As she walked along the palace road, she always felt uneasy. If she really died in the courtyard of Shangfu Bureau, what would happen to the palace now? Will they mourn her?
It’s too dangerous! You’ve been through life and death so many times! Doesn’t anyone care about your own life?
She was grieving for her fate. She didn't know what the Queen and Qin Yun were planning at the moment. She could only take it one step at a time and make adequate preparations to avoid being killed by these open and secret arrows next time.
Everything in the palace was as usual, and the people passing by were polite. She always felt that the harem was always dead and lacked human touch. Who wouldn't go crazy under this huge oppression?
There are thousands of people in such a huge palace, but now there are only a few real masters, and they are fighting openly and secretly among themselves.
As she thought about it, she unconsciously walked to Jianzhang Palace. When she came to her senses, she was already at the closed gate of Jianzhang Palace. She looked up.
The solemn and desolate, black door with nothing on it actually makes the viewer feel desolate.
I heard that after the incident in the Liyuan, Concubine Du Shu was imprisoned in Jianzhang Palace, and all the palace attendants were sent away, leaving only one loyal maid who did not want to leave. It was Zhou Yang who found Ning Ruoshui when he overthrew her.
Testify.
Jianzhang Palace has always been a blessed place. The late emperor's favorite concubine once lived there, and Jianzhang Palace also lived a glorious life, and now it has become like this.
Suddenly there was a gust of wind, and nearly a hundred black crows flew out from the wall of Jianzhang Palace, which filled her with a sense of depression. She frowned and watched at the palace passage. The leading black crow spread its wings, and the others followed and flew away.
She had a bad feeling in her heart. It was really strange for so many black crows to appear in the palace, as if they were attracted by something from a distance.
Black crows eat carrion and often appear on graves or mass graves. She quickly pushed open the palace door, which had several layers of locks.
She heard a "squeak" sound, and the door of Luohui Palace was pushed open half way up her face. This was the maximum opening. She squatted under the chain that blocked her view, and used her hands to claw at the crack of the door.
A face was squeezed into the gap, trying to capture more of the perspective of Jianzhang Palace. She tried several times but couldn't keep both eyes in the gap at the same time.
So she closed her right eye and let her left eye peek at the scenery of Jianzhang Palace, but even so there was still a blind spot. She squeezed in, trying desperately to see the direction in which the black crow flew out just now.
I could vaguely see a hint of pink clothes, but they were no longer pink. They were stained with black-red and dust on the ground, like a puddle of something lying on the ground...
At this time, Chu Yunjing was startled. He seemed to see something like hair, and at the joint was an unrecognizable human face that had been eaten long ago. Only the broken bones and corroded flesh were left exposed.
She took another look and pulled her face away from the crack in the door. Just to the left of where she was, on the flat ground five or six steps away from the palace wall, there was a female corpse in pink clothes.
From the hair and clothes, she judged that it was a female corpse. She guessed that it should be the maid next to Du Shufei. What about Du Shufei? Is it more dangerous than good...
It looked like the maid's body had been dead for many days, but why didn't anyone report it? Someone had always reported the food in the harem, and the eunuch who delivered the food to Jianzhang Palace didn't hear anything wrong.
At this time, Si Yu looked at Chu Yunjing's wandering state and asked what she saw. Then she was brought back from her thoughts. She comforted Si Yu and said it was nothing.
The two of them immediately stood up, tightly closed the palace door, which was more than ten times as long and wide as hers, and then left as if nothing happened.
But she didn't give up, she wanted to go in and have a look.
So Zhou Yang was called at night, and she changed into a black robe with narrow sleeves and close-fitting clothes. The two of them were light and covered with their faces covered.
After all, Zhou Yang belonged to the Forbidden Army and was very familiar with the frequency of patrols by the Forbidden Army. He quickly avoided the patrolling guards and the palace attendants who were walking in a disciplined manner.
No one has been patrolling Jianzhang Palace for a long time, and no one dares to come to this desolate and silent place. They became bolder here and walked struttingly on the ring road outside Jianzhang Palace where they walked during the day.
When she walked to the dark door where she had peeked during the day, she took out the fire folding book and looked around, then opened the crack like it was during the day. She couldn't see anything in the pitch black.
She followed her memory and walked towards the approximate location of the body, pointing to the black wall: "This is it. The body I found during the day is probably in this location. Can I go in?"
Chu Yunjing placed the Huozhezi in front of the two of them so that they could see each other's faces clearly.
In Zhou Yang's eyes, the eyes of the person in front of him were always so sincere at this moment. As the flames danced, Chu Yunjing's eyes shone brightly, as clear as the stars that had not been seen for a long time.
He was stunned for a moment, then raised his lips, held Chu Yunjing's slender waist with one hand, pressed his feet hard on the ground, left the ground with his left hand, and flew lightly over the palace wall.
By the time Chu Yunjing realized what was happening, the two of them had already entered Jianzhang Palace. After settling down, Zhou Yang released his right hand from her waist.
She came out of the panic that Feitian had just experienced, took the fire certificate and looked around, but it was still pitch black.
The lack of lights in Jianzhang Palace at night has further fueled the suspicions of no one in the palace. Now that I can't see my fingers, I can only rely on the slightest fire break to explore the way. The pink-clad corpse I saw during the day is probably in this area.
I was bending forward and cautiously exploring, when suddenly I stepped on something!
She was so frightened that she quickly retracted her feet, took two steps back, and bumped into Zhou Yang's body.
Zhou Yang caught her and felt her trembling.
Zhou Yang picked up the fire seal in Chu Yunjing's hand and took a photo of it on the ground.
Sure enough! I saw that giant corpse!!
The pink clothes on the corpse had long been torn into pieces and spread out around the corpse in a mess. Any exposed flesh had been eaten away, and countless maggots were crawling around it...
The bloody areas became black and shiny after exposure to wind and sun, and the fingers and face were the first to be exposed.
So it was also the first thing that was eaten and only the bones were left...
Apart from the color of the clothes, the length of the hair, and the hairpins in the hair, it can be concluded that the body is that of a woman.
The rest of the clothes were not visible at all, but based on the style of these fragmentary clothes, they roughly judged that they belonged to the palace maids, but these clothes were made of inferior linen and cotton.
This man probably died in winter and has been lying here for more than two months. The palace maids would not wear such inferior materials, but there are no other women in the palace except the palace maids and concubines.
What's more, she was still in Jianzhang Palace, so she boldly guessed: "This is probably the maid next to Concubine Du Shu."
After hearing this, Zhou Yang carefully checked again, but still found nothing.
"Let's go in and take a look. Maybe Concubine Du Shu is still alive." Zhou Yang pointed the fire seal to the main hall ahead.
The two relied on the weak fire to find their way. Zhou Yang naturally walked steadily, as if he had night vision. Perhaps a master like him had already had the ability to see in all directions.
To Chu Yunjing's displeasure, he had the courage to hold on to the arm of the person leading the way.
After groping for about a hundred steps, I arrived at the bottom of the steps. At this time, a frightening wind blew throughout the Jianzhang Palace.
She was so frightened that her hair stood on end, and she immediately dared not leave. She closed her eyes tightly. Zhou Yang noticed the reaction of the person behind him, and his arm was pinched painfully by Chu Yunjing.
So he stopped, and after the gust of wind passed, he comforted softly: "It was just a gust of wind. It has passed. Let's go in quickly!"
Hearing such a gentle voice, her fear was instantly driven away, she opened her eyes tremblingly, and followed Zhou Yang up the steps.
At this moment, she has prayed to Bodhisattvas and Buddhas a hundred times in her heart. Chu Yunjing does not dare to be disrespectful to the Queen who is disrespectful to the gods. She begs Bodhisattvas and Buddhas to protect her...
After walking up dozens of steps, we arrived at the main hall of Jianzhang Palace. The entire Jianzhang Palace except the main hall was locked, and only the door to Concubine Du Shu's residence was left open.
She hid behind Zhou Yang, and for some reason she lost all the energy she had during the day. Perhaps it was because it was dark, when the fear of the unknown was most pronounced.
Zhou Yang pushed the door open and "squeaked". He didn't know how long it had been since the door was opened, but it was so heavy that dust fell like snow.
They quickly stepped back and covered their faces, waiting until the dust had almost settled before they were willing to go in.
Stepping into the main hall cautiously, Zhou Yang first went to find a candlestick and lit a lamp based on experience, and then hastily lit a few lamps so that they could see clearly the furnishings in the hall.
At this time, Chu Yunjing no longer felt any fear, and he looked around the palace and found nothing out of the ordinary, and there was no sign of Concubine Du Shu.
She didn't dare to take off the stretched string because Concubine Du Shu might be in the back room. She bravely picked up a candlestick and walked to the inner room...
The closer she got to the inner room, the more she could smell the stench, which became stronger and stronger. She covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves.
I thought it couldn’t be the stench coming from Concubine Du Shu’s corpse!
I endured the stench and lit the candlestick in the inner room, and a heinous scene came into view...
Concubine Du Shu lay on the bed in an extremely tragic way!
The body was arranged in a big character, the head and arms were hanging on the edge of the bed, and the body was half covered with a brocade quilt full of maggots!
Du Shufei's mouth, nose and eyes were also covered with disgusting maggots. The eyeballs had been eaten long ago, leaving only a pair of bloody eye sockets...
Seeing this tragic scene, Chu Yunjing couldn't help but feel his stomach churn any longer.
She hugged the vase on the table and pulled off the black cloth on her face. As the black cloth was pulled off, another stench of rotting corpses hit her.
The smell was so overwhelming that she sprayed it directly into the vase, vomited for a while, and even vomited out all the contents in her stomach, but she still couldn't get over it.
As long as she took a breath, she still felt like vomiting when she smelled the stench, and when she saw that she was about to vomit, she would spit out the bitter bile.
Zhou Yang wrapped the black cloth she was holding tightly in her hand around, and folded the entire face-covering part up to her nose.
Then, with his quick eyes and hands, he quickly caught her and tied her to her nose when she stopped. Zhou Yang pulled her outside the hall so that she could take a few breaths of fresh air.
After Chu Yunjing came out, he no longer had the intention to vomit. He breathed in the fresh air outside the hall and looked at the house behind him with lingering fear.
"This... this, this, this..." She put one hand on her knees and pointed into the room with the other, panting heavily and unable to even speak a word.
"It can be regarded as her retribution." Zhou Yang looked disapproving and very calm.
She looked at the man who had no reaction, but she could still calmly make sarcastic remarks and secretly call him a monster!
"Is this someone who was killed?" Chu Yunjing finally connected the sentence.