through some unknown method. They originally wanted to force him into a deserted place, but unexpectedly, he actually ran to the city defense camp and hid."
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