You have asked for permission to marry, why should I restrain myself?

Chapter 142 Lin Zhaoyue, I trust you. If you dare to betray me, I will make you live a life worse th

The disguise of Lianji Pavilion is a pawn shop called Qianjinfang, and you can’t tell what it is from the outside.

There were two people who looked like guards standing at the door, and Xiao Yan took her in.

The counter and the lobby are surrounded by fine iron. A middle-aged man in ink-colored brocade clothes sits in front of the counter. Behind him is a display cabinet covered with extremely transparent colored glass, so the objects displayed in the cabinet can be clearly seen.

There were all kinds of rare treasures, some of which she had seen and some of which she had not.

As soon as they entered the lobby, the shopkeeper saw the veiled people. He was not surprised or wary at all and said calmly:

"Do you want to pawn something?"

Feng Xin came forward with a token and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper took it, glanced at it, and when he looked at them again, his expression immediately changed.

From indifference to respect.

He immediately stood up, took the key to open the iron gate, and then closed the main door. Then he bowed to Xiao Yan and said:

"This subordinate greets the Pavilion Master."

The shopkeeper has a high status in the online pavilion, so he naturally knows who he works for.

"No need to be polite, open the door."

"Yes, Pavilion Master."

The shopkeeper responded, took out a small golden key from his bosom, walked to a wall, and fiddled with a stone chess piece with his fingers. With a click, the originally flat stone wall became dented, revealing a keyhole.

The shopkeeper inserted the key and turned it gently. With a heavy "buzzing" sound, the originally tightly closed stone door slowly opened, revealing a dark and deep passage.

There was an old-fashioned atmosphere in the passage, and the walls were inlaid with luminous pearls for lighting, emitting a faint light.

"Master, please."

Xiao Yun was the first to step into the passage, followed closely by Lin Zhaoyue.

The group walked forward along the passage. Every fifty steps, a new passage appeared. From time to time, people in black clothes walked there, holding something like a letter in their hands.

When they saw them, there was no curiosity at all, and no one came forward to say hello. They were just busy with their own things.

I don’t know how many turns I turned or how long I walked before the view finally became clear.

From a distance, Lin Zhaoyue could hear all kinds of noises coming from inside.

There were voices, footsteps, and sounds like a mechanism being activated.

When the stone door opened, what came into view were several huge wooden gears, with large and small gears overlapping and turning continuously.

Then there were all kinds of tools that rose and fell that Lin Zhaoyue couldn't understand.

Something similar to a wooden cabinet reached the roof directly. The cabinets were arranged in rows. In front of each cabinet, there were four or five people standing. There were also two ladders placed on both sides.

There is a corresponding number on each cabinet, but Lin Zhaoyue can't understand it.

She only saw one of the cabinet doors open automatically with a slight click, and then someone moved a ladder to check over, took out a small note from inside, and closed it again.

After taking the note, the man came down and walked to another area, apparently to verify the registration information.

Here, looking around, there are at least a hundred people. Each of them is busy, but they are also busy in an orderly manner.

Seeing Xiao Yun stop, Lin Zhaoyue also stopped.

Xiao Yan said to the shopkeeper:

"Ask the deputy pavilion master to come to the main hall to see me."

"Yes, Pavilion Master."

The shopkeeper took the order and left.

Xiao Yan led her through the crowd with ease and came to a door.

There was a plaque hanging above the door. When Lin Zhaoyue saw the words "Important Military Area" written on it, a light flashed in her eyes.

She guessed that Xiao Yan must have put all the important things in there.

Xiao Yun took out a sign and placed it in a recessed position next to the stone door. With a light press, the stone door opened.

As soon as the door opened, Lin Zhaoyue was dazzled and could not help but squint her eyes.

I saw that it was filled with various luminous pearls. The one on the top was as big as an adult's head, making the inside as bright as day.

Xiao Yun looked at Lin Zhaoyue from the side, his dark eyes flashing slightly.

"Lin Zhaoyue, can I trust you?"

This is the core of the online pavilion.

There's important information in there.

If an outsider sneaks in, the consequences will be disastrous.

"If Your Highness the Crown Prince does not believe what I say, I will not go in."

Having said that, Lin Zhaoyue turned around and wanted to leave, but Xiao Yan reached out and held her back.

"Forget it. I will trust you one last time. Lin Zhaoyue, if you dare to betray me, I will make you live a life worse than death."

When he said this, a cold light flashed across the man's dark eyes.

After saying that, he took her inside.

This is a spacious secret room. In the middle of the room is a desk with various files on it.

On the left is a huge sand table with various strongholds and defense lines marked on it and filled with small red, green and yellow flags.

Lin Zhaoyue couldn't understand.

On the right side is a shelf similar to a bookshelf, except that each grid is covered with colored glaze and is filled with various bamboo slips and documents.

“This is the core of the online pavilion.”

Xiao Yan suddenly spoke.

Lin Zhaoyue didn't expect Xiao Yan to tell her this. She paused, her face full of surprise and confusion:

"What is the Linkage Pavilion? Since it is the core, is it not appropriate for a servant to come here?"

"Lin Zhaoyue, I trust you."

His tone was firm and determined.

It was a look of complete trust, but Lin Zhaoyue felt inexplicably sad in her heart.

In her previous life, she worked so hard for so long.

But she couldn't get any trust or sympathy from him.

The child died, and he said coldly, "I will compensate you."

When her father and brother were isolated and helpless in Beiyang Pass, he let her bang her head until it was broken in front of the Yangxin Palace, and he did nothing about it.

The Lin family was wrongly accused of treason and she knelt in the imperial study for a long time until he said that there was solid evidence.

When she was being tortured and humiliated in the cold palace and lived a life worse than pigs and dogs, he never came to see her.

But in this life, she hurt him, lied to him, scolded him, and beat him, but he led her to his territory so easily and presented his lifeblood in front of her.

Then what were all her efforts and contributions in her previous life?

Lin Zhaoyue just felt it was ironic.

After calming herself down, she took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and tried her best to appear calm.

Before she could say anything, Xiao Yan said slowly:

"The Online Pavilion is where I collect and transmit information."

Was he answering her question?

"The information here comes from all over Anguo, and it can help me understand the situation in Anguo."

As he spoke, he brought Lin Zhaoyue to the sand table and pointed at the small flags with his jade-white fingertips:

"These flags represent the distribution of various forces in Anguo. Green is our side, and red is other forces..."

Lin Zhaoyue looked at Xiao Yan who was explaining to her and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Did he really tell her all this just because he trusted her?

And today, after he attended the morning court, his face looked bad.

She didn't know what happened.

And she didn't understand this, why did he tell her?

"Your Highness, I don't understand this."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand now, you will understand in the future. Now, you just need to remember what I said and keep it firmly in your mind."

Lin Zhaoyue: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about this? I have a bad memory and can't remember it at all."

The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth formed an emotionless arc:

"Can't remember? Then when you remember, I will release you."

Looking at his serious expression, Lin Zhaoyue knew that what he said was true.

She looked puzzled and really didn't understand why Xiao Yan insisted that she remember these things?

"Your Highness, I am just a woman who grew up in seclusion. Why should I remember these things?"

"You'll understand later."

Lin Zhaoyue felt that Xiao Yun was like a gambler at this moment, betting on something.

Then, he brought her to the bookshelf on the right and moved the chessboard beside it. There was a slight creaking sound, and no one knew how the bookshelf worked.

The transparent glass shrank directly inward.

"Every grid here is equipped with a mechanism. If you fail to unlock it according to the password and forcibly break the glass to take the object, you will be shot by the poison needle inside and die on the spot."

What is password unlock?

Lin Zhaoyue felt that since entering the Lianji Pavilion, many things have been impacting her cognition.

She is simply ignorant and a frog in a well.

But she didn't ask, because she didn't want Xiao Yan to notice that she had any other thoughts about this place.

Lin Zhaoyue observed carefully and saw a tiny hole on the top of the lattice. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to find it at all.

I guess the poison needle is hidden in there.

Xiao Yan reached out and picked up a bamboo tube, saying:

"The bamboo slips on the shelf record all confidential information from all over Anguo, from border battles and royal secrets to county governance and official information."

As he was about to unfold the bamboo slips, Lin Zhaoyue quickly held down his hand.

"Your Highness, I do not want to know about this."

No matter how stupid she was, she knew that the bamboo slips here were death warrants for her.

The more you know, the faster you die.

Seeing her cowardly look, Xiao Yan smiled:

"Are you scared?"

"Your Highness, I still cherish my life."

As she spoke, Lin Zhaoyue suddenly frowned.

"According to what the prince said, if we have the Linkage Pavilion, can we know everything that happens in the world?"

Therefore, perhaps he had already known about the Lin family being slandered for treason in the previous life.

Lin Zhaoyue's hands hidden in her sleeves kept tightening.

“No, collecting information and verifying its authenticity is not as easy as you think.

Most of the time, what others show is what they want others to see. At this time, the authenticity of the information they have is insufficient, and it takes energy and cost to verify it.

A matter may take three to five days at the fastest, or one to two years at the slowest.

Also, some people may realize that they are being monitored or inspected, and they may interfere and pass on false information, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Moreover, information itself has a delay from being sent to being received, and is also subject to the subjective influence of the person checking it.

The information here can help you understand the general situation, but it does not cover everything.”

"For example, what if a family wants to rebel or collaborate with the enemy? Would the Alliance know about this?"

When Xiao Yan heard Lin Zhaoyue's words, his eyes darkened slightly.

“If a family shows signs of treason or collusion with the enemy, the Alliance may be able to detect it.

But this requires in-depth investigation and analysis to obtain substantial evidence, and cannot rely solely on superficial information.

If the Online Pavilion obtains relevant intelligence, it will send special personnel to further verify and verify the authenticity, because the enemy may deliberately spread false intelligence to confuse the real purpose.

In addition, complex relationships and power struggles within the family will also affect the judgment of intelligence.

Treason and collusion with the enemy are capital crimes, and the entire clan will be punished. When the correct evidence is obtained, other changes may also occur. "

Xiao Yun talked a lot, but Lin Zhaoyue didn't grasp the main point for a moment and even felt that he was answering the irrelevant question.

Somewhat irritated:

"So is it possible or not?"

Xiao Yun: "...It seems that everything I said was in vain. Whether it is possible or not depends on the circumstances.

Information and intelligence are not the only criteria, but evidence is.”

Lin Zhaoyue wanted to say something, but a female voice rang out from outside:

"Feng Mian pays respect to Pavilion Master."

The person who came should be the deputy pavilion master that Xiao Yan just mentioned.

She used the word "see", which means she knew Xiao Yan's true identity.

Xiao Yan put the bamboo tube back to its original place and said to the people outside:

"Enter."

As the stone door opened, a beautiful woman dressed in black and wearing a black cloak walked in.

Her hair was tied up high, her eyes and eyebrows showed a heroic spirit, and she looked heroic and valiant, like a heroine in a storybook.

This is exactly what Lin Zhaoyue imagined herself to be like when she was a child. She imagined herself to be like this when she grew up.

Unfortunately, her lack of knowledge and skills harmed her, and she became the arrogant and domineering witch that she hated the most when she was a child.

Lin Zhaoyue looked at Feng Mian for quite a long time. Feng Mian felt a little embarrassed as his ears became hot and his cheeks turned slightly red due to the direct stare from that beautiful lady.

His face turned red, and his coolness just now disappeared in an instant.

Lin Zhaoyue: Wow~ She is still a pure-hearted heroine!

Lin Zhaoyue's eyes instantly changed from admiration to the eyes of a big bad wolf.

Xiao Yan didn't like the way Lin Zhaoyue looked at others. He frowned slightly and said to Lin Zhaoyue:

"You go out first."

Hearing Xiao Yan's voice, Lin Zhaoyue quickly controlled her expression and said obediently:

"Yes."

As soon as she left the secret room, a heavy "bang" sound came from behind her.

If she had moved a little slower, Lin Zhaoyue suspected that the door would have crushed her to death.

Well, one moment he said he believed in her, and the next moment he wanted to kill her.

Xiao Yan's madness came back again.

In the secret room, Feng Mian bowed to Xiao Yan with the courtesy of a monarch and his subjects:

"Your Highness, is there something urgent you need from me?"

She was just studying the mechanism when she heard the shopkeeper say that the Pavilion Master was looking for her.

The prince would not summon her unless it was urgent.

She just hoped that this urgent matter would not affect her research institute.

She had spent so many years studying the mechanism diagram that the prince gave her, but she had only studied less than one-fifth of it.

And this one-fifth can be used to create an online pavilion.

If she could fully understand the mechanism diagram, she would become a master of mechanisms.

Just as Feng Mian was praying in her heart that Xiao Ying would not assign her any other tasks, Xiao Ying spoke up:

"I need you to go to Jiangnan next time."

Feng Mian: "...Your Highness, do I have to go to Jiangnan?"

"Yes, there is no room for negotiation. You take my token and letter and go to Jiangnan to find King Yikang on my behalf. This matter is top secret!"

……

Lin Zhaoyue didn’t know what the two of them talked about in the secret room, but she saw that when Feng Mian came out again, he looked like he had lost all hope in life.

Just as she was about to go up and talk to Feng Mian, she heard Xiao Yan's cold voice:

"Lin Zhaoyue, come in."