Chapter 107 Nighttime Investigation of the East Warm Pavilion
Overtime work is not a personal matter.
Misfortune doesn't happen to just one person.
Guige Mu stood beside the wall separating the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and the Summer Palace, staring at the red paint on the wall in contemplation.
She was on the verge of tears.
Gui Gemu was gloating when he saw in the work slacking-off group late at night that Lu Jian seemed to have committed a crime and the entire information department was being investigated.
Although the Confidentiality Department is also under the Information Division, it belongs to the Field Operations Group. All those investigated this time were from the Internal Affairs Group, and have no connection to the Confidentiality Department. Naturally, the Confidentiality Department was not included in the overtime notice.
As a result, less than an hour and a half after the notice to all internal affairs staff of the Information Department was issued at 11:00, Guigemu was contacted by an urgent message from Director Yan.
Returning to the Pavilion: ?!
Despite her ominous premonition, she answered the call. Yan Ju's voice on the other end was cold and concise: "Guigemu, come to the east gate of the Summer Palace now."
On the way here, Gui Gemu carefully reviewed his work over the past month. Apart from slacking off a bit, leaving work a little early, and having Sheng Chunqiu clock in for him in the morning, he hadn't done anything to betray the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
Then, right at the east gate of the Summer Palace, I saw a trembling bronze statue guarding the entrance.
Gui Gemu looked puzzled.
Cultural relics escaped, only to walk right into a trap?
The agreement signed with the artifacts after the Summer Palace's spiritual energy leak incident was actually drafted by their Secret Service.
The bronze statue's eyes lit up when it saw her, and it quickly asked, "Are you Director Gui?"
“Yes,” Guigemu examined it, “What’s wrong?”
Could there be a problem with the signed agreement?
That shouldn't be the case.
The bronze statue exhaled: "Director Yan asked me to lead the way for you, Chief Gui."
As it spoke, it instantly transformed into a bronze disc, with the face of the bronze statue imprinted in the very center. It struggled to squeeze through the crack in the middle of the east gate, and then transformed back into a bronze statue once more.
Gui Gemu looked at it with a complicated expression.
Such abstract cultural relics.
She pulled a piece of paper from her pocket and used it to jump over the wall.
"What exactly happened?" Guige asked after the curtain fell.
The bronze statue said, "You found out after you met Director Yan." Its words carried a hint of guilt.
Guige Mu hadn't thought about it yet, but when he arrived at the east wall and saw Yanju's somewhat solemn expression, his heart skipped a beat.
The last time she saw Director Yan with this expression was when he was in Emerald City, coldly informing the entire world to ban the Mithril Merchant Guild.
Guige Mu realized that he seemed to have been tricked.
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The curtain has finally fallen on the return to the pavilion.
Yan let out a long breath.
She couldn't see any flaws in the formation.
She didn't even know where to activate the formation. The wall looked like an ordinary red wall.
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Lin Xuya stood beside her with an expression of admiration, her eyes filled with expectation.
Yan Shi could only continue staring blankly at the red wall.
Yan Shi: ...
After Guigemu arrived, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gave him a brief explanation of the situation.
Indeed, professional tasks should be left to professionals.
Yan Shi looked at Lin Xuya and said in a gentle tone, "Let's continue to the East Warm Pavilion."
Although it is already known that Lin Xuya's acquisition of the World Barrier Fragment may be due to the Birth Mark, Dong Nuan Pavilion still needs to be checked again.
Considering that Lin Xuya absorbed the first fragment of the world barrier in the East Warm Pavilion.
Otherwise, how can I leave here and go home after get off work?
The bronze statue said that the handover would take place at Baotai Hall at seven o'clock in the morning. Yan Shi had just sent a brief message to Sheng Chunqiu to arrange for the arrest in advance.
If Yan Shi fails to catch someone within the territory of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, even with prior preparation, she really thinks she should replace the head of the execution department.
If you can't go out on fieldwork, everything you do will fail.
It's not like it's an undercover agent sent by Guan Yunji.
The East Warm Pavilion is the largest side pavilion in the rear hall of the Summer Palace. Originally a study in the rear hall, it is now the workshop of the Summer Palace's cultural relics restoration team. The interior has retained the original layout of the East Warm Pavilion, with only a few long tables added in the middle.
Huo Ling once again carried Yan Shi and Lin Xuya over the wall of the back hall.
Yan Shi pushed open the palace door.
The interior was pitch black at this time, completely devoid of light.
She reached out, and a small flame ignited in her palm, illuminating the nearby furnishings.
"The East Warm Pavilion is on the right," Lin Xuya said softly. "There are lights there, but I don't know if there's electricity now."
To prevent damage to the cultural relics, the entire main hall, except for the East Warm Pavilion, is without electrical wiring. Even the East Warm Pavilion is powered by a portable small generator.
Yan Shi: "It's nothing." She noticed Lin Xuya's fear of the dark, and the flame in her hand burned even brighter.
"I am here."
Lin Xuya gently gripped the corner of her coat.
Yan Shi glanced at her, said nothing, took a few steps, and pushed open the door of the East Warm Pavilion.
"Where is your workstation?" she asked.
Lin Xuya: "The second one on the north side of the long table at the very back."
Yan Shi nodded and led her around from the side.
As they passed by the desk that used to be in the East Warm Pavilion, Yan Shi suddenly caught a glimpse of something reflecting light on the Xuan paper lying on the desk.
Yan Shi stopped and looked closely.
A few lines of writing are faintly visible on the rice paper.
Lin Xuya, not understanding, followed her gaze.
"What's wrong?" Lin Xuya looked at the blank sheet of Xuan paper, her face blank.
Yan Shi: "Has this Xuan paper on the desk always been there?"
Lin Xuya: "That's right. We didn't damage the original furnishings of the East Warm Pavilion. The teacher said that we chose this place because the East Warm Pavilion is located in the center of the front court and the inner palace, making it convenient to transport cultural relics."
Yan Shi approached the desk.
The Xuan paper was completely blank, and the few lines of faint writing I had just seen seemed to be an illusion again.
She brought the flame she was holding closer and examined the Xuan paper carefully once more.
Surprisingly, as the flames approached, several lines of writing in silver ink suddenly appeared on the rice paper.
I've revised the headquarters' formation for you; your subordinates are truly useless.
I recently discovered that the Summer Palace's book collection is quite interesting.
[The subsequent directors of the General Administration were all incompetent; your Bureau of Dissident Management is finished.]
I found a new method to stabilize the world's barrier in the Summer Palace's library.
[Shan Fengyang, what you can't do, I will accomplish.]
Yan Shi: ?
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