The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 157 Sneaking into the Imperial Palace, a Will

Li Yu lurks at the root of the city wall, beside him is the Tianbo water gate in the northeast corner of the inner city, through which the Jinshui River flows into the inner city and Miyagi.

Above the head, the footsteps of patrolling soldiers sounded from time to time on the walls of the inner city. The gray night clothes on Li Yu's body provided good cover, and his whereabouts were not found.

Finding a space for patrolling soldiers, Li Yu stalked forward, quietly entered the Jinshui River, lurked in the river, and took out the oxygen mask to put on himself.

After diving along the river for more than ten feet, a fence made of wrought iron blocked the way ahead.Li Yu showed his head quietly, clutching the fence and waiting.

This place happened to be within the water gate opening, and the patrolling soldiers could not find it.

After waiting for a long time, I only heard shouts from above my head.

"There is a thief!" "Over there!" "Catch him!"

The footsteps of the patrolling soldiers moved away quickly, Li Yu smiled knowingly, and took out a small hacksaw from the portable space. With the sound of rubbing, Li Yu quickly sawed an iron bar on the iron fence, and just happened to get out A hole through which one person can pass.

Li Yu glanced back, quickly drilled into the inner city through the hole, and dived forward along the bottom of the Jinshui River.

Not long after Li Yu got into the inner city, the patrolling soldiers who went to capture the thieves of the city returned without success. Another man in night clothes took advantage of the gap between the patrolling soldiers on the city wall and sneaked into the golden water. Li Yu opened the gap and slipped into the inner city.

At this time, Li Yu has successfully lurked under the water gate of Miyagi, and after passing this water gate, it is the palace.

The same iron fence was in front of him, but Li Yu was not in a hurry, and waited a little longer, and another shout came from the northeast:

"Straight mother thief!" "Break into the palace again?" "It's not over, is it? Catch him and kill him!"

As the shouts approached, the inner palace guards on the palace wall were also transferred away. Li Yu smiled, took out the hacksaw, and did the same.

Going through the water gate, Xiao Yuanshan made a commotion and removed the city guards. Li Yu took the opportunity to saw through the fence and sneak into the inner city, Xiao Feng followed closely behind; Xiao Feng made trouble and moved the palace, Li Yu followed suit and sneaked into the palace.This is how Li Yu sneaked into the palace.

The reason why the guards were transferred was because they were afraid that the sound of sawing the fence would alarm the guards. After the matter was settled, Li Yu had to return the same way.

As for how Xiao Yuanshan and his son escaped after they were exposed, they might even attract the eunuchs in the palace. Li Yu also explained: If they can escape, they will escape.

Entered the imperial palace along the waterway, found a place where no one was around, hid behind the rockery, took off the wet clothes, put on a new set of night clothes, looked for the direction of the Hall of Compassion, avoided eunuchs and maids all the way, and finally sneaked To the outside of the Hall of Compassion.

Compared with the prosperity of the Hall of Compassion and Ning when the Empress Dowager was healthy in the past, and the constant stream of officials at the center of the court, the Hall of Compassion and Ning is now particularly deserted.

There was only one young eunuch standing on duty at the entrance of the main hall, but he was also leaning against the pillar, with his head bowed and rhythmic grunting sounds, obviously he had already fallen asleep.

It's no wonder that although the Empress Dowager is still nominally regent and assisting the country, she has been unconscious for many days and can no longer govern.

The courtiers did not send them to the Hall of Compassion and Peace, but sent them to the little emperor Zhao Xu.It can be said that in the current center of the Great Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager only has an empty title of regent, and all her rights have been attributed to the emperor.

The maids and eunuchs in the palace are all ruthless people. The empress dowager is a big tree that is about to die, so how can she serve her wholeheartedly?What's more, Jinshang hated the Empress Dowager deeply in private, which made the maids and eunuchs hide away from the Hall of Compassion and Peace.

Li Yu approached quietly, and stunned the eunuch guarding the gate with a knife in his hand, and set him up, still leaning on the pillar.

Pushing open the door of the hall and looking inside, the hall is empty, some furnishings and furniture have been removed, even the screens used to shield the inner and outer halls are gone.

How does this look like the residence of the Empress Dowager?On the contrary, it looks like a cold palace!

After all, she is the biological mother. Seeing this scene, Li Yu felt a burst of anger in his heart.

Li Yu walked into the hall, closed the door, walked a few steps forward, and looked at the inner hall again. On the bed, there was an old woman lying flat, half of her body was covered by the brocade quilt, her hair was messy, her face was pale, and she was tight With eyes closed, saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth, and his breathing was weak, barely audible.

There was a brocade stool at the end of the bed, and a medicine bowl on it was overturned, and the brown medicine spilled all over the floor.

On the soft carpet in front of the bed, there was a court lady sleeping soundly under the brocade quilt, totally disregarding her master's safety.

Sure enough, people are leaving the tea to cool down!
Li Yu frowned, walked forward, kicked away the brocade quilt, and the maid suddenly woke up. By the dim candlelight, she saw a masked man standing in front of her. The child grabbed his neck, and the exclamation was also held in his throat.

Li Yu raised his hand to lift the thin maid, looked at her frightened face, reached out and pulled off his mask, revealing his face.

"Can you recognize Gu?"

The maid's eyes were round and she nodded repeatedly.

This surprised Li Yu a little. The maid in front of him looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he left Bianliang eight years ago. Eight years ago, the maid was only in her early ten years old and had not yet been selected into the palace. Why? May recognize myself?
"Let go of you alone, don't yell, or you will die if you yell! Understand?"

"Uh-huh!"

Li Yu let go of the hand that was pinching the maid's neck as she said, and the maid was free, coughing and gasping for breath.

"His Royal Highness King Wu!" Panting for breath, the maid fell to the ground in horror.

"Say, how did you know Gu?"

"There used to be a portrait of His Highness in the Hall of Compassion. Before the Empress Dowager fell ill, she often spoke to the portrait of Her Highness, so the slaves recognized His Highness's appearance. Later, the Empress Dowager became seriously ill, and the portrait was taken away and burned. "The maid replied cautiously.

"..." Hearing this, Li Yu's eyes turned red, a little moved, and he remained silent for a long time.After all, she is the biological mother of this body. Even if the royal family relationship is weak, the old lady always misses her son when she gets old.

"Your Highness?"

Seeing that Li Yu didn't speak, the maid called out cautiously.

"Huh?" Li Yu came back to his senses: "So that's how you serve the master?"

Li Yu pointed to the Empress Dowager on the bed and asked.

"Your Highness, forgive me!" The maid knelt down and kowtowed, explaining: "Your servant, I don't want to, but this is what Mr. Liang ordered!"

"Isn't Liang Weijian from the Empress Dowager? Why treat the Empress Dowager so harshly?"

"No, no, Your Highness, after Mr. Liang came back from the Liao Kingdom, no, he joined the official family. The furniture and furnishings in this hall, including the portraits of you and the King of Chu, are all from Mr. Liang. Instructed to withdraw! Not only that, he also reduced the cost of the Hall of Compassion and Ning, cut down the servants and eunuchs in the Hall of Compassion and Ning, and even the medicine for the Empress Dowager was shoddy and not enough , just looking forward to it, just looking forward to it..." The maid replied tremblingly.

Li Yu said angrily: "What are you looking forward to? Say!"

"I hope the Empress Dowager will come to heaven soon!" The palace maid cried, "The female officials around the Empress Dowager in the Hall of Compassion and Peace couldn't stand it anymore, so they found an opportunity to ask the officials. Who knows, who knows, the next day I was executed by Mrs. Liang! The maidservants and other maidservants have also been executed in the past two months, and some have been transferred away. Now only the servantgirls are left to serve the Empress Dowager, servantgirls, The slaves are also forced to be helpless, I beg Your Highness to spare me!"

She is not stupid. She knows that Li Yu holds a heavy army, and Chen Bing is watching from the north bank of the Yellow River, so she dare not offend.

"Huh, clever words!" Li Yu didn't have time to argue with her, and he also knew that this maid only told [-]% of the truth, and what was forced to help was a complete excuse.On the surface, Liang Weijian persecuted her, but in fact, [-]% of the people who did all this were the little emperor. This maid, even if Li Yu didn't punish her, she might not live long.

Knowing these royal secrets, the day when the Empress Dowager will come to heaven may be the time when she will be buried!Even Liang Weijian, who has taken refuge in the little emperor, thinks that he can continue to dominate if he changes his family?Fool!

The little emperor caused Liang Weijian to do such evil things, how could it be possible for Liang Weijian to die?

"Stand up and wait aside!" Li Yu growled.

"Yes."

The little maid escaped, but she was relieved, but she was so frightened that her legs were weak and she couldn't stand up. She hurriedly dragged the brocade quilt to the side, lowered her head and dared not speak.

Li Yu walked to the bed, looked at the haggard old woman, and sighed in silence.

Finding a brocade handkerchief, he wiped the corners of Gao Taotao's mouth, tucked in the quilt, and sighed: "Mother, after all, it's a mother-child relationship, and I'm here to see you off for the last time." After finishing speaking, Li Yu took two steps back and knelt down He kowtowed three heads as a final farewell, stood up, held Gao Taotao's hand, and asked, "Do you know where the seal of the Empress Dowager is?"

"Return to Your Highness," the little maid hurriedly replied, "Since the Empress Dowager fell unconscious, the seals have been confiscated by the officials."

hateful!Li Yu cursed secretly, just about to say something, but suddenly felt Gao Taotao's fingers in his hand move slightly, Li Yu quickly looked at Gao Taotao.

Gao Taotao's face, which was as pale as withered and without a trace of blood, turned rosy in an instant, but the ruddy face was tinged with blood, which was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.Gao Taotao also opened his eyes miraculously, and looked at Li Yu, although his voice was low, but there was no tremor: "Yes, is the fourth brother back?"

Oops!This is obviously a flashback!Seeing Gao Taotao's abnormal state, Li Yu felt a little uneasy in his heart. He let go of Gao Taotao's hand, leaned down, and whispered in her ear: "Niangniang, it's Erchen who came to see you."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Tears welled up in Gao Taotao's eyes, he stretched out his hand to touch Li Yu's face, and sighed: "The old man is wrong, after all, this grandson is not as close as his son."

"My lady..."

"Fourth brother, don't talk, listen to the old man," Gao Taotao interrupted Li Yu's words in a low voice: "I can't do it anymore, I'm going to see Yingzong."

Li Yu bowed his head: "Auspicious mothers have their own heavens."

"You child, don't make me a mother." Gao Taotao struggled to get up, Li Yu quickly took a pillow and put it under her head, making her half-lying.

"Although you are disobedient and ambitious, you are a child who is secretly amassing troops and plotting against others." Gao Taotao first scolded Li Yu for a few words, then changed the topic, but praised: "But the ancestors blessed you and let you restore Yanyun ten Liuzhou was lucky enough to destroy Khitan, thanks to you, I went underground, met Yingzong, and told him about my merits."

Blessed by ancestors?Pull it down!As far as Zhao Er's virtue is concerned, can he still protect me?With that ability, he can't drag racing!Li Yu complained silently in his heart: I am the power of science!

"But your policy in the north is not a long-term solution. Only by sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats can there be long-term peace and stability, but you run in the opposite direction, cough cough," Gao Taotao coughed twice: "In the future history books, you will inevitably fall behind A name for cruelty."

"Niang Niang, I can't care about what will be written in the history books in the future." Li Yu replied bluntly, feeling dissatisfied in his heart: I am standing with the people, this is the way for the long-term stability of the country!

As for how it is written in the history books of scholar-bureaucrats, hehe, is it not good to bully a certain knife?
"Hey, you are Chen Bing on the north bank of the Yellow River. It seems that you are going to compete with the officials." Seeing that he would not listen to Li Yu, Gao Taotao no longer insisted, and turned the topic to military affairs: "Two tigers are fighting, There must be an injury, and they are all descendants of the old man, so the old man can't bear to look directly!"

Li Yu was silent, Tiger?Are you looking down on the court too much?Don't you see, how many soldiers under the command of the imperial court heard that they were all alone in the north to divide the fields, and they all abandoned the camp and fled, and smuggled to the north bank!As far as the morale of the army is concerned, is it worth talking about the outcome of the fight?
"Fortunately, they are all descendants of Zhao and Song Dynasties. After all, there is no advantage for outsiders to go." After talking a lot, Gao Taotao's energy was obviously not as good as before. She raised her arm and pointed to the corner of the bed with difficulty, and ordered Said: "You lift the quilt, there is a hidden compartment underneath, and you take out the things inside."

Li Yu opened the secret compartment as he said, and saw a small sandalwood box inside. The box was locked and no key was needed. Li Yu used his internal force, broke the hinge with a click, and opened the box. Inside was three yellow oranges. scrolls.

"This is... prepared for you." Gao Taotao said weakly: "Two of them are the edict to make you the regent, and the edict to depose the official family, and the other is the edict to pardon you. The edicts are all in the name of the old man, so you keep them."

"If you succeed, I hope you will save the life of the official family, so I will imprison him for the rest of my life; if you fail, that edict may save your life."

"Decree, under the decree, there is also the tiger talisman hidden by the old man. You can take it too. The Privy Council is the civil servants who are in power. You have offended the scholars and bureaucrats all over the world. This thing may not be effective..."

Li Yu picked up the edict, and saw that under the edict was a copper gilt tiger amulet, which was the token for mobilizing soldiers and horses across the country.

The Empress Dowager said it well. I am afraid that this thing will not be able to mobilize the Song Dynasty army in power, but it is better than nothing, so Li Yu put it away.

"Thank you, my lord!" Li Yu knew what Gao Taotao wanted, so he agreed, "Don't worry, my lord, my son and minister will succeed. It is definitely recorded in the history books that my lord is the daughter of Yao and Shun, a wise queen through the ages!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Gao Taotao's withered old face: "That's it, old man... just let it go, don't worry." After speaking, the rosiness on his face quickly faded, and his face became pale as paper again.

Gao Taotao went around in such a circle, and the picture was nothing more than the name behind him.Although she has been ill for a few months, she is not stupid. She can naturally see how the current emperor Zhao Xu's attitude towards her grandmother has changed since she was seriously ill. You can't even keep the title of Empress Dowager, right?Fortunately, the grandson could not expect to have a son, and the son convinced the grandson just by looking at it. Gao Taotao deliberately left the tiger talisman edict, one for the sake of mother-child love, and the other for this purpose.

"Your second brother... was imprisoned... rescued... Liang Weijian... treated kindly... scholar-bureaucrat... good for himself..." With the last of his strength, Gao Taotao held Li Yu's hand, but he didn't finish a sentence , let out a long breath, tilted his head, and became silent again.

(End of this chapter)