Blood from Daming

Chapter 748 Entering the Palace

Before it was dark, Xue Yun squeezed among the last group of people and sneaked into the gate of Chongwenmen. With the flow of people, he arrived at Dengshi. Extraordinary; when Xue Yun arrived here at Dengshikou, the sky had already darkened, and the shops and restaurants hung up colorful lights, brightly lit with colorful lights, such as gauze lanterns, paper lanterns, wheat straw lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, five-color bright corner lanterns, etc., lighting up the entire Lantern Market The entrance suddenly turned into a dazzling street of lights.

Xue Yun was killing time on Dengshikou Street, and when it was nearly daytime, Xue Yun slipped along the Donghua Gate to the back of the East Factory, planning to cross the palace moat from a place he was familiar with, but a temporary duty room was set up behind the East Factory. This temporary duty room was supposed to be set up for the East Factory, but Xue Yun's scheduled plan fell through.

So Xue Yun followed the dark to the inner transport warehouse, which is a large inner warehouse, gold and silver treasures are piled up here, the inner transport warehouse is heavily guarded, and there is a permanent duty room not far to the north, Xue Yun can't go any further. Going forward, there is no better place to cross the river, Xue Yun lurks in the grass outside the wall of the inner transport depot.

After about half a stick of incense, a group of brocade-clothed soldiers lined up and walked along the moat from north to south. Xue Yun waited for the group of brocade-clothed soldiers to reach the edge of the East Factory. Moat, and then took advantage of the opportunity to climb up the walls of the imperial city, and disappeared into the darkness of the imperial city.

Tian Xueyun appeared in the Forbidden City. On the left is the Ciqing Palace, the residence of Emperor Tianqi's empress Zhang Yan, and on the right is the Renshou Palace where the other concubines of Tianqi Emperor lived. Xue Yun knew that Emperor Chongzhen was particularly grateful for Zhang Yan's support, and Ciqing The number of eunuchs and maids serving the palace doubled, so they followed the Renshou Palace and passed through the Fengxian Palace to the Qianqing Palace.

There will be many maids and eunuchs in front of Qianqing Palace. Xue Yunxin said that Zhu Youjian should still be approving memorials. Since he couldn’t walk through the ground of Qianqing Palace, Xue Yun went directly to the top of the hall along the columns, and looked down. The Qing palace was brightly lit, Xue Yun knew that the place where Zhu Youjian was must be heavily guarded, and he didn’t need to look for trouble, so he walked along the roof of the hall, and then flew into the Hall of Mental Cultivation without noticing it .

At three o'clock, Xue Yun finally found the treasure on the top floor of the Dongpei Hall. There were a total of twelve heavy boxes. Xue Yun estimated that each box weighed more than 200 to [-] catties. Xue Yun prepared two The plan is to carry two hundred catties of treasure at a time. If you pack a box of treasure at a time, the weight will be a bit heavy.

However, if you enter the Forbidden City once more, there will be more danger. Xue Yun decided to move as much as possible, so he began to slowly pack the treasures in the box. Xue Yun filled the box with two sacks until they were full. , These two sacks are very irregular after being filled with treasures, and it may be a bit difficult to walk a long distance.

However, Xue Yun didn't care about so much anymore, it was justified to leave the imperial palace first. Xue Yun felt that it would be very dangerous to go through the Qianqing Palace on the original route, so he chose to leave from the direction of the Compassionate Palace. , are some old women who have lost their power, so the guards of the Compassionate Palace are the weakest, which made Xue Yun leave the Forbidden City very smoothly.

Xue Yun left the city wall of Xuanwumen in the fourth watch. Seeing that it was almost dawn, he had no choice but to fly over the wall and gallop towards Chongwenmen. He went underground two streets away from Xue's mansion, and then hid from the People who got up early slipped under the wall of the backyard of Xue's mansion, climbed over the wall and entered the small courtyard where they used to live.

This small courtyard is where Xue Yun lived with Rumeng, Ruolian, Xueer, and Yunxi. After Xiao Xuezhuang set himself on fire, Rumeng, Ruolian, Xueer, and Yunxi went to Xuezhuang and never returned Here, now that the four of them have gone to Taiwan Island, this courtyard has become the resting place for Xue Yun's other wives in Beijing.

Xue Yun put the two bags of treasures upstairs and in the back room, and then checked the entire yard upstairs and downstairs. It has been a long time since no one lived in the yard, but there are still traces of daily cleaning in front of the building. There will be servants from the Xue family coming in to do things, but they will not come upstairs without special arrangements.

Xue Yun was a little tired and slept in his bedroom for more than two hours. It was already noon when he woke up. Xue Yun stood behind the screen window and looked at the deserted Xiao Xue Mansion. It was surrounded by fences. There are few vegetables, but you can still vaguely see the ruins after the fire, which makes Xue Yun feel heartbroken.

Emperor Tianqi actually gave Xue Yun a house as compensation. It is said that Xue Yun’s mansion is not far away, but Xue Yun pretended to be sick in Datong City, and his wives hid in Xuezhuang. Zhuang Xiao stayed for a day or two, so Xue Yun's General's Mansion only had a few servants from the Xue family to look after him.

At this time, the courtyard door of the small courtyard was opened, and it was Xue Si who took the lead in. Xue Si directed his men to put down a few pots of flowers in the courtyard, and then slowly entered the bottom room. Xue Yun was on the second floor. Waiting for Xue Si at the stairs, Xue Si saw Xue Yun downstairs, so he quickly went up to the second floor.

Xue Si said: "Master, madam said you are here, let the subordinates come and see." The madam Xue Si mentioned refers to Miss Chen.

Xue Yun said: "Fourth Uncle, Madam just asked you to come to me."

Xue Si said: "Master, you haven't returned all night, and the wives are very worried, but I have other things to do in the city."

Xue Yun said "oh", and Xue Si said, "Master, Baishengtang is in trouble."

Xue Si told Xue Yun that yesterday afternoon he received a request from Qin Zhehua from Baishengtang, saying that the Black Tiger Gang wanted to choose the entrance of Baishengtang, and they agreed to compete in Baishengtang in three days. Qin Zhehua knew that he was invincible and immediately sent someone to Xue Zhuang for help.

Xue Yun asked Xue Si about the origin of the Black Tiger Gang. This Black Tiger Gang only emerged in the past year. It first mixed in the Guang'anmen area and had a good relationship with Jinyiwei. Therefore, its power developed rapidly and merged There are quite a few small gangs, and they vaguely have the scale of an underground gang. This time the new emperor ascended the throne and the Jinyiwei changed their commanders. The Black Tiger Gang has not been affected in the slightest. With the power of dark forces, Baishengtang has become a gang that the Black Tiger Gang must take down.

After hearing Xue Si's explanation, Xue Yun thought about the backstage of the Black Tiger Gang. Now the commander of the Jinyiwei is Luo Yangxing who just took office. The relationship between Baishengtang and Xue's family, anyone who pays attention to the dark forces in the capital, knows that Xue's family Regarding the relationship with Baishengtang, Luo Yangxing dealt with Baishengtang as soon as he came to power. Isn't this a warning? If Luo Yangxing didn't deal with Baishengtang, who is behind the black tiger gang?

Xue Yun said, "Fourth Uncle, where is the headquarter of the Black Tiger Gang?"

Xue Si said: "Young master, the main altar of the Black Tiger Gang is near the entrance of the vegetable market in Guang'anmen."

Xue Yun said: "Fourth Uncle, you go to Baisheng Hall to cheer Qin Zhehua up, and check the situation in various aspects by the way."

Xue Si said: "Yes, young master, yes, entering the palace last night went well, right?"

Xue Yun led Xue Si into the back room, pointed to the two sacks on the floor and said, "This is the harvest from last night, Fourth Uncle, find a way to transport these belongings out of the capital."

Xue Si said: "I happened to have three carts of daily necessities when I returned to Xuezhuang today. The guards at Guangqumen City were very strict with our Xue family's inspections. They will be mixed with groceries and transported out of the city."

Xue Yun said: "Fourth Uncle, I often have to transport property out of the city recently, try not to attract the attention of the guards."

Xue Si said: "Master, are you going back to Xuezhuang these few days?"

Xue Yun said: "I plan to go to the Forbidden City a few more times, and I won't go back to Xuezhuang."

Xue Si expressed to Xue Yun that he wanted to follow the young master into the palace to transport treasures, but Xue Yun resolutely refused. Xue Si had no choice but to tell Xue Yun that after he went to Baisheng Hall, he would come to take the two bags of belongings away, and then After going downstairs and leading his men out of the yard, Xue Yun felt a little hungry, so he found a set of old Confucian shirts in the house and put them on. It felt a little short on his body, but in order to avoid causing people Note that Xue Yun chose a pair of flat boots, which barely look passable on his body.

Xue Yun slipped out of Xue Mansion to have lunch, and took a stroll around his own General Mansion. The General Mansion was still very big, but the gate was closed tightly. Xue Yun lamented that he didn't know when he would have the chance to go in and stay for a while. In the afternoon, I went to Guang'anmen Caishikou to step on the plate of the Black Tiger Gang, but some rumors about the Black Tiger Gang made Xue Yun fall into confusion.

In the evening, Xue Yun touched the Hall of Mental Cultivation from the west side of the Forbidden City, took out two new bags, and quickly filled a box of treasures. The two bags of treasures were gone, but there was a pile of linen bags. Xue Si took the treasures and left a dozen of them for himself.

While it was still early, Xue Yun took two sacks and went to the Forbidden City. Although Xue Yun was already familiar with the way, when he returned to the upper courtyard, it was two quarters past, Xue Yun put down the two sacks of treasures, Lying on his own bed to rest, it is indeed a little bit reluctant to go to the Forbidden City twice in one night. It would be great if there is a nest in the inner city or someone to help.

Xue Yun was really exhausted. After falling on the bed, he fell into a deep sleep. Xue Yun got up only when he heard the noise outside the yard. The direction happened to be the direction of the gate of the small courtyard, and soon the gate of the small courtyard was opened, and it was Ms. Chen and a group of female soldiers and servants who entered the small courtyard. Ms. Chen left the female soldiers and servants to clean up the environment in the courtyard. After leaving two confidant female soldiers in the bottom room to guard, Ms. Chen walked up to the second floor slowly by herself. After finishing the stairs, Ms. Chen saw Xue Yun standing deep in the room.

(End of this chapter)