[Rat cat] Long live the emperor

Meng Ke has been arrested, and it's Wang Youcai's turn and the people behind the scenes.

Although Bai Yutang speculates that the person behind the scenes is nearby, there are a full 10,000+ permanent residents in Bianjing City, and the floating population is too large to be counted. Finding the person behind the scene is no less than finding a needle in a haystack, but it is the secret ledger that Zhan Zhao found It is of great research value.

The password ledger is composed of a series of numbers, and Gongsun hesitated: "Could these be the page numbers, row numbers, and column numbers of books?"

Everyone was at a loss, "How did you find out?"

“一本书每行每列有多少字都是固定的,但书的页码却是随机的。”公孙随手从书架上抽出一本书,“拿这本书为例,17页第3列第5个字是[困],6页第1列第9个字是[孙],或许我们还需要另外一本书,只有那本书才能解开暗号内容。暗号最大到四开头，我们不知道如何断句,只能推测那本书不是四十几页,就是400多页、4000多页……”这种找法和大海捞针也差不多了。

Everyone was a little discouraged, Zhao Zhen frowned and thought hard, "I seem to have read a similar book."

"Where is it?" Everyone looked at him.

Zhao Zhen scratched the back of his head, "Didn't the King of Xiangyang leave me a fortune? Besides those valuables, there were also a few old books. I flipped through a few pages, but I didn't read them all because they were too dusty." Zhao Zhen said to Cheng Ying said: "We watched it together at the time, do you have any impression?"

Cheng Ying thought for a while: "The emperor later said that those books were too dirty, his body was itchy, and he almost caught a cold when he had to take a bath in the middle of the night."

The corner of Zhao Zhen's mouth twitched: "That's it, the point is the book, don't talk about it!"

Chengying shook his head, "I didn't look at it either, the things should be in the warehouse, I'll go back to the palace to get them now."

Zhao Zhen saw that it was getting late, so he said to everyone: "Everyone has been busy all day, go to bed early, I will go back to the palace to look for it at night, and bring it here tomorrow morning to watch together." Everyone didn't feel tired at first, but after hearing what Zhao Zhen said, They all started to feel sleepy, especially Mr. Bao couldn't stand it because of his age.

Zhan Zhao wanted to send Zhao Zhen back to the palace, but Bai Yutang hurriedly stopped him, "Your clothes are all torn, don't go out and wander around, I'll just send him back."

Zhan Zhao didn't argue with him, and sent him all the way to the gate of Kaifeng mansion, and watched him off for a while.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the moon, suddenly shook his head and said, "Another sleepless night..."

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On the way back, Zhao Zhen was obviously restless, and before leaving, he told Bai Yutang, "Be careful."

Bai Yutang stroked Zhao Zhen's little hair, and for the first time gave him a smiling face, "Don't worry."

Zhao Zhen rubbed his cool palm, and stuffed his hand stove over, "Hold Nuan Nuan."

Bai Yutang wanted to tell him that he was born with a cold body when practicing internal strength, and it didn't matter how cold it was, if he wasn't afraid of shocking the world and frightening passers-by, he could survive the winter in a single coat, and a thick cloak would be unnecessary.Bai Yutang couldn't explain clearly in a few words, and Bai Yutang was too lazy to speak, so he simply didn't explain. He took the warm hand stove and hugged him, waved goodbye to Zhao Zhen, and left slowly...

Zhao Zhen raised his head to look at the moon: the moon is missing tonight, is it the moon or the people?

Zhao Zhen's round and small figure leaned against the tall vermilion gate, looking pitiful from a distance, Cheng Ying came to hug him.

"The emperor has been on the go all day, why don't you take a shower and change your clothes to rest early, I will go to the warehouse to look for that book."

Zhao Zhen yawned against Chengying, "There's no need to look for it, I remembered, I locked the book in a secret compartment in the warehouse. The key to the secret compartment was kept by Fu Quan, who was also quite old, and it was late at night Don’t bother him, it’s never too late to take it tomorrow morning, so don’t watch the night and go back to sleep.”

Zhao Zhen is kind to others, especially generous to those around him, and never puts on the emperor's airs.Moreover, he is generous in his actions, and he doesn't care about everything. He can make do with good or bad. He is really a good person to serve.Zhao Zhen has only one requirement for the people around him - loyalty, so the maids around Zhao Zhen are very obedient.Hearing what Zhao Zhen said, the maid hurriedly took over Chengying's job to change Zhao Zhen's clothes, and the maid also brought her own bedding to prepare for the night watch...

Chengying had nothing to do, so he had to go back to his room to rest.

As soon as Chengying changed her clothes, she heard someone knocking on the door. It turned out that the court lady had brought the supper under Zhao Zhen's order.Chengying opened the door and let everyone in, watching with black lines all over the face of a dozen court ladies filing in, quickly filling a large table with banquets...

Cheng Ying Fu forehead: The emperor gave me a pig head mask, is he going to feed me like a pig?Who eats such a supper!

The maids left with a sneer, Zhao Zhen often teased Chengying, and everyone thought it was a new way to tease Chengying.

Thinking of the pig's head mask, Chengying subconsciously looked at the clothes he had just changed, isn't the mask there?

The mask seems to have been forgotten in Kaifeng Mansion...

Forget it, it's no big deal, the emperor runs to Kaifeng Mansion every day, just remember to bring it back tomorrow...

tomorrow……

A trace of hesitation flashed in Chengying's eyes.

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In the dead of night, only the guards on duty in the palace were still walking around.

Under the shadow of the moonlight, an extremely fast figure flew past the eaves, and no one noticed this figure.

The person who came was agile, and slowly landed outside a room, took out a small stick of incense and lit it, pierced through the window paper and bounced into the room.

After doing this, the black shadow climbed up to the eaves again, and hid himself in a dark corner. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the black shadow landed lightly again, hooked the inner door latch with the black thread he carried with him, and quickly opened the door to enter the house...

The inside of the house was darker and narrower than the outside, but the black shadow was very familiar with the environment and reached the bed without hindrance.

There was a fat old eunuch lying on the bed. The black shadow sneaked under his pillow and took out a bunch of keys, big and small.The black shadow who got the keys carefully identified them by the moonlight, unloaded a few useful keys, wrapped them carefully in a cloth towel, and then left the room like a ghost.

Hei Ying seemed to be in a hurry, and he didn't want to delay for a moment, so he rushed to a place with lights without stopping.

Soi Ying repeated his old trick, lighting the ecstasy incense bombs and entering the room. Not long after, there was a muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

A black shadow enters the house through the window. Is this actually a warehouse? !Both night attendants fell down, one on the table and the other on the ground.Heiying walked over silently, helped the servant who was lying on the ground up, made him lie on the table as well, and put them in a sleeping position.

The black shadow took out a small candle from his arms and lit it, then opened the door with a key, and walked slowly into the dark depths of the warehouse...

The black shadow avoids obstacles by the weak candlelight, walks to a white wall, does not know what to do at the base of the wall, and opens a square hole in the ground.There was a brand-new wooden box in the hole... It was just an ordinary wooden box, but it caused the black shadow's breathing to be chaotic in an instant!

——If he is not mistaken, this is a copy of the wooden box burned by King Xiangyang!

Hei Ying couldn't control his trembling hands, sweat gradually formed on his forehead, and his eyes were uncertain.The wooden box is so light and heavy, the black shadow looked around subconsciously, but in the depths of the silent warehouse, he was the only one breathing messily...

With trembling hands, Sombra opened the locked box.

After only looking at it for a moment, the black shadow slammed onto the wooden box with such force that it almost shattered the wooden box!

Because in the empty wooden box, there is only a smiling pig's head mask...

The black shadow fell to the ground, the ground was cold, but not as cold as his heart.

After an unknown amount of time, Soi Ying tore off the black cloth covering his face and put on the pig's head mask.

Under the faint candlelight, that face...is exactly Chengying.

Holding the mask with one hand, Chengying returned to the bright room the same way, her steps were unusually heavy, and her legs seemed to be filled with lead water.

Chengying pushed open the door of the warehouse, and outside was the room where the servants were on duty at night. Inside the room was flickering candles and it was silent. Everything was the same as before he left, except that the door was open, and there stood a man in white with a cold face...

The man in white looked up at the moon, and his whole body was bathed in silver-white moonlight.Chengying stood beside him, the bright moonlight couldn't tell whether it was dazzling or heart-piercing, he could only stare at the moonlight reflected on the ground in a daze—so, he knew.

The man in white was naturally Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang's unique indifference and calmness made him unable to say any words of comfort.

In the end, Bai Yutang just relayed Zhao Zhen's words. "Zhao Zhen said, you can also eat the Jianxing wine, and you can take away the parting gift. He won't come to see you off in person in the middle of the night, so you don't want to see each other after getting together. He also said that you are too stupid. , it’s not suitable to be a traitor, it’s good to be a guard or a killer honestly, each is his master, he doesn’t blame you, and you don’t blame him..."

After that, he said a lot of words, but Cheng Ying could no longer hear them.

Cheng Ying knew that Zhao Zhen was very talkative when she was putting on a show, and she chattered endlessly.Fortunately, Bai Yutang has a good memory, and the retelling is not out of shape, but Bai Yutang's tone is too flat, and Chengying can't guess Zhao Zhen's expression when he said this...

Bai Yutang said, "Let's go, I'll take you out."

Cheng Ying was taken aback, "You won't kill me?" Her voice was deep and hoarse.

Bai Yutang had already walked a certain distance, "Zhao Zhen just asked me to take you out."

Cheng Ying's eyes lit up, and he seemed to be alive again, and he said in a hurry: "Where is the emperor!"

Bai Yutang sighed, "Sleep in the bedroom, with the cat."

Cheng Ying blurted out without hesitation, "Someone is going to kill Meng Ke tonight! What if you are all in Kaifeng Mansion in the palace!"

Bai Yutang paused, "Don't ask." Asking would only add to the sadness...

Realizing what she said, Cheng Ying couldn't help but wryly smiled, "I've finally followed in Chu Fei's footsteps." Before King Xiangyang died, I deliberately knocked down the box Zhao Zhen was holding in order to keep that person's secret. Was everything doomed then?

Chu Fei is the confidant of King Xiangyang, the middle-aged man who has never left his name.

Chu Fei served Zhao Jue wholeheartedly for 32 years. He gained Zhao Jue's trust and betrayed Zhao Jue.Cheng Ying finally understood Chu Fei's mood at that moment.Loyalty is in a dilemma, Zhao Zhen has a clear conscience, but Chengying feels ashamed...

With the palace gate close in front of him, Bai Yutang suddenly asked Chengying, "Just leave like this, are you willing?"

Chengying clenched her fists tightly, her thoughts were already in a mess, she couldn't say a lot of words, and couldn't swallow them!

It's rare for Bai Yutang to meddle in other people's affairs, "If you're not willing, just ask Zhao Zhen."

As soon as the words were finished, Cheng Ying had disappeared without a trace, Bai Yutang shook his head, resigned himself to his fate and turned back to walk back.

"Looks like I don't need to sleep tonight, but unfortunately the moon is not round, nor are people round..."

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In the middle of the night, Zhao Zhen's bedroom was brightly lit.

Zhao Zhen and Zhan Zhao fought on the chessboard, and the two stinky chess pieces met their opponents, and they fought heartily on the chessboard.

If you steal a pawn, I will regret a move. Don't laugh at anyone if you reciprocate courtesy.

Fuquan was serving tea by the side, there were only three of them in the hall, and there was no maid in the palace.

When Chengying entered the room, Zhao Zhen happened to lose a game and played tricks on Zhan Zhao to regret the game.

Seeing Chengying come in, Fuquan tidied up the chessboard wisely and withdrew, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face faded little by little, Chengying's whole body stiffened and her back stood upright without saying a word.Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose in embarrassment, calling Bai Yutang to come back quickly to break the deadlock.

Bai Yutang was a step behind Chengying, walked in slowly under the silvery moonlight, and saw Zhan Zhao's eyes begging for help...

Bai Yutang's originally heavy heart suddenly relaxed: Silly cat.