A family is missing

The little milk dog came very quickly.

But what the butler brought was a mangy dog.

Except when the eyes are wide open when playing around, the rest of the time is lying lazily, even unwilling to open the eyes.

This mangy dog ​​made a lot of noise, it was really tormenting, the prince inspected it several times, but he didn't see anything pitiful about it.

Get annoyed and lift it up on the shelf.

The little mangy dog ​​was so frightened that it trembled, the dog poked its paws out but never dared to jump off.

Lie there limply.

The prince took it down again and hugged it in his arms.

Not long after, the little milk dog reverted to his old ways and kept making trouble.

After several times, the little milk dog became more courageous when he was lifted to the shelf again.

Stretch your front legs and feel your back legs.

Finally, he grabbed the shelf and tried to jump to the next frame.

The end is too small.

When I let go of my claws and jumped to the next grid, I bumped into an ornament in the grid.

This bump touched the switch of the hidden compartment instead.

The prince turned his head when he heard the sound.

Speaking of which, this is the first time I have seen a hidden grid.

Three vertical rows of drawers.

The prince opened them one by one, except for the imperial edicts, they were all small things.

This grid is empty.

His hands paused, and he lost all desire to read on, but he probed the next box as if possessed.

In addition to an inch square wooden box, there is also a scroll.

It feels like cowhide or sheepskin.

It's just this feeling——

The prince quickly unfolded the scroll, and the words on the right side were vigorous and powerful.

Follow the gestures and trace.

Dome - Fig.

With a clang, the prince fell to the ground.

This is the dome diagram.

Did the little mute never take it away, or did he return it later?

How could this be?

Not caring about what was going on, the prince just wanted to know where the little mute was at this moment.

The butler said that the most likely possibility was that the little mute copied a copy and returned it.

Maybe I was too nervous and put the wrong grid when I put it back.

If it hadn't been misplaced, probably no one would have noticed that the map had been expanded.

It's also possible that this one is fake.

The prince shook his head, there was still room for turning around the matter of Qiongtu.

but--

"We must find him."

"I'm going to send some people now."

The prince turned around and took out the wooden box, and took out an ink ingot from it.

When I asked him to keep the qiongtu, I gave him the ink box and told him how to use it.

The real dome map will reveal different patterns under the soaking of this ink.

If you want to know whether the copy left by the little mute is true or not, you can tell by just trying it.

Every minute and every second of soaking is extraordinarily tormented.

The prince took out the dome map with his hands stained with ink.

it is true.

The prince's hands trembled.

Little dumb, where are you?

Last time, he looked for the little mute in order to find Qiongtu.

This time, I want to do something for you.

There are too many mysteries about the little mute.

Who is he.

Why come.

Why did Qiongtu succeed and not take it away?

Why have escaped and returned along the way.

Yes, why did he come back halfway last time.

He came back because he met someone or knew something.

He came back and said he would heal my eyes...

heal my eyes...

The prince closed his eyes helplessly.

His shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

Where are you--

"My lord, the car is ready."

"Let's go now."

The two took only a few guards and went out to Xishan Village.

That's where the little mute turned back last time.

Although Xishan Village is not a land of wealthy businessmen, it is also rich in people and resources.

The prince was sitting in a teahouse, listening to the storyteller telling anecdotes about a certain family member.

My mind was wandering, listening to people gossip about the neighbors.

He sat on the side of the street and felt a line of sight looking at him from the side of the road.

is an old woman.

The prince didn't care at first, until the woman turned back and passed by, and took another look at him.

He couldn't help turning his head.

Meeting the gaze, the old woman smiled shyly, and leaned over slightly to express her apology.

Turned around and staggered away.

The prince signaled the butler to see if this was the old lady that the little mute had been in contact with before.

The effort of a cup of tea, the guard came to report and said it was true.

The prince vaguely felt that the old woman was definitely the key to solving the puzzle.

If you rush to visit, you will definitely attract people's attention.

The prince ran into the old woman several times.

Finally, at a medicine shop, the old woman couldn't help but glanced again, and stopped talking.After all, he didn't say anything.

As soon as we reached the door, the prince asked someone to invite the old lady to come and sit down.

"Old lady, are you feeling unwell when you come to the pharmacy to get medicine?"

The old woman shook her head, fidgeting, "Thank you for your concern, my lord, if you have nothing else to do, I will..."

"Don't worry, we met a few times because of fate, besides, you seem to have something to say to me."

The old woman shook her head again, "It's the old man meddling in his own business. It's just a coincidence to see the young master recovering from a serious illness, so I paid more attention."

"coincide?"

The old woman didn't answer.

"It doesn't matter if you say it, I am indeed recovering from my eye disease."

The old lady didn't want to say more, so she got up and left.

The lord said that the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient, so he gave him a ride.

Speechless the whole time.

With a few words now and then, the old lady showed the driver the way.

When she got home, the old woman said: "Young master is kind. I have seen this kind of Gu more than [-] years ago, and I have forgotten it. I met a young man not long ago, and I remembered it after talking with him. I didn't expect to see it again so soon. But it's fine."

The prince hurriedly asked: "What kind of young man is he?"

The old woman thought for a while and then said: "She is not tall and thin, but her eyes seem to be able to talk, and she is very cute."

"Then...then he is a mute?"

The old woman was taken aback, and said, "No, who said he is dumb? Apart from his voice being like an old man, he can still speak."

!!!

"He also asked how to solve the rest if half of the Gu was solved first."

The old woman talked to herself, but the prince was still immersed in the surprise that the little mute was not dumb.

"The old man looks at you like this, young master. Although you are cured, you still have to pay attention to recuperation, and dispelling Gu will also hurt your vitality."

"Well, you, can you tell me more about the man you just mentioned?"

The old woman thought for a while and shook her head: "It's nothing special."

"Such as small movements, or..."

"Oh, by the way, he is dressed in tatters, but he wears a unique bag. When I was washing it, I saw that there was a silver bell in it."

It is difficult for the prince to describe what kind of mood he felt after hearing this.

All kinds of emotions filled his brain before.

But in a blink of an eye, he seemed to feel nothing.

Dome map, questioning, love, escape...

At this moment, everything is gone.

"My lord." The butler called softly.

The prince came back to his senses and was about to say something when he found that the old lady had disappeared and the carriage was on the way back to the inn.

"..."

"It sounds like that person is the sound of autumn. More people have been sent down."

The prince did not reply, but leaned tiredly against the window frame.

"However, this old man is worth checking out."

Back at the inn, the housekeeper asked someone to guard him secretly.

"Perhaps she once worked in the palace. When I sent her off just now, I met her nephew and daughter-in-law, wearing a silver phoenix hairpin. She is in good condition, but it is the style of the palace more than 20 years ago."

The housekeeper didn't explain the deeper words.

There is a possibility that more than twenty years ago, the person who was planted with a poisonous poison that the old woman saw was the prince.

It may also have something to do with blindness.

There is a divine arrangement in the dark.

Is the little dumb one too?