"How's it going? Have you found anything?" Zhou Yong, who had been watching coldly, appeared.
The firelight flickered, making Zhou Yong's face turn cold. He stared at Qianhu and Housekeeper Zhou with cold eyes, pursed his lips and waited for their answer.
"Come on, come on..." The thousand households wiped away their sweat, and Butler Zhou's face had turned pale.
"Then continue," Zhou Yong sneered: "Search slowly, if it doesn't work, we will continue digging at dawn to find the person."
"Okay, okay..." That Qianhu glanced at Butler Zhou in utter embarrassment, "Think about it carefully, where is the person hiding?"
Butler Zhou's face turned bitter and he opened his mouth without making a sound. Now he was wondering if it was the kind of thing he had dreamed about last night...
Seeing Butler Zhou's eyes go straight, the Qianhu spat bitterly and said loudly: "Keep looking, dig three feet into the ground to find the person." The guards had no choice but to continue searching everywhere, not daring to stop at all, because once
Stopping means that you haven't found it, and the consequence of not finding it is that everyone will lose their ears from now on... It's so painful and ugly.
However, Qianhu was not as pessimistic as his subordinates, because he had already made an unexpected discovery... Just now, when he went to Songfeng Pavilion to prosecute Wang Xian, he found an unexpected face. If
In the end, I really couldn’t find anyone, so I could use her to take the blame.
Seeing that a very beautiful government office was turned into a mess, Wang Xian didn't feel bad at all. It wasn't his house anyway, so he just let them go. He simply didn't go back to the house, and asked people to stay in Songfeng Pavilion.
Holding the lamp, he prepared to spend the long night reading. The guards quickly hung a blanket on the pavilion and brought two charcoal basins to burn the fire. The pavilion soon became a warm pavilion. Gu Xiaolian took off Wang Xian's thick cloak and spread it on the pavilion.
He sat down on the stone bench and turned on the light so that Wang Xian could read.
Watching the two girls, Wang Xian didn't want to read his favorite "The Legend of Monk Dengcao", so he had to show off with a copy of "The Legend of Gongyang in the Spring and Autumn Period". Although it was also a biography, compared to the former, the latter was too boring.
After watching it for a while, he lost interest and said to Long Yao, who was sitting beside Zhi Yi in a daze: "Miss Long, let's talk?
"What are you talking about?" Long Yao asked absentmindedly.
"We talked about the old prince and his son a few times before. This time we will talk about the old prince's grandson." Wang Xian said with a smile.
"Grandson...what's there to talk about?" Long Yao suddenly became uneasy.
"The grandsons are not young anymore. The oldest must be twenty years old, right?" Wang Xian said with a smile.
"It's twenty-one after the New Year..." Long Yao whispered, her eyes couldn't help but be filled with moisture.
"What's his name?" Wang Xian asked.
"The eldest prince is afraid of Meigui." Long Yao whispered.
"Yes, his name is Zhu Meigui, let's talk about him." Wang Xian put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "How is your relationship?
How is your relationship? Wang Xian's seemingly casual words startled Long Yao, and her face suddenly changed. Although she quickly forced herself to return to normal, her momentary abnormality was already seen by Wang Xian.
.
"Sir," Long Yao said with a blushing face, "the prince is a golden branch and a jade leaf, and I am just the daughter of the royal family's chief minister, how can we possibly have any intersection with each other?"
"Didn't you grow up in the palace?" Wang Xian asked curiously: "The old princess treats you as if she were her own child. How come you have no contact with her eldest grandson?"
"Uh..." Long Yao knew that he had made a mistake and hurriedly explained: "Of course we meet often, but my heart is... His Highness the Seventh, so I don't have a close relationship with the Crown Prince."
"Oh, it turns out we didn't have a close relationship." Wang Xian smiled and looked at Long Yao's red face playfully: "Then why are you blushing?"
"My lord's question is too embarrassing..." Long Yao said with some annoyance.
"You may have misunderstood." Wang Xian explained seriously: "Since you and His Highness Seventh Prince are lovers, you should regard His Highness Seventh Prince's nephew as a junior. Is there anything shameful in asking if your relationship is good?
"Uh..." Long Yao was speechless. She blushed and stamped her feet: "Master, you are teasing me."
"Haha..." Wang Xian smiled and stopped teasing her, his expression gradually became colder and said: "Long Yao, if you don't tell the truth, they will come to arrest you later, and I will not protect you."
"I haven't lied to you, sir?" Long Yao said in a panic: "Why do they want to arrest me?"
"Ask yourself, how have we been treating you?" Wang Xian said with a sad face.
Wang Xian's expression made Long Yao feel quite guilty, as if she had done something wrong. She lowered her head and said, "My lord, treat me like your own sister. Erhei and the others are also very good to me."
"Then you will repay me with deception?" Wang Xian sighed softly: "Actually, I didn't want to tell you, you must have your own difficulties. But just now when those thousands of households came to the pavilion to check, the look in your eyes told me,
You became his prey..."
"Sir, please help Sister Long Yao." Gu Xiaolian begged softly.
"Of course I will help my own people." Wang Xian smiled, but then turned coldly and said: "But the people who have been deceiving you, can they be considered one of our own people?"
"It can't be counted." Gu Xiaolian shook his head timidly, and went to persuade Long Yao: "Sister Long Yao, please explain to the adults quickly, the adults have misunderstood you..." Wang Xian secretly wanted to laugh after hearing this, but Xiao Lian still
What a good partner for me.
"Sister Xiao Lian," Long Yao's expression suddenly changed, and she finally gritted her teeth and said, "I did lie to you, sir."
"Ah..." Gu Xiaolian exclaimed, and Wang Xian couldn't help but cough slightly, "Girl, you acted too hard..."
Fortunately, Long Yao was immersed in her own world and didn't care about Gu Xiaolian at all. She looked at Wang Xiandao with tears in her eyes: "I have no ill intentions towards you, sir. Do you believe me?"
"I believe, otherwise I wouldn't talk to you in this way." Wang Xian smiled and nodded. "You should be lovers with Zhu Meigui, right? Not Zhu Ji'an."
"Yes." Long Yao nodded and said softly: "When did your Excellency find out?"
"You know I am a suspicious person," Wang Xian said with a smile: "When we were in Zhengzhou, your father was seriously ill, and you, a daughter, were not at home to take care of your parents and younger brothers, but you insisted on coming to Taiyuan with us. I felt uncomfortable.
Too normal.”
"My family has indeed been favored by two generations of Jin kings. Isn't it normal for me to repay the favor?" Long Yao said with a wink.
"The laws of nature are nothing more than human feelings," Wang Xian shook his head and said with a smile, "Is there anything in the world that is more gracious than the upbringing of your parents?"
"Yes, there is love between men and women." Gu Xiaolian said matter-of-factly.
"That's right. In order to save the man you love, you can indeed leave your seriously ill father behind." Wang Xian said with a smile.
"I said, I am here for His Majesty Seventh Prince..." Long Yao whispered.
"Do you think that my brother is so fascinated by you?" Wang Xian sighed and said, "Why don't I investigate your background? There are not many people in Prince Jin's palace who don't know you..."
"..." Only then did Long Yao realize that she was no match against the powerful yet cunning and suspicious Wang Xian. She finally lowered her head and said, "I am indeed here for the Crown Prince, not His Majesty the Seventh Prince."
"Why don't you tell the truth?" Wang Xian asked.
"How can I tell the truth?" Long Yao burst into tears: "People's hearts are unpredictable, how can I know what your master's intentions are? Wouldn't it harm him to blindly believe in him?"
"He was staying in Black Camel Mountain. How could you harm him by telling the truth?" Wang Xian said leisurely: "Did you already know at that time that he was about to escape?"
"It's not that he's about to escape, but he's already... escaped." At this point, Long Yao needs Wang Xian's full support, so naturally she won't hide it anymore.
"How did he do it?" Wang Xian couldn't help but be a little surprised. According to Wu Wei, when he arrived at White Camel Mountain, the father and son had just disappeared... The defenders of Black Camel Mountain would definitely keep a close eye on people like Zhu Jixi and his son.
Yes, there is no way he has been missing for several days and has not been found.
"The Crown Prince is a very smart man. Ever since my father was dismissed from office, he realized that his father and son were going to be in trouble, so he began to step up preparations." Long Yao said softly. "He is not as calm and calm as his father, and his men still have some strength.
But at that time, it was impossible for him to make a comeback. As expected, not long after, his father was deposed from the throne and imprisoned in Black Camel Mountain to guard the late king's funeral."
"The Crown Prince didn't have to go to Black Camel Mountain, but he knew that if he stayed in Taiyuan, he would be like meat on the chopping board, so he took the initiative to go to Black Camel Mountain to serve his father. Although Zhu Jiyan had the intention to harm him, after all, the throne was not yet in full swing.
At this time, the former prince died suddenly, and it was really hard to explain to the world." Long Yao said softly: "So he followed the trend and agreed to the prince's request, and ordered people to strictly guard the Black Camel Mountain, intending to imprison his father and son there first.
But I didn’t expect that the prince had already made arrangements. A month later, the substitute he had prepared sneaked in and replaced him.”
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded, Zhu Migui is really a big shot.
"After escaping from Black Camel Mountain, he escaped from Shanxi with the help of his subordinates and went to Zhengzhou to discuss with my father..." Long Yao looked at Wang Xian and continued: "He wanted to go to Beijing to complain, but I was
My father persuaded him. My father had sneaked into the capital before and knew that the capital was now ruled by the King of Han and Ji Gang. He might have been captured by the imperial guards before he even touched the door of the palace. That would be the end of him. So my father persuaded him.
Hide it in my house first and wait for the opportunity." After a pause, she said in a voice like a mosquito's chirping: "So when you went to find my father, the prince was actually at my house, and he heard everything you said through the curtain."
"Fuck." Wang Xian couldn't help but spat. No wonder Long Yao ran into the inner room and waited for a long time before he came out. It turned out that it was his lover who was giving him the opportunity. But Zhu Meigui was frightened and didn't dare to show up, which is reasonable. "How do you discuss it?
of?"
"The Crown Prince said that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for. He didn't expect it to come so soon." Long Yao said, "But he didn't dare to show up until he found out your details. He asked me to follow you at any time.
Give him your report..." Long Yao's voice became quieter and quieter: "Although I did as I was told, I have no ill intentions towards you..."