Originally, this day was the day when Sun Xiaoxiao left the cabinet, because Li Ruchun, the lieutenant of the northern county, had spoken early, so although there were many people in the city who wanted to get involved with Sun Xiaoxiao, they were only jealous.

Early in the morning, the bustard went to knock on Sun Xiaoxiao's door, ready to let her dress up well, but he didn't expect to knock on the door for a long time and there was no movement, so he asked the turtle slave to smash the door open.

The old bustard was suddenly startled, and hurriedly found a doctor, but when the doctor arrived, he didn't even "touch" the person's veins, so he shook his head directly, and his miserable white face was completely bloodless, and even the corners of his mouth were purple, so he concluded that he had died of poison.

Some of the women in this market are willing to fall into the dust, and there are also many loyal and fierce "women" who "commit suicide" for the sake of purity, and it is not unheard of to hang themselves, throw themselves into the lake, or take poison, so everyone didn't think much about it, let alone suspect Fang Ling and others.

After Li Ruchun heard this, he hurriedly rushed to Ruyi Fang, and when he saw that Sun Xiaoxiao was really dead, he was immediately furious, and sprinkled all his anger on the bustard, but no matter how angry he was, it was useless, and the gods had no power to return to the sky.

Li Ruchun suddenly lost interest, and took away the dowry deposit and other things he had sent before, and the old bustard also hated Sun Xiaoxiao, the disaster star, and asked the turtle slave to call two thugs, wrapped Sun Xiaoxiao in a straw mat, and threw it directly on the "chaotic" grave outside the city.

The place of the "chaotic" grave is gloomy in broad daylight, and people without courage do not dare to approach here for half a step, and the mountains are full of lonely graves and mounds, and crows stand on the tombstones, dead branches, and graves, and from time to time make a sad cry of "ah-yah-yah".

As soon as the two thugs walked here, their hearts shook, and they walked to the post with courage, and then hurriedly threw the straw mat in a pile of weeds, and ran away as soon as they slipped away.

As soon as the two left, Fang Ling and the others, who followed behind, immediately took Sun Xiaoxiao to the carriage, re-entered the city, and came to the house rented by Meng Zhiyuan.

With a little incense, Sun Xiaoxiao slowly woke up, and when he saw the layout of the room, he knew that he was no longer on the boat, and tears suddenly burst out of his eyes, and he couldn't cry.

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Miss Sun, you should thank Master Tan a lot, you are the benefactor who rescued you from the furnace." ”

"No...... I ......" Tan Duocai hurriedly waved his hand, and was about to deny it, Fang Ling leaned into his ear and whispered: "Now is not the time to deny it, and if you hadn't told me about Li Ruchun, I wouldn't have thought of refining this 'medicine' pill." ”

Tan Duocai looked at Fang Ling gratefully, Sun Xiaoxiao hurriedly walked down to the ground, bowed deeply to him and said, "Thank you Lord Tan for saving your life." ”

Tan Duocai's old face turned red, and he actually bowed to her, Song Ying'er looked at it and smiled: "This Tan Duocai is really shy enough." ”

Fang Ling said at this time: "Lord Tan, Miss Sun is alone now, it's inconvenient to go anywhere, I think you are a good person to the end, how about letting Miss Sun stay by your side?"

Tan Duocai couldn't help but glance at Sun Xiaoxiao, and Sun Xiaoxiao hurriedly said: "If Lord Tan doesn't dislike it, Xiaoxiao is willing to follow him and serve the adult." ”

Tan Duocai hurriedly said: "No, I don't dare to serve, Miss Sun can stay as long as she wants." Speaking of this, he hesitated again and said, "However, staying in this city is never a solution, otherwise, I will simply resign and go to a farther city." ”

Sun Xiaoxiao nodded obediently and said, "As long as you don't get found by them, you can go anywhere." ”

Seeing the two talking, Fang Ling and the others were inconvenient to disturb, Tan Duocai was upright, and he liked Sun Xiaoxiao, Sun Xiaoxiao was also a green lotus out of the mud and unstained, so Fang Ling was willing to be an adult and add fuel to the fire, of course, there was also selfishness, that was the county chronicle.

After a while, Tan Duocai came out of it, bowed deeply towards Fang Ling and said, "Thank you Gongzi Fang for your help, Tan Mou has already thought about it, and he will resign tomorrow and take Miss Sun back to his hometown, but I don't know if there is anything that can repay Gongzi Fang?"

Fang Ling smiled slightly and said, "Lord Tan, I do have a small matter that I want to ask you for help. ”

Tan Duocai said: "Fang Gongzi, please say it directly, you rescued Miss Sun, you are my Tan's great benefactor, you want Tan to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and Tan will never frown." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said, "If you are allowed to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, won't you break up a pair of beautiful relatives in the world?" ”

Tan Duocai couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't ask the reason, and immediately asked: "I don't know what kind of records Fang Gongzi wants to see, because there are too many county records, and they are all locked in the warehouse, and the county government is heavily guarded, I'm afraid it's not easy to get in, if you want to see anything, I can help you copy it all." ”

Fang Ling bowed his head and said, "I want to know the roster of the people in the Rongguo Mansion before the fire burned nineteen years ago. ”

Tan Duocai was taken aback, he didn't expect that what Fang Ling was going to see was this thing, his heart suddenly moved, he looked Fang Ling up and down, and said tentatively: "Son, where are you from?"

As soon as the two left, Fang Ling and the others, who followed behind, immediately took Sun Xiaoxiao to the carriage, re-entered the city, and came to the house rented by Meng Zhiyuan.

Fang Ling naturally knew what he meant by asking, and when he heard him ask, he couldn't help but appreciate it a little, although he was the one who saved Sun Xiaoxiao, but he could still ask about his origin so carefully, which showed that he was cautious, he 'touched' a jade plaque from his arms, and looked at Tan Duocai's eyes.

This jade plate is the best mutton fat jade inlaid in gold, with the most upper-level gold inlaid jade technology on the earth, only the royal status can have, and the jade plate is engraved with only three words - King of Shicheng!

This jade plate is before Fang Ling left the palace, by the Chu Emperor ordered to cast and engrave, in fact, there is already a gold inlaid jade inventory in the palace, to be awarded to the king, just engraved on it.

Although Tan Duocai had never seen this kind of jade plate, he had heard it, and when he saw this thing at first glance, he immediately took a breath, and quickly knelt down at once, and shouted: "The lower official has seen His Royal Highness the King of Shicheng." ”

Fang Ling smiled and helped him up and said, "No need to be polite, get up and talk about it." ”

Tan Duocai didn't expect that the prince surnamed Fang, who had been together for a few days, was the king of Shicheng, and he was at a loss for a while, and he didn't know what to say, so he was embarrassed for a while: "I didn't expect His Highness to be the king of Shicheng, and the lower official really doesn't know Taishan, and he still calls himself an adult in front of His Highness." ”

Fang Ling said with a smile: "Lord Tan, my identity can't be revealed to others, including Miss Sun. ”

Tan Duocai hurriedly said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the lower officials will keep it secret." Speaking of this, he paused slightly and said, "Your Highness, the lower official knows that you want to find the roster in order to track down the whereabouts of Rong Guogong, so the lower official wants to take you to meet someone." ”

"What person?" Fang Ling said in surprise.

Tan Duocai said cautiously: "My second uncle, in fact, he was one of the subordinates in the Rongguo Mansion before the fire. ”

"What?" Fang Ling was overjoyed.

Tan Duocai said: "My second uncle has been a subordinate in Rongguo Qianfu for several years, and he was dismissed before the fire, but he also shook his head and said nothing when I asked about the details, it seems that the matter is very important, and I don't want to ask too much." But if Your Highness asks, he will tell you. ”

Fang Ling said, "Then without further ado, let's set off to find your second uncle!"

Tan Duocai's hometown is actually in a village in Acropolis County, the small village relies on a small tributary of the Wujiang River, and most of the villagers make a living from fishing.

Coming to Tan Sanshi's wooden house, this fisherman in his forties was drinking a little wine, because he had been fishing all year round, he was tanned by the sun, and he looked strong and simple.

Seeing Tan Duocai suddenly come back from the county, followed by a few people, Tan Sanshi immediately stood up and said in surprise: "Duocai, why did you come back, is there something wrong?"

At this time, it was already evening, and the people in the village had rested early after eating, and they had to get up early the next morning to fish, so Fang Ling and his party did not pay attention to it.

Tan Duocai didn't respond immediately, but closed the door first, and then said to Tan Sanshi: "Second uncle, this is His Royal Highness the King of Shicheng." ”

"King of Stone City?" Tan Sanshi was stunned and hurriedly bowed, but he was still confused, not knowing what the origin of this King of Stone City was, and how he came to his small cabin.

Fang Ling helped him up and said sincerely: "Uncle Tan, Duke Rong Guo is the grandfather of this king. ”

Tan Sanshi was taken aback, immediately looked Fang Ling up and down, and then said overjoyedly: "Your Highness's face, it really has a bit of the outline of the young lady back then." I wonder how Miss is doing now?"

Fang Ling said with a smile: "The queen mother is in good health, but she often misses her hometown and the people at home. ”

Tan Sanshi sighed with reminiscence: "Miss was still a little girl back then, but I didn't expect that His Royal Highness would be so old after more than ten years." ”

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Uncle Tan, if you want to see the queen mother, how about I send someone to send you to the fief?"

"This ......" Tan Sanshi was stunned for a moment.

Fang Ling said to Tan Duocai: "As soon as I was on the way, I thought, Lord Tan, I'm afraid it's not safe for you to live here, why don't I send you to send Miss Sun and Uncle Tan to the fiefdom together? ”

Tan Duocai hurriedly said excitedly: "Of course the lower officials are willing, His Royal Highness's great name can be described as a thunderous crown in the Chu State, and he has won the hearts of the people, if His Royal Highness does not think that the ministers are stupid, the ministers are willing to go to the fiefdom to serve His Royal Highness." ”