There was a soft sound of stepping on the snow outside, and the figure at the door of the hall flashed, and Yao Qi walked in gently and skillfully.

I saw that she was dressed in narrow clothes and not dirty, and her hair was not scattered, except for the thin snow on her leather boots.

"I've seen adults." She bowed and saluted, courteous and respectful, her eyebrows and eyes were calm, she couldn't see her emotions, and when she faced Han Changdui, she was full of the alienation between her subordinates and Shangfeng, and she didn't look like she was smiling and overstepping.

With such an attitude, Han Changwan and Meng Sui were stunned.

Han Changwan was a little embarrassed, but he still endured it and said lightly: "What's the matter." ”

Yao Qi said respectfully: "I didn't hear a few whispers, but Yuan Zhengrong and Wang Cong are indeed brothers, and Yuan Zhengrong has given Wang Cong the position of director of the Ministry of War, and he will go to Beijing to take up his post after the New Year." ”

"Suddenly transferred to the military department." Han Changdui bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the bookcase, his eyes were a little gloomy: "Let the two brothers go, don't stare at it first, go to the capital, and then invite you into the urn." ”

Yao Qi bowed slightly and said in a low voice, "Yes." After speaking, she turned around to leave, but was stopped by Han Changdui: "Yao joins the army, let's take a look at that map." ”

Yao Qi was stunned and lowered his head to say yes.

Han Changdui seemed to sigh, and took the lead in getting up and walking out.

The cold wind is cold, and the people who blow are clear.

Han Changdui closed his eyes, there were so many things to do, and the situation was also surging, how could he have time to think about these private affairs, and it was a waste of time to moan without illness.

The Assassin's Mansion was built by the imperial court, the repair was concise and solemn, the houses and pavilions were all in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, there was no overstepping, and even some rough and simple, and there was no scenery to see.

But the annex of the Thorn Mansion is different, this courtyard was built by Yuan Zhengrong after he bought the land, and he didn't feel any difference from the outside, but when he walked in, he found that it was a different cave.

Yuan Zhengrong was born in Shazhou, the governor of Shazhou, took the road of the imperial examination and returned to Shazhou to serve, has been yearning for the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River but did not have the opportunity to see, when he was promoted to the history of the assassination to build this annex, he specially invited Jiangnan craftsmen, in accordance with the establishment of the Jiangnan garden, built this annex.

The craftsmen have built a water feature in the courtyard, the stacked stones in the water are mountains, the water and stones reflect each other, the pavilions, pavilions, corridors, sill houses, halls and halls are all white walls and gray tiles without color, tactfully embellished in the meantime, extraordinarily elegant and simple.

The only deficiency is that the wind and sand in the west of the river are big, the dry water is less, and it is not suitable for the growth of flowers and trees in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other courtyard has abandoned the weak and delicate flowers and trees in the south of the Yangtze River in the place of construction, and has selected the flowers and trees that are resistant to drought and easy to live for landscaping, although it is not as evergreen as the flowers and trees in the four seasons in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are flowers and moons in spring and autumn and moon, and there is cool breeze in summer and snow in winter, but it also has a different taste.

Yuan Zhengrong knew Xie Mengxia's temperament, he had always been lustful and extravagant, so he settled him in the courtyard, one is more luxurious than the Assassin Mansion, and the other is that it is secret, Xie Mengxia just wants to do some unsavory things, and it is more convenient.

This kind of self-righteous and considerate approach naturally has ulterior motives in Han Changdu's eyes.

He is an extremely cautious person, after entering the courtyard, he climbed up to take a look, and probed back and forth in the courtyard several times before settling on the room between himself and Xie Mengxia, the two rooms are adjacent to each other, which is the most hidden place in the courtyard, and the room of Meng Suibi and others is selected on the periphery of these two rooms, used as a guard and guard, and it is difficult for ordinary people to approach.

In the room, Yuan Zhengrong prepared the bedding and incense tea in advance, all of which were discarded, and all of them were replaced with those that Meng Sui bought again in the city, in case someone had malicious intentions to assassinate them.

It's just that after such an arrangement, there is no doubt about safety, but it is not so convenient for Xie Mengxia to do something else.

He wasn't very happy.

However, Han Changdui didn't care whether Xie Mengxia was happy or not, he just escorted Xie Mengxia back to Beijing safely.

He didn't have the heart to enjoy the snow scene in the courtyard, so he hurriedly entered the room, listened to the sound of drinking and laughing from the next room, shook his head with a wry smile, turned his head to open the incense burner, and added another spoonful of incense to it.

Yao Qi followed behind Han Changdu, sniffed lightly, and frowned.

Han Changwan turned his head to see Yao Qi's expression, and raised his eyebrows: "What kind of expression do you have." ”

Yao Qi lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard this, and didn't say a word.

Han Changdui seemed to sigh and smiled: "This fragrance is tasteless, but it does not disperse, and it is a unique tracking method of the Internal Security Division." ”

Yao Qi pursed her lips and was silent, and suddenly remembered the police dog she used in her previous life, and she also relied on smelling to catch people, which is similar to this, but this police dog was replaced by a young envoy.

She chuckled, and as soon as she raised her head to meet Han Changdu's unclear eyes, she quickly withdrew her smile and became serious.

Han Changdui was stunned for a moment, and took out the narrow iron box, the rust on the box was already very obvious, but the lock was still sensitive and abnormal, and the key was put in and turned slightly, and the lock was opened.

A musty breath came out, and the smell seemed to have been covered for many years, and once it was released, it swept over.

Han Changdu's face changed, and he threw himself on the iron box, it was broken, it couldn't be that the map was rotten.

Yao Qi's face also changed, don't be busy in vain, she walked forward quickly and looked carefully.

The tightly rolled map was not paper, but silk, and it looked intact, but when you looked closely, the silk was covered with yellow spots and mildew, and there were tiny cracks that spread like cobwebs.

Han Changdui seemed to be holding some rare treasure, carefully holding the map and gently resting it on the kang, lest one of them accidentally shake it up again.

Yao Qi hurriedly moved the kang table to the ground, and together with Han Changdu, he carefully unfolded the map.

When the map was rolled up, I couldn't see the size, and when I rolled it out, I found that the map actually occupied most of the fire kang, and the map was densely packed, and I had to lie low on it to see the handwriting clearly.

Han Changdui squinted, cruising on the map, and the more he looked at it, the more gloomy his face became.

Yao Ji fell two steps behind him and didn't lean over to look.

She knew very well that she should not come to see this kind of secret thing.

Han Changwan didn't notice Yao Qi's movements, and looked back in surprise: "What are you doing standing so far away, come and see." ”

Yao Qi twitched the corners of his mouth and leaned over to look.

I saw that the picture was densely packed, and all kinds of organs and handwriting were connected into a piece, and the words could not be seen clearly at all.

She opened her mouth, and the picture was really hard to recognize.

She thought for a moment, then pulled a small mirror from her waist and handed it over.

Han Changwan was stunned for a moment, and took it over to take a look, this small mirror that was not good-looking could actually enlarge the handwriting.

That's a good thing, he leaned on the map and looked at it carefully.

There was a soft sound outside the door, and the figure flashed by, Meng Sui, with the shopkeeper, avoided Yuan Zhengrong's eyes and ears in the other courtyard, and came in quietly.

The shopkeeper saw the map spread on the kang at a glance, and his face changed a few times.

After he got this map, he also looked at it carefully, and he also moved the idea of drawing it, but he didn't have the ability to draw, and he couldn't memorize such a dense map, so he had to put the treasure away and plan to present it to the young master.

Seeing the shopkeeper come in, Han Changdui beckoned and said in a deep voice, "Come, take a look at this map." ”

The shopkeeper walked over tremblingly, looked at the map and said, "Childe, this picture is right, but the villain is stupid and didn't memorize it." ”

Han Changdui's hand tapped on the map: "Where is the entrance?" ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the bottom point: "Right there." ”

Han Changdui asked lightly: "Do you need two keys to merge into one, plus a drop of the young master's blood, before you can open it?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes." ”

Han Changdui tilted his head and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then this is strange, this treasure house is the private collection of Emperor Ming of the previous dynasty, and it is reasonable that a key is needed to open it, the young master is the orphan of Prince Huaizhang, and his bloodline has nothing to do with this treasure house and Emperor Ming of the previous dynasty." He raised his eyes to look at the shopkeeper, his eyes were cold, and his voice was threatening: "You say, why is this?" ”

The shopkeeper shuddered for a moment and looked up blankly.

He doesn't know, he doesn't know anything, it's Prince Huaizhang who said so, he's innocent.

Han Changdui squinted his eyes again and grinned: "Okay, Meng Sui, take him down." ”

The shopkeeper was even more confused, he thought he was going to die here, who knows, who knows that he will be let go so easily, he has a kind of ecstasy of putting himself to death and being reborn.

He gave a deep salute and didn't dare to stay for a moment, lest the moody Han Changdui change his mind again and be busy slipping away.

Han Changdui looked at the back of the shopkeeper who left in a panic, pursed his lips and smiled.

Yao Qi didn't understand Han Changdu's approach at first, but after thinking for a while, her apricot eyes were slightly raised, and she said mockingly: "The lord is really kind, knowing that he hasn't figured out how to say it yet, I will leave him a time to make up nonsense." ”

Han Changdui glanced at Yao Qi and nodded solemnly: "Since you can't tell the truth, let's wait to listen to the perfect lies he made, and maybe I can find some flaws." ”

Yao Qi snorted softly in his heart, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, what are they talking about.

Han Changdui pursed his lips, and continued to look down on the map, which looked like an underground space, built on the mountain, from the entrance down, until entering the hollowed-out mountain, there are many forks in the mountain, the mechanism is heavy, and the danger is dangerous, even if you have this map in hand, you will still leave your life in it if you are not careful.

He thought for a moment, and whispered thoughtfully: "Ah Qi, if you can draw a map of the crossbow manufacturing, you can also draw a map." ”

Yao Qi was stunned for a moment, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you want the humble position to draw a copy of this picture?" ”

Han Changwan nodded: "This silk has been around for many years, I'm afraid it won't be long before it will decay, you can draw a picture." ”