In just one night, the already tense and stagnant atmosphere in Chongdu City became a little stronger. A few days ago, the turmoil of chasing the remnants of the Xie clan had not passed, and the Criminal Department issued another sea fishing document overnight to search for an injured person who was shot in the back of the back in the city.

For a time, in addition to the internal guards in dark uniforms, there were many more solemn-looking officials with long knives at their waists in the streets and alleys of Chongdu City. This feeling of mountain rain coming and winding all over the buildings makes everyone in the city put themselves in danger...... Even the sluggishest person can feel a storm brewing.

In this tense state, the Begonia Courtyard still maintains a rare calm and tranquility.

The porch was filled with the fragrance of medicine, Xi Yun carefully brought a bowl of black medicinal juice into the room of the side courtyard, stared at the patient on the bed and drank the medicine without leaving it, and then reached out to take the empty bowl with satisfaction.

"You're lucky, too, the arrow got stuck in two ribs impartially. If it's a little further to the left...... Your heart has to have many holes. ”

Yu Xiao smiled slightly self-deprecatingly, although the injury was no longer serious, his lips were still faintly pale, "Why did you just appear there, that is not a good place to respond." ”

"How could we not hear such a big movement over there...... Xi Yun lowered his eyes and smiled, a trace of pain still crossed his eyes, "Besides...... Which of those secret guards you trained is not one in a hundred. ”

"Yes......" Yu Xiao thought of the two secret guards who died for him last night, and felt a little sorry for a while, "Originally, there were not many secret guards under Gongzi, for me...... Two of them were lost at once. ”

"Forget it, who hasn't been careless," Xi Yun patted Yu Xiao's shoulder comfortingly, "In Childe's heart, all the secret guards combined are not as important as you." ”

That sounds a bit like that...... Ambiguous. ”

"Say what?" While the two were talking, Xi Yan had already entered the door and was looking at them with a smile, "Are you arranging me?" ”

"Childe," Yu Xiao saw that it was Xi Yan who came, and he struggled to sit up straight, but was stopped by Xi Yan raising his hand, "It's better to lie down and recuperate." Even if you want to receive a penalty, you have to heal to get it before you can receive it, right? ”

"Yes," Yu Xiao lowered his head in disdain and blamed himself, "This time I almost affected my son, and my subordinates are really guilty." ”

"Okay," Xi Yan also held his shoulder comfortingly, "I am also responsible for this matter, and when you are injured, we will go to receive the punishment together." ”

The three of them couldn't help laughing, and Yu Xiao's mood was not as heavy as just now, "The subordinates are the only ones, but ...... Are you sure that the archer who was ambushed in the alley last night was not an internal guard, but a servant of the criminal department? ”

Yu Xiao's worries are still somewhat reasonable, the internal guards directly obey Emperor Yu's orders, and they have always only served secret edicts. If there had been an internal guard last night, the Begonia Courtyard would not have been so safe......

"Don't worry," Xi Yan said with serious relief, "The internal guard was built by His Majesty privately, and I am in the ancestral training...... It was already stipulated that no such organization as internal security should exist, and this was a public case. If the public case involving rebellion is investigated by the internal guards, the doorway is worth the courtiers' attention. ”

Xi Yan said that it was indeed the truth, but Yu Xiao and Xi Yun were both slightly moved after hearing it, "I am not allowed to set up internal guards in the ancestral training?" Isn't that Your Majesty violating the ancestral system? ”

"Hmm......" Xi Yan bowed his head slightly, "So Your Majesty will not let the internal guards investigate the public case, if it weren't for the incident of the Xie family's remnants, Your Majesty would not have sent the internal guards out in a grand manner......"

"It's also sarcastic," Xi Yun shook his head with a smile, his eyes slightly suspicious, "Your Majesty claims to be a benevolent monarch, but he has set up an internal guard like a drop of blood...... Look at the internal guards running all over the streets outside Chongdu, I don't know what the people will think? ”

"Yes," Xi said in a heavy tone, and an almost imperceptible sarcasm was drawn on his lips, "People, where do they understand these major rights and wrongs? They don't know the ancestral teachings of the royal family, as long as they can live diligently and steadfastly, they will be satisfied, who cares what you are tossing? After this period of time, Chongdu City will still be a scene of singing and dancing......"

Xi Yan is right, there is no need to wait for a period of time, the current Chongdu outer city is a peaceful scene. Only the Yamen of the Criminal Department is in a busy position as if facing a great enemy...... As for Shangshu Xu Bin, he was already anxious.

Xu Bin didn't understand very well, he couldn't figure out what was important in that room in Shigu Alley, and he wanted the thief to sneak back at the risk of death.

And after Yu Xiao escaped last night, Xu Bin took people to Shigu Lane overnight, and after careful investigation, he still did not find any clues, the dark room that was turned out by Jingzhao Yin Yamen in the past is still in its original state, all the evidence has long been taken, and the dark room is empty, but Xu Bin is worried.

Years of experience had taught him that something must have been missing from this dilapidated house...... What is left out is the most important.

With a full stomach full of doubts, Xu Bin led people to Shigu Lane again. There is nothing unusual here, the dark room has been built underground, and the walls are thick stone walls on all sides. Xu Bin touched the brick joints piece by piece, and pressed it vigorously without missing anything, and after screening several times, he still found nothing.

Xu Bin straightened up with his already sore waist, in the years of the Criminal Department, he had seen a lot of dark rooms, and he had also cracked a lot of tricks. But here...... There really doesn't seem to be any other dark room.

Everything in the outhouse has been screened and nothing suspicious has been found. If there isn't, why do the traitors come back here? Xu Bin is a person who pays attention to cause and effect, he does not believe that the traitors will come back for no reason, but since they have returned, there must be a reason......

But Xu Bin always ignored one point and broke into the ...... here Could it be the traitor he was looking for?

It's a pity that Xu Bin will never notice this.

"Go to West Yulin Lane and invite Wei Baisong, Mr. Wei, go now."

Liu Yuanli and another criminal official who accompanied him were obviously a little surprised, they had all heard of Mr. Wei's famous name, and this person deserved to be the first machine spring master of Da Zhao, and it was not a simple matter to invite him. When he was in embarrassment, Xu Bin took out a famous note from his arms and handed it to the little official, "I am an old friend with Mr. Wei, and he will give me this face." ”

Half an hour later, Wei Baisong took Xu Bin's sedan chair to Shigu Alley.

Xu Bin didn't say hello, and pointed at Wei Baisong and said, "There is a very hidden dark room here, I'll make a bet with you...... You won't be able to find it. ”

"You don't have to provoke me," Wei Baisong's face was cold, and his words were as light as frost, "Since I am here, I will definitely promise you to help you find out the mechanism......

Xu Bin touched a soft nail, his face was somewhat embarrassed, Wei Baisong didn't pay attention to him, and walked into the house, Xu Bin knew that the business was important, and followed Wei Baisong into the house.

Going down to the dark room along the entrance on the ground, Xu Bin stepped sideways and invited Wei Baisong in, "I knocked on every brick in this dark room, and I didn't find any other machines." ”

"Hmph...... Have you knocked on it? Wei Baisong chuckled disdainfully, pointed to the roof and said, "When we came down to this dark room, how many steps did we go down?" ”

Xu Bin was stunned, he really didn't notice how many steps he had descended when he came, and was about to climb up to count, but he heard Wei Baisong say, "There are twenty-one levels in total, don't you think it's too deep and too thick on it?" ”

"Above?" Xu Bin was stunned again, and only reacted after a while, "You mean that there is a floor between the dark room under the ground and the house on the ground?" ”

"Hmph......" Wei Baisong smiled contemptuously again, "You yourself were too negligent and missed a ...... that shouldn't have been missed."

"That's not right," Xu Bin seemed to be a little disbelieving, "Every brick of the staircase, as well as the stone wall next to the staircase, I have knocked one by one." ”

Wei Baisong glanced at Xu Bin obliquely, and said lightly: "You have been an official for too long, and your heart and eyes are dead." ”

Just when Xu Bin was stunned, Wei Baisong had already found a bamboo pole for drying clothes from the courtyard and poked it towards the stone bricks on the roof one by one. Xu Bin didn't say a word, and stared up intently, only the sound of bamboo poles touching the top of the stone was left in the already narrow dark room.

Wei Baisong's face sank like water, carefully listening to every sound, and when he found the brick in the southeast corner of the roof, Wei Baisong slammed his hand, and the stone chips mixed with dust fell down in a flutter.

Xu Bin stared up with wide eyes without distraction, and when the dust fell, Xu Bin was blinded unsuspectingly, and tears flowed for a while. Just when Xu Bin lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, a big hole suddenly opened in the originally tightly knit roof, and the original stone bricks actually shrank back, revealing only a black hole.

Rao is a person like Wei Baisong, and he can't help but praise from the bottom of his heart, "I don't know whose handwriting can make this machine hang without falling!" ”

Xu Bin was in no mood to study this mechanism, he was only thinking about how to go up at this time. After rummaging around the courtyard and not finding a ladder, Xu Bin gritted his teeth, looked at Liu Yuanli and said, "Come here, put me up!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Yuanli knew the temper of Lord Shangshu, and although he was reluctant in his heart, he still took off his robe and squatted down. Xu Bin unceremoniously rode on Liu Yuanli's shoulder, Liu Yuanli stood up tremblingly with his hands on his knees, and Wei Baisong stood by and watched.

Xu Bin's hands finally reached the floor of the dark room above, but Liu Yuanli's height was really a little worse, so it took a lot of effort for Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who was negligent in exercising, to climb up.

Lighting the fire in his hand, Xu Bin almost couldn't believe what he saw.

It was much larger than the dark room below, and there were silk silks stacked on the floor, and in the silk pile, a pair of golden glowing armor was particularly eye-catching. In the middle of the armor belt, a breathtakingly intricate ornament is carved into it!