Liao Ran then gestured: "Old Zhong and the Chen family's representative are both at the front line and could not come. Old Zhong had sent over his opinions and the wooden piece he kept with him a few days ago. There is chaos at Miss Chen's place, and it is also farther away, so I still have yet to see hers, but my guess is that it will arrive in more or less another day.”

Du Wan Quan looked at the Lin Yuan wooden emblem on the table and sat upright, solemnly saying: “Master, please speak."

"Amitabha," with his hands folded and his head hung down, he continued: “At the beginning of the war, a man had used wooden birds in Lin Yuan Pavilion to send messages, preserving a way out for the capital under siege. Taking on the mission in the midst of danger to kill the spy, personally defending the city, and resisting the decree of passing to him the imperial throne —”

When Zhang Feng Han heard this, he immediately echoed the sentiment: "I agree with the man that Master spoke of, I had interacted with His Highness Yan Wang the most in the court. Although he is young, he has both abilities and virtue. I would like to entrust my wooden emblem to him.

“I am ashamed to say that I have leisurely sat and ate salary for many years. I could not be of any use in the face of a critical situation. When I heard the frontline battle reports, I was in dismay and could not think that it was possible for the Westerners to besiege the capital city, nor did I think of using wooden birds to send messages...what do you say, Mister Du?”

The two men on the table looked at Du Wan Quan at the same time. Du Wan Quan thought about it for a moment, he then responded: "His Royal Highness is a person of nobility, I never had contact with him. But I heard that His Royal Highness was once a student of Old Zhong and even had friendship with the Chen family. They must know more about him. Why don't we wait for them?"

Liao Ran suddenly brought out a wooden bird. There was a very thin seal on its abdomen that was still intact.

"This is Old Zhong's," signed Liao Ran. "This monk hasn't opened it yet, please."

Du Wan Quan rubbed his hands and said with a hint of embarrassment: "This Du will go ahead."

When he finished, he carefully peeled the seal, opening up the belly of the bird, and took out the fourth wooden emblem from it.

With this piece, the word 'Yuan' was mostly spelled out, only one corner was left. Under the wooden plate, there was a seagrain paper sent from Zhong Chan.