Time is still running, but the investigation on the fifth day tends to stagnate.

The emperor in the palace became more and more ill, and Xiang Yang never sent any news to Xan'er.

Zheng Shuyi asked someone to send a message, saying that she could not see the emperor these days, and she was not even allowed to approach the emperor's palace.Only the Queen, Concubine Rong and a noble concubine are serving in turn. Her biological mother, Concubine Ning, is not qualified.

She ran there from a distance to look around once, and several imperial doctors came in and out, all with sad faces.

Concubine Ning doesn't let Zheng Shuyi run around anymore, she doesn't feel safe anywhere now.Before, she thought that the prince's mansion could avoid troubles, but after Zheng Shuyi reminded her, she realized that the crown prince is the core of the battle for the throne, and the prince's mansion can be regarded as the most dangerous place.

It's the same with the residences of other princes and princes. Once there is a power dispute, it will be a place of chaos. It's better to keep the children by your side.If something really happened, at least he was willing to risk his life to protect her.

Five or six times, the news he brought was not useful, nor could it be said that it was completely useless.

Zheng Qi is an official in the court, and the emperor has not been in court recently, nor has he summoned the ministers, and people began to visit Zheng Qi's mansion.

Wuliu secretly listened to a few times outside the window. The voices of the people inside were very soft. He could only hear a few words when the people inside turned up the volume.

He heard someone tell Zheng Qi to make plans early.Someone also mentioned the crown prince and Zheng Mo, but I don't know what they said.

That night, when Xanthium turned off the lights and was about to go to bed, it suddenly smelled something that shouldn't be there.

He sat by the bed and asked Day Five who was still standing at the door: "What smell, do you smell it?" Cocklebur sniffled his nose, trying to identify the familiar smell more accurately.

On the fifth day, he stared at the door without even turning his head: "It's on fire."

"..." Xanth stared at Wu Tian, ​​feeling puzzled by his indifference, and a little angry: "You're still so calm when you're on fire?"

"Zheng Shuyi said that the emperor will be buried earlier tonight, and the Prince's Mansion is also on fire tonight. Didn't we already know that?"

"Knowing and experiencing it are not the same thing." Cocklebur complained in a low voice, and began to pack things, preparing to run away.Although he doesn't know where to run from now.

"Historically, neither the prince nor the concubine died, and..." On the fifth day, he was still calm, speaking in a clear and steady tone. Under the surprised eyes of Cang'er, he lifted the bed board and tried to scratch the floor under the bed board .

After trying several times, on the fifth day, I realized that I probably couldn't open the entrance to this secret passage with my own strength, so I called cocklebur to come over together: "Help me."

Xanthium helped, and asked with all his strength, "Secret way? When did you find out?"

"The day I first came here."

The logic of the fifth day is simple.According to the data, the fire engulfed the entire Prince's Mansion, all the gates were locked, and the Prince and Princess could still escape from death. According to the experience of watching costume dramas in the past, it is normal to guess that there are secret passages in the mansion.

"You're really good." Xan'er gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely, "If you want me to say, Huaizhou has protected you so well, I thought you were just an underage child."

"I am an adult." The fifth day corrected the mistakes in the cocklebur's words, corrected one and corrected the second, "Adults also need to be protected."

On the fifth day, the adults who needed to be protected finally found that even with the cocklebur, the two of them still couldn't open the authentic door.Xanthium was originally very strong, but after becoming a princess, her writing is weak, she is not as good as her.

In the end, it was the two maids and servants who had changed their clothes to help them, so that the entrance of the secret passage could be passed in front of their eyes.

Xanthium enters the secret passage first, and there is a steep slope inside.If it hadn't been for changing the long skirt and coat into clothes that are more convenient to move around, it would have taken half the time just to climb down.

The cocklebur had gone over the slope and came down to a stable bottom.The secret passage was very dark, and the upper entrance was just sealed when he looked up. He took out the prepared torch, lit it, and looked up. He saw Wutian was holding something in one hand, and the other was holding something. Carefully supporting the ground with his hands, he slid down a little bit.

When the fifth day finally slipped before his eyes, Cang'er saw clearly that he was holding the little grandson, and frowned: "You still want to take this child?"

On the fifth day, the answer was well-founded and righteous: "According to history, he also survived."

"I hope he won't cry and cause us to be discovered." Cang'er stood still for a while, thinking of some arguments to persuade the fifth day to throw the child away, but gave up.

After getting along with each other for the past few days, he found that the child on the fifth day seemed to have a good personality, but in fact he was very obsessed with his own ideas, especially the part that he thought was right.Afterwards, it can often be proved that his persistence is right.

"No." Holding the child on the fifth day, he poked the baby's soft face with a smile, and the baby was so quiet in his arms that he seemed to be asleep.

Lu Huaizhou didn't really fall asleep, the smoke did make him very uncomfortable, he wanted to cough, cry, and yell.But his mind was still there, trying to fight against instinct, he held back.

Xanthium and Wutian walked forward in the dark secret passage in silence. The two young men and maids outside worked together to restore the bed to its original state, making it hard to see what was going on.

Compared with the sudden outbreak of the fire outside, the screams and painful gunshots from all over the prince's mansion, the silence in the secret passage was even more uncomfortable.

The secret road is very long, and the sound of wind blowing and water dripping can be heard occasionally, and the rest are the footsteps of cocklebur and the fifth day.

No one knew where the secret passage ended, and on the fifth day, he only found the entrance to the secret passage under his bed, but never entered it.However, there are not many forks in this secret path. On the fifth day, he retrieved the memory of the original owner and guided the way behind the cocklebur.When passing a fork in the road, he called cocklebur to stop and turned in.

At the end of the fork in the road is a stone room, about [-] square meters in modern area units.Beds, tables, cabinets, basic furniture are all available.On the fifth day, I found non-perishable dry food wrapped in oiled paper and clean water in several large buckets in the corner.The inside of the cabinet was lined with oiled paper to prevent moisture, and there were some clothes and bedding inside.

The clothes are all ordinary burlap, and the bedding is still brocade, but there are no children's clothes.

It is not difficult to see from these things that the prince had been preparing to flee a long time ago.The memory retrieved on the fifth day also proved this point.Long before the little emperor's grandson was born, the prince secretly planned the escape route.

But at that time, he didn't expect that he would be forced by others. His plan at the time was that if his father insisted on making him emperor, he would find a chance to escape by feigning death, and hide here for a while, waiting for a new one. Once the crown prince is selected, he can go wherever he wants, no one cares.

I didn't expect this secret path to be used, but I was so embarrassed, without the timidity I imagined back then.

"Are we going to stay here?" Xanthium asked after seeing that the quilt was carried to the bed on the fifth day.

"Well," the quilt was laid out on the fifth day, a bowl of water was fed to the baby, and he told Xanthium, "It will be very chaotic outside now, not only the fire in the Prince's Mansion, but the emperor died tonight, and all forces The fighting may not stop in this city for more than ten days."

"Zheng Shuyi said that she remembered that on the seventh day of her father's death, the new emperor ascended the throne." Cang Er said.

On the fifth day, he lowered his head slightly, and the dim candlelight hit his side face, leaving a huge projection on the wall, adding a touch of melancholy to the broken mountains and rivers outside.

"After the emperor ascended the throne, there will still be some stragglers wandering among the people, and they will not be able to settle down immediately."

Xanthium was a little anxious: "Then how long are we going to stay here? Is there enough water and food? Isn't it completely isolated from the outside world here, and we can't know anything? Then how can we find the murderer? How can we solve the case?"

On the fifth day there was silence again.I don't know if it's his illusion, but compared to the last time we met, Xanthium seems to be more anxious, and he is not as stable as before.On the fifth day, I suspect that they still have their original personality and will be affected to a certain extent.It's a pity that there are not many candidates for reference, only him and cocklebur.in his own words...

He may not know himself as well as he thinks.

On the fifth day, I shook my head to wake myself up and focus more on the current situation: "At least until the new emperor ascends the throne, we will all stay here. There is no problem with food and water, enough for the two of us to eat, It’s just to embarrass the child.”

The little grandson is now eight months old and can eat a little rice cereal, but the conditions in this secret road are harsh and the facilities are simple.If you don't want to die from carbon monoxide poisoning, on the fifth day, you think it's better not to light a fire to cook, so you can only make do with feeding the children some dry food soaked in water.

The sensible and obedient baby Lu Huaizhou was not so dissatisfied with the change in diet.He really drank too much breast milk these days, and his whole body is not well.Although he looks like a baby, he still has the thinking of an adult in his mind.After all, he was in his twenties, and if it wasn't for the nurse's voice coaxing him, it sounded really maternal, and he felt that it was difficult for him to control his wild thoughts.

The life in the secret road is not easy or sad. Every once in a while, on the fifth day, I will go to the nearest vent to see if it is day or night outside to confirm how long the time has passed.

Xanthium would sometimes go along with him to have a look, but most of the time he stayed in the twenty-square-meter-square place.

Seven days later, on the fifth day, he lightly patted the cocklebur that was still sleeping, and after he tidied up briefly, he carried the baby and walked towards the exit of the secret passage.

As soon as he walked to a place where the light could shine through, Xanthium first heard some human voices, far away, very lively.This made him involuntarily quicken his pace.

These days in that underground, except for the fifth day and the baby, there is no one else, he has an illusion of being abandoned by the whole world.Whether human or demon, one still needs to be in touch with the outside world in order to feel alive.

On the fifth day, I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.His feelings are actually the same as that of cocklebur, if it continues, people will really go crazy.

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