Zhang Mo saw that Zhang Jing and the four of them still refused to let go of his osmanthus cake, and forced him to tell the whereabouts of Xiuwen and Qiulan, so he invited the four into the room, and then closed the door tightly.

"Four brothers, it's not that I don't want to say it, but I can't say it! Now you all listen to me, I will only tell the four of you, if any of you leaks the news, all five of us will be beheaded!"

"Let me tell you, one of the two girls is indeed a princess, named Chen Xiuwen, and the other is called Qiulan, a palace maid. This time they came to Changzhou with the emperor's order, but I don't know what the specific task is. Princess Xiuwen told me that she had a holiday with several of the royal brothers, so she asked me to keep it a secret, otherwise her life would be lost, and we, as insiders, would be beheaded in the end. If we die, we will die, and it is very likely that everyone in our village will be implicated in the end, so you must keep it a secret. ”

After Zhang Mo finished speaking, Zhang Jing and the four of them heard it in a fog, they didn't understand the relationship within the royal family at all, but when they heard that they were going to be beheaded, and even affected their families, they nodded their heads one by one like pecking rice, saying that they would definitely not say it.

Zhang Mo saw that the effect was achieved, so he sent the four of them away, and did not forget to give each of them ten gold coins when leaving, which made Zhang Jing and the four of them dare not talk nonsense.

First of all, they have lived for so long, and they have never seen so much money, and they were grateful for giving a few copper plates at home before, but now that they have ten gold coins, they suddenly feel that they have become local tyrants.

Secondly, with ten gold coins in hand, they didn't dare to spend them at will, and their mouths were even more tight.

Finally, soon it will be the Chinese New Year, and they also want to do their filial piety, if they have this money, they can buy some gifts in the city, and then send them to their parents, and then even if they don't go home for a few years in the army, they won't be too homesick.

With these thoughts, Zhang Jing and the four of them happily returned home, and then hid the gold coins.

......

Time flies quickly, and Xiuwen and Qiulan have been missing for seven days.

The second prince and the third prince were ordered to come to the Changzhou Mansion, and the governor Lu Chaolun held a banquet to welcome the two princes.

"Two princes, Changzhou is located in the bitter cold, there are no good things to entertain, please bear with me!" Lu Chaolun said the truth, Changzhou is indeed inferior to other states in Chen State, this is the northwest land, and there are not many good things that can be used.

The two princes didn't come to enjoy themselves, so they said: "Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite, we were ordered to come here to adjust Princess Xiuwen's case, and other food, drink, housing and transportation are not important." By the way, is there any progress in the case now?"

The second prince looked at Lu Chaolun, thinking that this dog official should not find someone early, otherwise it would not be fun.

Lu Chaolun replied with some shame: "Back to the second prince, Princess Xiuwen's carriage was found near Tai'an Town, but our search and rescue people were centered on Tai'an Town, and there was no trace of the princess within ten miles of searching, so the lower officials judged that there was probably something else going on in the matter." ”

"The princess's carriage has been found, and is there any news for her maid?" asked the second prince with some eagerness.

Lu Chaolun shook his head, "Please forgive the second prince, the people of the lower officials only found the princess's carriage, but did not find the whereabouts of the princess and the palace maid." Just two days ago, my men found another horse, just ......."

Lu Chaolun wanted to speak and stopped, not knowing how to speak.

"Just what, Lord Lu, if you have anything to say, we will truthfully report to our father and ask him to absolve you of responsibility for dereliction of duty. The second prince assured.

Lu Chaolun chuckled in his heart, and was suddenly frightened, he has served as the governor of Changzhou for more than ten years, and he has no merit and hard work. If it was because Princess Xiuwen disappeared in Changzhou this time, he was charged with dereliction of duty, it would be extremely wronged.

"Thank you Second Prince for thinking about the lower officials, the lower officials will definitely follow your instructions from now on. Now I will tell the two princes everything I know. ”

"Just three days ago, our people found Princess Xiuwen's carriage near the town of Tai'an, but the horse was missing, and then my people found a horse ten miles north of the carriage. It's just that the horse only has a skeleton left, and my people analyze that maybe the horse was devoured by a wild wolf. There was a lot of blood around the horse's skeleton, but the blood had dried up, and my people couldn't tell if it was human or horse blood. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Chaolun secretly glanced at the two princes, and the two of them didn't seem to have a trace of waves, so they couldn't tell if they were angry.

After a while, the second prince said, "Didn't you find anything else?, such as broken clothes or weapons or something?"

Lu Chaolun shook his head, "Back to the second prince, these things have not been found near the horse's skeleton. ”

The second prince saw that he couldn't see anyone alive or dead, and guessed that Xiuwen was in trouble nine times out of ten, and he was happy in his heart, but he didn't show it. Yu Guang looked at the third brother, then pretended to show grief, and said: "Lord Lu, you just do your best! The little sister has a thin life, and she died in the wolf's mouth, since she can't find her relics, I will use the bones of her mount to build a well-dressed tomb for her, and then I will send a letter to inform my father that you will not have any joint and several liability." ”

Lu Chaolun was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and said: "Thank you to the two princes, the next official will let people do it!"

"Get up, by the way, where are the princess's guards before? Let them come to me. The second prince was thoughtful, and suddenly thought that Xiuwen's guards were still alive, if they leaked the news, in case the princess was resurrected, he didn't know how to explain it to his father.

Lu Chaolun said: "Princess Xiuwen's guards are now waiting for news in the post house, so I will send someone to call them over." ”

The second prince nodded, and then Lu Chaolun immediately sent someone to do something.

......

Two days later, Lu Chaolun's people returned to Changzhou City with the bones of a horse, and then he made a tomb for Princess Xiuwen in Phoenix Mountain in the city.

On this day, the second prince and the third prince were present, and after the burial ceremony, the second prince ordered Princess Xiuwen's guards to bring the news of her death back to the palace.

"Wei Zhen, when you return to the palace this time, you must tell the emperor truthfully, if there is a mistake, I will ask you!" The second prince handed the envelope to the other party and said coldly.

Wei Zhen didn't dare to despise it, and immediately promised: "The two princes can rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission!"

Then Wei Zhen rushed to the imperial city of Hezhou with his men and horses, and the team of men and horses left Changzhou City, and quickly whipped along the official road, not daring to delay the trip.

It's just that they traveled less than thirty miles, and when they passed the cliff of Hengshan, an accident happened.

Boom Boom!

Suddenly, a boulder rolled down from the cliff wall, and then smashed into the official road.

"Hurry up and get out of the way!" Wei Zhen didn't think so much, at this time, it was important to save his life, and shouted loudly.

It's just that there are too many stones that fall, and no matter how fast the horse is, it can't avoid it.

Bang bang bang......

This team of people and horses were all buried by stones, and although Wei Zhen was strong in martial arts, his lower limbs were broken by stones and he couldn't move at all.

At this time, he called the heavens undesirable, and the earth and the earth unspiritual. He shouted loudly to his companions, but none of them responded. At this point, there is no need to think about it, these companions and brothers of his are all finished.

Soon after, another group arrived. When Wei Zhen saw someone coming, he immediately shouted for help.

"Help me, help me!"

The person who came walked up to Wei Zhen and said with a smile: "Wei Zhen, I didn't expect you to be alive! It's just that your brothers are dead, are you embarrassed to live alone?"

Wei Zhen saw clearly that the person who came, the person who was the leader, he knew, so he said angrily: "Ma Jun, why are you?

Ma Jun smiled: "Why am I here? Haha, of course I'm here to see you off, so you have to thank me." ”

Wei Zhen was not stupid, he had already guessed a possibility at this time, "You deliberately threw these stones from the cliff, why are you so vicious? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will blame me? I was ordered by the second prince to send a letter to the emperor, but you treat me like this, and there will definitely be no good end in the future!"

Ma Jun said disapprerovingly: "I'm sorry, I was sent by the second prince to kill you." So you can go down to Yellow Springs to join your brother!"

After speaking, Ma Jun motioned to the people around him to move, and a soldier took the order, his hand raised and fell, and Wei Zhen's head fell.

Ma Jun nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Wei Zhen's body to be buried, creating the illusion that he was absconding in fear of crime, and then went back to restore his life.

......

Changzhou City, the official post house, the second prince and the third prince sit opposite each other, in the middle of the two, two dancers dance, showing off their figures.

At this moment, Ma Jun walked into the post house, came to the second prince and whispered, and then walked out of the post house.

The second prince made a gesture to the third prince, and then the two smiled.

"Come here!" the second prince gestured to one of the dancers.

Then one of the dancers walked up to him, and the second prince smiled lewdly, and then pulled the dancer into his arms, and said:

"Serve this prince well, your benefits are indispensable!"

The third prince saw that the second brother was happy, and he was not to be outdone, and said to the other dancer: "You can come over to me too!"

The dancers have no strengths, except for dancing and coquettishness, they never thought that one day they would be appreciated by the prince, and now that the opportunity has come, they naturally work hard to wait.

Seven days passed unconsciously, and the two princes saw that the time was ripe, so they decided to return to the palace.

On this morning, Lu Chaolun came to see off the two, accompanied by other officials.

"Congratulations to the two princes back to the palace! The two princes take care all the way!" Lu Chaolun saluted loudly.

The two princes sat in the carriage and didn't bother to look at these officials, stretched out a hand and waved their hands, and then left quickly in the carriage. The accompanying guards followed, and the people in the middle of the road did not dare to say much, and after the royal convoy left, Changzhou City resumed as scheduled again.

I saw that the portrait of the missing person at the entrance of the city gate had been taken off, and the portrait was missing from the streets and alleys of the city.

The second child of Huitong Money Bank took a gold coin and walked into the cabinet.

"Shopkeeper, look at this gold coin!" said Xiao Er and handed over the gold coin.

The shopkeeper took the gold coin and immediately showed a puzzled expression.

"Dog, where did you get these coins?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Back to the shopkeeper, in Tai'an Town!" said the dog truthfully.

"Hey! In this way, Princess Xiuwen is very likely not dead! Then why did the second prince and the third prince assume that the princess was dead, could it be that there is an ulterior secret in this?"

"Shopkeeper, do we have to report to the headquarters?" Seeing the shopkeeper's hesitation, Goudan was worried that Qian Zhuang would be implicated.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, "Dog, we won't report this matter for the time being, and we'll talk about it when the time comes, you must remember not to tell outsiders." ”

The dog is not stupid, so he naturally won't talk nonsense, so he buried the gold coin deep in his heart.

Goudan understands that someone used the princess's jade card to exchange for gold coins before, and those gold coins are all specially made, and ordinary people can see that they are strange, but he has worked in the money bank for so many years, so he naturally has a special set of identification methods.