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After retreating from the court, Liu Ran left early, hid outside the hall, secretly watching the crowd of officials going out.

Shi Yu came out wearing a loose official uniform, holding the elephant board casually in his hands, stopped at the entrance of the hall, and looked around as if nothing had happened.

After Shi Yu looked in Liu Ran's direction, Liu Ran immediately clung to the wall, not daring to look outside, her heart pounding.

He didn't know why he didn't dare to see Shi Yu.

After a while, Liu Ran tentatively looked towards the entrance of the hall, but found that there was no one there. After he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt empty in his heart.

Liu Ran paused for a while, then walked towards Chenhua Hall.

Halfway there, he suddenly remembered the map Shi Yu had given him.

Liu Ran sighed.

Qi Jin, since you choose to come back, I must make you pay for what you have done.

After making up your mind, continue walking towards the Chenhua Palace.

"Master Liu." Fu Lu stood guard at the gate of Chen Hua Hall, calling out with a smile.

"Elder-in-law." Liu Ran also returned a gift.

"Master Liu's body looks much better, that's good, the emperor always missed you a few days ago!" Fu Lu said.

Liu Ran smiled slightly, "Thank you, Eunuch, for your concern."

"Master Liu wants to go in?" Fu Lu said, "The old slave will report." Then he leaned closer and smiled, "Master Qin is inside..."

"..." Liu Ran was helpless, "I'm sorry for the trouble, Eunuch."

"No trouble, no trouble..." Fu Lu smiled, opened the door of the palace gently and walked in.

"Changli is here?! Come in, come in!"

After a while, Qi Yu's smiling voice came from the hall.

"Abiding by the order." Fu Lu stepped back and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Ran, "Please, my lord."

Liu Ran nodded and took a deep breath.

Now that you're here, stick to it.

"My minister, Liu Ran, see Your Majesty." Liu Ran knelt down, but Qi Yu quickly helped him up, "Changli, please get up." Then he looked at Liu Ran again, "Hey, I know you are not that easy Those who give up, it's just... hiss~ you still don't look very well, could it be that Hong Lian isn't taking care of you these days, so you can't live a good life?" Then he winked at Qin Shu.

Qin Shu nodded, and gently exited the hall.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." Liu Ran smiled, and then stared at Qi Yu quietly, "It's thanks to His Majesty's request that Weichen's nephew should die for Weichen's retirement, so Weichen had to 'consider' this matter."

"Hehehehe..." Qi Yu laughed a few times, and then pretended to be calm and said lightly, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back....Eh, why didn't you see Manting?" Qi Yu deliberately mentioned Shi Yu.

"..." There was a look of embarrassment and embarrassment on Liu Ran's face, "General Shi... He has something to do in the barracks, so he should go back to the barracks first."

"You two, how did you become like this? I don't know, but if you have anything to say, you can talk about it... Earlier you took care of Mo Nan's affairs for me, now I will talk for you It's really a turn of events in the court~!" Qi Yu pretended to sigh.

……

He seems to smell the smell of schadenfreude? !

Qi Yu stopped teasing him and said with a smile, "Tell me, what do you want to see me this time?"

Liu Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly, "I want to go to Zangshu Pavilion to take a look, so I came here to ask the emperor for the key."

"Zangshu Pavilion?!" Qi Yu was surprised, "You went to see those old antiques just after you got better?! Don't you think people are stupid?!"

……

Antique? !

Look silly? !

Did you misunderstand the book?

Liu Ran secretly slandered, and finally handed the map to Qi Yu, "When I was in the south of the Yangtze River, this was found by General Yu Qi...Yu Xiuwang's stronghold."

Qi Yu opened the map, looked at it carefully, and his doubts gradually deepened, "This is...the map of the underground palace in the Sea of ​​Clouds Desert? It doesn't look like..."

"We suspect that the Underground Palace of the Sea of ​​Clouds is not just as big as we saw at the beginning. Since King Xiu has hidden this picture, there must be something that King Xiu is looking for. That's why I want to go to Zangshu Pavilion to look through ancient books."

Qi Yu didn't answer, but looked at the red pattern in the middle carefully, "It looks familiar...have you looked at this pattern carefully?"

"What?" Liu Ran didn't know what to say, and moved to Qi Yu's side to take a look.

"It's here, the pattern formed by the faint red lines..." Qi Yu pointed it out for Liu Ran to see.

Liu Ran didn't notice this at first, he thought it was just the exchange of underground rivers in the desert, but who knew there was such a mystery.

"This pattern..." Liu Ran frowned, and suddenly thought of something, "...it is the pattern of Yuxi."

"Yuxi?!" Qi Yu subconsciously glanced at the table.

"It's not this one," Liu Ran said, "This one is the imperial jade seal that Master Qin took out during the Battle of the Imperial Mausoleum, not the jade seal that is usually stamped with imperial edicts."

"That piece, no wonder I can't remember it," Qi Yu thought for a while, "I seem to have lost that piece before I suspended animation, but my physical condition was really bad at that time, so I didn't take it to heart. Later For drafting an imperial edict, I have been using this Jade Seal of Chuanguo."

"The jade seal must have been taken out secretly by Yun Shi, and it must have something to do with it, otherwise King Xiu wouldn't have taken it." Liu Ran folded up the map, "As for the others, we need to wait for the minister to check the information further. Only then can a conclusion be drawn.”

"Well, that's fine." Qi Yu took out a small long box from the hidden compartment of the bookshelf, "This is the key deep in the library, and there must be some records there. You should keep it so you don't lose it... ..." He leaned closer and whispered, "...this is the secret history of the royal family..."

……

Liu Ran received the key, "I obey the order."

"Ahem..." Sanyan slightly opened his eyes, a burst of strong light entered, and then subconsciously closed his eyes.

"Sanyan?! Sanyan?!" Hong Lian gently pushed Sanyan, and Sanyan slowly began to adapt to the light.

"Hong... Honglian..." Sanyan looked at Honglian and said weakly, "Where is the young master? Where is this place?"

"This is where Xiao Ding and the others stayed. Your injuries are too serious to move, so I left you here." Hong Lian handed over the water, "Really! Let you let the young master come back intact, yourself But it made me almost die!... Do you know how guilty I am! If I knew it, I wouldn't let you go!"

Sanyan smiled, "I'm not dead... But to be honest, I almost thought I was dead, it hurts so much."

"You still know!" Hong Lian said angrily, "Have a good rest, and don't move around!"

"Where's the young master?" Sanyan asked, taking a sip of water.

"..." Honglian didn't answer, but made Sanyan a little worried.

"What's wrong, young master? Don't scare me..." Sanyan was a little excited.

"Hey, don't get excited, the young master is fine," Hong Lian held back the three words he wanted to get up.

"Really?!" Three words in disbelief.

"Seriously! Master has gone to court at this point, okay?! It's just that there may be a lot of things recently, so I'm coming back late," Hong Lian said, "Also, the young master must have been hit by what happened in Jiangnan, and he was a little depressed. That's why I came to take care of you...by the way, let the young master be quiet."

Hearing this, Sanyan also sighed, "Yes, anyone will be hit..."

"Yes, so you wait here for the young master to pick you up, so don't take the initiative to bother the young master!" Hong Lian blamed.

"But I haven't told the young master the recipe for the weeds..." San Yan frowned.

"Didn't you hear that your prescription was torn up?! Xiao Ding told me not to mention it!"

"Ahem... I took a curious look at the prescription when I took it... Then I remembered it." Sanyan laughed.

"Yes," Hong Lian praised sincerely, "It seems that you are still useful. How about it, I will sneak back to see the young master when the time comes!"

"Okay!" Sanyan smiled.

"Master Liu?!" The official in charge of the Library Pavilion was a little surprised, "Hurry up, Master Liu, come in, it's windy outside, you're not in good health, don't catch a cold!"

The management official——Du Huaizhi was a candidate in the scientific examination at the same time as him. Although he was a small official, he was kind and generous to others.Because Liu Ran used to come to Zangshu Pavilion frequently, he became acquainted with him.

"Master Du, long time no see." Liu Ran looked around and sighed.

"Isn't it?" Du Huaizhi asked with concern, "I heard from other adults that you are sick. How is your health? It seems that your complexion is worse than before."

"It's much better now, thank you Lord Du for your concern." Liu Ran thanked.

"By the way, Mr. Liu came here to read books, right? What a coincidence, I'm doing revision work recently, so many books are not here."

"It's okay," Liu Ran said, "I'll go in and have a look inside."

"That's fine, Mr. Liu, you can do whatever you want." Du Huaizhi smiled.

"En." Liu Ran nodded, then walked in.

The further you go in, the more dust accumulates on the book.It is called Zangshu Pavilion, but the civil servants facing upward think that they have read all the books in the world, and they don't even step in here. They just look up when they pass by, and then leave disapprovingly.

Zangshu Pavilion is a tower with ten floors, and each floor has a small room.With the index, Liu Ran went to the third floor and opened the small door in the southeast.

There are fewer bookshelves here than outside. After all, it is talking about the royal family's internal affairs. It is only one or two hundred years since the founding of Daqi, so it is naturally not as good as the classics and history of the world.

Liu Ran picks and chooses, finds a record from the period of Tai Lin Emperor, sits on a table that has been left for a long time, and slowly reads it.

"General Shi?!" Du Huaizhi, who was sorting out the bibliography, looked up in surprise, "General...why is this time here?"

"This is the book I copied last night. I went back to the hall this morning and brought it here." Shi Yu handed over the book in his hand, "Master Du, do you see if it's missing?"

"...Not much, thank you, General," Du Huaizhi suddenly picked up a book, "Master Liu was looking for this book last time, but I didn't expect to find it like this. Master Liu happened to be here today, so it's better to come sooner than later." skillful."

Shi Yu wanted to leave, but heard Du Huaizhi's words, "Master Liu is inside?"

"Well, yes." Du Huaizhi nodded.

"..." Shi Yu took the book from Du Huaizhi's hand, "Then I'll give it to Master Liu, I happen to have something to do with him."

"Alright, Mr. Liu is in the room on the third floor," Du Huaizhi sat down and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, General."

Shi Yu walked in, leaving two words lightly, "No problem."