It was another moonless night, and the sky was full of stars. Hidden in a sparse forest on the right side of the inner official and supervisor's room, quietly looking at a lonely house about ten zhang away, Zhu Qiming fixed there motionlessly.

At the right time, there were still chamberlains coming and going nearby, and a team of captains in apparent brocade clothes patrolled around the lonely house. At this time, Jin Yiwei's energy was still very strong, so Zhu Qiming still had to wait.

After finding out the location of the secret room where Xiao Hai was imprisoned, he couldn't get close to it through normal channels, so he could only take a risk and sneak into the secret room of the imperial city at night. Fortunately, he is familiar with the ground and has excellent skills, even if he misses, it is not so easy to be caught.

The night breeze brings a hint of coolness, as well as a familiar wisp of cinnamon. Leaning on the trunk of the tree, looking up at the Big Dipper shaped like a bucket of scooping wine, I sensed the early autumn from the point of the bucket handle.

The bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring; Bucket handle guide, the world is summer; The bucket handle points to the west, and the world is autumn; The bucket handle points to the north, and the world is winter. And at this moment, the Beidou handle happens to point to the west.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the astrological technique, and after reading the "Zhou Ji Sutra" and Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Writings", he knew the principle of the astrological technique, and always hoped to find a day to sail, and use the astrological disk to measure the height of the stars on the vast sea, so as to calculate the position of the sea area and the direction of navigation.

Astrology was an invention of ancient China, but the Europeans attributed the invention to the Arabs, because the backward Europeans at that time could only be the first to come into contact with the advanced technology transmitted from China from the Arabs.

Zheng He made seven voyages to the West, and even if the shipbuilding technology and navigation technology he used were delayed for more than 80 years, they were far from being comparable to the latecomer Columbus! Zheng He's fleet used the compass, the astrolabic disk, and the magnetic declination theory discovered by Shen Kuo to sail, and in addition, the sea ships used the principle of rear sail to resist the wind to save manpower, these technologies represented the most advanced civilization achievements of mankind at that time, compared with one, Europe still had a long way to go in the same period. At that time, Europe did not even know the principle of the rear sail to resist the wind, so it was a miracle to use a large number of laborious and laborious multi-pulp slave ships! And China has never taken such a detour.

Of course, Zhu Qiming didn't have a geographical concept of Europe in his mind at all, he just felt that at this moment, he seemed to be on the vast sea, and he had to pay attention to his position at all times.

One wrong step and everything is over!

The speed of the Jinyi Guard's patrol circle became slower and slower, and they didn't even appear for a long time, so they probably hid somewhere to be lazy. The surroundings finally fell silent, and it was dark on the other side of the chamber, except for a faint light shining through the window screen, reflecting the faint shadows of the trees within a square inch.

Zhu Qiming took out a piece of black gauze to cover his face below his eyes, and then walked cautiously towards the secret room, but he was muttering to himself in his heart: Dressed in a strong suit and covered with black veil, hehe, I can't imagine that the prince will also be a "thief"!

Flashing through the darkness into the narrow passage leading to the secret room, the square against the wall near the door of the secret room, at a glance I caught a glimpse of two four-sided guys lying on the side of the steps, and I could smell the smell of alcohol emanating from the two of them from afar. A light transmitted from the room illuminated their official attire.

Heaven wishes! Zhu Qiming was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't want to hurt the innocent with his hands, so he wanted to take the opportunity of the drunken and sleepy waiter in charge of guarding the secret room, step up the steps, and push open the hidden door to meet the imprisoned. Suddenly, I felt that I had tripped over a thin rope that was close to the ground, and as soon as my heart tightened, I heard a "clang", and an object fell to the ground on the windowsill.

"Who!"

In the distance, someone shouted and asked, and then the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded, as if a large group of people were rushing towards this side.

Worst! Such a low-level mechanism has allowed itself to fall into the way, it is too much of a failure! Zhu Qiming was not panicked, with his skills, a team of brocade guards couldn't trap him. Running out of the aisle, getting rid of the entanglement of the brocade guard, this matter is not difficult, but there is a disturbance, once you leave, I am afraid that there will be no chance to approach the secret room again!

He was unwilling, and after a little hesitation, he saw a flash of fire behind him, and then he realized that there were two drunkards lying in front of the door.

Turning around and glancing, he was immediately stunned. The two sleeping chamberlains were none other than Mao Gui and Wang Qing! At this moment, Mao Gui and Wang Qing had already stood up, Wang Qing held the lamp, Mao Gui rubbed his eyes, and looked straight at the masked Zhu Qiming, his face soon showed a look of horror, and he opened his mouth to want to call.

Take a gamble! Zhu Qiming suddenly pulled off the veil, Mao Gui and Wang Qing were shocked, and Mao Gui's wide mouth couldn't close anymore.

Mao Gui rubbed his eyes again and looked fixedly, "Uh······" Only one word was called, and he ran out of the aisle and shouted at the Jinyi guards who were running outside one after another: "What a noise!" Fang Lao Tzu was sleepy and accidentally knocked over the broken clay pot on the windowsill, what are you talking about? What a fuss! ”

Outside, there was the grumbling of the Jinyi guard, mixed with a few scoldings, and then the footsteps disappeared, and the surroundings quickly returned to calm.

Mao Gui stayed outside and fell asleep, and Wang Qing yawned here, "I didn't see anyone, who was arguing outside?" Sick of it! Ran out of the aisle and lay down next to Mao Gui, "I can't open my eyelids, let's go back to sleep." ”

Zhu Qiming laughed secretly, stepped up the steps quickly, and pushed the door in.

The interior was minimally furnished, with two empty bunks on the north wall and one on the south wall, on which sat a man, whose wrinkled face was reflected in the dim light, and his long eyebrows almost obscured his eyes.

"The old slave has calculated and knows that His Highness will come. His Royal Highness really came, but fortunately, the guards of the old slave were the two chamberlains who used to be on an errand in Xianxi Palace, otherwise, maybe they would have tasted the power of His Highness's fists and feet. It's just that His Highness has no eyes on the soles of his feet, and there is a commotion, well, fortunately, those two people are very knowledgeable, so His Highness is here, and it can be regarded as unaware! ”

"It's a fluke." Zhu Qiming stepped forward and looked at Xiao Hai's slightly haggard face, "Why did my father-in-law end up being imprisoned?" ”

Xiao Hai raised his head calmly, "The old slave knows some of Xining's secrets, and seeing that he has not been convicted for a long time, the old slave can't help but say more, so he suffered this accident. ”

"What kind of secret does my father-in-law know about Xining?"

Xiao Hai is straight, "Xining claims that he is in the palace, but the old slave knows that he is lying!" Now there are only two people in the inner chamberlain who know his details, except for Wang Zhen, who is an old slave. As soon as Xining entered the palace, he worked as an errand in the East Palace, but before that, he had been clean for three years, in other words, he had been serving by the side of another person for three years. ”

That's right! Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth secretly, "Who is that person?" ”

"Your Highness knows it in your heart, why do you need the old slave to say it?"

Zhu Qiming pondered for a moment, "So, whose idea is it to confiner my father-in-law?" ”

After a long silence, Xiao Hai said slowly: "Your Majesty! The old slave originally planned to let the emperor understand that Xining concealed his identity before entering the palace, but the emperor seemed to know, and before the old slave's words fell, he realized that the emperor's eyes on the old slave were murderous! ”

Emperor? Zhu Qiming's heart sank, and his mind suddenly went blank.