Li Chun went to see Li Chengxuan again, and saw that he frowned and said nothing, and his expression was not good. Li Chun deliberately asked: "Sixteenth brother, I haven't opened my mouth since you entered this door, but what difficulties have you encountered?" ”

Li Chengxuan has indeed encountered a problem, and he has been thinking about how to mention the matter of the "Heavenly Cane". Obviously, after Yang Wenhuai confessed this cane, he had missed the best time to speak, but since the "Tongtian Cane" was an important clue, he couldn't hide it privately, otherwise it would be a crime of bullying the king if he was found out in the future. Although, he has no intention of deceiving the king.

So after thinking about it for two days, Li Chengxuan finally chose to speak at this time: "Brother Huang, my brother has something to play, and I also ask Brother Huang to forgive his sins first." ”

Li Chun is now about to rely on him to investigate the case, and his words are naturally polite: "You and my own brother, these words are out of sight." ”

Li Chengxuan was sure of the emperor's attitude, so he knelt down solemnly and said: "The so-called martial arts cane in Yang Wenhuai's mouth, maybe the younger brother knows where it is." ”

"Where?" Li Chun hurriedly asked.

"In the year when the courtier's brother opened the king's mansion, the queen mother rewarded her with a few treasures, saying that she wanted her brother to buy ornaments. Among them was a scarlet cane, which was beautifully made but old-fashioned, and was used by women, and the courtiers did not like it, so they kept throwing it in the house. That day, Yang Wenhuai mentioned the 'Tongtian Cane' of the Empress Wu, and the younger brother suddenly remembered the one in the house, and he had found it yesterday, but because he didn't care for it, the cane had been broken into two. Li Chengxuan replied with a solemn face.

When Xi Lingyue heard his words, her face was silent, but she wanted to slap her hands for him in her heart. Li Chengxuan didn't tell the truth, first, he chose Jingjinger and Kongkonger to avoid the felony of stealing the palace treasures; the second is to clear the suspicion of the Son of Heaven that he does not report his knowledge; the third is to round up the inside story of the broken cane; And the reason he found is also very good, the queen mother is now in Xingqing Palace, don't say that the Son of Heaven will not go to her old man to confront her, even if he goes, the queen mother may not remember it.

Everything seems so plausible, and the details are so ambiguous that you can't find anything wrong. It also explained why Yang Wenhuai searched through the Daming Palace and did not find the "Tongtian Cane", because Li Chengxuan had already taken it away when he was fifteen years old when he left the palace.

When Li Chun heard this, he was really convinced, and asked with a happy face: "Did you bring the cane?" See what's wrong? ”

Li Chengxuan smiled handsomely and replied respectfully: "Don't hide it from the imperial brother, although the cane is broken, the younger brother has been blessed by misfortune and found the secret hidden in it." ”

"What secret?!" The Son of Heaven walked down the Danqi excitedly.

Li Chengxuan didn't sell it, opened his mouth to let the housekeeper Fang who was waiting outside the hall enter, took a slender brocade box from his hand, and personally opened it and presented it to Li Chun: "Brother Huang, please take a look." ”

Li Chun looked intently, only to see a broken vermilion cane in the brocade box, and next to the cane was a neatly stacked piece of white silk silk, on which there was faint inky black handwriting.

Li Chengxuan said again at this time: "Originally, this cane was broken, and the younger brother was very annoyed, but he didn't want to accidentally find that it was hollow inside, and there was a white silk silk hidden in the whole "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion". What surprised the younger brother even more was that Wang Zi'an's long-lost four-rhyme poem was also at the end. ”

As he spoke, Li Chun couldn't wait to open the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" and spread it out on the imperial case to read it quickly. When he saw the poem at the end of the chapter, he couldn't help but read it out loud: "'King Teng's high pavilion is in Jiangzhu, and Pei Yuming Luan sings and dances. The painting building flies to the south of the clouds, and the bead curtain rolls up in the west mountain rain at dusk. The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn. Where is the emperor in the cabinet now? The Yangtze River outside the threshold is empty and artesian. This poem is indeed good, is it really written by Wang Zi'an himself? ”

"It's also a daring speculation, and it has not been confirmed." Li Chengxuan explained, "But this poetic conception is rich and the style is outstanding, and it is by no means an idler's forgery. Moreover, Wang Zi'an said in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" that 'every word is endowed with four rhymes', which shows that he did compose a four-rhyme poem at that time. ”

Li Chun listened to his words, took out the two canes from the brocade box, looked at them over and over, and then asked, "Are you sure this is the martial arts crutch that Yang Wenhuai said?" There won't be a fake, right? ”

"Don't hide it from the emperor, in the past two days, the younger brother has invited a friend who is proficient in this way to appraise it, and eighty percent of it may be genuine." Li Chun said "oh": "I forgot, you like to collect treasures and toys the most on weekdays, and I know a lot of talents in this area." ”

"Let the royal brother see it." Li Chengxuan lowered his head at the right time.

Li Chun didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and seemed to believe that this was the real "Tongtian Cane". While playing with a cane "stump", he looked down at the huge "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", and asked: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Pei Xingli and Guo Zhongting didn't know the inside story of the "Tongtian Cane", so they naturally couldn't say anything.

Although Xi Lingyue knew the inside story, she was afraid of leaking the origin of the cane, so she simply kept silent.

Only Li Chengxuan continued: "The younger brother is stupid and thinks that this four-rhyme poem is the true work of Wang Zi'an back then, but because it hides a secret of the Empress Wu, it was deleted by the Empress Wu and lost. ”

"Are you saying that this is the 'big secret' that the Wu orphans are looking for, hidden in this poem?" Li Chun was deeply surprised.

Xiling Yue also helped at this time: "Holy Lord, don't forget what happened in Zhenhai, why did Mrs. Gao kill Li Qi's son, why Qi Changtian's family died, and why Wang Qiuluo's ancestor Wang Li was exiled. It's all related to this "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion"! ”

Hearing this, Li Chun immediately remembered the cause and effect. Including the death of Wang Qiuluo's brother Wang Chundu, as well as the inside story of Wang Li's descendants who have been slaves for generations, he has already seen it from Yang Wenhuai's confession.

Li Chun read the four-rhyme poem at the end of the article again, and the more he read, the more incredible he felt, and he summoned a few people to read it together, and asked, "What do you think is strange about this poem?" ”

"'Where is the emperor in the pavilion now'." Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan spoke in unison.

Li Chun looked at Xiling Yue on his left, and then at Li Chengxuan on his right: "Oh? Why this sentence? ”

Xiling Yue sorted out her thoughts: "Saint, Yue'er has also heard a little about the origin of this Tongtian cane. I heard that Empress Wu wanted to bury this cane with her before she died, but she suddenly changed her mind and passed it to Princess Taiping. And now that we have verified the identity of His Royal Highness Kang Xing, he is the descendant of Princess Taiping, isn't this just right? ”

"It can be seen that this poem is the last words left by Empress Wu to Princess Taiping, telling her to reproduce the bloodline and retain her strength!" Xilingyue was able to analyze, "You think, at that time, Empress Wu had already been proclaimed emperor, and Princess Taiping was the so-called 'emperor'." There happens to be a sentence in this poem, 'Where is the emperor in the pavilion now', which is obviously a hint. His Royal Highness Kang Xing...... No, no, the reason why the orphan of the Wu family is in a hurry to find this cane is probably because he is worried that this poem will reveal his identity and hiding place. She eventually speculated.

(End of chapter)