I looked at the rest of the books on display on the shelves, line by line.

In an instant, there was a slight ringing in my ears.

The source is still the wall behind the bookshelf!

Looking at the bookshelf without squinting, I slowly pasted it.

The ears were close to the pile of books displayed on the shelves.

I identified the direction of the sound and leaned down from a high place.

Layer by layer of shelves, listen to them from top to bottom in order.

It seems that the source of that sound is a little lower.

But the shelf in front of me has reached the last floor, if it is lower, where can it be lower?!

My body trembled, and suddenly a ridiculous idea came to me.

When I think about it, I dismissed this idea for a while.

How is that possible?! If there is an abnormality in the underground of the Lin De Palace, what about the underground of the entire Sealand Palace?

No, besides, this is the residence of the emperor, if there is something unusual, can you hide it from the empress.

Even if He Yanzhi has fallen out of favor now, but in the past few years, I'm talking about the days after Ji Jiu left the palace, hasn't the empress always been fond of him?!

Measuring the favored Cheng Dù, the first thing is the number of times she comes here.

The empress haunted the Lin De Hall for three days and two days, could the situation here still be hidden from her?!

If there's anything going on, I'm afraid she'll be the first to stand up and investigate.

My idea is too peculiar.

But after hearing the change that day, He Yanzhi's response was very suspicious.

I was standing there. I thought quickly, trying to find some clues from the situation in front of me that confused me so that I could see the truth.

Once I entered the state of thinking, I felt that the sound was more and more clearly recalled in my ears.

It's kind of like the sound of something scraping against the ground.

I would love to stay here longer. But time is running out.

As I began to flip through the booklets on the shelves, I suddenly heard footsteps from a distance.

Not good! The first reaction was that the attendants of the Lin De Hall had come here to inspect it.

If someone walks up to the door, they're likely to come in and take a look.

How can this be?!

I squinted at the windowsill on the other side of the study, and my actions reacted faster than my thoughts.

I took a few quick steps on the ground, climbed onto the windowsill and climbed straight out.

Passing through the hallway under the eaves, I quickly ducked behind the nearest tree.

Thinking about it, I still don't feel at ease, but the old trick of the scar-faced man was once again imitated by me.

I followed the trunk of the tree up to a high branch.

Looking at the past from my current perspective. In the distance, most of the courtyard can be seen.

Equally clear is the open window upstairs of the Lin De Hall.

I remember Qing Zhi told me that the emperor always liked to talk about the place where he lived upstairs in the Lin De Palace. When I go in broad daylight, I often have the illusion of being late in the hazy light.

Now He Yanzhi doesn't know what kind of stimulation he has been subjected to, and he has changed sex. When I went, there was no such thing as Qingzhi had described to me.

Like now. Upstairs, the window facing the sun is open.

The breeze stirred the curtain, and a small part of the room could be seen.

I shrank down from the tree, and sure enough, I saw the guards of the Lin De Hall patrolling the courtyard, and he went into several rooms to check, and when he reached the study, he stopped.

Although I had visited the furnishings in the study just now, and had new doubts about the sound, I had not touched any of the furnishings in the study. He probably couldn't see any signs of someone visiting.

But I watched him stop at the doorway, his eyes looking in the direction of the bookshelf. My mood is still slowly getting nervous.

If he noticed something was wrong, would he have brought in more guards to patrol the yard or inspect the study?

As a result, the passage in the bamboo garden, including the courtyard wall where I had entered, was artificially blocked.

The worst plan was for me to stay in the trees until it was dark, and then try to find a way to evacuate under the cover of night.

But as I said before, the strictest time for patrolling the palace is just after nightfall, which means that if I am really trapped in a tree, I will have to wait at least until midnight to leave.

It's easy to say anything else, Qingzhi knows my route today, how can she afford to wait so long?

Once she has doubts and goes directly to Lin De Palace, I can't imagine what the consequences will be!

I sweated in my palms and looked intently at the squire, I wanted to see what he would do, and what he would do would determine my next move.

I was shocked by the scene.

The attendant who had come to inspect had apparently heard the unusual movement in the study, and he had made a gesture similar to mine, exactly the same, confused about the source of the sound, and slowly approached the bookshelf to listen.

He listened carefully, and listened as carefully as I just reacted.

I watched him frown, his face rippled, and his curiosity burned, could it be that because of this attendant, I would indirectly uncover the secrets hidden in this study?!

At this moment, when my heart hung in suspense, I heard the footsteps of a second person ringing on the other side of the hallway.

Could it be that the guards who are also patrolling are coming?

The people in the study did not hear the movement outside, and I could clearly identify it from a high place because of the position, while he, because of the relationship of listening attentively in the study, relaxed his vigilance against the outside situation.

Turning the hallway, I almost didn't fall off the tree when I could see the figure clearly!

He Yanzhi!

Didn't he go to the empress's bedroom? At this time, how could he appear in the corridor outside the study, but I saw He Yanzhi hurrying in the direction of the empress's bedroom.

My guess is that when he gets there, he'll spend at least an hour or two, plus the time he passes on the road. How is that possible?!

It suddenly occurred to me that he had set up this game because he wanted to catch the inner ghost of the Lin De Palace?!

In the battle in the palace, I know that every superior has a hidden force to help. It's almost a consistent law, and in the same way, they are surrounded not only by loyal subordinates, but also by the chess pieces set by others.

He Yanzhi, did he set up a game just to catch the people who coveted his secret?!

Is it the squire in the study who is listening to the movement?

I hid among the leaves, clenched my fists nervously, held my breath, and watched He Yanzhi in the corridor move next.

The figure in the corridor walked calmly. Slowly approaching the doorway of the study around the pillars.

There is an oblique angle between me and the study of the Lin De Temple, because the big trees here grow the most luxuriantly and are the easiest to hide. Replacing it with those slender bamboo poles in the bamboo garden, it is really not easy to hide me.

Who told me that my kung fu is not strong!

In a trance, I saw He Yanzhi passing through the corridor. I stopped slightly in the spot directly opposite the tree where I was hiding. I wondered if he had heard the movement in the trees, and he was about to freeze.

Fortunately, he didn't turn his head to look, and I saw that the corners of his mouth seemed to move, and then continued to the door of the study.

The attendant inside was almost lying on the ground listening to the movement at the moment, and he didn't even notice that He Yanzhi, who was walking slowly, went in.

The squire listened so attentively that I watched the whole time from the tree, and felt that he was about to die in the next second.

He Yanzhi went in and walked straight to the table by the window. He sat down gently.

I could see his side face with a nonchalant expression.

The squire finally straightened up. Get up from the ground.

He didn't find the source of the sound There was a flaw that could be detected, and when he turned around, he saw He Yanzhi sitting behind him watching him, trembling like chaff. The "Imperial Monarch" man sat on the ground in panic, staring at He Yanzhi with a pair of eyes.

The latter shook his head, poured himself a cup of tea from the teapot on his desk, and took two sips from his lips.

"What are you here to make a fuss," He Yanzhi looked at him and smiled faintly, "The timing of coming here today is very unfortunate." ”

"What do you say I'm going to do with you?" He Yanzhi said slowly, "Is it to return it to your master, or directly?"

"The emperor spares his life!" The man was so frightened that he begged for mercy when he saw the ghostly guard

I watched the whole time from the tree, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

I saw that the hidden guard just raised his hand slightly, and the man lost consciousness, and then the attendants of the Lin De Hall followed, and in the blink of an eye, the study was already calm.

It seems that it has always been so peaceful, and the scene just now is like an illusion.

If I didn't feel much danger when I ventured in, I really felt fear when I saw this scene.

The elusive hidden guard came and went as soon as he was recruited, leaving no trace of it.

He Yanzhi, He Yanzhi

I hid in a tree and meditated in my heart a few times.

He was leisurely in the room, and when he had finished disposing of the attendant, he sat down at the table and continued to drink tea.

Although I saw him gesture for the guard to leave, after this scene, I always wondered if he still had a hidden guard in some corner.

He Yanzhi finished drinking a cup of tea, got up and went to the bookshelf.

My heart skipped a beat.

He fumbled around the upper shelf, then pulled out a box.

The box looked a little old, made of wood.

My eyes unblinked, as he sat down at his desk with the box in his hand.

When the lid of the box was opened, a pair of chess pieces were poured out.

Is he ready to play chess? Alone and on your own? Alone?!

I thought that even if he was in a good mood, he would at least have to have a chessboard.

Then I saw He Yanzhi set up chess pieces on the desk, and it turned out that the desk was engraved with a chessboard

I stayed in the tree until my hands and feet were almost numb, and I felt that there was a possibility of falling in the next second, only to see He Yanzhi put away the chess pieces.

In this game, he was a little unsatisfied, so he made a gesture and said to the hidden guard who appeared in front of him: "Everyone withdraw from the inner courtyard, and no one will be left." ”

"Including you."

"I'll be back in half an hour." (To be continued......)