- Xixin's brows furrowed slightly, and he shook the piece of paper between his fingers and asked, "What do you mean by that since a few years ago, Wang Chi has been monitoring Qingchuan's small movements, but in fact, he has not relaxed his plan to occupy Qingchuan for a moment, and has made a move in the near future?" ”

"There should be a big move in the near future, but it's just a matter of preparation, and it started a long time ago." Cen Chi nodded and replied, and a hint of gloom suddenly slipped in his eyes: "Senior brother probably came back for this matter." ”

Xi Xin groaned and said: "He helped Wang Chi plan the expedition to the west, which should be regarded as his business, but what are you doing now?" ”

"I'm going to find him, and I owe him a sorry word. If he really dies like this, I'll help him do it...... But I don't believe he died so easily. The more Cen Chi's words came to the back, the more gloomy the look in his eyes became. As he finished speaking, he sighed a little depressedly.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again, and the gloom in his tone was suddenly swept away, and he became very solemn: "Senior brother, now I am only one step away, and only you can help me." ”

Xi Xin stared at Cen Chi with straight eyes, and after a while, he slowly closed his eyes, as if he was meditating on something. Seeing this, Cen Chi felt a trace of joy rise in his heart. The tacit understanding left by the same sect for several years made him not difficult to remember what his senior brother's move represented, he should be thinking about the appearance of the burned map at this moment, which is equivalent to him agreeing to help himself.

After the tea, Xi Xin opened his eyes, and he suddenly stretched out his hands and picked up all the pieces of paper on the ground. Scan one by one at breakneck speed.

In the process, from time to time, pieces of paper were thrown aside by him. By the time he had finished looking at the stack of papers, most of the stack had been picked out and thrown away. He laid out the last ten pieces of paper in his hand on the ground, put them together into a large rectangle, and then exhaled deeply.

Cen Chi only glanced at the large picture made of ten pieces of paper on the ground, and did not continue to examine it carefully, but clapped his hands and praised: "I didn't expect that Senior Brother would take great pains to make a picture in secret, and it would not take half a day to show his true face in front of Senior Brother." ”

"The geography of mountains and rivers will not change easily, I have seen the map of Shibo. Restoring the location map is just a gourd drawing. Xi Xin paused for a moment and then said, "You can't bring these drawings back to the Prime Minister's Mansion anymore." You've only got to stay here for a few moments, is that enough for you to remember? ”

"It's not a big problem."

Cen Chi looked at it carefully for a while, then he rubbed the corners of his forehead and retracted his gaze to look at Xixin. Said slowly: "It shouldn't be difficult for you to deduce. The plagiarist is the prime minister's person. And I got these pictures from the Prime Minister's Office. The third son of the Shi family asked me to puzzle it, this messy pile, I struggled for a long time to come up with these. It's also incomplete, but it's already rotten in my heart. ”

Hearing this, Xi Xin picked up one of the remaining ten pieces of paper again, and after reading it carefully, he smiled slightly and said, "No wonder it's very blurry, it turns out that this is not the original manuscript, but you copied it." If the prime minister wants to know that you will have this hand, will he have a chill on his back? ”

Cen Chi shook his head and said: "No, he has not relaxed his precautions against me, and the manuscript he gave me this time was also copied by someone else, so this is the second copy, and it is estimated that it is far from the original manuscript." ”

After a little hesitation, Cen Chi said with some confusion: "I don't understand, since he already knows about my relationship with Lin Shan, why would he still ask me to do something for him instead of sending me away?" ”

"Now I can give you two explanations." Xi Xin groaned, "First, he sincerely surrenders to the current emperor. For this reason, then helping him is equivalent to helping the emperor, and it is okay for you to work together with Senior Brother Lin, or to say that your friendship with Senior Brother Lin is no obstacle to him. The second reason may be that he has the same heart as the monarch of the northern kingdom. In the Northern Fence line, there are two heirs who are helping the two dynasties with opposite momentum, and the monarch of the Northern Kingdom has not given up the importance of our master and uncle because of this, do you understand? ”

Cen Chi nodded and said, "I hope that the prime minister is the person in the first article you said, but looking at the performance of the prime minister's mansion, it is not difficult to see the possibility of the existence of the second article, but why does the emperor seem to be unaware of it at all?" ”

"Shi Jing really has a talent for governing the world, and the emperor should be a little reluctant to him, and he is still relaxing the time limit for his observation. If Shi Jing does not move, the emperor will gain more than just a talent. He can observe for more than ten years in order to conquer the West, how reluctant to spend time carefully observe and test a group of talents. After saying this, Xi Xin turned around and said: "How many of these spelled out drawings have you handed over?" Although it is incomplete, if it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, there are still many opportunities to destroy these battle strategy layouts one by one. ”

"I handed over some, but I changed a lot of the pictures that were handed over." Cen Chi thought for a while and said, "I'll go back later, I'll have to find a way to change the order of some more diagrams." ”

"Nope." Xi Xin raised a hand and shook it at Cen Chiping's palm, and said, "You can't move the drawings in the Prime Minister's Mansion anymore." If the prime minister is really rebellious, once his previous behavior is seen by him, even if you don't change the lines on the map, but only reverse the order of some parts, this is enough to make him kill you. ”

After a little thought. He added: "If there is no chance to defend, then attacking is also a way to defend. I suddenly understood that there was a necessary meaning for you to go to Qingchuan, and this meaning was not just because you were looking for his location. ”

Receiving the approval of the senior brother, Cen Chi secretly felt happy in his heart, but he quickly sighed again and said, "I don't want to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion either." The prime minister seems to have made people engrave official seals, and the day before my brother's accident, I accidentally saw a copy of the emperor's seal in the hands of that group of people. I'm not entirely sure if my brother's business was done by them, but when I think about it, I just have to think about it. I felt sick when I was there. ”

"It's unlikely...... Xixin's eyes showed a look of surprise, "Even if he dares to carve, he may not dare to use it." This kind of stuff can attract attention from many quarters when used once. Although this method is very strong, it is also very easy to set yourself on fire. ”

Cen Chi didn't say anything immediately about this. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and reached deep into the innermost part of his underwear in his arms, and after touching it for a long time, he finally touched something. He took it out and placed it in front of Xixin's knee.

Xixin's gaze naturally fell on that thing.

Cen Chi took out a piece of wood with a somewhat strange shape, and Xi Xin's gaze only focused on the block for a while, and he could already see the 'identity' of the piece of wood, and said softly: "This is something that Senior Brother Lin likes to fiddle with. ”

After being silent for a while, he withdrew his gaze from the wooden block and turned to look at Cen Chi. hesitated: "You ......"

"I haven't gone to see him yet." Cen Chi shook his head and said, "This kind of thing was accidentally dropped by the person who forged the official seal when I accidentally bumped into him in the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

"Did that man suspect you?" Xi's heart froze.

"I can't talk about it." Cen Chi reached out and took the wooden block that was placed on the ground. Place it in the palm of your hand and rub it slowly. "This thing looks like it. It is inconspicuous, and at first glance it is a corner of the plank that a carpenter saws off when making furniture. The man couldn't tell where it came from. I didn't even know the significance of this thing, which he really didn't want me to notice at the time. It's a false seal in his hand. I don't care if something like this is left behind. Walked in a hurry. At that time, he probably wouldn't have worried that I would see the mystery of this wooden block. Because he didn't know where I came from. ”

"But the prime minister knows, and his son knows." Xi Xin suddenly spoke, and his tone was a little stiff. "You said that just now, and you know they know."

"That person won't tell the prime minister this, such a mistake will ruin his future." Cen Chi shook his head slightly, showing that he was not worried about this matter, "I have observed this person, although he is not a traitor to seek glory, but he is not a person who sacrifices interests for the sake of loyalty and righteousness. ”

A slight sarcastic smile appeared in Xi Xin's eyes, and he said: "Of course, to be able to enter the prime minister's eyes and become a guest of the prime minister's house, although the prime minister values the talents of these staff, but the basic character cannot be bad, at least not because of this little detail, he can't make trouble for him." ”

At this point, he paused, and the cold and slightly sarcastic smile in his eyes gradually faded, and finally only seriousness remained. He looked at Cen Chi and said again in a warning tone: "I have no right or interest in judging others, it's just you, I don't want to see you make any mistakes and damages......"

Speaking the last word of this sentence, Xi Xin suddenly sighed, and there was a complex meaning in his eyes. Cen Chi recognized the worry and concern in his eyes, as if he had touched a memory that had been hidden somewhere in his heart that had not been turned over for a long time, and he didn't answer Xixin's words, but just lowered his head.

After a moment of silence, Xi Xin slowly spoke, "You said you don't want to stay there anymore, then leave!" ”

When Cen Chi heard this, his head, which had been slowly lowered, suddenly raised, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, but this excitement quickly precipitated into a dark color under his eyes. He also exhaled lightly and said slowly: "Actually, I brought these drawings to Senior Brother today, just to prepare to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as I get the result, regardless of whether Senior Brother agrees or not." But now that I have the support of my senior brother, the stubbornness in my heart naturally dissipated, and after I calmed down, I was a little worried. ”

Xi Xin suddenly laughed a few times, looked at his junior brother who was sitting opposite him and was suddenly worried about himself, and said slowly: "You also know that you are ready to be stubborn again?" No one is looking at you, but your temperament has grown. ”

got a ridicule from his senior brother, but Cen Chi's face turned sad and embarrassed. After coughing dryly, he said with a smile: "Please also ask Senior Brother for help, how can I get out of there?" ”

Xi Xin reached out and picked up a piece of paper on the ground, and said slowly: "Listen to the meaning of your words, for this departure, is it not to completely break with the prime minister?" ”

He had just finished saying this, and before Cen Chi could answer, the speed at which he picked up the paper suddenly became faster. At the same time, he also changed the topic a little abruptly, and quickly asked Cen Chi: "Have you written down all of these?" ”

Cen Chi nodded, there was confusion in his eyes, he didn't understand why Xi Xin's words changed sharply.

"Someone's coming." When Xi Xin said these four words, he had already gathered all the pieces of paper on the ground.

He clutched a wad of paper and stood up, his eyes swept around the meditation room, and finally landed on a futon beside the couch. On the opposite side of the futon is a low table, which is the only furniture in the meditation room except for the wooden couch, on which there is a wooden fish and a string of Buddhist beads.

With a slight hesitation, he walked over to the futon and sat down cross-legged again. The next moment, his action was to break open the wooden fish that looked like a whole, and then the five fingers of the hand holding the piece of paper shrunk, and released his hand over the wooden fish that had turned into a strange urn, and the piece of paper in his hand had turned into tiny pieces and fell into it like snowflakes, and none of them spilled out of the urn.

Closing the broken wooden fish, Xixin said again: "Two people have entered the courtyard gate, and their steps are broken and weak, and they are your maid rings." ”

After speaking, he used his hand that had broken a stack of pieces of paper just now, picked up the string of Buddhist beads on the case and hung it between his thumb and index finger, and the other hand was gently placed on his knee, and then gently knocked his eyes together.

Cen Chi, who was about to get up, saw this situation, and after hesitating for a moment, he sat quietly in the position where he had been sitting cross-legged on the ground. Looking at the back of his senior brother, he couldn't help but have a playful smile in his eyes.

Not long after Xixin sat on the futon, the door of the meditation room flickered, and the figure of a small novice appeared at the door. ”

Although Cen Chi had already calmed down at this time, he almost couldn't help but smile when he heard the little monk say a few 'donors' in a row, and then thought that the senior brother who was still talking to him just now suddenly became the usual dumb monk again.

As if sensing Cen Chi's mental abnormality, Xi Xin, who was sitting quietly, suddenly spoke: "Since the donor has something to do, please take care of the things around him first!" ”

Since Xi Xin led Cen Chi into this meditation room just now, the door has not been closed. With Xixin's martial arts cultivation, he is not worried that someone will listen to the corner, and if the door is closed, it will make people feel weird. Therefore, Cen Chi, who was sitting sideways facing the door at this time, only turned his face slightly, and it was easy to find that not far from the door of the house, standing next to a big tree, was looking at the girl in light shirt here with some worry and timidity.

Cen Chi breathed a faint sigh of relief. Talking to his fellow senior brother that the matter was at an important point, but was interrupted by the sudden arrival of this girl, Cen Chi was a little unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't feel much anger towards that girl.

got up and waved a little at Xixin's back, and then smiled at the little novice, Cen Chi slowly walked out of the meditation room-

(To be continued......)