"Yes, the general came here specifically to ask for help from the princess!" Ren Fang bowed and said.
Xiao Xiang smiled and said slowly and softly: "General Ren, you must know that if I help you this time, you will also have to help me in the future!"
Ren Fang sighed secretly, nodded, and said, "I will understand."
"As long as you understand." The smile on Xiao Xiang's face became even stronger, and she walked slowly in the lobby and said, "I reminded General Ren last time that there is a place that you can't even think of and can't search for."
Ren Fang cupped his hands and said, "Princess, please clarify."
Xiao Xiang turned around and said word by word: "Wang, palace."
"Palace?" Ren Fang's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Xiao Xiang in disbelief. He was so surprised that he couldn't recover for a long time. Of course Ren Fang would not ignore the huge palace there, but he would not ignore it in any case.
The palace and gangsters are associated together.
The palace is an important place and is heavily guarded. Even top-notch spiritual martial arts masters cannot get in. How could gangsters enter the palace and bring their family members in? This is simply impossible.
Ren Fang was dumbfounded. After a while, he hurriedly stood up, looked at Xiao Xiang, and said: "Princess, you can't say this nonsense..."
Xiao Xiang smiled coldly and said: "If my father were here, no one would dare to target the palace. But now that my father, Wang Bintian, has no owner of the palace, there is no guarantee that no one with ulterior motives will target the palace."
.The palace is such an important place, not to mention that General Ren doesn’t dare to touch it, even he doesn’t dare to think about it. In the entire Zhaoyang City, does General Ren think there is a safer place than the palace and a place more suitable for harboring hostages?”
Ren Zang's thoughts were racing, and at the same time he couldn't help but take a breath. Yes, he never thought that there would be problems in the palace. If the gangster really hid his family in the palace, his method would be too clever.
, too bold, but then again, the gangster's method of kidnapping his family was both clever and bold, and he was able to steal so many important things from the Lieutenant's Mansion without Yu Qing's knowledge.
From this point of view, maybe it is possible for them to sneak into the palace.
Thinking of this, I let Lingling tremble. I have to go to court every day, and I have to go in and out of the palace every day. Could it be that I pass by my family every day?
Thinking of this, he shook his head repeatedly and said to Xiao Xiang: "Your Highness, even if...even if the bad guys really hide in the palace, the general...the general has no right to search the palace!"
Not only did he not have the right to search, except for going to court, he could not even enter the palace.
Seeing the worry on Ren Fang's face, Xiao Xiang smiled calmly and said: "Not to mention General Ren, the palace is such an important place. No one except the king has the right to conduct searches, including this palace. However, we cannot investigate clearly.
But I can conduct secret investigations, and I can also lend a helping hand to the general!"
Ren Fang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "How does Your Highness, Princess, want to conduct a secret investigation?"
"Tomorrow, I can take General Ren into the palace for a secret visit. If General Ren's family is really hidden in the palace, some clues will be left behind." Xiao Xiang said seriously.
Ren Fang nodded while listening. When Xiao Xiang finished speaking, he bowed to the ground and said: "General, thank you for your great help, Princess. If we can really find clues this time and rescue the family of the general, it will be a great kindness to Princess."
A great virtue will never be forgotten even in the end."
Xiao Xiang smiled, waved his hand slightly, and said softly: "General Ren, there is no need to be polite. Regardless of public or private affairs, I should help General Ren."
There was nothing to say that day, and the next day, Xiao Xiang took Ren Fang to the palace. Xiao Xiang is a princess, and entering and leaving the palace is of course like returning to her own home, but Ren Fang is a foreign minister. If he wants to enter the palace, he must get the king's approval, but
Now that the palace has no owner, Lian Fang has a prominent status and is accompanied by the princess, so the guards outside the palace let him go smoothly without any further questioning.
Although Ren Fang went in and out of the palace every day, he was limited to the front palace. As for the middle palace and the back palace, he had never entered it. This secret visit with Xiao Xiang was an eye-opener for him.
The Sichuan Palace occupies a large area and is divided into three palaces: the front, the middle, and the back. The area of the front palace and the middle palace are about the same, while the area of the harem is the largest. If it is subdivided, the harem can be divided into three parts: the east palace, the west palace, and the main palace.
Large area.
If you are wandering around without any purpose, you may not be able to visit all of Sichuan Palace even if you walk for a whole day. Xiao Xiang and Ren Fang first conducted unannounced visits around the palace, and the people they visited were mostly palace guards who were on guard and patrolling.
Lord.
In addition to the two main entrances in the north and south, Sichuan Palace also has a side entrance on the east and west sides.
When it was almost noon, Xiao Xiang and Ren Zang went to the east side gate. The guards here were slightly less than the two main gates in the north and south, and their strength was relatively weak.
The guards in the palace all knew Xiao Xiang. When they saw the princess coming, the leader of the guards immediately stepped forward to greet her, bowed his hands and saluted, saying: "I see you, Your Highness, Princess!"
Xiao Xiang casually waved down the sleeves of her robe to signal him to level up, then looked the leader of the guards up and down and asked, "What's your name?"
The leader of the guards was startled and didn't understand why the princess suddenly asked his name. The palace guards may still be majestic in front of others, but in front of the royal family, they are just servants and slaves. Xiao Xiang would not look at them seriously when he met them.
Look more, let alone ask their names. After being stunned for a while, he carefully replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, the villain's name is Xue Hui."
"Yes!" Xiao Xiang responded casually, and then asked: "Is there anything strange in the palace these days?"
The leader named Xue Hui trembled in fright, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "There is nothing strange..."
"Don't be so hasty to answer me yet." Xiao Xiang waved to him with a smile and said, "Seven days ago, around midnight, has anyone entered or left the palace since then?"
Hearing this, Ren Fang immediately became nervous and stared at Xue Hui without blinking.
Xue Hui's face was confused and he was deep in thought. He pinched his fingers and calculated, then smiled apologetically at Xiao Xiang and said: "Your Highness, unfortunately, it was not a villain who was on duty that night seven days ago. Is there anyone here?"
Even a villain doesn't know how to enter the palace from the east gate."
"Who was on duty that night?"
"It should be Brother Hong... Oh, it's Chief Hong Yuan Hong!" Xue Hui replied.
"Where is he now?"
"The villain is on duty today. Chief Hong should rest at home." Xue Hui answered truthfully.
Xiao Xiang pondered for a moment, looked behind Xue Hui, then changed the subject and asked: "Are any of your brothers on duty that night seven days ago?"
"This... I want to ask Her Majesty the Princess." As he spoke, Xue Hui quickly ran back to the guards, looked around at everyone, and asked: "Which one of you was on duty at night seven days ago?"
The guards looked at each other, no one dared to stand up and speak. They didn't know what happened at night seven days ago. Since the princess came to ask in person, the matter must be something serious. Even those who were on duty that day did not dare to stand up.
admit.
Seeing that no one of the guards stood up to answer, Xue Hui narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I ask again, who was on duty at night seven days ago? It's easier to stand up now. If I were to find out by myself,
, but be careful with the skin on your body!"
"..." The guards were still silent. Seeing this, Xue Hui was about to go back to report to Xiao Xiang. At this time, someone among the guards muttered in a low voice: "Old Sun, weren't you on duty that night seven days ago?"
The muttering was not loud, but it was enough for Xue Hui to hear clearly. He raised his eyebrows and asked: "Who? Who is talking?"
Following his questioning, a guard in his thirties slowly walked out of the crowd, approached Xue Hui, and whispered: "Master Xue, that night seven days ago, the villain... the villain
I have an errand."
Xue Hui's nose almost became angry when he heard this. If the princess hadn't been there, he would have wanted to slap him twice. He shouted angrily in a low voice: "Are you deaf? Why didn't you stand up just now? Damn it, I almost got hurt by you.
die!"
The guard grinned and asked: "Master Xue, that... did something happen in the palace that night?"
"How do I know? Ask Her Royal Highness yourself!"
Xue Hui said angrily, then, dragging the guard, he strode back to Xiao Xiang, pushed him forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, he was on duty at night seven days ago."
"Little... I see you, Your Highness the Princess!" The guard's legs became weak, he knelt down on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to Xiao Xiang repeatedly.
Seeing that he was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, Xiao Xiang burst into laughter, waved her hands and said: "Get up, don't be afraid, I just want to ask you something."
"Whatever Your Highness the Princess wants to know, I know everything you want to know..."
Xiao Xiang nodded and said to Xue Hui on the side: "You can go back to work. You have nothing to do here."
"Yes, Your Highness Princess!" Xue Hui agreed, and before leaving, he did not forget to give the guard a hard look, hinting that he should be careful with what he said and not cause trouble for himself.
"Please accompany me for a walk." As he spoke, Xiao Xiang turned and walked away. The guard hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and followed Xiao Xiang cautiously.
"I would like to ask you, seven days ago, on the night when you were on duty, did anyone enter or leave the palace through the east gate?" Xiao Xiang asked casually while walking slowly in the courtyard.
"Oh...Princess, please let me think about it first." The guard frowned and thought for a short time. He suddenly remembered something. He raised his head and said urgently: "Yes, General Jin once entered and exited through the east gate.
!”
"General Jin? Are you talking about Jin Liren?" Xiao Xiang looked back at the guard.
"Exactly!" The guard nodded repeatedly.
Xiao Xiang rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "It happened seven days ago, can you remember it so quickly?"
"Your Highness, there are not many people entering and exiting the palace from the east gate, especially late at night, which is even rarer, so I am more impressed by this." The guard swallowed his saliva and replied cautiously.