Hongshi said that he was knocked unconscious not long after Lin Xueli escaped. When he woke up, he and Hongli were locked in an old house with someone guarding them outside. Later, he found an old piece of iron and ground it
He took the rope, then knocked him unconscious when the guard was relaxed, and escaped with Hongli. They didn't recognize him.
Where was that place? He was just running away desperately, but he was discovered and chased after him. In the entanglements, he and Hongli were both injured. The last impression was that he was slashed in the back and then rolled down.
Shan, when he woke up again, he was already here with Lin Xueli. He had no idea what happened to Hongli.
Because Hongshi didn't know where he was imprisoned or where they originally escaped, Lin Xueli could only have people conduct a comprehensive search of the mountain where Hongshi was found. Unfortunately, nothing was found. No one was found alive in Si Age.
No body is seen after death.
So many people died and an elder brother was missing. Lin Xueli couldn't hide such a big thing and didn't dare to hide it. He immediately wrote a note and expedited it to the capital for 800 miles.
Yunxiang said in disbelief: "How could something like this happen? The situation in Fuzhou has obviously been stabilized, and yet such a group of lunatics came out of nowhere."
Yinzhen ignored his words, but shouted gloomily, "Come out!"
Following Yinzhen's words, a ghostly shadow appeared silently in the Yangxin Hall. With his appearance, the temperature seemed to have cooled down. Even in such broad daylight, his face was hidden in the darkness.
, making it impossible to see clearly, all he could see was him kneeling on one knee and muttering: "Your Majesty!"
Although Yunxiang has a close relationship with Yinzhen, this is the first time he has seen the secret agent hidden in the darkness and belongs directly to Yinzhen in so many years. Normally, he would be surprised by the secret agent's hiding place, but he can
Now I am only worried about Hongli.
Although the secret agent's tone was calm, his heart felt like a storm. Since he became the secret agent, personally protected the emperor and obeyed his orders, this was the first time he was called out in public like this, and it was during the day. He was a secret agent,
He is a person who wanders in darkness. Unless he violates the emperor's order, he will never expose himself. I don't know what was written in those three envelopes that made the emperor so urgent.
"You take all the spies and go to Fuzhou immediately. You have to dig three feet into the ground to find Brother Si, otherwise you will come to see him yourself!" With these words, Yinzhen threw three booklets in front of him.
The spy leader knew that Yinzhen was letting him read the brochure. After reading it in a hurry, he suppressed the surprise in his heart and said: "I will do it now."
After the shadow-like spy leader retreated, Yinzhen fell into the chair as if he had lost all his strength, stroking his forehead with his hands.
Seeing him like this, Yunxiang didn't know what to say. He said for a long time: "Your Majesty, Brother Si will be fine. Don't worry too much."
Yinzhen gave an ugly smile and said, "I hope they can bring Hongli back intact, otherwise I will really harm Hongli. Concubine Xi had never wanted Hongli to go to Fuzhou before, but I insisted. I hope to borrow him
He and Hongshi led out the real culprit who caused the sinking of two batches of grain transport ships, but the real culprit was not found, but one of them was missing and the other was seriously injured."
Yunxiang thought for a while and said: "In my humble opinion, it is better not to tell Concubine Xi about this matter for the time being, lest she worry. We should wait until the spy comes back to talk about everything."
"I know." There was deep worry in Yinzhen's words. How much Ling Ruo loved Hongli and cared about Hongli. He knew very well that if Ling Ruo knew that something happened to Hongli, he would be devastated.
.Hope... I hope God can bless Hongli and be safe, "Four joys!"
Hearing Yinzhen calling him, Sixi quickly bowed forward and said carefully: "I'm here, my servant."
Yinzhen glanced at him coldly and said: "I know that you are not a talkative person, but I still want to remind you that you are not allowed to leak a word of what you just heard, especially to Concubine Xi, if you let me
If I get wind of it, I will chop off your head."
Facing Yinzhen's cold voice, Sixi quickly said: "I know that even if someone holds a knife to my neck, I will never dare to say a word."
Because of Yinzhen's order, this news was closely guarded. Everyone in the palace and harem thought that the disaster in Fuzhou had been calmed down and that the two elder brothers were about to return to Beijing. They had no idea that such a serious thing had happened.
After receiving Yinzhen's order, a group of spies set out overnight, selected the fastest ship, and rushed to Fuzhou day and night. After meeting with the spies there, they began to search for Hongli's traces. They already knew what happened at that time.
Judging from the situation at that time, even if Hongli was not in Lianjiang County, he should not be far away and should be in several nearby counties.
In addition to them, several other groups of people were also searching for Hongli's whereabouts. After searching for several days, the spy leader found a body in a burned-down house in a neighboring county in Lianjiang County. The body had been burned due to the fire.
It was so burnt that it was hard to tell, but an unburned jade ring was found on the thumb of the corpse. This jade ring was exactly the one that Yinzhen awarded to Hongli in the Bingxi competition.
After asking the local mayor, they said that this house was originally occupied by a wealthy businessman. Later, due to famine, the wealthy businessman and his family fled Fuzhou. The house has been empty since then. Later, for some reason, a fire broke out and destroyed the entire house.
All the houses were burned down.
The spy leader asked about the time of the fire and found that it happened to be the day after Hongli disappeared, so the body was probably that of Hongli.
It was a matter of Hongli's life and death, and the spy leader did not dare to neglect it. He took the jade ring and took a boat back to the capital overnight. As soon as he entered the capital, he immediately entered the palace. Yinzhen was approving the papers in the Hall of Yangxin, but because of Hongli's affairs, it was difficult for him to concentrate.
After seeing the spy leader appear, Zhen Jing quickly put down his pen and asked impatiently: "How is it? Do you have the whereabouts of Fourth Brother?"
During this period, Ling Ruo asked Hongli several times about his situation and why he hadn't called them back to the capital yet, but he dismissed them all on the grounds that Fuzhou had not been completely pacified. However, as Ling Ruo asked more and more frequently,
, he knew that this reason could not be hidden for long.
"Your Majesty, my servant found a charred corpse in a burned-down house. The corpse was wearing this jade ring on its thumb." When the spy leader presented the jade ring, Yinzhen felt as if he had been struck by lightning and froze.
He remained motionless there, just staring at the jade ring.
Although it was a little deformed by the burn, he recognized it at a glance as the jade ring he had given to Hongli. The jade ring was on the hand of the charred corpse. In other words... the charred corpse was Hongli!
What he was most worried about happened after all. Hongli...Hongli...