Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan led Li Qinghan into Beijing through the escape hole left by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. When they arrived in front of Prince Xin's Mansion, Ma Xiaoquan proposed and implemented the method of entering through a dog hole...
Although Li Qinghan struggled, the dog hole was narrow, and she was forced into the dog hole by Ma Xiaoquan. She had no way to resist. In desperation, Li Qinghan had no choice but to crawl forward on her stomach.
Although the dog cave is open from front to back, it is not transparent, has several turns, and is mixed with the smell of dog odor.
Li Qinghan loves cleanliness very much, so letting her crawl into a dog hole is tantamount to torture.
At this time, Ma Xiaoquan also lay down in the dog hole, following behind Li Qinghan.
"Qinghan, hurry up," Ma Xiaoquan urged in a low voice.
Li Qinghan felt aggrieved and couldn't get angry anymore, so he raised his leg and kicked him backwards hard.
There was no shout from Ma Xiaoquan behind him. Li Qinghan thought it was because Ma Xiaoquan held back, but the kick just now was indeed a kick.
Li Qinghan's mood immediately improved a lot as he kicked to vent, but he didn't know that the kick he felt just now was just what Ma Xiaoquan had predicted and received with his palm.
After about fifty breaths, the two climbed to the entrance of the dog cave.
The entrance of the dog cave was relatively wide, and it was actually as wide as two people lying side by side. Ma Xiaoquan quietly climbed up and climbed side by side with Li Qinghan.
"Qinghan, I'll go out first. If there's no problem, I'll meow. Just follow me out. Well, if there's a problem, you can go back through the dog hole." Ma Xiaoquan ordered.
Li Qinghan felt depressed. Even if she was caught this time, she would never go back out of the dog hole again because it was too smelly and dirty.
Ma Xiaoquan had no idea what Li Qinghan was thinking. As soon as he finished speaking, he crawled out of the dog hole on all fours.
With Ma Xiaoquan's skill, crawling on the ground is a trivial matter to him, and his voice is also very quiet.
The guards in Prince Xin's Mansion are indeed tight, but there is no one in Goudong. The reason is that Goudong is very remote and surrounded by tall grass and trees. Even if people come, it will not be good.
Come on, secondly...Zhu Youjian raised a top-notch Pekingese a few days ago. Zhu Youjian loves it very much, and this little thing loves to run around. How did this dog hole come from?
In fact, it was Zhu Youjian who felt sorry for his Jingba and ordered someone to dig a dog hole in the wall.
Ma Xiaoquan observed it and saw that there was no one around, so he meowed softly like a cat.
Li Qinghan followed Ma Xiaoquan for many days and learned a lot of stealth skills. As soon as Ma Xiaoquan's meow fell, she had already appeared next to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and whispered: "Qinghan, if we want to see what Zhu Youjian is doing, we have to find a way to get close to the room where he lives."
Li Qinghan whispered: "But Zhu Youjian is already asleep. I'm afraid we won't find anything if we go."
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and shook his head: "Zhu Youjian usually sleeps for a short time. I guess he should wake up in a quarter of an hour."
"How do you know?"
Ma Xiaoquan's lips curled up: "Because I am a Jin Yiwei, hum."
...
Ma Xiaoquan was right. Before a quarter of an hour, orders had been sent from the palace.
Two servants happened to pass by the remote place where Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan were hiding, and they were chatting while walking.
One said: "The prince woke up and said he wanted to eat some cakes. Let's not delay."
Another responded: "Well, I know, yes, do you know why the prince woke up?"
"Why? Didn't the prince sleep for a short time? Is it normal to wake up?"
"Hey, that's not the case. It's Wei Zhongxian, um, the Wei Zhongxian who serves the emperor. Eunuch Wei suddenly came."
"Eunuch Wei? Oh, that's it..."
...
The voices of the two gradually faded away. Among the tall grass and trees, Ma Xiaoquan took Li Qinghan's hand and suddenly felt Li Qinghan squeeze him.
After waiting for a while and making sure that the two people were gone, Li Qinghan whispered: "Why is Wei Zhongxian here? Why is he looking for King Xin?"
Ma Xiaoquan couldn't see Li Qinghan's expression, but from the way she pinched herself just now, she could tell that Li Qinghan was obviously nervous.
After all, Li Qinghan was once bullied by Wei Zhongxian. Although Wei Zhongxian failed in the end, Li Qinghan still felt disgusted with Wei Zhongxian in his heart.
"I don't know. It just so happens that we can eavesdrop on what they are talking about."
"Okay." Although Li Qinghan hated Wei Zhongxian very much, she didn't mind much since Ma Xiaoquan was by her side.
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The distance from the dog cave to Zhu Youjian's bedroom was not that far, but there were many guards. Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan spent a long time together, but they couldn't think of a better way to get there.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the palace: "Come on, come on, King Xin ordered me to go and get things, you... you, you, come"
This order dispersed most of King Xin's soldiers who were still on guard, and the rest had to patrol back and forth, leaving a lot of space.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, thinking that the opportunity had come, so he pulled Li Qinghan and slipped out along the wall.
At the door of King Xin's bedroom, there were two guards patrolling back and forth. Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan cleverly hid in the shadows and created a visual blind spot. Naturally, the two guards could not see anything. Of course, Ma Xiaoquan was not a fool.
Observe the patrol frequency of these two people and calculate the time.
After observing for several times, Ma Xiaoquan had already grasped the patrol time of the guards. When the guards turned around, he and Li Qinghan tiptoed quickly towards Zhu Youjian's bedroom.
Zhu Youjian had a problem and liked to receive guests in the bedroom. When Ma Xiaoquan came to Prince Xin's Mansion before, Zhu Youjian always received him in the bedroom.
Wei Zhongxian is no exception.
The two of them walked around the bedroom and hid under the low wall behind the bedroom, pricking up their ears and listening.
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"Haha, Zhongxian, why are you coming to see me so late?"
"Your Majesty, hehe, my servant has taken over part of Ma Xiaoquan's jurisdiction according to His Majesty's wishes, especially that side of the city wall."
"Well, you did a good job. By the way, I heard that you went to the Heaven and Earth Club today. What? You also want to take over Ma Xiaoquan's business?"
"Hehe, I can't hide anything from the prince... Indeed, I really want to take over the Heaven and Earth Club, but... Your Majesty, it's not easy to handle."
"Humph, Zhongxian, you are a little too anxious. Although Ma Xiaoquan has gone to Ningyuan, it does not mean that he will not come back. I think you should give up on the matter of the heaven and earth club for the time being."