Cypress Boat Floating

Unable to get more information from Qiu Xingwei, Lu Zhixing had no choice but to take Lu Ci Qiu to check Cheng Tianhe and Lin Xuan's rooms again.

He needs to find out who made this fake picture of his and the fake picture of Xinri. This is very important and crucial.

Only by figuring out this can we know where the real marching distribution map is. Only someone who has handled the marching distribution map can draw a fake map, so the real map must have been hidden by him.

Also, why did Cheng Tianhe follow Lin Xuan yesterday?

What leverage did Lin Xuan use to threaten Cheng Tianhe to steal the pictures for him?

Why did Lin Xuan steal the picture and give it to Xinri?

What exactly does Xinri want this map for? Who is it for?

These are still mysteries.

Although the matter was troublesome, Lu Zhixing had not worked in vain for so many years. He had seen all kinds of strange things in the Dali Temple, so how could he be trapped by this case? He still had the experience, but he could unravel the mystery, it just took some time.

"Second brother, this map..." Although Lu Ci Qiu was not as experienced as Lu Zhixing, he had learned a little under Lu Zhixing's hands-on teaching in recent times, and knew what was most important now.

"The marching distribution map is made of silk that is as light as a cicada's wing and as thin as morning mist. Although the silk used to make the marching distribution map is not that delicate, it is not easy to buy this silk. I have sent people to check who is selling silk on the market and their sales records. Silk cannot be made by ourselves, so we have to go out and buy it." Lu Zhixing said as he walked.

"Where can such a large picture be hidden?" Lu Ci Qiu asked. This was also a point that everyone was puzzled about.

Although the silk was thin, the map of the march covered the entire Da'an and was quite long, so it was not something that could be solved with just a thin sheet of paper. The entire Ministry of War was searched thoroughly, but nothing was found.

Ever since receiving the letter from Xinri, Lu Zhixing felt relieved. Regardless of what plan or purpose the other party had in sending the letter, this behavior alone showed that they had not obtained the marching distribution map, so the marching distribution map must still be in the Ministry of War and on their side. Now all they had to do was find the map.

"Let's look for it again." At this point, Lu Zhixing could only say this. After all, who knows where such a large map is hidden.

"What we can be sure of now is that the map is still in the Ministry of War and has not fallen into the hands of the thieves."

"Wouldn't it be on them?" Ye Jianqing asked casually, which instead caused confusion from Lu Zhixing and Lu Ci Qiu.

"them?"

"It's Lin Xuan and Cheng Tianhe. If they really stole the marching distribution map and can't find it anywhere, then aren't they the most suspicious?" Ye Jianqing believed that she could think of this, and there was no way they couldn't have thought of it. Here, she still believed in Lu Zhixing's criminal investigation skills.

"If it were them, it would be easy to see." Lu Ci Qiu said this not to deny Ye Jianqing, but to have a normal discussion with her. He always felt that Ye Jianqing's thoughts were very jumpy and could always give him surprises. He was very curious why Ye Jianqing thought so.

Ye Jianqing glanced at them and said nothing, but in his heart he was silently blaming himself for having said something he shouldn't have said.

She had seen many people using human bodies to transport things in modern times, but they all had to make a cut on the body and then put the things in. Nowadays, there were no strange wounds on the bodies except for the fatal wounds, and there was no such technology in ancient times. It seemed impossible no matter how she thought about it.

If they really hid it on their bodies, where else could they hide it? If it was anywhere else on their bodies, it would have been discovered long ago. Sewn into their clothes? It's not impossible, but I remember that their clothes didn't seem to have any traces of stitching.

Thinking of this, Ye Jianqing put away his thoughts. They had come into contact with more corpses than he did. If there was really something wrong, they should have discovered it long ago. Why would he need to say anything more?

"Cheng Tianhe's room is just ahead." Lu Zhixing's words interrupted Ye Jianqing's self-denial and affirmation of him.

"Let's look carefully to see what Cheng Tianhe has here." After Lu Zhixing said this, he started searching first.

Cheng Tianhe's room was very tidy and well organized, and it was easy to search through it. Unfortunately, they did not find any traces of the marching distribution map here.

"No." Ye Jianqing said.

"No." Lu Ci Qiu shook his head.

"Let's go check out Lin Xuan." Lu Zhixing sighed. He didn't hold out any hope of finding any trace of the marching distribution map here.

After Lu Zhixing finished speaking, everyone put down what they were holding and prepared to follow him out. At this moment.

"Wait..." Lu Ci Qiu stopped everyone: "Look, what is this."

Lu Ci Qiu sat behind the desk. In front of him was a stack of clean, unused paper, but there was a faint trace of ink on it.

Someone must have written something on it and then seeped down.

A book had just been placed on it, so Lu Ci Qiu didn't care about it. Now that the book has been taken away, the marks on it are a bit suspicious.

Lu Zhixing and Ye Jianqing both walked up to him and looked at the paper.

"There should have been something written here, right?" Ye Jianqing asked.

"It should be. Let's see if I can make a rubbing of it. If it was really a fake picture, the ink would have most likely seeped through. And judging from the traces, it doesn't look like writing. It should be drawing." Lu Zhixing picked up the paper and looked at it reluctantly against the light coming in from the door.

The traces were not very clear, but Lu Zhixing could barely tell that they were pictures, not words.

How to deal with this trace is not something Ye Jianqing can handle. If it were in modern times, she would know that she could use a pencil to make an rubbing, but in ancient times, using a charcoal pencil to make an rubbing...

Not knowing if it would work, she decided to give it a try next time.

"Put the things away first. We'll go check on Lin Xuan first, and then take them back to the Dali Temple to deal with them together." Lu Zhixing collected all the suspicious papers.

After he finished cleaning up, the three of them went towards Lin Xuan's room, but found nothing in Lin Xuan's room.

The three of them had no choice but to return home and go to the Dali Temple to see how to deal with the paper.

On the way back, Lu Zhixing took Lu Ci Qiu to sit in his carriage. Ye Jianqing glanced at them and knew that he had something to say to Lu Ci Qiu, but she didn't mind. She got on another carriage and felt free and at ease.

Lu Ci Qiu looked at Lu Zhixing with a puzzled look on his face. In the past, he and Ye Jianqing always rode in the same carriage. How could this ever happen?

"Second brother, what are you doing?"

"Eighth brother, what do you think of Ye Jianqing?" Lu Zhixing pretended to be nonchalant and tested Lu Ci Qiu.

Lu Ci Qiu looked at Lu Zhixing warily. When a man asks a woman in this way, he probably wants to take her into his room. However, in his impression, his second brother loves his second sister-in-law very much. In his previous life, his father wanted to give him a concubine but he refused. Why is he suddenly asking about Ye Jianqing now?

"Second brother, why are you asking her?"

Looking at Lu Ci Qiu's defensive eyes, Lu Zhixing had to admit that he was a little hurt. What was this kid thinking about every day?

"Brother is just asking you, are you really attracted to her?"

Huh...it turns out you don't want to marry her. I feel relieved.

but......

What did second brother just say?

Are you interested in Qing'er?

Lu Ci Qiu's face turned red and he began to stutter: "I...I...I didn't..."

Lu Zhixing rolled his eyes at him: "You still call this no? Do you want to see how red your face has become?"

"Second brother, the relationship between Qing'er and I is rather complicated." Lu Ci Qiu thought about the relationship between him and Ye Jianqing.

It can’t really be called love, right?

"Then why do you protect her so much?" Lu Zhixing pressed on.

"Why are you worried about her getting hurt?

Why do you think about her every day?"

Lu Ci Qiu felt that he did not love Ye Jianqing, and they were only closer because of this rebirth.

He protected her because he didn't want her to die again because of him. In her previous life, she died protecting him, and that image was deeply engraved in his mind. He didn't want her to experience that pain again.

He was worried about her getting hurt, but it was because if she died, no one knew whether she would be reborn. What if she was not reborn? So he had to protect his current comrade. The two of them could solve more problems together.

He was thinking about her simply because he was worried that she would get into trouble if she was not with him, and he would not be able to save her.

Yes, everything is just because of rebirth, not because of love.

He doesn't love Ye Jianqing.

Well, maybe he had a little feeling for Ye Jianqing. Words can deceive others, but they cannot deceive one's own heart.

In his previous life, when he saw this woman rushing out without hesitation to protect him, they had been bickering with each other and clearly disliked each other, but when he was in danger, she was the first person to come out.

So his first reaction after his rebirth was to find Ye Jianqing. He just wanted to keep her by his side.

At that time, it was a feeling of gratitude.

But in the subsequent development, he admitted that he seemed to be slightly moved by Ye Jianqing.

Her smile, her cry, her anger, her rage, her hug, everything is so beautiful.

However, Lu Ci Qiu secretly glanced at Lu Zhixing, who had a serious face. And now, he knew it.

He knew what Lu Zhixing wanted him to do.

Prince Da'an, how can you be with a secret guard whose origin is unknown?

so......

"I don't love Ye Jianqing."