As soon as Ah Liang finished speaking, before anyone else could react, they heard someone knocking on the door of Taichong Hall.
The sound of knocking on the door was very rhythmic. Song Jue looked at Shen Cha and saw that the other person nodded towards him. After confirming that he was one of his own, he waved to Bai Meng and asked him to open the door.
Bai Meng walked to the door, saw the people outside through the crack in the door, and gently pushed the door open.
"Great Commander!"
Outside the door was Ying Thirteen. When he saw Bai Meng, he said hello, crossed the threshold and walked into the hall, passed A Liang, walked directly to Song Jue, and bowed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Xiaowu has sent an urgent and secret message."
Seeing Song Jue waving towards him, Ying Thirteen walked up to Yu An and handed him the secret letter with both hands. While Song Jue was reading the letter, he turned to look at Ah Liang and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Why are you back?"
"Wanyanping sent me to ask for help."
"Help?" Ying Thirteen walked up to Bai Meng, took the teacup he handed him, and took a few sips. "Wanyanping hasn't given up on this unrealistic idea yet?" He chuckled, "Yet. You are so persistent!" He walked up to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, took out a paper bag from his arms, and placed it in front of them, "The Marquis sent it here."
"what?"
"I don't know, I haven't opened it."
Shen Haolin opened the paper package. Inside was a small red box. Inside the small red box was a simple gold bracelet.
Shen Cha saw two notes in the small box. One of them seemed to be old and slightly yellowed. She picked up the note and opened it. It was written by His Highness Prince Ning to Aunt Xue. This was It was the first gift given to Aunt Xue by His Highness Prince Ning.
She sighed softly and picked up the second note. This was written by Xue Ruitian to His Highness Prince Ning. The general meaning was that no matter whether her mother died because of him or not, she would not blame or vent her anger, and the injustice would end. , The debt belongs to the owner, and to avenge his mother, he must find the mastermind who planned this case. Otherwise, even if his mother is wronged and the culprit is not arrested, he will not be reconciled.
"It seems that Brother Xiaotian didn't get into trouble." Shen Cha turned to look at Shen Haolin, "This is the best situation."
"That's right." Shen Haolin nodded, "We can feel relieved."
"That's right." Shen Cha looked at Song Jue, "Your Majesty?"
"Take a look!" Song Jue stood up, walked to Shen Haolin and sat down, handed him the secret letter, and curiously took a look at the bracelet in the little red box, "Eh? This bracelet..." He said softly He smiled and said, "I didn't expect to see you again."
"See it again?" Shen Cha looked at the bracelet and then at Song Jue, "Have you seen it before?"
"I've seen it before. This bracelet was made by Uncle Ning and I."
"Did it?" Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Bai Meng and Ying Shisan exclaimed at the same time, "You two?"
"No, the two of us made it." Song Jue reached out to pick up the bracelet and said with a hint of nostalgia, "Look at this bracelet, it's so ugly. Which gold shop would make a bracelet like this? Isn't it afraid of smashing it?" Have you chosen your own brand?"
"You two actually know how to make bracelets?" Bai Meng came over to look at it and clicked his tongue twice, "It is indeed ugly and simple enough. But why would you two think of making this? Such an ugly bracelet. , how could you have the nerve to give it to Aunt Xue?"
"It was my aunt's birthday, and Uncle Ning thought about it for several days, but he couldn't figure out what to give. Later, the two of us went for a walk on the street and passed several gold shops. An idea flashed and suddenly thought that we should get some jewelry by ourselves. Wouldn’t it be great to give it to your aunt as a congratulatory gift?”
"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, "It's a good idea, but how can you two, who are clumsy and clumsy, do such a delicate job?"
"It's because of our clumsy hands that this bracelet is so badly made." Song Jue looked at the bracelet lying in his palm, "This took us several days of work, and it almost made the goldsmith cry. Only then was a finished product barely visible. Although the goldsmith disliked it, my aunt didn't dislike it at all. She wore it every day for a while until she followed her uncle to the border." He looked at Shen Haolin. He looked at Shen Cha again, "Have you never seen this?" He saw the two people shaking their heads at the same time, "It's so good, why do you have to put it away?"
"Not only did I put away this bracelet, I also put away all of Aunt Xue's jewelry." Shen Cha sighed softly, "At that time, the people on the border were very poor, and there were also many who were extremely vicious and would take risks in order to survive. "
"How dare they steal the Duke's mansion?"
"Brother Xiaojue, in these troubled times, what can't you do? It's better to die than to die vigorously. At least this life will not be in vain."
"That's true. The Jiaping Pass at that time..." Although he had never seen it, Song Jue had heard enough, "Hey, luckily it has been stabilized, otherwise..."
"Brother Xiaojue, you are not without courage after you have stabilized yourself." Shen Cha smiled, "At the end of last year, Uncle Yan also caught a thief, which led to the details of our cleanup of Liao and Jin. Although the little thief was instigated by others, he was very courageous to dare to attack the heavily guarded Duke's Mansion. And at that time..." She looked at the bracelet in Song Jue's hand, "it was far worse than now. , as long as you can spare your efforts, you can have a glimmer of hope."
"That's right." Shen Haolin nodded, handed the secret letter in his hand to Shen Cha, and added, "Not only Aunt Xue, but also the female relatives in the family, they don't have any jewelry on their bodies, they all wear light armor when they go out, and they hold sharp blades. , this rule was slowly abolished until three years ago, when Jiapingguan City was completely stabilized."
"So that's it."
Shen Haolin stared at the bracelet in Song Jue's hand for a long time. He felt that something was not right. He reached out to pick it up, observed it carefully, and put it to his ear and shook it twice.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Song Jue took the bracelet and imitated Shen Haolin and shook it twice in his ear. He looked at Shen Haolin hesitantly, "There seems to be movement in here? "
Shen Haolin nodded, took it over and fumbled carefully for a long time, and waved to Ying Thirteen.
Although Ying Thirteen kept chatting with Ah Liang, his eyes were fixed here when he saw Shen Haolin waving and throwing the small bag he was carrying.
Shen Haolin took out a small pair of tweezers from the small bag and pried it gently along the small crack he found. Something fell out. He picked it up and opened it. It was a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wings. Tiny map.
