"Old Prince, you just said that Lao Ba is not dead yet. If we can find Lao Ba, can you save his life?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.
The old prince said, "Even if I can't save his life, as long as he still has a breath, I can turn that breath into two, and wait until Sun Fang'er's poison is cured. But, do you know where Prince Nan Huai is?"
Xiao Xiao and Zhuang Zhuang looked at each other and sighed softly.
The prince never told me where Lao Ba was imprisoned.
Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll go find the Night King."
Having said that, he left immediately.
There was no need for him to go look for the Night King. After learning that Murong Jie was unconscious, the Night King immediately sent people to look for him.
Since the assassin can be found, his men can also be found.
However, after searching for a whole day, there was no trace of him. All the prisons were checked and every place in the capital, but the whereabouts of Prince Nan Huai was still unknown.
"If we look for him in the prison, will we find the wrong person? Since he was assassinated but still alive, has he escaped? If he escaped, he definitely won't be in the city." Xiao Xiao said.
The Night King also thought it made sense, but after thinking about it, he felt that there were some problems. "Since he only had one breath left, and the old prince also said that he was in danger, who took him out of the city?"
Who will save him
Moreover, how did this person know that Prince Nan Huai would be in danger
"Check immediately to see which of the palace's personal guards are absent. Since the prince has sent Prince Nan Huai away and imprisoned him, he will definitely transfer his own people to guard him." Xiao Xiao said to King Ye.
However, after an investigation, it was found that none of the palace's personal guards were missing.
"Is it so strange? He sent Old Eight away but didn't let anyone guard him? Did he let Old Eight go?" The Night King was scratching his head but couldn't figure out the twists and turns.
Brother Seven is not such a careless person.
Who in the capital could rescue Prince Nan Huai? He already had no one left. If there was anyone, they would have rescued him long ago.
The emperor must have tried his best in this move. Unless he knew about the assassination attempt in advance, no one would have been able to save him.
To be able to rescue people in such a large-scale assassination operation, they must have been prepared in advance, or only the Chen family or the Xiao family was left.
Ye Wang glanced at Xiao Xiao and asked, "Could it be that your father is helping the emperor?"
Lord Xiao has always been loyal. Although he has been constantly trampled upon by the emperor over the years, the word "blind loyalty" seems to have been created for Lord Xiao.
"Although my father is loyal, he is not stupid." Xiao Xiao said.
"Who is it then? Also, why did Seventh Brother hide Prince Nan Huai alone? He didn't even tell us." King Ye was really racking his brains.
"Could it be related to the Dragon King Temple?" Su Qing suddenly thought of this. He seemed to have heard the prince say that Prince Nan Huai would be dealt with by someone else and he didn't need to deal with it.
Perhaps it is really that mysterious power that can make the prince feel so relieved.
"But it doesn't make sense. If it was the Dragon King Temple, then the emperor's assassination would not have succeeded." Su Qing denied his own words.
The Night King pondered, "Not necessarily. Even if it was really the Regent King Qingtian who took action against Old Eight, he couldn't have been watching him all the time. There would always be times when he would be careless. After all, he couldn't have killed him. If the Emperor took advantage of this opportunity, wouldn't he have succeeded?"
Although it seems unlikely, but now there is no other possibility, this idea can be barely explained.
"It doesn't make sense. Even if Regent King Qingtian was negligent and allowed the assassin to take advantage of the opportunity, since Regent King Qingtian discovered it and rescued Prince Nanhuai, why didn't he just bring him back to life? Old Prince Anran said that Prince Nanhuai is in danger now and may die at any time, so Ajie is in a coma." Xiao Xiao said.
Su Qing thought for a moment and said, "Then it is very likely that the person who rescued Prince Nan Huai was not Prince Qingtian Regent, but someone else."
The question is, who rescued Prince Nan Huai? To rescue Prince Nan Huai from the assassin, the martial arts skills must be very strong, if it wasn't the Xiao family, or the Chen family
Su Qing looked at Xiao Tuo and said, "Go ask the old lady."
Xiao Tuo shook his head, "It can't be her. She has been ignoring worldly affairs lately and is concentrating on preparing for Liu Liu's birth."
It wasn’t the Xiao family, nor was it the Chen family. Could it be that some expert happened to pass by and rescued him
Can this master escape from the assassin
“Well, since we can’t find the person who rescued Old Eight, let’s find the person who did it. The assassin the emperor is looking for this time must be the best in the martial arts world.” King Ye said.
"Yes, let's start with this." Su Qing agreed.
Xiao Xiao instructed Xiao Tuo, "Go find Rouyao and ask her to go to the palace to help old Prince An Ran take care of the prince."
"Yes!" The eldest brother ordered, and no one dared to disobey.
After the discussion, they decided and went their separate ways.
Xiao Tuo went to the Sun family. Ever since the King's uncle Sun was beaten to death, the Sun family had been immersed in gloom. On the one hand, a pillar of the family had died, and on the other hand, no one knew what the fate of the Sun family would be in the future. After all, in addition to a queen mother, the Sun family also had a traitorous concubine.
Xiao Tuo went to the Sun family to find Rouyao, but the people of the Sun family actually pulled Xiao Tuo in and started crying to him, asking him to say a few good words in front of the Regent.
People outside didn't know that the Regent was in a coma. They just thought he was busy dealing with the epidemic in Jiangdong.
After a few perfunctory words, Xiao Tuo asked, "It's like this, the prince asked me to ask Princess Rouyao to come over."
"You're going to take care of the princess, right?"
The people of the Sun family were overjoyed and immediately sent someone to find Rouyao. As long as the people of the Sun family were useful to the palace, it would not be a big deal to just take care of them or even serve them.
However, after the people in the mansion looked around, they were told that Rouyao had not returned for two or three days.
"You didn't know I hadn't been back for three days?" Xiao Tuo asked with his eyes wide open.
The people of the Sun family were very embarrassed. They scolded Rouyao in their hearts for going crazy, but they couldn't say it out loud. After all, as long as Rouyao had a good relationship with the palace, "General Xiao, don't mind. I'm afraid Rouyao has gone out for a consultation. I'll ask someone to look for her."
Xiao Tuo could only say: "If you find her, ask her to go to the palace."
"Okay, okay, General Xiao, please sit down and have a cup of tea, and let's have a good chat." Master Sun made an effort to invite.
"No, I have something else to do here, so I'll leave first." Xiao Tuo didn't dare to stay long. The people in the Sun Mansion were too hospitable.
After he left, Master Sun immediately sent people to look for Rouyao, but they searched for a whole day and still couldn't find her.
The Sun family had no choice but to send someone to go to the palace to tell them.
Just then everyone returned to the palace. When they heard from the Sun family that Rouyao was missing, King Ye and Xiao Xiao looked at each other and seemed to have some clues.
After sending the Sun family away, Ye Wang first asked, "Could it be that Rouyao rescued Old Eight?"
Xiao Tuo said: "This is impossible. Rouyao hates Prince Nan Huai the most and wishes he would die. How could she save him?"
"But Rouyao knows that Prince Nan Huai's life is tied to Seventh Brother's life. If she knew that the Emperor wanted to kill Prince Nan Huai, she would not stand idly by." King Ye said.
Xiao Xiao agreed with King Ye's opinion, "That's right, the emperor either asked Eunuch Lu to find the assassin, or asked Uncle Sun to find the assassin. Rouyao is from the Sun family, so it's not surprising that she knew about Uncle Sun's actions."
(End of this chapter)