Chapter 400: A conspiracy from the beginning
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"Ignition!"
Twilight Yunxi commanded Xin Yuan in a calm voice.
When the soldiers heard this, they pointed the torches at the hay again, and this time, the torches approached and burst into flames.
The raging flames continued to burn for an hour before they were extinguished, and the king was burned to the bone.
It was not that it was burned to the ground, but in the process of burning, the body of the king gradually penetrated into the ground, as if swallowed by the ground, and disappeared, leaving nothing but the ashes of hay and firewood.
Twilight Yunxi couldn't explain this phenomenon clearly, but the blind man had said before that this kind of thing had to be burned, and she did it according to the method, and as for the rest of the matter, she didn't know.
"The princess will know how to spell after the end!"
"With the princess here, my Huangzhou City will definitely be safe and sound!"
Everyone saw that Twilight Yunxi had suppressed the corpse of the king with a silver needle just now, and they couldn't help but believe it at this moment, and they whispered with excitement on their faces.
Twilight listened to the people, noncommittal, and didn't know what to say.
What can she say? Spells? She can't! There are some metaphysical things that have been instilled in her mind by blind people for so many years, but she can't, but she doesn't know at all, and now she has learned to use rune paper, and most importantly, she has a very powerful amber pendant.
Spirit Stone, what it is, she doesn't really know very well, but knowing that this thing can play a key role at a critical moment, that's enough.
After King Yu's affairs were dealt with clearly, everyone returned to Zhaoyang Palace, Long Qianye's action was a block, and it was only half a day's work, and the ground of Zhaoyang Hall had been sorted out.
The huge stone pillars were re-buried in the ground, and the two broken ones were replaced with the ones in reserve, and the marble floor tiles in the courtyard were also replaced with broken ones, although at first glance there was a slight difference in the color between the old and the new, but in the end it was flat.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Twilight looked at the soldiers who were still busy in the courtyard, then turned around and nodded at Long Qianyu, who brought tea with a few maids.
Although this tea has the meaning of attracting people's hearts, it does not have such a strong purpose, after all, in modern times, when decorating the home, it will also send water to the masters.
When everyone saw the water brought in, they were a little surprised for a while, but they saw that it was arranged by Long Qianyu, so they took it, and all the people who were extremely stable in holding their swords were trembling with the water cups now.
"Princess, something has been found!"
At this time, a soldier hurried out of the inner courtyard, this person was the squad leader who followed Xin Yuan, named Guo Yu.
"What's going on?"
Without waiting for Twilight Yunxi to speak, Long Qianye asked directly.
These soldiers are all old men who have been under his hands for many years, and they are usually calm, but now Guo Yu has a little panic on his face, it must be an important thing.
"Yes, just now when we were changing stone bricks in the inner courtyard, we found a passage underneath!" Guo Yu replied.
If this passage was in another place, the situation might be better, but Zhaoyang Hall is the core of the entire Zhaoyang Palace, and the important confidential documents and military deployments of Huangzhou are all here, so the stakes are great!
"What did you say!"
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed suddenly, and without waiting for Guo Yu to continue, everyone hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard.
Speaking of which, the damage to the inner courtyard is very light, and the attack range of the king has not reached the inner courtyard, but the stones that have been lifted up have fallen, occasionally smashing the stone bricks on the ground, and this time it needs to be replaced.
The crowd hurried to the inner courtyard and saw several soldiers surrounding a large pit.
The big pit, just at the left turn at the door of the study of Zhaoyang Palace, there is a pot of flowers on the stone bricks pressed on the big pit before, no one will pay attention to such a corner in general, but this is the corner, it is the closest place to the study.
"Such a big pit, there are even steps, wide enough for one person to go down!" Twilight looked at the big pit, her brow twisted into a pimple.
The entire Zhaoyang Mansion was built by Chiyan Mansion, this cave that is hidden enough and delicate enough must also be the unique design of Chiyan Mansion.
"Guo Yu, a few of you, bring torches and go in and have a look!"
Long Qianye's face also sank to the bottom, and his expression was particularly ugly.
"Long Qianye, you go!"
Twilight interrupted Long Qianye's words as she pulled a flashlight out of her pocket.
"I don't know what the situation is inside, but if there is an emergency, you can deal with it urgently. ”
As she spoke, she brought the flashlight to Long Qianye.
It is a matter of the secrets of the Zhaoyang Palace, there are some things that Guo Yu can't decide, but Long Qianye can.
"Good!"
Long Qianye responded, took the flashlight, and then explained what he was going to do to Guo Yu, and led people down the cave.
The flashlight has been used by Twilight before, and it is not the first time Long Qianye has seen it, so he will use it without explanation.
"It's disgusting!"
After Long Qianye and a few people entered, Tianxinqi kicked on the pillar next to him.
"I thought that they had assisted their senior brother all these years because blood was thicker than water, but I didn't want them to calculate everywhere!"
Tianxin grew up with Xiu Jieting since she was a child, and she saw the things between Chiyan Mansion and Xiu Jieting over the years, and understood everything, but she didn't expect that Chiyan Mansion's scheming would be buried so deeply!
What is this cave for? Usually come to steal secrets? And said that he thought that once Xiu Jieting broke with the Chiyan Mansion, the Chiyan Mansion could control the Zhaoyang Mansion through these secret channels?
All the speculations carried a strong sense of conspiracy, this kind of conspiracy started when Xiu Jieting had just arrived in Huangzhou, and the Chiyan clan began to help him, right?
No, maybe earlier, she remembered that Xiu Jieting said that his mother was first given to the emperor as a gift by Chiyan Mansion!
The Chiyan clan has done all the shameless things, in addition to being selfish, they are still so calculating, Twilight Yunxi can't imagine what kind of expression Xiu Jieting will have after knowing about this.
Chilling, a cold to the end.
Half an hour later, Long Qianye and Guo Yu came back at the same time, and the two exchanged a look, and their expressions were not very good-looking.
"Guo Yu, you say it first!"
Twilight Yunxi put down the cup in her hand and looked at Guo Yu.
Guo Yu's task is to lead the troops to search in the courtyards, whether there is still such a passage, there is no need to the floor tiles, just knocking can be judged from the sound.
"The last general led the troops to check the entire Zhaoyang Palace, in addition to the Zhaoyang Palace, there is also a ...... outside the Yunxi Palace, the Weapons Workshop, the Treasury and the Xuanchenzi Alchemy Room."
"What did you say? Xuanchenzi's alchemy room also has it?"
Twilight Yunxi's heart sank suddenly, and an inexplicable sense of panic struck.
Could it be that Chiyan Mansion was preparing to use the antidote to control Xiu Jieting in the future, or was there some other purpose?
Twilight Yunxi couldn't figure it out at the moment, but she heard Guo Yu's voice come again.
"Yes, however, the strange thing is that the entrances of these caves are covered with spider silk, which is probably the reason why no one has passed through them all year round. Guo Yu spoke again.
Twilight frowned, looked sideways at Long Qianye, and asked, "Where are you?"
Compared to Guo Yu's side, Long Qianye couldn't help but twist his brows, and said: "We went all the way from the passage to the end, it is the corner of the back door of the Zhaoyang Palace, and there are traces of many words being moved on the other side of the wall, so it seems that someone has sneaked into the Zhaoyang Palace from this hole many times." ”
No one has been to those unimportant places, but such a vital place as the study has been infiltrated many times, it seems that over the years, there has been no movement in Chiyan Mansion on the surface, but behind the scenes, it has been monitoring every move of Zhaoyang Palace.
Twilight let out a long sigh and asked, "Are there any other clues?"
"We found a sketch of the march in the cave!"
As he spoke, Long Qianye took out a piece of paper, flattened it and placed it in front of Twilight Yunxi, and said, "This sketch of the march was drawn up by me and the prince when our army fought against the Stygian Army before, and it was put in the archive room after the battle, but it can be ......."
Saying this, Long Qianye's brows tightened, and then he lowered his voice and said in Twilight Yunxi's ear: "The key to the archive room is only owned by the prince. ”
"What did you say?"
Twilight looked at Long Qianye in surprise, her face a little more puzzled.
The key to the archive room can only be owned by Xiu Jieting, but the information has been brought out, is Xiu Jieting already aware of the existence of this cave and deliberately kept it, or does Chiyan Mansion have such a great ability to make another key of the same kind?
However, the key is an item that Xiu Jieting wears closely, even if it is made separately, the original key must be taken away, right?
All sorts of conjectures flashed through Twilight's mind, and she frowned at the top of her head, the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't figure it out.
"What the hell is going on in your opinion?" asked Twilight Yunxi.
Long Qianye almost knew about Xiu Jieting's affairs, but this time, he shook his head: "Today's clues are not enough to support us to uncover the existing mystery, the princess can rest assured, the last general will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, as for the Chiyan Mansion, ......."
"As for the Chiyan Mansion, leave it to me!"
Without waiting for Long Qianye to finish speaking, Twilight Yunxi quickly answered: "If there are no other clues in that cave, restore it to its original appearance, and don't startle the snake first." ”
"Wang ......"
Guo Yu subconsciously spoke, but when he looked up and saw Twilight Yunxi's eyes, he suddenly stopped, he seemed to understand what the princess wanted to do.
"Yes!"
Everyone responded and turned to retreat, and just as Long Qianye turned around, Twilight Yunxi suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stopped him.
"What else does the princess command?" Long Qianye turned around.
"There are a few things I need you to help me do!"
As she spoke, Twilight lowered her voice and whispered a few words in Long Qianye's ear.
Long Qianye was stunned for a moment, then responded in a deep voice and walked out quickly.
Seeing everyone leave, Twilight's eyes gradually sank, and a sneer appeared on her lips.
Xiu Jieting has a family relationship with you, but my aunt and grandmother don't, dare to bully my man, then you have to be psychologically prepared!