Chapter 84 The Sixth Brothers Are All Scheming

In broad daylight, Wu Xiaojie, a scholar from the Chongwenguan, was walking on the street buying goods.

But not far behind him, two thugs were following him.

The two thugs' tracking skills were not very good and they seemed to be trying to make Wu Xiaojie notice them.

When Wu Xiaojie realized that someone was following him, although there were ripples in his heart, his face remained calm. He pretended nothing had happened and returned home leisurely.

However, while the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, Wu Xiaojie and the two thugs did not notice that there was a pair of eyes behind them.

Of course, the pair of eyes belonged to Zhao Ji. With his martial arts skills, it would be easy for him to follow these three people without leaving any trace.

Wu Xiaojie quickly returned to the front door of his house, and when he looked back, the two hooligans had disappeared. This made him feel puzzled, but he could not investigate further.

And Zhao Ji was still hiding in the dark, quietly observing Wu Xiaojie's every move.

When Wu Xiaojie returned home and stepped into his study, something even stranger happened: it seemed that a thief had entered the study.

The windows of the room were not closed tightly, and upon closer inspection, the books on the bookshelf were moved, as if someone had been rummaging through them.

The scene before him made Wu Xiaojie feel extremely confused. His breathing suddenly became rapid and beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

How could he not understand that the thugs on the street and the thieves in the house were all after the blue shirt in his hand.

Wu Xiaojie paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, carefully thinking about countermeasures.

After a long time, he quickly walked to the desk and moved a corner of it away.

The blue brick that was previously pressed under the corner of the table was a little loose, and Wu Xiaojie reached out and pulled it out.

There is a vertical hole under the blue brick, and in the hole there is a wooden box, and in the box there is a volume of "Blue Shirt Notes".

Wu Xiaojie reached out and pulled out the wooden box, and without any hesitation, he went straight to the East Palace.

Zhao Ji followed Wu Xiaojie slowly, his heart full of doubts.

He had already found the real Blue Shirt Notes in Chongwen Hall, so the one in Wu Xiaojie's hand must be a fake.

"Then why did Wu Xiaojie go to the East Palace with a fake book? It's really hard to understand."
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In the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian had been shut up for many days, refusing to meet with outsiders. But Wu Xiaojie, as a member of the Eastern Palace staff, was not considered an outsider.

Moreover, Li Xianming knew that Wu Xiaojie was an old colleague of the King of Yue, and he also knew that Wu Xiaojie had a volume of Blue Shirt Records in his hand, so he usually took good care of him.

Therefore, Wu Xiaojie did not encounter any obstruction and met the prince easily.

As soon as Wu Xiaojie met Crown Prince Li Xian, he handed him the wooden box containing "Blue Shirt Notes".

Li Xian took the wooden box and felt puzzled: "Xiaojie, what are you doing?"

Wu Xiaojie's face was solemn, and his voice revealed a bit of uneasiness: "I found someone following me on the street today, and a thief broke into my house and rummaged around. I feel something is wrong."

Li Xian was horrified and asked, "Could these people be the inner guards?"

Wu Xiaojie shook his head and said, "I don't know. But someone must be targeting me. So I want to temporarily leave the Blue Shirt Notes in this box with Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Li Xian immediately stuffed the wooden box back into Wu Xiaojie's hands, as if the wooden box was as hot as red-hot charcoal.

"No, no, Xiaojie, listen to me. Take this book back and burn it immediately to avoid future troubles and stop Li Gui from having any ideas."

Zhao Ji saw this scene on the beam and shook his head in his heart.

"Li Tang's divine weapon is too weak. Why bother with Wu Xiaojie's opinion? Be tough and just burn the book here. If you burn the real book, you can truly avoid future troubles."

Wu Xiaojie seemed to have anticipated that the prince would not accept the Blue Shirt Note.

Therefore, there was no sign of loss on his face, and he went home with the "Blue Shirt Notes".
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Wu Xiaojie returned home and carefully put the wooden box containing "Blue Shirt Notes" back to its original place and hid it tightly.

Afterwards, he went to bed early as usual, as if nothing had happened that day.

But Wu Xiaojie's emotions and reactions after returning home were beyond Zhao Ji's expectations: "He shouldn't be so calm, it's a bit too deliberate."

Zhao Ji didn't know what Chu Wu Xiaojie was up to yet, but that didn't stop him from taking action. He waited quietly until the dead of night when Wu Xiaojie fell into a deep sleep.

Zhao Ji slid down from the beam silently, landed silently, and quietly entered the study.

Relying on his memory from the day, he accurately found the blue brick under the corner of the table, took out the wooden box under the blue brick, and then restored everything to its original state.

Just at this moment, Zhao Ji heard a slight noise outside the door, and he quickly jumped onto the beam.

A man in black entered the study room with ease and went straight to where the blue bricks were. He also knew that a copy of "The Blue Shirt" was hidden there.

Zhao Ji felt that the figure of the man in black was somewhat familiar. He was Xu Shide!

Since the "Blue Shirt Record" under the blue brick had been taken away by Zhao Ji first, Xu Shide stood there in a daze after searching in vain, looking a little confused.

After a moment, Xu Shide came to his senses, stood up and walked towards Wu Xiaojie's bedroom.

However, Zhao Ji saw that Xu Shide had no intention of hiding anything. He walked past Wu Xiaojie's bedroom door in a swagger, making a noise, as if he wanted to wake Wu Xiaojie up on purpose.

As expected, Wu Xiaojie was awakened. He sat up from the bed and saw a dark shadow passing by the door.

Zhao Ji originally planned to follow Xu Shide out, but when he saw Wu Xiaojie get up from the bed, put on his clothes and went straight to the study, he realized that something new might be happening.

Wu Xiaojie turned on the light in the study, checked the wooden box under the blue bricks, and found that "The Blue Shirt Notes" was gone.

But he seemed to have expected this and instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Wu Xiaojie sat down at the desk, picked up a pen and paper, quickly wrote a note, and then sealed the note in an envelope.

After sealing the note, Wu Xiaojie blew out the light, took a black cloak, and went out again.

Zhao Ji was hanging far behind Wu Xiaojie, observing secretly.

However, what was unexpected was that Xu Shide did not leave Wu Xiaojie's home too far.

He quietly followed Wu Xiaojie from the alley and got in front of Zhao Ji, but he didn't notice that there was another Zhao Ji behind him.

Zhao Ji looked at this scene and couldn't help laughing: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Today's events are really getting more and more interesting."

This time, Wu Xiaojie did not realize that he was being followed. After walking for half an hour, he arrived at a house.

He looked around and saw no one, so he placed the envelope under a brick on the wall. Then he found three stones and arranged them in a special shape in front of the gate.

After doing all this, Wu Xiaojie looked around again and found no trace of human beings, so he returned the same way.

Xu Shide waited until Wu Xiaojie walked away, then went to the wall and picked up the letter.

The envelope was empty, without any writing on it.

Xu Shide hesitated for a moment, tore open the envelope and took out the note.

There was only a simple sentence on the note: "Meet in front of the southeast corner of Taipingfang at 3:30 pm on the day of Jingzhe."

"Qingzhe? Isn't that tomorrow?"

Xu Shide frowned, put the note and envelope in his arms, and began to think about his next move.

He knew that the person living in this house was Wu Xiaojie's best friend, Li Quan.

The best solution now is to get rid of Li Quan and find someone to replace him to attend the appointment.

But Xu Shide hesitated again, shook his head and denied the idea.

Wu Xiaojie has always been cautious. Killing Li Quan would cause a commotion and might alert the enemy.

After thinking it over, Xu Shide did not take action. He walked to the gate, threw away all three stones and left.

　Thanks to Sifang, Uncle95, book friend 20190728140234707, and Muyi306 for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)