Zhao Yi opened the map, everyone came forward, a simple drawing of the mountains and forests, marked the direction, and there were few buildings that needed to be marked to cause confusion, but now, so many of them were confused.

Confusion in bearing.

The position where they are standing at the moment should be very clearly in the east, but judging from the map, it is in the southeast direction, and the position is still a little further up, and the main reference is from the wall in the middle.

The wall points very clearly to the southeast on the map, but it is not.

"This picture is from the ancestors?" Zhao Yi asked Wei Tongda.

Wei Tongda nodded: "I don't usually speak to the outside world, because it is related to the defense of Xiyuan." ”

"You are concerned about the safety of Xiyuan, no one has an opinion, but now that someone has died, you are still hiding here, who instructed you?" Zhao Yi frowned.

Wei Tongda knelt down, and the people he brought with him all knelt down and replied: "Lord Wang, we don't understand other things, we only know that no matter who comes in, we can't tell them the real direction of the new coal mountain, other things...... It's not our business. ”

"Do you think this king will believe it?"

Wei Tongda replied with a twinkle in his eyes: "Lord Wang, this is indeed the case. ”

"Let's go." Zhao Yi returned the map to him and walked straight to the northeast, Wei Tongda held the map, his face turned white, and shouted, "Wang, Wangye, this, you ......"

Zhao Yi ignored him.

Wei Tongda was sweating in a hurry, and at this moment, Yin Zhi came over from the direction of Xiyuan, and he was also walking in a hurry, and sweat was oozing from his forehead, and he saluted, "Is the prince going hunting?" You didn't ride a horse or bring a bow and arrows, so it's too dangerous to go in. ”

Zhao Yi looked at Yin Zhi.

Yin Zhi is the second son of the old Marquis of Xuanning, about thirty-six or seventeen years old, born elegant and sparse, and is also a well-known scholar.

He can be the commander of Yulinwei, purely because the first emperor has nothing important to do during the Taiping period, and seeing his handsome appearance, he made an exception to let him be the commander of Yulinwei.

"It's okay, there are beasts coming, so you can stand in front of the king and feed them." Zhao Yi said expressionlessly.

"Yes, yes!" Yin Zhi cautiously followed Zhao Yi.

In the palace, the crown prince Zhao Tao was coming out of the Fengwu Palace, and Su Zi'an, who was outside, hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "Your Highness, the people who have just Wei Tongda have come and gone, saying that the prince of Qi has walked from the south to Xiyuan." ”

"He's got through?" Zhao Tao raised his eyebrows, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

Su Zi'an followed behind Zhao Tao and asked as he walked, "Your Highness, is it appropriate for you to go to this matter?" With the temper of Prince Qi, he knew that the road in the new coal mountain was greasy, and he must be very angry and wanted to find someone to vent. ”

Zhao Tao's steps paused, thought for a while, and said, "What you said makes sense." ”

"Forget it, you go and tell Ji Chun, and let Ji Chun tell my father. No matter how arrogant King Qi is, he doesn't dare to be disproportionate in front of my father. ”

After Zhao Tao finished speaking, he threw off his sleeves and walked out of the palace.

Su Zi'an gave Ji Chun a thorough look, Ji Chun had already known about it, and was hesitating to tell Zhao Chi, Su Zi'an came to call him once, which alarmed Zhao Chi, who had just come back from the office, and he had to say it.

“…… How do you know, who told him? Zhao Chi took off his coat and sat down to rest while drinking tea, Ji Chun told the process, "Eight or nine is not far from ten, I walked in the forest yesterday, and after I went back, the prince and Xiao Song figured it out." ”

"Lord Xiao Song, that's a good person."

Zhao Chi frowned: "It is estimated that he will make trouble." ”

In fact, the formation in the new coal mountain, he also only learned after he ascended the throne, and he told the prince in the past two years, and everyone in Yulin Wei knew it, but it was all secrets, and if anyone leaked it, it would be a crime to lose his head.

Therefore, it is normal for Zhao Yi and Zhao Xi to not know.

But this kind of thing is normal for Zhao Xi, but not for Zhao Yi.

"Yes." Ji Chun said a little hesitantly, "Especially...... What about the furnace? ”

Zhao Chi frowned and replied: "Let him continue to check, can you still take the stove away?" ”

"Without a satisfactory result, he and Xiao Song, including Lu Aiqing, will not give up."

Ji Chun should be: "Then, then don't care, wait for the news." As he spoke, he handed a small porcelain vase to Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi poured a pill and came out to eat it, and he was in a good mood: "What about the prince, you also went to Xincoal Mountain to join in the fun?" ”

"No, the prince has returned to the house, saying that King Ning is going to send him drawings at noon."

Zhao Chi bowed slightly.

Ji Chun put away the small porcelain vase.

"If you call Ueda Fuxing, just say what I ordered, and let him accompany you into the mountain." Zhao Chi instructed Ji Chun, "The main thing is to stop the Yuntai, let him be reasonable, and don't mess around." ”

"Slave and maid, go now." Ji Chun called Tan Ren to come in and wait.

Ji Chun went to find Tian Fuxing, Tian Fuxing was about to refuse, but Ji Chun didn't give him a chance, so he moved out of Zhao Chi.

Tian Fuxing didn't choose, and followed Ji Chun into the new coal mountain.

Lu Xiaoren also just dispersed, and went to the door of the yamen of the criminal department with his colleagues, his entourage came, and said a few words in his ear, Lu Xiaoren was surprised: "...... Into the mountains again? ”

This one entered again, which should mean that King Qi and Lord Xiao Song had discovered, otherwise they would not have rushed in so early.

It is not from the east and north gates.

"Yes. Everyone in the palace knew it, and the little yellow gate on the side of the West Palace Gate just now said that Ji Chun and Tian Fuxing had crossed the West Garden and entered the mountain together. Chang Sui paused and asked, "My lord, do you want to go and have a look?" ”

Lu Xiaoren recalled the situation when he entered the mountain, and he really couldn't imagine that they could find anything related to Lu Zhi's disappearance.

He hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "Go!" ”

He took Chang to the West Garden.

In the mountains, when Song Ning and the others walked from the northeast to the center of the mountain, they had already encountered seven or eight deer on the way, as well as tigers watching them from a distance, because they were so numerous that the animals did not dare to approach at all.

"This mountain is much bigger than we thought." Song Ning said to Zhao Yi.

She thought that this mountain might be an irregular circle, the mountain was not high, and it was mainly flat, and it should have been cultivated by man.

But she was wrong. The mountain is not round at all, but resembles the shape of a spoon.

They don't even talk about the handle of the spoon, they haven't even seen the top of the spoon.

"It's also interesting, and that's what I just knew." Zhao Yi said, "Perhaps, there are still many secrets that I don't know. ”

Song Ning comforted him: "You have only been here twice, who has nothing to pay attention to what a mountain looks like." ”

Zhao Yi bowed his head, paused and looked at the dense forest in front of him, Song Ning followed his line of sight and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Zhao Yi said.

Song Ning could guess that that place was about where the five princes were killed.

Zhao Yi turned a corner as he spoke, screamed loudly, and staggered forward.

Until then, it had been walking in the crowd because it was afraid.

"Xiaotian, what did you find?" Lu Miaomiao ran after it.

Everyone followed, and after passing through a layer of extremely dense woods, a cave suddenly appeared in front of them, and Qiao Si said: "...... This, this cave, did Prince Ning say this cave yesterday? ”

As he spoke, he turned back to look at Wei Tongda.

Because yesterday Wei Tongda told Zhao Xi that there was a cave that was buried because of a landslide.

Wei Tongda stood in the crowd with an ugly face.

Howling Sky shouted into the cave.

Song Ning looked here, there was a very dense layer of woods in front of him, and after passing the woods, he saw this cave. The terrain in front of the cave is not open, and several stones of different sizes stand irregularly at the entrance of the cave.

The cave faces northeast, about eight or nine feet high, six feet wide, and the depth is not known, because it is dark inside, and I don't even know what it is.

But Xiaotian was very dry, so he didn't go in, and shouted at the entrance of the cave.

"W-What does this smell like?" Lu Miaomiao covered her nose and sneezed, "It's so pungent." ”

Song Ning didn't smell strongly, not only her, but everyone.

"Is it a stench?" Lu Qingqing asked.

Lu Miaomiao shook her head: "No, no, it's a lot of incense, especially strong." ”

Zhao Yi looked at Yin Zhi.

"Yes, it is the place of alchemy during the reign of the first emperor." He whispered, "Because you can't speak to the outside world, this place has been strictly guarded. ”

Zhao Yi narrowed his eyes: "First Emperor Alchemy? Isn't it Zhao Chi Alchemy? ”

He didn't know that the first emperor had alchemy. Of course, he is not often in the palace later, so it is possible that he does not know.

But it shouldn't be that there is no wind in the DPRK at all.

"Your Highness, it's really the first emperor, here...... It's been vacant for a long time. Yin Zhi explained, "But the saint said...... Don't let outsiders know about the first emperor's alchemy, so we have been guarding it here. ”

Zhao Yi didn't believe it at all, and brushed Yin Zhi away and walked into the cave: "This king will go and have a look." ”

"Lord Wang, it's dirty inside." Yin Zhi chased after him, and ordered Wei Tongda, "Go in first and light the wall lamp." ”

Wei Tongda ran in first and lit the wall lamp.

After the lights on both sides turned on, Song Ning saw clearly that this cave was very large and had been deliberately repaired.

Six feet through the hole, there is a circular space with a wooden door on the left.

In the middle of this circular space, there is a copper stove, which burns wood and charcoal, and has a lid. At the top of the furnace, due to the perennial smoke, it has been dark and the original color cannot be seen.

At the moment, the lid of this stove is closed.

Xiaotian didn't come in, still calling at the door.

Song Ning beckoned at it, but he didn't move, and squatted at the door with Lu Miaomiao and waited.

Song Ning pushed open the wooden door and lit the wall lamp.

This is a bedroom where a person lives, with a table, chairs, benches, wardrobes, wooden beds, and beds with stacked bedding, she touched it, and the bedding was dry and not damp.

There is also no dust on the tabletop.

"Are there any people living here?" Song Ning asked Yin Zhi.