After saying that, Zhang Gongji had already walked past me.

I couldn't react for a while, and it took a while before I turned around and looked at his back as he walked away.

This person...

At this moment, another figure walked out from the road beside him. When he looked closely, it turned out to be Qinghan. He also looked at Zhang Gongji's back as he was leaving, then looked at me and walked towards me.

I said, "You are here too, is there anything?"

He said, "Like you."

"You came to him and asked about that?"

"Um."

He nodded, looked back, and said, "But I don't think I can find any results even if I come. This person is a slippery man."

Speaking of this, my brow frowned slightly and said, "Yes, this person is talking..."

But I think that the officials' words are not always like this, and they are beating around the bush, and no matter what, they will not get the answers they want.

Thinking of this, I turned to look at Qinghan and said, "Do you think what he meant when he answered me just now?"

"Um?"

"Did those people arrive at the imperial tomb?"

Qinghan did not speak, but looked back at Yishou Hall, where the gate was closed and there were several guards guarding inside, which seemed particularly strict. He said, "Let's not stick here, so as not to be seen, and there will be troubles."

I nodded and followed him onto another path.

Although this palace is small, the scenery is pretty good. It even specially designed an environment with small bridges and flowing water. In addition, the steep mountains in the distance make the place feel a little paradise. We walked on the quiet path and slowly walked to a small pavilion by the river with the gurgling water in the riverside. I stood still, turned to look at him, and said, "What do you think?"

Qinghan thought for a while and said, "You can't ask for the result."

"Why?"

"I think that Zhang Gongji is very respectful to you. Obviously he knows your identity and dare not offend you. But for this matter - I think someone said hello to him, so he beats you haha."

I thought for a moment and said, "You mean, Emperor?"

Qinghan said: "The people he sent have not spoken to us until now. Do you think he is willing to let us know about this?"

My emotions suddenly became a little anxious, and I kicked away a small stone on the ground. The small stone fell into the river with a thud. I said, "But, Nangong Lizhu is likely to follow that man. Pei Yuanhao is unwilling to disclose the news about that man now. How should we find Nangong Lizhu's whereabouts?!"

I can ignore other people, but Nangong Lizhu, her whereabouts are related to Qinghan's life, how can I ignore them?!

Qinghan looked at me, probably wondering why I was so concerned about the whereabouts of the imperial concubine. He thought for a while and said, "It's useless to be anxious about this matter. You see, Yao Lao is so anxious, so don't you have to go out and ask one by one?"

I was stunned: "You said Yao Lao?"

"Yes," he nodded: "He said that some of the medicinal materials used to refine the antidote are exhausted, and he has to go to the pharmacy in the city to buy it. He can also find out the whereabouts of Concubine Nangong."

I was silent for a moment and said, "This is also a solution."

“…”

"Pei Yuanhao doesn't want us to know the whereabouts of that team, so we can ignore it, but Nangong Lizhu - we should still try our best and look for it."

Qinghan thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll ask my people to go to the city to ask."

I nodded immediately, sighed again, and said, "What I worry most now is that we don't have enough time. I will send the coffin of the concubine into the imperial tomb tomorrow. After worshiping again, I will leave."

Qinghan thought quietly for a while and said, "I don't think so."

"Oh?" I turned to look at him: "Why?"

He said, "Didn't I tell you before? Those of us who have a lot of ties have all arrived at the imperial tomb. Even if we don't want to, some big things will definitely happen. I even think that the emperor's arrival at the imperial tomb this time may not be as simple as escorting the coffin and worshiping ancestors."

“…”

"Besides, Xie Feng, this person has escaped and has not been found yet."

“…”

"He only stayed in Fengxiang City for a long time before walking northwest. What if he had also come to the imperial tomb?"

I said, "But he may not know that the imperial tomb is here."

He shook his head: "Don't forget that he is Pei Yuanxiu's person."

"You mean, Pei Yuanxiu will tell him the location of the imperial tomb, but what did he do when he came to the imperial tomb?"

“…”

Qinghan was silent for a moment and said, "He should be faster than us. If, if his purpose was only the imperial tomb - then now, his traces should be found here, or, what he has done."

"But I think there seems to be nothing unusual in Zhang Gongji."

"Then his purpose may not be simply the imperial tomb."

"What is that?"

"..." Qinghan didn't say anything, but turned to look at the road we were walking on, looking at the exquisite roof corner of Yishou Hall hidden under the green trees, and then said: "Maybe, it depends on what the emperor is going to do when he comes to the imperial tomb this time."

I was slightly stunned and turned to look at Yishoutang.

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Qinghan and I walked in the palace for a while, and then he ordered people to search in several cities, but we all knew that it would be difficult to find the whereabouts of those people from the four towns in just one night.

When the sun was setting and the night was getting colder and colder. Before Yao Lao came back, I simply said to Qinghan: "Why, let's go to the city to take a walk."

He looked at me: "You're going?"

"Anyway, there's nothing to do. Besides, Yao Lao hasn't come back yet."

He thought for a while: "Okay."

We sent someone a thicker flask. The two of us put on it and left the palace gate. After walking a while, we entered the bustling town.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Speaking of which, this is the imperial tomb, and everyone is the imperial tomb. Originally, it was thought that it should be a very solemn and dignified place, but in fact, there are quite a lot of people here. Even in the Central Plains, there are few towns with so many populations. In addition, they are not affected by the war at all, but instead formed a lively place in the desolate northwest.

Qinghan and I walked on the street, looking at the pedestrians coming and going. There were not many strange people coming from this place, and everyone was almost self-sufficient. They only traded with surplus things after production. Therefore, the goods are just some very common daily necessities. Unlike in Qingtang City, you can see many novel things. Even the transactions here do not cost money, but are just pure exchanges of goods. If you like the other party’s things, just say it, the other party will also like it and the transaction will be successful.

I smiled and said, "This place is really a bit like a paradise."

Qinghan smiled faintly: "You really want to say this. I almost forgot that this is the Imperial Mausoleum."

He said this, instead reminded me that I looked up at the direction of the imperial tomb. In the dark night, I could only vaguely see the outline of the high mountain. Since ancient times, the royal family has had an old system of mausoleums based on the mountains, and digging a cave to make the Xuan Palace. Underground palaces were built at the bottom of the mountain, and the tombs were built in hundreds of miles, with a magnificent momentum. However, the historical records often contain such spectacular scenes, but rarely recorded the lives of these imperial tomb guards.

So much so that when we are in it, we still have some unreal feelings.

As he walked, Qinghan suddenly said, "Are you thirsty?"

I looked up at him: "Ah?"

“There is a place to drink tea and rest.”

I followed the direction of his finger and saw a tea stall on the street. Several old men sat on a circle of benches, drinking steaming tea soup while chatting about something. It was very lively. I knew he wanted to ask for information, so I followed him over.

When we asked the store for two bowls of tea, we walked over. When a few of the old men saw us, they immediately gave up half of the bench. Qinghan brushed it with her sleeves and asked me to sit on it first and then sit down by myself.

An old man next to him immediately smiled and said, "Oh, this husband is so considerate."

Qinghan smiled.

I just laughed and didn't say anything. The store brought two bowls of tea. He handed me a bowl first and took it over by himself. The other two old men next to him kept staring at his face, and said at this time: "This husband, this--" They pointed to their faces: "It's also a war?"

Qinghan was stunned for a moment, I turned to look at him, and he immediately said, "How many of you have fought a war?"

Several old men laughed: "Who has never fought a war among us?"

"Aren't you, aren't you the magistrate here?"

"Although it is a magistrate, it is also the imperial magistrate guards who have retreated."

"Yes, I've been garrisoning here for decades, and my roots are all here, so how can I leave?"

"We are the people here!"

...

Listening to their verbal talk, Qinghan and I looked at each other, and I smiled and said, "A few of you have been garrisoning here for decades. Did you come here when the imperial tombs started to be built?"

"certainly."

One of them was the oldest, with wrinkles on his face, which looked like an old tree bark, and said, "As soon as Emperor Gao ascended the throne, he began to build his own imperial tomb. He chose this place and we came here."

The emperor started to build imperial tombs since he ascended the throne, which is not uncommon in all dynasties.

I said, "But I think it's interesting. Emperor Gao came from outside the pass and ruled the Central Plains. Why was his imperial tomb chosen here?"
Chapter completed!