The situation suddenly changed overnight, and the richest man in Lantai, Xie Jia, was also placed under house arrest. No one knew exactly what happened, but they all speculated that it was related to the disappearance of the little princess.
However, the little princess went out early in the morning and happily led the guards and maids shopping. There was also Zhao Guanren carrying a bag. Those who didn't know it thought that Zhao Guanren had purified himself and entered the palace to become a little eunuch.
"Your Highness! Mr. Pavilion! There is something fishy about this matter..."
Ouyang Qianhu stood in the study with clasped fists. Next to him was Chen Qianhu, who was standing with his hands down. Prince Duan and Xia Shoufu were sitting opposite them, drinking tea.
"We'll talk about it later..."
Prince Duan said with some displeasure: "I would like to ask first if the escaping lucky thief has been caught, so that our country will give me trouble!"
"Uh~ The bodies of the two lucky thieves have been found, and the escapees are looking for traces..."
Ouyang Qianhu put down his hand and said: "Your Highness! There is something really strange. Someone saw Zhao Yunxuan in Hexi last night, accompanied by a man and a woman, who looked like the little princess and the chief eunuch, but... Zhao Yunxuan actually took them there.
Gambling stall!"
"If you don't go to a gambling stall, where else can you go, a brothel or a brothel..."
Prince Duan slammed the coffee table and said angrily: "Are we going to let outsiders know that the Ji bandits kidnapped my daughter under my nose? Is this the result of the incompetence of our Dashun Imperial Army or the fact that you are waiting for the capital?"
Is the Supervisor Chang negligent in his duty?"
"Your Highness, please be patient..."
Xia Shoufu put down his tea bowl and said: "The Jingdu Guards House has indeed seriously neglected its duty. It asked me to wait to move into Xie's house without checking it out in advance. However, I don't believe that the Xie family is colluding with Ji's thieves. How can I believe it?"
The reason why the thief is still waiting to be caught!"
"Your Highness! Your Majesty has already found out about this matter. Very few people know about the secret passage..."
Ouyang Qianhu said: "Where the secret passage leads to, there have lived three female relatives, one is the widow and mother of Xie Yuan's third brother, the second is the eldest son's side house, and the third is Xie's eldest son's cousin. This secret passage is specially designed for
Their father and son committed adultery, so they are ashamed to tell anyone about it!"
"What a mess..."
Prince Duan said in astonishment: "How come they are the sister-in-law and the eldest son's cousin-in-law? Is it possible that their father and son committed adultery with their relatives?"
"Exactly! The Xie family and his son have a habit of eating grass from the side of the nest..."
Ouyang Qianhu replied: "Xie Yuan's sister-in-law lives in the Xie Mansion as a widow. In fact, she has defaulted to a side house. However, her daughter also gave birth to a pair of children for the Xie family. It is still unclear who is the father and son of the Xie family. And the eldest son Xie
Not only did he commit adultery with his cousin-in-law, but he also committed adultery with his own sister. It’s really a mess!”
"It's really confusing, even I, the king, was confused..."
Prince Duan frowned and asked: "The Xie family doesn't know what this means. Where did the lucky thief come from, and is he able to escape from the earth?"
"The lucky thieves should have targeted them and exposed the entrance to the secret passage..."
Ouyang Qianhu said: "Many people knew about the imperial envoy coming to Lantai half a month ago. Only the Bian and Xie families in Lantai are qualified to receive the imperial envoy. However, the Bian family has been placed under house arrest by us, leaving only the Xie family.
The lucky thief is deliberately lurking here!"
"This statement is reasonable and reasonable..."
Xia Shoufu said: "Everyone in the Xie family has not been spared. If someone is connected with the Ji thief and learns that the little princess is missing, they should run away without a trace. Therefore, the Xie family deserves to be unlucky. If there were not such dirty things,
How could this calamity of beheading happen to their family?"
"Hmph~ They deserve to be unlucky, but they have brought trouble to my little princess. This matter is not over yet..."
Prince Duan pointed at the two thousand households and said: "Listen up! From now on, Zhao Yunxuan will be transferred from the capital governor's guard field, his identity as a secret agent will be transferred to the staff department, and he will be promoted to the fourth rank and promoted to the fifth rank. I will be in charge.
To deal with the prevention, control and rectification of all diseases, big and small!"
"..."
The two Qianhu's eyes suddenly jumped. Although they had expected that Zhao Guanren would be promoted, Prince Duan did not have the power to promote others. Besides, this "epidemic promotion" was not a thing. They had never heard of it.
"This is the intention of the Holy One. If it is verified that Zhao Yunxuan has done a good job in preventing the epidemic, he will be promoted to the epidemic promotion..."
Xia Shoufu said calmly: "We should be grateful to Zhao Yunxuan. If he hadn't fought so hard to rescue the little princess, you and I wouldn't have had enough heads to behead one of our guards, but the concentrated corpse poison that we sent to the border earlier was not shared with Zhao Yunxuan."
Shall we discuss it?"
"Mr. Ge!"
Chen Qianhu clasped his fists and said: "Zhao Yunxuan was just a seventh-grade flag superintendent at the beginning. The fewer people who know about such important events, the better. Although mistakes were made at the border in the end, we have started to investigate from the inside and will definitely make it clear.
Find the person who leaked the secret!"
"Stupid! We all have such a great achievement, but we have wasted such a great opportunity..."
Xia Shoufu also slapped the table and said angrily: "Our spies have succeeded in the Kyrgyz Republic. The three major border towns have dropped corpse poison, but the corpse poison has already lost its effectiveness when it reaches the border. It has in vain destroyed sixteen elite spies of our dynasty.
Don’t you even know that corpse poison has a shelf life?”
"Guarantee, shelf life?"
The two Chihus looked at each other in surprise.
"A three-year-old child can understand why overnight tea should not be drunk. Everything has its shelf life..."
Xia Shoufu paused his teacup and said angrily: "If you have read carefully the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" written by Zhao Yunxuan, you should know that the corpse poison will lose its effectiveness within three days at most after opening the altar, and the poisoned water in the well will always exist. That is
Because there are corpses soaking in it!"
"this……"
Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the two Qianhus. Chen Qianhu stammered: "I and I are from martial arts backgrounds and have no habit of reading. This is really due to our negligence. We must study the epidemic prevention manual carefully when we go back!"
"It's too late! Who knows what little tricks you have, aren't you just afraid that Zhao Yunxuan will steal the credit..."
Prince Duan glared and said: "If you weren't jealous of talents and excluded Zhao Yunxuan, how could our Dashun lose our troops and generals? Do you know that when the emperor learned about this, he threw the tea bowl at the court, and the generals scolded them bloody
Otherwise, why wouldn’t he come this time?”
"The crime of humble duty deserves death. Please punish me, Your Highness..."
The two thousand households both knelt on the ground and had already greeted the eighteenth generation of Zhao Guanren's ancestors in their hearts. Although they deliberately excluded Zhao Guanren, the boy never mentioned the shelf life. An "Epidemic Prevention Manual" was only published in the past two days.
, who the hell has time to see it.
"You two, please listen to me..."
Prince Duan pointed at the two of them and shouted: "What happened last night is related to the honor and disgrace of my royal family. I now order the two of them to serve their crimes and perform meritorious services. If the escaped thief cannot be caught, we will come to see each other. Who dares to reveal even a word about this matter?"
, I want someone’s head! Get lost!”
"yes!"
The two Qianhus ran out with pale faces, and just then the little princess ran in boundingly, threw herself into Prince Duan's arms, pulled her beard and acted coquettishly.
"Hahaha……"
Prince Duan and the blind chief minister laughed heartily, making this innocent little girl amused, but they never imagined that she also used this posture last night, lying in Zhao Guanren's arms, eating tongues, kissing, and chatting about men and women.
thing.
"Grandpa Ge! Ning'er asked you a question, what are the steps to put an elephant into the closet..."
The little princess jumped up with a grimace, and the two looked at each other for a moment. Xia Shoufu hesitated and said: "How can an elephant be crammed into this wardrobe? I'm afraid it will be difficult for a small elephant!"
"You can't even fit this Choba Choba in..."
Prince Duan looked at her in astonishment, but the little princess smiled and said: "You idiots! Of course the wardrobe in the Elephant's house is very big. Just open the cabinet, kick the elephant in, and close the door.
!Haha~”
"Ha~"
Xia Shoufu said with a smile: "The princess is deeply favored by the Holy Emperor. She is really smart, but the old minister is really stupid and can't be compared!"
"Then let me ask you again, which came first, the chicken or the egg..."
The little princess proudly crossed her waist and brought out all the brain teasers that Zhao Guanren had said to torture them. The two of them were questioned again.
I'm so confused that I can't answer a single question.
"Ghost girl!"
Prince Duan looked at the "innocent and pure" little girl and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Zhao Yunxuan must have taught all these lies. That kid is not serious. Don't listen to his nonsense!"
"What nonsense..."
The little princess said arrogantly: "This is to teach you to think about problems from another level and not to always stick to the surface of things. Brother Yunxuan is a person with a university education. Alas, even if you tell me, you won't understand. I went out to play bowling."
La, bye!"
"Bye-Bye?"
The prince and the chief minister looked at each other in astonishment, but Xia chief minister lowered his head and began to think hard, as motionless as a log.
"Mr. Ge!"
Prince Duan smiled and said: "Aren't you still struggling with Ning'er's problem? If you want me to say that there must be a chicken first, if there is no chicken, then the person will not exist! Haha~"
"Your Highness! Don't you think it's strange..."
Xia Shoufu tapped the coffee table lightly and said: "Almost all the big and small troubles in Lantai County are related to Zhao Yunxuan. He found out the corpse plague and caused the lack of salt. He was even there when something happened to the little princess."
By the way, doesn’t it sound like a thief shouting to catch the thief?”
"Can't you?"
Prince Duan was surprised and said: "This young man is so young, how can he have such strong skills and scheming? Besides, what is he trying to do? Isn't it just for promotion?"
"Although he is a young man, he is calm, sophisticated and very scheming..."
Xia Shoufu stroked his beard and said: "Everyone in the Ningzhou government praises him, and he is deeply supported by the people. The veteran has been an official for decades. This is the first time he has seen such a scene. Everyone among the factions is slandering each other and adding insult to injury.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!"
"this……"
Prince Duan was surprised and asked: "Does Mr. Ge mean that there is a big shot behind this son, so that everyone in Ningzhou has to bow his head?"
"No! The magistrate of Ningzhou avoided him, and the magistrate also wanted to avoid suspicion..."
Xia Shoufu shook his head and said: "Although the other officials praised him verbally, no one wanted to have anything to do with him. Even the governor of the capital, Wei Chang, was very cautious. Only the magistrate of Lantai County obeyed his words. From this point of view, this son
I’m afraid he’s just a coward!”
"Sitting on the ground?"
Prince Duan was slightly startled.
"His Highness is a passing dragon, and he is a sitting tiger..."
Xia Shoufu narrowed his eyes and said: "The Bian family let him step on him half to death, and the Xie family has also stepped into the gate of hell. Who can replace Lantai, only Han Ji, but I can confirm that the person behind Han Ji is him, so many
All the trouble was to pave the way for him, and he was promoted and made a fortune!"
"So powerful?"
Prince Duan opened his eyes wide and said: "If it is true as Mr. Ge said, this kid has already covered the sky with one hand in Lantai, and even the prefect of Ningzhou does not dare to compete with him, then given time, wouldn't the entire Ningzhou Prefecture have to listen?"
Did he give the order to make him a prince?"
"It was what the little princess said just now that woke up the old minister..."
Xia Shoufu said solemnly: "We only saw the surface. Only by digging deeper can we understand that Zhao Yunxuan is the thorn in the flesh. The depth of this city really scares me!"
"Actually..."
Prince Duan plucked his beard and said: "Who doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune? Anyone who wants to be an official is not overly considerate. As long as he does his job well, it doesn't matter if he kills a few businessmen. I think this guy is quite talented and has a lot to do."
!”
"Your Highness's words make sense, let's give him a try..."
Xia Shoufu said with a smile: "Didn't Han Ji want the iron certificate for the alchemy book? I asked him to handle this errand to see if he could see through the mystery of the Bian and Xie families. If he finally allowed Han Ji's family to dominate
, then this guy has neither vision nor mind, he is just good at calculation!"
"Um!"
Prince Duan muttered: "This matter is my father's test. If he can satisfy both me and my father, I will fulfill his wish!"