When he arrived at Leng Palace, Lei Yan wandered around for a long time but could not find Liu Liangren's residence.
However, Wen Qingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and led him to the northernmost palace gate.
The door was locked with an iron lock. There was a small square door under the iron lock, which opened with a slight pull.
Lei Yan looked inside, it was pitch black and there was nothing.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at today's moonlight. This cold palace had been neglected all year round, with lush trees and overgrown weeds.
"Sister Shuo, will sleeping with you harm Mr. Liu?" Wen Qingzhu turned around and gave Lei Yan a hand.
Lei Yan raised his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head.
Looking at the towering palace wall, Wen Qingzhu made a suggestion: "How about you jump on the wall and have a look. We won't be able to open this door for a while."
Lei Yan nodded, and when he was about to turn around, he suddenly found a pair of bright black eyes revealed behind the open door.
"I'm going!" Lei Yan was so frightened that he backed away and shouted.
Wen Qingzhu looked back and saw that it was still dark inside the small door, so he turned around and asked him, "What did you see?"
"I saw a pair of cow-like eyes suddenly appearing behind the small door. It scared me to death!!!" Lei Yan patted his chest, looking frightened.
"Really?" Wen Qingzhu was not afraid and moved closer to take a look.
Inside the dark little door, there was no—
Wen Qingzhu's gaze fell diagonally downward, and in the faint moonlight, he saw a pair of malicious eyes, as if they were about to eat her in half the next moment.
Seeing this person appear at the door, Wen Qingzhu frowned and said softly: "Are you Liu Liangren?"
Who knew that those eyes showed a bit of dissatisfaction, slowly fell down, and disappeared into the darkness.
"You saw it!" Lei Yan took a step forward.
Wen Qingzhu turned around and looked at the two paths to the left and right: "It stands to reason that there are also guards and eunuchs on duty here in the Leng Palace, right?"
"It's so late at night, no one would be so concerned!" Lei Yan took her two steps back and pointed at the palace wall, "I'll take you up."
Without any explanation, Lei Yan grabbed Wen Qingzhu's shoulders, kicked off the ground, and jumped onto the palace wall.
In the past, Fu Lie always held her waist, but Wen Qingzhu didn't think it was a big deal.
Now Lei Yan directly grabbed his shoulder, pulling and pressing it with such force that Wen Qingzhu's face turned green.
Lei Yan glanced around the palace and looked carefully for a while, but found no one at all.
Not even a fly was seen.
"Qingzhu, that person—"
As soon as Lei Yan turned his head, he saw Wen Qingzhu holding his shoulders, his brows furrowed, looking very painful.
"What’s wrong with you?"
After hearing what he said, Wen Qingzhu said expressionlessly: "My shoulder was dislocated by you, and I'm trying to pull it back."
Lei Yan was startled, and then heard a crack of bones.
Wen Qingzhu was seen slowly moving his left shoulder, and his complexion also improved.
"Let's go down and look for it." Wen Qingzhu didn't hesitate, grabbed Lei Yan's arm and jumped down.
With a splash, Wen Qingzhu stood up, flicked the dust off his body, took out a fire stick from his sleeve, and after blowing it, the surrounding area lit up.
He lowered his eyes and saw that Lei Yan was still lying on the ground, and then he asked in surprise: "Are you okay?"
Lei Yan, who felt aggrieved, endured the pain in his chest and slowly got up.
He finally realized Wen Qingzhu's pain just now, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, I know what I want to do next time, let me tell you first."
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu nodded with a smile.
The two people walked around the yard and the house. Except for finding some traces of human activities, they didn't find the person who just appeared at the door.
Back at the entrance of Leng Palace, Wen Qingzhu fell into deep thought.
She and Lei Yan both saw someone inside just now, and it was definitely not their eyes.
Lei Yan is highly skilled in martial arts, and any movements made by ordinary people will definitely not escape his ears.
But why did they find nothing after searching around it
"Qingzhu, although no one is taking care of this cold palace, will they plant so many trees?" Lei Yan was also confused, looking at the trees hidden in the night.
If he hadn't been able to see the door of the house, Lei Yan would have doubted that this place was not a cold palace at all.
Wen Qingzhu followed his gaze and said, "Normally it won't happen."
The two people looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Wen Qingzhu looked at the fire stick in his hand, which was almost burning out.
They must find that Liu Liangren quickly.
Suddenly, in the thick darkness, a strange cat meow was heard.
Wen Qingzhu looked at Lei Yan with surprise in his eyes.
They had searched around just now, and there was no way there was a cat in this place.
"Chase!" Lei Yan immediately made a decision, tried his best to take care of Wen Qingzhu, and ran after the meow.
After a while, they stood in front of a palace wall.
Lei Yan said with certainty: "The cat finally appeared here and then disappeared suddenly."
Wen Qingzhu handed the fire certificate to Lei Yan, while he touched the cat's paw prints on the mottled palace wall.
She looked up at the height of the palace wall, which was almost two feet high.
He looked back and saw some short bushes behind him.
It is theoretically impossible for the cat to jump over the palace wall and get out.
The question now is, where did the cat go
You can’t fly in the sky, so underground—
Wen Qingzhu looked down and asked Lei Yan to shine on the ground.
"Footprints! Those of a woman!"
The firelight illuminated the area beneath their feet, and a few messy footprints suddenly appeared in front of them.
Now in the depth of winter, there is no dead grass to deal with in the cold palace.
When it comes to leaving footprints on withered grass, unless they are very close in time.
Wen Qingzhu curled his lips and understood where Liu Liangren was hiding.
"Brother Yan, I know where she is hiding." Wen Qingzhu led Lei Yan and began to search from left to right.
Within half an hour, they stopped less than a foot away from the cat's paw prints.
The dead grass in front of them was different from the one before. It looked more like someone had placed it on it deliberately.
Lei Yan walked over and kicked the hay pile with his foot, and kicked it away easily.
He kicked a few more times, and a square stone slab was revealed on the ground.
Lei Yan glanced at Wen Qingzhu and saw her squatting down, reaching out and knocking on the stone slab.
Dang Dang! Dang Dang!
"Hollow." Wen Qingzhu laughed and glanced at this cold palace, "Liu Liangren doesn't look simple either."
Wen Qingzhu stood up and thought that Liu Liangren could catch the cat and take it away after they had been looking for it for so long.
He must also be someone who knows martial arts.
"Don't worry about her anymore, we can go back." Wen Qingzhu turned to leave.
Lei Yan looked at the tunnel entrance, then at Wen Qingzhu's back, and asked strangely: "Aren't you looking for her?"
Wen Qingzhu waved his hand: "Sister Shuo asked you to come here to protect her. Since she can protect herself, we naturally don't need to stay here."
Lei Yan hesitated for a moment, then followed Wen Qingzhu.
After leaving Liu Liangren's residence, Wen Qingzhu deliberately went around to Goudan's residence.
Pointing to the front casually: "Brother Yan, who do you think that person is in front of you?"
Lei Yan immediately became nervous and said, "You hide here for a while, and I'll go check out the situation ahead."
After he left, Wen Qingzhu quietly opened the door and went to Goudan's room.
Arriving at the door of the original firewood shed, Wen Qingzhu knocked gently on the door a few times: "It's me, Sister Zhu. I brought you medicine. If you don't know how to boil medicine, I'll come over and teach you in a few days."
Seeing no response in the room, Wen Qingzhu put down the medicine.
She glanced at the dilapidated wooden door and turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, the door panel behind him suddenly opened, and his sleeve was grabbed by a very small force.
"elder sister… "
Wen Qingzhu sighed and turned around. He was still holding the day's roast chicken in his hand.
…
Half an hour later, Lei Yan came back with a serious face.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu leaning against the palace wall and meditating, he couldn't help but walked over quickly: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's you, why have you been gone for so long?" Wen Qingzhu stood up straight and asked.
Lei Yan turned sideways, pointed at Leng Gong at the other end and said: "The last person who lived over there, Feng Yi, died and was poisoned. Now Su Huo is leading people to investigate the case over there. He was originally going to come over here. I told him privately about Liu Liangren."
"The last one, Feng Yi, died?" Wen Qingzhu was deeply surprised. Why did people in Leng Palace get into trouble one after another
When passing through the exit of Leng Palace, Wen Qingzhu also saw the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Justice guarding the door.
She thought about it and decided not to go there.
Back at the Wugutai, Jiang Yue had returned, and Jiang Yuancheng was talking in front of him.
Lei Shuo walked up to them and looked at Wen Qingzhu doubtfully: "Have you always been together?"
"Yes." Wen Qingzhu smiled and nodded, "I got lost and happened to bump into Brother Yan."
Lei Shuo looked at Wen Qingzhu suspiciously. She didn't believe it, but she didn't say anything.
Instead, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yue: "Just now, the fifth prince proposed a plan to provide relief through work. The emperor agreed very much and seemed to want to reward him."
"What's the plan?" Wen Qingzhu's heart sank. Jiang Yuancheng was crowned king in his previous life. In addition to removing the prince, he also quietly handled the affairs of the victims.
This made Jiang Yue Longyan very happy and directly made him the King of Chu.
Lei Shuo explained: "Aren't the snow disasters in the south very serious in the past two years? Yunfeng made Kangcheng a mess before, and the people complained. If the disaster relief money is distributed, half of it will reach the hands of the victims. . Now that the treasury is empty, he just proposed a project to build a canal to divert water from the south to the north. He produced detailed drawings and plans, and the Minister of Industry said it is completely feasible."
Wen Qingzhu's face darkened. Wasn't this plan proposed by Prince Ning
Thinking of the current situation, the prince is no longer a big threat. Is Jiang Yuancheng going to strive to be crowned king
This plan is very feasible. It was proposed by Jiang Yuancheng, an inconspicuous customer.
Later, Jiang Yuancheng recognized his talents and promoted him. At the same time, he summoned his disciples to discuss a specific trial plan.
But I didn’t expect that the plan would be mature now
"You don't look happy?" Lei Shuo stared at Wen Qingzhu's profile and asked hesitantly.
Wen Qingzhu looked away and nodded: "I am indeed unhappy, and Mr. Lei must be unhappy too."
Lei Shuo was still a little puzzled, but he saw that his grandfather had already gotten up to find Fu Xuan, the Grand Master of the Hanlin Academy and the head of the Fu family.
There was a curtain over there, so Wen Qingzhu couldn't see clearly.
Lei Shuo next to him was startled: "Grandpa actually took the initiative to find Master Fu..."
"It seems that the matter of being crowned king is very close." Wen Qingzhu turned to look at Jiang Yue. Concubine Cheng was not there, and Concubine Hui and Concubine Wan were waiting on Jiang Yue's side.