Yang Qiyue trembled: "Your Excellency, your discernment is as sharp as a torch. Almost no one in the official circles knows about this matter. Even in Chaotian Sizhong, I am afraid that not many people are aware of it."

He sorted out his thoughts and said: "The capital's formation is indeed no small matter, and in the first three thousand years of the dynasty, reinforcements and reinforcements were constantly made. Even now, the formations are constantly being innovated. It is also a challenge to truly crack and penetrate the capital's formation. An impossible thing.

However, in the past thousand years, there has been peace for too long, and the imperial court has become less vigilant and has slacked off on repairing and maintaining the formation. Therefore, opportunities have emerged in some corners.

As far as I know, the first [rat hole] was opened in the capital formation about 130 years ago. This is what we call it privately. The entrances and exits are very small, barely able to accommodate a person through.

The number of rat holes has increased in recent years, but I don’t think there will be more than ten. We at Yuzhen Tower know five of them, and the others are in the hands of some secret forces, so we cannot find out.

However, the scale of these rat holes is not large. This is the capital after all. Even if they want to expand slightly, they will touch the entire formation and be discovered by the Imperial City Department. "

"In addition, these rat holes can be used to escape one or two prisoners and transport some items privately. If you want to pass through on a large scale, it is absolutely impossible to secretly let the rebels in."

After a pause, Yang Qiyue added: "Sir, in fact, the biggest reason why the [rat hole] can be dug is not because of us, but because of some of the real dignitaries in the capital. Only they have the ability to influence the formation. Maintenance work, intentionally leaving certain locations just right for building rat holes.”

Sun Changming nodded and threw out a map: "Mark all the five rat holes you know."

After a while, Sun Changming and Ruan Sansheng left the Zhenzhen Building. Ruan Sansheng couldn't help but ask: "Sir, is there a rat hole hidden under the backyard?"

Sun Changming nodded, but there were some things he still didn't tell Ruan Sansheng. The rat hole in the backyard looks like it was formed naturally, and coincidentally there is an underground river flowing through it. Before Master Sun came out, he had already controlled a small insect with his spiritual seed, and entered it to find out where the underground river led to.

Sun Changming handed the map marked with rat holes to Ruan Sansheng and ordered: "Go and check it out. After confirming the location, don't alert the snake, just send a clever brother to keep an eye on it secretly.

Yang Qiyue said there are other rat holes, please check them out too. In the capital, you are more familiar with the situation than I am.

In addition, I want to take a look at the case files that were used to confiscate this house. "

"Yes." Ruan Sansheng accepted the order. He first transferred the case file to Mr. Sun, and then quickly went to do two other errands.

The outside world was discussing the upcoming battle to choose the son-in-law of the Holy Daughter of the North Ice. However, Mr. Sun Changming, one of the parties involved, was carefully looking through the thick case files in his study.

But this case was ordinary. A former third-rank official of the imperial court was found guilty of serious corruption by Chaotiansi - it was Master Liu Zhi who single-handedly handled it.

This official once served as a county guard in the southern part of the Wu Dynasty. He scraped three feet of the ground to receive filial piety. If that was all, he would be dismissed from his post and investigated. But this guy is as greedy as heaven and as timid as a rat. There was a rogue bandit in his county. In order to prevent this rogue bandit from attacking the county under his rule, he secretly sent someone to bribe the rogue bandit!

In the end, I simply spent another sum of money to invite this group of bandits to leave their territory and go to Linjun to burn, kill and loot! The imperial court was completely disgraced by him. Even when the emperor found out about this, he was so angry that he issued an order on the spot: He was implicated and his house was confiscated!

But these are just evidences. There seems to be no need for such a person to dig a rat hole in his backyard. And according to Yang Qiyue, this prisoner is not powerful enough to influence the maintenance and repair of the capital formation and leave a rat hole in his own backyard.

Sun Changming took a closer look at the file and found the name of Chaotian Si Qianhu, who was in charge of searching the house at that time: Hou Zhiqian.

He called the local school captain and asked about it. Hou Zhiqian was a confidant of Song Gongquan. Although the case was discovered by Liu Zhi back then, the capital was the territory of Zhongjing Zhenfu Division. Later, the case was specifically handled by Zhongjing. A person from the prison town Fusi.

Liu Zhi took office as the commander-in-chief, Song Gongquan retired, and all Zhongyuan Town and Fusi were handed over to Liu Zhi. Hou Zhiqian and others were neither promoted nor demoted, and they were depressed recently.

Lord Sun asked about Hou Zhiqian's residence and was about to visit him personally, but the captain took the initiative and said, "Sir, are you looking for Hou Qianhu? I'll call him for you." Then he flew away without waiting for Lord Sun to refuse. It seems to have gone.

The lieutenant at the school thought that if Mr. Sun, who was at the height of his power, wanted to see a has-been Qianhu, why would he need to come to his door in person? In one sentence, Hou Qianhu should come over obediently. If Mr. Sun really came to visit in person, he would be so frightened that Hou Qianhu would lose control on the spot, thinking that some of the things he had done in the past had been exposed and Mr. Sun had come to clean up the house...

In fact, just as the captain thought, Hou Zhiqian rushed over immediately after receiving the message. He was worried all the way. When he saw Master Sun, he found that Master Sun looked kind and kind, and his heart was half relieved.

"Don't be nervous." Master Sun comforted him and handed over the case file: "I came to you to ask about this case."

Hou Zhiqian took a look and saw that it was a case he had handled several years ago. He recalled carefully what Mr. Sun asked and said. Sun Changming frowned secretly. From Hou Zhiqian, he could only draw one conclusion: it was just an ordinary person. A corruption case, but what this prisoner did was too shameful.

"That's all." Mr. Sun waved his hands regretfully: "Nothing's wrong. Please come back, Hou Qianhu."

Hou Zhiqian clasped his fists and resigned, but he was troubled in his heart: he didn't understand Mr. Sun's personality, and he couldn't tell whether this was an opportunity or a disaster. My current situation is that I am in a sinecure, but as long as I don't act like a monster, I can naturally live the rest of my life with no worries about food and clothing.

But how can a person who was so high-spirited in his early years be willing to be so ordinary?

His pace became slower and slower, and he was almost at the door. Finally he gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble. He turned around and knelt down in front of Mr. Sun: "Sir, there is something that I should confess. Is it to kill or punish?" It's all up to you, your Majesty, and your subordinates dare not hide it from you."

Sun Changming's eyes moved slightly: "Say!"

"This prisoner... Li Baogang may have a descendant." Hou Zhiqian said quickly: "When the case was implicated in the confiscation of his home, my subordinates once found a clue. He seemed to have a woman living outside the capital, and he also Had a baby.

But a clue seems to have been deliberately hidden by someone - Your Excellency is also from Chaotian Division, so you must understand that the people who can do this are all our Chaotian Division personnel who handle the case.

My subordinate wanted to investigate at that time, but..." He hesitated and said with cold sweat on his head: "That night, a storage bag was hung on the back door of my subordinate's house, containing fifty thousand spiritual jades! "

Sun Changming sneered: "So you were bribed and just let this clue go?"

Hou Zhiqian kowtowed heavily: "This subordinate is guilty!"

Sun Changming stood up: "Take me to find the outer room first."

"As commanded."

Hou Zhiqian got up quickly and led Mr. Sun to a secluded alley in the capital. He was shocked to find that the building was empty and the owner of the outer house had already changed.

"Check!" Mr. Sun ordered, but the result was even more incredible: the outer room of this house was written off from the household register!

According to the household registration system of the Great Wu Dynasty, a family would only be canceled if it died. The neighbors proved that the mother and son had moved away rather than died. The neighbors remembered that the mother and son suddenly disappeared, and then the new owner moved in. The new owner also bought the house from Yahang and has never met the original owner.

Only the neighbor across the door remembered that he got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and saw the mother and son being closely protected and getting into a carriage, and then they never showed up again.

After tracing the household register, it was found that the yamen clerk who was in charge at the time fell into the water and died four years ago, but his family was still living a prosperous life.

Every clue was cut off, and the mother and son seemed to disappear from the world.

Master Sun sneered in his heart: There is indeed a big problem! A criminal like Li Baogang had his family confiscated and his family exterminated, and there were still people who spent so much effort to protect his descendants. There must be a deal between the person behind the scenes and Li Baogang. Li Baogang insisted on keeping the secret, and the person behind the scenes left a trace of his blood for him.

Sun Changming called Ma Qizhi over and pointed at Hou Zhiqian: "You two work together to find the people from the Zhongjing Zhenfu Department who handled the case. I want a result!"

Sun Changming looked at Hou Zhiqian again and said: "If you do it well, you can atone for your sins. From now on, you will follow Ma Qizhi. If you don't do it well, you will be punished for all crimes. Do you understand me?"

"Clear!" Hou Zhiqian replied loudly: "Thank you sir for the opportunity."

Master Sun waved his hand, and the two of them immediately went out to do things. Mr. Sun feels that there is a lot of mystery behind this matter, and he is afraid that it will involve a big conspiracy. He shifted his mind to the spiritual insect exploring underground in the backyard. The insect had reached the underground river. Master Sun felt that the water in the underground river was cold, and this coldness was not just a temperature, but mixed with a trace of evil!

The insect swam against the current in the dark river at a very slow speed. It took him a long time to discover that an eyeless monster fish was also a monster. The insect pounced upward, and the spiritual seed in his body separated out and penetrated into the body of the strange fish.

"The national destiny of the Wu Dynasty is unstable, otherwise there will be underground rivers, and evil spirits that can be suppressed by the entire capital cannot get close."

The corpse of the insect slowly sank to the bottom of the water, and the strange fish flicked its tail and swam up, ten times faster. This underground river turned out to be extremely long. The strange fish swam for dozens of miles. Suddenly, a fork appeared in front of it. Two currents converged here, and in each current, there was evil energy floating around - Mr. Sun. I don’t know which time to choose.

Master Sun unfolded a map of the capital, and then unfolded a large map of the surrounding areas of the capital. He compared the location of his house with the approximate location of the strange fish, and touched his chin as he fell into deep thought.

Taiye Lake.

Since the emperor went on tour, the place has become even more deserted. Only one princess came to stay for a few days and had a party with friends.

The Royal Guards stationed here still patrol the city on a daily basis, but they are more lax than before.

That night, there was a puppet made of straw. It was only the size of a palm, but it was flexible and quick. It passed through the layers of defenses and came to the Taiye Lake. It quietly entered the water and went down.

All the way to the underwater cave, where the "real dragon" was originally cultivated with giant eggs - but it was empty. The puppet looked stunned, and then became furious, looking back and forth in the cave, clenching its fists!

After a moment, the doll burned strangely in the water, and soon turned into ashes and sank to the bottom of the water.

The puppet avoided the imperial guard's checkpoint, but did not realize that when it sneaked into the underwater cave, there was a raised low-level monster lying next to it, lying on the bottom of the water, lazily opening its eyes.

Mr. Sun in the courtyard suddenly felt something and thought deeply.

In a dark room in the inn of the Beiyuan Mission, the old woman Wu Zhu suddenly opened her eyes. Youbi was like an evil ghost, filled with shock and anger.

"The dragon species is missing?!"

"How could decades of planning go so wrong in the most critical part?"

The old woman Wu Zhu immediately took out a horn and contacted the chief: "Chief, something bad happened." She reported the dragon species, and the chief roared angrily and seemed to break some things. The old woman Wu Zhu did not dare to speak casually. Finally, the chief calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Now we can only rely on the saint. You should keep a close eye. The people of Sang Island cannot be trusted, and the saint cannot be trusted!"

"As commanded."

The whole capital was very lively today, and there was a lot of discussion among the people in the market, because today was a good day for the Holy Lady of the North Ice to "choose a son-in-law." The place is set at the Royal Book Garden, where last year's Dragon and Snake Ranking was also held.

The top dignitaries in the capital all tried their best to get a seat in the royal library to eat on the spot. Those who are worse are also qualified to be outside the Royal Library and receive news from inside at any time.

Common people also have a way to gather outside major teahouses and wine shops, and the storytellers inside will "broadcast" the news at any time.

The four princes were the first to go out. Each one wanted to show off their strength in front of the Saint of the Arctic and the envoys. The team was so large that they thought they were very grand, but when they met outside the Royal Library, they found that everyone was : Accompanied by the Six Realm Venerables, many major cultivators, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, cheering in front and supporting behind.

It seems nothing new.

The Arctic Saint has actually prepared everything for a long time. But they wanted to wait until all the "optional husbands" were present before setting off.

However, what makes the Saint of the North Ice very irritable is that the sun is already rising, and half an hour after the other four princes have arrived at the Royal Library, the commander of Mengjiang Dusi and Dongyu Town Fusi, Sun Changming, is still missing. !

The old woman Wu Zhu looked at the clock and said: "Holy girl, it will take a certain amount of time for our team to arrive at the Royal Library, and we can't wait any longer."

The saint comforted herself: "Then let's go. It would be best if the man named Sun didn't come. Anyway, I would never choose him. If he doesn't come, it would save a lot of trouble."

The delegation of the thirty-six tribes of Beiyuan, dressed in their traditional costumes, performed various acrobatic skills of the Beiyuan people along the way, attracting countless people to follow them as officials and applauded repeatedly.

The Holy Maiden of the North Ice is sitting on the pedestal. She is dressed up today, like a white lotus on the snowy field. She is so holy and beautiful that people dare not look directly at her.

The team arrived at the Royal Library as scheduled, but Sun Changming had not yet appeared! The Saintess of the North Ice's face looked a little ugly - she had unknowingly fallen into a strange circle: she actually secretly hoped that Sun Changming would give up on his own initiative, but Sun Changming really didn't come, and she felt that she had been slighted, so she was very angry!

Is it that this saint's legs are not long enough, or that her face is not pure enough? How dare he treat me with such contempt!

It was the old woman Wu Zhu who quietly reminded her in her ear: "Saint, the four princes are looking at you." The Northern Saint suddenly woke up and put on a smile like spring sunshine after snow.

Mr. Sun... got up: he got up slowly, ate breakfast cooked by Han Mei, casually put on his official robe and looked at the time, eh, he still had time to drink tea and rest for a while.

Ruan Sansheng has already rushed in: "My Lord Sun, why are you still here? Lord Liu and Lord Lu strictly ordered me to supervise you today. You cannot escape halfway, at least you must appear in the Royal Library!"

Sun Changming was confused: "Why are you two adults meddling in this matter?"

"We must not insult the state!" Ruan Sansheng said, "If you don't go, it means that our government has broken its trust with the Thirty-six Ministries of Beiyuan."

Sun Changming pouted, Mr. Liu Zhi probably didn't care about this kind of thing. If he really didn't go, he might look back and laugh happily at the loss of a beautiful wife - so the person who said this must be the old-fashioned Mr. Lu.

"Okay, okay, I'll leave now. Why are you in a hurry? It's still early..."

Ruan Sansheng looked around and saw that there was only a quarter of an hour left before the selection of a son-in-law began.

Sun Changming stomped his feet, then flew up with a whoosh, his toes tapping on the roof continuously, and within a moment he appeared outside the Royal Library.

Ruan Sansheng followed behind, holding the Chaotian Division's token all the way, and loudly explained to the disturbed street patrol officers, Chaotian Division, and Imperial City Division lieutenants below: "Chaotian Division is handling the case!"

Lord Sun appeared in the royal library. The Arctic Saint was the first to see him and snorted with a cold face. The four princes were secretly very happy: the saint didn't like Sun Changming, but she was only attracted to his highness.

Lord Sun had no idea that he was the biggest "love rival" in the minds of the four highnesses.

Mr. Yan Ge looked at the time, chuckled and said: "The time has come, please announce the test questions for choosing a son-in-law."

Sun Changming took a look and saw that the four princes were sitting side by side, with a large number of followers standing behind them. Each family looked "strong and strong", but he was the only one.

I don't know who secretly caused the trouble, and there was no room left beside the four highnesses, which meant that Mr. Sun had no place to sit.

Mr. Sun was not embarrassed, he walked lightly to Mr. Liu Zhi and sat down.

Mr. Liu Zhi and Mr. Lu Guangxiao were sitting together, surrounded by important officials of the imperial court. He was sitting here at such a young age... everyone thought about it, and it seemed that he really had the qualifications! So by comparison, it immediately appeared that the four princes only relied on the blessing of their status, and compared with Master Sun, they had not made any contribution to the country and the country.

Who is embarrassed?

The expressions of the four princes changed on the spot. Fortunately, the Saint of the North Ice noticed this and immediately stood up and announced in a sweet voice: "Your Highnesses... and this Lord Sun, please take a look."

The Saintess raised her jade hand lightly, and a stream of colorful light flew out from her palm, rising hundreds of feet above everyone's heads, and then quickly rotated to unfold a world that seemed both real and illusory!

However, what everyone can see is only a small part of this illusory world, more like a "portal".

Inside, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, just like a fairyland outside the world.

Several older monks looked solemn and remembered a treasure: "This is the [Nine Worlds Heaven], one of the three major artifacts of the Thirty-Six Beiyuan!"

The Arctic Saint smiled slightly: "Exactly."

The officials of the Great Wu Dynasty showed a bit of envy, and Elder Yan Ge even praised: "The legendary eighth-level artifact, the chief actually entrusted it with this treasure, which shows that the saint's status is extremely respected among the thirty-six tribes of Beiyuan!"

After the Sky Rail Reversal, not only were the number of monks above the sixth level scarce, but there were also fewer and fewer magical weapons above the sixth level. The famous eighth-level and ninth-level magic weapons in history have gradually disappeared. They may have fallen into layers or been completely damaged.

The three major artifacts of the Thirty-Six Divisions of Beiyuan are the three most famous eighth-level magic weapons in Beiyuan. Among them, this [Nine Realms Heaven] is the most "mysterious".

It is said that this treasure is the result of a deadly battle between two Ninth Realm supreme beings in ancient times. After both fell, their many "small worlds" merged with each other and eventually evolved.

Some people say that this treasure was created innately and was definitely not made by manpower.

There are a total of nine different "worlds" in this "cave-type" magic weapon, which is countless times wider than all the small worlds in the seventh realm today. Not only that, there are also various opportunities hidden in it, such as high-level magic weapons, panacea, or ancient inheritance.

The nine worlds evolve on their own, and even the successive chiefs of the Thirty-six Northern Plains tribes cannot tell the "truth" inside; however, in each generation of the Thirty-six tribes of the Northern Plains, twelve outstanding geniuses will be selected to enter the Nine Worlds. ], and they can all get a great opportunity from it and become important figures in the entire Beiyuan in the future.

Many people speculate that this [Nine Realms Heaven] should be of the ninth level, but for some reason it has always been rated as the eighth level.

Sun Changming quietly said to Master Liu Zhi beside him: "Are the people of Beiyuan crazy? If the saint comes to my country, Dawu, with such an artifact, are you not afraid that we will kill people and seize the treasure? This is the eighth level!"

In comparison, although Cang Ji Sword Princess is also at the eighth level, she pales in comparison to [Nine Realms Heaven].

Liu Zhi's expression remained normal and he said: "This is just an entrance, [Nine Worlds of Heaven] is not here at all." Sun Changming suddenly realized.

The Saint of the North Ice pulled out a sword-shaped hairpin from her head and gently threw it into the [Nine Realms Heaven]. The hairpin turned into a dancing dragon, disappeared into the heaven and earth with golden light.

Saintess of the North Ice continued: "Actually, the test is my fate with you. The first person to come out with this hairpin is my husband."

"There is a trace of my breath on this hairpin. You can use this clue to search."

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