Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 402 You are guilty

There is no moon or stars tonight.

Because it's cloudy.

Yang Yuan was dressed in military uniform and walking slowly.

When passing by the sentry posts and patrol troops, the soldiers would salute the Du Yuhou.

Although he has only been here for a few days, everyone knows that Benzhi's second-in-command was chosen by the Queen.

That means he has a background.

If you are a border soldier and you become a general without any outstanding military achievements, it will be difficult to convince the people.

Because in the blink of an eye he may be killed by an incompetent general like you. You have no ability, so no one will care about you.

But here, the background is the biggest.

Yang Yuan nodded and walked calmly, acting like a loyal night patrol officer.

Yang Yuan walked to the position he had selected in advance. Behind the high wall was a blind spot in the inner court road. If there were people walking inside, they would not easily notice this place.

As for flowers, plants and trees, they are gone.

Except in the imperial gardens and the courtyards of the emperor's, empress' and concubines' bedrooms, there were no plants lush enough to shade one's body.

Yang Yuan looked left and right, raised his arm, and something popped out from his sleeve.

It opened in the air due to the force of the swing and turned into a flying claw with a hook.

The flying claw landed on the top of the wall silently, and with a light pull, it hooked.

The tip of the grappling hook is also wrapped with fine hemp rope, which ensures that it can still act as a hook, but it is difficult to leave marks on the wall.

In this way, even if someone checked along the wall one by one, it would be difficult to determine whether someone had used a flying claw at this location.

This is the experience of professionals in details.

If Hua Yin hadn't told him, Yang Yuan would never have thought of this.

Yang Yuan climbed up the palace like a nimble monkey, clinging to the metal rope that was thin but strong enough to support his weight.

He glanced inside and outside and then climbed over the wall.

Yang Yuan quickly landed at the foot of the wall, glanced around quickly, and then flew quickly to a palace in front.

The roads in the palace are flat and wide, with no shelter around. The only way to hide one's tracks is to quickly sneak under the palace and use the walls of the verandas.

Fortunately, the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty has always been small. This was true in the Northern Song Dynasty and even more so in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yang Yuan not only walked through the core area of ​​the palace several times in person, but also used the floor plan of the inner court kept by Yu Longzhi to memorize it firmly in his mind.

And he remembered today's route very clearly, and he knew exactly where he was now.

After observing quietly for a moment, he quickly took off his military uniform, boots, sword and all the identifying items related to the officers of the Yulongzhi Army in the corner, tied them together, raised his hand, and gently dropped them on the beam of the corridor.

Of course, he couldn't learn Xiaonai's disguise skills in a few days, but this also greatly accelerated his speed of changing clothes.

At this moment, he was dressed in a light dark blue outfit and a pair of soft-soled shoes, and he disappeared quickly along the corridor.

In order to slay the dragon perfectly, he needs to do two things. The first is to make Zhao Gou die "normally".

Only if Zhao Gou died a normal death would his death be considered to be due to the poison or injuries he suffered in Xiangji Temple, which worsened the situation and led to his death.

Otherwise, the first person to be suspected would be Yu Longzhi, who was guarding the last checkpoint of the Imperial Palace.

And once all the night watchmen of Yulongzhi were checked one by one, he, the person whose whereabouts no one had been able to prove for a long time, would become the biggest or even the only suspect.

The second point is that he must not alert anyone when he sneaks in and out.

Once it was discovered that someone had sneaked into the inner court, no matter how "normal" Zhao Gou's death was, it would no longer be normal.

……

The raindrops fell down with a crackling sound.

Yang Yuan, who had quietly approached the Funing Palace, couldn't help but secretly praise.

"Weather Forecast" Han Qianchen is really good at it. Judging from the size and strength of the raindrops falling, it will rain a lot tonight.

Yang Yuan took a deep breath, and like a civet cat, he leaped a few times and flew under the eaves of the Funing Palace, then lay down against the corner of the wall.

Then he took out a square towel and wiped the possible rain and dust on the soles of his shoes.

After he climbed over the palace wall, his journey was very smooth.

Because there were no soldiers patrolling in the inner court, nor were there any open or secret sentries.

There are eunuchs on night patrol in the inner court. Their role is roughly similar to that of a night watchman. They are mainly responsible for night patrol and fire prevention. There are only one or two people wandering around.

However, there must be people from Baolong Palace secretly guarding the Funing Palace.

Yang Yuan concentrated slightly and sensed it carefully.

The rain has begun to get heavier.

The "rustling" sound of rain will affect even the eyes and ears of experts.

But Yang Yuan wanted to find the eunuch Baolong by relying on a magical sensing ability.

This is something that rain cannot affect.

Soon, Yang Yuan locked onto a location where there was a person.

If I'm not mistaken, he should be at the bracket under the mast.

There are six eunuchs guarding the dragon here tonight. It is normal to have only one eunuch guarding the dragon in such a huge Funing Palace.

But Yang Yuan still leaned forward and sensed it carefully.

When he confirmed that there was only one eunuch named Baolong in this area, he quietly hid himself and entered the Funing Palace.

Although the doors and windows of the emperor's bedroom were closed, all the doors were not bolted from the inside, but were covered.

It is the rule that there is no need to lock the door of the emperor's bedroom.

When nothing is going on, no one dares to go in.

When something happens, it also affects people outside from rushing in to rescue people.

...Tonight, because Queen Wu suggested to Zhao Gou about establishing a crown prince, Zhao Gou became furious.

In fact, rationally, Zhao Gou also knew that establishing a crown prince was a major matter concerning the foundation of the country.

As he grew older, he almost lost his life in Xiangji Temple this time. At that time, there was no successor yet. If he really died, there would be disputes.

Considering these aspects, there is nothing wrong with studying the establishment of a crown prince now.

Moreover, many emperors began to survey sites, select and build their own imperial tombs as soon as they ascended the throne.

When a girl from a wealthy family got married, her parents would even prepare a coffin for her and carry it to her husband's house.

Is it unlucky?
There was no such saying in that era. They believed that there was another world after death.

Being able to make more preparations in advance for entering another world in the future is something only people with strength can do.

However, Zhao Gou's mind was too delicate and sensitive.

Moreover, the fact that Queen Wu brought up this matter at this time made him feel that the Queen thought that his body would not survive.

This made him extremely annoyed.

After scolding the queen away, Zhao Gou was still not willing to give up. He looked at everyone as if they were "this unruly person who wants to harm me", and kicked them out of the bedroom.

He lay there for a long time in frustration before he began to feel tired.

Although the imperial palaces and palaces of the Southern Song Dynasty were very small, that was only compared with the imperial palaces of other dynasties.

The Funing Palace still looks quite huge.

However, Yang Yuan had been to the emperor's bedroom.

So he quietly moved around the halls and soon found the emperor's bedroom.

Although Zhao Gou drove out all the palace maids and eunuchs, they did not dare to go too far away.

Bright palace lanterns were hung around the bedroom, and palace maids and eunuchs were guarding the doors of each room.

They just sat on a cushion, leaning against the wall, some were chatting in low voices, and some were dozing off.

Yang Yuan quickly found an entrance that was convenient for entry and exit.

He leaped up and climbed onto the veranda.

Just like when Xiao Luo eavesdropped on the conversation inside Xue Bingxin's signing room, he was like an eight-legged spider, moving slowly over.

This door is not the usual entrance and exit to Funing Hall.

There were only two young eunuchs keeping watch. They were sitting on cushions, leaning against the wall, listening to the sound of the rain and dozing off.

Yang Yuan was just above them, waiting patiently.

"Boom~~~Rumble~~..."

A loud thunder sounded, a damp wind swept over, and the palace lanterns in the corridor shook.

The two eunuchs on duty opened their eyes and found that the wind had blown the palace door open a crack.

The younger one among them hurriedly got up and closed the palace door again.

Then he sat back down on the futon and yawned deeply.

……

Zhao Gou had just fallen asleep when he felt someone touching his neck.

Is it the imperial physician who comes to see me again?

Zhao Gou was very annoyed. These imperial doctors came to check on him eight times a day, but they had no new excuses for the recurrence of his illness.

Now that he was asleep, these people were still disturbing him.

Zhao Gou opened his eyes angrily and saw a face wearing a hood.

He could see nothing except a pair of eyes exposed through the hood.

Zhao Gou was shocked. Who could such a person appear in front of him?

Zhao Gou opened his mouth to shout, but Yang Yuan covered his mouth with the handkerchief in his hand.

At the same time, her middle and ring fingers were pressed on his neck through the handkerchief.

The light was on the side and rear, so it could only illuminate Yang Yuan's silhouette.

Yang Yuan didn't think of moving the lamp over. He would not move even a little bit of anything in the room.

Zhao Gou looked at Yang Yuan in horror and immediately thought of the assassin at Xiangji Temple that night.

Are those assassins?

They actually followed us here like ghosts!
How did they break through the heavy defenses and sneak into the bedroom silently?
Could it be that... Zhao Mi, the Palace Guard, betrayed me?

Zhao Gou, who was always suspicious, immediately became suspicious of Zhao Mi, whom he had trusted very much.

Yang Yuan seemed to see through his confusion and whispered, "I was at the scene that night at Xiangji Temple. But I am not an accomplice of those assassins!"

Yang Yuan would not be like Fujiwara no Kami, who would have to make a ritual out of killing someone, even if that person was the emperor.

However, it would take time for him to make Zhao Gou die a "normal death".

Since there is still time, I might as well say a few words to the emperor.

Yang Yuan pressed his hand on Zhao Gou's neck through the soft towel, applying steady pressure.

During Yang Yuan's time, he once dealt with a strange public relations incident.

A pair of male and female stars were having a secret tryst when the girl died mysteriously.

The cause of her death was that the man's arm was stuck in her carotid sinus for too long when he hugged her and kissed her passionately.

Who would have thought that a kiss could kill someone?
It was when Yang Yuan was dealing with this incident that he learned about this way of death.

"You may be wondering, since I am not an accomplice of those assassins, why would I sneak in here and why would I attack you, right?"

The eyes under the hood revealed a scornful smile: "Because you are guilty, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)