Hearing Cao An's shrill screams from inside the palace, Li Yan used Qing Kung Fu to sneak out and frowned helplessly.
The young eunuch kept his head lowered. When he looked up and saw that he was gone, he was probably frightened.
He said to the guards guarding the outside of the palace: "Please go in and calm the servants, so that they don't panic and disturb His Highness the Crown Prince to rest."
He was not responsible for the guards, but seeing the prince's attitude toward Li Yan, the guards immediately responded, "Yes!" as if they had heard of the order.
Li Yan added: "I just heard a strange noise. It is suspected that there is a traitor who is pretending to be a ghost. It must be investigated thoroughly. As an internal guard, it is my duty to do so."
He glanced at the guards: "I am entering the palace for the first time. I don't know the route and cannot rush in. I hope that two guards who are familiar with the environment in Shaoyang Court will lead me around the outer court."
The guards showed their admiration. No wonder he was valued by the prince at such a young age. Look at this cautiousness, it is different.
Soon, the two people stood up and announced their names: "Zhang Huan, Xu Hong, are willing to serve Li Wuwei!"
Li Yan was slightly startled. He looked at Zhang Huan and thought that this name was quite popular. He nodded and said, "Thank you!"
Along with two guards holding torches, Li Yan headed in the direction of the sound of water drops.
Not long after, the three of them arrived at the southwest exterior of the hall, and the sound had disappeared.
Li Yan lowered his head, checked the blue brick floor, and found puddles of water, and said: "Pull the torch closer!"
The two guards came over, Zhang Huan raised the torch, took a closer look, and felt excited all over.
Because of the water stains, it took on a strange appearance.
Just like the footprints of a person walking barefoot.
"It's not like this. This is what people walked past after taking off their shoes."
Li Yan gestured with his hand and found that the footprints were not long and rather small and exquisite. They should be those of a woman.
And the water traces extended all the way into the darkness.
There seemed to be a woman in white with disheveled hair standing there, waving her hand gently as she walked away.
Li Yan narrowed his eyes, kept his legs motionless, and sneered: "Pretend to be a ghost!"
When the two guards heard what he said categorically, they couldn't help but perked up: "Has Li Wuwei figured out the identity of the ghost?"
Li Yan said: "This is not a ghost, it must be someone pretending to be one. The sound I just heard in the hall is not the sound of walking."
He did not chase after him, but just checked on the spot, and he found something suspicious: "Look, the water traces have dried up a bit. I'm afraid the man stepped on the footprints first, and then made a sound to lure us here."
Zhang Huan and Xu Hong were sincerely convinced: "Li Wuwei is wise!"
Seeing that Xu Hong was smarter, Li Yan ordered: "Go and call more people, but don't disturb the prince in the inner palace to rest. Just patrol normally."
"yes!"
Xu Hong took the order and left, and soon brought eight more guards.
A group of masculine young men gathered together, and torches illuminated an area of more than ten meters in radius. Li Yan became brave and waved his hand: "Let's go!"
Everyone followed the water traces.
Soon he left the side hall and headed west.
The water traces on the ground became lighter and lighter, and soon disappeared completely.
Li Yan looked forward: "Where is that place?"
Zhang Huandao: "That's the West Garden."
Li Yan thought of what the young eunuch Cao An said just now. The place where he first spotted the female ghost in white and the shadow of the headless palace maid were both in the West Garden.
Right.
Li Yan said without hesitation: "Let's all get together and don't separate!"
The guards responded in unison: "Yes!"
Everyone entered the West Garden in groups. Li Yan looked at it and said doubtfully: "It seems a bit desolate here. Aren't the palace people diligent in cleaning it?"
Zhang Huan whispered: "Your Highness doesn't like this place very much and almost never comes to the West Garden..."
Li Yan frowned, feeling strange.
In the Taiji Palace, half of the area was occupied by the emperor, with Ye Ting accounting for about a quarter, and the remaining quarter being the East Palace, which had three gates, twenty halls, and hundreds of corridors.
In comparison, Shaoyangyuan is only about one-tenth of the original East Palace. After moving from a spacious old home to a small new home, such a large area was abandoned?
But it’s really hard to say what people like and dislike, especially the prince, the heir apparent of a country.
Countless people speculated on the prince's thoughts and showed a little disgust. It is not surprising that the West Garden has become a place where grandma does not love and uncle does not love.
After gathering his thoughts, Li Yan took the lead towards the first room, pushed the door open and entered.
It was clean inside, with no clutter, but it seemed increasingly empty due to the lack of popularity.
The second room.
The third room.
The fourth room...
The buildings of the Tang Dynasty were not overly exquisite and gorgeous, but they were all tall, wide, square, and very grand.
The pavilions and pavilions in the palace stand there more firmly. A dozen people walking among them will even give rise to a sense of insignificance.
Under the cover of night, the guards became more and more uneasy, while Li Yan calmed down and searched room by room.
Don't give the enemy every chance to defeat you, and don't give up halfway.
This place belongs to the outer court and is where the imperial guard moves. He is responsible for the inner guard and it is in line with etiquette.
Everything is focused on the prince's safety. If anything happens to the prince, he will be unlucky.
Finally, when they came to a room in the corner, everyone pushed the door open and immediately felt something was wrong.
"Hey, where did the pottery dolls and wooden figures come from?"
In the deep and spacious room, there is a curtain hanging in the center, and in front of it are rows of pottery dolls and wooden figures.
The pottery dolls are the famous Tang Sancai in later generations, with bright colors, and the wooden figures are also painted with oil paint and have gorgeous shapes.
They stand quietly, with exaggerated facial features painted on the wooden faces, looking towards the door intentionally or unintentionally, as if to welcome visitors.
Li Yan listened carefully and judged that there was no breathing sound in the room. He was fully alert and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain.
The scene that appeared in front of me made people's pupils shrink and their expressions change drastically.
"Mourning hall?"
Behind the curtain, there are standard mourning hall furnishings, with an incense table set up for sacrifice, and three animal tributes on it.
In front of the incense burner wax stand, there is a brazier with remaining gold and silver ingots in it.
It seemed that someone had just paid homage.
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Creepy.
One of the guards was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and screamed: "That female ghost lives here. She came all the way back and brought us here too!"
One of the guards had tears and runny noses: "Has she already entangled me? I will never go to Pingkangfang again or give you money. Please spare me!"
Everyone looked over.
Li Yanze calmed down completely and knew that this was definitely not the work of ghosts.
He walked around the mourning hall and looked at the tablet on the incense table. He found that there were only birth dates on it but no name. He asked, "Which of you knows the birth date of His Royal Highness?"
Everyone was startled and looked at him again.
Li Yan pointed to the tablet: "I want to make sure whether this is a victory!"
To win by pressure, to win by pressure, the pressure here means to suppress, block, and suppress, which means to use magic to suppress the target and win.
This was the biggest taboo in the ancient palace.
In the distant past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was involved in the witchcraft disaster, which shook the country. More recently, more than ten years ago, Li Zhi wanted to depose the king and the queen, and the reason was to use the technique of suppressing victory in the harem.
Queen Wang was infertile and was stopped by Changsun Wuji and other Guanlong nobles on the grounds that the noble daughter was innocent. However, she and Concubine Xiao Shu cast the Overwhelming Curse Wu Mei to death, which was the fifth sin among the Ten Evils in the Tang Dynasty. They were immediately
After being deposed, he was sentenced to death together with Concubine Xiao Shu.
It was still a harem dispute, and now it involves the crown prince of a country!
Li Hong was frail and sick and might pass away at any time. If a mourning hall was set up in his crown prince's womb, if his birth date were written on the tablet, it would clearly be a curse for him to die early, which would inevitably cause a huge earthquake!
The quick-reacting guard also realized it, his face changed horribly, and he was almost trembling with fear.
As the guards of Shaoyang Palace, if they really use the magic of overpowering, they will not be able to escape their involvement, and the whole system will be destroyed.
Female ghosts are not scary, but human hearts are even more vicious!
In the almost dead atmosphere, a guard walked out with trembling lips: