"Brother Hua, is this the inner garden of the palace?" Yan Xiaoyi said, pointing to the open space in front.

"It should be." Zeng Baohua replied hesitantly.

I have never been here before, and I don’t know what the real inner garden looks like. Although it was brought directly by the imperial guards on duty just now, no one can believe that this is a inner garden part of the imperial city when they see it.

I don’t know what this ghost inner garden has experienced. It is desolate and dilapidated, with many mixed trees and grass. Just now, a few people came over and saw hares, foxes and wild dogs appearing in seven or eight places. Perhaps because of the blessing of the royal family, they were all fat and strong, and they looked more comfortable than the refugees outside the city.

"Brother Hua, if this is really an inner garden, it will not only be a thief, but also a haunted person." Dai Chengen said buzzingly.

Xia Jinzhong patted his shoulder and said, "Boy, you are getting smarter. Yes, this bird place is even more creepy than Nanhuaguan. At least you can see human shadows there. It's so empty and gloomy that I'm afraid that the ghosts will not dare to come out to wander around easily. Ask us to come here to catch thieves? It's better to borrow the outfits of Master Lan Si and Master Bai Qi to directly catch ghosts and come faster."

The few people nagged for a while, but Guo Yanyi walked back.

He was carrying a spear, with three hares hanging on the tip of the spear, swaying. Behind him, there was another person, but he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, thin and weak, with freckles on both wings of the nose. He was wearing a small yellow-doored uniform, but the clothes seemed to be passed down for more than ten generations, and the patches were more than the spots on his face.

"Leopard, have you found the door to enter the palace?" Zeng Baohua asked with a smile.

"Bad! I just got there and was bombarded by the imperial guards on duty. But I found out that this place was indeed an inner garden, a place for raising horses and making clothes and utensils for officials. During the Pseudo-Rural Period, most of the items here were moved to Bianliang and were abandoned for many years."

"Oh, his name is Yang Jingshui." Guo Yanyi pointed to the little yellow gate and said, "It's this little eunuch from the inner garden. I just met there, and I was digging grass roots there to eat, saying that I haven't seen food for more than ten days. It's so tragic!"

"The little Yang Jingshui has met several officials." Yang Jingshui walked up timidly and bowed.

"I am the right county magistrate of Luoyang County, and my surname is Zeng. Your eunuch is not sure what to do. I wrote a letter to our Henan Prefecture and said that there were many thieves in the inner garden, so I asked the prefecture and county to investigate. I really saw a ghost. Isn't this inner garden under the jurisdiction of the imperial guards? Why did it come to our place?"

"It's so that the officials know. The inner garden is too remote and too broad, and the imperial guards are too lazy to come to patrol. A few days ago, the treasures of the palace were leaked to the people, and some thieves took advantage of the chaos. One of the lines was through the inner garden. The inner garden asked the guard department to inspect. The guard department pushed it cleanly, and probably found Henan Prefecture." Yang Jingshui replied.

Although he is weak, every word is clear and his thinking is not messy.

"You are the little yellow gate of the Escort Provincial Department." Zeng Baohua asked curiously.

"If you go back to the official, the young master will be under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Escort Bureau Che Shanfang, responsible for the repair of the carriages in the palace."

"Old Guo said you haven't seen food for ten days? You are a little yellow sect and serve the officials. How could it be so miserable?" Zeng Baohua continued to ask.

"If you go back to the official, there is a Neifang Bureau in this inner garden, where the twelve yamen of the Neiju Bureau are located, there are more than 300 small yellow gates, responsible for the creation of clothing and utensils. However, after the new emperor ascended the throne, there was nothing to live. Everyone had nothing to do, and the officials had no money to fish for them, so they took out most of the food they had sent for sale, and coaxed us to say that the boss had not given enough money to send it down."

"We were locked in this inner garden. We wanted to go out to find a way to survive, but were blocked by the imperial guards. We had no way to heaven and no way to enter the ground, so we could only dig food and eat everywhere. The young, young, with quick hands and feet, and could dig some grass roots to satisfy our hunger. But the older husbands couldn't stand it. In addition, the cold and cold weather was cold and everything was desolate. In the past two months, dozens of people died of illness and hunger."

"Hey, this kind of tragic incident happened under your nose, so your eunuchs will not be in charge?"

"Maintain?" Yang Jingshui smiled bitterly, "After the new emperor ascended the throne, he said he wanted to eliminate the eunuch. Everyone above was panic and was planning a way out. Who still has the heart to care about the life and death of us? I heard that several of them were thinking about it for a few nights and decided to select good players from the middle officials who are good at martial arts and hold a martial arts competition in front of the imperial court."

"Scared, your eunuchs can also dance with swords and guns, and know how to practice martial arts?" Yan Xiaoyi was interesting to hear from the side and couldn't help asking.

"Return to the words of this official, I heard from the old people that in the Tang Dynasty, when the middle-level officials took charge of the Shence Army, it became a tradition for the eunuch to manage martial arts. It was just that the young officials knew that the current officials were the emperor and were brave, so they thought about coming out to invite the holy favors. In the eunuch, as long as you know the sticks, fists and feet, you can immediately promote the strong men and have no worries about food and clothing. The young people also want to learn, but unfortunately no one teaches them."

After hearing Yang Jingshui's words, Zeng Baohua disagreed.

What good things are these eunuchs thinking about? They also want to restore the glorious tradition of eunuchs' autocracy in the late Tang Dynasty? They really want to blindly think that the officials are the emperor of the horse and are fierce men who know how to fight. Do you think that he doesn't know how powerful military power is? How could he be like the useless emperors in the late Tang Dynasty, letting the eggless eunuchs get involved in military power, and Tai Ah holds the same?

"Stop talking! Come and help clean up and eat the rabbit!" Guo Yanyi had found a remote open space and gathered some dry firewood. Then he took out a short knife and peeled the rabbit and made a fire.

Xia Jinzhong helped, started the fire, and then spread the cut rabbit with a wooden stick, put it on the fire, and slowly roasted it. Yang Chongyi took out the cloth bag he carried with him from his arms, poured out a little salt powder, and sprinkled it on.

After a while, a burnt scent wafted up and drilled into everyone's noses.

"Yang Jingshui, do you know Li Congxi?" Zeng Baohua glanced at Guo Yanyi, who was concentrating on roasting rabbits there and asked.

"I know," Yang Jingshui turned his head with difficulty, swallowed his saliva and replied, "He is Zhaoxuan envoy. Although he has not been listened to in front of the imperial court, he lives in the internal ban for many years."

"How far is this place from the internal ban?"

"If you go back to the official, you will be far away. Not to mention the inner ban, even Hanjiashe City, which stores materials in the imperial city, is still separated by several walls from this inner garden."

"Old Guo, give up and look for another opportunity." Zeng Baohua said.

"I got it. I just walked around and gave up. Wait for a chance." Guo Yanyi replied without raising his head.

The rabbit was roasted quickly, Zeng Baohua divided half of it for Yangjing water, and then ate it with everyone.

Just as everyone was viciously biting the fat and fragrant rabbit, they turned around the corner.
Chapter completed!