Jiang Xinyue took out the dagger she was carrying, groped for the bark little by little with the tip of the knife, and after a while, she cleared out a square hole the size of a palm, allowing only one hand to reach into it, and looked into it with a lamp, but saw that the hole extended downwards and could not see the contents inside.

Fang Cannon rolled up his sleeves, put his hand into the hole, and groped for a while: "Huh? I felt something, it looked like a box. ”

"Be careful, can you take it out?" Ruan Mianmian asked.

Fang Cannon adjusted his posture again, carefully pulled his hand out of the hole, and put the thing in his hand on the ground, which was a boxy ebony box.

"This box is quite heavy, I don't know what treasure is inside." Fang Cannon put the oil lamp next to the box again, and immediately illuminated the details on it.

The surface of the box is covered with a layer of lacquer, shiny and shiny, depicting layers of complex golden auspicious cloud patterns, shining brightly, and it is not ordinary at first glance. There is a copper lock on one side of the box, which is small and delicate, but it looks rusty and mottled and not strong.

Jiang Xinyue's dagger was very sharp, and it broke the clasp of the copper lock link box in a few clicks, and the lock fell to the ground with a "click". Picking open the box with the tip of a knife, everyone was shocked.

The box is lined with yellow cloth, solemnly placed a transparent and warm jade carving, boxy, square cannon gently picked it up, only to show its true appearance, this is a huge seal.

Jiang Xinyue looked at the inscription on the seal, suddenly snatched the seal and put it back in the wooden box, closed the lid suddenly, and said in a low voice: "I can't say it here, let's go to the house." ”

When everyone saw Jiang Xinyue so solemn, they knew that this thing must have an extraordinary origin, Jiang Xinyue walked the rivers and lakes, and the news was better than others, so she must know something.

So Ruan Mianmian and the others put the removed bark into it, and took some firewood and wood sticks to pile in front, and then followed Jiang Xinyue, who was holding the wooden box, to Mu Ruqing's room, pushed the door in and lit the lamp, everyone sat down around the table, and Mu Ruqing was still asleep on the bed.

Ruan Mianmian walked to the side of the bed and woke Mu Ruqing awake, he got off the bed and put on his coat, his eyes were still confused: "What's the matter, everyone, why are you all gathered in my room?" ”

"Sober up, something is wrong, we found this in that old willow tree in the yard." Jiang Xinyue turned slightly sideways, allowing Mu Ruqing to see the ebony box on the table clearly.

"What is this? Was it found in an old willow tree? Mu Ruqing rubbed his eyes and approached to look. Ruan Mianmian and Fang Dacang told the story of the matter word by word, and then opened the box and let Mu Ruqing see the jade seal.

When I was outside, I hurriedly glanced at it, and I only felt that the patterns and carvings on the seal were complicated, and at this time, everyone gasped. The carving on the jade seal turned out to be a majestic dragon driving the clouds and mist!

The dragon pattern is not something that ordinary people can use, it is not the blood of the royal family, and only the emperor can use the five-clawed golden dragon, which is an insurmountable level regulation, if it is used privately in excess of the regulations, it will be punished for the crime of the nine clans!

Looking at the dragon attached to the jade seal in front of them, everyone was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly fixed their eyes to see, this piece of jade carving kung fu is very meticulous, the jade material is transparent green, only two points of vermilion, was skillfully carved by the craftsman in the position of the dragon's eyes, it can be described as ingenious. Looking down further, the dragon's body was covered with mist, and only four legs were clearly exposed, but if you looked closely at the position of this leg, the position of what should have been the fifth dragon claw was covered by mist.

This is the regulation and form of the five-clawed golden dragon, but one claw was deliberately hidden and became a four-clawed dragon, although it is not the emperor's regulation, but the royal family will definitely not dare to use it.

Jiang Xinyue stretched out her hand and flipped up the place where the jade seal was sealed, it was a few seal characters, this was the font that used to write important documents, like Ruan Mianmian and Fang Cannon, these ligatures are only roughly known and people naturally can't see what is written in this seal character, but Jiang Xinyue and Mu Ruqing understand.

The simple and heavy seal body is engraved with the words "Regent Treasure Seal".

"It's... Could this be the royal seal that was lost decades ago? Jiang Xinyue's fingers were a little trembling and pointed to those seal characters.

Speaking of the secret news many years ago, Jiang Xinyue heard a lot from her master, and immediately told everyone what she knew.

It turns out that today's royal family did not win the world by itself, when the Central Plains was chaotic, all those who had some strength set themselves up as kings, and divided various rich places, and today's royal family surnamed Mo was just a landowner in a poor place at that time. Later, somehow, the ancestors of the Mo family suddenly had a general who could write and martial arts, and supported the Mo family all the way to recover all parts of the Central Plains, which was unified into a country, after the Mo family sat on the throne, thanked the general for his merits, named him the hereditary regent, and created a regent jade seal that was exactly the same as the emperor's jade seal, and its status could be used to directly refute the emperor's decision.

However, the first regent suddenly retired after the country was stabilized, and his family also kept a low profile, although he inherited the title and had power, but he never interfered with the royal family's decisions. In the previous generation, decades ago, the regent suddenly disappeared quietly, and even his family never appeared again, many people speculated that they really went into hiding, and some people said that it was because the family was down, so the title of regent was also vacant and no one inherited it.

"Did such a big man suddenly disappear, and the royal family didn't care about it?" Mu Ruqing stroked his chin and pondered.

"It really shouldn't be, but that's the case, and besides, the regent himself doesn't appear very often, and the matter didn't make a big splash, the royal family just said that if a regent or a descendant appears with a token, he will re-canonize the title and repay the kindness of the ancestors. My master also speculated that the disappearance of the regent was the work of the royal family in the palace, but this is not something that we ordinary people can know. Jiang Xinyue said in a low voice.

This jade seal, which represents the top power, was quietly placed in front of them at this time, but it made the hearts of them all set off turbulent waves. This group of them are ordinary people, and even people who used to be at the bottom of society, and they will never come into contact with these in their lifetime.

"Why is this jade seal in the willow roots of our backyard? Looking at the shape of the hollow, it must have been dug out artificially, but it was not dug in a hurry, the knife marks were neat and fine, and if it was in a panic, it would definitely not be able to do it to such an extent. Fang Cannon spoke, he was the only one who had touched the cave up close.

"So, it is very likely that there was once a descendant of the regent who lived in this courtyard with this precious jade seal, and he hid this jade seal in the roots of the old willow tree in a secret way, but for some reason he did not take it." Nguyen Mianmian poured a cup of tea for everyone.

"Let's hide this jade seal again, no matter what, the affairs of the royal family are not for us to meddle in." Uncle Hua put the jade seal into the wooden box again, closed the lid, and the green light was covered again.

No one refutes Uncle Hua, indeed, no one is unmoved in the face of status and power, with this, what they want is at their fingertips, but this group of people does not have the ability and confidence to protect themselves and their companions in the turbid current of the court, they will not bet their fate on a piece of jade.

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

"With this jade seal, it seems that everything we have encountered during this period of time can be explained, Yipinxiang has not offended anyone, but someone is operating behind the last false accusation, is it that the people behind it know the existence of this jade seal, and want to bring down Yipinxiang, and then people unknowingly buy this house and find out the jade seal?"

"But who knows? Emperor? Ruan Mianmian didn't know anything about politics and officialdom, and was a little bored lying on the table.

"I don't think it will be the emperor, he has a legitimate reason for guarding the jade seal, if he learns the location of the jade seal, he will naturally check it directly, and no one will have any objections, since this person wants not to alarm others, then it is not the power of the emperor and the regent, presumably because he is afraid that other forces will block it, and snatching the jade seal is probably also planning something that cannot be put on the table." Mu Ruqing's analysis is clearly organized, and his flexible mind naturally does not let go of a clue.

"Hmph, this kind of thing is very common in the palace, we must not wade into this troubled water, nor can we spread the word that we found the jade seal, Ruqing, you quickly find a place to hide the jade seal, and the cannon will follow me to mend the roots, and pretend that nothing happened." Uncle Hua pushed the ebony box to Mu Ruqing, and returned to the courtyard with Fang Cannon, and Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Xinyue also followed.

Ruan Mianmian carried an oil lamp to illuminate Uncle Hua, who squatted on the ground and picked up the cut bark to examine it carefully.

"I don't know what method the people who hide the jade seal used, the trunk of the willow tree was hollowed out, the hole is not big, so it will not let the old willow tree die, this must be planned, after putting it into the jade seal, and then use the medicinal powder to promote growth smeared on the outer layer, the bark will grow, the bark of the old willow tree is already ravines and ravines, and after a long time, there will be no traces of cutting, and it is really calculated everywhere." Uncle Hua sighed.

"So how do we attach this bark? This hole is exposed, and it can be seen at a glance. Ruan Mianmian was a little worried.

"It's not difficult to do, get some rice glue, paste the bark first, the rice glue is sticky, and it is not easy to fall off." After that, Uncle Hua instructed Fang Dacang to go to the kitchen to get a plate of paste-like rice glue, stick the bark on little by little, and dig a little ash from the stove and smear it on the bark.

After doing this, everyone was a little tired, and what happened today was really shocking, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

On a full moon in the sky, a black figure quietly jumped up from the beam, looked back at the courtyard of Yipinxiang, and blended into the thick night in the distance. Nothing was said all night.