Chapter 71: No time to lose, enter the palace tonight
On the morning of the fifth day after He Yunxiao left Yin Jing, after traveling thousands of miles, he finally arrived at Jingtian City, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, with the two heroines.
If you include Nangong Yu'er who was on the way, he actually brought three heroines with him.
In order to keep a low profile, He Yunxiao deliberately asked Ma De to stop and repair the car when he was approaching Jingtian City. When Nangong Yu'er, who was walking slowly, caught up from behind and asked for help diligently, he made an excuse to let Nangong Yu'er go first.
As expected, with that little girl's attitude, she became the focus of the whole city as soon as she entered Jingtian. The carriage inlaid with gold and jade belonging to the young master of Tingfeng Tower has not been seen by even the princes and nobles, let alone ordinary people. The streets of Jingtian City were suddenly packed with people, all looking to see what the "daughter of the world's richest man" looked like.
Taking advantage of Nangong Yu'er's limelight, He Yunxiao quietly sneaked into Yin Jingcheng with two heroines who also had difficulty keeping a low profile.
After entering Jingtian City, the first thing they had to do was to meet with the Qi State spies in Jingtian City.
Qi State is not as good as Yan State in terms of espionage, but it is not unprepared.
The House of the Minister of Household Affairs of the State of Yan.
The Minister of Household Affairs is a position second only to the Minister of Household Affairs. It is ranked third grade and is already a very high core official position in the court.
"Master Qian, junior Zhang Lingshan, this is my little sister Zhang Lingrou, and this is Miss Chu Xiaoxiao." He Yunxiao saluted respectfully. "Zhang Wuji", a name belonging to a senior, was naturally mentioned casually by He Yunxiao to fool Nangong Girl.
The middle-aged man, who is nearly fifty and has gray hair on his temples, looks approvingly at He Yunxiao.
"You're a good young man. He dares to come to this Jingtian Longtan Tiger's Den at such a young age."
He Yunxiao said quickly: "This is all for the sake of the State of Qi and Her Royal Highness the Princess."
The two chatted for a while and then got down to business.
When he came to Yinjing this time, He Yunxiao had two things to do. One was to enter the palace to obtain the border defense map, and the other was to rescue Sister Jiang's parents and brother.
Not long ago, spies from Qi State in Yan State organized a rescue of Sister Jiang's parents, but it failed. Therefore, it is not appropriate to save Sister Jiang’s family first this time. Instead, we should first obtain the border defense map and then save Sister Jiang’s family.
After all, the latter is a living person. If he disappears, he will be discovered by the guards immediately. At that time, if the whole city searches for him, it will be inconvenient to do anything else.
Naturally, Shilang Qian couldn't produce the map of the Imperial Palace of Yan State, but he relied on his memory to draw the layout of the Imperial Palace of Yan State.
Qi Yan is a family, so the palace of Yan State is very similar to that of Qi State.
On the periphery is a circle of high palace walls, then there is the Chaohui Main Hall facing the south, then the emperor's bedroom, the prince's bedroom, the harem, the back garden, the imperial kitchen and other facilities.
Based on the location sensing of the border defense map given by the system, He Yunxiao only knew that the border defense map was located in the Imperial Palace of Yan State, but he did not know where exactly it was placed, so he had to search carefully after entering the palace.
Therefore, the first priority now is how to sneak into the Imperial Palace of Yan State.
He Yunxiao was not ambiguous and asked directly: "Master Qian, do you have a way to let us enter the palace?"
Minister Qian looked at the three He Yunxiao people, especially the weak Chu Xiaoxiao and Meng Qingrou, and asked in surprise: "They are going too?"
He Yunxiao said: "They have to look at the situation. If the defense is tight, they will go. If the defense is lax, then there is no need."
Minister Qian nodded thoughtfully, and then suddenly realized something was outrageous.
You need to go if the defense is tight, but you don't need to go if the defense is loose? Is that the opposite?
"Brother Zhang Lingshan, are you sure you want to take them there because it is heavily guarded? That is the palace, not a place for fun."
Naturally, He Yunxiao couldn't take the initiative to tell Chu Xiaoxiao's secret. He just said: "They have their own magical powers. Don't worry about it, sir. Let's talk about how to enter the palace first."
Minister Qian sighed and said, "Hey, if you had come here ten years ago, I would have been able to send you to the palace, but now it's hard to do that."
"how so?"
"Ten years ago, there were many concubines in the palace, and anyone with whom they were related could write a note to visit relatives in the palace. But now, about seven years ago, this time Emperor Yan came to power, he was not a womanizer, and the harem is now There is only one princess from the Ren family living there, and she still needs to be raised as a queen. This cannot be accommodated."
As soon as He Yunxiao heard "Queen", he immediately asked: "The Emperor Yan's surname is Li. Is he going to marry two queens, one named Ren and the other named Jiang?"
"good."
"What about the queen named Jiang?"
Minister Qian said: "This generation of the Jiang family is very prosperous. They have many sons but very few daughters. It is said that there is only one of the right age, and she is raised in another place."
He Yunxiao's mouth twitched, "Is your name Jiang Wuyou?"
Qian Shilang shook his head and said: "The three families of Li, Jiang and Ren take turns to be Emperor Yan. Everything involving imperial power is confidential. I don't know the specific situation."
Since he couldn't ask, He Yunxiao didn't want to think about it.
Anyway, Sister Jiang lives safely in the Hou Mansion. Once the border defense plan is completed and her parents are rescued back to Qi, Emperor Yan will have nothing to restrain Sister Jiang. Who will care about Emperor Yan's affairs at that time?
The topic returned to how to enter the palace.
Minister Qian said: "There is a purchaser in the palace who is a spy for our Qi State. If you want to enter the palace, you can hide in the truck he pulls. However, the Imperial Sword Guards are very strict about the inspection of these goods entering the palace. You may not It won’t be found out.”
"Sword guard?" He Yunxiao asked.
"This is what Emperor Yan made. A group of warriors who brought swords to the palace are the confidants and thugs of Emperor Yan. They can kill people at will without being held accountable by the Ministry of Punishment."
He Yunxiao nodded. This was a bit different from Mengbao's "Knife-wielding Maid", but more similar to the "Jin Yiwei".
"Are the palace patrols strict? If I just climb over the wall, can I get in?"
"Outside the palace wall, there is a watchtower every 100 meters. The soldiers have a clear view of the palace wall outside the palace. You can't get over it."
He Yunxiao smacked his lips. Emperor Yan was so impeccable in his actions that he even built a watchtower.
He Yunxiao originally thought that he would encounter common theft problems in novels such as "unopenable machine locks", but he did not expect that even entering the Yan royal family's door would be so difficult, let alone "machine locks".
Xiaoxiao became impatient and said, "How about I take you to fight in directly? Just rush into the palace and kill Emperor Yan."
Minister Qian looked at Chu Xiaoxiao like a monster.
He Yunxiao smiled and said: "Master Qian, just listen to it. This little maid likes to brag."
Xiaoxiao curled her lips, but she also took care of He Yunxiao's face and did not refute He Yunxiao's words.
Nanzhu's wife reminded him at the right time: "Can we enter the palace in a dignified manner?"
Xiaoxiao looked at He Yunxiao, and He Yunxiao looked at Minister Qian.
Minister Qian thought for a moment and said, "Do you have any abilities that are different from ordinary people?"
Xiaoxiao said: "My martial arts skills...well..."
He Yunxiao quickly covered her mouth and said, "Is being handsome considered different from ordinary people?"
Qian Shilang said strangely: "Forget it, but Emperor Yan is a man..."
He Yunxiao looked at Nanzhu's wife again and said, "My sister has very good medical skills."
"How good is that?"
"A living miracle doctor?" He Yunxiao said uncertainly.
Qian Shilang hesitated and said: "The princess of the Ren family who wants to be the queen has been ill recently, and the Taiyuan Hospital is helpless. If you, my sister, are really capable... I'll try to find a doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital by dragging my connections."
He Yunxiao said happily: "When can this matter be settled at the earliest?"
Qian Shangshu glanced at the sun outside the door and said, "Before dark."
He Yunxiao had no doubts about Nanzhu's wife's medical skills and immediately slapped the table: "Without further ado, let's enter the palace tonight!"