Chapter 231 Lu Xiong, Vice Commander of the Palace
Around the end of the Xu period, the sky gradually became dark.
Dagu was thinking about whether to take the risk of visiting the palace at night. Suddenly, he saw two people walking out of the palace.
Dagu had investigated Wu Chengsi and knew that the two men were the chief and deputy commanders of the county prince's palace. Among them, the orthodox leader Han Cheng was the general of the Qianniu Guard.
His heart moved, and he quietly followed with a few of his men.
The two of them went to Ye Yuqiu together, and Dagu couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Ye Yuqiuchi has recently gained a new beauty named Soyina.
This girl is versatile, has excellent dancing skills, and has a bit of Western style, so she quickly became the number one in Yeyuqiu, second only to Gu Luoer.
However, no one knew that this woman was actually given to the Tubo prince by the Great Eater, and was arranged by Chidu Chizan to spy on Ye Yuqiu.
Dagu hurriedly sent his subordinates to Ye Yuqiu to inquire. When he learned that Han Cheng and the others had chosen Gu Luoer and Soyina to accompany them, he was relieved.
He immediately asked one of his subordinates to deliver a message to the maid Soyina, asking her to find out the news about Zhentian Lei.
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In a luxurious hall on Ye Yuqiu, Gu Luoer played, Soyina danced, and Han Cheng and Lu Xiong sat on the table, dancing and drinking with music.
Soyna has curly hair, blue eyes, white teeth and red lips, a plump figure, and flowing eyes. As long as her eyes meet hers, it is as if she is attracted by a magnet, and it is difficult to break free.
After the song ended, the two women drank with them. Soyina smiled charmingly and said:
"The person that the Nu family respects the most is the Prince of Changping County. The two masters are the commanders of the Prince's Palace. The Nu family is really happy to be able to drink with you two."
Han Cheng was a little reserved about this kind of occasion, but Lu Xiong worked as a nurse in Ye Yuqiu. He saw a lot of pigs running around and was very skilled at eating pork.
He admired Gu Luoer so much that he did not dare to blaspheme, but he had no scruples about this woman from the Western Region.
He took her little hand and touched it, and said with a smile: "My prince will be very happy to know that a beauty like you admires her."
Gu Luo'er snorted coldly, stood up and said, "I feel unwell and can't stay with you, so I'm going to leave first."
With that said, he turned around and left the room.
Lu Xiong smiled and was about to get up when Han Cheng said: "I'll go." After saying that, he got up and chased after him.
Soyna snorted: "Sister Gu is such a arrogant person. She is so ignorant, why do you good men in Chang'an still like her so much?"
Lu Xiongxin said: "You slut knows nothing." Seeing that Gu Luo'er was not around, he stopped being polite with his hands and soon touched Soyina until she gasped.
Soyna was also unambiguous and kept asking Lu Xiong to drink. Lu Xiong opened his mouth and drank.
Not long after, Lu Xiong became very drunk. Soyina took the opportunity to ask:
"Master Lu, I heard someone said that there was a sound of thunder in the Prince's Mansion today. Could it be that the Prince is really a priest descended to earth?"
Lu Xiong waved his hand and said: "Hey, don't listen... those people are talking nonsense, that is not the sound of thunder, but... but..."
"But what!" Soyina shook Lu Xiong's arm.
"It's gunpowder!"
Soyna's eyes lit up and she asked again: "What is gunpowder, and why can it make the sound of thunder?"
Lu Xiong quipped: "This... is the biggest... secret of our palace. It can't be said... it can't be said..."
Soyina snorted secretly, poured Lu Xiong three more glasses of wine, and asked, "Master Lu, what on earth is that gunpowder?"
Lu Xiong said with drunken eyes, "That is...our...Tang Army's secret weapon. The sound is as loud as...thunder, and the power is not much different from thunder..."
"Is it really that powerful?"
Lu Xiong groaned and said: "I... saw it with my own eyes, how... can it be false? If you don't believe it, you can... go and see with your own eyes... go and see..."
"Where to look!"
Lu Xiong burped and said with a smile:
"Don't you... know this? Tomorrow the prince will demonstrate the power of the latest gunpowder at... that place... so that all the civil and military officials of the court can take a look..."
After saying that, there was a snap and his head fell on the table.
Soyina wanted to kick Lu Xiong to death.
He looked back at the direction of the door and saw that Han Cheng showed no sign of coming back. He pulled up Lu Xiong's head and asked urgently: "Where on earth is it displayed? Tell me quickly!"
"Show...what?"
"Gunpowder!"
"Oh, well, it seems...it seems to be in Furong Garden..." Lu Xiong said in a daze.
"Are you sure you are in Furong Garden?" Soyina pressed.
"Yes...it's in...Hibiscus Garden."
Soyna let go of her hand, and Lu Xiong's head fell back on the table.
She stood up, quietly walked to the door, looked outside, and saw that Han Cheng was not outside the door, so she closed the door and left the room.
After a long while, Han Cheng came to the door, pushed the door open, and said to Lu Xiong who was lying on the table: "She has already gone to report the news, there is no need to pretend."
Lu Xiong laughed, raised his head and said, "Brother Han, I think I have made some contributions to the prince this time."
Han Cheng said with a smile: "Whether or not the Tibetan people will appear in the Furong Garden tomorrow depends on whether they have achieved meritorious service or not."
Lu Xiong nodded and asked, "Where is everyone Gu, where is she?"
"She is making sobering soup for you. Otherwise, when Soyina comes back later, how will she explain that you are missing?"
Lu Xiong smiled and said: "There's no need to do it, right? Can't we just lie to her?"
Han Cheng said seriously:
"This matter is of great importance. You must not make mistakes in the details and let Soyina see the flaw. Everyone Gu also specially asked Miss Xiaoxue to entangle Soyna's maid, just to prevent her from accidentally breaking in and seeing you.
Not drunk."
Lu Xiong smiled bitterly and said, "So, I still have to wait here for everyone to send sobering soup?"
"That's natural. When acting, you have to do the whole thing." Han Cheng sat down on a chair.
After a while, Gu Luoer entered the room with sobering soup. Lu Xiong drank the soup and then left Ye Yuqiu with Han Cheng.
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Outside the night of rain and autumn, Soyina told Dagu the news. Dagu hurriedly returned to the Beijing Office and told the news to Chidu Chizan.
After the Tubo prince heard the news, he couldn't sit still for a while and kept walking back and forth in the lobby.
"We must think of a way... we must think of a way!" Chidu Chizan kept mumbling.
"Your Highness, what method are you talking about?" Dagu asked.
"Of course I want to find a way to sneak into Furong Garden and see with my own eyes what the gunpowder is!"
Dagu said: "Your Highness, don't worry. On the way back, I asked people to inquire about Furong Garden. That place is huge and it was the royal forbidden garden of the Tang Dynasty. It is not difficult to sneak in."
Chidu Chizan hummed: "Not only must you sneak in, but I must sneak in myself!"
"Why would your Highness take the risk yourself? Can't you just let your subordinates sneak in and take a look?"
"How can I rest assured if I don't see it with my own eyes? Besides, if I don't see it clearly, if Zanpu asks, how can I answer it?"
Dagu didn't try to persuade him any more. He thought for a moment and said:
"Your Highness, they will definitely seal off Furong Garden tomorrow. Why don't we sneak in tonight? It should be less difficult."
"What can you do?"
"I heard that the envoy from Goryeo and Gu Duulu of the Turks had a hunting competition in the Furong Garden this afternoon. Let's go to Gu Duulu for help. He only needs to tell us that he dropped something in the garden and he can take us in."
Chidu Chizan wondered: "Isn't Furong Garden a royal forbidden garden of the Tang Dynasty? How can they hunt there?"
"I heard that the Goryeo envoy was very popular with Wu Chengsi, and it was the housekeeper of Wu Chengsi's house who personally brought them in."
Chidu Chizan's doubts disappeared and he smiled and said: "Dagu, you are really my king's wise man. Come on, let's go find Guduulu now."
Arriving at the Turkic Embassy in Beijing, the young Turkic king naturally did not dare to refuse the Tibetan prince and took him to Furong Garden. Chidu Chizan and Dagudu pretended to be his men.
After Guduulu explained the reason, Qianniuwei let them in.
An hour later, Gu Duolu led people out of Furong Garden again.
Seeing that the Qianniu Guards did not realize that there were two less guards accompanying him, Gu Duolu breathed a sigh of relief and led them away.
Not long after he left, a man walked out from behind a tree outside the garden, and it was Han Cheng.
"How's it going? Did the rats get in?" Han Cheng asked the guarding Qianniu Guards sergeant.
"Back to General, two people got in." The squad leader replied.
Han Cheng said: "Send a few good men to put on gardener clothes and keep an eye on them secretly."
"My subordinate understands."
Han Cheng nodded, asked for a horse, and headed back to the palace.