After the arrangements were made and the command of Fenghuo Camp was temporarily handed over to Gong Yangyue, Xue Poye entered the palace from the side door and went to pay his respects to the emperor. He was the deputy chief guard of Yulin, so the journey was naturally smooth.

His Majesty the Emperor was resting in the Anle Hall of the Qianqing Palace, so Xue Poye went directly to the Anle Hall and asked the deacon and eunuch to go in and report, while he waited in front of the hall.

After the eunuch entered, Xue Poye waited for a long time, but did not see him come out. He thought to himself: "If the Holy One is resting, he should come out and say something, so that I don't have to wait."

After waiting for a while, they heard the sound of footsteps. Three eunuchs came from the corridor next to the Anle Hall. The first eunuch was in brown clothes and a high hat. The two eunuchs behind him were each carrying a vermilion wooden box.

The box was exquisite, beautiful, and round. If it weren't for its exquisiteness, Xue Poye would have thought it was a bucket.

The two boxes were covered with lids. The eunuch in brown clothes led the two eunuchs over and walked directly to Xue Poye. The eunuch in brown clothes shook his fly whisk, saluted, and said in a high-pitched voice with a smile: "We

I would like to send my regards to Lord Xue."

Xue Poye holds the title of viscount. According to the rules of Da Chu, according to different titles, there are duke, marquis, uncle and lord. This viscount is naturally called lord.

Xue Poye knew that this eunuch must be someone close to the Holy Emperor, so he didn't dare to entrust him. He returned the greeting and said with a smile: "It's Xue Shitou. Do you dare to ask my father-in-law what his surname is?"

"Our surname is Zhou." The eunuch in brown clothes said: "The Holy Lord is resting and it is not convenient for him to make an announcement, but he asked our family to bring a few words to the lord."

"Say it!" Xue Poye tried his best to be kind.

Duke Zhou said: "This is what the Holy Father has said. Let the Lord go to Jiangnan as soon as possible. The affairs of the court cannot be delayed."

Xue Poye said hurriedly: "Weichen understands, Weichen will leave immediately tomorrow."

Eunuch Zhou said with a smile: "These two sentences are to tell Sir to do something, to accompany our family to a place, which can be regarded as protecting our family."

Xue Poye frowned slightly, but quickly said: "Wei Chen obeys the order."

Eunuch Zhou naturally also knew that His Majesty the Emperor was very fond of the young man in front of him, so he did not dare to pretend to be arrogant. He smiled and said: "Then our family will lead the way, and Your Majesty will go with our family."

Although Xue Poye was full of doubts, he didn't dare to ask more questions. He could only leave Anle Hall with the three eunuchs, feeling regretful that he could not see whether Emperor Deqing was injured.

After leaving the west gate, eight Yulin guards were waiting to guard him.

Eunuch Zhou remained silent along the way. He only occasionally made eye contact with Xue Poye and smiled attentively. Xue Poye just walked south and turned to the back of the palace.

Not long after, Eunuch Zhou led him outside a gray-white courtyard. He saw that the guards around the courtyard were all in light brown clothes. They were wearing thick cotton coats, but not armor. They only had thick leather belts around their waists.

The courtyard is surrounded by three posts, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guards are extremely tight. It is unusually deserted here, and there is not a single idle person in sight.

"These are all people from Dali Temple." A Yulin guard saw that Xue Poye was a little confused and said hurriedly.

Xue Poye nodded slightly, wondering why this large group of people were guarding this place. It was close to the main entrance of the courtyard. It was a tall and large copper gate. Half of the gate was open. Looking from the door, it was also heavily guarded inside.

Xue Poye looked up and saw a black plaque hanging under the eaves on top of the copper gate, with three large blood-red characters clearly engraved on it.

Zongzheng Temple!

Before Xue Poye could understand, Eunuch Zhou walked straight into the courtyard gate. Xue Poye signaled the eight Yulin guards to stay outside and followed him in.

Today's matter was a bit mysterious. Xue Poye kept it in mind and stayed close to Eunuch Zhou. His left hand seemed to be carelessly pressing on the handle of the knife. If anything unusual happened, just ignore him and take Eunuch Zhou first.

This is a huge courtyard with many buildings, layer upon layer. However, although there are many guards, it is silent, with a gloomy atmosphere, and the whole courtyard is lifeless.

Xue Poye followed the three eunuchs through a corridor and passed through several doors before stopping in front of a gray room.

Eunuch Zhou took out a strange sign from his arms and lit it up. The guard in front of the house immediately opened the door and pushed it open gently.

The moment the door opened, Xue Poye smelled a strange musty smell and couldn't help but frown. The room was extremely dark. Eunuch Zhou turned around and said with a smile: "Master Xue, come in with our family." After that,

Entered the house first.

Xue Poye was extremely confused. He really didn't understand why Emperor Deqing asked him to accompany Eunuch Zhou to this place. He followed Eunuch Zhou into the house.

The room was extremely empty, and moss appeared on the walls. There was a bed in the west corner of the room, and the bedding on it was moldy. The musty smell just now was obviously coming from the bedding.

There was only one window in the house, which was tightly closed with iron bars and nailed with wooden boards. Only a faint light shone in through the gaps in the wooden boards.

The room was very dark. Xue Poye looked around and found a person near the window, with his back to him, sitting on the cold ground, motionless, as if dead.

"Who... is this?" Xue Poye frowned, even more confused——
Chapter completed!