Chapter 33: Little Secrets
Mu Zichu didn't procrastinate anymore, and said straight to the point: "I saw some things about His Royal Highness Nine in the letter you gave me before, but when I arrived at the barracks, I didn't expect to be stumped by the epidemic first, so I forgot about this matter, and now the illness will be put aside for a while, I want to know about the things mentioned in your letter, and I should always give me an explanation!" ”
Mu Zichu looked at Long Baiyu with a serious face, Long Baiyu was stunned, obviously he didn't realize that Mu Zichu would suddenly mention this matter, he was silent for a moment, as if he was hesitating at a certain level.
"Why don't you speak?"
Mu Zichu frowned, looked at him, and urged silently, the atmosphere condensed at this time, and Long Baiyu's drunkenness was also awakened by his question.
Long Baiyu lowered his head and rubbed his palm on his face, his eyes looked much clearer, and he replied: "Yes, I did discover a little secret of His Royal Highness the Nine, the matter is very simple, I didn't know this place when I first came to the barracks, and I was still living in Yancheng at that time, I once strayed into a room, and at the beginning of the period, I thought it was a place to torture prisoners, and I didn't care much, and I wasn't wearing armor at the time, but when I went out, I was seen, and the person thought I was a newcomer to the army, and reprimanded me, said that the room could not be entered, and if it was seen, it would be directly punished by the military. ”
Long Baiyu raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Mu Zichu, Mu Zichu leaned on the chair and looked at him intently: "It won't be that simple, you go on!" ”
"What the man said was very suspicious, and I really asked him something as if I was a newcomer who didn't know anything."
Long Baiyu's face began to turn pale as this sentence fell.
"I didn't think that His Royal Highness the Ninth would have a penchant for killing people and taking blood, and the four princes also knew about this matter, and the incident actually happened about half a year ago, and the more specific person didn't say anything, just warned me not to set foot in that room, I was thinking, it was a room that was no different from an ordinary house, so I asked the person why he didn't lock it up if it was so important, and he replied that the house was forbidden by the four princes and was not allowed to approach, and it was also regarded as a forbidden place in private, and no one would touch the moldy head of the four highnesses, so even after the Four Highnesses left, no one dared to set foot there, but that room was originally owned by the Ninth Highness, and then I don't know what happened, the Nine Highnesses moved to another place, but it was listed by the Four Princes as a forbidden place where others were not allowed to approach. ”
Long Baiyu pulled the corners of his mouth unconvincingly, as if giving Mu Zichu a smile.
"It's not strange, if they're doing something in that room, it's not strange at all, it's just that they don't want people to find out about it, and tell me what you found in that room that is considered a forbidden place?
Mu Zichu was reminded by his words, half a year ago in his words, if he was not mistaken, then a lot of things happened, such as the sudden increase in the power of the six princes, forcing His Royal Highness Nine to stay away from the center of the court, Mu Zichu only occasionally had news of His Royal Highness Nine, and His Royal Highness Nine also did not mention where he was, it seems that he came to Yancheng, which can be said to be the jurisdiction of the Four Princes, and it is nothing more than covering the sky with one hand. It was impossible for the Sixth Prince to go to trouble the Fourth Prince, who held military power, at that time, the Sixth Prince was indeed tracking down his whereabouts in various places, but Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor hid here, this is indeed a good place!
Another example is the sudden disappearance of Yue Chengcheng half a year ago, and the bottomless Wei Ting, who appeared almost half a year ago, Mu Zichu half-closed his eyes, covering the ups and downs under his eyes, there must be a hidden thread behind these people that implicates every place that he has ignored, otherwise how can it be such a coincidence, how can things all appear at the same time, Mu Zichu closed his eyes and tilted his head up, and it happened that Long Baiyu was brewing how to do the next thing.
"There is something strange about that room, I don't have to look at it to see it, first of all, the windows in the house are blocked by iron nails and wooden boards, there are two beds in the room, one is very clean, the other is full of black and red coagulated blood, there are a lot of them on the ground, and there is a rope on the bed stained with blood, I guess it is used to tie people, and there are some things I can't understand, strange, like very thin, the sharpened bamboo tube has been stained with blood and I can't see what it looks like, I didn't pay much attention to the rest, so that's all I remembered. ”
After hearing this, Mu Zichu didn't figure it out, he got up and waved his hand: "Okay, you can rest early, I don't have anything to do." ”
Long Baiyu said: "Actually, there is another point, the man said that when the Ninth Highness came down, it was not a person, but a woman who accompanied him, and the two got along very well, but when they left, there was only one person under the Ninth Highness, and at the same time, the woman next to the fourth prince was sick, don't you think it's very strange?"
Long Baiyu also had doubts, but under normal circumstances, he didn't want to waste his brainpower on this kind of thing, but looking at Mu Zichu's appearance, it might be to figure out these things, since this is the case, Long Baiyu sighed, his eyes were calm, as a good partner, how could he drag his feet in this situation!
"yes, got it."
Mu Zichu didn't reply, he squeaked and agreed, and then got out of the tent, but he didn't expect Wei Jing to be outside.
"Why are you here?"
The night was cold, and Mu Zichu felt that a cold wind was surging towards him when he opened his mouth to speak.
He glanced at the sky, a bright moon was still hanging on it, Wei Jing reached out and handed over a small stove, and the other hand carried a white lantern, the loss was that there was no wind, otherwise this lantern didn't know if it could be used.
Mu Zichu took the small stove and actually felt a little leisurely.
"The national teacher said that you are talking to General Long Xiao, and it must be very late to come out, so he sent me to take you back, and he was afraid that someone in the army had bad intentions towards you recently, so he had to prevent this kind of thing from happening, so don't blame me."
Mu Zichu was silent, he always felt that the tone of the person who brought it back was strange, and it must have been the words of the national teacher who was out of tune.
But there is nothing to worry about, Wei Jing sent people to the place and went back, it may be too late to toss, Mu Zichu slept until dawn without a dream.
Due to the affairs of His Royal Highness the Nine, Mu Zichu had made up his mind early in the morning to discuss with the National Teacher.
When Mu Zichu packed up and went to the tent of the National Teacher, as soon as he entered, he actually saw Long Baiyu's figure for the first time.
"Master Guoshi, it's really a rare guest here."