I'm watching the gate in the jail

While Wanda was looking at Chen Zhanggu's body, Liu Tiechi walked over, holding a pitch-black object with an indescribable smell in his hand.

"Liu Tiechi, did you go dig out the excrement just now?"

Wanda turned pale in shock, pinching her nose and retreating again and again.

Yang Xiuxian and the Jinyi guards next to him were also so smoked that they retreated one after another, this thing is too stinky.

In comparison, the half of the corpse on the ground has no lethality at all.

"Look, my lord, what is this?"

Liu Tiechi shook the things in his hand.

"This is?"

Wanda held her breath and took a closer look.

Although it has been burnt black, it can still be seen that this thing should be a furry animal, about four feet long.Because it had been burned, its limbs were all curled up, and only the remaining fur on the tail could still see its original fur color.

Liu Tiechi was really not afraid of smells at all, so he opened the burnt black mouth of the thing with both hands, exposing the sharp teeth inside.

"It's a fox!"

A guard in brocade clothes standing behind Wanda pointed at it and said, "It's a black fox!"

"black Fox?"

Wanda turned around, "Are you sure? Isn't this some kind of puppy?"

"Yes, that's right, this smell is the smell of a fox being burnt."

Nalishi replied, "The villain used to live on the mountain, and he often went hunting with his grandfather when he was young. One year, my grandfather caught a fox and caught it in a cage. He wanted to take it back to the mountain to deal with it, so that it could be skinned and sold for money." Who knew that the animal was very cunning, and escaped by opening the buckle of the cage. After being discovered by my grandfather, he was nailed to the ground with an arrow. Because of the wound on his body, he could not sell it for a price, so the villain’s grandfather took it The corpse was thrown on the side of the road. But I was young and ignorant. When my grandfather was not paying attention, I picked up the fox's corpse and threw it into the bonfire..."

Speaking of this, the wrestler showed a disgusted expression, "The smell of the fox's hair after it was ignited by the fire, plus the original smell of the fox, mixed together, is the smell of this thing..."

He said, and looked at Liu Tiechi sympathetically, "Once this smell sticks to my body, it won't go away for several days. I was beaten up by my grandfather when I got home, and the clothes I was wearing had to be thrown away." Yes. Those are the new clothes I just put on during the Chinese New Year..."

As soon as the words fell, all the soldiers surrounding Liu Tiechi took a few steps back.

"Liu Tie Chi, if you have something to say, just stand there and don't come over!"

Wanda pointed at Liu Tie Chi and shouted.

Liu Tiechi stood helplessly on the spot, put the black fox corpse in his hand on the ground, and spread his hands out.

"Xiaodao said before that my junior brother is the best at using all kinds of tricks. Actually, Xiaodao missed one thing at that time..."

Liu Tiechi pointed to the fox corpse on the ground, and continued, "Besides, he is also very good at taming animals."

"Beast Taming?"

Wanda rolled his eyes, and suddenly said, "You mean—that so-called 'black scorpion' is the black fox he trained?"

"Xiaodao has never seen 'Hei Yao', so I don't know what the legendary 'Hei Yao' is. But once this matter involves my junior brother, then it is likely to be the case."

Liu Tiechi said with certainty.

In the past two days, Wanda and his group dispersed, some went to the Imperial College, some went to the indigo factory, and some went to the inner court to spy on the news.

Liu Tiechi who lived in "Xinghaihui" was not idle either.

Although he didn't go anywhere, he just spent the past two days hanging around in the building.But the information that should be obtained was still dug out bit by bit by him.

This "Xinghaihui" is composed of two buildings.One is a restaurant, and the other is a place for singing, juggling and amusing people.

Ordinary Jianghu people, including Jin Yiwei, who want to spy on information, usually go to teahouses and theaters.

But Liu Tiechi didn't agree.

In his eyes, these people are just "second-rate dealers".

In his opinion, the real sources of first-hand information are these entertainers who sing operas, tell stories, tell stories and play tricks.

"'Xinghaihui' is wonderful inside, but also wonderful outside."

Liu Tiechi originally wanted to touch his beard and put on a sophisticated look, but he immediately gave up this idea after smelling the smell of his fingertips.

"'Xinghaihui' is too high-end. Beggars, fortune tellers, and fish and insect players can't get in, so we have to solicit business at the door. I heard the news from the bird and insect entertainers."

The so-called bird play is to train the birds to perform.

Artists usually raise such flexible birds as "Wutong" and "Jiaozui".

After being tamed, they squat directly on the artist's head and arms, intimate with people, and will never fly away.After training, they can pick locks, play small flags, catch marbles and other tasks, which are very popular with young audiences.

There are even fortune tellers who use birds to tell fortunes to people.It is to prepare more than a dozen signed notes in advance, and let the bird pick one of them.Then the fortune teller will carry out the so-called "unlocking" based on this sign.

People who come to fortune-telling think that the lottery drawn is "number of days".In fact, these fortune tellers are the best at reading people. As soon as a visitor sits down, they can guess a lot based on the person's attire and tone of voice.Then he would hint to Xiaoniao, take out the corresponding stick, and explain indiscriminately in the other party's voice, deceiving the other party's money as much as he can.

Playing insects is the same routine, they are all masters of the three religions and nine streams, in the final analysis, it is just one word - cheating.

Liu Tiechi is most familiar with these heretical ways.

He squatted in the Xinghaihui Building for a long time, and went outside the building for a long time, and he got to know the details of the so-called gangs in Beijing.

Liu Tiechi spent a small amount of money to treat guests to dinner and drinks, and gave away a lot of good things.

These people also know that a capable colleague who understands the rules, spends money, and is filial has recently come to the south.So he was allowed to "dock" in the capital, and he could set up a stall in the city in the future.

Not only that, but someone pointed him out that the biggest "wharf" in Beijing is not actually Xinghaihui, but an inconspicuous small courtyard in the innermost row of private houses behind the Imperial College.

There was a master Li, who was very good at deceiving him. Not only was he able to set up a camp near the dignified first school and set up a incense hall, but he also recruited many dignitaries, even people from the palace, as "disciples".

"Later, I inquired carefully about the so-called 'Master Li'. I heard that he was from Hebei, and later he went to Shaolin Temple to be a monk, and then he became a Taoist priest. I thought, who else besides my junior brother? He didn't run away!"

Liu Tiechi slapped his thigh and said, "I was just about to report to the adults, but who knew there would be an explosion here... Hey, it's still a step too late."

When Wanda heard this, he could only sigh with emotion that "snakes have their way, and rats have their way".

These secrets of the world will never be revealed to outsiders, indeed only people of the same kind can find out.

"My lord! My lord Wan!"

A man dressed as a soldier and wearing a big hat hurried in under the moonlight.

Yang Xiuxian stopped him, and only let him walk to Wanda after recognizing him as a Xiaoqi from Beizhen Fusi.

"My lord, this is a note that Master Qiu asked me to bring to your lord."

Xiao Qi took out a note and handed it to Wanda respectfully.

The few of them gathered in Xinghaihui just now were to exchange the information that everyone had inquired about. Who knew that the sudden explosion of the Imperial College would spoil the situation.

Now that Mei Qianzhang is seriously injured, Qiu Zijin has to stay with him in Beizhen Fusi, and cannot escape.I had no choice but to write down the information, and Jin Yiwei's subordinates passed on the message.

Wanda glanced at the note quickly under the moonlight, and her expression changed.

Yang Xiuxian took it over directly, and his face turned pale with shock.

"What they want to blow up is not the Imperial College, but the Imperial City!"

This is a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain!

"Quick! Enter the palace!"

Wan Zhen'er stood in the main hall of Zhaode Palace holding a sword, listening to the sound outside.

The forbidden soldier just now did not come alone. After finding that he could not open the main door, he changed to push the side doors on both sides, but that side was blocked by the servants in Zhaode Palace with all kinds of cabinets and furniture. No matter how hard he tried, it was futile .

Cursing voices came from outside the door, and it sounded like several people were all his accomplices.I don't know if they are all forbidden soldiers, or if there are other people mixed in.

After a while, the panes on all sides began to be pushed up by people. Although they were fastened, there was nothing blocking them. Those people tore through the window paper and looked inside.

The little maid standing by the bed turned her head and saw the eyes protruding from the hole. She was startled by the obscene eyes and let out a shrill scream.

Concubine Wan Gui pulled the little maid behind her, pulled out her frost-like sword, and stabbed at the hole, fast and hard.

"Ahhh!"

The man never expected Wan Zhen'er to be so strong, covering his pierced eyeballs, screaming and falling down.

"Jumping Clown."

Wan Zhen'er pointed her sword at the hole, her willow eyebrows stood upright, and she shouted to the outside, "Wan Niangniang is here, you wait for Li Zi, who only knows ghost tricks, come in if you are not afraid of death!"

The momentum is astonishing, unstoppable, even though she is a woman, she will not give way to a man.

"Didn't you say that Wan Zhen'er is an old woman? Why is she good at martial arts?"

Looking at his companion on the ground whose eyeballs had been picked out, a man dressed as a servant said in surprise.

It turns out that among these people, only the so-called "Forbidden Army" Wang Yuan is Xiaoqi of the Imperial Forest Army, and the others are all subordinates and followers of Li Zilong who was secretly put into the palace by the gatekeeper Zhu Guang.

They either dressed up as eunuchs, or dressed up as imperial guards, and followed that Wang Yuan in, in order to capture Wan Zhen'er and the crown prince, so as to coerce the emperor into submission.

"What are you afraid of? No matter how powerful she is, she won't be able to stand up to our numbers! What's more, we have 'sacred objects' to help us."

Wang Yuan ordered someone to drag down the obstructing thing on the ground.

"They are all guarding the main hall now, we might as well go to the bedroom at the back. The Crown Prince should be over there, let's rush in from behind."

Their time is limited, and the guards in the palace haven't noticed any changes in Zhaode Palace yet.People from Jinyiwei, Bingmasi and Tuanying should also have been attracted by the bombing at the Imperial College.

They must hurry up and arrange everything before the real Imperial Forest Army and the guards in front of the palace arrive.

"Your Majesty, there seems to be no noise outside."

Pressing his back against the cabinet, the servant Ah Xi turned his head, feeling that no one was pushing the door outside, and he couldn't even hear the yelling and cursing.

"Did they retreat in spite of difficulties?"

The maid Xiaoling said in surprise.

"Ah! Aunt Wan!"

At this moment, Zhu Youtang's panicked call came from the sleeping hall.

Wan Zhen'er felt bad, so she rushed over with her sword.

Entering the sleeping hall, I saw Zhu Youtang trembling all over, curled up in the innermost part of the carved canopy bed, weeping.

Aunt Wan fell beside him, her eyes wide open, she was looking in the direction of the ceiling.

There was a terrible blood hole in the middle of her neck, and blood was still oozing out, as if her throat had been bitten open by something.

"Wan'er!"

Seeing such a tragic situation, Wan Zhen'er couldn't help screaming.

"Young lady, look!"

Xiaoling, who was following Wan Zhen'er, pointed to the window and found that the window was broken with a big hole, and the window paper and pieces of wood fell all over the floor, as if something broke through the window.

Wan Zhen'er followed Aunt Wan's dying gaze towards the beam, and saw two beams of yellow-green light flickering on and off in a dark corner, and the smell of blood spread in the bedroom with a foul smell.

It was dark and rumbled above, and I couldn't see what it was, I just felt that it was dark and terrifying, and it was indescribable.

"It's 'Hei Hao'! It must be 'Hei Hao'!"

Yinger, the court lady who was saved by Wan Zhener in the yard just now, pointed at the beam and shouted, "It killed Aunt Wan, it's a monster."

Wan Zhen'er took a closer look and found a pair of scissors stuck on the pillar below the beam.It should be that when Wan'er was fighting this monster just now, she exerted all her strength and finally threw out the scissors used for self-defense.

It's a pity that she missed the monster and lost her life instead.

Aunt Wan, Aunt Hui, and Wan Zhen'er were all young maids who entered the palace together in the early years. They have been in this deep palace for more than 30 years, with deep feelings and extraordinary feelings.

Seeing her good sister die so tragically, Wan Zhen'er's heart aches like a thousand arrows piercing her heart.Looking at the two yellow lights on the beam, he almost gritted his silver teeth with hatred.

Wan Zhen'er naturally knew about the fact that Zhu Jianshen was almost injured by Hei Hao in Fengtian Palace two days ago.It is said that at that time the entire Fengtian Temple was full of gloom, so many civil servants, military generals and Habayashi guards were helpless against it.

At that time, the monster had clearly turned into a black wind and drifted away. Why did it appear here again today?

Could it be that it has been lurking in the palace for the past two days, waiting for an opportunity?

"scare!"

The monster opened its mouth that was still covered with Aunt Wan'er's blood, and let out a fierce and strange noise, the timid palace people were so frightened that their legs and feet went weak.

They even clasped their hands together, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to the place where the monster was crawling, but they didn't even listen to Wan Zhen'er's order.

Wan Zhener stomped her feet impatiently, wishing she could fly to the beams of the house with wings growing from her armpits, and cut this monster under the sword.

On the other side, Wang Zhi rode his horse all the way to the Renshou Palace before the East Sixth Palace, and met Zhu Jianshen's dragon chariot.

When the guards in front of the palace saw someone who dared to ride horses in the palace, as if they were facing a big enemy, they all raised their knives and pointed at Wang's direction.

"Your Majesty, it's me!"

Wang Zhi shouted immediately.

Hearing it was Wang Zhi's voice, Zhu Jianshen hastily ordered people to put down the sword.

"Ah Zhi! How's it going outside? How are Alan and Uncle Lang?"

Zhu Jianshen stood up from the dragon chariot, leaned on the armrest, and moved forward, asking anxiously.

"Your Majesty, the outside is terrible. The Imperial College was almost half blown up, and countless people were killed and injured."

Wang Zhi got off his horse and knelt down on one knee, "Lord Wan and A Lan are fine. Master Wan has brought people from Jin Yiwei to the Imperial College to investigate. A Lan was taken back to Beizhen Fusi. Come safe."

"It's fine, it's fine..."

The heart that Zhu Jianshen was holding finally let go, he pointed to Wang Zhi and said, "Quick, I order you to ride a horse immediately and go to Zhaode Palace to see if your mother is well."

"If someone wants to do evil things to the empress and the crown prince... shoot and kill!"

"Ah Zhi takes orders!"

Wang Zhi raised his fists and got on his horse.

As the whip fell again and again, Wang Zhi flew away like a gust of wind.

"Let's catch up too! Quick!"

Zhu Jianshen patted the armrest and ordered anxiously.

Quickly walking to the outside of Zhaode Palace, Wang Zhi heard the sharp "Aunt Wan", and his eyes widened suddenly in fright.

That was the voice of the crown prince!

Sure enough, something happened to Zhaode Palace.

Wang Zhi almost jumped off his horse and rushed into the courtyard of Zhaode Palace. What he saw was the bodies of the maids and servants lying on the ground.

The gate of the main hall was slashed with knives, but there seemed to be something blocking it, so the gate was not opened.

Wang Zhi listened to the noise in the backyard corridor, held the firecracker in his hand, pressed against the wall, avoided the lights, and tiptoed over.

I saw about five or six men standing by the window sill outside the dormitory, trying to climb up the window that had been knocked open, and some of them had already put half of their bodies inside.

However, he was soon counterattacked by Wan Zhen'er inside, was stabbed by a sword, and fell off the window sill.

"Made, this old woman is not finished! Brothers, break open all the windows, I don't believe so many of us can't get in."

Xiaoqi Wang Yuan pointed at the window and cursed.

The two men behind him heard this, turned around and picked up the flower pots and small fish tanks in the yard, trying to smash the broken windows even bigger.

"boom!"

Just as a man held up a blue and white porcelain flower pot and tried to throw it down, a firearm sounded.

The man lowered his head, looked at his pierced chest in disbelief, wailed, and fell to the ground.

The flower pots were broken, and tiles and soil were scattered all over the ground.

"who?"

Wang Yuan and the mob dressed as imperial guards and servants turned their heads together, trying to find out who fired the firecracker.

But in the whole courtyard, only Zhaode Palace still has candles, and the courtyard is basically pitch black, and nothing can be seen.

Wang Zhi hid behind a big tree with lush branches, which blocked the moonlight and his figure.

With his back leaning against the big tree and turning his head slightly, he could see the group of people clearly, but the people standing outside the hall couldn't find him.

Wang Zhi looked at the panicked expressions of the opposite crowd with satisfaction, and raised his hand again...

"Bah!"

There was another loud bang, and Wang Yuan watched helplessly as the man standing on the other side fell to the ground, and took a step back in fright.

Could it be that the guards in front of Jinyiwei Hall came?They still carry firearms?

Wang Yuan looked at the few people standing beside him.There were seven of them when they came, but with a little effort, three of them were lost...

"Boss, what should I do?"

The remaining three looked at Wang Yuan with fear on their faces.

"The enemy is dark and we are clear, withdraw!"

Wang Yuan gritted his teeth.

"But what about 'tasks'?"

"It's okay, there are still our people in here... Withdraw!"

Wang Yuan said in a barely audible voice, then bent down and quickly ran out of the palace.

Several other people ran away when they saw the boss. Outsiders like them in this huge imperial city couldn't figure out the direction on their own, so they followed.

Wang Zhi sneered, thinking that you can't run very far, the people around His Majesty are on their way.

Forget it, let's leave a few alive and ask Mr. Yuan's royal guards!

In the sleeping hall, upon hearing the sound of firecrackers, Wan Zhen'er raised her head excitedly.

"It's Ah Zhi! It's Ah Zhi who is back!"

There is no other person in the palace who can carry firecrackers except Ah Zhi.

She had been attacked just now, she had to prevent the black spots on the beam from rushing down and hurt people, and also had to watch the window to prevent the thieves from coming in, so she couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Wan'er died, and the palace servants were terrified, and none of them were available.

Now knowing that Ah Zhi is outside, maybe he came with a large group of people, Wan Zhen'er's heart was half relieved.She looked back at the monster on the beam that seemed to have grown in size, her eyes were full of hatred and killing intent.

No matter what kind of monster it is, as long as you dare to come down, this palace will dare to cut you under the sword.

That black man was originally squatting on the beam, staring closely at the few people below, trying to wait for an opportunity to move.

After two bursts of firecracker strikes, Hei Hao was so excited that the hairs all over his body suddenly stood up, and he began to become restless.

It swayed from side to side, its beast-like eyes glowed yellow in the dark, as if it was looking for Wan Zhen'er's weakness below.

Wan Zhen'er also bowed slightly, ready to jump up at any time and kill him in one fell swoop.

"Sister Yun'er, what are you doing?"

At this moment, Zhu Youtang's scream came from behind Wan Zhen'er.

Wan Zhen'er suddenly turned her head and looked at the court lady Yun'er in disbelief, with one hand pinching the crown prince's neck and the other holding a dagger that came from nowhere, her face was full of madness.

She never imagined that Yun'er, who was rescued by her from the yard just now, would be detrimental to the crown prince!

The moment Wan Zhen'er turned her head, the squatting Hei Hao finally seized the opportunity, and after making a piercing cry, she jumped up from the beam, opened her big mouth full of rancid smell, and exposed her fangs. Aiming at the back of Wan Zhen'er's neck, she threw herself down.

"Miss!"

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhi flew in from the broken window.

Holding the firecracker in his right hand, facing Hei Hao who was also jumping in mid-air, he pulled the trigger without hesitation, hitting Hei Hao's exposed abdomen.

Hei Hao screamed and fell to the ground with a "bang".

At the same time, Wang Zhi also turned over and fell to the ground.

Yun'er, who intended to assassinate the crown prince, did not expect such an accident, her arm holding the dagger stopped, and the blade stopped an inch before Zhu Youtang's neck.

Before it was too late, Wan Zhen'er took a sword flower behind her back, overturned the dagger, and fell on the bed.

Yun'er stretched out her hand to catch it, but she didn't expect that Zhu Youtang, who was only crying at this moment, would have the incomparable courage to kick the dagger down.

Yun'er became angry from embarrassment, turned around, threw herself on Zhu Youtang's body, and stretched out her hands to pinch Zhu Youtang's neck.

It's a pity that before her fingers touched Zhu Youtang's delicate neck, Wan Zhen'er pierced her heart with a sword from the front.

Zhu Youtang looked at Yun'er looking at him incredulously, rolled his eyes, and gave Wan Zhen'er one last look, then fell back with unwillingness and lost his breath.

Lying beside Aunt Wan who also died with regret.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

The great grievance and fear made Zhu Youtang immediately let go of all prejudices, and cried and rushed towards Wan Zhen'er's chest.

"My lady, I'm so scared. My lady, give me a hug."

Wan Zhen'er looked at her right hand holding the sword, bent down, and held Zhu Youtang in her arms with her left hand.

"Don't be afraid, the empress is here."

She stroked Zhu Youtang's sobbing little head, "Your Majesty is here, no one can hurt the prince."

At this moment, the gate of Zhaode Palace was finally knocked open by Jinyi guards, Zhu Jianshen took the lead and walked to the innermost bedroom.

"Master Wan!"

Seeing the mess in the bedroom, the maid and the servants kneeling on the ground, and there were two corpses of the maid on the bed, Zhu Jianshen gasped in fright.

"Master Wan, are you alright?"

He walked quickly to Wan Zhen'er, looked at Wan Zhen'er whose armor was splashed with blood, and asked worriedly.

"The concubine is fine, and the prince is fine."

Wan Zhen'er shook her head, "Fortunately, Ah Zhi came in time and killed the monster."

Zhu Jianshen looked at Wang Zhi who was slowly getting up on the other side of the dormitory, and the smoking firecracker in his hand.

Wang Zhi held the blunderbuss in one hand, and looked coldly at the black monster falling under his feet.

"Sure enough, Susu guessed right. The Forbidden City is probably more dangerous than outside the palace."

Wang Zhi put the firecracker into his arms, walked up to Zhu Jianshen and Wan Zhen'er and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Those thieves have internal support in the palace, and the palace is really dangerous now. Please allow Ah Zhi to search the palace together with Master Yuan. We must catch all these thieves."

Zhu Jianshen hugged his wife with one arm and rubbed his son with the other, with anger that couldn't be contained in his eyes.

"I order you and Master Yuan to thoroughly search the entire imperial city. They must find out the remnants of the party before dawn!"

Yuan Bin hurried forward and knelt down together with Wang Zhi.

"Your servants, you must fulfill your mission and arrest the thief and bring him to justice!"