please don't believe me

[Main task: Treasure Map

Task time: from now until XX, XX, XX (180 days)

Mission objective: the treasure shown in the treasure map

Mission description: Dear Master, the clues to the treasure map have been revealed, please piece together the pieces to find the ultimate treasure!

Success condition: Please follow the instructions on the treasure map, find the location of the treasure, and let at least two people know.

Task Reward: One of the essential elements for the system to break away!Collect all seven and you will be able to leave this system completely and return to the original world!

Task reminder: There are still 153 days before the task deadline.

Additional side tasks: 1. (Required) Please confirm the number of fragments of the treasure map within 50 days. ——Unfinished (There are still 23 days before the task deadline)]

At midnight, the moonlight pierced through the clouds, and the Huaqing Temple was suddenly lit with lights.

A man in a robe with wide sleeves wrapped in a cloak walked forward quickly.He seemed to be in a hurry, his clothes were slightly disheveled, and his hair was not even combed, only tied with a long navy blue rope.The little boy who was leading the way held him a lantern in one hand and a whisk in the other. He had to look back to see if there was anything he missed while he was running fast, and his expression was a little nervous.

It wasn't until the man in the long robe entered the four-person sedan waiting at the door, and the curtain of the sedan was released, that Xiao Tong breathed a sigh of relief.He nodded to another waiter standing inside the gate, and then ordered: "Get up the sedan chair!"

With a creak, the gate of Huaqing Guan was closed behind him.The four strong and strong eunuchs heard that they got up from the sedan chair, they didn't need to tell them, they could go to their destination smoothly and quickly.

"Spiritual water."

The little boy immediately approached the window of the sedan chair: "Yes, my lord."

"How long has Xu Chang been arrested?"

"Go back to your lord, I heard that he was arrested during the day today, and was just taken to the dungeon in the evening."

"'Just now'? It's been several hours since the evening... It's only now that I know!"

"It is said that this time it is a secret operation, that... may not even know about it."

"Hey, I don't think it's Xu Chang..."

The words in the sedan chair were not exhausted, but there was no sound.Little Tong Lingshui knew that the other party's words contained words, and his heart skipped a beat, and he could only pretend that he hadn't heard a word.

A group of people walked through the palaces in the dark, Lingshui finally simply held up the token to show the imperial guards, and only then did they reach the destination after a quarter of an hour.

The door of the dungeon in the palace.

When the long-robed man stepped out of the sedan chair, he was no longer in the same distress as before.The white inner shirt is neatly pressed to the bottom, the navy blue wide-sleeved robe carries the wind when walking, and the black cloak keeps out the cold and is solemn.Little Tong Lingshui went forward to hand him the whisk, then turned to look behind him seemingly casually, and made sure that the simple bun was firm and beautiful, then raised the lantern to lead him forward.

When he arrived at the prison gate, Lingshui held up the imperial token again: "Investigate the case according to the order!"

"Master of the State." The soldier guarding the gate saluted the man with his fists cupped. "It's very inconvenient now. Could you please..."

The man flicked the fly whisk unhurriedly: "I know, Prince Tan is inside."

The guard was stunned for a moment, before he could speak, the man said again: "If he blames you, I'll take care of it. If Prince Tan wants to distinguish right from wrong, and I'll investigate the case with him, he won't take my convenience. "

The national teacher holds the investigation token in his hand, and the whole court knows it.It is extremely rare for the defenders to talk back to the previous round, and now they dare not stop them anymore, so they can only open the door and let them go.

The dungeon was gloomy and cold.Walking to the place where the guards gathered, the man ordered Lingshui to stand by where he was, and asked a prison chief to take him to the place where the "rebel Xu Chang" was detained.The head of the cell also hesitated, but when he saw the token, he had no choice but to follow orders.

The two walked to the depths of the prison. Under the shadow of the fire, the free and easy national teacher was incompatible with the dark and oppressive prison.They passed cells, some empty, some occupied.Most of those figures curled up in the chaos, even if someone came, they would not take a second look.

At the end of a side road, it was suddenly much brighter than the passage, and it was here that many torches were lit around the open space.The smell of burning grease filled the air, mixed with the easily identifiable smell of blood and rust.

There are several people in the clearing.One is a man hanging from a pillar in the center with his head bowed, his prison uniform stained with blood, and he seems to have received a lot of "entertainment"; there are several guards and guards standing beside him, some of them are just standing, and some are holding whips and irons in their hands. Hook; there is another one, which is also very incompatible with the dungeon. Standing in a slightly peripheral position with the back of the hand, it is the most central place facing the prisoner.

"His Royal Highness." The cell leader who led the way saluted the man in the fine clothes, "The Master of the State Teacher has arrived."

The body of the man in Chinese clothes hardly moved, he just turned his head slightly to glance at the prisoner, and then turned his head to look at the person walking beside him.

The national teacher raised his right hand, bent his index finger and thumb, and bowed slightly to him: "Immeasurable Heavenly Sovereign."

"National Division……"

The man in Chinese clothes narrowed his eyes.His face is clearly defined, with sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes, thin lips slightly pursed, and a cold expression—in short, he doesn't seem like a very easy-going person.

"In a filthy place, the national teacher is not afraid of being disturbed."

The national teacher glanced at him, then turned his head to look at the person hanging on the pillar: "Cultivate your mind when you are born, and cultivate your mind when you enter the world; cultivate your mind independently when you leave the world, and cultivate your mind after mixing with the mundane world..."

Before he finished speaking, Prince Tan raised his hand, and a guard standing beside him immediately poured a bucket of cold water on the prisoner.

The national teacher's speech was interrupted, and he was not angry. He just turned his head and asked, "Did he say anything before?"

Prince Tan gestured again, and the caning continued.The prisoner had been beaten to the brink of death, and even with the strength of the barbed whip, he could barely utter a cry of pain.

The national teacher stood still, and said again: "Have you been tortured all night?"

Prince Tan finally turned his head again, with a gloomy tone: "He is a traitor."

"But he may also know the clues to the treasure map!" The national teacher held up the token that the little boy Lingshui had held up all the way, "The Holy Majesty ordered you and me to investigate this matter together."

Prince Tan looked at him, and there was an extremely rare aggressive emotion in the calm eyes facing Xiang Lai.

In response to this attempt to gain the upper hand, Prince Tan responded by frowning and questioning: "But you don't even have anyone who can run errands."

He pointed to the prisoner on the pillar: "Xu Chang, I was the one who found out the whereabouts and arrested him. Now you tell me, 'jointly investigate the case'?"

The national teacher replied: "I am not trying to take your credit, and I am definitely not here to cause you trouble. This matter..."

"You have already caused me trouble." Prince Tan took a step closer to him, and the distance between the two faces was only [-] centimeters, "Go back to your Taoist temple, honestly pray for the country, and pray that this case will finally come to light—— This is your contribution to the case!"

He took a step back and ordered to the side: "Send the national teacher out..."

"His Royal Highness!" The national teacher stared at him, "I'll just ask him a few questions!"

Before asking questions, the national teacher asked for a wet wipe to wipe the prisoner's face slightly clean.The people around did not leave, and their expressions seemed to dislike the trouble of the national teacher, but before the prince spoke, they would not say anything.

The national teacher ignored them, took a torch from the wall, and approached the prisoner with it.

The prisoner raised his eyelids to glance at the national teacher, and then lowered his eyes.

The national teacher looked at him: "Your name is Xu Chang, isn't it?

"I heard you are from Dai County?

"Are you from a family of officials?"

Xu Chang didn't answer a single word, and Prince Tan interrupted the State Teacher's question coldly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The national teacher turned his head sideways, fixed his eyes on Prince Tan, and signaled for silence.

His behavior was very disrespectful, Prince Tan quickly half-closed his eyes, and then turned his head away.Then the national teacher turned back, grabbed the whisk, and finally pushed Xu Chang's chin.Xu Chang's jaw was raised and his eyes were half-opened. The national teacher's eyes met his, and the invisible oppression was being released.

The inexplicable people finally heard the national teacher start to ask the key question: "You didn't say anything, but you didn't hang yourself. It seems that you have some plan... You are delaying time, aren't you?"

Xu Chang just looked at him.

"Let me guess, tune the tiger away from the mountain, huh?" The national teacher never left Xu Chang's eyes, "You can delay our attention, but I'm afraid it won't last long, so this plan must be in a short time. occurring."

Prince Tan and the others could also guess this point, so they interrogated overnight.However, the punishment became more and more severe, and Prince Tan's family did not get much useful information, so they remained stalemate until the arrival of the national teacher.

"Don't talk? It doesn't matter. Even if you are dumb or blind, I can know, who made me the national teacher?" The national teacher smiled, "You want people in the imperial city to pay attention to you, so this matter must be It must have happened nearby. The plans that the rebels can do are nothing more than stirring up riots..."

He deliberately paused: "...and escape."

The torch made a slight crackling sound, Xu Chang was panting uncontrollably due to the previous beating, Prince Tan and others were almost silent because of their long breathing due to their martial arts practice.When the national teacher stopped talking, the open space seemed extremely quiet.

"It's fleeing."

The national teacher suddenly answered the previous question by himself, approached Xu Chang further and asked: "Who are you covering? Who wants to escape?

"Are you feeling guilty? If the person who escaped is your accomplice, you can already become a hero by doing this, why should you feel guilty?" His voice became lower and lower, "The person who is fleeing is your relative, right? If you And elderly parents..."

"His parents died during the last crackdown." Prince Tan said coldly from behind, "A woman's red purse was found on him, but no one has definitely seen him have any relationship with women and children."

"No." The national teacher who had been staring at Xu Chang suddenly smiled, "You have a wife and children, right? Prince Tan has the right answer."

Prince Tan frowned.

"Now, let's play a game." The national teacher took a step back, scanned Xu Chang's whole body, and then returned to his face again, "You know how your wife and children escaped, but I don't, so please tell me--

"In what did they hide to escape the heavily guarded gates?

"A carriage? A sedan chair?...Why do you close your eyes?"

The national teacher put down the whisk that had been on Xu Chang's chin, and passed it to the side.The one standing closest happened to be the guard brought by Prince Tan. He was taken aback for a moment, and when he turned around and saw Prince Tan nodding, he stepped forward to catch the whisk.

The national teacher stroked his right sleeve, and raised his hand to Xu Chang's face.To be precise, five fingers should be pressed around Xu Chang's eyes.

"I'll ask again, is it a carriage? A sedan chair? Or a big box, a wooden barrel... a wooden barrel?

"When will the wooden barrel that can hide people leave the city? Zishi, Choushi, Yinshi, Maoshi, Chenshi... Yinshi, Mao, no, it's Yinshi, Shangyinshi, right, Xu Chang?"

The national teacher put down his hands and stared at Xu Chang with his eyes still closed: "The wooden barrel that Shang Yinshi will leave the city, what is it, Xu Chang?"

Xu Chang didn't speak, but Prince Tan said, "It's Gong Tong."

"Oh..." The national teacher's eyes finally moved away from Xu Chang's face, and he turned his head to look at the man standing behind with his hands behind his back, "Look, Prince Tan has the right answer again."

Prince Tan ignored the national teacher's teasing, and ordered with a gesture: "Go and intercept, and track down all those who assist in this matter, there must be his accomplices."

"Wait!" The national teacher stopped everyone again, and before Prince Tan asked him what he was doing again, he had already turned his head to look at Xu Chang, "Are you nervous? That's right. When the curfew is tightened, why are you doing so?" How about an orphan and widow who can get out of town at the risk of exposure with the help of your 'friend'?

"Why don't you tell me, Xu Chang?"

Prince Tan's lips moved, but he didn't say it out loud: Treasure Map.

"Speaking of which, Xu Chang, do you know why I am here?" The national teacher said with a smile, "Because I am assisting in the investigation of a case, you must know - the treasure map."

Xu Chang didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, but his secrets were about to be fully revealed.

"You know the clues to the treasure map, right? But you don't want to tell me." The national teacher said softly, "It's okay, and the same goes for your wife and children. In order for them to leave the city safely, you told them about the treasure map , so that your 'friends' will do their best."

Xu Chang suddenly opened his eyes.

Prince Tan narrowed his eyes and ordered: "Xu Chang's wife and children must be captured and detained separately from other criminals!"

"Yes!" The guard took the order and rushed out quickly.

"Look, Xu Chang." The national teacher turned his head to look at the guard's back, and then exchanged glances with Prince Tan.

"Even if you want to say it, His Royal Highness doesn't intend to give you a chance."