Lord Prime Minister

Summer is hot, and autumn seems to be a little later than usual this year.Cicada on the banyan tree outside the window was screaming hysterically like desperately, and the long and noisy tones converged into a tone that could make people's whole body energized.

Mu Zihuai finished the work at hand and looked out the window. The sun was hanging slantingly in the western sky, and the cool breeze came in through the open window, fighting against the chirping of cicadas.

In less than ten hours, it will be a good time to get married.In the past few days, colorful lights have been hung on the streets, and the red curtains are decorated with a bit of joy at last.

Less than half a month after the eldest prince was banned from contact, the eighth princess, the younger sister, was about to get married in a hurry, and the person to be married was a well-known wealthy businessman in Beijing.It is not an exaggeration to say that the country is as rich as the enemy with mastering more than half of the country's rice grain and cloth transactions.But what really made this man famous were some romantic affairs. The current emperor's harem is in short supply, so there are only less than a hundred people, and the concubine of this wealthy businessman's family is rumored to be comparable to the emperor.

Now that he is over forty, Sui has not yet married his wife, but because of the many wives and concubines, he has dozens of children, the oldest son among them is five or six years older than Princess Wenmei.

There are rumors in the palace that Princess Wenmei admired this man and begged the emperor for permission to marry him.

Although I don't know if it's true, Mu Zihuai can also see clearly the matter of asking Mei and Long Lei in the past two years. Those who can do this can also guess who it is, but since the news of the eighth princess's marriage came out, Long Lei then disappeared.

Mu Zihuai went to the Dragon Mansion several times but never saw him. He went to the barracks with Long Xiu and couldn't find him. The general who led the army thought he was a deserter. The two persuaded them several times and put pressure on Long Xiu. , and this covered the matter.

The eighth princess also closed the door and disappeared. Even if she entered the palace, she would not be able to enter the princess hall.Now that it's time to get married, with Long Lei's mischievous nature, he just hopes that no trouble will be caused.

The setting sun sank to the horizon, and the afterglow stretched long.Mu Zihuai packed up his things, got up, greeted Zi Shujian and Qiao Ji, and planned to visit Longfu again.

It would be best to find Long Lei.

"There is no barracks, nor is there in the mansion, and he is no longer in the prince's mansion. Where will he go?" Mu Zihuai sat in the living room of the Dragon Mansion, thinking with his head down.

"I already searched for it last night when I was on patrol, and I didn't hide it in the palace." Thick eyebrows were tightly frowned. Since childhood, this was the only time Long Lei made him angry.After several days of searching, Long Xiu's face turned black, and the blue stubble on his chin made him show a bit of physical and mental exhaustion.

"Let's look for all the places he has been to, he must be hiding somewhere. Long Lei has a stubborn temper, and he is afraid that something will happen tomorrow."

Long Xiu wiped his face, patrolling the palace at night, and looking for Long Lei at noon almost exhausted his energy. "Let me go, you go back and rest."

Mu Zihuai just stood up, when he heard this, his face dropped a little. "If you want to talk about rest, it should be you who rest. When did you sleep well in so many days?"

"Originally, you have taken care of us a lot. Before it's too late, you should draw a clear line with us. This time, the prince doesn't want to care about the eighth princess. If Long Lei gets into trouble tomorrow, then you and The prince is not easy to explain."

Long Xiu lowered his head, not daring to look at Mu Zihuai. He walked a few steps away while talking, but was pulled back by Mu Zihuai.

"It's this time, what are you talking about? In your eyes, I am such a person?" Holding a wrist thicker than his own forearm, Mu Zihuai felt as if he was holding a hard rock. People, although they have known each other for more than ten years, are still like a stone.

Long Xiu opened his mouth and was about to speak, but Mu Zihuai spoke first.

"I've already asked. The last time the third princess went out was to go to the temple to offer incense with her concubine. Long Lei didn't go to the military camp that day. Let's go there today and have a look." After speaking, he let go of Long Xiu's hand and walked away Start two steps first.

Long Xiu clenched his fist and stopped until Mu Zihuai walked a few feet away before catching up in a hurry.

At the Puhua Temple on Puyao Mountain, the young monk who guarded the gate had just reached the halfway point of holding the gate, one hand was turned sideways to hold it down, and then a face squeezed in, with a smile on his delicate face.

"Little master, please wait a moment. I came to ask for a lot earlier and left something here. Please ask my little master to allow me and my companion to go in and look for it."

The little monk looked up and saw that the visitor had a kind face, so he nodded and pushed the door open again. "Come in."

"Thank you, little master." Mu Zihuai clasped his hands together to thank him, and walked in sideways.

Long Xiu, who was behind him, followed closely, opened the wooden door and walked in with a tall figure. He looked down at the little monk at the door with his "sinister" face because he hadn't slept well for several days.

"Thank you."

The low voice startled the little monk. He raised his head and saw the fierce look on the other side's face, and immediately retreated a few steps. He clasped his hands together and closed his eyes, and said a few words about Amitabha.

After successfully entering the temple, the two split up and began to search. Fortunately, it was getting late and there were not many people in the temple. Even if they encountered a few monks, they could easily avoid it.

Puhua Temple is the largest temple in the capital, occupying more than half of the mountainside. Mu Zihuai and Long Xiu searched from sunset to late at night, but still found nothing.

"I remember that there is a backyard at the back of this monastery, connected to a forest, will Xiaolei be there?" Long Xiu supported the stone pillar with one hand, and the candlelight in the hollow stone pillar shone on his frowning brows, leaving a shadow.

"How do you know?" Mu Zihuai also frowned, panting heavily with his mouth open, bent over and leaned against the stone pillar.

"Once the emperor came here to chant scriptures and sent guards to investigate." Taking a deep breath and standing up, Long Xiu walked towards the backyard in his memory.

"Let's take a look at the end. If you don't have one, forget it." After walking for a while, the two stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden door. Long Xiu raised his hand and gently opened the door, and said.

Mu Zihuai took the lantern in his hand to shine forward, and saw a faint path on the ground.The two looked at each other and walked along the road.

The path twisted and twisted, and after walking for a while, it suddenly became clear to the eyes that there was a deep pool of water under the moonlight. The path went straight to the edge of the pool, and there was no other way.

The two stopped by the water and looked around. The water in the pool was dark and calm, and the number in the distance was pitch black, and it didn't look like there were people.

"Go back." Long Xiu paused, turned around and said.

If he can't find anyone, he will start preparing for the eighth princess's wedding tomorrow, and also prevent Long Lei from appearing suddenly and doing stupid things.

Mu Zihuai looked at the lantern and was about to leave when he suddenly found a few bubbles emerging from the bottom of the water, and something gradually floated up.

Crash.

The huge sound of the water seemed very loud in the middle of the night, and something under the water suddenly appeared on the surface. Mu Zihuai was startled at first, but he couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the man's face clearly. "Xiao Lei!"

Long Lei's face was pale, and he swam a few times to the shore, ignoring Mu Zihuai, lying on the ground and shaking off his clothes, rolling out a pile of large and small stones.

I buried my head in the stones and searched, picked out a stone and held it in the palm of my hand, and suddenly stopped moving.

Hearing Mu Zihuai's voice, Long Xiu turned around and walked back. Seeing Long Lei fiddled with those stones like crazy or foolishly, his brows furrowed. The anger that had been suppressed for the past few days burst out in an instant, and he stepped forward and punched Long Lei. Lei back.

One punch, another round... Long Lei fell to the ground and endured it motionless. Long Xiu hated iron for being weak, but his punches were lighter.

"Long Xiu, stop! Stop hitting!" Throwing the lantern on the ground, he stepped forward and pulled Long Xiu back two steps.

Long Lei lay on the ground and coughed a few times, turned over, with blood stains on the corner of his mouth, raised his hand to cover his eyes, his chest vibrated, and laughed.

He coughed while laughing, and choked out another mouthful of blood.

"Brother Zihuai, didn't you say that as long as you give her this, she will know what I mean?"

Mu Zihuai was taken aback, and looked at his open palm, the light from the lantern on the ground illuminated the stone in his hand.

Strange shape, flat and round with a gap missing, it is the shape of "heart".