Xiang Tiange has been very annoyed since he was ordered by Jianing to secretly investigate Cao Guangchun, although Jianing said that he found out that Cao Guangchun was a Qing official and was rewarded, but he was still speculating about Jianing's meaning, and he also saw the situation in the Qing Dynasty, he guessed that Jianing must still want Cao Guangchun to fall, so he followed up and reviewed day and night, and did not let go of the information of chasing wind and shadows, and stayed up for several days before he learned some information: when Cao Guangchun was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and presided over the construction of the Tongtian Altar, it was the master book surnamed Sun under Lin Tong, the servant of the Ministry of Works, who was responsible for keeping accounts and auditing the accounts of the project, and the evidence account book that made the Ministry of Works' servant Lin Tong guilty was handed in by him。 Now this person actually served in the Ministry of War with Cao Guangchun, and became a master in charge of the ordnance of the Ministry of War, even though he was a small person, he was still noticed by Luo Yunmen. Xiang Tiange thought that he was Lin Tong's master but took the initiative to report Lin Tong, and now he is with Cao Guangchun, could it be because Cao Guangchun took special care of him? Then why did Cao Guangchun take special care of him? Could it be that they colluded back then, and Cao Guangchun still had evidence in his hands, so Cao Guangchun had to take care of him?

With an attitude of suspicion, Xiang Tiange decided to start the investigation from here, and sent Ji Changan and Qin Fengge to sneak into Master Sun's mansion to collect evidence.

In the dead of night, the lights of the city are closed, in the west of Chang'an City, there are two black shadows lying on the roof of Sun's mansion, and they are lying on the glazed tiles on the ridge of the house to spy on the situation in Sun's mansion.

Qin Fengge put down the black cloth on his face to breathe, approached Ji Changan, and asked him in a low voice, "What are you holding?" Why do you put it on your eyes?"

Ji Changan shook the telescope in his hand and replied in a low voice: "This is an infrared telescope, you can see things far away through this, just like clairvoyance, you try, see if you can see the small words on the outermost wall of the Sun Mansion?"

Qin Fengge felt unbelievable, took it and looked at him through the binoculars, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Wow, it's amazing, you can even see the palace wall so far away." ”

Ji Changan motioned her to be quiet, took back the binoculars, and said in her ear: "I have already seen it, almost all the people in the Sun Mansion are asleep, all the doors and windows are closed, you take out the map, and we will study it." ”

"What, haven't you memorized the map yet, didn't you say that you are the best at remembering directions?" Qin Fengge said as he took out the map of the Sun Mansion.

Ji Changan spread out the map, looked at the moonlight, and replied casually: "No, when Xiang Tiange drew the map, Jianing was also there, I patronized to see her, and I didn't remember the map." ”

Qin Fengge couldn't help but drink: "Bold! This is also what you said?" Qin Fengge leaned closer and said, "I kindly remind you, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, otherwise you will kill yourself." ”

"Alright, alright, thanks for the reminder. It's okay, I'll remember now, let's go, let's act. He put away the map and was about to fly down when he was stopped by Feng Ge.

She pointed to the mansion below and said: "Don't worry, let's talk about it first, act separately, start from the two rooms below us, you left and I right, start the search at two ends, after the first search, the two exchange, so meticulous, it is equivalent to searching twice, and you won't miss anything." ”

"Okay, Xiao Fengge, you are so smart!" Ji Changan patted her head in a funny way, Qin Fengge glared at him, and the two of them put on their veils and turned over and jumped off the ridge together.

Ji Changan and Qin Fengge went to pry the two rooms next to each other, and the movements were neat and silent, Ji Changan tinkered with the door bolt of a side room, and sneaked in through the door, the person who fell asleep inside should be a guest who went to Sun's Mansion to spend the night, and everything in the room was rummaged through by Ji Changan, but there was no valuable discovery.

Qin Fengge pried this side room, the door was locked from the outside, Qin Fengge estimated that there was no one inside, so he pried open the bolt of the window and entered through the window, since it was a vacant room, there was nothing to check, so after she had set up the room again, she slipped out, and quickly Ji Changan began to search the second room.

She calculated well, and sure enough, she was the first to check and infiltrate the study of Master Sun's book, she had spent the longest time in this room, and she had almost turned over every book and book on the shelf, and there was nothing suspicious.

She restored the bookshelf, stood in the center of the study, carefully inspected the whole room for the third time, on the moonlight, every corner was not missed, and then she found that there were slight differences in several vases displayed around the study, five or six vases in the room, she mostly picked up and shook it, and found that it was heavy and watery, and each vase was filled with flowers.

She took the vase down, reached into it, and found that there was no water in it, and after a few strokes, she touched a book-like thing, she took it out, and opened the old yellowed account book in the moonlight, and the longer she looked at it, the deeper the sinister smile on the corner of her mouth.

The book was very thin, only about ten pages, and she spread it out, untied her belt, tied the book around her waist, and tightened the belt, which seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary.

Then, she went to her desk and deliberately wrote a note in someone else's handwriting and tucked it into her sleeve. In the last step, she restored everything in the study to its original state, and even the pen and ink made sure that there were no traces of passing.

When Qin Fengge sneaked out of the study, Ji Changan came out of another room, because she felt that she had spent too much time in the study, so she asked her with a gesture if she had found anything, and she shook her head and said that she had found nothing.

Seeing that they had searched for the first time, but they hadn't found anything yet, Ji Changan patiently searched the second time, that is, he searched the room that Feng Ge had searched again, and Feng Ge did the same.

Ji Changan also delayed in the study for a while, and he also noticed the difference in the vase, but he didn't find anything.

Although he believed that Qin Fengge had searched carefully, he still meticulously searched each room a second time, but he didn't find anything suspicious except for a few pictures of the Spring Palace.

Qin Fengge sneaked into the main house of Sun's mansion, that is, the bedroom of Master Sun, this room Ji Chang'an had already searched. When she entered, Master Sun was still asleep, and she approached the head of his bed and placed the note she had written in advance next to his pillow.

Ji Changan has searched for the second time, and basically turned the Sun Mansion upside down, but he still found nothing. He couldn't help but wonder, could this Master Sun really be a clean official?

There is still a difference between a clean official and a good official, and the fact that he has no suspicious property in his house only shows that he is not greedy, and does not mean that he has not done evil and indulged in evil.

But after all, no evidence has been found, so how can you question whether he is a good official or not?

Thinking about these Nanke officials, they are also pitiful enough, who knows if they themselves have been searched like this when they usually sleep? If Master Sun knew that when he slept, someone had turned over his mansion, how infiltrating would that be?

Qin Fengge pretended to search the room that Ji Changan had searched again, and finally walked out of the last room with some frustration like Ji Changan, and the two of them spread their hands, saying that they still hadn't found anything.

Ji Changan motioned to search the master bedroom again, Qin Fengge sneaked back before him, seeing that Ji Changan was coming in again, she was afraid that he would see the note she put on the pillow of Master Sun's book, so she was in a hurry and did something she didn't expect, she pretended to accidentally knock down a stool, and fell very skillfully.

Before Ji Changan could re-enter the master bedroom, Qin Fengge woke up Master Sun with her tripping sound.

If something is wrong, it is about to be discovered, Ji Changan hurriedly went to pull Qin Fengge, who got up from the ground.

Master Sun had already begun to yell and scream: "Someone! There is a thief! Someone is coming!"

Ji Changan didn't just care about running away, he grabbed Qin Fengge's arm and quickly dragged her out, Qin Fengge pretended to be frightened and let Ji Changan drag her to escape.

Before the family members of the Sun Mansion were called up by Master Sun, the two men in black had already jumped onto the roof.

Because he has been driven by Ji Changan, when he went up to the roof, Qin Fengge couldn't stand firm on his own and almost slipped down, but was hugged by Ji Changan, his hand held her waist at once, and turned around her waist as she slipped.

When Ji Changan touched her waist, Qin Fengge was really frightened and avoided it repulsively, Ji Changan thought she was shy, so he quickly withdrew his hand, and Qin Fengge finally stabilized his body. The situation was too chaotic at that moment, and both of them were in a hurry to escape, so Ji Changan didn't think too much about it and skipped it directly.

Sun Mansion became chaotic because of their "visit" this night, most people thought that the snitch sneaked in to steal things, and after careful inspection, they found that there were no valuables missing, thinking that the "thief" was discovered before he could do it.

There was only Master Sun, and after he finished shouting, he saw the note next to the pillow: "The evidence in the vase has been collected, if you want to save your family's life, please kill yourself." ”

His sweat soaked the note to the ground, his hands trembled for a long time, and he ran into the study to see the vase, and the hollow mouth of the vase was like a black rumbling abyss, waiting for him to jump down.

Even if the investigation is over, what Xiang Tiange finally reported to Jianing is that after careful investigation, no evidence of guilt was found, and he could only admit Cao Guangchun's innocence for the time being. According to what I said before, after finding out this result, Jianing rewarded Xiang Tiange and gave him back his Xuanwu token.

Ji Changan was a little unconvinced, and complained in front of Elder Qingyuan: "Why? It's really unfair, it's obviously me and Feng Ge to search, okay? How much risk we have taken and how much we have suffered? Why should he be rewarded alone?"

Elder Qingyuan said: "Don't envy his reward, you must know that if there is a mess in your investigation this time, or if it turns out that the investigation results are wrong, he will be fully responsible, and he will have to bear the punishment of both of you." ”

Ji Changan still protested: "This is still unfair, I don't think this rule can achieve clear rewards and punishments at all, we are fighting in a team, we can't bear the consequences by one person, only one person is rewarded, and only one person is punished, so how can other people involved in the action be motivated? Won't they shirk each other's responsibilities?"

Elder Qingyuan raised his eyes and looked at his righteous indignant expression, and nodded: "You said it very well, Luo Yunmen should be more clear in rewards and punishments." ”

He was satisfied: "That's right." ”

Elder Qingyuan cleared his throat and said, "You and Feng Ge were careless during the search, and they alarmed the object of the search, and they had the mistake of startling the snake, which almost exposed the secret operation, and the old man punished the two of you for six hours in Duansi Hall. ”

"Huh?" Ji Changan was stunned and glared angrily. Feng Ge on the side glanced at him resentfully, blamed him for being too talkative, and pulled him to kneel down who still wanted to protest: "The disciple knows his mistake and is willing to be punished." ”

They entered Duansi Hall, knelt down in front of Duansibi, and thought about it silently, but he was only responsible for kneeling, and silencing and thinking became what Qin Fengge did, and he had to endure his noise.

This is the first time Ji Changan has entered Duansi Hall, in such a dark room with four walls, in the face of the sixteen-character letter on Duansibi, he has no respect, and he keeps complaining: "...... This is a whole little black house, Luo Yunmen is really perverted, what's the point of setting up this kind of place? Or should you be more direct in the army, either corporal punishment, or a training, or labor punishment, or write a review, what's the use of kneeling against a wall like this?

The door behind them opened and closed, and a person gently shook the folding fan and walked in with silent steps: "This Duansitang is a place where the people of Luoyunmen meditate on themselves, since the establishment of Luoyunmen, there are countless details of kneeling in the place where you kneel at this moment, including the successive heads and elders, even Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoming often comes to this wall, Her Royal Highness the Princess even once punished herself in Duansitang and meditated on the wall for three days and three nights, in such a solemn place, how can you be so presumptuous and rude?"

"Three days and three nights?, she punished herself?" looked back at Xiang Tiange and walked in, listening to his words, Ji Changan was a little stunned.

It turned out that such a dark and silent place was something she often came to, and she had also been punished and kneeled here. How did she survive three days and three nights?

He turned his head and solemnly examined the iron wall in front of him carved with 16 big characters of dragons flying and phoenixes, "The country is supreme, the imperial power is supreme, loyal to Luomen, and ordered the world", is this her belief? Is this the fate of Luoyunmen's meticulous works?

For three days and three nights, she knelt here, thinking about what was her country, her faults, how did she bear the weight of all this, would she also think about getting rid of it?

He couldn't help but lose his mind, the sixteen big characters in front of him seemed to exude the smell of blood, and the solemn atmosphere of Duansitang pressed on his heart, expelling those impetuousness and banter.

Qin Fengge asked Xiang Tiange, "Why are you here?"

Xiang Tiange closed the fan, his face was cold, as if he was sad, he walked straight over, knelt down on the cushion next to her, and replied: "I just got the news, Master Sun committed suicide." ”

"What?" Ji Changan exclaimed, and Qin Fengge was as surprised as he was.

Ever since he saw that note, Master Sun had been in an unspeakable panic. At this time, it was the second day after they sneaked into Sun's mansion to search, and at dusk on this day, Master Sun wrote a suicide note, arranged the aftermath, and hanged himself.

He used his death to keep the secret and save his family's life. The death of Master Sun is really the biggest suspicion and knot in the entire investigation process. The so-called suspicious point is that if he is really innocent, why did he commit suicide? However, the physical evidence has not been found, and this personal evidence is gone, even if Luo Yunmen still thinks that he and Cao Guangchun are suspicious, what can he find out? There is no way to charge them with any crime, and this has become a knot.

"The reason for his suicide is unknown, and there is no evidence of guilt, and in the end he got such a misty result, so our operation was considered a failure, His Highness was very dissatisfied, and withdrew his commendation for me, and Master punished me to Duansi Hall for twelve hours. Xiang Tiange was unwilling and resentful, clenched his fists tightly, he knelt straight and closed his eyes.

The whole process was connected in series, and it flashed in Ji Changan's mind, the sudden death of a human life made him emotionally impacted, and his brain was also stimulated.

What if we think differently? These kinds of clueless clues are linked, and the result is that the human evidence is destroyed and the evidence cannot be found. How did the human evidence disappear, and was the physical evidence really not found or disappeared?

Ji Changan thought silently for a long time, the scenes under the night, the details were torn apart in his mind, what was wrong? There must be something, but he ignored it.

After a long time, he turned his head stiffly and looked at Qin Fengge.

After kneeling for six hours, it was already dawn the next day, Ji Changan and Qin Fengge left Duansitang first, and only Xiang Tiange was kneeling in front of Duansibi.

Ji Changan's knees hurt so much that he couldn't even walk properly, but he didn't scold and complain like before, at this time he seemed to have no strength at all, and sat down on the steps in front of Jiantian Pavilion tiredly.

Qin Fengge, who was behind him, saw that he was depressed, sat next to him, and looked at the faint light in the gray sky in front of him with him.

He slowly spoke: "Eh, Master Sun is dead......

Qin Fengge looked at him thoughtfully: "It must be that he is a thief, so as soon as he knew that we were investigating him, he committed suicide." You feel sorry for his death? ”

"Your words are a bit far-fetched. His tone changed abruptly, no longer a lament, but direct and cold.

She trembled in her heart, stabilized her heart, and pretended not to understand what he meant: "What's far-fetched? What if he doesn't commit suicide in fear of sin?"

He turned his head to look at her: "What if someone wants him to die? What if someone not only destroys the evidence, but also wants to destroy the testimony?"

"What do you mean?" Her face also turned cold, and she faintly sensed his suspicions: "He obviously committed suicide in fear of sin, how could he have been killed by others? And what evidence is there? We obviously didn't find any evidence." ”

At close range, Ji Changan stared at her, examining her thin and smart face with his eyes, "Really didn't find it?" He approached her and stretched out his hand directly to her waist, Qin Fengge was stunned and stared at him, he sneered, and said: "It's here, at that time, when I hugged you, I touched your waist, and at that time, it felt hard, not quite right......"

She forced her composure, her heart was crossed, and she pressed his outstretched hand, so that his palm was close to her slender waist, and she looked at him: "What do you say here? What is here? Did you touch it?"

Ji Changan pulled his hand away and shook off her hand, and said, "Do you really think I'm stupid? But my feeling at that time will not be wrong, the study you searched first, you must have found something, and then in his bedroom, I wanted to search again, and you just tripped over it, waking up Master Sun, you are so good at light work, so meticulous in mind, why did you stumble at that time?"

"Ridiculous! I missed, can't I? What did I do if I was careless? Is this suspicious? You must be too suspicious, aren't you? You are suspicious of your own people!

Ji Chang'an said: "You didn't miss it, you succeeded! So Master Sun died! If he didn't know something? Why would he commit suicide because of our search? If we really didn't find any evidence, there was no need for him to commit suicide at all! Isn't Luo Yunmen going to doubt everything? Excluding all possibilities, what seems to be the most unlikely is the most likely. I just suspect you, I can't report you without evidence of grabbing you, but, in the future, I will keep an eye on you. I have a gut feeling that you must have some kind of intention to stay in Luoyunmen. ”