Lin Zhongtian was speechless after hearing this: "Then why did you create this alliance?"

Zhao Lihe explained: "In order to protect themselves, and to provide a home for the descendants of the Qi family army who are unwilling to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, although the Tongmenghui is now a bit more powerful, it is still an intelligence organization in the final analysis. It has nothing to do with rebellion, right?"

"…Then do you know what your alliance is doing now?"

"do what?"

"They are recruiting volunteers from all over the country and inciting them to rise up in rebellion."

"ah?"

Zhao Lihe was a little dumbfounded.

Lin Zhongtian said speechlessly: "You don't know, do you?"

Zhao Lihe felt a little wronged: "Brother, I'm in the prison. Not to mention the news about the Tongmenghui, I don't even know what happened to my brothers after I was taken to the prison!"

“…”

Lin Zhongtian twitched the corner of his mouth, and he and Zhao Lihe looked at each other in silence.

After finishing the tea, Zhao Lihe thought for a moment and said, "Brother Lin, I have a way to contact Ding Xiu and the others, but I don't know if you are willing to show up..."

"Why wouldn't I want to?"

Lin Zhongtian stood up suddenly, picked up the sword with its sheath that was placed diagonally beside the stone table, and glanced at Zhao Lihe who was still sitting there.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Zhao Lihe shook his head and said solemnly: "It has only been one night since the robbery of the Heavenly Prison. The whole city is under martial law. If I take the risk of going with you, it will only drag you down. It is better for you to go alone. I will tell you how to contact Ding Xiu and others, as well as the secret code to verify the identity of the Tongmenghui..."

"Wait!" Lin Zhongtian raised his head and interrupted him, saying with a smile, "You don't think that I, your big brother, am not wanted, do you?"

"You are definitely wanted, but after all, they don't know what you look like..."

"I'm not talking about jailbreaking. Before I rescued you, I was already a wanted criminal by the government."

"ah?"

Zhao Lihe was dumbfounded again and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what did you do wrong?"

Lin Zhongtian said casually: "It's nothing. I just saw a few soldiers killing innocent people to gain credit, so I couldn't help but kill them."

"several?"

"I only killed 27 at first, and I can't remember how many I killed later."

“…”

Zhao Lihe didn't know what to say, he could only sigh that the more skilled he was, the more courageous he became.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Don't worry. I've seen that the military preparations in the capital are extremely lax. When I entered the city, I didn't even cover my appearance. The gate guard not only didn't recognize me as a wanted criminal, but even thought I was a nobleman from some family in the capital. He flattered me and welcomed me into the city. Thinking about it now, I'm really laughing my head off."

Zhao Lihe shook his head and said, "Brother Lin, you must have just met the new city gate guard. I know the previous city gate guard. He is a martial arts expert with excellent eyesight. He can recognize wanted criminals in the crowd at a glance. He also knows all the important figures in the capital. It's a pity that this guy is a member of the eunuch party. He should have been dealt with by Zhu Youjian now."

"So I was just lucky?"

"That's right."

Zhao Lihe nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "How about this, Brother Lin, I'll tell you the secret code. Go outside Dongzhimen and find a white pine tree with a Y-shaped crack on its bark. Carve the secret code on the trunk. Once they see the secret code, they will naturally come here to see me."

"no problem!"

Lin Zhongtian agreed enthusiastically, then asked in confusion.

"But wouldn't it be a bit too obvious to just carve the secret words directly?"

"Don't worry. It doesn't matter if someone finds out, because this secret code isn't really a secret code. It's just a dot on the lower left side of the vertical Y-shaped crack..."

Zhao Lihe paused and asked with a smile, "Brother, if I don't tell you how to decipher the secret code, can you figure out the true meaning behind it?"

Lin Zhongtian thought about it with great interest, but soon shook his head.

"A Y with a dot on the lower left. This symbol can represent so many meanings."

"What if I tell you that this Y-shaped crack actually represents the Big Dipper?"

"The Big Dipper?" Lin Zhongtian thought about it for a while, and finally realized, "So that's it!"

"Brother, have you figured it out?" Zhao Lihe asked with a smile.

"Of course." Lin Zhongtian nodded and replied with a smile, "The letter Y represents the Big Dipper, which means that what you care about is not the spoon, but the handle. The biggest function of the handle in this era is to indicate the direction and judge the season. When the handle points east, it is spring. When it points south, it is summer. When it points west, it is autumn. When it points north, it is winter."

"Now it is April, so the direction the dipper handle points to is naturally the east. The dot carved on the lower left of the dipper handle means that you are hiding in a secret house in the southeastern part of the capital. What do you think? Am I right?"

“…As expected of you, Big Brother!”

Zhao Lihe applauded in admiration and gave a moderate amount of flattery.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and patted his shoulder: "Wait for my good news!"

After saying that, he jumped and left the secret house.

The so-called secret house refers to a house hidden in the streets and alleys, with no street facing the front, back, left or right.

Taking the secret house where Lin Zhongtian and Zhao Lihe live as an example, the front and back doors of the house do not face the street, but are next to several shops.

These shops surround the house in the middle. There is no door for entry or exit. The only way to connect with the outside world is to climb over the wall or use the hidden secret passage under the bed.

It's like a dark room hidden in the city.

There are quite a few secret houses like this in the capital, and they are used by important figures to avoid disasters.

The secret house where Zhao Lihe lived was actually secretly purchased by Qin Wang Zhu Yizhu.

The secret passage under the bed was also dug by people from the Prince of Qin's Palace who were sent by him.

Unfortunately, in the 46th year of Wanli, Prince of Qin Zhu Yiqi died of illness and was posthumously named "Su". The secret house he secretly purchased before his death was thus abandoned.

Later, the Tongmenghui's power expanded to the capital, and they bought the drugstore on the street in front of the house. Only then did they discover the secret house hidden behind the drugstore.

As for how the Tongmenghui knew that this secret residence belonged to the King of Qin, it was very simple. They dug up several bodies of the King of Qin's servants in the suburban forest connected to the secret passage, and also found a wooden plaque with the three words "King of Qin's Mansion" engraved on it.

I don't know if the people who did the work at the time were too careless or they simply didn't care, but they didn't destroy the evidence that could prove the identity of the bodies. They just dug a hole on the spot, buried the bodies and called it a day.

This was a good deal for the Tongmenghui. After confirming that no one in the Prince Qin's Mansion knew about the secret house, they immediately took it for themselves.

The Tongmenghui still has seven or eight secret houses that were obtained through similar means.

Therefore, Jin Yichuan and Ding Xiu could not determine the exact location of Zhao Lihe.

At noon, Jin Yichuan finally left the clinic, but unlike when he came, this time Jin Yichuan had a sachet with a faint medicinal fragrance in his hand, which was the gift given to him by the girl from the clinic.

Smelling the refreshing medicinal fragrance emanating from the sachet, Jin Yichuan couldn't help but smile.

Fortunately, this vague relationship, which was still in its ambiguous stage, did not affect his behavior.

Before entering Dongzhimen, Jin Yichuan habitually glanced at the pine forest next to him.

With just one glance, Jin Yichuan's face changed drastically. He immediately stopped and checked carefully.

A minute later, Jin Yichuan hurried into Dongzhimen. Dressed in a black Feiyu suit, no guard at the city gate dared to stop him.

At this time, Jin Yichuan's face had returned to calm, but his steps became faster and faster, and he couldn't help but feel excited and excited in his heart.

"Very good!"

"It turns out that Brother Zhao is in the secret house in the southeast city area."

"I will find a way to tell my senior brother about this news right away."