Crown Prince's Counterattack

In the middle of the night, the sound of clappers sounded from time to time, and the bright moon was born, everything was silent. In his sleep, there was a loud knock on the door. The sleepy shopkeeper stood up in his unlined clothes and opened the door. He saw soldiers holding torches standing outside the door. The whole person suddenly woke up.

"Guys, do you need a little help?"

Facing a group of ferocious troops, the old shopkeeper smiled flatteringly, a small family like him couldn't stand this kind of torture.

"Have you seen this woman?"

The leader took out a painting and asked the old shopkeeper to look at it carefully. The old shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly groaned.

"Have you seen it?!"

Looking at the silly old man, the man became a little impatient, and his tone became a little heavier, scaring the old shopkeeper soberly.

"I've seen, I've seen, she lives here"

The old shopkeeper nodded and bowed, he didn't dare to hide it at all, if someone found out about it, the lives of the whole family would be saved.

"Hurry up and take us there!"

The leader's eyes lit up, and he was pleasing to the old man's eyes. There was a message from above that if he could catch this woman, he would be rewarded a lot!Several people rushed over to the position pointed by the old shopkeeper, and the closed door was kicked open forcefully, a group of people rushed in, but there was no one in the room, the old man was too frightened to speak, but this No one was in the mood to notice him at the time.

"My lord, the quilt is still warm, I think you haven't gone far."

The leader looked at the half-open window, and his face sank.

"Chase!"

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Throughout the morning, Zhao Guangyi had a gloomy face and stood aside with an ugly expression without saying a word. The minister standing next to him looked at Zhao Guangyi with a bit of fear in his eyes.After retiring from the court, he also hurriedly prepared to leave the palace.

"Third Uncle, please go slowly"

Sima Yi suddenly opened his mouth to hold him back, Zhao Guangyi took a deep breath and turned around.

"So it's the second nephew!"

Looking at Zhao Guangyi's forced smile, he became more and more curious about what happened to make him so angry.

"If there is nothing to do, the king will leave first, there are some things in the mansion that cannot be escaped."

"It's nothing serious. It's just that I heard that Uncle Three Wang sent troops to search the entire Kaifeng City yesterday. I just don't know who made Uncle Three Wang go to such lengths. My nephew is a little curious. Can Uncle Wang help me?"

"It's just a small escaped slave, nothing to be fussed about!"

Zhao Guangyi smiled but did not smile, his expression was slightly impatient, but Sima Yi didn't seem to notice it.

"So that's the case! Uncle San Wang is really strict in running the family. A small escaped slave is worthy of your army. It also taught my nephew and me a lot of experience."

"It's easy to say! Uncle Wang, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten. You still have to learn. Since there is nothing wrong, then the king will leave first."

Zhao Guangyi knew that Sima Yi didn't believe it, but he didn't care whether he believed it or not, it was just a temporary excuse.

"Go, find out, who are they looking for?"

Sima Yi looked at the back of Zhao Guangyi leaving in a hurry, his eyes flashed thoughtfully, it seemed that this so-called "runaway slave" must be very important.

After getting off the morning court, Zhao Pu's carriage passed through several bustling streets, passed through several narrow alleys, and was about to arrive at his residence.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

The guard looked warily at the strange woman who suddenly rushed out, and immediately surrounded the carriage.

"What happened?"

The carriage stopped suddenly, and the movement outside made Zhao Pu frown slightly. He opened the curtain and saw the woman not far away clearly, his eyes suddenly filled with shock.

"Master Zhao!"

The woman looked at him excitedly, with a somewhat relieved expression.

"Let her come over"

The guard let go of his guard, and Zhao Pu personally helped the woman onto the carriage.

"Master Zhao, I finally saw you"

After finishing speaking, two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks. She had had enough of the fear and fear these days. Seeing Zhao Pu meant that she no longer needed to work so hard.

"Aunt Xia, why are you here?"

Zhao Pu was shocked, this was the maid who was close to the empress dowager when she was alive, but after the empress dowager left, this aunt also disappeared, and there was such a thing...

"This is what the empress dowager asked me to hand over to you for safekeeping."

Aunt Xia untied the baggage she carried with her, and tore open one of the ordinary blue shirts, revealing a corner of Emperor Ming, which made Zhao Pu, who had been watching, feel terrified. what does it mean...

"Before the empress dowager passed away, she told me to take this thing out of the palace and keep it safe, so that no one can get it. But now they have found me. The empress said that if such a situation happens one day, the empress said, let me take it away. Leave this item to the adults for safekeeping, and don’t let anyone get such a thing.”

Aunt Xia handed the item to Zhao Pu, and Zhao Pu took it carefully with tears in his eyes.

"The empress dowager thinks so highly of me, I will do my best not to let the empress down"

"I can rest assured that"

Looking at the sincere Zhao Pu, Aunt Xia had a relaxed smile on her face, as if she had let go of the burden in her heart.

"Aunt Xia, who is this?"

Zhao Pu looked surprised at Aunt Xia who was about to leave.

"Now there are people chasing you everywhere, why don't you go to my mansion to take shelter for a few days, how about leaving after the news passes?"

"No, you can't let others notice you"

Aunt Xia shook her head, looked at the things in Zhao Pu's hand and sighed, Zhao Pu understood in an instant that he could not have any more contact with this woman.

"I understand, Aunt Xia, take care"

"Take care of yourself"

Aunt Xia smiled, her eyes were clear, with a bit of determination, she lowered the curtain, turned around and left resolutely, seeing each other again this time might not be in the future.

Zhao Pu sighed regretfully, clenched the things in his hands, and his eyes were firm.

"Go, go home"

The wheels of the carriage turned and disappeared in the deepest part of the alley.

On the other side not far away, a carriage also stopped at some point.

“What a surprise”

Sima Yi put down the curtains covering the windows of the carriage, and spread out the small portrait that was just sent over last night to find people, the smile on his mouth deepened a little, it really took no effort at all.He just wanted to ask Zhao Pu for some advice, but he happened to come across this scene. He thought it was a trick of a heartless man, but he didn't expect to get something good.Who is that woman who can attract forces from all directions?What is the relationship between Zhao Pu and her? What did they talk about?Sima Yi tapped his head very distressed.

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"What? People are dead? You can't find anything? Then what are you doing back here?!"

"Trash! Trash! They are all a bunch of trash, and they can't even catch a woman. What use do I want you to be!"

Zhao Kuangyin's breath was disordered, his face was gloomy, and a group of people kneeling on the ground were trembling with fright.

"Get out, get out of here quickly, even if you turn over the whole Kaifeng, you still have to find that thing!"

Everyone hurried out of the hall with lingering fear, and left the palace in a hurry. Only when they found such a thing would they be able to pay off their merits.

"The officials calm down, be careful not to get angry."

The old eunuch brought a cup of ginseng tea to Zhao Kuangyin.

"what should I do now?"

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand, how could he be in the mood to drink these things now, the woman died and the things disappeared, everything seemed to be developing on the worst side.

"Don't be impatient with the officials, maybe things will turn around"

The old eunuch comforted.

"It wouldn't be a bad thing if this thing disappeared forever. What I'm worried about is that if Guangyi finds this thing, then..."

"No matter what, we must know whose hands this thing is in."

Zhao Kuangyin's tone was a little low.

"The old slave understands"

On the other side, Zhao Guangyi's angry reprimands also came from the Three Princes' Mansion.

"What did you say? You said people died!"

"What about that thing? Where is it?"

"Didn't find it?! How did you do it? What a waste!"

Zhao Guangyi slapped the table so loudly that everyone in the palace was too scared to make a sound.

"You really searched all over, but didn't find that thing?!"

"Don't spread the word, keep looking, don't let anyone know"

Zhao Guangyi exhorted, after thinking about it in his heart, even though he couldn't find the thing, it didn't mean that there was no room for change in this matter, because no one knew whose hands this thing was in. Something must be in his hand.

Zhao Pu held up the candle and looked at the things on the table, and his fingertips kept rubbing the silky silk. It is something that can influence the fate of the dynasty. His Majesty and the Third Prince are looking for such a thing, but now that it is in his own hands, what should he do with it?Really let it not see the light of day?Zhao Pu was very hesitant. He was getting old, and he had long since lost the enthusiasm and ambition he had back then. What he wanted had become power and authority, a position of being under one person and above ten thousand people, so he thought he already had After making a decision, he carefully put it away and put it in a secret place that no one would know.

The next day happened to be Zhao Pu's rest day, and when the moon rose in the sky, Zhao Pu got into the carriage through the back door.Halfway through, the carriage stopped suddenly.

"what happened?"

Zhao Pu frowned. He didn't wait a long time for anyone's response. When he was about to lift the curtain, someone was a step ahead of him. The curtain was lifted suddenly, and the face of a strange man appeared in front of Zhao Pu.

"Master Zhao? My master is here to invite you."

Zhao Pu looked at the dozen or so people with swords around him, and nodded knowingly.

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