Liu Huixiang twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, and pushed Zhang Cuihua towards the door with both hands: "Cuihua, you have been tired for a long day, and you must be hallucinating. Why didn't I hear you? Go downstairs and have a rest."
"Oh, it's also possible..."
Zhang Cuihua obeyed her kindness, shook her head, and followed the lady's push to the door.
But at this moment, three more dull sounds came from the ceiling in the room.
This time it was clearer.
Zhang Cuihua paused in her steps, blocked the door with her huge body, raised her head and stared at the ceiling and said with certainty: "No, miss, listen, I heard you right, there was indeed a big rat up there just now, it was such a loud noise!"
Liu Huixiang tried her best to maintain her normal expression and argued: "Maybe the people from the Yamen are repairing the city wall again, so that should be the sound of knocking on the city wall, right?"
"Really? But I always feel like there's a big rat on it... No, miss, please give way until I catch the big rat..."
With that said, Zhang Cuihua went to find the ladder.
Liu Huixiang was shocked, chased out of the room, grabbed Zhang Cuihua, and said in a slightly stern tone: "Cuihua, don't you even believe my words?"
"Uh... I naturally believe what the young lady said." Zhang Cuihua was stunned, and then gave up the idea of going up to the room to catch the big mouse.
"..."
Liu Huixiang fled back to her boudoir in shame, slammed the door tightly, and pulled the bolt.
In order to have a secret meeting with Mr. Su, she not only lied, but now also oppressed Zhang Cuihua as a young lady... Zhang Cuihua should not have been dependent on her for these years.
But what can be done?
Liu Huixiang could only swear secretly in her heart: "I will treat you well from now on, Cuihua..."
At this time, another dull sound came from the roof.
Liu Huixiang was so happy that she completely forgot about all the unpleasantness. She immediately ran under the wall and used a long bamboo pole to push open the ceiling...
Soon, Su Xian, who was in a hurry, landed on his feet.
Why didn't you respond to his code for a long time?
Su Xian didn't ask, because he had already hugged Liu Huixiang and couldn't wait to kiss her. He was so anxious just now, but now he is so crazy.
It was intended to punish Liu Huixiang for not responding to the code for a long time.
I don’t know how long the spring breeze lasted overnight.
…
When Su Xian climbed the wall and returned to his room next door, it was already the time when the lights were on.
There was only one oil lamp lit in the room, and the big flame was flickering. Not to mention the dim light, the figure of Yang Zhilan, who was reading the secret letter at the desk, was flickering on the wall.
Yang Zhilan heard the noise and looked back at Su Xian. Her bright eyes looked tired, and then she turned back to continue reading the secret letter.
"Light more lights!"
Su Xian took it upon himself to add four or five lamps, and the room suddenly became brighter.
Seeing that she hadn't finished reading yet, Su Xian yawned and climbed into bed to get ready for bed. Before going to sleep, he warned: "Don't stay up too late. You can't finish it today and continue tomorrow."
Yang Zhilan said "hmm" without raising her head.
Su Xian fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he saw Yang Zhilan still studying the secret letter carefully at the desk. Su Xian's sleepiness disappeared instantly: "I'm still reading. It's getting very late, so let's rest first."
"The last one will be finished soon."
"oh."
Su Xian stood up, put on a coat, and waited for the final result.
Late at night, Yingzhou City had fallen into a deep sleep, not even hearing the barking of dogs. Su Xian fiddled with the small stove next to the table and made tea himself.
The small stove was moved by Yang Zhilan. It seemed that she had been preparing to stay up late and read all the secret letters.
Soon the tea will be ready.
Su Xian poured two glasses.
Yang Zhilan closed the last confidential letter and rubbed her sour eyes.
"Drink some hot tea." Su Xian handed over the teacup.
"What was the result?" Su Xian asked immediately after she finished drinking the tea.
"There are not many useful clues." Yang Zhilan's voice was as indifferent as ever, with a hint of fatigue, "I only found two important clues."
"Oh. Tell me."
"First, this wooden box belongs to the head of the inner guard's Youzhou Hall. I recognize this person, his name is 'Poisonous Lady'."
"The master of the inner guard Youzhou Hall, the poisonous lady?"
"..."
Su Xian was startled.
He had learned about the history of the Neiwei from Yang Zhilan before.
It was originally just a Jianghu gang, but later due to fate, it was incorporated by the current Queen... Therefore, Neiwei still retains the title of some Jianghu gangs.
For example, the leader of the internal guards stationed in a local prefecture or county is called a "hall master". Under the hall master, there are a varying number of "incense masters", "heads", etc.
As for the title of "Poisonous Lady", it has more of a Jianghu flavor.
Su Xian didn't know any poisonous women, but judging from her name, she seemed to be a woman who was good at using poisons, giving people the impression that she was not a good person.
"Second, these secret letters were first written by Anzi, the guard of Youzhou Hall, half a year ago, and the latest was a month ago. And three months ago, Anzi's disappearance occurred frequently in Youzhou."
Yang Zhilan didn't say much. After finishing speaking, she looked at Su Xian.
Su Xian frowned slightly:
"Three months ago, Anzi began to disappear. A month ago, Youzhou Hall lost contact with Anzi..."
"..."
It was July 20th, and Su Xian remembered that the date he traveled through was early June.
More than a month has passed so far.
In more than a month, he encountered several major events.
For example, the little fairy Zi girl secretly colluded with the Liao Kingdom, the Hejian Posthouse incident, 10,000 Liao troops sneaked into Daliang to plot evil, and so on.
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Corresponding the time when these events occurred with the time when Neiwei Anzi disappeared, it seems...
"It seems that the Liao Kingdom has a premeditated plan!"
Although there is not enough evidence to support this view, it has to be said that this is something that anyone with a discerning eye can see through, and the root cause of everything is the Liao Kingdom in the north.
Yang Zhilan blinked her tired eyes and said nothing.
Based on her intuition as the number one killer of the internal guards, she also believed that this matter was related to the Liao people. Of course, it would be difficult to completely understand the cause and effect and all the details.
"But other than that, we didn't get what we wanted through these secret letters, and there are no clues about the 10,000 Liao army..." Su Xian rubbed his eyebrows.
"Sir, the origin of the wooden box!" Yang Zhilan suddenly said.
"The origin of the wooden box..."
Su Xian was startled: "Yes, the origin of the wooden box is indeed a clue! Since we are back in Yingzhou, we will simply follow this clue to investigate."
Yang Zhilan nodded, cheering up and eager to try.
She was ready to go out through the window to investigate the case overnight.
"But don't worry, it's late tonight, and you've been looking through the secret letters for so long. Why don't you rest first and talk about it tomorrow."
"But……"
"It doesn't matter, we still have half a month left, so we have plenty of time." Su Xian's attitude was really calm.
"..."
Yang Zhilan finally nodded.
Immediately they put out the oil lamps and fell asleep separately.
The night is already very deep.
