Chapter 1284 In The Center Of The Water.


    In order not to arouse any suspicion, Yun Shang deliberately sent people to the Imperial Library two


    dayster after Wang Wenxiang''s death to take out the two books, "Spring and Autumn" and "Short


    and Long".


    Qian Zhuo went there in person and soon she brought back the two books.


    Yun Shang took the books and asked in a low voice, "When you asked for the books, what was Zhou


    Gao''s reaction to it?"


    "Steward Zhou looked surprised to hear that your majesty wanted these two books. He asked me why


    your majesty suddenly wanted these two books?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "These two books are all ssic works. And just because they are too ssic,


    most people will learn these two books at the beginning of their primary school. Therefore, although


    these two books are kept in the Imperial Library, very few people will read them."


    Qian Zhuo nodded and then smiled, "I told Steward Zhou that your majesty wanted to get the two


    books for the Crown Prince to learn. I told him that your majesty favors the two books very much all the


    time, so you wanted to teach the Crown Prince the two books in person."


    "Did he believe it?"


    "He must have believed it. He told me he had heard that the Crown Prince had got the Grand Tutor,


    who was a young man of more than 20 year old and he asked me if I had seen him before."


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    Yun Shang replied, "I see."


    Then she didn''t ask any more questions but just picked up one of the two books and read it quickly.


    Yun Shang was there turning the pages at a very fast speed. She didn''t stop until more than half of the


    book was flipped.


    "Yes, your majesty?" asked Qian Zhuo. She knew what Yun Shang was looking for. Seeing that Yun


    Shang suddenly stopped, she couldn''t help asking.


    Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, turned the book to the back and flipped two pages, and then carefully


    stroked that page.


    "Your Majesty, have you found anything?" Looking at the words on both sides of the page, which


    seemed to be no different from the ordinary pages, Qian Zhuo became more and more confused.


    "Bring me a pair of scissors," Yun Shang ordered.


    Qian Zhuo fetched the scissors quickly. Yun Shang took the scissors and cut at a width of about two


    pieces of hair along the edge of the book.


    As soon as it was cut open, Qian Zhuo saw that the page seemed to be divided into two pages.


    "Are these two pages stuck together?" asked Qian Zhuo with her eyes widened.


    Yun Shang nodded while cutting more carefully.


    After carefully cutting on the three sides, Yun Shang took out a piece of paper as thin as the wings of a


    cicada from inside.


    "Take a nk piece of paper and pad it. It''s too thin. I''m afraid I''ll break it by ident."


    Qian Zhuo hurriedly fetched a piece of nk paper ording to Yun Shang''s instruction. Yun Shang


    put the paper she found out from the book on the nk paper and saw some indistinct patterns on it.


    It was also a map.


    Yun Shang pressed her lips and quickly found a red dot on the paper. Then she lowered her eyes and


    stared at the map for a long time, memorizing every line and ce name on the map.


    "Get me the brush and paper."


    After Qian Zhuo got ready paper and the writhing brush, Yun Shang drew the map on the paper again


    and checked it one by one. Then she put well the two pieces of paper and picked up another book.


    As Yun Shang expected, there was a map on the other book in the same way.


    Yun Shang noted down the two maps and then drew them out carefully. Then she breathed a sigh of


    relief, took a box, and put inside the two original maps as thin as the wings of a cicada. Then she


    handed the box to Qian Zhuo ordering, "Find a hidden ce to put it away."


    Then she handed over the two pieces of paper on which she had drawn maps, "Give these two maps


    to the leader of the spies in the city. Ask him to find the maps of every city and county in the State of


    Xia. Then from those maps, find out these two ces on the maps I gave to them, and dispatch some


    spies out to check these two ces carefully to see if there is any clue."


    Qian Zhuo took the two maps over and asked, "Your Majesty, won''t you show them to his majesty?"


    Yun Shang paused for a moment. Thinking of what Luo Yi had said before, she shook her head and


    replied, "Wait a minute. Don''t worry."


    She decided to wait until the time came when the spies found out the clues on the maps, as well as


    when Ning Qian was able to get the secret guards sent from the State of Ning. Then she would pretend


    that she had just found the two maps.


    Qian Zhuo answered and put the box away before leaving the bedroom.


    Yun Shang stood up and walked to the front of the map of the State of Xia on the wall. Her fingers


    swept across the dragon vein that Luo Qingyan had just shown her before. She squinted there slightly.


    Three maps.


    ording to Wang Wenxiang, it should be rted to the dragon vein.


    What exactly were those three ces?


    Standing in front of the map for a long time, Yun Shang turned around and took out the piece of paper


    from the desk that had recorded what she had talked with Wang Wenxiang that day.


    On the paper, there were answers to the previous questions.


    Only the answer to thest question remained.


    "Do you know Yingyue?"


    "Hide and seek, and hide in the middle of the water. If you can''t find me, I will fly away..."


    Hide-and-seek.


    In the center of the water.


    There seemed to be some clues hidden in these words.


    Being hidden in the center of the water.


    Did Wang Wenxiang mean that the maid who killeddy Li was hidden in the middle of the water?


    Where was it, in the center of the water?


    Yun Shang frowned. She looked confused.


    A sound came from behind. Yun Shang turned around and saw Qian Zhuoing in again.


    "Your majesty, I have ordered everything well."


    Yun Shang nodded, "There''s one more thing. Send someone to ask the leader of the spies what the


    ces are rted to the words "in the center of the water "in the Jin City? Ask him to make a list for


    me. "


    "In the center of the water?


    Is it rted to the words of ''in the center of the water''? What are your majesty looking for? "


    "I suspect that ording to the meaning revealed by Wang Wenxiang before, the hiding ce of the


    maid named Yingyue is rted to these words. She is the maid who entered the Xiangyi Pce with


    my help, got the news from Lady Li, and then left the pce again with Wang Wenxiang''s assistance, "


    said Yun Shang. Then she ordered, "By the way, ask a painter to draw the face of the maid and hand it


    over to the leader of the spies.


    Do you still remember the appearance of the maid?"


    After thinking for a while, Qian Zhuo replied, "I only remember some of it, a little blurry. If I see her


    again, I will definitely recognize her. But it''s not easy to ask me to describe her appearance and ask the


    painter to draw her out. "


    Yun Shang waved her hand and said, "All right then. Let me do it myself."


    Then she picked up a pen and quickly spread out the paper, and began to work on it effectively.


    Soon, a portrait was drawn.


    Qian Zhuo walked closer and took a look at it. She nodded, "Yes, yes. It''s exactly what she looks like.


    Your majesty, you have a good memory. I was totally confused. I just vaguely remembered that she had


    a pretty face, willow eyebrows, a small and straight nose as well as a small mouth. I didn''t remember


    anything else. "


    Yun Shang smiled, "Well, there''s no need to tter me. Go ahead with your business."


    Then Qian Zhuo hurried out of the room with the portrait.