It looks dark during the day, and the steps allow people to walk up here. I wonder if it’s 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 leave these sensitive things that require decapitation 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. 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 chatter, you came to me suddenly, but what's the problem?" The figure chuckled and asked.
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, encompassing 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 received news about Liu Zhan's injury. He tempted Luo Pei to perform a blood sacrifice to open the Dragon Palace, and it 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 minor offense, 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 it."
Cao Yiyan listened and nodded: "His luck is indeed good."
I don’t know if he is talking about Liu Zhan or Luo Pei.
"The news has been transmitted directly back to the capital through the secret method." The man in the mirror sighed: "This incident further proves that Lord Long can control wind and rain and influence the weather."
"With the help of the dragon, the weather is smooth, but no one can bear the consequences of being an enemy of the dragon. Therefore, the imperial court has 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 me about this matter. After all, although this person sympathized with Da Wei and gave him shelter several times, he was not from Da Wei.
Cao Yiyan nodded: "I understand, Panlong Lake, I will restrain my subordinates and will not provoke you 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 should be no action that is too big, as it would be impossible 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."<
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"Is it really the blood of the prince of this dynasty?"
"Is that 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 felt that this person was useless. I don't think this was 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 feet.
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 bookshelves. The bookshelves were piled with documents, each marked with a yellow label, and filled with the scent of ink. One of the bookcases had a faint fluorescence. Cao Yiyan walked over and waved his hand, and the fluorescence weakened.<
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He bowed first, then took out a few files from it, exited the area, pulled out a chair, and started browsing.
"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 read this carefully before. Shizu actually gave the title of Young Dragon Princess of Panlong Lake? I have never heard of this."
"Back then, the ancestor of the throne 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 want to be 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 it 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 Wild 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 seen 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 king is a female dragon..."
Cao Yiyan thinks this speculation is very ridiculous, but although it is unlikely, the young dragon is really of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty, so the revival of the Wei Dynasty will have an extra bargaining chip, which is really not a bad thing.
"Would you like to get in touch with the baby dragon?"
"There is also Su Ziji, who is really of the blood of the prince of this dynasty, so there will be no harm in contacting him."