After Yang Kai finished speaking, Chang Sheng did not answer immediately. Not long ago, the emperor went on a rampage to select concubines. He was worried that a Japanese female warrior who was good at disguise would take the opportunity to sneak into the palace, so he said hello to the Minister of Rites and asked the Ministry of Rites to review the candidates. Strict review.
Unexpectedly, this move alarmed the Japanese female samurai who had already sneaked into the list of candidates for the show. The opponent jumped over the wall, took a wrong approach, sneaked directly into the palace, killed a concubine and replaced her with a disguise. When her accomplices were transferring the body, she happened to be killed. Shi Xuanming bumped into him, and he also went out of the city to meet Zhang Shan and others that night. On his way back, he happened to meet Shi Xuanming who was chasing the enemy and went together.
As the two men pursued her, the person who moved the body had no time to bury and hide the body, so they had to cut off the head of the female corpse. As a result, the two men could not determine which concubine was killed.
In desperation, he could only give the emperor a warning, reminding the emperor that a Japanese female warrior might have sneaked into the harem. Now it seems that the emperor probably did not dare to go to the harem again after receiving his memorial.
After pondering, Changsheng said, "The emperor has not been to the harem for so long, so he may have alerted the enemy."
"Not necessarily," Yang Kai shook his head and said, "There are so many people in the harem, and the concubines often don't see the emperor for a long time."
Changsheng nodded, "Let's put this aside for now. The most urgent task is to find out who is plotting against us secretly."
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, Yu Yi said, "Sir, things have priorities. The real culprit behind the murder of my fellow disciples can be found later. Eliminating the hidden dangers in the palace is the top priority."
Changsheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yu Yi. What Yu Yi said showed that he understood the general situation and the big situation, but he could not do this because the bloodbath of Shifang Temple by Jinding Villa had a great impact on Yu Yi and had seriously affected her. Her mind interfered with her memory.
"My eagerness to find the real culprit behind the scenes is not just to avenge the master of Shifang'an," Changsheng said. "At the border of Yuzhou, they even wanted to plant gunpowder to kill Datou and me."
Chang Sheng had already informed everyone about this matter during the banquet, so after Chang Sheng said it, the two of them did not answer the question.
Changsheng looked at Yu Yi again, "Have you found out the origin of the gunpowder I sent back earlier?"
"It was found out," Yu Yi said in a deep voice, "The style of the wooden box is exactly the same as the wooden box in the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of War."
"The Ministry of War." Changsheng repeated with a frown.
After a brief silence, Chang Sheng turned to look at Yang Kai, "Yu Yi and I are going to fly carrier pigeons tonight to find the mastermind behind the scenes. This must be done extremely secretly. You go back first, and we will do this in person." .”
Yang Kai nodded, turned and left.
"Sir, you have done enough for us," Yu Yi was moved and frightened, "Let's deal with the emperor's affairs first."
Changsheng shook his head and said, "I just gave the emperor a warning this morning, telling him that I am injured and it is not appropriate to see him now. We will release the homing pigeons after dark. At that time, we will all change into night clothes and weapons. Yes, hide your whereabouts and follow with your mask on."
"Why change weapons?" Yu Yi didn't understand Changsheng's motive for doing this.
Changsheng whispered, "I have changed my mind. Regardless of whether the person behind the scenes is a prince or a nobleman, I will kill him immediately."
"Sir, please don't mess up the overall situation just to help me get revenge." Yu Yi was very frightened.
"The overall situation? What is the overall situation? You guys are my overall situation. They seem to be coming for you, but in fact they are coming for me. I cannot absolve myself of the blame for the death of the masters of Shifang'an," Changsheng Leng said The voice said, "As long as the person behind the scenes dies, the masters of Shifang'an who died in vain will have a hard time resting in peace. It's hard for you to have peace of mind, and it's hard for me to have peace."
Without waiting for Yu Yi to answer, Changsheng said again, "In order not to accidentally hurt good people, we must interrogate before taking action. We will act accordingly."
Yu Yi was moved and nodded heavily.
Changsheng turned his head to look outside the house and found that night had fallen, so he turned around and stepped forward, "Let's prepare separately. When you are ready, take the messenger bird to the west courtyard and call me."
Changsheng went back to the house and opened the box to look for it. He didn't have any pure black night clothes. He rummaged around and found only a gray-blue robe. Ni Chenyi had prepared a lot of clothes for him when he first took charge of the Yushitai. This was The gray-blue robe is one of them.
After a brief daze, Chang Sheng put on his robe, looked for a face scarf, and left all his belongings in the room without taking anything with him.
Not long after, Yu Yi arrived, dressed in black night clothes. He did not carry any long weapons, only a dagger, and did not carry a pigeon cage. Instead, he carried the homing pigeon in his arms.
There was no unnecessary conversation. After looking at each other, the two left the Yushitai in the dark.
The city of Chang'an was very big, and neither of them had the cultivation of purple energy, so they were not allowed to fly across the sky. In order to ensure that they would not follow the lost letter bird, they released it from the middle area of Chang'an. Before releasing it, they tied a few knives on its legs. heavy objects.
The pigeon was trapped for many days. When it was freed, it immediately spread its wings and flew high. Seeing the pigeon flying to a high place, the two of them were secretly worried. Fortunately, the pigeon only flew high to determine its position. After circling briefly in the air, it lowered its altitude and flew eastward. .
Seeing this, the two men hurriedly activated their spiritual energy, flew over eaves and walls, and followed in hot pursuit.
Changsheng's wind-chasing ghost steps are very mysterious, and his spiritual energy cultivation is higher than Yu Yi's. Therefore, after crossing two streets, he left Yu Yi far behind. However, the flying speed of the homing pigeon was much faster than he imagined. Quickly, watching the homing pigeon gradually turn into a small black dot, Chang Sheng dared to slow down and wait, so he accelerated as hard as he could. After a while, he finally determined the landing position of the homing pigeon when it folded its wings and landed.
This is a very luxurious courtyard with five entrances. The carrier pigeon disappeared into the northeast corner of the backyard. There were several pigeon cages nailed to the wall covered with ivy, and the carrier pigeon flew into one of the pigeon holes.
After standing on the roof for a moment, Yu Yi arrived.
Both of them were covering their faces with handkerchiefs, and their expressions could not be seen, but the shock in their eyes was difficult to conceal, because this residence was not an ordinary official residence, but the Shizhong Mansion.
The imperial court had three provinces and six ministries, three of which were Menxia Province, Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province. Shizhong was the official of Menxia Province. There was no prime minister in the Tang Dynasty. The authority of Shizhong of Menxia Province was equal to that of the prime minister, and he was the first rank of the dynasty. An important minister of the country.
On that day, the emperor wanted to make him a censor. At the last moment, Gao Shizhong came forward to recommend him under the instruction of the eunuch Yang Fugong, and he was able to take office smoothly. Gao Shizhong was part of the eunuch party, and had been implicated when the eunuch party was eliminated. The current servant is named Qian Zhonglin was nearly seventy years old. When the Eunuch Party gained power, he did not join forces with the Eunuch Party. Instead, he stood firmly on the side of the emperor and led the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Eunuch Party.
It was precisely because of Qian Zhonglin's loyalty and talent that the emperor regarded him as a confidant and entrusted him with important responsibilities. This man was the leader of the ministers and a true veteran of the three dynasties.
Changsheng never expected that the carrier pigeon would land in this person's house. Other officials could touch it, but this person was the most trusted veteran of the emperor. Touching him would be equivalent to touching the emperor.
Yu Yi had been an official for longer than Changsheng, and she knew that Qian Zhonglin was a famously loyal minister. She did not expect that the carrier pigeon would land in this man's house.
The two looked at each other in shock, not knowing how to deal with it.
Out of caution, the two of them did not stay in the backyard, but leaned down to hide in the darkness of the roof.
"Sir, this house was originally occupied by a traitor named Gao. Could it be that the trust bird was tamed by the traitor when he was still alive?" Yu Yi asked in a low voice.
"The traitor has been at law for a long time." Chang Sheng was unwilling to believe that this matter was related to Qian Zhonglin, but it did not make sense to say that the carrier pigeon was domesticated by Gao Shizhong when he was still alive.
After looking at it carefully, Yu Yi whispered, "The pigeonhole on the wall is not old."
Changsheng didn't answer, and he had noticed this a long time ago, which showed that these carrier pigeons were not left by the high servant.
"Sir, Master Qian is well-known as a loyal minister." Yu Yi said again.
"I hope he is a traitor." Changsheng said in a deep voice.
"Sir, someone is coming..."
