Suzhou Chengdong Mansion, in the study.

Tianfang reached out and took the booklet from the shelf, held it in his hand, and heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside the door.

Then, there was a careful knock on the door.

"Come in!" Tianfang turned his head and continued to look at the stacked books on the shelves, he swiped through a full row of books, and chose another one out of them.

The guards who entered the door were dusty, and as soon as they entered, they said to the sky: "Lord, I have already gone to check." ”

"Oh?" Tianfang glanced back at him and said, "How?" ”

The men sent out in the morning came back from outside Suzhou City at this time, and took the order of Tianfang to go on this trip.

"At the top of the hill is a lake." The guard paused, stared at Tianfang's face and said, "Near the edge of the cliff, a mechanism has been set up. ”

"The clever design of that mechanism is so clever that ordinary people can't see it even if they pass by the mountains or encounter them while hunting, so they have been set up with great care."

The guard spoke clearly.

"However, when we went to check, the mechanism was destroyed!"

Even if it is the remnants of a mechanism that has been damaged by violence, it can still be seen that the original person set it up had good intentions.

Tianfang turned his head, and this time he simply put down the booklet in his hand.

He looked at the guard thoughtfully, then smiled, "As I expected. "The Lord is wise." The guard replied loudly.

Tianfang pushed his forehead helplessly, looked at the guard standing in front of him and said casually: "What is wise?" I didn't send someone to set it up, and I didn't send someone to destroy it. "When we go down. A few people were also met. The guard said this, his eyes twinkling and he looked at Tianfang. Is it someone under the empress? Tianfang asked calmly. The Lord's "Guardian habitually said those two words again, remembering the reaction of the right talent." I had to swallow the word "wise".

He straightened up slightly, looked at the sky and said, "It seems that the people under the empress are also going up the mountain!" "Did you recognize you?" Tianfang asked. "No, I didn't recognize them, they were in a hurry on horseback, and we didn't meet them on the shore of the clifftop lake, but on the mountain road. The other party must have thought that we were just passing by. "I guess I'll have to go to the top of the cliff to check it out."

"When you met them, how many people were on the other side?" Tianfang was slightly stunned, and his expression instantly became a little subtle. He asked, looking at the guard.

"Three." "Okay, I see." Tianfang's eyes deepened, and he glanced at the guards and said, "Is there any news from the post station outside the city today?" “

The guard's heart tightened. His hands quietly clenched into fists. After pursing his lips that were rough and skinned by the wind, he whispered: "Back to the Lord, there is still nothing." ”

Tianfang's gaze stayed on his face for a moment longer, the guard's expression looked very uncomfortable, his body stiffened, and he thought for a while before bowing his head and saying, "Our people have always been very careful. "Passers-by were on the lookout, but they didn't find anyone suspicious."

If there was a wind and grass in the post station outside the city, it would have been passed over a long time ago, let alone such an important person. The Lord cares about them!

"Lord, there is one more thing." The guard said. He raised his head again and looked at Tianfang.

"Say!"

"There are traces of a fight on the top of the cliff," the guard paused again, "it must have been the man who destroyed the mechanism and the soldiers of the Northland." ”

Tianfang's expression couldn't see joy and anger, he thought for a moment and nodded and said, "I know everything, you go down to rest." "Wait!" Tian let out a shout to stop the guards, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowed down his tone, "By the way, tell them that you should pay more attention to the movements in Suzhou City in the past two days." "Yes!" The guard replied cheerfully, and he turned his voice and walked out the door.

Tianfang stayed alone in the study, and as the door to the study was closed again, he slowly paced to the wall where the map was hung.

This map appeared on the desk a few days ago, and for the convenience of viewing, he ordered someone to hang it on the wall.

At a glance, the labels on it are clear at a glance, and it is very clear.

Outside the city of Suzhou, the winding mountain road, the direction of the post station is marked.

Tianfang's finger slowly clicked on the map.

The main road in the southwest outside Suzhou is the main road, the road that comes and goes the most every day, and it is also the road that the future king will pass through.

If you want to enter Suzhou City, as long as you walk from this main road, you will definitely pass by the post station, and you will definitely appear under the noses of the guards.

What if it was rerouted?

Tianfang groaned slightly, and when he raised his head, his eyes fell on those winding and forking paths.

It is not excluded that someone deliberately bypassed the post station, I remember that the little girl was still nagging on the boat and carefully sailing the boat for ten thousand years.

As soon as he thought of her, a smile unconsciously bloomed on Tianfang's lips

Suzhou City is surrounded by mountains on one side, and the terrain is complex, if it is replaced by a plain, it will be much easier to search and find, but the terrain here hinders the movement of the people below.

Tianfang looked at it for a long time, walked back to the bookshelf, and continued to flip through the booklet resting on it.

I looked away for a moment, and saw a few small items added to the other side of the shelf, which were brought back by the people below when they were buying.

There are a few clay knick-knacks, cats and dogs, etc., which look alive on the shelves.

Tianfang picked up one of them, put it in the palm of his hand and played with it for a while.

The little girl likes these gadgets, and she also added some when she decorated her residence

As soon as the guards arrived in the outer courtyard, several people with slightly anxious expressions in the wing room gathered around. "What does the Lord say?"

One of the guards hurriedly asked on behalf of everyone, this is the point that everyone wants to know!

Every time, as long as one of them went into the study to see the heavens, there was not a single one who was waiting outside who did not have a hanging heart. "It's good, it's fine."

The guard who came out of the study lowered his voice and said, "Even if I told the Lord about the situation I saw on the mountain, he didn't say anything." I only instructed everyone to pay attention to the movements in Suzhou City these days. "Needless to say!" Several of the guards exchanged glances, and their tones were much more relaxed, "We've been paying attention." "The girls who came into the city. There are very few people who travel alone," the guards discussed, "If the master's sister arrives, let alone us, the post station may have already found out!" “

One of the guards said, "They are outside the city, but they can see clearly, as long as they are people passing by on the road." You can notice it. "That's right, we don't need to make a move, the people at the post station will definitely target it directly." The other companion chimed in. "If so. She's not alone, is she? The guard who came out of the study looked at a few of his companions and frowned.

It is not impossible, for the Lord had already mentioned this to him when he was called into the study last night to talk.

I heard that the little junior sister's idea is more novel. Sometimes the approach is unexpected. So it's hard to say!

No one is her, how do you know what she does!

"We'll be careful," the guard's tone sounded taken for granted, "but we'll be careful if it's a girl of this age." ”

"What if she doesn't dress up as a girl?" The guard who came out of the study lowered his voice again, "I heard that this senior sister of the Lord is here. is quite good at disguise, let alone pretending to be a man, even if she is pretending to be an old woman, it is vivid. No problem! ”

At this moment, those people were stunned, you look at me, I look at yours, and they were speechless for a while.

"Huh!? Doesn't that make it more difficult for us to find? Several guards looked at each other nervously, "Isn't it true that everyone who comes in Suzhou City has to check it, I'm afraid" "It's really like looking for a needle in a haystack!" "That's right, I'm afraid it's hard."

Several people looked embarrassed and exchanged their heads and began to discuss.

"If it's not difficult, what do you want us to do," the guard who came out of the study saw everyone's reaction, paused, and said in a tone with his arms crossed, "It's not without a trace, as long as she enters the city, she will always find our lord." ”

The guard lowered his eyelids and thought for a while before saying, "She is alone, it is impossible for her to bypass Suzhou City and go directly to the Northland, absolutely not." "It's early to enter the city, and it's late to enter the city."

With a bit of emotion in his tone, the guard couldn't help but look in the direction of the study.

I secretly thought in my heart that if it weren't for this little junior sister's business, it would be very likely that the Lord would change the route, not to the northland, but to the south of Sealand!

"When I was on the boat, the Lord told his little sister that the agreement was in the east of the city," he explained to his companions the meaning that the Lord had conveyed in the study last night, "so the scope is much smaller, you just need to pay extra attention to the people who enter and leave the eastern boundary of the city!" ”

The guard listened to Tianfang's words in the study last night, after all, it was the lord, and it involved his own junior sister, and he was still mentioned at the critical moment.

I'm afraid that they won't be able to figure out the key points and waste time in useless places, which will be too much to do.

"The little junior sister of the lord doesn't know the location of our house, but the word east of the city agreed with the lord will definitely be firmly remembered."

After a pause, the guard who spoke raised his head and looked at the crowd: "I think, it's better to send someone to the teahouse near the stone bridge to watch." "Anyone who reaches the eastern boundary of the city has to cross the bridge, whether it is a carriage or a pedestrian."

Hearing this, the guards' eyes suddenly lit up and said, "That's a good idea!" It's more reliable, so I went to the stone bridge to keep an eye on it. "That's right, as long as you find someone from the east of the city, everyone will watch it." "The houses here in the east of the city, except for the ones we live in, are all big families, and the clothes they wear and the carriages they sit in are very recognizable."

"yes, yes, definitely not to be confused with people outside." "That makes sense, that's it!"

Inside the wings, the guards discussed the steps of the operation.

At this moment, the person who came out of the study suddenly rolled his eyes, patted his forehead and said, "When I reported to the Lord just now, I forgot one thing. "Look at my memory!" He was annoyed, "You send someone to the stone bridge, and I have to go to the Lord again." “

After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and went out from the door.

"What's going on? Isn't there still a situation on the road? Several of the guards met their gazes, and after a brief moment of surprise, they immediately regained their composure and turned their heads to continue discussing the details.

"You go to the teahouse and keep an eye on it, and the people below can see it."

"There is also a restaurant by the stone bridge, you go upstairs and wait."

The man hurriedly walked out of the wing room, and in a moment he went outside the study of Tianfang.

The movement of going back and forth made the Tianfang inside a little surprised.

The guards who came in hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord, there is one thing that is missing. ”

"Say!"

Tianfang put down the booklet in his hand and looked at him.

"When I came down from the mountain, I didn't go to the post station, and I saw the steward of the household next door to us in the pavilion in the middle of the mountain."

Tianfang was slightly stunned and said: "When I came back from the street, I saw that his housekeeper was busy directing people to unload ingredients from the carriage, where else was the housekeeper?" ”

This person, Tianfang has long been concerned, and knows that it is the one who has been busy next door.

To say that the next door, there is really a big movement, in order to decorate the mansion and wait to greet the young master, the steward next door is really heartbroken! "There is another one, who came from the south of Zealand, and followed his young master, the one who has not yet arrived."

The guard said in a calm tone: "The people below said that they left temporarily on the way, so when the steward arrived in Suzhou, he took the rest of the subordinates, but he didn't see the young master." “

Tianfang stared at the guard, his eyes wandering.

He only knows one and doesn't know the other, if it weren't for the guards, Tianfang really didn't pay much attention to it!

"He was waiting for someone in the pavilion in the middle of the mountain, and his subordinates heard the people under him say that they were waiting for someone, and guessed that they were waiting for the young master of his family."

Tianfang turned sideways, glanced out of the courtyard and said, "When you leave, are you still waiting?" ”

"I'm still waiting, I shouldn't have waited," the guard said with a little shame on his face, and with apologies in his eyes, "I was only concerned about talking about the mountain organs before, and I didn't talk about it if I missed it." ”

After the guard finished speaking, he secretly looked at Tianfang's expression, and saw that his master seemed to be distracted, and then walked to the wall and looked at the map hanging on it.

Tianfang's fingers once again crossed the winding line outside Suzhou City, repeating it several times.

Tianfang frowned, and his eyes looked at the winding lines on the map for a moment, especially near Suzhou City.

After a while, he suddenly turned to the guards and said loudly: "Prepare the horse!" “

I held the dim sum paper bag and followed the boy forward, there are many alleys in the eastern boundary of the city, but some of the alleys are almost inhabited by a single family.

It's really a high-walled and deep courtyard, and the house covers a wide area.

I looked at the young man in front of me, walked up a few steps, pulled his sleeve and asked, "Hey, do you have a snack?" ”

You must know that when you walk here from the stone bridge, the dim sum is almost cool, this is winter, not summer.

The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect me to ask this sentence, he turned his head and said in a stiff tone: "Xiaoling, since you love to eat, it's better to eat them all!" (To be continued......)