Fanjing City - Jingyang Houfu

In the study, the smoke on the green glazed fishing incense burner was thick, and Fan Zhanhong sat on the chair and looked at the woman on the rice paper for a long time. His eyebrows were muddy, and he kept wrinkling tightly until he felt a little tired, and then he raised his hand to pinch the center of his eyebrows.

Ah Yi still has no news! In the past few days, the house has been even more restless, my mother has fallen ill repeatedly, and my father has become more and more anxious, and he can't hold it back. If it continues like this, sooner or later, everyone will know about it, and it seems that he still has to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to think of a way, and he should change his countermeasures.

He was about to enter the palace to ask to see the prince, and when he got up to change his clothes, a deep voice came from outside the door: "The eldest prince, there is something to report for your humble duties!" "This is Fan Xiang, the head of the house.

Fan Zhanhong sat back in the circle chair: "Come in!" ”

Fan Xiang walked to the bookcase, and before he had time to salute, Fan Zhanhong had already asked: "Is there any news about Ah Yi?" ”

"The eldest prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a few beggars in the morning, saying that he was an accomplice in robbing the prince before, because the prince had just fallen asleep, and the prince ordered the humble trial to be completed, and then come to report to the eldest prince."

Fan Zhanhong raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really?" So what did you find? ”

"Like the beggar caught in front of them, they said that they were following the prince and did not see the appearance of the woman in front of them. However, two of the beggars confessed again, and after they shared the spoils, they continued to wander around Changming Street, and later bumped into the prince again. They said that the prince was wearing a gray cotton robe, and he continued to follow the woman! ”

Fan Zhanhong heard the new clues, and his expression changed: "That is to say, Ah Yi has clothes to wear later, or is he with that woman?" ”

Fan Xiang nodded slightly: "Yes, I sent people to Changming Street to inquire, but some vendors and shopkeepers recalled that a few days ago, there was indeed a man and a woman running on the street, because of the speed, I didn't look carefully." ”

This answer disappointed Fan Zhanhong, and he picked up the Danqing on the case: "Have you taken the portrait for them to recognize?" ”

"Yes, those beggars don't recognize it, but a few vendors say that the woman is ......" He shook his head, indicating that it was not like the smiling beauty in the painting at all, "The woman who followed the prince should be very ugly, the only one missing her facial features is her eyebrows, and she has never drawn her eyebrows, and there is a black mole bigger than peanuts next to her nose." ”

"Really?" Fan Zhanhong thought thoughtfully: "I didn't see the facial features clearly, but these two points are enough, you go and ask those beggars again, how tall is the woman?" Also ask about the body type. ”

"Yes, let's go down."

Fan Zhanhong remembered something again and asked, "Did something happen when I went to look for someone outside the city yesterday?" ”

"The eldest son, yesterday I was looking for a visit in Ding'an Village outside the city, and there was a group of people who were making trouble, and it was said that they were collecting debts there. Zhang Liang, the chief guard of our Hou Mansion, knew one of them and said that person was the guardian of the Yongran Eldest Princess's Mansion. Zhang Liang and Nahuyuan are fellow villagers and once had a grudge.

In addition, on the way into the palace last month, the lady collided with the carriage of the eldest princess Yongran, and at that time, the nursing court insulted Zhang Liang and punched him. Zhang Liang is angry, who would have thought that he met yesterday, Xu Yes had another collision, new hatred and old hatred, and when he was angry, he fought! ”

Fan Zhanhong's face was slightly gloomy, and his face was displeased: "The eldest princess Yongran is the emperor's younger sister, and she has always been domineering, not to mention that the people in the house are angry, even if the son meets her, she will swallow the resentment into her stomach." This Zhang Liang is so ignorant of the rules, if the courtyard gets face in front of the eldest princess and arranges a few sentences at will, won't it cause trouble for the Jingyang Hou Mansion? ”

"What the eldest prince said is that Zhang Liang has been fined thirty canes in public, and now the matter of the prince is not suitable for publicity, and it is not good for him to be driven out of the house, so let him recuperate in the front yard for a while!"

Fan Zhanhong nodded: "When this matter is dealt with, let's send it away, don't have such people in the future!" ”

"I know that I will be strictly disciplined in the future!"

Fan Zhanhong thought for a while: "The eldest princess's courtyard seems to be next to the village, you send someone to find out, why are the people of the eldest princess's mansion entangled with the villagers?" ”

"Yes, the lowly will condemn the person to go."

When Fan Zhanhong got a response, he waved his hand, signaling him to hurry up, and then walked to the inner room to change clothes.

Now it has been determined that Ah Yi has been following the woman, and after checking in the city for so many days, there is no trace, it is likely that the woman has already led her out of the city, and it is even more difficult to get out of the city!

He still hurried into the palace and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to sum up with his staff. The candidate for the Hubu Shangshu was decided earlier, so that the father could let go and look for Ah Yi.

On the other side, Fan Xiang, who walked out, was also beating in his heart, in fact, he had no eyebrows, and he had an impression of the woman with a mole on her face. It was the first day that the prince ordered to go out of the city to conduct a strict investigation, and he was instructed by the Hou Ye to guard the west gate of Fanjing City.

At that time, the woman was pushing a broken cart, and the guard asked her where she came from, and she said that it was Shenfu in the south of the city. At that time, he wondered, how could a woman push a cart alone and send a patient to Zhuangzi? So he wanted to step forward and interrogate a few words, who thought that as soon as the Hou Ye came, he would be divided, according to the current situation, the woman must have pushed the prince out at that time.

After all, she's been out of town for a few days, and if it's a deliberate design, things won't be so simple!

With Hou Ye's current temperament, if he knew about his negligence and let the prince be taken out of the city, then it was one thing whether he could keep his position in the Hou Mansion, and whether this layer of skin on his body would be pulled off by Hou Ye is a matter of two words!

He thought about it in his heart, and felt that this matter could not be reported to Hou Ye and the eldest prince, so it was better to inquire privately first, and then report to Hou Ye when he had clues, so that this matter could be truly covered up.

Since the eldest prince explained that he wanted to go to Ding'an Village to ask clearly, then simply go in person, and there are a few more villages in that direction, in case someone has seen it, there is some hope for chasing it all the way.

Fan Xiang sorted out the affairs of the house, prepared the horses, and led a few people to Ding'an Village on the outskirts of the city.

***

Shen Hanyue followed the small mountain road when the villagers entered the city, chased to the gate of the city, and did not come back to her senses until she saw the high city wall.

Those people said that they would only be detained for a few days, and if the village was moved, they might be released! But...... Those evil forces, she really doesn't feel at ease, and there is really no other way.

Shen Hanyue hurriedly turned around and wanted to return to the village, the few remaining jewels were buried under the apricot trees in the village, she had to dig them out, and she had to spend some silver to make some official errands, so that everyone could suffer less and have some style. If it is sure that everyone will be released if they leave, then even if they are evacuated overnight, I think the women and children in the village are willing!

Shen Hanyue walked back, her eagerness was self-evident, and she didn't dare to stop for a moment.

She turned into the village along the path and saw Mr. Song riding out of the village.

Shen Hanyue couldn't take care of her breath, and ran forward quickly: "Mr. Song, how is the village?" ”

Mr. Song hurriedly dismounted: "I have prepared two carriages, which can be taken by those with inconvenient legs and feet, so that everyone can go to the temple in Nanshan to settle down for a few days." ”

Shen Hanyue nodded: "Trouble Mr. Song, I'm ...... I'm going to the yamen of the city to inquire. She felt a dry throat and swallowed her saliva: "Then bother Mr. Song to take them away!" ”

Mr. Song tugged her by the arm, pulled her to the back of the horse, and blocked the view: "Don't talk about this, there are a few people over there who are looking for you, afraid that you will come back and bump into you, so I am guarding an intersection with Aunt Ji, just to block you." ”

"Looking for me?" She wondered, "Who is looking for me?" ”

Mr. Song's face was solemn and he shook his head: "There are a few people with sabers, who seem to have some status, who have you offended?" ”

"Nope." Shen Hanyue was very sure.

No, the deity of this body may have an enemy, thinking of this, she was shocked, and then looked at the front of the village, there were really a few people gathered over there, "They look here, I want to hide!" ”

Mr. Song looked back, and those people really saw her, and there was a small guy who was pointing to this side, reporting something to the middle-aged man on the horse?

Shen Hanyue looked around, trying to find a bush to hide.

"It's too late, I've seen you."

When Shen Hanyue heard this, she began to panic. Those people are unknown, she doesn't know them at all, and she has to rush to see Ah Yi, so there can't be any difference.

"Do you know how to ride a horse?" When Mr. Song saw her nodding, he urged: "Get on the horse, remember, Nanshan Temple!" ”

Shen Hanyue didn't dare to hesitate, turned over and got on the horse, and those people were already galloping towards her.

She tightened the reins: "If I don't go to Nanshan, you go to Shen Shilang's Mansion in the south of the city to find Shen Jue, and say that I begged him to save the village chief!" As soon as the words fell, Shen Hanyue rode her horse and galloped, but she didn't know if Mr. Song could hear it completely, but she could only continue to run forward.

Shen Hanyue bypassed the path next to the village, stepped on the stream, and ran towards the capital along the horse road opened up by the eldest princess.

Those few people chased after them persistently, Shen Hanyue's equestrian skills were not good, he had practiced with Fu Yifei in his previous life, and the situation was critical at this time, if he didn't want to be caught, he could only give it a go!

Be sure to keep running to the city, be sure to get rid of them! Shen Hanyue gritted her teeth, she didn't dare to stop the horsewhip in her hand, and the hope of going to save people was ethereal, and there were chasing soldiers menacing.

She felt a little cornered! It's really not good, only licking his face and running back to the Shen Mansion, the people behind shouldn't dare to directly kill the Shen Mansion to arrest themselves, right?

Fan Xiang followed closely all the way, afraid that the eyebrowless girl in front of him would run away. I didn't expect her to really hide in Ding'an Village, originally he just inquired at random, but as soon as the village woman was asked by him, she began to flicker her words, and she felt something different at the moment, so she searched carefully in Ding'an Village, but she didn't expect that she was really bumped into by him!

If he hadn't come in person today, but had just sent someone to inquire about the events of the previous day, I don't know how long this eyebrowless girl would have been at ease?

Fan Xiang shouted to the side: "Keep up, don't let her run away!" He slammed his horse a few more times, and then looked at the people who were chasing after him on horseback, how did he bring five people out?

Just in case, he took out the flag fire from his bosom, lit it and threw it into the air. Suddenly, the fireworks burst out, like a golden snake and lightning!

Shen Hanyue heard a loud noise behind her, and turned her head to look, no, she actually sent a signal for help!

As soon as she gritted her teeth, she rushed towards the capital with all her strength, the city gate was in front of her, and there were many officers and soldiers stationed there, but how could she dare to get off the horse and conduct a routine inspection?

So, Shen Hanyue shouted: "Get out of the way—get out of the way!" ”

It is now nearly dusk, and this city gate is not as lively as the east and south gates. Inside the wide open gates, the people saw a horse swooping down, and they all flashed to the side in panic.

The guards at the gates were on the alert, and their halberds were about to knock her off their horses. Shen Hanyue tried to clamp the horse's belly, quickly turned the horse's head, and two rows of guards were about to step forward to capture it. She jerked her whip again, and the horse leaped forward into the air, galloping into the gap in the gate that was about to be closed urgently, but had not had time to close it completely.

At this time, the archers at the city gate began to fire arrows at her. In order to dodge, Shen Hanyue rolled and fell to the ground, and the horse was hit by several arrows, and the neighing jumped up.

There was chaos at the city gate, and Shen Hanyue turned her head to look at the people who were chasing her, who were jumping off their horses, as if to explain the situation to the city gate defenders.

It seemed that they were about to pass the test, without further ado, Shen Hanyue pulled her legs and ran, and when she turned around, she saw that the archers on the city wall were ready to go, and someone next to her happened to be pushing a cart of straw, saying that it was too late, it was fast, Shen Hanyue grabbed a bundle and carried it on her body, and rushed to the place where there was a lot of traffic.

The assembled defenders were also in hot pursuit, Shen Hanyue knew that this time the matter was getting bigger, she didn't think of this, but she couldn't control the development of the situation!

She had no way back but to run forward with all her strength!

As the chasing crowd approaches, she overthrows the things of the roadside vendors and creates chaos just to get rid of them!