I saw Pei Yuanxiu's face also changed. He slowly stretched out his somewhat stiff fingers, took such things from Xie Feng's hand, and carefully twisted them on his fingertips.?

Yes, it was indeed a bright yellow piece, as if it was a silk thing...

This color is not something that ordinary people can use!

He immediately looked up at Xie Feng and said, "Where did you find this thing?"

Xie Feng looked up at me behind him, probably a little wary of me, and said cautiously: "It was in the collapsed lobby that the official smashed the official seal before he died, and all the copy files were burned together. I originally wanted to see if I could find any clues that were not burned in the middle, but I dug out this from the ashes."

“Is there any more?”

"No more, the fire burned everything. This part probably left because the beam collapsed and was pressed down when it was about to burn it out."

“…”

Pei Yuanxiu didn't say anything, and his fingertips tightened the little thing.

I stood behind him, and my eyes also fell on the little thing. Because of the light, I could even see some very thin and delicate patterns on it. Although it was just a small piece, I could see the exquisiteness of its production.

And we are all familiar with the pattern, texture, and color.

That is used by the royal family, or rather, it should be used when the emperor issues his or her decree.

Of course, the emperor's dragon robes will not appear in the official offices of Cangzhou City, and some royal tools will never be placed here. They have no courage to burn them. The only thing that can be guessed is—

Imperial decree!

The emperor's will.

Cangzhou City has been surrounded for so long, and normal news has long been isolated. It is obviously not impossible to pass the imperial edict into the city during this period. Of course, if there are extraordinary means in extraordinary times, such as flying pigeons to deliver letters or using arrows to deliver letters, these can be guessed.

The question is - what is written in the imperial edict?

Generally speaking, the crime of destroying the imperial edict is to deceive the emperor. Any official must sacrifice himself well after receiving the imperial edict, and he cannot be damaged at all. But now, this fire not only burns the entire government office, but also burns the emperor's imperial edict. It can be seen that the news conveyed on it is also confidential and cannot be known.

Now, everything has been burned, and of course, this secret is completely buried, but the remaining small piece of brocade seems to have left some problems that cannot be ignored.

I saw several deep folds slowly appearing between Pei Yuanxiu's eyebrows.

At this time, Song Huaiyi came up, he looked around, and then said, "Young Master, although we have controlled the city now, it has not been completely cleaned up yet. And... so many people have died, if there is any epidemic, it will be detrimental to you, and Miss Yan."

Pei Yuanxiu immediately looked back at me.

Song Huaiyi said: "It's better to go back first. If you have any questions, let's make a long-term plan."

He didn't speak immediately.

Originally, when I entered Cangzhou City today, everyone was prepared in their hearts, such as there was a fierce battle? For example, is this an empty city plan? For example, there is a more dangerous conspiracy in the city?

But now, when he clenched his fists and his sword, he broke into an empty room, all his efforts and courage seemed useless and scattered.

If he had seen such a situation in normal times, he would not have spent time here again. But this time, a Cangzhou city was born, which led to so many incredible things. Now, the "spy" around him may be nowhere to be found, and a burned imperial edict buried the mind of the person in the capital not far ahead. All this life was obviously the biggest hurdle he encountered on the way north.

After a while of silence, I saw his fingers slightly bent, pinch the brocade tightly, and then said, "You send someone to search around the city immediately. If you can't find the people guarding the city, you should also ask the people who are still alive in the city. You must ask me clues!"

Xie Feng nodded and said, "Yes."

He did not leave this matter to Cui Tae and Song Huaiyi, and his attitude was very obvious. Neither of these two people spoke, but Cui Tae and the others stared at Song Huaiyi fiercely.

Pei Yuanxiu said: "Let's go!"

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When he went back, he did not ride a horse anymore, but got on my carriage.

However, nothing was said.

I leaned against the corner of the carriage and saw him sitting cross-legged and utterly, but he was still twisting the small brocade on his fingertips, looking over and over. In fact, there was nothing but a little pattern and burnt marks around him, but when he looked at him, he seemed to see through this small brocade.

What is he thinking?

And I stared at the little thing in his hand and frowned slightly.

I guess what he and I think at this moment should be the same thing.

In fact, I was confused. I followed him from south to north, experiencing so many cities, and saw him traveling along the way, collecting troops from all over the country, and making an agreement with them that although he had encountered troubles caused by "mobs" like Huai'an and suppressing some resistance, in general, he was smooth sailing.

This is the biggest problem.

Why, I didn’t see Master Wang?

If it is in Jinling, Yangzhou, and Huai'an, it is because it is too far away, and it is also because Pei Yuanhao believes in Wen Fengxi very much, then now he has arrived in Cangzhou City and is so close to the capital. Even if Pei Yuanxiu's offensive is now unstoppable - not only his army, but even the men sent by the powerful men he collected along the way have formed a powerful army. If it is also together with the cavalry that wins Beijing in the grassland, it will be almost invincible - but no matter what, the capital should have some response!

But now, except for the soldiers guarding the city who vowed to fight to the death, there was no news in the capital, and there was not even an army to support the battle.

Only this small, almost burnt imperial edict represents the news from the capital, but what kind of news is that they did nothing, just open the Cangzhou city and the Beijing-Tianjin gateway. Even these soldiers guarding the city died here with a fire!

Pei Yuanhao, what are he thinking?

What is he doing?

Just when my mind was in chaos, suddenly, Pei Yuanxiu spoke: "Light..."

I raised my head without any warning, and my blank eyes met his dark eyes.
Chapter completed!