The punishment of the female imperial court

The moon was bright at night, and Bo Yi's back was right in front of her.

The imperial guards marched out of the imperial mausoleum and headed towards him. Behind Bo Yi, many masked men in black leaped out of the forest and attacked him from the front and back.

She shouted, "Boyi, go!"

She woke up from her dream with an unsteady step and collapsed on the bamboo chair, her heart still unsettled for a long time.

As if disturbed by the nightmare, the bell hanging at the gate of the courtyard made a lazy sound.

It took her a long time to come to her senses and wonder why she was here.

She traveled through the canyon's array, and finally found a path when the morning light filled the air.

There was a gentle river at the foot of the mountain. I crossed the wooden bridge and entered the town. I found a family and bought a clean piece of old coarse cloth. However, they discovered the crossbow wound on my body and I had to leave in a hurry.

However, on the road leading to Longyuan, people were checking those entering the city and patting them on the shoulders, but the government turned a blind eye to it.

Time was running out and she only had time to find some wild herbs on the road to apply on the wound to stop the bleeding.

But if he wanted to sneak into Longyuan City, this wound must not be discovered. So he could only find some clean moss to press the wound, and then smear stinky mud on it, disguised as a beggar, and after passing the checkpoint, he followed the two little beggars through the dog hole into the city.

Looking at the clean furnishings around her, she breathed a sigh of relief, her fever had subsided and she felt refreshed. Her clothes had also been changed into new ones.

I think Mo Niang wiped my body when I was asleep.

I still feel a little dizzy, but it's no big deal.

It has been three days, and thinking of Bo Yi's situation in her dream, she can't waste any more time.

She took out the silver ingot from her bosom and left it on the table, then tiptoed out of the house, closed the gate, and the bell rang again.

She looked up and saw a bell under a lively fish sculpture. That was the sound just now.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but felt confused.

It was almost dawn and I was hungry, so I decided to find a place to have some hot meal before making any plans.

Longyuan is not a big place, but it is a place with a lot of traffic. Not to mention the Hongzhou drug dealers who occasionally pass by, the antique business itself makes this place always full of vitality.

Yu Qiansi took out two copper coins, bought a Hu pancake, ordered a bowl of hot soup, and sat down. He listened carefully to the stall owner's greetings and greetings, and occasionally talked about some interesting things recently.

Yu Qiansi finished his Hu Bing slowly, looked around, and asked curiously, "Old man, there are fish sculptures and bells hanging on many eaves in Longyuan City. Why is that?"

"Is this your first time in Longyuan?" The stall owner wiped off the sweat from his face, leaned over to add a handful of firewood, and asked with a smile, "Our Longyuan City is built around a forest. There are many antiques and medicinal herbs in the city. Therefore, people in Longyuan believe in fish spirits and invite the best carpenters to carve their family names on them and hang them on the eaves to pray for peace."

Yu Qiansi understood everything at once.

No wonder these fish are twisting their bodies as if they are swimming in the water.

Fish swim freely in the water, so there is no fire in the water. I think this is a kind of sustenance for the locals.

"But I saw that there were also doors and eaves without fish. Are they not afraid of fire?"

The stall owner's smile froze, and seeing Yu Qiansi's curiosity, he whispered, "Sir, please don't mention this casually. Those families without fish spirits all have someone who has passed away in their family."

"Hey! Old Garlic, why are you lying to others? It's just some hatred and grudges, what's there to say!" The stall is not big, and the tables are next to each other. The diners nearby had heard the conversation between the two and leaned over to come over.

"There was a legend in Longyuan many years ago. There was a woodcutter whose son was murdered. So the woodcutter took off the fish bell and put it in his son's coffin, asking the fish spirit to avenge his son. Unexpectedly, the murderer died suddenly not long after, and the woodcutter's fish spirit was next to his body."

The atmosphere of the diners telling stories was good. Yu Qiansi nodded slightly, and many questions came to his mind. He wanted to ask why the woodcutter's son was killed, why the murderer died, and whether he had ever opened the museum to check whether it was the same fish spirit.
But he was suddenly shocked by the cold wind and came back to his senses.

This was not the time to get too serious about these lies. She pretended to be shocked, lowered her head and drank a mouthful of hot soup to calm her nerves. She sighed softly, "So there are such strange stories. This time I followed my father, the shopkeeper, to find Gu Dong, and I really learned a lot."

"Oh, so the girl is here for business. What a coincidence!" Sure enough, the diner's eyes lit up when he heard her purpose.

Although Yu Qiansi was dressed in plain clothes, she had a good temperament. In this business, one should hide one's humbleness and not show off one's wealth. They treated her as a rich lady who came to look for toys, and said with a smile: "In Longyuan, who doesn't have a few ancient items from the previous dynasties hidden in the bottom of the box? They are all good things left on the battlefield! I guarantee that they are definitely not available on the market! Miss, young lady, why don't we talk for a moment?"

The stall owner, who was called "Old Garlic", saw him approaching and waved his hand like he was shooing away a fly: "Don't scare my customers. Girl, this ancient business is very complicated, so you still have to be careful."

"Thank you, old man," Yu Qiansi changed his address, looking embarrassed, "It's just that my father... ah, no, my boss has been in poor spirits since he entered the city yesterday. He barely managed to hold on until the curfew was over, so I planned to go to the clinic to ask a doctor to treat him. Old man, do you know which clinic in Longyuan City is the best? My boss is not short of money!"

Upon hearing this, the diner pointed to the south attentively and said, "Long has no medical clinics, only pharmacies. Three of them are the most powerful. Yujingtang, Yuyintang, and Wanyaotang, all of which have doctors on duty. Follow this road, and after passing the government office, go south and you will see Longyuan City. The three pharmacies are all there."

Yu Qiansi immediately showed gratitude: "Thank you, old man and this big brother."

It was not until they were far away from the Hu Bing stall that Yu Qiansi put away the grateful smile on his face and replaced it with a smile.

From time to time, she looked up at the different fish spirits and bells on the eaves around her, and suddenly stopped.

After frowning and confirming for a long time, she looked around.

The fish spirit on the high corner door had lost its tail and its body was mottled and dirty brown, but it still caught her attention.

The darker part, revealed by the grooves filled with dirt, was simple in style but impossible to mistake.

Duruo.

Such a high wall must be the back door of the government residence.

There is a letter from Du Ruozhai hanging on the wall, but it has not been changed for a long time.

Yu Qiansi thought of the crossbows that ambushed him and the random checks on passing merchants and travelers in Longyuan territory, and came up with a new plan.

Since there is a possibility of alerting the enemy, it is better to use this method of killing three birds with one stone.

Yu Qiansi found a private room in a restaurant, ordered a lot of delicious food and drinks, and asked someone to serve him. After the sun went down, he changed into a black suit, jumped onto the roof, and headed towards the official residence. (End of this chapter)