[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

Jiao Shizhi walked quickly on the palace road, and Xiao Dezi in front of him was leading the way with a lantern.Although the moonlight is still good tonight, the snow on the ground will reflect the light, but it is too weak after all.The two encountered a little difficulty when they walked to the gate of the East Palace. The key will be released at a certain time in the palace, and it is not easy to go out.

Jiao Shizhi didn't want to entangle with the guard at the door, and when he was about to speak, a powerful voice came from behind, "What happened?" Jiao Shizhi turned around and saw a strong middle-aged guard just in time Eye.The man had a serious face, a scar at the corner of his eye was even more ferocious, his brows were slightly wrinkled, but his expression was quite relaxed.

This person is Zhang Donghua, the chief guard of the Eastern Palace.

Jiao Shizhi was not friendly with him, but he knew through Chen Chuming that he was not a dull person, so he said to him directly: "It's late now, but Your Highness is still returning to the East Palace, and I'm really worried in my humble heart." Zhang Donghua's thick eyebrows frowned even more , without saying a word.

After a long time, he said in a low voice: "Go and come back quickly. If you encounter a patrolling Jinyiwei, remember to give him this badge." Zhang Donghua tore off the waist badge and threw it to Jiao Shizhi, and then led the team behind him. walked away again.Seeing that the chief guard agreed, the guards at the door let them go.If it wasn't for the wrong time, who would stop Jiao Shizhi, a big celebrity.

After the keys of the palaces are released at night, only the patrolling guards can walk in the palaces, and the Jinyiwei guards the most important places.As far as Xiao Dezi knew, the place where the crown prince went down tonight happened to be Jiangxuexuan, and there were many routes from the East Palace to Jiangxuexuan.

"Xiao Dezi, go directly to Fengxian Palace later." Jiao Shizhi carefully thought about the layout of the palace, and sorted out the place that can best avoid the patrolling of Jinyiwei. It's okay to meet other guards However, Jin Yiwei can directly arrest anyone they think is suspicious.

"Yes." Xiao Dezi said cautiously. Originally, Jiao Shizhi didn't intend to bring him here, but what he said moved Jiao Shizhi. Compared with Xiao Dezi present, Jiao Shizhi only knew the approximate location. Not familiar with the route from there.

The wind and snow passed by, and Jiao Shi's heart was clear.

At the moment when snake bone wine appeared in front of his eyes just now, Jiao Shizhi thought of the sentence that flashed in his mind this morning for some reason.There is no reason, but my heart feels tight.Even though reason has been emphasizing that there is no evidence, Jiao Shizhi can't help but act.If it's really not, then everything is easy to say, but if it's really him pressing his forehead with a headache, it's uncomfortable.

"Who is in front?"

"East Palace Jiao Shizhi."

During the period, the two encountered three patrol teams. Although there was a little friction, they finally moved towards the destination smoothly.Jiao Shizhi knew very well that if nothing happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, what he did tonight would be blamed, and maybe he would be reported to the higher-ups by the guards patrolling tonight.He can imagine the consequences of admonishing, reprimanding, etc., and maybe it will leave a bad impression in the hearts of the crown prince and others, but he would rather do that than let anything happen.

"Who's here?"

Being stopped again, Jiao Shizhi took out his badge, but the tall and tall man headed by him refused to budge, "Even if you are a member of the East Palace, the palace has already been locked, how did you get out?"

At this moment, Jiao Shizhi saw clearly the costumes of this squad of guards with the faint light. They were no different from ordinary sergeants, but the calm questioning in his words was better than those of the previous teams.Jiao Shizhi touched another waist badge in his pocket, and the people in front of him were probably Jin Yiwei.

Inside Jiang Xuexuan.

Zhu Houzhao listened to the little song babbling in the house, but his eyes fell on the white snow fluttering and falling outside the house. Jiangxuexuan's begonias are the most beautiful, but it is not in flowering period now.In the middle of the crabapple trees, several plum trees are blooming proudly. Surrounded by the crystal white snow, the plum blossoms with a hint of fragrance tremble slightly with the wind, and the fragrance of the flowers falls into the house along the wind, which is refreshing.

The tears of the candle on the table solidified the base of the candle, and the nearly burnt candle was still burning with the last light. Liu Jin lightly signaled the few servants standing outside to replace it, and then said to the prince who was still drinking : "Your Highness, it's getting late, are you resting in Jiangxuexuan tonight?"

There are everything in Jiangxuexuan, but it is not as comfortable as the East Palace. On weekdays, when Zhu Houzhao is playing, he often rests outside, so there is no need to rush back to the East Palace in the middle of the night.It's just common sense that if the prince doesn't go back to the East Palace to sleep, it also means that he won't go to Duanjing Hall the next day.

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin and hesitated for a long while, then reluctantly said: "Arrange to pick up the car, I will go back in a while." After the words fell, even he blinked his eyes in surprise, and looked at Liu Jin in dismay.

"I, just said I'm going back?" Zhu Houzhao pointed to himself and said curiously. Liu Jin held back for a while, and didn't know how to answer. Is it possible or what he said? !Just as he was thinking this, he heard His Royal Highness muttering beside him: "When did I become so obedient, it's strange"

Liu Jin also has a group of palace people who heard the conversation:

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of changing what he said, so he waved Liu Jin to start preparing.Reaching out for the small flagon, I poured myself the last glass of clear wine, took a sip, and sighed: "Next time I should bring Shizhi here." It is always lonely to enjoy the snow alone.

Since the crown prince wanted to return to the East Palace, the palace people in Jiangxuexuan hurriedly got ready.The chauffeur was always prepared, but it was so late tonight, and they didn't expect the prince would want to go back, so they had to send someone to call for it, which delayed a little time.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care much, and didn't find out why he went back. He sat on the window sill and looked at the small lake behind Jiang Xuexuan, with the glimmer of the lake reflected in his dark eyes.The lake behind Jiangxuexuan is so small that no one pays attention to it, and because it is close to Jiangxuexuan Nuan Pavilion, it seldom freezes.At this time, with the last cup of wine and the last candlelight, the prince looked up at the snowflakes falling from above, one of which was blown by the breeze, landed on his cuff, and then melted inside, and the clear breath invaded quietly. .

His eyes were fixed on the snowflakes all over the sky, and in the dark apse there were only light spots reflected by the slight rippling of the lake, but I don't know if it was because he stared for a long time, a faint light suddenly lit up on the left.

Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes and looked there, as if to make sure he was wrong.As the light gradually brightened, Zhu Houzhao's eyes also showed surprise, and he placed the wine cup in his hand on the window sill, "Is it suitable?"

The person in front is just a servant leading the way, but the person behind him is indeed Jiao Shizhi!

Regardless of why Jiao Shizhi came here, after seeing him, the prince was obviously in a good mood. He smiled and said, "Shizhi, do you miss me?" Seeing the helplessness and obvious relaxation between the man's brows and eyes, he watched the man approaching a little bit with good eyesight, and also saw that he was about to say something.

Suddenly the man's face changed, and the sword hanging on his waist was immediately unsheathed, "Your Highness, be careful—"

Before Zhu Houzhao could react to what Jiao Shizhi said, he heard hissing and sticking out his tongue from his side, and Gao Feng's panicked cry behind him, "There are snakes, Your Highness, get out of here!"

It was too late to say that, Zhu Houzhao jumped forward without even thinking about it, and fell straight into the bone-cold lake water.The chill was conveyed from the limbs to the mind at once, and the pain and coldness covered his thoughts.He wanted to struggle up, but was dragged down by the absorbent clothes on his body.The lake, which looked very shallow on the surface, turned out to be so deep, but in an instant he was too frozen to scratch his hands and feet.

Jiao Shizhi watched Zhu Houzhao fall into the water, his mind went blank for a moment, until he came to his senses, he had already dropped his sword, took off his coat, and plunged into the water.He tried his best to come to Jiangxuexuan, but he didn't want to watch the prince have an accident!

At this time, Jiangxuexuan was in chaos, Liu Jin, Gao Feng and other eunuchs were the first to come to their senses.Liu Jin scolded sharply: "What are you waiting for? If you don't go down a few more people who can swim, hurry up and rescue His Royal Highness! If something happens to His Royal Highness, none of you will be able to escape!" Startled by his sharp and stern voice , the scene was immediately brought under control, and immediately two people who knew how to swim jumped into the water to help search, while the other group risked their lives to catch the white snake.

Gao Feng grabbed Liu Jin and said in a low voice: "This is not possible. If something happens to His Highness, none of us will survive." Liu Jin's face also trembled a little, and then lowered his voice, "We must go into the water!" Liu Jin's eyes flashed cruelty They are all landlubbers, not to mention saving lives, and they don't even know how to water.But only if they really contribute, no matter what the result is, at least there is still a glimmer of life.

"Gu Dayong, you take two people to find the patrolling guards to save people! Someone to inform the emperor and queen! Zhang Yong prepares the stove, Luo Xiang prepares clothes, Ma Yongcheng calls the imperial physician, what should the rest do? Don't be dumb!" Liu Jin said hoarsely, and after arranging everything, she also jumped into the water to help search.

Besides, Jiao Shizhi, who has already entered the water, the winter in the capital is not a paper tiger, the temperature that can almost freeze the consciousness makes people feel numb all over.If it falls during the day, such a small lake can easily find people, but at night, even if there are many candle lights on the shore, it is of no use at all.

The lake is damn deep!

Even though the icy lake water almost froze his eyes, Jiao Shizhi barely opened his eyes, trying to find him in this dark underwater world.The black shadow shaking in front of him seemed to turn into a giant beast, and every slight movement distorted and shattered all the vision around him.The dark atmosphere is more terrifying than the cold.

However, the most frightening thing was that he could feel the air in his lungs being lost a little bit, and his chest was so tight and painful. He didn't know how to squirt, and his panic and inappropriate movements made him lose too much energy.While saving people, he himself is stepping one foot into the underworld little by little.

Where?Where the hell!

hand.

Jiao Shizhi finally touched a cold hand, with an unnatural bend and constant trembling.Trembling even more, he dived down, pulled hard along that small hand, and pulled an equally cold body into his arms. Without confirmation, he slid up desperately with the last bit of consciousness.

There are inaudible tinnitus in my ears, too noisy to concentrate, the water surface getting closer and closer in front of my eyes is full of shaking phantoms, distorted into the fear of impending explosion that is now pressing on Jiao Shizhi's heart, the hand wrapped around his chest He could barely hold the person in his arms, and was shaped into a strange stalemate by the water.

"I found it, I found it! Come help me—" They seemed to be discovered by someone, and then countless hands pulled their bodies, Jiao Shi subconsciously hugged the person in his arms tighter, and struggled to float out water surface.

"Cough, cough, cough——" the moment Jiao Shizhi surfaced, Jiao Shizhi couldn't restrain the cough that shot out of his throat, and he was pulled ashore together, weak as he was, and limp by Zhu Houzhao's side.

Can't sleep yet, can't sleep yet, he hasn't heard the result yet.

"Ah!" A shrill voice pierced the night sky, and the servant who was surrounding the Prince's rescue was pale and said with trembling lips, "Your Highness, Your Highness is out of breath!"

Do not!

Jiao Shizhi, who had slipped into the boundless darkness, suddenly opened his eyes!