I took the note from the brother who handed over the contact information, and put it in the pocket of my skirt with complicated emotions. Anyway, this skirt will have to be returned sooner or later, and it may lead to a good marriage by then.
I squeezed my throat and said softly to him:
"Thank you. But I have to go back now, or I will be blamed."
The member of the imperial guard stood at attention all of a sudden, and greeted the people in front:
"What are you looking at, don't hurry to get out of the way, don't block people's way!"
He seemed to have some prestige among the imperial guards, and the soldiers who had been standing there immediately vacated an aisle. I bowed deeply to this old man, puffed my cheeks and said mischievously:
"Thank you~ I will contact you when I come back! However, the schedule is very full recently... Woohoo, see you in the next year~"
There was a happy smile on his stern face, and he kept nodding:
"well."
I pushed the cart and ran away, rushing all the way to a place far outside the Xuanqing Palace, and arrived at a relatively secluded garden. The white phoenix in the box laughed like a barbell. I pushed the cart and walked slowly with a blank expression until I reached the gate of the palace, and then I opened the barrel and wooden box and let the four people out.
Alayah ran out of the box almost immediately, and hid behind me.
Bai Huang crawled out of the box with a lot of enthusiasm, straightened her messy hair at the sideburns, and repeatedly proposed to change guards with me, but I rejected it with contempt.
Although I feel a little sorry for Heji, whoever does this business is stupid.
The five of us continued to walk outside the hall. Walking to the gate of the palace, he was stopped by the guards without any accident. But this time Baihuang was right. According to the script we made up before, we directly told the guards that we were directly under Wang Ming, and the king ordered us to leave Xuanqing Palace secretly to find the murderer in the city.
Of course the guards didn't believe it, but our words were also very convincing:
"Now the thirty-six city lords are all besieged in the Xuanqing Palace, but there is still no clue about the matter. His Majesty the King suspects that this matter has something to do with the Jinyiwei, the Imperial Guards and others, so let us investigate secretly. Don't you Letting people go, is it because you have colluded with them? Even the city lords dare to stop them, what kind of onion do you think you are?"
The guards were dizzy by Bai Huang's scolding, and when they looked back, it was the imperial guards who were guarding the city lord, and they couldn't be blamed if something happened, so they let him go without hesitation. And because the matter was relatively confidential, they didn't dare to disclose it at will, so the five of us left the palace smoothly.
The first thing to do when you leave the palace is the division of labor.
I asked a few of them to come over and said:
"Listen, the matter is more urgent now. It is impossible for us to leave Xuanqing Palace for too long. At the latest tomorrow morning, they will find out that we sneaked out. If the murderer has not been found by then, we may be used as scapegoats Just as the commander of the imperial guards said, he was sentenced for the crime of treason. So we must return to Xuanqing Palace before tomorrow morning."
Bai Huang and the others nodded.
I held up an index finger and continued:
"Now there are Chao Wang Mansion, Xi Wang Mansion, the prison, the mansions of ten ministers and ten generals and other places that need to be investigated, so I suggest that the five of us should not act together. The first is that it is too conspicuous, and the second is that it is not efficient. I took Alaya goes to the jail, Baihuang, you and Heji go to Xiwang Mansion, and Fangyuan goes to check on the king's movements. Remember, no matter who asks, they will always say that we are directly under the king's order. Now the king has been staying in the inner hall, they can't do anything To verify, and because of our special status, they can only choose to believe us. But be careful not to use this to make excessive demands, if they resist too much, they can retreat first."
Bai Huang immediately geared up:
"Understood. Heji, let's go quickly! Let's settle it early. There is still a pure and lovely girl in the room waiting for me to go back!"
You still miss that palace lady! !
Baihuang and Heji left in a hurry, Fangyuan seemed a little reluctant, but obediently went to carry out the task. It's just me and Alaya.
I took Alaya directly to the jail. To be honest, I was a little selfish in assigning work like this, because Tamrose gave me a really weird feeling at the time, and I wanted to go to the prison to confirm it myself.
Before I go, I take off my makeup. It's a pity that it's easy to remove makeup, but I don't have to change my clothes. I still run outside in a palace maid's clothes. When I ran to the prison, the warden, the jailer, etc. all looked at me like monkeys in a zoo. Fortunately, I had the experience of appearing on stage before, and my skin was thick enough, so I didn't care about it at all.
When I entered the prison, relying on the set of excuses, I didn't have much trouble convincing the jailer to take me to see Tamrose.
Tamrose was held in a secluded house.
He had disheveled hair, heavy shackles, and a prison uniform. Hearing footsteps, he raised his head slightly and looked this way. Seeing it was me, he had a weird smile on his face, and said lightly:
"A rare visitor, a rare visitor. Why is Brother Lide dressed up like this? Why are you looking for me in this place?"
I let the jailer back down, and said to Tamrose:
"You guys did the assassination of the king, right?"
Tamrose looked at me, and answered with that pompous air:
"Assassinated? Assassinated by what? What happened in the capital? How could I, a person in prison, know about those things. Brother Lide, even though our deal has broken down, you can't pour all the sewage on me, can you?" .”
He leaned back, rubbing his bloody chest, and said:
"Hehe... Brother Lide, you are a smart person, I can tell. Otherwise, you wouldn't come here to look for me today. It's a pity that I don't have the answer you want here, please leave as soon as possible."
I glanced at the wound on his chest and asked:
"If I remember correctly, the king should have ordered to guarantee your safety. After all, you haven't been convicted yet. Who tortured you?"
Tamrose laughed, showing his bloodstained teeth, squinting his eyes, and said to me:
"Who else could it be? Some people want to take a confession from me to make the fire even hotter and burn more enemies to death."
"There are also some people who want me to die in this prison, once and for all, so that everything will be dead without evidence."
His voice gradually turned cold:
"I, Tamrose, usually treat them well! But how did they treat me? I knew it early on, but what I didn't expect was that everyone was going to make trouble! Hmph... I started from coming in, one grain I didn't eat any rice, and I didn't drink a sip of water. Do you know what will happen if you eat and drink? Take a look!"
He laughed and pointed to the ground. There, a few insects were already motionless on all fours, and there were still a few grains of leftover rice and a little water in front of them.
Tamrose laughed like a ghost:
"Human nature is so, what else do people need? This king is simply destroyed! You! None of you can escape. The old year... the new year... everything is not over yet. Tell you... this night is still long."