I've been reborn, who would still raise a son from another family? Go away

The secret guards lurking around the dungeon all rushed to the dungeon where Xie Jingrui was.

only.......

There was chaos in front of him. The invaders were dressed exactly like Xie Jingrui's secret guards.

Xie Jingrui looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes were cold and dark, and he said to his secret guards: "Take off all the masks."

After hearing this, the secret guards immediately took off the masks on their faces. With the ability to distinguish, they could better identify the hostile forces.

Those people seemed to intentionally lead them all away, and ran towards the side alley while fighting.

Seeing that the hostile forces were at a disadvantage, Xie Jingrui said coldly: "To survive."

next moment.

Those unknown hostile forces bit the poison in their mouths one after another, and died from taking the poison, falling in front of them.

Xie Jingrui's eyes were dark, and he didn't have time to think about it. He said in a deep voice: "It's bad, let's go back to the dungeon."

The group returned to the dungeon to check and found that several doors in the dungeon were open.

The secret guards guarding the dungeon all fell to the ground.

One of the secret guards stepped forward and turned his body over, only to find that his face was dark purple and he was no longer breathing.

"The prince has died." The secret guard reported.

"Check!" Xie Jingrui exuded an extremely cold aura.

The secret guards scattered.

The secret guard who searched the dungeon came back soon, knelt down and said to Xie Jingrui: "Your Highness, the door of the dungeon where Zhao Wanyan and Liu Yunni were imprisoned has been opened. Those people in the dungeon have escaped, and Zhao Wanyan and Liu Yunni are also missing."

"Pass the order down. Don't open the city gates tomorrow. Search every house. If you can't find anyone, come to me with your heads." Xie Jingrui narrowed his eyes, and the coldness became even stronger.

"Yes."

The figure of the secret guard disappeared into the night sky.

The secret guards who had just gone out to look for the assassins also rushed back.

"Your Highness, we didn't find anything on those people, but one of them had a phoenix tail flower mark on his arm. The phoenix tail flower is the flower of national destiny believed in by the people of Northern Frontier. Only people of noble status can have the mark of this flower on their bodies."

Xie Jingrui sat on the armchair, his dark eyes fixed on the man with the phoenix tail flower: "Freeze his body, and hang the rest at the city gate for public display!"

"Yes."

Xie Jingrui looked at the dungeon door that had been blown up in front of him, and said to his subordinates behind him: "Transfer the remaining prisoners to another dungeon. Cover them with black cloth when transferring them. Transfer them out under the cover of night. Clear out all the things in the dungeon, leaving nothing behind."

"Yes."

After giving these instructions, Xie Jingrui's entire secret guards were sent out.

The secret guards changed into their police uniforms and walked through the streets and alleys of Kyoto, searching house by house for Zhao Wanyan, Liu Yueru and the bandits who had escaped during the chaos.

Xie Jingrui went to the palace overnight and reported to Emperor Hexu what happened in the dungeon, and also told him about the discovery of traces in the northern border.

It is emphasized that Emperor Hexu should issue an edict as soon as possible to allow farmers to transfer grain from the fields.

Emperor Hexu didn't expect that while he was still alive and well, those people in the northern border could not wait and went to Kyoto to make trouble and try to provoke a war!

It was dawn and all the important court officials were brought into the palace.

Emperor Hexu put pressure on important officials in the court, insisting that farmers harvest all the grain in the fields before mid-August.

Everyone in the hall was talking at once, each holding his own opinion.

Emperor Hexu took a firm attitude and just asked them to carry out their orders, then dispersed everyone.

Leaving Liu Fufeng behind, Liu Zimo and Liu Zhengtang went to the imperial study.

The father and his two sons also heard that Xie Jingrui's dungeon had been blown up.

That was the latest explosive developed by Northern Frontier last year. Now they are blatantly challenging the emperor's authority in Kyoto, right under the imperial city. They are trying to stir up trouble.

Liu Fufeng was the first to kneel down and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to the battle and teach Northern Xinjiang a lesson."

"No hurry. I kept you here for another matter." Emperor Hexu looked at the father and his two sons kneeling on the ground with a serious face.

Liu Zhengtang didn't understand why, but it was the first time in all the years he had been with Emperor Hexu that he saw him look like this.

Liu Zhengtang was a little uneasy.

Emperor Hexu looked at them for a while.

Then he asked earnestly, "Rui'er's dungeon was blown up yesterday, and the bandits imprisoned in the dungeon escaped. Lord Liu, Aunt Zhao and the princess in your mansion also escaped."

Liu Zhengtang was confused by the question from Emperor Hexu. He knelt down and replied, "Your Majesty, the princess is seriously ill. Isn't she recuperating in the Prince of Jin's mansion? Aunt Zhao is also in the mansion taking care of the princess' daily life? Please forgive me for not understanding what the emperor is saying."

Liu Zimo, who was standing by, learned everything from Xie Jingrui first and realized the seriousness of the matter.

Emperor Hexu asked the eunuch beside him to have a detailed talk with Liu Zhengtang about what Liu Yunni and Zhao Wanyan had done.

She also recounted everything about how Xie Jingrui had imprisoned the mother and daughter in the dungeon.

Liu Zhengtang's face turned pale when he heard this, and he almost fainted from fright: "Your Majesty, I know nothing about this matter. Please investigate it."

Emperor Hexu waved his hand and continued, "I didn't keep you here for this matter. Rui'er found the flower of national destiny of the northern border, the phoenix tail flower, on one of the assassins. Rui'er's people just came to report that the bandits who escaped have been found, but Zhao Wanyan and Liu Yunni are missing."

"The person who could make the nobles of Northern Frontier make such a great sacrifice and even risk provoking a war between the two countries to rescue him must not be a simple person. You live with Aunt Zhao every day, don't you find anything unusual about her?"

Liu Zhengtang shook his head and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, when I first met Aunt Zhao, she claimed that she was an orphan without a father or a mother, and asked me to be a good person and bring her back to the mansion to be a maid and give her food. I felt sorry for her, so I brought her back to the mansion. I also checked and found that she was just a child of a nearby farmer. Her parents died early, leaving her alone, so I let her stay in the mansion."

Emperor Hexu's gaze fell steadily on Gu Zhengtang, with an examining look on his face.

Liu Zhengtang's scalp went numb and cold sweat broke out as he was stared at.

This is also what he has been most worried about.

Emperors have always been suspicious since ancient times.

If the seeds of doubt are planted, their Liu Mansion may lose the trust of the emperor in the future.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo spoke first, "Your Majesty, our Liu family has followed you for generations and has no other intentions. Over the years, my father has been very cautious even in the mansion. The women in the back house are not allowed to enter the study at will. Even if Aunt Zhao is a spy specially planted by the Northern Frontier, she has been staying in the inner house all these years and has not had many opportunities to transmit confidential information to the outside world."

"What's more, the city gates have been locked now, and they are being searched house by house. Even if they have the ability to fly to the sky, they can't escape."

"Now that things have happened, the most important thing right now is to find the two of them and prevent this locust disaster from happening again."

Liu Zhengtang nodded heavily on the side.

Emperor Hexu could not see anything wrong from their faces.

The worries in my heart were slightly alleviated.

He turned to Liu Fufeng on the side and said: "We need to train those soldiers well recently. War may break out at any time."

"Yes." Liu Fufeng agreed.