Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 407 Phantom of the Forbidden Palace
The night is cool, the wind is cold, and the moon is first quarter.

In the Taiji Palace, teams of Habayashi Forbidden Army patrolled between various palaces and palaces.

The eunuch who was doing watch lazily carried a cloud board, and the watch in front of the Taimiao was exhausted. While yawning, the eunuch tapped one long and two short with a small hammer.

It's two o'clock.

A wild cat lying on the white jade railing was awakened, jumped down silently, bared its teeth at the eunuch to express its dissatisfaction, and then walked away with its head proud and graceful.

In the stillness of the night, outside the remote courtyard to the north of Tai Chi Palace, in the shadow of the trees whirling under the moonlight, a thin and thin figure lay quietly and motionless in the bushes.

He has maintained this posture for two hours, during which time countless patrolling guards passed by him, but they couldn't find him, and he has merged with the night and the undergrowth.

Silently counting the passing time of the next group of imperial troops, thinking about the gap between patrol frequencies.

Finally, the figure moved, and he silently crawled forward for more than a foot, covering his entire figure in the dark shadow of the tree, then stood up, bowed his waist, and slowly crept forward like a leopard hunting. .

Walking out of the shadow of the tree, under the moonlight, that pale face became clearer.

He is Wang Fusheng, the eunuch who was beaten to death by Fan Yunxian and a group of lackeys a few days ago.

In this Tai Chi Palace, Wang Fusheng was once a prominent servant. At that time, he was as powerful as Fan Yunxian a few days ago.

At that time, Queen Wang was still the head of the harem, Concubine Xiao Shu was still calling the wind and rain, and the former prince Li Zhong was well-educated and reasonable, but he also had the arrogance and a bit of a dandyism of a prince.

Wang Fusheng was fawned upon by countless palace people in the Taiji Palace, and a mere servant can walk in the palace with his nostrils up.

Then everything changed.

Empress Wu defeated Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu, and hanged them in the palace. Li Zhong was terrified all day long, and lived every day like walking on thin ice. Later, he was finally deposed by the emperor from the East Palace and renamed King Liang.

As for Wang Fusheng, his status has also plummeted suddenly. The once invincible servant has become a down-and-out palace man who can be bullied by everyone.

Later, Li Zhong left the palace and was transferred to Liangzhou, so he couldn't take him with him.

Wang Fusheng was completely pushed into the abyss, and became a lowly palace man in the palace who poured out the washing buckets for the nobles.

After all, the eunuch is just a parasite attached to the nobleman. When the nourishment from the nobleman is gone, the fate of the parasite is to fall into the dust or die.

The recent turbulent victory-wearying case in the Taiji Palace came from Wang Fusheng.

He is the real mastermind behind Li Qinzai and Song Sen's pursuit of the detective.

With the power of one person, a shocking case was created. The emperor was furious, the empress was passive, the courtiers were in danger, and there were countless entanglements. Everything was bestowed by Wang Fusheng.

Wang Fusheng himself couldn't explain the motive of creating this huge case.

As a eunuch, especially the eunuch who was once very popular, now everyone can be bullied, doing the most humble job, often being bullied and insulted by Fan Yunxian, the glory is no longer, and the humiliation is getting worse.

Coupled with his loyalty to his former master Li Zhong, and his dissatisfaction with the sudden change in the situation in the palace.

For many reasons, Wang Fusheng finally took the risk and took this shocking step.

Guo Xingzhen and Fan Yunxian were taken into the Dali Temple, where they were tortured every day. Thousands of people were imprisoned, and among them, there might be some palace servants who often bullied him.

More than a dozen courtiers were killed and their homes were ransacked, the court was in chaos, and the world was in turmoil.

The more chaotic the better, the more chaotic the more worthwhile. From the first step of taking the risk, Wang Fusheng knew that sooner or later he would be exposed, and sooner or later he would be found out. Funeral.

Not too happy!

Under the moonlight, Wang Fusheng suddenly flushed a little sickly on his pale cheeks, and his eyes suddenly became crazy, like a werewolf under the full moon, ferocious and violent.

This afternoon there were rumors in the palace that Guo and Fan, who were imprisoned in the Dali Temple, had retracted their confessions again. The Dali Temple had locked in the mastermind and would find out the mastermind soon.

Wang Fusheng was a little panicked when he heard the news, but he still tried to stay calm.

He kept convincing himself that the news of Dali Temple was simply to confuse outsiders. Wang Fusheng had been carefully planning this huge case for a long time. He dared to swear to God that it was absolutely flawless, and no one could doubt him.

However, after thinking about it, as the news from the palace became more and more intense, Wang Fusheng finally became restless.

What if?What if someone finds out?What if the clues are found by experienced officials?

Staying alone in the house, Wang Fusheng thought about it, recalling how he created this huge case, whether there were any loopholes left, and how to annihilate the evidence against him as soon as possible.

Wang Fusheng sneaked out of the room tonight to bury the evidence.

When he planted Fan Yunxian at the beginning, Wang Fusheng secretly prepared many magic weapons, puppet villains and talisman papers.

After being planted, there are still a lot left in Wang Fusheng's house. These things must not be discovered by others. The news circulating in the palace today makes him feel uneasy. If Dali Temple really locked the mastermind, just go into his house and search. There is no way to deny it, so I can only plead guilty on the ground.

Therefore, Wang Fusheng wanted to annihilate the evidence as soon as possible, and bury the remaining talisman paper artifacts in a place where no one was around.

As long as they were buried, even if the guards in the palace kicked open his door to identify him as the mastermind, he could calmly deny it.

Under the moonlit night, Wang Fusheng finally lurked in a remote garden, found an inconspicuous open space, and quietly dug the soil with the pickaxe he brought.

After digging a hole more than one foot deep, Wang Fusheng put objects such as magic instruments, talismans, paper, etc. into the hole, restored the covering soil to its original shape, and carefully sprinkled a layer of ash on the surface of the soil.

After finishing all this, Wang Fusheng looked around vigilantly, and then left quietly.

After Wang Fusheng left for a long time, two figures suddenly appeared at the other end of the garden, staring at the direction where Wang Fusheng left, and one of them sneered.

"You're really careful when you do things. No wonder our Baiqisi can't catch him these days. This kind of tolerance is really admirable."

Another person said: "Uncle Li's strategy has worked. After the news spread, the mastermind really couldn't help it. He showed his own flaws. It's a good plan."

"Both the stolen goods and the stolen goods, should we take that guy down? Close the case early and hand over the job sooner."

"No, let him run free first. Let's keep an eye on him all the time to see if there are any accomplices in contact with him. This time we must catch all of them, otherwise any accomplice will be a disaster, and we will do something lawless in the future. When the emperor was furious, we were the first to be unlucky."

"Then let's report to Chief Song first. The chief has been in a bad temper for the past few days. It is said that he almost hanged himself in embarrassment when he was run over by County Uncle Li. Finally, there is good news tonight."

(End of this chapter)