Deep Palace past events

After the three were silent for a while, one of them said: "But these things are only yours, and even Zhang Xiaomao can't testify for you, why should we trust you?"

Yang Fan said: "I saw that court lady today!" So he explained in detail what he found that the grass behind the bamboo forest was destroyed, and that blood was found under the new soil, and he just wiped it away and dragged it away. The trace section is hidden and not mentioned.

After the three old ladies listened to Yang Fan's words, there was no doubt in their hearts, and they all thought: "If these things hadn't been seen and experienced with their own eyes, how could they be made up like this?"

Although they didn't find any direct connection with Mr. An's death from this incident, they, like Yang Fan, also had a strong premonition: there was an unknown victim buried under the bamboo forest.

The old eunuch at the head let out a long breath, got up and said, "Come on, take us all to have a look there now."

The three old eunuchs followed Yang Fan to the back of the toilet at the cleaning place, and after inspecting the pile of suspicious new soil covered with bamboo leaves, the old eunuch at the head said to Jiang and Zhang, "You two, quickly find two hoes. Come and dig."

Among the four, only Zhang Xiaomao was kept in the dark, but he never dared to ask random questions, so he was very puzzled.Taking advantage of the opportunity to go back to the cleaning place to pick up tools, he asked Yang Fan in a low voice what was going on.

Although Yang Fan temporarily removed the suspicion and achieved the purpose of diverting the attention of the eunuchs, he still felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, so he didn't want to elaborate for a while, but simply said: "It's hard to say now, maybe it's just our suspicion. Now, maybe there's nothing weird down there."

Although the two didn't want to disturb everyone, the eunuchs in the cleaning office saw them entering the courtyard, so there was no reason why they were not concerned about curiosity, and they gathered around and asked them questions.

Yang Fan said: "It's nothing, we have something to do now, so we don't have time to answer you." Ignoring everyone's questions, he and Zhang Xiaomao went to the miscellaneous room to get a hoe each, and then left the hospital.

Everyone was even more curious when they saw this, and they all followed to see what they were going to do.

The three old eunuchs also seemed to know that it was difficult to keep this matter secret, so they did not blame Yang Fan and the other two.The leading eunuch said to Wang Dakang: "You tell everyone to back off, there may be a case here, please don't destroy the scene."

Wang Dakang and the others were even more surprised when they heard this.Wang Dakang said loudly: "Everyone, step back and destroy the scene of the crime, you can't afford it!"

Although everyone didn't want to retreat, but they were afraid of suffering, so they had to retreat a little bit.

Although Wang Dakang pushed everyone back to a distance, he couldn't help but walked under the bamboo forest.

The three old eunuchs didn't ask him to step down because he was the head of the place, and it was not good to lose face completely.

Dozens of pairs of eyes stared intently at the few people under the bamboo forest with surprise, speculation and inexplicable excitement.

The old eunuch with a hoarse voice cleared his throat and said, "The burial should not be deep. You must be lighter when you hoe."

Yang Fan agreed, and first dug lightly with a hoe.Although Zhang Xiaomao didn't know exactly what he was going to dig, he already had a vague guess, so he was very cautious when he dropped the hoe.

After the two dug lightly for more than ten times, something finally appeared.

Although everyone had already guessed what they were digging for, many people still exclaimed when they actually saw that thing.

It turned out that that thing turned out to be a head!

But the person who was most surprised was Yang Fan, because this head was that of Eunuch An!

When the three old eunuchs saw Eunuch An's head, they were not as excited and terrified as everyone else, and the three of them looked at each other speechlessly, then the old eunuch at the head whispered to Wang Dakang who was stunned: "Let's take a step to talk. "

Wang Dakang said silently: "Okay." So the two walked to a place a little far away from the crowd and stopped to talk.

Except for the two old eunuchs, all the people present didn't know what they were talking about, they just looked at them in surprise.

After the old eunuch whispered to Wang Dakang mysteriously, the three old eunuchs asked a young eunuch who followed to come forward, wrapped Eunuch An's head with a piece of cloth, and then everyone walked quickly left.

After Wang Dakang stared blankly at the disappearance of the three figures, he said to the eunuchs in the cleaning department with uncertain expressions: "Okay, everyone go back to the house. My ugly words are up front, whoever is talking about it and spread the matter , watch out for your head!"

After a pause, he added: "You are also not allowed to talk about each other. If I hear someone gossiping behind their backs, I will not take it lightly."

Seeing Wang Dakang's dignified expression, everyone didn't dare to ask more questions, and went back to the house one after another.

Zhang Xiaomao and Yang Fan walked at the back. After everyone entered the courtyard, Zhang Xiaomao suddenly pulled Yang Fan's sleeve lightly with his hands, and at the same time signaled with his eyes that Yang Fan knew what he wanted to ask, so he didn't speak, and walked quickly to the long alley on the left. .

After they turned a corner, they saw no one around, so they stopped to talk.Zhang Xiaomao asked: "God, what's going on here, how do you know there's a buried..."

Yang Fan said: "How would I know. I was just skeptical, but I didn't expect it to be..."

So he told him in detail what he had just seen about the disguised man who was suspected to be the murderer.Knowing that Zhang Xiaomao is a righteous person, he even told him about discovering and erasing the traces.

Zhang Xiaomao couldn't help being afraid for Yang Fan when he thought of the dangerous situation he had encountered with the murderer just now.

After the two sighed softly for a few moments, Zhang Xiaomao asked, "What should we do now? Listening to what you said just now, those three old fellows all suspect that you have something to do with Mr. An's murder. If you go to ask the chief eunuch for leave now, you must If you go out of the palace, they will doubt you even more."

Yang Fan frowned and said: "Yes, it seems that we have to wait for the matter to calm down before asking for leave to leave the palace so that no one will be suspected."

Zhang Xiaomao asked again: "Why do they suspect you? Is it because Eunuch Chen met you on the road?"

Yang Fan said: "I don't know either. It's probably because of the reason you mentioned."

Sighing, he added, "Maybe we shouldn't lie and say we are looking for Gao Zhaohui."

Zhang Xiaomao spat: "Yes, we knew that Gao Zhaohui was so dishonest, we shouldn't have lied to others about him."

After the two talked for a while, because the rain was getting heavier again, they also went back to the house.

The eunuchs were sitting on their beds thinking and guessing, when they saw the two entering the room, several eunuchs who were very curious asked them what the Ministry of Internal Affairs had asked them to do just now.

Both Yang Fan and Zhang Xiaomao were still uneasy, so naturally they didn't want to mention these things, Zhang Xiaomao said: "I'm sorry, the three old men don't allow us to talk nonsense to others."

Although everyone was very curious, they didn't want to ask more questions when they heard that Eunuch Tao didn't allow them to speak.

Yang Fan and Zhang Xiaomao took off their bamboo hats and put them against the wall outside the door. They stopped talking and went back to their beds to meditate.

After a while, Zhang Xiaomao suddenly moaned and said, "Gao Zhaohui, why are you here?"

Yang Fan was startled, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Gao Zhaohui standing at the door, gathering a red oiled paper umbrella he brought.

When the two of them saw Gao Zhaohui, they were overjoyed at first, but then they thought of the other's injustice, and their faces sank at the same time.

Gao Zhaohui also seemed to have guessed that they would have this attitude towards him, and said with a sneer, "Guess who else came all the way?"

As soon as the words were finished, Peng Xiaowan also flashed out and appeared at the gate.

Yang Fan and Zhang Xiaomao were taken aback for a moment, then stood up at the same time, and said with a smile, "You guys are here!"

Peng Xiaowan smiled and said: "I heard that the two of you caused trouble just after entering the palace last night, so let's come and see you."

Yang Fan thought to himself: "It must be that Gao Zhaohui was embarrassed to come alone, so he called Peng Xiaowan. Wei Zhi was sent away by the queen, so he couldn't come, otherwise he would have been called too."

Although he was a little displeased with Gao Zhaohui's dishonesty, but he was a guest at the door, so he was too embarrassed to show embarrassment.With a forced smile, he said, "We didn't get into any trouble."