Chapter 880

After listening to Du Shan's report, Gao Mucheng felt relieved. He thought that this palace maid might be the princess's confidant, so it would be too risky to get rid of her, and it would be difficult for him to do it. Now he knows that she is just an ordinary low-level palace maid.

Gao Mucheng no longer had any worries.

This matter is just a piece of cake for him, and of course he is happy to be a smooth favor.

After pondering for a moment, he said to Du Shan: "I can't keep this palace maid. Tomorrow, you come with me to find her and trick her out of Yonghe Palace. Just let her... accidentally slip and fall into the water!"

Du Shan took a breath and his expression suddenly changed. Killing a palace maid was no small matter. He swallowed his saliva and said, "Sir, if this matter is to be spread to the king's ears, we will not be able to bear it.

Let’s go!”

Gao Mucheng sighed and said, "Do you think I want to do this? This is Mrs. De Rong's intention, and I can't do anything about it!"

Du Shan asked puzzledly: "How could a little handyman in the Yonghe Palace offend Mrs. De Rong?"

Gao Mucheng waved his hand and said: "Don't ask, it's the Wang family's business. We just need to do it. Don't ask why. If you know too much, you might be the one who accidentally falls into the water and drowns."

Du Shan shuddered and quickly closed his mouth. Gao Mucheng took out the brocade box given to him by Yuan Qianyi from his sleeve, opened it, handed it to Du Shan, and said: "This is Mrs. De Rong's idea. You choose

Just one!"

"I don't dare!" Du Shan was startled and hurriedly lowered his head.

Gao Mucheng smiled, picked up a bead, put it into Du Shan's hand, and said: "I won't hide anything, not to mention this is a reward from Madam, I don't dare to hide anything, just accept it, it's just for work tomorrow

, start low, otherwise, if people see the traces, we will be destined to collect the treasure and not appreciate it..."

The next day, Gao Mucheng and Du Shan walked around the Yonghe Palace for a whole morning, and it was not until noon that they waited for the palace maid named Jicui to come out. She was carrying a big wooden bucket filled with garbage.

"Sir, we're out!" Du Shan, who was nearby, his eyes suddenly lit up and reminded in a low voice.

Gao Mucheng turned around and looked carefully. Ji Cui looked too ordinary, with ordinary facial features, a thin and small figure, and dark skin. He looked as if he was malnourished. Because he was too thin, he carried such a small body.

The big wooden barrel also seems very difficult.

After reading this, Gao Mucheng secretly smiled bitterly. In the palace, he was reduced to the point where he wanted to attack a maid who was working as a handyman. He shook his head, winked at Du Shan beside him, and then followed him not far or near.

Behind Cui.

After she walked out for a while, she was far away from the Yonghe Palace and there was no one around. Gao Mucheng and Du Shan suddenly quickened their pace, caught up with Jicui, and said at the same time, "Is this girl Jicui in front of me?"

When the palace maid heard this, she immediately stopped and turned around, looking at Gao Mucheng and Du Shan with a blank face. She stood dumbly for a while before she came back to her senses, put down the barrel in her hand, and Fu Li said: "

Your maid Ji Cui has met these two adults!"

Gao Mucheng walked up to Ji Cui and said with a smile: "Miss Ji Cui, please come with me. I have to ask the girl about some things."

"But the maid still has to do things!" Ji Cui looked at the big wooden barrel in her hand in embarrassment as she spoke.

"We can do these things later!" Du Shan stepped forward, took the barrel from Ji Cui's hand without any explanation, raised his head and said, "Girl, please!"

Du Shan didn't give Jicui any room to refuse. After speaking, he took the lead and walked forward. Jicui could only follow behind him helplessly, while Gao Mucheng walked behind. The two of them were in tandem.

Put Jicui in it.

The three of them turned left and right in the corridor of the palace, and came to a quiet garden. This garden was very spacious, and there were fake lakes and rockeries. In the summer, the grass was green, the waves were rippling, and the flowers were blooming.

The scenery is really charming, but it is the deep winter season now, the grass is withered and the flowers are withered, and few people come here anymore.

Walking to the lake, Du Shan finally stopped and turned around to look around carefully to see if there was anyone else here. Ji Cui's face was full of confusion and he stammered: "Sir...sir, take the maid with you."

What are you doing here?"

Du Shan was a secret assassin and knew the defenses inside the palace very well. He knew that there were no defenses nearby, and he didn't see anyone else. He felt relieved, and then his true colors were revealed. He turned around and looked at Ji Cui with a ferocious smile.

, said: "What to do? Of course I'm sending the girl on her way!"

"On your way?" Jicui still had a puzzled face and said blankly: "Where? Where do you want to send your maid?"

"Under the Nine Springs!" The ferocious smile on Du Shan's face disappeared, replaced by a fierce look in his eyes, and his fingers slowly bent.

Hearing this, Ji Cui was shocked and couldn't stand. She sat down on the ground, her face turned pale, and she stammered: "My maid... My maid has not made any mistake... And... she has not offended these two adults...

…”

"If you just offend us, then it's okay to say that you don't have to die, but if you offend Madam de Jong, then even the gods can't save you!"

"Is... Mrs. De Jong sent you to kill me?"

"Of course, so under the circumstances, if you want to blame, just blame Mrs. de Rong..."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Mucheng, who was behind Ji Cui, frowned and coughed heavily, reminding Du Shan that you talked too much. Du Shan was shocked and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and the murderous intent in his eyes became more intense.

Ji Cui realized what was going to happen next, and also realized why Yuan Qianyi wanted to kill her. She looked surprised and resentful, raised her hand, and fiercely pulled out a hairpin from her head.

Unfortunately, before she could make the next move, Du Shan had already stepped forward, clasping her wrist holding the hairpin with one hand, and covering Ji Cui's face with his other big hand.

Ji Cui struggled fiercely, but how could her petite and weak body break away from Du Shan, who was so big and round-waisted? She wanted to shout loudly, but her mouth and nose were tightly covered and she couldn't say a word.

She twisted and struggled, her little face first turned red, then gradually turned pale, and finally turned blue. After a short time, her body softened, her eyes widened, and she lost all breath.

The hairpin in his hand also fell to the ground.

After covering Ji Cui for a while and confirming that Ji Cui was completely dead, Du Shan let go of her hand, then grabbed Ji Cui's collar with one hand, buckled her belt with the other, and swung her arms outward with force.

Hearing a splash, Ji Cui's body was thrown into the middle of the lake.

He clapped his hands, rubbed them against himself, turned to Gao Mucheng and smiled: "Sir, we have finished this errand." As he spoke, he started to leave. Gao Mucheng smiled lightly and stood still.

, just mouthing towards his feet.

Du Shan lowered his head and looked down, his face changed slightly, he hurriedly picked up the hairpin that had fallen to the ground and said, "Thank you, sir, for reminding me, there was almost no flaw!"

As he spoke, he made a move to throw the hairpin into the lake, but the moment before he took action, he suddenly felt something rolling inside the hairpin. He let out a puzzled look, put the hairpin down again, and turned it over.

look.

"What's wrong?" Gao Mucheng stepped forward and glanced at the hairpin in his hand. It was a very ordinary bamboo hairpin, and it looked old, yellow and black. Even if it was thrown on the street, no one might pick it up.

"Sir, the inside of this hairpin seems to be empty..." Du Shan shook the hairpin and said suspiciously.

"Oh?" Gao Mucheng raised his eyebrows, took the hairpin, and shook it casually. Sure enough, there was a slight vibration inside.

He frowned slowly, recalling just now, when Ji Cui's life was at stake, he first pulled out the hairpin. Could it be that there was some secret hidden in it?

Thinking of this, he bent his hands slightly and heard a soft click. The bamboo hairpin broke. At the same time, a small ball rolled out from it and fell to the ground.

Du Shan had sharp eyes, hurriedly lowered his body to pick it up, looked at the small ball, and murmured: "What is this?"

Gao Mucheng grabbed it, took a look at it first, then put it under his nose and smelled it, and breathed in: "It's... a special spirit-gathering pill!"

"Ah?" Du Shanli was dumbfounded. After a moment, he came back to his senses and asked in surprise: "Could it be that... this palace maid is a spiritual cultivator hidden in the palace?"

"Otherwise, why would she take out this in a critical moment?" As he spoke, he looked at the Spirit Gathering Pill in his hand, his eyes glistening. It was already incredible that Ji Cui was a spiritual cultivator, and what was even more incredible was that

, Madam de Jong actually wanted to get rid of her. Could it be that Madam de Jong had already discovered her secret? If so, she could have exposed it openly. Why did she still act so secretly? How much is hidden in this that is not known to the public?

secret?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Gao Mucheng put the elixir into his arms, and then said seriously to Du Shan: "What happened today is beyond the scope of what you and I can handle. We cannot mention it to anyone, not even a word."

Ti, heaven knows and earth knows, you know and I know, no third person can know, do you understand?"

At this time, Du Shan also realized the strangeness. He nodded repeatedly and responded: "Don't worry, sir, I will never reveal a word to anyone."

"Very good, you go find someone immediately to fish out Ji Cui's body. I'll go to Yonghe Palace and report this to the princess!"

"Yes! Sir!" Du Shan responded with cupped hands, turned around and left quickly. After he left, Gao Mucheng also went to Yonghe Palace.

He calculated the time and felt that Du Shan had almost recovered Ji Cui's body, and then entered the gate of Yonghe Palace.

When he walked into the main hall, he raised his head and looked inside. Yin Rou was not the only one inside. There was another person sitting next to Yin Rou, Yuan Qianyi.

Gao Mucheng was shocked, but he reacted quickly. He bowed respectfully and said, "I see you, the princess, madam!"

Yin Rou smiled brightly at him and asked, "Master Gao, what do you want me to see you for?"

"Uh-" Gao Mucheng was about to speak when he suddenly realized that Yuan Qianyi's eyes were staring directly at him, with a hint of light in them, so cold that it made people shudder.

His heart trembled, and he quickly swallowed the words that were on his lips, and said with an apologetic smile: "The villain is here...he is here to inspect the guards of Yonghe Palace to see if there are any oversights."
Chapter completed!