Dressed as a young King Zhuang of Chu

Guan Fuxiu looked at him and said: "It seems that you understand, even so, do you still want to explain?"

"Is it really made by Doujiao? I... I just... just reasoned like this, and I didn't..."

"I don't know who made the floating rest, but... I believe there is a reason for everything. Whoever can benefit the most from this incident is most likely the mastermind behind it."

Xiong Lu nodded, and said firmly: "I want to meet Dou Ban, ask him some more details, and help him find evidence to prove his innocence before convicting him."

The scene of Douban protecting him that night is still vivid in his memory. He is not a person who repays kindness and revenge, so he can't ignore this matter.

"Have you figured it out? He's dead, and it's harmless to you."

Xiong Lu firmly said: "Think clearly, I can't sit idly by, after all he has saved my life."

Guan Fuxiu sighed and said, "Okay, let's go now."

"Huh? It's late at night." Xiong Lu said in surprise.

Guan Fuxiu called out: "Shadow, come out."

As soon as Guan Fuxiu finished speaking, a tall and thin black figure appeared in front of them.Xiong Lu was startled, and stammered, "Ying... Shadow, when did you come back?"

Shadow's voice was emotionless: "Last night."

"It's good to be back, I always miss you in my heart, so I'm worried."

Shadow's expression changed, and he said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

Guan Fuxiu said: "Before you get the result, you'd better not show too much concern about this matter, so as not to be seen by some ministers as being emotional and unable to see the situation clearly. Therefore, don't go during the day, let's go quietly at night. With me and the shadow, it's not a problem to control a few guards silently. Let's go, before it's too late. If he rests, you go in vain."

The three of them simply packed their luggage, then quietly left Chu Palace and walked towards Lingyin's Mansion.

Guan Fuxiu used his own ability to control several guards outside, causing them to temporarily lose touch, and the shadow quickly brought them into the mansion.Relying on the memory of the last time he came here, Xiong Lu walked along the path, but he only came to the main hall, and he didn't know where the bucket-like bedroom was.

After walking for a while, I found that one place was still lit, so I walked over quietly and hid it outside the window.

"Master, stop drinking, the injury is still not healed, the doctor said..."

"Go... go out first! I... I'll drink another pot..."

In the spacious room, a middle-aged man was drinking himself, half drunk.Seeing this, the servant shook his head and went out obediently.The man was lying on the low table, holding a cup in his hand, completely lost his usual serious expression, especially in a daze.Seeing him like this, Xiong Lu couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart.What a proud person he was originally, but he actually fell into such a situation.

The windows were blown open by the wind, and several lamps were blown out, leaving only one.Douban sobered up a little bit from the wine, looked up, lost his soul and said: "... Your Majesty, is it you?"

The bear couple nodded and approached him.

"Uncle Dou, I'll come to see you. You're injured, how can you drink booze regardless of your health?"

Dou Ban smiled wryly and said: "I'm afraid Dou will not have much time, if he doesn't drink, he will have no chance."

"Uncle Dou, I came here this time to help you. Is that seal really in your house all this time?"

Dou Ban shook his head and said: "I don't know. After all, the seal is not carried with me, it is only kept in the room. Maybe someone sneaked into the house and stole the seal. I don't know. That person... probably wants to kill me ..."

"Uncle Dou, who is that man?"

Dou Ban put down his wine glass, and said: "Dou was arrogant and domineering when he was young, and he offended many colleagues, anyone is possible."

Xiong Lu thought to himself, but did not reveal his suspicion about Doujiao, and continued to ask: "Who knows that your Dou family has this seal?"

"There are many people who know the seal. This seal was given by the ancestor, and it is the treasure of the Dou clan. Of course, the one who really knows what this seal looks like is none other than the Dou clan. Outsiders may have seen it before. But after all, there are not many of them. People of the Dou Clan, even those with some status, have seen them all before."

Hearing the tone of these words, Xiong Lu knew that he might also be suspicious of Doujiao, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, for fear of causing bigger and unknown troubles.

"The shaman's evidence seems to be conclusive, but there are many doubts. I believe that the person behind the scenes must have left something wrong somewhere."

Douban looked at Xiong Lu, and smiled slightly: "It's rare that the king still believes in Dou, and Dou will die without regret." He stood up, opened a brocade box, and inside was a tiger talisman.

He said: "I know that many people want it. Dou is not qualified to take it now, so I will return this thing to the king in person. It is safest to hold this thing in the hands of the king. If Dou is lucky enough to return it in the future Alive, Your Majesty can trust that Dou will still fight for our Chu country."

"Uncle Dou, you are serious. The case is still unclear, how can you..."

Shaking his head like a bucket, he continued to search for something.After a while, he brought another brocade box to Xiong Lu.Xiong Lu opened it and saw that it was a wolf-tooth seal with the word "Dou" engraved in seal script, which was the one owned by the head of the Dou family.

Xiong Lu carefully inspected the cinnabar inkpad on the seal, and asked, "Uncle Dou, do you have any inkpad here?"

"This seal has not been used for a long time, the cinnabar must have been done long ago." He said, looking around, and found an old box.Open it, and sure enough the cinnabar inside has dried up.Xiong Lu touched it with his fingers, but he could only touch a little red powder.He looked at the lamp carefully, and found that the ink pad on the seal was fresh.

He said: "Uncle Dou, I believe you in my heart. The seal must have been taken out by someone. The ink pad on it is not something in your family. As long as you investigate it, I believe the truth will be revealed."

Dou Ban smiled slightly and said: "I hope so. To be honest, my wife, if you can come today, Uncle Dou will have no regrets in his heart. As long as you believe in Uncle Dou, I don't care if others swear. If it doesn't work, I hope this matter will not affect Dou's family."

"Uncle Dou, I promise you that I will do my best to help you. It's late at night, Uncle Dou, let's rest."

"Okay, Uncle Dou agrees to you."

Douban looked at the leaving figure of Xiong Lu, and nodded slightly.Your Majesty, it seems that you have finally grown up.I believe that in a few years, he will grow into a great king.However... can he still see it?

Xiong Lu, Guan Fuxiu, and Shadow all returned to the ancestral temple, Xiong Lu showed Guan Fuxiu the seal, Guan Fuxiu frowned after smelling it, and said: "I don't know anything about cinnabar ink pads." Come on, pass it to Shadow, and ask: "Shadow, take a look."

Shadow looked at the cinnabar in the box, then at the inkpad left on the seal, and said: "This box contains pure cinnabar, which needs to be mixed with water before it can be used. It is different from the inkpad on this seal. This inkpad is cinnabar. Made with clay, it can be used to stamp seals or make mud seals. I will try to find out where this mud comes from.”

Guan Fuxiu said: "General seals, as long as they need to deliver information or documents, there are such things, and the army is no exception. But most of them only have seals, just stamped with a seal, without adding cinnabar. The army has been stationed in Yingdu all year round. As a king's teacher, he should rarely need to use this kind of thing. Moreover, as long as the people below do it, it doesn't need to go through his hands. Therefore, there is no seal and ink paste in his house, only cinnabar .I think there must be some in Doujiao. However, there is nothing unusual about it. Although cinnabar is precious, it is not a hard-to-find thing, and it can’t prove anything.”

Xiong Lu nodded, but unwilling to give up, he said: "How about it, Shadow, sneak into Doujiao's mansion and see if you can find any evidence that the seal was once in their mansion. Perhaps his ink pad left It may have a seal or a roll of silk and silk books with a seal."

"Yes, Shadow is going."

A shadow leaps from the window and disappears into the darkness.Xiong Lu looked at his figure and asked Fuxiu: "Fuxiu, how did the shadow come back?"

Guan Fuxiu walked up to him and said: "He wants to come back by himself. I guess, the shadow knew that we almost lost our lives in Yunmengze, so he was worried, so he came back again. After all, he has no friends. Those who are close are the two of us."

The Xiong couple thought about it half the night on the couch, until it was almost dawn, and then fell asleep in a daze.Not long after, the shadow came back.The couple cheered up and asked, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Shadow shook his head and said, "The time is too short, and nothing was found."

"Doujiao is a smart man, he won't leave traces." Guan Fuxiu said aside.

Xiong Lu thought for a while, then suddenly said: "I have a way, you take this seal, and try my way." He motioned for Shadow to approach, handed the seal to him, and whispered in his ear for a while.

Guan Fuxiu was startled and said: "Thank you for daring to do it, be careful not to scare the snake."

"There's not enough time now. When I went to court, they forced me to fight. Tell me, is there any other way? If he takes the bait, he must have hidden evil intentions, and let the shadow explore again."

Guan Fuxiu said: "Well, you can give it a try. Shadow, be careful in his house, he is not easy to mess with."