Chapter 86: Lip Prints and the Great Conspiracy
After climbing through the cave entrance and landing along the wooden ladder, Su Xian turned around and looked at Yang Zhilan and said, "It's late, go to bed early."
After saying that, Su Xian walked towards the bed.
However, he suddenly discovered that there was something strange in the way Yang Zhilan looked at him. Although it was very calm, he keenly caught that hint of weirdness.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Su Xian returned to his original position and stared at Yang Zhilan with a frown.
Yang Zhilan was quite honest. She silently picked up the bronze mirror and held it in both hands in front of Su Xian.
What the hell... Su Xian looked at the mirror in confusion.
Then…then he immediately waved his sleeves to cover his lips and cheeks, ran out the door quickly, and said, "I'm going to wash my face first."
It turned out that Su Xian's lips and cheeks were covered with lip marks...
On the first floor, in the kitchen, Su Xian was washing her face with water while thinking, "No wonder, no wonder Madam Liu looks weird from time to time, it turns out it's because of this."
"Ha, you didn't tell me, wait and see how I deal with you tomorrow night."
“…”
After washing his face and looking in the mirror, Su Xian was finally relieved that the lip marks were gone.
After lying on the bed, he looked at Yang Zhilan's back as she put the bronze mirror away. He thought to himself, "Fortunately, Zhilan doesn't talk much. If Lin Chuan knew about it, maybe everyone in the city would know about it tomorrow."
puff!
After blowing out the oil lamp, the room became dark.
Su Xian said, "Go to sleep," and closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep.
Yang Zhilan , who was still sleeping on the floor beside the bed , lay on the quilt without moving...
Su Xian didn't know how much time had passed. In a daze, he suddenly saw a figure standing up straight on the floor beside the bed, and then standing there motionless.
"What's wrong?" Su Xian's sleepiness disappeared instantly.
"Shh!" Yang Zhilan made a gesture to keep quiet.
Su Xian swallowed his saliva and stared at Yang Zhilan, who was standing like a wooden stake, without blinking... She must have discovered something.
After a while, Yang Zhilan said, "There's someone outside, but they're not targeting us. I want to go out and take a look."
"good!"
Yang Zhilan was as light as a swallow. She leaped onto the windowsill with one step, then jumped out and disappeared into the darkness.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Yang Zhilan returned.
"What's going on?" Su Xian didn't turn on the light. Yang Zhilan's figure was hidden in the darkness, looking a little scary.
"They are not internal security assassins, but I don't know who they are." Yang Zhilan said. Before Su Xian could ask more questions, she continued, "They went to the next door, and it seemed like they were having a secret meeting."
"Next door? Mrs. Liu's house?" Su Xian climbed up from the bed.
"No, it's the other side."
"oh."
Su Xian understood that the place Yang Zhilan was talking about was the place where Su Xian killed Xiao Geling. It was a house that had been vacant for several years.
Thanks to Liu Huixiang's notoriety, the empty house became an ideal place for various forces to meet secretly.
Little Fairy Zi and the secret envoy of Liao, Little Cabinet Leader and Yang Zhilan, and now another group of people whose origins were unknown, all chose that place as the location for their secret meeting.
"Oh no, the entrance to the cave is sealed. We can't eavesdrop." Su Xian shook his head.
"No, if I climb up to the beam, I should be able to hear something, because there are gaps in the blue bricks at the entrance of the hole and it is not sealed." Yang Zhilan said.
"Let's give it a try."
After they finished talking, the two of them quickly came to the unused room. Yang Zhilan climbed up the beam silently in the dark, put her ear against the gap in the blue brick, and eavesdropped.
Su Xian was waiting downstairs.
About a quarter of an hour later.
Yang Zhilan jumped down from the beam and looked at Su Xian and said, "They left. What they said was very strange. I want to follow them to see where they are going."
"Okay, go quickly and come back quickly." Su Xian nodded.
After Yang Zhilan disappeared into the night, Su Xian returned to the bedroom, lay down on the bed and continued to sleep.
But he always felt that what happened just now was unusual, maybe it was a big news... Unable to sleep, Su Xian simply got up and sat down, waiting for Yang Zhilan to come back and ask her clearly.
About half an hour later.
There was a slight noise coming from the direction of the window.
Su Xian turned his head and saw a figure like a tree stump standing in front of the window, motionless.
"You're back, are you not hurt?" Su Xian asked.
"No." Yang Zhilan walked back to the mat and sat down, and took the initiative to say: "I only heard a few words just now, namely 'Hejian Posthouse', 'charcoal', and 'the last batch'! Other than that, I didn't hear clearly."
Su Xian frowned, chewed on these three key words repeatedly, and then asked: "Where did you follow them to just now?"
There was a hint of weirdness in Yang Zhilan's calm voice as she said, "West of the city, at the Grand Canal Wharf, several miles away, Warehouse C4!"
"There were countless patrols at the canal dock, and I had no chance to sneak into Warehouse No. C4." Yang Zhilan's voice was a little disappointed. Perhaps she felt that "the mission was not accomplished."
"It's okay, it's not your fault."
Su Xian comforted him, and then connected all the information together and came to a conclusion: "The charcoal stored in Warehouse No. 4 of the Canal Wharf should be transported to the Hejian Posthouse, which is the last batch."
The Grand Canal outside Leshou County was dug by the previous dynasty and was named the "Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal".
However, as the previous dynasty fell apart, the vast area south of the Huai River was occupied by the Southern Chen Dynasty, so the southern section of the Grand Canal had lost its value for water transport.
The northern section of the river remains busy.
Through the Grand Canal Wharf in the west of the city, you can go directly to Hejian County, where the capital of Yingzhou is located. If there is no obstruction, it will only take a few hours to arrive.
"But that doesn't make sense."
Su Xian shook his head, denying his own conclusion. "If they were just transporting charcoal to the Hejian Posthouse, they could just transport it away. Charcoal is not something that is so important that they would have to hold a secret meeting late at night."
Yang Zhilan sat on the floor motionless and without saying a word.
Su Xian quickly figured out two clues and said, "First, the charcoal they are talking about is probably not charcoal, but something else. But the truth can only be revealed after investigating Warehouse C4."
"Secondly, it is the destination - Hejian Posthouse. What is so special about Hejian Posthouse?" Su Xian asked Yang Zhilan who was lying on the floor.
"Hejian Posthouse, Hejian, is the capital of Yingzhou..." Yang Zhilan muttered to herself, and then said a name that shocked Su Xian: "Princess Lanling!"
"Princess Lanling? What does this matter have to do with Princess Lanling?" Su Xian sat up directly.
"After Princess Lanling arrives in Yingzhou, she will most likely stay at the Hejian Inn." Yang Zhilan's voice was free of any emotional fluctuations, and it was convincing to hear.
"This..." A flash of lightning suddenly flashed through Su Xian's mind, "Yes, yes, Princess Lanling has been traveling along the way. If she encounters a mansion, she will stay there. If there is no such mansion, she will stay in an inn."
"And there just happens to be no mansions of dukes and marquises in Yingzhou. This means that the princess will definitely stay at the Hejian Inn after arriving in Yingzhou."
“…”
Su Xian instantly perked up, raised his head and said with certainty: "There must be a conspiracy here! A huge conspiracy!"
