Chapter 105 Developer Mode is too painful to move.
Jin Suiqing hurriedly stepped forward to check on him, rubbed the back of his head, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he had only fainted and was not bleeding. She said solemnly, "To make things safer when we leave the palace later."
Gong Xiaoyang was surprised: "Are you so sure that we will definitely be discovered?"
Jin Suiqing glanced at him indifferently, which stunned Gong Xiaoyang.
Her face clearly showed no emotion, but Gong Xiaoyang seemed to see endless sorrow, as if she and Jin Shiyu were about to part ways forever.
Gong Xiaoyang: "What...what's wrong with you?"
Jin Suiqing paused for a moment, then turned her head, smiled, and shook her head: "It's nothing."
Actually, there is something.
Because she had just been in the side hall, the dormant human trafficking system in her mind, which had been dormant for many years, suddenly awakened, and a cold, mechanical voice reminded her:
"Warning, warning! Due to the awakening of the NPC's personality, the system is about to activate the correction module, which will forcibly advance the original storyline. The NPC will be offline soon."
Jin Suiqing had a terrible headache and asked in a daze, "Log...offline?"
Death in the book?
She hadn't read the second half of the original book, but after hearing the system's description, she instantly understood Jin Shiyu's ending in the original story:
As a member of the Crown Prince's faction, he was eliminated in the final battle against Huangfu Feng.
Now that Kim Shi-ok's stance has been swayed by her, he has long deviated from the original plot. He thought his future was bright, but unexpectedly, because she awakened his personality, he still has to go through a death.
Jin Suiqing took a deep breath and asked with barely suppressed patience, "After he logs off, where will he go?"
System: "Based on human rights ethics, after an NPC logs off, it will be sent to the main system for a series of assessments. If it meets general human standards, it will be sent to the human world in blank mode to find a new carrier..."
What kind of bullshit forced reincarnation is this! Jin Suiqing almost laughed out of anger: "If he has no memory, is he still my brother?!"
System: "The host does not have sufficient permissions. This system refuses to respond."
Jin Suiqing curled up even tighter and sneered, "Insufficient permissions, huh? Today, I'll show you what developer mode is all about, you damn machine."
The memory stopped. Jin Suiqing carried Jin Shiyu and placed him and the wooden box containing the two sulfur generators into the bucket. She carefully covered them with vegetable leaves, and after closing the bucket, she said to Gong Xiaoyang, "After we leave Ziwei City, I'll trouble you to take care of him. Don't go back to the Jin residence. Go to Boss Ji's jewelry shop. It's safe there."
Gong Xiaoyang grabbed Jin Suiqing's forearm: "If we're going to leave, we'll leave together."
“It’s alright, I won’t die,” Jin Suiqing said, brushing Gong Xiaoyang’s hand away. “With Jin Guizhong dead, the security will definitely become tighter. And right now, I’m the only one in Kyushu who can build a super sulfur combustion engine, so Huangfu Li won’t kill me.”
Gong Xiaoyang blinked, overwhelmed by the amount of information and unable to process it before Jin Suiqing shoved her into the slop bucket.
Jin Suiqing rummaged through a corner and found a set of coarse linen clothes, quickly changed into them, and Gong Xiaoyang pushed open the lid, revealing only a pair of puppy eyes, and asked aggrievedly, "What are you planning to do?"
Jin Suiqing said in a deep voice, "When the card is issued, if I can sneak out, I will leave with you; if I can't sneak out, I will run out to attract attention, so don't make a sound."
Before Gong Xiaoyang could speak, the palace maids returned. Jin Suiqing quickly pressed down on the wooden bucket, pretending to be focused on cleaning up the trash.
Probably because the eunuchs outside the door were urging them on, the palace maids were so busy that they were dizzy and didn't have time to distinguish whether the woman in front of them was from the Imperial Kitchen. They were busy moving wooden buckets and loading them onto the cart.
When the bucket containing Gong Xiaoyang and Jin Shiyu was moved, the little palace maid said, "Oh dear, these two are so heavy."
After saying that, she was about to lift the lid to take a look when another palace maid slapped her hand away and said fiercely, "Who cares what it is? Don't open it, it stinks."
She must have some rank. She scolded sternly, "Stop wasting any more time. It's because you few are too lazy to clean up that the guards outside are getting impatient and are about to draw their swords. Hurry up and leave."
Having been reprimanded, the palace maids dared not delay any longer. After loading the wooden barrels onto the cart, they pushed the cart out.
Jin Suiqing took the opportunity to blend into the group, bent down to hold the bucket, and when they arrived at the front of the Imperial Kitchen, even the guards who had seen blood found the murky swill unbearable to smell and avoided it. He tapped the bucket with his scabbard and then went to lead the way.
The palace maids and eunuchs lined up along the carts and walked out of the palace alley. Jin Suiqing quietly looked up and saw that the sky was turning white, just beginning to brighten.
On both sides of the palace alley, the palace maids on night duty yawned, stepped onto the shelves, and extinguished the palace lanterns as if in worship.
The warm orange sulfur lamps went out, just like the rising and setting of the moon, commonplace.
It was as if the rebellion had never happened.
*
A corner of the Eastern Palace.
A young palace maid carried a change of clothes to the side courtyard where Jin Guizhong was staying.
Upon entering the hospital, he was startled by the two guards lying in front of the door.
As dawn broke, she mustered her courage to look, only to find that both of their necks were covered in blood and they were already dead. The little palace maid screamed, dropped the clothes in her hands, and ran out the door.
Soon, Huangfu Li arrived, stepped over the corpses on the ground, and kicked open the door of the side hall.
A strong stench of blood assaulted his nostrils. He quickly approached the thin bed in the corner, where Jin Guizhong's corpse lay conspicuously displayed.
In an instant, Huangfu Li stared wide-eyed, pacing back and forth by the bed. When he saw the overturned porcelain bowl at the corner of the bed, he suddenly threw his head back and laughed wildly: "Haha, Jin Suiqing, you're really fast."
Li Han arrived late, heavily pregnant. Before she could even catch her breath, Huangfu Li gave the order: "Send people to investigate the Imperial Kitchen. Add another layer of guards to the Meridian Gate. Prohibit anyone from leaving the palace unless absolutely necessary. Thoroughly investigate all comings and goings. Make sure to capture Jin Suiqing alive!"
*
Jin Suiqing followed the garbage-delivery team to the Meridian Gate. The sky was a cold blue, casting a heavy, deathly aura over the solemn palace walls.
Jin Suiqing raised her head slightly and glanced around. As expected, the number of guards outside the door had more than doubled, each with a livid face, ready for battle.
It is highly likely that Huangfu Li has already discovered Jin Guizhong's body.
Jin Suiqing's heart pounded like a drum; she silently held her breath and slowly followed the cart out of the city. Just as they were about to cross the checkpoint, the guards stopped the group: "What are you doing here?"
The eunuch smiled ingratiatingly: "The Imperial Kitchen sends out swill."
He tried to continue walking forward, but the leading imperial guard, a burly man, easily blocked his way with a slight raise of his hand, coldly saying, "I just gave the order that no one is allowed to leave Ziwei City."
The eunuch's face turned pale, and he glared fiercely at the palace maids behind him. It was all because of these girls' dawdling that they missed the opportunity to leave the city.
There are people who want to collect this garbage; it can be exchanged for money.
For some reason, his superiors were in a real hurry today, urging him to bring people to pick up the ingredients, thinking of getting it all done at once. He had even made the arrangements, but unexpectedly, things changed again at the Meridian Gate in the blink of an eye.
Undeterred, he took two steps forward, but the guard coldly said, "What are you doing? Don't move any closer."
The eunuch forced a smile and said, "In winter, there are a lot of leftover meat and vegetables, and the swill doesn't last long. It will become incredibly smelly in less than half a day. The Imperial Kitchen is responsible for the food of each palace, and we don't want you to have to eat food with such a stench. It would be really disgusting. Why don't the Imperial Guards do us a favor and let this stuff out?"
As he spoke, he took out some loose silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the guard's arms.
The guard pushed him aside: "It's not that we're deliberately making things difficult, but we have to obey orders from above."
The eunuch was embarrassed and stood still.
As Jin Suiqing listened, her eyes darted around, and she kicked the wooden wheel. The already wobbly wheel shifted inward, and the cart suddenly became crooked and erratic.
The eunuch pulling the cart lost his balance, and she seized the opportunity to forcefully pull on the edge of the wooden bucket. The cart tilted, and amidst the screams of the palace maids, the entire bucket of swill was poured onto the road, emitting a sour stench.
The eunuch shouted, and the imperial guards frowned and retreated.
Jin Suiqing stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Sir, the swill has been poured out, along with the soup. We need to go back to the Imperial Kitchen to get some tongs to dispose of it."
"Do you think I'm blind? Besides, what are you going to bring? The Imperial Kitchen is so far away. By the time you bring it, the filth will be stuck in the stone slabs, and it will stink for days!" the eunuch said sharply, pinching his nose.
The guards' expressions weren't exactly pleasant either.
His Highness the Crown Prince ordered the Meridian Gate to be under martial law and also said that the passageways should not be blocked. This large bucket of swill is stuck here, unable to move forward or backward. If it is not cleaned up in time, he will probably be blamed by his superiors.
Jin Suiqing feigned worry and hesitated for a long time before saying, "It's fine not to go back to get it. The person waiting outside should have a clip, or maybe other tools. It'll be quick to pack it up."
The eunuch looked delighted and expectantly at the imperial guard. The guard pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, signaling someone to open the side door.
The eunuch urged the palace maids to fetch tools from outside while directing the cart to move out.
But before the first cart could even leave the house, it was stopped again.
The guard asked, "Why is the bucket coming out with us?"
The eunuch was puzzled. How could a guard at the Meridian Gate, who was in charge of the comings and goings every day, not know this? But he smiled and said, "That's how it is. The bucket is taken away in the morning and returned the next day. We can't just dump swill at the gate, the smell would be too strong."
He remained silent, then waved to several people who opened the buckets one by one to inspect them.
Jin Suiqing's heart was in her throat.
Fortunately, the garbage smelled terrible and she had covered it very tightly, so after a quick check, she didn't find anyone in the bin.
"There's no one inside."
Jin Suiqing breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the leading guard suddenly drew his sword and forcefully stabbed the wooden barrel, piercing it through.
Jin Suiqing trembled and hurriedly covered her mouth.
"What...what are you doing?" The eunuch trembled with fear as he saw the sword drawn. "The bucket is broken and needs to be repaired."
The guard inspected the blade and, finding no blood, waved for the bucket to leave the city. He calmly held the sword and said, "If the person we're after escapes, the scars on our heads will never be healed."
A cold glint flashed before his eyes, and the eunuch shuddered violently, falling silent and lowering his head.
As the wooden bucket passed through the doorway, he inspected it one by one with his knife, while simultaneously stopping the palace maids and eunuchs in the same carriage and having other guards verify their identities.
Just as she was about to reach the bucket where Gong Xiaoyang was, Jin Suiqing, who was about to be inspected, took a deep breath, stomped her foot, knocked over several palace maids, and ran towards the palace gate.
"Someone is trying to break through the checkpoint!"
Among the guards at the gate, someone picked up a crossbow and aimed it at Jin Suiqing's back. The leading guard raised his hand to stop him: "Don't actually hurt him. Judging by his height, that might be Jin Suiqing. His Highness the Crown Prince wants a living person."
The crossbow immediately shifted slightly, and an arrow flew out, piercing Jin Suiqing's ankle!
Jin Suiqing was in so much pain that she couldn't even scream. She suddenly collapsed to the ground and rolled forward twice before stopping.
The guards surrounded her from all sides, carefully examined her wounds, and only after confirming that no vital organs were injured did they carefully pick her up.
Jin Suiqing was in so much pain that she was covered in cold sweat and struggled incessantly: "You're not Imperial Guards at all, you bastards! Let me go!"
The guards, fearing she might fall, said with difficulty, "We are only following orders, please don't make things difficult for us, Madam."
"Bullshit! Huangfu Li is just trying to seize power..." Before Jin Suiqing could finish shouting, her mouth was covered by the imperial guards who were holding her. The palace maids and eunuchs in front of the door were shocked and whispered among themselves.
The man has been caught. The guards waved impatiently, telling the convoy carrying swill to leave the city immediately and not to linger any longer.
As the wooden bucket left the city and the palace gates closed before her eyes, Jin Suiqing finally felt relieved.
She closed her eyes, too pained to move.
Author's note: Although I'm not fully recovered, I'll be giving away ten red envelopes in the comments section as an apology!
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