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When the carriage arrived at Xianglefang, He Yuansheng went to find the unannounced visit of the Imperial Guard Miansheng.

The visitor was dressed in rough clothes and shorts, with bare feet and cloth shoes. He had a dull complexion, a strong figure, and a simple and honest appearance. At first glance, he looked like a civilian laborer who had been exposed to the wind and sun.

Jiang Zhao glanced at him and said calmly, "There are quite a few talented people in your imperial army."

The space in the carriage was limited, and it was inconvenient to perform a grand ceremony, so the man folded his hands and lowered his eyebrows, and said respectfully, "The humble Lin Qian pays tribute to His Majesty."

"Let's talk about it directly." Jiang Zhao was upset and didn't intend to go around in circles with him.

Lin Qian said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the Forbidden Army has sent ten people in disguise to investigate in the past few days, and indeed found a suspicious house, but they have not yet figured out how many guards there are in the dark."

Jiang Zhao frowned slightly, and ordered: "Lead the way directly, I will go and have a look by myself."

The conversation with Lu Cangyu was completely broken, and he put down his harsh words to prevent Jiang Zhao from meeting Xie Jin. After searching for a long time, he found the clue of Xianglefang. Jiang Zhao came to check in person in a hurry because he was afraid that Lu Cangyu would shift his position.

After receiving the order, Lin Qian took the reins from He Yuansheng's hand, and drove the carriage to the place they had investigated.

Jiang Zhao got out of the carriage, Lin Qian stretched out his hand and pointed, and said: "The mansion has only recently been inhabited, and the people inside have never been seen to go out, but there are special people who come to deliver things every day.

Beizhi once tried to approach and knock on the door, but it was a little maid who opened the door, but it was obvious that someone was watching secretly, so Beizhi didn't dare to act rashly. "

Following Lin Qian's instructions, Jiang Zhao's eyes slowly fell on the unpretentious little house, pondered for a while, and walked over directly. Gao Sheng'an stretched out his hand and didn't stop him, so he could only follow step by step.

Although the capital is not allowed to garrison troops other than the imperial guards, after Jiang Zhao ascended the throne, he gave Lu Cangyu the military power. Although the number is small, only three hundred, he has many warriors under his command, who can stay with him in the capital. They are all good players.

And since those people deliberately concealed their bodies, Jiang Zhao, who only had a rough knowledge of boxing and kicking skills, naturally couldn't detect them.

But He Yuansheng, who followed closely behind, moved his ears, looked around subconsciously, walked up to Jiang Zhao and said in a low voice, "Master, we should have been watched."

Jiang Zhao narrowed his eyes, reached out and knocked on the wooden door.

After several knocks and no response, Jiang Zhao increased his strength, and sure enough, a young woman's voice came from inside.

"Come on, come on!"

Jiang Zhao took a step back, and the wooden door was opened from the inside not long after, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl poked her head out and asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?"

Jiang Zhao nodded slightly, and asked back: "Excuse me, this girl, who lives in the house?"

She didn't wear men's clothes when she came out this time. Although they were strangers to each other, she was handsome and charming, her manners were decent and her voice was gentle and polite. Although her question was a bit abrupt, the little maid didn't feel offended.

But faced with such a sudden question, the little girl didn't intend to answer directly, she just said: "This is just an ordinary house, and the people who live there are of course ordinary people, the girl must have knocked on the wrong door."

She said, nodded slightly to Jiang Zhao, and was about to close the door.

He Yuansheng took a step forward and stood directly at the door to prevent the wooden door from closing. He looked back at Jiang Zhao and nodded, then reopened the wooden door with his scabbard, and retreated to stand behind Jiang Zhao.

The little servant girl seemed to be frightened, and asked tremblingly: "Who are you?"

"Don't be afraid." Jiang Zhao glanced at her, walked into the yard, and said, "I'm just here to find someone."

The yard is not big, there is only one main room and two side rooms, and the doors are closed at this time.

There is a water well in the courtyard, a firewood shed was built, and two long ropes were pulled out to dry clothes. At this time, some women's clothes were hanging. pieces.

She stood in the courtyard for a while, then suddenly turned her head to look at the little servant girl with a frightened face, and asked, "Are you from the handsome mansion? Which girl you have been guarding these days is still here?"

The little servant girl said: "What handsome mansion and girl? I'm the only one living here."

Jiang Zhao smiled, walked to the clothesline and reached out to touch the half-dry clothes, and said lightly: "You are wearing ordinary clothes, but the clothes are hanging on them, how come you are the only one living here?"

"I can wear whatever material I want for my own clothes, do I need to explain to you?" The little maid was still stubborn.

Jiang Zhao sighed and looked back at her, with a hint of coercion in her bright eyes, "You are young and petite, this dress is not your size, do you need to take it off and compare it with you? "

Just as the little girl wanted to continue to refute, He Yuansheng drew his long sword out of its sheath and directly touched her throat. Although he remained expressionless and didn't say a word, the threat was not hard to detect.

"Okay, Yuan Sheng, as a man, you should know how to be compassionate and cherish jade. You will frighten him."

Seeing the little maid with her mouth flattened, trembling and almost crying, Jiang Zhao shook her head and said something for her.

He Yuansheng put the sword back into its sheath in response, and the little servant girl took a few steps back and covered her neck with her hands. Although she was extremely scared, she still didn't intend to tell the whole story.

Jiang Zhao didn't ask her any more questions, and walked directly to the door of the main room, and stretched out his hand to push the door open.

Although it was expected, Jiang Zhao was inevitably more disappointed than clear when he walked around the room and didn't see the person he wanted to see.

She searched the two side rooms again, but still couldn't find Xie Jin's figure, and finally gave up. She returned to the courtyard and looked at the little maid who shrank her neck away from He Yuansheng, and said in a deep voice, "Since he is not here, I don't feel embarrassed." You, please send a message to Lu Shuai, if you are in the capital, I will search all over the capital, if you are in the end of the world, I will find the end of the world."

After that, she walked away with her hands behind her back, and never looked back.

As soon as Jiang Zhao left, Gao Sheng'an and He Yuansheng naturally followed closely. The little maid waited for a while to look around at the exit door, and seeing that they had indeed left, she closed the courtyard door and let out a sigh of relief.

She took out a whistle from her sleeve and blew it, and soon there were two more people quietly in the yard.

"Hurry up and get the girl up." The little maid urged.

She reached out and pushed open the curtain over the well in the courtyard, and the two young men dressed in normal clothes untied the two thick hemp ropes tied to the mouth of the well, and together they pulled out the tall wooden barrel hanging down from the well, which contained a person impressively.

Xie Jin's hands and feet were bound, and he stared at the person in front of him with eyes already soaked in tears.

Her hair is disheveled, obviously she has struggled, but unfortunately she was given dumb medicine and couldn't speak, only she could hear Jiang Zhao's voice, but Jiang Zhao couldn't let Jiang Zhao hear her voice. .

The little servant girl felt ashamed from being stared at by her, and while going to untie her hands and feet, she said in a low voice: "Girl, we are also following orders, and I hope you don't mind too much."

After releasing the restraint, she took out a small medicine bottle, opened the bottle and gently shook it on the tip of Xie Jin's nose, letting her smell the fragrance of the medicine in it, so that Xie Jin would be able to speak normally again in a short time.

After the two men fished Xie Jin up, they disappeared again. Xie Jin was not at all curious about their disappearance. She sat on the ground by the well, hugged her knees in a daze for a long time, and finally shed tears in a daze.

The little maid wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only squat beside her and accompany her quietly.

Xie Jin cried for a while, wiped away tears with his sleeves, and asked the little maid with a hoarse voice that had just recovered: "Qiu Ming, do you know who the one who came just now is?"

"I know, she is the marshal's niece, the present majesty." The little maid named Qiu Ming answered truthfully.

Xie Jin turned to look at her, and asked again: "Then do you know what your name is?"

Qiu Ming didn't answer, but lowered his head.

Xie Jin replied for her: "It's a deception."

She stood up, looked down at Qiu Ming, and said with a sneer, "I know you are from the Generalissimo's Mansion, so naturally you have to obey the Commander-in-Chief, but since she came here in person, why can't you let me see her?"

After one and a half months, there is no day without suffering.

Xie Jin himself hardly thinks about eating and drinking, and in just half a month, the clothes he wore when he left the palace were much empty, and he didn't know how Jiang Zhao had to find time to worry about her whereabouts amid all the odds.

She knew that Lu Cangyu didn't want her to return to Jiang Zhao's side, but now, she just wanted to see her.

However, when Jiang Zhao finally found her, she could only be tied up and hid in the well. She could only hear Jiang Zhao walking and talking in the yard, but she couldn't meet her even once, let alone say a word to her personally. rest assured.

She doesn't hate Qiuming, and she can't hate Lu Cangyu, so she can only hate the unfair fate.

So after asking Qiu Ming, she didn't want to get an answer, so she went back to the room in a daze.

Knowing that she was in a bad mood, Qiu Ming didn't follow her in. He went back to the ear room and wrote a letter to Lu Cangyu while biting his pen, and then entrusted the secret guards to send it back to the commander's mansion, while he waited in front of Xie Jin's gate.

At this time, Xie Jin felt exhausted physically and mentally, and had an unbearable headache, so he took off his shoes and got on the bed, and lay down with his clothes on.

She tore off a corner of the quilt, but saw a piece of paper the size of a palm flying out of the quilt, she was slightly stunned, then her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly grabbed the piece of paper in her hand to examine it.

The purpose of entering is to get familiar with the handwriting, Xie Jin couldn't help but have a sore nose, and was about to shed tears again.

Perhaps because he was afraid of being noticed by others, there were only four words on the paper, "Call for help when you are ugly". Xie Jin thought for a long time, folded the piece of paper and kept it next to him, probably understanding what Jiang Zhao meant.

So that night, everything was quiet, Qiu Ming had already gone to the ear room to rest, Xie Jin quietly got off the bed and put on his clothes, and tiptoed to push the door, but it was still locked tightly from the outside.

She thought for a moment, smashed a vase with her hand, then picked up a piece and cut her arm severely.

Because she was too nervous and didn't grasp the strength well, the cut wound was far bigger than Xie Jin imagined. She couldn't help crying out due to the severe pain, and the cold sweat came down all at once, and the blood on her arm was even worse. springs.

Before she could call someone, Qiu Ming quickly appeared at the door, and asked through the door, "Girl, are you alright?"

Xie Jin was trembling with pain, threw the pieces of porcelain in his hand on the ground, and said in a weak voice: "Qiu Ming, I broke the vase when I got up at night, and accidentally cut my arm, it seems that a lot of blood has been lost. "

As soon as the words fell, there was the sound of unlocking the door. Qiu Ming came in with a lantern and was startled by the scene in front of him.

"girl!"

She screamed, ran to Xie Jin in a few steps, and said at a loss: "Why are you injured so badly?"

Fragments of vases were scattered on the ground, Xie Jin was just standing there in a robe, the snow-white pajamas were covered with blood, and even dripped on the ground into a large piece, Qiu Ming looked at her face again, under the light Scary white.

So without waiting for Xie Jin to speak, she immediately said: "Girl wait a moment, I'll send someone to invite the doctor. You should cover the bleeding yourself with a handkerchief, and you must not move around without authorization."

After she finished speaking, she hurried out of the room, naturally not in the mood to lock the door again.

Xie Jin bit her lower lip, and found a few handkerchiefs to cover the wound as she said, but she didn't listen to her last words, walked out of the room quickly, and shouted with all the strength left in her body: "Help, help!"

Her continuous cries for help not only immediately attracted Qiu Ming who was communicating with the guard at the door, but also alarmed the neighbors who didn't know where she was.

Qiu Ming said inwardly that it was not good, and hurried over to cover Xie Jin's mouth.

This little maid is not very young, but she is strong and knows some kung fu. Xie Jin is not her opponent at all.

During the struggle, the wound was even pulled. Xie Jin was so painful that he almost passed out. He could already hear guards appearing outside to deal with the neighbors.

However, at the moment when she completely lost her strength, a thick voice sounded like a thunderbolt, and then there was a sound of neat footsteps, which lit up the brilliance in her eyes again.

"Dali Temple was ordered to investigate the case, and everyone must stand where they are and not act rashly, otherwise they will be killed!"