Jiaohua

Chapter 1306 Crawling Corpse Worms
The topography of Hejing has undergone great changes in the year of Guisi. The spacious land in front of the gate of the imperial city extends out to seven royal streets. The center is the main street, and the left and right sides are named after numbers.

Yu Er, Yu San, and Yu Si are in the east.

Yuwu, Yuliu, and Yuqi are in the west.

If you come here for the first time, you will feel that the order is chaotic.

Royal Street Fourth Street is the easternmost, and there are new houses along the street, so the two heavy rains have survived the two rainstorms safely.

There is an inconspicuous musical instrument shop on the street called Shuangyan Que. Most of the musical instruments in it are made of bamboo, and the business is extremely cold.

In a room upstairs in the backyard of Shuangyanque, Gao Zhou was looking at two maps spread out on the table.

One is the imperial city, and the other is Hejing.

The door was suddenly pushed open, Shi Guoxin came back quickly, came in and said: "I searched several places, but there is still no whereabouts of the second lady. And, the palace suddenly summoned all the generals of Jingzhao Suwei to enter the palace. Very suddenly, there are rumors in the market , it is most likely the matter of Empress Nangong."

"Second Miss's matter is not urgent," Gao Zhou said, "She has already returned."

"Huh?" Shi Guoxin was stunned for a rare moment, looking left and right.

"Second Miss is changing clothes."

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl's clear and sweet voice came from behind him: "It's ready."

Several people in the room looked at it, all dumbfounded.

A father-in-law in his early fifties stood outside the door, dressed in a jet-black inner servant with gorgeous embroidery on the back of the bodice. Wearing a black yarn raoping hat, he smiled flatteringly on his face, his eyes were greedy and bright, and his expression was full of utilitarianism.

The room fell into silence for a while, Gao Zhou said, "Second, Second Miss?"

Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "It's me."

It's the same smile, this smile, the charm of the eyebrows and eyes are all hers, completely different from the flattering attitude just now.

But for a while, everyone still didn't dare to admit it.

"Second Miss, this disguise is perfect..." Zhan Ning almost stuttered.

Xia Zhaoyi stepped in and looked at the map of Miyagi on the table.

"Wende Palace," she tapped lightly with her fingers, "I'm going here."

In the Tiansheng Palace in the Yong'an Imperial Capital, the bedroom of Empress Nangong was called Wende Palace, and it continued to be used after she came to Hejing.

Seeing from the corner of her eye that everyone was still looking at her face, Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "The old man is easy to dress up, just add more wrinkles and look more old-fashioned."

Gao Zhou gave a thumbs up and said in admiration, "Second Miss has supernatural powers."

Shi Guoxin said: "Second miss, the palace suddenly summoned all Jingzhao Suwei generals into the palace."

"I heard it just now. I just want to go, so I'll go and have a look." Xia Zhaoyi smiled.

Although the imperial city was transformed from the Jinping Palace, it was reduced by half compared to Tiansheng Palace, but the majesty of the royal family, not to mention a palace, is a summer resort, and there are many guard posts, which are airtightly protected.

Gao Zhou and the others felt uneasy, so they asked Shuangyan Que's shopkeeper Guan to buy some sets of Ligong's clothes. They carried big bags and pretended to be passing by, and went to the main road of Yujie to stare at them from a distance.

The guards of Jingzhao patrol are entering the palace one after another.

I thought that the girl would go around the west palace wall where there are the fewest people and wait for an opportunity. Unexpectedly, she was wearing a bodyguard, trying to straighten her hunched back, with her nostrils upturned, looking down on others, walking proudly and uneasy, step by step towards the palace. Go to the door.

"Wow." Gao Zhou said.

"Second Miss is amazing." Zhan Ning also said.

Her back has always been slender and straight, and now she has to pretend to be a hunchback, but also pretend to be trying to straighten her hunchback, it's really hard to die!
"I'm very worried." Shi Guoxin frowned.

"I'm also worried," Zhan Ning said, "I'm worried about the guard. It's okay if he doesn't recognize him, but if he recognizes it... hey."

"Hey." Gao Zhou also sighed cooperatively.

The palace gate is busy every day, many people were sent out today, and even more people came back.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't take a carriage, didn't take a sedan chair, didn't go to other palace gates, and walked straight to the Jianwu Gate of Jinping Palace.

The guard stepped forward, but before he could say a word, Xia Zhaoyi took out a token with a sad and helpless demeanor.

The guard looked carefully at the front and back of the token, and said, "Elder-in-law's eyes are sharp."

"That's not true," Xia Zhaoyi said with a sneer on his face, "Everyone who looks familiar is dead."

The guard frowned, although he knew that the eunuchs in the palace had been suffering in recent years, but he couldn't empathize with them.

Xia Zhaoyi withdrew the token and said, "Let's go."

Seeing Xia Zhaoyi's back stepping into the palace gate, Gao Zhou and the others opened their mouths wide.

Zhan Ning said: "It's so simple, what did the second lady say to him?"

Gao Zhou said: "It looks simple, but it is not simple in reality. First of all, we have to have the bearing and courage of Miss Er."

Shi Guoxin said: "Yes, it's not that the guards are not strict, but it was unexpected at all."

Zhan Ning nodded: "Yes, this is an ordinary old eunuch."

An older woman came out of the alleyway behind them, looked around, turned her gaze, saw them, and immediately shouted: "Hey, the cargo carrier! Hurry up and deliver it, our Lord Li has a job!"

Gao Zhou and the others immediately looked back, paused, and repeatedly called "Hey", "Okay", "Come on", and immediately oiled the soles of their feet.

The owner of Yujie Road said that not everyone can buy a property here, and it is definitely not a place where there are fancy restaurants and ordinary shops. Everyone here is either rich or expensive. Once they get involved, it will only cause a lot of trouble.

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The guards inside the palace gate are not only stricter than outside the palace gate, but also stricter than the Tiansheng Palace back then.

Wherever Xia Zhaoyi went, he could see the Imperial Army patrolling, as well as many colleagues and court ladies.

The expressions on everyone's faces were very serious, or rather dignified.

Xia Zhaoyi also put on the same expression mask, and walked in the palace indifferently.

After half an hour, she finally arrived at the Wende Palace of Empress Nangong.

Using a stone to attract the attention of all the guards inside, she turned over deftly and landed lightly.

The guards inside were not as strict as outside, so Xia Zhaoyi bypassed the two people in front of the door and walked to the north of the palace.

After confirming that there were no guards under the verandah, she rolled to the ground under a window, ready to enter through the window.

At this moment, a strong stench came.

Xia Zhaoyi was stunned.

She was no stranger to this stench.

Corpse stink!

Xia Zhaoyi looked up at the window sash above his head, his face turned pale.

After a while, she drew out her dagger and got up, silently tearing open a long seam on the window lattice.

The stench became stronger and stronger, gushing out from the broken opening, and several black flying insects came from the window.

Holding the dagger, Xia Zhaoyi reached in, and quickly pushed the plug inside with the dagger.

When the window sash finally opened in front of her, she raised her head, and facing her was a woman who had been hanged to death, her whole body was highly rotten and covered with dead insects.

(End of this chapter)