The queen was mourning, and the palace and even the entire Tiandu City were immersed in plain silk and white snow.
In the Hall of Wende.
Yang Wu closed his eyes and leaned on the rocking chair.
Suddenly, Li Xuan hurriedly walked in.
"His Majesty!"
Yang Wu opened his eyes lightly: "Something happened?"
"Master Chen, he is taking people from the Criminal Department to arrest Yang Zhan."
Yang Wu's eyes flashed: "Yang Zhan hasn't gone to take office yet, has he?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"What are Yang Zhan doing these days?"
"General Yang has been reviewing the six files these days, and also going to Yuhonglou."
Yang Wu's eyes flashed: "Oh? What files did he access?"
"Your Majesty, General Yang went to check it by himself without letting anyone follow him. I don't know about it."
Yang Wu frowned: "Forget it, just investigate. It's been a waste of time to find out anything about a case in Huangmiao Village after so many years."
After saying that, Yang Wu looked at Li Xuan: "So, Chen Jue is leading troops to capture Yang Zhan in Tianlao?"
"Yes."
"Go to Yang Zhan, tell him about this, and ask him to take up his post early, lest some people try to take advantage of him."
Li Xuan lowered his head and retreated.
At this time, Yang Wu gave another instruction: "Call Lin Buhan!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
…
Yang Zhan was sitting in a woman's boudoir in Yuhonglou, and the whole room was filled with a faint fragrance.
Now during the great mourning period, Yuhonglou was also ordered to close its doors, but it was easy for Yang Zhan to come.
At this moment, Yang Zhan was leaning on the chair with his eyes closed.
In the past few days, he pretended to be checking on things about Huangmiao Village, but he was actually checking on things about Bilian.
Not long ago, Yang Zhan found detailed files on the construction of Tianlao at the Ministry of Industry.
It was built in the ninth year of Taichang. Before its construction, Tianlao was a temple named Tianyuan Temple.
There is no mention of underground darkrooms in the files created by the Ministry of Industry.
However, the passage leading down from the torture chamber is only covered with stone slabs, so most people cannot notice it.
But when it was being built, wouldn’t the person who built it know?
If you know it, why not record it in the file?
Could it be that the land was not moved and was only renovated, so no underground darkroom was discovered?
Thinking of this, Yang Zhan felt absurd again.
It has been the forty-sixth year of Jianxing and the ninth year of Taichang. Eighty-one years have passed!
If it was not discovered when it was being built, then the underground chamber would have existed before the prison was built!
Isn't this a joke? In at least eighty-one years, the little girl may have died of old age, but Bilian still looks like she was twenty years old.
Even if Bi Lian is a powerful warrior, time will not completely fail on her. At most, it will work slowly. However, after eighty-one years, no matter how powerful the warrior is, her appearance will not change.
Yang Zhan frowned.
He went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to check the files of the Tianlao built by the civilian laborers recruited at that time. As a result, without exception, all of them died.
Moreover, they did not die of old age, but they were sent to build the imperial tomb, and none of them came out alive.
The officials who were in charge of building the Tianlao at that time were beheaded and disappeared. Even if they are alive, they are probably more than a hundred years old now, and they may have died of old age long ago.
Where else can I find the person involved!
Yang Zhan refused to give up and went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to check the files of the former guards of the prison.
As a result, Yang Zhan was speechless. Before he came, the prison had not been used and had been locked.
Later, Yang Zhan went to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to check.
Finally, it was discovered that the Tianlao had been used during the reign of the previous emperor, and someone rebelled, imprisoning a large number of officials and their families. What surprised Yang Zhan the most was that even Emperor Yang Wu was imprisoned at that time.
Although he was later released, it shows that those people who rebelled were more or less related to Yang Xing.
What Yang Zhan wants to know most now is when Bilian was imprisoned.
After checking all six books, Yang Zhan couldn't find any clues about Bilian.
At this moment, the door was pushed open.
A gorgeous woman in red came in.
He put down the fan in his hand and looked at Yang Zhan, who was lying on the chair with his eyes closed.
The woman sat casually in front of Yang Zhan: "Second Master, someone is here to see you!"
"Who's coming?"
"From the palace."
Yang Zhan opened his eyes: "Who?"
"He's quite impressive, he seems to be a great eunuch."
Yang Zhan heard this and smiled: "Let him wait for a while, Ruyu, is there any news?"
This woman in red is Yan Ruyu, the proprietress of Yuhonglou.
Yan Ruyu glanced at Yang Zhan: "You didn't give me any money, and you asked me to go to the black market to get information."
"I owe it first. As you know, all my money has been given to the people below. I am alone and have no habit of saving money."
Yang Zhan was not embarrassed at all.
Yan Ruyu suddenly looked outside the door, frowned and said: "Second Master, since your people locked up those three girls here last time, sketchers have been coming to Yuhonglou frequently. I'm afraid they are staring at my Yuhonglou." Woolen cloth."
"It's okay. As long as I'm still here, they won't dare to attack Yuhonglou. They can keep an eye on it if they want."
Yan Ruyu said helplessly: "Okay, anyway, Second Master, you have to protect our place. The girls are quite pitiful."
Immediately, Yan Ruyu took out a piece of paper and handed it to Yang Zhan: "This is what I just found out."
Yang Zhan opened the paper and read it.
Somewhat surprised: "My head is very valuable, ten thousand taels of gold."
"Yes, many people who engage in murder and prostitution are ready to take action."
"No wonder, I just said that there are many people sneaking around my prison. It turns out they are trying to earn these ten thousand taels of gold."
Yang Zhan continued to read: "You can find out the news about Jiupintang, it's amazing."
"A man from Jiupin Hall is no longer a man?"
"So, they came here to reveal it?"
"right!"
Yang Zhan's eyes flashed and he patted his forehead: "Yes, there is also the Jiupin Hall!"
Yan Ruyu was confused: "Why is the second master so excited?"
Yang Zhan laughed. He had checked the files of the Sixth Department and even the Dali Temple, but he had not yet checked the Jiupin Tang.
If it was a matter handled by Jiupintang, then Bilian was secretly imprisoned under the sky prison, and no other departments knew about it, which was normal.
But if it is really Jiupintang, it means it is related to the emperor.
This old emperor, the medicine in the gourd is becoming more and more elusive.
Then, Yang Zhan saw the last message on the paper: Prince Wu Yang Huai personally came to Tiandu City to pay homage to the late empress!
This news is not small.
During the previous chaos in the imperial city, King Wu had stirred up trouble behind his back and pointed his sword at him. Now that the matter has been exposed, it can be regarded as a demonstration of his ambition.
Although they didn't openly break up with the emperor, in fact everyone was tacitly understanding it. It just depends on where the tipping point is.
At this time, King Wu actually sent his son here, which showed that he was not dead. King Wu did not dare to use weapons easily, and the time was not up, so he could only stabilize the emperor.
Yang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Ruyu, let the eunuch come up!"
"All right!"
Yan Ruyu stood up, swung her red skirt, and walked out.
