Gonggong Cao didn't expect Xu Rui's reaction to be so big, and he was stunned: "This painting may have been left by Hu Miao, Hu Miao has a signing room in the inner stalls of the East Factory, but I heard that he basically won't go, so there is this painting hanging inside." ”

"I see!"

Xu Rui's heart suddenly appeared when he heard this, and a touch of excitement suddenly appeared on his face.

Gonggong Cao didn't know why, so he asked, "What's wrong with this painting?" ”

Xu Rui did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "This painting is just an ordinary landscape painting, why did my father-in-law collect this painting alone?" ”

Cao Gong said: "It's easy to say, when I first entered the signing room, our family felt that there was something wrong in the signing room, but we couldn't find it for a while."

So our family sat in the signing room for a long time, and finally realized that this feeling came from this painting.

Dongchang is not like other yamen, it is even much more serious than the palace, and there will not even be a pot of flowers in the signing room except for the piled up of official documents or cruel torture instruments, how can a painting be hung?

Therefore, as long as this painting is hung inside, it destroys the overall environment of the East Factory, and makes me feel that something is wrong.

Moreover, the standard of this painting is not high, and it is not from the hands of famous artists, Hu Miao is the inner minister, even if you want to hang a painting, there are countless works of famous artists to choose from, and this one should not be hung anyway.

Thinking of this, our family began to study this painting carefully, but it didn't look like there was any problem, but the inscription in the lower right corner was messy, and the words did not reach the meaning, which made our family feel quite strange.

However, our family has limited learning, and we didn't see any problems after watching it for a long time, so we had to give up.

Originally, our family thought that although this signing room was nominally Hu Miao's, Hu Miao would not come often, and this painting may have been hung up by those intimate people below.

But after thinking about it, which of the people who can surround Hu Miao is not a human spirit that is used to eating and holding?

Finding a broken painting from elsewhere and hanging here isn't it poking his Hu Miao's eyes?

Someone who would do such a stupid thing would never have survived until now.

So we just collected this painting, thinking that it would be taken out and studied in the future to see if we could find something useful. ”

Xu Rui nodded when he heard this: "My father-in-law is indeed looking like a torch, this painting is very problematic, and it can even be said to be the most valuable clue I have found so far!" ”

"Oh?"

Father-in-law Cao was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly: "Then tell our family about it." ”

"Here's the problem."

Xu Rui pointed to the inscription in the lower right corner of the painting and said: "The moth fights the fireworm and destroys itself, the right peak grows grass after many years, the moon does not see where you are, the Nanling sky is cut down into a memoir, and the charming eyes are changed in every way. ”

Gonggong Cao frowned and said: "Isn't this little poem with an inscription just a bullshit limerick, what is the inside story?" ”

"If you guess correctly, the author of this poem is likely to be Hu Miao himself!"

Xu Rui said lightly.

"You say this is a poem written by Hu Miao?"

Grandpa Cao couldn't believe it.

Xu Rui nodded: "Hu Miao was born as a celebrant eunuch, and he has been a eunuch for at least ten years, and many official documents and decrees of the saints are from him, and it seems indeed impossible to write such a substandard limerick poem."

But Hu Miao did not write this poem for appreciation, but just like the mistakes and omissions that he took out and filled in again, it was to convey information to someone, and the person receiving the information is likely to not be highly educated. ”

"Oh?"

Gonggong Cao's heart moved, and he asked, "Then what message does he want to convey with this poem, and to whom does he want to pass the message?" ”

"Of course, the person who receives the information is the one who can enter and exit this room, and as for the information itself, ......"

Xu Rui thought for a while, picked up the pen and paper from the table, and wrote as he spoke.

"Moths fight fires and insects are killed, and the word moth is a word for me.

The right peak is grass and grows again, and the grass is added to the right word, which is the word.

Looking at the moon and not seeing where you are, looking at the word without the moon, and if there are fewer people, it is a dead word.

Nanling is empty and logged into a prophecy, and the Nanzi has cut down all the wood, isn't it a southern character.

Ten changes are charming, and the cross is added to the word, spelled into a Chinese character.

The small port water goes to the empty city, and the Hong Kong word goes to the water, and it becomes the alley word.

Defeat may not be on the wasteland, the word He must be the word, spelled into a secret word.

In the end, as soon as Wang Shi saw the righteousness, the king and the see, spelled into a current word. ”

After Xu Rui finished speaking in one breath, Grandpa Cao's face had become extremely solemn.

Xu Rui held up the piece of paper that he had written, and there was just a line of small words on it, "If I die, Nanhua Lane will be secret!" ”

"This ......"

Gonggong Cao suddenly looked at Xu Rui and said, "What Master Hou asked our family to check today is this old mansion in Nanhua Lane, can you say ......?"

Xu Rui nodded: "Yes, the two Nanhua Alleys should be the same thing, so it seems that the secret hidden behind the Nanhua Alleys is probably more important than I imagined, and it is even related to Hu Miao's death." ”

Gonggong Cao shook his head: "Based on this sentence alone, it may not be possible to conclude that Hu Miao's death is related to Nanhua Lane, right?" ”

Xu Rui shook his head and said: "No, it is obvious now, although this painting and the inner file are both transmitting information to the outside, the objects they convey are not the same.

It is very likely that Hu Miao was aware of the danger many years ago, and then extracted the secret about Nanhua Lane in the internal file and hid it as his life.

Nine times out of ten, the contents of the file were actually shown to his successor, who probably thought that if he died suddenly, the successor would follow this clue to find the secret.

But the painting hanging in the signing room is different, it is obviously for outsiders to see, using such an obscure way to let the other party understand his threat, 'If I die, Nanhua Lane will be secret' is to let the other party throw a mouse trap and don't do it.

This sentence is like a bee's sting, although it is not small, but once it is used, the fish will die and the net will be broken, which just shows his fear and vulnerability.

Hu Miao is the eunuch in charge of the seal, the second person in the inner court, what kind of force would make him afraid to such a point, and even leave such a threat to force the other party not to do anything? ”

Gonggong Cao's heart moved, and he exclaimed: "Could it be the ancestor who can make Hu Miao so afraid?" ”

"Wang Shun ......"

Xu Rui groaned, even he couldn't be sure about this matter at this point, but after Hu Miao's death, Wang Shun's anger was real, if it was really Wang Shun who killed Hu Miao, why would he be angry?

Moreover, Hu Miao was picked up by Wang Shun, and Wang Shun handed over his most important celebrant to Hu Miao, which represented his absolute trust in Hu Miao, and even intended to train Hu Miao to be his successor, so what reason did he have to kill Hu Miao?

Xu Rui thought about it, and still felt that the person who killed Hu Miao could never be Wang Shun, but Wang Shun should know the inside story, but even Wang Shun, the old ancestor, could only dare to be angry and dare not speak.

Thinking about it like this, the other party must be an existence that even Wang Shun can't provoke.

"King Han!"

This person suddenly popped up in Xu Rui's mind.

King Han himself is the son of Emperor Hongwei, if this person is indeed the master of dark chess, then it seems that everything can be explained, and the only thing that is still missing is the decisive evidence.

What is the secret of the old mansion in Nanhua Lane that was hidden by Wang Shun?

Maybe just figuring this out will solve all the mysteries.

Thinking of this, Xu Rui said to Cao Gong: "At the moment, all the focus is on the secrets that have been hidden, since Hu Miao has the confidence to threaten others, then these secrets must still be hidden in the East Factory, and I have to ask my father-in-law to worry more about this matter." ”

Gonggong Cao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Master Hou, this matter is very involved, our family will definitely give Master Hou an explanation as soon as possible, but there is something in our family that I still want to ask Master Hou for help." ”

Xu Rui said: "How can you talk about the word help between you and me, if my father-in-law needs anything, just open his mouth, I will do my best." ”

Gonggong Cao nodded and said: "At present, the situation between the DPRK and China is becoming more and more complicated, and our family is also involved in the battle for succession, and there may be a disaster of death at any time."

It doesn't matter if our family has an old bone, Siyuan follows Master Hou and our family can rest assured, the only thing that can't be relieved is my niece......"

At the mention of Cao Wanxi, Xu Rui was suddenly shocked, and the beautiful image in his mind immediately appeared in front of him.

When Gonggong Cao saw Xu Rui's appearance, he thought he was embarrassed, but this matter had become his heart disease, so he still stubbornly said: "Our family has a reluctant request, I want to ask the Hou Ye to secretly send Wanxi to the northwest, so that even if the capital is lost, our family can feel at ease." ”

Xu Rui was stunned when he heard this: "Although the Northwest Grassland went down in a battle, it is still a wild place, and it may not be foolproof to send Wanxi there, right?" ”

Gonggong Cao said with a smile: "Hou Ye doesn't have to be humble, today's northwest has already become Hou Ye's world, with many factories, thriving oil fields, new army just built, and materials gathered."

The most important thing is that the people there only know that there is a Hou Ye, but they don't know that there is a saint, even if the heir fails, the Hou Ye can become the soil emperor as soon as he returns to the northwest, how can there be a safer place in the world than the northwest? ”

"What did you say?!"

Xu Rui's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

Seeing that Xu Rui's face didn't seem to be fake, Gonggong Cao was shocked and said, "Why, doesn't the Hou Ye know about the movement of the northwest?" ”