Li Ben laughed and said: "Shopkeeper Xiao has traveled all over the country, and indeed he has some insights. That's right! The Queen Mother is not just looking for comfort from you, but to ask for your help! There are traitors in the court, and the Queen Mother needs help!"
This secret will have to be told to Xiao Dapeng sooner or later. If Xiao Dapeng retreats, Li Ben will not mind killing him. He is surrounded by Li Ben's confidants, including the private soldiers he has secretly cultivated in the past few months, as well as those from his Preparation Mansion.
The transferred masters. Although Li Ben didn't understand martial arts, with these people here, it would not be difficult to capture Xiao Dapeng.
Xiao Dapeng looked hesitant as expected. It is normal for the court to have treacherous ministers, but it is abnormal for the Queen Mother to use external forces to eliminate them. This shows that the power of treacherous ministers in the court is quite huge. Xiao Dapeng has his own eyes and ears, so of course he knows
The treacherous official Li Ben was referring to must be Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, who was in charge of power. Participating in this kind of thing is gambling. If you win, you will be prosperous, and if you lose, you will be shattered to pieces.
However, both Xiao Dapeng’s parents died, and he did not get married, nor did he have any children. In other words, Xiao Dapeng is now barefoot and is not afraid of wearing shoes. He only hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Xiao did it!"
Li Ben couldn't help but feel relaxed, nodded, and said: "Okay, you will follow me into the palace immediately to meet the Queen Mother!"
The guards of the left and right Prefectural Prefecture all have campsites in the palace, but they can leave the palace once every six days, but they must be accompanied by more than five people. As for officers above the rank of captain, most of their homes are in Luoyang City, so they are not on duty.
You can go home when the time comes. The palace gate is guarded by the left and right prison guards, and Pei Ji, the general of the prison guard, is Li Yuan's confidant. There are several captains in the left and right guards who are naturally recognized by the palace guards, so Xiao Dapeng
You cannot pretend to be a school captain, but only an ordinary guard. Today is the day when the guards leave the palace. If you don't enter the palace today, you will have to wait for another six days.
Xiao Dapeng was tall. He put on the armor of a guard and wore a waistband, and he looked quite presentable. He also followed Li Ben in, so he was not hindered by anything. After entering the palace, it was Li Ben's territory.
The guards were all under his command, so the journey was naturally smooth. Xiao Dapeng followed Li Bi straight to the harem, and soon arrived at a gorgeous palace surrounded by guards and heavily guarded.
In Yang Guang's era, even guards were not allowed to enter the harem. But now this rule has long been in vain. It is common for Li Yuan and his son to enter and exit the harem. Naturally, they have to bring a large number of guards with them. In addition, in order to prevent Empress Dowager Xiao from contacting the outside world, arrangements must be made
There were a large number of guards. Of course, Li Yuan would never have imagined that Li Ben, who came out of a small mountain village, would be bold enough to change his family.
Arriving outside the door of Empress Dowager Xiao's palace, Li Ben winked at Xiao Dapeng and said, "Wait here!"
Xiao Dapeng nodded, pressed the knife and stood aside. After half an hour, without seeing any movement, Xiao Dapeng became nervous, and his palms were full of sweat. In fact, Xiao Dapeng was brave enough, otherwise he would not have dared not see it.
The mysterious man came to Luoyang City as soon as he arrived, and he did not dare to follow Li Ben and break into the palace. But this has nothing to do with being bold. Just like Qin Wuyang next to Jing Ke, he was also a master who was not afraid of death, but when he arrived in Qin,
The palace still looked panicked. If anyone could say that someone was so crazy that he ran amok in the palace, it was Liu Ziqiu.
Although this was only the palace of Empress Dowager Xiao, the surrounding guards were all ashen as water and silent, giving people invisible pressure. Xiao Dapeng couldn't help but feel a bit chilly. In fact, when Li Ben first entered the palace, although these guards
Li Ben's performance as the leader was not as good as him. Later, after hanging around in front of Empress Dowager Xiao all day long, Li Ben gradually became bolder.
Regardless of whether the emperor or the concubines, they are all humans but not gods. They also have two eyes and one nose. It’s just that they are usually aloof, and others will naturally be afraid of them. But those who are around the emperor and concubines all day long
But people are different. They can come into contact with the most ordinary life of the emperor and the concubines, and they can come into contact with the emperor and the concubines eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping, etc., so naturally their respect for the emperor and the concubines will fade away.
After another half an hour, Li Ben walked out of Empress Dowager Xiao's palace and nodded towards the guards outside: "You, you, and you, come in with me!"
Of course Xiao Dapeng was among them, following Li Ben into the Queen Mother's palace.
This Queen Mother's Palace was originally the palace of Empress Xiao, and it was also the most luxurious palace in the palace. The reason why Empress Dowager Xiao moved here was not because of the luxury and extravagance here, but because the palace was relatively independent and easy to control. Li Yuan
She was forced to move here. This made it even more difficult for Empress Dowager Xiao to communicate with the outside world.
Xiao Dapeng was still nervous and did not dare to look around. At this time, he heard a woman yelling: "Someone, drag her out and kill her with a stick!"
The two guards who entered the palace with Xiao Dapeng stepped forward, knocked a young palace maid to the ground, took off her skirt, revealing a white full moon. The palace maid choked with sobs and begged for mercy, and the two guards
But she turned a deaf ear and picked up the wooden staff and smashed it down. Only two "pop" sounds were heard, and the palace maid's cry suddenly stopped.
Xiao Dapeng didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't see what the palace maid looked like. But he lowered his head and saw that the palace maid's white and tender plump buttocks were covered with flesh and blood in an instant, and his heart couldn't help but twitch. The two guards
But he picked up the wooden staff and struck it down one after another. After more than ten blows, a guard stopped, checked the maid's breath, raised his hand and said, "General Qi, I'm out of breath!"
"Drag him out!" Li Ben waved his hand and said to Xiao Dapeng, "You, come in with someone!"
Xiao Dapeng secretly clenched the handle of the knife and sneered in his heart. He wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, but I, Xiao, am not afraid! In fact, Xiao Dapeng was still a little scared in his heart. He did not think that his life was worth less than that shit, Queen Mother Xiao. If he could choose to live, he would
I don't want to die together.
In fact, Xiao Dapeng thought wrong. Li Bi's move was not to scare the monkeys, but to deceive others so that Xiao Dapeng could enter the palace of Empress Dowager Xiao. Just now, Li Bi entered the palace for so long to tell Empress Dowager Xiao that people had been brought. Empress Dowager Xiao was unavoidable.
There was still some hesitation, so Li Ben tried to persuade him for a while, so there was a delay. However, not all of the guards outside the palace were Li Ben's confidants. He always had to find a reason to bring a few people in.
Although the situation of Empress Dowager Xiao, mother and son was akin to house arrest, and Yang Gao was just a puppet, they were the empress dowager and emperor in name only, so Li Yuan did not restrict them too much. In addition to not being able to contact the outside world, they were not allowed to go anywhere in the palace.
In addition to moving around, Queen Mother Xiao still has the right to deal with the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Most of these eunuchs and maids are spies sent by Li Yuan, but how could Li Yuan care about the life and death of these eunuchs and maids. Therefore, Queen Mother Xiao almost every day
Heaven will execute one or two eunuchs or maids, and then Li Yuan will send a few more trustworthy eunuchs and maids.
This was actually a means of resistance by Empress Dowager Xiao. Over time, the eunuchs and maids in the palace became more honest and less dared to spread random messages to Li Yuan. Of course, Empress Dowager Xiao and her son were under house arrest here, and they had nothing to say to them.
, so Queen Mother Xiao has not killed anyone with a stick for a long time.
The palace maid deserves to be unlucky today. Empress Dowager Xiao has to successfully get Xiao Dapeng into the palace. This is the only way, because except for Li Ben, other guards are not allowed to enter the palace casually. Li Ben is also Li Yuan's confidant on the surface. What does he know?
The eunuch and palace maid were one of Li Yuan's spies, so he randomly appointed her.
Xiao Dapeng followed Li Bi to the palace, and heard the angry voice coming again: "Are you Xiao Dapeng? Raise your head and let me see."
This time, the woman's voice was exceptionally soft and soft, not at all like she had just executed a person.
Xiao Dapeng raised his head and was stunned. He originally thought that the Queen Mother Xiao was an old woman, but unexpectedly she was a young and beautiful woman. His eyes couldn't help but twinkle.
Queen Mother Xiao was stunned when she saw Xiao Dapeng, and said in a deep voice: "Take off your helmet."
Xiao Dapeng didn't understand what he meant, but he took off his helmet obediently. He was originally a member of a noble family, handsome in appearance, and had been in charge of the carriage business for more than half a year. Although he had developed some market spirit, overall he was still somewhat arrogant.
Queen Mother Xiao was stunned for a moment, then murmured: "It's so similar!"
Li Ben almost laughed out loud. The Empress Dowager Xiao was too good at pretending. But then she noticed that the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xiao looking at Xiao Dapeng were exceptionally soft, and Li Ben couldn't help but feel a sense of sourness in his heart. Li Ben and Li Yuan, Xiao Dapeng
They were all lustful people, and they had long coveted the beauty of Empress Dowager Xiao. But Li Ben knew that Empress Dowager Xiao was actually Li Yuan's target. At least before Li Yuan was destroyed, Li Ben did not dare to have any improper thoughts.
.But now the Queen Mother Xiao clearly has a crush on Xiao Dapeng, a pretty boy, and Li Ben feels very unsatisfied.
Xiao Dapeng was also very bold. He stared closely at Empress Dowager Xiao's smiles and frowns. The panic just now was long gone. He followed Empress Dowager Xiao's words and asked, "I wonder what the queen said about the statue?"
There was no playfulness on Empress Dowager Xiao's face, and she said seriously: "You look very much like the same person! What is your grandfather's name?"
Xiao Dapeng was stunned and blurted out: "Xiao Xin!"
When they were in Changshan Village, Xiao Xin repeatedly emphasized to Xiao Dapeng not to reveal his life experience. After all, the Xiao family was an old official of the Southern Dynasty and was on the opposite side of the Sui Dynasty. Once the court knew about it, it would probably bring disaster. But as Xiao Xin
After his death, Xiao Dapeng had long forgotten this warning. Of course, Xiao Dapeng never mentioned it to anyone, because no one had ever asked him. Recently, Xiao Dapeng was so prosperous in the horse and carriage dealership that he even forgot about his grandfather.
Yes, it seems that he didn't visit Xiao Xin's grave during the Mid-Autumn Festival.