Why do you want me to be the sect leader?

At that time, Jiang Meixiang was standing behind Xiao Luofeng. If he avoided the sword, he would definitely stab Jiang Meixiang, so he didn't move at all, and took the sword forcefully.

"Where's Miss Jiang?"

"I don't know, I can't take care of so much now, and the three of us can't ride a horse. Ah Qing, you take the Ninth Prince into the city to find a doctor, and I will come later."

"Um……"

Shen Yiqing took Xiao Luofeng on horseback and entered the city, Huo Jiulin followed behind with light work, the prince's injury was no small matter, and they couldn't figure out whether Xiao Luofeng would let the people in the palace know about it, so they just searched for him A hospital.

"Doctor, is he all right?"

"The wound has been bandaged and it's not deep. The reason why the wounded fainted was because of excessive blood loss. After being hit by the sword, he still ran with the wound. It was too careless."

Hearing that Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing both breathed a sigh of relief, the doctor prescribed some medicine, Huo Jiulin and the others first took Xiao Luofeng to the inn and asked him for a room next door.

In the evening, Xiao Luofeng woke up, but he looked a little sleepy. Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing didn't know what happened to him just now, but they could vaguely guess that something might be related to Ye Xing.

"water……"

Hearing this, Huo Jiulin brought him a cup of tea and helped him up a little, Xiao Luofeng drank a few sips.

"Ninth Prince, what happened just now? Aren't you with Miss Jiang?"

"Ye Xing took her away."

"Who are those who captured her?"

"It doesn't matter who it is, it has nothing to do with me anyway."

Huo Jiulin knew that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more. At this time, Shen Yiqing came in with the medicine, "The Ninth Prince woke up? Then he just drank the medicine."

Xiao Luofeng raised his hand to take the medicine bowl and drank it without changing his face, just like drinking tea, without even frowning. Teach the address."

"Thank you..."

"But you can't leave for the time being, wait for me for a day or two, and I will go with you."

"Okay, but our journey may be extremely dangerous, you are injured..."

"It's okay, I can bring some more people."

"Row……"

"I have to go back to the palace."

"Now? It's not too late to go back after a good night's rest."

"That's right, with His Highness's current physical condition, I'm afraid there is no way to go back?"

"I am fine."

Xiao Luofeng insisted on going back to the palace, Huo Jiulin and the others couldn't stop him, they just sent him all the way to the gate of the palace, there happened to be a eunuch there, looking around as if waiting for him.

"Hey, my little ancestor, you are back!"

"Eunuch Qian, what's the matter?"

"Long Live Lord is looking for you, hurry up and follow our family to the Imperial Study Room."

"Okay." After finishing speaking, he said to Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing: "You go back first, if everything goes well, I will go to you tomorrow."

"Um……"

After watching him enter the palace, Shen Yiqing shook her head helplessly, and sighed: "I always feel that the Ninth Prince seems to have lost all his vitality at once, and I don't know what that Ye Xing said to him."

"Anyway, it won't be a good thing. I have a hunch that it probably won't be a good thing for the emperor to ask him."

"What do you mean?"

"Ye Xing always thought that he kidnapped Jiang Meixiang, do you think he would just let it go?"

"You mean Ye Xing will go to the emperor to sue?"

"guess."

The two walked back to the inn slowly, and Xiao Luofeng actually guessed why his father was looking for him this time, and couldn't help laughing bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has come down."

"Let him in!"

When Xiao Luofeng walked in, he saw that Ye Xing was also there. Besides Ye Xing, there were uncle Guo, the general, and several senior ministers.

"My son sees my father."

"Wai Li, Luo Feng, I have summoned you here this time because I want to ask you face to face."

"Yes……"

"Prime Minister Ye said that you kidnapped his cousin and made him unconscious and his life is at stake. Is this true or false?"

Xiao Luofeng looked up at Ye Xing, and then replied: "Yes..."

"Did you really do it? You have to think about it!"

"It's all done by my son, please punish my father."

The emperor was a little embarrassed, Ye Xing stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if a prince breaks the law, he should be guilty of the same crime as the common people. Please let the emperor be the master."

"Luo Feng, why are you so confused, why are you kidnapping Prime Minister Ye's cousin?"

"It's simply not pleasing to the eye."

"You... still don't know how to repent, so go to the imperial mausoleum in the next three months to reflect on your mistakes."

"My son is punished."

"Your Majesty, His Highness the Ninth Prince is kidnapping, but the three-month confinement seems a bit..."

The general couldn't help but said, the emperor knew that the general would definitely come out to speak, the general was Concubine Yin's natal family, and the empress had never been at odds, so naturally he would not let this opportunity pass.

Murong Deping stepped forward and said: "Although what His Highness the Ninth Highness did this time is a little too much, but since he is still young and no one was killed, I feel that the emperor's punishment is reasonable."

"Oh? Uncle Murong Guo means that it's a big deal if someone dies? As a prince, he can treat people's lives so hastily? If this spreads, the common people will be very disappointed!"

"General Yin's words are a bit paranoid."

The emperor looked at them with some headaches, while the other ministers looked at them side by side, like weeds on the wall, Xiao Luofeng remained indifferent from the beginning to the end, as if the matter discussed had nothing to do with him.

"Please the emperor decide."

After they quarreled, they pushed the matter back to the emperor. The emperor sighed and said: "Send some imperial doctors to the prime minister's mansion to treat people well. Ten, go to the imperial mausoleum to reflect on March, and if there is a next time, you will be severely punished."

"My son...be punished..."

"Come here, execute."

Xiao Luofeng didn't wait for anyone to pull him, he walked directly outside the door of the imperial study, and walked down the steps. After a while, a guard prepared a wooden bench and planks, and he got on his stomach.

The emperor and his entourage stood at the door of the imperial study and watched, the sky had already darkened, the surroundings were covered with lanterns, and Xiao Luofeng's expression could not be seen clearly.

The emperor waved his hand, and the guard on the left raised the wooden plank and beat it down heavily. Xiao Luofeng just groaned, clutching the wooden stool with both hands, clenching his teeth.

Every time he came down from the board, he could feel the pain from the wound in his abdomen, and cold sweat oozes from his forehead. Shen Yiqing on the roof couldn't bear to look at it, and Huo Jiulin sighed.

"I didn't expect the punishment to be so heavy."

"But obviously he didn't do it, so why didn't he explain it all, but why did he take it all?"

"It should be just for punishment."

Shen Yiqing was a little puzzled, Huo Jiulin said in a low voice: "Think about it, he is going to go to the Devil's Cult with us, in fact, the main purpose is to balance black and white as I said before, but he is in charge of Jianghu intelligence network. Not many people know about it, so he can’t go there openly.”

"So you need to hide your eyes and ears?"

"Well, he was sentenced to confinement for three months, so it is normal to disappear for three months."

"How does he know that the emperor will punish him with confinement?"

"The emperor naturally cooperated with him. He should have known that he might have to go out soon. If it wasn't for the general and those ministers who insisted on killing him, the punishment this time would be nothing more than confinement."

"Report to the emperor, His Highness Ninth Prince has passed out."

"what?"

The emperor was a little surprised, but the rest of the people were also puzzled. They all knew that the Ninth Prince knew martial arts. It seemed unreasonable for a martial arts practitioner to pass out after only suffering a dozen or twenty blows.

Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing naturally knew that it was because of the wound. Originally, Xiao Luofeng was very weak, how could he hold so many boards!

"Blood... a lot of blood..."

The guard on the left pointed to the blood on the ground in panic and said, the emperor and the others found that the ground was covered with blood when they walked to the stool, and they didn't see the light problem just now.

"What's the matter with you? Come, someone, drag these two dog slaves down and cut them down!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, the blood doesn't seem to be caused by being hit by a board."

"Where's the imperial doctor? Don't tell the imperial doctor yet!"

In an instant, there was chaos outside the imperial study room. Seeing the situation like this, the general couldn't say anything more. He could only watch Xiao Luofeng being sent back to the bedroom. Ye Xing frowned and looked at the blood on the ground, not sure what was going on. what's the matter.

Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing quietly left the palace. On the way back to the inn, Shen Yiqing couldn't help asking: "He's already like that, can he still go on the road with us tomorrow?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. We can't go first. First, we can't just go back on our promises. Second, having him here can really save a lot of trouble. Not to mention, just investigate the mastermind behind the scenes and the father-in-law. It's much easier to get down."

"But I think his current physical condition needs rest."

"It depends on his own wishes. I think he won't want to stay in the imperial city for the time being. If he insists on leaving, we will go together. If he decides not to leave for the time being, we will go to Longyu City by ourselves. I don't know what Xue Yinhan said. What happened to the side?"

"If the people under him receive a reply, they will contact us as soon as possible. If there is no news yet, it should be that they have not received it. We will wait."

"Well, let's go, buy some dry food first, so as not to be in a hurry tomorrow."

"it is good……"

Along the way, the two bought all the things they needed to prepare for this trip, and bought a relatively spacious and comfortable carriage.

On the one hand, Huo Jiulin couldn't bear to let Shen Yiqing continue to suffer from riding a horse. On the other hand, if Xiao Luofeng wanted to go, he could only take a horse-drawn carriage given his current physical condition.

As soon as Ye Xing returned to the prime minister's mansion, he heard that Jiang Meixiang had woken up. He hurried to the guest room and asked worriedly, "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

"Cousin, I'm fine, cough cough cough..."

"You're still saying it's okay?!"

"My injury has been dragging on for a long time, and I am used to it over and over again."

"It's been a long time? Didn't you get hurt today?"

"No, when I was hunted down a while ago..."

"Wait, chase? Who is chasing you? The Ninth Prince?"

Jiang Meixiang was a little puzzled, "What Ninth Prince? Oh, by the way, thanks to the Ninth Prince for saving me today, otherwise I don't know if I would be alive."

"What? You said that the Ninth Prince... saved you? Didn't he kidnap you?"