Chapter 1955 Zhang Tianlin!

Xu Qiqin sat next to Wang Chong, lost in thought.

"Are we... still going to investigate further?"

Xu Qiqin turned her head and looked at Wang Chongdao.

"Now it's not a question of whether to investigate or not, but there must be an answer to this matter. I don't know why, but I feel more and more uneasy now."

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

At this moment, he once again remembered what Eunuch Gao had said to him.

No matter what, we must find the answer before the situation worsens.

These thoughts flew through my mind, and I quickly came to my senses.

"Go back first."

…

Time passed slowly, and just when the clues were cut off and there was nothing to be done, news came from the palace.

"Your Majesty, we searched the palace carefully and asked everyone related to the classics. As a result, we got an unexpected harvest from an old eunuch."

"The old eunuch was originally a watchman near the pavilion where the classics were kept, and he was friendly with a deceased palace eunuch who was responsible for recording the daily words, deeds and behavior of the princes and princesses in the palace more than ten years ago. When the two of them were free, they often talked Drink together."

"According to him, there are many people in the palace who are responsible for recording these classics, and they have been changing over the decades. But a long time ago, the palace actually had a directory of rotating palace supervisors. Although it is a long time ago, as long as you find it That catalog of shifts for the Royal Palace Supervisors will tell you exactly what happened that year."

In the main hall, Xu Keyi knelt on one knee and said respectfully.

"What?"

Hearing these words, Wang Chong's body trembled and he was greatly surprised.

According to the previous information, the number of people responsible for recording the palace's classics changed very frequently, and the classics involved were more than thirty years ago. It was almost difficult to find any clues. I just didn't expect that the theft of the classics had been in the past for a long time. , I didn’t expect to find clues at this time.

"We asked some old eunuchs in the palace who were in charge of the classics. According to them, the people in the palace who were responsible for recording the classics had always had traces to check, and there hadn't been so many people in the past, so trivial. But maybe a few decades ago , something seemed to have happened in the palace, and later, this system of taking turns to use the palace supervisor's directory was also cancelled."

Xu Keyi said in a deep voice.

"whats the matter?"

Wang Chong's expression changed slightly and he asked immediately.

"It hasn't been found yet, because it's been so long and no one remembers it."

Xu Keyi said regretfully.

Wang Chong didn't say much. He pondered for a moment and quickly issued the order:

"Contact Ying Ying, Zhang Que, Li Jingzhong, Yang Zhao, and Bian Lingcheng. No matter what, find the directory of the imperial palace supervisors on duty!"

"Yes, sir!"

…

Wang Chong's order had just been conveyed, but in just over a day, a catalog map of the royal palace supervisors' shifts immediately fell from the palace to Wang Chong's desk.

This is a thin drawing, about two feet long and one foot wide. It has turned yellow due to time and seems to be broken. However, the paper used in the palace is different after all. The quality is much better, even in the past few decades. , the above content is still clearly visible.

There are tables drawn on the drawings, which not only indicate the list of palace supervisors responsible for recording the imperial history in the palace, but also

It also records the guards responsible for safekeeping, internal supervisors, watchmen on patrol, eunuchs responsible for recycling waste paper, palace maids responsible for chores... everything is very detailed.

And according to the above records, all the guards and palace maids were replaced every five years and every ten years, while the palace historians responsible for recording the life of the royal family were rotated every fifteen years, and the longest one was twenty years!

The most important thing is that the time range covered by this list includes the time before the Holy Emperor ascended the throne more than thirty years ago.

"Find the palace historian who was responsible for the Holy Emperor's records more than thirty years ago!"

Wang Chong said without hesitation after reading this catalog of imperial palace supervisors on duty.

Until now, this is probably the only possible way to find out the truth. As long as the palace historians who recorded the records are found and know the lost information, then everything should be revealed, or at least we can know why these information were lost.

Soon, following Wang Chong's order, the entire capital and even the entire Tang Dynasty began to move.

Although it is far from easy to find people and events from thirty years ago, with the help of the huge network inside and outside the palace, and after a series of investigations, Wang Chong finally found the person he was looking for.

"The common people pay homage to the king of foreign lands!"

Late at night, there was no one around. In Wang Chong's main hall, an old man in gray clothes, who was over sixty years old, stood with his head raised and solemnly, standing below.

Zhang Tianlin!

Most of the people on the "Directory of Imperial Palace Supervisors on Shift" that Wang Chong obtained were very old and had passed away before that, and the person in front of him was the only one left on that list.

Contrary to imagination, Zhang Tianlin was not the palace historian responsible for recording, but the guard consul who was responsible for guarding the palace's loans.

Everyone entering or leaving must obtain their consent.

It can be said that, except for those court historians, these people are the ones closest to the "truth".

Everyone in the entire hall had left, even Xu Keyi had retreated. There was no one else within a few dozen feet, only Wang Chong and the old man in front of him, or in other words, the former palace guard consul. .

"Your Excellency, are you investigating what happened thirty years ago?"

Before Wang Chong could speak, the old man, or Zhang Tianlin, took the initiative to speak.

He stared at Wang Chong without any fear at all.

"You knew I would look for you?"

Wang Chong raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise.

"Haha, the next common man has already withdrawn from the palace. Your Excellency is a noble person. If it is not related to matters in the palace, why would you bother to call the common man here? What's more, the common man has already concealed his name and is not called Zhang Tianlin. ”

Zhang Tianlin's attitude was completely different from what Wang Chong had imagined. His expression was calm, as if he had anticipated today's meeting.

"wrong!"

Wang Chong frowned and shook his head:

"That's not the reason. You have been retired for many years, and I called you over, but you didn't show any surprise at all. What do you know?"

"Sir, you are indeed amazing!"

Zhang Tianlin was silent for a moment, then finally spoke and admitted frankly:

"Yes, I do know that the Lord will come to me."

"Why?"

Wang Chong frowned, becoming more and more puzzled.

It was only through the clues he got by chance that he found the escort consul from thirty years ago, but the other party had already expected all of this. This was really abnormal.

"Haha, more than thirty years ago, without any warning, my brothers in the palace and I were dismissed from our official positions for various reasons and retired to our families. Since then, the palace has had a 'shifting imperial function' that has continued for hundreds of years since the Taizu period. The list of palace supervisors has begun to be removed, and the number of various guards, maids, and palace historians has doubled than before, and they are frequently rotated. Isn't this enough to explain the problem? "

"If it's not enough, add a foreign king who is now famous all over the world. Is this enough?"

Zhang Tianlin said in a deep voice.

Wang Chong was slightly moved. The palace guard consul looked sharper than he imagined.

"Your Majesty, before that, I just want to ask, do you really want to investigate what happened more than thirty years ago?"

Zhang Tianlin said.

Wang Chong's eyebrows skipped a beat and he didn't say anything. He just nodded slowly and heavily.

"Even if the stakes are important, does it not matter if the implications are too wide?"

Zhang Tianlin said again.

"If I really cared, I would have stopped a long time ago. Do you think I can get to this point? Or, will we still meet now?"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice, his expression extremely firm.

Zhang Tianlin was stunned for a long time after hearing this. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and his eyes became much darker, not as sharp as before:

"If there is anything you want to know, Your Majesty, just ask directly!"

"Thirty years ago, all the information about the Holy Emperor before he ascended the throne was lost. Do you know about this?"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

“I didn’t know it at the time, but I found out later!”

Zhang Tianlin said calmly.

Wang Chong nodded, remained silent for a moment, and continued:

"There is no record in the library about the Holy Emperor before he ascended the throne, so those books were taken away, right? As the Consul of the Guard, there is no reason for you not to know who took them away. Tell me, who is it? "

As soon as the voice fell, Wang Chong stared at Zhang Tianlin.

Until now, what he wanted to know most was this. If he knew who took away these classics, it would mean knowing who knew everything, including the fire in the Yan family, which must be related to this person.

It was quiet in the main hall. Zhang Tianlin stood in the main hall with a struggling expression and uncertain changes in his eyes.

"I can't tell you directly. "

After a long time, Zhang Tianlin's old voice finally sounded in the hall:

"During the time of the incident thirty years ago, all the brothers and I who were guarding the place were forcibly transferred away. I didn't see what happened there, so I can't tell you the answer."

"But we, the palace guards, have been guarding there all our lives and guarding the safety of those classics. Over time, that has become our mission. Sometimes it is even more important to us than life, because all the meaning of life is It’s inside.”

"The rules in the palace are strict. Even though we were transferred and don't know what happened during that time, we still asked visitors to leave a 'visitor registration'. As far as I know, that was probably the only one there during that time. 'Visitor'."

Zhang Tianlin said.

"Who is it?"

Above the main hall, a frightening light flashed across Wang Chong's eyes.

At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely tense.

"Gaolishi Gao Eunuch!"

Zhang Tianlin was silent for a moment and spit out a name without hesitation.

"boom!"

When Wang Chong heard this name, his whole body was shaken, and his heart suddenly stirred up waves.

"How could it be him?"

At this moment, there was only one thought left in Wang Chong's mind.

Zhang Tianlin left quickly, but Wang Chong stayed in the main hall, looking at the top of the hall, but his heart could not calm down for a long time.