Tomorrow is the winter solstice, and the Jinshui River is frozen at night, and the guards on duty at the palace gate are shivering. There was also a wind in the night, and when the wind blew, it was like a knife on the face. In the past, there were Han generals patrolling the palace city, but now there is not even a ghost shadow on the city. No way, it's too cold.

The guards hiding in the duty room were roasting charcoal fires while speculating whether the sun would come out after dawn. Some said they were afraid that it would snow, while others said they couldn't. Who knows if this snow will fall, anyway, there have been small snowflakes in Beijing for a few days, intermittently. If this is going to be down, it will simply be a big one, and it will be uncomfortable to hang like this.

It is warm after frost, cold after snow, and the guards are all experienced, regardless of whether it snows or not, they have smeared lard on their hands, necks and even ears before being on duty at night. Lard antifreeze is an experience handed down by our ancestors, and it is very spiritual.

Time passed little by little, and Dongfang finally saw a little fish belly white. Look at the hour, but it is only mid-hour, and there will be more than half an hour before dawn.

It was cold, and it was understandable that the guards would reduce the number of patrols, and the Shangguan would not say anything if he knew it. In this peaceful and prosperous world, there is no Tartar Kou Jingshi, and there is no anti-thief in the capital, what danger can the Forbidden City have. To say that the prince ate the leopard's gall to force the palace, he didn't even have to think about it. Everyone in the world knows that today's young master is very cowardly, and he doesn't dare to say anything when he calls a eunuch to bully. Pointing at him to force the palace, the big guy really wants to watch a good show, and by the way, give the master a thumbs up.

However, this night has passed, and the old nest can't be said to be on the wall, so the hundred households on duty at night lit a general flag and walked around the city wall with a few unlucky small flags.

The general flag who was named was aggrieved, and with a bitter face, he went up to the city wall sullenly with several small flags that were also bitter. When the cold wind blows outside, everyone shiveres straight up, and then flips the leather collar up, and shrinks as much as the neck can shrink.

They are on the city wall on the Chengtian Gate, which is not far from the Divine Palace, and further north is the Taimiao. Walking around the wall sounds simple, but after a circle, at least more than ten miles, it will be bright before dawn.

"Let's go, don't rub it off, go early and get off early, go back and hug my mother-in-law to borrow a hole to warm the bird, save it from becoming a popsicle." Seeing that all of his men were listless and couldn't move, Zongqi couldn't help laughing and scolding.

Don't say it, they are all helping men, and they don't have any energy to listen to anything else, but they are all excited when they hear about this meat. So, a group of Han generals are arranging one by one in the city, either brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, or aunts and aunts.

When he walked to the city wall not far from Donghua Gate, the general flag glanced down at the city, but saw a figure carrying a large bag and struggling to the river. The general flag looked up at the sky consciously, the hour had not come, the palace door had not opened, how did that person come out.

"Go, ask." The general flag casually lit two small flags and told them to see what was going on with the man.

"Don't nest in the bed on a cold day, what are you doing here, you're full." The two small flags scolded and got off the city wall, went around the Donghua Gate, and ran straight towards the river.

When I arrived at the river, I saw a chill in the bones of the two small flags. Because, by the river, there was an old man washing clothes in the cold water.

The old man was obviously the figure they had seen in the city earlier, and he was carrying a large bag full of cotton clothes, and at a cursory glance, there were at least a dozen of them. The cotton clothes were extremely heavy after entering the water, and the old man was struggling to squeeze the water at this time, but no matter how he squeezed it, the water couldn't be squeezed dry.

The two little flags lifted the lantern forward, and saw clearly that the old man was a eunuch, his hands were red from the cold, and they were full of chilblains and cracks. Probably because of the exertion, the crack in his hand was torn open, and blood dripped down his hand along with the river.

This scene can make these two little flags frightened and sore. Both of them are Han generals, and the Han generals are only responsible for the palace guards and the emperor's travel honor guard, and they have never been in battle, and these people are all the shadows earned by their ancestors, and none of them have seen blood, let alone suffered. Therefore, seeing this sour scene, Rao is usually a master of their eyes, and they can't help but be overflowing with sympathy.

"I said, which palace are you, why did you run to wash clothes before dawn?" A small flag stepped forward and asked.

The old man patronized the laundry, didn't pay attention to the movement on the shore, and only reacted after hearing the words, and saw that it was two Han generals, so he hurriedly put down the clothes, and said with some anxiety: "Two masters, the younger one is Li Jinzhong from the East Palace, I just washed clothes, and didn't do anything else..."

East Palace's?

The two Xiaoqi glanced at each other, and it was clear, no wonder they could come out so early, it turned out to be from the East Palace. Inside and outside this palace, if you want to say which place is the most unsafe and least noticed, it is the East Palace. You know, because the emperor is dissatisfied with today's master, until now, there are no guards in the East Palace. There are no guards, and the palace gate will be opened at any time.

"Even if you wash clothes, on such a cold day, won't you boil hot water and wash in the palace? If the water is frozen, aren't you cold? Another Xiaoqi asked.

When the second uncle heard this, his throat moved, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it, he only hung his head down, and his two frozen hands were put together and stuck to the corners of his clothes. He wanted to rub it or put his hand in his stomach to warm up, but he didn't dare, so he just stood there.

Seeing this, the two little banners don't need to ask, most likely this Li Jinzhong offended someone in the East Palace, so he was sent such a chore.

The affairs in the palace, they can't control or ask, they really want to sympathize with this Li Jinzhong, maybe they will offend which Da Jue instead. So they looked at each other, shook their heads, and decided to ignore this Li Jinzhong.

Before leaving, Xiaoqi kindly told Li Jinzhong: "Pay attention, the water is deep, don't slide in." ”

"Hey, hey!"

The second uncle couldn't help nodding, and after the two small flags walked away, he sighed and continued to squat by the river to wash clothes.

The two little flags guessed correctly, the second uncle offended people, offended the Wei Dynasty, the red man next to the East Palace Dajue Wang An's father-in-law.

The reason is that he ruined the good things of the Wei Dynasty.

Xi Li Niangniang came forward to call Wei Chao to scold her, after that, Wei Chao didn't dare to pester Ke Yinyue anymore, but I don't know where to get the news, Wei Chao knew that it was the second uncle who helped Ke Yinyue beg Xi Li Niangniang. So, I hated it.

It's just that the second uncle is a distant relative of Xi Li Niangniang, and the Wei Dynasty didn't dare to attack him openly, so he used the power of the steward to wear small shoes for the second uncle and send drudgery.