imprinted you in my heart

As time passed, Lu Yan became more and more anxious. Seeing that the persuasion was useless, he could only pull the guard on duty aside and threatened in a voice that only two people could hear: "I know that your Majesty has a clear order not to disturb the court. I know your worries better, and I'm not afraid to tell you the truth—the middle palace is gone."

The inner officer staggered, Lu Yan hurriedly helped him, and continued: "Now you know how serious the matter is! If you go in, you will be punished with a stick at most, but if you don't go in and report, then our death will be a trivial matter. It is possible to kill the three clans, you can decide for yourself!".

The officer on duty opened his eyes wide, with an expression of disbelief. Just now Lu Yan kept saying that there was something urgent, but he didn't say anything. He definitely didn't dare to report it rashly. He would know what happened, and he hoped he never knew. , swallowed nervously before running in to report.

The location of Luguanchu station is just to see the exit, just to prevent urgent reports.Seeing the internal officer who was supposed to be guarding the door suddenly come in anxiously, he retreated lightly. Hearing his report, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked him to leave first, and he slowed down for a while. Only then did he walk back to his previous position without changing his face and stand still.

At this moment, Shi Min was making a decision-making oracle about the Minister of Industry's report. No matter how anxious Lu Guanchu was, he didn't dare to interrupt rashly. She waited until Shi Min finished speaking, and then she approached Shi Min and said the matter. .

The news reported by Lu Guanchu was like a bomb dropped into Shi Min's mind, and it immediately went blank. Although the face covered by the crown and the upright sitting posture did not show any changes, but her heart was overwhelmed. Worrying still happened.

The kings and ministers standing below saw the actions of Lu Guanchu and the internal officials clearly, and they were all sensible people. When they saw her report to His Majesty, no one came out to report matters for a while, and the hall was suddenly quiet. down.

Shi paused for a while before saying in a deep voice: "That's the end of today's discussion, except for the Commander of the Internal Forbidden Army, the Commander of the Outer Forbidden Army, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, the left and right deputy governors, the governor of Fandu Prefecture, and the imperial governor of Dali Temple. , and the rest dispersed."

"Yes, the (micro) ministers will leave." The ministers who were not named saluted and retreated three steps, and filed out. After a while, there were only the internal guards on duty, the palace servants, the people who were named and the people who were named were left in the hall. Lu Yan was recruited.Finally, the imperial guards and palace attendants who were on duty in the hall also retreated.

Only then did Shi Min stand up from the phoenix chair and hurriedly ordered: "Guan Chu, immediately send someone to find Qingying, and bring him and Qing Huan here. In addition, call her here, and bring a set of plain clothes. Go!", "Yes" Lu Guanchu took the order and ran down to do it, not daring to delay for a moment.

Zuo Xuan and the others, who were just curious and confused at first, immediately sensed the unusual atmosphere, and immediately cheered up.

"Lu Yan, what happened, you have to explain it carefully from beginning to end without missing a single detail," Shi Min ordered.

Lu Yan said: "Yes, Zhonggong Qingche Jiancong returned to Buhou's Mansion yesterday afternoon, everything in the Hou's Mansion was as usual, there was no abnormality, until this morning, after Zhonggong couldn't get up for a long time, and there was no response to the request, I had no choice but to break the door And when I entered, it turned out that the middle palace was not in the room, the quilt was cold, and the half-moon quilt guarding the outside room was also fainted, but the doors and windows were all good, and the internal guards on duty outside did not see any suspicious people or hear anything unusual. After the Zhonggong disappeared, the Marquis Mansion was under strict martial law, no entry or exit was allowed, and the news was also suppressed. Not many people knew about it."

After Lu Yan finished speaking, the effect was tantamount to turning left and they fired a cannon. The expressions on everyone's faces more or less expressed the word shock.At the foot of the majestic emperor, in the heavily guarded Fandu city, someone dared to rob the middle palace in the Hou's mansion. This is simply trampling the emperor's face on the ground. He is either a madman or a desperado or premeditated, so courageous!

Shi Min said: "Very good, this matter should not be publicized, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. I will pass on my order, saying that valuables have been lost in the palace, and the whole city is under martial law. The four main gates will be strictly inspected and carefully interrogated. If any suspicious person leaves, all other city gates will be closed. The whole city will be searched, inspections will be strengthened, and Mulanyu will take full responsibility for it, and handle it immediately."

"Yes, I will leave." Mulan Yu frowned, saluted and retreated, walking like the wind.

Shi Min said: "This case is secretly investigated and handled by Dali Temple. The governor of Fandu Prefecture is the deputy. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Procuratorate will fully assist in the investigation. If you find the Zhonggong, you will be rewarded together. If you can't find it, you will be punished together. The case will be solved within three days. go down."

"Yes, I will resign." The Minister of Criminal Affairs and others retreated with a sullen face. This case involves the Central Palace, and a secret investigation is necessary, but it is only three days to solve the case, and they are rewarded and punished together, which makes them a little Alexander.

As soon as they left, Zuo Xuan and Lu Yan were the only ones left in the hall. Lu Yan hurriedly saluted and choked up, "I'm not doing enough to protect the palace. I'm guilty of crimes. Please punish me severely."

"It's useless to punish you now. Why don't you go back and keep an eye on my mansion. If you can get back the Zhonggong general to make amends, not only will I not punish you, but I will reward you. Go on." If Qianxue can come back, Shi Min will never be soft-hearted!

Lu Yan also left, and Lu Guanchu hadn't returned yet, and there was only Zuo Xuan left in the hall, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, minister..." She was interrupted by Shi Min just after she said a few words "You have a heavy responsibility. First, issue an order immediately to enforce martial law at all palace gates. Anyone who enters the palace with a gold medal will be brought to see me. If I'm not there, he will be imprisoned; Take it to the gate of Taisi and wait, go down."

The gold medal was 12 yuan in total, and she still had ten yuan in her hand, one for Yan Yinuo to go to Jiuyuan Province to handle the case, and one for Bu Qianxue, for the safety of the Queen Mother and the palace, she had to be careful.

"Yes, I will resign." Zuo Xuan, who was the last to receive the task, immediately went on to do it actively.

As soon as Zuo Xuan walked away, there was only Shi Min left in the hall. The huge hall was a bit scary for a moment, but she didn't have the heart to observe it. She took off the crown and threw it on the imperial case without worrying about whether it would break or not. Go on, because only by removing the weight can she think more easily.

He didn't sit down anymore, bypassed the imperial case, and just walked in front of the imperial case while praying silently in his heart. More importantly, he thought about it—who snatched Bu Qianxue?Why did you take her away?

If these two fundamental problems can be figured out, it will not be far to find Bu Qianxue, but no matter what she thinks, she has no clue.She dealt with all those who hated Bu Qianxue because of handling cases before. She knew everything about Bu Qianxue, including the entire Bu family, and even the Bu family's family. After Qianxue and her got engaged, others came to the door to apologize, and it was impossible to kidnap Bu Qianxue at the risk of punishing the three clans.

After much deliberation, Shi Min finally thought of herself, because she is the one who has the most enemies, and some people may already hate her, but they just didn't say it clearly. The ghost knows how long they have planned to kidnap Bu Qianxue !

No matter what it is, as long as the other party's purpose is not to kill Bu Qianxue, if there is a need for her, or if the target is her, then Bu Qianxue is safe for the time being, but if the purpose is her, or there is a request, why are you robbing Bu Qianxue? when nothing was left?

Just when Shi Min was thinking more and more confused, Lu Guanchu finally came back with a tray containing the uniforms, saluted and said: "Respectfully, Your Majesty, the uniforms are here, Qing Huan is on the way, Qing Ying is still here." If you can't find it, Guo Fanqiu will arrive later."

Although His Majesty didn't say who "she" was, Lu Guanchu knew who it was, because His Majesty would summon her whenever something happened, and Guo Fanqiu was summoned alone.

"Send more people to look for it, and we must find Qingying," Shi Min said, and began to take off the court clothes by himself. When Lu Guanchu saw this, he quickly put the tray on the imperial case and stepped forward to help him: "Don't worry, your majesty, we have already stepped up." Send people."

Time was running out, so Shi Min changed into the outer court clothes, and had just tied on the belt, before wearing the small copper and blue gauze crown, when a palace attendant came to ask Guo Fanqiu to see him, "let her in".

Guo Fanqiu, who had changed into casual clothes and was about to leave the palace, was going to change clothes before coming back, but the palace attendant who sent the message said that there should be no delay, so he didn't change.

It was the first time I was told to have an audience at the Chengtian Palace. I thought it was in front of all the civil and military ministers. Guo Fanqiu was still a little nervous. I didn’t know that the court was over until I waited outside the palace. With His Majesty and the chief executive Lu inside, I didn’t feel so nervous in an instant. After entering the hall, I saw His Majesty and Director Lu on the imperial platform. Your Majesty was sitting on Feng, and Director Lu was helping her to wear a small crown. He stopped three steps away from the imperial platform and saluted: "Respectfully, Your Majesty St. Ann".

"Mianli, what I'm going to say next, if it comes out of my mouth and into your ears, it's not in the way of outsiders." Shi Min said in a deep voice, Lu Guanchu had already put on the crown and was picking up the matching hairpin.

"Weichen understands" that something serious must have happened to recruit her here in such a hurry, especially since His Majesty has changed into a regular uniform and looks like he is about to leave the palace.

Lu Guanchu finally inserted the hairpin, saluted, and left with the tray of the yellow robe that was too late to be folded.

It wasn't until Lu Guanchu went out that Shi Min spoke again and said seriously: "The Zhonggong disappeared in the Hou's residence... This is probably the case. Although I have sent officials to investigate, Ren is a little worried. Only You are also conducting a thorough investigation, so I can rest assured that you will handle this matter yourself, so go on."

"Yes, I'm leaving." Although Guo Fanqiu guessed that it was a major event, she didn't expect it to be such a major event. She suddenly understood the sad look on His Majesty's face.

After Guo Fanqiu left, Shi Min also left Chengtian Hall through his own special passage. In the morning, he looked at the sky where the sun was about to rise, and now it was gloomy, as if it was going to rain at any time. In the distance, Lu Guanchu and other internal officials and guards of honor were waiting outside.

Shi Min directly exempted the guard of honor, and asked about the progress of the search for Qingying. When he found out that he hadn't found it, he stopped waiting. He told Lu Guanchu to go to Buhou's Mansion after he found it, and then he rode Qingying out alone. Taisimen.

Now that Shi Min is restless and anxious, it is impossible for her to sit quietly in the study of Fengde Palace to approve secret letters and memorials as before, she must go and see for herself, otherwise she is not at ease.

After exiting the Taisi Gate and meeting with Zuo Xuan and others, Shi Min originally wanted to run all the way to Buhou Mansion, but he thought that horses were strictly prohibited in the city, and they were all dressed in ordinary clothes at this time. , and finally had no choice but to go to Buhou Mansion at a speed that did not exceed the speed limit.

When he arrived at Buhou's Mansion, Shi Min learned that Yu Cheng of Dali Guan and Fu Yin of Fandu Fu were all inspecting the Nanfang, so he went directly to the Nanfang.

Unexpectedly, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and others who did not expect her to come in person were a little surprised. They were about to salute, but Shi Min stopped them and asked them to report the latest progress of the case.

Dali Guanyu Chenghui reported: "Your Majesty Qizuo, after the on-site inspection and inquiries by the officials and others, it can be inferred that this is a well-prepared and organized crime. It is not damaged, but the window on the left side has been opened. Only one person came to the Hou's mansion yesterday, and the minister has asked the yamen servant to summon him. In addition, there is one missing servant in the Hou's mansion. It is Zhang, a day laborer who just entered the mansion this year. He has never seen anyone. There is no body alive, so he and the suspects who have been summoned are the biggest suspects at present."

"Impossible. I know that Mrs. Zhang. He is a hard-working old man. If he had this ability, he wouldn't be in the Hou's residence." There are a few long-term workers and short-term workers surnamed Zhang, except for the grandpa and grandson she entrusted to Bu Qianxue at the beginning, there is no one else.

The grandparents and grandchildren of the Zhang family, the old and the young, were the family members of the victim in Wen Zhiyuan's next case. They were the grandparents and grandchildren who were not found in Ting Ting's letter.Zhang's old daughter was beaten to death. On the surface, it was an accidental death caused by a dispute. In fact, it was her partner's cheating and merciless intentional murder. What's more, even the small amount of compensation was taken away. It was an accident without a detailed investigation.

The grandparent and grandson were left alone and helpless, so they had to come to Fandu to seek refuge with their second son.Although the second son is not reliable, but at least there is a place where they can live, but they didn't enjoy this treatment for long. It was not until they met Shi Min that she kindly arranged him to Bufu. She also met the grandparents and grandsons later She even chatted with them a little bit, and the two expressed their gratitude sincerely. She never believed that such a simple common people were liars.

Speaking of which, the dispute between her and Bu Qianxue had something to do with them the day before yesterday afternoon. She wanted to give the grandparents and grandson a generous sum of money as compensation so that they could go back to their hometown and live a good life, but Bu Qianxue felt that giving them money would be better than giving Xiao Zhang has an opportunity to study, because the journey back to his hometown is far away, even if they have money, they may not be able to keep it.

In the end, it was still undecided, and I decided to wait for Chengting to come back, and to understand the thoughts of the grandparents and grandchildren, but this was at most only a trigger, and it was not this that really caused them to quarrel.

Dali Guan Yucheng and others did not expect His Majesty to deny it so decisively, but since His Majesty said so, they also focused their suspicion on another person.

The members of the Bu family who were waiting in the flower hall heard that Shi Min was coming, so they immediately left for the south room, and Zuo Xuan let them in directly.

The two elders were sad and staggered, and they had to be supported when they walked. Jiang Li's eyes were red and swollen, and she had obviously been crying for a while. tears.

"Respectfully, Your Majesty, Sheng An." Everyone in the Bu family made a gesture to salute, but Shi Min quickly stopped him: "My family members don't need to be too polite, please help them sit down." She never expected to meet again. Bear it in your heart and restrain your emotions, for fear of accelerating their emotional breakdown.

Jiang Li started to cry as soon as she sat down, crying and said: "I was fine yesterday, but now I woke up and a big living person disappeared. Our family never did those bad things to make enemies with others... Your Majesty must be the master for us..."

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for us," Bu Lang knelt in front of Shi Min and asked with a choked voice, and Ban Yue who came in with him also saluted and asked.

Ban Yue clearly remembered that she watched Zhonggong fall asleep with her own eyes, and then went to the outside room to rest after watching for a while. She didn't remember what happened afterwards. When she woke up again, the sky was bright, and Zhonggong was gone. up!

Until now, she felt that it was false, too unreal, a good person, no matter how she disappeared, she would disappear, she really couldn't think of anyone who would deliberately hijack her young master.

Shi Min helped Bu Lang and Ban Yue up, looked at Jiang Li and grandmother and they promised: "Grandmother, grandpa, mother, don't worry, I will definitely bring Qianxue back, you have to take care of yourself, if she comes back and sees you like this , will be sad."

Shi Min's consolation had some effect, Jiang Li finally stopped and began to adjust her emotions. They all believed in Shi Min, because she was the emperor, and what the emperor said was golden words.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, Mulanyu, the commander of the Imperial Guard, has urgent matters to see." Zuo Xuan suddenly came in to report. ?