Chapter 1957 The Truth (1)!

It was in this concealed way that Gao Lishi burned these books without attracting anyone's attention.

The blind old man was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"After such a long time, I didn't expect that anyone would still remember this identity of Lao Chen."

"Old gentleman, just admit it!"

Wang Chong said, took two steps forward, and said:

"I have something to ask the old gentleman! More than thirty years ago, in the second year of Shenlong, on August 27, at midnight, someone once visited the Cide Hall, right?"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

"This... the old man is blind and old. What happened more than thirty years ago can't be remembered so clearly. Moreover, the Ci De Palace burns memorials and various books for the palace, and people send things every day. Come here, what's so strange about this? Now that the prince has found this place, he should have checked this out very clearly."

The blind old man said.

Wang Chong shook his head:

"It is true that people come to Cide Palace every day, but it is definitely not at that time. Moreover, the person who came that night was very special. He was not the palace supervisor who used to deliver memorials to the old gentleman. This should have impressed the old gentleman very deeply. !”

Upon hearing this, the blind old man suddenly fell silent.

"I have no idea what Wang Chong is talking about."

The blind old man was silent for a while and then quickly denied it.

"The rules in the palace are that most of the people who serve in the Ci De Palace are born with disabilities, and the palace does not support idlers. When all the old eunuchs reach a certain age, the palace will give them gold and silver and let them return to their hometowns. , only the people in the Cide Palace will be supported by the palace until they are old, helping them to take care of themselves in their old age!"

"I checked and found that all the people on duty in the Cide Hall are still in the palace and everything is as usual. Only the old gentleman suddenly left the palace thirty years ago without any warning. Is this junior wrong? "

Wang Chong's eyes sparkled and he spoke.

The people in Cide Hall are different. Most of them are born with disabilities, the most important of which is blindness. The memorials burned every day in Cide Hall record the most important events in the empire, and they contain many secrets. Only by giving it to a blind person to burn can the secret inside be ensured not to be revealed.

And because of their blindness, the people in Cide Hall have no ability to leave the palace and survive alone. This is completely different from other palace maids and eunuchs.

Most of the people who work in the Cide Palace are willing to stay in the palace and take care of themselves. Because of this, it seems particularly suspicious that the old man in front of him left the palace alone more than thirty years ago.

"Old sir, tell me, where are the classics that that person brought?"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

Eunuch Gao disappeared. Grandpa seemed to know something, but he was unwilling to say it for many reasons. Mr. Yao was extremely smart and seemed to have some guesses, but he was also unwilling to speak out.

Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, if the old man in front of him is unwilling to speak, I am afraid that no one will be able to know what is recorded in the disappeared palace books, and no one will be able to know the truth in the court and the palace.

"I really don't know what the prince is talking about. I left Cide Hall voluntarily back then. Everything was reported to the superiors. The adults above also know that this is really a normal thing."

"As for the prince's question... I don't know what the palace status is or not.

But if there is, according to the rules of Cide Hall, it should naturally be burned cleanly. More than thirty years later, I am afraid that even the ashes are gone - no matter what the prince is looking for, I am afraid he will be disappointed! "

The old man said calmly.

When Wang Chong heard this, he frowned deeply. The investigation had reached a dead end, and the old man seemed to have made up his mind to deny it to the end.

But Wang Chong's instinctive feeling was that he must know the truth. Otherwise, there would have been no need to leave the palace in a hurry.

There was silence in the room. Wang Chong slowly closed his eyes and remained motionless.

"Old sir, I am here this time not to satisfy pure curiosity, nor for selfish desires, but because there are some problems with the court, which involve not just one person, but countless people of Dawn in Middle-earth China!"

Wang Chong was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and then roughly told the blind old man what happened in the palace:

"I have investigated carefully, and everything can be attributed to the book that disappeared more than thirty years ago!"

"Right now, the palace has only built the Taiping Tower and suspended the draft of palace maidens. But if we ignore it and let it go, I'm afraid there will be even bigger troubles in the future. But then I'm afraid it won't just be the draft. I'm worried about China. All the people will be involved."

"Buzz!"

Hearing Wang Chong's words, the blind old man was shocked all over, showing a hint of shock.

He is blind and has been living in this dilapidated mansion without leaving the house. He doesn't know much about the outside world. He had no knowledge of the things Wang Chong said before.

"This matter is not trivial. I hope that if the old gentleman knows the inside story, he can tell me as much as possible!"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

This is his last effort. If the other party is still unwilling to tell, then he may not have any other options.

Time passed slowly, and the blind old man remained silent. Just when Wang Chong could not hide his disappointment in his eyes and was about to turn around and leave, suddenly, the blind old man spoke.

"Although the old man lives in this dilapidated house and rarely goes out, he still hears that boy Zhao'er often bringing back some news, such as the Battle of the Southwest, the Battle of Talas, the Battle of the Northwest, and the civil strife in the palace not long ago... ..., this child is young and cannot explain many things clearly, but the old man can still generally understand what he is talking about. Our Tang Dynasty has not had a sincere and loyal minister like the prince for a long time!"

The blind old man sighed and suddenly talked about something insignificant.

Wang Chong was startled. When he heard the name Zhao'er, he immediately thought of the child who just lifted the windmill and went out.

"I think about it, if you can't believe even the King of Foreign Lands, who is famous as a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, then I'm afraid there won't be anyone in the entire Middle Earth who can trust him."

The blind old man "looked" in Wang Chong's direction and said.

Wang Chong also looked slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the blind old man would have such a high opinion of him.

"My lord, I can trust you, right?"

The blind old man suddenly spoke.

"Old sir!"

Wang Chong was overjoyed when he heard this.

"well!"

The blind old man sighed and raised his head, with a complicated look on his face:

"Thirty-seven years have passed. From the day I left, I knew that sooner or later someone would come looking for those things. Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, it was dozens of years. I was already old and at the end of my life. I originally thought I couldn't wait any longer, but I didn't expect that the prince would arrive at this moment."

At this moment, Wang Chong was extremely shocked. Although he felt that the whole thing was suspicious, he was not sure at all. He was just holding on to the hope of what might happen. However, he did not expect that Old Man Gu really had something from back then.

"...Many people think that a blind man cannot see anything because he is blind, so he does not shy away from many things in front of a blind man. But people don't know at all that a blind man is blind, but his heart is bright,"

The blind old man raised his head with a look of reminiscence on his face. A past event of more than thirty years ago slowly unfolded in this old house as he narrated it.

"Thirty-seven years ago, I stayed at the Cide Palace as usual. It was my turn that day, and it was different from usual. Normally, it would be Eunuch Zhang and several guards in the palace who would bring the coupons, but that day, until Eunuch Zhang didn’t even show up when I was young.”

"Other people might think this is normal, and think that Eunuch Zhang might have been delayed by something, but I immediately felt something was wrong. In our job, we must be strictly punctual, and we can't make any mistakes, otherwise it will be very easy Punished.”

"It's just that people like us are born with disabilities and cannot see anything, so even if we feel something is wrong, we can't do anything."

"I originally thought that I wouldn't be able to burn the memorial that night, but I didn't expect that at that time I suddenly heard footsteps."

The blind old man paused, with a look of reminiscence on his face. He seemed to have returned to that quiet and cold night decades ago when he heard footsteps:

"At that time, the man came on the steps, just like the prince today. His footsteps were very light, just like the cat in the palace, no, even lighter than the cat. "

"I have been working in the palace for so many years. Although I am blind and cannot see anything, my ears are not deaf. In fact, because of my blindness, my hearing is much sharper than that of ordinary people."

"The sound of the guards walking, the palace maids walking, the old nuns of Cihui Palace walking, the imperial guards passing by, the eunuchs' voices, the scraping of folds, and the falling leaves can all be recognized by the old man from a long distance away. .”

"Even before that person got close that day, the old man knew that his status was very high. He was not an ordinary eunuch or guard in the palace. I'm afraid that none of the chief eunuchs in the palace had as high a status as him."

"More than that, before the man spoke, I heard the sound of a wooden box scraping the ground behind him from a distance. Although the baggage brought by Eunuch Zhang was also heavy, it was definitely not that heavy."

The blind old man said slowly.

Wang Chong did not speak, but listened carefully. He knew that a hidden history was about to be revealed.

I'm afraid Eunuch Gao also didn't expect that although the blind old man in front of him, who was on duty at the Ci De Hall and knew no martial arts, didn't see them, he was very aware of everything that happened that night, even far better than they were. There is much more to know than you can imagine.

"What did that man say?"

Wang Chong finally spoke.

"After that person showed up, he told me that Eunuch Zhang couldn't come today. He would deliver all the papers on his behalf and burn them all in the Ci De Hall!"

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