In the Jingguo Mansion, Han Bing and Song Qingfeng respectfully gave a big gift to Old Man Xia.

Old man Xia stroked the long white hair under his chin, and with a pair of wrinkled but still glowing old eyes, he carefully looked at the two young men in front of him who were like jade trees in the wind, and smiled from ear to ear.

At this moment, the old man was thinking in his heart, his precious granddaughter's vision was really good! These two young men are all tall and extraordinary, and they really don't have any choice to be their grandson-in-law!

"You two young people have nothing to do, why did you suddenly think of coming here to talk to my old man?"

Song Qingfeng hurriedly replied respectfully: "Today's juniors have a very important matter, and I want to ask your old man for advice, so I took the liberty to come to disturb him." ”

Old Master Xia nodded and said with a smile: "This person is old, and although he knows a lot of things, he is also some old things from the past. Could it be that you two young people want to know something that has long been forgotten?"

"You've guessed right. What the younger generations want to ask you is, which mansions in this Jingyang City were built in the previous dynasty and survived the war?"

Hearing Song Qingfeng suddenly ask such a question, Old Man Xia's old eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, and he thought for a moment before slowly answering: "Yes, you are indeed asking the right person." There are very few people who know about this matter.

There may still be some relevant old documents in the Ministry of Industry, but some of these mansions have changed hands several times and have been renovated several times, so they have left records, and I am afraid that the language is also vague and there are many errors and omissions.

What's more, the thing you're looking for won't even mention a word in those old files!"

When Song Qingfeng heard this, his face couldn't help but show surprise, "Do you always know what we're looking for?"

"Secret passages. ”

Old Master Xia's gaze swirled on Han Bing, who had not spoken, "Although there was also a secret passage in the former Prime Minister's Mansion, it must have been newly repaired not long ago. And what you are looking for are secret passages that have been so old that almost no one remembers. Right?"

Song Qingfeng couldn't help but glance at Han Bing.

Han Bing immediately bowed down and replied, "What you always said is right. The juniors and others just want to find one, or even a few secret passages that can lead directly to the outside of the city, just like the one in the Jingguo Mansion.

A secret passage like this is extremely difficult to build, not only must you have a person who is proficient in the art of longitudinal art, but you also need to have strong financial support, and most importantly, it must be made extremely secretive.

Since the founding of Dayu, the imperial court has registered all important mansions in the capital and strictly monitored them. Presumably, no one has the courage to build a secret passage privately to show bad intentions.

Even because of the remote location of the Wenshan Mansion, he could only build a few secret rooms that could hide people, but he did not dare to build a secret passage for escape.

Therefore, the younger generations speculated that if there was really a secret passage in this Jingyang City, it should have been built by some Gaomen mansions to escape during the war of the previous dynasty. ”

When Old Master Xia heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "No matter how tight Huan'er's girl's tone is, she won't leak this little secret of my old man to you so soon."

And you can deduce from the fact that she appeared alone in the eastern suburbs that there is a secret passage in my house leading to the outside of the city, and you can draw inferences from the idea of finding out all the secret passages in this city. With this scheming and resourcefulness alone, it is already admirable!"

Han Bing hurriedly bowed down again and said, "Juniors are ashamed, the old man is really too prestigious! Brother Song, as the commander of the forbidden army, is responsible for guarding Gyeonggi.

Now that it is known that Beirong has sent assassins to commit misdeeds, the forbidden army naturally has to be on guard and strengthen vigilance. Brother Song is even more exhausted, trying his best to find various loopholes that may exist in security.

When I saw Miss Huan'er suddenly appear outside the city, the juniors guessed the existence of the secret passage. And from this, I thought that perhaps such a secret passage may be found not only in your mansion, but also in other similar mansions.

The younger generations were worried that if there were indeed multiple secret passages leading to the outside of the city, it would be likely that at least one of them would have been used by the enemy as a way to communicate with the outside of the city, and it would also become a shortcut for the Beijon Assassins to enter the city. ”

After listening to Han Bing's explanation, Old Man Xia's face immediately became solemn.

He squinted and muttered for a moment, then immediately ordered his subordinates to take pen and paper, and began to clearly write down the mansions that he remembered that had survived from the previous dynasty to this day, and deliberately marked their specific locations at the back.

After thanking this old man who was old and virtuous, and who was so thoughtful and thoughtful, Han Bing and Song Qingfeng hurriedly said goodbye.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of this Jingguo Mansion, Song Qingfeng couldn't help but read the list written by Old Man Fang Cai Xia.

Seeing that there were more than a dozen mansions listed on the list, his sword eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, knowing that this matter was not easy, and he was afraid that it would take some more time to complete.

After collecting the list, he flew on his horse and prepared to enter the palace to report the matter to the cabinet, so that he could get the cabinet order as soon as possible, so that he could carry out a thorough search of the dozen mansions.

But as soon as he pulled the reins, he couldn't help but look back, and saw that the kid was leaning leisurely on a big tree next to him, as if he was closing his eyes and pretending to sleep.

"Han Bing, how did you guess that Old Master Xia would know so many things about the secret passage?"

Han Bing reluctantly opened one eye, squinted at him and said, "Old Master Xia's ancestor was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry of the previous dynasty. And his father, Emperor Taizu, who once followed Dayu, fought the country, and made great contributions because of his good skills in Qimen Dunjia and the art of arranging the array, and was later named the Duke of Jingguo.

Although Old Master Xia is a Yin Feng and has not held any court position, this is a family heirloom and will not be discarded at will. ”

"Oh-"

Song Qingfeng nodded suddenly, but after thinking about it, even his future grandson-in-law didn't know about these experiences of Old Man Xia, why did this kid Han Bing treat this like a treasure?

"That, how do you know these things about Old Man Xia?"

Han Bing snorted suddenly, rolled his eyes and said, "Naturally, I listened to what Su Wenqiu's old fox said!"

Song Qingfeng couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that this kid was really daring! He actually dared to call His Majesty the Emperor by his name Taishan, that is, the lord of the country, and even called him "old fox"!

But in an instant, he remembered something. At the beginning, Han Bing was forced to disguise himself as a woman and appeared on the stage, and the "Queqiao Meeting" he sang at the birthday banquet in Su Mansion should have been because of Su Gong's tricks.

This kid has always been conceited and cunning and wise, but he didn't expect to be conspired by the two old foxes of Meng Lao and Su Gong, and lured him with a jar of willow leaf snow.

As soon as he thought of the seven fairies who were famous in the capital at that time, and the enchanting appearance on the stage, Song Qingfeng suddenly felt happy in his heart.

As a result, the Lord Commander laughed out loud in front of the gate of the dignified Jingguo Mansion.

Looking at Song Qingfeng's back as he rode away in wild laughter, Han Bing couldn't help but shake his head with some regret.

I remember when I first saw this guy, I thought he was a little straightforward and cute. But now, how did it become such a person who likes to gloat and is very annoying?

As the old saying goes, those who are close to ink are black.

It seems that the ancients were honest and did not deceive me!

Just when his kid shook his head and sighed a little smugly, he saw Luo Er walking out of the gate of Jingguo Mansion with brisk steps.

Han Bing originally asked Luo'er to ask Miss Huan'er more about the secret passage in the house, so that she could have a preliminary understanding of the approximate location of the entrance and exit of this secret passage.

As soon as he saw Luo'er come out at this moment, he hurriedly ran forward, ready to listen to some useful news.

But who knows, before he could ask, Luo Er had already stared at a pair of big eyes, and asked crisply: "It turns out that you have also pretended to be the Seven Fairies and sang on stage, why have you never told me?"

Han Bing suddenly grinned, not to mention how much he regretted it!

Why did you only think about finding the secret passage before, but completely forgot that Miss Huan'er knew about her troubles?

"I ...... I'm forced to ......," he muttered helplessly.

When Shui Lingluo heard this, he couldn't help but become even more interested, and asked in a loud voice: "Who forced you? How did he force you? Is there anyone more powerful than you in this capital?"

Han Bing couldn't help grinning again, knowing that if this topic was allowed to continue, his tall image of being wise and martial in Luo'er's mind would be completely ruined!

"Well, Luo'er, we have a very urgent matter to attend to now. It has just been discovered that Zheng Yong is likely to use the secret passages in the city to keep in touch with the outside of the city. Therefore, we must find this secret passage as soon as possible, and cut off the path for the Beijung Assassins to enter Jingyang City. ”

This tried-and-true trick to divert the subject continues to work.

As soon as Shui Lingluo heard Han Bing's words, he put all his doubts behind him, and immediately got on the horse with him and galloped in the direction of the south of the city.