"Big brother, if you don't want him to make mistakes again and again, and don't want to see the entire Cheng family overturned, are you willing to do me a favor?"

That day, in the abandoned old house, Cheng Jinzhi stood in the shadow of the junction of the sun and the dark, and said this resounding sentence.

"What's the help, as long as I'm a big brother who can do it, I'll definitely help you. ”

Cheng Xuan came back to his senses from the harsh truth, although the breath in his chest was still fluctuating with shock and anger, but there was still a bit of firmness in his words.

"I hope you will help me find all the evidence I can to prove that he was complicit with the Prince. Only when we have the lifeblood in our hands that can contain him can we let him stop and turn back, so that we can save the entire Cheng family before he finally makes a big mistake. ”

Cheng Jinzhi moved his gaze back from a dusty cabinet on the wall, and looked at Cheng Xuan with a grim expression.

"Since ancient times, the winner is the king, and the loser is the villain. Although the crown prince has not been deposed at the moment, you must have heard the rumors outside these days, and I can tell you that none of this is groundless. His Royal Highness is merciful, and even if he ascends to the throne, he will not kill his siblings and exclude dissidents. But His Majesty is not a mediocre person today, and once it is confirmed that the crown prince is not of royal blood, in addition to severely punishing the prince and the queen, he will inevitably be angry with the henchmen behind him. Even if that old man thinks he hides it well, do you think that according to the prince's personality, he will not find his comrades to back?"

"Alas, this old man is really confused! The prince has done a lot of evil, isn't he aiding the abuse by doing this?"

Cheng Xuan said and raised his hand to slap the door frame beside him, his eyes were full of indignation and helplessness, and he pondered for a moment, and then his eyes gradually softened.

"But Jin Zhi, he knows that you are Princess Yan, but he still has to help the prince deal with His Royal Highness King Yan, as well as this family... You've suffered so much, why do you have to ...... now?"

"I really don't want to help this family at all, and even if some things pass, I will never forgive. ”

Cheng Jinzhi closed his eyes slightly and took a deep breath, then raised his eyes with a restrained expression, and the resentment in his eyes had dissipated little.

"But big brother, you are different from them, you are innocent. Even if it's for you alone, I don't want to see the Cheng family ruined. And the county lord of Lingrong, she must also hope that you can be safe. ”

"Golden Bough......

Cheng Xuan stared at him with emotion when he heard this, and until now he thinks back to it, a certain place in the bottom of his heart still swells with warmth.

didn't know that although Cheng Jinzhi's touching words were indeed true, there was another unspeakable purpose.

It's just that at this moment, facing this house full of books, Cheng Xuan is helpless for a while, I don't know what I want to look for, what can I find?

After a light turn around the room, he started with the bookcase next to the desk and rummaged up and down, left and right.

He was well aware of his father's keen intuition and observation, and when there were signs of passivity in the objects he used in his daily life, he quickly noticed something strange, so he searched for them with great care.

And just as he expected, in the face of these things at his fingertips, all he found were ordinary books and texts, and there was nothing substantial and reliable, not even a single word of letters.

"Also, how could he be such a cautious person, how could he be easily caught?"

Cheng Xuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, muttered to himself in his heart, and rummaged back and forth on the desk for a while, but still found nothing.

Just as he was speculating that there might be some secret door or something like this study, a basin of charcoal placed at the foot of the desk to burn letters caught his attention.

He tightened his pupils and leaned down to look at the unseasonable basin in front of him, which, at a cursory glance, was filled with ashes from the burning of some paper.

But out of a meticulous attitude, Cheng Xuan still reached in and flipped through a few times, but he really found a few pieces of shredded paper that were not consumed by the fire.

He put these pieces of shredded paper in the palm of his hand, except for useless words, only to see that on one of them, the word "Nanchu" was written impressively.

"Nan Chu, why do other people mention Nan Chu in their letters to him?"

Cheng Xuan's eyes flashed slightly, although these two words alone can't prove anything for the time being, but his intuition told Cheng Xuan that this extremely sensitive word in the eyes of all the courtiers would not be so simple behind it.

In order to confirm his thoughts, he tensed up and reached into the charcoal basin again.

However, just as Cheng Xuan found a piece of shredded paper from the ashes again, before he could calm down and look at it, he suddenly heard a sound and noise coming from outside the door.

The thought that the lock on the door was only a false button made him suddenly startled, and he hurriedly clenched the piece of paper in his hand and stood up.

At the same time, the voice of a servant in the house sounded in my ears.

"Sir, you're back, I heard from Madame, and I thought you would have to come back tomorrow. ”

"If I finish it early, I'll come back early. ”

Hearing that Cheng Yan suddenly returned home, and at the door at this moment, Cheng Xuan had a loud buzz in his head. Frightened, he hurriedly tightened his gaze and looked around, looking for a place for him to hide.

But as soon as he thought that since Cheng Yan would find out that the lock had been tampered with, if he hid in this house, he would inevitably be discovered, so he instantly gave up the idea of hiding.

Seeing the figure at the door approaching more and more, Cheng Xuan only felt stiff, and his heart was beating wildly.

After seeing the windowsill in front of him, he didn't have time to think about it, so he pushed open the window and jumped out, falling into a flower bed under the window that was originally planted with plums. It's just that it's the height of summer, so there are only green leaves and no flowers.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he didn't have time to dust off the dirt stains on his body, got up as quickly as he could, flashed into the moon cave next to him, and prepared to return to the room.

In Cheng Xuan's opinion, as long as Cheng Yan didn't see his face, even if he knew that someone had entered the study, the suspicion would spread to anyone in the mansion, and he would naturally be much safer.

In the study, Cheng Yan held the lock that had been tampered with a solemn expression, and his eyes were already cloudy.

However, due to the fact that there were people behind him, he only glanced at the ancient books in the upper left corner of the bookshelf, and did not check whether there was anything missing in the room first.

Then, he walked straight to the half-open window.

He stuck his head out of the window, and his eyes swept around sharply, and it was conceivable that the sneaker had already fled.

But between the low eyebrows, I saw a small piece of clothing and fabric hanging on the branch of the plum in the low part of the flower bed.