Chapter 135: Thunder Appears
"Let's go up and take a look ourselves. There must be something strange going on here."
The two men climbed up to the top of the city wall and looked down.
The most eye-catching place is the West Market.
There were the sounds of horses neighing, mules neighing, iron hammers clanging, and all kinds of hawking. In the distance, colorful silks fluttered and people gathered.
However, Congzhengfang, which is separated from it by a wall, is quiet.
When the capital was first built, its layout was neat, with hundreds of houses like a Go board and twelve streets like vegetable plots.
The houses in Congzhengfang are arranged in an orderly manner, and all the houses look almost the same in appearance.
Standing here and looking down, if you don't pay attention, it's impossible to notice the courtyard.
Huai Xiucheng looked at the West Market and exclaimed, "This is really a great place to enjoy the view."
Huai Xiujing stared at the courtyard for a long time.
"Come here, tell the guards here today to come over."
After a while, a row of people stood in front of me.
Huai Xiucheng asked, "Third brother, what are your plans?"
Huai Xiujin said: "I suspect that they passed the message to the people in that courtyard."
Huai Xiucheng scratched his head and said, "It's impossible at such a long distance."
Huai Xiujin pointed to the courtyard and said, "Brother, look at the Jinwu Guards standing in the courtyard."
"Hmm~ It's so far away, I can't even tell who's who. Even if I gesture with my hands, I can't see clearly."
Huai Xiujin said: "Brother, you are wrong. They don't need to gesture or shout.
Look at their clothes. Who is the one wearing the silver clothes?"
"Isn't that Huai Yin? He's wearing silver today, which is very eye-catching."
After Huai Xiucheng finished speaking, he immediately said, "Hiss... Are you saying that they convey information through the color of their clothes?"
"For such a long distance, this is the only way." Huai Xiujing said.
After saying that, he turned and looked at the row of guards.
"Has there been any mistake on the city wall today, even the slightest mistake, like someone wearing the wrong clothes?
They all need to be answered carefully one by one."
Everyone shook their heads after hearing this.
"General, we are all required to wear uniforms and armor when on duty. No one dares to wear anything else."
Huai Xiucheng laughed beside him and said, "Oh, Third Brother, you guessed wrong this time."
Huai Xiujing frowned after hearing this. Could it be that he really guessed wrong?
The two were about to leave when a soldier suddenly said, "Does it count if we planted the wrong flag today..."
Huai Xiujin turned around immediately: "What flag? Tell me in detail."
"It's... it's the one who's in charge of planting the flags every day. He's a bit old and likes to drink. Sometimes he gets dizzy and plants the flags incorrectly."
Huai Xiujin quickly asked, "Which flag is wrong?"
"Here, that little flag."
The soldier pointed to the northeast corner and said.
Huai Xiujing looked back at the flag in the corner, then looked at the small courtyard.
The two points are in a straight line, exactly facing each other.
Huai Xiucheng said, "There's a flag here, so the courtyard must be clearly visible."
Huai Xiujin asked, "Do you remember which flag he took by mistake?"
"Generally speaking, different flags are placed according to different directions. For example, the northeast corner should have a golden flag.
But he put up a red flag, and it took a long time for anyone to notice it, and then I took it down."
Huai Xiujin quickly asked, "What's the name of the man who planted the flag? Where does he live?"
"His name is Wang Lao Er, and he lives nearby. No. 17, C, Third Street, Congzhengfang."
"Someone, go and capture that Wang Lao Er for me."
"Yes."
The Jinwu Guards responded and went out.
Huai Xiujin asked again: "Does he often plant the flag incorrectly?"
"Not very often, he just occasionally gets the flag wrong."
"Is it always the case that the flag of this place is wrong?" Huai Xiujin asked?
"No, they're probably all on this side, in different locations, sometimes wrong."
"So are all the wrong flags red?"
The guard thought for a moment and said, "Yes, yes, yes, how did you know..."
Huai Xiujin said to his brother, "It seems they are communicating with red flags.
The red flags in different positions correspond to different code words.
The red flag in the northeast corner represents evacuation."
Huai Xiucheng nodded as he listened.
"Someone, go check on this man called Wang Lao Er and his movements yesterday and today."
"Yes."
Huai Xiujing followed the Jinwu Guards out of the city gate.
Huai Xiucheng did not leave, but found the White Tiger Gate guard:
"There are still some remaining Nanli spies in the capital, so it's best to be cautious.
Now that a spy has appeared here, His Majesty will certainly investigate, so you'd better investigate as soon as possible."
The commander of the White Tiger Gate had been feeling uneasy since he heard Huai Xiujing's words just now.
At this moment, sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Thank you, General Zhonglang, for your guidance."
The Jinwu Guards went to No. 17, C, Third Street, Congzhengfang, but the place was already deserted.
The Jinwu Guards searched around and finally found the defense map of the Eastern Palace.
Huai Xiujing looked at the East Palace defense map in his hand, his heart beating wildly.
"Oh no, they're going to bomb the East Palace."
After Huai Xiujing finished speaking, he immediately jumped on his horse and rushed to Li Yueyao's house.
Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu were playing chess when they heard Huai Xiujin asking for a meeting.
After listening to Huai Xiujing's investigation process and analysis, Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu supported his judgment.
The three of them immediately went into the palace to see His Majesty.
In the East Palace, the Queen was looking at the Prince's calligraphy, and the mother and son were having a great time.
Suddenly, Feng Qing came with a large group of Qianyu Guards, with great momentum.
The Queen's expression was extremely grim. "Why did General Feng lead his troops to attack the Eastern Palace?"
Feng Qing then saw that the queen was also there, so he stepped forward and saluted.
"I didn't know the Empress was here. I apologize for the offense."
"General Feng, what does this mean?"
Feng Qing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I just received news that a Nanli spy was arrested in the West Market today.
I found out that they were studying the defense of the East Palace.
Because they had thunder bombs, the Right Prime Minister and the Grand Princess of Jinyang suspected they might be planning to blow up the Eastern Palace.
When the Queen heard that the Eastern Palace was going to be blown up, her face turned pale.
Then he stepped aside and let the Qianyu Guards investigate as quickly as possible.
After a lot of trouble, the Qianyu Guards finally found a suspicious person in the servants' room of the East Palace and successfully controlled him.
Finally, a thunder bomb was found in the crack of the wall of his residence.
The emperor was furious when he found out.
He did not like the prince, but he did not want his son to die.
If the person behind this really blew up the Eastern Palace, the reputation of the empire would be completely destroyed.
After working for a long time, Feng Shenyu and Li Yueyao returned home together.
Li Yueyao looked at Huai Xiujin who was following behind the car and said to Feng Shenyu:
"This Huai Xiujin is quite good, quite clever.
It just so happened that Gan Qing said a few days ago that he couldn't handle the workload with one deputy and needed another. What do you think about transferring Huai Xiujin to him?"
Feng Shenyu thought for a moment and said, "He is currently serving in the Jinwu Guards and is only going over to help temporarily.
The Hundred Cavalry Division is a good place, and its location is even more important than it is now."
"Okay, then it's settled. I'll talk to His Majesty about it tomorrow." Li Yueyao said.
Feng Shenyu nodded.
"Compared with Huai Xiujing, Xiao Yu'er has her own merits. This young lady from the Zong family has good taste." Li Yueyao said.
Feng Shenyu listened and smiled:
"A few years ago, before Li Huaiyu got married, he was also a man of great talent and wisdom, and was well-known in the capital. Otherwise, how could the young lady from the Zong family be interested in him?
But then something unexpected happened in the family, the marriage went wrong, and the whole family became what they are today."
Li Yueyao sighed and said:
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. The couple seems to be doing well now, and we can't force their marriage to end.
We can only say that our little Yu'er is not so lucky."
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