Looking outside the palace, there are many mansions, and the Guozhang's mansion is definitely not the closest mansion to the imperial palace.
Generally speaking, the switch of the secret channel of the news agency must be at the nearest place of the secret channel of the agency, but the Lin family's technique of secret channel of the agency is unrivaled in the world. No matter how far away, it shouldn't be far away to the Guozhang's Mansion outside the palace.
Ye Chang said with a serious face, "I believe it is in the Guozhang's Mansion, go out of the palace to the Guozhang's Mansion."
Lin Zhixiao looked at him and saw that he had already walked down the steps quickly after saying this, he followed up and said to him, "Why must Ye Shizi be in the Guozhang's mansion?"
Ye Chang said, "Because of Madam Guo."
Lin Zhixiao was startled.
Ye Chang said, "I thought of Concubine Yue, but I forgot about Xu Yunchu's mother. She and Concubine Yue are sisters from the same school. Concubine Yue has always been in contact with the outside of the palace through her. Since the secret road of Shaohua Palace is It was reformed during the lifetime of Concubine Yue, so it was also during the lifetime of the uncle and wife. Imagine that the father-in-law has been fighting with the emperor for many years, and has no time to care about the affairs of the inner court of the mansion. She is the master. Is there any place in this capital that is better than digging secret tunnels under your own control in your own mansion?"
Lin Zhixiao was completely stunned.
Ye Chang said without looking back, "It's in the Guozhang's mansion."
Lin Zhixiao was surprised for a long time, followed Ye Chang quickly, and said to him, "Should we also ask the emperor to inform the father-in-law of the search of the manor?"
Ye Chang ordered, "Commander Zhang, go and ask for an order."
"Yes." Commander Zhang was also shocked, and went immediately after hearing this.
The emperor, the queen mother, the empress, the head of the state and other courtiers waited all night until the sky turned white, but there was still no news.
The head of the state had already waited anxiously, and couldn't help but walk straight in Shaohua Hall. The Empress Dowager and Empress were also very anxious, Master Wang and Mrs. Wang, Su Che and Mrs. Su, Patriarch Ye and Ye Xi were even more worried. After all, Su Fengnuan doesn't even have martial arts anymore. As time passed, their hearts became heavier and heavier.
When Commander Zhang came to the Hall of Shaohua, the emperor couldn't sit still anymore, and wanted to see how Ye Chang and Lin Zhixiao did the investigation? Why is there no news yet. Seeing Commander Zhang come in, without waiting for him to bow down, the emperor hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Is there any news?"
Commander Zhang cupped his hands and said, "Back to the emperor, Ye Shizi and Uncle Xiaoguo searched the Empress Dowager's Palace, Queen's Palace, Emperor's Palace, and Imperial Study, but found nothing. Now Ye Shizi guesses that the mechanism that was opened must not be inside the palace, but must be outside the palace. After finishing the words, he looked at the father-in-law, and said in a deep voice, "Shizi Ye and the second prince ordered the humble officials to come here to ask for an order to search the father-in-law's mansion."
The emperor was taken aback.
The queen mother was suddenly surprised, "Not in the palace? How could it be in the Guozhang's mansion?"
The queen said flatly, "Impossible, how could it be in the Guozhang's Mansion? The Guozhang's Mansion is so far away from the imperial palace..."
The head of the state also immediately said, "The head of the state has no secret channels."
Commander Zhang said in a deep voice, "Ye Shizi guessed that Concubine Yue Gui and Mrs. Guojiu are fellow seniors. When Mrs. Guozhang was alive, Mrs. Guo was in charge of all the trivial matters in the inner courtyard of the Guozhang's mansion. What better place than her Can the movement of the residence be more deceptive?"
The emperor turned cold when he heard this.
The empress dowager, empress, and the father-in-law were all lost in each other for a while, and they had already forgotten about the uncle and wife.
The father-in-law thought of what his uncle and wife had said and how she died in the prison that day, and he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I request that you go back to the mansion to investigate thoroughly with Ye Shizi and the second prince."
The emperor waved his hand upon hearing this, "Go!"
The abbot quickly walked out.
The emperor said to Commander Zhang, "Tell Ye Chang and Liu Xiao that if the Guozhang's mansion cannot be searched, no matter where they search, there is no need to ask for an order. Search casually. I will approve it."
"Yes." Commander Zhang hastily withdrew from the Hall of Shaohua.
After the father-in-law and Commander Zhang left, the emperor said to the queen mother, "If the queen mother is tired, go back to the palace and rest. I will wait here."
The queen mother shook her head, "I'm not tired of mourning my family."
The emperor looked at the people in the Shaohua Palace again, and it was not a solution to trap the courtiers in the Shaohua Palace. If the court is not in operation, the country will not be safe. So, he said to the ministers and family members of the court, "Thank you, you are here to watch the new year with me. Wait for another hour, and the palace gate will open, and all the ministers will leave the palace."
Everyone hurriedly said, "It's not hard for me to wait."
The emperor looked at King Jin, "Uncle King Jin, you are getting old, and someone will arrange for you to rest in the Nuan Pavilion?"
King Jin hurriedly said, "Going back to the emperor, the old minister is not tired. Uncle Xiao Guo and Ms. Su will not come out for a while, and the old minister will not be at ease for a while. After all, he is already the heir concubine of the Rong An Palace."
The emperor nodded when he heard the words, and said no more.
After the king of Jin said this, everyone remembered the marriage between Su Fengnuan and Ye Chang. The imperial decree bestowed marriage, which was originally a marriage made in heaven, but according to what Xu Lingyi said earlier, Xu Yunchu was given chaos and rouge snow. It is the poison of disturbing the mind, and the other is the aphrodisiac that is hard to buy in the world. With these two poisons added to the body, no matter how gentlemanly a man is, he will not be able to escape the beauty test.
What's more, Xu Yunchu likes Su Fengnuan. Although he didn't make it public, there are not a few people who know it, especially after Su Fengnuan came back from the western region, he was seriously injured and lost all his martial arts. He is weaker than ordinary women.
They fell into the trap together, and under the influence of Huanxinsan and Yan Zhixue, Xu Yunchu couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't do something to Su Fengnuan. And Su Fengnuan has no martial arts, so he must be powerless to resist. And now more than eight hours have passed, what should have happened has already happened.
If she and Xu Yunchu achieve good things because of this, then the marriage with Ye Chang will definitely be cancelled.
Some people sighed secretly, some people felt that Xiaoguo, the uncle of Guozhang's mansion, was both civil and military, and he was also a character, so he would not disgrace Miss Su. It's just a pity for Ye Shizi, once this happened, how could he be embarrassed in the future
After King Jin finished speaking, Master Wang glanced at King Jin and said nothing.
Patriarch Ye also took a look at King Jin, frowned slightly, and his eyes were darkened.
Ye Xi has been standing in front of the seat of the head of the state, his only plan is to rush down as soon as the mechanism is opened.
Ye Chang and Lin Zhixiao led the imperial guards out of the palace very quickly. When Guo Zhang and Commander Zhang had just stepped out of the palace gate, the two of them had already searched the Guo Zhang's mansion with their people.
The first is the residence of Mrs. Guo's uncle.
After the death of the uncle's wife, the husband of the country fell ill for several days, Xu Yunchu ordered someone to seal up the courtyard of the uncle's wife.
Everyone in the Guozhang's Mansion saw Ye Shizi and the Second Prince bring the imperial guards to the Guozhang's Mansion to search. After experiencing the incident where the whole family of the Guozhang's Mansion broke into the sky prison, everyone was panicked. The mansion guards didn't dare to stop the imperial guards, and the two went to the uncle's wife without any hindrance.
After a search, no trace was found.
Lin Zhixiao said to Ye Chang, "Could it be that your guess was wrong?"
"Impossible! Go to Xu Lingyi's courtyard." Ye Chang said decisively, "Mrs. Guo is Xu Yunchu's mother after all. Even though he was not close to his mother since childhood, he would come to pay her respects every now and then. But her younger sister, After all, it is the courtyard of my daughter's house, even though he is an elder brother, he can come and go as he pleases, but there is only one place where he will definitely not go in and out at will, and that is her boudoir."
Lin Zhixiao said, "Then let's go there quickly."
Ye Chang nodded.
The two took people to Xu Lingyi's courtyard together.
At this time, the father-in-law had already returned to the mansion, and after arriving at the courtyard of his wife, the two happened to have just left for Xu Lingyi's courtyard, and he chased after Xu Lingyi's courtyard.
Sure enough, under the bed in Xu Yunchu's boudoir, he found the secret passage of the agency.
Lin Zhixiao grew up in the Lin family and was proficient in the secret passages of the Lin family's mechanism. He immediately searched and opened the mechanism, and a secret passage appeared under Xu Lingyi's bed. He turned his head to look at Ye Chang, and said pleasantly, "It really is here."
Without saying a word, Ye Chang jumped in.
Lin Zhixiao was startled, and immediately followed.
The head of the country looked at the dark secret passage, and his blood surged, "I didn't expect to be in the house of the head of the country... the family is unlucky." After saying that, he wanted to jump down.
Commander Zhang hurriedly stopped him, "Patriarch, you are getting old, let the humble official follow, you can just wait up there."
The head of the state shook his head, "No, I'm going to save my grandson." After saying that, he broke free from Commander Zhang's hand and followed.
Commander Zhang saw that the father-in-law had jumped off, so he quickly followed suit. At the same time, he called the imperial guards to follow ten people.
After Ye Chang jumped down the secret path, he found that although it looked dark from above, the stone walls below were inlaid with small night pearls. A long passage with no end in sight.
Ye Chang walked in front quickly, almost like flying, Lin Zhixiao followed behind him, also at an extremely fast speed.
After the two walked a long passage, they came to the third brother fork in the road.
Ye Chang stopped in his tracks, thought for a while, and then chose the one on the far left. Lin Zhixiao had no objection and followed.
Although Guozhang has no martial arts, he can run fast after the two of them. Commander Zhang never knew that Guozhang could run so fast at an old age. I dare not relax for a moment, for fear of being left behind.
The group of people walked about two or three cups of tea, and in front of them was a stone wall, which seemed to weigh about a thousand gold, and had no way out.
Ye Chang stood outside the wall, stepped aside, and filially said to Lin Zhi, "The mechanism should be here, you are here to activate it."
Lin Zhixiao nodded, stepped forward, looked at the wall, and pressed lightly on a pattern with his palm, only to hear a "click", the stone wall suddenly cracked a gap, and then "click" "After several sounds, a door appeared on the stone wall and opened slowly.