Chapter 175: The Old Man at the Bottom of the Lake in the Royal Palace
The cool breeze is reliable and the autumn moon is boundless.
The people in the palace lived a miserable life.
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After passing the assessment, the three were ranked among the new servants and successfully entered the Jiangnan Palace.
Monk Shenmu was assigned to the rockery group because of his strong physique.
There are four teams in the rockery group, namely moving mountains, building hills, unloading ridges and touching gold.
He was a newcomer and was assigned to the mountain moving team. His daily work was to move the rockery stones from the east yard to the west yard, and then move the rockery stones from the west yard to the east yard.
He was curious at the time and asked what was the point of moving things around like this? The head servant of the rockery group punished him by not allowing him to eat dinner for three days.
Because this sentence is too dangerous. If it reaches the ears of the young prince, most of the people in charge of the rockery will lose their jobs.
This was how Monk Shenmu learned his first social lesson.
It doesn’t matter whether what they did was useful or not, and it doesn’t matter whether the impact was good or bad. As long as they create the illusion that they are busy, that’s enough.
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Because Chen Huaji was nimble, he was assigned to the message delivery team.
The letter that was transmitted was not from outside, but from within the palace.
Because the Jiangnan Palace is so huge.
The main gate of the palace was on the central street of the city, and the courtyard wall spanned two blocks, with an endless depth to the back. The shape was irregular, and the farthest point was almost close to the base of the city wall.
It would take most of the day to walk such a long distance from the back garden to the front door.
Chen Huaji's task was to transport the news coming in from the East Gate to the North Gate transfer point. Someone else would transport the letters from the North Gate transfer point to the South Gate transfer point, and then to the West Gate transfer point.
Normally, it would take half an hour for a letter to be delivered from the east gate to the kitchen, but after this transfer, it only took three days...
At this time, if the messenger is in a hurry, he can add two taels of silver and have his letter marked as urgent.
It only takes half an hour for an urgent letter to be delivered from the east gate to the kitchen...
Chen Huaji also learned a lesson from this.
It turns out that as long as the overall efficiency is reduced infinitely, then normal efficiency can be charged.
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Because Li Chu had no special skills, he was assigned to the cleaning team.
There are more women than men in the cleaning team, and men are generally required to do the dirty and tiring work that requires climbing up and down.
The task assigned to Li Chu was to clean the right ear of the stone lion on the left side in front of the west gate.
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At the end of the day, the three of them got together.
The servants in the palace had a bedroom of four people, and the three of them came in together and were assigned to the same room.
At night, they used a little trick to make the other roommate fall asleep, and then the three of them could talk freely.
Chen Huaji collapsed to the ground exhausted and said, "I am so tired."
Monk Shenmu also said angrily: "I am so tired."
Chen Huaji thought to himself, why does this monk also like to play ethical jokes?
She wanted to fight back, but after taking a glance at his bulging muscles, she dared not say anything.
Li Chu nodded: "It is indeed very hard."
Chen Huaji and Shenmu stared at him angrily: "Where is the hard work in wiping the ears of stone lions?"
"And only wipe one."
"Will it struggle?"
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Li Chu said calmly: "It's not tiring to wipe the ears of the stone lions, but there were dozens of maids rushing to help me wipe them... I spent a lot of effort to stop them."
"Puff——" The two men vomited blood.
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After saying these words, Li Chu spread out a huge map of the palace in the middle of the room.
This was drawn by Mr. Wu based on his memory. It covers important locations in the Jiangnan Palace. Basically all the key things are in the same area.
"The back garden."
Li Chu pointed to the large blurred area above the map.
The back garden is the most secret place in the entire palace. Although it is large in area, few people know what is hidden inside.
Most of the palace's servants, maids, and guards were not allowed to approach the garden wall.
There are even legends circulating in the palace: someone approached the back garden and couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to take a look, so he was caught and used to fill the lake.
Before Li Chu entered the palace, he had used his mind to spy on the secrets of the back garden.
Unfortunately, the judgment of the mind-eye technique is not advanced. As long as there is a prohibition to isolate "Qi" or a magic weapon that can block the breath, the mind-eye technique will be greatly affected.
He had encountered this kind of experience before, but it was only sporadic. But this was the first time he had discovered such a large and isolated area like the Jiangnan Palace.
He could see the outline of the garden's size, but he could not sense its presence.
It’s like opening a small map and you can only see a hazy fog, with your vision greatly restricted.
Chen Huaji entered the palace with a mission. The information he had was similar to that of Li Chu, with only a rough map of the palace.
As for what secrets were hidden in the back garden, he had no idea.
In fact, Chaotianque sent him in just to temporarily place him as a chess piece, without any clear purpose.
The Creation Pill...Yanyue Sect...Yiyao Sect...these are all inextricably linked to King Jiangnan, but he has to search for the specific evidence on his own.
Monk Shenmu listened to Li Chu and Chen Huaji talking for a long time, then rubbed his head and said, "From what you said, it seems that all the bad things these days are related to the King of Jiangnan. He is a big villain!"
Li Chu said: "We still have to check it out to find out whether it is true or not. At least... I want to go and see it here."
He pointed to a red circle on the diagram.
That was the place marked by Mr. Wu where the koi was imprisoned.
However, this red circle was in the deepest part of the back garden, right next to the attic where the King of Jiangnan lived. To get there, one had to go through a deep fog.
After the discussion was over and the goal was set, Li Chu took the lead and walked out.
"All troops attack!"
"Crush them!"
Chen Huaji and Shenmu also followed suit, shouting slogans and blending into the dark night.
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The courtyard of the Jiangnan Palace is deep and there are many patrolling guards, which certainly does not pose a problem for several cultivators. Li Chu passed through the wall without leaving any trace, Chen Huaji's escape technique had already reached the top, and the monk Shenmu was also a very agile martial monk.
However, after passing the front yard, the misty back garden was not so easy to enter. There were no telling how many forbidden formations there were, and no telling what kind of demons and evil spirits there were, so the future was unpredictable.
Three figures whizzed over the high wall of the back garden.
The first thing you see is a mountain lake with a rockery pavilion in the lake.
The water surface was pale, reflecting a waning moon.
It was quiet all around, with only the sound of a cool breeze, which sounded like an actor crying.
Monk Shenmu frowned first and said, "Be careful, the atmosphere is not right."
Although there was no guard around, the three of them still exercised extreme caution.
As we were about to cross the mountain lake, we suddenly heard a voice on the wind asking, "Where are you going?"
Sure enough, there is someone!
The three men were well prepared and suddenly drew their weapons. The sound of the wind was so faint that it was impossible to hear where the words were coming from.
The rosary that Monk Shenmu carried was a Buddhist storage device, and each rosary could hold an item. When entering the mansion, Li Chu brought his sword and stick in this way, so he was not empty-handed at this time.
As for Chen Huaji, no one knew what his weapon was... When he heard that sound, he disappeared instantly...
Soon, there was a loud crashing sound.
It sounds like both the sound of water and the sound of metal clashing.
Unexpectedly, a black shadow slowly emerged from the bottom of the water. The first thing to come out... was a bald head with sparse hair like water grass, and underneath that was a cold and pale face.
The man was hunched over, his skin was pale and bloodless, and his eyes were filled with bloodthirsty and greedy coldness. When his figure emerged, it was revealed that he had two thick iron chains between his ribs, which were covered with talismans and inscriptions.
Was he chained to the bottom of the lake?
The figure emerged completely from the water and laughed sinisterly again:
"Why don't you come down?"
(End of this chapter)
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