Yuan Tongzhi never thought that the prince of Shu would be able to gather a few die-hard followers and dig a tunnel to communicate with the outside world under the siege of heavy guards.

However, the conjecture put forward by Zhao Mo does not seem to be made out of nothing. Compared with the various abnormalities in the Mansion of the Prince of Shu, as well as some of the strange behaviors of the Prince of Shu himself, if there is really a secret tunnel, then everything makes sense.

Yuan Tongzhi also immediately thought of it: "The subordinate who fled and disappeared after stealing property actually died in the tunnel, right? Is it because of the heavy rain for several days, which caused the collapse of the tunnel? This person's wife and children have all received decent messengers in the palace of the prince of Shu, which shows that the family is a close confidant of the prince of Shu. The secret tunnel is very important, and it is only natural to leave a cronie on duty. It's just that the tunnels and walls have collapsed due to the heavy rain, and the movement is very loud, and the neighbors are all alarmed, not to mention the officers and soldiers stationed nearby. Whether it is the people of the prince of Shu or the people who live in the Gu family's house, they have no time to dig up the tunnel and snatch the corpse out, so they can only let him stay in the tunnel. ”

This line of thinking is reasonable, and it is also consistent with the idea of Ah Shou's side. Zhao Mo knew that Ah Shou had received Qin Hanzhen's revelation, so he naturally nodded again and again.

Yuan Tongzhi continued to reason: "And after a person dies, it will always emit a smell, once it is discovered by the officers and soldiers guarding the prince's mansion, the tunnel will be revealed to the world, and the prince of Shu will not be able to prove his innocence no matter what." Therefore, neither the prince of Shu nor the so-called foreign merchants in the Gu family's house would want to be discovered by the officers and soldiers that there are tunnels underneath the ground. However, after the rain stopped, the backyard of the Shizi Mansion was in a mess, and the backyard wall of the Gu family also collapsed. The sun was shining, which quickly dried the rain on the ground, and made the backyard emit a foul smell. Therefore, the people under the prince of the county reminded the officers and soldiers to clean up the ruins, and the prince of Shu and the group of foreign merchants were even more worried. In case the officers and soldiers dig the tunnel, or find the entrance and exit of the tunnel, it will be a catastrophe for them. ”

Therefore, the prince of Shu did everything possible to stay in the backyard study to monitor the actions of the officers and soldiers, for fear that they would find out the clues, and on the grounds that they needed to rebuild the courtyard wall before the next heavy rain came, he did not let the officers and soldiers continue to dig underground after cleaning up the ruins, and also planned to fool people away, so as to carry out the work of rebuilding the courtyard wall, and then fish in troubled waters to dig up the bodies of the missing people and transfer them to a place that no one knows, and then cover up the traces of the tunnel.

At this time, due to Qin Hanzhen's intervention, Ah Shou and his subordinates decided that there was a problem in the backyard of the prince of Shu, and tried to use the acquaintances of the officers and soldiers to carry out the cleanup and reconstruction work after the rain under the pretext that the official came forward to hire a group of workers to work, while crowding out the labor of the prince of Shu's mansion, and turned to start from the backyard of the Gu family's house, looking for the authentic spider silk.

Ah Shou and the people they found worked for two or three days, and they didn't find any specific evidence, they only felt that the drainage in the backyard of the Gu family was not normal, and the ground behind the Buddha hall also had traces of recent earth, but before they could check what was going on, the fire burned, and the Gu family's Buddhist hall and the backyard of the Shu Wang's Mansion were burned. Not to mention any spider tracks, even if the tunnels really existed, they wouldn't be able to find anything useful underground until they had cleaned up the ruins after the fire at the site.

Yuan Tongzhi smoothed out the ideas before and after, and couldn't help but sneer: "It is not a matter of a day or two to let people dig out the tunnel under their noses, if it weren't for the fact that God couldn't see it, it rained heavily for more than a month, and the tunnel was soaked out, I don't know when we will find it." What the hell are those wastes doing?! In such a small mansion, thirty or forty people are staring at it every day, turning around the wall, and they can still make people get into the loopholes!"

Zhao Mo touched his nose: "Lord Yuan, don't be too harsh, in fact...... We haven't found the tunnel yet. All this is just speculation, there is no evidence. ”

Yuan Tongzhi sneered: "Even if there is no evidence, what other possibility is there besides the tunnel? If the prince of Shu can send the silk gold that has been manipulated to that group of fake merchants, he can know that they are a group! Since they are a group, the people on both sides live next door, and there is an alley in between, and there are people patrolling the alley every day, and they can't hide their eyes and ears from flying the eaves and walking between the two houses. There was a wall that was connected to one place, but it was very high, and there were no windows or anything, and there were no doors, not even dog holes! They could not meet privately through any mechanism in the wall, and there was no other way than a tunnel. And if it weren't for the authenticity, those fake merchants wouldn't have been able to rent the Gu family's house!"

Once Yuan Tongzhi identifies one thing, he will not be easily shaken. Since he felt that the tunnel really existed, even if the fire was now in ruins and difficult to tidy up, he still felt that it was the most intuitive breakthrough: "If the fire can burn and spread so widely, it means that the officers and soldiers guarding it have not fulfilled their responsibilities, and they need to make amends for their negligence! Tell them to clean up the ruins, and clean everything up, even the earth, stones, bricks and tiles that have burned out on the ground!" I want to see them tidy up all the places where the fires have been burned into a white field, and the kind on which they can build houses directly, so that they can be spared. If there are still no traces of the tunnel found by then, it is a big deal to let those rabbit cubs find the craftsmen who built the house again, and build the house for the prince of Shu and Gu Changshi again!"

If you want to build a house, then you have to dig the ground and lay the foundation, and when the time comes, what tunnels will not be found?

Zhao Mo was speechless about this: "Since Lord Yuan thinks that he is so good, then ...... Do as you wish!"

Yuan Tongzhi turned his head to look at him: "I'm afraid that this matter will have to fall on the prince of the county." ”

Zhao Mo's eyes widened: "What? Why?!" "He's going to get married, can't he be idle for a few days?!"

Yuan Tongzhi smiled: "Don't bother the two masters. The county prince has been staring at this matter, and the people under his command must have done it well, and the temporary replacement, who knows if there will be any things that will not go well and delay the big thing? It is better to still ask the people of the county prince to take on this heavy responsibility, and I will send a few good people from the secret spy department to assist, which is also the meaning of correcting the name of the county prince. In this way, the prince of the county no longer has to worry about taboos, and our secret spy department can also follow a little light and make a great achievement. ”

Zhao Mo didn't quite understand what he meant: "If there is the assistance of the Secret Spy Division, I will let my subordinates continue to follow up on this matter, and there is no problem." But doesn't Lord Yuan plan to cooperate with me?" Seriously, the official he is most familiar with is Yuan Tongzhi, the cooperation between the two in the past was quite pleasant, if he wanted to change people, he didn't know what kind of temperament he would replace, so he naturally wanted to work with acquaintances.

But Yuan Tongzhi said that he regretted it: "I have a mission to leave Beijing in the near future, and I really can't take care of it, so I can only hope that there will be a chance to work with the prince of the county next time." But I don't think I should have to wait too long for this day. ”

Zhao Mo frowned: "You want to leave Beijing?" Why is it at this time? Could it be that there are some big and important cases in the local area recently?

Yuan Tongzhi revealed a little rumor and denied his conjecture: "No, the emperor ordered me to go north." The prince of the county should know in his heart, otherwise I wouldn't have said that it won't be long before we work together again. ”

Zhao Mo was taken aback, and said out without a beginning: "Is it you?!"

Yuan Tongzhi smiled and asked him, "I don't know if there is anything here before I set off, and I need to tell me in detail that I know?"

Zhao Mo sighed: "I have already reported all the useful news." The people from the north don't move much in our south, just a few impostor merchants secretly raising military funds. It's been a long time since we had time to cut off the latest batch of military supplies, and the rest had already been sent to the north. But just in case, I'll tell you everything I know. I also have people who follow me all the way, I know, he knows that if you take people away, as long as you return to Beijing, hand them back to me, and I don't care about the rest. ”

Yuan Tongzhi immediately smiled and politely saluted: "Then thank you for the kindness of the prince of the county." ”

Zhao Mo couldn't help but roll his eyes: "It's easy to say." As long as Master Yuan doesn't pit me more in the future. ”

Yuan Tongzhi just smiled and said nothing.

The two of them have been handed over for a long time, and they have not even eaten lunch raw. When it was about to get dark, Zhao Mo sent the person away, and the whole person fell on the Luohan bed, only feeling hard work.

Ah Shou came to report: "Is the prince of the county okay?" Mrs. Yongjiahou sent someone to invite her, saying that she asked the prince of the county to come over for dinner. ”

Zhao Mo immediately turned over: "It's been almost two days since I went back to Kyoto, and I haven't asked my uncle and grandma to say goodbye, so I can't be too late." He instructed Ah Shou, "Ask someone to go to the courtyard and bring my clean clothes, and I will freshen up." It's been a busy day, and I'm covered in sweat. ”

Ah Shou hurriedly ordered, and after a while, someone sent Zhao Mo's clothes, shoes and socks over. Zhao Mo hurriedly freshened up, changed into clean clothes, raised his feet and walked out of the gate of the county king's mansion, and rushed to the Yongjiahou mansion.

Qin Bai and Niu's warmly welcomed Zhao Mo's arrival, and Niu's also took his hand distressedly and said: "I haven't seen you for a month, why are you dark and thin? It's hard, right? You can eat well on the road? Can you sleep well? How did the people around you wait? You actually got tanned like this!"

Even Qin Ping said calmly: "It's been hard this way." I heard that you have done a good job, and the emperor has rewarded you. This is also your decency, not to be proud. ”

Zhao Mo was a little flattered, and hurriedly got up respectfully to lead the training: "The little son-in-law doesn't dare." The emperor's willingness to hand over the errand to the son-in-law is his trust in the son-in-law, and the son-in-law will never dare to live up to the emperor's expectations. ”

Because he said the word "little son-in-law", Qin Ping's originally calm face suddenly distorted. Thinking that her daughter's wedding date is approaching, and she will be someone else's family in a few days, her mood suddenly became impetuous.

Zhao Mo noticed it and sat down tremblingly, but he didn't feel that he had said anything wrong.

He glanced expectantly around the room. Where is his fiancée Qin Hanzhen? At this moment, what he wants to see most is her!