At the end of the early dynasty, Jiang Yuanhan sent someone to invite the princess regent over.

The people on the Huaqing Palace replied to the message, saying that she went to Zhuangzi on the side of Lingyun Mountain to escape the summer, and she might come back the day after tomorrow.

Jiang Yuanhan was immediately stunned, and Xiao Fangzi asked his subordinates to give a reward and asked the person who replied to retreat.

After retiring all the idle people and others, Xiao Fangzi helped him to sit down: "Your Majesty should change the medicine." ”

Jiang Yuanhan nodded in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Outside the capital, a horse-drawn carriage was moving smoothly in the direction of Lingyun Mountain.

Wen Qingzhu sat inside, holding a book in his hand and reading.

It wasn't long before there was a noise in the carriage, and soon their carriage stopped.

Green Tao lifted the corner of the curtain, looked outside, and found that many carriages were rushing to the capital.

"What's going on?" Wen Qingzhu put down the book and looked up.

Lu Tao lowered the curtain, turned around and said, "There are too many carriages entering Beijing, blocking the road ahead, we may have to wait a while." ”

Wen Qingzhu moved to the front of the carriage with a puzzled face, and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain.

There are all kinds of carriages that appeared, I don't know how long this situation lasted, Wen Qingzhu saw that the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division in the crowd were maintaining order.

Retracting his hand, Wen Qingzhu remembered the smoke from the night before.

She said to the Green Pottery Institute: "You get out of the car and ask where they all come from?" ”

Green Tao was ordered to go down, and only after about half an hour did he get back into the car.

"Most of them came from Kangcheng, saying that they came to Beijing to ascend the throne and lost, the night before yesterday there was a fire in Kangcheng, and many merchants' warehouses were burned down, I asked an acquaintance of the Terracotta Division, saying that the prefect of Kangcheng asked them to come to the capital to ascend the throne, and they could meet the corresponding tax according to the amount of loss."

Wen Qingzhu pondered, tax reduction?

Can't you register over there? Why do you have to come to Beijing?

Thinking that Jiang Yuanhan told her that the Shen family was wiped out by him, the remaining people who did not escape may not be completely fine.

The resources on the side of the capital, especially the people from the Criminal Department and the Criminal Division, are there, and it is still very easy to catch the spies on the Shen family's side.

Thinking about this, Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Jiang Yuanhan was really very different from before.

By all accounts, his operation was perfect.

But Wen Qingzhu still had some doubts in his heart, Shen Jiao was not such a simple person.

Jiang Yuanhan was unharmed?

"Green Tao, did you ask what the fire is over there?" Wen Qingzhu asked again.

Green Tao replied: "I asked, it was said that a third of the north of the city was burned, and the warehouses of three big merchants were directly destroyed, and I heard that hundreds of people died!" At present, the yamen is still surveying and registering. ”

The northern part of the city is generally a place where wealthy families and nobles live, and most of the old-fashioned houses are preserved.

It is less prone to fire than in the dense south of the city.

From this point of view, this misfire was not accidental, but more like a premeditated strangulation.

After about an hour of traffic jams, the carriage started slowly.

By the time they arrived, it was almost noon.

got out of the car, Wen Qingzhu entered the other courtyard.

The person who greeted her was Tian Chong, and said as she walked: "The things that the princess explained, the villain has all been arranged, and you can go up the mountain this afternoon." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, didn't you find out?"

Tian Chong stepped into the house, pointed to the people inside and said, "No, this time it was Yinniang who helped the villain." ”

Wen Qingzhu followed him in, and saw the hidden lady standing up at a glance.

"See the princess." Yin Niang bowed, and Tian Chong turned his head and retreated.

Wen Qingzhu went over and helped her up and sat down: "What are you polite, this time the matter is troublesome to you." ”

The two were about to discuss things, so Green Tao went to the door and waited.

Yin Niang looked into her eyes, full of worry: "Do you still want to go to the northwest?" ”

"Yin Niang asked knowingly, I don't want Fu Lie to really have an accident." Wen Qingzhu reached out and took the teacup and blew it gently.

There was a sigh beside her, and Yin Niang said what was in her heart: "Actually, Brother Yang and the prince have the same idea, they don't want you to go to the northwest to take risks, but as a woman, I think it's normal for the princess to go to the northwest." ”

"Does Yinniang really think so?" Wen Qingzhu raised her eyes and found that her eyes were a little misty.

I only heard Yinniang say slowly: "If I had been as persistent as the princess back then, maybe Brother Yang would not have become what he is now, so when Brother Yang asked me to help the emperor hide you, I also refuted him, and he was still angry with me for this." ”

Wen Qingzhu couldn't help laughing: "Brother Yang is angry, but he still can't rest assured of you after all, and he will have to rely on you in the future." ”

"The princess is really good at laughing." Yin Niang finally had two smiles on her face, "I have always relied on him, I was angry back then, and I was almost rebelled by Jiang Yuancheng, but fortunately, Jiang Yuancheng took the initiative to make a move, and I saw clearly that he was a person, and he was simply the same as Jiang Yue, unscrupulous!" ”

In the last two sentences, Yin Niang's words were still full of resentment.

Wen Qingzhu was silent, thinking that Jiang Yuan's good means were so good, that even Yinniang was almost tempted.

"By the way, do you really want to go to Jiang Yuancheng's Zhuangzi? After he left, the place was largely abandoned, and there was no trace of it. ”

Yin Niang turned to business, and was a little puzzled by Wen Qingzhu's arrangement.

She replied with a smile: "I know you think I should go directly to the northwest, but Jiang Yuancheng is here in the capital, there must be a backhand, Lingyun Mountain's Zhuangzi is the only stronghold I can think of, no matter how you find out, I have to go and see it in person!" ”

After having lunch in this courtyard, Wen Qingzhu disguised himself and went to Lingyun Mountain.

Following her original memory, it took her more than an hour to find this place.

Standing in front of this villa, Wen Qingzhu felt a little emotional.

The small mountain cottage that used to be neatly maintained is in a dilapidated state at this time.

The plaque is crooked and covered with cobwebs. 135 Chinese

The gate was hidden, and on the mossy steps, there were deep and shallow mouse footprints.

Wen Qingzhu retracted his gaze and said, "Let's go in." ”

Push the door in, and the courtyard is even more barren.

All overgrown with weeds, the tallest of which is already half a man long.

The untrimmed trees are unusually lush and green, and there are birds nesting on them.

Beidou couldn't help but take two steps forward, he seemed to like this environment very much.

Wen Qingzhu didn't come alone this time, there were a total of more than a dozen secret guards accompanying him.

Leave the two behind, and the rest of the people all go in and search.

After about half an hour, the secret guards came back one after another, and according to the map given by Wen Qingzhu, it was pointed out that several secret rooms of the organs were intact.

They all tried to get in, but the mechanism and combination lock seemed to have been replaced.

Wen Qingzhu smiled and nodded, as she expected, this place had not been abandoned.

"Are there any traces of human activity here?" Wen Qingzhu wants to determine if anyone has appeared here recently.

The Captain of the Dark Guard replied, "Not at the moment, but it cannot be ruled out that there are other passages to enter the secret room." ”

Wen Qingzhu nodded: "There is a high probability that there will be, but we don't need to rush now, just take our time." ”

The front room was selected, and Green Tao and Xi'er began to clean it and take care of it for Wen Qingzhu to live in.

Under her instructions, the two of them found pen, ink, paper, inkstone, various tea cups, cooking utensils, and even new fabrics and other daily necessities.

By the time it was almost dark, the east house in the front yard had taken on a new look.

Wen Qingzhu had already drawn a new map at this time.

Lu Tao brought the tea over, looked at the things on the table and asked, "The princess is familiar with this place?" ”

"It's so familiar, it's hard to forget." Wen Qingzhu put down his pen and looked out the window, the orange sunset afterglow sprinkled on the ground, giving people an extraordinarily warm feeling.

Green Tao wanted to ask something, and the captain of the dark guard knocked at the door.

Wen Qingzhu went over and said, "Come in." ”

As soon as he entered the house, he said, "According to the orders of the princess, the first secret room has been opened, and it is full of raw materials for the manufacture of gunpowder, which is well preserved. ”

"He didn't give up!" Wen Qingzhu's eyes deepened, and the fear of Jiang Yuancheng in his heart deepened.

She never despised Jiang Yuancheng because he was not in the capital.

If it was Jiang Yuansheng and Jiang Yuanan, she really wasn't worried at all, but Jiang Yuancheng was different.

He is like dealing with the most tenacious cockroaches, and with the slightest chance of slipping through, he can give you an unexpected counterattack.

Regarding the affairs of the Shen family, Wen Qingzhu always had some regrets in his heart.

If she could have reminded Jing Yinuo as soon as possible, would things not have developed like this?

In the previous life, the Shen family and Jiang Yuancheng were enemies, and in this life, the Shen family was forced to stand on Jiang Yuancheng's side.

Sometimes Wen Qingzhu is thinking, the world makes people, and no one chooses.

There are thousands of thoughts in my heart, but the reality is just a white horse.

Wen Qingzhu instructed the captain of the dark guard: "The newcomer I asked Yin Niang to give you earlier, he is very familiar with gunpowder, you give him all the materials and let him configure it!" Before I go to the northwest, I want to take all this gunpowder with me when I leave! ”

"Gunpowder on the road?" The Dark Guard was surprised.

Wen Qingzhu had a smile on his face: "Do you believe me?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" The Captain of the Dark Guard immediately bowed his head and turned his head down.

As soon as he left, Green Tao came over and asked, "Isn't this kind of thing unstable?" And it's more difficult to preserve, so will there be a problem if we take it on the road in the future? ”

Wen Qingzhu looked confident: "Don't worry, the person recommended by Yinniang is different, don't look at him with a lame leg, no wife and no children, but he is the real genius of Fengzi!" ”

At night, the temperature drops suddenly.

Green Tao brought a brand new blanket and came over: "The princess covers it at night, and the fire flows in July, although it is still hot during the day, it will be much colder at night." ”

Wen Qingzhu beckoned her to come and sit down: "You and Xi'er sleep with me at night, if there are many people, it will not be cold, this blanket will be given to Beidou, the long hair on his body has faded, and he is no different from ordinary people, so you should care more about him." ”

"Hmm." Green pottery turned his head to leave.

Wen Qingzhu shouted to her: "Wait! You let Xi'er give. ”

Green Tao replied in surprise, but saw that there was a deep meaning in Wen Qingzhu's eyes.

When she was about to fall asleep, Xi'er walked in while patting her arms and complaining.

"This Beidou is too hateful! I said it all, the princess asked me to get the blanket for him, not on my own initiative! He was still so excited! ”

Seeing that the green pottery inside was already sitting on the bed, Xi'er paused for a moment, only to see Wen Qingzhu beckoning: "Come here!" Sleep here! ”

After a good night's sleep, when Wen Qingzhu woke up, Lu Tao had already prepared breakfast.

Wen Qingzhu was just about to go over and sit down, when the captain of the dark guard outside hurriedly came in: "Princess! There's something wrong with the second chamber you said! ”

"What a problem!" Wen Qingzhu stood up suddenly, and began to have a faint worry in his heart.

Following the captain of the dark guard all the way to the second secret room, Wen Qingzhu saw a room of destroyed ashes and blacks that had been burned by the fire.

Among them, there are also some copper, iron, porcelain bowls and porcelain bottles, lying crookedly on the ground.

The door of the secret room had been broken, and there were also two secret guards guarding it, Wen Qingzhu walked in slowly.

Squatting down, he stretched out his fingers and slid them on the ground, and there was a layer of gray and black on his fingertips.

Wen Qingzhu crushed the gray and black on his fingertips, and his heart suddenly sank.

There's the residue of fire oil in there!