Placid Chang'an

There is a rockery at the exit. Su Cen came out cautiously after repeatedly confirming that there was no one there. There was a small bridge with flowing water, red flowers and green willows. This place should be located in the north of the mansion, and it looked like a back garden.

Su Cen didn't dare to stay longer, and he knew in his heart that the reason why no one set up an ambush here was because the people here hadn't realized that he had come out of the bureau, and hadn't had time to deploy people.This is also the reason why he insisted on going around in this circle, the previous exit must have been surrounded by people, and he could not enter the mansion even if he walked the previous way out of the chess game.

The further Su Cen walked, the more frightened he became. The pavilions, terraces, buildings, carved beams and painted buildings here are all in the palace style, just like a small imperial garden.Hearing people's voices, Su Cen hid behind a tree, and soon saw a group of people dressed as court ladies and eunuchs passing by in a hurry.

If it is said that the secret door has no intention of rebellion, even if he is killed, he will not believe it.

It was still bright, and it was not an option to walk around so blatantly. Su Cen randomly found a room that looked like a sundry store and hid in it, planning to come out to investigate after dark.

Unfortunately, and I don't know what day it is today, people entered the dusty utility room in groups of three and four, and took away a lot of brooms and dustpans one after another.

It looked like someone important was coming, or rather, coming back.

Su Cen hid in the dark, although she would not be discovered, there was still a risk. Just as she was thinking of finding a way to escape, when the door opened, another person came in.

The visitor was dressed as an eunuch, not very tall, and similar in stature to Su Cen. More importantly, he was the only one this time.

The man was lowering his head and deciding whether to choose a broom or a dustpan, when he suddenly heard rustling behind him, he was about to turn around, when a wooden stick with a thick wrist was slapped on the back of his head, his eyes went dark, and he lost his intuition for a moment.

"Offended," Su Cen dropped the wooden stick in his hand, took off the eunuch's clothes, and then took a look at the man's lower body, it turned out to be a real eunuch.

While changing clothes, Su Cen thought to himself: "The owner of this big house is really interested. If the rebellion is not successful, he can build a palace by himself far away from the emperor. The eight secret doors are equivalent to the six departments of the imperial court, and the villagers in Lujiazhuang are equivalent to Belonging to the people, whether the real emperor can be a local emperor or not will be enjoyable."

Su Cen quickly changed the eunuch's clothes, tied him up and hid him in a pile of brooms. Just as he was done with the door, the door was pushed open. A man in black looked around the room, and finally saw It fell on Su Cen, "Did you see any outsiders break in?"

Su Cen thought to himself that these people had finally come to their senses, and shook his head with his head bowed.

The man in black scanned around again, turned and left after getting nothing.

Just as Su Cen let out a breath of relief, the man in black turned his head and shouted: "Don't hide here and be lazy, clean up quickly, I wonder if the master is back?"

Door owner?Is that Master Lu?Has he not been in Lujiazhuang these days?Su Cen muttered to himself, but quickly picked up a broom in his hand, and hurriedly slipped away.

The old man waited until he confirmed that Su Cen had entered the mansion before turning around and leaving. He walked on the narrow path with his hands behind his back, but halfway he raised his lips and smiled, sighing softly: "You can teach me."

Hold the heart as balanced as possible, use reason as peace, punish the world and bring peace to the prosperous world... I haven't heard these words spoken in many years, and I didn't expect that after so many years, it was said from the mouth of a young boy.

That's right, the people back then were all old, and there was nothing left. Talented people came out from generation to generation, so we had to rely on these young people.

The old man looked back at the village, which was as quiet and dead as usual, maybe this pool of stagnant water could really make waves by accident.

After the old man got home, he started cooking as usual. After the meal was ready, he hummed a little song against the setting sun and peeled a salted duck egg for himself. He fed the egg white to the chick. A duck egg yolk was about to be put into the bowl. With a flick, it fell to the ground for no reason.

The old man clicked his mouth in distress, and was about to pick it up, but he heard the bowl on the table stumbling for no reason.

Then, the whole yard shook.

The chickens and ducks in the yard were in a mess, the tables were shaking, and the fence was shaking too. It was like thousands of troops crossing the border, but there was no one there.

After a while, everything returned to calm.

The old man stood up abruptly, looked at the high wall erected in the middle of the village not far away, and thought, "It's broken..."

At this time, the big mansion had just been lit with lights, magnificent and magnificent, bright as day, the two doors of the solid couch that had been closed were suddenly opened, and all the people in the mansion, no matter their position or position, were standing at the foot of the stone steps waiting in front of the gate. Headed by the men in white, followed by several rows of men in black, and then those dressed as eunuchs and court ladies.

People gathered here, probably to welcome the so-called sect master, but at this time the whole house was actually empty.Naturally, Su Cen would not let go of this opportunity, so she found an excuse and sneaked back to the house.

All the buildings in this house are imitated palace style, that is to say, Qu Ling'er has never been in the palace, so she doesn't recognize the buildings in the palace. That day she said that this house looks like Xingqing Palace, but in fact it is not imitated Xingqing Palace , but the entire Imperial City Tai Chi Palace.

The Taiji Palace was originally the Daxing Palace of the former dynasty. After Emperor Tai|Zu overthrew the tyranny of the previous dynasty and entered the Daxing Palace, it was changed into the Taiji Palace, also known as Jingda Nei.Later, Yu Wenkai attached the theory of "six lines", and it was calculated that Longshou Mountain behind the Taiji Palace was the location of the dragon veins, which could bless the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty forever, so Emperor Tai | Zu built the current Daming Palace here.The Taiji Palace was thus emptied and changed into the East Palace where the Prince lived.

These people imitated the Tai Chi Palace and built this mansion. Could it be that they are some former adherents?

But in this way, it is convenient for Su Cen to investigate. There is no need to look at the Yeting Palace and Jiang Zuojian, which can be seen at a glance. On the contrary, Taicang, which is used for storage, is worth seeing.

There was no one around, so Su Cen easily walked into Taicang, and frowned after seeing the furnishings clearly.

All kinds of rare treasures are lined up in rows, the white jade is flawless, and the pearls and stones are shiny. This room can be found everywhere, too many to see.I don't know how many places like Yangzhou and Xuzhou were looted to collect the treasures in this house.

I think that He Xiao was a secret doorman when he was in Yangzhou, and a large part of the huge salt profit gained from colluding with the government went into the secret door's pocket. No wonder he became angry and wanted to arrest He Xiao when he sealed up the secret door of He Xiao's salt shop in Yangzhou. He, whoever had his wallet poked would be upset.

There are still a few large boxes inside, and the seal of the government is still affixed, and the letter "Yuan Shun Year Three Years October Household Department Yamen Seal".

The 60 taels lost in Xuzhou came here as expected.

After coming out of Taicang, Su Cen breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that there was still no movement outside the door, hesitated for a while, and walked towards the bedroom.

When the mist was dark, there was a sudden movement on the silent street, there was a rattling of horseshoes, and there was a long neighing of horses, the ground trembled slightly, but there was no one on the ground.Suddenly, a group of people appeared out of nowhere, as if they had just popped out of the ground. They were all dressed in black, like ghosts returning from hell.

The person facing him was a black horse in the lead, with a pair of sharp eyes like eagles hidden by a black hood, he was carrying the billowing dust, and came towards Ye Mu.When he got close, he tightened the rein, and the black horse neighed, and the man rolled over and dismounted.

The man in white led the crowd to kneel down to greet him, shouting in unison: "Master!"

The man called the door master took off his hood, and the man in white immediately got up to catch it, and followed him into the door.

The servants followed immediately, and the two doors closed, locking the smoky night out.

"The young master didn't come back?" the man in white asked after him.

The man shook his head, "Someone tipped off the news that they had already set up an ambush, and we lost a lot of people."

"Turning off the news?" The man in white asked in surprise, "There is a traitor among us?"

"Let the master of Xiumen come to see me," the man said, "Either bring the traitor here, or let him bring his own head."

The man in white was awe-inspiring, and said yes to the order.

The man asked again: "Is there any movement in the village recently?"

The man in white: "Two people who claimed to be walking Fang Langzhong came in. They were going to Liupu, but they came to us in the wrong direction, and there is..."

The voice of the man in white gradually faded, the man stopped and looked over, the heart of the white man was terrified, and he whispered: "There are mice in the house..."

"How did you get in?"

The man in white wished he could bow his head and kneel on the ground, "It came in from an underground chess game, turning into an owl into the water."

"What formation do you guard?"

"……Yes."

"How many teams have come out?"

"...Six teams."

"What about the other party?"

"...One, one team."

There was silence for a moment, the surroundings were deathly silent, the legs of the man in white were weak, and his knees were trembling. Just as he was about to kneel down to apologize, he heard a soft snort.

"It's getting more and more interesting."

Su Cen felt that there must be a mechanism to control the secret underground passage in this big mansion, otherwise, no one would react immediately as soon as they entered the chess game.

Just checked all the way, but found nothing.

The sleeping palace is not as extravagant as Taicang. There is a large red sandalwood unicorn arhat bed, a pair of huanghuali carved dragon screens, plus desks and bookshelves. It is simple and elegant at a glance.Su Cen knocked around the wall to confirm that there was no secret door mechanism or the like before preparing to leave. Just as she walked into the main hall, she suddenly heard voices coming from outside!

There is no way to avoid it!

One hand was already pressed on the door, Su Cen panicked and dodged sideways behind the door.

Two people came in, followed by a group of eunuchs.

After they came in, the two were still talking. Seeing that no one had noticed the situation behind the door, Su Cen waited for everyone to come in, took advantage of the eunuchs spreading out to bring tea and water, and walked out quickly by herself, and walked right behind the eunuchs. At the end of the line, he took the teapot handed in from the outside and poured tea.

The man in white had seen him before and could recognize his face. Su Cen could only keep his head buried as much as possible to avoid being recognized.

Fortunately, the man in white didn't care about him, he stood respectfully and replied: "This time we lost Uncle Cao in Xuzhou, and we also lost the young master, Second Uncle Cao knows a lot about us, will he confess us? Do you want to use the people from Chang'an to rescue the young master first, and deal with Second Uncle Cao by the way?"

"Don't worry," the man sitting unhurriedly picked up the teacup, took the lid and skimmed the tea foam, "This time the sneak attack is not going to work, Li Shi must have sent more people, rushing up now is tantamount to moths." Huo, on the contrary, that guy Li Shi is cheaper."

Su Cen was waiting aside with a teapot, frowning slightly, the prince was attacked?

The man in white whispered: "Then can I use that pawn now..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a look. The man in white immediately understood, and said to the servant who was waiting on the side: "You guys go down first."

The eunuchs bowed their hands and retreated one after another, Su Cen followed behind, calmly breathing a sigh of relief.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard someone behind him say: "Since Mr. Su is here, why bother to leave?"