This time when Mu Hanye came to Wangcheng, he brought a lot of fine wines from the Western Regions. Mu Qingshan hadn't seen much before, so he took a sip carefully and thought it was quite sweet.
"Like it?" Shang Yunze asked him.
"Yeah." Mu Qingshan took another sip, it's rare to encounter wine that doesn't choke your throat.
"If the master likes it, I'll send someone to send a few altars to Tengyun Castle." Mu Hanye said, "This is called Chixia. After returning this time, the wine made by Bailu should be ready, and it will be easier to drink. .”
"Really?" Wen Liunian interjected from the side.
Mu Hanye was very savvy: "By the way, I will also send a few altars to your lord."
"How embarrassing." Wen Liunian smiled when his goal was achieved, "Let's continue chatting, continue chatting." Don't bother me to eat politely.
Zhao Yue raised his forehead, if he had known this, he should have stayed at home and had porridge and side dishes.
Mu Qingshan ate a snack before the meal. He was not hungry at all, but after seeing Wen Liunian eating, he suddenly had an appetite, and even took the initiative to pick up a piece of greasy hoof—look at the adults eating It is really fragrant, and I want to know what it tastes like.
Shang Yunze began to think about whether to take every meal to Wenfu to eat in the future, it seems that the effect is not bad.
"Hey, eat some of this." Zhao Yue finally couldn't help but stop when his chopsticks reached for the chicken leg again, and gave him a plate of green vegetables.
Wen Liunian was quite reluctant and wanted to eat meat.
In fact, I didn't eat much just now.
After putting down the vegetables, Zhao Yue picked up the remaining half of his meat.
So Master Wen became even more depressed, how could it be like this, at least leave the bowl.
But Master Zhao obviously doesn't intend to change his mind.
Wen Liunian had no choice but to eat all the vegetables on the plate, feeling a bit full.
It's completely a problem with the green vegetables. If it is replaced with chicken legs, it will definitely not last.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the three of them hadn't enjoyed chatting about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, so they moved to the front hall and continued to watch the moon and have a drink. Huang Yuan played chess with Mu Qingshan, and Wen Liunian stood by and watched. After a while, I still felt very tired, so I simply said hello and went out, planning to go to the Royal Garden to refresh myself.
Sixi was running over and almost bumped into him.
"Eunuch, where are you going in a hurry?" Wen Liunian hurriedly supported him.
"I went to the imperial physician's hall to get some things for the little prince, and rushed to send them to the imperial study, so I took a shortcut." Sixi was a little puzzled, "It's getting dark, why did your lord come to this imperial garden alone?"
"King Qijue hosted a banquet, and I drank two more glasses." Mr. Wen said calmly, "Come and blow some air, so I can wake up a little bit."
"Oh." Sixi suddenly realized, "It turns out that the adults eat too much."
Wen Liunian: "..."
If I remember correctly, what I just said should be sobering up.
"Then take your time, my lord, and I'll leave first." Eunuch Sixi didn't realize that he had hit the truth just now, and hurried to the imperial study.
Why can only eat support? Master Wen was quite sad, kicking small stones as he walked.
Then I heard footsteps coming from behind, and before I could turn my head, there was a sharp pain in my neck, and I passed out instantly.
*****
In the imperial study room, after watching Ye Jin go back to the bedroom to rest, Chu Yuan called Sixi to his side: "Is Wen Aiqing over?"
"Back to the emperor, the banquet of King Qijue should have ended." Sixi said, "Just now when I passed by the Imperial Garden, I saw Mrs. Wen, and said that he had to eat too much."
"Stuffed?" Chu Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Let's go, the study is a little stuffy, let's go to the Imperial Garden to get some air."
Sixi nodded, and before he had time to take the cloak for him, the shadow guard who was in charge of protecting Wen Liunian rushed in from the door.
"What's the matter?" Chu Yuan asked with a frown, which was rare for him to be so reckless.
"The emperor forgives the sin." The shadow guard knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said in panic, "Master Wen is gone."
"What?!" Chu Yuan was shocked when he heard the words, "What do you mean by missing!"
"After the banquet, Mr. Wen went for a walk in the imperial garden alone. It was only a flash of God's effort, and Mr. Wen disappeared." Ying Wei said, "It's like disappearing on the ground."
The matter was too strange, and there was no time to ask more questions, Chu Yuan strode to the Royal Garden to find out what happened.
Sixi trotted all the way to follow him, feeling apprehensive and anxious. If he had known this, he should have dragged Mr. Wen to the Imperial Study Room just now.
The torches were already lit in the imperial garden, Shang Yunze asked Zhao Yue: "How is it?"
Zhao Yue shook his head.
"Don't worry yet." Mu Qingshan comforted him, "There are guards everywhere in the palace, nothing should happen."
"Let's keep looking." Shang Yunze patted him on the shoulder.
Zhao Yue turned around and went into the woods again, with veins on the back of his hands almost popping out.
Chu Yuan dispatched a large number of imperial forest troops to guard all the exits of the imperial palace, and the imperial garden was crowded with people. With such a posture, it is not difficult to find a living person, even if it is to find an ant nest.
But Wen Liunian was still nowhere to be found.
A person who is so good, actually seems to disappear in an instant, disappearing when he says he can't see him.
"Is there a secret passage in the imperial garden?" Zhao Yue asked.
"I never heard of it before." Chu Yuan shook his head and said loudly, "Come on!"
"Your Majesty." The imperial army stepped forward.
"Shovel this garden for me!" Chu Yuan said, "Look at what's underneath!"
"The imperial garden is so big, and it is full of flowers and trees. It is not easy to dig it out." Mu Qingshan frowned slightly, and said to Shang Yunze in a low voice, "Is there any way to make it faster?"
"There is no shortcut, we can only rely on people to dig down." Shang Yunze said, "If there is really a mechanism, it will be dangerous to use explosives."
The Imperial Forest Army quickly brought a shovel and started digging out from the approximate location where Wen Liunian disappeared. Although the rest of the people were anxious, they had no other choice but to wait, but they didn't know if they would get the result.
*****
It was dark all around, and it took a long time for the stars to appear. Wen Liunian struggled to move, enduring the pain and getting up from the ground.
"Are you awake?" A sneer came from behind.
Wen Liunian's whole body froze, and he turned his head slowly.
Qingqiu was sitting on a chair, looking at him with a half-smile, and beside him was a middle-aged man with a mustache.
Wen Liunian: "..."
"How about it, is Mr. Wen surprised?" Qingqiu stood up and approached him slowly.
Wen Liunian took two steps back, his back touched the hard stone wall, but his head was turning rapidly.
"Why, are you scared?" Qingqiu clicked his tongue, "The number one talent in Dachu is so timid as a mouse."
Wen Liunian swallowed hard, and finally choked out a sentence: "Are you King Daming?"
Qingqiu was silent for a moment.
"You are the Daming King!" Before he could speak, Wen Liunian repeated it again, this time with a much more certain tone.
Qingqiu raised her eyebrows, but she didn't deny it.
"But why did King Daming arrest me?" Wen Liunian asked doubtfully.
"What do you think?" Qingqiu looked at him playfully.
Wen Liunian thought for a while, and then tentatively asked: "Could it be that you arrested the wrong person?"
Qingqiu: "..."
Why did he come up with such an answer
"Otherwise, there is no other reason." Wen Liunian said, "There is no enmity in the past, and there is no grudge in the present. It can't be because... because..."
"Because of what?" Qingqiu sat back on the chair.
Wen Liunian was embarrassed for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Because I'm a man?"
Qingqiu: "..."
Wen Liunian looked at him nervously.
"What do you know?" Qingqiu became interested, "Let's hear it."
"When we were at Chaomuya, we caught a cult leader named Li Jiao." Wen Liunian said, "The King of Ming definitely knows him."
Qingqiu nodded: "I do know."
"Is he a subordinate of King Daming?" Wen Liunian lowered his voice a little bit - although this is a secret passage, not to mention speaking normally, you can't even hear him yelling outside, but some words must be lowered , I feel it when I say it.
Qingqiu disdains: "It's nothing more than an idiot."
Wen Liunian looked very worried.
"He told you that I have something to do with Zhao Yue?" Qingqiu asked.
Wen Liunian nodded desperately, and his eyes became eager.
Qingqiu sneered.
"Why did King Daming sneak into the palace?" Wen Liunian had already become familiar with him.
"Work." Qingqiu said lightly.
"Is that over?" Wen Liunian didn't mind his indifferent attitude at all.
Qingqiu said: "No."
"What are you doing?" Wen Liunian continued to ask.
Qingqiu frowned dissatisfied: "You have a lot of questions."
"If you don't understand something, you should ask clearly." Wen Liunian answered it as a matter of course, "Besides, if King Daming needs it, maybe I can help."
"Lord Wen is very enthusiastic." Qingqiu glanced at him.
"It also depends on who it is for." Wen Liunian smiled quite innocently, "Since we are a family, we should naturally pay more attention to it."
The little red wolf crawled out of his sleeve, and moved out along the corner of the wall in a daze.
Outside the palace, just as You Dayu fell asleep, a group of men rushed in fiercely from outside the house, and locked him up firmly with wooden shackles and iron chains.
"Commander Xiang?" After seeing who was coming, You Dayu's face turned pale, "I don't know why..."
"Come here to invite your lord to enter the palace." Xiang Lie showed the token, "Offended."
You Dayu still wanted to quibble, but the Imperial Forest Army had already thrown away the quilt and lifted the bed board, revealing the dark tunnel entrance.
Knowing that the secret was discovered, You Dayu's legs began to tremble.
After a while, several soldiers brought Gao Dazhuang up from below.
"There are also guests who are in the cave outside the city, and I have also invited them." Xiang Lie said, "The emperor is furious now, Lord You should ask for more blessings."
You Dayu's knees were weak and he was carried out of the bedroom, almost fainting.
According to Chu Yuan's original plan, he actually wanted to wait a few more days so that he could find more related people, but now that things happened suddenly, he had to arrest them first—after all, if it was said who was most likely to kidnap Wen Liunian, You Dayu was the only clue that he could enter and leave the palace freely.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." You Dayu shook his head like a sieve.
"I only ask you one question. If you answer correctly, I will spare you. If you answer incorrectly, you will be punished with a thousand swords." Chu Yuan's eyes were rare, his tone was gloomy, and even Ye Jin who was beside him felt a little embarrassed. Chill.
"Yes, yes, the guilty minister must know everything and say nothing, and don't touch his eyes." You Dayu kowtowed his head like garlic - he thought there was only a dead end, but now there is still a way to live, and he almost burst into tears.
"Where is Wen Aiqing?" Chu Yuan asked word by word.
"Master Wen?" You Dayu was puzzled at first, but then he realized it and said in shock: "Master Wen is gone?!"
Ye Jin frowned at the side - looking at the expression, it seemed that she really didn't know.