Chapter 33 – There is a key in everyone’s heart.

Five Bamboo entered the palace for the last time five days ago, and confirmed that the key was hidden somewhere in the Hall of Harmonious Light, so Fan Xian first explored this place. Perhaps it was too long in peace, the Empress Dowager’s residence in the Hall of Hengguang was quiet and peaceful, the night watchman’s maids were asleep, and the little eunuch in charge of looking after the incense burner was also a bit drowsy.

A very faint fragrance drifted by, and whether it was the little eunuchs or the palace maids, they all fell dead asleep.

In the dim light, Fan Xian along the relatively dark corners, slipped into the bedchamber, his eyes looked at the far side of the gorgeous exceptionally large bed, slightly frowned, above the old woman covered with thin silk light quilt, is the empress dowager?

At this time he could not give birth to too many sighs, also will not go to express the boring fantasy that history may be changed in their own hands, just calmly walked up, walked to the side of that bed, did not even look at the bed this may be the most powerful woman in the whole world a glance.

Calmness was the most important quality that Five Bamboo and Fei Jie had taught Fan Xian.

Without the expected presence of hidden masters, Fan Xian had always thought that the palace would be just like what Gu Long had written, and that there would always be some invisible killers around the empress who would never see the light of day in their entire lives.

He did not measure where in the hall of light where may be hidden treasure, but very directly slipped into the empress dowager’s bed, closed his eyes, palms began to caress the wooden boards under the bed, the wood is excellent wood, but his behavior at this time is inevitably a little strange.

After a short while, he opened his eyes in the darkness under the bed, his eyes were clear and bright, flashing a trace of joy mixed with absurdity.

He himself had hidden the Nameless Kung Fu Technique in a secret compartment under the bedpan in Tanyu, and Mao Dongzhu had also hidden the Forty-two Chapter Sutra in a secret compartment under the bed in the Deer Tripod Journals, and this empress dowager of the Kingdom of Qing actually had a secret compartment under her bed as well.

Human imagination, at some point, really seems very poor.

The dagger gently exerted force and opened in from the side, the blade broke through the wood without a sound while the empress dowager on the bed rolled over. The old man mumbled something. Fan Xian’s face was expressionless, as if he didn’t hear it, still operating steadily, and in a short while, he removed the hidden compartment, and at this time, he didn’t dare to reach out and pick it up, but his eyesight in the night was very strong, so it was very simple and good luck to see something like that.

Inside the secret compartment there was no jewelry no silver tickets, only a white cloth, a letter, and …… a key.

Fan Xian looked at the shape of the key and frowned slightly, a very strange expression appearing on his face. He didn’t take out the white cloth or the letter, but simply tucked the key into his pocket and slipped out.

A few moments later, he reappeared under the palace wall.

Getting into the carriage and looking at Wang Qinian, Fan Xian said softly, “What I need is speed.”

“Yes.” Wang Qinian didn’t know what today’s mission was, he only knew that he had to pick up His Excellency at this street corner before going to meet the man he had invited back.

“I don’t want anyone to know I’m on this carriage.”

“Don’t worry, my lord. It is a borrowed Privy Council carriage, and no one will dare stop it or know about it.”

“Very well.” Fan Xian’s mind relaxed slightly, half leaning back in his seat, his brow furrowed, today’s fake wine and poetic insanity, and then having to explore the Imperial Palace at night, had produced a very great wear and tear on his spirit.

The car arrived at a certain compound, one that Fan Xian was completely unfamiliar with, the two of them got out of the car silently, put their hoods back on, and walked directly to a secret room underground, Wang Qinian muffled his voice and said, “My lord, this is the locksmith.”

In front of the duo, on the small wooden table were many metal tools that the duo could not even recognize, glowing eerily under the light. The owner of the tools was a middle-aged man who looked a bit honest and wooden, his face was an iron black color, but he was smiling nervously.

Locksmith was an occupation and a name, but this middle-aged man called Locksmith was not just because of this appearance, his name was Locksmith, and from this, one could tell to what extent his craftsmanship had reached.

Fan Xian nodded and said to Wang Qinian, “Go out and wait.”

Wang Qinian went out of the secret room as soon as he bowed his head, knowing that there were some things that he would never know, and that would be the safest.

“It’s a matter of the interests of the national dynasty, I’m asking you as a Privy Councilor to do your part for the country.” Fan Xian said calmly to the locksmith through the mask on his face.

The locksmith’s heart fluttered, and when he thought of so many foreign missions that had recently come to the capital, he thought that he had guessed something, and hurriedly made a bow, not knowing what he was going to do.

“Be quick and accurate.” Fan Xian fished the key out of his belt, “Be exactly the same.”

The locksmith took it, took a closer look, and frowned, “There is no such lock in the world.”

“I don’t care, I just want you to duplicate this key. Can you or can’t you?”

“It’s hard, this key is too complicated. Even if it’s made in the exact same shape and no one can detect it, I can’t guarantee that the duplicated key can open the corresponding lock.”

“Very well, begin.” Fan Xian had a sense of unexpected joy upon hearing the reply, but his voice remained clear and cold.

The locksmith was nervously copying the key, the sound of nuisance grinding iron came out of the chamber from time to time, Fan Xian was also nervously looking at the doorway of the chamber, he didn’t know how long Five Bamboo could actually hold off Elder Eunuch Hong, Elder Eunuch Hong was living too close to the Hall of Hankwang, and if Elder Eunuch Hong went back to the palace, it would be very difficult to put back this duplicated key of his own.

Finally, the locksmith, sweating profusely, finished his work and handed the silver key in his hand to Fan Xian, who compared the two keys and realized that the duplicated one was really exactly the same, even some of the rust spots left on it were almost indistinguishable. His mood finally relaxed a bit, and he asked with a slight smile, “What was your previous profession?”

His face was covered with a black cloth, so this smile looked a little weird.

“The villain …… was a thief.” The locksmith was sweating profusely, not knowing exactly what he was facing after accomplishing such a secretive one.

Fan Xian thought in his heart that it turned out to be a peer, squinted at the tools and molds left on the table, frowned, walked over to the table, muffled a grunt, and the overbearing zhenqi in his body sprinted out, destroying all of the molds held in his hands into crumbs.

After instructing Wang Qinian to destroy those metal tools as well, and then send this locksmith to the south to stay for a while, Fan Xian put down his heart and set foot on the road to re-enter the palace.

When he re-entered the Hall of Containing Light, the sweet fragrance had faded, the night breeze was still gentle, and the atmosphere of peace and harmony filled the palace. Fan Xian slipped under the bed like a ghost, put back the copied key, took out the adhesive he was carrying, and rearranged the secret compartment before softly exiting the palace.

There was no telling how long it had been since the last sound of more drums, and Fan Xian knew it was time for him to leave. But just then, his gaze fell upon a small courtyard on the other side of the palace. That place was Guangxin Palace, where the eldest princess lived.

Fan Xian’s actions today had been perfectly organized, and if he didn’t want to cause trouble, he should have immediately exited the palace and waited for things to gradually fester. But I don’t know if it was because he was overwhelmed by the joy of obtaining that key, or because of what, Fan Xian’s next action was somewhat unexpected.

He believes that under the cover of darkness, even if it is as strict as the palace, there is also the possibility of his own free walking, walking along the corridor, relying on the two masters of the darkness of the Wuzhu and Fei Jie to play on a night walking skills, extremely difficult to approach the Palace of Guangxin, and on the way, and even with a yawning courtesan brushed past.

Guangxin Palace light is still, obviously there are people inside, unique courtyard of Guangxin Palace and other palaces in the palace are not a mix, there is a small wall outside the palace.

As the saying goes, if you’re afraid of a big river, you’re still afraid of this stinky ditch. Fan Xian, however, knew that many supreme masters had ended up dying under the hands of mediocre people, so he carefully circled around to the back of the palace, closed his eyes and quieted his qi as he climbed up the thick corridor pillars.

Palm imprints landed on the smooth surface of the pillars, Fan Xian’s mental true qi loss today was too great to avoid some impatience, so climbing up appeared to be a bit of a chore. Carefully going up to the roof of Guangxin Palace, he didn’t dare to boldly uncover the tiles and peep, instead squinting his eyes to look for the bright tiles that were extremely hard to find among the glazed tiles.

Perhaps his luck was too good, the roof of the palace didn’t need bright tiles, but the Princess was a person who liked the light of the sky to enter her room, so Fan Xian found one, and carefully crouched down, lowered his head, making sure that every simple movement was stable, making sure not to make any sound.

Under the bright tiles, the light was not bright, but with Fan Xian’s eye sight, he could still see and hear clearly. He narrowed his eyes, knowing that he had indeed guessed correctly, and that his luck was really good.

The eldest princess Li Yunrui leaned on the couch, full of lazy color, looks charming and moving, wearing only a white jacket, under the thin silk, the body curves are exposed, maturity in the middle of a bit of green, this dress if the world men see, I’m afraid that will fall under the pair of bare feet.

She as his majesty’s closest sister, naturally do not need to use beauty to seduce people, and this person in front of her is seventy years old, before this night, known as the world’s first moral essay everyone, is not able to be seduced by the role of the role of color.

Zhuang Mo Han coughed twice: “After the foreign minister’s business, I hope that the eldest princess will not fail to honor the agreement.”

The Princess played with the fake scroll that she spent a lot of money to make, smiled sweetly, the room was full of spring, soft voice timidly said, “I want Zhuang everyone to step on that Fan Xian to the ground, so that he no longer have the face to stay in Kyoto, Zhuang everyone can do it?”