The Human Emperor

In this way, Gao Lishi burned this batch of classics without attracting anyone's attention.

The old man was silent, and it took a long time to speak:

"After so long, I never thought that anyone would remember this old identity."

"The old man just admits it!"

Wang Chong said, took two steps forward, and said:

"There is one thing next, I want to ask the old man! Thirty years ago, in the second year of Shenlong, on August 27, at midnight, someone had visited the Hall of Mercy, right?"

Wang Chong said solemnly.

"This... the old man is blind and old. It is more than 30 years ago. How can I remember it so clearly? Moreover, the Temple of Mercy burned memorials and various books in the palace, and people would give away things every day. Come here, what's so strange about this? Since the prince found this place, these should be checked very clearly."

The old man said.

Wang Chong shook his head:

"It is true that people come to the Temple of Mercy every day, but it is definitely not at that moment. Moreover, the person who came that night is very special. He is not the palace supervisor who sent memorials to the old gentleman in the past. This old gentleman should be very impressed. !"

Hearing these words, the old man was silent.

"The old man has no idea what Wang Chong is talking about."

The old man with eyesight was silent for a while, and quickly denied.

"The rules in the palace, most of the servants in the Temple of Tzu De, are inherently disabled, and there are no idlers in the palace. All the old eunuchs will be given gold and silver in the palace to return them to their hometowns when they reach a certain age. , Only the people in the Temple of Mercy, the palace will continue to support them until they grow old, helping them to support their lives!"

"I have checked that all the servants in the Temple of Mercy are still in the palace, everything is as usual, only the old man, who suddenly left the palace 30 years ago without any signs, is the junior wrong? "

Wang Chong opened his mouth and said with gleaming eyes.

The people in the Temple of Mercy are different. Most people are born with disabilities. The most important thing is that they are blind. The memorials burned every day in the Temple of Mercy record the most important events of the empire, which contain many secrets. Only when it is burned by a blind person can the secrets in it not be revealed.

And because of the blindness, the people in the Temple of Mercy did not have the ability to leave the palace and survive alone, which was completely different from other palace eunuchs.

Most of the people who work in the Temple of Mercy are willing to stay in the palace and take care of their lives. Because of this, the old man in front of him left the palace alone more than 30 years ago, and it seems particularly suspicious.

"Old gentleman, tell me, where are the classics that man brought back then?"

Wang Chong said solemnly.

Father Gao disappeared. Grandpa seemed to know something, but he didn't want to say it due to various reasons. Yao Xiang was extremely clever and seemed a little guessing, but he was also unwilling to speak out.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, if the old man in front of him is unwilling to speak, no one will be able to know what is recorded in the missing palace books, and no one will be able to know the truth in the court and the palace.

"The old man really doesn't know what the prince is talking about. The old man voluntarily left the Temple of Mercy back then. Everything has been reported to the above, and the adults above know that this is really normal."

"As for the prince to ask..., the old man doesn't know what palace membership is or not, but if there is one, according to the rules of the Temple of Mercy, naturally it should be burnt clean. After more than 30 years, I am afraid that it will even be ashes. It’s gone anymore—no matter what the prince wants to find, I’m afraid I’ll be disappointed!”

The old man said calmly.

When Wang Chong heard the words, he frowned deeply. The investigation was now deadlocked. The old man seemed to have made up his mind and denied it to the end.

But Wang Chong's instinct felt that he must know the truth, otherwise, there was no need to leave the palace in a hurry.

There was silence in the room, and Wang Chong slowly closed his eyes and remained motionless.

"Old gentleman, coming this time is not to satisfy pure curiosity or selfish desires, but because the court has some problems. Not only one person is involved, but the countless people of dawn in China!"

Wang Chong was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and roughly told the old man in the palace:

"I have investigated carefully, and all the credit is attributed to the ancient book that disappeared more than 30 years ago!"

"Now the palace has only built the Peace Building and suspended the court ladies draft, but if I leave it alone, I am afraid that more trouble will occur in the future. But then I am afraid that it is not just the draft. I am worried about China. All the people will be involved."

"Om!"

Hearing Wang Chong's words, the eye-eyed old man was shocked, revealing a visibly shocked look.

He is blind and has been living in this dilapidated mansion without leaving home, and he does not know much about the outside world.He didn't know the things Wang Chong said before.

"This matter is not trivial. I hope that if the old gentleman knows the inside story, he can tell me as much as possible!"

Wang Chong said solemnly.

This is his last effort. If the other party still doesn't want to say, then he probably has no other way.

As time passed slowly, the old man with eyesight kept silent, and when Wang Chong was about to turn around and leave, suddenly the old man with eyesight spoke up.

"Although the old man lives in this dilapidated house and seldom goes out, he also hears that the child often brings back some news about the battle of the Southwest, the battle of Tarros, the battle of the northwest, and the civil unrest in the palace not long ago... …, the child is young, and many things are not clear, but the old man can still understand what he is talking about. It has been a long time since my Datang has been a sincere and loyal minister like the prince!"

The old man with eyesight sighed, and suddenly talked about something irrelevant.

Wang Chong was stunned. Hearing the name Zhao'er, he immediately remembered the child who had just raised the windmill and went out.

"I want to come, if I can't believe the hero of Lingyan Pavilion like the King of Foreign Lands, I'm afraid there will be no one in the entire Middle-earth to believe it."

The old man "looking" at Wang Chong's direction, said.

Wang Chong also looked slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the old man with eyesight would have such a high evaluation of him.

"Master, the old man should be able to trust you, right?"

The old man with eyes suddenly spoke.

"Old sir!"

Wang Chong was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Ugh!"

The old man with eyesight sighed and raised his head, with a complicated look on his face:

"It's been thirty-seven years. From the day I left, the old man knew that someone would come to look for those things sooner or later. Time slowly passed, and it was dozens of years in a blink of an eye. The old man has reached a high age and is about to die. I thought I couldn't wait any longer, but I didn't expect to wait for the prince at this time."

At this moment, Wang Chong's heart was shocked. Although he felt that the whole thing was suspicious, he had no inevitable certainty at all. He just hoped in case, but he did not expect that the old man had something from the past.

"...Many people think that blind people are blind and can't see anything, so many things are not avoided in front of blind people, but people don't know at all. The blind people are blind, but their hearts are bright."

The gaze-eyed old man raised his head with a look of recollection on his face. A past 30 years ago, in this old room, slowly unfolded with his narration.

"Thirty-seven years ago, I stayed in the Hall of Mercy as usual. It was my turn that day. It was not the same as usual. It was usually the palace’s Grandpa Zhang and several guards who sent the zhezi, but that day, until Father Zhang did not appear at the time."

"Other people may think this is normal, and I think Grandpa Zhang may have been delayed by something, but I immediately felt something was wrong. To do our errand, we must be strictly punctual and make no mistake, otherwise it will be very easy. Punished."

"It's just that people like us are inherently disabled and can't see anything, so even if something is wrong, they can't do anything."

"I thought that the memorial should not be burned that night, but I didn't expect that at that moment I suddenly heard footsteps."

The staring old man paused, with a look of remembrance, the whole person seemed to have gone back to the quiet and cold night that heard footsteps decades ago:

"The man came on the steps, just like today's prince, his footsteps are very light and light, like a cat in the palace, no, even lighter than a cat."

"The old man has been working in the palace for so many years. Although he is blind and can't see anything, his ears are not deaf. Even because of blindness, his hearing is much sharper than ordinary people."

"The sound of guards walking, the sound of maids walking, the sound of old mothers walking in the Cihui Hall, the sound of the imperial army passing by, the sound of eunuchs, the sound of folding folding, the sound of falling leaves, the old can be recognized after a long distance. ."

"The man hadn't approached that day. The old man knew that his status was very high. He was not an ordinary eunuch or guard in the palace at all. I am afraid that the several chief eunuchs in the palace are not as high as him."

"More than that, before that person spoke, I heard the sound of the wooden box rubbing against the ground behind him far away. Although the paper that Grandpa Zhang brought was heavy, it was definitely not that heavy."

The old man slowly said.

Wang Chong did not speak, but listened carefully. He knew that a secret history was about to be revealed.

I'm afraid Father Gao didn't expect that this old man who was working in the Temple of Mercy and knows no martial arts did not see them, but he knew everything that happened that night as a mirror and knew him well, even far better than them. I can imagine much more.

"What did that person say?"

Wang Chong finally spoke.

"After that person showed up and told me that Grandpa Zhang couldn't come today, he would send all the papers on his behalf and burn them in the Hall of Mercy!"