Returning to you in the depths of the white clouds

Xu Yuqing moved his fingers, this is his No.30 seven attempts to open the wooden box mechanism.

A day and a night have passed since Jiang and Bai left the capital to go south.

On the first day, he first arranged manpower to investigate the guarding situation of Prince Chen's Mansion and the Taoist temple in other courtyards, and it was indeed tight inside and out.But King Chen will not stay in the other courtyard for a long time, as he returns to Prince Chen's mansion, the strength of the guards in the other courtyard will naturally decrease, and after a few days, the situation will be changed again.

After instructing Shopkeeper Zhao to continue to send people to follow him, he spread out the topographic map drawn by Ling Kong to examine it, and set up a response situation in a few days.

At dusk, he sat down quietly, took out a set of precision tools that Jiang Fang had left for him, and stared at the wooden box for a long time.

"Master," Xu Yuqing suddenly felt that his confidence was not so full: "I'm not good at learning, you should leave a way for your disciples to survive."

Perhaps it was because of such shameless "sincerity leads to spirit", he tried [-] or [-] different wrong solutions, but he never touched any fatal key or self-destructed mechanism.He tossed and tossed until the night was deep, and the remaining cold poison in his body was faintly attacking again, making his hands and feet stiff from the cold, so he reluctantly took medicine and fell asleep.

During the day, shopkeeper Zhao came several times to report the outside situation to him. After noon, he could sit down quietly and continue to toss the wooden box.At this moment, it was dusk again.

"Master, if you can't open it again, I'm ashamed to call myself your grandson." Xu Yuqing actually threatened her master who had never met from the air: "Then your incense will be cut off."

No.30 eight times, the mechanism is locked and opened.

Xu Yuqing stared blankly at the things in the wooden box.

That night, it rained heavily in Jingzhou city.

Jingzhou City is located in the north, and it is dry and rainless in autumn. Such heavy rain is indeed rare.

Qiu Shu sat leaning against the window in the lobby of the guard, watching the heavy rain outside the window, absently listening to the report of his subordinates, and suddenly coughed continuously.

The subordinate who was reporting was silent, and Yu Tai next to him took half a step forward with keen eyesight, and persuaded: "Commander, why don't you close the window? You are not in good health, don't catch a cold."

Qiu Shu didn't stop coughing, so he just waved his hand to signal them to leave it alone.The attendant next to him quickly brought him a cup of warm water.

After drinking saliva, it took him a while to calm down, and his voice was still a little hoarse: "What kind of assassin did you enter in King Chen's other courtyard? What did you do? Whoever said it earlier, please explain it clearly to me."

The subordinate who was interrupted hurriedly continued: "His Royal Highness King Chen of the other courtyard usually brings his own people to guard. Our people know that it is a place where His Highness plays and it is not easy to disturb, so we are not close, so we can't know what's inside. What actually happened. It was only after His Royal Highness sent people to search the mountain that day that he found out that there were assassins sneaking in, and it was two people who escaped."

"Could it be someone from the prince's side?" Qiu Shu asked.

The subordinate thought for a while, then shook his head: "The people who followed the East Palace have not seen any movement. Besides, the people from the Prince's side have been dispatched in sevens and eighty-eight, and the East Palace is still in Jingzhou City. There are really few people who can use it." people."

Qiu Shu was silent for a while, but didn't answer.

"My lord," Yu Tai hesitated for a moment, but he opened his mouth. After obtaining Qiu Shu's permission, he continued: "Two days ago, my subordinates went to inspect the thieves, and they happened to find Yingxiang Tower, and met Yao Zhongcheng from the East Palace. Drinking with the shopkeeper of Yingxianglou..."

"Suspicious?" Qiu Shu said, and finally waved someone to close half of the window, blocking the sound of the rain.

Yu Tai said respectfully: "No clue was found at that time, but Yingxianglou has always had a background in the world, and Yao Zhongcheng is close to the head of the house there, which is somewhat strange."

"Hmm..." Qiu Shu pondered for a moment: "Shengzhou... Luocheng... Jingzhou City, do they all have Yingxiang Tower?"

"Yes."

"Those two who stole the box haven't found any clues yet?"

"Uh..." Yu Tai was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly said: "After several investigations, I can confirm that the person should be in Jingzhou City! It's just..."

"Oh," Qiu Shu drank some warm water, put the cup on the table, but raised his eyes coldly: "Then what are you waiting for? Is it called Yingxiang Tower? Let's seal it up tomorrow."