Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 111 Who Killed the Prince
In Mingdengxuan, Xu Zhiqiong reported the situation of the East Palace to Wu Xu:

"His Majesty set up a Red Clothes Pavilion in the palace, and the Sixth Princess Liang Yuyao is the owner of the pavilion."

Wu Xu nodded and said: "I know about this, the Hongyi Pavilion was established last year."

"Liang Yuyao led people to search the East Palace overnight on the grounds that the prince had hidden the "Ancestor of Nursing Records". The prince himself was also searched, but he was not found. I went in, and was asked a few words by His Majesty, who drove me out of the palace."

Wu Xu nodded when he heard the words: "I heard from Chen Yuanzhong that the prince has a good eye for you and has been with you a lot these days. Do you think the prince is really crazy?"

"It's hard to say," Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, "If the prince is not crazy, I'm afraid he won't live until now."

Wu Xu smiled, and naturally understood what Xu Zhiqiong meant.

He was not interested in royal entanglements, and since he hadn't found any evidence of the prince's treason, he didn't want to ask about some things.

"Let's relay these words to Tai Bu and tell him that our yamen has helped everything we can, and this matter ends here."

Xu Zhiqiong went to the Department of Yin and Yang, and relayed the original words to Tai Bu according to Wu Xu's instructions. Tai Bu was very happy when he learned that the "Nuzulu" was not found in the prince's hands.

"It's good, it's good without it!"

Seeing the old man smiling so brightly, and thinking about the emperor's attitude towards the prince, Xu Zhiqiong made a bold guess.

Could it be that between Taibo and the queen...

Tai Bu repeatedly praised: "Zhiqiong, you are young and promising, courageous and scheming. I admire you very much. This time you have made a great contribution, so what reward do you want?"

After careful consideration, Xu Zhiqiong replied, "I want money."

"Vulgar!" Tai Bu reprimanded, and then asked, "How is the practice of "Hua Gu Volume"?"

"I have some thoughts."

"Let me ask you how to break the snake Gu?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Take seven inches below the neck, six points of Yang Qi, and the heart and gallbladder will be torn."

Tai Bu nodded, and asked again: "How to get rid of the centipede?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Three points of yin energy, five points of yang energy, enter the valley road, free hands and feet."

"Well said, how to break the grass Gu?"

"The yang energy is eighty points, attack the mouth with fire, and the vegetation will turn into ashes."

"How to get rid of the cold cockles?"

"This," Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, "it's not written in the book."

"How to break the blood dragon?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head: "I didn't write it either."

"How to get rid of the iron pincers mole crickets?"

Xu Zhiqiong stopped talking, these Gu worms sounded very advanced, and they were not at the same level as the Gu worms he saw in the "Hua Gu Scroll".

Tai Bu laughed and said: "I presented Wu Qianhu's "Transforming Gu Scroll", which is the first volume, and it is the method to decipher the foundation of Gu art, now I will give you the second volume, how about it?"

"Thank you Taibu for your kindness," Xu Zhiqiong declined, "It's a pity that this junior can't control the yin and yang energy. This secret scroll was given to me, but it's useless."

Xu Zhiqiong didn't dare to easily accept things that were too predictable, especially things that were not cost-effective.

"Huagu Volume" is a good book, but for Xu Zhiqiong, the price-performance ratio is not too high.

Xu Zhiqiong didn't know yin and yang techniques. The last time he fought against Liang Yuming, although he used the eunuch's yin energy to crack Liang Yuming's black scorpion, it was purely a coincidence.

Don't expect too many coincidences in actual combat, relying too much on luck is tantamount to being irresponsible for life.

Tai Bu picked up the scissors and trimmed the wick of the candle: "Do you want to learn the way of yin and yang?"

Xu Zhiqiong didn't answer, he had to be cautious when talking to Tai Bu, if he said something wrong, he would write it down in the "Iron Words Book".

Tai Bu went on to say: "The principle of Yin and Yang Qi is the foundation of my Yin and Yang art. It takes a person with profound cultivation to infuse Yin and Yang Qi into your soul, and use this as a guide to help you find it." Daomen,

You are proficient in counting, you are originally a genius of my Taoism, if you are willing to worship under the old master, the old master will let you enter today. "

What He Fang said before came true, this old man really wanted to attack me.

It is indeed a good thing to practice Yin and Yang concurrently, but Xu Zhiqiong will never join another teacher.

The Taoist priest treated him well, so it was impossible for Xu Zhiqiong to betray his master for the sake of concurrently cultivating Yin and Yang.

And if you become a disciple of Tai Bu, you must become a member of the Yin Yang Division. The environment of the Yin Yang Division is too dark, and Tai Bu's temperament is too insidious. If you stay with Tai Bu for a long time, your identity as a judge will definitely be exposed.

As for the purchase, I'll just ask Big Brother Tong for help in the future.

Tai Bu seemed to see Xu Zhiqiong's thoughts: "I know you are familiar with Tong Qingqiu and Qu Jinshan, but they can't help you. Only when you reach the fifth level of Yin and Yang cultivation can you make Yin and Yang Qi touch the soul. Among other works, Qu Jinshan is even worse."

Do you have to have a fifth-rank cultivation base to guide newcomers into the rank?

The threshold of the Yinyang family is higher than that of the judge, and the judge can guide newcomers at the sixth rank.

Xu Zhiqiong still shook his head: "This junior just wants to concentrate on studying the way of killing."

Tai Bu smiled: "The young man is arrogant, he doesn't know how to think about advances and retreats, there are countless cultivators who want to worship under me, but you still don't know how to rise and fall (do not know how to praise),
Forget it, this "Gu Hua Juan" is still given to you, and I will give you another copy of "Magic Formation Enlightenment". You can learn the basics of the magic circle, but you can only learn the method of breaking the formation. There is no yin and yang. Knowing how to deploy formations, I hope you will change your mind in the future. "

This is a clever trick, take a fish to seduce me.

Not to mention, this fish is very greedy.

"Gu Scroll" is not cost-effective, but the temptation of "Dharma Formation Enlightenment" is too great.

He doesn't know yin and yang, and he can't learn to form formations, but he can learn to break formations. This alone is enough to make Xu Zhiqiong salivate.

It is enough to learn how to break the formation right now, and I will eat the rest of the fish later.

Tai Bu took out two books, and Xu Zhiqiong asked, "Tai Bu, you gave this book to me, but don't you have any other orders?"

It's better to make it clear, it's a troublesome thing to owe him a favor.

"I do have one thing to tell you." Tai Bu took out the "Book of Iron Words", and Xu Zhiqiong was ready to return the two books.

"Don't panic, I just want you to promise me one thing. The two secret scrolls I gave you are the most precious treasures of my Taoism. You must promise me that you cannot pass them on to others. If you let others see these two secret scrolls, the old man will never give up." I won't spare you!"

Xu Zhiqiong agreed to the reasonable request, accepted the two secret scrolls, and got up to leave.

Tai Bu didn't say any more, and then cut the candle wick with scissors.

……

Back home, Xu Zhiqiong put away the "Hua Gu Scroll" and "Dharma Formation Enlightenment", took a candle, concentrated his mind on his dantian, and went into the small black room with the image of leaping into the clouds three times.

After some groping in the small black room, he found the bamboo book - "The Record of the Nuzu".

In Bingjing, at a critical juncture, he hid the bamboo book in the small black room.

It was also the only place he could hide his stuff at the time.

Xu Zhiqiong lit a candle, wanting to read the contents of "Hua Gu Scroll".

The candle was lit, but only lit.

Except for the light from the candle wick, there is no light around, and even if you stick a bamboo book on the candle, you can't see any writing.

This candle cannot be lit in a small dark room.

This is not an unusual place, and ordinary light sources are of no use here.

There are only two ways to read the contents of the book.

One is to take the bamboo books out.

But if Zhushu left the small black room, he would probably return to the prince, and then he would be cheated by the prince.

The second is to use the unique reproduction function of Xiaoheiwu to reproduce the content in the book.

I read the bamboo book last night, the scene is not difficult to reproduce, the difficulty is how to write down the irregular words.

Xu Zhiqiong memorized four bamboo slips and was exhausted. He wanted to put down the bamboo slips and copy the contents at home when he suddenly remembered another thing.

Who put the bamboo book on the prince?

Think about it, what kind of scene would it be?
The bamboo book was quietly placed in the prince's arms.

What was the prince doing at that time?
He was definitely not sober.

He is most likely sleeping.

Thinking along the line of thought, the prince was sleeping, and someone put the bamboo book in his arms.

The silhouette of the prince appeared before Xu Zhiqiong's eyes.

From the current perspective, the line of sight slowly approached the skirt of the prince's clothes, and got in.

Did Zhushu go in by himself?
It should not be.

The screen shakes regularly, somewhat similar to human footsteps. It should be that someone stuffed the bamboo book into the prince's arms.

Xu Zhiqiong groped for each bamboo slip, slowly adjusting the angle of his sight.

He saw the silhouette of the man.

how does he look like?

Clearer, clearer...

The man covered his face.

A masked man put the bamboo book into the prince's arms.

There is not enough information, so we have to go back.

Who gave the bamboo book to the masked man?

Continue to think forward, thinking about the appearance of passing bamboo books from hand to hand...

See it, see the outline.

It really was a hand-to-hand handover.

But no matter how he adjusted the angle, Xu Zhiqiong could only see the sleeves of the two people, but not their appearance.

Only an outline can be seen on the sleeves, Xu Zhiqiong poured all his thoughts into trying to see more clearly.

The picture gradually became clearer, and Xu Zhiqiong could clearly see the sleeves of the two people.

He took a deep breath, threw the bamboo book on the ground, fell out of the small dark room in a trance, and returned to his home.

……

Lying on the bed, Xu Zhiqiong was full of fear.

Of the two sleeves, one is black, which should belong to the masked man.

The other is yellow with cloud patterns embroidered on it.

Yellow clothes, with cloud pattern.

In Daxuan, only one person can wear such clothes.

Why did he want to kill the prince?
Didn't he have only one son?

Listen to Qianhu and never get involved in royal disputes.

Your circle is too messy.

……

After sleeping until dusk, Xu Zhiqiong went to the yamen to light his hair and patrolled the night with a lantern.

This journey was restless, Xu Zhiqiong felt that this world was too dangerous.

In the future, you must stay away from the royal family, but you can work as a errand in the imperial city, and contact with the royal family is inevitable.

People who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, so they have to think of a complete plan!

Xu Zhiqiong resolutely decided to go to Goulan with Chu He.

In the private room of Taohuapeng, Xu Zhiqiong looked at the dancer's gauze skirt and realized some truths.

Floating up is wonderful, but falling down is safer.

"People can't be too floating, it's better to sink down, don't you think so?" Xu Zhiqiong patted Chu He's shoulder, and suddenly felt that Chu He's shoulder was softer.

A woman gritted her teeth and said, "What's so good about this? Tell me, what's so good about this! What kind of clothes is this? What does this look like? How shameless!"

Xu Zhiqiong turned his face away, and said with an embarrassed expression: "Senior sister, why are you here? It's also my first time here, just take a look!"

"First time?" Senior sister poked Xu Zhiqiong's forehead with her finger, "I asked Wang Denglang where you were, and he blurted out that you were in Goulan. How dare you say it's the first time? Just this kind of flirtatious woman What's so good about people, what's so good about them?"

"You think they are not good-looking, why don't you dance? You must be better-looking than them. I can't watch enough in my life!"

Yu Chilan said angrily, "What are you talking about?"

Xu Zhiqiong was in a trance, always unconsciously speaking out what was in his heart.

"Senior sister, why did you come to see me tonight?"

Yu Chilan snorted and said, "You think I am willing to come to you? Commander Zhong and Jiang Shaoshi are both in your yamen, and it was you Qianhu who asked me to come to you."

"It's so late, what are Commander Zhong and Jiang Shaoshi doing in charge of the Yamen?"

"This is not a place to talk about things. We'll talk about it when we get back to the yamen."

"Okay." Xu Zhiqiong nodded dumbly.

"Don't look, don't leave, you're so ashamed!" Yu Chilan twisted Xu Zhiqiong's ear, and dragged him out of the fence.

Back at the Yamen, Yu Chilan told the story of the incident in a secluded place: "Commander Zhong was impeached by Zhang Zhuyang and Wu Ziqing in the court hall, and he was discussing countermeasures with Shaoshi and Qianhu."

"But he was impeached for what?"

"It is said that you are arrogant and domineering in the yamen, which has aroused people's resentment, and threatened to dismiss Wu Qianhu and investigate it!"

The two censors just want to change the position of Wu Qianhu?

This is too childish.

This matter is a bit troublesome, but it won't bother the commander too much. At most, it's just a few temper tantrums with Wu Qianhu. Why did you bring Jiang Shaoshi over to discuss countermeasures?

Xu Zhiqiong still didn't understand Zhong Shen's temperament.

Zhong Shen didn't lose his temper with Wu Xu. He never lost his temper with his subordinates when encountering such a thing.

"These two bastards are tired of work. They impeached me with six memorials a day, some of which were all pinned on me. How can I swallow this breath!" Zhong Shen slammed the table hard.

Jiang Feili said: "Commander, appease your anger. As far as I know, Zhang Zhuyang and Wu Ziqing, the two censors, have the support of the sixth princess behind them, so they can't move easily."

"Why can't you move? Grab them some tricks, beat them up, and make them make a fool of themselves. I think they will dare to chew their tongues in the future!"

Wu Xu frowned and said: "Zhang Zhuyang is easy to talk about, and he can easily catch the handle, but Wu Ziqing is difficult to deal with. This is a well-known honest official, and the handle is really hard to catch."

Zhong Shen shouted: "It's not easy to catch, but you have to catch me. I'll give you two ten days. You must let me out!"

(End of this chapter)