Chapter 385: Cold palace

Tourists in the imperial city are bustling, and the voices of tour guides reverberate in the ancient imperial city. The stories they tell are true or false.
Ning Tao entered the Beidu several times, and also passed by the gate of the imperial city without having time to come in and take a look. Now he's here, just because the envelope retrieved by Xiaotian Dog says: I'm waiting for you in the imperial city. There are important things to talk about. You alone.
There was no one who signed the letter, but Ning Tao smelled a faint smell of sea from the stationery. This reminded him of a missing character, Hai Dongfang. Although with a trace of the smell of the sea, it was not certain that the person who wrote the letter was Hai Dongfang, but even if it was a trace of hope, he did not want to miss it. Nothing else, just because Hai Dongfang may know who killed Liu Shiba and Qingsong Tao.
Liu Shiba gave Dan Fang the Chunsheng Dan he stolen from Xu Fu's tomb, and asked him to refinish it, and then told him who had hired the Zeng Xunlong gang to steal the "Six Paths of Reincarnation". He refined Xu Fu's Dan, which is not an immortal immortal, but an elixir that treats infertility. Liu Shiba was killed, and the clue was broken, but this sudden letter gave him a glimmer of hope.
Unconsciously, he passed through the dry gate, and Ning Tao kept his eyes and nose on his eyes and noses all the way along, and he could detect wherever the investigation could. However, he did not find the existence of the demon, nor did he capture the smell left by the demon.
Ning Tao continued to move forward.
In front of it is the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Hundreds of people stood outside the isolation zone to take pictures, and the scene was lively.
A group of green and enchanting spirits came into Ning Tao's sight at this time, and it was particularly noticeable in a large colorful field of ordinary weather.
It was Hai Dongfang who looked back in the crowd. He has a sturdy shapely body unique to the fish monster, but does not have the handsome face of the fish monster. It is not known whether he intentionally changed his facial features or was born mediocre. He lost a lot of face value compared to those fish monsters in the demon village.
Hai Dongfang just glanced back at Ning Tao without saying hello and strode to the side.
Ning Tao followed Haidong and was cautious all the way. The experience of the demon village gave him a new understanding of the demon, that is more bad, less good, and even a good demon can hurt people, let alone a bad demon? This sea-horizon is just one side. He doesn't understand him at all. It is necessary to keep a guarded heart.
Hai Dongfang went under a palace wall, and there was a door on the palace wall that was locked. Until now, the area where the Imperial City was open was limited to the central axis generation, and large areas on both sides were not open. There is clearly no open area behind the palace wall.
Haidong suddenly made a leap and jumped across the palace wall.
Ning Tao walked quickly and jumped over the palace wall.
Behind the palace wall is an imperial garden, silent and empty. There are many ornamental flowers and trees in the garden, as well as rockery ponds, but there is no water or fish, and the ruler is full of litter. The building behind the Royal Garden is also gray and the paint on the doors and windows is mottled and the weathering marks are very obvious. This area is very different from the scenic area outside the palace wall. It is more vicissitudes and has a stronger historical atmosphere.
Hai Dongfang still did not stop, he continued to move forward.
Ning Tao said, "Senior Hai, there is no one here anymore. Where are you going?"
Hai Dongfang did not speak, and continued to move forward.
Ning Tao frowned and had to follow Hai Dongfang forward. As he walked, his gaze quickly swept around in the state of sight. In this area that is not open, there is no third person except him and Haidong.
The overgrown slab trails stretched forward, the garden was left behind, and a long way forward, a palace appeared at the end of the road. It looked dilapidated, with doors and windows falling to the ground and decaying into a pile of wood residue. The hallway was covered with wild grass, and the air was smelling of musty. The main entrance of the palace collapsed in half, and a plaque hung on the lintel.
Leng Gong, a place where the imperial or out of favor women were held in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After hundreds of years, I don't know how many women have died here.
As soon as Ning Tao came here, he felt the gloomy and dark atmosphere here. When I saw the plaque of the "Leng Gong", I immediately understood it. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, for hundreds of years, I didn't know how many women died of suffering. It can be imagined how strong the grievances here are.
Hai Dongfang stopped and turned to look at Ning Tao.
Ning Tao shrugged: "Senior Hai, why choose this place?"
Hai Dongfang said, "I live here."
Ning Tao was surprised: "Do you live in the cold palace?"
Hai Dongfang said: "Here is a bad atmosphere, evil gates, ordinary people dare not approach, but it is suitable for me to live like a demon. You just change a courtyard house and change it with me.
Ning Tao said, "No matter where it is, just as long as it is suitable for you to live. Just to be serious, senior Hai you invited me here, I think it must be related to the death of Liu Shiba?
"Come with me." Hai Dongfang turned and walked towards Leng Gong's door.
Ning Tao hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the door of Leng Gong. He was very upset with Hai Dongfang, but Hai Dongfang was the only one who could tell him who killed Liu Shiba and the leader of Qingsong Road, and he could only get rid of it.
There are seats in the lobby of the Leng Palace, but some of them are broken, and some are barely left as they are. However, the degree of weathering and insects may cause them to fall apart.
Ning Tao followed Hai Dongfang through a side door in the cold palace, entered a corridor, and walked a long way. Hai Dongdong opened a door and entered a room.
Ning Tao thought that it was the room where Hai Dongfang lived, but did not expect to find a tunnel extending down on the floor after entering.
The tunnel was dark, and a smolder of gas came out of the tunnel. Occasionally, a little mysterious sound was captured, as if a woman was crying, cursing someone.
Hai Dongfang looked back at Ning Tao, said nothing, and walked into the tunnel again.
Ning Tao did not move, and said loudly: "Senior Hai, I have been able to cooperate with you, walking with you so long, and visiting the Leng Palace. What do you know, you can say here, no need to Go forward? "
Hai Dongfang said, "If you don't even have the guts, then you go back. I don't need to tell you anything."
After speaking, he didn't care whether Ning Tao would follow him or not, and stepped into the tunnel.
Ning Tao pondered for a few seconds, and finally stepped into the tunnel. The Hai Dongfang seems to be testing him in this way, or perhaps to understand him. Moreover, if you step back ten thousand steps, even if Hai Dongfang has set a trap to harm him, he is wearing a Tianbao robe, cannot penetrate the sword and fire, and can not prevent water and fire from invading.
Below the passage is a dungeon, with several lanterns on it, which illuminate the space in the dungeon. In a prison cage, a moldy bone was suspended from a rope, and several bones fell from the ground. A dry corpse lay in the corner of a prison cage, wearing a Qing costume. The dim lights, the gloomy dungeon, the hanging bones, and the who died in the prison cage for no reason, how can this picture be so amazing?
Hai Dongfang finally stopped and looked back at Ning Tao.
Ning Tao smiled: "The rope used for hanging was of good quality. It hasn't broken for so many years."
Hai Dongfang said, "I gave it to her. The bark of the sea willow is woven, which is a low-grade spiritual material."
Ning Tao was only joking, but did not expect the story that led to a rope. However, in order to cooperate and ease the following conversation, he took another look at the corpse hanging on the rope, pretending to be concerned: "Why, senior Hai and the woman?"
Hai Dongfang said: "Her name is Aunt Zaina, a concubine from the Shunzhi period, and was beaten into the cold palace because she was so beautiful. I am a frequent visitor here, and we have known her shortly after. I often feed her And rouge gouache ... "
He seemed to be caught in a scene of memories, his voice became tender, and his eyes became sad.
Ning Tao did not interrupt him.
"Unconsciously, we fell in love. We enjoyed the moon on the roof of the Cold Palace, and we turned the clouds in her room. The period was the happiest time in my life ..."
"and after?"
"Later, she became pregnant. I wanted to take her out of the cold palace and go outside to live. She promised, that day I told her the secret that I was a fish monster. She didn't react at that time, so I asked to pick her up at night. Bian also had to resign with a good sister. I didn't think much at that time, so I left to prepare. I came here at night, but found that she had killed my child and let me go. She said she I would rather die alone in the cold palace than with a demon ... "
Ning Tao didn't ask "what happened later". He felt the sadness in Haidong's heart and saw the tears in Haidong's eyes.
"I never thought that one day I would have a child of my own ~ EbookFREE.me ~ but I died before seeing him born ... I was very sad and angry, so I used that rope Strangled her and hung her in that cage. I watched her slowly turn into dry bone, my hatred for her slowly disappeared, and finally ... I couldn't feel anything, I didn't even think about it It looks like her. "At this point, two tears rolled into Haidong's eyes.
The demon has affection, and the demon has tears.
No matter what love or hate, the sand of time will bury it.
After a moment of silence, Hai Dongfang said again, "Thank you for listening to me so much. This matter has been in my heart for a long time. It's much better to say it."
Ning Tao said, "Let's talk about business."

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