However, fortunately, the crown princess has not come out, and the position of the crown prince was taken advantage of by Xie Liangmao.

He nodded: "Then, when did the princess of the county know that Gu Yanyan was the concubine of Prince Huaizhang?" ”

The princess of Annan County said: "After the country was broken, we were scattered by the homeless people, Yan Yan's whereabouts are unknown, I have been looking for her again, but I have never found her, later," she paused, tears flowed unconsciously: "Later, in the second year of my marriage into the palace of Annan County, one night in the autumn, the king of the county suddenly took me into the East Palace at night, I only then knew that Yan Yan was accepted as a concubine by Prince Huaizhang, and gave birth to a son, who was the youngest son of Prince Huaizhang. The newborn daughter was held by the prince to show her," she closed her eyes sadly, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes: "I have never seen her like that, thin and pale like a wisp of smoke, the wind blows and disperses, her hands are so cold, when she leaves, she does not leave a word." ”

Han Changwan calculated the time when Gu Yanyan gave birth to that daughter, it was exactly nineteen years ago, that is to say, about a year after she gave birth to that daughter, Prince Huaizhang was bad, Xie Liangyan was imprisoned, and Chen Yuying also happened to take a girl who had just turned one year old back at this time.

Chen Yuying regarded this girl of unknown origin as a treasure, and did not hesitate to give up his daughter, and he was even tight-lipped about this girl's life experience, and never confided in anyone.

This is very abnormal, what kind of identity can make him both cautious and afraid.

If this girl is Chen Yuying's illegitimate daughter outside, and he insists on letting this daughter enter the family tree, then there is no need for him to hide it like this, let alone replace it with a concubine, just tell it bluntly.

Unless this girl's background will cause the Chen family to kill him, he has to plan so carefully.

Thinking about it like this, during that time period, the only girl who could cause an uproar was the fish that slipped through the net in the Wu Gu case, and the biggest fish in the Wu Gu case was, of course, Prince Huaizhang and his relatives.

He subconsciously glanced at Yao Qi, and saw that she always looked as usual, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, she didn't even know that she was the daughter of the Chen family, and when she heard these words, it was even more impossible to think of anything else.

His voice was slightly deep and faintly obscure: "So, have you seen that child again since then?" ”

He looked eagerly at the princess of Annan, as if he wanted to hear a different answer.

The princess of Annan County smiled bitterly: "A year after Yan Yan gave birth to her daughter, Prince Huaizhang was in trouble, I begged the prince of the county to save the child, but it was still a step too late, Prince Huaizhang's mansion was a sea of corpses and blood, and finally I got the news that Prince Huaizhang was full of deaths, and only the youngest son born to him by Yan Yan lived." She tried to hold back the tears in her eyes: "I thought that it would be difficult for a one-year-old girl to survive in such a situation, but two years ago, Xie Liangmao suddenly sent me a letter, saying that his sister is still alive, let me, let me help him find it." ”

Yao Qi was slightly stunned, thinking of what Xie Liangmu did when he was in Longyou Dao, he couldn't help but sneer: "Xie Liangqi is also looking for that girl, he doesn't look like a person who cares about flesh and blood so much." ”

The princess of Annan County glanced at Yao Qi in surprise, and said suspiciously: "Miss Ah Qi has dealt with him?" ”

Yao Ji smiled noncommittally and did not say anything deeply.

Han Changdui pressed the doubts in his heart, and said coldly: "He has been on the run for many years, and he didn't think of looking for his own sister, but now he is looking for it, I also feel strange." ”

The First Clan

Princess Annan pursed her lower lip and pondered for a moment before saying, "Because, to open the last level of the hiding place of that treasure, it takes a few drops of blood from me, or a son and a daughter born to Yan Yan. Although I have nothing to do, Yan Yan gave birth to a son and a daughter, the son is Xie Liangmo, that daughter, I don't know the name, I haven't been looking for two years and can't find it, Xie Liangmu has actually been looking for her, I think it's because I have no clue, I will tell me the secret that the girl is still alive, let me help. ”

"What about the saints? When did the saint learn about this? Han Changdui asked.

The princess of Annan County felt ashamed when she remembered the past, her face was extremely ugly, and she refused to even say an honorific title: "He, he learned the way to open the last mechanism of the treasure land twenty years ago, so he, he," she said no more, and her voice stopped abruptly.

Han Changwan didn't continue to ask, he had already sorted out the cause and effect of this matter, Emperor Yong'an obviously knew these secrets, but he didn't know that Gu Yanyan was still alive and already had his own flesh and blood, so he would set his eyes on the princess of Annan County, who was closest to him and the easiest to control.

Hearing these words, Yao Qi bent his lips and laughed gloatingly, Emperor Yong'an obviously didn't expect that the person who seemed to be the easiest to control, the easiest thing to do, but he wasted twenty years of time, and it was only in vain.

Let's say that everyone will vomit three liters of blood in anger.

Han Changdui heard Yao Qi's laughter, turned his head to look at her, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yao Qi's background was suspicious, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that there were many loopholes.

He hadn't seen Gu Yanyan, and he didn't know what she looked like, but she and Princess Annan County were sisters of the same mother, and if she thought that there should be similarities in the future, then as Gu Yanyan's daughter, she should also have similarities with her.

If this is the case, then the princess of Annan County should be suspicious when she sees Yao Qi, and then try to verify it, but in the past few days when they have been in the palace of Annan County, he has not seen any clues from the princess of Annan County.

In this way, either the princess of Annan County is too good at covering up, or he wants to be left.

But there are some questions, he doesn't want to ask them in front of Yao Ji, and he still wants to leave a glimmer of room in his heart.

He pondered, "What's the mystery of this painting?" ”

The princess of Annan County only hesitated for a moment, then ordered someone to go to a bowl of rice water, and explained: "Back then, I was afraid that other things would be too difficult to find, so I decided to use rice water. ”

Hearing this, Yao Qi became curious, she knew many things that could be developed, but she didn't know that rice washing water could also be developed.

As he spoke, a maidservant girl walked in with a bowl full of rice water, gently rested on the bookcase, and then bowed and walked out.

In this flip, the maid never said a word, and she was quiet and didn't look like a living person.

Yao Qi was curious, and couldn't help but glance at the back of the maidservant.

The princess of Annan County said lightly: "The people on this island are all dumb servants. ”

Yao Ji was stunned for a moment, remembering that there is also a plot of raising a dumb servant in martial arts, it turns out that this dumb servant is not made up, but real, but I don't know whether this dumb servant is born dumb or artificially created.

The princess of Annan County seemed to see what Yao Qi was thinking, and looked at her deeply: "Miss Ah Qi is kind-hearted, yes, although some of these dumb servants are born dumb, but there are still many of them who were abducted by the flower when they were young, and then made dumb, and sold them to rich and noble families." Don't look at these people who can't speak, in fact, it costs 10% more than ordinary servants to buy. ”

"Did you pull out your tongue?" Yao Ji was stunned, dumb, artificially dumb, how to get this

"Pour a bowl of dumb medicine and pull out your tongue to potentially hurt your life." Han Changdui said lightly.

Yao Qi pursed his lips, if he couldn't speak from the ground, being a dumb servant was also a way to make a living, but if he was a normal child at the beginning, he was poured dumb medicine by traffickers because the dumb servant could sell for a higher price, how cruel it was.

It is said that there is no harm if there is no trade, and if the rich and noble families do not have this habit of raising dumb servants, these people do not have to suffer this kind of torture.

This topic is a bit heavy, and the princess of Annan County and Han Changwan are both in high positions, and they are used to being masters, and they have long regarded the strict rank and fate of the people as ordinary, Yao Qi pursed his lips and stopped talking about these things.

The princess of Annan took a half-worn brush, and the bristles on the brush were exceptionally soft.

She first turned over the four beautiful pictures, and then gently dipped some rice water and carefully brushed the back of the painting.

I don't know what kind of means this painting did, but the rice washing water covered the back of the whole painting, but it always floated on the surface of the paper and did not penetrate into it.

The princess of Annan County came over with a lamp, and the light sprinkled on the painting, and the water stains were shining.

Yao Qi thought that the princess of Annan County was going to use a lamp and candle to dry the painting, but she put the lamp aside, and came over with a celadon incense burner, and lit a stick of incense in the incense burner.

But after a moment, a wisp of green smoke curled out from the gap in the incense burner, drifting away with the wind, but there was no aroma at all.

She put the incense burner next to the four beautiful pictures, and the green smoke seemed to be guided, and threw herself straight on the four beautiful pictures.

"This is a Tibetan incense from Tibet, and with this incense and rice washing water, you can make the mechanism in the painting develop." The princess of Annan County was faintly proud, staring at the curling green smoke that spread out on the screen, like smoke clouds and mountains.

Tibetan incense and rice washing water are not rare, but they can work wonders when put together.

Han Changdui and Yao Qi looked at this jaw-dropping scene, and they didn't even dare to breathe for a moment, lest they blow away the thin smoke.

In just a few moments, the incense burned out, the thin smoke was blown away by the wind, and the rice washing water on the picture was completely dry.

On the supporting paper, a picture is presented out of thin air, with a pen like an iron painting silver hook, each stroke is sharp and sharp, into the wood three points.

This picture is densely drawn, and the person who looks at it is dizzy, and he can't see anything for a while, but fortunately, the white paper sets off the black pen and ink very clearly and detailedly.

Han Changdui looked at the huge and complicated picture and said, "Princess Jun, I don't know how long this painting can exist after it is developed like this?" ”

The princess of Annan County pondered: "I, this is the first time I have appeared, and I heard my father say that I can exist for half a day." ”

Han Changwan was stunned for a moment: "You have never shown this painting?" ”

Princess Annan shook her head: "I don't covet that treasure, or rather, it has been more than 20 years since the country was broken, and I have long lost any hope for the restoration of the country. For more than 20 years, I have only regarded this painting as an ordinary painting, and if it weren't for the fact that he knew the secret of this painting and was bent on seizing it, I would not have designed it like this, let alone let this chaotic mechanism figure develop. ”

Han Changwan was stunned, he didn't expect the princess of Annan County to be so clear-headed.

Yao Qi was even more amazed, no wonder the princess of Annan County and the concubine of Prince Huaizhang are both sisters, but their lives and endings are completely different, it is really a character that changes fate, such a clear mind, such a neat choice, I can't think about this life.

"You can exist for half a day," Han Changwan turned his head, looked at Yao Qi and said, "Half a day's effort, can you draw this picture?" ”

Yao Qi's hand rubbed the picture, staring at the picture with a good look, his eyes flashed with surprise, and he nodded without raising his head: "Yes." ”

Han Changwan appreciated: "Okay, you stay here to draw the map, and I will enter the palace to meet the saint." ”

Hearing this, Yao Qi suddenly raised his head: "Meet the saint, the saint did not call the adult into the palace." She didn't finish her words, and she didn't say the meaning thoroughly, but the meaning of the unfinished was very obvious, since there was no summons, the saint may not know what happened last night, so why did he expose his shortcomings?

Han Changwan shook his head and smiled: "It's not that the saint doesn't know about last night's incident, and he hasn't been summoned yet, so he should be waiting for me to clarify the matter myself." ”

He knows Emperor Yong'an very well, the reason why Emperor Yong'an has not moved until now is only because the situation is not clear, he is waiting for himself to explain, to present his feelings, to find flaws and loopholes in his words, and then hit with one blow.

He knew that Emperor Yong'an was waiting for him to throw himself into the net, but he still had to cast this net.

Princess Annan pursed her lips and said disagreeingly: "Then, if he asks for this picture, what should he do?" She was anxious all of a sudden: "I, in order to keep this picture, I also killed someone, if," a trace of determination flashed in her eyes: "If, I would rather burn the jade, and never allow this picture to fall into his hands." ”

Hearing the word killing, Yao Ji sighed in his heart, after these few days, they have deduced that Xia Yuanji was killed by the princess of Annan County, of course, it will not be her own hands, but it must be what she ordered, and it was done by her henchmen, but listening to the words of the princess of Annan County, it seems that Xia Yuanji is not the only one who kills for this beautiful picture, that is to say, those who covet this picture and know the treasure of Emperor Ming are far more than the saint and Xie Liangmao, so, who else will be?

She turned her head and glanced at Han Changdu.

Han Changwan understood the deep meaning in Yao Qi's eyes, nodded slightly, and said calmly: "The matter has not reached the point of no return, I have my own response, princess of the county, please rest assured, I will enter the palace, and Yao will stay here to draw the picture when he joins the army." ”

Princess Annan nodded, since there is no solution to the matter, it can only be done temporarily.

It was early summer, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter near noon, and the white sun was pouring on the mountain-like green tiles and golden roofs, shining with clear golden light.

Walking all the way through the Yongdao, there was a sizzling cicada in the treetops, and there was more vivid meaning in the lonely deep palace.

Han Changwei had never felt that this red wall was so forested, and this corridor was so long, it seemed that no matter how he walked, he couldn't get to the end.

He walked into the hall, knelt down in his robe and saluted, and his peaceful and indifferent eyebrows were reflected on the clear and clear gold brick floor.

Emperor Yong'an lowered his eyes and looked at Han Changdui quietly for a long time before he spit out an obscure sentence "Get up".

Han Chang stood up neatly, bowed slightly, and looked respectful as usual.

Emperor Yong'an's heart froze, he only felt depressed, grabbed the purple gold copper paperweight on the bookcase, and smashed it to Han Changdu's side very easily, only an inch away from his feet.

There was a muffled sound of "bang", and the sound was so loud that Gao Fuguo was so frightened that he almost jumped up, but Han Changdui didn't move, his feet seemed to be stuck in the cracks of the gold bricks, and his body was so stable that he didn't even shake it.

"Jiuchao, you are very familiar with the prince of Annan County?" Emperor Yongan asked pitifully.

Han Changdui said simply: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the minister is not familiar with the prince of Annan County. ”

"Unfamiliar? I don't know you and run to test the flaw! Emperor Yong'an was obviously angry, and scolded angrily without words: "I don't know you running to the widow's door to hang around, do you still think that you don't have enough right and wrong!" ”

Han Changwan was really stunned, he didn't expect Emperor Yong'an to say such a thing, he looked at Emperor Yong'an in astonishment, and completely forgot to look directly at the saint, which was a great disrespectful sin.

Emperor Yong'an also reacted that he had said too much, coughed lightly in embarrassment, and said quite seriously: "For a long time, the princess of Annan County is a widow, and you have to avoid suspicion!" ”

Han Changdui didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

This style of painting is wrong, shouldn't the sage ask what he went to the palace of Annan County to do, what he found, why did he deliberately hide it?

How can you ask such inconsequential things?

Han Changwei felt that Emperor Yong'an was digging a pit for him, but he couldn't figure out where the mystery was and where the trap was, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "It's Weichen's carelessness, Weichen knows his mistake." ”

Emperor Yong'an nodded, and changed his words: "Did you go to the palace of Annan County just to visit the sick?" ”

Han Changdu's heart, which was originally high because of Emperor Yong'an's specious words, fell back to its original place in an instant, and he said calmly: "Weichen went to investigate the case. ”

"Investigate the case, what kind of case?" Emperor Yong'an stared at Han Changwan with a smile.

Han Changdui said with a tense heart: "A few days ago, Xia Yuanji, a Kegong scholar, was killed, Zhang Yan was charged with murder, and was locked and imprisoned by the Wannian County Bureau, these two people are related to a case that the Internal Security Department is investigating, and Weichen brought Xia Yuanji's body, the relevant files and Zhang Yan back to the Internal Security Division, and Xia Yuanji is a person from the Annan County Palace, the cause of his death is suspicious, and Weichen went here to investigate the case in detail." He paused slightly, and put on the appearance of a deputy official officer: "That Zhang Yan is the current Kegongshi, seeing that the palace test is imminent, if he misses the palace test because he has suffered an injustice, it will be the loss of the imperial court, so Weichen is in a hurry and rashly enters the palace of Annan County." ”

Emperor Yong'an narrowed his eyes, sighed lightly, and asked with interest, "Then what did you find?" ”

His attitude was very good, very gentle, like a normal person asking about something that interests him.

But Han Changdui didn't dare to relax at all, he knew too well what kind of person Emperor Yong'an was, the more peaceful he was, the more a cold arrow was hidden behind Pinghe, and it was about to explode.

Han Changwan replied respectfully: "Weichen found out that a few days before Xia Yuanji's death, a painting was lost in the palace of Annan County. ”

"A painting?" Emperor Yong'an pretended not to know, and looked surprised.

Han Changwan also nodded cooperatively: "It's a painting." He unhurriedly revealed everything about the four beautiful pictures found in the Annan County Palace, and only concealed the matter about Gu Yanyan, and after finishing speaking, he lowered his head like a weak heart.

This is a show of weakness, in the eyes of Emperor Yong'an, Han Changdui has such a look because he knows the secret that he shouldn't know. This is not a concealment of heart, but a fear of showing weakness.

Emperor Yong'an was proud of his imperial authority, and even the prince of Han Wang, who had made great achievements in war, was in awe, and he smiled thinly: "Emperor Ming's treasure, there is such a big secret in that painting, no wonder the dignified and modern Gongshi are willing to take risks, and would rather destroy their reputation than steal the picture," he lifted his eyelids and looked at Han Changdui: "So, do you have the whereabouts of that painting?" ”

This is the side hall of Yanying Palace, the back window is facing the Taiye Pool in the distance, the Xuan window is ajar, the white sunlight and the water vapor of Qingling Ling Ling blow in with the wind, and the cold atmosphere in the side hall is light.

Han Changdui said unhurriedly: "I already have eyebrows, Weichen has circled a few suspicious places, and there will be results tomorrow." ”

Emperor Yong'an's eyes lit up, he didn't seem to have the slightest suspicion that Han Changdui was actually going for the four beauties to enter the palace of Annan County, he felt ecstatic, he had been looking for the four beauties for so long, and he did not hesitate to toss the four beauties of the princess of Annan County to death and found nothing, so he was found by Han Changdu.

And Han Changdui didn't have any thoughts of hiding it privately, so he handed it over so easily.

The more he looked at Han Changdu, the more pleasing he felt, and nodded and said, "Jiuchao, you are very good and loyal." This case is over, and I want to reward you heavily. ”

Han Changdui is still calm, without any ups and downs: "It is the duty of a courtier to be loyal to the king, and the ministers dare not take credit." ”

Emperor Yongan smiled with satisfaction, slapped the armrest hard, and stood up.

Seeing this, Gao Fuguo hurriedly walked up to support Emperor Yong'an.

Emperor Yong'an slowly walked in front of Han Changdu, looked at Han Changdui with burning eyes, happy and jealous, and his expression was a little dark: "Jiuchao, you have been in Beijing for almost a year, I have taken a special fancy to you, and you have indeed not disappointed me," he raised his hand, patted Han Changdu's shoulder twice, and said seriously: "You are not the only son in the Han family's mansion, you are not the only one who can fight well in the Han family's army, and you are not the only one who can be a general, and the king of Han does not have to rely on you." ”