Chapter 106 Got Caught
Xiao Yu sent Liu Zhiyuan back, but did not stay in Zining Palace.
He still has to go back and deal with those assassins.
Liu Zhiyuan thought he would stay and sleep, and it was almost time to turn over the cards.
But she didn't expect that she would actually leave. It just so happened that her sleeping pills would not be needed and she could leave the palace directly.
When Xiao Yu returned to the imperial study, Wang Zheng was already waiting there, waiting to report.
Seeing him come back, she raised her hands and bowed, "Your Majesty."
"How is it?" Xiao Yu sat down.
"All assassins have been subdued. Three have been captured alive, and the rest are dead."
Xiao Yu's eyes were as cold as ice. "No matter what method you use, pry open their mouths!"
"yes."
The two discussed other things. Wang Zheng's heart was still hanging in the air until he walked out of the imperial study, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.
I raised my hand and touched my forehead, only to find that my hair was already soaked with cold sweat.
He was responsible for the safety of the palace, but he made such a big mistake, allowing an assassin to sneak into the palace and even into the bathing pool where the emperor bathed.
Fortunately, the emperor did not pursue such a serious dereliction of duty, otherwise he would be in danger of losing his life.
After Wang Zheng left, Liu Dehai asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to turn over the cards tonight?"
Xiao Yu glanced at him coldly. Why are you flipping through it? Is it necessary?
"Go to Zining Palace."
He stood up and walked out, but suddenly stopped.
Liu Dehai also stopped and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
"It's been a long time since the palace was repaired."
Liu Dehai's face was full of question marks.
"Which palace?"
"Let's repair it all together and remove all the thresholds."
Liu Dehai, “…”
After Xiao Yu finished speaking, he strode out, leaving Liu Dehai with a puzzled look on his face.
When I arrived at Zining Palace, I found that Liu Zhiyuan was not there.
Xiao Yu looked at Yin Bao who was kneeling in front of him with a stern expression, "Where did Concubine Liu go?"
Yin Bao's forehead was covered in sweat. "Your Majesty, the Queen has gone to Fuqing Palace."
Fuqing Palace?
In the middle of the night, what was Liu Zhiyuan doing going to Yan Ruyu's place? You stupid woman, doesn't she need to sleep?
Thinking of the drugs that Liu Zhiyuan asked Jin Fu for during the day, Xiao Yu had a bad feeling and immediately headed towards Fuqing Palace.
When they arrived at Fuqing Palace, as expected, only Yan Ruyu was there embroidering her big white goose, and there was no sign of Liu Zhiyuan.
Xiao Yu's expression turned cold, "Where's Concubine Liu?"
Yan Ruyu, "I'm going to find Zhou Lang."
"You let her go by herself?"
"Yes, she said she wanted to ask Zhou Lang about her father's case and asked me to wait here."
"She asked you to wait and you waited, are you an idiot?" Xiao Yu became furious.
Yan Ruyu was scolded, her expression innocent, "Then her father's case, maybe she doesn't want me to hear about it, why should I go with her?"
The veins on Xiao Yu's forehead throbbed, "She is my concubine, and you let her be with a stranger in the middle of the night!"
"Is there any problem with this? Zhou Lang won't do anything to Yuan'er."
Xiao Yu snorted coldly and walked behind the screen.
Yan Ruyu was confused and didn't understand why he was so angry.
After hesitating for a moment, he put down the big white goose in his hand and followed him out.
On the other side, Liu Zhiyuan had followed Zhou Kang to the Ministry of Revenue's treasury.
There is no curfew in Dayong, and people can go out freely at night, so it is quite lively outside the capital, but the area near the silver vault is very deserted.
There was no one around, and I didn't know if it was going to rain soon, but occasionally a gust of cold wind blew, which was quite creepy.
Liu Zhiyuan and Zhou Kang each held a lantern in their hands and walked forward together.
Liu Zhiyuan rubbed his goosebumps and said, "Why is it so deserted here?"
"This is the Ministry of Revenue's treasury. Outsiders were never allowed in. It was heavily guarded before, but after it burned down, the treasury moved to a new location, and there's no one guarding it anymore."
No wonder it’s so deserted, there’s not even a ghost in sight.
Liu Zhiyuan raised the lantern in his hand and said, "This thing only gives off a tiny light. I can't even see the road clearly."
"Yes, it's nothing compared to the flashlights and light bulbs we used to have."
Speaking of this, Zhou Kang had a lot to say. "You have no idea how hard it was for me to adapt when I first came here. There were no phones, no computers, no games. I didn't know what to do every day. There wasn't even any light. I had to light candles at night."
My God, he hasn't touched that thing for eight hundred years, except for lighting candles on his birthday.
Even if there is a power outage, there are flashlights and mobile phone flashlights, how convenient.
It's nothing like a candle, which only gives off a little light and can be easily extinguished by the wind.
"If I had known earlier, I would have brought out that night pearl." Liu Zhiyuan complained.
Night pearls are brighter than lanterns.
"This was the condition in ancient times. Just get used to it slowly." Zhou Kang moved the lantern closer to Liu Zhiyuan.
"Come, both of them will illuminate you."
He has been here for so many years, and no matter how uncomfortable he was at first, he has adapted now.
It’s okay if the light is dim.
Liu Zhiyuan probably hasn't adapted yet.
The two continued walking forward. Liu Zhiyuan's legs felt a little sore. "How long will it take?"
Zhou Kang pointed ahead and said, "That's it."
Liu Zhiyuan twitched his nose, "Do you smell anything?"
She smelled it when she walked over just now, but it was far away, so the smell was not very strong. The closer she got, the stronger the smell became.
Zhou Kang sniffed deeply, "What smell are you referring to?"
Such a large silver vault burned down, and the smell was quite strong, with a lot of messy smells. I don’t know which one Liu Zhiyuan was referring to.
“It smells a bit like candles.”
"That's not strange, the lanterns we hold are just lit candles."
Liu Zhiyuan lowered his head and took a look at the red lantern. It was indeed a candle.
But it shouldn't be coming from here. There are only two candles, so there shouldn't be such a strong wax smell.
And the further you go, the stronger the smell becomes.
The two talked and chatted and soon arrived at their destination.
"This is it," Zhou Kang said. "The scene is well-preserved. Apart from the officials investigating the case, no one usually comes here."
Liu Zhiyuan frowned uncomfortably. There was such a strong smell of wax.
It was just too dark, pitch black, and I couldn't see anything.
She took a few steps forward and felt something wrong under her feet, so she squatted down and brought the lantern closer.
I found a thick layer of wax on the ground.
Zhou Kang stood beside her and said, "Don't look at it anymore. I've looked inside and out countless times, and there's really nothing there."
Liu Zhiyuan's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. She stood up and slapped Zhou Kang on the head.
"You call this nothing?"
Zhou Kang was hit unexpectedly and was stunned. "Why did you hit me?"
Liu Zhiyuan slapped him on the head again, "Don't you see there's a thick layer of wax here? There's nothing here!"
Another slap, "Nothing!"
I will leave you with nothing. If you don’t need your eyes, please donate them to someone in need, okay?
Zhou Kang dropped his lantern to the ground and covered his head with his hands. "Stop fighting. Tell me what's going on first."
"Don't you see all that wax? You're telling me there's nothing? You've never tried making candles out of silver, have you?"
Zhou Kang was even more confused. "Are you saying someone made silver out of candles and then switched them?"
"Otherwise, what are all those burnt candles for? Are they for visiting your grave?"
Zhou Kang, “…”
"It's used to help start a fire."
Liu Zhiyuan rolled her eyes and grabbed his ear with one hand, "I really doubt how you got into college. Have you ever seen someone use candles to help with a fire?"
"Ouch, ouch, it hurts, it hurts, let go, let go, let go."
Liu Zhiyuan even wanted to kill him.
You didn't even notice such an obvious loophole, and you still told her it was an unsolved case. Damn it!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Liu Zhiyuan twisted Zhou Kang's ear and lifted it up, then cursed him directly in his ear.
Suddenly I felt a chill on my back. I turned my head and saw Xiao Yu standing not far away. His face was so dark that it almost blended into the night.
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