It seems dark during the day, and the steps allow people to walk up here. I wonder if it is Cao Yiyan's habit. He obviously regards himself as a real person to the outside world, and lives in an elegant Taoist temple, but he likes to have a secret room and likes to stay here.
A place to connect with people.
Of course, Cao Yiyan thinks this is normal. Even if the probability is very low, isn't it an idiot to put these things that are so sensitive that they need to be decapitated outside?
With a "pop" sound, the candlelights lit up one by one, and Cao Yiyan walked to the center.
The surroundings are empty, except for a bronze mirror as tall as a human being in the center. The lower half is the mirror holder, and the upper half is a round bronze mirror with carvings like those used for women's dressing.
The mirror surface is smooth and light can be used to identify people.
But when Cao Yiyan's hand gently brushed the mirror, water ripples appeared on the mirror surface. After a while, a blurry figure appeared in the mirror.
"Sir, I haven't seen you for a long time. It seems that your Taoism has become more and more advanced." Cao Yiyan greeted respectfully.
"Enough talking, you came to me suddenly, but what's the problem?" the figure asked with a chuckle.
Cao Yiyan was not embarrassed when the other party directly revealed his intentions. He still said respectfully: "Something happened to Liu Zhan."
"Oh? Tell me carefully."
"Not long ago, Liu Zhan suddenly sent me a message. When I went over, I discovered that both he and Zheng Yingci were injured, but he was unwilling to come back with me to recuperate..."
Cao Yiyan did not say anything about Sun Buhan, but directly held the small piece of blood-stained rag of clothing close to the magic weapon so that the other party could see it clearly.
A group of shimmering light expanded, including the blood-stained rags of clothes. The blurry image in the mirror was silent for a while. Cao Yiyan knew that the figure should be concentrating on sensing.
"I didn't expect that Liu Zhan would suffer such a big loss this time." When the figure spoke again, there was already a hint of surprise in his words.
"He was really seriously injured?" Cao Yiyan was surprised.
"It will take at least a few years of rest to recover." The figure said with certainty.
After a moment, the figure said again: "Actually, I have already got the news about Liu Zhan's injury. He tempted Luo Pei to perform a blood sacrifice to open the Dragon Palace, which involves the fifth-grade prefect. This is not a trivial matter."
"Originally, His Highness King Qi was furious and wanted to report the matter to His Majesty and take the opportunity to punish Luo Pei. However, he contacted the source of the flood. When the flood control was effective, not to mention killing one prefect, he killed one or two more with actual crimes.
The local magistrate is only guilty of a small crime, and even if he is guilty, it will not be too serious."
The figure sighed: "This Luo Pei saved his life, and Liu Zhan will also benefit from this."
Cao Yiyan listened and nodded: "His luck is indeed good."
I don’t know whether he is talking about Liu Zhan or Luo Pei.
"The news has been transmitted directly back to the capital through secret methods." The man in the mirror sighed: "This incident further proves that Lord Long can control wind and rain and influence the weather."
"No one can bear the consequences of being an enemy of a dragon with the dragon's help and good weather. So the imperial court has already made plans to re-canonize him."
Cao Yiyan frowned slightly, and he had equally complicated feelings about the young dragon in the Panlong Lake Dragon Palace.
But it was hard to tell the person in front of him about this matter. After all, although this person sympathized with Wei and gave him shelter several times, he was not from Wei.
Cao Yiyan nodded: "I understand, Panlong Lake, I will restrain my subordinates and will not provoke him in the near future."
The Zheng Dynasty is going to re-canonize the young dragon. This Panlong Lake is a place where countless people are watching. Anyone who makes trouble at this time will be in trouble.
At the very least, there can't be any big moves, as that way there is no way to avoid the eyes and ears.
"That's right." Before disappearing, the person in the mirror mentioned something again: "That Su Ziji, you don't have to doubt his origin anymore. The results have come out, and it can be basically concluded that he is of the blood of the prince of this dynasty."
"Is it really the blood of the prince of this dynasty?"
"That is the prince's surviving minister, who happened to deliver the prince's bloodline to the direct descendants of King Lu?"
"No wonder Shen Cheng failed that day and thought he was useless. I don't think this is the reason."
As for how to replace the child, Cao Yiyan didn't even ask or think about it. He could think of a hundred ways with his own hands.
The image in the mirror disappeared. Cao Yiyan walked slowly, pressing his hand on the wall without making any movement. A secret door slowly opened in front of him.
When he entered through the secret door, he saw the bookshelf. The bookshelf was piled with documents, each marked with yellow labels, and full of the scent of ink. One of the bookcases had a faint fluorescent light. Cao Yiyan walked over and waved his hand, and the fluorescent light weakened.
He bowed first, then took out several files from inside, exited the area, pulled out a chair, and started reading.
"They are all from the inner treasury of the former dynasty, and many of them were emperor Zhu Pi. A few decades ago, they were still the center of the world's destiny. Unfortunately, they are now in the past."
Many of these files have imperial written instructions, and some are even stamped with jade seals. Although the papers and fabrics have been slightly yellowed due to the passage of time, they still carry a trace of majesty.
Cao Yiyan took out one copy, opened it, and looked at it carefully line by line.
His eyebrows furrowed again.
"I haven't looked at this carefully before. Shizu actually gave the title of Young Dragon Princess of Panlong Lake? I've never heard of this."
"Back then, Shizu had conferred a title on the young dragon. I had heard about it, but it was only for the title of princess. Because the dragon king never had an imperial title. He was only called the dragon king. In fact, he was a king. The princess is more reasonable. Why would Shizu think of being crowned a princess?"
Looking down again: "No wonder I haven't heard of it. It turns out that as soon as it was proposed, some people objected, saying that it was against the rules."
"But even so, there should be records in the archives. After all, there are officials around Shizu who record the emperor's words and deeds. Although such things are not big things, they are by no means trivial. Actually Erasing most of the traces is inherently weird."
"However, hundreds of years ago... Long Jun actually appeared at the same time as Shizu, right?"
First, he wanted to canonize the Dragon Lord's daughter as a princess, and then he seemed to appear at the same time as the Dragon Lord. This is a bit subtle.
Cao Yiyan was thoughtful, left the secret room, and was still thinking about this matter when he got to the top.
I caught a glimpse of the bookshelf in the room, so I walked over, searched for it, and found a book on the Unofficial History of the Wei Dynasty that I seemed to have bought in my memory.
"That's it." Cao Yiyan flipped through several pages based on the impression he had read many years ago, and finally found what he was looking for.
"This unofficial history says that the young dragon is the daughter of Shizu, his biological son?"
"This is really ridiculous...unless the Dragon Lord is a female dragon..."
Cao Yiyan thought this speculation was very ridiculous, but although it was unlikely, the young dragon was really of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty, so the revival of the Wei Dynasty would give him an extra bargaining chip, which was really not a bad thing.
"Would you like to get in touch with the baby dragon?"
"There is also Su Ziji, who is truly of the blood of the prince of this dynasty, so there will be no harm in contacting him."