At this time, Yan Shiyue had already dispatched people and was preparing to go up the mountain.
Yan Shiyue said: "When the government soldiers search the mountain, they will never come out, so we should take the opportunity to search carefully and write down all the traces we can find. It will be convenient for us to go there next time."
Prince Chun nodded repeatedly, and Yan Shiyue asked Jia and a few others to follow him.
Prince Chun asked, "Where is the Prime Minister going?"
Yan Shiyue said, "I'm going out for a walk with Brother Xiaowu." She turned around and asked, "Brother Xiaowu, why don't you follow the prince up the mountain?"
"No," the fifth prince said firmly, "I will follow you."
Prince Chun frowned and asked, "Where are you going? Is it dangerous? The emperor asked me to protect you!"
"Don't worry," she said, "I will travel with great fanfare this time, and I will bring the Dragon Guards and Shadow Guards with me."
"That won't work either." Prince Chun now knew her temper and dared to speak: "When the government soldiers search the mountain, there will probably be a conflict on the spot. You will be outside at that time, and you might be in danger."
"Your Majesty," Yan Shiyue said helplessly, "Even if there is danger, can you fight or run?"
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...
Prince Chun was speechless.
The fifth prince smiled and said, "Don't be surprised. Yue'er doesn't know how to talk. You can't come here for nothing. Leading troops up the mountain is also a military achievement. We don't need this, so we won't go."
Prince Chun nodded suddenly, but still gave a few more instructions, and that was it.
Then the next day they both went their separate ways.
Yan Shiyue was dressed in Hu clothing, riding horses with the fifth prince, and strolling on the street with a large group of people, buying local specialties and other things.
The people of Dayan were civilized and wore Hu clothing. Many women would wear it as riding clothes, which made them look very heroic.
There really are people watching them, and then the shadow guards will watch them back to see if they are spies of the other party. If so, they can be captured directly without worrying about alerting the enemy because they have already been alerted.
I bought a lot of things along the way, everything that looked nice and interesting was bought, and I shopped from early morning until noon.
After having lunch at the teahouse, they continued to stroll along the street. There was a coffin shop. Yan Shiyue looked at it. The Fifth Prince said helplessly, "You don't want to go shopping for this too, do you?"
Yan Shiyue also said: "I don't know what this place is for, I just want to take a look."
As he was talking, a man who looked like a scholar came out from the room and asked, "Sir, has anyone in your family passed away?"
Yan Shiyue immediately said: "Someone in your family just passed away!"
The man did not argue with her: "It was my misunderstanding, please do not blame me."
Yan Shiyue looked at him, and walked away without even looking at the room, saying, "It's so scary, hurry up, let's find a lively place to get rid of the bad luck."
The two walked away talking.
The scholar exhaled slowly, his expression gloomy. After a while, he looked around and went back to the house.
Yan Shiyue walked a distance and saw that there was no one around, so he said to the Fifth Prince: "I know who they are."
"Who?"
"Someone from Muzi Sect?"
The fifth prince was slightly surprised: "The Muzi Sect again? How did you know?"
Yan Shiyue said: "I noticed that the paper they used for the offerings was all written on. On the paper, I saw that the character 'Tang' had one stroke missing. I wondered if it was a coincidence, so I looked for it again and found the character 'Li', which also had one stroke missing."
The ancients avoided taboos and would not write the names of emperors and respected people directly. Most of the time, they would reduce one stroke. If one character could be said to be a coincidence, two characters could very likely be the case.
Yan Shiyue said: "But these papers may have been collected by them from everywhere, so this coffin shop should be careful."
The fifth prince was silent for a while, then said, "Are you sure you can write the characters Li and Tang?"
Yan Shiyue exploded instantly: "Xiao Wu!"
She whipped his horse, and the two of them ran for a distance while laughing. The Fifth Prince suddenly said, "You don't know my name, do you? Otherwise you would have called me by my name just now." He stared at her.
Yan Shiyue choked.
She said, "How is that possible? Of course I know!"
He asked, "What's my name?"
She had already remembered: "Yan Zhaozhen!"
He asked, “Can you write?”
There was one word she was unsure about, so she said, "I can't use it, so why should I know how to write?"
The fifth prince asked, "So, can you write the characters Li and Tang?"
She was speechless. Finally, she drew it on the Fifth Prince's hand, and he was relieved and nodded, "It seems that it is really related to the Muzi Sect."
hehe.
Yan Shiyue turned around and told the shadow guard to keep an eye on the coffin shop, and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
When night fell, Prince Chun came back and said, "After a careful inspection, there are indeed many clues. We can find obvious traces of people walking frequently, and there are also many traces of fire in the hidden places. However, I have been searching for a long time and still cannot find the entrance."
He asked, “How’s your side?”
Yan Shiyue shook her head.
She actually caught a few small fish while fishing, but after a first trial, she found that these small fish didn't even know the entrance...
They were all local villagers who had their own livelihoods. Then someone found them and promised them a large sum of money, asking them to write down what they saw and report it. They had never been to the mountain and didn't know who they were reporting to, so they just put the letter behind a land temple not far away and someone would come to pick it up.
Yan Shiyue said: "These people are easy to deal with. They are greedy for money. Give them some silver and scare them a few times, and they will be released again."
Then she told the story of the coffin shop.
Prince Chun was surprised: "Another anti-Christian?"
He pondered and said, "This snake is frightened today. I'll ask them to patrol everywhere to prevent these people from running away upon hearing the news."
Yan Shiyue nodded: "It should be."
He went out to make arrangements, and after coming back, he drew out today's route map, marking every trace of human footsteps and every trace of fire.
The fifth prince was not to be outdone, so he also drew out the route they would take, showing where there were shops and where there were streets.
Yan Shiyue praised him: "Brother Xiaowu has made progress."
The fifth prince thanked him seriously: "Thank you Yue'er for your compliment."
Yan Shiyue asked: "Do you think there is an ancient tomb up there?"
Prince Chun raised his head and said, "That's what I thought! If you dig underground, the movement will be huge, and it's impossible for others to not notice it, unless it's an old tomb!"
The fifth prince could not help but say: "These people are too shameless. They even dare to live in a tomb! And they have been living there for such a long time!"
Prince Chun said, "Let's ask someone to find someone who knows Feng Shui first."
The fifth prince asked, "Should we still pretend to withdraw?"
Yan Shiyue was silent for a long time: "What do you think?"
After discussing for a while, everyone still couldn't make up their mind, so they decided to wait for news from all parties first.
At this time, in Tianbao Mountain, the middle-aged man was walking back and forth, pondering.
When the soldiers went up the mountain, they didn't dare to show their heads, and they didn't know whether they had discovered anything.
But this time, there were obviously more people than before, and the search lasted longer, so it was not surprising to find something.
Moreover, there were no patients suffering from snake bites in the town's pharmacy, and after asking around, no one had heard of such a grandfather and grandson.
The middle-aged man finally made up his mind: "Let's go."
Others said: "Military Advisor!"
"As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. If you don't leave now, it will be too late."
A young man in blue asked, "Is there really no other solution?"
"No," the middle-aged man said, "I can't hide, I can't kill, and I can't kill. I can only avoid it temporarily."
Everyone looked at each other for a few times, and the young man in blue made up his mind: "Okay! Let's go!" He turned around and told everyone: "Everyone pack up your things, don't take anything heavy. We're leaving tonight!"
The others followed orders and cursed: "The Yan family is a traitor! Sooner or later, they will destroy themselves!"
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