Chapter 101 Tiger Head Totem
As she twisted her body, the bookshelf behind her moved away without any sound.
Ling Chan glanced at Cheng Feiyu, and they both walked towards the bookshelf.
There was a wall behind the bookshelf. Cheng Feiyu walked forward and knocked lightly on the wall, and quickly identified the location of the secret door.
He moved the secret door, revealing the underground tunnel inside.
Ling Chan was walking in front of him, but was held back by him.
Cheng Feiyu pulled Ling Chan behind him and said, "I'll go down first."
Who knows if there will be any danger down there? He can't let Ling Chan go down first and take the risk.
Just then, there was a movement outside, and Cheng Feiyu pulled Ling Chan behind him and prepared to meet them.
Ling Chan held him back, "It's okay, it's someone close to Prince Rui."
Jiuzhen is here.
Jiu Zhen understood the situation in the study room and said, "Let's go."
Cheng Feiyu looked at Ling Chan, and Ling Chan nodded at him, "It's okay, let him follow."
He glanced at Jiu Zhen before walking down. Ling Chan followed behind him as he wished. Jiu Zhen came last.
There was no light in the secret passage, so Cheng Feiyu and Ling Chan walked very carefully.
After walking down about two or three meters, I landed on flat ground.
Based on the map provided by the drone, Ling Chan directed Cheng Feiyu to go around a few corners, and finally they saw a dim light.
"We're here." Cheng Feiyu paused and looked back at Ling Chan, "Be careful."
Ling Chan shook her head at him, "It's okay."
Gongzhou is not here, and there is no one in this secret passage.
As if seeing through Ling Chan's thoughts, Cheng Feiyu said, "Be careful of the trap."
Ling Chan nodded seriously. That’s right, we still have to be careful with the trap.
Cheng Feiyu always kept Ling Chan behind him and walked in carefully.
But even so, he still stepped on something.
"Don't move." Cheng Feiyu stopped Ling Chan with one hand.
Ling Chan: "Did you step on a mechanism?"
Cheng Feiyu nodded, his expression very solemn.
If he releases his feet now, the mechanism will be activated, and there is no telling how he will attack them.
No matter what method is used, once traces are left on the surrounding walls, Gongzhou will find it.
So they have to block all the mechanisms at once.
Ling Chan also understood, and she immediately pulled out the umbrella behind her and opened it.
"I'll be responsible for both sides, and you guys will be responsible for the other side." Ling Chan said to him.
Now there are only three walls where mechanisms can be launched, and the back is empty. Ling Chan is responsible for two walls, Cheng Feiyu and Jiu Zhen are responsible for the other one.
"Can you do it?" Cheng Feiyu and Jiu Zhen asked in unison.
Ling Chan said in a deep voice, "Okay, it couldn't be better."
She opened the umbrella and held her breath, "Get ready."
Cheng Feiyu also squatted down, staring at the wall on the right.
The foot...slowly loosened.
Just as the bricks under his feet returned to their original positions, three walls shot short and sharp arrows towards Cheng Feiyu's position.
I don't know the specific settings of the mechanism, but it's quite powerful.
However, it was still not enough in front of Ling Chan's black umbrella. The arrows shot at the umbrella were like feathers falling on it and fell softly to the ground.
The arrow on the other side shot at Ling Chan's back, with the same result as the umbrella...
Cheng Feiyu and Jiuzhen were much more tired. They had to rely on their two hands and one foot to block the arrows.
After a busy day, both of them were sweating and panting, but Ling Chan was... calm and composed.
"Hu, hu..." Cheng Feiyu panted, "My nephew, your inner strength is so strong?"
Ling Chan smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this for now, let's go and take a look."
In front of them was a study-like layout, with a large desk in the middle, on which were pens, inkstones, and some files. There was also a tiger head ornament in the upper left corner of the desk.
If you look closely, you can see tiger head patterns on the table legs.
Cheng Feiyu walked forward and carefully flipped through the booklet on the desk...
He didn't dare to make any big movements. Gongzhou was so cautious that if he made any big movements, he would definitely notice the problem.
Ling Chan leaned over to him...
Cheng Feiyu turned to a few letters and hesitated whether to open them.
Once opened, it is difficult to restore it to its original state...
"Girl? Do you want to see it?"
Ling Chan waved her hand, "Don't look."
But she had a way of knowing what was in the letter.
"Put it here." She gestured to Cheng Feiyu to put the letter on the empty space on the table.
Cheng Feiyu put one of the letters over and stared at Ling Chan suspiciously.
Ling Chan took out a small scanner from the secret pocket of her sleeve.
This is an instrument with X-ray scanning. After scanning the entire letter on the table, it can intelligently unfold it according to the folding situation of the letter inside to see the content of the letter clearly.
In addition, the instrument also analyzes the shape of the font and the writer's habits, and then imitates the font to print new letters.
The scanning time is also very fast, just pause for five seconds on the letter.
"Next one." Ling reminded the stunned Cheng Feiyu.
Cheng Feiyu quickly changed a letter and returned his gaze to the small thing in Ling Chan's hand. "Girl, what is this?"
A very small thing...facing the envelope...what is it doing?
Ling Chan knew he was curious, but she didn't know how to explain it.
This scanner is made into a lipstick shape...
"Next one." Ling Chan continued to remind Cheng Feiyu, "Don't ask too many questions. I have my own intentions."
Cheng Feiyu's mouth twitched, but she finally held it in. After scanning all seven or eight letters, she scanned all the booklets again.
She put the scanner back into the secret pocket of her sleeve, and Cheng Feiyu put the booklets and letters in the same order as before.
Ling Chan is wandering around this room...
"Uncle, have you noticed..."
"What did you find?" Cheng Feiyu asked casually.
"There are so many tiger heads in this room." Ling Chan's hand stroked a tiger head pattern on the wall.
Cheng Feiyu finally put away the booklet and letter, raised his head and looked in the direction of Ling Chan, "It really is..."
There is a tiger head on the desk, tiger patterns on the legs, and tiger patterns on the walls...
"Uncle, is there any country that uses a tiger head as its totem?" Ling Chan asked casually.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Feiyu was shocked.
"What's wrong?" Ling Chan couldn't hear any movement from him and turned back suspiciously.
Cheng Feiyu took two steps to stand in front of Ling Chan and said, "Girl, it really is there."
"Which one?"
"Da He." Jiu Zhen, who had been silent all the time, answered.
Even Ling Chan was stunned.
Isn’t Dahe the country that has always been in conflict with Daqi?
Previously, Ling Rui was stationed there, and now it is Liu Hong and Liu Huaiyu.
Ling Chan covered her mouth, "Gongzhou, why is there a tiger head of Da He in the tunnel of Gongzhou?"
She didn't think it was a coincidence.
If it's not a coincidence, there is only one possibility.
Gongzhou is related to Dahe!
Cheng Feiyu...hiccuped in shock.
"..." Ling Chan was speechless.
She rapped on the wall.
On the map, there should be a secret grid in this wall. Although it is very small, it has also been mapped by the drone.
"Dongdong..." The sound is hollow, this is it.
Ling Chan pushed hard, but there was no movement.
Cheng Feiyu made a pulling motion.
Ling Chan understood, grabbed a brick and pulled it out, and it actually worked.
Pulling out the brick, Ling Chan looked through the hole...
"Ah..." She screamed, fortunately she covered her mouth in time.
And over there in the brick hole... a black eye appeared...
"Girl Chan." The person opposite was actually Zhi Xuanzi.
His voice was muffled through the hole in the bricks.
"How's the investigation going on your side?" he asked.
Ling Chan replied, "Almost done, how about you guys?"
Zhi Xuanzi: "We are almost there."
"Then prepare to retreat." Ling Chan put the bricks on the ground. "Wait for a while at the same place."
After making sure they were put in place, Ling Chan and Cheng Feiyu picked up all the bows and arrows on the ground.
All these bows and arrows must be taken away to avoid being discovered by Gongzhou.
All the way back to Gongzhou's study, Ling Chan said to Jiu Zhen, "We're leaving. Please thank King Rui for me."
Jiu Zhen: "Princess, you have a way to know the contents of those letters just now, right?"
He had just seen Ling Chan's determined look, so he didn't stop her, nor did he touch the letters.
Ling Chan nodded, "I can understand, but it will take some time."
"Tell King Rui that after I crack it, I'll give him a copy. Tell him to wait."
Jiu Zhen clasped his fists and said, "Okay, Princess, take care."
The three of them came outside the study.
Before leaving, Ling Chan told Jiu Zhen, "The guards around the courtyard are almost awake. They just think I'm tired and took a nap."
Jiuzhen watched them leave, turned around to close the study door, and followed them out.
Ling Chan and Cheng Feiyu came to the outside of Floating Cloud Villa, where they had been waiting for an opportunity.
She took out the remote control and found the location of Di Ming and Zhi Xuanzi. They had already come out and were rushing here.
After making sure they had left the area of Floating Cloud Villa, Ling Chan took the drone back.
"Girl, what are these things?" Cheng Feiyu was extremely curious. He had never seen anything in Ling Chan's hands before.
"Don't ask." Ling Chan broke his curiosity, "These are all my treasures."
Cheng Feiyu snorted, but didn't ask any more questions.
After a while, Di Ming and Zhi Xuanzi came.
"Were you scared just now?" Zhi Xuanzi asked with concern.
Not to mention Ling Chan was frightened, he was actually shocked too.
He heard the noise and went over, only to see a pair of big, watery eyes...
Ling Chan shook her head. "The tunnel you took leads to the outside of Floating Cloud Villa, right?"
She already had the map memorized.
"That's right." Di Ming sighed. "Besides leading to Floating Cloud Villa, that secret passage also has a branch that leads to Qingzhou City."
Although she did not see the tiger head totem in the dark room, she realized that things were not simple.
"What did you find in that dark room?" she asked.
Ling Chan stood up and said, "Let's go back first. We'll talk about it later."
The guards should be awake by now, and Xiao Jin's situation should be over by then.
Everyone suppressed their curiosity and returned to Goat Stream together.
Ling Chan used the excuse of being too tired, but in fact she was restoring the letters in the house and printing out the restored letters.
The next morning, Ling Chan placed several restored and printed letters in front of Cheng Feiyu and the others.
At the same time, she herself looked solemn.
Because what she guessed last night was correct, Gongzhou really had something to do with Dahe.
Among these letters, one was from the Queen Mother, instructing Gongzhou to encircle Qingyi Tower and send people to protect her.
There was another letter also from the Daqi court. The content of the letter was the news that the court had sent Liu Hong to the border. It was not signed, so no one knew who signed it.
The text on the other letters was a bit strange, but the machine had figured out the general content. It was probably about Gongzhou disrupting the Daqi martial arts world as quickly as possible, creating strife between the sects so that the imperial court could divert troops...
After reading these letters, Cheng Feiyu and the other two looked very ugly.
Let Gongzhou disrupt the Daqi martial arts world and create disputes between sects so that the court can allocate troops?
Silence, silence...
"Gong Zhou is a member of the Gong family. The Gong family has always been in Qingzhou. How did they come into contact with Da He's people?" Cheng Feiyu asked after a long while.
Qingzhou Prefecture is located in the center of Daqi. Traveling from the border to Qingzhou involves passing through various checkpoints and inspections...
Gongzhou can actually still keep in touch with Dahe in Qingzhou?
"This isn't that difficult." Di Ming didn't think it was that difficult. "We're being hunted, aren't we running around anyway?"
Cheng Feiyu touched his nose. This is...
The inspections by the imperial court are indeed of little use to those martial artists.
"So..." Di Ming picked up the letter again, "Does the thing Gongzhou was told to do in this letter have anything to do with the Fenglei Sect's extermination?"
Their original intention was just to find out the truth about Feng Lei's family being wiped out, and then to investigate the content of the transaction between the Gong family and the court. They didn't expect to find out such big information.
Thinking of the guards of King Rui who appeared yesterday...
Cheng Feiyu guessed, "Girl, do you have any deal with King Rui?"
They all knew that Ling Chan was Princess Wanyue, but no one wanted to call her that.
Ling Chan put away a few letters and said, "I need to share what I found with him."
"Can he be trusted?" Cheng Feiyu asked what Di Ming and Zhi Xuanzi were thinking.
Xiao Jin is a prince, and among these letters there is a letter from the empress dowager. Will he?
Ling Chan: "...I can't say for sure, but I promised him."
Several people were speechless.
In the evening, Ling Chan appeared in Xiao Jin's yard, but did not rush in. After a moment, Xiao Jin's voice rang out.
"It's cold outside, come in."
The door opened and he stood in the doorway, without his mask.
When Ling Chan walked over, he turned sideways to let her in.
"The scars on your face have faded a lot." Ling Chan was not surprised at all. "Do you have any more medicine?"
"There are still quite a few." Xiao Jin replied.
Ling Chan exclaimed, this shouldn't be the case. The medicine bottle is so small and his wounds are so large, the medicine should have been used up almost completely.
Thinking of something, she pointed at his heart and slowly pointed downwards, "Is there no medicine for the wounds on your body?"
Xiao Jin looked at her white and slender fingers, and his heart trembled inexplicably, "Hmm."
"Anyway, no one will see me with my clothes on."
Ling Chan suddenly thought of the narrow waist she had seen in the surveillance video... Her face flushed and she coughed twice unnaturally, "That..."
"You can use it. This medicine is precious, but my people can make it."
As she spoke, she took out another bottle of medicine and said, "Here, here you go."
"Next time I'll get a bigger medicine bottle." The empty medicine bottles I bought before were all this size.
"Thank you, Princess Wanyue, for the medicine." Xiao Jin reached out to take it, and his big palm accidentally touched her hand.
The little girl's hands are so soft...
"I have something to show you." Ling Chan didn't care and took out the printed letters and placed them on the table in front of Xiao Jin.
Xiao Jin put the medicine bottle in his arms. Jiu Zhen had already told him that he found the letter in the secret passage last night and also relayed Ling Chan's words, so he was waiting here specially today.
Reaching out for the letter...
Ling Chan held him down again, "I'm showing you this, so shouldn't you also tell me why I'm investigating Gongzhou?"
She looked like she was sure he had a clue...
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