At night, Wen Qingzhu lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
She never expected that after taking He Lai for so long, he would actually say to her: "Sir! I know you are different from other Hun women.
What you see is the world, not just one Xiongnu. Adults never rely on others, because adults themselves are at the top.
Your Excellency is better than anyone I have ever met, and I believe you will not surrender to anyone. Because you are your own king! "
She had never thought that she would look like this in He Lai's heart.
The night was as cold as water. Wen Qingzhu got up and walked to the window, looking at the moonlight in the sky, as round as a silver plate.
She recalled that from July to Dingyuan, she experienced a full moon, and now it is a full moon again.
According to the custom of Qi State, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival now.
While he was grieving, Wen Qingzhu suddenly felt a dark shadow flash before his eyes.
At first she thought she had seen it wrong, so she stared at the rooftop opposite.
Soon, several black shadows jumped past quickly under the moonlight.
Wen Qingzhu immediately turned his head, pushed the door open and went out, calling Beidou and Feitian over.
"What's wrong?" Feitian saw that she looked abnormal and asked her while looking around.
Wen Qingzhu pointed to the roof just now and said: "I saw someone passing by there. I don't know who is going there. I'm worried that tonight may be uneasy."
Feitian looked around: "Then what do you want to do?"
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the room on the right and said, "You take Tudan and leave the city, while Beidou and I stay to deal with the next thing."
"What about you?" Feitian was a little worried about whether something would happen if he disappeared at this time.
Wen Qingzhu didn't say much, he just ordered: "You do as I say. If you want to leave, it will be in these two days."
After hearing this, Feitian nodded and went to Tudan.
In order not to disturb him, Feitian directly clicked on Tu Dan's sleeping hole, put on his clothes and cloak, and took him away directly.
At dawn, the inn's waiter came to deliver breakfast.
He knocked on the door for a long time but no one responded. While he was muttering about the case, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.
The waiter looked back and found that it was someone from Wu Zhudian. He quickly bent down and said, "My lords, what is this?"
One of the leading men looked at the small courtyard and asked, "Are the people who lived here before still there?"
"Yes!" the waiter replied quickly, but he added, "But today I came over to deliver breakfast, but no one responded for a long time. I don't know if something happened."
The leader of Wu Zhudian walked forward quickly. Just as his hand touched the door, the courtyard door suddenly sank in and was opened.
The person who appeared in front of him was Wen Qingzhu. She looked at the visitor in surprise: "Are you... from the Wuzhu Palace?"
"Yes, I am Master Wu Zhu's disciple." The man's tone sounded a little unkind.
Wen Qingzhu laughed: "What a coincidence. I have something to do today and I don't have time to receive you at the moment."
As she said this, she was about to walk outside, but she didn't want this big disciple to directly reach out and attack her.
He Lai behind him pointed his knife, and the eldest disciple immediately retracted his hand, took two steps back, and said with anger in his eyes: "How dare you attack the people of Wuzhu Palace!"
He Lai put down the knife and said nothing.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but sneer: "Sir, if you disagree with me, you will attack me. He Lai is my subordinate, and it is his duty to protect me. Why can't he fight back?"
Faced with Wen Qingzhu's strength, the eldest disciple took out a token and said: "Master Wu Zhu has an order. Lu Ce has rebelled and ordered me to arrest the people related to him."
Wen Qingzhu took a closer look at the token. The material didn't look like it was made of iron, but it looked very much like iron.
Just as she was analyzing in her mind, the token was taken back by the disciple.
Wen Qingzhu looked up at him and said, "Sorry, although I know Lu Ce, I really don't know anything about him."
"Do you know that it's not you who has the final say? I advise you to just let the monster go without any help." The eldest disciple took action again, and He Lai stepped forward without hesitation.
Fighting has never been the strong point of the Wu Zhudian people. He Lai's own martial arts is not low, and he can repel these people in a few or two moves.
Before the eldest disciple could say anything, his dog leg spoke angrily: "Sir! No one has ever dared to be rude to the people of Wuzhu Palace! It seems that we have to invite Lord Corpse Zhu to come over!"
Hearing them mention Corpse Chaser, Wen Qingzhu laughed again.
The eldest disciple also scolded: "Shut up!"
Seeing that the leading disciple seemed to know He Lai, Wen Qingzhu gave him some respect: "For the sake of Master Shi Zhu, I will pretend that what just happened never happened. You can leave."
The eldest disciple in front of him looked at Wen Qingzhu, then at He Lai, and finally said coldly: "I hope you won't regret it."
"Probably not." Wen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes slightly.
After they left, Wen Qingzhu looked back and asked He Lai, "Are they sure there is no problem?"
He Lai thought for a moment and said, "For Hu Yan, 90% of the time it's probably fine."
Wen Qingzhu didn't say much, but looked at He Lai with a somewhat complicated look.
What he said last night, I haven't given him an answer yet.
It’s not that I don’t want to give it, it’s that I can’t.
He Lai had no problem, but he made his own choice with practical actions.
They left the inn and rode directly to the palace.
When they arrived at the door, they were stopped directly.
He Lai stepped forward and asked: "Lord Xiaoshui, please see the second prince."
The guard in front of him looked very unfamiliar and replied stiffly: "Sorry! No one can enter without Lord Qiulin's warrant."
He Lai wanted to say something else, but Wen Qingzhu reached out to stop him: "No need to say more!"
She raised her eyes and looked at the palace in front of her. She thought of the men in black last night and guessed that something might have happened in the palace.
"Let's go to Huyan first." Wen Qingzhu turned his horse around without hesitation and left here immediately.
As soon as they left, Qiu Lin came out from behind the door and asked the subordinates around him: "Are you sure that the top disciple of Wuzhu Palace has been driven back?"
"Yes! I saw that gentleman being kicked out of the inn with my own eyes."
Qiu Lin pondered, this little water looks very problematic.
Back then, the eldest prince was protected by Master Wu Zhu. If Xiao Shui was really the eldest prince's man, he would not be so disrespectful to the people of Wu Zhu Palace.
As if remembering something, Qiu Lin asked again: "Have you met Mr. Lu today?"
The two subordinates shook their heads at the same time, which made Qiu Lin feel even worse.
He also just learned that Master Lu was actually from Qi.
Wu Zhudian has been fighting among itself ever since Master Lu appeared, and the situation is not optimistic.
But now there is a problem with Mr. Lu’s identity, and Mr. Xiaoshui has a good relationship with this Mr. Lu, wouldn’t that mean—
Qiulin felt that this problem was too serious and he had to go back and report it to the second prince.
Finally, he arrived at the second prince's side and saw Xi Zhu kneeling on the ground, telling the second prince about Master Lu.
"The woman who was protected by Mr. Lu before was later sold to Mr. Xiaoshui by Gao Lan. Now she is always with Mr. Xiaoshui. Mr. Lu has also helped Mr. Xiaoshui several times. I am very sure that Mr. Lu will take care of her. That woman is right next to Lord Xiaoshui!"
Qiulin stopped immediately. Of course he knew who the woman in the story was.
The second prince and the fourth prince had a lot of conflict because of that woman.
In the end, Master Wu Zhu personally came forward and the matter was resolved.
When the second prince saw Qiu Lin coming in, he waved the corpse away.
Zizhu quickly stood up and said goodbye. When he passed by Qiu Lin, his eyes were very fearful.
After the corpses were gone one by one, the second prince asked him directly: "How is the investigation of Gehun's matter going?"
Qiu Lin immediately stepped forward to report back: "According to Master Xiaoshui's prompts, we have a clue now, but -"
Before he finished speaking, the second prince interrupted him rudely: "Where did you find it?"
Qiulin had no choice but to swallow his doubts and talk about Gehun's case again: "After a night of investigation, it has been determined that the people of the White Wolf tribe have recently been very close to the people of the Korza tribe, and the Korza tribe is The newly built territory of the Fourth Prince and King Zuoxian, their activities have been very frequent, so... "
"So the White Wolf tribe is on Xiaosi's side?" The second prince held up the tea bowl in his hand and shook it gently, unknowingly thinking of what happened last night.
He had always known that the people in Wuzhu Palace looked down upon him, but what happened yesterday was too much.
The second prince raised his head and ordered: "You should investigate this matter with all your strength now. I will personally handle the affairs of Xiaosi and Xiaoliu. In addition, General Juqu will also come to the palace. Then you don't have to worry about matters in the palace."
"Yes." Qiu Lin nodded, but he still added one more thing, "Master Xiaoshui and Master Lu have a very good relationship. Does that mean Master Xiaoshui also has a problem?"
The second prince leaned back slightly: "It doesn't matter if I have a problem, as long as someone can help me solve the problem. Look, no matter how powerful Lu Ce is, he still can't accomplish anything without soldiers in his hands! What's more, Xiao Shui is just a woman, and he can still stir up trouble. What storm?"
Qiulin understood what the second prince meant and immediately took the order to retreat.
In Huyan’s shop.
Wen Qingzhu looked at the trembling woman in front of him carefully and felt very bad.
The woman in front of her was skinny, her cheekbones were bulging, her face was sallow, her lips were chapped, her eyes were frightened, and there was a sense of death inside and out.
She had just changed into the clothes she was wearing, and her hair had just been washed and was twisted into a wet ball.
Wen Qingzhu turned to look at Hu Yan and asked, "How did you find him?"
"She was very ill and probably wouldn't survive this month, so they took action."
The side Hu Yan mentioned was exactly the side on the left column.
Wen Qingzhutong said to her in Chinese dialect: "Come and sit down. I want to ask you something."
The woman suddenly opened her eyes wide, stared at her in disbelief, and said nonchalantly: "You, you can speak the Central Plains dialect!"
Wen Qingzhu smiled and nodded: "Yes, and I want to ask you about someone."
The woman glanced at Hu Yan and did not dare to come over.
Without her opening a word, He Lai immediately raised his hand and pointed outside and said, "Let's go out and talk."
Hu Yan actually wasn't worried about Wen Qingzhu, but since he was here, he still followed him out.
There was no one else around, Wen Qingzhu took out a portrait and handed it to the woman: "Have you seen this person?"
The woman looked at the portrait and covered her mouth in surprise: "Isn't this the Sanniang from Tail Village?"
Wen Qingzhu didn't expect that she even knew Tudan's mother's name, so he quickly asked: "Are you from Tail Village too?"
The woman shook her head: "I am a married woman from Tail Village. The Huns came to raid that day and captured many women in the village. I know Sanniang, but I am not familiar with her."
"Then when was the last time you saw her?"
The woman thought for a long time before saying uncertainly: "About four or five days ago, Sanniang told me that we were the ones who came back. But I was taken away that day, so I couldn't escape..."
"Did Sanniang reveal anything to you?" Wen Qingzhu asked again.
The woman shook her head: "I asked, but she said she didn't know. She just asked me to wait at midnight."
Wen Qingzhu was a little disappointed, and then asked: "Then do you know who is in charge of you? The person with the most power?"