In one go

Aunt Chun waited anxiously.

It's just because Lingyan Pavilion says it's not close, and it doesn't say it's far.But it's been almost two hours, and I haven't even seen their shadows, so maybe something happened...

No, no, no, it's impossible, the crown prince will lead the way to Lingyan Pavilion, King Yu will never do anything obviously, and nothing serious will happen.Rao thought it through in her heart, but the wrinkles between her brows still haven't been reduced by half.

But when she came out for the third time, two familiar figures had already arrived at the door.

He hurriedly welcomed them into the inner room, and only after the three of them sat down did Wang Hang put the thing in his hand on the table, which was a painting.Zhang Zhezhi seemed a little impatient, and told the whole story of today's encounter with the touch of his lips.

"Originally, King Yu didn't have any good intentions. He gave an unrelated painting, and even said that the painting had told us where Zhou Ye and Xiao Qi were, and asked us to find them by ourselves. What do you mean if we can decipher the mystery in this painting, there will be a great reward." He changed the subject, "But he also said that if we can't decipher this painting within two days, not only will we not be able to save Zhou Ye and Xiao Qi, you have to make a poisonous oath that you will never set foot in the capital again."

Aunt Chun let out a low cry. She thought that King Yu would be less difficult when the prince was by her side, but she didn't expect his treacherous style to remain the same, "How could the prince agree to such conditions?"

"The prince naturally disagrees..." Zhang Zhezhi glanced at Wang Hang, and the second half of the sentence was self-evident.

Wang Hang quickly exchanged glances with Aunt Chun, Zhang Zhezhi didn't understand, at this time, the prince's appearance had faintly given King Yu a deterrent effect, and he wanted to let the prince move out of his identity to do something Obviously impossible.As long as the crown prince makes a move, King Yu will definitely not let it go. The current saint is old and weak, and the two of them are on the verge of breaking out, and countless forces behind them are involved in every move.

The Prince and King Yu also had to take care of the people behind them, no matter how much they valued Zhou Ye, they would not let them expose themselves.So even if the prince said something at that time, it could not pose a substantial threat to King Yu.His appearance just paved the way for Wang Hang and Zhang Zhezhi.Whether the road can be passed through depends on them themselves.

That's why Wang Hang resolutely stopped the prince's words. It's worth noting the favor on this face, and it would not be too much to borrow the opportunity of the prince's thin face in the future.

What's more, after seeing this painting that was very similar to the treasure map, Wang Hang knew that he had no way out.

He opened the scroll, and a delicate landscape painting lay in front of the three of them.The stretching mountains are surrounded by flowing water, and the nearby dance pavilions and singing platforms are all painted vividly. Not only that, the painter also carefully marked small characters in many places, like annotations to these beautiful scenery.

But in Wang Hang's eyes, all the small characters in this painting have changed. They are not annotations at all, but the directions marked in the treasure map.And those mountains, rivers and rivers are also the roads on the map, and even the pavilions and pavilions are exactly located in the place where the treasure is located.

It was obvious that they had already got the treasure map and knew the way to the treasure, so it was a test for themselves to make themselves find Zhou Ye after all the trouble, to see if they knew how to decipher the treasure map method.However, this is nothing to Wang Hang. After all, if there is no impenetrable wall in the world, he has already made plans on how to deal with this kind of thing.And it seemed that those people didn't know where the key was, and if they asked, they would insist that they just happened to know how to unlock the treasure map, and it had nothing to do with the treasure.

But even so, he still blamed himself a little. When he took over the important task back then, he promised repeatedly that he would not let anyone know the whereabouts of the treasure.But now, for the sake of a close friend, he actually wants to use this as a bargaining chip to trade with others...

A beautiful face flashed in his mind, Wang Hang's breath was stagnant, and a look of guilt appeared in his eyes.

Shang Jin, I really failed your expectations...

However, no matter how upset his heart was, he still faced Aunt Chun and Zhang Zhezhi calmly, "I have seen through the mystery in this painting, and I will go to Lingyan Pavilion tomorrow, and all problems will be solved."

Seeing that he was so determined, Zhang Zhezhi and Aunt Chun didn't question him too much. After saying a few words casually, Wang Han called him to rest.But Zhang Zhezhi stayed behind lingeringly, as if he had something to say to Wang Hang.

Also looking at him like this, Wang Hang was amused in his heart, and the guilt in his eyes was a little less, and the big stone on his heart seemed not so important, so he talked with him for a long time unconsciously, and sent him to the room. The door is finished.

However, not long after, on the other side of the capital, an arrogant figure appeared in Prince Yu's mansion unknowingly. Half of his face was hidden in the shadow of a corner, and a cup was upside down in his hand. Take it from the table.

"Long time no see." Yu Wenhao didn't feel alarmed by his arrival, but instead smiled, "I don't know if Mr. Zhang has something important to discuss."

"How dare I have anything to say to King Yu?" A smile appeared on the half of the corner of his mouth, "It's just that you have too much appetite, my lord, so the villain is so worried."

Yu Wenhao raised his eyes and looked towards the corner, his smile remained unchanged.

"My lord, although the villain is single and weak, he still can't let others bully him." After a pause, "When we first cooperated, you and I had already explained the pros and cons and set the game. But why is the lord one step ahead of me now?" , took out this painting in advance? Could it be that you want to reap the benefits of the fisherman and have both the country and the beauty?"

"Don't blame Mr. Zhang. Xiao Wang was also impatient for a while. He wanted to force Wang Hang to see if he could give us more information. That's why he took out this painting one step earlier. It wasn't because he had any bad intentions." He said These words are generous, coupled with a harmless face, if it were someone else, they would have been deceived long ago.

What responded to him was a cold snort, "My lord, don't forget that there should be a villain to control Wang Hang, so I don't want others to cause trouble. Besides, my lord is weak, so it's better to spend less time on him. "

"That's natural."

Nodded, "Thank you, my lord, for your understanding, but I hope my lord will do what I say, so don't let down the villain's expectations."

As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow flashed in front of Yu Wenhao's eyes, and when he looked at the corner where the man stood just now, there was only a pile of fine powder left, which was the porcelain he had just held in his hand. cup!

But Yu Wenhao not only did not show a half-horrified expression, but also laughed inexplicably.Heh, since you still don't understand that you've done a fake show for real, let me help you again.

The next day was fine, so Wang Hang asked Aunt Chun to stay in the building and took Zhang Zhezhi to Lingyan Pavilion.The door was still unlocked, and there were no guards guarding it.The two pushed the door open and entered, but it was still pitch black inside, the light seemed to be impenetrable, and there was a gloomy mildew smell.

Without the prince to lead the way, it took some time to explore.But Wang Hang seemed very calm, he kept looking around, and from time to time one or two words of unknown meaning came out of his mouth, which frightened Zhang Zhezhi quite a bit.But fortunately, there were still candles burning on the side of the corridor on the second floor. It seemed that they had been lit for a long time, and the wax oil was almost full from the candlestick.

Zhang Zhezhi originally thought that Wang Hang was going to the room yesterday, but who would have thought that he walked in the opposite direction of the room without saying a word.After walking a few steps, he stopped suddenly, touched the candlestick next to him, and signaled Zhang Zhezhi to go over.

"Take this candle down."

Candle?Zhang Zhezhi glanced at the burning candle, with a strange expression on his face, but his movements did not stop. With a strong effort on his arm, he broke off the candle and handed it to Wang Hang.

They didn't speak to each other. After receiving the candle, Wang Hang carefully used wax oil to drip a drop on the ground from time to time, which looked very strange.Zhang Zhezhi managed to hold back the doubts in his heart, and continued to watch him busy.

Finally, as if he had discovered something, he stopped what he was doing, put the candle on the ground in satisfaction, and then turned his head and said to Zhang Zhezhi: "Follow me closely, don't step on anything beyond my footprints." place."

After speaking, he walked forward step by step.Zhang Zhezhi was obedient, even if he didn't understand, he followed up obediently, and there was nothing wrong with it except that his actions were a little funny.

After finally walking these few steps, Wang Hang and Zhang Zhezhi stood in front of a room.But Wang Hang had no intention of pushing the door open. After looking at the whole door over and over again with his eyes, he carefully used a dagger to peel off a few layers of skin at the door frame about five feet above the ground. It looks like a hole.

Zhang Zhezhi frowned more and more tightly, as if expressing his confusion.

But not long after, a look of surprise appeared on Zhang Zhezhi's face—Wang Han actually dug out a copper key from that hole!Lying flat in Wang Hang's hand, it looks about one finger long, with complex patterns engraved on the front.

Only then did Wang Hang turn his head, the expression on his face was still calm, "The things are in our hands, let's go back immediately."

As he said that, without leaving Zhang Zhezhi the time to speak, he walked out according to the original path.Zhang Zhezhi was stunned, swallowed the words that came to his lips, and followed Wang Hang out of Lingyan Pavilion.It wasn't until the two returned to the brothel that Wang Hang spread out the keys in front of him, signaling that he could ask any questions he had.

"What is this?! How could it be embedded in that door frame?"

"This is the mystery in that painting, the key to unlock the next mystery." After a moment of silence, "You just didn't observe carefully. The number of steps and arrangement when we went in all implied mystery. That's right, I That's how I figured out where the key is."

Zhang Zhezhi showed a surprised expression: "It turned out to be like this, I thought that painting had nothing to do with us!"

Shaking his head, "King Yu's move must have his deep meaning." He took out the painting and put it on the table, "Look here, isn't the three small characters next to the pavilion the same as Lingyan Pavilion?"

Take a closer look, and it's true!Zhang Zhezhi was slightly embarrassed, "Then what should we do next?"

Wang Hang was very satisfied with Zhang Zhezhi's attitude of neither arrogance nor impetuosity, even if he had doubts, he had to think carefully before speaking.It has indeed improved a bit.This actually gave him some relief that my family has a son who has just grown up, and he felt inexplicably relaxed.He pointed to an inconspicuous corner of the painting, "It's time to ask where this 'Autumn Water' is."

With his finger, Zhang Zhezhi noticed that the gentle water flow suddenly took a sharp turn on the diagonally opposite of Lingyan Pavilion, which vividly changed the direction of flow from west to east.And just at this turning point, there are two clearly visible small characters, what is it if it's not 'Qiu Shui'?

So Zhang Zhezhi immediately replied with a surprised expression: "I'll invite Aunt Chun to come over." He moved quickly, and he brought Aunt Chun to Wang Hang in a short time.But Aunt Chun also felt a little embarrassed when she asked such a question out of the blue. Although she had lived in the capital for nearly ten years, she hadn't lived here since she was a child, so she would inevitably miss many rumors in the streets and alleys.

After waiting like this for a while, seeing a drop of sweat dripping down her face, Wang Hang couldn't bear it, "Don't worry, just think slowly, and it just so happens that we also leave some time for us to rest for a while."

Aunt Chun forced a smile, and began to think hard again.However, at this moment, Zhang Zhezhi muttered a few words, but Aunt Chun's eyes flashed, and she hurriedly asked, "What are you talking about?"

"I..." Zhang Zhezhi was startled by her, and his voice became weaker and weaker, "I'll just talk casually... um... This autumn water is water and fire when you take it apart, but it's clear that water and fire are incompatible... ah ..."

That's right, this is it!

The corner of her mouth curled up, "That's right! It's just that water and fire can't be tolerated!" During the period, she couldn't help but cast a complimenting look at Zhang Zhezhi, "Master, this water and fire can't be used as a restaurant originally, I don't know what it is for. The method, when each dish is served, there will be a layer of fire dancing on the surface of the food, so it is named after this, and the business is also very good.”

"Is that the store we are going to tomorrow?"

"Listen to what Aunt Chun said." Wang Hang glanced at him, and seeing that he had calmed down, he motioned for Aunt Chun to continue talking.

"Coincidentally, the place where this store is located happens to be called Qiushui Lane."

That's the end of the conversation, obviously they don't need Aunt Chun's further explanation.Wang Hang made a decisive decision, and after resting with Zhang Zhezhi for half an hour, he set foot on Qiushui Lane again.

The process was naturally similar to that in Lingyan Pavilion. Wang Hang was always keenly aware of what was wrong, and then used some methods that Zhang Zhezhi had never heard of and the copper key to find an iron key.After that, the two followed suit and found wooden, silver, and gold spoons in turn.Calculated in this way, the two of them also traveled to five places, and harvested five slightly precious keys with different patterns.

But it was already the next morning, and there was not much time left for the two of them.So Wang Hang shortened the rest time, and went directly to the last level, which is also the place where King Yu said he could rescue Zhou Ye—the pavilion named 'Lanxiang' in the painting.

But he didn't know that the last level was not as simple as he expected, but extremely dangerous. More importantly, here, he would see Zhou Ye leave him forever with his own eyes.

It's like after five thunderbolts - all thoughts are lost.