After rebirth, I made the princes cry

The situation in Chang'an City has changed drastically, but the Lantian Palace is like a "paradise on earth".

Ming Buchang and Shouyeduan were both guards who accompanied Jiang Tai in his conquests, but their origins were very humble, they were all slaves, so they didn't even have surnames, and Jiang Tai never thought of giving them surnames. He actually didn't lack slaves who had been through thick and thin with him. What Jiang Tai lacked most was a "brains trust". He had the ambition to dominate the world, but he was brave but not smart, and he didn't even rely on Jiang Gaofan. He didn't know the enemy, Dongyu, who had to be destroyed, at all.

Twenty years ago, the vast majority of the Qiang people were still living in the shadow of water and grass, and there was almost no civilian class. Except for the nobles, all were slaves. The living conditions of slaves were difficult, especially women and children. Not to mention war, when there was a snowstorm, the elderly, the weak, women and children would be the first to be abandoned. As a result, the nobles had many wives and concubines, and the slaves had difficulty in marrying. In the previous hundreds of years, women in the Qiang tribe even became spoils of war.

Ming Buchang and Shouyeduan lived and worked in peace and contentment for just over a year. Ming Buchang's wife was actually a dozen years older than him. Shouyeduan was luckier, as he was rewarded with a young woman. However, Shouyeduan had a violent temper and once drank too much and beat his pregnant wife to death. Although he was later rewarded with another wife, the God Kunlun did not protect him. He was almost forty years old and still had no children.

These two commanders are actually illiterate and cannot swim, which is not a necessary skill for Qiang warriors. They are very loyal to Jiang Tai and brave enough, but... their brains are not very good. They are confidants, but they are not really valued. These two commanders are not special. In fact, many of Jiang Tai’s trusted guards are like this. Therefore, although Shouyeduan saw Da Shangchen, who was supposed to guard Wuguan, take a boat to the palace a few days ago, he did not doubt that Da Shangchen had rebelled just because of the words "Shou Ling patrol".

Wuguan is still four hundred miles away from Lantian. However, in Shouyeduan's opinion, a fast horse can reach there in one day, so it is not far. Da Shangchen is a loyal minister who will never betray the emperor.

Jiang Gaofan came to tell Yingshu himself: "Everything is ready, we can get out now."

It’s just the Ba River, but it seems like the two ends of the world.

Jiang Gaofan did not boast, and his attitude was extremely low-key: "As the garrison commander, I have absolute control. As long as I lie that the gate was opened on Jiang Tai's secret order, and the people entering the gate were no more than the 10,000 troops led by Ran Zhugu, no one would question it at all. As long as Ran Zhugu and his troops enter the gate, it will be easy for him to control the situation. Jiang Tai did not fight for the support of the army in the first place. It was as easy for him to force the emperor to seize the throne as it is for him to fail miserably now."

"But if it was Dayu that was tackling the problem, the situation would be completely different," said Yingshu.

Jiang Gaofan nodded, "That's inevitable. Unless I have been in charge of the military power for a long time and have been able to shock the army, I can order the foreign troops to enter the pass directly. Ran Zhugu may not be without the ability to replace the Jiang family, but he is loyal and capable. The Qiang tribe was not strong to begin with, and after entering the Central Plains, the rules and regulations were still a mess. They were able to dominate Guanlong in the past 20 years because they were most familiar with the terrain of Guanlong compared to Yan, Zhao, Qi, Jin, Liao and other northern tribes."

Jiang Gaofan had to arrange everything, and Yingshu had no choice.

She actually expected that Jiang Gaofan might plan to kill her.

Then he smiled and asked Jiang Gaofan: "Since Xinsu Jun has not arrived yet, are you sure that the plan to surprise attack Hanzhong can be carried out smoothly? After all, although Hanzhong is like an empty city, the garrison in Lianzhu Mountain outside Hanzhong has not been withdrawn."

"There is a strange path in Lianzhu Mountain that can be used to attack from a circumvention route. I believe Xinsu Jun knows how to deploy the formation."

Jiang Gaofan asked Yingshu about the specific arrangements. Yingshu did not hide anything. The first thing was to ensure the safety of Dianjun. Jiang Gaofan had no ill will towards Dianjun and would cooperate fully.

Anyway, that day, Ming Buchang and Shouyeduan reluctantly sent Jiang Gaofan to the boat in the evening. Outside the palace pier, the setting sun shone into the water, and the scenery was gorgeous. Shouyeduan was particularly reluctant to say goodbye to Da Shangchen, and kept chattering: "Since Da Shangchen has been ordered to come to the palace to supervise, the danger in Tongguan must have been resolved. It's a pity that Ming Buchang and I can't fight side by side with Da Shangchen this time. Da Shangchen, don't worry, we will definitely protect the Henan envoy and return to the capital smoothly."

Also, because Madam Wei had been well prepared and controlled the situation properly, on that day, the candles for each night duty had really been "exhausted", and the re-distributed candles made the palace maids feel relieved - it is often easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. In the past, when there were oil lamps, there was no need to worry about lack of lighting at night. Although it was impossible to light the night duty lamps as bright as day, everyone found it very convenient to leave a long night light on - now that the lamps are gone, and only candles are distributed. After all, candles are more expensive than oil lamps, so there is control. After all, they saved a lot in the past period of time, and many people even felt that they could not sleep without a long night light, and when they could not sleep, the night seemed especially long.

Fortunately, we were equipped with a lot of candles today, and the "long night lamp" could be lit again. As a result, we all felt very tired, and finally we could have a good sleep again.

Perhaps Ming Buchang was the only one who feared that the good times would not last long, and he felt restless all night.

When the war situation stabilizes, he might have to return to Beijing one day. After returning to Beijing, he will no longer have any hope of fighting for his fleeting relationship with Hong Tao. After his old wife gave birth to a son and a daughter, she became more and more unbecoming. No matter how strong his desire was, as long as he saw his old wife, he would immediately blow out the lights and pull out the candles, and "all the desires would disappear". But he had already received a reward once, and he could not ask for a reward from his wife again. He had to try to "trap" Hong Tao immediately.

Men cannot marry and women cannot marry, but they can still comfort each other.

"Today is my birthday. Bai Li agreed to keep watch for me. Besides, it is a rainy day, so the envoy from Henan will never go up to the Zhongnan Tower again." Hong Tao said with a smile.

Looking at that smile, Ming Buchang's cheeks seemed to crack immediately.

"See you at Liangshengyuan tonight?"

"No matter what, I have to wait until Zi Zheng is free. Madam always goes to bed late, so Zi Zheng can make sure that Madam is already asleep."

Ming Buchang was already rubbing his hands together with great joy.

In fact, whether it was him or Shouyeduan, there was no need for them to patrol at night in the Lantian Palace. The Ba River was a natural barrier for the envoys from Dongyu. There were crossbowmen on duty at night at the Dongping Gate, and infantry patrolling under the Dongping Gate. As the commander, he did not need to be as conscientious as he was in the Weiyang Palace.

Ming Buchang was waiting for midnight with great excitement. He picked up a bag of wine and planned to drink with Shouyeduan. He mentioned that he might not be free in the evening, so he asked Shouyeduan to take care of him today. Shouyeduan was somewhat more cautious than Ming Buchang. If he was on duty in Weiyang Palace, he would definitely not drink. However, now he was in the temporary palace, and seeing that all the doors had been locked, Shouyeduan could drink quite a lot. He thought it was just a small drink and it would not delay his business.

They didn't think the Dongyu envoy would escape at all.

Even though Your Majesty has mobilized the garrison of Hanzhong to enter the capital, there are still border troops in Lianzhu Mountain and troops are stationed at Dasan Pass. With just the guards of Dongyu's envoys, how could they possibly break through the pass and escape from the Han Dynasty, let alone force their way into Wuguan which is now heavily guarded by troops. It would be difficult for them to escape from the palace even if they had wings. Now is a time of war and chaos. No matter how smart the left deputy envoy of Dongyu is, she is just a woman. I'm afraid she is still trembling with fear, fearing that if something goes wrong at Tongguan, they will fall into the hands of the Northern Zhao people... then there is absolutely no way they can survive.

Seeing the wine in the leather bag pouring into the bowl, Shouyeduan also took a big sip and felt a warmth on his body. He teased Ming Buchang: "Although the rain is not heavy, it will not stop tonight. You said you will not be free at night, which means you will not stay on duty. You are a rough man, you don't have the leisure to go to the palace in the rain. Don't tell me, you have an appointment with your beauty, right?"

"You don't have to be jealous of me. When I am satisfied, I will not forget to ask Hongtao to say good things about you in front of Baili." Ming Buchang's eyes and eyebrows were full of pride.

Liangsheng Garden, where Ming Buchang was planning to meet Hong Tao secretly, was actually located on the west road, but because it belonged to the outer court like Baohua Palace, and was just a flower garden for people to stroll, there was no need to lock it. There was a corridor from Baohua Palace to Liangsheng Garden, and this corridor was between two walls. There was no access control on the way. Although there were some palace servants on duty on the west road of the outer court, at this time, because the palaces and gardens on the west road were uninhabited, the palace servants would definitely not wander around at night - the huge palace had to be cleaned and maintained tidy by them on weekdays, and they were busy during the day and tired, so they would mostly stay on duty to rest late at night, not to mention that the season was already cold and there was freezing rain today.

Shouye Duanchai was also able to guess Ming Buchang's tryst location.

But he certainly didn't know that under the cover of the night rain, when most people in the palace had fallen asleep, a killing spree had quietly begun.

Except for the ten personal guards headed by Liang Hui, the rest of the envoys' guards were not allowed to live in Baohua Palace, as Baohua Palace could not accommodate so many "idle people". The envoys' guards all lived in the courtyard to the left of Dongping Gate. If they were moved at night, it would alert the enemy. Therefore, before being transferred away from the Northern Han Palace Guards, the envoys' guards had to stay put.

Several figures came out of Baohua Palace in the dark. These were all maidservants. They were all dressed in black pleated draperies and were dispersed to various places to take up positions as if they were familiar with the route. Madam Wei had already figured out the distribution of the positions and the maidservants had also visited them long ago.

Some of the duty rooms were pitch black, while others had candlelight through the window papers. The maids blew incense into the dark rooms and carefully made sure that all the palace maids had fallen asleep. Finally, they gathered outside the middle duty room, which was where the chief eunuch of the palace stayed alone. The old eunuch was old and had little sleep, but in such weather he would of course stay in the room. There were two young servants serving the old eunuch, and at this time, the old and two young ones had both fallen asleep in the candlelight.

The maidservants had their faces covered with silk scarves soaked with antidote, so they were naturally not afraid of the bewitching wax. However, they only made sure that this last place was "safe" before retreating. One of the maidservants leaped up and ran towards Baohua Palace.

The first step was to deal with the palace people, and the first step was completed successfully.

The lights in Baohua Palace were not bright tonight. Although this palace was not as magnificent and spacious as the Baoguang Palace which used to be the East Palace, it also made a distinction between inside and outside. The inner garden was still a place that Yang Jiachen and other palace servants were not allowed to trespass. After dinner, neither Madam Wei nor the envoys would order palace servants other than their confidants. Yang Jiachen had gotten used to it, and now he had already gotten out of the job of spying, and even flattery was no longer necessary. This eunuch had never had the ambition to make a name for himself. His only wish was to survive. He had originally lived in obscurity, doing some rough work, and he was actually content with that. But after Jiang Tai seized the throne, he abandoned the former eunuch and insisted on promoting him. His food, clothing and other expenses were better than before, but he began a life of treading on thin ice.

What Yang Jiachen asked for was neither merit nor demerit.

Because of the continuous cold rain today, Yang Jiachen hid in his room early. As soon as he lit the candle, he felt drowsy. It was easy to sleep in the cool weather, so Yang Jiachen did not suspect anything. He simply blew out the candle and fell on the bed. He seemed to smell a strange fragrance drifting into this not very spacious room. He opened his eyelids twice, but he couldn't open them. Yang Jiachen even heard his own snoring, and then he lost consciousness.

He felt like he was awakened by the cold.

After a long while, he felt a cold and wet feeling on his arm and was puzzled: Is it possible that the house is leaking?

Open your eyes, close them again, close them for a while, and then open them again suddenly.

He was not sleeping on the bed, but lying on the ground. It seemed that he was not in his own room. Cold wind rushed from all directions. Yang Jiahuan stared hard and saw that he was lying in a pavilion. He stood up in panic and took a step, but he tripped and fell. But when he fell, he seemed to fall on another person, and then he felt something cold and thick...

It’s human blood!!!

There were two corpses in the pavilion. Yang Jiachen recognized them as the two palace maids who obeyed his orders.

He wanted to scream, but was horrified to find that he couldn't make any sound at all. He staggered away and just as he ran to the corridor, he saw a lantern that was still lit. But next to the lantern was a headless female corpse. What shocked Yang Jiachen even more was that the headless female corpse was wearing splendid clothes and seemed to be wearing... a mutton-fat jade pendant that the Lord of Shenyuan Palace usually wore!!!

Yang Jiachen was so frightened that he sat on the ground.

What happened? Was it a nightmare? It must be a nightmare. This was clearly the Baohua Palace in the Lantian Palace. The Dongping Gate was guarded by a hundred palace guards. The Dongyu maids were also very skilled. Not to mention that there were ten envoy guards in the Baohua Palace. Madam Wei said that these envoy guards were all good players selected from the Dongyu Imperial Army!

How could the Lord of Shenyuan Palace be killed in Baohua Palace? ! ! !

Yang Jiachen was chanting "spells" in his mouth, but he himself didn't even know what the meaning of these "spells" was. He just wanted to wake up from the nightmare as soon as possible. He opened his eyes and returned to his room, still lying on the bed with a mattress.

But I heard footsteps.

Liang Hui first picked up the lantern on the ground, and then pulled up Yang Jiachen. Yang Jiachen had to continue to move in the "nightmare". He moved stiffly and helplessly like a zombie. Following the lantern, he kept seeing dead bodies, some with heads, some without heads... This couldn't be a nightmare, it couldn't be a nightmare... He actually saw Bai Li!!!

The door of a room was pushed open, and in the dim candlelight, Yang Jiachen saw a woman who had been changed into gorgeous clothes. He didn't know whether she was dead or alive, but she was obviously not from Dongyu. She was a palace maid in the temporary palace. About half a month ago, she found him and showed her courtesy, intending to use him to recommend her for transfer to Weiyang Palace.

"Yang Neichen, I'll give you a chance."

Hearing the sound, before Yang Jiachen could even look away, he saw Liang Hui raise his knife and the palace maid's head rolled to the ground.

Yingshu had also changed into a pleated kimono, with her long black hair tied into a bun on top of her head. Although she was fully armed, she was certainly not unrecognizable to Yang Jiachen.

Madam Wei was also beside Yingshu, holding a long sword.