Pig Killer

Chapter 262

In the darkness, Shen Hui'e could only hear the sound of ping-pong.

"Good opportunity!" Shen Hui'e quickly rolled over to the ground, walked to the door, flashed out of the door, went out of the corridor, and jumped onto the roof.

The two guards are still fighting with the cat!

Shen Hui'e leaped three times and flew away from the study.

Shen Hui'e breathed a sigh of relief and was grateful for the cat fight, otherwise she would have been trapped in the study.

Shen Hui'e avoided the patrolling soldiers and successfully returned to the outside of Zuixian Tower.

She jumped up to the third floor like pulling up a scallion in dry land and slipped into her room.

Huang Zhongchang, sweating profusely in the darkness, heaved a long sigh, "Thank God, you are finally back."

&*&

After she "jumped" off the building, Huang Zhongchang sat cross-legged on the bed, waiting and waiting!

As time went by, the sound of the clapperboard kept ringing in my ears, like a death urge.

Huang Zhongchang gradually became anxious. He stood up and paced back and forth, standing at the window from time to time to look outside.

"Hiss... It's so cold." Huang Zhongchang wrapped his sheepskin coat tightly and moved away from the window, but he didn't dare to close the window, for fear that she would come back and not be able to come in.

Huang Zhongchang didn't know how long he had been walking in the room. When his patience ran out, he finally came in, radiating coldness.

"Are you okay?" Huang Zhongchang walked over quickly and looked at her and said.

"It's okay!" Shen Hui'e reached out to close the window, "You're not asleep!"

"No matter how brave I am, I can't sleep well." Huang Zhongchang rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "Besides, I have to leave the window open for you! Otherwise, how can you get in?"

"Are you cold?" Shen Hui'e asked with concern, "It's very cold outside."

"No, I'm sweating now." Huang Zhongchang touched his sweaty forehead.

"How could it be?" Shen Hui'e said in disbelief as she looked at the figure in the dark.

"Just keep walking around. You're so anxious. I'm killing myself with heat now." Huang Zhongchang looked at her unhappily.

"Sit down and take a rest!" Shen Hui'e said to him with her bright eyes in the darkness.

"Huh..." Huang Zhongchang let out a long breath, turned around and sat on the warm bed, then asked, "You didn't run into any danger, did you?"

"I thought you would ask me first if I have found out any news?" Shen Hui'e said as she sat opposite him.

"I shouldn't have worried about you." Huang Zhongchang looked at her angrily, his chest heaving violently with anger.

"Thanks to the cats fighting, we were able to get out safely." Shen Hui'e explained the whole story.

"That was a close call." Huang Zhongchang said with a look of relief, "Don't do this again in the future, it's too dangerous."

Shen Hui'e didn't respond, "The second generation is gone."

"Who?" Huang Zhongchang asked with a puzzled look in his eyes, "Who is the Second Emperor?"

"The emperor, the emperor is gone." Shen Hui'e shook her head and chuckled.

"It's gone, so it's gone! The dog emperor is dead, stop making trouble." Huang Zhongchang said casually after hearing this, and suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, "Wait a minute, the emperor is dead, such a big thing, how come the world doesn't know about it!" Then he said, "The emperor passed away, we have to observe national mourning!"

"Keep the death a secret." Shen Hui'e took off her boots and lay on the warm bed. Her body was as cold as a popsicle, so she pulled the quilt over herself.

"Why do you do this? The emperor's death is such a big thing, don't all the civil and military officials in the court know about it? How did the county magistrate know about it?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"It's just a guess! The Second Emperor hasn't been to court for a long time and has been staying in the harem. As long as the news doesn't leak out, it can really be hidden from the whole court." Shen Hui'e clasped her hands on her lower abdomen, rubbing her thumbs together. "As for how the county governor knew it, his daughter is in the harem. He can spread the news, so it seems that he has some status."

"You...you...how do you know that the county magistrate's daughter is in the harem?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in disbelief and asked.

"My eldest brother said that if there was no one in the harem, he, the father-in-law of the emperor, would not dare to resell grain unscrupulously!" Shen Hui'e said with her deep and bottomless black eyes flashing with brilliance.

"The emperor is dead, so why don't we mourn for him? Don't we know that he should be buried in peace?" Huang Zhongchang asked puzzledly.

"How can we hold a funeral when the new emperor hasn't been confirmed yet?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Why not let the emperor's son succeed to the throne?" Huang Zhongchang said simply.

"Does the second emperor have a son?" Shen Hui'e snorted.

"Uh..." Huang Zhongchang blinked and said, "It seems not."

"Even if there is a son, how old is he? Can he take on such an important responsibility?" Shen Hui'e closed her eyes and snorted, "We need someone to assist us in governing! The whole court will be in chaos like a vegetable market!"

"The second generation has no sons, but he has younger brothers and older brothers! Just pick one from them!" Huang Zhongchang said simply and easily.

"You think you're picking cabbage at the market? Who to pick is a problem." Shen Hui'e chuckled and shook her head, "When you pick the smaller one, the ruler is weak and the ministers are strong. The ministers control the government, and the emperor is just a puppet! Let him go east but not west, let him catch chickens but not chase dogs!"

"You think you're a country boy! You catch chickens and chase dogs." Huang Zhongchang said with a smile.

"The words are rough but the truth is there." Shen Hui'e said slowly, "The principle is the same. If we pick an adult, how can the ministers control the government?"

"You mean you haven't chosen a successor yet because you're not announcing the death." Huang Zhongchang sat up straight and said.

"No, no, no! Why choose an heir? The people in the harem can just fake the imperial edict." Shen Hui'e said slowly, "Whether the emperor is dead or not, the previous dynasty doesn't know."

"No! That's the emperor! How dare you?" Huang Zhongchang said in disbelief.

"Why not? Power is the most attractive thing. Many are willing to live and die for it." Shen Hui'e said slowly, turned over and muttered, "When drunk, I lie on the lap of a beauty, and when awake, I hold power in the world!" Her breathing steady.

"What did you say?" Huang Zhongchang asked, "I didn't hear it clearly." After waiting for a long time, no one responded.

"He's asleep." Huang Zhongchang muttered to himself as he listened to the faint snoring, "Is that all the news?" He then whispered, "Forget it, I'll ask again in the morning!"

&*&

Shen Hui'e was dazed for a while, then woke up as usual, sat on the bed, and was hysterical for a while before she finally woke up completely.

"Dong dong..." There was a knock on the door.

Huang Zhongchang stood up and said in panic, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Are the government troops coming?"

"Wake up." Shen Hui'e lit a candle, and the dark room suddenly became bright.

Shen Hui'e walked forward and opened the door, "Brother! So early." She stepped aside and said, "Come in!" She looked up at Huang Zhongchang who jumped off the bed in a hurry, "You're awake."

"I'm awake." Huang Zhongchang said embarrassedly, "Brother, you're up so early!"

"It's the same as usual, except that the dawn is late." Shen Changsheng looked at his yawning brother-in-law and said, "You didn't sleep well."

"No, I just closed my eyes for a while." Huang Zhongchang covered his mouth and yawned again.

"What are you doing tonight?" Shen Changsheng asked as he looked at them who were obviously sleep-deprived.

"You'll have to ask your good sister, my wife." Huang Zhongchang said unhappily, "How daring."

"Let's wash up and eat first, and then talk after dinner." Shen Hui'e said quickly after hearing this, and glanced at him and said, "Aren't you talking too much?"

After washing up, the three of them had a hearty breakfast of wontons with side dishes and large meat buns.

"I sent a visiting card to the county magistrate's office." Shen Changsheng put down the chopsticks in his hand and said.

"I guess the county magistrate doesn't have time to summon us today." Shen Hui'e said casually when he heard this.

"What did you say?" Shen Changsheng looked at her in surprise.

Shen Hui'e drank the last of the soup from the bowl, put down the empty bowl and said, "Brother, let's go out." She whispered, "Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."

"Have you finished eating? I'll take you out for a walk." Shen Changsheng said to them with a smile.

"Hey!" Huang Zhongchang responded smartly.

&*&

The three of them put down their bowls and chopsticks, wrapped themselves up tightly, and left Zuixianlou.

It was just dawn and the sun had just risen above the horizon.

Shen Changsheng drove the carriage to pick them up, "Where are we going?"

"Go to the barracks outside the city." Shen Hui'e said as she squinted her eyes and looked at the blue sky.

"Barracks?" Shen Changsheng said to her with his eyebrows slightly raised.

"Stay away and don't come near." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at him with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Okay!" Shen Changsheng drove the carriage towards the city gate.

People get up late in winter and there are not many people on the streets.

Shen Changsheng, who was sitting on the shaft of the cart, asked without turning his head, "What did my brother-in-law mean just now?"

"I visited the county magistrate's mansion last night." Shen Hui'e said slowly.

"What?" Shen Changsheng said in shock, turning his head hurriedly to look at her.

"Don't be excited, don't be excited." Shen Hui'e pressed down with both hands.

"How can I not be excited? You didn't say a word..." Shen Changsheng lowered his head and squeezed out half a sentence from between his teeth, and then continued, "You don't know anything about the county governor's mansion, and you dare to go in so rashly. Do you know how to write the word death?"

"You don't even ask me what I have gained." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile.

"Nothing I gain is more important than your safety." Shen Changsheng looked at her with a dark face and said, "You really make me worry."

"You live on the third floor, how do you get down here?" Shen Changsheng said, looking up at Zuixianlou which was getting farther and farther away.

"Jump onto the building next to you." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her ink-black eyes.

"What?" Shen Changsheng exclaimed, feeling like his heart was about to jump out.

"Don't make a fuss, it's not that high." Shen Hui'e looked at him with eyes as gentle as jade.

"So that's what's going on. You scared me to death. I really thought you jumped off the third floor!" Huang Zhongchang looked at her unhappily.

"If I jump down from the third floor, I will be seriously injured if not killed. Am I that stupid?" Shen Hui'e said, rubbing the tip of her nose with her index finger.

"Then how did you get up here?" Shen Changsheng asked with concern.