Chapter 650 Puyuan
Liu Ji showed a look of surprise and regret, and asked when he could meet the national teacher, what kind of person the national teacher was, etc., as if he was worshipping his idol very much.
The young men around Lu Xiaofeng started chatting with him at once, ranging from the mysterious methods of the national teacher to the philosophy of life, and from the philosophy of life to secret gossip.
I just feel that Liu Ji is a person who can give appropriate and positive responses to whatever you say to him. It is so comfortable to chat with him.
By the time Qin Yao bypassed the guards in front of the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion and reached the deserted narrow alley, Lu Xiaofeng and others had already set up an altar to prepare to become sworn brothers with Liu Ji.
In order to ensure that the Imperial Preceptor's prayers would not be disturbed, the Emperor sent a team of palace guards to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to guard the place, to prevent the prayers from being disrupted or interrupted.
Qin Yao just felt it was strange. She had not lived in Sheng Kingdom for a long time, but whose good person would pray for blessings in the Imperial Master's Mansion?
Don't we need to build a place like the Temple of Heaven or a prayer hall to appear solemn?
Moreover, so many palace guards were added. It didn't seem like they were trying to prevent the prayers from being interrupted, but rather as if they were afraid that the imperial teacher would be killed.
It's really strange that a house is so heavily guarded.
Qin Yao couldn't help but think of the house-raiding scene she saw yesterday morning. The eldest princess seemed to be concerned about whether the assassin who assassinated the prince had been caught.
Is it true that Bai Hehui was caught?
Looking at the palace guards in the Imperial Master's Mansion, Qin Yao felt a little unconvinced.
Moreover, the person hiding under her bed at Yunlai Inn that night didn't seem to be a martial arts master. At most, he was an ordinary person with relatively agile skills.
If such people can be sent out as assassins, it is a shame for the industry.
Who exactly is the assassin that Baihe caught?
Who wants to kill the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace?
It seemed as if everyone was pointing the finger at the eldest princess, but Qin Yao felt that if she were the eldest princess, she would not do something that would easily expose herself during such a period of intense conflict between the two sides.
Another point is that Qin Yao still remembers Gong Liangliao's well-intentioned warning in Liujia Village. After all, they are all family members with the surname Baili, and outsiders who get involved will be the most unlucky.
Therefore, the possibility of sibling murder is not high.
If that's the case, what kind of assassin did Bai He and his men capture? What kind of blessing did the Imperial Master pray for in this mansion?
Are these powerful palace guards at the door here to protect the imperial teacher or to guard against someone else?
Qin Yao never causes trouble for herself, so let her come and see what secrets are in this Imperial Master's Mansion!
She listened carefully to the sounds around her and heard footsteps receding from inside the wall. She immediately jumped up and landed silently on the high wall like a cat, crouching down and not moving.
There are really a lot of guards in the Imperial Master's Mansion. Not only are there people guarding the front and back doors, but there are also guards arranged in the courtyard to patrol back and forth.
Maybe they felt there was nothing to be on guard against during the day, so the serious atmosphere revealed a bit of the laziness of a worker slacking off.
The Imperial Master's Mansion covers a very large area, with rows of houses inside and seven or eight independent courtyards distributed in the east, west and north directions.
In addition to the many houses, there are also many attics, pavilions, and artificial landscapes. There are ponds and springs in the house. What's even more exaggerated is that there is an artificial lake in the house where you can even go boating!
Qin Yao only took a quick look and felt like she had sneaked into a 5A garden scenic area.
Looking at the maids and servants who were busy coming and going in the mansion, Qin Yao couldn't help but feel gloomy for a moment - I'm going to fight you rich people!
I took a deep breath, looked at the blue sky and the ordinary people working hard for survival on the streets in the distance, and the darkness in my heart was finally suppressed.
The house was too big, and Qin Yao squatted for a long time without deciding on a direction to explore. She simply dodged the guards who were slacking off in the Imperial Master's Mansion and admired all the scenery in the Mansion along the way.
When the sun got brighter at noon, he would come down from the wall and hide in a dark corner.
When she saw beautiful maids passing by carrying delicious offerings, she would take a piece of the offering cake and eat it.
After eating until my throat was dry, I ate another fragrant pear. I admired the golden peacock in the "zoo" in the backyard of the Imperial Master's Mansion, lifted the hair that was blown by the wind and was annoying in front of my forehead, and secretly sighed that being invincible was so lonely.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the corridor behind the viewing wall.
Qin Yao, who was looking at the golden peacock across from her slowly spreading its feathers towards her, hurriedly retreated from under the shady tree to the foot of the wall.
Two maids came over.
One said, "Alas, Mr. Wang hasn't had breakfast yet. What should we do if this continues?"
Another one said worriedly, "If the Imperial Master blames us, we will be dead."
The one who just said, "Let's send the lunch first. This is the eighth cook we have changed. I hope it suits your taste."
The other one was in a state of despair, and complained quietly: "I hope so. I don't know what's so good about this country food. He doesn't want any good food from Beijing, but only this one."
A team of slacking guards patrolled by.
"Shh, stop talking."
The two maids quickly shut their mouths, brushed past the guards, and headed towards a quiet courtyard in front.
From the 'Zoo', walking through a corridor and passing through two moon-shaped gates, a courtyard called "Puyuan" appears before our eyes.
The two maids were carrying food boxes and had just approached the yard when two guards in black clothes appeared from nowhere and raised their hands to stop them.
"Lu Wei." The two maids nodded in unison to the guard on the left.
Qin Yao was hiding outside the Moon Gate and found that the guard named Lu Wei looked somewhat familiar. Then she looked at the black soft armor that she had seen three times before, and suddenly a face flashed through her mind.
It was the black knight with a drawn sword whose hand she had hit with a marble in Liujia Village.
It turns out his last name is Lu.
But this is not the point. The point is that she has most likely found the old man Gong Liangliao.
The two maids opened the food box for them to check as instructed by Lu Liang. Lu Liang confirmed that there was only food in the food box and no other prohibited items, then he opened the door and let the two in.
Leaving one person to continue guarding the door, Lu Liang personally led two maids into the courtyard.
Not only was there the visible Black Cavalry Guard at the door, there were also three internal martial arts masters hiding in the dark. Surrounding Puyuan, there were also two teams of guards from the Imperial Master's Mansion patrolling in a cross-patrol.
Qin Yao had no way to follow in and could only continue hiding in the corner of the Moon Gate.
Fortunately, the gate was not closed after it was opened, so she could still peek into a corner of the yard through the crack in the door.
Qin Yao was surprised to find that the furnishings in Puyuan were exactly the same as those in the front yard of Lianyuan. There was the lotus pond built by Qi Xiangun himself, the vegetable garden and flower bonsai planted by Gong Liangliao himself, and various facilities for the disabled.
However, even though the furnishings are exactly the same, this replica of the Lotus Courtyard feels very depressing because the surrounding environment is completely different.
The Imperial Master actually went to so much trouble to build a replica Lotus Courtyard for Gong Liangliao that Qin Yao didn't know whether to say he was good or bad.
But she was already sure that Gong Liangliao was among them.
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