Lu Ran frowned, and for a moment he felt at a loss as to what to do.

Su Jiumo is the master of Xuanji Pavilion, and Shenlong can't see the head but the end, and it is not easy to stare at him without being discovered.

Not to mention Tao Chengqi, he doesn't know who it is at all.

He walked out of the yard in a daze, and happened to meet Gu Nianqiu.

"Brother Shi Du, what's wrong?" Gu Nianqiu came up and asked anxiously.

"Linxi was injured, but the person is fine." Lu Ran explained, "Those assassins are running for the eldest princess. ”

Gu Nianqiu nodded and said, "That's the case." By the way, I received a letter from an unknown source, and I would like you and my brother to help identify it. ”

Lu Ran took the envelope, only glanced at it, and then folded it back with the letter.

Gu Nianqiu also followed.

Gu Yuan took the dagger and picked open the sealed place on the envelope, shaking out the letter inside.

He was just about to ask why he had to identify the contents of the letter, until he saw the ghost drawing on the letter.

Gu Yuan couldn't help but have a headache: "Two, are you sure this is a character that a person can write?" ”

Lu Ran glanced at him, "You talk and do more things." ”

However, Gu Yuan, who was named an "old man" in his early twenties, shook his head and continued to read the letter.

The three of them took the letter and studied it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a reason.

At this time, Shen Zhixi also came.

"What are you studying there?" She cautiously leaned over, "Can I show me?" ”

"Absolutely." Gu Yuan handed her the letter, "Your Highness is knowledgeable, can you recognize these words?" ”

Shen Zhixi frowned slightly, "This may not be a word." ”

"Could it be a code word?" After all, Lu Ran was born in Jinyiwei, and Shen Zhixi found the clue with a little reminder.

Gu Yuan nodded, and turned to Gu Nianqiu again, "Nian'er, take down the ancient books in the attic." ”

Lu Ran hurriedly said, "I'll go with her." ”

Seeing the two leaving, Shen Zhixi glanced at him lightly, her eyes were full of smiles, "How many ancient books do you have in the attic, and you need two people to pick them up?" ”

Gu Yuan smiled: "It's a lot, a whole box, Nian'er can't move it alone." ”

"Then you just let her go and pick it up alone?" Shen Zhixi glared at him with disgust.

Gu Yuan smiled and said, "Your Highness Bingxue is smart, you might as well guess my intentions?" ”

"Can't guess." Shen Zhixi said eagerly, "Say it quickly, don't sell it." ”

Gu Yuan smiled, "Let's see if Twilight will follow." ”

Shen Zhixi knocked on his head: "It's really a little fox." ”

Gu Yuan covered his forehead and said in pain: "Don't hit my head, it hurts." ”

Shen Zhixi said speechlessly: "It doesn't hurt you, do I have that much strength?" ”

Gu Yuan let out a "hmm" and said half-jokingly: "There is a girl next door who has just grown up, and she is trying her best to pull out the mountains and cover the world." ”

was so angry that Shen Zhixi almost punched him, "You say it again?" ”

The two were still frolicking here, and Lu Ran came down with a box of books, followed by Gu Nianqiu.

Several people took the letter and studied it for a long time, and even the ancient books were brought out, and finally pieced together the content of the letter from a few words.

"This is the ancient text of Nanzhao, which has now been lost, and it is not surprising that we don't know it, as long as there is still a record in this wild history." Gu Yuan put the volume of "Southern Xinjiang Miscellaneous Records" back in his hand into the bookcase, and said softly, "I read it, you write." ”

"Cui Xianchun, the head of the household, is corrupt and lawless, has no way to teach his son, accepts bribes, and sells his lord for glory, and is really the first sinner in this dynasty."

"It's gone?" Lu Ran and Gu Nianqiu looked at each other, waiting for Gu Yuan to give an explanation.

Shen Zhixi was not surprised.

Gu Yuan nodded and said, "It is written on Luo Yin at the check-in place, and there is no seal." ”

"No, it's said that such a secret method has been used to transmit information, why do you still talk around?" Lu Ran was very puzzled, this is not in line with common sense?

"When things go wrong, there must be demons." Shen Zhixi transcribed the content that Gu Yuan had just translated on the paper word by word, her hands kept moving, but her thoughts were not disturbed at all, "Judging from what is written in the letter, the person who wrote the letter is not a person who is willing to chatter, so every sentence of this person is useful to us." ”

"Then why did this person write a letter in the ancient Nanzhao language?" Gu Nianqiu asked.

"Writing a letter in a little-known language is also a means of secrecy." Lu Ran said slowly, "Nine times out of ten, this guy is from the north. ”

Gu Yuan stared at the inscription at the end of the letter: "There is no evidence, so you can't be preconceived, but the person who wrote the letter may have something to do with the Bai Lu who told us the secret words of Luoyinlou last time." ”

"The letter is written in vague language, but the person who wrote it must have wanted to tell us something." Shen Zhixi stared at Gu Yuan, "Based on this, if there is a first letter, there will be a second one, and when the two letters can be related back and forth, we can know this person's intentions." ”

——

Tanzhe Temple, Daxiong Treasure Hall.

Cui Xianchun knelt in front of the Buddha statue and begged for a signature, and there was no turning back.

After a moment, he closed his eyes, and an old tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

Bowing his head reverently again, Cui Xianchun stood up and looked up to the sky and laughed, ignoring the crazy eyes of the pilgrims next to him.

When he had laughed enough, he walked slowly towards the Buddhist hall.

Ridiculous, isn't it?

After embarking on this path, who can turn back?

Out of the Buddhist temple, Cui Xianchun stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the beings under the mountain.

All appearances are vain.

Nan Ke has been dreaming for twenty years, and it's time to wake up.

A moment later, the head of the Qinghe Cui family, who was nicknamed "Clay Sculpture Shangshu" in the previous dynasty and called "Papier-mâché Pavilion Elder" after entering the cabinet, sneered: "I, Cui Dejing, have been in the court for most of my life, and I have been a waste for most of my life. Cui has no long body, if you hit my idea, it's a big deal, the jade will be burned. ”

Even if he is defeated, he will also be buried by the entire Jokhang for his unfinished ambitions.

In the same darkness, no one needs to pity anyone.

"I did it, you feel free."

Shen Zhixi's expectation was good, and the next morning, Gu Nianqiu received another letter with unknown language.

She and Lu Ran brought the letter to Gu Yuan, and Shen Zhixi also rushed over when she heard the news.

They took the letter to decipher it for a long time before they unraveled the mystery hidden in the letter.

At three o'clock in the afternoon today, the pavilion master and the little woman invited His Royal Highness to meet in the private room on the second floor of Weiyuxuan. The little girl of your background also knows, and His Royal Highness Wanwang came as promised.

The payment is Tao Chengqian.

Lu Ran and Gu Nianqiu looked at each other.

The life story of the eldest princess? Tao Chengqian? Pavilion Master?

It's all here.

It was Shen Zhixi who reacted first, she explained: "This letter was written in the ancient text of Nanzhao, and Li Buyan is a native of Nanzhao, so it is not surprising that she will use the ancient text of Nanzhao to confuse us." ”

Lu Ran was stunned when he heard this, "Then what does this letter have to do with Li Buyan?" ”

"The peach and plum do not speak, and the next is its own." Shen Zhixi said slowly, "Tao Chengqi is Li Buyan's younger sister, and she is also the palace master of Liyang Palace, the poisoner who is the best at using poison in the world, except for Ning Fengzi, she is her." ”

Lu Ran interjected, "Linxi, since Your Highness has found out the identity of this Tao Chengqi, you don't need me to check her, and ......I will say goodbye."

He was just about to slip away when he was dragged by Gu Yuan: "What's the hurry, you continue to stare at her and Su Jiumo." ”

"As for what she said about my life experience, it is easy to explain, when the queen mother was not married to her father, she walked the rivers and lakes as a light Yeqing, and my grandfather couldn't control her, so she went."

Gu Yuan heard the words "shine on the night" and picked up the letter again and read it again: "I didn't mention it above?" ”

"Tao Chengqi means that if I don't go to the appointment, she will make the identity of the queen mother public, and at that time, people from two temples and one river and lake will have to come to me to seek revenge." Shen Zhixi knew that her mother had a lot of grudges when she walked the rivers and lakes, and later accidentally became poisoned in the palace may also be related to the conspiracy of the people in the rivers and lakes.

Gu Yuan was a little worried and said, "Your Highness, since this Tao Chengqi is also a well-known poison master in the rivers and lakes, how about letting Wei Chen go with His Highness?" ”

Shen Zhixi smiled lightly and shook her head, "It's okay, this palace can settle such a small matter by itself." ”

Her poison master inherited from her mother, and now she has reached the point of perfection, and even Ning Fengzi, the first powerful minister in southern Xinjiang, can follow her path.

Walking the rivers and lakes when she was young, she has seen all kinds of dangers, not to mention that now she is only the second poison master in the world and an unknown pavilion master.

Thinking like this, Shen Zhixi made up her mind to go to Weiyuxuan to meet him, and Gu Yuan, who had always been uneasy, called Yu An, who was staring at Chu Shizi, back immediately after she left: "You go to the private room on the second floor of Weiyuxuan and stare at Tao Chengqi." ”

"What about the prince of Chu?" Yu An wondered.

"The cabinet has received an urgent report from eight hundred miles of urgency, and the king of Chu has arrived." Gu Yuan said softly, "He won't stay in the capital for long. ”

At the same time, the Beijing suburb of Yishui Courtyard.

"The king of Chu is gone." Tang Xiujin said lightly.

Ning Fengzi frowned, "How do you know?" ”

"The urgent report from Chudi was sent directly to the cabinet, and since the teacher knows, I will know it." Tang Xiujin's slender knuckles gently knocked on the desk.

"Yandu City, it's really going to change."

Cui Xianchun, who had just returned from Tanzhe Temple, heard that the king of Chu had died, and Shen Jun, the son of Chu, was going to return to Jingzhou to preside over the funeral that day, so he personally rushed outside the city to give him a ride.

It is said that Cui Xianchun and the Chu Fan are also old friends, except for the fact that the two families are related to each other, Shen Yuan awarded Cui Xianchun the post of Huguang Jie Du Envoy, in other words, Cui Xianchun has been a staff member of the Chu Fan since then.

It was also from then on that the young Shen Jun called him "sir".

Now seeing his former students again, Cui Xianchun has mixed feelings.

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road.

The grass is green.

Shen Jun was dressed in plain clothes and bowed to Cui Xianchun: "Students, thank you Mr. for your teachings over the years. ”

Cui Xianchun said in a contempt voice: "Since this is the case, today's minister will teach His Highness again, the last plan." ”

"Sir, please."

"Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished." Cui Xianchun's eyes were dark, "It's been the same since ancient times." ”

Shen Jun was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Mr. Xie ordered." When the student is gone, the gentleman does not have to be sent far. ”

Seeing Shen Jun away, Cui Xianchun looked up at the sky and laughed in a low voice.

When heaven and earth come together, the heroes are not free.

His Cui Xianchun's luck is gone, but so what?

Big deal, make a fuss.