I dare not

The author has something to say: Third child: Don’t be afraid, wife, I’ll come to rescue you right away.

Wu Heng keenly noticed that His Royal Highness was a little unhappy when he came out of Mr. Gu's house, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and the two of them flew silently from the row upon row of roofs in the direction of the palace.

When he was about to reach the palace, His Royal Highness suddenly stopped. Wu Heng almost stopped under his feet and hit him on the back.

"Go to the boss." His Highness said.

Wu Heng had no choice but to follow him to Prince Yu's Mansion.

King Yu had already bathed and changed his clothes and was about to go to bed. He had been blindfolded for many years, and he had developed an unusually keen sense of hearing.

As soon as the window sill slammed, he immediately grabbed the dagger under the pillow and said in a deep voice, "Who is it?"

King Yu took off his blindfolded white gauze before going to sleep, and now he revealed a pair of Ruifeng eyes, very similar to the emperor.He saw the window was opened from the outside, and the third child in a night suit jumped in.

King Yu immediately sat up, "What happened?" The third child looked at him solemnly, and his heart tightened, "Is something wrong in the palace?"

The third child shook his head, sat down and picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a glass of cold water.After drinking the water, she was stunned again, and then said, "Gu Qiao said he likes me."

King Yu rolled his big eyes, then went back to lie down again, pulled the quilt to cover himself, closed his eyes and said, "Walk slowly."

The third child sat without moving, King Yu waited for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "Are you here to show off?"

"He said, if we fail, he will die with me, and if we succeed, let me let him go back to Lianzhou to be Sima."

Yu Wang was stunned for a moment before he understood what he was talking about, and sneered: "It seems that his brain is clearer than yours."

"I know what he's thinking. These literati care most about their fame before and after their lives. After the affairs of the king and the world are settled, he can go away happily, for fear of being written into the "Biography of Ning Xing"."

King Yu propped himself up and leaned on the bed to admire his younger brother's lost look for a while, before he said, "If you care about him so much, he will become your weakness. This is not a good thing for a king. The one in Qianyang Hall."

The third child was dissatisfied: "How can you compare Gu Qiao with Concubine He Gui? Can they be the same?"

Yu Wang laughed, "It's different, Gu Qiao can't have children."

The third child was still about to speak when two short whistles sounded outside the door.This was a sign that something important had happened, and both of them became serious.

"Come in." The third child ordered to the door.

Wu Heng pushed open the door anxiously and reported: "Third Highness, His Highness King Yu, and Lord Xiao Gu's residence, red fireworks were set off."

Red fireworks indicate an attack.

The third child's expression changed, and he immediately stood up and walked out.

The guard Guo Bing knelt in the courtyard, saw the Third Highness coming down, raised his hand and slapped himself, and said, "Your Highness, Gu Shiyi is gone!"

The third prince's face was horrifying, but his tone was still calm: "Stand up and talk, what's going on?"

Guo Bing lost someone and was about to cry. He said in a hurry: "Your Highness and brother Heng just left when an assassin came. The assassin was very skilled. I struggled with him for a while, and he slapped me. I just ran away. I chased after him until I was almost out of the city, so I hurried back. When I got back here, I saw that Master Xiao Gu was not in the room, and there was a note left on the table."

Guo Bing took out the note and handed it to the third prince with both hands. There was a word written on the note: He

Wu Heng said: "Your Highness, they are so fast..."

The third prince threw the note casually, and said coldly: "Let's go, go and meet him."

The first thing I did when I got the ledger today was to quickly arrest all the owners of Dexiang Cloth, who were packing up and preparing to run away, into Dali Temple. It just so happened that Han Changwei, the owner of Dexiang Cloth, looked very similar to He Fangzhi.

After a little investigation, it turns out that He Fangzhi had a relationship with a female poet named Han Dingling 20 years ago.This poetess, who had already passed away, still has many boudoir love poems circulated among the people, which was a sensation in the capital at that time.

Xiang Zenan rushed back to see Gu Qiao, and originally planned to interrogate Gu Qiao tomorrow, but He Fangzhi made the first move.

It seems that he cares about this illegitimate child very much.

It's no wonder that He Fangzhi has only one daughter in his life, and his grandson is the prince, so it is impossible for him to inherit the family business of his He family. This single seedling is extremely precious.

He Xiangfu obviously made preparations in advance, and the guards inside and outside surrounded the Xiangfu tightly.

Xiang Zenan decided to go the front door.

The three knocked on the door, the porter saw that they were all dressed in black, he didn't recognize their identities, he only said that He Xiang had rested, please come back tomorrow.

Xiang Zenan said: "Go and tell He Fangzhi right now that the third child is looking for someone to come to him."

The majesty that the third prince has cultivated in the army all the year round cannot be ignored, the concierge did not dare to trust him, so he immediately told He Fangzhi what he had said.

After a while, the concierge came back and politely invited him in.

He Fangzhi seemed to have known that they would come, and he was still sitting in the yard drinking tea in the middle of the night, well-dressed.

He ignored the inappropriate attire of the third prince, stood up and saluted without much respect: "Greetings to the third prince."

Xiang Zenan cut to the chase: "Where's Gu Qiao?"

He Fangzhi said slowly: "I heard that Gu Shiyi has been unwell recently, so I specially invited him out to relax. I'm afraid he has already left the city."

Xiang Zenan put one hand on the hilt of his sword, already very irritable in his heart, but he still didn't show it on his face: "What do you want to do?"

"It's very simple, just replace one person with another."

Xiang Zenan smiled, "You want to exchange Gu Qiao for your son? This deal is not worth it, and Gu Qiao is not my son."

He Fangzhi didn't expect Xiang Zenan to say that, his face changed slightly, and he snorted coldly: "Your Highness is really ungrateful."

"He Xiang made a good plan," Xiang Zenan exposed him mercilessly, "In the case of the Lianzhou Gold Mine, you picked yourself up clean, after all, it was Li Detang and Ouyang Chigong who carried the case for you. Pot. The only evidence pointing to you is that the boss of Dexiang Buxing is your illegitimate son. If I return such an important witness to you, isn’t my work in vain?”

He Fang knew: "Then what do you want?"

"I want you to return home."

He Fangzhi was startled, and suddenly burst out laughing: "What kind of joke is the Third Highness talking about? I'm afraid His Majesty will be the first to disagree with the old minister's resignation."

Xiang Zenan didn't talk to him about whether His Majesty would agree, but said: "You take the initiative to go, and you are returning to your hometown. If I send you away, you will be a prisoner."

He Fangzhi narrowed his eyes, "Are you threatening me?"

Xiang Zenan raised his eyebrows: "You threatened me first."

"I will put Gu Shiyi's head in a brocade box and send it to His Highness." He Fangzhi gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly.

Xiang Zenan quickly pulled out his sword and put it on He Fangzhi's neck, "I'll chop off your head right now!"

Wu Heng was taken aback. He didn't know why the Third Highness, who had been stable all night, was suddenly so impulsive and drew his sword first!

Seeing the swords drawn, the guards of Xiangfu jumped down from all directions and surrounded them.Wu Heng and Guo Bing held weapons in their hands to protect the back of the Third Highness.

Xiang Zenan's face remained unchanged, and the sword was still firmly placed by He Fangzhi's neck, "He Xiang wants to die with us?"

The skin felt the sharpness of the blade, as if breathing hard would cause a hole to be ripped open.He Fangzhi swallowed his saliva lightly, signaled the guard leader not to act rashly with his eyes, and compromised: "Put down the sword, we can talk again."

Xiang Zenan stared at him expressionlessly, "I have to confirm Gu Qiao's safety before we can talk about it."

"As I said, Gu Shiyi is not in the city, but I can guarantee that he is safe now."

Xiang Zenan was unmoved: "Seeing is believing."

The sword on his neck got closer, and He Fangzhi felt a small cut in his skin, and a coolness soaked into his body.The third prince exuded the unique evil spirit of a battle-tested person, which made He Fangzhi feel that this person would really kill him. He stared at the white-lighted sword blade, and said, "Tomorrow, at the time of tomorrow, the bamboo forest in the suburbs of Beijing, I will bring Gu Qiao to see you."

Xiang Zenan said: "I don't want to wait until tomorrow, I want to see him now."

At the same time, Gu Qiao woke up on the swaying carriage.He remembered that he had an unpleasant fight with Xiang Zenan at night, and then Xiang Zenan left, and he sat at the table to pack up the drawings.I suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, and I can't remember what happened next...

He lifted the curtain of the car, there was no moon tonight, and with a little bit of starlight, he could only vaguely see the shadows of trees on both sides of the road up the mountain sweeping back quickly.

The driver turned his head, and Gu Qiao recognized the familiar face in the darkness.

Huang Qi!

"Gu Sima, oh, no, Gu Shiyi, we meet again."

Gu Qiao's heart sank, "It's you! What are you doing! Stop!"

He leaned on the door frame to get out of the car and was about to jump out of the car. Huang Qi grabbed him quickly: "You're courting death!"

Gu Qiao said coldly: "Let me go!"

"It's coming soon, be honest with me!"

The wind was too strong, and the two of them had to roar to talk, Gu Qiao shouted, "Did the Second Prince send you here? What are you guys doing?"

Huang Qi didn't speak anymore, he held Gu Qiao in one hand, and waved the whip with the other to urge the horse to gallop.

The last time I saw him, he kicked Gu Qiao out of his internal injuries, and seeing him now, Gu Qiao still felt a dull pain in his chest.This person was very skilled, and he controlled his neck with an awkward posture. Gu Qiao couldn't use his strength, so he had to be led to run deeper into the darkness.

It was already late at night, and there were occasional lights on the mountain. With the light, Gu Qiao recognized that this place was Keqingshan who had been here a few days ago.

The sound of horseshoes echoed, without stopping all the way, Huang Qi drove the carriage into a small road, and finally stopped in front of a lonely hut in the mountain forest.

Huang Qi wrapped Gu Qiao's arm with his hands like iron pincers and led him into the hut, "I've wronged Gu Sima tonight and made it up here. If your master comes to rescue you tomorrow, you can go home."

Gu Qiao frowned: "What do you mean?"

"I just use other people's money to do things for others. What do you mean you have to ask the person who gave you the money." Huang Qi left Gu Qiao alone after speaking, went out and locked the door from the outside.

Gu Qiao was pushed by him and staggered and fell to the ground. Hearing the sound of the lock being locked, he hurriedly got up and pulled the door, which was already locked.

He knocked on the wooden door loudly: "Huang Qi! Please speak clearly!"

Huang Qi said through the door: "I'll give you a piece of advice, someone is looking for you, I advise you not to make any noise."

"Who?"

"The person who seeks revenge for you is coming, you hide yourself."

Huang Qi laughed and walked away. Gu Qiao heard the sound of the horse's hooves fading away. He leaned his back against the door to calm himself down.