The Human Emperor

Xu Qiqin sat beside Wang Chong, lost in thought.

"Should we... continue to check?"

Xu Qiqin turned her head and looked at Wang Chong.

"Now it's not a question of not checking, but there must be an answer to this matter. I don't know why, I feel more and more disturbed now."

Wang Chong said solemnly.

At this moment, he once again remembered what Father Gao had said to him.

In any case, we must find the answer before things get worse.

These thoughts flew past my mind, and quickly came to mind.

"Go back first."

...

Time slowly passed, and just as the clues broke off and fell into a desperate situation, news came from the palace.

"Master, we searched the palace carefully and asked all the people related to the classics, and we got a windfall from an old eunuch."

"The old eunuch originally kept the guards near the pavilion of the ancient books, and had a good relationship with the imperial eunuch who was responsible for recording the daily words, deeds and behaviors of the prince and the eunuch in the palace more than ten years ago. In their free time, they often Drink together."

"According to his statement, there are many people in the palace who are responsible for recording these classics, and they have been changing over the past few decades. But a long time ago, there was actually a catalog of shift imperial palace guards in the palace. Although it is a long time, just find You can know what happened in the catalogue of the imperial palace guards in shifts."

In the hall, Xu Keyi knelt down on one knee and said respectfully.

"what?"

Hearing these words, Wang Chong's body was shocked, greatly surprised.

According to the information received before, the staff responsible for the records of the ancient books in the palace changes very frequently, and it involves the ancient books more than 30 years ago. It is almost difficult to find any clues, but I did not expect that the theft of the ancient books has passed for a long time. , Did not expect to find clues at this time.

"We asked some old eunuchs in the palace who were in charge of the classics. According to them, the staff in the palace who was responsible for the records of the classics had always been traced, and there weren’t that many people before, so trivial. But it was probably decades ago. , Something seems to have happened in the palace, and later, this system of shift imperial palace supervisors' catalogue was cancelled."

Xu Keyi said solemnly.

"whats the matter?"

Wang Chong's expression changed slightly and he asked immediately.

"I haven't found it yet, because it's a long time, and no one remembers it."

Xu Keyi said regretfully.

Wang Chong didn't say much, he pondered for a moment, and quickly issued the order:

"Contact Eagle, Zhang Que, Li Jingzhong, Yang Zhao, and Bian Lingcheng. In any case, find out the catalog of the shift queen palace supervisor!"

"Yes, my lord!"

...

Wang Chong's order had just been conveyed, but in just over a day, a catalog map of the royal palace supervisor on shifts immediately fell from the palace to Wang Chong's desk.

This is a thin drawing, about two feet long and one foot wide. Because of the long time, it has been yellowed and it seems to be broken, but the paper used in the palace is different after all, and the quality is much better, even in the past few decades. , The above content is still clearly visible.

There are tables drawn on the drawings, which not only indicate the list of imperial guards responsible for recording the history of the imperial palace, but also record the guards, internal guards, patrol guards, eunuchs responsible for recycling waste paper, and maids responsible for chores... …, everything is very detailed.

And according to the above record, all guards and palace ladies change every five years and one big every ten years, while the court historian who is responsible for recording the royal life is changed every 15 years, and the longest is 20 years!

The most important thing is that the time range covered by this list includes the timing before the Holy Emperor ascended the throne thirty years ago.

"Find the court historian who was responsible for the records of the holy emperor more than thirty years ago!"

Wang Chong said without hesitation after reading this catalog of shift imperial palace supervisors.

Up to now, this is probably the only way to find the truth. As long as you find the court historians who record and know the missing information, then everything should be ready to show, at least you can know why the information was lost.

Soon, following Wang Chong's order, the entire capital and even the entire Datang began to operate.

Although it is far from easy to find people and things 30 years ago, relying on the huge network inside and outside the palace, after a series of investigations, Wang Chong finally found the person he was looking for.

"Cao Min pays homage to the King of Foreign Land!"

In the middle of the night, with no one left or right, in Wang Chong's hall, an elderly man in gray clothes over sixties stood solemnly with his head high and stood below.

Zhang Tianlin!

Most of the people on the "List of Shift Imperial Palace Supervisors" obtained by Wang Chong were of advanced age and had passed away before that, and the one in front of him was the only remaining fruit on that list.

Unlike what he imagined, Zhang Tianlin was not the court historian who was in charge of recording, but the guarding consul who was in charge of guarding the palace.

Everyone must go in and out with their consent.

It can be said that except for those court historians, these people are the closest to the "truth".

In the entire hall, everyone left, even Xu Keyi retreated. Even within a radius of tens of feet, there were no other people, only Wang Chong and the old man in front of him, or the former guardian consul. .

"My lord is investigating what happened thirty years ago?"

Before Wang Chong could speak, the old man, or Zhang Tianlin, took the initiative to speak.

He stared at Wang Chong without a trace of fear at all.

"Do you know I will find you?"

Wang Chong raised his brows, surprised.

"Hehe, in the next Cao Min, he has already withdrawn from the palace, and the adult is a noble person. If it is not related to the affairs of the palace, why should the adult bother to call the Cao Min? Besides, the Cao Min has long been incognito and is not named Zhang Tianlin. Up."

Zhang Tianlin's attitude was completely different from what Wang Chong had imagined. His expression was calm and he seemed to have anticipated today's meeting.

"wrong!"

Wang Chong frowned and shook his head:

"Not for this reason. You retired for many years, and I called you over, but you didn't react at all to surprise. What do you know?"

"My lord is really amazing!"

Zhang Tianlin was silent for a moment, and finally spoke, admitting frankly:

"Yes, I do know that adults will come to me."

"why?"

Wang Chong frowned, becoming more puzzled.

I only found the consul of the guard thirty years ago with the clue I got by chance, but the other party had expected all this a long time ago, which is really abnormal.

"Haha, more than 30 years ago, without the slightest sign, my brothers in the palace and I were dismissed from official positions for various reasons and returned to our home. Since then, the palace has continued for hundreds of years from the Taizu period. The Imperial Directory' began to be removed. The number of various guards, court ladies, and court historians are several times higher than before, and they are frequently rotated. Is this not enough to explain the problem?"

"If it's not enough, plus a foreign king who is now famous all over the world, are these enough?"

Zhang Tianlin said solemnly.

Wang Chong was slightly moved. The consul of the palace guard looked more sensitive than he thought.

"Prince, before that, I just want to ask, do you really want to check what happened more than 30 years ago?"

Zhang Tianlin said.

Wang Chong's eyebrows beat, he didn't speak, but he nodded slowly.

"Even if it matters, is it okay to involve too much?"

Zhang Tianlin said again.

"If I really cared, I would have stopped working a long time ago. Do you think I can find this step? Or, will we meet now?"

Wang Chong said solemnly, his expression extremely firm.

Zhang Tianlin was startled when he heard the words. After a long time, he breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes dimmed a lot, not as sharp as before:

"If the prince wants to know, just ask!"

"Thirty years ago, all the information about the holy emperor was lost before he became king. Do you know this?"

Wang Chong said solemnly.

"I didn't know at the time, but I learned later!"

Zhang Tianlin said calmly.

Wang Chong nodded, was silent for a moment, and continued:

"There is no record of the holy emperor's accession to the throne in the Zangshu Pavilion, so those books were taken away, right? As the consul guard, there is no reason why you don't know who took it away. Tell me, who is it? "

As soon as the voice fell, Wang Chong stared at Zhang Tianlin.

Up to now, this is what he wants to know the most. If he knows who took these classics, then it is equivalent to knowing who knows all of this, including the fire in the Yan family, and he must be inseparable from this person.

Quietly in the hall, Zhang Tianlin stood in the hall, his expression struggling, his eyes changing.

"I can't tell you directly."

After a long time, Zhang Tianlin's old voice finally sounded in the hall:

"At the time of the accident thirty years ago, the brothers who guarded me and I were all forcibly transferred away. I didn't see what happened there, so I couldn't tell you the answer."

"But we palace guards, guarding the place for a lifetime, guarding the safety of those classics, for a long time, that has become our mission, and sometimes even more important to us than life, because all the meaning of life is Inside."

"The rules in the palace are strict. Even though we were transferred and didn’t know what happened during that time, we still asked people to leave a “visitor registration”. As far as I know, during that time, that’s probably the only one there. 'Visitors'."

Zhang Tianlin said.

"Who is it?"

Above the hall, Wang Chong's eyes flashed a frightening light.

At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely tense.

"Gold-in-law Gao Lishi!"

Zhang Tianlin was silent for a moment and uttered a name without hesitation.

"boom!"

Hearing this name, Wang Chong was shaken all over, and his heart suddenly made waves.

"How could it be him?"

At this moment, only this thought remained in Wang Chong's mind.

Zhang Tianlin left soon, but Wang Chong stayed in the hall, looking at the roof, but he couldn't calm down for a long time.