In Wangcheng in the early summer, there is a lively flower viewing festival, and the whole street will be decorated in colorful colors. When you close your eyes, you will fall into the long fragrance, which is very pleasant.
It's a pity that my sweetheart is not here.
Yun Yifeng was leaning against the corridor, and a group of little maids were crowded in the front hall. They were chatting and discussing the bustling scene outside, while they were doing their work. Some were feeding cats, some were pruning branches, some were brewing medicine, some were Ironing the clothes, the steam from the charcoal fire added a damp life to the quiet courtyard. There is a clear blue sky and white clouds above my head. I can't help but think in my mind, I only lived in this palace for ten days, and I feel extremely depressed and miserable. lifetime. Thinking about it, the sun is about to set, and people are sleepy, with drooping eyelids, just like the lazy cat in the corner—the fur is soft and cute.
Concubine Hui was supported by the palace maid and stepped into the palace gate. Seeing this, she complained: "Why are you sleeping here? Wake up your young master quickly, and you won't be afraid of catching a cold."
"Concubine Hui." Yun Yifeng was woken up.
"I heard from the imperial doctor that you are not feeling well today, so I came to have a look." Concubine Hui held his arm, and the two of them entered the room together, "Are you feeling better?"
"Tianliang took two more mouthfuls of iced sweet soup, and I'm fine now." Yun Yifeng tidied up the files on the table, and sent the maid to make a pot of this year's new tea.
Concubine Hui glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, and asked in surprise, "Is this about General Lu?"
"Yes." Yun Yifeng smiled, "The emperor told me to take a look."
Concubine Hui didn't know his background, so naturally she couldn't understand why this name, which was kept a secret in the palace, would now be handed over to Yun Yifeng in a grand manner. After guessing for a long time, Fang suddenly remembered his identity as the master of Fengyumen, so he probed: "Is the emperor wanting to check General Lu again?"
"Not really." The story was tortuous, and it was really not appropriate to spread it to everyone, so he just said, "It's because I want to know more about what happened back then."
Isn't that the emperor wants to investigate? Concubine Hui thought so in her heart, but it has been so many years... She became more and more confused.
Yun Yifeng handed her a cup of tea: "Does the concubine know about General Lu and Pu Xianfeng?"
"Of course I have heard a lot." Concubine Hui nodded, slowly recalling that that time was also the time when she was favored. Originally, he thought about taking up this marriage for a good girl from his natal family, but he didn't hear until later that General Lu had a sweetheart, and the prime minister's daughter thanked Hanyan. She is really an extraordinary talented woman, and she is extremely beautiful, how can ordinary girls compare to her
"General Lu and her are a natural match, and they couldn't be more suitable." Concubine Hui said, "Later, something happened to Xie's family, and General Lu was far away from the border. I was worried about Miss Xie at one time. At that time, Xie's family was in chaos. ... I'm really afraid that bad people will take the opportunity to bully her."
"What about the back?" Yun Yifeng asked.
Concubine Hui sighed: "I mentioned it to the first emperor a few times later, and I thought about a lot of reasons, but every time I said half of it, he would be interrupted sharply, as if I was extremely impatient, how dare I say it again? Advise?"
It's just that although everyone didn't dare to persuade them on the surface, there were still many rumors secretly. Some people even speculated that because of Xie Hanyan's relationship, General Lu might have been inextricably linked with the traitors, so he couldn't clean it up. And a few years later, Lu Guangyuan was defeated and died, and the spectators became more convinced of this point of view—otherwise, why would there be rumors that "the first emperor deliberately delayed and refused to send reinforcements"? The cause and effect can be seamlessly connected.
Yun Yifeng frowned: "This..."
"It's all speculation, there is no evidence." Concubine Hui shook her head, "But I don't believe it."
Yun Yifeng hesitated and asked, "Did the late emperor believe it?"
Concubine Hui patted his hand, but said nothing.
Clouds rely on the wind and the back is cold.
All emperors are suspicious, even if they are not suspicious by nature, they have to be suspicious even if they are in their position. What did Lu Guangyuan do back then, what is the truth, what did the former emperor know, what does the current emperor know, and, if Lu Guangyuan really has a problem, what is hidden in the secret map of Zichuan? All of a sudden, I felt a little fortunate that Ji Yanran didn't see the diagram of the mechanism, and he lived in the palace from the very beginning.
There was a dull pain in the left shoulder, it was really like a hot potato was stuck on it.
Born in an emperor's family, he is honored in every way, but also feared in every way.
After sending Concubine Hui away, Yun Yifeng was still restless, so he took out the mechanism box from the cabinet and continued to study it. He had already asked Li Jing yesterday, and he confirmed that the crossbow was indeed brought back by Puchang from the tribe in the southwest. The craftsmen in Daliang also made a batch of imitations, but they couldn't find the right way, so they temporarily put it in the warehouse. Let it go for more than twenty years.
Yun Yifeng took out a pair of small tweezers, and took it apart very patiently. After picking out a bunch of small parts, he saw that there was only a wooden shelf left in his hand, and it didn't seem like there was any mystery behind it. But if this is the only way, it is impossible for the craftsmen not to make it. Yun Yifeng thought for a while, then took out the diorama given to him by Lao Wu earlier, and carefully zoomed in to look at it. Later, he found a seam on the inside, which was slightly yellow and was extremely difficult to detect.
He inserted the sharp thin blade and spun it hard.
With a sound of "crack", the wooden frame split neatly into two halves, and there really was a set of exquisite designs hidden inside, presumably used to maximize the ejection force. The thin and tough leather threads are intertwined and pulled, and the fragrance is light. Yun Yifeng lowered his head and smelled it. There was a faint sweet smell, which was exactly the same as that map. When he rubbed it with his hand, the texture was also similar, like the same material.
It's just that the secret map of Zichuan is very thick, but the leather thread is extremely thin. In some places, the two threads are flattened together, and the gap can't be found for a long time.
Yun Yifeng put down the tweezers and concentrated on thinking.
Ji Yanran went to Changying Peak this time, and what he took was the map rubbings. The real Zichuan secret map is still in the imperial study room. He had seen it before, and he mentioned that he didn't know that it was like sheepskin but not sheepskin. What is the leather material? It looks extraordinarily thick and weird... Could it be that it is also made of several sheets
The servant was guarding outside, when he suddenly saw Yun Yifeng push the door out, he hurried up to meet him: "Master Yunmen, do you want dinner?"
"Where's the emperor?" Yun Yifeng asked, "I want to see the emperor."
The servant was taken aback by his expression, didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to pass the message.
But Li Jing was entertaining foreign envoys, the hall was full of people, dancers accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, and the servant waited outside for a long time before passing the words to Eunuch Desheng.
And during this period of time, Yun Yifeng has already turned around seven or eight times outside the Imperial Study Room, if it wasn't for the face of the current emperor, even if this is the Hall of Yama, he would have already barged in on his own.
Eunuch Desheng trotted in all the way, panting: "Yun, Master Yunmen, is there something wrong? Your Majesty is still in the Anqing Palace, and he can't get away for a moment—"
"I want to see the secret map of Zichuan." Yun Yifeng interrupted him.
Eunuch Desheng was taken aback, looking at the secret map of Zichuan? Didn't His Royal Highness Xiao Wang read it many times when he rubbed the seal that day, why did he suddenly want to read it again
Yun Yifeng said: "I suspect that there is another mechanism in that picture."
"Okay, okay, Master Yunmen, please." Eunuch Desheng let him into the side hall, and after a while, he came over with the secret map of Zichuan, and brightened the lights.
Yun Yifeng dipped his fingers in water and rubbed the edge carefully, doing this hundreds of times, until his fingertips were sore and hot, and finally he rubbed a curled edge.
Eunuch Desheng watched him "stab" and tore the map into two, and he took a deep breath.
"this… "
Yun Yifeng processed it in the same way, until the thick map was dismantled into four pieces, so thin that it could be seen through light.
Eunuch Desheng hurriedly climbed onto the soft sedan: "Hurry up, hurry up, go to Anqing Palace!"
…
Yongle Prefecture, Changying Peak.
Jiang Lingfei was guarding a bonfire, roasting dry food and pheasants, looking a little absent-minded.
Ji Yanran threw him a jug of wine: "Still thinking about the martial arts conference?"
Jiang Lingfei was really puzzled: "Do you think my uncle is bewitched? Why did he come here to cheer Li Qinghai himself?"
Li Qinghai is the leader of the martial arts alliance and the number one opponent of Jiang Lingfei's uncle Jiangnan Douzhi. The two have been arguing for decades, and have always disliked each other. It stands to reason that Jiangnan Dou would be considered magnanimous if he didn't hire someone to make trouble this time around—after all, he has always been known for his narrow-mindedness. But who would have thought that during the day, he met a group of Jianghu people on the way, and the other party actually said that he met Senior Jiangnan Dou a few days ago, and he heard that he was going to Guangming Mountain, isn't this sick
Jiang Lingfei supported his head with one hand, and said listlessly: "My uncle doesn't mean to invite someone to a duel again, does he? If his nose is bruised and his face is swollen, wouldn't he want to make a fuss about hanging himself and swallowing gold? He can't afford to lose this man."
Ji Yanran smiled and said: "You say you don't want to take care of the Jiang family's affairs, but you are still worried, why don't you go and have a look, since it's close anyway, maybe it can help you."
"No, I'll stay and help you." Jiang Lingfei had a headache, "You also know about Jiang's affairs. A group of people are fighting against each other. If I go, my brothers will probably think they have ulterior motives. How about After finding the mechanism box, please ask Master Yunmen to help me find out why the Jiang family came to join in the fun, that's enough."
"Forget it, you decide for yourself." Ji Yanran patted him on the back, "Eat something, we will start searching the mountains tomorrow, you and I will go to the highest one."
The mountains shrouded in night, like many silent giants, they lurk in the darkness where you can't see your fingers.
I don't know if it's because of the Jiang family's affairs, or because of the smelly old Taoist a few days ago, anyway, Jiang Lingfei always felt numb in his back, so he moved it to another place, put a thick bear skin under his buttocks, and stuck it on Ji Yanran's back. Side: "I'm cold."
His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was inexplicable: "You go to the fire when you are cold, what are you doing here?"
"No, I'm cold." Jiang Lingfei slapped him with his arm, "Do you think there will be a mechanism in this mountain? Even Pu Chang's own son can be used as a map, so it seems unreasonable to put the mechanism box on the platform safely and securely." , waiting for us to pick it up."
"Tell everyone to pay more attention." Ji Yanran ordered, "But no matter how difficult it is, we must find the things and return to the emperor as soon as possible."
You can also reunite with your loved one as soon as possible.
Jiang Lingfei hugged him by the shoulders, and said in the tone of a person who came here: "I understand, a little farewell is better than a newlywed."
To be honest, Lao Wu and I have even prepared medicine for you.
Be upbeat!