Last night, Ling Jiuchuan personally came and dug Bai Jingzhi out of the hot quilt, only saying that he would send an assistant to pick him up early the next morning. Just two sentences, let him suffer most of the insomnia, for a while I thought that this was the king's relatives, come to a formality, a few days will be transferred, and then I felt that the king heard some rumors, and arranged for ears and eyes to monitor him around the clock, but, think about it again, to put it bluntly, he is just a librarian, friends and family are ordinary people, in another city, meet once every six months, to monitor him, why?

Tossing and turning, a terrible possibility suddenly appeared - perhaps someone in the court was plotting a rebellion, and the king noticed that the man wanted to protect himself, so he wanted to use his powerless little role as a scapegoat.

With such thoughts, Bai Jingzhi got up before dawn, and waited to open the door in front of Haocang Palace, and happened to meet Guo Yuansheng who was carrying a food box, and learned that he was here to bring breakfast to Shu Kui, and he was even more sure in his heart that this new so-called assistant was the eyes and ears of the king, and the origin must not be small.

With one more person like this by his side, how can he be relaxed?

Bai Jingzhi had a bitter face and took Shu Kui to the Wanji Building behind the dormitory.

"Aunt Shu Kui...... We're here. He said, "This is the library of the kings of the past dynasties, there are seven floors, except for the hall on the first floor, the rest of the floors are full of books. ”

Shu Kui looked up and saw that this Wanji Building was actually an octagonal tower, which was also black, and there was a bell tower at the top, hanging a brass bell, shining in the morning sun.

"It was the bell that had to be struck on the hour, to remind the king that it was time to get up, go to court, read and study, and so on. But now, first, there are wall clocks everywhere, and everyone has watches, and secondly, Jiuchuan Majesty has always been punctual and diligent, so it has not been knocked for a long time. Bai Jingzhi also raised his head, and what he said was the truth, and he didn't make a fool of himself at all.

"It's so shiny." Shu Kui sighed.

"Thank you." Bai Jingzhi laughed, "I wipe it once a day, and I don't dare to be lazy at all." ”

After speaking, he took out the key and opened the door of Wanji Building.

Shu Kui walked in, and the first thing that caught his eye was a row of desks, about two meters away from the door, almost blocking most of the passage.

"It's kind of the front desk." Bai Jingzhi walked to a desk against the wall, "I usually sit here. ”

Shu Kui noticed that there was only a mug on his desk, no computer, and no other place to store materials: "Where is the book catalog?" ”

Bai Jingzhi pointed to his head, quite proud: "I have been working here for more than two hundred years, as long as I report the title of the book, I will know which floor which one and which floor." ”

"So, what do I have to do at work?" Shu Kui asked.

"Actually, it's nothing." Bai Jingzhi made a difficulty, "Although this place is open to the entire palace, few people usually come, and I won't tell you, I've always been drinking tea, reading books, doing hygiene, and wiping the Qiyao Bell, nothing else." ”

"Then I'll clean up." Shu Kui rolled up his sleeves, "Where are the tools?" ”

Seeing this, Bai Jingzhi was shocked: "Not busy, not busy." Belch...... On your first day at work, I'll take you on a tour to familiarize yourself with the environment. ”

Shu Kui thought about it, so it was okay, so he nodded.

Bai Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, first led her around the hall, and then walked up floor by floor to the seventh floor of the topmost floor.

"Outside is a small balcony with a staircase leading to the bell." Bai Jingzhi said, and walked downstairs, "You can take a look casually, I'll go get a bucket and a rag, it's time to wipe the clock." ”

Shu Kui was not polite to him, answered, and walked around the seventh floor.

The bookshelves here are denser than the downstairs floors, there are wire-bound books on the shelves, and there are also bamboo slips, although they are spotless, they are all incomplete, very old, and it feels like the shelves will fall apart if they are touched slightly, Shu Kui did not dare to turn them rashly, turned around a few times, and suddenly planned to look at the Qiyao Bell on the roof of the building on a whim.

And the moment she pushed open the door of the small balcony, she suddenly heard someone whispering in a corner.

Following the sound, Shu Kui walked through the entire seventh floor, but it was normal—except for her, there was no one else here.

However, the whispering just didn't stop, and the chattering kept ringing in her ears, which made her feel inexplicably irritable.

"Who's there?" She asked aloud.

Of course, there was no response.

She didn't give up, turned a few more bookshelves, and suddenly found that the source of the sound was actually on it.

So, she looked up and looked at the ceiling as she went, until in a corner she found a rope tied to a ring.

The ropes are very thin, the rings are small, they are all close to the wall, and they are exactly the same color as the wall, and it is difficult to spot the thickness.

Shu Kui hesitated for a moment, and didn't know what force drove him, so he found a chair and moved it, stood up, stood on tiptoe, and could reach the ring.

She clasped her index finger in the ring, pulled hard, and immediately a two-meter-square door opened silently from the ceiling, and a bamboo ladder slowly descended from the door, reaching to the ground.

"Secret room?" She muttered to herself, looking over the corner - it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything.

After hesitating for a moment, she still didn't dare to go in alone, so she decided to go and find Bai Jingzhi first, but as soon as the thought came out, the whispering suddenly skyrocketed, which disturbed her upset, and she had no other thoughts except to enter the door immediately and let the person who made the sound shut up quickly.

The ladder is not difficult to climb, it only takes a few seconds to reach the end, Shu Kui pats the dust on his hands, and when his eyes adapt to the darkness, he can vaguely see that this is an attic with the same area as the bottom, there are no windows, and nothing is placed.

At this moment, the whispering voice was soft again, like a summons, like a guide, but I still couldn't hear what was being said.

Shu Kui cautiously walked deeper into the attic, and after a while, there was gradually a bright light around him.

"You're here." A man's voice rang out, old and hoarse.

Shu Kui was startled and subconsciously stopped: "Who?" ”

"Take a few more steps and you'll see me." The man sounded weak.

Shu Kui didn't move when he heard this, and he didn't feel a little scared.

"I will not be your enemy." The man guessed her thoughts, "Please come here." ”

Shu Kui thought about it, plucked up his courage, and continued to walk forward.

After a few dozen steps, she came to the center of the light, where a huge gray wolf lay prone and looked like it was dying.

"You're talking to me?" She wasn't so sure.

"Yes, it's been so long, and we're meeting again." The gray wolf didn't open his mouth, he didn't even open his eyes, but his voice came clearly, "The Silent Gun is by my side." ”

"What?" Shu Kui was stunned.

The gray wolf was silent for a while, and sighed indistinctly: "The things around me, please hand them over to Ling Jiuchuan." ”

"Oh, good." Shu Kui took a few steps forward, and sure enough, he saw a stick on the side of the gray wolf, the whole body was snow-white, and the faint blue light emitted was the source of the light in this attic.

"Give this to Ling Jiuchuan?" She picked up the stick and found that it was a red tassel gun about two meters long.

"Yes, thank you." Listening to the tone, the gray wolf seemed to be on his mind.

"Do you want him to take you down and call a medical officer to take a look?" When the stick arrived in Shu Kui's hand, the blue light was flourishing for a while, and the whispering voice disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"No thanks." The gray wolf smiled lightly, "I've been guarding for nearly a thousand years, and I'm too tired, so let me rest here." ”

After speaking, there was no sound at the time.

The light on the stick slowly dimmed, and at the same time, the gray wolf's body quickly shrank and dried up, and finally collapsed, turning into a large pool of black ash on the ground.

One qiē happened so quickly that Shu Kui didn't have time to react, and he was completely stupid.

"Shu Kui, where are you?" Suddenly, Bai Jingzhi's voice came from below, with anxiety.

Shu Kui came back to his senses and walked to the door: "I'm here." ”

Bai Jingzhi came over, raised his head, and looked surprised: "How did you go up?" ”

Shu Kui didn't answer, first threw down the red tassel gun, and then climbed down the ladder himself, and for a while, he didn't decide whether to tell what he saw and heard in the attic.

"What is this?" Bai Jingzhi didn't dare to touch the red tassel gun.

"It's Ling Jiuchuan's." Shu Kui picked up the gun, thinking that it was better to complete the gray wolf's instructions first, and then come back to explain, "I'm going to go out and give this to him." ”

Bai Jingyi heard that he was going to return the king's things, and of course he agreed.

Shu Kui immediately walked out of Wanji Building, walked straight in the direction of Haocang Palace, and met Yuxiao not far from the side door.

"Is Ling Jiuchuan here?" She asked.

"Yes." Tamashi said, "What's the matter? ”

"Can you give this to him for me?" Shu Kui handed over the red tassel gun.

Yuxiao reached out to pick it up, but before he could touch it, he felt a strange cold attack, and his fingertips hurt from the cold, so he unconsciously gasped and hurriedly retracted his hand: "Where did this come from?" ”

"Wan Ji upstairs." Shu Kui said truthfully, "The old wolf in the attic on the top floor asked me to bring it to Ling Jiuchuan." ”

"Old wolf?" Yuxiao's face changed slightly.

Shu Kui said "um": "It's a big one, gray, and can speak." ”

As soon as Yu Xiao heard this, he grabbed Shu Kui's shoulder, and even his voice changed: "Where is he now?" ”

"Still in the attic." Shu Kui didn't understand why she was so nervous, "After giving this to me, I said that I was very tired and wanted to rest, so I turned into a puddle of ashes." ”

"What?" Tamashino's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe it.

"He's turned to a puddle of ash." Shu Kui repeated.

This time, Tamashi was silent for a long, long time, with a complicated expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" Shu Kui faintly felt that this gray wolf should have a great background.

"You come with me, go to Your Majesty." Tamashi said, turning around and leaving.

Shu Kui followed her to the door of the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor of the palace, and her heart was full of thoughts.

Tamashi raised her hand and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Ling Jiuchuan's voice came from inside the door.