After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

However, the guards in the Daming Hall were much stricter than those in other places. There were no less than thirty or forty guards, both openly and covertly. Among them were several masters with extremely steady auras. Although the emperor's life was valuable, it was obviously abnormal compared to the other courtyards which had only two or three guards.

I bent over and walked directly to the Daming Hall. Due to the cold weather, the guards guarding the Daming Hall were standing behind the gate. There was a floor heating and a charcoal stove inside, so it was warm. No fool would be willing to stand outside in the cold wind.

I walked through the gate, and maybe because I was too calm, no one stopped me!

The King of Beixiang has gone with a large number of troops to rescue the prince, so the Daming Palace is now eerily quiet.

No matter which dynasty or department, as long as the leader is not around, the subordinates will be lazy as much as possible. This is exactly the case in the Daming Palace now. Those eunuchs and palace maids have no idea where they have gone to keep warm or chat.

I walked straight in based on my feeling. As soon as I reached the imperial study, a eunuch suddenly appeared in front of me, shouted loudly, and then said a lot of gibberish. I didn't understand a word he said.

Although I didn't understand what was said, I knew that money makes the world go round. I calmly took out a small bag of snacks and a few pieces of dried meat wrapped in oil paper from my sleeve and handed them to the eunuch in front of me mysteriously.

Judging from the eunuch's clothes, he is either the chief steward or a manager. These snacks and dried meat were given to me by Yiping for me to eat on the road. I was afraid that I would be hungry at noon, so I brought some with me. I didn't expect that the maids would let me stay for lunch, so I saved these snacks and dried meat. Now I use them to please this eunuch.

The eunuch took the oil paper bag from me and smelled the fragrance before he opened it. He quickly put it under his nose and sniffed it. His eyes immediately widened. He quickly opened the oil paper bag. The snacks and dried meat inside were tempting in color and fragrant. He pinched a piece of snack with his orchid finger and put it in his mouth. The snack melted in his mouth and was so fragrant that he couldn't help licking his tongue with a look of satisfaction.

I smiled and gave him a thumbs up, then gestured for him to hide the oil paper package. He nodded excitedly.

I pointed to the imperial study and made a few cleaning gestures. He waved his hand and motioned me to go in.

I lowered my head, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked into the imperial study.

After I walked into the imperial study, I found a feather duster in the corner and pretended to sweep the dust while I pricked up my ears and listened carefully to the sounds everywhere.

After listening for a while, I finally heard an unusual "click". This was the sound of the mechanism starting!

The sound was very small, but fortunately after the "click", there were continuous "click-click-click" sounds. I walked towards the sound, sweeping it a few times with a feather duster as I walked.

There are many secret guards in this room, but I don’t know if they are also lazy. No one came to bother me all the way from the imperial study to the inner room.

The inner room is the bedroom where the King of Beixiang sleeps. It is not big, only about 30 square meters, and there is no luxurious furnishings. The dragon bed is just ordinary pear wood, and there is an earth pit underneath for heating. Compared with Zheng Xian's bedroom, it is really a golden nest and a doghouse.

My movements could not be too obvious, because the secret guards in the dark were watching my actions. The reason why they did not show up was probably because they had not sensed any threat from me, so they just let me clean the dormitory randomly.

After staying in the dormitory for a few minutes, I didn't find the source of the sound. I was about to walk out when suddenly the "clicking" sound rang out again. This time it sounded very clear and it came from the water room behind the dormitory.

I picked up the rag on the coffee table and pretended to go into the bathroom to clean. Unexpectedly, as soon as I reached the bathroom door, a man in black floated down from the roof and stopped me with his hand. He said something in a gibberish that I still didn't understand.

I raised my head, staring at the man in black with wide eyes and an innocent look on my face. The dagger in my sleeve slipped quietly. With a light swing, I cut the throat of the defenseless man in black. He didn't have time to open his mouth, but I covered his mouth as fast as lightning and threw him to the ground. The man in black twitched a few times, blood gushed from his neck, and soon he died quietly.

I walked into the bathroom. It was not big, about ten square meters. There was a big wooden barrel and a small barrel. Next to the big wooden barrel was a clothes hanger. There was a bath bean on the clothes hanger, but the bath bean looked like new and had hardly been used.

Due to the extremely cold weather in Beixiang, people here do not take baths often, and bathing equipment is basically just for decoration.

There is also a wooden wardrobe next to the wooden shelf. The wardrobe is not big and is used to store some daily bathing and changing items.

I looked around but couldn't find the source of the sound. The closet was just an ordinary closet, without any secret doors or switches. But I knew Zhao Zhenyuan was imprisoned here, but I couldn't find the entrance, and I became more and more anxious.

Just as I was walking around at a loss, there was a sudden shout from outside the door, which scared me from my deep thought.

I saw four guards standing outside the door, looking at me in astonishment. The body of the secret guard I had just killed was still lying outside the door, and they just happened to run into him.

When they saw that I didn't say anything, they all drew their weapons and rushed towards me.

I was getting extremely annoyed, so without saying a word I pulled out the black axe hidden in my robe behind my back and chopped at them hard. The weapons of these men were like tofu, and after a few bangs, they were all chopped in two by my axe.

They were so scared that they looked at each other, looked at me in disbelief, and took several steps back in unison.

The commotion here was quite loud and soon attracted more guards, and those secret guards also floated over from various places. In a short while, this small washroom was crowded with people.

These people approached me step by step, each of them looked ferocious and ferocious, as if they wanted to chop me in half with one knife.

I held the axe tightly and backed away step by step until I reached the big wooden barrel. I glanced behind me and saw that the big barrel was against the wall. I had nowhere to retreat.

I looked at the dozens of guards and secret guards in front of me, and my eyes turned cold. If I were in Dayu, I would not be afraid of them at all. Not to mention dozens, even if there were hundreds, I would have the confidence to chop them down with an axe. But now I am in Beixiang, my body has become very weak, and I may fall into a coma at any time. If I die, Zhao Zhenyuan will also die. Gongsun Wen said that if I die, he will definitely flatten Beixiang. I don't know if he has the ability to do so, but I am afraid that he will do something stupid. He has the opportunity to escape, but he will stay to seek revenge and risk his life.

Thinking of this, I felt that the burden on me was very heavy, because I was related to so many lives. No matter which one of Zhao Zhenyuan and Gongsun Wen died, it would be a huge loss to Dayu.