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Seeing that Chen Qingwan was quite serious, Lin Sishen really thought she was going to go with her, so he immediately showed joy and said excitedly: "If Princess really goes with me, then this matter will definitely be twice the result with half the effort."
But when Chen Qingwan saw that she was happy, she suddenly raised her eyebrows and laughed jokingly, and suddenly poured a basin of cold water on her: "Just just joke, you're still serious."
Lin Sishen's head drooped instantly when she heard this. She glanced at Chen Qingwan with annoyance and said quietly: "I know you're teasing me again."
Chen Qingwan stared at Lin Sishen quietly, a gentle light flashed in her eyes. She opened her thin lips and asked softly, "You...did I want me to accompany you?"
Of course, I thought about it. This trip to Longyou took at least one or two months to three or four months. When I thought about having to part with Shen Qingwan for so long, Lin Sishen felt depressed. He had not left yet, but he felt reluctant to leave.
But she also understood that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at Chen Qingwan in the capital, not to mention that without His Majesty’s will, Chen Qingwan could not leave the capital rashly. In any case, Chen Qingwan could not travel with her in Longyou.
Lin Sishen shook her head. Although she was disappointed, she pretended to be indifferent and shook her head and said, "Princess should put the overall situation first. If the princess secretly follows me to Longyou, your Majesty will definitely punish the princess once he knows it."
Chen Qingwan stared at Lin Sishen for a while, then smiled faintly and reminded: "You should leave, the second emperor is probably waiting for you at this time."
Lin Sishen raised his eyes through the open wooden window, watched the night darkening, and hurriedly nodded and said goodbye to Shen Qingwan, then hurried back to the old yard and changed into night clothes.
As before, Lin Sishen sneaked out of the general's mansion and quietly rushed to the wooden house where Liu Ce was hiding.
After she fell down in front of the door, she suddenly noticed a strange thing. In the past, every time she came back, there would be a lit lantern hanging in front of the door, but today there was no lantern hanging in front of the door, and even the Clivia on the windowsill next to her was strangely not placed.
The yard was pitch black, as if the owner had turned off the lights, or there was no one living inside.
Mo Zhu could not have read it wrong. Since Clivia has appeared, the second prince must have summoned her, but how could there be no one?
Lin Sishen stood quietly in front of the door for a long time. She looked at the closed courtyard gate in front of her and lowered her eyes and began to ponder.
The bright moon in the sky was suddenly covered by dark clouds, the faint light instantly dissipated, and a darkness fell into the surroundings.
Just as Lin Sishen was about to leave, she suddenly trembled, and then suddenly turned around and looked at a hidden corner not far behind her.
Lin Sishen seemed to feel that in that corner, a pair of cold eyes were staring at her coldly.
Lin Sishen did not leave. She stood with her hands expressionlessly behind her back, and the hand hidden in her sleeve was tightly holding a sharp dagger.
"Come out."
After the words came to an end, a tall and burly man in black suddenly walked out of that corner. He was like Lin Sishen in black and could not tell at all.
The man in black stood in front of Lin Sishen and raised his hand without saying a word.
As he moved, a slight noise suddenly came from all around him, as if someone had stepped on the tiles. Lin Sishen slowly raised his eyes and saw several men in black jumping off from three sides and landing steadily in front of Lin Sishen.
Lin Sishen stood quietly without moving, without any panic in his expression. She looked at the man in black not far away and saw a golden pattern from his collar.
It seems to be embroidered with golden silk, although it is only a corner, but Lin Sishen has already recognized it. The pattern hidden in the collar is a blooming Clivia, which is the unique emblem of the second prince.
These people are all from the second prince. Although Lin Sishen didn't know what they wanted to do for a while, she did not take action. Instead, she let go of her hand holding the dagger, spread her hands and slowly lifted it up.
The leading man in black nodded with satisfaction when he saw this. He pressed his voice and said, "Mr. Lin, Master Lin, I have ordered you to see him, and I have offended you."
After saying that, he waved his hand again, and the people surrounding Lin Sishen suddenly rushed up, tied up Lin Sishen's hands with hemp ropes, and covered her eyes with black cloth.
Lin Sishen surrendered and let these people tied up. She didn't know where the second prince was going to make a fuss, but she was sure that the second prince would not kill her, so she never resisted.
After blindfolding Lin Sishen's eyes, they begged Lin Sishen to leave.
Lin Sishen was blindfolded and could not see anything. Two men in black beside him were holding her shoulders left and right, pushing her to move forward. But Lin Sishen soon discovered that these people seemed to be taking her around in circles, constantly traveling back and forth in the long and narrow alleys.
It seemed like it was done on purpose, not wanting Lin Sishen to tell the truth clearly.
After walking for half an hour, these people finally made Lin Sishen stop. Then she heard someone knocking on the door, and footsteps came from the back door, which opened the door with a creak and put the crowd in.
From the beginning of taking Lin Sishen away to the destination, these people didn't speak throughout the whole process. Not to mention the sound of footsteps, even the breathing sounds were as faint as if they couldn't hear them. They should be all masters who were rushing and rushing.
Lin Sishen didn't know what the second prince sold, so he could only passively obey.
After entering the house, Lin Sishen felt that she had passed through a large yard, and then she seemed to be pushed into a house. She stopped following the people. Just when she thought it had arrived, a silent sound suddenly came from her ears, as if some mechanism had been opened.
Immediately afterwards, a sultry wind blew through the house, as if a secret door had been opened.
The fact was indeed as Lin Sishen expected. On a white wall in front of her, the secret door of the bookcase was opened, revealing a narrow and deep aisle that led directly to the ground.
The aisle was blocked and narrow, and only a trace of light could be seen vaguely at the end.
Lin Sishen was pushed by the man in black and continued to move forward. The group gradually disappeared behind the secret door. It was not until the last person's figure disappeared that the secret door slowly closed without revealing a gap.
After walking in the secret passage for a while, he finally arrived at the final destination. The man in black pressed his hand against her shoulder and pressed it slightly, and Lin Sishen stopped.
Lin Sishen stood silently with his head down, smelling a strong smell of sandalwood in the air. She sighed in her heart, seeing that this is true.
The man in black beside him waited for a while, then he rudely pulled the black cloth on Lin Sishen's eyes.
Lin Sishen felt that his eyes suddenly became clear, and his eyes were still feeling sore because of the black cloth being pressed too hard. She subconsciously closed her eyes, and then opened it in an instant, quickly glanced around.
This is a small secret room with only one entrance, but there seems to be another secret room in the corner. The black cloth hanging in front of the door blocked the view, but a small piece of iron bar was exposed below.
That secret room is like a prison where someone is imprisoned.
In the middle of the secret room is an exquisite sandalwood table, with two simple wooden beds on both sides, and a wooden cabinet in the corner, with bowls and chopsticks on the top and swords and daggers on the bottom.
In addition to Lin Sishen and the two men in black behind her, there were two people in the secret room.
The second prince, who was wearing a purple robe and jade crown, looked handsome and elegant. The man standing respectfully with his head down behind him was a strategist wearing a plain clothes, Liu Ce.
The second prince held a folding fan in his hand, shaking it lightly, with a gentle smile on his face. After looking at Lin Sishen up and down, he slowly called out, "Lin Sishen."
Lin Sishen's eyes closed and he knelt down and bowed: "The lower-ranking official Lin Sishen met His Highness the Second Prince."
The second prince stood up and walked around Lin Sishen from behind the table, raised his hand to support her, and scolded with a little reproach: "It's not in the court, why did Mr. Lin always stick to etiquette?"
Lin Sishen respectfully bowed his head in front of the second prince and said, "Your Highness is the prince..."
The second prince waved his hand and interrupted her with some dissatisfaction: "You are now a royal relative, so you should follow Wan'er to call me brother. If you say too much polite words, you will be just a dissatisfied person."
Lin Sishen lowered his head and smiled coldly, then stood up and bowed and smiled, "Your Highness has taught you a lesson."
The second prince withdrew his hand and smiled, shook the folding fan and asked, "Do you know what I want to discuss with you today?"
Lin Sishen stood respectfully, without pretending to be stupid, and replied directly: "The emperor dared to guess that His Highness summoned the emperor to discuss the disaster in Longyou."
The second prince narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Sishen, then put away the folding fan and said seriously: "Yes, I see you today because I want to discuss the disaster in Longyou with you. I believe you have heard that rumors have spread in the capital recently, and it is said that I intend to indulge Longyou officials to embezzle disaster relief funds."
After the words came to an end, before Lin Sishen could speak, Liu Ce, who was standing beside him, suddenly looked up at Lin Sishen and said, "Your Highness has always been worried about the country, the people, and the people are concerned about the people. Such rumors are just deliberately fabricated by people with ill-hearted intentions to shake Your Highness's reputation in the hearts of the people. Mr. Lin, you are a smart person. You should not believe such nonsense, right?"
When the second prince heard this, he spread out the folding fan and shook it, his eyes never moved away from Lin Sishen's face, as if he wanted to observe the minor changes in her expression.
However, Lin Sishen always looked respectful and did not show his joy or anger. She lowered her eyes and bowed her hands and said respectfully: "What Mr. Liu said is that those absurd words are just deliberately spread by people with ulterior motives. The lower officials know that Your Highness is a human being, so they will naturally not believe it."
In fact, whether the case in Longyou is related to the second prince or not, he will eventually bear part of the responsibility for it. If it really has nothing to do with him, he doesn't have to find Lin Sishen so quickly. Everyone present knows it, but the second prince has to pretend to be honest and honest.
Seeing Lin Sishen agreeing, the second prince said something else. He sat back and picked up the tea cup on the table and savored the tea leisurely.
Next, it was Liu Ce who came forward. He took a step forward, looked at Lin Sishen with a solemn expression, and asked, "Mr. Lin, news came from the palace that the emperor wanted to select one of the officials in the court to appoint an imperial envoy. Have you heard of this?"
"The Fourth Prince came to the General's Mansion today and mentioned that he recommended the lower-ranking officials to serve as the imperial envoy in front of the saint."
This matter is never hidden from the second prince. If he pretends to be confused, he will probably make him even more suspicious. Lin Sishen simply told the truth.
When the second prince heard this, he paused with a teacup, raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Sishen.
Liu Ce looked calm, and he nodded and said, "Actually, the emperor does intend to appoint Mr. Lin as the imperial envoy to go to Longyou to investigate the case."
Lin Sishen looked at Liu Ce with a embarrassed look and asked honestly: "If this is true, then I don't know what the officials should do."
Liu Ce smiled faintly and did not speak, but just gave up the second prince. The second prince slowly put down the teacup and laughed loudly: "It's just for you to do your duty. Since your father appointed you as the imperial envoy, you naturally have to investigate the case well and not have any omissions."
After the second prince said that, he stood up and seemed to be planning to leave. Liu Ce also glanced at Lin Sishen with a smile, and said with some meaning: "Young Master Lin, you will know how to do it."
Lin Sishen looked a little surprised, as if he didn't understand what the second prince meant for a moment. A sudden feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged in her heart, and she always felt that the words of the second prince and Liu Ce seemed to have grasped her.
Thinking of this, Lin Sishen whispered and tentatively: "Mr. Liu, I don't know Lao Country..."
Liu Ce smiled and interrupted Lin Sishen's words, saying indifferently: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, that's all in Laos, our people will take good care of him. Mr. Lin doesn't have to worry too much."
Liu Ce pretended to be like a little bit, as if everything was under control. If Lin Sishen hadn't known Lu Xingquan's traces, he would have thought he was still under their control.
Just as Lin Sishen wanted to test a few more words, the second prince suddenly spoke. He turned his head and looked at the jail with a black cloth hanging beside him, then turned around and looked at Lin Sishen and smiled coldly.
"Speaking of this, I want to tell you something. Yesterday, the King of Japan's subordinates accidentally found a fainted woman on the official road ten miles away from the capital. After waking her up, the woman told her name and origin, but she didn't expect that the woman seemed to have some connection with you."
Lin Sishen's expression remained unchanged, but his thoughts suddenly surged. No wonder she was secretly pulled here by the second prince's subordinates today. There was indeed a conspiracy. But she couldn't imagine who the old friend in the second prince's mouth was, and she would be arrested by the second prince's people again.
Lin Sishen stared at the secret door behind the black cloth, and a smile opened on the corner of his lips: "Xiaguan couldn't imagine that there would be an old friend who would be rescued by the second prince's people when he was in trouble."
Liu Ce took out a key from his sleeve and handed it to Lin Sishen. He raised his chin at the secret door and smiled: "Young Master Lin, you'll know if you go and see it yourself."
Lin Sishen lowered his eyes and looked at the key in Liu Ce's hand. The smile on the corner of her lips disappeared bit by bit. She raised her hand with an expressionless face to take the key. Under the second prince and Liu Ce's playful eyes, she took a deep breath and walked to the secret door.
After lifting the black cloth, the cage behind the secret door appeared in front of me, but the light in the cage was extremely dark, and I could only vaguely see the corner clearly, as if there was a person curled up. From my figure, I could vaguely see that it was a woman, but I couldn't see clearly at all.
Lin Sishen turned around and looked at the second prince, but saw him sneering at him, with a hint of intriguing meaning between his eyebrows. Seeing Lin Sishen looking at him, he raised his hand and waved his hand and signaled Lin Sishen to open the door and go in and take a look.
Lin Sishen slowly inserted the key into the iron lock, and heard a muffled sound, and the iron lock fell into the dungeon door opened in response to the sound.
The woman in the corner moved slightly and seemed to have woken up. She looked up at the door in panic. When she saw Lin Sishen's appearance with light on her back, the woman's body trembled violently and she was still in place.
Lin Sishen suppressed the uneasiness and anger in his heart and walked towards the woman step by step. But after a few steps, she suddenly heard a choking and a trembling call.
"Mr. Lin."
The voice was familiar and unfamiliar. Lin Sishen was stunned immediately. She looked at the thin and delicate woman in the corner with some disbelief. Although she still couldn't see her face clearly, she could not hide her shock and said in surprise: "What, it's you?"
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I will continue to code. Thank you for the little angel who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2020-05-14 23:25:10~2020-05-15 23:36:49~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the mines: Zi Yun Qingyou, Coiling, and Ink Seal 1;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 30 bottles of lna; 10 bottles of yo 0o; 1 bottle of bunny baomomoda;
Chapter completed!