Ling Zhiqiao suddenly came to her senses, she quickly got up and walked out and asked Xiao Tao, "Where is it?" ”

Xiao Tao pointed to a crane candlestick next to the prince's seat and said, "This is the candlestick." ”

Jin Gui'er behind Ling Zhiqiao leaned over and looked up and down and asked, "Miss Ling, this candlestick is found in every palace!" The little slave also paid attention, why didn't he find anything different? ”

"It's the candlestick of this kind of crane in every palace, but isn't the crane two legs? You see, only this crane has an extra toe on its foot, and the slave doesn't know if this candlestick is wrong in the first place, or is it something abnormal as Miss said? ”

After Xiao Tao finished speaking, Ling Zhiqiao and Jin Gui'er paid attention to the crane's feet, Ling Zhiqiao suddenly laughed, she walked to the other side of the seat while laughing, and went to look at the other crane candlestick, it was really as Xiao Tao said, she raised her head and commanded Jin Gui'er and said, "Jin Gui'er, can you see if that candlestick can be moved?"

Before Jin Gui'er could make a move, Xiao Tao said: "All the candlestick slaves have tried, but this one can't be moved, even if the slave and maid are sunk, they can move a little." ”

Ling Zhiqiao said in surprise: "Xiao Tao, I didn't see it, your little physique is quite energetic, and your heart is quite thin, Jin Gui'er, can you think Xiao Tao will be the head of the palace maid in the future?" ”

Jin Guier was embarrassed to praise: "Yes, of course I can." ”

Xiao Tao blushed and waved her hand: "That's a luxury, miss, you better hurry up and take a look!" The slave and maid always felt uneasy. ”

"Oooh! Yes, let's get down to business. Ling Zhiqiao asked Jin Gui'er to move the prince's seat away, looking at the gap in the gold, stone and blue bricks on the ground, Ling Zhiqiao seemed to think of something?

The base of this crane candlestick is also a square, but only its placement method is not a square-to-square placement with the square gold, stone and blue bricks on the ground, but the center point of the corner opposite, the memory of the original owner and those mechanism drawings are constantly in Ling Zhiqiao's mind, like turning a book, she walked to the crane candlestick, squatted down, and touched the extra toe with the hand that confiscated the injury.

Jin Gui'er and Xiao Tao didn't see how Ling Zhiqiao's hand moved, and suddenly the three of them heard a sound at the same time, like the sound of a stone being moved.

"Did you hear that?" Ling Zhiqiao asked with a happy face.

Jin Gui'er and Xiao Tao also nodded excitedly, and Jin Gui'er asked, "Isn't the entrance of the secret passage open, but I don't hear where the sound came from?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, let this girl think about it." Ling Zhiqiao closed her eyes again, in front of her were two squares one large and one small, which were equivalent to the base of the candlestick and the green bricks on the ground, the infinite extension of the corners and edges was infinitely expanded, and finally the direction pointed out by the crane's extra toes was the corresponding place of the horn.

Ling Zhiqiao walked slowly in that direction, Jin Gui'er and Xiao Tao supported one by one, and when they encountered an obstruction, they bypassed it, until they reached Twilight Yunfei's bed, Ling Zhiqiao stopped, she opened her eyes and asked, "The road I came over, are the green bricks on the ground cracked?" ”

Xiao Tao and Jin Gui'er shook their heads at the same time, Ling Zhiqiao bit her lip and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince's bed can be moved?" ”

"You can't move it." Xiao Tao and Jin Guier said in unison.

Ling Zhi Qiao frowned slightly, thinking that the entrance to this secret path was under the bed, but if this bed couldn't be moved, it didn't mean that it wasn't found.

When she was about to make a sad face, Xiao Tao reminded: "Father-in-law Jin, although this bed can't be moved, but the inside is empty, and the inside is a well-built warm wall, so you can warm the bed in winter." ”

Jin Gui'er patted her head and said, "That's right! I forgot it, I'll see. ”

He walked to the end of the bed, lifted the curtain, and around the bed, a small wooden door was revealed, Ling Zhiqiao was amused in her heart, it was the first time she had seen such a bed, Jin Gui'er opened the small door, looked inside, and said to Ling Zhiqiao: "I can't see clearly." ”

Xiao Tao immediately ran to the candlestick and pulled out a candle, lit it and handed it to Jin Gui'er.

Before Jin Gui'er could get in with the pull, Ling Zhiqiao shouted, "Slow down." Jin Guier stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"You just hold the candle and wait." Ling Zhiqiao also squatted down and asked Jin Gui'er to move the candle to the small door under the bed, and after a while, she saw that the candle flame began to dance wildly.

"A little bit further in." Ling Zhiqiao commanded.

Jin Gui'er moved it in a little more, the candle flame seemed to have been blown by someone, and it was suddenly extinguished, Ling Zhiqiao said to Jin Gui'er: "It should be on the right, Xiao Tao brought a lantern over." ”

Xiao Tao brought the lantern and handed it to Jin Gui'er, he climbed in with the lantern, Jin Gui'er didn't move for a while, Ling Zhiqiao squatted anxiously at the small door at the end of the bed and asked, "Jin Gui'er, this bed is so big, where did you climb?" ”

Finally she saw Jin Gui'er's ass twisting and withdrawing, Ling Zhiqiao hurriedly made way for him, Jin Gui'er came out with a disgraced face and said: "Miss Ling, the little slave found a not too wide slit on the ground, I don't know if it is the entrance of the dark passage, but I tried to push it, but I couldn't push it." ”

"If you can push it away, what else do you want me to do? I'd better go in! Ling Zhiqiao said helplessly.

"Then what's the matter, Miss Ling, your hands aren't good yet, the inside is narrow, it's next to the warm wall, and it's still a little dirty!"

Ling Zhiqiao probably had a number in her heart, and she said to Jin Gui'er: "You get out of the way, I'll just go in and have a look." ”

Jin Gui'er couldn't resist her, so she could only put the lantern under the bed first, and then said to Ling Zhiqiao, "Then you can be careful." ”

Ling Zhiqiao lay on the ground, using her elbows to crutch the ground, but when she got under the bed, she suddenly felt that Du Yunfei's life was really bad, the bed was full of cobwebs, and according to Feng Shui, it was not good for sleep.

Through the light of the lantern, she saw the entrance of the secret passage at a glance, there was a gap almost half the size of a palm, Ling Zhiqiao identified the direction, and scolded in her heart, it was really unlucky, she had all the mechanisms on the crane's toes, but the warm wall under the bed pressed the entrance of the secret passage and sealed it inside.

Ling Zhiqiao looked down along the gap, but she couldn't see anything in the dark, she only felt that there was a cool breeze blowing out, she was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that when the earth shook, the exit of this secret passage had been sealed, but where did the wind come from, it proved that there were other entrances to this secret passage.

Ling Zhiqiao was thinking about it when she heard Xiao Tao shouting at the end of the bed: "Miss has not found it, if you don't find it, come out quickly!" ”

Ling Zhiqiao tried to push the green brick next to the gap again, but she still didn't move, she sighed and said loudly: "You two drag my feet, drag me out, I don't have the strength anymore." ”

Jin Gui'er and Xiao Tao were on one leg each, and the two of them slowly dragged Ling Zhiqiao out, but when they saw Ling Zhiqiao's appearance, these two people couldn't help but laugh.

Ling Zhiqiao's head was full of cobwebs, the tip of her nose and face were all gray, not to mention her clothes, they were really dirty enough, and her itchy nose made her sneeze several times in a row.

"Miss, you look a little scary." Xiao Tao grinned and began to pick the cobwebs on Ling Zhiqiao's head, Ling Zhiqiao sat on the ground helplessly, asked Jin Gui'er to put down the bed circumference and curtain, and restore everything to the original state, she said in frustration: "It seems that we are working in vain, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not work in this place, we still have to go down from other places, let's go!" ”

Ling Zhiqiao, who was helped up by Xiao Tao, went to the crane candlestick that could not be moved in the main hall, she pounded on the extra toes of the crane, and immediately the sound of the stone moving immediately sounded.

Seeing Jin Gui'er and Xiao Tao restore everything to their original places, Ling Zhiqiao walked out, and Dahan, who was standing guard at the door, suddenly saw Ling Zhiqiao's appearance, and was really startled and said, "Fairy Sister Ling, you, where did you come from?" ”

Ling Zhiqiao glared at him and said, "What's the fuss, hurry up and get me some water." ”

Da Han hurriedly went to get water, and Ling Zhiqiao frowned and said, "Why hasn't Erhan come back yet?" ”

Jin Gui'er replied, "Otherwise, I'll look for it." ”

"Let's go out and talk about it!" Ling Zhiqiao waved his hand.

Seeing that Da Han got water, Xiao Tao immediately took out the handkerchief she was carrying, wet it and handed it to Ling Zhiqiao and said, "Miss, here you go." ”

Ling Zhiqiao closed her eyes: "You wipe it for me!" I don't even know where it's dirty. Xiao Tao was carefully wiping Ling Zhiqiao's face, and Er Han came in from outside.

He looked a little sneaky, and Jin Gui'er asked, "Erhan, why do you look like you've stolen something." ”

Erhan put his finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture and said, "Let's go out and talk." ”

Ling Zhiqiao opened her eyes and looked at Er Han curiously, she knew Er Han, this Han Han was brighter than Da Han's head, sometimes the reaction was a little slow, but she was definitely not stupid, she opened her mouth and asked Xiao Tao, "Have you wiped it clean?" ”

Xiao Tao washed the handkerchief several times before she felt that she had wiped Ling Zhiqiao's face clean, she nodded and said, "Miss, wipe it clean, but now there is no makeup." ”

"It's gone, it's gone." Ling Zhiqiao didn't care at all, she didn't like rouge gouache in the first place, but now she felt that her face was very refreshing.

"Let's go!" Ling Zhiqiao took the four of them to the door of the palace, and the palace gate guards looked at Ling Zhiqiao's dirty dress and hurriedly asked, "Miss Ling, have you found the lost thing?" Did you fall? ”

Ling Zhiqiao immediately exposed her injured hand and said, "Isn't it?" One fell without paying attention, but fortunately he didn't hit this girl's hand, and the thing was found, thank you. ”

The guards said goodbye to Ling Zhiqiao and Jin Gui'er one by one, Ling Zhiqiao got into the sedan chair, and she ordered: "Get out of the palace." ”

But when passing by the peony garden near the palace, Ling Zhiqiao shouted again: "Stop." She got out of the sedan chair and said to the eunuch who carried the sedan chair, "You wait here, this girl went to enjoy the words, and said to the other three people with a look, and they entered the peony garden."

Ling Zhiqiao went straight to the pavilion where she and Mama Qing had been last time, and after entering the pavilion, she took a long breath and said, "Now I think this peony garden is the best place in this palace, you all sit down, what is Erhan trying to talk about?" It's time to rest. ”

Jin Gui'er sat beside Ling Zhiqiao and said, "Miss Ling, there are still a lot of gardens in this palace, when you are free, the little slave will take you around every day." ”

Xiao Tao smiled and said, "Take me with you, slaves also like to visit the garden." ”

Erhan said unhappily: "Do you listen to me!" ”

"Then you should say it quickly!" Dahan urged.

Erhan glanced at him, looked around again, and whispered, "Didn't I just hold it back?" I squatted in the toilet for a long time, and when I was about to come out, a little eunuch went in next door to me, no, not one, it was two, I thought, how can I go to the toilet and need someone to accompany me, and it doesn't stink! ”

"Getting to the point." Ling Zhiqiao yawned.

Erhan hurriedly got back to the truth and said: "The two of them are eunuchs in Queen Jiang's palace, it seems that they have stolen something and are ready to sell it, they say that Queen Jiang is very picky, and always let the two of them send her to the cold palace for private meetings, this is the crime of killing the head, and in the end they will not need it, so they will be demoted to clean eunuchs, so they have to find a way back for themselves, so they will steal things and sell them, so as to save some pension money." ”

The more Ling Zhiqiao listened, the more energetic she became, and she asked Jin Gui'er, "These two eunuchs can't be the two we saw last time!" ”