Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 373 The dragon enters the ravine, the tiger steps up the hill

Inside the yamen of Jiantiansi.

Not long after Xin Ziqiu left, James the Musketeer also came to Zong Jing's cubicle, bowed his hands and said:

"My lord, my subordinates don't understand, what's the use of asking that boy Ding Si to deliver a letter to the Prince's Mansion?"

Zong Jing shook his folding fan lightly, and said leisurely:

"It's nothing more than an idle move. If the ancient shaman really succeeds, it would be the best for His Royal Highness to inherit the throne naturally. Even if he misses, we can still push everything to those lunatics in Xinzhai, so as not to harm Chi Yu."

James nodded:

"My lord is well planned, but Ding Si's identity is suspicious. I suspect that he is still hiding his strength when he hunts down Xinzhai today. I don't know what kind of plan he has. Can we trust this kind of person?"

Zong Jing snorted coldly:
"Otherwise, what do you want? Kill him, or lock him up? Ding Si is very capable, and it would be too wasteful not to use it. And since he has come to supervise Tiansi, no matter how powerful he is, he has to obediently give it to me. Lying on the chopping board as meat, at the mercy of this official."

"In my letter, I told Eunuch Fang that Ding Si is very capable, and I taught him to keep this man in Chengqian Palace to protect the crown prince. No matter what schemes this kid has, letting him go and bite dogs with that ancient shaman dog also seems to be our Supervisor Tiansi. Law enforcement is like a mountain, and it is just, so that the responsibility can be pushed away. This is called tricks."

James suddenly realized, and quickly sent a high hat:

"That's how it is! My lord's trick kills two birds with one stone, and it's used lightly, which is really admirable. You are full of knowledge, and even a humble job can't catch up with you."

Zong Jing patted James on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Come on, there are no outsiders here, so don't be so obvious about flattery. Come on, follow me to see the Xinzhai that was captured today."

Saying that, he closed the folding fan and left with James behind his back.

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Forbidden City, Chengqian Palace.

This was originally the residence of Empress Liu, the wife of Emperor Guangxi's Zhenggong and the biological mother of Prince Zhu Xiaojian, but Empress Liu passed away three years ago.

It is a great anecdote in the Forbidden City that the prince is not in the East Palace, but moved to live in the Harem.

Xin Ziqiu came to the gate of the main hall in the front courtyard of Chengqian Palace, and saw that the vermilion lacquered gate was closed tightly, with some gaudy and strange talismans pasted on it with turmeric paper.

Under the eaves of the corridor, there were not even soldiers standing guard.

Obviously, the Forbidden City also attaches great importance to ghost tours at night. There is no one in the huge imperial city, only a thick fog shrouds it, and it is dead silent.

Xin Ziqiu thought for a while, took out the deer head helmet on his body, and put it on his head.

Jian Tiansi is not allowed to wear this kind of mask that can isolate spiritual thoughts when performing tasks, but at this time he is alone, so naturally he can do whatever he wants.

He knocked on the door knocker, and after a while, someone asked in a soft voice:
"who?"

"At Xia Ding Si, I am here to send a letter to Eunuch Fang, the Chief Eunuch of Chengqian Palace, under the order of the Superintendent Tiansi Shaoqing Zongjing."

"Just send it in through the crack of the door."

"Zong Shaoqing has ordered that this matter is of great importance and concerns the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince, and must be presented to Eunuch Fang face to face."

"Here... you hand over Supervisor Tiansi's badge."

The door was still locked, but with a "click", a small three-inch window opened above, and a fair little eunuch showed his face, looked at Xin Ziqiu, and stretched out a hand tremblingly.

Xin Ziqiu took out his waist card and handed it to him. The little eunuch quickly closed the small window as if he had been electrocuted, followed by a voice:

"You...you wait, I'll report to Eunuch Fang."

This wait is the time for a whole stick of incense.

After a while, the door opened, and an old eunuch with white beard and hair and wearing a navy blue official uniform stood at the door. A lifelike peacock was embroidered on his chest, and a yellow paper talisman similar to the door was pasted on it.

Behind him, followed by four strange men in white clothes with disheveled hair.

The old eunuch looked at Xin Ziqiu:
"Sajia is Fang Zhenfu, the chief eunuch here, where is your letter?"

Xin Ziqiu didn't know Fang Zhenfu, but no one had the guts to impersonate him when he came to the Prince's mansion, and judging by his embracing posture, he probably couldn't be fake, so he passed Zong Jing's letter over and said :
"Fang Gonggong, Jian Tiansi got the news that the Xinzhai people are going to assassinate the crown prince, please take more precautions in Chengqian Palace."

Fang Zhenfu didn't seem too surprised. He opened the letter and glanced at it quickly, then put on a smiling face and said:

"It turned out to be Brother Ding Si from Supervisor Tiansi. The Sa family has disrespected you. Please come in quickly. It's not safe to stay outside now."

Xin Ziqiu had this intention, and he also wanted to see what secrets were hidden in the capital, so he followed Eunuch Fang into the main hall, and saw a young man with a strange figure sitting on a rosewood throne, wearing a The crown, wearing a crimson gauze robe, is none other than Zhu Xiaojian, the prince of the dynasty.

He is extremely tall, slightly hunched when he sits there, and at the same time, his body is extremely thin, shriveled as if covered with bones, with a pointed chin, and hands like chicken feet. He seems to be malnourished. It is hard to imagine that this is a country that is pampered. His Royal Highness.

On the left and right sides, sat seven or eight different people with different costumes, including lamas and Taoist priests. Xin Ziqiu scanned with his spiritual sense and found that these people were not weak in cultivation.

Eunuch Fang brought Xin Ziqiu in and introduced to the prince:

"Your Highness, this is Ding Si from the Superintendent of Heaven. He has brought information that someone with a heart will come to assassinate him tonight."

The crown prince looked at Xin Ziqiu:

"Jian Tiansi still has people taught by Mi Po? Are you sent by Zong Jing?"

Xin Ziqiu nodded.

The prince sneered:
"Master Bengong, my brother and I want to wear a pair of pants. He would be so kind to let you report the news? Maybe the heart is fake, you are the assassin, otherwise, when you see Bengong, why are you wearing a mask?" ? Left and right, let me take him down first, and then I will interrogate him slowly."

As soon as the words fell, Xin Ziqiu suddenly felt a few eyes projected towards him, like a light on his back.

However, he was used to seeing big scenes, even if he was surrounded by heavy siege, he didn't panic at all, and said lightly:
"Your Highness, although the lowly position is low-key, it is still an official ordered by the court. If you want to punish me, you must at least produce some evidence."

The prince sneered, and was about to continue talking, when there were bursts of screams outside the hall.

"what……"

"There are assassins! Hurry up and protect His Highness!"

Several strangers immediately flew up, jumped to the prince's side, surrounded him, and wanted to protect him and hide in the second room behind the palace.

Zhu Xiaojian patted the armrest of the chair and said loudly:

"Don't move, let me guard here, but let's see who has the courage to come to Chengqian Palace to act wildly."

Just as he was talking, the gate of the main hall had been kicked open. When everyone looked at it, they saw a shaman covered in colorful cloth strips rushing in...

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(End of this chapter)