Chapter 223: The Remnant Sun Burns at Night, and the Fire Burns the Clues

Sure enough, standing tall and looking far away.

Bai Bait stood on the high city gate, and looked into the distance by the railing, and half of Julong City was in full view.

"You should have told me about this earlier!"

After listening to Bai Bait's story about the Furong Jade Warm Palace and the Golden Palace, Jiang was already in turmoil, and he hated that he couldn't appear by her side in time.

"No, I've known since the beginning of the sacrifice that I've entered Julong City, I should have expected that Shadow would be bad for you!"

Bai Bait turned around, met the self-blame and worry in his eyes, and said lightly to him: "We only know that she has entered Julong City, but we don't know that she is the palace master of Furong Jade Warm Palace!" If there's anything to blame, blame myself, I don't want to tell you about it. ”

"White bait, why is that?" He was suddenly puzzled, and asked anxiously: "Why do you want to hide such an important matter from me?" ”

Seeing his nervous look, Bai Bait couldn't help but smile faintly: "Isn't it just a Hibiscus Jade Warm Palace?" I've seen a lot of intrigue in the Water Pavilion for a long time, but it's just some little tricks! Even if Jiang Rongying is the palace master of the Furong Jade Warm Palace, she and I are pinching each other's handles, and she is always jealous of me, so she naturally does not dare to act rashly. What's more, the matter of the Golden Palace was my own miscalculation, and I didn't expect King Ping to secretly investigate my details. ”

As she spoke, her tone gradually became a little cold.

She may never forget the look in her eyes when she looked at her and the tone she spoke when she was exposed......

"After all, it's all my negligence, and I should be near you all the time. In this way, the matter of the Golden Temple will not happen. ”

Jiang Li could not escape the self-blame in her heart, she didn't know what it was like in his heart when he learned that something had happened to her.

"If he wants me to die, how can I escape?" In the wind, Bai Bait suddenly sneered.

"King Ping!" Speaking of King Ping, a wave of anger suddenly burned in his heart. A heavy fist slammed down on the railing, stirring up a circle of crushed snow. "I should have been on the ecstasy couch and dealt with him!"

Looking at the hatred that suddenly rolled up in his eyes, she couldn't help but flash a trace of gloom in her eyes.

For some reason, the hatred in her heart was not as hard as it was.

To be precise, she doesn't know where to start hating, she has always believed that in this world, there is no hatred for no reason, Mo Cang Wuchen wants her to die, and in his heart, he must also hate her.

She thought a lot about the way out of the Golden Palace, but she couldn't think of a suitable reason, a reason that could make Mo Cang Wuchen hate her to the bone.

His hatred for her is unclear, so in her heart, what must she do to hate him to the core.

Perhaps, if there is love at first sight in this world, then there will be hatred at first sight.

It was the only reason she could convince herself.

Looking back, if she could do it all over again, she would rather not encounter the dust in the Fengchen Mansion, not for the rest of her life.

She clenched his almost twisted fists and said with a smile, "The matter has come to this, and there is no need to be angry with a Ping King." Our enemy was originally the Wind Man, and all this was only temporary. ”

She turned her head and couldn't help but glance at the huge Dragon City, and her tone suddenly stricken: "Look at it, those wind people, none of them can escape!" ”

Seeing that he still looked uneasy, she deliberately tilted her head, looked up at him with a slight blink of her eyes, and asked softly, "Do you know what I am most afraid of when I am above the Golden Palace?" ”

He shook his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"I'm most afraid of you!" Bai Bait shouted excitedly, and Fang Cai's worries in the Golden Palace were exposed in great detail at this moment. "I was thinking, will you know about my affairs in the Golden Palace, if you do, will you carry a ten-foot-long broadsword, rush in desperately, kill the dragon seat, and then, and then ......"

Then, she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

She looked like she had palpitations, and she couldn't help but laugh a little.

He exhaled deeply, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said, "At that time, I really wanted to carry a ten-foot-long big knife into the Golden Palace, but ah! The problem is, I didn't find a ten-foot-long broadsword! I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, where should I go to find my ten-foot-long broadsword......"

After he finished speaking nonsensically, looking at Bai Bait's heart-wrenching appearance, unconsciously, he felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.

The white bait in front of me is really the same white bait as before.

experienced a catastrophe of life and death one moment, and the next moment she can be like a person who is fine, and in this world, she is the only one who will be like this.

"To tell the truth, when you were in the Golden Palace, I was already outside the Golden Palace, but when I heard your singing, my heart unconsciously calmed down, and you seemed to tell me in my ear that you are very good, although the situation is not really optimistic, but at least it is better than I imagined. So, I gave up all impulses and listened to you sing the song at a distance that was not far away or close, and sang it slowly. Jiang Li said calmly.

She was happy from the bottom of her heart to hear Jiang Li say this, because she knew that the current Jiang Li was no longer the previous Jiang Li, and between him and her, there seemed to be something more, and she couldn't say what it was.

There are some tacit understandings, which are inherently unspeakable.

Standing in front of the railing, facing the vast scenery, she took a breath of light air, and the air seemed to be mixed with a fragrance, like the fragrance of plum blossoms.

"In short, now I am the singer hand-picked by Emperor Mocang! It is a singer who is going to dance on the Yuhuatai on the day of the celebration ceremony! Even if some people are unwilling, it will not help! Whoever dares to touch me, then they are obstructing the holy will and intent on working against Emperor Mocang! ”

After she finished speaking, she suddenly looked at him and shouted at him: "Will leave!" This time, you can continue to put your heart in your stomach! I, on the eve of the celebration ceremony, is absolutely safe! ”

He raised his eyebrows, and in the wind, he looked at her and smiled.

In the last hour before sunset, Suzaku Street, which is bustling with traffic, is shrouded in a beautiful golden light.

If it is said that the singing of the singer who is popular all over Qinhuai in the Golden Palace is the biggest thing that happened in Julong City today, then it is the second largest one than the Wanggu Tower in the East Palace.

At noon, it was rumored that some clues about the prince's whereabouts had been found, but after the final verification, this was just an oolong incident.

It all stems from the fact that the guards who have been guarding the old tower day and night, in order to find out the traces of the prince, have reached the realm of forgetting to sleep and eat, so that they will be ecstatic when there is something to catch the wind and shadows, but in fact it is only their carelessness, so that it becomes a coincidence.

In the midst of this, Shi Jian was more disappointed than anyone else.

Because of this incident, Master Taifu was already completely disappointed in him.

At this time, in the East Palace, he could no longer find anyone who could trust him.

Walking on the way to King Chang's Mansion, Shi Jian couldn't help but stop, sighed, and decided not to think about these troubles anymore.

He thought about it all night, and he was repeating an inference in his mind, that is, the fake topographic map of the palace must have been related to King Chang, after all, from beginning to end, the whole thing was directly related to King Chang.

If he wants to find out the whereabouts of the crown prince, what he can do at present is to solve those remaining historical questions, and those true and false maps are the key.

The Changwang Mansion, with its two heavy gates, has been sentenced to death by two long seals.

An officer stationed in front of the mansion saw him step by step up the steps, and he immediately scolded: "This palace has been sealed for the time being, and idle people can't get close!" ”

Shi Jian showed the prince's token and said, "I am a person close to the prince, and I have come here to find some evidence in order to investigate the case of the prince's disappearance." ”

When the officer saw the prince's token, he immediately knelt down, and when he heard him say the evidence, he couldn't help but pause, but he didn't dare to hesitate, so he had to get up and lead the people into the palace.

"My lord, the monarch has issued an order, and the idle people can't get close, except for the people from Dali Temple to investigate the case of King Chang, but the adults are from the order of the prince to do things, and the villain is not easy to obstruct, but when you are looking for evidence, please pay attention to it, if it affects the investigation of Dali Temple, the villain is not easy to deal with."

The officer said politely as he led the way.

Hearing this, Shi Jian suddenly felt very ridiculous in his heart.

What could be more important these days than finding the crown prince?

Just because the prince is temporarily gone, even the people of Dali Temple have to press the East Palace?

He thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that this was not the case!

It's not that Dali Temple wants to suppress the East Palace at all, it's this doorkeeper who doesn't take the prince in his eyes at all!

Shi Jian ignored him, but hurried his steps to search the suspicious courtyards of the Changwang Mansion.

What's annoying is that the pawn is crazy and reluctant.

"Eh, sir, it's just a utility room, a place where craftsmen do rough work." The officer reminded.

Shi Jian just glanced at him coldly, and did not listen to him, but insisted on going his own way.

At the beginning of the year, the surrounding environment was black and oppressive, and only a few rays of sunlight shone down through the cracks in the roof, shining in a slurry pool in the center.

A humid atmosphere instantly spread in this gloomy place.

The officer couldn't stand the yin qi and covered his nose and guarded outside, but Shi Jian was not affected by this in the slightest.

After studying art with his teacher for so many years, he basically stays in such an environment every day, and this kind of environment is very familiar to him.

"That's not right."

Thinking about it, Shi Jian suddenly paused.

How could such a pulp pool be built in King Chang's mansion?

He approached the pulp pond and touched it, it was new soil.

Then this slurry pond should be newly built, to be precise, it was built by King Chang.

But King Chang is a military general, and there is no reason to repair such a pulp pool.

It wasn't until he approached the interior of the room and saw the raw materials used to make the map that it dawned on him.

If it was other raw materials, he was not so shocked, because the possibility of Changwang making private paper could not be ruled out, but the choice of cowhide was full of loopholes.

As far as he knows, the use of cowhide as a raw material for papermaking this big process is only popular in Lisang, Fengren categorically does not have this habit, even if King Chang came to Qinhuai and caught the local craftsmen to make paper, but ordinary craftsmen will never choose cowhide as raw materials, the cost and process are uncontrollable by them.

Then these cowhides are probably used to make maps.

Cowhide, to be made into paper, it needs to be boiled, steamed, and sun-dried repeatedly until about 18 days can be completed.

Each of the utensils used here is clearly for the purpose of making cowhide into paper, and the process is very similar to that of making a topographical map of the palace!

Shi Jian frowned tightly, and he suddenly realized that King Chang wanted to create a topographic map of the palace! To be precise, it's a topographic map of the Imperial Palace!

There may be only one way to make a fake thing look like the real thing, and that is to make the fake and the genuine product come from the hands of one person, so that the fake can be fake!

Speculating like this, then it is very likely that his mentor is not dead, not only did he not die, but he was also caught here by King Chang and made a fake map for him!

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was wrong, it took about eighteen days for the cowhide to be made of paper, but from the time the prince came to Qinhuai to the time he received the fake map, it was less than fifteen days in the intervening period, how could the teacher forge a fake map?

He glanced over the style rack and noticed that there was much more cowhide used here than just a map.

Therefore, in addition to the fake map sent to the prince, in the hands of King Chang, there is a very high probability that there is a backup.

The topography of the palace records in detail the secret passages from the palace to the outside of Qinhuai City, which are extremely secret things, and a greedy person like King Chang will definitely force the master to create a real map again!

Then, the real topographic map of the palace is very likely to be in this Changwang Mansion!

The stone foot plugged away and rushed out immediately.

"Huh! Adults! Where are you going? The officer didn't have time to call, so he spread his legs and chased after him.

Shi Jian ran around the palace and finally found King Chang's bedroom.

But when he approached the dormitory, there was nothing left on the case or on the bookshelf, except for priceless ornaments, and things related to the scriptures!

His eyes were cold for a moment, and his heart was like a stubborn stone, sinking again and again.

"I said, sir, why are you running so fast? Make it easy for me to find it! The officer said breathlessly behind Shi Jiao.

"What about the original stuff?" Shi Jian turned around and stared at the pawn and asked.

"Something? Isn't everything like this? The officer felt inexplicable, glanced in, and said coldly.

"Not these! And also! I mean the important ones! King Chang's private! Shi Jian was in a hurry, so he grabbed the neckline of the pawn and asked loudly.

"Don't get excited, my lord!" Frightened by him, the officer pretended to remember suddenly, and said slowly: "What you said are all things directly related to the case of King Chang's corruption and rebellion, and they were all transported away by the people of Dali Temple, saying that they were to be brought back to Dali Temple for investigation. ”

"When did Dali Temple send people?" He asked eagerly.

"That's it, just when you just entered the Changwang Mansion, didn't the seal just change at that time!" The officer replied.

This answer simply blew up Shi Jiao's heart and lungs!

It turned out that on the way he came, the carriage that almost collided with him was the one that carried away important clues!

He pushed the bad pawn away and rushed out.

On Rizhao Street, the sun is setting at this time, the carriages and the crowd are more crowded, and the figures are extremely chaotic.

As a native of Qinhuai, he is particularly familiar with the road from Changwangfu to Dali Temple, and after surpassing the trail, as he expected, he caught up!

He swept down the avenue, and in the streets, a carriage carrying a number of boxes was approaching in the midst of a sea of people, and although there were no people, he could still see the seals on the boxes.

That's it!

Unexpectedly, when the phantom of the crowd passed by, as soon as his eyes closed and opened, a firelight suddenly lit up on the opposite side!