As Gu Xingqiao walked, he whispered to Tianyuan, "The target is very cautious and is unwilling to hand over all the maps to me at once, even if I asked him to repay Mingsheng's favor."
"Then what are you going to do?" Tianyuan asked.
"In fact, I don't need too detailed routes and locations," Gu Xingqiao replied, "I just need to know which unit's layout Cecil changed, where he made major changes, where he made minor changes... I can basically deduce where he really lives. Although I don't want to admit it, after so many years, just like he knows me, I know him as well."
"Even if he has been pretending in front of you?"
"Even if he has been pretending in front of me." Gu Xingqiao said firmly, "There is no perfect scam in the world. Even if his personality splits into another person, the details cannot be hidden from me."
After getting on the spaceship, Gu Xingqiao unfolded the information handed to him by his architect lover.
"You see, he made a big change to the palace of the banquet hall and streamlined the side halls of the meeting hall." Gu Xingqiao said, "His succession to the throne was not legitimate and no one knows the whereabouts of the old emperor. As a new ruler, he will definitely adopt a conciliatory policy to show his simple style of government affairs and his character of being close to his ministers."
"So, these newly renovated unmarked building areas are most likely study rooms, salons, small reception halls, dance halls, game courts... Yes, there must be a game court. 'Privately, he is as unruly as an ordinary big boy', this policy is definitely an important part of his image promotion."
Total hit.
On the way to the palace, Tianyuan actually saw the various new-style rooms that Gu Xingqiao had mentioned.
"He also increased the number of guards," Gu Xingqiao frowned slightly, "and must have expanded the number of personal guards as well."
"How did you know?"
Gu Xingqiao spun three fingers and magnified the coordinates of the royal garden.
"Here, the old emperor had a well-known hobby, which was collecting antique vehicles. This was the underground warehouse where he originally placed those vehicles. Cecil moved them to the ground and announced to the public that he would not increase military spending to protect the royal family... Imagine a young monarch, at the beginning of his reign, when the risk is the greatest, declaring that he will continue to use the personal soldiers left by his predecessor, is it possible?"
"In this way, we have a clear answer to the 30 newly added secret passages. Which ones are connected to the arsenal converted from the underground warehouse? Which ones are the real ones?"
"According to this logic..." He quickly drew a line on the map of the palace, which was as large as a huge city. "These are where he actually moves around on a daily basis."
In the red line he drew, there was the study where Tianyuan had just quietly lurked and where the emperor's blood had been stained.
Gu Xingqiao said softly: "I'm going to the training ground to stop him."
"You can determine the location of the drill ground."
"Do a simple logical reasoning question," Gu Xingqiao shrugged, "He is quite suspicious. The place where the secret passage is connected must not be the place where he usually relaxes. Just like this location, close to the library, it may not be Cecil's study, because the meeting hall is in the adjacent palace on the left. Maybe this is a ballroom, or maybe it is a cocktail party. He pays attention to superficial human touch."