"He must be left here, if he doesn't stay here, wouldn't it be a waste of Su Ling's scheming?"

"And what are you going to do?"

"I locked him up in the Fang prison, but it was not the one you were in, but the most comfortable room in the entire Fang prison, so that he could eat and live well, and in the end, he would only wait for Su Ling to come one day."

"Aren't you afraid that Su Ling won't come?"

"Since you said that there is no one exactly like Su Ling in this world, then this Feng Yanhong must be very important to him, so I just need to wait for Su Ling to come, and nothing else matters. Besides, am I such a good person? ”

"I don't know if it's good or not, but it's getting more and more annoying."

Luo Ge and Mu Ziqin were laughing and playing. Completely different from the joyful atmosphere here was the palace of Su Qianguo, Su Ling had been waiting for the news from Mu Jinguo, but he didn't expect that the news he received the fastest was already on the third day.

The messenger was covered in blood and disheveled. He was brought into the Qianqing Palace by a little eunuch outside the palace. When that person came in, Su Ling asked directly, "How is the battle situation ahead?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the rebels somehow suddenly surrendered, saying that King Su Qian promised to give Mu Ziyao everything he wanted, as long as he agreed to surrender. On the same day, when the surrender was discussed, I suddenly saw that someone was arresting, and later the grass people were also arrested. Later, we found out that the superiors who had arranged for us to go to the camp had also been arrested. It was not until the general of the battalion executed the first batch of people that they knew that they had arrested all the fine works that the Lord had placed in the barracks, and then executed them one by one. ”

"And how did you escape?" When Su Ling heard what he said, he interrupted his report and directly raised his questions.

"The grass man happened to be sick at the time, so he made an excuse and ran out. But he was still chased all the way to the edge of the border before stopping. ”

"Then why didn't those people just kill you and let you come back to report the news?"

"The grass people were able to guarantee their lives when they entered the border and directly found their usual contact location."

"Then you said that now all the fine works sent by the Qianji Pavilion in the entire Mu Jin Kingdom have been eradicated?"

"The grass people don't dare to guess, but in the rebel camp on the border, all the fine works that went with them survived, except for the grass people."

This was a great blow to Su Ling, and all the games he had carefully laid out were now fake. He forced himself to stand still, took a deep breath, and said, "You go to the Thousand Machines Pavilion to recover your life." At the same time, let people come to your pavilion master. ”

After that person retreated, he went directly back to Qianji Pavilion to resume his life, and was ordered to send Xia Shiren. Xia Shiren, who had just entered the Qianqing Palace, immediately knelt on the ground and said, "The old minister should die, he is ashamed of the heavy burden on the emperor!" ”

"What are you ashamed of me?"

"Ashamed of the emperor's expectations. With this plan, the five hundred and forty-eight fine workers sent out by the entire Thousand Machine Pavilion were all wiped out. ”

"Even your son Xia Ji didn't come back?"

"Yes."

"That's a little better, the news is the only consolation for me."

Listening to Su Ling's whispering, Xia Shiren spoke cautiously and said, "The old minister asks the emperor to forgive the old minister's abruptness. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Has the emperor always been worried that Xia Ji will come to compete for the throne?"

Su Ling shook his head and said, "It's not what I'm most worried about when he comes to fight. The most worrying thing is that he will find the edict of succession. It was the only thing my father left that could shake my throne. As long as he doesn't get this edict, then there is no problem. ”

"Then the old minister can offend and ask, where is the edict now?"

"Since you asked, I'm not afraid to tell you. I have given it to your dead daughter. As long as I can confirm that she is truly dead, then this edict means that no one will ever know where it really is. ”

"What if Xia Tianqing hadn't died?"

"Then even if it is the end of the world, I will find her." Su Ling said this with obvious hatred.

Faced that Su Ling did not pursue the Thousand Machines Pavilion, Xia Shiren seemed particularly scared, and he couldn't stop worrying. He spends a lot of time in the Thousand Machines Pavilion every day, and even the ladies in the family have no time to take care of it. In the end, after returning home, he was invited by several ladies to be pampered.

Competing for favor in the Xia Mansion has always been the success of Mrs. Qin, who has always been in the sixth room. Sure enough, when she returned to the house, Xia Shiren was directly pulled back to the Lingering Fragrance Garden where she lived by Mrs. Qin. When she entered the door, she pulled Xia Shiren closer to her room, and then talked to him thoughtfully.

"I heard that the master hasn't slept well for the past two days? Is it that things in the palace are too busy? ”

"It's not." Xia Shiren closed his eyes and enjoyed her service, "In the past few days, the emperor is not satisfied that the Qianji Pavilion has failed to carry out the task. So everywhere is looking for trouble with me. Now I'm still thinking about what method to use to dispel the emperor's doubts about me and Qianji Pavilion. ”

"Isn't that a simple thing to do? In the past, the master has always done a good job, why can't he do it today? ”

"If it had been in the past, it would have been easy to solve. However, the failed mission of the Thousand Machines Pavilion this time is related to the great cause of the emperor's unification. What would you do if it were you? ”

"Then find a way so that the emperor can continue to complete his great cause of reunification."

"You're talking lightly. Now the only person who can help the emperor agree to the great cause is my deceased daughter. If she were still alive, I wonder where the vital edict in her hand would have been? ”

"My daughter's favorite place to hide things is definitely where she is close to herself or someone she trusts."

"Is there any other place to hide?"

"Absolutely impossible. Especially your eldest daughter. Her kind of delicate person will put the most important things in the places she feels safest. If the Difan tribes were there, they would be with the people she felt safest. ”

"Thank you, ma'am." Xia Shiren suddenly opened his eyes, got up excitedly and kissed her, and then walked out quickly. And Mrs. Qin, who was stunned by his sudden move, didn't know what to do for a while.

And Xia Shiren, who came out of the Lingering Fragrance Garden, went straight to the courtyard that had been abandoned all year round - Duyuan. The stewards and servants who came with him did not know what he was going to do.

Before I entered the door, I heard Xia Shiren say: "Search." Searched all the corners of the house. When I found a yellow edict, I brought it to me. If you don't find it in the house, dig it for me, and dig it out for me. ”

"No."

For the next two days, most of the servants of the Xia Mansion were digging in the garden. It was not until midnight on the second day that the slave came to report that he found a box under the hundred-year-old camphor tree in the garden, which contained a scroll of silk cloth resembling an edict.

Xia Shiren took the edict that had changed color slightly, and opened it tremblingly, who knew that only a few words were written in it.

"The edict has reached the right people."

After reading it, he immediately prepared his horse to enter the palace and presented this edict to Su Ling. At the same time, the Qianji Pavilion faction's fine work in Jiangnan Town also brought another news.

Su Ling was furious after reading the fake edict and said, "What's the point of you presenting this useless thing to me? Do you want me to solve the puzzle for you? I've raised you Qianji Pavilion for so many years, can't you even do this kind of trivial thing well? ”

Xia Shiren knelt under His Highness and didn't speak, he kept waiting, waiting for Su Ling to dissipate his anger. Knowing that he heard Su Ling's breath steady, he said, "The old minister presented this edict not to let the emperor open this puzzle a few times, but to let the emperor personally find someone." ”

"Who?"

"Lady Yiyu."

"I've been there three times. I haven't found her every time, but I'll be sure to find her again this time? ”

"Yes." Xia Shiren replied in the affirmative.

"You've already told me three times that it's okay. Do you want to deceive me this time? ”

"What if this Yiyu lady is in the territory of the Great Qianguo?"

"What?" Su Ling couldn't believe what he heard, he looked at Xia Shiren in surprise, only to see him nod. Su Ling immediately asked, "How could Lady Yi Yu be in the territory of the Great Qianguo?" ”

"Because the minister's mother-in-law is sick. So Mrs. Yiyu went to Jiangnan. ”

"When did you get the news?"

"Just before the old minister entered the palace."

"Now that I rush to Jiangnan, I will miss Mrs. Yiyu, do you have a way to invite her to the palace?"

"Yes. But this requires the king to find someone who is very similar to my daughter, otherwise he will not be able to 'invite' her to the palace. ”

"That's an easy question." Su Ling smiled, "Your daughter's stand-in has always been there." You can as much as you want. Tomorrow, you can go directly to the Thousand Machines Pavilion and bring someone here. As for who to find, I don't need to teach you, right? ”

"No, you don't." Xia Shiren smiled knowingly, and then withdrew from the Qianqing Palace. Go straight to the Thousand Machines Pavilion.

Before entering the pavilion, he went directly to find the leader of the noon department, Mei Hongchen.

"I don't know if the pavilion master is here, what's the matter?" Mei Hongchen knelt down anxiously when he saw him.

Mei Hongchen, as the only woman among the twelve leaders of the Thousand Machine Pavilion, is also the only one who does not have any martial arts. She has been by Xia Shiren's side since she was adopted by Xia Shiren at the age of seven, this is twenty years, and now she is twenty and seven, she has a magical disguise technique, which is not inferior to the first disguiser in the rivers and lakes - Yi Qianrong. However, Mei Hongchen has been afraid of Xia Shiren since he was a child, because he will punch and kick Mei Hongchen every time he is in a bad mood.

Looking at her nervous movements, Xia Shiren smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous." The Father has come today to ask for a thing. This thing, the Lord says you have. ”

"I wonder what my father-in-law wants?"

"Someone who looks like my daughter."

"What?" Mei Hongchen couldn't believe his ears, "My father-in-law wants someone who is exactly the same as Xia Tianqing?" ”

"Yes." Xia Shiren nodded.

"Father, do you want that man...... What's the use? "There are three such people that Xia Shiren said. They were all carefully cultivated by Mei Hongchen, so that they could replace Xia Tianqing when necessary and ensure her safety. But now...... Xia Tianqing's bones are gone.