Night enveloped Xianyang Palace, bright torches were lit, and the dim red light replaced the sunlight of the day.

On the corridors of the palace's carved beams and painted buildings, those exotic birds and beasts that look exquisite during the day, under the cover of night, seem to be able to escape from the pillars at any time and run through this most formidable palace in the world.

Xianyang Palace at night is a little more mysterious and terrifying, but less bright and majestic than during the day.

Teams of Langguan, armed with swords and spears, carrying swords in their left hands and torches in their right hands, shuttled back and forth, not letting go of anyone suspicious, and they had the right to stop anyone.

"Lang Guan" should actually be "Lang Guan", which means the officers and soldiers under the corridor. "Lang" refers to "Corridor", so it is called "Lang Guan", also known as the Imperial Guard.

A team of Lang officers is assigned a Lang officer.

There are five junior ministers and one middle minister.

There are five middle men and one top man.

All senior ministers are under the jurisdiction of the minister of command.

Lang Zhongling is a minister of Qin State, with an annual salary of two thousand dan.

"stop!"

Two figures walking in tandem on the palace road bumped into a group of lieutenants. The lieutenant of this group of lieutenants immediately stopped them.

"promise."

The two of them stopped as they were told.

If it doesn't stop, Lang Guan has the right to kill first and then report.

If they don't listen to the official's orders and continue walking, they will be greeted by sharp bronze swords in the next second.

The lieutenant raised his palm, and all the lieutenants stopped. Twenty beeping torches dispersed the darkness, and the two people illuminated clearly.

The first is a young eunuch wearing green and black coarse linen eunuch clothes, and the latter is a man with a black veil on his face and wearing splendid court clothes.

Xia Lang looked past the little eunuch and landed on the masked man behind him.

Walking masked in the palace?

Xia Lang glanced at the sleeves of the masked man's robe and saw black stains on them. He recognized them as dried blood and his pupils shrank.

He put one hand behind his back on his waist, loosening it and then clenching it tightly - this meant that all the officers should be on alert.

"Boom~"

Twenty Changge paused lightly.

When the lieutenant heard the sound, he knew that all the lieutenants were ready for battle. He stared at the masked man with all his attention and said in a low voice: "Password!"

"The moon is bright." the young eunuch replied.

Xia Lang felt a little relieved and nodded, the command was correct.

In Xianyang Palace, the passwords change every hour at night, and there is no pattern.

"Who is he?" Xia Lang stared at the masked man, but it was the young eunuch he asked.

This is because there is an underlying rule in Xianyang Palace, which is to try not to question those who can answer the password correctly and are different from ordinary people.

No one knows whether there are people here who handle secret matters for the First Emperor and cannot be seen in the light - such as those secret guards who come and go without a trace.

Except for Gai Nie, the commander of the secret guards, and Zhao Gao, the deputy commander, no other secret guards were seen among all the surviving officials below the rank of Zhong Lang.

"I am Chuan, working in Zhangtai Palace. This is Li Tingwei. Your Majesty ordered me to escort Li Tingwei out of the palace."

Tingwei!

The young man was stunned and hurriedly handed over his hands in greeting.

"Greetings to Lord Tingwei!"

Tingwei is a senior official of the Qin State, with an annual salary of two thousand dan. He is a small servant, with an annual salary of only 150 dan, which is far behind Tingwei.

"Without courtesy, can I go?" A vague, inarticulate voice came from the masked man's mouth. "Tonight, this is the seventh time Si has been blocked!"

If you wear a black veil in the palace, which patrol brother would dare to let you go?

Xia Lang heard Li Si's dissatisfaction, and he also said dissatisfiedly: "Let it go!"

The armors clattered in unison, and a group of officials made way for a passage for the young eunuch and the masked man to pass through.

When the young eunuch and the masked man were halfway to the Lang's Hall, the servant seemed to have said unintentionally: "Chuan, how long have you been serving His Majesty? It's almost your turn, right?"

The little eunuch named Chuan kept walking, but there was a hint of smile in his voice: "No, I took office at the time of You, and I have been waiting for His Majesty for less than half an hour. I can only take my turn at the next hour."

The eunuchs of Zhangtai Palace were on duty for three hours plus a quarter of an hour. It would be difficult to know such secrets if you were not on duty at Zhangtai Palace.

Only then did Xia Lang completely relax, and shouted to the young eunuch who had already walked out of the Lang's official passage: "Thank you for your hard work!"

The young eunuch didn't respond, but the masked man's vague, inarticulate and angry voice came back: "I've heard similar words seven times!"

Xia Lang chuckled, shrugged at his brothers, and said with a smile: "You can never make a big mistake if you are careful."

All the officers smiled knowingly.

This is how low-level officials like them survive.

If the masked man they let go tonight is an assassin, according to Qin law, their entire team of lieutenants will be punished by the owl's head.

"Hush, Lord Tingwei hasn't gone far yet."

"Brother, I need to change the way I ask questions in the future. Other teams will also ask the same questions. It's not safe enough."

"Just be cautious, I'll leave this matter to you. Come up with a question that other teams don't have, and the brothers will chip in and send you to the balcony for a meal!"

"Hey, can you give me a little extra and give me a concubine?"

"Go, go, go! Go ahead and think of good things!"

Within this stern and cold palace wall, the couple had a rare moment of joy, just this moment.

Then, one by one, they grasped the torch and the long sword, continued to be careful in their words and deeds, and concentrated on patrolling.

They walked in unison, twenty of them, but there was only one sound when their footsteps hit the ground. They were like twenty robots.

The moment of whispering and laughing just now was as if it had never happened before.

A 'whoosh' sound.

Just in front of this team of Lang officers, a figure suddenly appeared, like a ghost, stopping them.

All the officers felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, their muscles tensed up, and their bronze spears were ready to be wielded at any time.

When the firelight illuminated the figure's face, all the lieutenants breathed a sigh of relief. The leader first held his fists in salute, and then said apologetically but resolutely: "Password!"

"Moonlight."

"Greetings to Mr. Che Fu Ling, Mr. Che Fu Ling, don't be surprised."

The person who came was none other than Zhao Gao, the official of Zhongche Mansion, known to all the officials, maids and eunuchs in Xianyang Palace.

Zhao Gao stood there with an indifferent expression. He had no intention of saying more to the group of officials and said bluntly: "Just now did you see a eunuch leading a man in black gauze and masked person passing by?"

All the officers' hearts sank, and they began to think wildly.

Lord Chefu ordered me to chase him personally. Could it be that there is really something wrong with those two people?

I am waiting for my life, do I have to explain this?

If I had known this, I should have been more cautious!

Xia Lang was also confused in his thoughts, but he did not dare to hide it and not report it.

If those two people were assassins, and he said he had seen them, then it would be the officers of his team who would have them executed.

If he said he didn't see it, it would be found out later that all the Lang officers in this team were from the Yi tribe.

"Sir, there are indeed two people passing by."

"Which way did it go?"

"Go this way."

Xia Lang turned around and pointed at the way the two left.

Whoosh~

When he turned around again, there was no one in front of him, and Zhao Gao had disappeared.

Seeing this scene, all the officials were relieved, and they all felt like they were surviving a disaster.

If those two people were really assassins, Zhao Gao would ask them to stay put and not move around.

"Fuck." Xialang called.

"Brother." The extremely cautious Lang Guan just now responded.

"Think a little more, and my brothers will find you a concubine on the balcony."

"His grandma won't eat meat next month! I'll pay fifteen dollars!"

"No one is short of a bite to eat, even I am fifteen!"

"Fu, my family is rich. If everyone can't make up, I will make up for it!"
To be continued...