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"My lord, that long knot..."

The third-rate prince played with the cup in his hand, and said indifferently: "What's wrong with Pan Changjie?"

Lin Xie wiped off his cold sweat, and said, "That long knot doesn't look like something worn by a nobleman, it's not carefully made."

Lin Xie thought that there was something different about the long knot, but in the end, she just found that there was only one more ring at the bottom. Therefore, there are eight rings in total, and the workmanship was really careless.

"That's right," the prince looked up at him, and said, "It's an important evidence, so it's naturally going to be handed over to the king for safekeeping."

"Yes."

As soon as the prince came back, he took away the long knot and didn't mention it again. It was obvious that he knew something through the long knot, but Lin Xie didn't dare to ask directly.

"There's nothing to ask here, let's go to Yuhang."

"Hey, I'll let Yuan Qi prepare."

The prince glanced at him, and Ling Ran said, "When did Yuan Qi become your slave?"

"This……"

Lin Xie hurriedly pleaded guilty.

The prince let out a long "hum" with his nose, and then got up to look for Yuan Qi.

Lin Xie wiped off her sweat and got up quickly.

The prefect of Gusu didn't know why the prince was about to leave after staying here for a few days, but he thought it was because he hadn't entertained him well, so he knelt down and kowtowed to plead guilty. The prince was confused when he saw this posture.

"What's this?"

"My lord, the little official didn't treat you well, he deserves death!"

The prince frowned, and said: "You people are punished by the emperor so that you deserve to die, you should die!"

As soon as the prince drank, the magistrate really slammed into the wall. Fortunately, Yuan Qi stopped him in time, otherwise he might really be dead.

Yuan Qi said: "My lord is just joking with you."

The prince ignored him, and the group finally rushed to Yuhang.

Compared with Gusu, Yuhang is warmer. Some nameless wild flowers on the ground have begun to bud, and the river is bubbling. Everywhere, women are pounding clothes by the river, and children are chasing and playing. On the farmland, men are also beginning to The soil is plowed, and it is full of vitality.

This time, the prince and his party lived in the yamen mansion in Yuhang. As soon as they entered the mansion, the county magistrate was already waiting outside the door. As soon as the prince sat on the chair, the two people who were traveling with Zhang Fu had already knelt in front of the prince.

"My lord, the two of us just went to the hut once, and Zhang Fu who was waiting behind disappeared."

The prince and Lin Xie noticed it immediately and asked, "Are you not knocked out?"

One person shook his head and said, "No, my lord, Zhang Fu disappeared when we didn't see it."

Another person said: "We all thought he was going somewhere, so we didn't care. We waited for a while, but we still haven't seen him coming. We just thought he left first, so we didn't wait any longer."

The prince asked, "Where do you go to the bathroom?"

"It's just in a forest, and Zhang Fu is waiting not far away."

Lin Xie asked, "You didn't hear anything?"

One person said: "We were still talking at the time, I'm afraid we didn't hear it."

The prince's eyes froze, and said: "Not far away, even if you exclaimed, you didn't hear it?"

Both shook their heads.

The prince rubbed his forehead, it seems that these two people are trash.

Lin Xie asked, "Didn't you realize that someone was following you?"

"No, the three of us were talking and laughing all the way."

Still talking and laughing?

Lin Xie looked strange, and said, "So the two of you can't provide any clues about Zhang Fu's disappearance?"

The two nodded.

"Nonsense!"

The prince yelled angrily, and slapped the sandalwood table fiercely, causing the two of them to kowtow in fright.

"This king suspects that you two took him away!"

"Your Highness, spare your life!"

The county magistrate interjected, "That's what the little official said when he asked them."

The prince stood up and whispered something to the county magistrate, who immediately pulled one of them up and took him away.

The man who stayed here saw that the prince had regained his indifference, and he put down a big stone in his heart.

The prince took a sip of tea and said, "Whenever you tell the truth, this prince will let him go."

After finishing speaking, the prince looked at Lin Xie and said, "Listen here, I will go take a nap first."

Lin Xie responded, thinking silently in her heart, this nap, I am afraid that I will sleep until tomorrow morning.

Seeing the prince leaving, the man looked at Lin Xie, not knowing who he was, and even lowered his head in silence.

Lin Xie walked up to him and said, "I am Lin's attendant by the emperor's side, Lin Xie, you haven't heard of me, you should have heard of the emperor, right?"

The man raised his head sharply and nodded.

"If you tell a lie, I will report it to the emperor."

Lin Xie smiled, but her tone was full of majesty, which should not be underestimated.

The prince took a nap, and when he woke up, it was already late at night.He sat up and saw that Yuan Qi beside him had fallen asleep lying on the table.

When the lord made a move, Yuan Qi woke up from the dream immediately, and while wiping his saliva, he asked in a daze, "My lord, the porridge is ready for you."

"Go get a bowl."

"okay!"

Yuan Qi rubbed his eyes and went out, and ran into Lin Xie who was about to enter the door as soon as he went out.

"My lord, that man has recruited."

The prince yawned and said, "Say."

"He said that there were indeed two people going to the toilet at that time, and he heard Zhang Fu yelling behind him, but the two ran away on the spot, ignoring Zhang Fu's life and death. Moreover, they heard the kidnapper say that they will not hurt you Life, if you are safely sent to the capital."

"It was sent to the capital again." The prince suddenly frowned, quite interestingly, "How did you ask?"

"I said I was going to send him to the emperor, and the man was so scared that he peed on the spot."

"Useless things." The prince said with a sarcastic smile, "What is Zhang Fu calling?"

"Who are you and what are you doing? Since Zhang Fu has no father or mother, the two of them felt that they would die if they died, and it had nothing to do with them."

After finishing speaking, Lin Xie frowned, seemingly angrily.

"That's all right, since that's the case, have you let him go?"

"No, I'm waiting for your release."

"Let it go."

"But my lord..."

Lin Xie seemed a little hesitant.

The prince was indifferent, and said: "If you don't let go, wouldn't you be laughing at my king's words and not believing them?"

"Eh."

Lin Xie got the order and retreated. At this time, Yuan Qi came in with porridge.

He handed the porridge to the prince, then lowered his head, as if he was in a bad mood, and said to the prince: "My lord, when you were taking a nap today, I saw that servant Lin received a letter, and I was at the side. I see, although attendant Lin told me not to tell you, I still think it is necessary to tell you."

"What's the matter?" The prince frowned, "Why are you so wordy?"

Yuan Qi seemed to be having a hard time opening his mouth. Under the urging of the prince, he opened his mouth slowly and said: "Eunuch Li said that the emperor suddenly fell ill and asked you to go back, but servant Lin was afraid that the case would be over as soon as it got a clue, so let me I won't tell you."

After Yuan Qi finished speaking, he looked up at the prince, and sure enough, his absence was as expected.

The prince seemed to be frozen, muttering in his mouth: "Sick?"

"My lord..."

"What disease?"

"This Eunuch Li didn't say anything." Yuan Qi licked his lips and said, "Since you are asked to go back, you should..."

Yuan Qi didn't dare to continue, and said again: "The emperor is overworked every day, and you know that."

The prince said to himself, "No wonder the stone-throwing case was handed over to me."

He got up suddenly, put the bowl back to him, looked out the window, and said, "Yuan Qi, prepare the horse, this king is going back to Chang'an."

"My lord!"

Yuan Qi stood up and said, "It will take you a whole month to go back this time."

"Go on horseback."

"My lord..."

"Go!"

Yuan Qi saw that he was determined, so he quickly agreed and went out to prepare the horse.

The county magistrate couldn't sleep because of Wang Ye's decision. Although he didn't know what was going on, he quickly got up and prepared someone to accompany Wang Ye to the capital. When Lin Xie heard that Wang Ye was going back to Chang'an, she immediately felt complicated. Seeing Yuan Qi busy, It didn't move.

The prince put on his clothes, and finally said to Lin Xie: "You will continue to solve the case on my behalf, and send a letter to me if you have something to do."

"Yes."

Lin Xie agreed, but she was worried about the prince.

Not long after, the prince and his party were already on the road, and they rushed to Chang'an without rest.

"Your Majesty, Lin Xie sent a letter saying that the prince is already on his way."

Eunuch Li retreated from the court lady and said.

The emperor, who was lying on the dragon bed, lost the majesty of the past at this time, and his body could no longer hold on after only a few days of fatigue. It seemed that he was really old.

"it is good."

The emperor nodded and asked, "Have you handed over the case to him?"

"Yes, servant Lin is alone in Yuhang."

"Yeah." The emperor seemed relieved, "That kid is also smart, I can trust him."

"emperor……"

Eunuch Li hesitated to speak, looked at the emperor's haggard face, and said, "I heard from the ministers that the prince's morning court has been very good these few days."

"Ah That's good."

Eunuch Li swallowed, and finally withdrew.

He couldn't figure out what the old emperor, who had served for more than 20 years, was thinking at this moment.

That prince is very alert, he will find out sooner or later, when the time comes, it will be out of control.

Facing the starlight all over the night, Eunuch Li sighed softly.

It took more than half a month to travel quickly, and the group finally arrived in Chang'an.Without even having time to drink saliva, the group hurried into the city.

Yuan Qi was busy taking care of the prince's body along the way. He was afraid that he would get sick if he couldn't stand the wind and cold. He suggested to take a break several times, but the prince didn't have time to rest. He persisted in the 20-day journey.Yuan Qi couldn't believe that the prince who was usually tired after sitting in a carriage for a whole day now had such backbone.

As soon as he entered the city, the prince didn't even care about Yuan Qi, and walked quickly to Daming Palace without changing his clothes.

It was noon at this time, and the maids in Daming Palace were busy feeding the emperor. When the eunuchs saw the prince coming in, they rushed to report.

As soon as Eunuch Li heard that the prince was coming, he immediately reported to the emperor. Before the emperor had time to listen to Eunuch Li's report, the prince rushed in.

The palace maids were startled by him and retreated again and again. Eunuch Li quickly saluted and went out, leaving only the two of them in the inner room.

The prince's face was full of travel and dust, and his complexion was not very good. It was because he hadn't rested well for so many days, and his eye sockets were blue at this time.

As soon as he entered the door, he frowned, looked at the emperor with a ruddy complexion, and sat cross-legged to eat, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"I don't even salute."

The emperor's words were quite reproachful, but there was a smile that was about to overflow from his eyes.

The prince Gu Zi took the table, looked at the bowls and chopsticks prepared for him in front of him, his face became more and more ugly, and said: "You asked me to come back to accompany you to eat?"

"I am indeed ill."

"Where is the disease?"

"I'm sick."

The prince looked at him fixedly, then shifted his gaze, and said, "Are you afraid that I will investigate the case?"

The emperor laughed loudly and said: "If I'm afraid that you will make such an obvious mistake when investigating the case?"

The prince's face darkened, and he said, "Lin Xie is really watching me!"

"Fuyi, I'll call you back—" the emperor pondered for a moment, finally sighed, and continued, "You don't understand what I mean?"

The prince frowned, seemingly displeased, and said nothing.

The emperor said in a serious tone, "The imperial physicians lied to me, but I don't want to lie to you."

After a while, his eyes were full of loneliness, he lowered his eyebrows, and continued: "After all, I am sorry for you."

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