Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

After nightfall, it began to rain, with rumbling thunder, sometimes accompanied by lightning, but after a while, the rain became stronger, and the shadow of the banana tree was reflected on the study window.

After taking a bath, Qingping sat in the study and looked at the files. The imperial decree had been issued, and she was ordered to go to Chenzhou with the Minister of Industry for the purpose of repairing the Taimiao.In order to worship his biological parents, the first emperor built this Taimiao on the former fiefdom of Chenzhou. In order to rectify his mother's name and seal, he asked his ministers to choose an auspicious place, and finally set it on Jiufeng Mountain. The minister is in charge of this matter.She retrieved the archives of the year from the library of the Ministry of Rites. These things cannot be taken away, nor can they be transcribed. They must be read within a limited time and written down before returning them to the Ministry of Rites.Therefore, Qingping has been reading these files for the past few days.

The former servant of the Ministry of Rites was excellent in Chinese, and he recorded in detail the reasons for choosing Jiufeng Mountain. Dangerous, with a list of strange peaks, it is named after nine peaks.In fact, places like ancestral halls and temples should be built in gentle mountains, but the first emperor entrusted the land here, it is the old place, and nine is the extreme number of yang, the outline of Tao, like the shape of its bending and exhaustion, all the numbers of nine follow it ; and in the decorations that only the emperor can use, the phoenix bird is the main one, and its tail feathers are nine. For these reasons, the first emperor built another Taimiao under this dangerous peak, and sent the Taimiao order to be in charge of daily affairs.

It stands to reason that this temple is so high, how could it be destroyed by water?

Qingping closed the file, rubbed his forehead, and sighed silently.Now because of the corruption incident in Hezhou, the Six Departments are already busy. She wanted to ask Yuan Sui some things, but the steward sent back the greeting card, saying that the servants in Master Yuan’s house said that Master Yuan would leave on the second day after receiving the imperial edict. gone.

Qingping couldn't help being a little puzzled, why did the servant of the Ministry of Punishment leave while the servant of the official department was still in court?

After hearing the sound of rain for a long time, she was very disturbed. It rained heavily recently, and there was dampness everywhere. The old injury on her shoulder was not healed. Qingping only felt a dull pain, but there was no cure for this pain, so she could only endure it by herself.She squeezed her shoulders, suddenly there was a strong wind outside the window, and the window was slammed open, and the raindrops took the opportunity to float into the house and wet the place.Qingping held the candlestick with her hands, not letting the flames be blown out by the wind, and the file on the table was blown off, so she had to take the lampshade and put it on, the room was dark, only a few patches of dim light were seen in front of the table, and she hurriedly picked it up again. After picking up the file and putting it away, the "Qing Jia Yi Zhi" that was forgotten on the corner of the table was blown to a few pages by the wind, and it happened to land on the chapter of Chen Hejie.

Qingping's hand stopped, and she pressed the page in a mysterious way, the sound of the rain outside the window gradually receded, as if all the sounds became distant, she couldn't look away, it seemed that there was something extremely attractive hidden in this book .Just as she was about to look down, her shoulders suddenly hurt so badly that she pressed her hand on the book. A light flashed outside the window, illuminating the room like daytime, and then there was a rumbling thunder, which made people feel uncomfortable. She almost wanted to press the book. Pulling that page over and reading it carefully, a hand appeared in front of her, took the pen from the pen holder, and dipped the remaining ink in the inkstone very naturally.

Qing Ping only felt a chill down his back, and looked along the hand, but was stunned.

Wu Ying was sitting by the lamp, wearing a robe, writing something intently from the corner of her eye.Qingping took a deep breath, and his fingertips sank into his palm, feeling unbelievable.Wu Ying didn't realize it, she was writing something wholeheartedly, Qingping looked at her hand——

It was a paper crane.

The thunder was rolling and deafening, Qingping woke up from the dream, only to realize that she had fallen asleep lying on the table, she looked at the window with shortness of breath, the casement was closed tightly, and there was a bang in the wind.She got up and looked around, but there was no trace of anyone stepping on it.

The steward said outside the door: "My lord, a servant of Yuan's family sent a letter, saying that it was left to you by Mr. Yuan before he left."

Qingping opened the door, took the letter and opened it, the handwriting was scrawled, as if written in a hurry: "...Master Li is going to Chenzhou this time, you need to be very careful, the situation in Chenzhou is unclear now, and the two counties are in a hurry, so it should not be taken as normal. Moreover, the two prefectures of He and Chen have been similar since ancient times, their origins are deep, and they are deeply involved, so they are inevitably connected.

I already know about the matter entrusted by Mr. Li, but this matter is of great importance and cannot be easily concluded, let alone risking oneself, so please think carefully and act. "

Qing Ping sent the steward back, and when she returned to the table, she removed the file, but did not find the "Qing Jia Yi Zhi" at the corner of the table.Holding a candlestick in her hand, she searched around the bookshelf, and finally found this book in the drawer.

A paper crane stayed alone at the end of the drawer, Qingping almost forgot when she put it in together with the book, she held her breath, and carefully took out the paper crane.

The paper crane was slightly weakened by the damp, Qingping put his hands on the candlestick and warmed it up for a while, then made up his mind to take the crane apart under the lamp.

She unfolded the yellowed old paper, her knuckles turned white, and there was a piece of wax paper that was the same size as the old paper. Qingping smoothed it out with trembling hands. The writing on it was clear. She looked at it for a while, then turned to remove it. Bookshelf, take out that ledger.

Sure enough, is it really so...

Qingping turned to a few pages that he had never noticed before, and finally understood why Wu Ying would say that with this account book, Chu Jun would definitely let the Wu family go.She even understood a little bit why Wu Ying died when she was outside Fengfeng County.

If this account book is true, then when Wu Ying was an official in the mutual market, she was definitely not just looking at Chu Jun, she was investigating a more important matter.

She checked too much and knew too much, which led to the murder.

Ye Yu seemed to fall into her heart, and there was a dull pain in her chest that was crackling. Qingping closed her eyes. Those conjectures seemed to be confirmed by the wax paper in the paper crane, but there were still doubts, but no one could help her. Confused.

What Wu Ying revealed was mediocre, but terrifying enough. What kind of secret was hidden under this complicated cause and effect.

The rainy night was vast, so dark that there was not a single light to be seen, only the occasional lightning flashes from the sky to illuminate the night. Li Yan was packing up his things in the room, and an old servant came in to change the candles, saying: "Miss San is going to such a distant land , I’m afraid it’s not enough to bring only so much luggage.”

Li Yan said: "It is a blessing to be able to travel with Shangguan, not to mention the sky is high and the road is far away. If you bring so many unnecessary things, the road will be troublesome."

The servant sighed: "If you say that our Li family used to have a few nobles who ascended to the court to pay homage to the prime minister, if it was at that time, how could we condescend to the young lady in such a lowly position."

Li Yan sighed in his heart, and he couldn't say anything serious to the old servant who served him since he was a child, he just said: "It's all the old calendar, such old things, don't mention it."

The old servant packed the package for her, and said: "How can I not mention it? Miss has been in Beijing for a long time, and seeing that rich and noble lady go out, don't you feel envious?"

Li Yan smiled and said: "It's really never happened before. You have to look at the pros and cons of everything. You see that family is full of flowers, who knows what life is going on behind the scenes. Over the years, the family is walking on thin ice, and the river is declining. It is not as good as one day. Today, these face-saving efforts are just for others to see, if the Li family is really like that, it will be meaningless."

The old servant put away the booklet and said in surprise: "What Miss said seems to have some truth."

"Really," Li Yan smiled and shook his head, "I didn't say that, it was our adults."

The old servant said: "Miss's superior? I heard that his surname is also Li."

Li Yan said: "Naturally the surname is Li, and he is also from Hexi County." After she finished speaking, she frowned and said, "You have stayed in the Li family for so many years, but you know that there is a man named Li Fucheng in the side branch."

The old servant thought for a moment, and said: "Miss Hui, the old servant you mentioned has some impressions, but he donated some money in Wuyuan City to change to someone who is not a member?"

Li Yan said: "Exactly."

The old servant let out a cry, and quickly apologized: "Speaking of which, this person has long been married into Fulang's family, and took her husband's family name. It seems that her name has been removed from the Li family's family tree."

"However, it's a pity that her husband passed away within a few years. This person has no heirs, and after suffering for several years, he seems to have suffered from some serious illness. Now there are no descendants to worship in the tomb, which is pitiful..."

Li Yan was stunned, and repeated: "This person... has no heirs?"

The old servant said: "Exactly."

Li Yan let out a sigh of relief slowly, if Li Fucheng changed his name and surname, and never left any heirs, then...

"I don't know what's going on in Wuyuan City now. The headquarters has not returned home for a long time, and there is only my mother left at home."

The man put down his pen, checked it carefully, and said calmly: "If there is a chance, I would also like to bring her here, but there are many affairs here, and I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to take care of her. It's better to let her pay five yuan."

"The husband tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, and the son wants to support but does not wait for the relatives. The truth behind this needs to be understood earlier. Don't wait until the deceased is gone. Don't forget the love and leave regrets in vain."

Thinking of Qingping's lonely expression at that time, Li Yan felt chills in his heart, and couldn't help thinking, who is this Mr. Li?

"I also want to know, who sent this letter?"

The man in brocade clothes was sitting in the waterside pavilion, holding a piece of letter paper between his fingers, and the people beside him said: "Young master, the shopkeeper found it outside the store this morning, so I let the shopkeeper see it, and then passed it to you."

He asked, "Non-toxic?"

"Non-toxic, according to the rules, everything that can be delivered to you has been carefully inspected."

"Oh." The young master nodded, turned the letter over, and the man bowed and left.

He looked at the letter paper for a while, and saw that there was only a crooked thing drawn on it, and the cinnabar on the white paper was particularly eye-catching. He picked up the paper, but this strange thing looked like...an eye.

Just as he was meditating, someone came to ask for instructions: "My lord, someone from the Xie family has come."

"Just ask her to come in."

The servant led a woman in green clothes over slowly, the young master squinted his eyes, raised his brows, and snorted coldly: "Interesting, wearing a costume to be a guest, this Xie family is so arrogant?"

The servant next to him took a closer look and saw that the visitor was wearing a blue robe with a white background and blue edge painted on it, and the sleeves were wide and big. It was indeed a common costume for troupes.but……

The servant said in a low voice: "My lord, servant girl, look at the clothes of this guest, how come they look like those worn by the famous dancer from Chenzhou?"

The young master said displeased: "The Xie family also found a great dancer? Ha, do you think our Shao family has no one?"

The woman in Tsing Yi approached the waterside pavilion, made a bow and said, "I have heard Mr. Shao's name for a long time, and this is the first time we meet. I am here to thank my family and Yuan."