Chapter 89 The Origin of Xuanyuan Blood (Part )

When she arrived at the yamen, the clerks in the county government were very respectful to Mrs. Shen and even stopped accepting the bribes that they used to demand.

Mrs. Shen was shocked by the change in the clerk's attitude and was confused for a moment.

She didn't know that the rumor that the Thirteenth Prince donated to the orphanage in order to win the beauty's smile had already spread like wildfire in the county government.

When the clerks saw the person involved, who would dare to neglect Mrs. Shen?
In the middle of the night, I came to visit the Thirteenth Prince.

What else could it be other than the stuff between men and women?
They are well aware of the power of pillow talk.

Mrs. Shen just felt that the clerks' attitude towards her along the way was too respectful.

Even when her husband was alive, she had never been treated like this. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was in a dream.

Under the guidance of the clerk, Mrs. Shen soon met Zhou Haochen.

"Your Highness, I am a humble woman who did not recognize a great man. Please forgive me for that." Madam Shen knelt on the ground with her head touching the ground, her hips raised high, outlining an alluring curve.

Seeing Mrs. Shen come to visit on her own initiative, Zhou Haochen showed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

If he guessed correctly, Mrs. Shen finally opened her heart to him and told him everything she had concealed before.

"Mrs. Shen, please stand up."

"Is your visit to me related to the case from ten years ago?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shen showed a relieved smile on her pretty face.

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Your Highness."

"Please forgive me for hiding this from you during the day."

"Oh? I am curious as to why Madam Shen concealed it during the day, but is willing to reveal it now."

Mrs. Shen's face showed deep helplessness.

"To be honest with you, Your Highness, the case from ten years ago was too complicated. I concealed it before because I didn't want to harm Your Highness."

"But when I learned of your highness's identity, I believed that your highness was my only chance to give my husband justice."

"Mrs. Shen, tell me what happened ten years ago."

"Ten years ago, I didn't know about the case that my husband took over." Mrs. Shen took a deep breath and said, "However, my husband seemed to have anticipated that something unexpected would happen to him, so he hid all the relevant information in advance."

Hearing this, Zhou Haochen's eyes lit up.

"Where is the thing?"

"Buried in the grounds of the workhouse!"

……

The night wind blows gently and the leaves rustle.

Mrs. Shen brought Zhou Haochen and others to the backyard of the orphanage.

"My husband hid the things here. After he died, I built an orphanage here and adopted orphans. Over the years, I have not been suspected."

Mrs. Shen pointed with her rough fingers to an empty space in the backyard.

There was nothing unusual about this open space, and there were no signs like trees or rocks.

If it weren't for Mrs. Shen, the person involved, personally pointing out the problem, it would have been very difficult to discover the truth, unless one went to great lengths and dug deep into the ground.

"Come on, dig!"

Zhou Haochen ordered the guards in the mansion to dig in the backyard.

Soon, the things that Shen Qingfeng buried here saw the light of day again after ten years.

The things Shen Qingfeng hid were wrapped in brown paper and sealed very well.

After opening the brown paper, a file and half a jade pendant appeared in front of Zhou Haochen.

Although ten years have passed, these two things are still intact.

Zhou Haochen keenly noticed that this half piece of jade pendant contained dragon energy.

With the experience of the previous dynasty's tiger talisman and Emperor Wen of Jin's jade ring, Zhou Haochen's perception of dragon energy far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Therefore, he could immediately sense the dragon energy in the jade pendant.

Zhou Haochen raised his eyebrows and could tell the origin of the jade pendant at a glance.

The jade pendant can be contaminated with dragon energy, which is obviously due to being worn by the emperor and princes for a long time.

Moreover, Zhou Haochen was quite familiar with the dragon energy in the jade pendant.

It’s the golden dragon energy of the Jin Dynasty!

The moment his fingertips touched the jade pendant, Zhou Haochen suddenly heard a cold and strange voice in his ears.

This sound seemed to come from the underworld, and it made people feel uneasy.

"Who am I? Who am I?"

Zhou Haochen's scalp tingled at the strange sound. Subconsciously, he retracted his fingers and left the jade pendant.

When the fingertips left the jade pendant, the strange sound in the ear also disappeared.

Zhou Haochen was stunned for a moment and asked casually.

"Did you hear any strange noises?"

"Your Highness, we are the only ones here, there are no strange noises."

Zhou Haochen was silent for a moment, and his fingertips touched the jade pendant again, but this time, the cold and strange voice did not appear.

This strange scene made Zhou Haochen couldn't help but frown.

Is this my hallucination?
Seeing that Zhou Haochen was behaving strangely, Qin Qiulan asked worriedly.

"Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"

"No! I'm just a little happy... I finally found a breakthrough."

Zhou Haochen responded perfunctorily, then gave the order and returned to the yamen.

When Zhou Haochen and his group were leaving, exclamations were heard from the house opposite the orphanage.

"Grandpa, the compass is responding."

"It seems the key was snatched away by the Thirteenth Prince!"

The young man's eyes were fixed on the bronze compass in his hand.

The old man at the side saw the changes in the needle of the bronze compass and his face became terribly ugly, so gloomy that water could be squeezed out of it.

The key fell into the hands of the Thirteenth Prince!

"Damn it!"

The old man smashed the door panel hard with his fist, making the already worn-out panel creak.

Fall short!
What a failure!

The old man wondered if he should find a temple to get rid of the bad luck.

Otherwise, why are all the recent events going against him?

First, Dilong turned the tables, forcing him to seek cooperation from the Sanhe Gang.

Just when the Sanhe Gang was about to take over the orphanage and could officially start digging, the Thirteenth Prince somehow showed up and took the key.

It would be extremely difficult to take the key from the Thirteenth Prince, unless...

The old man pondered for a moment, a wicked light flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to have thought of a solution.

……

After returning to the yamen.

Zhou Haochen asked Li Yue to read the contents of the file to him.

The voice of Liyue's oriole sounded in my ears, like pearls falling on a jade plate.

"...I have a good friend who is a historian in the Hanlin Academy. He once told me an interesting story. His ancestor was the historian of Taizu, who recorded Taizu's daily life..."

"...During the reign of Emperor Taizu, he once drank with his disciples. When he was half drunk, he suddenly composed a poem: I offer my blood to Xuanyuan..."

"...After Taizu sobered up and saw the poem recorded in the daily notes, he ordered the historian to delete the poem. The historian was puzzled. Why did he delete such a poem that has been handed down from generation to generation?"

"...Taizu's words are too immature..."

"…The historian was puzzled by the two characters in the middle until his death. Although he followed Taizu's order and deleted the poem from the daily notes, he could not bear it and did not want the poem to be passed down or lost, so he recorded this poem in the family tree…"

"...After I found out about the secret organization Xuanyuanxue, I couldn't help but think of the poem written by Taizu, so I started investigating..."

"...Xuanyuan blood is really related to the royal family...This case...is too complicated...Perhaps I shouldn't continue investigating. If I continue investigating, I might bring disaster..."

"…I found an important clue today. Xuanyuanxue is an organization that specializes in Buddhist methods. The black swastika seems to be the unique symbol of this organization…"

"...There are not many members of the royal family who are devoted to Buddhism. The most famous and powerful one is..."

Liyue's voice suddenly stopped.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to read, but the contents of the file end here.

"Your Highness, it's gone!"

Liyue's tender and sweet voice was filled with loss.

It’s like reading a book and reaching its climax, and then suddenly it stops.

"Your Highness, the records in the file..."

Without waiting for Li Yue to finish her words, Zhou Haochen uttered two words.

"King Yong!"

(End of this chapter)