Judge of the Lamp

Chen Shuncai is bandaging Qu Qiao's fingers.

On Qu Qiao's fingers, wounds overlapped.

Every day at dusk, she wanted to make a drink for Chen Shuncai.

Every time she cuts fruit, she will cut her finger, and it is the same finger.

After cutting her finger and bandaging the wound, she would go back to the house and sit silently, as if she had forgotten about Yinzi again.

Chen Shuncai didn't know what she was thinking because Qu Qiao couldn't speak.

Every day at midnight, she would smile at Chen Shuncai, at noon she would pace the yard, at Xushi she wanted to make drinks for Chen Shuncai, and at other times, she would just sit silently in the room.

Chen Shuncai was very satisfied, even if Qu Qiao couldn't talk to him for the rest of his life, he was also very satisfied if he repeated these few things all his life.

But he was worried about one thing, he was worried about the thing the masked man mentioned.

Does Qu Qiao want to live like this?

Qu Qiao still has a soul, which is kept in the masked man's hand. If the soul is gone, Qu Qiao can neither be reincarnated nor recovered. Is it just ruined forever?
Is her eternal life ruined by me?

For several days in a row, without thinking about food or tea, Chen Shuncai was afraid of the appearance of the masked man, but hoped for him to appear.

Just after bandaging Qu Qiao's wound, Chen Shuncai's heart suddenly trembled.

He walked into the yard silently, and saw a person standing at the gate of the yard.

It's not a masked man, but an acquaintance.

"Chen Bingbi, long time no see."

"Master Ye, it's always rare."

Ye Ansheng walked into the yard, and Chen Shuncai immediately blocked the door.

In Chen Shuncai's impression, Ye Ansheng only had a fourth-rank cultivation.

But the Mohists are different from other sects. If they are well prepared, they will become very difficult.

"Master Ye, what do you want to do when you come to my humble house?"

"Come to do business," Ye Ansheng simply replied, "For business matters, someone told you before, save the empress dowager, and give the honorable wife a soul."

Chen Shuncai laughed and said, "This business is not with you. If you want to discuss business, he has to come in person."

"He can't come. I'm not here to discuss business with you. I'm here to help you do business. After the empress dowager is rescued, she will still be in your hands. If you want something in exchange, just ask him for it." .”

Ye Ansheng made the conditions fair.

Chen Shuncai thought for a moment, he still remembered that the masked man once said that he needed someone to help.

Chen Shuncai asked, "What benefits can you get from this business?"

Ye Ansheng remained expressionless; "This has nothing to do with you."

Chen Shuncai asked again: "When shall we do it?"

Ye Ansheng said: "Since I'm here, I will naturally do it tonight."

Chen Shuncai nodded: "Sit down for a while."

Chen Shuncai entered the house and said to Qu Qiao, "I'm going out to do business, you wait at home for me to come back."

Qu Qiao pulled Chen Shuntai's skirt, raised her head, and looked at Chen Shuncai quietly.

Although his face was expressionless, Chen Shun could feel that Qu Qiao was worried about him.

...

"Don't be afraid, just wait for me at home, if you are tired, go to sleep."

Chen Shuncai gently moved Qu Qiao's hand away, changed into night clothes, came to the yard, and disappeared into the night with Ye Ansheng.

When they got near the palace, the two didn't leave, and jumped in from the courtyard wall of the back garden.

The back garden of the imperial palace is very vast, mainly where the emperor farmed.

Every year, the emperor farms the backyard for a few days symbolically, and the queen raises silkworms in this kind of mulberry, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to farming and mulberry.

Pass through the backyard, bypass the Ruisi Hall, and come to the vicinity of the Baoci Hall.

There are a lot of institutions around the Hall of Precious Mercy, some of which are left over from the Penance Workshop. For Ye Ansheng, this can naturally be resolved easily.

The other part was left by Zhong Shen, and the traps for this part were very careful.

Not only is Zhong Shen high in cultivation, but his way of thinking is also very unusual.

There are six stone steps in front of the gate of Baoci Temple, one of which cannot be walked. Once you go up, you will be sucked into the trap. There is acid corrosion in the trap. The upper body is stuck outside the trap and is safe and sound. The lower body is soaked in acid. Among them, not even a bone residue will be left.

This can not only get rid of the intruder, but also find out the identity of the intruder.

The most incomprehensible thing is that the position of this stone step changes every hour. Last hour it was at the third level, the next hour it might be at the second level, and after another hour it might be at the sixth level. There are no rules.

Specifically at which level, outside the Baoci Hall, in the bedroom of the eunuch in charge, there is a dice, what time is the dice, and what level is the mechanism at the moment.

Why don't you jump over the stone steps?Just skip all six levels?With Chen Shuncai and Ye Ansheng's cultivation levels so high, it shouldn't be difficult to cross the six stone steps.

Or, instead of taking the stone steps at all, wouldn't it be easier to just jump over the wall?
This is not enough.

Among the six stone steps, there is one step that they must step on. If they don't step on it, all the traps will be triggered after entering the Hall of Baoci.

At that time, even if the star officials came, they would not be able to save the empress dowager.

And this level of stone steps will change position every hour. After the stone steps are changed, the mechanism in the yard will be reset again.

When Chen Shuncai was still in the palace, he had seen this kind of stone steps. At that time, Zhong Shen built a set of stone steps in the East Palace, which was specially used to protect the crown prince.

Ye Ansheng squatted in front of the stone steps, spent half an hour, but failed to crack the six stone steps.

Chen Shun knew how powerful the stone steps are, and he urged: "If you are not doing well, quickly find another way. After a while, the patrolling guards will come."

Ye Ansheng said, "What can you do?"

Chen Shuncai said: "I'll go to the eunuch in charge room to have a look, there should be a dice there, if the dice is not in the eunuch's room in charge, then we can only follow in quietly when someone enters the Baoci hall. "

Chen Shuncai quietly went to the room of the eunuch in charge, and the eunuch in charge felt that he had just fallen asleep.

The eunuch in charge had a fifth-rank cultivation, although he was below Chen Shuncai, but the eunuch's perception was extremely strong, and Chen Shuncai was careful not to make any noise.

He found a wooden box next to the pillow of the eunuch in charge, opened the box, and found a dice inside.

...

This is the characteristic of the Imperial Palace. Once there is a successful precedent, everyone will follow the routine. When I was in the Eastern Palace, the eunuch in charge was in charge of the dice. The same wooden box was used, and the wooden box was placed beside the pillow.

This is the result of word of mouth teaching experience among the servants.

Chen Shun took a look at the dice, and it was five.

He took Ye Ansheng up the stone steps, crossed the fifth stone steps, and entered the Baoci Hall.

Ye Ansheng looked at the stone steps rather reluctantly, he couldn't think of such a mysterious construction method.

Chen Shuncai didn't want to waste time, and urged Ye Ansheng to walk towards the main hall of Baoci Hall.

You must follow a fixed route, otherwise you will touch the trap.

But Ye Ansheng had eyesight, and Chen Shun had experience. The two escaped all the traps and came near the main hall.

There were six servants standing in front of the main hall. Ye Ansheng took out a quiver, shook the mechanism, and was about to fire a crossbow arrow when Chen Shun stopped him.

There's no need to do this kind of thing, if the crossbow arrow misses, the whereabouts will be exposed.

The six servants guarding the gate are arranged on both sides of the gate. There are four seventh ranks and two sixth ranks. This is the rule in the palace.

Chen Shuncai was familiar with each of them' positions, each of their functions, and even their usual coordination routines.

The two standing by the door must be of the sixth grade, they are the last line of defense.

The two servants standing outside were wearing heavy armor, and their main task was to delay time.

The two servants in the middle have gongs on their bodies, and their task is to warn and call people.

So the two in the middle are the key.

Chen Shuncai suddenly appeared in the middle of the two rows of servants, pointing his left and right hands separately, and knocked down the two servants in the middle.

When the two of them fell, no one would ring the gong to report the news, and then they could calmly deal with the remaining four.

Chen Shuncai walked around among the four of them, knocked them down one by one, and didn't even give them a chance to shout. He was very familiar with these servants.

After putting down the door attendant, Chen Shun called Ye Ansheng to come and open the door.

Ye Ansheng was releasing the trap on the door when he suddenly saw a servant hugging his leg.

Chen Shuncai hurriedly stepped forward to fix his finger, and the servant passed out.

Ye Ansheng looked at Chen Shuncai, quite puzzled.

"You didn't kill them?"

Chen Shuncai shook his head without explaining.

His temperament has changed, and he doesn't want to kill people if he doesn't have to.

Not long after, the mechanism on the door was released, and the two entered the Hall of Baoci.

The empress dowager was still fast asleep on the bed.

The Chaos Cultivator is just so dull. When Chen Shun woke her up, the queen widened her eyes and said, "Chen Bingbi, why are you..."

Chen Shuncai covered her mouth: "Your Majesty, don't talk too much, follow me out of the palace."

The queen mother glanced at Ye Ansheng.

Ye Ansheng nodded slightly.

Chen Shuncai lowered the corners of his eyes and watched Ye Ansheng. If he took a step forward at this moment, Chen Shuncai would immediately turn his face and kill him.

He wants to exchange the queen mother for a strand of Qu Qiao's soul, and he will not give the queen mother to anyone until Qu Qiao's soul is complete.

Taking advantage of the fact that the mechanism had not been reset, the two took the Queen Mother, climbed over the wall and left the Hall of Baoci, and escaped from the palace without a sound.

The three of them fled all the way to the small courtyard where Chen Shuncai lived. From the beginning to the end, Ye Ansheng never touched the Queen Mother.

When they arrived in the courtyard, Ye Ansheng said: "Please trouble Chen Bingbi to take care of the Queen Mother for now, I'll go and bring that businessman here."

Chen Shuncai said: "Hurry up and come back, the emperor finds out that the queen mother is missing, I'm afraid the whole city will search for it."

Ye Ansheng remained silent, left Chen Shuncai's yard, and quietly returned to the penance workshop.

Long Xiulian was still waiting in the hut in the craftsman's building. Hearing Ye Ansheng's movement, he asked, "You came back so soon? Did you miss or succeed?"

Ye Ansheng said, "I got it."

"Where are the people?"

"In Chen Shuncai's hands, he is still waiting to do business with you."

Long Xiulian said: "I didn't expect the guards in the palace to be so slack, the two of you brought them out so easily."

Ye Ansheng said blankly: "That's because we are familiar with the palace, he is familiar with people, and I am familiar with institutions."

Long Xiulian said: "It seems that Chen Shuncai is still useful, we might as well use him a few more times, let's go, take me to Chen Shuncai's residence."

Ye Ansheng said: "I advise you not to play tricks with him, and return the woman's soul to him. You should know his methods, and you should also understand your current situation. If you annoy him, I'm afraid I won't be able to save him." you."

Long Xiulian smiled: "Don't worry, he doesn't dare to touch me, not even for a moment."