In the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhao was ready to take advantage of the opportunity of the two old princes going to Kaifeng to avoid trouble, and made a plan to scare them to see if he could get any clues out of them.

Master Bao and Grand Master went to meet the two old men first, and taking this opportunity, Zhan Zhao went to prepare and look for "resources".

First, I ran back to the yard and saw the White Dragon King sitting at the table playing. The old man sniffed and drank the decoction. He stuck out his tongue in pain and looked aggrieved.

Bai Yutang looked at the Miaomiao Tower behind which was still covered in ice and snow, and felt a little distressed. The old man must have been frozen...

Zhan Zhao was happy when he saw the White Dragon King. He ran over to sit next to the old man and tugged on his sleeve.

The White Dragon King looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao leaned into his ear and whispered.

The White Dragon King rubbed his nose and nodded to express that it was not difficult.

Zhan Zhao happily dragged Bai Yutang and ran to the next yard.

Before entering the door, I first met Long Qiaoguang who was holding a tea tray with some snacks and a pot of wine.

Zhan Zhao moved up curiously - a late night snack?

Mr. Guang said that his wife and younger sister had just come back from the theater, so they were probably hungry.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Long Qiaoguang silently - not only a good disciple with twenty-four filial piety, but also a good husband with twenty-four filial piety.

"What did my master do?" Long Qiaoguang had just gone to prepare a late-night snack when he came back and found that all the old men had run away.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked in with him and briefly talked about the situation of the Yiwangyou Ancestral Hall.

Mr. Guang felt evil when he heard this, "You have to spend so much money to build a building and a manor. It is bigger than other people's sacrifices to heaven. Is it just to kill a few people?"

Mr. Guang said casually, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt that this sentence was a bit poignant for some reason... So what is Yuanqi Tower used for?

Entering the courtyard, Jiuniang and Tang Xiaomei were sitting in the courtyard chatting about the play they had just watched. They were obviously several generations apart, but they looked like real sisters.

Mr. Guang brought the midnight snack to the table, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also came and sat down.

"Aunt Hong." Zhan Zhao asked her if she would be free later and would help scare the two of them by pretending to be a ghost.

Jiuniang had a prank-loving personality, so she nodded and said that of course she was free for this, and asked him who he was scaring.

Zhan Zhao also talked about the story of the Duke of the Seven Kingdoms.

"Are you just asking Qiao Guang to trouble those people at the pier?" Jiuniang said "hum", thinking that would be a good idea, and she would scare them to death in a moment!

While chatting, they also talked about the vision in the sky just now. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said that they had not seen it, so they spent a long time tracing dots and lines in the ancestral hall, but they were frustrated.

Long Qiaoguang took the drawing Bai Yutang gave him and looked at it. He turned it over and over and couldn't figure out what it was.

Jiuniang also reached out and took it to take a look. After reading it, she suddenly said, "Thirty miles outside the east city gate, on the west side of the boundary monument, under the horse stone."

Everyone was stunned and stared at Jiuniang.

Tang Xiaomei asked hurriedly, "Master, what are you talking about? What is the horse stone on the boundary monument?"

Jiuniang pointed to the dots and lines on the picture, "That's what's written above."

"Are there words on it?!" The little girl touched her chin and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't figure out the reason.

"It turns out to be characters..." After Jiuniang's reminder, Fifth Master saw the pattern. This is an encrypted character. The strokes are scrambled and arranged in a certain order. The dots are the number of strokes and the splicing.

Nodes, as long as you figure out the rules, you can easily spell out the words.

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked Hong Jiuniang, "Aunt Hong, how can you recognize such a word?"

Jiuniang said that Wu Yifu had taught her a lot of secret talismans and code words. She could remember and understand this simple thing.

Zhan Zhao turned to look at Bai Yutang with a depressed expression - Look! Uncle Xiaofu really knew, but he just didn't say anything!

Fifth Master raised his eyebrows slightly - who told you to stop acting coquettishly just now?

Zhan Zhao was not happy - we worked so hard to check.

The Fifth Master was helpless - maybe it's not something that makes people happy, right?

"He didn't come up with these secret talismans. He said they were used by spies caught in the military camp to spread news to the outside world." Jiuniang said while eating snacks, "He also said that he had set up a plan to deceive others.

After the spy was found, many other letters were found. However, the spy escaped and no one was caught after chasing him. The subordinates said that they were robbed by the White Ghost King's men, so they suspected that it was a secret work by Lao Yao's men."

The fifth master touched his chin—my uncle’s subordinate? No wonder my uncle seemed to know something just now.

Zhan Zhao looked at Jiuniang, thought for a while, and asked, "Aunt Hong, do you know what Youlian Yuanbao is?"

Jiuniang blinked and tilted her head, "Yuanbao? Are you talking about Yuanbao Qishu?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - Yuanbao Qishu?

"What is the Yuanbao Qishu?" Master Guang asked his wife curiously.

"Just... baby." Hong Jiuniang said nonchalantly, "I heard it's very valuable."

"A very valuable book?" Master Wu began to wonder what kind of book it was and which dynasty antique it was?

Hong Jiuniang spoke so calmly that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised. This was the first time they heard about it.

Zhan Zhao's cat eyes widened. He had never heard Uncle Fu mention this before, so he asked Jiuniang, "Aunt Hong, how do you know?"

Jiuniang made him laugh and poked his forehead, "You don't even know who I am, of course I know!"

Long Qiaoguang and his younger sister both nodded and nodded - that's right! Naturally, the couple has no secrets.

Zhan Zhao turned around and looked at Bai Yutang - I am also very close to Uncle Xiao Fu, but he didn't even tell me when I asked him!

Fifth Master continued to drink - I told you to act like a coquettish girl and then ask again.

Zhan Zhao glared at him - "Don't talk about acting like a spoiled child again!"

Fifth Master held his chin and continued drinking.

"Have you read the book Aunt Hong?" Zhan Zhao asked next, thinking that if Aunt Hong's book was in her place, he would be angry!

Hong Jiuniang reached out and pinched Zhan Zhao's cheek, "Why are you and Aunt Hong angry? Your Uncle Fu has never read that book. Where can I read it?"

"Master hasn't seen it either?" Tang Xiaomei was curious, "Then the secret talisman on the drawing is a clue to where the book is?"

"The Shangma Stone by the boundary monument thirty miles east of the city was knocked down. Wouldn't it be easy to find it?

"Besides, are the books buried underground? Wouldn't they be easy to rot?" Mr. Wu also felt that the place where the treasure was hidden was a bit random.

"A spy sent by the White Ghost King?" Mr. Guang felt that it was not like the White Ghost King's style. "Is that book with the White Ghost King?"

"Probably not, uncle would definitely tell me if he had." Fifth Master felt that the White Ghost King might not be aware of this matter, and if he knew there was no need to hide it.

Zhan Zhao also nodded, "And why does Uncle Fu appear in the lotus pond in the sky? It feels like it is hinting that the ingot is related to Uncle Fu."

"Would you like to go to the horse-mounting stone?

Zhan Zhao also thinks it's feasible, why not go to the east of the city before scaring the two old men?

But Hong Jiuniang waved her hand, "No, wait until my husband comes back later and you can ask him before making a decision."

Everyone sitting there was looking at Jiuniang.

Jiuniang whispered, "He has said before that this book is not a good book."

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao was very curious. Is it just a book? Is it so powerful?

Jiuniang shrugged, but she didn't ask carefully.

Zhan Zhao then discussed with Jiuniang, "Aunt Hong, when Uncle Xiaofu comes back later, you can help me ask him."

Jiuniang said happily, "Ask him yourself, can he not tell you? Who has loved you the most since you were a child?"

Zhan Zhao said "hum" - he didn't say anything this time!

Jiuniang teased him, "If you really can't do it, just like when you were a kid, act like a cat and act coquettishly..."

Before Jiuniang could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao covered her mouth.

Fifth Master holds a wine glass and orders

Nodding - Oh? Do you still act like a cat when you act coquettishly?

Long Qiaoguang is obviously also very interested - what kind of coquettish way does my master like? Teach me how I can show him three times every morning, noon and night!

…

"Ah sneeze..."

In the ancestral hall, Youlian, who was looking at the black stone carving in the demon king's hand, suddenly turned his face and sneezed.

Tianzun and Lu Tianhan both looked at him--don't you have a cold like that useless little white dragon?

Youlian rubbed her nose and frowned, her face seemed a little disgusted.

Yin Hou and Yao Changtian both looked at him at the same time - feeling that he was getting impatient.

"Sacrifice building?" After hearing this, Zhao Zhen felt that this person looked familiar to me! He had to come here several times a year, so he asked out of curiosity, "What kind of sacrifice is it?"

"It seems that the key point is not what to sacrifice, but what to sacrifice." Lu Tianhan even teased the emperor.

"Hmm..." Zhao Zhen raised his head and thought, "In the Shang and Zhou Dynasties...human sacrifice?"

Zhao Zhen was so shocked that even Nangong couldn't help but ask, "In that Yuanqi Tower, are the people who live in the building used as sacrifices to heaven?"
To be continued...