"Yin Qixiu, do you know? Meeting you is the luckiest thing in my life, but meeting me is your great misfortune...... Who made you love me, I can only blame you for deserving it!"

"I'm sorry for you...... I will be punished, and I am willing to ...... So we're going to see each other again, right?

"But Yin Qi Xiu...... Well, no......"

During the Shangyuan Festival, the city was full of glory, clusters of fireworks rose and bloomed around the mansion, and the dazzling sparks scattered and fell, falling from one to the next, and finally the stars disappeared in the dark night sky and completely annihilated......

Chang'an eternal night, all living beings, like fireworks.

Different from the noise outside, the Yin Mansion was very quiet, this was the last day of Yin Qi's spiritual suspension, and Lu Yuansi stayed here all night. Lying on his coffin, she also thought about tearing off the plain cloth that wrapped the coffin, hanging it on the beam, and dying.

But the Gu family's family is not dead, how dare she die?

Suicide is a way for a cowardly person to escape the world, and a truly brave person lives to die.

Lu Yuansi knew that the Yin family brothers had successfully rebelled against Jiang Hechuan, and the death of the Gu family was approaching.

That's not enough.

She has already made a decision, after Yin Qi cultivates into the earth, she will turn herself in and confess her identity, and will not give the Gu family a chance to use her to deal with the Yin family, and she will accept a formal trial and confession, she will reveal Gu Qingning's biggest secret to the world......!

"Qi Xiu, don't worry, your brothers are very powerful, they won't give the Gu family a little life, we are going to succeed, I will go to you soon, you must be very happy, your Yin family will be very good in the future, enjoy the glory of generations, and the Gu family will die, and the Gu family will die without a place to be buried!"

……

"The Yin family will die! The Yin family will die without a place to be buried!"

On the twentieth day of the first month, upstairs in Jiang Yue, the Gu family sisters and brothers were rejected by Jiang Hechuan for the third time, they asked Consul Zhang, and learned from him that Jiang Hechuan had seen the Yin brothers on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, and Consul Zhang also gave them a note, revealing that Jiang Hechuan had been to the Yin family.

Then all this is easy to explain.

After the Shangyuan Festival, everything changed, and their Uncle Jiang finally betrayed them.

The two speculated like this, Gu Qinghuan almost lost control of his emotions before he came down from the fifth floor, hung his fist on the railing, gritted his teeth and cursed. Gu Qingning held him down and asked him to pay attention not to lose his temper, people came and went around him, and they still had things to do in front of them, so they couldn't attract attention.

"Uncle Jiang must have surrendered to them as a last resort. Gu Qingning said: "It seems that what we were worried about has finally come true, the secret that Uncle Jiang refused to tell us has been controlled by the Yin family, what a sharp weapon......"

Gu Qinghuan was anxious, feeling panicked in his heart, and while walking down with Gu Qingning, he said in a low voice: "I know, so I hate the Yin family! And Uncle Jiang ...... Sister, should we tell Father?"

Gu Qingning looked at him with a cold and serious expression, "Of course not, do you want your father to live a few more days? Or do you want Doctor Hua to strangle you?"

Gu Qinghuan had no choice but to shut up, they walked to the fourth floor, found a suitable place to stop, he looked at the door of the Youlan Residence on the third floor, and sighed: "Then we can only deal with it ourselves...... They have dug graves for us, and we have made graves for them, and it will be up to them to see who dies first......

"It's going to be them. Gu Qingning said resolutely, "Qinghuan, we won't lose." ”

……

The mystery of the Immortal Sect has not yet been solved, and this layer of gloom is still shrouded in this imperial capital, even if the patrol battalion and the Chang'an Ling Yin Mansion jointly search and arrest day and night, it is difficult to find out the clues about the 'Immortal Sect'.

They seem to have disappeared completely, and they seem to have always been there, lurking in those dark corners of Chang'an City that they can't see, and their butcher's knives will be raised at any time, bringing even greater panic to the officials and people in the city......

Although the 'Immortal Sect' has not resurfaced during this period of time, in this calm time, those who have a weak heart are even more difficult to endure.

Lu Qian is one of them.

The door of the Youlan Residence on the third floor opened, and Lu Qian walked out first, looking not in good spirits, a little sluggish, and unconsciously revealing the melancholy and uneasiness in his heart.

It is similar to the high-spirited and leisurely appearance when he walked into Jiang Yuelou not long ago.

A man walked out of the tea-room after him, and seeing that he was in a bad mood, he raised his hand heartily and put his hand on his shoulder, and smiled to comfort him, and he reluctantly showed a stiff smile, and the man was unrestrained and very warm with him.

Then the man raised his head, as if looking for something, and after finding it, he blinked playfully and pointed with his other finger to the place where the Gu family siblings were standing.

Lu Qian raised his face at his signal, facing the Gu family sisters and brothers on the opposite floor, they smiled at him as usual and saluted him a little, he was cramped, and bent down to return the salute, because one side was on top and one side was down, this salute seemed very funny.

Zhongli held back a smile, looked at Lu Qian, patted him on the shoulder again, and said playfully, "Let's go, let's go up and drink...... Don't worry, they're not jackals, tigers and leopards, and they won't eat you......"

……

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the court opened, and they returned to the court.

This small half-month annual leave, so that the imperial historians have saved enough to report the impeachment, and the officials have also accumulated a lot of materials to make a fuss, as soon as the dynasty opened, the emperor's dragon case was full of these recitals, all kinds of impeachment accusations, such as a flood bursting the embankment raging fiercely to the Gu family.

Even if they made so many defensive preparations in advance, Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan were almost caught off guard by such a terrible offensive on the morning of the first day of the dynasty, but fortunately, they barely stabilized, and then, every day after that, they had to go through a "tongue discrimination".

The Yushitai cadres folded the report and impeached Gu Qingxuan for colluding with the officials and businessmen of Jiang Yuelou, and privately creating a 'ghost building' that caused trouble and confusion, maliciously causing a fire that brought huge losses to the people and the imperial court, and even caused the innocent death of the son of the Yin family.

Half of the imperial history was involved in this matter, and it was Lu Qian who started with it.

Gu Qingxuan's serious injuries have not healed, and he can't return to the dynasty for a long time, and the first place in the Yushitai was occupied by Lu Qian, he was originally a member of the Yin family's camp, and of course he would not let go of this great opportunity to deal with the Gu family.

The Yin brothers watched with confidence that they were surrounded by all kinds of discussions and disputes in the court, because they were already looking for enough arguments for these remarks of criticism and reprimand, for them, the Gu family was like a trapped beast, and victory was already in sight.

They have the lifeblood of the Gu family in their hands, and they just have to wait for everything to be ready for a formal trial.

……

After the opening of the dynasty, each in its place, Gu Qingning was still busy with the construction of the anti-danger room. Through her round-the-clock drawing and supervision, the anti-danger rooms of various government offices have basically been completed, and the core of the major government offices are basically nearing completion.

After returning to the DPRK for so many days, there is no need for her not to see Yin Shaochu, and Yin Shaochu will not see her, and the two of them have nothing to say except for official business.

On the 25th day of the first month, the construction of the drawings was completed, and in this way, the fortification room was completed, and these counselors who had to come to the government office to add value during the New Year except for the three days of Chinese New Year's Eve, the first day of the new year, and the Shangyuan Festival, were naturally overjoyed.

After handing over the last set of detailed drawings, the entire fortification room was boiling and cheering, and the superintendent Zhang Yuanning was also troubled by them, he happily walked out of the fortification room with the drawings, and was about to send them to the deacon hall, but saw Gu Qingning appear outside the fortification room.

Seeing her, the noisy fortifications fell silent. In fact, in normal times, including when adding value during this time, they would not be so restrained in front of Gu Qingning, Gu Qingning has always been warm with them, and he will not take the official shelf in front of them.

But during the period after the opening of the dynasty, they did not dare to be presumptuous, because all the people of the Ministry of Industry knew in their hearts that the situation was not right, their Lord Shangshu and Lord Langzhong were in a special period, and the relationship was tense and delicate, and the workers and deployers couldn't help but feel awkward in front of both of them, and carefully did not dare to offend anyone.

Gu Qingning hadn't been to the fortification room for a while, and she knew what they were guessing, so when she walked to the door, she smiled, calm as usual, and winked at them jokingly as usual: "What? I'm not good-looking, but it's not so scary, right? ”

They were all relieved in their hearts, couldn't hold back their laughter, dispelled their doubts, Zhang Yuanning led the crowd to salute her and led her in. She reviewed the drawings on the spot and congratulated them.

She took the drawings, personally sent them to the deacon hall, showed them to Xu Zitong, discussed with him, and told him about the follow-up matters of the construction of the secret room. Xu Zitong listened carefully to her instructions on official affairs, everything went according to her, and after chatting about official affairs, he and her became familiar with each other again, talked about some idle articles, and asked Gu Qingxuan's situation with concern, saying that he had a few thousand-year-old ginseng and was going to send it to Gu Mansion to replenish Gu Qingxuan's body, Gu Qingning thanked him, but he didn't ask for his gift, she knew how much he had for a deacon's monthly service, and it cost a lot of money to buy this valuable medicinal material, and she didn't want him to break the bank.

Unlike Zhang Yuanning, who has a grudge against her flickering and near, Xu Zitong has always been biased towards her, and he understands her mind very well, in the situation in front of him, he is still like this, obviously surrendering to Gu Qingning, indicating that he still chooses to stand on her side.

Gu Qingning thanked him for his intentions, and said nothing else, so he asked him to send the drawings to Shang Shutang, and he told Yin Shaochu that she had already reviewed them, and Xu Zitong understood what she meant, so he did so.

In the afternoon, she was about to leave the public house to go to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Yushitai and other official offices to inspect the situation of the fortifications.

So, she still had to go to Shangshutang to face Yin Shaochu......

"Last year, the 'Immortal Sect' was in turmoil, officials were attacked, and the two Si Cheng jointly wrote a letter to advise the construction of dangerous secret rooms for major government offices......"

Retreating left and right, the door of Shangshutang closed.

Yin Shaochu didn't look at her, he reached out and twisted the kick of Shang Shugong's case, and then they both heard the sound of stone slabs moving from the back hall.

He got down from the hall and walked to the back hall separated by the screen, and Gu Qingning followed him.

Under their feet was a dark and bottomless hole, which was the secret that only the senior management of the Ministry of Industry had mastered - the entrance to the anti-danger secret room of the Ministry of Industry Shangshutang.

They stood at the entrance of the cave, and she looked at Yin Shaochu, who turned to the side and lit a candle. Holding on to the lamp, he bent down to illuminate the entrance to the cave, saw the stairs and passages below, and stepped down.

"Qingning, do you dare to go down with me to have a look?"

Below, Gu Qingning has gone down countless times, but that was when she was supervising the construction, and after the completion of this secret room, she also went down with Yin Shaochu on a routine tour, but never like this time, he went down alone with her......

The swarthy opening, the intricate and winding passages, and the secret chambers with heavy traps......

At this time, this Yin Shaochu, who hated her to the bone......

Is it scary? It's scary.

But as long as you know enough, it's not scary.

"Good. She answered, and followed him into the passage of the chamber, following the light in his hand.

Arriving underground, Yin Shaochu was still walking forward, lighting the candles on the wall in the darkness, and opening them with his own hands, revealing the true face of this brand-new anti-danger chamber in front of them.

If it were other people, they would have been lost long ago after walking here for so long, and they could only peek into this secret room, or they would have accidentally touched the mechanism and were killed by random arrows or poisonous gas.

Only Gu Qingning has completely mastered every doorway in these secret rooms in this world-

At least, that's what she thought before that.

However, as she deepened, her confidence was shaken.

The two of them were silent all the way, and Yin Shaochu didn't need her to guide the way at all, and walked to the end unharmed, arriving at the innermost and safest secret room......

He was expressionless and did not say much, except to light a lamp and candle in the room.

Officialdom is full of hierarchies, even the underground secret room for officials to take refuge from disaster is no exception. Taking this Shangshutang as an example, there are several secret rooms underground, which are not connected to each other or adjacent to each other, and the entrances are different, and the routes to enter the secret rooms mastered by officials of each level are completely different.

So this can ensure that everyone entering and exiting these secret rooms is like a leopard in a tube, and they can't look at the big shape, even those who have seen the drawings and participated in the construction.

They took the route exclusive to Lord Shangshu, not only that, Yin Shaochu deliberately detoured some secret passages, and almost every secret room was seen, and the familiarity was not inferior to Gu Qingning.

To be honest, Gu Qingning didn't expect him to have such a talent at all.

For fortifications, he has always only asked about the success or failure of obedience, and never delved into it......

Gu Qingning was also thinking, she really almost ignored how smart Yin Shaochu was.

This secret room is specially set up for Shangshu, different from the first two secret rooms for the protection of ordinary subordinates, the interior items are displayed in the same way as the public house above, and the cabinets in the corners of the wall are also prepared with rich dry food and water in sealed wooden barrels, and other daily needs are also thoughtful and complete.

With the lights lit, the room is bright, allowing people to distinguish between the world and the underground......

Yin Shaochu sat down in front of the table with the new lacquer and the beginning of drying, the new velvet core cushion was very soft and comfortable, he seemed to be very satisfied, a smile appeared on his face, he raised his head and looked around, his eyes stayed on a painting on the opposite wall, and he saw the inscription poem on the corner of the painting clearly through the dim light: "Life is not satisfactory in the world, and the Ming Dynasty spreads flat boats......"

The smile on his face deepened, and he looked at it for a long time.

Gu Qingning also looked at the painting and said loudly: "This painting is called 'Taibai Wandering Picture'...... It was painted by an old gentleman, and I happened to see it on the street and thought it was good, so I bought it......"

"Was it given to me?" he asked.

Gu Qingning looked at him, lowered his face, shook his head and said, "No...... Just bought to decorate this place......"

"It just happened to be hanging in the secret room of this Shangshu?" he snorted.

Gu Qingning didn't answer, but said: "I hung it here, but I actually didn't want you to see this painting at all......"

"What do you mean?"

She looked up and looked around, her gaze wandering, "Because if you see it, you're here...... It's that if you're in danger......"

Yin Shaochu lowered his head, his eyes swept to the wine jug on the case, he didn't want to tell what she meant, or whether she was sincere, and like her, there was still a trace of not to be outdone, shrugged his shoulders and smiled bitterly: "But now that I'm here, isn't it okay?"

Gu Qingning sat across from him, he met her eyes, smiled and asked again: "Qingning, at this time, I'm not in danger, right?"