The princess arrives and the prosperous Tang Dynasty begins

Chapter 194 Mysterious Symbols

The night enveloped the palace, and the dim moonlight shone through the carved window lattices, onto Lin Xiao's furrowed brows. She sat in front of the desk, holding a file recording the crime scene in her hand, staring closely at the mysterious symbol depicted on it, and fell into deep thought.

The candlelight flickered gently in the breeze, illuminating her slightly tired but still resolute face. Lin Xiao's pen moved unconsciously on the paper, and various possible clues and explanations kept flashing through her mind, but each idea was denied after further thinking. This mysterious symbol seemed to be an insurmountable puzzle, blocking her path to the truth.

Li Yi quietly walked into the room, and seeing Lin Xiao so focused, he felt both distressed and full of admiration. He gently walked to Lin Xiao's side, stretched out his hand, and gently pushed the scattered hair on her forehead behind her ears.

"My dear, don't overwork yourself." Li Yi's voice was full of concern, breaking the silence in the room.

Lin Xiao raised her head slightly and looked at Li Yi, with determination in her eyes. She shook her head slowly and said, "Your Majesty, I will not be at ease unless I find out the truth. There must be some hidden conspiracy behind these bizarre cases. If the truth is not revealed soon, I am afraid that more innocent people will suffer."

Li Yi sat down next to Lin Xiao, held her hand, and said, "My beloved concubine is devoted to the Tang Dynasty and the people. I am very touched. But I don't want to see you worrying about this and exhausting yourself."

Lin Xiao gently held Li Yi's hand and said, "Your Majesty, I understand your concern. But this matter is of great importance. How can I sit back and do nothing? This mysterious symbol may seem simple, but it contains endless mysteries. I always feel that it is the key to solving this series of cases."

Li Yi looked at the paper with mysterious symbols on it and asked, "My beloved, have you made any new discoveries?"

Lin Xiao sighed and said, "I have consulted many ancient books, but have never found a similar pattern. The lines of this symbol are smooth and strange, and it seems to have some specific rules, but I have not yet been able to understand it."

Li Yi stood up, walked to the window, looked at the night outside, and said after thinking for a moment: "I have ordered the Ministry of Justice to fully assist in the investigation. I believe there will be new clues soon."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly: "Your Majesty is wise. But the person behind this is so cunning, he must have planned it carefully. It may not be easy to find clues easily."

At this moment, a breeze blew into the room, and the candlelight swayed violently. Lin Xiao's eyes fell on the mysterious symbol again, as if he was deeply attracted by it.

"Your Majesty, look at the shape of this symbol. Does it look like some ancient totem?" Lin Xiao suddenly said.

Li Yi turned around, walked closer to the table, and looked at the symbol carefully: "My beloved concubine, now that you mention it, it does have some similarities. But there seems to be nothing in the totem records of the Tang Dynasty that matches this."

Lin Xiao stood up, walked to the bookshelf, took down a thick ancient book, and quickly flipped through it: "I remember seeing the description of some remote tribal totems in a folk miscellany. Perhaps we can find clues from it."

Time passed quietly in silence, Lin Xiao searched carefully page by page, not missing any possible details. Li Yi accompanied her quietly, and occasionally poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Found it!" Lin Xiao's voice was filled with excitement. She handed the ancient book to Li Yi, pointed to one of the pages and said, "Your Majesty, look here. This is a record of a minority tribe on the southern border. Their totem is somewhat similar to this mysterious symbol."

Li Yi carefully looked at the descriptions and pictures in the ancient book, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes: "If this is true, then this case may be related to the southern border?"

Lin Xiao frowned and said thoughtfully: "This is just a guess and needs further verification. But at least it provides a direction for our investigation."

Li Yi nodded: "I will immediately order officials from the southern border to assist in investigating this matter."

However, things did not go as smoothly as they imagined. News from the southern border said that no clues related to the mysterious symbol had been found in the area, and no similar bizarre cases had ever occurred.

After Lin Xiao learned the news, she became even more confused: "If it's not the southern border, then what does this symbol represent? Could it be that my judgment is wrong?"

Li Yi comforted her: "Don't be discouraged, my dear concubine. Perhaps our thinking is not broad enough."

Lin Xiao re-examined the mysterious symbol, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind: "Your Majesty, could this symbol not be a complete pattern, but a part of a larger pattern?"

Li Yi's eyes lit up: "My beloved concubine, this idea is very novel. If this is true, then our previous investigation direction may be wrong."

Lin Xiao immediately summoned the officials in charge of the case investigation and asked them to re-investigate the crime scene carefully to see if there were any other traces related to this mysterious symbol.

After a careful search, they finally found some tiny scratches in the corner of a crime scene, as if someone was trying to cover up something. Lin Xiao went to the scene in person and after careful identification, he found that these scratches were very similar to the line style of the mysterious symbol.

"It seems that my guess is correct." Lin Xiao's eyes flashed with excitement.

Li Yi also rushed to the scene. Seeing these new discoveries, he said, "My beloved concubine is indeed very smart. But what exactly this means needs further exploration."

Lin Xiao asked people to carefully copy these scratches and compare and splice them with the previous mysterious symbols. After many attempts, he finally found that these scratches and symbols could be combined into a more complex pattern.

"This pattern..." Lin Xiao stared at the combination pattern in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Li Yi asked, "My beloved, do you have any clues?"

Lin Xiao shook her head: "I haven't figured it out yet, but this pattern is definitely not accidental. I think we need to consult some experts who are proficient in astronomy, geography, and the art of Qimen Dunjia."

Li Yi immediately ordered a nationwide search for such experts. Soon, several famous and extraordinary people were invited to the palace.

These strange people looked at the complex pattern with frowns on their faces, and fell into deep thought. One of the older masters said, "This pattern is very strange, and it seems to contain some mysterious power. But I am not very knowledgeable, and it is difficult for me to understand it for the time being."

Lin Xiao said: "I hope you masters can take more care of this. If you can solve the mystery of this pattern, it will be a blessing for the Tang Dynasty."

In the following days, Lin Xiao and Li Yi studied and discussed with these experts, constantly trying to interpret this mysterious pattern from various angles.

One day, while Lin Xiao was reading an ancient book on numerology, she suddenly discovered that one of the array patterns was somewhat similar to the one they were studying. She quickly informed everyone of her discovery.

After further comparison and research, it was finally discovered that this pattern was actually part of a long-lost evil formation. It is said that once this formation is activated, it will bring about a huge disaster.

Lin Xiao said solemnly: "Your Majesty, it seems that the purpose of the person behind this is not simply to create chaos, but a more terrible conspiracy."

Li Yi clenched his fists and said, "I will never let their conspiracy succeed. My beloved, how should we deal with it next?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiao said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to find out the other parts of this formation, as well as the time and place where the person behind the scenes activated the formation."

Li Yi immediately ordered to intensify the investigation and not to miss any clues. At the same time, the guards of the palace and the capital were strengthened just in case.

During the intense investigation, Lin Xiao and Li Yi were under tremendous pressure, but they never gave up, firmly believing that they would be able to solve the mystery behind this mysterious symbol and protect the peace of Datang.