How can the concubine be a lady in women's clothing!

On the evening of the third day after the city was closed, the atmosphere in the palace was still solemn, and the wind and rain were everywhere.

Yan Zhuangze's search still found nothing, and everyone in Yancheng panicked.

In the palace of Concubine Xian, An Liu dutifully pretended to be Concubine Xian. He was sitting in front of the vanity mirror combing his hair, his expression was the standard smile of Concubine Xian, but his distracted eyes were filled with boredom. .

Being a concubine is so boring, she has to take into account her status all day long, she can't do anything except embroider and play the piano, and how can she, a murderous secret guard, know how to embroider and play the piano? Isn't this embarrassing her?

Outsiders think this day is very good and leisurely, but in An Liu's view, it is not as interesting as fighting and killing people everywhere.

She looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh. Suddenly, the paper on the window not far away split and made a slight "poof". With the thought of avoiding it, it was only when the dart was approaching that he finally couldn't help but turned slightly sideways, seemingly unintentionally.

The dart flew past her and sank deep into the wooden dressing table. Of course, the dart was not aimed at her in the first place.

At the end of the dart there was a chic rolled-up note. An Liu's expression froze, and he stretched out his hand to unfold it and take a closer look. There was only one kid on it: come.

This is not the first time she has encountered such a situation. She tied up her hair in twos and twos, put on dark clothes, got up and walked towards the cold palace.

This was learned from Concubine Zhen Xian, Qing Guo sent her a code to send a letter, and after receiving the note, go directly to the cold palace that was agreed earlier in the morning to meet the person.

An Liu quietly came to the cold palace, walked to the small room on one side, checked himself again for any flaws, and pushed the door open, a man in black was already waiting inside with his back turned to her.

As soon as An Liufu entered, the man turned around and said slightly dissatisfied: "Why are you so slow, the master asked me to ask you what's going on in the palace recently? Who set the fire? Is Concubine Jin really dead?"

An Liu was calm and at ease, and changed into Concubine Xian's haughty expression in private and said: "The nameless villain, who failed to assassinate the emperor, took his anger on the beloved concubine. Chi Jin is really unlucky to be burned to death just like that."

She covered her lips with a gleeful smile, her every move was no different from Concubine Xian's!

The man in black had no doubts at all, but reconfirmed: "It doesn't matter if you die, are you sure it wasn't Yan Zhuangze doing it on purpose?"

"No." An Liu said firmly: "Yan Zhuangze loves Concubine Jin very much, how could he be willing to do something wrong next time, this is obvious to all without a doubt."

The man in black thought about it too: "Well, you can continue to watch in the palace. Now that Chi Jin is dead, you can just take her place and win the emperor's favor."

An Liu skillfully put on a low-browed and pleasing expression, hinting at joy, and said with a slightly excited voice: "Yes."

The man in black nodded: "Don't worry, you just need to make sure that the emperor's eyes stay on the south of the Yangtze River, to ensure that the next step of the master's plan is smooth, and he will not treat you badly if he succeeds in one fell swoop."

"It's natural." What's next?An Liu's heart trembled, his eyes rolled, and he asked tentatively: "Then how is the next plan going?"

"Hmph, it's coming to an end." The man in black's tone was full of pride, and he snorted disdainfully: "The northern army has assembled and practiced for many years, just wait for this assembly to be completed, and when the emperor in the south of the Yangtze River is in chaos, he can take care of himself." Hit him and catch him by surprise! You're free to act if necessary."

Dark sixth: "Yes, I will do my best to serve my master! Then when can I attack the country of Yan? I can't wait, then..."

"You don't need to know these things." The man in black seemed to realize that he had said too much, so he stopped in time and said, "You do everything possible to get close to the emperor, and if the emperor has any signs of detection, you will notify me in time."

Seeing that he couldn't come up with any more words, Diao Liu had no choice but to give up. The news he got tonight was already shocking and important enough.

After the man in black walked away, An Liu quickly put away the joy on his face, then immediately put on Xian's false smile, and hurried back to the bedroom, changing into the black clothes that belonged to the dark guard without stopping Liu's identity hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Yan Zhuangze was sitting in front of the desk, he paused when the last stroke of Chi on the rice paper was completed, and there was a cloud of ink on the paper.

He looked at An Liu who was half-kneeling to report, frowned and said in a low voice, "North?"

"Yes!" An Liu said eagerly: "According to that person, the Qing Kingdom is in the south, and the north is the furthest away from them. Under normal circumstances, no matter what, they would never expect that they would go far and seek far to deploy in the north. They would be caught off guard if they wanted to attack our country."

Qing Country is located in the south, and it stands to reason that the north is the farthest from Qing Country and the most difficult to control. They never thought they would choose to take the risk. If it wasn't for Concubine Xian who leaked the news here, Yan Zhuangze would not have thought about going north.

After he pondered for a while, he summoned the hidden guards in the dark and said, "One dark, two, you go and inform Prime Minister Lin and General Meng Zhen respectively, and ask General Meng to assemble the army secretly immediately."

Qing's advantage was nothing more than a surprise attack. Now that he had learned about it in advance, he asked General Meng to lead his troops northward quietly, and hit them first to catch them off guard.

An An and An An both said in unison: "Yes!"

Yan Zhuangze threw the waste rice paper aside, and said to An Liu at the bottom, "You should go back too."

"Yes."

Spreading a piece of white paper on the desk again, with the candles flickering, he took up a pen and wrote down a large character with vigorous strokes: Bei.

When the last stroke was completed, a flash of light flashed in Yan Zhuangze's mind, this time he didn't miss it, but quickly caught the light, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the character Bei in front of him suddenly changed!

How could he have forgotten that there is Qing country in the south, which is not peaceful, and the north is peaceful and not prone to wars. Since Qing country can think of and take advantage of this, will other people also have the same idea?If it's Concubine Jin, who wants to leave the palace and doesn't want to be involved with Chi Jiaqing, wouldn't the north be the best choice to settle down?

The imperial guards have searched Yancheng for three consecutive days without any results. Could it be... before they closed the city, Concubine Jin had already left, there must be someone assisting in the dark!

Without telling the Chi family, without other help, who could be secretly assisting?Jing Chi?Impossible, Jing Chi doesn't have the financial resources and connections.

Yan Zhuangze thought for a while, found out the third person in the dark and asked, "I asked you to pay attention to Lin Yan and Yu An's movements, what's the result?"

He secretly said: "Mr. Lin went to the temple outside the city three days ago. It is said that he prayed for the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River and Prince Gong. Later, because the city gate was closed, he could not enter, so he has not returned yet, and his subordinates cannot observe his movements. Yu An stayed in the hospital all day, nothing unusual."

One was outside the city, and the other was normal, so the third party was not reported.

After hearing this, Yan Zhuangze pondered slightly: "Three days ago?" Could it be too coincidental that the time of three days was too coincidental, it was the day when the accident happened in Jinyi Palace.

He was a little skeptical, and decided not to let go of any possibility. After pondering for a moment, he ordered: "Tomorrow is the day of opening the city. You have someone guard the gate of the city. When Lin Yan returns to the city, take him... Forget it, I will personally Go see him."

"Yes." In the dark, the Hall of Mental Cultivation returned to tranquility again, Lin Yongquan came in and personally picked out the wick for Yan Zhuangze, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, please rest early."

Yan Zhuangze put down the brush upon hearing the sound, smiled faintly and said, "Okay."

In the early morning of the next day, there was already a pale light in the sky, and Yancheng was shrouded in haze. It was almost dawn, and it was time to open the city gate.

Before the sun came out, many people gathered inside the gates of the various cities, discussing the three-day closure of the city in twos and threes. With a heavy "creaking" sound, the thick gates were slowed Slowly opened, the crowd rushed out after cheering.

Can finally come in and out!

People in the city panicked, and people outside the city panicked. For a while, the dull atmosphere in Yancheng was dispelled by the joy and enthusiasm of the people, and Yancheng regained its former vitality and excitement.

But the leader of the Imperial Guard couldn't smile at all. At this time, he was wandering aimlessly in the alley alone with the portrait he cherished so much, pulling his hair in frustration.

The two people the emperor asked him to look for failed to find any information. The person in the painting was fine. He found out that this person was called Jing Chi in the brothel, but he couldn't get any other news, let alone human nature. Where is it now, and Concubine Jin seems to have disappeared completely, with no clue at all.

Helpless, he wandered around the alley at the exit of the tunnel again, where on earth could he find this man.

The leader of the Imperial Guard leaned against the wall in distress, carefully unfolding the portrait in his hands, and observed it carefully. The painting was really good, the stars were scattered but not messy, and the people in the painting were smart and heroic, but he had never found this one before. figure.

"Alas." He turned the portrait over, read himself with the back, and rolled it up from the scroll at the front. Suddenly, a door not far away suddenly opened, and a short and fat woman rushed towards The leader of the Praetorian Guards, or rather rushed to the painting!

The moment before the black and dirty hands touched the snow-white drawing paper, the leader suddenly lifted the drawing up, quickly rolled it up, and said angrily in a trembling voice, "What are you doing?!"

This is a painting handed to him by the emperor himself, and he personally told him not to damage it. He didn't dare to use too much force when he took it, and it almost made this woman miserable!

The woman laughed and raised her head and said, "I want to see the good-looking son~"

The leader carefully protected the scroll, lowered his head to catch the faint skylight, and then saw the woman's face clearly, with a dull smile, her mouth was pretty but half-opened, and there seemed to be a trace of saliva flowing out from time to time. The nympho looked at the painting in his hand and let out a ho ho laugh.

Seeing that he was not moving, the woman leaned closer again and tried to touch the scroll, while laughing and saying: "It's been a long time since I saw Brother Young Master, my family misses him so much, let me have a look."

As he spoke, he turned around shyly.

The leader frowned slightly, held the picture scroll high, looked at the woman's abnormal behavior and the dumbfounded smile on her face, and wondered if this was the legendary nympho disease?

Loves beautiful women and is stupid and dull.

But... he grasped the point of the words, and asked, "Do you know the person in this painting?"

It's a pity that the woman is still just staring at the scroll, stretching out her short hands and trying to grab it.

The leader frowned and separated the woman, his always serious face was slightly flushed, after meditating for a while, thinking about the symptoms of nympho, he took a deep breath to slow down his voice, and approached the woman Asked in front of her eyes: "Excuse me, this girl, do you know the person in this painting?"

It was dark and the woman didn't see clearly just now, but now the leader came closer to her and realized that this person is also very good-looking, and his voice is also very nice, the attention immediately moved from the scroll to the face of the person in front of him, it is so beautiful.

His mind was immediately dazzled, and he stretched out his hand and pointed at the kitchen house deep in the alley, and said in a slow and erratic tone: "He lives there, it's very beautiful."

"In there?" The leader opened his mouth wide in surprise, pointed to the house and asked, "You mean the innermost courtyard?"

"Yes, my dad sold it to him." The woman nodded and asked expectantly: "Can I play with you? You are also very pretty, I like it very much."

"I left beforehand, and I'll come back to thank you next time!" Before he finished speaking, he ran out of the alley, and the last two words also floated far away and gradually disappeared in the morning wind.

The woman looked disappointedly at the figure who disappeared into the alley, and the half-open door behind her was pushed and creaked again. A thin old man came out and pulled the awkward girl back. Come out, it’s not safe outside, be careful that someone will take you there to buy.”

The girl cried and said, "Father, there was a good-looking son just now, and he left."

"Oh, what's the use of looking good? Does he love you? Does he care about you?" He knew very well that his daughter's mind is not very good, and most people don't want to talk to her. Women depend on each other for life.

"Hey, don't look at it anymore. Later, Dad will find you an honest family and live comfortably for the rest of your life." This is the only thing he can do. The yard that was sold was sold at a high price.

The girl pursed her mouth, and said unhappily: "He ignored me, and said that this time it's something, so I'll come back next time." She couldn't hear what was going on behind, probably it's time to see her next time.

"Oh!" Seeing his daughter's silly smile, the old man clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I'll tease you on time, I'll see if he comes or not."

"Certainly come!" The girl's chubby face puffed up, she gave the old man a fierce look, and went back to the room sullenly.

On the other hand, the leader rushed to the government to check the information of the yard, and found out that the buyer was a man named Yu An, and he immediately understood. No wonder he couldn't find out where the person in the painting lived. It turned out that someone else bought the house.

But... isn't that house the one with the tunnel exit? !

The leader of the Imperial Guard was startled, he didn't expect to find such an unexpected discovery on that woman!I will have to thank you in person someday.

Now he was rushing to tell the emperor the news. The three-day search was considered fruitful, and he didn't know where the emperor got this portrait. It was such a coincidence.

He hurried to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but was told that the emperor had gone out. After inquiring about the hidden guards, he learned that the emperor was going to see Lin Yan, and he should be in a small medical clinic at this time.

Small clinic?Isn't Lin Yan the son of Prime Minister Lin's family?Why is it in a small hospital?Although he was a bit puzzled, the leader went to the clinic with the real estate evidence from the yamen.

At the same time, Yu An's small medical clinic was surrounded by guards with knives, Yu Ning was called by him to hide in the back room, Lin Yan and Yu An continued to stay in the lobby, and the person sitting opposite was Yanzhuang Ze.

Not knowing what Yan Zhuangze said, Yu An and Lin Yan's expressions were dull for a moment at the same time, and then even the awe of facing the emperor disappeared temporarily, and they were shocked in unison: "You said you are Zhuang Nian?!"