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Time passed day by day, and the influence of King Su's incident gradually faded. When New Year's Eve approached, almost no one felt that this matter was terrible or important. In the taste of the year, smilingly summing up the harvest of the year, worshiping King Ping and the emperor, and looking forward to a better life next year...

In less than a month, Zhao Zhu questioned all the members of King Su's organization, even the less important subordinates, but the result was the same as before: there was no clue about the person who released the treasure news.

But Lu Li did a good deed.

There are a large number of women in King Su's organization. Some of them are deeply scheming and willing to do such a thing;Most of the latter have done things like collecting information and instigating other people's opinions. There is something wrong, but the crime is not to die for...

On this day, Lu Li heard a name: Yuyao.

He had some impressions of this name, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembered what happened in Chengdu Mansion that year.

He walked up to the girl: "Your name is Yuyao?"

The girl froze for a moment and nodded.

"From Junzhou? Have a younger brother?"

Yuyao suddenly looked at Lu Li vigilantly and stopped talking.

Lu Li laughed, "Then you should know about Zuihonglou."

Yuyao's lips trembled a few times, and she kowtowed to Lu Li: "Everything I do has nothing to do with my younger brother. If he doesn't know, please believe me!" Her voice was urgent, "My mother remarried, and my stepfather likes to gamble. , when I was 12 years old, I was sold by my stepfather to protect my younger brother, and I accidentally fell into the organization... It’s not that I don’t miss my family, but the organization is strict, and I can’t implicate them! Adults can check it out, I have never been in touch with my family, and everything I do has nothing to do with my family!"

When Yuyao was speaking, Lu Li asked someone to read her confession, and held it in his hand to read it carefully.

"You're just picking up customers and looking for news?" Lu Li smiled, "I haven't been able to get ahead for so many years, and I'm very unmotivated."

Yuyao bowed her head deeply: "I...I don't want to kill people."

"But you can't bear it."

Yuyao's tears dripped on the ground, wet a small piece: "Yes, I had a hard time... I couldn't finish the task, and my superiors beat and scolded me, sometimes they didn't give me food and water, and forced me to accept guests with strange habits..." She bit her lip, "I don't have any skills, and I know I'm not very smart, but I... don't want to kill people. It might be better to be cruel, but I don't want to become like them, and I don't even know myself in the end... "

Lu Li's eyes softened unconsciously: "If King Su survives, your days will never end—"

"Then make it up like this." Yuyao lowered her eyebrows and her face was calm, as if she had already thought about her own fate, and she was not disgusted or uncomfortable. "My father said before his death that the world is not benevolent, and all things are like dogs. Some people may Good luck, some people may be unlucky, but whether you live well or not is your own business, and you can't blame anyone. You may be unappreciated, you may have a great career, you may be stupid, you may not be so smart and tactful, Life is difficult. In life, you will meet all kinds of people. They may not all be kind people, and some may have bad intentions. You can use some means to make a living, but some things cannot be lost. , I will never find it again..."

"I'm not capable enough, and I can't be ruthless. I can't let go of what's in my heart, and I'd rather go with the flow. Even if I die like this one day, I don't regret it. I'm a prostitute, I've done flesh and blood business, I've calculated and tricked others, When I get to the underworld, I will be punished one after another, and the next life may not be so good, but I have never had blood on my hands, I know who I am, no matter where I go, I am not afraid, and I am not ashamed of myself. Even if someday I am also calm when I see my mother and younger brother again."

After Yuyao finished speaking, she kowtowed deeply, "Everything I said is true, please let my family go!"

Lu Li looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground, her temple hair was slightly messed up, and her dress was stained with dust, and felt that it was rare.It's really rare to be mixed in such a circle and still maintain one's bottom line.

He glanced at the person who was interrogating Yuyao's confession.

All King Su's subordinates are Zhao Zhu's people who are in charge of interrogation, and this person is no exception, he is the best at questioning.Seeing the princess looking at him, he nodded solemnly, saying that Yuyao should not have lied in her confession, and he is responsible for it!

"Get up." Lu Li smiled, "How do you know that I'm asking you for guilt?"

Yuyao was a little confused: "My lord mentioned my brother..."

"Two years ago, I passed by Chengdu Mansion, where there was a brothel named Zuihonglou. At that time, there was a case involving the girls of the brothel. I met a handsome young man with strong martial arts skills. He helped me a lot, but he didn't say anything. My name. The owner of Zuihonglou, Yao Niang, said that this young man came to follow the lost sister’s footsteps. After chasing Zuihonglou, he didn’t find her whereabouts, so he waited near Zuihonglou, hoping that my sister would go back one day.” "The boy said that her sister's name is Yuyao, and she is from Junzhou."

Yuyao suddenly covered her mouth, big tears fell down, she knew it's not good to cry in front of a nobleman, so she bit her lip hard, forcing herself not to cry out.

"If you have no objection, I'll send him a message." Lu Li sighed softly, "But the Wang matter involved too much, your statement is not suspicious, and it may be released in a few days, but after a long time, you You are not allowed to leave Beijing, and you may still be supervised by officials, I hope you understand."

Yuyao's tears blurred, she nodded again and again, "I understand...understand, I...understand." She couldn't help crying.

Lu Li comforted her a few words, motioned for someone to take good care of her, and left.

The small wine shop at the bottom of Qingshi Lane two years ago is still fresh in my memory.The young man's shy and awkward face, Yao Niang's straightforward yet elegant temperament, the sound of the rain outside the window, hearing the colorful past of Miao Hongxiao and his wife for the first time...and Zhao Zhu's warm big hands.

Before they knew it, they had walked hand in hand for so long and helped many people with their own strength.

Lu Li rubbed his left chest, the heart in the chest seemed to be beating faster.He is very happy, if he can pass his life like this, it will be the happiest thing...

Zhao Zhu found Lu Li, and when he saw his extraordinarily bright smiling face, he was a little surprised: "Is there anything good?"

Lu Li took his hand and told him the story with a smile.

Zhao Zhu was very surprised: "I can meet..."

"Maybe it's fate." After Lu Li was happy, he asked Zhao Zhu, "Where is your place? Is there any good news?"

Zhao Zhu shook his head, his eyes darkened: "There are still no clues."

Lu Li was startled, "Not at all?"

"If you can't find it... I decided to look for this hidden treasure."

After getting King Su's treasure map, Zhao Zhu already had seven treasure maps in his hand.According to the records of Baibaolou, the treasure map was divided into eight parts, and they only found the last one.But this last one... What if it is the key?

Zhao Zhu was very firm: "The person behind the scenes either set a trap in front, or he wanted to chase us to find the treasure. He was in the dark, and we were in the open. We were always on guard, and we couldn't catch it. He Since we care so much about the treasure map, let's take the initiative."

This is not unreasonable, but Lu Li is still a little worried: "There are only seven treasure maps...can you find the place?"

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Lu Li frowned slightly, thought for a while, and agreed, "But it's almost Chinese New Year, and you are King Ping, so you can't leave at this time."

Shangjing experienced King Su's rebellion, and this year's Chinese New Year is very important. It is estimated that Emperor Taijia will make a big show of imperial Yan to invite all officials, and he will also have fun with the people. Zhao Zhu, King Ping, will also have to show his face.This kind of symbol leaves at all times, it is outrageous.

Zhao Zhu also understood, he held Lu Li's hand tightly: "Let's go after the fifteenth day, go early and come back early, we'll get married in April, we have a lot of things to do..." As he spoke, he took advantage of others not paying attention Lu Li fished it in front of him and took a bite.

Lu Li blushed: "Why are you always messing around outside!"

Zhao Zhu leaned closer to his ear: "My wife is so beautiful, I can't help it..."

Lu Li patted Zhao Zhu's face with his paw: You can't help it!

……

This year in Beijing is very lively.On New Year's Eve, the emperor bestowed a royal banquet with all the officials. On the first day of the new year, he went to the imperial mausoleum to offer sacrifices, praying for the blessings of the ancestors and protecting the peace of the people. King Ping participated in all of them.

The people in Shangjing were all overjoyed. Usually, there are so many opportunities to meet the Emperor Pingwang. It would be nice to have the opportunity to take a look at it from a distance. This Chinese New Year will allow them to make enough money!

The emperor's majesty is natural, but he has a friendly attitude with a smile on his face, and he is not angry when he is surrounded by the people. He also ordered the imperial guards to help the old man who fell down. Children with disfigured faces are looking for relatives!

Although King Ping was as dark-faced as ever, expressionless like an iceberg, looking at it could scare the children into tears, but when the children let the river lanterns accidentally slide down, he reacted the fastest, grabbed one with one hand, and he could use it on his feet. Qiaojin... The onlookers didn't see how he moved, but they saw naughty and crazy children falling into the river like dumplings. Ping Wang Shi Qinggong flew towards the river, moved his hands and feet, just fell into the water, and some even fell into the water. The children who did not touch the water flew up one by one, and he calmly carried two of them, flew to the bank of the river and put them down, then flew into the air to pick up the other two...

The children were thrown at different heights, and King Ping took them one by one, without any pressure, and the movements were smooth and flowing, which was very beautiful!The bear children were scared at first, and cried and called their mothers. Later, they saw that they were not in danger, and playing the game of flying high was very interesting. They grinned and laughed directly, shouting 'more'... The mothers, whose hearts almost jumped out of fright, took photos fiercely.

Later, when the name Ping Wang was mentioned again, the children were not afraid anymore, and it was useless for parents to scare people with Ping Wang. When the children heard the word "Ping Wang", all their eyes lit up, their small chests puffed up, and the backs of their hands were on the backs of their hands. Behind the waist, he solemnly announced: "I want to learn from King Ping and practice martial arts to protect my family and the country!"

Parents: ...you just want to practice martial arts, you think flying high is fun!

In short, after this year is over, King Ping's name has become more amiable. If the people see him on the street, they will no longer be afraid to dodge, but will smile and greet him.The children are even more daring, dare to stand in front of King Ping, hold their small fists and open their eyes wide: "My lord, can I be your bodyguard?"

Zhao Zhu was silent for a moment: "Then you have to work very hard."

The child immediately laughed like a flower: "I will work hard!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhu won't hurt, and doesn't even hate people approaching him, people are more willing to approach him. If there are those who come from other places, if they don't know, they want to stop them inside. , He is very gentle in his heart!

Zhao Zhu with a lack of muscle in his face: ...

It's really stupid to be blocked like this every day!I really want to kill someone!but no...

Lu Li comforted him: "It's because everyone likes you."

Zhao Zhu's expression was stiff: "I don't need them to like you!" Just stay away from me as before!

In the palace, Emperor Taijia also laughed like crazy, teasing the queen privately: "They said that King Ping's face lacks...a lack of muscle! Hahahaha——"

Seeing Zhao Zhu, Shen Wansha couldn't help laughing, He Lianyu patted the young master on the back, and there was a lot of smile in his eyes.

Zhao Zhu: ...these stupid people!

……

During this period of time, there was still no update from King Su's subordinates. Zhao Zhu had already decided to search for this treasure.

Other people's New Year is lively, but he is busy this time.In addition to doing daily tasks with Emperor Taijia, the matter of hiding treasures is also on the agenda.After discussing the matter with Emperor Taijia, he immediately invited Helian Yu Shen Wansha over, and then called Lu Li together, took out all the treasure maps in his hand, and everyone studied together to see how they fit together.

The hidden treasure is no secret to the four of them, and He Lianyu wants one of the treasures even more. There are many people and strength is great, and it is better to think about it alone than to think about it together.

Shen Wansha was most interested. He stretched out his hand to touch this one, and then touched that one. After a while, he patted the table and got angry: "What kind of picture is this? They all look similar, making people dizzy!"

Lu Li understands the young master very well, because he is also very awkward to look at. These pictures are very simple, with a few strokes of very simple lines, except that the lines expressing the mountains are obviously raised in clusters, which can be seen slightly clearly. I don't understand at all.

He Lianyu was thoughtful: "So, we can only follow the lines in the picture and the silk texture."

"You have a try." Zhao Zhu stepped aside and let He Lianyu do the fighting.

After Shen Wansha got angry, his curiosity came up again, and he came over to toss with He Lianyu, and would speak up for discussion if he had different opinions.

Lu Li watched them playing with the treasure map, feeling a little delicate.These treasure maps vary in size, but they are all regular rectangles or squares. Due to a long period of time, there are some jagged marks on the edges. The treasure map labels are simple, and it seems that no matter how you put them together, it doesn't violate harmony...

After He Lianyu and Shen Wansha finished tossing about, they spelled out a picture that both of them were satisfied with, and showed it to Zhao Zhu and Lu Li.

Zhao Zhu just nodded after reading it, but didn't speak.

Lu Li took the treasure map and took the existing jigsaw puzzle order and messed it up, and put together another method in twos and threes, which also looked very harmonious to the naked eye.

Shen Wansha's eyes widened: "This seems to be... no problem!"

"More than that," Zhao Zhu took the picture, broke it up, and put it together again, "That's fine too."

Shen Wansha pointed to the middle of the picture: "But you are missing a small piece in the middle!"

Zhao Zhu's expression remained unchanged: "Aren't we just missing a treasure map?"

That's right...the records say there are eight of them!Shen Wansha froze for a moment, he and He Lianyu and Lu Li spelled it out, but it was a whole piece!

Lu Li blinked, "This treasure map varies in size, and the last one can be in the shape of a long strip." It would be reasonable if it was attached to the side.

"The point is that we don't have an eighth card, and we can't be sure about the many addresses that can be combined with these seven cards." He Lianyu frowned slightly, this is a difficult problem.

Shen Wansha scratched his head: "How about we find out the terrain of each spelling and look it up one by one?"

"I'm afraid it's time and not enough manpower." Lu Li was a little worried.

"Isn't it okay to spend money to hire someone?" Shen Wansha knocked himself on the head after finishing speaking, "Hey, I'm so stupid, how can I let others know about such a secret?"

Lu Li patted him on the shoulder: "But this idea is still good..."

He stretched out his hand to restore the picture he had put together before: "Where is the terrain like this, can you see it?"

The lines on the map are simple, and the mountains and rivers can be seen clearly. There are not many words marked on it, even if it is not meaningful to know, because the time has passed for too long, and many place names have changed...

Shen Wansha looked at it for a long time, then shook his head, saying that he couldn't see it at all.

He Lianyu frowned solemnly, and his pupils rolled, as if he had grasped something, but he just couldn't see it.

Zhao Zhu looked at the sudden jump on his forehead, "Shanyang County, the tomb of the fake princess!"

Shanyang County?Lu Li was startled, and immediately leaned over to look seriously.Before Zhao Zhu said anything, he didn't see it clearly, but as soon as Zhao Zhu said the location, he drew a map of the time in his mind, and then compared this spelled map... Although there are some slight discrepancies, they are basically the same !

He Lianyu tapped the table with his fingertips, his eyes were slightly cold: "That's right there."

Shen Wansha tilted his head, his eyes were blank: "But let's go there, it's a fake princess tomb, there is no treasure at all, and..." And that place has collapsed, so I can't even go there now.

Lu Li remembered the case of multiple corpses related to a foreign race, as well as the mountain of corpses discovered by accident.There are a lot of dead people in the mountain of corpses, and the years are different, and some of them have died for more than 20 or [-] years... At that time, it was inferred from the clues of the case, probably because of the legend of the princess tomb, these people wanted to take treasures, but he didn't believe them very much, thinking that these people were too stupid.But after seeing the fake tomb, and now contacting the treasure map, these people...was the purpose of the treasure map at that time!

Or, there was a deeper reason, they thought it was the location shown on the treasure map!

Lu Li's mind turned quickly, disrupting the treasure map, rearranging it, and putting it in another shape: "Here, where does it look like?"

Several people watched for a while, and this time it was Zhao Zhu, He Lianyu who spoke together: "Xingyuan Mansion!"

The Xingyuan Mansion and his party investigated Bai Mingtao's murder, and also participated in the underworld conference hosted by the Water Dragon Gang at that time - the Dragon Club.At the Rising Dragon Meeting, Lu Li inspected the body of the dead boss of the Water Dragon Gang, and got a treasure map at the same time...

Several people looked at each other, felt something was wrong, and immediately put on other shapes.

……

The results were astounding.

Almost every shape corresponds to a location, and the treasure map in their hands traces back to the source, which matches these locations!

Except for what Zhao Zhu put out, there was a small space in the middle.

"How, how is it possible!" Shen Wansha covered his mouth, in disbelief, he was able to find the address of each picture!

Lu Li's face was slightly cold: "It's better to collect all the pictures, and only those who have the ability to trace the source of each picture will know."

So what did the person who made this picture want to do?When you don’t have a picture, you are at a loss, trying to find out, and there are many dangers. You can’t make sure where the right place is, but it also makes you doubt yourself... This is Do you want to be found, or do you not want to be found?

He Lianyu tapped the picture that Zhao Zhu had put together with his fingertips: "We have never been to this place."

The corners of Zhao Zhu's lips raised slightly, and a cold smile appeared, his eyes were cold and firm: "You can go and have a look."

"But here... where is it?" Shen Wansha pointed at the map, with a rather perplexed expression on his face, "The mountains and rivers are concentrated on one corner, and the middle seems to be full of water..."

So is it a place with a lot of water?

Although Zhao Zhu has been guarding the northern border all year round, the entire Great Xia map is in his mind, and he can see it after a little thought, "South of Mizhou, east of Haizhou."

Lu Li read the geography of Daxia, and quickly realized: "In the sea?"

Zhao Zhu patted his head: "Are you afraid?"

Lu Li is really a little scared, without it, he can't swim!

He Lianyu comforted: "Even if we go, it's not right away, there are a lot of things to prepare." The implication is that you can learn during this time.

Lu Li wants to cry but has no tears. Learning to swim in winter?There is no mistake!

Shen Wansha was very supportive, and raised his hands excitedly: "I have a hot spring Zhuangzi! Go now, and you will be able to learn it in a few days!"

Lu Li: ...Okay.

……

In short, everything was prepared in an orderly manner.

Zhao Zhu and He Lianyu prepared everything they could possibly use, the boat, all kinds of ship supplies, sailors... How to transfer the personnel, whether to go together or in batches, or just them, make sure it is not dangerous, let everyone go after finding the treasure; It is better to make the ship bigger or smaller, or to bring a few of each kind; the supplies on the ship will be enough for a long time, more decorations or less decorations, where to supply, what to do if there is an accident; various code settings, how many places to prepare for , how to arrange the personnel...

Lu Li and Shen Wansha were busy with the New Year, soaking in the hot springs at the hot spring village. After a few days, they only learned a little bit of dog planing. Not big, don't count on it.

The two of them didn't learn how to swim well, and their skin is very good. The red and white look good.

Seeing two tender, juicy and energetic teenagers standing in front of him... Zhao Zhu and He Lianyu looked at each other, and stroked their foreheads helplessly: "Okay, just as long as you are happy."It's not that I can't protect you anyway.

Everything was ready, and the four set off immediately.

Little did they know that this road was okay at first, but it was very uneven later on. Not only did they have to face the opponents who came to snatch food, but they also had to deal with all kinds of set difficulties with their lives...