"This is the pattern left by the iron piece..."The prince tilted his head to take a closer look...

As soon as Father-in-law Yan reacted, he remembered his current identity, and hurriedly presented the drawings with both hands: "Your Highness." ”

Instead, the prince raised his eyebrows, pretending to be cold, and said, "Show Lord Shen." ”

Gonggong Yan lowered his head and turned half of his body, and presented Shen Shangshu with drawings.

The contrast between white and red is strong, and Shen Shangshu can barely see the clue after taking the drawing...

Prince: "Lord Shen, where was the original defense map?" ”

Shen Shangshu handed the drawings back to Father-in-law Yan and led them to an inner wall: "It was originally placed in that box..."

Father-in-law Yan and the prince looked up, the box was placed in the groove of the inner wall, and the bookshelves on both sides were far away, making it seem that the box was particularly lonely... At the same time, it also shows its importance!

Shen Shangshu stretched out his arm and took the box with both hands and handed it to the prince: "After she took the defense map, the box fell to the ground, and Weichen put it back in place." ”

Gonggong Yan took the opportunity to observe that Shen Shangshu and the prince were about the same size... There are no tiptoes in the chamber... So Zhao Qing, who is also a woman, must kick her feet to borrow if she wants to get the box! Or on the inner wall, or on the bookshelf, there should be footprints!!

Pity! After observation, Grandpa Yan did not find any marks on the iron soles!!

After the prince took the box and observed, Shen Shangshu saw that Gonggong Yan was looking for a mark, and saw the other party's thoughts: "The official didn't expect that the woman was not short, and she couldn't use light skills, so she could get the box with a jump!" ”

Prince: "Not short? ”

Shen Shangshu looked at Gonggong Yan and replied to the prince: "Not as tall as Weichen, but a little taller than this little father-in-law." ”

The prince and the father-in-law of Yan: "!! ”

"Is this woman taller than the villain?" Father-in-law Yan confirmed again.

Shen Shangshu gestured with his hand: "It's probably so much higher..."

Father-in-law Yan looked up at the gap between the top of his head and Lord Shen's hand, and estimated that the woman was half a foot taller than himself, and Shen Xiaogongzi clearly said that Zhao Qing's body was shorter than himself... She remembered that when she was a child, in order to pretend to be a fox taller than herself, she had stepped on stilts, and her ordinary actions were passable, but it was easy to break down when she stepped on stilts, and it was not smooth to fight...

Father-in-law Yan: "Lord Shen, can the woman's shoes show signs of getting taller?" ”

Shen Shangshu: "At that time, it was too dark for the official to see clearly, but according to the sense of power coming from the sword, unlike the high-heeled soles, not only the contact area is not small!" The power is great, too!! ”

Gonggong Yan looked at the prince, the two had the same idea, could it be that Zhao Qing and the female concubine were not the same person?

Out of the Shen Mansion, the father-in-law drove the prince's carriage to a sparsely populated place, and the father-in-law in the car took off his outer robe, revealing the women's clothes inside, and directly took off the father-in-law's crown and put on a slightly hairy black hair, Lan Xue combed a simple bun for him, and then she got out of the carriage.

Hanzi also took off his father-in-law's robe, took off the crown of his head, and returned to the dress of an ordinary man.

It was not appropriate for the prince to show up, but he just lifted the curtain slightly, and after saying goodbye to Yan Mo silently, he asked Lan Xue to drive back and go back to the palace directly!

After returning to the palace, Yan Mo asked Hanzi to draw another portrait of Li Han before letting the other party go back to the room to rest, and he came to Yanming Courtyard with three drawings.

Next, the guards of the Yi'an Royal Mansion received two tasks, one was to search for people everywhere, the targets were Li Han and Zhao Qing, as well as people who might be wearing iron shoes, and the other was to visit craftsmen and craftsmen to figure out the lines of iron soles.

Two days later, there was no news of the search, and the texture of the iron sole was deduced by the craftsman, and the most likely original pattern of the two drafts was obtained, which was basically composed of a sharp corner unit pattern, but the combination was slightly different.

Yan Mo asked Hanzi to copy a few copies of the drawings and give them to the guards to find... Not long after these guards went out, they saw Lu Jiu trotting to report.

"Princess, I received a fireworks alert from Gongzi Jia! On the outskirts of Beijing in the direction of the South Castle Gate!! ”

"Let's go!" Without saying a word, he led Lu Jiu to get on his horse and rushed to the outskirts of Beijing!!

Beijing.

Jia Fang carried a scholar's bamboo basket on his back, hid in a low cave, and looked out of the cave vigilantly from time to time...

Yan Mo and Lu Jiu arrived at the fireworks spot, dismounted and bolted the horses, and quietly searched for Jia Fang on foot, and finally saw half of the head poking out not far away after half a pillar of incense! The two of them flew over at a rapid pace, and came to the low entrance of the cave!

"Princess!" Jia Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone coming, and said nervously, "Xiao Sheng found this Meng Gongzi when he visited the village, followed him all the way, and seemed to alarm him when he set off fireworks!" He ran up the hill!! ”

Yan Mo: "Sir is waiting here!" ”

"Xiaosheng will go too!" Jia Fang plucked up his courage and said, "Xiaosheng is familiar with mountain roads!" ”

Seeing that the princess was a little hesitant, Lu Jiu asked for help: "Princess, your subordinates are responsible for taking care of Mr. Jia!" ”

"Let's go!" Yan Mo didn't want to delay time, so he led the two of them to the mountain!

After a stick of incense, the three of them came halfway up the mountain, but they never saw the shadow of the others...

Jia Fang gasped and wondered, "Xiao Sheng obviously saw him go up the mountain..."

Lu Jiu saw that the other party was struggling, and asked: "Mr.'s bamboo basket doesn't look light, why don't you let me carry it..."

"I can't do it! I can't help it!! Jia Fang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Xiaosheng carries it himself!" Don't dare to bother the guards!! He said as he stepped back... Because of physical overdraft, plus embarrassed, one careless! The soles of your feet are empty! Roll backwards and fall straight down!!

"Sir!!" Lu Jiu hurriedly jumped over! Stretch out your hand! Or miss Jia Fang's fluttering sleeves!! watched as the other person's figure disappeared into the dense foliage of the woods!!

Yan Yin, who was observing the surroundings, looked back coldly! Hurry up and get over there!

"Leave it to your subordinates!" Lu Jiu spread his body and flew down! Search for Jia Fang and go!!

Yan Mo was on guard, perceiving the surroundings, because along the way, there were almost no other footprints on the ground except for the footprints of the three of them, and the other party must have used light skills to step forward between the trunks! Thinking so, she flew up the tree and looked around from a high vantage point, observing whether there were any traces of trampling on the trunk by the way... This one didn't replace the next one! Moving forward like this, Yan Mo slowly moved away from the small hill where Jia Fang had fallen just now...

Suddenly, a tree trunk shook!! More than ten zhang away from Yan Mo!! She hurried a few steps to chase after her!!

In the dense mountains and forests, a figure is flickering!!

Silence! Hurry forward!! Catch up with each other!! I saw the man's long legs take a few steps on the trunk of the tree! Distanced again!!

Shocked! She was amazed by the other party's long legs and leg strength! When she landed on the trunk of the tree where the man had fallen, she subconsciously looked at the trunk! The mark on it is very similar to the texture of the iron sole!! She performed light skills again and caught up with the figure in front of her!! Pull out the right hand and throw it hard!! Cut off the branch that the other party just landed!! The man fell to the ground with a thud!! Yan Mo took the opportunity to leap hard! A shot is a palm!!

The man rolls over!! Narrowly escaped!! One foot on the wood to help! Pull out the dagger on his waist and stab straight at Yan Mo!!

Yan Mo turned his toes over! Bounce and cry! Hold it in your hand and fight for a block!!

I saw two figures up and down!! Weave through the trees! Stop the fight!!

Yan Mo found that the other party's stature was indeed very high! She saw the opportunity to reach out! I want to pull off the other person's mask!! But he was narrowly escaped by the man!!

The two struggled for a while! The other party has no intention of fighting, and when he sees the gap, he runs forward!! The advantage of long legs is on display!! His footprints are all over the mud floor!!

Yan Mo struggled to take two steps before he could barely catch up with the other party's step!!

"Who the hell are you?! Why deceive those girls?! The child in Miss Jiang's belly is your ?!!! ”

The man is obviously in shape! The next moment, keep running!!

Yan Mo stepped on the whirl! Throw the weeping again!!

Bell bang!! The long feet that the man quickly replaced were tripped by the weeping of the oblique insertion into the soil!! Fell a big heel!!

Yan Mo observes carefully! It was the other party's boots that hit the weeping, making a metallic sound!! Unfortunately, when she stepped forward, the man had already jumped forward, and only went to the cliff in front of him!!

Yan Mo didn't want to force the other party to go to a dead end, and when he ran up, he cried and wanted to save the man!!

"God bless my people!! Shengda Changlong——" The man's deep voice shouted loudly, and his long legs crossed! Disappear on the edge of a cliff!! There was a sound of branches breaking apart!!

"Li Han!!" Yan Mo flew quickly! I have never been able to save the other party!! Look down! I vaguely saw a limp corpse hanging among the damaged branches and leaves! The hands and feet are broken, crooked!!

Yan Mo gasped! Thinking of Miss Jiang, she felt sad in her heart! I don't know how to explain!! After a long time, she came back to her senses, turned back and went down the mountain, looking for Lu Jiu and Jia Fang!!

Returning to the small hill where the three of them were scattered, Yan Mo didn't see Lu Jiu's figure, so he slid down the hill by himself: "Lu Jiu-Mr. Jia-" Yan Mo shouted as he searched the traces between the leaves and bushes...

About half a pillar of incense, Yan Mo vaguely heard someone shouting Mr., it was Lu Jiu's voice!! She searched for her voice and went away to meet Lu Jiu!!

Lu Jiu: "Princess! The subordinates are incompetent and failed to find Mr. Jia!! ”

Yan Mo's eyebrows frowned deeply: "How is it possible?!" It's been so long and you haven't been able to find it?! ”

Lu Jiu: "My subordinates followed the traces and slowly found that the traces were getting shallower and shallower... I searched in all directions, but I still didn't find it!! ”

The timing was so coincidental that Yan Mo couldn't help but think, along the way, he didn't see the mark on the iron sole, until he saw the man, he didn't find the mark, and it was only after Mr. Jia disappeared that Li Han appeared! She began to wonder if all this was Jia Fang's trap! Maybe Jia Fang is Li Han's accomplice?! But... If it's really an accomplice, you should want to set up a hair to escape... Why did Li Han jump off the cliff to die?!

"Lu Jiu! Don't look for it, let's go up! ”

Yan Mo led Lu Jiu back to the place where the three of them were scattered, and prepared to go down the mountain according to the same path!! Unexpectedly! Not far away, waiting anxiously is Jia Fang, who is covered in mud!! The bamboo basket on the other party's back was slightly deformed due to the mud from wrestling, and the robe was also covered with mud and leaves...

"Ahh That's great!! As soon as Jia Fang saw someone coming, he hurried to catch up, "Xiaosheng is afraid that the two of them are not familiar with the route and get lost!" ”

Seeing this, Lu Jiu was very surprised: "Sir, how are you..."

Jia Fang: "Oops! Xiaosheng is familiar with this area, there is a trail there, which is covered by trees, and you can climb up directly!! Xiao Sheng thought that the guards couldn't find me down there, and they would definitely come up! Just wait here!! ”

Yan Mo stared at Jia Fang for a long time before putting away his suspicions and frowning, "Is Mr. injured?" ”

“... A little flesh wound... It doesn't matter! Jia Fang wiped the mud on his cheeks and said, "Xiaosheng can eat, and then search for Meng Gongzi!" ”

"No need." Yan Mo said in a calm tone, "That man is dead... Let's go down the mountain. ”

When Lu Jiu heard this, he was extremely surprised: "Princess! Did you catch up with that guy?! ”

"Hmm." Yan Mo snorted lightly and led the way down the mountain...

"What ?!!" When he heard the dead man, Jia Fang was shocked!! Breathing a little shorter, he muttered, "Dead... Oh, my God... Why did you die..."

"Sir, don't be afraid." Yan Mo turned around and said, "This person is not a good person, and he deserves it when he dies, today, you have made the first contribution!" Come home with me and get a reward! ”

When Jia Fang heard this, he said humbly: "The princess has already given Xiaosheng two silver taels!" Xiaosheng is not good and greedy!! ”

Yan Mo spoke earnestly, and said: "Sir, don't shirk, this credit belongs to you, contribute to the palace, how can those few taels of silver be enough to be rewarded!" Anyway, Mr. also risked his life! ”

Jia Fang was a little cautious, and said with a smile: "Xiaosheng is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

Yan Mo smiled with relief!

Half an hour later, when he returned to the palace, Yan Mo asked the guards to go to the cliff on the top of the mountain on the outskirts of Beijing to collect Li Han's body, and let people entertain Jia Fang.

Jia Fang changed into a clean dress, wiped the bamboo basket, and carried it to the lobby of the front hall, where the maidservant served tea to him... As time passed, he was a little anxious, thinking about quickly receiving the reward and leaving the talent at ease...

When the guards brought back the corpse of "Meng Gongzi", Yan Mo and Qi Ming appeared outside the lobby...

"Xiaosheng see the prince, the princess." Jia Fang smiled and saluted.

Qi Ming sat down straight down and tasted tea... Let Yan Mo deal with it himself.

Yan Mo: "Lift it up!" ”

The guards lifted "Meng Gongzi" up and lifted the white cloth...

"Sir, come and take a look..."Yan Mo asked, "This person is the Meng Gongzi you said." ”

Jia Fang shrank his head and looked closer to the corpse, nodding.

Then, the guards began to take off the disguised mask of "Meng Gongzi"... When the mask is peeled off, an unfamiliar face is revealed, not ugly, but it is by no means pretty... Then the guards took off the man's boots and socks one by one, revealing a pair of long legs!

Yan Mo pulled out the weeping and cut his boots into seven or eight pieces! The sole of the shoe does have an iron plate pattern, but there is no iron plate on the top of the boot!

Seeing this, Jia Fang was slightly stunned! Then he lowered his eyes and bowed his head, and stood humbly in place and did not dare to move, the princess's chaotic sword was too dazzling! It's scary!!

Yan Mo lowered his eyes and looked at the debris on the ground for a while, before he turned around and approached Jia Fang to take a good look, especially the other party's face, clothes, and legs and feet...

Jia Fang was hairy... It seems that he was frightened by the corpse! He hurriedly took out all the portraits from his arms and returned them: "Princess Niangniang, since the bad guy has been caught, Xiaosheng... Can you get your reward and get out of this matter... Xiaosheng really can't stand it... People who were still alive... Say no, it's gone......"

Yan Mo rolled his eyes and moved from Jia Fang's body to the bamboo basket: "It is not easy for Mr. to be in danger, I understand, but it is just a few questions, if Mr. can explain my doubts, naturally there is no need for Mr. to be in danger again." ”

A guard followed Yan Mo's gaze and took the bamboo basket! Jia Fang is even more nervous! I want to grab a bamboo basket! But he was dodged by the guards!!

"Princess!" Jia Fang pleaded humbly, "That's Xiaosheng's bookcase!" For readers, books are life!! ”

"Don't worry, sir." Yan Mo said indifferently, "I'm not interested in your book, I just want to ask, how did you find out about this Meng Gongzi today?" ”

Jia Fang: "Xiaosheng said... I found these portraits during my visit to the village, and I have memorized them by heart! When I saw a suspicious character, Xiaosheng hurriedly reported it with fireworks!! ”

Yan Mo said jokingly: "Originally, I thought that a person's height could not be changed, but Mr. seems to have given me a new idea... You must not know, I once visited Shen Shangshu's mansion and got it from Lord Shen... A question! ”

Jia Fang became more and more confused: "Lord Shen... I don't know you..."

Yan Mo stared at the other party and continued: "Today you could have stayed in the low cave or returned to the village to ensure safety, but I don't think it's strange that you have to be a guide and take us up the mountain. But along the way, I didn't find any suspicious signs, and it may be that this Meng Gongzi is very cautious! I thought I was going to get nothing! But!! After you fell down the hill and disappeared, I went up the tree and observed for a while, and I found him! The timing is too coincidental!! I guess, after you fell down the hillside, you used the dense woods to cover yourself, and then took out the magical boots and robes you used to change clothes from the bamboo basket, and after you turned into Meng Gongzi, you deliberately appeared in my field of vision, right? Because this Meng Gongzi is very strange, not to say whether he recognizes me or not, even if he feels my hostility, he should ask a word or two... It's better to run down the mountain! Why go straight to the cliffs in the mountains?! ”

Jia Fang said with a sad face: "What the princess said is too unbelievable! Meng Gongzi is Meng Gongzi, how can it be Xiaosheng pretending?! ”

Yan Mo: "You put a disguise mask on this tall man!" Disguise the corpse beforehand! Then he jumped in front of me and pretended to kill himself! Familiar with the mountainous terrain, you have already prepared for the cliff below, leaving yourself a way out!! After that, when I leave, you will turn back again!! ”

Jia Fang looked incredulous, and almost cried: "... Xiaosheng's fall down the hill was indeed an accident! You are so suspicious, Xiaosheng is also at a loss! But—" he looked at himself and said, "where does Xiao Sheng seem to be a person with such ability!" Escape up the cliff and back again... No one can do it! ”

"Nope! You can do it!! Yan Mo affirmed, "Because your long legs are faster than mine!" What's more, the time I spent going down the hill to search for you and Lu Jiu was enough to make you turn back and change your clothes from the cliff! ”

Jia Fang couldn't cry or laugh, and said with embarrassment: "The princess is laughing, Xiaosheng's size... Where do you get the long legs..."

Yan Mo gave the guards a look: "I said just now, there are magic boots in the bamboo basket!" When I fought against Meng Gongzi, I obviously felt that there was iron in his boots, but these boots were not! Originally, I was still very puzzled, Shen Xiaogongzi obviously said that Zhao Qing was shorter than me, but Shen Shangshu said that the female concubine was taller than me! Later, when Lu Jiu asked you if he would let him carry the bamboo basket, you immediately refused... That's why I have this bold guess! Zhao Qing and you both have a pair of magical boots that can increase height!! Forming an inherent impression with a high stature, naturally no one will doubt the original you who are short!! ”

The guards open the basket! From the inside, there were books, pen inkstones, a set of plain robes, and two rusty boxes... It's empty!

“！！！” Yan Mo's face, which was originally full of confidence, changed instantly! She took the bamboo basket and looked through it!! It's really empty!!

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