There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 724

Su Xian has not forgotten the mission of entering Shu this time.

If you steal the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes" as soon as possible, you can return to Butterfly Valley as soon as possible and cure Yang Zhilan's illness as soon as possible.

After curing Yang Zhilan's illness, I can return to Youzhou as soon as possible and join forces with Nalanjie to do a big thing!
Nothing else matters.

Su Xian does not plan to see Chen Keyan.

Concubine Zhang’s birthday has nothing to do with him either...

Soon, the convoy of envoy Nanchen passed by quickly, and the martial law of the Shu soldiers was also lifted. The surging crowd dispersed, and Su Xian and the others could finally move freely.

The chief of the Imperial Hospital of Shu, Li Qingniu's younger brother, and Su Xian's uncle, his name was "Zhou Chengyu". Zhou Chengyu was extremely favored by Emperor Shu and was extremely famous in Shu.

For example, the "Golden Gun" from the Shu Palace is Zhou Chengyu's masterpiece. In the eyes of the world, it is a fairy medicine.

Su Xian found out in advance that Zhou Chengyu's mansion was located not far from the palace gate on the east side of the palace city. The owner of that mansion was either rich or noble. This also shows that Emperor Shu valued him.

In order to reduce the difficulty of stealing the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes", Su Xian decided to find an inn closest to Zhou's mansion.

After a while, the inn was found.

But...opposite this inn is actually the post house of Shu Kingdom.

When Su Xian met the Nanchen envoys' convoy at the crossroads, Su Xian heard from the surrounding Shu people that Concubine Zhang's birthday banquet would be held tomorrow night. The envoys from various countries were not in a hurry to enter the palace and would stay temporarily in the palace tonight. Posthouse!

In other words, Chen Keyan is right opposite...

"This inn is not good. It's too close to the inn. Let's find another one." Su Xian made a decision immediately.

"..."

After a period of searching, when night fell completely, they finally found a suitable inn, which was far enough away from the post house and slightly farther from the Zhou Mansion than the previous one.

After entering the store, booking a room, putting down their luggage, and booking a large private room, Su Xian and others discussed their next action while eating:
""Mei Ting Miscellanies" are special cases recorded by Master Shigong himself. Not to mention the value of those cases, just the fact that he wrote it in his own handwriting is enough to show the importance of this book!"

Su Xian said slowly:

"For such an important thing, my uncle must have kept it extremely secret. When you sneak into the Zhou Mansion to search for it later, you need to be extra careful."

"I know!" Yang Zhilan replied.

"I know." Yan Dashan and Guan Ping also responded at the same time.

"Got it!" Tang Shujing also nodded there, with a serious and solemn look on her face.

"..."

Su Xian held his forehead and glanced at Tang Shujing: "Why are you joining in the fun? You are not allowed to go, stay with me!"

Tang Shujing wanted to argue, but when she saw Yang Zhilan, Yan Dashan, and Guan Ping all looking at her, she immediately shut her mouth tightly.

Her little skills are really not enough in front of these big guys...

Su Xian looked at Yang Zhilan again:
"Zhi Lan is sick, so there's no need to go, right? It's just right for Dashan and Guan Daxia to go."

"No, young master, as long as I don't get sick, I'm no different from ordinary people...and when it comes to burglary...and searches, there should be no one better than me!" Yang Zhilan is confident and calm.

"..."

Su Xian felt that there was some truth to this. Yang Zhilan was the number one killer of the internal guards and was good at doing these things.

On the other hand, it was Yan Dashan. He was best at horseback kung fu, charging into battle, and when it came to breaking into a house... the search was really not that interesting.

In the end, after discussion among the people, it was decided that Yang Zhilan and Guan Ping would infiltrate the Zhou Mansion together, and then select some of the more than 30 Butterfly Valley masters.

There can't be too many people, as too many people are not good.

Yan Dashan, Tang Shujing, and the Butterfly Valley masters who were not selected stayed to protect Su Xian.

After deciding on the candidate, I also studied some other precautions. Before I knew it, the meal was finished and the night gradually deepened.

Back in the room, Yang Zhilan and others quickly put on the black night clothes they had prepared in advance. Before setting off, Su Xian looked at them and warned them:
"Don't rush for success in everything. If you can't do something, don't force it. Keeping your own safety is the top priority. We can find other ways for that book."

"Thank you, Master (Second Senior Brother), I will understand."

"Okay, without further ado, let's set off immediately."

"..."

Yang Zhilan, Guan Ping, and more than a dozen Butterfly Valley masters climbed out of the window and disappeared into the night of Shu Capital in the blink of an eye without a trace.

After watching them go away, Su Xian looked back at Yan Dashan and Tang Shujing, and said with a smile:
"It's just an imperial doctor's residence. It's not difficult to get there. We can start our journey back to Butterfly Valley tomorrow at the latest. I heard that the night market in Yizhou City is very prosperous. Why don't we go out for a stroll?"

"Okay." Yan Dashan nodded. To be honest, he was a little dissatisfied after not being able to put on his night clothes and sneak into the Zhou Mansion, but he hid it very well.

"I want to buy a lot of things and spend your money!" Tang Shujing stared at Su Xian with bright eyes and pouted. This was Su Xian's "revenge" for not letting her participate in the action.

"..."

after a little while.

On the brightly lit street.

Su Xian, Tang Shujing, and Yan Dashan strolled among them.

The other Butterfly Valley experts are hiding in the surroundings to prepare for emergencies at any time.

The night market in Yizhou City is indeed better than the night market in Shendu City... No, Shendu City has a city-city structure. After the city gate is closed at night, the whole city is under curfew, and there is no night market at all.

As far as today is concerned, only the Shu Kingdom has night markets and no curfew, which also illustrates the prosperity and wealth of the Shu Kingdom.

Su Xian and others were dazzled as they walked along. The crowds were as crowded as during the day. There were a variety of specialty commodities, snacks, etc., which was overwhelming.

As expected, Tang Shujing went on a shopping spree and didn't miss any of the delicious, fun, and strange things she saw...

Su Xian naturally let her go. After all, she is his sister-in-law, so just be happy.

After a while, everyone walked along the street to a place, and suddenly found a living temple on the street.

The vermilion doors, windows and pillars, the white marble stone steps, and the brightly lit candles in the temple are obviously much brighter than the surrounding shops, making it very eye-catching and dazzling.

A large number of people gathered in front of this shrine, blocking the road ahead. Su Xian and his party had to stop...

In fact, Su Xian's eyes have been attracted by this living temple, and he would not move forward even if there were no crowds blocking him.

"What a big ancestral hall!"

Tang Shujing was nibbling on a bunch of candied haws, her bright eyes reflecting the candlelight in the ancestral hall, dotted with stars.

She quickly swallowed the candied haws in her mouth, pulled Su Xian's sleeve and walked towards the ancestral hall, and said, "It seems to be very lively inside, let's go in and have a look."

"What's there to see in the ancestral hall? Don't go in, just look outside." Su Xian pulled him back.

"..."

As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Su Xian's words immediately attracted the attention of a Shu citizen next to him. He frowned and looked at him:

"This young master shouldn't be a citizen of my country of Shu, right?"

Su Xian replied:

"Yes, I am a businessman from Daliang. I heard that the night market in the capital of Shu is bustling, so I came here to have a look. I wonder why this little brother can tell that I am not from Shu?"

The people of Shu had an expression that was indeed true. They raised their fingers and pointed at the living temple and asked, "Master, do you know who this living temple is dedicated to?"

"I'd like to ask for advice."

The conversation between Su Xian and this person attracted the attention of the people around him. One of them, an impatient person, shouted loudly: "This is the birthplace of Concubine Zhang!"

“Concubine Zhang’s…birth shrine?!”

Su Xian, Tang Shujing, Yan Dashan and others were all taken aback.

They originally thought that this was the birthplace of a loyal person, but they never expected that it actually belonged to Concubine Zhang who lived deep in the Shu Palace!
Really surprising.

After the accident, I was deeply confused. This thing was unlikely to happen no matter how I looked at it. Concubine Zhang was the concubine of Emperor Shu, and someone actually built a shrine for her. There must be a reason.

Seeing that Su Xian didn't know it, the people of Shu Kingdom rushed to explain it. It seemed a bit confusing, but Su Xian finally understood it——

To put it simply, Concubine Zhang can actually be called a "daughter of an aristocratic family". Her natal family, the Zhang family, has deep-rooted influence in Shu.

Su Xian originally thought that she was born as a singer, but now it seems that she was wrong.

After Concubine Zhang entered the palace, Emperor Shu treated Concubine Zhang with special respect because he was afraid of the power of the Zhang family.

In addition, Concubine Zhang was very gentle, considerate, and had a lot of insights into things. Her words and deeds were like spring breeze. Therefore, Emperor Shu did not say that he obeyed Concubine Zhang, but it was almost the same.

Relying on her influence on Emperor Shu, Concubine Zhang saved many loyal ministers and discouraged many of Emperor Shu's absurd actions... She was just like an "angel".

The people of the entire Shu Kingdom, especially the people of Yizhou City, were very grateful for Zhang Guifei's kindness, so someone built a living temple in the city...

The construction of this living temple was also approved by Emperor Shu. There is a statue of Concubine Zhang enshrined in the temple, which was made by palace craftsmen. It is said that it is sixty-six times similar to Concubine Zhang herself.

When Su Xian heard this, his eyes lit up and he subconsciously turned his head to look inside the ancestral hall. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the statue of Concubine Zhang from the outside.

Tang Shujing was stunned. When she saw Su Xian's actions, she suddenly felt alert in her heart, and her bright eyes were fixed on Su Xian's every move.

The group of Shu people continued to explain, but later they all just vaguely praised Concubine Zhang's beauty, as if Concubine Zhang was their wife, and looked quite proud.

When Su Xian saw this, he suddenly realized that beauty was always the embellishment of a prosperous age.

The national power of the Kingdom of Shu is at its peak, and the beauty of Concubine Zhang Guifei is the icing on the cake, which must be talked about by the people of the Kingdom of Shu.

However, the reason why this temple is so lively and the reason why the incense is so prosperous is that... most people come here for the statue of Concubine Zhang, right?
There are six points of similarity.

Although I can't see Zhang Guifei's real face, I am satisfied looking at the statue and fantasizing about it...

After listening to the enthusiastic explanation from the people of Shu Kingdom, Su Xian walked towards the birth temple and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it to be the birth temple of Concubine Zhang. I really should go in and burn incense."

Tang Shujing's face suddenly changed, she held Su Xian with one hand, her bright eyes were bright and full of vigilance, and she said, "Didn't you just say you didn't want to go in?"

"Uh... that was just now. By the way, didn't you really want to go in and take a look just now? Why are you still standing there? Let's go!" Su Xian couldn't help but walked in, bypassing Tang Shujing.

Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Tang Shujing followed closely. She felt a sense of crisis in her heart, she had to keep an eye on Su Xian!

Yan Dashan and others also filed in.

This ancestral hall was very large, and there were many people inside. Fortunately, after entering, Su Xian turned a corner and saw a statue standing directly in front of him. It was about one foot high, covered with gold foil, and shimmering under the bright candlelight. , reflecting bursts of golden light.

That is the legendary Concubine Zhang.

She was dressed in palace attire, with a graceful figure, a smile on her face, and gentle eyes, silently watching everyone in the ancestral hall, as considerate as a close elder sister...

Su Xian took a deep breath. Yes, it was a different kind of beauty compared to Li Youqing and other women. Although this statue was only [-]% similar to the real Concubine Zhang, it was enough to kill most ordinary women in an instant.

Tang Shujing also saw the statue, and the sense of crisis in her heart was like a fountain that could not be blocked. She quickly turned her head to look at Su Xian, and saw that Su Xian really had a "sexy" expression, and she couldn't help but stretch out her hand. He pinched the soft flesh of Su Xian's waist.

"hiss……"

Su Xian gasped in pain, knocked off Tang Shujing's hand, turned around and scolded: "What's wrong with you?"

"We've seen this statue, can we go back?" Tang Shujing looked like she was fine, but when she saw Su Xian was in pain, she felt proud.

"Well, it's almost time, let's go back!"

"..."

After a while, I returned to the inn where I stayed.

Su Xian, Yan Dashan, and Tang Shujing gathered in Su Xian's room and waited silently. Yang Zhilan and the others should be back soon.

After a while, Yan Dashan suddenly turned his head to look at the closed window and whispered, "They are back."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the window was pushed open, and two men in black jumped in one after another, rolled on the ground twice, then stood up, took off their black hoods and said:
"We're back."

"Where are the others? Is anyone injured?" Su Xian was shocked, stood up and asked.

"No one was injured and no one was discovered. Please rest assured, Second Senior Brother," Guan Ping replied.

"What's the result? Have you found the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes"?" Su Xian asked again.

"We searched through the Zhou Mansion's study, but in the end... we couldn't find it!" Yang Zhilan replied, her voice as calm as ever.

"did not find?"

Su Xian, Yan Dashan and others secretly frowned. Logically speaking, it was just a palace of an imperial doctor. It shouldn't be difficult for Yang Zhilan to find a book in it.

What's more, there is also the matter of equality among the masters of Butterfly Valley...

Yang Zhilan added:
"However, later I overheard Zhou Chengyu himself saying that the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes" was dedicated to the Shu Emperor, and now it is stored in the "Bing Ding" bookshelf in the "Chong Wen Building" in the palace city! "

Chongwen Building was where the Shu palace kept books. There were so many books in it, but luckily Yang Zhilan knew the specific bookshelf number.

Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:

"As long as the clues are not broken, it seems that we still need to sneak into the Shu Palace!"

"We have already passed through." Yang Zhilan said.

"Really? Have you found the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes"?" Su Xian was overjoyed.

"But... there are super masters patrolling the outside of Shu Palace. We tried several times, but in order not to alert the enemy, we failed to sneak in." Yang Zhilan's voice remained calm.

"Is that so...the masters in the Shu Palace...even Zhilan can't break in?" Su Xian frowned, feeling that this matter was a bit tricky.

"If you break in by force, you will most likely be discovered. After all, it is the palace city of Shu!" Yang Zhilan replied.

"..."

Su Xian nodded, that's a good thing. After all, the Shu Palace is the palace of a country, and it still has this card. This reminded Su Xian of the palace city of Daliang. There were also experts patrolling inside, and Yang Zhilan didn't dare to break in...

"Then what should we do?" Tang Shujing frowned. If she couldn't get the second half of "Mei Ting Miscellaneous Notes", Yang Zhilan's illness would not be cured, and the consequences would be disastrous!

"..."

Everyone fell silent, frowning and thinking hard about countermeasures.

Suddenly, Su Xian's eyes lit up, he looked up at Yang Zhilan and asked:
"If I let you enter the Shu Palace openly and bypass the masters patrolling the Shu Palace, can you find the book?"

"Okay!" Yang Zhilan nodded.

Su Xian's spirit was shaken, and he looked at everyone and said loudly: "I thought of a way to sneak into the Shu Palace in a fair and honest manner!"

"any solution?"

"It's easy to say...get ready. We will go to see Nanchen envoy Chen Keyan overnight and ask her to take us in!" Su Xian said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)