In other words, when he was a little eunuch, he often came into contact with this pattern, and he didn't pay attention to the flash.

"What did you do before?"

Gonggong Zhang frowned and was silent, a eunuch with status like him was reluctant to reveal his past career.

Guangsheng raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Gonggong Zhang, you are the most useful by the side of the saint, presumably because you are innocent, loyal and courageous, and you don't have any unsightly past, right?" ”

These words sound sincere, but in fact they are implicit threats - Father-in-law Zhang's face swelled with anger, but he finally spoke, "The slave maid used to do a lot of work, first as a sweeper in the outer hall, and had to sweep the floor on a snowy day, and then transferred to the tea room, and then the chief eunuch saw that I was clever, so he asked me to serve in front of the palace." ”

Guangsheng hurriedly walked away without saying a word, and behind him, Gonggong Zhang looked at his back, and felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he still hurriedly followed after all.

The outer hall palace is divided into three extras, the steps corridor is symmetrical and tortuous, winding outward to look solemn and majestic, Guangsheng carefully watched along the way, followed by the suspicious Zhang Gonggong not far behind, saw that there were palace maids and eunuchs watching, immediately drove away mercilessly.

Before he knew it, two hours had passed, and the sun was gradually setting in the west, but Guangsheng found nothing—he even pried open the fireplace in the teahouse and looked at it, but he didn't see the pattern at all.

How can you not find such a large mass of patterns!

There are so many people coming and going in the palace every day, how can they all turn a blind eye?

His suspicions deepened, but instead of irritability, his mind became calmer and more thoughtful.

The sunset gradually dyed the red sky, and the golden afterglow shone on the entire gimbal, Zhang Gonggong stepped forward and persuaded in a low voice: "It's already unitary time, the court room will be closed in a while, and it is inconvenient for you to ......stay for a long time, my lord."

Guangsheng nodded and slowly walked down the stairs of the gimbal, but his mind was still thinking. His eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of a piece of golden light, and when he looked at it, it was a few gilded copper cylinders placed on both sides of the corridor!

This kind of large tank is one and a half people high, and is also called "auspicious tank" and "Taiping tank", which is usually set in the front two columns of the palace, so it is also called "Gate Sea", which means "overcoming fire with water", so as to pray that there will be no fire in the palace.

These vats are managed by more than a dozen chamberlains, who draw water from the wells every day, and fill them one load at a time. In winter, it is necessary to put a cap on the cylinder port. Wrap a cotton coat on the outside, and even light a charcoal fire to keep the water surface from freezing day and night.

His heart was shocked, he looked at these four vats intently, and suddenly his mind was filled with inspiration, and the next moment, he ran to the side of the vat like a madman, ignoring the shouts of Grandpa Zhang, he grabbed a low ladder and climbed up. Stick your head over the edge of the jar and look inside.

The water is sparkling, and the sunset and sunset are dotted with spots of light, and through the waveless calm water. He saw the pattern at the bottom of the jar -

A complete round seal, the four images of the Vermilion Bird, the Xuanwu Green Dragon and the White Tiger are arranged in all directions, and the moire is simple and heavy.

He took out the piece of paper in his arms and finally matched the corner of the pattern.

I understand it!

The corpse disguised as a red note. It was thrown into a large vat and soaked for a long time, because only the attendant who carried water routinely climbed up every day, so it was a whole day. Don't worry about being found out!

This is how the corpse was thrown in, curled up at the bottom, and the heel rested against the bottom of the tank due to the pressure of the carboniferous circle above, which imprinted the vague indentation.

Guangsheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly grabbed Gonggong Zhang and asked, "How many vats are there like this?" ”

"More than 300 mouthfuls."

This answer is simply desperate - a vat of more than 300 mouths, and it will be difficult to find out that day?

Fortunately, Zhang Gonggong still has the following, "Although there are more than 300 mouths, there are not many of them of this kind of fine copper gilt, only more than 30 mouths, and the rest are bluestone vats and iron casting." ”

Guangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, but then grabbed his collar, "Take me to see it one bite at a time!" ”

"This, the palace gate is about to be keyed."

Father-in-law Zhang dissuaded, but listened to Guangsheng sneered, and said in a low voice: "If it drags on for one night, the thief annihilates the evidence, and we Jinyiwei can't afford this crime. ”

Father-in-law Zhang could only agree, and Guangsheng asked him to gather dozens of little eunuchs, go to more than 30 tanks and put out the water, and use printing clay to expand the bottom pattern on the paper, and compare them one by one.

There was the sound of running and hustle and there was a rush everywhere, and it looked very strange in the quiet of the sky.

At the height of the pier not far away, Zhu Di was dressed in a fine cloth robe, with gray hair and a white hosta bunched at random, quietly watching this scene.

"Your Majesty, it's really unseemly to disturb the court like this, do you want to let them stop?"

The respectful voice of the new Dongchang Governor An Su came from beside him, Zhu Di shook his head, glanced at him coldly, and said: "Although this child is reckless, he is loyal and courageous after all, and he is diligent in his work. ”

Hearing these words in An Su's ears, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, he was sweating all over, and nodded hurriedly, but he couldn't speak.

"Is the system in the palace greater than my safety and life, and greater than the important case I want to investigate?"

This sentence made An Su even more frightened, and was about to apologize, but he heard Zhu Di snort coldly, "You have been out for half a month, and the momentum is very big, and the whole capital knows that there is an additional Dongchang, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty respect you as a factory man, which is quite majestic!" ”

He changed his words and looked at An Su's gaze like a cold electric sword, "But what did you do?" What is the progress of the case, and how many thieves have been caught by the Jinlan Society? ”

An Su was so frightened that he shook into chaff, knelt down with a grunt, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and argued eagerly: "It's the slave and maid who don't do things well and don't give the emperor a long face, it's really a crime that deserves death......

"Okay, you get up, go and see how Commander Shen does it, and learn the same."

Zhu Di's order, An Suru was amnesty, although he hated Guangsheng in his heart, he only agreed on his face, and hurriedly retreated.

Zhu Di stood alone on the high platform, looking at the busyness of everyone below, and suddenly felt a little excited, "My vision is not as good as Weiren after all!" The younger generations he likes are really good in qualifications. ”

Gonggong Zhang had already run back at this time, and at this time he took a robe and put it on for Zhu Di, and persuaded softly: "The emperor forgives the slave and the maid to interject - although An Banban is mediocre in talent, he is better than loyalty, not comparable to those foreign dynasties." ”

"You're right, the eagle dogs in this world, obedience is the first, why do they need to be wise and martial, isn't this robbing the job of the military general?"

Zhu Di sneered, but saw that many little eunuchs below had reported to Guangsheng, and it seemed that the results had come out. (To be continued......)