Chapter 102 Important clues in Prince Qi’s Mansion!

Zeng Anmin walked out of the Imperial College.

After bidding farewell to the prince, he silently led the horse and headed forward.

"The Imperial City Division is too slow."

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.

Would you consider sneaking into Prince Qi's mansion to find out what's going on?

no.

As soon as this thought came to mind, he suppressed it.

It's too risky.

And I promised my father that no matter what situation I encounter in the future, I will put my own safety first.

But today was not without gains.

His eyes looked towards the panel that entered his finger.

[Battle Preparation Space: Obtain three space grids, which can store three different items.]

He took a rough look at these three spaces.

The golden finger did not give him any chance to find loopholes. The three spaces were all about ten cubic meters in size.

In one of the grids, a longbow lay quietly.

It was the black gold longbow he had obtained from the girl Sai Chuxue from Xuanzhen Division.

In a good mood, he planned to go to the Imperial City Office to inquire about the situation.

Then he saw a figure walking towards him.

This man looked to be about thirty years old and had a calm expression.

Wearing the standard uniform of the Imperial City Bureau.

The Imperial City Administration can tell an official’s rank from the clothes they wear.

Zeng Anmin took a quick glance and could tell that this person should be the Imperial City Cavalry.

The man in grape clothes bowed when he saw him.

"May I ask if there is a student here named Zeng Anmin?"

"It's me." Zeng Anmin's heart moved, and he nodded and looked at the man.

The man obviously didn't expect that he would run into the real boss by such a coincidence. He was slightly stunned, and then he saluted quickly and said:

"I'm Huangshi, Bai Tisi wants you to come over."

"Oh?" Zeng Anmin's eyes lit up.

Could it be that the house search has begun?

"good."

…………

"Brother Bai."

When Zeng Anmin entered the room of Bai Ziqing of the Imperial City Bureau, he saw Bai Ziqing writing and drawing on a pile of things on the table.

He glanced briefly.

Lou Tong, the son of the Minister of Revenue, was poisoned or something...

"Are you here?" Bai Ziqing raised his head, revealing a rather haggard face, and the yellow hair on his head had faded a little.

He's obviously not been having a good time these past few days.

“You are…”

Zeng An hesitated for a moment and looked at the dark circles under Bai Ziqing's eyes.

"It's nothing, just a small case."

Bai Ziqing reached out and gently pushed the document in his hand, pretending to be relaxed and said to Zeng Anmin:

"Tonight at 3:00 AM, go to Prince Qi's mansion and confiscate his property."

"This task was assigned to me and Chi Bufan."

When the name Chi Bufan was mentioned, Bai Ziqing's eyes flickered with indifference.

The Imperial City Department has a supervisor who is in charge of all important affairs of the department.

There are four Tidus below: East, West, South and North.

Next are the ten inspectors.

Bai Ziqing is known as the leader of the ten inspectors.

Because he had already broken through to the highest level of martial artist seven years ago.

The one who called Chi Bufan was also a Ti Si, a fifth-rank martial artist.

"oh."

Zeng Anmin looked around and a serious expression appeared on his face.

If this is the case, it would be detrimental to my investigation of Prince Qi's Mansion.

You can tell from Bai Ziqing's expression that he and that guy named Chi Bufan are not getting along.

He frowned and asked, "How will the proceeds from this confiscation be distributed?"

"He is in charge of the outer courtyard, and I am in charge of the inner courtyard."

Bai Ziqing looked up at the sky outside the window, then stood up and said to Zeng Anmin:

"Time is almost up, let's go out first."

When Zeng Anmin heard the word "inner courtyard", his eyes became quiet.

The word "Inner Courtyard" sounds like a place where the Xihuangtu can be hidden.

"Um."

He didn't say much and followed Bai Ziqing out of the room.

"gather!"

There was a hint of coldness in Bai Ziqing's voice.

His eyes turned to the man who had just called Zeng Anmin over.

Huang Shi respectfully accepted the order and went to look for the person.

Soon, a team of about thirty people came towards this side.

This group of people are all consistent in their clothing, pace, and posture.

The team formed seemed to have a feeling of thousands of troops.

The feeling of oppression is extremely strong.

Everyone looked solemn.

In the Imperial City Division, the lowest-ranking Tizi must be at least an eighth-rank warrior!

This is the royal heritage!

"Meet Bai Tisi!"

Everyone shouted in unison, their voices uniform.

A murderous aura came towards me.

Bai Ziqing had no expression on his face. He simply uttered one word:

"out."

"yes!!"

The thirty people turned around in an orderly manner, led by Huangshi, and headed towards the street.

As the gate of the Imperial City Administration opened, the team of Imperial City Administration personnel came out onto the street.

After coming to the street.

Huang Shihou shouted loudly: "The Imperial City Division is investigating the case! Leave immediately!!!"

"boom!!"

The people who saw it immediately turned into birds and beasts and scattered.

They all ran away as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.

The evil reputation of the Imperial City Bureau has long been ingrained in the hearts of the people.

Bai Ziqing and Zeng Anmin each rode a horse and followed the team forward.

"Aren't you going to wait for that guy?" Zeng Anmin looked at Bai Ziqing curiously.

"Everyone handles their own case and does not interfere with each other."

A smile appeared on Bai Ziqing's face. He looked forward and heard a voice drift into Zeng Anmin's ears:

"When we get there, just follow me. If anyone asks, just tell them I'm the accountant."

Bai Ziqing thought for a moment, then added with a serious expression:

"After entering the inner courtyard of Prince Qi's mansion, I can give you half an hour. I will pretend not to know what you want to do, but after half an hour, you must return to my side."

"Okay!"

Zeng Anmin nodded with a smile.

He was quite touched.

Brother Bai, it’s worth it for me to write poems for you and make hair dye for you!

Good brothers! For life!

As the sound of horse hooves rang out.

The team arrived in front of an extremely luxurious mansion.

Prince Qi's Mansion.

The three big characters shine brightly.

But under the dim moonlight, it is no longer as dazzling as before.

“Stop!!”

Two guards from the Imperial City Bureau were already guarding the door.

Seeing Bai Ziqing's team, he shouted expressionlessly.

Bai Ziqing glanced over indifferently, waved his hand without saying a word.

Seeing this, Huangshi took a step forward, took out a document from his arms and handed it to the man.

"Um."

After seeing this, Tu Zi at the door gave up his seat.

"Come in!" Huangshi waved his hand.

Thirty imperial city officials filed into the main gate.

Zeng Anmin dismounted and followed Bai Ziqing towards Prince Qi's mansion.

"etc!"

The two imperial city officials guarding the door looked cold when they saw Zeng Anmin's out-of-place clothing.

"Who are you?"

"He is my new account student, why?"

Bai Ziqing's eyes became sharp and his voice became lazy, but he exuded a fierce aura that pressed directly towards the grapes at the door.

"cough."

Tizi's face turned red, and he didn't dare to say anything more. He bowed to Bai Ziqing.

"Um."

Bai Ziqing didn't say much, just waved his hand.

"Enter!"

…………

In the outer courtyard, at least twenty imperial city officials could be seen carrying large and small boxes of things out.

From time to time, someone would chant, "Five thousand taels of silver! A pair of jade bodhisattvas! A pair of golden toads! Rouge-red blood coral!"

“…”

Zeng Anmin's eyelids twitched when he heard the voice.

All he had on him now was the several thousand taels of silver notes that Mr. Shen had given him before he left Liangjiang County.

But just listening to the things this man was singing and drinking, the value of the items was no less than ten thousand taels.

The Qi Wang Mansion is just a mere palace, even if you count the things in the fiefdom.

How could the outer courtyard alone be filled so full?

How much of the people’s money will this cost?

Zeng Anmin narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Walk."

As Bai Ziqing's reminder sounded.

Zeng Anmin came to his senses and followed Bai Ziqing to the inner courtyard without saying a word.

Soon, the two arrived at a large courtyard.

There is an ancestral hall in the center of the courtyard.

"Don't move anything in the ancestral hall, start working!!"

Following Huangshi's order, everyone followed him to every room in the yard.

Zeng Anmin and Bai Ziqing were the only ones left in the courtyard.

"Brother Bai."

Zeng Anmin spoke.

Bai Ziqing slowly turned his back, looked outside the courtyard and said, "Go ahead."

"good."

Zeng Anmin bowed to Bai Ziqing's back, then took a deep breath and walked towards the courtyard.

First, he followed Huangshi's team to copy the main house.

This is where King Qi usually lives.

These people from the Imperial City Bureau work really fast.

The house searches were also carried out with great discipline.

Anything that moves can be pulled out.

Even the quilts embroidered with gold threads could be carefully pulled out by them and kept unbroken.

“Awesome.”

Zeng Anmin was filled with awe.

Sure enough, professional matters still need professionals to do.

Although he was amazed in his heart, his eyes were like an eagle, scanning all the places where things could be hidden.

Although the work of confiscating property is not as good as that of the grapes in the Imperial City Bureau.

But when it comes to searching for things, Zeng Anmin may not be worse than them.

Zeng Anmin took over all the rooms one by one.

I couldn't find any trace of the Xihuangtu.

"According to the Records of Strange Things, the original form of the Xihuang Diagram is not much different from the Kanlong Diagram."

Zeng Anmin thought carefully.

Such a big thing, even if it was hidden intentionally.

After such a thorough search, nothing should be left undiscovered...

However, after two quarters of an hour, Zeng Anmin still did not find anything suspicious.

His brows were furrowed tightly.

Is there something missing?

Or is there a secret room in Prince Qi's mansion that has not been discovered?

It seemed that the house search was almost over.

Still no clues were found.

Zeng Anmin began to feel a sense of urgency.

He came into the yard.

Bai Ziqing still carried him on his back.

"Is there something behind me?" Bai Ziqing patted his back and said to himself.

Um?

Hearing what he said.

Zeng Anmin's eyes lit up instantly.

His gaze turned towards the ancestral hall behind Bai Ziqing.

The royal family of all generations is enshrined there.

The largest tablet is dedicated to Emperor Taizu of the Holy Dynasty.

“Could it be…”

Zeng Anmin walked straight into the ancestral hall without any hesitation.

He looked around.

This ancestral hall is not very big.

"Here?" He touched the ground.

Then he frowned and tapped the ground lightly.

"Bang, bang, bang."

A very muffled sound.

Prove that all blue bricks are solid.

He touched everything that could move around him.

There are no mechanisms or secret passages.

Zeng Anmin touched his chin and frowned.

What should we do now?

Could it be that the Xihuangtu is not in King Qi’s palace?

After this thought came into his mind, his thoughts drifted away.

The fact that the Xihuangtu was in the home of Earl Zhongyuan must have been kept extremely secret by Earl Zhongyuan's mansion.

How did King Qi know about this?

Isn't it King Qi who covets the Xihuangtu?

Who could that be?

Ji Qing, the director of the Imperial City Department?

Or is it the eunuch Si Zhongxiao who holds the pen?

He thought silently.

No, even if the person who coveted the Xihuangtu was not King Qi, he was the one who raided Zhongyuan Bo's house that year. He must have clues about the Xihuangtu.

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath and looked at all the tablets in front of the table in the ancestral hall.

"Knock, knock, knock."

He knocked all the ranks.

All solid.

Especially when knocking on the tablet of Taizu, he was extremely attentive.

"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame your unworthy descendant... It's because he has no brains at all..."

He muttered something in his heart and put the tablet down.

No!

There are no clues at all.

Zeng Anmin's patience slowly faded.

"That shouldn't be the case... Even if there's no clue to the Xihuang Diagram, is King Qi really that clean? Besides financial matters, he doesn't have anything else?"

He closed his eyes and thought slowly.

Suddenly, he heard the details of what happened in the court that his father told him after he came home the day before yesterday.

"Wu Chenxiang is in the secret compartment of my brother's house."

This sentence suddenly struck me.

Yes! There must be a secret compartment in Prince Qi's mansion!

I didn't notice it just because I wasn't careful enough.

Zeng Anmin took a deep breath and slowly walked to the cushion in front of the ancestral hall and sat down.

He closed his eyes and began to think about everything he had discovered since entering the mansion.

Inner courtyard, each room...

Well, the officials of the Imperial City Bureau are masters of confiscating property.

He is extremely professional in hidden compartments, mechanisms, and secret rooms.

There is no one in the whole world who is more professional than them.

Therefore, the probability that no secret compartments or mechanisms were discovered in the room just now is very small.

That is to say, if there is a mystery.

It must be in this ancestral hall.

Zeng Anmin opened his eyes, sat on the mat, and looked at everything in the ancestral hall inch by inch.

One breath, two breaths...

He was lost in a brainstorm.

"Where did it get exposed?"

Zeng Anmin slowly stood up.

Time is running out.

He must get enough clues within this limited time.

"Could it be that I am the one who is most confused?"

Zeng Anmin muttered to himself.

suddenly.

His eyes fixed.

His eyes lowered inch by inch.

Finally, it fell on the cushion where he had just sat.

In the entire ancestral hall, only this cushion has not been moved!

Could it be...

He took a deep breath and squatted down.

He stretched out his hand, his fingers trembling slightly.

Finally, he touched the futon.

lift.

It didn't lift up.

There was a gleam in Zeng Anmin's eyes.

Start using your ingenuity.

He slowly turned the futon.

“Crack.”

An imperceptible sound was heard.

There was a gleam of brilliance in Zeng Anmin's eyes!

“It’s here!!”

He raised his head instantly and looked in the direction of the sound.

Behind the left side of Taizu's seat, a square hole the size of a fist appeared!!!

(End of this chapter)