Legend of the Embroiderer

In the woods outside the palace wall, the moonlight as bright as water poured down, gently caressing every leaf and every inch of land.

The night breeze blows quietly, bringing a little coolness, as if nature is whispering a mysterious story.

Li Zhao and Su Mengyao crouched quietly beside the disturbed soil, like two alert hounds, their eyes fixed on those strange symbols.

These symbols, like ancient codes, exude a fascinating and confusing aura.

After careful observation, they were surprised to find that these symbols were surprisingly similar to the patterns on embroidery supplies they had accidentally discovered in the school before.

While the similarities are obvious, there are subtle differences in the arrangement, like the same melody played at different tempos.

Su Mengyao's bold guess was like a flash of lightning across the night sky, lighting up a ray of hope on the originally confused road of exploration.

At the same time, truly deciphering the information hidden in these mysterious symbols is still as difficult as an insurmountable mountain.

"My dear, what is your opinion on the connection between the arrangement of these symbols and their location?"

Li Zhao asked softly in a low voice, a barely perceptible glint of anticipation flickering in his bright eyes.

Su Mengyao frowned slightly and fell into deep thought. Her brilliant mind began to work rapidly, trying to piece together various clues and possibilities.

After a moment, she finally spoke, "I suspect the arrangement of these symbols is closely related to the location of their appearance. For example, since we're outside the palace walls, the symbols here are likely related to the terrain outside. Meanwhile, since the academy is inside, the symbols there might correspond to the complex architectural layout within."

Li Zhao smiled and nodded slightly in agreement. A hint of excitement that was hard to conceal flashed across his deep eyes.

"Well, that's a brilliant plan. Let's begin our investigation from here. In my opinion, the mysterious symbols outside the palace walls are most likely pointing to a specific location outside the palace. As for the symbols in the academy, they probably represent a specific location within the palace."

After saying that, Li Zhao and Su Mengyao took action immediately without any hesitation.

The two of them had a clear division of labor and cooperated well. They methodically classified and organized all the discovered symbols according to their locations, and concentrated on exploring the unique arrangement and combination patterns of each symbol, as well as the specific environmental conditions around them when they appeared.

Hard work pays off. After a long period of unremitting efforts, they finally made a shocking discovery - it turns out that the arrangement of these seemingly chaotic symbols actually has a mysterious and unfathomable intrinsic connection with the geographical location where they appear.

Li Zhao suddenly shouted excitedly, "My beloved, come and take a look over here!"

As he spoke, he extended his finger and pointed steadily at the detailed map on the desk.

On this map, the exact locations of all discovered symbols are clearly marked.

Li Zhao continued to explain, "Look, the arrangement of the symbols outside the palace walls is clearly much more complex than those inside the academy. I think it's probably because the terrain outside the palace walls is so complex and intricate, and not as neat and orderly as the layout inside the academy."

Su Mengyao nodded slightly in agreement. Her beautiful eyes instantly flashed with an unconcealable excitement, as dazzling as fireworks suddenly blooming in the night sky.

"Indeed, those mysterious symbols outside the palace walls most likely point to a specific location outside the palace. Similarly, the symbols found in the academy might also represent a specific location within the palace. Why don't we try to match these symbols with specific locations one by one? Perhaps we can find some key clues from them."

Just at this moment, a eunuch came running towards them in a hurry. His face looked extremely panicked, as if he had encountered something earth-shattering.

The eunuch reported breathlessly, "Your Highness, Miss Su, this is terrible! I just made another astonishing discovery in another forest outside the palace walls—there are actually numerous mysterious symbols there. Not only that, there are even some puzzling and strange traces left behind!"

Hearing this, Li Zhao and Su Mengyao couldn't help but look at each other. Both of their hearts were shocked, and an ominous premonition suddenly surged in their hearts.

Li Zhao gave the order without hesitation: "There is no time to lose. Lead the way quickly and take me down to see what's going on!"

So, the group rushed non-stop towards the woods where the new symbols and traces were discovered.

After arriving at the destination, the eunuchs began to carefully carry out the search operation under the bright moonlight.

They opened their eyes wide, not missing any clues, and carefully explored this seemingly peaceful but actually mysterious forest.

After a hard search, we finally found more mysterious symbols and those puzzling strange traces in a rather hidden corner deep in the inner forest.

After careful observation, everyone was surprised to find that although these newly emerged symbols were exactly the same in appearance as those discovered before, their arrangement and combination were obviously very different, as if they contained some unknown deep meaning.

"Your Highness, look here!"

A eunuch pointed nervously at the ground and said in a trembling voice, "There's some soil here that's clearly been disturbed. Judging from this, it seems someone has stayed here briefly."

Hearing what the eunuch said, Li Zhao and Su Mengyao quickly squatted down, staring intently at the area with the strange soil, and began to examine it carefully. They saw that the soil had been turned over and had irregular shapes, as if it had been hastily covered up by someone.

At this moment, Su Mengyao's eyes suddenly lit up. She was surprised to find that the arrangement of the strange symbols faintly visible on the surface of the soil was extremely similar to the patterns on the embroidery supplies they had accidentally discovered in the school before.

After a careful comparison, she noticed some subtle differences.

"Your Highness, please look!" Su Mengyao couldn't suppress her inner excitement and said to Li Zhao beside her in a low voice:

"The arrangement of these symbols is so similar to the embroidery patterns we saw in school! However, if you look closely, you can still see a slight difference. In my opinion, these symbols may be a kind of changing secret code!"

As she spoke, Su Mengyao's eyes sparkled with excitement, as dazzling as the bright stars in the night sky.

After hearing this, Li Zhao nodded slightly to show his agreement, and a thoughtful look also flashed across his deep and wise eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, he slowly said, "Well, Sister Yao is right. These symbols are most likely the ciphers they use to transmit some dynamic information.

The most urgent task now is to quickly decipher the true meaning behind these mysterious symbols. Only then can we understand their true intentions. "After saying this, Li Zhao frowned tightly and fell into deep thought...