Chapter 174: Obtaining important clues
Xie Yingmian closed the doors and windows.
"Speak slowly." She brought a cushion for Fu Fu to lean on.
Fu Fu thanked him and did not refuse.
Compared with his previous humility, Fu Fu is now neither humble nor arrogant.
Even the previous self-proclaimed "slave" was changed to "I".
Fu Fu said, "I have concealed my identity. I am not only the princess's maid, I am also the master and mistress's goddaughter. They gave me the name Xiao Lingfu."
"Of course, this is not important. I said this mainly to prove the truth of my words."
She leaned sideways on the cushions, her expression solemn and serious. "Your Highness Prince Ling, do you still remember the Lingnan Campaign you participated in three years ago?"
Yu Lingye looked at Fu Fu deeply.
Fu Fu didn't wait for Yu Lingye to answer and continued, "The place where my godfather and godmother disappeared is in Lingnan. The specific location can be traced back to the deep forests of the Lingnan Battle."
"They disappeared five years ago. At that time, the Lingnan Campaign had just begun, but the war had not yet taken shape, and the imperial army had not yet arrived."
"My godfather and godmother must have sensed the danger of this trip before they set off. They called me over and told me the key."
"The princess is too naive. When others are kind to her, she opens her heart to them, even wanting to give them her heart. The key is of great importance. My godmother is afraid that the princess will reveal the secret, so she repeatedly warned me not to tell her about the key."
"After my godfather and godmother gave me the key information, they disappeared without a trace."
"It's like they disappeared out of thin air. I've had people investigate for a long time, but all they can find is that they went deep into the dense forests of Lingnan. There's no other clues."
"Then the Lingnan War broke out and martial law was imposed on the border. Brother Xiao was killed in the battle at Dead Man's Ridge. The Xiao family suffered a series of misfortunes, and we no longer had the energy to investigate the whereabouts of our godparents."
Yu Lingye asked, "Why are they going to Lingnan?"
Fu Fu shook his head: "I don't know."
"But before they left, they said something I didn't understand."
"They said that if we can't find it this time, we can only try our luck at Dingyun Mountain."
"Unfortunately, we haven't heard from them since they entered Lingnan."
Xie Yingmian and Yu Lingye looked at each other.
Lingnan, Dingyun!
What Xiao's father and mother went to investigate should be related to the Dingyun Rebellion!
This is a very important clue.
It was also the first time they faced clues to the Dingyun Rebellion.
Xie Yingmian waited for Fu Fu to continue.
Fu Fu didn't continue to talk about the news about Xiao's father and mother.
Fu Fu said, "After the princess married Pang Xuduan, I realized that Pang Xuduan was not as affectionate as he appeared to be. However, the princess loved him very much and would not allow anyone to say anything bad about him. Pang Xuduan was also very good at acting. I just thought that Pang Xuduan approached the princess for fame and fortune."
"It wasn't until recently that I realized that Pang Xuduan still coveted the whereabouts of the key."
Fu Fu sighed.
If it weren't for the Heart-Protecting Pill that Princess Ling gave to the princess, and the princess also gave her one, she would have turned into a corpse long ago.
Princess Ling saved her life and was the princess's savior.
"Your Highness Prince Ling, Princess Ling." Fu Fu bowed deeply. "You are the great benefactors of the princess and me. If it weren't for you two, the princess and I would not have escaped this disaster."
"The Xiao family has declined, and there is still no news of my godfather and godmother. I alone cannot keep the key, so I want to tell you about the key."
"Please accept it."
Fu Fu took off an ordinary stone from his neck and said, "This is the token of the key."
"If you want to get the key, you need to take this token to a certain place and find a person. After verifying that the token is correct, you can get the key. Once you get the key, you can get the things hidden by your godfather and godmother."
Xie Yingmian took the stone.
This stone is just like any other stone you can find by the river, inconspicuous.
It was about the same size as the ordinary jade that Xiao Qingyan had given her before.
The token Xiao Qingyan gave her also asked her to go to a certain place and find a certain person, and to get the key before she could go to the Treasure House to get the Stone of Immortality.
The routine is the same.
"Where are you going? Who are you looking for?" Xie Yingmian asked.
"The Imperial Palace." Fu Fu said, "Looking for Xiao Houzi."
Xie Yingmian had a face full of question marks.
The little monkey in the palace?
She looked at Yu Lingye.
Yu Lingye pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps, it's a eunuch named Hou."
Fu Fu said, "No, it's not Hou, it's Xiao Houzi."
"My godfather and godmother emphasized that the surname is Xiao and the given name is Monkey. That person's name is Xiao Monkey."
Yu Lingye had never heard such a strange name.
However, there were many palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and he could only call out the names of a few.
"After getting the key, where should we go to get the item?" Xie Yingmian asked, "Do you know what the key contains?"
Fu Fu shook his head: "I don't know any of this."
"All I know is the key information. Perhaps finding Xiao Houzi will yield new clues."
"I have told you all I know."
"If you are interested, you can go and look for it. If you are not interested, you can just leave it alone."
After revealing the secret that he had kept for many years, Fu Fu finally felt relieved.
"Thank you both for your care these past few days. I have to accompany the princess to the Six Punishments Department. I'm afraid we won't have a chance to meet again until after the New Year."
"Fu Fu wishes Prince Ling and Princess Ling good luck in advance, and a peaceful autumn and a prosperous winter."
After Fu Fu finished speaking, he kowtowed three times.
inside the house.
Xie Yingmian held the ordinary little stone in her hand and asked, "What did Father and Mother Xiao do in Lingnan?"
Yu Lingye: “I don’t know.”
"What is their relationship with the Dingyun Rebellion?"
"I don't know."
"Do you believe what Fu Fu said?"
"Believe it." Yu Lingye said, "She has no reason to lie."
Xie Yingmian pinched her brows.
She needed to follow the known clues.
It can now be preliminarily determined that the formation of Dingyun Rebellion is related to Kongshi and the 29th century.
She guessed that perhaps something in the 29th century caused the Dingyun Rebellion.
Such things disappeared after the Dingyun Rebellion.
The impact of the Dingyun Rebellion was enormous.
Many years later, Xiao's father, Xiao's mother, the people behind the scenes, and others are still searching for that thing.
As for what that thing was, Xie Yingmian still had no idea.
She decided to first get the immortality stone left by the original owner's mother.
Perhaps, useful clues can be found on that immortality stone.
"Is there a place called Wuming Lane in Shangjing?" Xie Yingmian asked.
Yu Lingye frowned slightly.
There are so many streets and alleys in Shangjing, and there are at least 800 of them called "Nameless Alleys".
"Apart from the Nameless Alley, are there any other clues?" he asked.
Xie Yingmian asked, "Does Old Huang count?"
Yu Lingye: ...
Huang is not an uncommon surname.
There are tens of thousands of people with the surname Huang in Shangjing City.
Yu Lingye suspected that Xie Yingmian had been deceived.
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