Chapter 7 The True and False Queen Mother!

Lin Chen looked curiously at Xiao Zhao putting on a human skin mask as thin as a cicada's wing on her face, and then tied up her round chest with a cloth strip.

Soon, Xiao Zhao reappeared.

"Xiao Linzi." Xiao Zhao deliberately called Lin Chen in a tone, her face was stern, "If you enter the palace without cleansing your body, you should be beheaded!"

Lin Chen slapped her on the buttocks unhappily.

"Exploring the palace at night is also a capital crime."

Hearing what Lin Chen said, Xiao Zhao knew that she could not hide this from Lin Chen, but just pretended to be pitiful.

Lin Chen, who knew that this girl was eccentric, did not continue to ask.

It was enough for both of them to know that the other party was hiding a secret.

But at this time.

There was a noisy sound outside.

Huh?

Lin Chen and Xiao Zhao looked at each other and were about to go out to see what was going on.

Before the two of them opened the door, the door was pushed open roughly.

A eunuch in his early thirties with a clean-shaven face and no beard walked in with a sneer, followed by a group of cold-faced eunuchs.

Especially these eunuchs, Lin Chen observed that they were all martial artists!

"They are all third-rate martial artists."

Surprised, Lin Chen pretended to be flustered and bowed his hands.

"What does this eunuch want?"

Seeing Lin Chen's look, the leading eunuch said nothing, just sneered and waved.

"Search!"

As he said that, the cold-faced eunuch behind him rushed in.

Seeing this, Lin Chen looked at Xiao Zhao uncontrollably.

The night clothes and blood stains were cleaned up, and even the hairpin was thrown into the pond in front of the door.

Naturally, nothing could be found in this place.

The rich eunuch who found nothing had a gloomy face and waved to a figure to come in.

The man was wearing low-grade eunuch clothes, and his figure was timid, as if he was afraid of the rich eunuch.

"Liu, Liu Quanjian."

The little eunuch knelt down and kowtowed while stammering.

The eunuch called Liu Quanjian had no change in expression and asked sternly: "You said that when you were patrolling last night, you saw a black shadow coming in this direction, right?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, and I would never dare to hide such a thing!"

Lin Chen heard this and looked at the plump eunuch with his eyes slightly condensed.

The so-called Quanjian.

Although it is only a seventh-rank official in the palace, he is responsible for guarding the gates of each palace.

In the territory of the imperial palace, the position of Quanjian means that the other party has an extraordinary status.

While Lin Chen was thinking, the cold eyes of Liu Quanjian fell on Lin Chen and Xiao Zhao.

"Did you hear it?"

"Did you notice anything unusual last night?"

Naturally, Lin Chen pretended to be at a loss and shook his head.

Liu Quanjian, who did not get any useful clues, looked a little unhappy.

"What? That mysterious man was heading in your direction, but you didn't know?"

"Could it be that you are his accomplices?"

"Catch him and bring him back to the Queen Mother for punishment!"

Queen Mother?

Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a thoughtful look.

Apparently Xiao Zhao went to the Queen Mother's palace last night, but was seriously injured.

On the other hand, Liu Quanjian couldn't find the real murderer, so he chose to use himself and Xiao Zhaozi as scapegoats to get through!

Who would have thought.

The other party hit the mark by accident.

Lin Chen took out the token of the Prince's Mansion Young Attendant given to him by Hai Dafu.

The so-called young attendant is also a eunuch of the ninth rank.

Mainly responsible for serving the prince's daily life.

Of course, the Prince's Mansion has no one to belong to at the moment, so his young attendant is an idle position.

But it's enough.

Sure enough.

After seeing the token, Liu Quanjian waved his hand to let his men wait.

"Prince's Mansion Young Attendant?"

Liu Quanjian took the token and looked at it, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

I thought that he was just a small eunuch without a backer and lived in such a remote place.

"Who brought you in?" Liu Quanjian's tone softened a little.

"General Manager Hai brought us in."

"General Manager Hai?!"

Lin Chen thought that Liu Quanjian would be quiet if he said Hai Dafu's name.

However, Liu Quanjian's face became sinister when he heard it.

"Sure enough, I said you are the villains who broke into the Queen Mother at night, catch them!"

"Stop it, General Manager!"

Hearing this, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The palace is vast, but the circle of eunuchs is not large.

The big eunuchs will definitely know if there is any movement.

Hai Dafu came over with a blue-gray eunuch's clothes in his hand, smiling.

"Liu Quanjian, what are you going to do?"

Liu Quanjian looked ugly when he saw Hai Dafu.

It can be seen that the other party is very afraid of Hai Dafu.

"There was an assassin in the Empress Dowager's palace last night, and I was ordered to catch the assassin!"

"So you caught these two young eunuchs who had just been castrated? Liu Quanjian, do you think I look like an assassin?"

Hai Dafu was talking and laughing before, but when he got closer, he asked in a sinister tone.

Liu Quanjian, whose expression froze, knew that with Hai Dafu here, he would not get anything good.

With a cold snort, Liu Quanjian, who glanced at Lin Chen and Xiao Zhao, led his men away.

Obviously, the other party had a grudge against Lin Chen and Xiao Zhao.

The eunuchs, as a group, are extremely petty because of their physical defects, and they hate it most when people lose face.

"Xiao Linzi, keep this dress, and remember to go to the Prince's Mansion to be on duty in the future."

Hai Dafu emphasized the word "on duty" a little more.

At the same time, Hai Dafu explained some rules of the Prince's Mansion to Lin Chen, and then left.

However.

Lin Chen noticed that Hai Dafu looked hurried when he left.

In the past, he would have been scolded by the other party.

Changed his temper?

No!

There is only one possibility, that is, Hai Dafu has other important things to do.

Queen Mother?

Lin Chen suddenly thought of something.

In The Deer and the Cauldron, Hai Dafu has been fighting with the fake Queen Mother in secret.

What he wanted was the Forty-two Chapters Sutra.

But it is hard to say whether the Forty-two Chapters Sutra exists in this world of martial arts.

"Young Attendant of the Prince's Mansion?"

Xiao Zhao came up at this time.

Lin Chen came back to his senses after hearing the voice and flicked Xiao Zhao's smooth forehead.

"Then the assassin that Liu Quanjian is looking for, can't it be you?"

Xiao Zhao covered her pain, nodded first, and then shook her head.

This made Lin Chen stunned.

"I'm not an assassin!"

The girl's bright face showed a big unhappy expression.

Hmm?

Xiao Zhao's words made Lin Chen a little interested.

"Last night, I did go to the Queen Mother's palace."

Of course, she didn't say what she went there for.

Xiao Zhao lowered her voice and said a piece of news that she thought was a secret.

"I saw two Queen Mothers!"

Lin Chen cooperated with a shocked look.

It seems that what Xiao Zhao saw were two Queen Mothers, one real and one fake, and the scene was consistent with The Deer and the Cauldron.

Then, an uninvited guest came to the Queen Mother's palace and wanted to assassinate the fake Queen Mother!

"The maids around the Queen Mother were all carrying centipedes, and they also practiced some kind of combined attack formation to force back the masked assassin."

"One of the Queen Mothers' martial arts was even more unfathomable!"

It was just that she, Xiao Zhao, was implicated.

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