Li Hong shook his head and smiled silently, took the note from Bai Chun's hand, glanced at it, and continued to tie it to Hai Dongqing's feet. His arms shook slightly, and Hai Dongqing, who had been caressed for a long time, started to cry. With a beat, a strong gust of wind suddenly hit his face, and Hai Dongqing took advantage of it to fly into the air.
Bai Chun didn't understand why Li Hong sent this message back intact, and he didn't even understand what Changmingfang Nei meant. Does it refer to Changmingfang, or does it refer to something else
"Go down and take a look. He's quite smart. He'll run away immediately if he misses a hit. Now it's your turn. Let your 'Jingwei' people keep an eye on him."
"They are not in Changmingfang. You asked me to..."
"I know that if we focus on the place you want to focus on, we will definitely gain something. Isn't Hechangfang right next to Changmingfang?" Li Hong smiled and jumped off the carriage.
Seeing this, Bai Chun also jumped down. Li Hong led the carriage and tied the carriage to the door himself beside the beautifully carved horse-tying stone. Then he walked to the door and looked at the dark door. .
"Whose mansion is here?" Bai Chun asked suspiciously when he saw Li Hong staring at the door but not opening it.
"Before or now?" Li Hong looked sideways.
Bai Chun rolled his eyes and said calmly: "If someone lived there now, there would be no spider webs in the corner. It shows that this place has been vacant for a long time."
"Smart!" Li Hong said approvingly, then tried it gently, and suddenly pushed open the dark door. At this time, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and all the scenery in front of him was much clearer than before. .
The withered trees have not been pruned for many years, and now their branches are messy, and they are overgrown with golden weeds. The only path has become difficult to identify because no one has walked on it for many years, and it is submerged in the overgrown weeds.
The desolate feeling was especially obvious in the early morning. The horizontal knife in Li Hong's hand chopped through the overgrown weeds, and he led Bai Chun inside step by step.
Many stones have fallen from the rockery in the small garden, and the garden is also overgrown with weeds. The flowers and other vegetation originally planted have been taken over by weeds.
"Whose mansion is this?" Bai Chun's voice seemed a little nervous. As Li Hong waved the horizontal knife in his hand, the sound of some animals escaping could always be heard in the dense weeds.
"No one will live in Li Chengqian's house from now on." Li Hong said lightly.
"Li Chengqian? He is the prince, how come he has a residence built by this royal palace?" Bai Chun was shocked. Li Chengqian is the current royal brother of His Majesty. He was the unyielding prince of the Tang Dynasty. He first fought secretly with Li Tai, the predecessor of Puwang Palace, and assassinated him. Li Tai failed.
Later, the Turks were tempted to rebel, so Taizong Li Shimin had no choice but to demote him to a commoner as he was reluctant to kill him for rebellion.
Next, regarding the issue of establishing the crown prince, Li Shimin was not fooled by Li Tai's slander at the last moment, and firmly made the current majesty the crown prince, and at the same time demoted Li Tai, the king of Pu, to the king of Donglai County.
Four years after he was demoted, Taizong Li Shimin thought about it day and night. Finally, in the 21st year of Zhenguan, he promoted Li Tai to the title of King Pu again. The Prince Pu's Mansion also passed through Li Shimin and Li Zhi to retain the title of King Pu, and finally Li Hong in hands.
"What does that have to do with this mansion?" Bai Chun tried his best to focus on what happened in the palace back then, rather than on the scary animals such as rats that were frightened and fled in the grass, between the door lintels, and on the windows. superior.
Li Hong opened a door again. It was obviously the master's bedroom. All the futons, tables, and curtains in the room were stained with thick dust, hung crookedly, and scattered around.
He fanned his eyes with his hand, and the heavy smell of dust that stung his nostrils quickly receded, and he continued: "Li Chengqian has foot problems. I guess it is caused by the sequelae of typhoid fever when he was a child. I am afraid it is also because of foot problems. This led to his psychological distortion, so he built this mansion to support a man named Zhengxin. "
"I've heard about this." Bai Chun saw that Li Hong finally walked out of the room and continued to walk forward. He didn't want to follow him, but he looked at the desolate, desolate and desolate courtyard behind him, and finally He had no choice but to run two steps quickly, holding Li Hong's arm and refusing to let go.
"There are many secrets in the royal family. It just depends on whether it is suitable for others to know. But there is no airtight wall in the world. In order to build this mansion, I was impeached several times by Yu Zhining. Later, the emperor found out about it. existence, he was killed in anger. However, Li Chengqian did not restrain himself because of this incident, but intensified his efforts. He erected a monument for the Satsuma Tomb in the East Palace and here, and ordered the people in the East Palace to worship day and night. Because of this incident, he even hated the emperor. I killed the emperor, so I'm afraid there will be rebellion later, right?" Li Hong said lightly, and then looked around in every palace as if he was looking for something.
"Are you looking for something? I heard about this too, and later he led the Turks into Chang'an in an attempt to rebel." Bai Chun tilted his head and looked at Li Hong and asked.
"Yes, he is trying to rebel, otherwise it won't be my father's turn. He is too anxious. King Pu Li Tai is the same, but he was later demoted to the Queen of Donglai County by the emperor. In addition, he has always had a good relationship with his father. So after my father ascended the throne, he did not attempt to rebel. This can be regarded as a good start. "Oh, I am looking for a painting." Li Hong scanned the wall, looking for anything about flowers and birds. Take a look.
Bai Chun patted Li Hong's shoulders and the dust on his body, and murmured: "Looking for a painting? What painting?"
"Have you ever heard of the orange-billed blue-faced boobies?" Li Hong was not discouraged at all and walked out of the room and continued to another room.
"How do you know there is one here? Is that painting important to you?" Bai Chun hugged Li Hong's arm again. She now felt that she was willing to keep searching here today, as long as she could focus on it. Stay with him.
"It's not very important. This painting was given to him by the eldest son, Sun Jiaqing, when Li Chengqian and Li Tai were fighting. It was also the painting that made him decide to assassinate Li Tai." Li Hong continued to talk mindlessly. I searched and searched, but still found nothing.
"Can a painting make Li Chengqian firm up his determination to assassinate Li Tai?" Bai Chuncai didn't believe it. Could it be that the painting could speak
"That painting won't do it, but the orange-billed blue-faced boobies in that painting will strengthen his determination." Li Hong passed by a broken window, looked at the footprints on the ground, and couldn't help but squat down and observe carefully. .
"really have… ."
"Xu... someone is here."
"Uh..." When Bai Chun screamed at birth, Li Hong immediately covered Bai Chun's red lips.
Li Hong hugged Bai Chun and looked at the footprints on the ground. There were not many people, about three or four people. He didn't panic when he saw the footprints in the distance. He only became panicked when he got here.
Going up the steps, I saw that this palace had been repaired, including the surroundings of the palace. When I looked at it again, I found that it was a lot more lively than the back palace. Every corner was obviously They have all been specially taken care of, and it feels more like someone lives here.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Hong's mouth. It seemed that his guess was not wrong at all. It seemed that he was here when the fire was set. But he didn't know whether these people stayed here specifically to monitor, or they were in a hurry and couldn't escape in time. .
Watching the door slowly closing at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, the smile in Li Hong's eyes grew stronger, and he was about to walk up, but was stopped by Bai Chun, who was holding his waist: "Master, you can't , let’s call some people over, it’s too dangerous for you alone.”
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. You'll know just by looking at these footprints." Li Hong smiled reassuringly and secretly signaled to Bai Chun to put away the Yan-winged crossbow already in his hand.
Bai Chun looked at Li Hong blankly, not understanding what was so special about these footprints.
"You make a footprint in that open space... Don't even think about running away from the people inside. There are people behind you too. You can't run away. If you don't want to die, it's best to open the door and come out by yourself. Don't let me go in. Otherwise, don't blame me." You're welcome." Li Hong suddenly said loudly.
I don’t know if the people inside were frightened. On the contrary, Bai Chun was so frightened that he immediately hugged his arm. Due to the tension in his chest, he squeezed Li Hong’s arm violently. The soft and delicate feeling made Li Hong’s arm rise and fall. Li Hong couldn't help but think of the delicate body in his arms last night.
He patted Bai Chun on the back and motioned her to look at the footprints she had made. After comparing them with the unfamiliar ones, Bai Chun discovered that there were several footprints that were about the same size as her own.
Only one person's footprints were much larger than his own, which clearly showed that there was probably only one man among these people, and the owners of the other footprints were obviously women.
Bai Chun gradually relaxed, but still looked at Li Hong worriedly. He stubbornly hid the Yan-wing crossbow in his sleeve again, held it in his hand, and looked at the door warily.
Li Hong saw that there was no movement inside, so he pulled Bai Chun and walked up the steps easily. When he reached the highest step, the door suddenly opened slowly and he saw four women inside... three women and one man slowly appeared. In sight.
Bai Chun was startled again. This time it was not because of any sudden incident, but because she had just thought that the four people in front of her were all women disguised as men. After careful observation, she discovered that the handsome one in the middle... No , the unusually handsome person turned out to be a man.
But his skin, eyes, eyebrows, lips, eyes, face, and that slender white neck are simply that of a woman. If it weren't for the tension that caused his Adam's apple to move up and down, it would be impossible to tell who he was at a glance. A man.
A cold flash flashed in Li Hong's eyes. He looked at the four women disguised as men... well, three women disguised as men and a man dressed as a man, and he knew the identities of these people.
(End of chapter)