Yan Xing hurriedly asked: "Why would your Majesty return to the palace early? It takes hours to return to the palace from the polo ground in the suburbs of Beijing at the earliest."
The two men pretending to be palace maids said: "Little ones don't know that His Majesty and others seemed to fall from the sky, catching up with the Taoist Priest and others, and blocking every exit in the palace. We have been waiting in the secret passage since morning. It took eight full hours, but I still didn't wait for Miss Wang to send the queen down."
"If we hadn't stayed in the secret passage and hadn't emerged, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to return to your Majesty now."
Yan Xing: "How are Miss Wang and Taoist Master doing now?"
Male maid: "Miss Wang bit her tongue and committed suicide. The Taoist Priest and others were also burned alive."
Fortunately Wang Wei was sensible, and fortunately he had saved this in advance. If Zhu Sijia was not seen at the set time, even if Yan Xiu and Fu Zhu did not come back, Qingjing Sanren and others would still have their throats poisoned and die.
Yan Xing slowly relaxed his vigilance and handed over generous rewards to the two people in front of him: "Thank you for your hard work. You two can use the money to eat at some good bars first."
The two men nodded and bowed, took the money bag and said goodbye to Yan Xing. As soon as they turned around, a white blade pierced their chests one by one, without even a trace of blood on them.
Jackdaws were flying in the forest, and the western suburbs were eerily silent at night.
This is the first time Yan Xing has killed anyone in front of Eleven. Eleven's pupils trembled: "Your Majesty! You..."
"The best swordsman in the world is Xueming. He kills without leaving a trace. He truly deserves his reputation." Yan Xing slowly withdrew his sword, and the two corpses lost their support and fell to the ground. "Eleven, move their corpses onto the carriage."
Eleven was puzzled: "Your Majesty, killing a noble is a serious crime. Why are you doing this?"
Yan Xing: "The secret passage is a royal secret and cannot be known to outsiders."
Eleven felt a soreness in his neck. Now he knew, was he an outsider?
…
On the second day after the cat demon farce ended, all kinds of gifts were moved into Changle Palace in boxes.
In addition to the gifts from the sisters in the palace, there are also many that were voluntarily sent in by the ministers who participated in the monster hunt yesterday as an apology.
Even Zhaohua walked into Changle Palace with several boxes full of treasures.
"Good brother and sister." When Zhaohua saw Zhu Sijia, he kept sobbing, "I have already heard what happened yesterday from the prince-in-law. After suffering such great injustice, the emperor's sister will definitely seek justice for you!"
Prince Consort? But the Marquis of Guangping clearly did not appear in the palace yesterday.
Zhu Sijia pulled Zhaohua to sit down: "Sister Huang, don't worry, it's just a false alarm. The cat demon incident has completely changed the story. From now on, if anyone dares to mention even a word in the palace, His Majesty will not forgive him lightly."
Zhaohua still felt guilty and said: "Due to the rumors about the cat demon during this period, I was worried that Huaijin and Huaiyu would not dare to leave the house without authorization. It has been my fault that I have not seen you for a long time. If I had not seen you yesterday, Once we enter the palace, I might be able to protect you in time."
Zhu Sijia: "It is said that what happened yesterday was thanks to Mr. Fu's insight into the details and the ingenious solution. Did the consort tell the imperial sister the details of it?"
Zhaohua: "That's not true. I chased him and asked, but he only said that he didn't dare to follow others into the palace and cause trouble, so he missed many details."
Zhu Sijia: "If Sister Huang wants to know, I can tell you slowly."
Zhaohua cheered up: "Just in time, I was just wondering what kind of weapon the female assassin used when she lurked in the palace to kill people? I heard that the assassin in Dali Temple was very busy trying to solve the murder mystery she left behind. Can’t swallow.”
Zhu Sijia: "When she attacked the palace maid, she wore a pair of special gauntlets. The gauntlets were made of Lanshan cold steel. They are about an inch thick and nearly a foot long. With a little force, even copper and iron walls can be scratched."
In addition, after she committed the murder, she would sprinkle cat hair on it to confuse the public, and then change into palace maid clothes and continue to hide in the palace. This led Xu Zixiao to mislead Xu Zixiao into thinking that the murder was really the work of a ferocious beast.
In Daqin, the cold steel produced by Lanshan Iron Mine is mostly used for military purposes and to make swords for dignitaries. Only civilians can come into contact with Lanshan Cold Steel.
Zhaohua: "So this matter is by no means simple. There must be someone else behind her to help. Why not Xuanzhi continue to investigate along this clue? If an assassin like her comes back in the future, the palace will be in panic."
It was impossible to direct the matter to Yan Xing in front of Yan Xiu, but in front of Zhaohua—Zhu Sijia was willing to give it a try.
She looked helpless: "Sister Huang, does she know the reason why I was banned during the Lantern Festival this year?"
Zhaohua: "Dao Zhi mentioned something to me when he came to my house as a guest. It is reasonable and reasonable for Wang to avenge her relatives for this matter."
Zhu Sijia: "Last night, before she bit her tongue and committed suicide, she mentioned the matter of "Besieging Wei and Rescue Zhao". She mentioned that it was a mysterious young man who asked the Wang family to sing this play, which killed her whole family."
Zhaohua was frightened and uneasy.
When Zhu Sijia inexplicably changed from Princess Laiyi to Yan Xiu, it was a royal scandal.
In order to cover up the scandal, Yan Xiu killed many people. This allowed Zhu Sijia to break off her engagement with Yan Xing and successfully enter the palace without encountering anyone who was lying in vain.
However, only a very small number of people know specifically about the entanglement between love and hate, which means that the young master who invited the Wang family troupe to perform in the opera was among a very small number of people, and maybe he was related to her.
His purpose is not just to anger Yan Xiu, but is the cat demon case also part of his many plans?
If this is the case, a person who can lay out a chess game nearly a year in advance is really scary.
Zhu Sijia ordered someone to give Zhaohua a blanket, and she put the blanket on Zhaohua's legs with her own hands: "Sister Huang, if you think about it carefully, these things have a clear goal, and the target candidate is far away and right in front of you."
Zhaohua looked at Zhu Sijia: "This, this is impossible, you are already Zhaoyi, who dares to set his sights on you, who dares to covet Xuanzhi's woman?"
Zhu Sijia: "Of course he is a person who knows everything about the royal family, has access to Lanshan Hansteel, and is even rich enough to help Wang's revenge and invite demons to perform tricks in just a few months."
Zhaohua tightened his grip on the mink blanket: "Do you have any doubts about the candidate?"
Zhu Sijia: "Sister Huang also has someone in mind, right? Lord Xinling's stealing of the talisman to save Zhao is just a drop in the ocean in folk tales, unless someone who is crazy about all kinds of books and never rejects anyone can get in touch with him. To say that a woman who dares to spy on the emperor means that this person is definitely not an ordinary prodigal. To put it nicely, it can be described as deviant and unafraid of the worldly absurdity."
"It's so absurd that you can abandon your wife in public on your wedding day, and even violate ethics——"
Zhaohua hurriedly interrupted her: "Impossible! Yuanzhi is not the kind of person you said."
"He has always been a role model for leading by example and behaving in an exemplary manner. His conduct and conduct are imitated by intellectuals all over the world. How could he do such a perverse thing? What's more, he is completely ruthless towards you. How come he treats you so badly after you enter the palace?" Do you have feelings for no reason?"
Yes, Zhu Sijia was also curious, why did he fall in love with her inexplicably just after he remembered those disgusting things in his previous life? Isn't this a disease?
