Li Danqing's steps were very fast, almost jogging all the way to the gate of Shenyu Palace.
The person responsible for manning the defense in front of the palace gate today is an old acquaintance of Li Danqing, one of the four forbidden armies, the Black Tiger Guard from the Divine Tiger Army.
And the person leading the troops was naturally the man who had been interrupted by Li Danqing and retreated!
Obviously the other party also noticed Li Danqing's arrival.
Under Mangku's instructions, the two soldiers stopped in front of Li Danqing.
"Prince Li! It's Haishi now, and it's long past the time to enter the palace!" One of the soldiers looked at Li Danqing and said, with an arrogant attitude and a bit of disdain.
Li Danqing's brows furrowed. He was extremely anxious, but he also knew that forcing his way into the palace was a serious crime of treason!
If he wanted to chop off his head, he might not be able to keep Li Mulin alive even if he was still alive.
"I want to go to the palace to see the third prince!" He thought for a moment and then casually explained.
"Third Prince? What time is it now? The Third Prince has gone to bed long ago! Prince Li should come back tomorrow!" Mang Ku came up at that time and looked at Li Danqing with a sneer.
He didn't know what was going on with Li Danqing entering the palace in such a hurry, but this did not hinder his interest in embarrassment for Li Danqing.
Li Danqing also saw Mang Ku at this time. He knew very well that given the character of the other party, it would not be easy for him to enter the palace today.
His heart sank, and he considered several reasons in his mind. Finally, he gritted his teeth, looked at the other party with a gloomy face and said, "I am receiving your Majesty's secret edict! You dare to stop me!"
The angry look in Li Danqing's eyes was quite intimidating, which made Mang Ku in front of him stunned. For a moment, he was not sure whether what Li Danqing said was true or false.
"Didn't you just say that you wanted to see the third prince? Why is it a secret edict again?" But he didn't want to let Li Danqing go so easily, and asked in a cold voice at that time.
Li Danqing sneered: "General Mangku doesn't understand what the word secret edict means?"
"Your Majesty has summoned me to discuss something important. Since General Mang wants to stop me, I will go back. But if Your Majesty will hold you to account tomorrow, I hope General Mang will also be prepared to receive your Majesty's commendation for your 'loyalty in duty'!
"
After Li Danqing said this, he turned around and left regardless of Mangku's reaction.
Mangku was shocked when he saw this, but was frightened by Li Danqing's appearance.
He hurriedly stepped forward to stop Li Danqing and said: "Your Majesty is right, I am just doing a routine interrogation. Since His Majesty has summoned me, I'd better enter the palace quickly, and don't keep Your Majesty waiting for a long time."
Li Danqing saw the apologetic look on his face and did not respond. He just flicked his sleeves and walked into the palace gate with a cold face.
…
"General, why was Li Danqing summoned by His Majesty? Doesn't it mean that he has lost his favor? His Majesty has long wanted to kill him. Isn't it just that he was thinking of General Li's old relationship and the stability of the White Wolf Army, so he hasn't taken action yet?
?" Not long after Li Danqing left, a soldier stepped out next to Mang Ku, looked at Mang Ku and asked.
Mang Ku glanced sideways at him and said, "The will of God is unpredictable. How can we spy on His Majesty's likes and dislikes?"
Although he said this, Mang Ku was not happy in his heart.
Back then, Li Danqing humiliated him in front of his subordinates and a large number of onlookers.
This Qiu Mang Cave has always been in my heart.
After Li Danqing was given the false position of Young Master, Mangku secretly planned that when the war in the Western Region stabilized and Li Danqing lost value to the court, he would have to find a way to make this guy pay for his original behavior.
but……
Unexpectedly, Li Danqing did not perish, but solved a major case. Several women in his mansion were rewarded, and they were at least the commander of the Longxiang Mansion.
Suddenly, the rumors in Wuyang City also changed, and there were even some people secretly spreading the news that Ji Qi was planning to re-employ Li Danqing.
This is why, when Li Danqing told Ji Qi that he had a secret edict to summon him to the palace, Mangku didn't have much doubt, but was afraid of being angered by Ji Qi.
"That's right... I just don't know what your Majesty can do with him?" The soldier on the side naturally didn't dare to argue with Mangku after hearing this. He smiled and said casually.
But there are some words that the speaker has no intention of saying, but the listener has the intention.
Compared to the soldier, Mangku obviously knew more about the undercurrents in Wuyang City today.
"Is that what happened?!" His heart froze and he said secretly.
Thinking of this place, Mang Ku didn't have time to think too much. He said to the armored man: "Keep an eye on this palace gate! I have to go to the Prince's Mansion!"
After that, he turned around and left quickly without giving his subordinates a chance to ask.
Only the soldiers in front of the palace gate were left looking at each other, unable to go inside.
…
After entering the palace, Li Danqing quickened his pace.
Naturally, he also understood that his rhetoric could deceive Mang Ku, but it could deceive him for a while, but not forever.
It was difficult for Li Danqing to predict what kind of trouble there would be after this matter was revealed, but he didn't want to predict it at the moment.
He is going to save that child!
This is his only thought at the moment!
He seemed to remember Taihei's residence in the palace, which was the Six-Pure Room next to the Hanyu Gate.
The Sixth Purity Room was not far away. Li Danqing ran with all his strength and arrived there in less than a quarter of an hour.
But the six-room clean room is not small.
The entire courtyard is composed of four small courtyards: A, B, C and D. Each small courtyard has dozens of rooms, and in each room, there are about ten people living.
Li Danqing only knew that Taiping lived here, but he had no way of knowing which wing of which courtyard it was in.
It was already late at night, and the eunuch on duty at the gate of the courtyard was squatting on the steps.
He was lying in front of him, holding his cheek with one hand, feeling drowsy.
There was no noise in the courtyard; everyone seemed to have fallen asleep.
Seeing this scene, Li Danqing felt a little relieved.
He walked forward quickly and reached out his hand to shake the sleeping eunuch awake. The eunuch's body swayed and he was mostly asleep. He raised his head and looked at Li Danqing in a daze. He did not recognize the identity of Li Shizi. He just saw the eunuch.
Dressed in brocade clothes, he stood up subconsciously: "My lord is..."
"Does the eunuch Taiping live here? I have something to do with him. Please show me the way." Li Danqing knew the temperament of these guys in the White House very well. What he was best at was observing people's behavior and serving them food.
If you talk to him nicely, he will feel that you are asking for something from him, so it is better to get straight to the point and assume a condescending attitude.
The eunuch who heard this was stunned for a moment. Seeing Li Danqing's serious look and unusual clothes, he secretly thought that some of the adults in the palace had come to do something with the order from above.
He did not dare to hesitate and said hurriedly: "There are thousands of people living in the Six Pure Houses. You can't find me if you look for me at this time. Why don't you go to the meeting room and sit for a while? I will look through the directory and check."
Go to this man’s residence.”
Li Danqing nodded and was about to respond.
At this moment, the door of the Sixth Purity Room was opened from the inside, and two eunuchs in blue carried a figure out of the door.
"Hey...what do you mean this is!?"
"I was fine when I went out today. I said I was going to visit relatives. But when I came back and went to sleep, my body started to stink. When I looked closer, I found that I had no breath..."
"Isn't this some kind of plague?" One of them muttered, with a lot of dissatisfaction in his tone: "Don't infect us, that guy Jia Tongan won't do it himself, so he has to leave this job to us!"
The companion who was carrying the body with him heard this and said, "Have you ever seen a plague that can turn a person into like this so quickly! I think this is clearly the work of ghosts!"
"This guy is from Yingshui County. So many people died in the past few days. He must have been targeted by some evil spirit!"
The two of them were muttering this and did not notice the two people standing at the door. One of them bumped into Li Danqing without checking.
His body staggered and fell to the ground. The carried body wrapped in linen also rolled off the bench. The linen cloth on his body slipped off, revealing the appearance of the corpse underneath.
From the moment he heard the conversation between the two men, Li Danqing's heart tightened. He stood there blankly, turning his head to look at the corpse with some difficulty.
His body was slightly trembling, as if such a simple movement was extremely difficult for Li Danqing now.
He didn't dare to look at the corpse under the linen cloth...
He was afraid that some of his worries would come true at this time.
But he watched it anyway.
The face was very pale, without any color at all.
His eyes were widened and he looked straight ahead, as if he wanted to see something clearly, but his eyes were fixed on that moment forever.
And that face, a few hours ago, had told Li Danqing about his future with a smile.
He said that he wanted to work hard in the palace and save enough money to live in Shuijun.
He also said that he wanted to repay the kindness of his uncle and aunt. They had no children, so he wanted to provide for them until they die.
He also said that he would also like to practice martial arts and become a hero like Li Danqing...
But now, his eyes were dull and he was lying there straight, lifeless.
"What are you doing? Don't you have eyes? Didn't you see the Lord here? Why don't you take this unlucky thing with you!" The eunuch on duty shouted loudly at this time, with an angry expression. He saw Li Danqing standing there blankly,
Secretly thinking that the other person is angry at being offended.
When the two men carrying Taiping's body out of the courtyard heard the eunuch's scolding, their faces turned pale. They quickly bowed their heads and confessed, then hurriedly stretched out their hands to lift Taiping's body and left quickly.
"How did he die?" But before he could take a step forward, Li Danqing's voice came.
His tone was very low and calm, making it difficult to hear the sadness and joy in his heart at the moment.
The two people carrying the body were stunned, but they did not dare to hide Li Danqing's identity. At that time, they said: "We can't tell how he died."
"We were living in the same room. He originally left the palace today to visit relatives, but he suddenly came back. When we asked him what happened, he didn't say anything, so he just fell asleep. But when he fell asleep, his
There was a foul smell coming from his body, and we thought he had pooped on his body. We got up to check and found that he was not breathing."
"I reported to Mr. Jia on duty. He said he had a strange disease and asked us to take him out and bury him..."
The stern expression between Li Danqing's brows became a little more serious, and a coldness surged in his eyes.
A good man died in less than an hour.
Without asking the palace officials to check the cause of death, he made a hasty conclusion and hurriedly buried it overnight. How could there be nothing fishy in this?
"Eunuch Jia? Which Eunuch Jia? Ask him to come see me!" Li Danqing whispered.
At this time, the eunuchs seemed to have noticed something strange about Li Danqing. The man in charge of the gate frowned even more. He stared at Li Danqing cautiously and asked: "My lord, what are you doing here?"
What's the matter? And why do you want to see Eunuch Jia?"
"Eunuch Jia is the black robe of the Qingyi Department... It is late at night and he is going to bed. Call him at this time..."
The eunuch guarding the gate was also alert and revealed the identity of Eunuch Jia in a subtle way, hoping that Li Danqing would retreat in spite of the difficulties.
After all, the eunuchs in black robes are already important figures with the power of life and death for eunuchs like them who live at the lowest level in the palace. In addition, the Tsing Yi Secretary is literally a servant of the royal family. In the three
He has a special status among the Nine Divisions of the Mansion. This eunuch who is the gatekeeper has been in the palace for many years. Not only does he know all the dignitaries in the court, but at least he knows Si Ming, the head of the Nine Divisions of the Three Prefectures. Li Danqing in front of him is obviously not there.
In this case, in his opinion, the title of black-robed eunuch was enough to make Li Danqing restrain his anger.
boom!
But the answer to his words were not Li Danqing's words, but the dull sound of a dark heavy sword hitting the ground.
These three eunuchs had never seen this posture before. Their bodies trembled and they looked at Li Danqing in astonishment.
They had not noticed before that Li Danqing had a blade on his body, but now they saw it and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
This is the Divine Imperial Palace. Even the lords of the three palaces and nine divisions cannot carry swords into the palace, and those who can carry these things are usually very important people.
They didn't have time to think about which big shot Li Danqing was in front of them.
As long as they know that if such a big shot wants to kill them, there is no need to pay any price. Just knowing this is enough for them.
At that moment, the eunuch who was guarding the door put away his servant and hurriedly said: "I...I will go and invite Eunuch Jia right now!"
After he said this, he did not dare to stay for a moment longer, so he fled to the courtyard gate. Looking at the posture of running away, it was as if he was afraid that if he stayed for one more breath, his head would fall to the ground.
…
Jia Tong'an was a eunuch about forty years old, with a fat body, big shoulders and a round waist.
He was helped to the gate by the eunuch who was guarding the gate. It was not a long journey. He walked in a hurry, so that when he came to Li Danqing, his fleshy face was already covered with big smiles.
Drenched in sweat.
Compared with the poor eyesight of the previous three eunuchs, Jia Tongan recognized Li Danqing at a glance.
It was probably because of Li Danqing's notorious reputation that when he saw Li Danqing's angry face, Jia Tong'an knelt on the ground with a plop: "Jia Tong'an, the eunuch in black robe, has seen the crown prince! What's the important matter of the crown prince's late night visit?"
Several people around him also knelt down when they saw their leader looking like this.
Li Danqing was not polite to him. He raised the Chaoge sword in his hand, pointed at Taiping's body not far away, and asked: "How... did he die?"
Jia Tongan glanced at the corpse beside him, and he was agitated. There seemed to be more sweat on his forehead.
"Ill...I died of illness." He responded, and his body lying on the ground stooped a little lower, and his forehead was almost touching the ground.
But just as he said these words, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a snow-white cold light shining in the black heavy sword in Li Danqing's hand,
He didn't even see what the cold light was, and then he felt a heartbreaking pain in his left calf where he was kneeling on the ground.
ah!
He let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered. He turned around and tried to move his left leg, but found that his left leg had been penetrated by a long sword. The blade penetrated his flesh and blood and penetrated straight into the ground.
Among the stone slabs, there are three points into the wood!
"How did he die?" Before Jia Tongan could recover from such horrific methods and his heart-wrenching pain, Li Danqing's voice rang out again.
He raised his head and looked somewhere, only to see that at this moment, Prince Li also lowered his body and looked straight at him with squinted eyes.
A frightening cold light flashed in the narrow slits of his eyes, like an enraged wolf that would rise up at any time and bite him.
Jia Tongan was trembling all over and his face was pale.
Fear almost occupied his entire mind at that moment, but he tried hard to maintain his mind that he was about to lose. He gritted his teeth and whispered: "Little... I really don't know that our sixth clean room is returning...
...It is under the jurisdiction of Lord Lu Huai'anlu, the red-robed palm seal. If the prince has any questions, it may be more appropriate to ask him for help!"
He also heard that Li Danqing killed the black-robed eunuch next to the Queen, and knew that his official position had no deterrent effect in front of Li Danqing, so he could only mention the name of his immediate boss at this time, hoping to use it
Can scare Li Danqing.
But he obviously misjudged something.
As soon as he said these words, he felt a sharp pain in his right leg.
He didn't even need to look back to know that a long sword must have penetrated that place right now.
"You have a very strict mouth."
Li Danqing's voice sounded again, and the cold light in his eyes shone brightly, as if he had seen Jia Tongan from the inside out.
"Then let me ask another question."
"Who instigated this!"
"Think carefully before answering. Next time, the sword will go to your forehead!"
After hearing this, Jia Tongxin's head trembled. He looked up and saw a cold long sword floating above his head. The cold blade was pointed directly at his face. The sword body trembled slightly, as if he couldn't wait any longer.
Want to drink blood.
"I……"
"I...don't know..." He was scared to death in his heart, but he didn't dare to tell the truth.
Because he knew the involvement behind this, and if he spoke out, even if Li Danqing was willing to let him go, the big shots behind him might not make it easy for him.
But before he finished speaking, the edge of the sword above his head suddenly fell down, but it was not the top of his head, but his thigh.
The severe pain made him wail again.
Li Danqing whispered in his ear.
"Don't worry."
"It's not that easy to die."
"I will insert the sword into your body over and over again, but I will avoid your vital points until your blood bleeds cleanly drop by drop!"