The young eunuch didn't know who the queen was talking about, but he had never seen the queen look like this before, so he couldn't help but be curious.
"The First Lord also said that there are informants from all sides inside and outside the palace. Until we know who is behind the scenes, the lower officials should guard the queen. The rest of the people, please step aside!"
As soon as these words came out, the people around him were stunned again, wondering what does this mean? Does the queen want to remove the guards from the palace? Let such people with strange masks protect her?
How can this be?
There are no palace guards in the palace, but a group of mysterious people whose identities are unknown?
The guards felt that the situation was not good, and that they might be fighting these weirdos with rabbit faces, so they all tightened their weapons and were ready to take action at any time.
However, the imagined conflict did not happen. Instead, the queen was heard to say lightly: "Okay, you all, please step aside."
"What?" The little eunuch opened his mouth in surprise, thinking that the queen actually agreed to this?
No one else could react, but the rabbit-faced men suddenly rushed forward in the rain. Each one of them used strange techniques and removed the weapons of more than a dozen guards in an instant.
It wasn't until these rabbit-faced people got closer that someone realized that, without exception, these rabbit-faced people were all women.
"roll!"
The leader of the rabbit-faced man walked under the eaves and shouted lowly to the guards in front of him who had their weapons removed.
The guard didn't dare to say anything or leave. He looked back and looked inside the room.
The queen's voice came from inside the room again: "Everyone, please get out! If you don't leave, I can't guarantee whether they will kill anyone."
Hearing the queen speak again, the guards finally left hesitantly.
The rabbit-faced man strode into the palace covered in rain, still holding the head in his hand. The little eunuch turned pale with fright.
"Empress, these people..."
"Aren't you going to get out?" the rabbit-faced man interrupted coldly.
The little eunuch looked back at the queen, and saw that the queen also waved her hand to him.
The little eunuch finally ran away without daring to look back.
There was no one around, so the rabbit-faced man found a tablecloth in the palace, wrapped the head, and put it aside for the time being. Then he stood next to the queen without saying a word.
There was silence for a while: "No. 3, Lingxiu Division, I know you. You are the Bailing, right? Chunjiao trusts you very much.
you."
The rabbit-faced man said nothing and stared out the window, motionless.
"Why don't you speak? There are not many people who can make me speak."
"..." The rabbit-faced man remained unmoved.
"You don't want to talk to me so much? Then I might as well tell you a secret. Are you curious why your family is so angry with the world because of me? In fact..."
"When I put on the mask, I am no longer me..." The rabbit-faced man finally spoke.
"Giggle..." The seemingly incomprehensible words made the queen laugh. She was no longer lonely as before. Although she was hurt, she was seriously full of excitement, "You are no longer you? Then why are you afraid of hearing it?
What’s the secret between me and your family? I’m very lonely now. If you talk to me, I won’t scare you anymore.”
The rabbit-faced man hesitated for a few seconds, then slowly raised his hand and took off his mask, revealing a beautiful but frowning face. He looked at the queen beside the bed and said calmly: "What did you say?"
"As expected, it's you, Bai Ling."
"Mother, have we met before?"
"Before March, I asked Chunjiao to kill an official of the Ministry of Etiquette. Chunjiao did not do it herself, but arranged for you to go. I saw your face through the crack of the door."
Bai Ling frowned even more, but said nothing.
The queen still smiled: "Your family has been in Kyoto, right?"
"The low-ranking official has a humble position and has no knowledge of this matter. He only acts according to orders."
"It's okay if you don't tell me. Then tell me, how exciting is Kyoto tonight?"
…
Outside the Imperial Palace, inside Kyoto City, the heavy rain seemed unable to conceal the bloody atmosphere that night.
There were almost no lights in the entire capital, and various masks that had not appeared for decades suddenly appeared in the night of the capital, dragging bloody footsteps through the streets.
Those weird costumes may have appeared countless times in the dreams of the playful and peeping children that night.
…
"The capital is so lively tonight!"
In the attic of Prince Yong's Mansion, Li Yong stood at the window with his hands behind his hands, silently looking at the night scene in the distance.
In such a dark night, I couldn't see anything, but I could feel the chilling smell in the air.
Next to her, the princess was wearing a cloak, sitting and playing with the wick, frowning, and sighed quietly: "Just now
We got news that two people in Dali Temple were killed, and one of our spies also died because he was discovered."
Li Yong's expression changed: "Even Dali Temple was affected? Two more people died? This should be the seventeenth person tonight, right?"
"This is just the beginning..." Nangong Chuxin looked at the sky, "Tonight will be very long, and there are still many exciting things that have not been performed."
"Are the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate really crazy? Even if it's because of the Queen's assassination, they won't go on such a rampage without any scruples! It's fun to kill tonight, but let's see how they explain it in court tomorrow?"
Nangong Chuxin gave a rare smile: "They are just some unimportant people. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is trying to shake things up. They want to use this method to give a warning to those who can't bear their temper."
"Killing the mountains to scare the tigers? The procuratorate takes itself too seriously. If they are just fighting around like this, who can they scare?"
"It is true that a single Metropolitan Procuratorate is not terrible, but what if that person returned to Kyoto and ordered all this to be done?"
"Xia Shang? He really returned to the capital?"
"If it weren't for him, how could that woman be so bold and dare to do such a big thing?"
Nangong Chuxin spoke calmly and looked at Li Yong.
When Xia Shang was mentioned, Li Yong lost his airy attitude of standing with his hands behind his hands and frowned.
"What? Are you still a little afraid of him?" Nangong Chuxin asked casually.
"What do you think, ma'am?"
"It's not a shame to be afraid of him. After all, he is involved in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Mingjiao, and one is in the court and the other is in the world. They are a force that cannot be ignored. And, the most important thing is that he has no restraints.
He can be an enemy of anyone, and he can be a friend of anyone. Even if he has caused such a big mess, I believe there will be someone in the court tomorrow who will take the initiative to stand up and speak for him."
"Is there anyone who will speak for him? Among the people he killed were people from various forces in the capital. They are now public enemies of the imperial court."
"This is where he is smart. He kills people from all factions, and the number of kills is equal, and the status is also equal. It does not make any party feel too disadvantaged. It is like a mouse stealing food from several families.
Stealing one kilogram from each family will absorb more hatred than watching one family steal ten kilograms, right? Moreover, the several families whose food was stolen gathered together to discuss, and in comparison, everyone is the same. It is obvious that no one will suffer.