The huge palace was tightly sealed off from the outside. Once inside the palace gate, Lin Haoming issued an order not to kill the old, weak, women and children, so most of the palace residents were guarded in several places in the palace.
As a princess, Concubine Xi was naturally easily recognized by others, but she still dressed up in disguise, indicating that she should have the ability in this area. Sure enough, Chen Tie searched for an hour, and all the palace maidens looked but could not find it. However, Wei Qian saw it
The overall situation must have been found.
Seeing this, Lin Haoming looked at Manager Han who was still kneeling in fear and fear. He suddenly thought of something, so he called Chen Tie over with a smile and whispered a few words in his ear.
Chen Tie was a little surprised when he heard it, but he quickly went to do it. When Wei Qian saw the person leaving, he asked curiously: "What trick did Marshal Lin use?"
"This Manager Han can dress up as a woman, and I think it's possible for Concubine Xi to dress up as a man, and compared to the General Manager of the Internal Affairs Office who travels around, a concubine knows fewer people, so I asked Chen Tie to go and let the eunuch guards
, took off all the clothes." Lin Haoming explained.
"Marshal Lin, this is a bad idea." Wei Qian couldn't help laughing after hearing this, but not long after, Chen Tiezhen came back with a young chamberlain.
"Empress Xi." When the others came closer, Jiang Heng also recognized it. Although he had only seen her twice at the palace banquet during the Chinese New Year, her personality could not be concealed, and even if the servant dressed up, if the disguise was removed,
She is indeed beautiful and charming.
"Are you Concubine Xi?" Lin Haoming and Wei Qian looked at it with interest.
"Concubine Xi, she is like this now. The little girl Fang Zhirou has met several generals." The woman bowed generously and did not regard herself as a princess who had subjugated her country at all.
"Haha, you are interesting." Wei Qian couldn't help laughing.
"I don't mean much, but it's worth a little bit. I wonder who this young master is?" Concubine Xi asked.
"Wei Qian." Wei Qian replied directly.
"It turns out to be Young Master Wei. This time, Young Master, the military governor broke through the royal capital. I think the world will be yours after you come here. The little girl will edit the book for her father so that he can adapt to the general trend." Fang Zhirou said, neither humble nor arrogant.
"You are indeed smart. Do you know any secret passages in the palace?" Lin Haoming also asked at this time.
When Fang Zhirou heard this, she naturally understood that the other party must not have caught Zhang Xiao, otherwise he would not have found her out and asked about this. However, she did not know, so she could only shake her head and said: "The little girl has been in the palace for less than three years. I have seen her before and after."
I have passed Zhang Xiao less than thirty times, how could I know this?" Xiang
"In less than three years, I have met Zhang Xiao less than thirty times. Counting some celebrations, doesn't it mean that the puppet king has met you less than five times a year?" Wei Qian seemed to be a little disbelieving.
"In the first year, he came almost once a month, and then he didn't come often. After all, apart from my status, I was not outstanding in terms of appearance, and I didn't want to please him. After all, he was two years older than my father.
I feel uncomfortable looking at him." Fang Zhirou was not polite at all, not only did she not care about the emperor who was her husband, but she also didn't care about other people's opinions.
Think about it for those present, Zhang Xiao is already forty-seven, and the Concubine Xi in front of her is only twenty at most. To a certain extent, she can be regarded as a miserable person. If she were not smarter, she might have been with the people in Jingtai Palace.
The other women met the same fate, but the fact that she was able to escape showed that the place was really chaotic last night.
Seeing that Lin Haoming and others were silent, Fang Zhirou then spoke again: "Although I haven't met him much, after all, I have to live in this deep palace, so I know his character to some extent. This person is not that extreme.
People don't care about other people's feelings, but they are also vicious. He ordered someone to summon him last night. I just thought something would happen, but I didn't expect that he would kill the concubine and the princess. Several generals have been looking for someone, and
It's not a search outside, which means no one ran out last night. I think the person should be here, or there is a secret passage in the palace. According to my understanding of that person, he likes to hide things in a secret way and makes unnecessary moves."
When Lin Haoming heard this, he suddenly realized something and immediately said: "Pang Erniu, take your people and search this Jingtai Palace again."
"Yes!" Pang Erniu immediately accepted the order.
Hundreds of soldiers rushed into the ruins that had just been extinguished. Within a quarter of an hour, they heard a soldier shouting: "General, there is a secret passage."
Lin Haoming walked over and found that it was really a secret passage. It was buried under some furniture that had been burnt to char. If you didn't look for it, you really couldn't see it, but if you search carefully, you can't find it.
"Fang Zhirou, you have made a meritorious service, and I can now pardon you from any guilt." Wei Qian said happily.
Lin Haoming looked at Wei Qian. This woman was young after all. Although a woman like Fang Zhirou was not stunningly beautiful, she had a special status and a personality. For someone like Wei Qian, her appearance was no longer the same.
The most important thing.
Of course, Lin Haoming didn't think much about this at this time. Instead, he arrived at the secret passage and found that the secret passage went all the way down. After entering, it was pitch black, but it was not stuffy. There were obviously vents.
After walking down for a while, the secret passage gradually opened up, but at this moment, an arrow suddenly shot from the front. Pang Erniu at the front screamed, obviously he had been hit by the arrow.
"Sword and shield hand." Seeing this, Lin Haoming gave the order directly, and soon asked the soldiers to come down with their shields, and at the same time took out Pang Erniu, who had an arrow in his shoulder.
The people above were even more happy to see Pang Erniu injured. After all, it meant that there was really someone below.
With the sword and shield hand in hand, we quickly advanced step by step. At this time, I finally heard someone shouting from inside: "Stand by, I am Princess Jingtai of Daxia Kingdom."
Hearing this, Lin Haoming, who was following the Sword and Shield Man, immediately knew that the person who spoke was Zhang Xiao's queen, but now she no longer considers herself a queen. After all, she can only survive by relying on her identity as the Great Xia Kingdom.
"Princess, is Zhang Xiao here?" Lin Haoming couldn't kill the Xia Princess directly, so he asked directly.
"He is already dead. He committed suicide when you came down. Who are you? I have to wait for someone who can speak to me to come over." Lin Haoming soon heard the cold voice of the Yue Queen.
She didn't seem to care about Zhang Xiao's death, or in other words, she cared more about herself.
Lin Haoming was silent for a moment, and then said: "I am Marshal Lin Haoming of the Northern Route Army. Princess, please give up your resistance, otherwise don't blame the sword for having no eyes."
"Since you are Marshal Lin, please come over." The other party hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
Soon Lin Haoming asked the people in front to continue passing by. Not long ago, the front became more open. It was completely a stone room. Under the light of the lights, Lin Haoming could see a lot of food and water here. A middle-aged woman was surrounded by several people.
Surrounded by female guards, a middle-aged man and several guards were lying on the ground, as well as an old man wearing the uniform of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Several children stood aside, looking at this side in fear.