fake prince

Chapter 682 The arrow is on the string

Imperial City

Although there are no buildings in the vicinity, there are still some one- and two-story buildings a little farther away, densely packed, giving a sense of presence in this place where every inch of land is precious.

There are some time-honored brands near the imperial city, with a maximum of two floors. Buildings above the second floor are not allowed to exist in this area, in case someone climbs up and overlooks the palace.

But even if there is only a second floor, you can still see the palace gate from the window on the second floor.

Whenever someone comes in and out, with good eyesight, you can see the figure and appearance of these people clearly.

At this time in a shop, the lights on the first and second floors have been turned off. A clerk sighed and lay on the couch under the window, drinking wine. On the small table was a plate of spiced peanuts, drinking dull wine.

According to the rules, he is responsible for monitoring the palace gate tonight. He must keep watch at night, he can eat and drink, but cannot sleep.

"Spring is coming, I don't know what's going on at home..." The man was thinking to himself, and suddenly saw a fire coming out of the window in a trance, he was startled, hurried over, and looked out through the gap in the window.

I saw the palace door opened wide, and a mass of black people poured out from the inside, all wearing armor, like guards in the palace.

"Something went wrong?!" Watching this scene dumbfounded, the man monitoring the palace gate suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Something must have happened, I will report to the prince immediately!"

A sudden sense of unease made the guy feel that this originally hidden observation place was also unsafe.

This kind of anxiety comes for no reason, but when doing things like theirs, they often trust their intuition.

Downstairs, there were two substitutes, both of whom had already fallen asleep. The guy didn't pack his things, so he opened the door and walked out.

They are all people who hold some secrets. They are different from the ordinary guys in this shop. The three people who watch the palace gate in shifts, including him, must not fall into the hands of the guards, otherwise they will really be dug out of their mouths. Information matters.

The corridor on the second floor was dark and extremely quiet. Although there was more inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, the guy still stepped on the wooden floor with a slight sound and walked towards the stairs.

When he reached the stairs, his footsteps hesitated.

"Why is your heart beating faster?"

I didn't feel exactly what was wrong, but my heart became more and more uneasy. The staircase leading to the bottom was like a deep and wide mouth, as if it was waiting for him to walk in.

But this kind of thought just surfaced, and was suppressed by the buddy. Time was running out, and he really didn't have the time to be hypocritical. If he didn't retreat in time, if he was caught, he might pull out the carrot and bring out the mud.

The palace gate is still some distance away from here, they will leave now, even if the guards really come for them, it will be too late when they arrive here.

While thinking this way, he kept walking, and quickly went downstairs. The wooden stairs were a little old, and he hurried down, the small creaking sound was loudly magnified in this quiet night.

The moment his feet landed on the flat ground, suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew from not far away.

"When did the windows open?" He obviously checked when he went upstairs before, and they were all closed.

The buddy was already uneasy, but he raised it in an instant.

But when he realized that the situation on the first floor was not right, with a "poof", he was hit hard from the side, sending him flying directly.

"Take it down!" In the pitch-dark lobby on the first floor, a few black figures gathered in an instant, without turning on the lights, they dragged the people on the ground away without making a sound.

Faraway Inn

As the night darkened, a lantern was hung at the door of the inn, which meant that the inn kept the door open for guests.

Often at this time, the inn has closed its doors, but if a guest returns late, a clerk will be kept guarding in the lobby so that no one will open the door when the guest calls.

A bullock cart came from far to near on the quiet street, and stopped in front of the Yuanfang Inn.

Two people got off the bullock cart one after another, one was a eunuch, not very old, about 20 years old, and the other was dressed like a decent steward, and the latter sent the former here, still accompanying him in a friendly voice say.

"Eunuch Sun, look, is the purchase of ingredients in the palace the same as before? I heard that the imperial dining room was planning to change people?"

The eunuch surnamed Sun was invited by the steward to have a meal in the big restaurant. Now that he is full of wine and food, he has also taken advantage of it. After hearing this, he said slowly: "This matter is easy to talk about, and our family can talk to the imperial dining room as well." As the saying goes, as long as you are filial, there will be no problem."

While speaking, he suddenly glanced aside and was stunned.

"Eunuch Sun?" The steward also looked in the direction he was looking at, and couldn't help calling out curiously, seeing nothing.

"It's okay." The eunuch surnamed Sun said casually.

Just now, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a white cat flash by.

The rich and powerful in the capital kept many cats, including ordinary people. Many of them also kept cats for the purpose of catching mice. It was not uncommon to see cats on the street at night, and the eunuch Sun didn't care.

"Okay, let's remember your business, just don't worry." Throwing such a sentence to the restaurant steward who bribed him, the eunuch surnamed Sun opened the door and entered the inn.

As a low-ranking eunuch who has just hugged his thigh for less than a year, although the eunuch surnamed Sun is indeed able to pretend to be a tiger, but the money in his hand is not enough to buy real estate in a place where every inch of land is precious in the capital. So when he came out to do errands and didn't have time to go back, he would stay in the inn.

As an eunuch in the palace, even the shopkeeper of the big inn in the capital would not dare to offend easily. The house prepared for him was the upper room. He did it with care, but he didn't like it as much as the banknotes that the eunuch took out of his sleeve.

"Huh? What is this?"

After sitting down and drinking a cup of hot tea, the eunuch surnamed Sun took out the banknotes and looked at them one by one. They were all the leading bills of one hundred taels, which was also the largest amount of banknotes.

"The banknotes are touching!" Almost dazzled by the banknotes, he suddenly found something inside the banknotes.

Pulling it out, it was a note with a few words written on the note: "Blood Osmanthus?"

What is this?

Identifying from the literal meaning, could it be a blind medicine?Is it a mistake in the management?

I just took a closer look, and I didn't know what was going on. When I was puzzled, I only heard a "boom", and the door slammed loudly. The next moment, the door was kicked open, and a group of people full of evil spirits poured in.

With just one glance, he saw that he was wearing a public uniform with a fish pattern and a long knife on his waist. This was the emperor's personal guard. Eunuch Sun was shocked: "What are you doing?"

Such a situation made him subconsciously feel that it was not good. Could it be that his acceptance of bribes was discovered?But such a thing, how can people treat themselves like this?

"I'm Eunuch Qin's godson!" Eunuch Sun screamed. He is a member of the system, and he knows very well that it is king to call out what cards he has.

If they are detained, they are often on the verge of death and have to be released. Law enforcement agencies have their own dignity and majesty, and it is impossible to let them go easily!

(End of this chapter)