Yan Sheng went to Gu Ye's yard and passed by a locked yard on the way. Out of curiosity, Yan Sheng looked up at the plaque of the yard and saw the words "Hanyuan" written on it.

Hanyuan? The courtyard where my original mother lived before. The lock on it was a bit rusty, and it seemed that no one had been in for a long time.

Yan Sheng climbed over the wall and entered the yard. The courtyard was quiet and secluded.

The yard is full of ginkgo trees, whose leaves are like golden fans, swaying gently in the breeze.

As Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty said in "Auspicious Quail. Pair of Ginkgo"

Your grace and elegance are not enough, I am willing to be your slave in front of you.

Who will pity me for wandering in the world, my jade-like bones and icy skin will not wither?

Who told me to pick the twin flowers from the same branch? After getting drunk, Emperor Minghuang leaned on Yang Guifei.

The layman has real intention in splitting up the two schools and reciting their new styles.

The ginkgo tree symbolizes everlasting and unyielding love, but Prime Minister Leng Chengxun and his wife Yan Jinyao were ultimately unable to grow old together.

In this feudal era, Leng Chengxun's emotional preference for Yan Jinyao is extremely rare, and few men can be together for a lifetime.

Leng Chengxun named his daughter Leng Yan'an, after Yan Jinyao's surname Yan.

I hope my daughter and wife can be safe and happy, and I also hope the world can be peaceful and harmonious.

There was a swing under the ginkgo tree. Yan Sheng seemed to see Yan Jinyao, the most beautiful woman in the capital, sitting on the swing with a charming smile, and Leng Chengxun gently pushing the swing from behind. What a perfect couple.

The ginkgo tree represents Leng Chengxun's undying love for Yan Jinyao.

The ginkgo trees are turning red in deep autumn, and it is the time of falling leaves again, but things and people have changed and no one appreciates them.

Because no one has cleaned or lived in the yard for many years, a lot of weeds have grown in addition to the ginkgo trees.

Hanyuan is very large, with a small pond, rockery and waterfall next to it. However, it has been uninhabited for a long time and lacks popularity.

The ground was covered with ginkgo leaves. Yan Sheng walked forward and saw several houses, each of which was locked.

In order not to damage the lock, Yan Sheng did not use martial arts to forcibly split it, but pulled out a black hairpin from his head and used his strength to open the lock of the main house.

When you push open the door of the main house, the smell of dust hits you in the face, and what comes into view is the gauze curtains hung with coral red and lilac purple.

On the long table is a dressing table with a crepe bronze mirror, and on the west wall hangs a painting of misty rain, and there are fine sandalwood tables and chairs carved with different patterns.

All the furnishings were covered with a thick layer of dust. Yan Sheng walked to the dressing table and opened the cabinet, and sure enough, it was empty.

But it's also true that the cuckoo has occupied the magpie's nest, so all the valuable things would have been moved away long ago, so there is no way they would be left until now.

You have to know that my cheap father Leng Chengxun is the prime minister, a first-rank official, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. He must have left behind a lot of money.

It is estimated that all of them were taken by Gu Ye to expand the power of Wufeng Sect and support concubines and children. In the future, he will definitely make them spit out all the embezzled things one by one.

Seeing that there were no other useful clues or things left behind, Yan Sheng planned to leave, when he suddenly felt that the ordinary picture of mist and rain on the wall seemed a little crooked.

He reached out and took down the Misty Rain Painting, only to see a small hole in the wall. Yan Sheng took out a crescent-shaped key and a note from it.

Yan Sheng carefully opened the note, and inside was a waist badge with a dragon pattern and the word "Qing" engraved on it.

How could the Prime Minister's Mansion have a dragon-patterned waist badge from the Qing Kingdom? This dragon-patterned waist badge is a symbol of the royal family's status.

There were a few words written on the note: "Token of love, crescent key, two in one, old temple on the border, fish is the royal family"

The token of love refers to the jade pendant that Leng Chengxun gave to Yan Jinyao, and the crescent key should be the key that Yan Sheng is holding in his hand now.

Combine the two into one, that is, embed the jade pendant and the key together. It seems that we have to find the jade pendant of love. I just wonder if Gu Ye has discovered the secret of the jade pendant?

Border old temple? Fish is the royal family? What do these two mean? Which country's border is it referring to?

Is it Yu and Qing? Qing and Yue? Or Yu and Yue?

It seems that I still have to go to the border, but this fish is the royal family. Fish? Border? Could this fish refer to Yu Nian?

Back then, Leng Chengxun rescued the five-year-old Yu Nian at the border between Yu Kingdom and Qing Kingdom, so the age matched. Qing Yi, who was sent to Yu Kingdom as a hostage by Qing Kingdom, was also only five years old at that time.

No way? My father Leng Chengxun just saved a kid, and he turned out to be a member of the royal family of Qing State. Yu Nian seemed to have never mentioned his background.

Yu Nian has been sent by Yan Sheng to Qing Kingdom to carry out a mission, and the mission is to assassinate Qing Kingdom's Crown Prince Qing Wei, who is Yu Nian's younger brother.

Yu Nian was the hostage Qing Yi back then. Now the old emperor of Qing Kingdom thought that he only had Qing Wei as his son. If Qing Wei was killed, the old emperor would have no successor.

If Yu Nian returns to Qing Kingdom and becomes the prince of Qing Kingdom, and will become the emperor of Qing Kingdom in the future, he will be the greatest help to Yan Sheng.

Now he not only had to go to the border, but also had to go to Qing Kingdom in person. This dragon-patterned waist badge was the only token that could prove Yu Nian's identity.

Yan Sheng put away his things, hung the painting of misty rain on the wall again, walked out of the main house, locked the door, and carefully left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Blood Bamboo Hall

I gained a lot tonight, but I haven't been to Gu Ye's yard yet. I will sneak in to look for it tomorrow when he goes to court.

Transportation in ancient times was not as convenient as it is today. Whether traveling across provinces or abroad, you can arrive in two or three hours by plane or high-speed rail.

The journey from the capital of Yu State to Xiangcheng of Qing State is long, and it would take two or three months to get there even if one rode a horse at full speed over land.

Taking the water route is relatively faster and you can reach Qing State in two months.

However, the Blood Bamboo Branch Hall where Yu Nian and An Mei were previously located in Liuzhou of Yu State was not far from the border between the two countries. It would only take one month to get from Liuzhou of Yu State to Xiangcheng of Qing State.

"An Ye, where are Yu Nian and An Mei?" Yan Sheng asked indifferently.

An Ye knelt on one knee, "My Lord, they have arrived at the Blood Bamboo Branch Hall in Xizhou of Qing Nation."

Xizhou of Qing State is some distance away from Xiangcheng. Qing State has three Blood Bamboo Branch Halls, Yue State has only two Blood Bamboo Branch Halls, and the remaining five Blood Bamboo Branch Halls and the main hall are all in Yu State.

It seems that the Blood Bamboo Palace will have to expand its influence further and distribute it to the Qing and Yue countries in case of emergency.

Yan Sheng thought for a moment and said, "An Ye, let An Feng lead a small team to Yue State to expand the power of the Blood Bamboo Palace."

"Yes, my lord, there is one more thing. Recently, Linglan Villa has been eyeing us covetously, provoking our Blood Bamboo Hall many times, and openly killing several dark network points in our Lingzhou."

"Lingzhou Linglan Villa?" Yan Sheng was slightly stunned. He had heard that the security in Lingzhou was chaotic and the city lord was a coward.

An Ye said angrily, "Yes, they are very powerful in Lingzhou, and even the city lord doesn't dare to offend them."

Linglan Villa dominated the Lingzhou area. The Emperor of Yu State, Yu Haotian, once sent ministers to deal with it, but they were bribed by the city lord and Linglan Villa with money.

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