Yu Wu

Mo Xi didn't know that Mengze had already noticed the abnormality of the silk belt. The night wind was soft, and he left the Wangcheng, but he didn't return to Xihe Mansion immediately.

In addition to returning to the king, there is another very important reason why he came to Miyagi in a hurry - the clues collected in the time mirror made him eager to uncover the old case. Regarding the case back then, he had three things to do. Investigate clearly:

One, the man in black.

Before the rebellion, Gu Mang had contact with a man in black. The man in black used Chonghua's situation to push Gu Mang to rebel, and Gu Mang did not reject him.So what is the identity of this man in black?

Second, Battle Soul Mountain.

Before Gu Mang's rebellion, he went to Zhanhun Mountain together with the man in black. Gu Mang told him before that he felt that the forbidden area of ​​Zhanhun Mountain was "deja vu", so it is very likely that Gu Mang managed to break through the knot of the forbidden area. , and what to do in it.But what exactly is in the forbidden area of ​​Zhanhun Mountain?

Third, the Yin prison.

Through contact with Lu Zhanxing in the time mirror, Mo Xi has confirmed that Gu Mang had been to the prison before his rebellion, and met with Lu Zhanxing in private.So what kind of conversation did Gu Mang have with Lu Zhanxing when he went to the prison?

As long as these three things are found out, the truth of eight years ago should be able to surface.

However, these past events happened in an extremely secretive manner. Apart from Gu Mang himself, one of the insiders was unknown, and the other had become a dead soul under the spring.Mo Xi doesn't expect Gu Mang to let go, so there are only two ways to investigate these three things:

One, back in time.

[-]. Files of the year.

Traveling back in time requires a time mirror, but the ancient magic mirror is so powerful that a mortal body can only enter it once in ten years, otherwise it will be swallowed by the mirror and shattered into dust.Therefore, the path of time mirror is no longer feasible.

Then the only way left is to retrieve the dossier from that year...

Mo Xi slowed down and glanced to the north of Miyagi, which was in the direction of Yushi Palace.

Every hall and every pavilion in Chonghua is embedded with a history stone. From the day you ascend the throne, your majesty will also wear a string of pendants made of history stones, which cannot be removed until the day of death.These stones faithfully record every bit of what happened in the empire, and are collected into volumes by historians every year and sealed in the Palace of Imperial History.Mo Xi can try to find secret records related to Gu Mang's rebellion.

But the problem with Yushidian lies in its falsehood.

Although the royal family has always declared to the outside world that the situations recorded by Shi Zaishi are authentic and reliable, everyone knows in their hearts that stones cannot lie, but people can delete fragments.If the lord of a country ordered the historian to wipe out some of these events, which historian would dare to say no?

So this path is actually bleak.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the last ray of sunlight is swallowed up by the night, and the stars in the sky and the candles on the ground flicker and light up together.Mo Xi looked at the Yushi Palace in the distance, and in the distance, a group of maids on duty at night meandering past with palace lanterns, like a winding snake, passing through the white jade railing one by one.

...The volumes of the Royal Palace of History may indeed be fake, but at least there is still a glimmer of hope.Tonight, Your Majesty is ill, and most of the guards of the imperial guards are concentrated near the bedroom. It is a good time to sneak into the Palace of Imperial History, and you can really give it a try.

Mo Xi looked at the row of palace lanterns traveling far away, thought for a moment, and finally walked in the direction of the Yushi Palace.

There are two entrances to the Palace of Censors, both of which are equipped with barriers and heavy guards, but this is not a big obstacle for the first general of the empire.Mo Xi sneaked into the hall without much effort.

Different from other magnificent palaces, the Yushi Palace has a very special structure. It is more like a tomb than a palace.There is a stele at the entrance of the main hall, which is carried by the sculpture of Bixi, the sixth son of the dragon. There are four characters written on the stele, saying "Yesterday died".

These four words were written by Chonghua's second king. At that time, Chonghua had just established the country, and the founding king died suddenly due to the chronic illness left by the war.At that time, the edict had not been drafted, the orthodoxy had not yet been established, and it was not yet decided whether to establish the chief, the virtuous, the brother and the younger brother, and whether the son would inherit the father's business. throne.

Later, the bloody storm of seizing power raged in Chonghua for fourteen months.During these fourteen months, countless people were wronged and imprisoned, and many souls died in peace. It was not until the seventh son of the first king succeeded to the throne that the storm gradually subsided.

In such a court situation, even if the emperor ascends the throne, he will not be able to find peace.This second-generation king lives in scheming and scheming every day. His queen, heirs, and even himself suffer from various plots, walking on thin ice all day long, so that in the end he suffers from a mental illness—he must I often come to Yushidian to review the recorded past, and check it over and over again.

For example, where did a certain brother go today?

For another example, what kind of people did a certain important minister meet yesterday.

As long as he catches the slightest clue, he will definitely investigate it follow-through, and hold all the clues firmly in the palm of his hand.

In such a mental state, the second life was exhausted all his life, and when he got old, he stepped back from a high position and passed on to his sons, so he finally had to relax.Only then did he realize that all kinds of things from yesterday, such as the death of yesterday, are really as good as letting it go.So he came to the entrance of this palace, which he often visited in the past and was extremely important to Chonghua, and set up an inscription, leaving the following four words:

died yesterday.

Since you died yesterday, why do you care about it, why don't you turn around?

In the third generation, the new king was quite moved when he saw this inscription after he came to the throne. One was to mourn his father, and the other was to honor the legacy of the ancestor, so he rebuilt the Palace of Imperial History and built it into a tomb.In this special palace, the towers are the tombs, and the past is the deceased, in order to warn everyone to "forgiveness and forgiveness", not to pursue anything, and not to insist on anything.

Over the years, almost no one would go to the Imperial Palace to search for past events. Although there are many guards, the spirit is lax. This is why Mo Xi can easily come to the main hall without a report.

Tuk Tuk...

Mo Xi's military boots inlaid with iron leather stepped on the masonry ground, making a hollow echo.

The Yushi Hall is very deep and wide, and its format is the same as that of a real tomb. There are twelve stone beasts in the tomb along the way, and the deepest can reach more than 150 feet below the ground.

Both sides of the main walkway are full of "tombs", that is, the place where the imperial archives are sealed. They are arranged according to the year, and there are sealing stones outside, and the stone surface is engraved with the dynasty and generation.

Mo Xi soon arrived in front of the "grave chamber" eight years ago. He looked at the glittering inscription on it, raised his hand and sensed it, and sensed a powerful enchantment.

Then the tomb-suppressing beast engraved on the stone gate made a dull noise, and the stone beast spoke: "The one who came—"

The rumbling and majestic voice kept echoing in the tomb.

"who--?"

This is also a talisman set by the second generation emperor. Yushitai records the spring and autumn years, and it should be open and honest. However, if everyone can enter at will to investigate other people's past, then the royal city may become more bloody and bloody.

Therefore, the Second King set up such an enchantment, and everyone who entered the "tomb" to investigate the past must truthfully report the real name of the tomb-suppressing beast, so that they can be arrested in case of accidents, even the king himself is no exception.

Mo Xi knew that this matter was a big mistake, but in order to know the truth, this price is not a big deal.He put his hand on the spirit stone between the eyebrows of the tomb-suppressing beast, and said:

"Xihe Mansion, Mo Xi."

The red stone eyeballs inlaid in the tomb-suppressing beast shone brightly, as if to verify whether Mo Xi's words were true. After a while, the splendor went out, and the huge sealing stone made a heavy muffled sound.

The voice that seemed to come from ancient times chanted: "Yesterday-day-has-dead-"

With the final warning of the Second King to the heirs, the door opened.

A stone room with 360 five coffins exudes a bone-piercing chill, completely displayed in front of Mo Xi's eyes.

The 360 ​​five coffins represent the 360 ​​five days of the year. What happened in Chonghua every day is collected into jade scrolls and placed in the coffins by category.Mo Xi remembered the period of time he needed to investigate so clearly that he didn't need to recount it at all. Without the slightest hesitation, he went straight to the coffins in the depths of the "tomb".

The closer he was to the truth, the faster his heart beat. Mo Xi stopped in front of the coffin, his dark eyes were filled with indeterminate colors.

Then he raised his hand, but before his fingertips touched the coffin, his heart suddenly tightened——

Mo Xi's eyes moved to the side of the coffin, where the dust accumulation was obviously uneven.

Mo Xi felt a chill in his heart!

This coffin has been opened!

He hastily pushed the coffin lid away, and seeing the situation in front of him, his heart, which was already in a state of anxiety, kept falling like a stone falling from a cliff and deep valley.

I saw a mess inside the coffin, the jade slips carrying the past were damaged to the greatest extent, and some slips were almost shattered into powder!

Mo Xi's face changed suddenly, and he activated spells one after another to open dozens of coffins around him—as expected, all the bamboo slips inside were also broken...

Even though he had expected that the trip would not be so smooth before coming here, when he saw this situation with his own eyes, Mo Xi still felt as if he had been hit in the head with a sap!

He put his hands on the side of the coffin, closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down.

The jade slips in the coffin were made of Kunlun Immortal Jade, and it was extremely difficult to damage them. Now that they are broken, it shows that someone must know the secrets of the past, and they don't want these secrets to be revealed.Who will it be?

Under the deep arched eyebrows, Mo Xi's eyes were tightly closed, and the eyeballs moved under the eyelids.For a moment, many shadows flashed through his mind——

Murong Lian.

Censor.

Your Majesty.

There was even Gu Mang himself before the rebellion.

All sorts of speculations flooded into his brain, and when his internal organs were suffering, there was a sudden noise outside, which dragged Mo Xi's thoughts back, and there were footsteps and noises in the distance.

"Someone trespassed on the Palace of Imperial History!"

"Go and search!"

Mo Xi immediately raised his eyes and glanced at the open stone door, and then at the sarcophagus scattered with broken jade slips, knowing that after today, he might never have the chance to return to this place easily.With a flash of thought, regardless of whether the jade slips can be repaired or not, he raised his hand, and countless fragments of jade slips floated in the air, like a galaxy of stars, and he collected them all in his bag.

At this time, the monks guarding Yushitai had already gathered in the hall with magic weapons.Mo Xi was going to sneak to avoid it, and quickly left the chaotic palace of imperial censors before the monks spread out.But after thinking about it carefully, he opened the tomb as an appealer, and the people from the Yushi Palace questioned the tomb-suppressing beasts one by one. It only took an hour at most, and the matter of his trespassing on the Yushitai would be heard by the heavens.

And what can he do at this hour?

After thinking about it, Mo Xi took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked out from the depths of the corridor.Although the distance was still far away, the guard chief who saw him immediately spotted him, raised his sword and said angrily:

"Where did the traitor come from, how dare to bypass the forbidden army and enter privately—"

Before he could finish speaking, he broke in his mouth.Because the chief of the guard saw that the man walked out of the shadows slowly, revealing the face with deep features and the frosty moonlight.

All the noisy monks of the Forbidden Army were stunned, and some of them knelt down immediately.

"Xi, Xi and Jun!"

"This subordinate deserves to die. I didn't know that Mr. Xihe was driving here. This subordinate is a slip of the tongue!"

Mo Xi's prestige in Chonghua is too high, and his upright and noble image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.When other people appear in the Palace of Imperial History without notification, the first thing the forbidden army thinks of is trespassing. If it is Mo Xi, it will be different. The first thought of the forbidden army must be that Mr. Xihe has received some secrets that don't need to support them. Task.

No one would think that Mr. Xi He could act against Tianwei for someone or something.And Mo Xi also gambled on this point, he gambled on his 30 years of innocence, walked in front of these stunned imperial guards, his sharp eyes swept across the faces of these young men.

"There are no traitors." He said, "It's a secret order from the Military Aircraft Administration, which requires me to use the dossier from that year."

The captain of the imperial guards at the head was taken aback for a moment: "Mr. Xihe has the emperor's edict..."

"It's all said to be a secret order." Mo Xi's pale lips and teeth touched each other, and his frosty face turned away, and he said coldly, "How could there be an edict."

"But--"

"This matter is related to military affairs, and it's a very important secret. I didn't want more people to know about it. It's just that you all fulfill your duties, and I found it quick." Mo Xi looked at the captain of the imperial guard, "If the captain of the guard has any doubts, you can go with me Please go to the dormitory to verify."

Who doesn't know that Jun Shang has been seriously ill these few days?At this time, he ran to be serious, firstly, he would offend Mr. Xihe, and secondly, he might be kicked out of the house by his swearing.

What's more, the person standing in front of them at this moment is Mo Xi.

Chonghua's most upright general, the empire's number one honored commander, and a pure-blooded noble from four generations of generals, there is nothing to doubt.

After the captain of the Imperial Guard figured this out, he immediately lowered his head, cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, Mr. Xi, it's just a routine questioning by my subordinates, please don't be offended by Mr. Xihe!"

Mo Xi said lightly: "It's okay. You just need to remember that today's affairs should not be spoken outside."

"Yes!"

Just like that, he left the Palace of Censors calmly and calmly, and walked outside. When the night wind blew, Mo Xi realized that his shirt was already drenched with sweat.Although this matter has been exposed for the time being, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and Mo Xi doesn't know how long he can hold back the fact that he is investigating the old case.

Mo Xi looked at the moon in the imperial capital, frost on the eaves of thousands of households, and his fingers were clenched in the sleeves of his robes—tightly clutching the Qiankun pouch containing the fragments of jade slips.

The Jade Slips Containing History that have been damaged like this can only be repaired by the most outstanding master craftsmen.He has no time to delay, he must immediately find an extremely powerful and trustworthy refiner to try to repair...

Almost as soon as he had this idea, the figure of a suitable person immediately appeared in his mind.