Wishful Things

In Zhen Guogong's mansion, Xu Mingyi was wearing a sandalwood robe, sitting at the table and looking at the contents of the note over and over in front of the lamp.

Just looking at the contents above, it was just a simple letter from home, addressed to the steward of Xiangwang Mansion in Dian Prefecture—the general idea was that there were some accidents in Beijing, and the time to return to Dian Prefecture would be delayed, so he temporarily explained some military affairs in the government.

If this is the case, this letter obviously has nothing to make a fuss about.

But if it's really that simple, why did the King of Xiang choose to deliver the letter in the middle of the night?

And choosing to use carrier pigeons instead of directly sending people to deliver letters is obviously because they don't want others to know.

So, this letter... What is the mystery?

In the end, Xu Mingyi simply lay back on the bed, carefully read it over and over again, but still got nothing.

She didn't put down the letter until the sky was bright outside the window.

Instead, she directly called the servant girl to come in and take care of washing and changing clothes.

After tidying up, Xu Mingyi took the things and went to find Xu Yun.

She couldn't see the strangeness that might exist between the lines, but maybe the second uncle could.

At this time, it was only dawn, and the servants were sweeping the courtyard, while Xu Yun was still dreaming, soundly asleep.

The servant came to the bed and shook him awake: "Second master, the girl is here..."

If it were someone else, he could say "Second master is not awake yet" to block it back, but this is a girl, in this house, who does the girl want to see, and when has she been restricted by time and place?

Xu Yun was very sleepy, but when he heard that it was his niece, he forced himself to sit up and complained, "What's the matter this early in the morning..."

"Second Uncle, can I come in?" The girl's questioning voice came into my ears.

Xu Yun sighed.

I don't know what's going on with the young people nowadays. I don't know how to sleep well at such a good age. Is it reasonable to be so energetic early in the morning?

"Come in, come in, if you don't come in, you still want me to go out..." Xu Yun said helplessly while taking the coat from the servant and putting it on.

Xu Mingyi walked in with a smile: "I specially waited for dawn to come here, so I didn't make too much noise for you to sleep, did I?"

Xu Yun frowned.

Is this the time when my niece paid special attention to him?

"Tell me, why are you in such a hurry to find the second uncle?"

"I want you to read a letter for me." Xu Mingyi sat down on the drum stool next to the bed brought by the servant, handed over the note in his hand, and did not forget to confess: "Be careful, don't get it broken or crumpled, just hold the two ends and read."

Xu Yun unfolded according to the words, and asked: "What can I help you look at?"

My niece is not an illiterate grandma on the street, so I need to find him specially to read the letter.

"Look carefully, is there anything special between the lines in this letter, such as changing the order of reading the words, will there be other meanings or codes?"

Xu Yun nodded knowingly, and when his eyes glanced at the inscription imprint, he couldn't help being startled, then turned his head to look at his niece, and asked confirmingly: "...is this a family letter from King Xiang?"

Xu Mingyi nodded.

Xu Yun frowned: "Why is King Xiang's family letter in your hands?"

"Of course it was intercepted."

Xu Yun's eyes suddenly became even more astonished: "...What are you doing with the letter from King Xiang's family?!"

The girl's expression remained calm: "Cut it off to see if there's anything wrong."

Xu Yun's cheeks trembled: ...he didn't see if there was something wrong with the letter, but his niece was really something wrong!

"Help me take a look." Xu Mingyi urged, "If you don't see anything, I can ask someone else."

Do you want to ask others?

Does the niece know that what she did is shameful?

Xu Yun was full of words and didn't know where to start to ask, but facing the clear and bright eyes of the girl above, he finally chose to remain silent.

Anyway, I can't control it, so it's better to say less, after all, it's me who made my niece suffer.

Thinking like this, when Xu Yun looked at the letter paper in his hand again, he inexplicably felt that there was an invisible knife on his neck, forcing him to help the evildoers.

But he still read it several times seriously.

In the end, he just shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with it..."

As he said that, he took the letter paper away, looked at it again, and said thoughtfully: "But there is one thing that is a bit strange..."

"What's so strange?" Xu Mingyi hurriedly asked.

"Look here." Xu Yun pointed to the letter paper and said, "Is there too much blank space in this letter?"

Blank?

Xu Mingyi nodded slightly. She also noticed earlier that a small half of this letter was left blank, but she didn't pay too much attention to it.

Xu Yun asked: "Your letter paper, presumably it was taken out of a bamboo tube?"

In addition to the creases, there are traces of rolling.

Xu Mingyi's eyes moved slightly, he nodded and said, "That's right..."

The focus is on this bamboo tube——

The letter paper is folded and placed in the envelope. It doesn't matter if there is more blank space, but if it is to be rolled up and put into a bamboo tube, such a large blank space should probably be cut off...

"But it's just a little strange." Xu Yun said: "Perhaps the person who wrote the letter was too lazy to cut it. After all, it seems that this blank space is useless..."

After searching for a while, Xu Ming got up and said, "Thank you, Second Uncle, I'll go back first."

She probably won't be able to find any clues here in a short time, so it's better to leave it to Wu Chao and the prince first, and let the senior people around them take a look.

After Xu Mingyi returned to Xiyuan, he asked Ah Zhu to send the things out.

As soon as Ah Zhu left with her front foot, Zhu Xiu looked for her with her back foot.

"girl--"

Zhu Xiu, dressed in black, saluted in the hall.

"How? Have you found a chance to do something?" Xu Mingyi asked.

"Go back to Miss, not yet." Zhu Xiu replied: "The case of Ji Shangshu is not over now, Zhan Yunzhu is suspected of being a conspiracy, and now he is under strict supervision, and he has to be summoned by Dali Temple from time to time, and this person is very vigilant, and his subordinates have not found a convenient opportunity to attack."

Of course, if he wants to fight directly, the other party is naturally not his opponent, but this matter must be quiet and clean, and the officials of Dali Temple must not be disturbed-now the general is not in the capital, and the situation in the mansion is tense, and the girl acts cautiously, not just for the sake of a mere Zhan Yunzhu.

Xu Mingyi nodded knowingly: "Then let the person keep an eye on him first, and don't relax for a moment, and never let this person have any possibility of escape."

What she wanted was Zhan Yunzhu's life.

This time asking the national teacher to complete this matter is not to let the other party fall into the quagmire and let him taste the so-called taste of ruin-these nihilistic things are meaningless to her. On the contrary, he thinks that if there is a delay for a day, the innocent people will be more likely to suffer from it.

When she wants to kill someone, she has never been so cumbersome. The reason why she does this is to let the other party get out of the turtle shell in the palace so that she can do it.

Zhu Xiu replied in a steady voice: "Don't worry, girl, this subordinate dares to guarantee with his head this time, there will be no mistakes—"

Thank you Qinghan for your reward, and thank you for your monthly pass.

Good night.