Gu Qingzhang held his breath tightly. The sound of pushing the door soon sounded, and the madam diligently brought Fang Zhong into the room.

"Master Fang, please forgive me," she looked at the mess on the ground, looking a little embarrassed, "when we searched before, those people were not careful with their hands."

Fang Zhong waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.

He glanced around the Qingxiao House and asked the servant behind him to search again. He said: "You must search for me carefully, no matter what remote corner, you can't let it go. Do you understand?"

"yes."

Gu Qingzhang lay prone on the beam, being careful not to reveal his body. He stuck his head out to watch Fang Zhong's movements, wanting to see if he could find the account book.

The chess set on the dressing table soon caught Fang Zhong's eyes. Years of experience made him keenly aware that there was something wrong with the chess set. He moved forward a few steps to take a closer look.

"Snapped--"

There was a slight cracking sound, and Fang Zhong lowered his head to look, and found that under his feet was a piece of bronze mirror that he had trampled to pieces.

Gu Qingzhang, who was peeking out from the roof beams, saw his actions and thought something bad in his heart, so he quickly took his head back and hid behind the roof beams again.

"I read it wrong?"

Fang Zhong always felt that a shadow had just flashed quickly in the bronze mirror, but when he looked up to the roof, he found nothing.

Could it be that he was under so much pressure during this period that he made a mistake? Fang Zhong frowned tightly, his suspicious character making it difficult for him to let go.

"You," he casually nodded to a servant, "go to the rafters and see if there is anyone."

Gu Qingzhang's heart suddenly sank. There was no way to hide from the rafters. As long as the servants came up to find out, he would definitely find him, and a hard battle would be inevitable.

At this critical moment, a servant who was searching the chess board suddenly screamed: "Sir, there is something wrong with this chess board!"

"Wait a minute -" Fang Zhong called to the servant who was about to climb up to the rafter. He quickly stepped forward, "What's wrong with the chessboard?"

The servant picked up the chessboard and shook it by his ear, looking a little hesitant: "Sir, the chessboard should be made of solid wood, but I just picked up the chessboard and shook it, and found that something seemed to be making noise inside."

Fang Zhong's attention was completely attracted by the chessboard in front of him. He no longer paid attention to the movement on the beams, but immediately ordered the left and right to split the chessboard with knives.

The screams of the servants also attracted Gu Qingzhang. He watched Fang Zhong walk to the dressing table. No one paid attention to the beams anymore, so he poked his head in again without fear of death.

The men searched for a long time and found that the chessboard was indeed tight and difficult to open, so they could only use a knife to carefully split the chessboard.

"bump--"

The chessboard was quickly split in half, with one half accidentally falling to the ground and the other half lying on the dressing table.

But to Fang Zhong's disappointment, there was no account book on the chessboard that he thought about day and night, only a one-and-a-half-inch slender piece of satin.

He picked up the silk on the chessboard and unfolded it to see what was written inside. His current posture was with his back to Gu Qingzhang, which was exactly the direction that allowed the other party to see clearly the contents of the silk.

As the silk satin unfolded slowly, Gu Qingzhang was very surprised after seeing the content. At this moment, Fang Zhong was also shocked. He pinched the thin silk satin and was speechless for a moment.

Because what is written on the silk and satin is not where the account book is, but the eight-character Chinese character: Princes, generals and prime ministers, would you rather have the seed?

Fang Zhong was so frightened that he immediately clenched the silk in his hands. He coughed twice and forced his men to continue the search calmly. He himself moved a stool and sat down beside him.

Both Gu Qingzhang and Fang Zhong knew what these eight characters meant, but they also made the whole case more complicated and confusing.

Could it be that Qingxiao is also involved in rebellion?

No

Gu Qingzhang quickly rejected this idea in his heart. Firstly, it was impossible for Qingxiao to rebel; secondly, he still remembered the most important thing in Qingxiao's hand - the account book.

This sentence may have something to do with where the ledger is located.

Gu Qingzhang patiently lay down on the beam and watched as Fang Zhong led his men to search for an entire hour, even the corners of the room, but still found nothing, so he led his men away gloomily.

Not long after he left, Gu Qingzhang came down from the beam. He did not stay any longer and left directly from Xiaoyue Tower.

And just when he left Xiaoyue Tower, Fang Zhong, who was having a meal in the building, seemed to have thought of something and asked his entourage to go back to Qingxiao's room again to see if there was anything on the beams.

It's a pity that he got nothing in the end.

*

Seeing that it was not too early, Gu Qingzhang simply followed the flow of people and went out of the city gate, found the horse outside the city and left straight away.

By the time he rode back to the hillside, it was already evening, and his followers were carefully lighting a fire and preparing to cook.

"Going to Bozhou this time," Lin Chonghan glanced at him sharply, "Did you gain anything?"

Gu Qingzhang got off the horse and let the horse eat grass by itself. He walked to Lin Chonghan and sat down.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, calmed down his breathing, and then said: "Yes. There is a chess set in Qingxiao. There is a small piece of silk hidden inside. It says: Princes, generals, and prime ministers, it is better to have the right kind."

Lin Chonghan was thoughtful when he heard the words.

She waved Qing Le over, asked her to sit down with her, and said, "While you were away, Qing Le and I chatted for a while. Qing Le, do you remember what kind of person you said Qing Xiao is?"

Qingle nodded: "I remember. Qingxiao is very insecure and has difficulty trusting others. I only gained her trust because I have been with her for ten years."

"She has been sleeping very lightly these years, and the slightest movement can wake her up. Moreover, she is very cautious and never leaves important things behind."

Gu Qingzhang chewed on the last sentence, "Important things never leave me." When he met Lin Chonghan's eyes, he felt something strange in his heart.

Lin Chonghan asked him: "What is usually drawn on the chess board?"

Gu Qingzhang replied: "Chu River and Han Realm."

"The Chu River and Han Dynasties in chess remind us that it is a matter of the Han Dynasty," Lin Chonghan said eloquently, "those eight characters remind us that this matter is related to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang."

With burning eyes, she looked at Gu Qingzhang on the side and asked him: "Do you know the allusions related to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?"

Although Gu Qingzhang was a military general, he also read a lot of history books. He quickly figured out the connection and murmured: "The great Chu is rising, King Chen Sheng - the fish belly contains books!"

"This is too unbelievable." He was so shocked that he didn't even notice the human skin mask falling off his face for a while. "Is the account book in Qingxiao's belly?"

Lin Shijing, who was holding a bowl of hot fish soup and drinking it, also heard their conversation. He looked up and said: "If the account book is made of paper, it will definitely not work. But since the half of Qingle is made of silk, then the half of Qingxiao must be too.

.”

"Silk and satin will not corrode in the human body," Lin Shijing's eyes were sharp as the steaming fish soup filled with water, "Qingxiao must have known that she had been exposed, so she hurriedly swallowed her half of the silk and satin."

“Now I just don’t know where Qingxiao’s body is.”
Chapter completed!