Regarding the causes and consequences of the ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’, Yue Xingwen’s understanding was naturally not as good as that of Qin Miao, who majored in history. After the three of them discussed, they decided to take advantage of the dead of night to go to the largest restaurant in the capital to meet their teammates.
The streets were dark. In ancient times, there was no electricity and no network, the commoner had no nightlife, and it was normal to go to bed early. Yue Xingwen and the other two walked for a while by moonlight, and they didn’t even see a single figure, so naturally they couldn’t inquire about the location of the restaurant.
Yue Xingwen was in a hurry in his heart, and suddenly heard the sound of ‘The weather is dry and so are things, watch out and not to kindle them’, followed by ‘knock… knock! Knock! Knock!’ Oneslow and three sounds of beating the night watch.
Qin Miao said softly, “One slow, three fast, this is the fourth watch, that is, from 1 to 3 o’clock in the morning. We can ask the watcher to find out where the restaurant is.”
Qin Lu took the initiative to say, “I’ll go. Xingwen, you are wearing an official clothes, it’s easy to reveal your identity.”
Qin Miao and Yue Xingwen hid in the shadows, while Qin Lu stepped forward to ask for information, and on the pretext that she was a foreigner and had gotten lost in the capital, the night watchman offered to take her there himself.
Yue Xingwen was worried that Qin Lu would be in danger and followed them all the way.
Fortunately, this night watchman was really a warm-hearted person, directly brought Qin Lu to the door of the ‘Fulai Inn’, and advised, “This is the largest inn in the capital, girl you are out alone, it’s very unsafe, go find your father and brother.”
Qin Lu said gratefully, “Thank you big brother.”
After the night watchman left, Qin Lu knocked on the door of the inn. The innkeeper opened the door reluctantly, yawned and said, “Girl, the shop is closed!”
Qin Lu said with red eyes, “I got separated from my elder brother. We have made an appointment to meet at the inn, can I beg you to help!”
Seeing her pitiful appearance, the guy couldn’t help but soften his tone, “What does your elder brother look like and what clothes is he wearing? I’ll see if there’s anyone like that at the inn.”
Qin Lu was just about to speak when a familiar voice came from the 2nd floor of the inn, “Xiao Lu.”
Qin Lu raised her head and saw that it was actually Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo.
Qin Lu immediately revealed a surprised expression and shouted, “Elder brother, sister-in-law.”
Lin Manluo: “…” Why don’t you call me sister, instead of sister-in-law?
Zhuo Feng coughed lightly, walked down the stairs quickly and said in a low voice, “Where have you been? I and your sister-in-law have been looking for you all day. Come on, let’s get inside.”
Qin Lu obediently followed them upstairs, and after entering the room and closing the door, Qin Lu leaned in and said a few words in Lin Manluo’s ear. Lin Manluo opened the window, and vines flew out of her hands, instantly pulling Qin Miao and Yue Xingwen in.
Seeing XIngwen in this outfit, Zhuo Feng curiously said, “Xingwen, what kind of outfit are you in, you still look like a civil official?”
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Zhuo Feng suddenly realized. “So it’s Crown Prince Li Jiancheng’s people.” He and Lin Manluo exchanged a glance, and Lin Manluo followed closely to say, “I’m Princess Qin’s maid, Zhuo Feng is Princess Qin’s guard, and we are both from Li Shimin’s camp. This afternoon, Zhuo Feng and I met by chance in the courtyard and agreed to come to the inn in the dead of night to wait for our teammates. As a result, until now, there are only three of you.”
Qin Lu couldn’t help but be surprised. “None of the others came?”
Yue Xingwen asked, “What about Pingce? You didn’t meet him either?”
Zhuo Feng shook his head. “No.”
Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but be confused. Pingce is the easiest of them all to get away, his coordinate system could be used as a lightness skill, and he could fly over walls without any problem—— Unless his coordinate system skill was banned.
Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but worry. “I don’t know what the others’ identities are, they didn’t come to the agreed location, it’s possible that they’ve encountered trouble and can’t get away for the time being.”
Qin Miao suddenly said, “It’s also possible that they are not in this time and space.”
Zhuo Feng was stunned, “Not in this time and space? What do you mean?”
Qin Miao explained in a low voice, “The exam mode of <Dreaming Back to the Great Tang Dynasty> is to let us return to the Tang Dynasty, replace the identities of some characters to advance the plot and make the historical plot run towards its original trajectory. The few of us who have returned to ninth year of Wude are to assist Li Shimin in accomplishing the ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’ and killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.”
Lin Manluo nodded understandingly, “I guessed this, Princess Qin met her elder brother Zhangsun Wuji today, and mentioned that Li Yuanji fanned the flames in the harem and smeared Li Shimin everywhere. I’m guessing that it is the time just before the outbreak of the ‘Xuanwu Gate Incident’?”
Qin Miao said, “That’s right. In the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng’s open and secret struggle has reached a fierce stage, but Li Shimin has been hesitant, after all, killing his elder brother won’t leave any good reputation, and at that time, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were powerful, and Li Shimin only had 800 personal soldiers in his hands. If he really did it, his chances of winning were not high, so he was unwilling to make the first move.”
Yue Xingwen straightened out the cause and effect, and said, “But Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji will not be polite to him, the two not only conspired to assassinate him during the banquet, but also to kill the generals under him. After knowing this news, Li Shimin couldn’t stand it anymore and decided to make a desperate bet and strike first?”
Qin Miao nodded. “This is how it is written in the history books, and Wang Die that Xingwen is playing is the key character. You need to tell the Prince of Qin, Li Shimin, the secret that you heard as soon as possible.”
Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo finally understood. No wonder Xingwen replaced a minor official in the East Palace, it turned out that he was an undercover agent sent to the East Palace by Li Shimin.
Zhuo Feng scratched his head and said, “Li Shimin seems to be very busy, and he is not in the residence all day. Moreover, the Qin’s residence is heavily guarded, so you can’t easily enter it, in case you get caught after entering, it will be troublesome.”
Historically, as an undercover agent sent by Li Shimin to the East Palace, Wang Die must have had a way to contact Li Shimin and inform the other party of the secret in the first place.
But now, the library had replaced Yue Xingwen, he didn’t know how to contact Li Shimin at all, and he didn’t even know what the other party looked like, and it would only be self-defeating to break into the Qin’s residence.
Moreover, Li Shimin had been very busy recently, and it was difficult to accurately catch the time when he would return to the residence, and if Yue Xingwen left the East Palace for a long time, it would arouse the suspicion of the East Palace.
Yue Xingwen asked, “Can you all use your skills?”
Qin Lu smiled bitterly and shook her head. “I can’t summon my globe.”
Qin Miao said, “The skills before the Tang Dynasty ‘Sweeping Liuhe’ and ‘Fire Burning Battalion’ can be used, and ‘Cup of Wine’, ‘Wencheng and Marriage’ are all events that have not happened yet, and they can’t be used.”
Zhuo Feng was helpless. “My Magnet and Electric Current are all useless, only Light and Gravity can be used.”
Lin Manluo’s vine summoning was not affected. It seemed that the library calculated skills based on time nodes. The tools, characters, and event skills that had not appeared in the current time and space could not be used, and Jiang Pingce’s coordinate system certainly couldn’t be used either.
Originally, he wanted Qin Lu to lurk in the Prince of Qin’s residence, and after discovering Li Shimin, he could use the Plate Movement skill to pick up Yue Xingwen at any time, but now this method could not be used. Yue Xingwen had to stay in the Qin’s residence, so that he could tell Li Shimin the secret as soon as possible.
Thinking about it, Yue Xingwen suddenly came up with an idea. “It’s better to go to the princess with senior sister Manluo, and senior sister Manluo will say that I’m your cousin, my parents are dead, and I’m desperate to come to the capital to do a miscellaneous service, so please ask the princess to take me in as a handyman.”
Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo glanced at each other, and both felt this method was feasible.
Recently, it happened to be on the cusp of the storm, and the guards under Li Shimin were strictly managed, so disguising as a guard and mixing into the imperial residence could easily be detected by the leader. If he disguised as a handyman and entered the princess’s side, it would be easier to gain the trust of Princess Qin if Lin Manluo testified.
Everyone quickly discussed the countermeasure.
Qin Lu and Qin Miao returned to the East Palace, while Zhuo Feng and Lin Manluo took Yue Xingwen back to the Qin’s residence.
Qin’s residence was heavily guarded, and there was no way to go through the gate, so Lin Manluo simply made a vine swing and swung into the courtyard from the tree. Zhuo Feng stole a set of servants’ clothes for Yue Xingwen to change into.
In order to do enough drama, Yue Xingwen also tore a few holes in his clothes, painted some dust on his face, dressed up as a down-and-out child whose parents died and had to go to a foreign land.
Lin Manluo glanced at him and whispered, “Like a little beggar.”
Yue Xingwen laughed. “I came all the way to join my cousin, this is more realistic.”
After dressing up, Zhuo Feng took Yue Xingwen to the guard’s residence, planning to hide in the imperial residence first and then find a chance to meet Princess Qin tomorrow.
The two had just passed through the corridor when they suddenly heard a steady sound of footsteps behind them. Yue Xingwen subconsciously wanted to hide in the shadows, but heard a low voice in his ears. “Stop.”
Zhuo Feng and Yue Xingwen glanced at each other and stopped helplessly.
The man walked up behind the two and asked, “You two, what are you doing sneaking around?”
Zhuo Feng laughed dryly, “We are just in a hurry, go to the toilet together.”
The man said sharply, “Turn around.”
Zhuo Feng and Yue Xingwen turned around stiffly, and Yue Xingwen hung his head, pretending to be submissive. The man raised Yue Xingwen’s chin and looked at it carefully for a moment, “Who are you? Why haven’t I seen you before?”
As soon as Yue Xingwen was about to speak, he heard a low and calm voice next to him, “He is the new guard of the residence, well, you go to patrol elsewhere, and I’ll take care of it here.”
The man immediately took a step back respectfully, “Yes, general!”
Yue Xingwen looked up and met a pair of familiar eyes.
—— Jiang Pingce!
He was wearing a black armor, holding a long sword, a tall and slender figure, with this outfit, coupled with Jiang Pingce’s serious and indifferent expression as usual, the man in front of him looked indeed handsome and upright, with an imposing aura.
However, his originally indifferent gaze immediately became gentle after meeting Yue Xingwen’s clear eyes, and even a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
Great, Pingce was also in this time and space! Yue Xingwen could not help but smile, and both of them looked at each other, ignoring Zhuo Feng on the side.
Zhuo Feng: “Ahem.”
Jiang Pingce came back to his senses, looked at Zhuo Feng, and said in a low voice, “You guys follow me.”
The two of them followed him, through several corridors in succession, to a place that resembled a ‘secret room’. Jiang Pingce put down the long sword in his hand and looked back at Yue Xingwen with a gentle gaze. “How did you fall into such a state? Did the library assign you the status of a little beggar?”
Yue Xingwen patted his torn sleeves helplessly and said, “I was forced to disguise myself in order to blend into the Qin’s residence.”
He looked at Jiang Pingce’s majestic armor and said curiously, “What is your identity?”
Jiang Pingce said, “The general of the Qin’s residence, and the leader of Li Shimin’s personal guard, the Yulin Army.”
I’ve caught up!!! Yay!
Thanks for all your hard work <3<3
Great role
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Stop I was imagining a guard role for Pingce this is perfect!!