"Shh—keep your voice down, didn't you see that the last one is the governor soon? The first two should be big figures who live in another courtyard, maybe one of them is the imperial envoy!" said the third son of a brother-in-law's aunt The nephew was in the neighborhood where the yamen was working, and he whispered the gossip he had heard to everyone.
"Your Imperial Envoy can't disregard human life. What if the horse kicks someone?" The speaker was a scribe dressed as a scholar.
The neighbor who had relatives working in the Yamen continued: "Maybe it has something to do with the recent case. I heard that another person was killed in the northwest suburbs, and the whole family died terribly. Damn gangsters, if you rob money, just rob it." , killed the whole family, the method is too cruel!"
"Your Excellency, they are running through the busy city on horseback, is it because they are hunting down those gangsters?" Another passer-by thought it was the truth.
Everyone stopped complaining after hearing the words. Recently, families with a small surplus of money are trembling, for fear that they will be selected by gangsters. If this group of people had been caught earlier, Jin Ling would no longer be panicked.
Zhu Junyang was so anxious that it felt like a century had passed, and he finally arrived at the other courtyard. He jumped off the galloping horse and rushed to the porter, grabbed the clothes on the porter's chest and lifted his feet off the ground. He asked anxiously: "Did the princess go out today?"
The concierge was startled at first, saw the person coming, and hurriedly stammered: "Go back to the lord, the princess was called away by the people from the experimental field about two quarters of an hour after you left..."
"What? Was someone called away?!" Su Ran's face was as frosty, and her clenched fists made a terrifying "ga-ba-ga-ba" sound.
"My lords, be safe and don't be impatient! Perhaps, the imperial envoy was really called away by Master Wu?" The governor wiped the sweat from his forehead and prayed in his heart: The princess must be fine!
"Ming Xin, Ming Gui!" Zhu Junyang entered the courtyard and called out to a corner. Immediately, a black figure appeared in response, "Tell me what's going on?"
"Master, after you left, a small official next to Master Wu came in a hurry and said that the experimental field unfortunately caught fire and hundreds of acres of rice were burned. When the princess heard this, she immediately changed her clothes and went out. Except for the empress The two personal maids, and the four guards you assigned to her, Ming Gui was worried, and followed her..." Ming Xin knelt down on one knee, and briefly told her master what happened today.
"Let's go! Go to the experimental field!!" The ominous premonition in Zhu Junyang's heart became stronger. If the test fields in the suburbs of Jinling caught fire, the smoke and dust would definitely spread into Jinling City. At this time, everything in Jinling was as usual, and no one talked about the so-called fire in the test field. What does this mean? Everything was premeditated, it was a conspiracy against him and the princess! !
A group of people rushed to the experimental field, and Master Wu was leading the tenant farmers to rush to harvest rice. Seeing King Xu and the governor coming, he came over to greet him, and asked strangely: "His Royal Highness, why are you here alone? Where is the imperial envoy?"
Zhu Junyang's heart sank, he grabbed him and asked, "Where's the guy next to you who is responsible for recording data?"
"You mean Xiao Zhang, right? His old mother was sick today, so he asked for leave to take his old mother to Tongrentang for a doctor's visit. What's the matter? Do you have something to do with him?" Master Wu seemed to sense that something was wrong with Xu Wang, and restrained his face With a happy expression on his face, he asked solemnly.
The cloud on Zhu Junyang's face was almost dripping with rain. This little Zhang either has a problem, or his identity has been used by someone else. There has been no trace of Xiaocao's master and servant along the way, it seems not optimistic.
"Don't worry, the little grass girl is auspicious and will be fine." Su Ran was also very worried, so she patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "That girl has always been kind to others, and there is no deep hatred outside. The other party seduced her Going out, there is only one purpose - to lead you and me out after controlling her. There is no news yet, at least the girl is safe now."
Zhu Junyang's phoenix eyes were full of dark storms, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It must be the remnants of the previous dynasty! Those guys who linger!! Let's go, on the way from the other courtyard to the experimental field, and see if there are any clues."
The two of them walked back with their men and horses, and they searched carefully. Sure enough, in the grass in a small forest not far from the road, they found a yellow jade bracelet deliberately left by Xiaocao. Among the withered and yellow leaves, if you don't distinguish carefully, you really can't see it.
"According to the scene, the other side has more people. Fortunately, there is no trace of fierce fighting. It should be that the girl saw that the situation was wrong and stopped Chunhua's resistance. That's good, at least the girl will not be injured." Su Ran checked carefully On-site, accurate analysis was made.
"There are marks left by ruts in the forest, indicating that the other party took people away in a carriage. There are so many people, and there are horses and carts. Anyone who passes by will leave traces. Let's follow the ruts and we should find something." Su Ran looked at Zhu Junyang and asked for his opinion.
Zhu Junyang took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then said: "What we can think of, I think the other party can't think of it. Let's look for it by following the traces first."
Since there is no trace of a fight, it means that Ming Gui has not shown up yet, and the little girl is safe for now. However, it also proved that the opponent has many masters, and Ming Gui, who is at the commanding level of the secret guard, dare not act rashly.
Hou Xiaoliang, who was following behind his master, was also burning with anxiety. Wutong finally let go of his promise to marry him, and when he returned to Beijing, the masters were going to arrange the wedding for them, and now this kind of thing happened again.
Those guys, in order to lure the prince to take the bait, will not hurt the princess, but that doesn't mean they won't hurt her subordinates. If they wanted to kill chickens and frighten monkeys, would they choose Wutong as a maid? Thinking of this, Hou Xiaoliang broke out in a sweat.
The traces of the ruts disappeared at the fork in the fifty miles outside Jinling City. An extremely ordinary carriage was abandoned by the roadside. There are three forks in the road in front of me, and I don't know which one the other party will choose.
"If the little grass girl keeps awake, there should be other clues left." Su Ran thought of the yellow jade bead and suggested that everyone divide into three groups. If you haven't found it all the time, go back to the fork in the road and chase in the direction where no one came back.
Based on his intuition, Zhu Junyang chose the fork on the left, and led Hou Xiaoliang to chase in that direction. Su Ran went to the middle road, Governor Fan chose the far right.
Zhu Junyang let the horse under his crotch trot all the way, searching the road and the grass with eagle-like eyes. Soon, he found another yellow jade bead.
"Here it is! Chase!!" Zhu Junyang patted his horse and galloped forward. Hou Xiaoliang followed closely, and the two of them galloped along the winding path.
Not far from every fork in the road, they can find a bead. Seeing these emerald beads, Zhu Junyang's heart was slightly relieved - at least, the little girl has remained awake, as long as she is fine! Soon, the other two roads also came to meet them, and the four of them followed the clues left by Xiaocao all the way.
"These guys are so cunning!!" Going around, Zhu Junyang found that the bandits had gone back to Jinling City. Sure enough, the phrase "The most dangerous place is the safest!"
"We are about to enter the city ahead, and there are more and more people coming and going, which makes the search even more difficult." Su Ran frowned, looking at the people who were carrying their burdens and driving their cars to and from the city gate. , murmured authentically.
"My lord, the other party has a lot of people, so it must be very conspicuous when entering and leaving the city. I will go to the city guard and ask if there is a large number of people entering the city in the morning." Governor Fan Daren said something with cupped fists. He came to the gate of the city, called the officials who guarded the city, and inquired about the situation of the people outside the city entering the city from morning to now.
Master Fan reported the information he had inquired to Xu Wang one by one, and said: "My lord, I think there are three groups of people who are suspicious. A group of caravans from the Chen family came back from outside the customs, and a group was purchased by the Wang family from Suzhou and Hangzhou. There are more than a dozen carts of silk, and there is another group of bodyguards who came back from the "Mighty Escort Bureau". These three teams have a lot of people, and there are many people who can kung fu. You see... "
Hou Xiaoliang interrupted: "Will those people break up outside the city before entering the city?"
"No!" Su Ran said with certainty, "They don't know when the pursuers will arrive. They have a large number of people, and it will take time to break up and enter the city. Disguise as a caravan or escort, and come faster!"
"Let's start with these three!" Zhu Junyang had a faint red light in his eyes. If anything happens to the little girl, he will definitely wash Jinling City with blood! Since this stinky body can't protect her, then turn into a demon and cleanse all the good and evil in the world! Without her, he would still fall into hell; if he lost her, he would turn this world into purgatory and be buried with her.
The three people around him felt suffocated under his power. Su Ran was relatively lightly affected, and hurriedly said: "King Xu, calm down! That girl Xiaocao is still waiting for you to save her!"
My God! If this living ancestor goes berserk at this time, he is no match for Xu Wang now, especially the ultimate boss in a berserk state, he can't hold back! Fortunately, when it comes to the girl Xiaocao, Xu Wang's aura has subsided a lot, but he still looks scary.
Hou Xiaoliang swallowed hard, and whispered: "Master, do you think the mistress will leave other clues in the city?"
"It's hard to say! Firstly, there are people coming and going in this city, so it's hard to guarantee that the things she throws will not be picked up by passers-by or nearby children. Second, after entering the city, the other party will definitely be more careful and won't give her a chance to make small moves." Su Then he sighed.
Lord Fan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are going to dispatch people. They said that they received news that the bandits from outside the city had fled into the city and needed to be searched under martial law. You see..."
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