Chapter 296 The vacant past
Silver light filled the imperial study room.
This is often where the emperor works. The desks and shelves are filled with books.
It was crushed into piles of hills.
Zuo Chen first came to the table where Li Rongxuan often read.
There are many books on the table, all neatly put away.
There are only a few books that Li Rongxuan seemed to particularly like and placed in conspicuous places.
Zuo Chen curiously leaned over and took a look.
"The New Story of Green Life", "Fox Heart Words", "The Story of the Proud Knight".
I casually opened a book and took a look at it, and found that most of them were interesting stories, there were also many strange novels, and there were even several miscellaneous books dedicated to the love between men and women, covering a large area. It's not that wide.
It seems...
It’s not a serious scripture.
Unexpectedly, this little emperor is also a little picture book lover.
Thinking about it, Daliang doesn't have much entertainment means. Li Rongxuan has been pressed on the head for several years since he was the emperor, and he didn't even have time to breathe.
When people are under a lot of pressure, there are always some ways to relieve their fatigue. Some people go to brothels, some go to the cafeteria, and people like Li Rongxuan who are able to study, get involved in those weird and strange stories. Not surprising either.
If the little emperor likes it, Zuo Chen thinks that after the incident in Kyoto is over, he can use his soul to imprint some of the good books he read in his previous life, which can be regarded as a gift to the child.
Of course, I came here today not to see the little emperor's personal privacy, but mainly to find clues about the noble man.
After thinking for a few seconds, Zuo Chen took out the head of the black-armored soldier from his arms.
His gaze was like a torch, quickly scanning the head.
The faint aura lingering above him was also remembered by Zuo Chen.
Correspondingly, he searched around the imperial study room.
Soon Zuo Chen discovered that there was indeed a faint trace of energy remaining in the entire imperial study.
Following the remnants of this aura, Zuo Chen found several books hidden behind the bookshelf.
After opening the ancient book, Zuo Chen discovered that it was the history of the royal family.
After reading through it from top to bottom, Zuo Chen didn't find anything wrong.
It is written from the founding of the ancestral emperor to the death of the previous emperor. There is no record about Li Rongxuan. It is estimated that he will have to wait until Li Rongxuan's death to be eligible to be included in this book.
I still felt something was wrong, so Zuo Chen checked it carefully again.
Finally, he discovered an anomaly on the last two pages of the book.
The few pages of the book after the death of the old emperor had a very faint scent, so faint that Zuo Chen almost missed it.
Those pages are blank.
It's like someone deliberately erased something.
This matter is important, I’m afraid I have to go back and ask Li Ji.
Putting the book back to its original place, Zuo Chen left the Imperial Study Room, soared into the air, and returned to Yaochi Tower in the blink of an eye.
After waiting in the building, I found that the building was brightly lit and there were several people standing in the lobby on the first floor, including Li Ji who was wearing a loose nightgown.
Sitting in front of Li Ji was Lu Yang, whose clothes were still wet. He was at a loss. It was not until Zuo Chen arrived that Lu Yang quickly stood up and saluted him:
"Taoist Priest, you are back."
Li Ji also looked at Zuo Chen: "Taoist Priest, this eldest young master of the Lu family...has something happened at home?"
Zuo Chen nodded, He simply told Li Ji what happened just now.
Hearing this, Li Ji frowned slightly:
"Assaulted a third-grade official and massacred his whole family that night? This noble man is really... audacious."
At this point, Li Ji's voice was a little confused:
"But to do this would be treacherous, and it would be a bit like pushing the nobles to our side."
"No way. "After hearing what Li Ji said, Lu Yang was stunned: "Even if he kills two more families, the nobles will not change their stance."
"Huh?"< br>
"The nobles are all bitches." After Lu Yang threw away his identity as the eldest young master of the Lu family, he became more casual: "Now the nobles only kill our Lu family, it is killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and the knife is only used to scare the monkeys. Even if there is no blood on the necks of other families, they will always have hope and think that they will not be beaten. ”
Lu Yang paused and smiled bitterly:
"My grandfather was not like this?"
Li Ji only felt that these nobles were lacking in brains.
If his "colleague" was brutally killed, he would just tie a white cloth strip on his head, grab a weapon, take an iron cavalry, and trample the culprit into a pulp.
Let’s just ignore Lu Yang and turn to look at Zuo Chen:
"Do you have any ideas, Taoist Master?"
"Indeed," Zuo Chen said, "I just went to the imperial study room in the palace and found something there."
Zuo Chen He told Li Ji about the empty last page of the book, and Li Ji scratched his head after hearing this:
“I don’t know what is recorded in the envoy’s profession, but after my father’s death, to this day, It's true that nothing big happened. Why don't you ask an envoy tomorrow? Once the content is eliminated, the people who know these things will definitely be eliminated. I guess I won’t be able to find any clues even if I use soul searching.”
"This is not going to be easy."
Li Ji's face was full of bitterness.
Unexpectedly, the clues were found to be broken.
Zuo Chen thought for a few seconds and suddenly slapped his forehead:
"I almost forgot! Isn't there a heavenly book in Kyoto that can automatically record?"
After entering the capital, he was busy dealing with nobles and nobles. Zuo Chen immediately put this book behind him and only remembered it now. "Huh? Oh! Yes, there is indeed such a thing." Li Ji also slapped his head: "But only the emperor has the right to read that thing. Let's go into the palace to find Li Rongxuan tomorrow."
Zuo Chen wanted to ask about the location of the book and take a look at it in person at night, but seeing Li Ji's sincere expression and thinking that he had sneaked into the palace twice in a row, he finally didn't have the nerve to open it. This mouth.
Let’s go through the procedure once.
After talking about these things, Zuo Chen looked at Lu Yang:
“As long as you live in this Yaochi Tower for one day, I can keep you safe for one day. Get rid of that noble man and you will be free.”
"Thank you, Taoist Master."
Lu Yang thanked him repeatedly.
It was too late, so Li Ji asked the shopkeeper to open another room for Lu Yang. Lu Yang also moved in after thanking him repeatedly.
Lying on the bed, Lu Yang looked at the ceiling, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
The face of his grandfather before he died still echoed in his mind.
He saw regret on his grandfather's face:
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have brought you back..."
After saying this, his grandfather's head It was also cut with a knife.
Lu Yang could hear the complexity in his grandfather's tone.
At that time, my grandfather seemed to be regretting not letting Lu Yang stay with Zuo Chen, regretting that he had to go back to the Lu family.
However,
The incident has happened and there is no possibility of changing it.
If Lu Yang knew that things would develop to this point, he would definitely comfort his grandfather before he returned home.
But if his grandfather insisted on returning to the Lu family, Lu Yang estimated that there was a high probability that he would go back with his grandfather.
He closed his eyes and hugged the book tightly in his arms.
I couldn't help but wonder if it was really good to live alone.
He will definitely not be able to kill the noble man, so he can only place his hope on the Taoist Priest.
If the Taoist priest can really succeed in killing the noble man, he can avenge the Lu family.
This book should also be given to the Taoist priest.
He believed it wouldn't take long.
...
There are still two days left before Zuo Chen opens the altar.
Yesterday, the Lu family's mansion in Fan Yang was flooded, and the fire burned throughout the night, lighting up the entire block.
However, for some unknown reason, there was no fire master on duty that night. After the flames were extinguished, the Lu family's house was turned into a complete ruin, with nothing left burned.
The third-grade official Lu also turned into a handful of ashes in the sea of fire.
There was no morning meeting today, and it should have been a time for many officials to take a walk and rest, but no one dared to leave the house.
The old man of the Zhou family looked at General Zhou in front of him, feeling uneasy:
"Nephew...what happened last night? Can our Zhou family escape and leave?"
General Zhou was drinking tea. After hearing this, he put down the teacup.
Sneer:
"Escape? Why didn't you expect today when you entered the game? The Lu family was burned to ashes last night. This is a blatant warning. Do you still think you can escape? Your nobleman is clearly cornered by the Taoist priest, and he can't bark.
"Haha, you guys think you can escape now?" "
After hearing General Zhou's reprimand, the old man of the Zhou family showed an expression of embarrassment on his face.
He opened his mouth slightly, but all the words were stuck in his throat, and finally turned into a faint sigh. .
The noble man’s murder last night really scared them all.
The Lu family has never been so honest, and they enjoy dancing under the hands of the nobles. They seem to have some information about the nobles. It happened that the Taoist priest came to Beijing, and the two sides fought. The nobles used the Lu family as sacrificial goats.
Peel its wool, remove its entrails, cut it, remove its head, roast it and present it to other nobles.
There is no doubt that if these nobles dare to leave Kyoto or join forces with Taoist Zuo Chen, then black-armored soldiers will appear at their door tonight, and they will become dead souls under the sword.
However, the old man of the Zhou family couldn't help but ask:
"If all our nobles leave Kyoto together, even the nobles will not be able to kill us all..."
General Zhou sneered:
"The nobles are united as one? Haha, uncle, are you under great pressure and read two more pages of Xiaolin? Are you looking for such a joke to make me laugh?"
The old man from the Zhou family stopped talking.
General Zhou put down the tea cup, stood up, and turned to leave.
Before leaving, I left a message to this elder in my family:
"There are two days left in the deadline. I advise my uncle to prepare white silk for several elders in the clan as soon as possible, so as to save the Zhou family."
Leave with a puff of sleeves, leaving only the old man of the Zhou family sitting at the table slumped. , as if his spine had been taken away.
General Zhou left and got into the carriage at the door. The driver raised his whip.
With the sound of whipping horses, the carriage also heard the entrance to the palace.
General Zhou quickly came to the little emperor's side and stood with his hands behind his back, silent.
The little emperor glanced sideways at General Zhou, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Zuo Chen in front of him:
"Taoist Priest, do you want to read the Book of Records?"
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