Although the man named Sheng looked at me quietly without speaking, his expression changed.
I looked at Mr. Sheng, who had a bad expression on his face, and said, "Actually, if you take a closer look at Nian Xiyao's resume, it is not difficult to find that he has always been Yongzheng's spy. Nian Xiyao first became a frontier official like the governor of Guangdong, and later He was dismissed from office after being implicated by Nian Gengyao."
"In the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign, Nian Xiyao was appointed again. He successively served as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, the governor of Jingdezhen, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the tax manager of Banzha Pass in Huai'an, and the censor of the left capital."
I said solemnly: "The two positions of Jingdezhen Governor Taoguan and Huai'an Zhaguan are actually the same as the positions of Cao Yin, the Kangxi Dynasty's Jiangnan weaver, right? They are both secret service agencies that control one side."
"Later, Yongzheng appointed him as the censor of Zuodu, which was actually intended to downplay his identity as a spy. Therefore, Nian Xiyao did not end up like Cao Yin after Yongzheng's death. He was only dismissed by Qianlong."
I stared at the other party closely and said, "I said all of this correctly, right?"
The man surnamed Sheng said in a deep voice: "Since you want to deliberately show off your unofficial history, then whatever you say will be whatever you say."
I smiled and said, "Okay, since you don't want to hear unofficial history, let's talk about official history."
I said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that Yongzheng loved Nian Gengyao extremely in the early period. However, few people know that Yongzheng not only loved Nian Gengyao, but also had great trust in the Nian family."
"Nian Gengyao's father, Nian Xialing, was not actually a famous official throughout the ages. After his death, he was posthumously granted the title of First-Class Duke by Yongzheng. This was the highest title in the Qing Dynasty, except for the royal family."
"Nian Gengyao's younger sister, Nian, was not only the first imperial concubine of the Yongzheng Dynasty, but also the first imperial concubine. After her death, she was also given the posthumous title of Imperial Concubine Dunsu and was buried with her in the Tailing Mausoleum."
"During the funeral, Yongzheng sent seven princes from his immediate family to pay filial piety to the imperial concubine. Prince Cheng Yunzhi, Prince Lian Yunsu and other members of the clan from the prince level to the engraving general and above, and all officials from the fourth rank and above to the civilian Duke Hou Bo were all We are required to gather together three times a day and night to mourn.”
"Even so, Yongzheng still felt that the ceremony of the funeral was sloppy. Several people from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Rites complained about it, and the Minister of Rites was demoted two levels in a row. He is a first-rank official in the six departments of the imperial court!"
I said quickly while the other person's expression kept changing: "Although the eighth prince Fuhui, born to the Nian family, died in infancy, Yongzheng ordered that he be buried with the ceremony of a prince. At that time, Qianlong, who was over eighteen years old, was not even a beizi. If If Fuhui does not die, maybe Emperor Qianlong will not be Hongli, but Fuhui."
My voice suddenly became louder: "Can you tell me why Yongzheng dotes on the Nian family so much?"
"I don't know." Mr. Sheng snorted coldly, "I really don't understand, you are already close to death, how can you still have the time to study the Nian clan?"
I smiled calmly and said, "Only after I have studied the Nian clan, will I know how to continue the game with you."
In fact, I have not really studied the history of the Qing Dynasty. Everything I said comes from the "Wanxiang Jing".
What makes me feel strange is that although the "Wanxiang Jing" focuses on recording the Nian family, it deletes the most critical parts, including the reason why Yongzheng favored the Nian family and the real cause of Yongzheng's death.
Mr. Sheng, who was sitting opposite me, chuckled and said, "Continue the game? You have been fooled by me since you came in. What qualifications do you have to talk to me about continuing the game?"
A sneer appeared on my lips: "Do you really think I didn't see through your little tricks? How about I tell you one by one?"
The other party didn't say anything this time, just sneered again and again. Apparently, he didn't believe that I could see through the secret of the underground palace.
I took a deep breath of smoke and said, "Let's put it this way! This underground palace is actually a large-scale magic show, and you are a group of killers who can perform tricks."
As soon as I finished speaking, the other person's expression suddenly changed.
But I pretended not to see it: "As long as you are in the underground palace, your magic stage is everywhere. You are using light, shadow and tunnels to play the game of ghost possession with me."
I stretched out my hand and pointed at the wall: "Magic, to be honest, is all very similar. It is nothing more than using light, mechanical props, and techniques to confuse the audience. Those torches with added materials on the wall are your props. This is what Xiyao did from Nian Xiyao Was it passed down from there?"
Although Nian Xiyao was a high official in the imperial court, his academic achievements were equally impressive.
Nian Xiyao has achieved extremely high achievements in painting, mathematics, medicine, and history. During the nine years that Nian Xiyao served as the pottery supervisor of Jingdezhen, he experimented with various new technologies and discovered traditional craftsmanship, which is known as "Nian Kiln" in the world.
Nian Xiyao's "Sight Science" completed with the help of the Italian missionary Castiglione was more than 60 years earlier than the "Geometry of Painting" published by Monge, a French mathematician known as the founder of painting geometry. One of the copies of "Sight Science" is now in the Royal Academy, and there are only two reprints in China.
The Qing Tai Mausoleum was first built in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign, and Nian Xiyao was reactivated in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign. At that time, Nian Xiyao happened to be the Minister of Internal Affairs. Moreover, Nian Xiyao has made great achievements in painting optics, and the entire Tailing Underground Palace uses light and shadow. I can't think of it without thinking of Xiyao in previous years.
I deliberately didn't look at the other party's face: "Since we went to the tomb, you have used light and shadow to kill people. He Yang who was strangled on the stone tablet did not step on the mechanism by himself, but received some kind of guidance."
I waved the flashlight twice: "The method you used at that time was similar to this flashlight. You should have used something like a light spot to guide He Yang forward and backward, right?"
The man sneered: "Do you think He Yang is a fool?"
I smiled and said: "If the environment were different, he would definitely not be stupid, but people can easily lose the ability to think when they are extremely nervous. At this time, even if there is only a little hint, they will follow forward. He Yang is like this I died in your hands."
I said again: "There is also Han Lei standing across the Wangchuan River. The reason why he turned into Bai Wuchang is because you used the effect of light and shadow to change his clothes."
"At that time, I had been observing Han Lei's aura. There was no life in his body, but he could fly backwards. You used things like wires to put on a good show for us, right? ?”
As I spoke, the man's face became darker and darker, but I continued: "At that time, I was always thinking, how can you let a dead person speak. It wasn't until I jumped into the Wangchuan River that I figured out that in this underground palace In fact, there are secret passages all over. Not only can you come and go freely, but you can also make noises anywhere. Those so-called ghosts are actually your living beings."
Speaking of tunnels, Yongzheng’s Sticky Branch is the organization that takes tunnels to the extreme. At that time, the entrance to the palace was through a tunnel at Sticky Road. It wasn't until Qianlong succeeded to the throne that he felt that the secret agents' use of tunnels to enter and exit the palace was detrimental to the royal dignity, so he had the tunnels in the palace filled up.
The man looked at me and sneered: "You saw Ye Xun being killed and Doudu turning into a ghost with your own eyes. Was it also light and shadow?"
"Of course not!" I walked up to the man and squatted down, stretched out my hand and tore off a human skin mask on his face, and the man then revealed the face of a middle-aged man.
"Disguise?" I fiddled with the mask in my hand and said, "You are just using disguise to change a member of an archaeological team to look like Ye Xun. As for the knife that killed the team member, if If I'm not mistaken, it's a temporary prop you made, right? So, after the fake Lu Xinyao killed someone, he always hid the knife behind the prison van to prevent me from seeing it. "
I said in a deep voice: "Actually, you don't know how to act. You acted too hastily after Fake Ye Xun was killed. If you hadn't said a word, I might still be suspicious, but you repeatedly tried to make me believe it. Lu Xinyao is possessed by a ghost, but I don't believe it."
I threw the human skin mask on the ground and said, "I suddenly asked you why Lu Xinyao wanted to kill people. I just wanted to test how many of you were around."
"As a result, your helper hiding in the dark thought I had discovered something, and couldn't wait to create another shadow of Doudu. Your light and shadow magic is brilliant, but it is too fake. If you let Doudu delay again Come out, maybe I can really be fooled."
The man opposite me gritted his teeth and said: "What can you do if you see through it? You still have to die here, all of you die here! I don't believe that all six of you have the ability to see through everything."
"Tsk tsk..." I deliberately smacked my lips and shook my head, "No wonder the Qing Dynasty is over. Even the most elite internal affairs agents in the Qing Dynasty are inferior to each other. If the Qing Dynasty is not over, who will be over?"
I pointed at Lu Xinyao: "I haven't met her since I walked into the underground palace. How do we cooperate with each other to trick you? Do you believe that Lu Xinyao and I have telepathy?" , or do you think there is some secret message between us?"
The man snorted coldly: "How do I know?"
I tapped lightly on Mi Tian with my fingers: "This is called Morse code. We relied on it to communicate in the tomb passage."
"Actually, you have only one purpose for making us kill each other. We deliberately separated on a fork in the road just to lure you out."
I said in a deep voice: "After I saw Lu Xinyao, I have been trying my best to cover up her actions. In fact, I was creating opportunities for Lu Xinyao and wanted to keep you and your accomplices together." Down."
"However, your accomplice seems to have slipped away to another place, so I have to leave you here for now."
Since I entered the door, I have always turned my back to that person, just to prevent him from seeing the blood flowing in my eyes. I used "Seeing Fire" to look in the secret room for a long time but didn't find anyone else in the room, so I had to retreat and do the next best thing, leaving only this one person.
When I looked at the man with burning eyes, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.