Chapter 521: 521. Chapter 521 Yellowed Paper

521. Chapter 521 Yellowed Paper

Shi Lin wanted to protect Qiao Sheng, so he let An Yi and the others go keep an eye on them.

Seeing Shi Lin wave his hand, An Yi and the others immediately knew what he meant and spread out to act.

Three quarter-hours passed.

Those people left.

Altogether, there were five men in black.

They came empty-handed and left empty-handed.

An Yi asked, "Master, should we follow them?"

Shi Lin shook his head.

"No need."

They already knew who was behind it—there was no point in following; if discovered, it would scare the snake.

Let An Yi and the others keep watch around.

Shi Lin and Qiao Sheng went to check on the two middle-aged men guarding the shop; they were still asleep, obviously drugged—otherwise, with such a commotion just now, how could they not have woken up?

Making sure they were unharmed.

Shi Lin and Qiao Sheng stopped worrying about them and began searching place by place.

They searched for a while.

They found nothing.

Shi Lin walked beside Qiao Sheng and said, "These places, An Yi and the others have actually already searched them, but they found nothing."

"Have you dug underground to look?"

"Has Zhang Yun searched?"

"Have you checked the roof?"

Qiao Sheng asked a series of questions.

Shi Lin's expression paused: "The roof? Exposed to wind, sun, and rain—what could possibly be there…"

"You'll know only after you look."

As soon as Qiao Sheng said that, Shi Lin had nothing to say.

Shi Lin put his arm around Qiao Sheng and leapt onto the roof, looking around he said, "The ground has already been dug up, Zhang Yun has also dug it; otherwise, if discovered later, it would just be restored to its original state."

Zhang Yun found nothing, so is that why they came to him for help?

How did he know I wanted to rent the shop?

Could there be someone from the Shi family?

Right.

He has the Dark Guard, doesn't he!

Thinking of this.

Qiao Sheng stopped dwelling on that issue, crouching down to search carefully.

Shi Lin also searched in the same way.

Although An Yi and the others were curious whether anything could be found on the roof, they each stayed in their hiding places without moving, since Shi Lin hadn't asked them to help search; he had them stand guard nearby to prevent anyone from approaching.

This search lasted over an hour.

As they were about to finish searching, they still found nothing.

Shi Lin wanted to persuade Qiao Sheng to give up, but she didn't even lift her head, continuing to rummage.

Just as they were about to finish searching,

Qiao Sheng noticed a tile that was different and thicker; she lifted it and found an iron box, with another tile underneath.

"Shi Lin…"

Shi Lin quickly came over.

"This…"

Qiao Sheng picked it up, examined it, gently opened it, and a folded sheet of paper appeared before them—this paper was thoroughly yellowed, looking quite old.

Opened.

Qiao Sheng handed it to Shi Lin to look at.

After examining it carefully, Shi Lin froze in place, but he quickly came to his senses.

"Qiao Sheng, let's go down first."

Shi Lin pulled Qiao Sheng to a deserted corner and said, "little Sheng, you're the smart one; otherwise we would never have found this paper. The content on this paper was written by Zhang Yun's grandfather before his death—the Third Prince is not the Empress's biological son…"

"What!"

Qiao Sheng hadn't examined it closely before, so she didn't know.

She continued, "Zhang Yun's grandfather was the Grand Tutor, so how could he know such a thing? Could it be that he happened to catch the Empress doing something improper with someone…"

"No."

After interrupting Qiao Sheng, Shi Lin said, "The slip says the Third Prince is the child of the Cold Palace's Moon Consort, meaning the Empress traded her own dead child for the Moon Consort's child. Zhang Yun's grandfather didn't know this at first; that day he entered the palace to see the Emperor for some business, and happened to run into the Empress's people carrying a basket, sneaking toward the palace where she resides…"