Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

Shen Yubai was not in good health and had been resting since yesterday. Du Songzi prescribed two prescriptions and was specifically responsible for brewing the medicine for him.

Su Su and Li Siqi stayed at Hongde Hall to look after Yi Zanglan, while Yan Zhao and the rest of the group split into groups and went to various parts of the imperial city to continue their search, trying to find clues about the last two paintings and the curse of the Feng Kingdom.

Unfortunately, after spending most of the day, they still found nothing.

The group originally planned to continue their research the next day, but to their surprise, on the morning of the sixth day, the sun rose as usual, and everything in the imperial city returned to normal, as if nothing had happened before.

Now that it's back online, the role-playing should continue.

After waking up, Yi Zanglan ate two bowls of rice in a huff, full of energy like a cheetah, completely unaffected by his fainting spell the day before.

She heard Su Su say that she needed to go to court. Although she didn't quite understand and was very impatient, she couldn't resist the cheerful palace maid in front of her who kept calling her "Your Majesty" and nagging her to persuade her.

Forget it, this is so annoying. Fine, I'll go then. Let's see how an emperor should behave.

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An hour later, the morning court session ended, and the emperor had finished his experience.

The members of Black Wind Stronghold temporarily gathered in the palace where Qin Shaoyu was staying to review the troublesome situation that had occurred that morning.

"Fortunately, no one noticed that Emperor Xiaowu had suddenly turned into a twelve-year-old, his court robes didn't fit properly, and he was wearing an iron chain around his neck." Wu Ying sighed. "But unfortunately, today those NPC ministers were extremely excited. Regardless of gender, they all submitted memorials, impeaching this person and accusing that person. In the end, they even started to imply that the emperor was immoral, saying that the court was corrupt, and that they wanted to reduce the power of the prime minister and the general, and then recommend a capable minister to act as regent."

"That complicated?" Qin Shaoyu asked in surprise. "Will the captain like listening to that?"

"Of course I don't want to hear it."

"Then she..."

"She saw an old minister shouting that he would kill himself by hitting a pillar in remonstrance, so she stepped down from the dragon throne and strolled around." Jiang Yao carefully chose his words, "and then... she physically exorcised him."

Several of her own men had a vague idea of ​​what Yi Zanglan was going to do, but they didn’t dare to stop this ancestor. The other ministers thought she had given in and wanted to persuade her, so they didn’t step forward either.

The next moment, she grabbed the official's hat and slammed the annoying old man's head against the golden pillar of the main hall. Then, she used one hand to slam him three times until he was dead.

"Like this." Jiang Ling symbolically grabbed her brother's hair to show everyone, "His brains were spilling out, and all the ministers were terrified, kneeling on the ground trembling, not daring to lift their heads."

—Is there anyone else who wants to submit a memorial? If not, I will adjourn the court.

This was the only sentence Yi Zanglan spoke from beginning to end. Judging from her expression, she probably disliked being the emperor more than being the captain of Black Wind Stronghold.

"Lanlan has just arrived in an unfamiliar environment, she doesn't remember us, and she doesn't feel safe, so it's normal for her to be emotionally unstable," Yan Zhao said in a deep voice. "But that's not the most important thing right now. We saw it all in Fengtian Hall. Besides the brains, the old minister was bleeding green blood."

It was a moss-like green, dark and viscous, like some kind of slowly spreading venom.

That is definitely not human blood.

"Could there be something wrong with those ministers?" Wang Mingyue pondered seriously. "Otherwise, there's no reason why the captain would randomly pick someone to make an example of, and then choose a green-blooded monster, unless everyone has already undergone mutations."

"That makes sense..." Tang Yunxi's mind raced. Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck her. She slapped her thigh and looked at Yan Zhao, "That's right! Zhao Zhao, didn't we analyze before that the themes of the last four paintings were 'birth, aging, sickness, and death'?"

Yan Zhao looked at him knowingly: "That's right. The paintings of 'birth' and 'old age' have already been verified. According to common sense, it is indeed the turn of 'illness' and 'death'."

"The blood turning green is very likely a sign of illness," Wu Ying frowned in frustration. "But how do we confirm what kind of illness it is, and what specific steps should we take?"

Wang Mingyue reopened the scroll, not expecting much, but to her surprise, she saw some faintly blurred patterns appearing on the ninth blank sheet of paper.

...It was an old blue book with red marks remaining on the edges.

"Everyone!" she exclaimed excitedly, "This is a hint! Maybe we should go find a book like this!"

The other members immediately gathered around, and Jiang Ling couldn't help but fall into deep thought: "We already searched Wenyuan Pavilion yesterday, didn't we? We didn't see this book at all."

"We even searched the studies in the Prime Minister's residence and the Imperial Preceptor's residence, and even went to the Qin'an Hall again." Tang Yunxi pondered carefully, "Could it be a private collection of books? Should we look in the outer city's markets?"

"That makes sense. How about we take my brother and me along, the three of us going together?"

"OK."

"I've thought of another possibility," Yan Zhao said calmly. "I've seen Su Su's map before. We've never been to the Imperial Archives outside Bei'an Gate."

Jiang Yao immediately realized: "The Imperial History Pavilion should be where confidential documents such as the royal family genealogy, imperial edicts, confessions of convicted officials, and military documents are stored. Do you think we might find secrets of the Feng Kingdom's royal family there?"

"It's just a guess, but I think the probability is high."

Jiang Ling hesitated, "If we want to go during the day, it's absolutely impossible to enter such a secret place without the Emperor's permission."

"Can."

Besides Yan Zhao, Ling Ye, who had remained silent throughout, was also among those who answered this question.

The two looked towards the back of the group at the same time, and the rest of the members followed suit and turned their heads as well.

Yi Zanglan was standing in the back row, also examining the scroll. It was unclear how long he had been listening in.

In the distance, Su Su and Li Siqi were rushing over, probably to report that a certain young captain had suddenly disappeared from Hongde Hall. However, when they arrived, they found that the captain had already arrived at the scene ahead of them.

...Which way did she come from? We haven't seen her anywhere along the way!

"Your tracking skills are too average." Yi Zanglan glanced calmly at Su Su, clearly seeing through her thoughts, and said sarcastically, "The overall quality of this team is actually just average. If I were really the captain, why would I have chosen you two in the first place?"

Su Su had been taking care of her for half a day and was already used to her way of speaking, so she didn't mind at all and answered with a smile.

"Compared to you, we may be of average quality, but we have enough loyalty and courage, which are the finest qualities you value most."

Loyalty and courage...

Yi Zanglan was stunned for a moment, and then she felt that the group of people were once again casting those sincere and ardent gazes at her, like sparks that were about to ignite.

Speechless. What's so interesting about this?

She awkwardly looked away and re-examined the scroll.

"So, according to you, collecting all ten paintings is the condition for passing this game. Now we're only missing the last two. To find the clue for the ninth painting, we'll likely have to go to the Imperial Archives. It would be best if I went there myself, right?"

Everyone nodded obediently in agreement, which looked strangely cute.

"...Then let's not waste time, lead the way." Yi Zanglan frowned unhappily, and added as he turned around, "Pick two strong ones to come with me. They need to be smart and good at fighting."