Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1646: Scouting the Imperial Palace At Night! (I)

Chapter 1646: Scouting the Imperial Palace At Night! (I)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"In addition, according to that Imperial Army soldier, the heads of those people had been beaten open through tremendous force. Moreover, their clothes were also very strange, neither those of the servitors of the palace nor of the Imperial Army. They didn't seem like members of the palace at all. They were more like…"

The eunuch hesitated.

"Like assassins?" Wang Chong helped him with the rest of his sentence.

"Yes!" the eunuch said, bowing.

The Great Tang's Imperial Palace was the most guarded place in the realm, and it was extremely challenging for outsiders to enter. In addition, these people had died extremely gruesome deaths that no ordinary person would experience. As maids, eunuchs, and Imperial Army soldiers had been ruled out, they could only be assassins.

"That's not all; our investigation has revealed that around that period of time, several palaces around Taiwu Palace were badly damaged, and a group of craftsmen was summoned from outside to repair it. The explanation the palace gave at the time was that these palace buildings had fallen into disrepair and had also been struck by lightning."

At this time, the other eunuch spoke up, lowering his head and bowing.

"But in this past month, there's been no rain, so there was naturally no lightning either!"

The eunuch did not continue, but he had said more than enough. One suspicious area was one thing, but two or three suspicious events taking place around Taiwu Palace meant that it was worth carefully considering that area.

Wang Chong's brows deeply furrowed, his expression solemn. If the information gathered by Yang Zhao and the others was accurate, then an assassination had occurred near Taiwu Palace.

In addition to these facts, one had to consider that Taiwu Palace was very close to the Sage Emperor's Taihe Palace, and the palace was of a very high rank. Only consorts and Princes could enter it. This palace was also one of the places that Litt

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