Chapter 18: Discovery and Tracking
The treasury was filled with famous calligraphy and paintings, silk and pearls, and treasures from various tribes.
Each glass cup is locked in which box, and the name of which famous artist is in the picture scroll, and the birds are familiar with it. She is the leader of the Imperial Palace, and she holds the key to the treasury firmly in her hand, and all the treasures are kept by her.
Yujian map said that she wanted to find it out of pure modesty, and when Ran Ming mentioned it, the location of the thing appeared in her mind.
She took out the mahogany box from the storeroom, and the exit of the secret passage was the imperial study.
Under the bright light, Ran Ming lay on the table, writing and reviewing the excerpts to control the water in Yangzhou, and couldn't think of a suitable way for a while, his brows were furrowed, and he didn't put down the pen for a long time.
The sparrow stood by the royal case and leaned over to call him.
Ran Ming was too engrossed to hear the sound of the secret passage closing, and didn't notice that she had come out. The ink of the brush was about to drip off, and he put the pen back in the inkstone: "Auntie found it?" ”
Baique Fu said: "I was about to send it to the Yuan Immortal Master." ”
Ran Ming waved his hand and let her go.
Baique turned around slowly, stepped out, and asked hesitantly, "According to what the Holy Lord saw, what clues did the Yuan Immortal Master find?" ”
"I'm thinking about it, too. The people of Qimen are those who can discover things that we are not aware of. Ran Ming rubbed his eyebrows, "The master has his own means, let's wait for the news, don't disturb others." Remember to call the immortal master the high priest before men, and be cautious. ”
The sparrow withdrew.
She slowed down and walked straight to the Star Picking Tower. Presented the box on the table, and said: "The picture that the immortal master wants is inside, and there are all pictures of the main roads and paths, various palaces, pavilions and pavilions." Don't worry about not being able to recognize clearly. ”
Yuan Jiyue thanked her and brought her a cup of tea, asking her to stay and sit for a while before going back. Baique wanted to go back to his life as soon as he finished delivering the map, so he didn't take this cup of tea. Yuan Jiyue was originally just polite, and she no longer insisted on listening to her.
Baiqi politely refused her kindness to send it, and left alone.
Her eyes were blank, and she walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, looking absent-minded. She walked the road under her feet thousands of times, and without noticing, she tripped over the smooth cobblestones.
"Oops!"
"Auntie!"
As soon as her foot was crooked, she hurriedly stood up to control herself, and a passing palace maid rushed over to support her, so she didn't get her foot down.
The palace maid who helped her was very familiar. Baique rubbed his feet and neck, and exclaimed, "Bird, why are you here?" ”
"I found out that the old snow water used to make tea in Chengde Palace had bottomed out, so I used the last cup of tea for the Queen Mother." The girl's voice was very low, afraid of being scolded for carelessness, "I'm about to go to the teacup to get some." ”
Baique really raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "Why do you love to run around!" It's too late to go early tomorrow morning? If you don't pick a quiet hour in the dead of night, don't look for who you are looking for, it's really good to forget the pain of the scar! ”
"The Queen Mother will drink it early in the morning, it's too late." The donkey shrunk her neck and stood like a quail, "Besides, don't we have a new high priest, she said there is no need to be afraid." ”
Baique's words rolled around in his mouth, not knowing what to say about her.
But the girl also leaned up and asked, "Auntie, where are you going?" This is not the way back to the study. ”
The sparrow looked ahead.
It was found that the road has two forks, the left side leads to a place such as the tea cup, and the right side is a deep dead end, which leads to the ......
She was shocked to find herself here.
She frowned and fell into deep thought, but the chirping in her ears was noisy, and she pushed the bird in her hand to send her away.
The voice of a man and a woman speaking came from behind, and the ears of the hundred birds stood up at once, and they instantly recognized whose voice it was. She tugged at her hand and pulled her into the overgrown grass to hide her, covering her mouth with a swift motion, shaking her head at her and motioning for her to be silent.
The conversation they heard, the woman was Yuan Jiyue, and the man was Dong Manman.
The map of the palace was unfolded in Yuan Jiyue's hand, covering most of her body.
The map is mysterious, where to plant flowers and where to plant trees, whether the pavilion should have sharp corners or domes, and the name of the palace, every decision is based on feng shui.
The name of the palace is written in small block letters.
The palace is divided into four pieces from the southeast, northwest and northwest, and each piece has a splendid garden, and there are two lines of small characters written next to the splendid garden: resentment condenses, and the good name is broken.
The Splendid Garden was originally built in the most remote and cold corner, and the people who lived in it were the lowest people in the palace, who deliberately chose a nice name to dispel the evil spirit.
Just listening to this name, outsiders only regard it as the residence of a boudoir daughter with a fragrant powder.
To avoid long nights and dreams, Yuan Jiyue immediately started to check from the nearest west Splendid Garden.
"Master, there is a fork in the road."
Yuan Jiyue bowed down to look at the picture by the light, and pointed the way: "Go to the right." ”
When the figures of the two were far away, the sparrow let go of the beak. The bird was almost out of breath when she was covered by her, and took a big breath: "Auntie, why are you hiding?" ”
When Baiqi saw the direction they were going, his heart hung in the air, and he did not listen to her words.
"They are walking in the direction of the Splendid Garden." She didn't notice her nervousness at all, and said to herself, "No wonder the high priest didn't let me be afraid, it turned out that she thought that I was not a ghost, but a palace maid in the garden!" ”
Baique's eyes were sharp: "You say it again?" ”
Frightened by her eyes, she stumbled and said, "It's me... I talked to the high priest last night, and she said that there was no one in my palace who broke the appearance. ”
Baique's heart was completely confused, and she stared at the bird viciously. Got out of the grass and followed Yuan Jiyue from a distance.
Unable to figure out what she had done wrong, she scratched her head innocently and followed the sparrow stupidly.
As soon as Baique turned around and saw the tail of the big thorn walking in the middle of the road behind him, he almost lost his breath, and without saying a word, he reached out and dragged it to his side.
Maps are unobstructed in your hands.
Yuan Jiyue went around the path on the right into the long alley, and the green bricks on both sides reminded her of the alleys in the market, so simple that they didn't look like the places in the palace.
There were no doors or windows in the middle of the long alley, and there was a closed door until the deepest part.
The lantern illuminates the inscription engraved on the stone plaque: Splendid Garden.
You've come to the right place.
The new officials took office with three fires, and the same was true for the position of high priest. She burned the entire palace with the first fire, and the new high priest traveled all over the palace to eliminate hidden dangers of demons and monsters in order to better maintain the safety of the palace.
She had already come up with an excuse.
Reach out and knock on the knocker.
"Auntie!"
An exclamation rang out.
Yuan Jiyue subconsciously turned around and saw an apricot-colored shadow standing not far away, facing the dark wall. Her face was too blurry to see, but Baique could distinguish people from her voice, and she could too.
It's a donkey.
Listen to her shouts, she is not alone here.
Yuan Jiyue shouted loudly: "Who is the person by the wall? Stand out! ”
It was the Sparrow who stood up.
She grinded her teeth with hatred, and she wished she had bitten her bird to death.
She pushed it out.
She explained in her ear before pushing the bird out, asking her to find a reason to take Yuan Jiyue away, and never mention that she had been here. As a result, the girl who couldn't support the wall sold her as soon as she went out! Dare to stare at her with an aggrieved face!
The donkey is really wronged.
People in the palace say that she doesn't have a lot of brains, and she has to think about it for a long time to understand when others say a word and do something. Baique's words were pushed out before she could be careful, and she shouted out in shock, and only after shouting did she realize that she had made a mistake.
She really didn't mean to.
She closed her mouth in frustration, hoping that Baique would not blame her.
Baiqi didn't bother to look at her again. She was wondering how to explain.
Yuan Jiyue watched her get closer and closer with an expressionless face.
The girl who has everything written on her face has no city, she is not important. The important thing is the sparrow.
She shouldn't have been in the Fairview Garden.
Baique tried to put on a smile to greet him: "Why did the high priest come to this dirty place?" ”
"Check the dirty place for any dirty things, I will fulfill the duties of the high priest for one day in my reign, so as to live up to the trust of the saints." Yuan Jiyue also raised a smile, "It's my aunt, my aunt is the person who serves in front of the emperor, and she is very noble, and she is a gold brick and jade land, so she won't come to the Splendid Garden, right?" ”
A layer of fine sweat broke out of Baique's brain, and he pretended to be calm: "I happened to bump into the high priest." The slave is curious about the high priest's skills, and wants to follow you for a long time! ”
The girl said with a lot of mouth: "But Auntie, why are you sneaky?" ”
Baique gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this afraid of disturbing the high priest's business!" Seeing that the high priest had arrived at this splendid garden, the slave and maid dared to appear, and did not want the high priest to enter. ”
The more she spoke, the smoother she became, grabbed Yuan Jiyue's arm, and secretly pushed her forward, chattering: "The high priest doesn't know the scene in the garden, it's very dirty, there are traces of rats crawling everywhere on the ground, and the dust has accumulated a thick layer, and the people who live there can't see it. The high priest is a superior person, and if you want to let you into this dirty place, no matter how thick-skinned the slave is, she will be scolded by the saint! There has never been an accident in the garden, you don't have to go this way, you have to rest assured, you write another day and let the palace maid send it in, now you can go to the bright place with the slave maid to rest! ”
To say that Baique doesn't know that this road only leads to the Splendid Garden, Yuan Jiyue doesn't believe it. If she had been afraid of staining her eyes, she should have spoken out to stop her.
I don't know how many times my mood has changed all the way after following her.
I don't want her to go in.
Yuan Jiyue decided that Baique had nothing to do with this incident.
But she doesn't have any evidence now, so it's not appropriate to tear her face with her. On the contrary, playing dumb can go a step further.
obediently let her take her out, and Yuan Jiyue pulled her back: "Auntie is reasonable. I don't know a lot about the palace, and I've always wanted to find an opportunity to ask my aunt, but my aunt can't be idle. Now that I've met it, I wonder if my aunt can appreciate her face? ”
Baique agreed one after another, so kind that he almost shouted that his heart and liver ancestors offered her up. took the time to tell the donkey sharply: "Still standing stupidly, I don't have a long heart all day long!" Hurry up and take the little boy to follow, be careful when it's dark, if you fall the little boy, you won't be able to reveal a few layers of skin! ”
The donkey hurriedly led someone to follow.