"There's nothing." Duan Ling searched almost the entire study room and let out a long sigh.
Lang Junxia leaned his ear against the wall and said, "Don't worry, you will find it."
Duan Ling did not dare to light the lamp, for fear of being discovered. Following behind Lang Junxia, Lang Junxia gently tapped every inch of the wall, but did not find any hidden spaces.
"Where did he put his important things?" Lang Junxia asked, "You don't remember?"
Duan Ling suddenly remembered that when he was still in Xichuan, Mu Kuangda had a locked cabinet in the bookstore.
Before moving the capital, the cabinet was in the bookstore in Xichuan, and it should have been moved together after the capital was moved.
"Not here." Duan Ling looked around, but didn't see the cabinet from that year, and said, "Forget it, don't look for it any more."
"Go to his room?" Lang Junxia said.
Duan Ling and Lang Junxia looked at each other and said, "What are you doing in such a hurry? You care more than me."
Lang Junxia didn't say any more, Duan Ling stepped out, closed the door gently, and went downstairs with Lang Junxia without making any noise, and passed the corridor.
"I promised your fourth uncle." Lang Junxia said suddenly as he walked on the road, "Of course I have to help you."
"I'm only afraid of what he says." Duan Ling said, "It doesn't have much to do with how you choose in the end."
Lang Junxia was silent again, and Duan Ling said again, "Do you feel any guilt when you see Cai Yan becoming the crown prince and watching Cai Yan die?"
"If I say no." Lang Junxia said, "Do you believe it?"
When Duan Ling heard this, he suddenly understood something.
"Trust." Duan Ling replied, then turned around and looked at Lang Junxia with very complicated eyes.
Lang Junxia seemed puzzled, raised his brows slightly, his eyes were very bright, and Duan Ling was reflected in his eyes.
In Duan Ling's eyes, Lang Junxia's handsome face also reflected.
At this moment, he understood why they all said he was unkind.
That's the only thing Lang Junxia taught him.
Lang Junxia doesn't care about feelings, let alone the beautiful things in life in the eyes of many people, as if everything is illusory, and even himself is just a passer-by in many sufferings. What he once taught Duan Ling was just "don't let people know", "don't make too many friends", "I will always leave you"... and so on.
So Duan Ling seemed to have firmly believed since he was a child that there is nothing that will accompany him, and life is like a colorful bubble, fleeting.
Lang Junxia taught himself ruthlessness.
Lang Junxia raised his hand, crossed Duan Ling's shoulder, pointed to the end of the corridor, motioned to him, and continued walking.
At the end of the corridor was Mu Kuangda's room, Duan Ling hesitated for a moment, that was the last place.
In the garden, Huang Jian's expression was very disturbed, and he looked at everyone.
This is the first time he has participated in such a major meeting, and it is also a decision that determines the lifeline of the Dachen court. Mu Kuangda seemed to be well prepared, but when he made moves, he had no rules to follow. He didn't express his position, and let the crowd discuss it, just like discussing politics, and let the disciples listen in.
And Duan Ling seemed to have been prepared long ago, and took the initiative to take Mu Qing away, which was beyond Mu Kuangda's expectations. It is also good not to let Muqing get involved. The less you know, the less responsibility you have to take on.
"If the prince has the heart," Huang Jian said, "then he will agree to this request, return to Xunyang, and take someone to move the tomb for the princess. After all, the insider of the year was burned to death by Wuluohoumu."
"The prince is about to become the king of a country." Yao Fu shook his head and said, "It's really inappropriate to go to the north, and it's the territory of another country, he will use this to refute you."
Wu Du couldn't help but secretly thought that Yao Fu was too cunning. He seemed to be thinking of the court and the royal family, but in fact he kept presupposing the position that "the prince is fake".
"Seven days later." Huang Jian said, "Hundred officials support the spirit, and the enthronement can be postponed. After the support, it is the best time to pick up the concubine and be buried with the emperor. It is said that there is nothing wrong with going from Yecheng to Xunyang for five days? At most, the four major assassins will follow along."
"Take ten thousand steps back." Mu Kuangda finally opened his mouth and said, "I should also mention a place, let everyone go to the tomb of the princess."
"When the crown prince arrives, he can't even remember where his mother's tomb is." Xie You shook his head and said, "It can't be falsified after all."
Everyone's reasoning has fallen into a dead end again, but this time, the situation is very different from three years ago.
The Su Clan said: "Shepherd Minister, do you have anything else to say? Tonight is a festival with a full moon and a full moon. The national mourning is not yet over, and the old things are re-examined, and there is no conclusion. It is really not a good sign."
"Apart from General Han back then, everyone present was trying their best to prove the truth." Mu Kuangda said, "Everyone present now is trying their best to falsify. It can be seen that everyone has already reached a conclusion."
Saying that, Mu Kuangda moved his body, got up, and said, "It's okay! It was just a little doubt back then, and I specially invited you adults to come here. This is something that has been in my heart, and it has been annoyed for the old man for three years. Now that I have said it blatantly, I can finally sleep well tonight."
Everyone looked impatient when they heard the words, each thinking that you were asleep, now it's everyone's turn to trouble you.
Mu Kuangda's expression was obviously that he wanted to see off the guests, and everyone didn't want to stay any longer, so they all got up. Only Zheng Yan knew about Duan Ling's plan. Seeing that he hadn't come back, he was afraid that he would have to buy time, so he whispered something in Yao Fu's ear.
"Shepherd minister, please take a step to speak." Yao Fu said, "I have something to discuss with you."
Mu Kuangda said, "The night is cold in autumn, and Yaohou please go back to the palace first. In the early morning tomorrow, I will definitely visit first."
When Mu Kuangda said this, Yao Fu had to nod his head, and there was no reason to go on. Wu Du and Zheng Yan exchanged glances, knowing that Duan Ling was still looking for letters, but for a while there was nothing to do. Zheng Yan followed Yao Fu away, Wu Du and Changliu-Jun got up, but Mu Kuangda sat in the garden, silent.
After a while, a soldier of the Northern Army entered and whispered something in Mu Kuangda's ear, Mu Kuangda said, "Please come in through the back door."
Only then did Wu Du know that Mu Kuangda had an appointment with Han Bin.
"Come with me." Mu Kuangda said, "Huang Jian, you are tired from the journey, go back and rest."
Huang Jian bowed and resigned. When he left, his mind was shaken, and he almost fell, just because he knew it tonight, it really challenged his cognition.
At the same time, Duan Ling and Lang Junxia came to Mu Kuangda's room. Lang Junxia opened the window and drew out his long sword, reflecting the moonlight, and the room was a little brighter.
Mu's Mansion was a reconstruction of the former residence of a big salt merchant in Jiangzhou. It stands to reason that there should not be many secret doors in this place, but there may be secret passages. Duan Ling stood in the room, thought for a moment, lay on the ground, listened to the ground, and tapped the floor tiles lightly.
"Come here." Lang Junxia motioned for Duan Ling to go to the center of the room.
"Knock on these bricks." Lang Junxia said.
Duan Ling knocked on the ground, Lang Junxia stood tall, and Duan Ling was about to speak, but Lang Junxia made a "shush" gesture and looked at the floor tiles intently without blinking.
"There are secret passages underground." Lang Junxia said, "But I guess it's not necessarily what you want, try it?"
"How did you know?" Duan Ling asked.
"I'm an assassin." Lang Junxia looked around, "Assassins naturally have something to learn."
Duan Ling thought about it and said, "But there is no mechanism."
Lang Junxia sat on the bed, silent for a moment, and then motioned for Duan Ling to come to the bed.
"Lie down." Lang Junxia said.
Duan Ling: "..."
Lang Junxia looked sideways at Duan Ling, did not urge him, just waited patiently. Duan Ling remembered the copper pipe under the bed, so he lay down on Mu Kuangda's bed and looked for the mechanism beside the bed.
However, Lang Junxia suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged his waist, and tugged the other hand on the head of the bed. Duan Lingjue collapsed under him and almost cried out, but Lang Junxia immediately covered his mouth.
The bed was tilted and turned over, and the two fell into a dark passage.
The secret passage is very shallow, Lang Junxia helped Duan Ling up as soon as he landed, and in that instant, Duan Ling was no longer hostile to him, and it was rare to have a tacit understanding when they joined forces.
"How do you know there is a trap on the bed?" Duan Ling asked in surprise.
"The secret way to escape is on the bed." Lang Junxia replied casually.
Lang Junxia lit the fire and lit a lamp in the dark passage. There was an iron gate in front of him. After pushing it open, there was a rotten smell inside. There were many falling rocks and wood piled up, which were filled up. Maybe it used to be a secret escape route, but after a long time, it was buried and became a secret room in order to prevent danger.
"Is it this cabinet?" Lang Junxia asked.
There were three cabinets in front of him, and Duan Ling didn't know which one it was. There were no locks on the cabinet doors on the left and right sides, only the middle one was locked. It was probably because Mu Kuangda wanted to read things easily. Since they were in the dark room, there was no need to add them. locked.
He pulled one of them away, and Lang Junxia raised the lamp to illuminate the letter in Duan Ling's hand.
"I found it." Duan Ling murmured, "That's all."
In addition to the letter, there was also the medicine that Wu Du gave Mu Kuangda back then. Duan Ling opened the box and saw that it was almost empty.
Who took this medicine? It can't be the fourth uncle, Duan Ling thought to himself.
"Take them all." Lang Junxia said, "You've been delaying for too long."
"Wait." Duan Ling said, "There are too many letters to take away. They have to be screened."
Lang Junxia looked out, pushed the mechanism under the bed through a gap, and listened to the voices outside.
Duan Ling looked at the letters one by one, and picked out the ones that had no words on the envelopes. The contents contained everything. Chen Heng's political pros and cons, and he wrote a letter to ask Mu Kuangda to handle affairs... He guessed that there were many cabinet people and local officials in it.
He hadn't seen Han Bin's words before, so he didn't know which letter it should be.
Under the stack of letters, there was actually an iron box with a lock on it.
Duan Ling gave Lang Junxia the iron box, and Lang Junxia's long sword turned in circles and broke the lock with one sword.
The iron box shook open, and the letters were scattered all over the floor. Duan Ling knelt down and picked it up. Seeing that there were several maps above, all of them were the marching routes. He intuitively felt that this was the most important thing, so he put the letter inside. Take it out and put it all in the pocket.
"Found it?" Lang Junxia asked.
"I'll take a look." Duan Ling said.
He looked at the innermost iron cabinet, and always felt that there should be something inside, but there was a mechanical lock on the cabinet door.
What's in here? Duan Ling couldn't help but feel suspicious. Lang Junxia turned his ear to the side, pressed it against the wall, and said, "Hurry up and decide, someone is coming here."
Duan Ling didn't hear the footsteps. He knew that Lang Junxia's hearing must be better than his own. Now if the lock is destroyed, Mu Kuangda will definitely find out that someone has come. Do you want to take the risk
After hesitating for a long time, he finally turned his heart and said, "Open the lock and see."
Lang Junxia slashed with his long sword, the mechanism lock made a soft sound, and fell in response, Duan Ling suddenly opened the cabinet door.
It was empty inside, as if there was nothing in the whole cabinet. When the light came on, Duan Ling lowered his head instinctively and saw a long copper-cast box lying quietly at the bottom of the cabinet.