Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1019 Waiting for us to fall into the trap

Hundreds of people need more than a dozen bottles of detoxification pills, and the ratio of medicinal ingredients in the detoxification pills needs to be adjusted according to each person's different situation, which requires a lot of energy.

It is impossible to give something away for free.

After Gu Qingjue came back, he thought about reporting this matter to Zhao Rui separately in advance. The silver was of course paid by the court.

Of course, this matter cannot be made public. I’ll have to say hello to Zhao Rui first.

At this time, apart from the old eunuch Fu Ji, there were only the two of them left in Funing Hall. Zhao Rui sat on the chair in a daze, his eyes rolling around, and said, "Master, the eldest princess is taking the detoxification pills, and the effect is obvious when combined with the five elements of Master's wife. What about the others..."

"No."

Zhao Rui: "I haven't finished yet."

"Even if your Majesty doesn't tell me, I know it's not allowed."

Zhao Rui: ...

Why did Master react so strongly? He just wanted Master's wife and her uncle to work together to detoxify the poison. This way, Master's uncle wouldn't have to go through the trouble of refining the detoxification pills on his own, and it would also save money for the national treasury. Why not do it?

But the master refused flatly, and he didn't dare to mention it again.

Whether he was his own master or Xiaoxiao's father, he dared not disrespect either of them.

Zhao Rui: "Well, the money will come from my private treasury."

Gu Qingjue: "How can this be so embarrassing."

In fact, he is very nice.

Zhao Rui: "Isn't this for the sake of confidentiality? We can't ask people to pay first after they have done their work."

"Your Majesty is forthright."

Gu Qingjue returned to the palace in a happy mood, holding the 100,000 taels of silver given by His Majesty.

As the year draws to a close, the weather is getting colder.

Fortunately, it didn't snow again, otherwise a snowstorm would have easily occurred.

Yunxiao Pavilion
The three of them got together again.

Li Shijie asked: "Mr. Xiao, Concubine Miao's funeral will be held in one day. Are your people ready?"

"of course."

Pingcuo: "How can we cooperate?"

"Xiao Yingsu" said: "Your mission is still the same as before, create chaos and lure away the escort team and the dragon guards in the dark as much as possible."

Li Shijie narrowed his eyes and said, "I hope Mr. Xiao will not forget our agreement after the matter is accomplished."

"I, Xiao Yingsu, am a man of my word. As long as we can successfully deliver the defense map, I will definitely fulfill my promise to you all."

Pingcuo raised his glass and said, "In that case, this prince wishes us good luck."

December 28th, the eleventh year of the Sōji era.

The funeral of the late emperor's concubine Miao was held. His Majesty posthumously conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort Shuyi on Miao and buried her in the imperial mausoleum.

The funeral procession left from Xuande Gate, passed through Imperial Street, then passed through Suzaku Gate, and exited from Nanxun Gate.

For so many days, Shi Zhang has been guarding the city gate.

The soldier at the city gate was Shi Zhang. He said, "We have been checking for so many days and there is no problem. The bandits should not be able to get in. That is the funeral procession of Imperial Noble Consort Shuyi. Let's open the city gate quickly and don't rush in."

"No matter who it is, whether they go out horizontally or vertically, they must be investigated."

The soldier who spoke: “…”

You are stubborn.

You may be able to open other people’s coffins, but this is the coffin of the Imperial Noble Consort, the concubine of the late Emperor. Do you have the courage to check it?

Shi Zhang stood in the middle of the city gate and stopped the funeral procession of Concubine Miao. Fan Bojing, who was promoted to the Minister of Rites, was in charge of the affairs of Imperial Noble Concubine Shuyi's tomb. When the procession was stopped, it was naturally him who came out to negotiate.

"This is the funeral procession of Imperial Noble Consort Shuyi. We need to leave the city on time and arrive at the Imperial Mausoleum at the specified time. I hope you will let us pass."

Shi Zhang first clasped his fists and bowed to Fan Bojing, then said, "I am following your majesty's secret order to search all people and objects entering and leaving the city gate. We are also following the rules. I hope Master Fan will understand."

Fan Bojing: "But the Imperial Concubine must enter the mausoleum at an auspicious time. No one can afford to delay the time."

Shi Zhang said: "Don't worry, Master Fan, we will check as quickly as possible and there will be no delay. We just need your cooperation."

"Ok."

Fan Bojing walked to the side of the princess and said, "Princess, they are also ordered to perform official duties here. We will cooperate with the investigation and we will be able to leave the city soon."

The eldest princess thought of what Su Yixin said a few days ago and nodded happily.

Shi Zhang raised his hand, and about twenty soldiers in the row behind him stood in two rows, one on the left and one on the right, and began to check.

Princess Huai'an: "There are too few people here. Checking like this will definitely delay the auspicious time."

Unexpectedly, just as she finished speaking, hundreds of soldiers came running from the street on the left and joined the search team. The princess took a look at the leader and realized that these people were not ordinary city guards, but dragon guards.

With such a large scale incident, it is basically impossible to sneak out of the city.

Among the guards who were escorting the funeral procession out of the city, a soldier standing at the very end secretly slipped out of the team.

This person is Xu Bosheng who escaped at the city gate last time.

"Did they even check Concubine Miao's funeral procession?"

Xu Bosheng said: "Several hundred guards came and finished the search in less than two quarters of an hour. They not only searched the body, but also the coffin of the concubine."

The coffin is just a matter of time before it is opened.

"Didn't the princess stop it?"

"The princess was very cooperative and didn't get angry."

The man said, "I thought she was quite dignified, but I didn't expect that she wouldn't get angry when her mother's funeral was interrupted."

No wonder she fell into the same trap as those noble ladies.

"We still have a chance."

The man took the defense map handed over by Xu Bosheng and went out.

The defense map is too important. Since it was not taken out of the city, it must be returned to Mr. Xiao in time and wait for the next opportunity.

Gu Er squatted on the roof and saw them handing over the defense map with his own eyes.

The defense map is not small, and it is very thick when folded into the size of a palm.

This is also why Xu Bosheng disguised himself as a hunchbacked coachman when he sent the defense map out of the city, so that there would be enough space to store the defense map.

In Yunxiao Pavilion, "Xiao Yingsu" received the defense map sent back.

Pingcuo: "This is the second time, and it still hasn't worked. Mr. Xiao, are you sure you can send out the defense map after the ancestral worship in the Taimiao in two days?"

"Third Prince, are you asking this because you don't trust my arrangement?"

Pingcuo didn't answer, but his expression told "Xiao Yingsu" that this was what he meant.

"Xiao Yingsu": "I heard from my subordinates that there was no commotion when they were searching. I want to ask what happened to your people? Didn't we agree that when they were searching, your people would create chaos to attract their attention?"

Li Shijie: "We had arranged people in advance, but there were many Dragon Guards in the streets and alleys at that time, and we would be exposed if we moved."

"What else can we say? They must have expected that we would use Concubine Miao's funeral to carry the defense map out of the city. Failure was also expected."

Pingcuo asked again: "Then according to what Mr. Xiao said, could they have anticipated that we would cause trouble during their ancestor worship, and thus deployed defenses in advance, waiting for us to fall into the trap?"

Pingcuo’s suspicion is reasonable, and after what happened at the city gate, this possibility is quite high.