In the middle of the night, Prince Sumeng's guards came to change shifts, and these people walked into the east courtyard of the post station, and found that the courtyard was full of guards, panicked, and hurriedly rushed into the room, and found that Prince Sumeng was nowhere to be found.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is gone! His Royal Highness the Prince is gone! The guards rushed out of the room with shouts and ran to the lieutenant who led the team.

The lieutenant general was quite calm, and waved his hand to order everyone not to panic, and first find a way to wake up the guards on the ground in order to ask about the situation. Everyone immediately complied, brought a few basins of water from the large water tank in the corner of the courtyard, and splashed them without regard to their faces.

Stirred by the cold water, several guards who fell to the ground came to their senses, and all sat on the ground in a daze, and one of them shook his head and replied, "I don't know what's going on, I just feel numb on my body and lie on the ground." ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he knew in his heart, and speculated that these guards must have been tricked and tricked, and asked, "At that time, His Royal Highness the Prince was still in the room?" ”

The guard replied recalling, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince and Zhang Hao, the personal guard of the Third Prince, are in the house, combing their hair. ”

The lieutenant general walked into the room, inspected the furnishings in the room, and saw that everything was intact, and obviously there was no fierce fighting, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find an answer, and asked: "It seems that the master came tonight, and His Royal Highness the prince was obviously kidnapped by someone unknowingly." Have you noticed the whereabouts of that Zhang guard? ”

All the guards shook their heads together and replied, "I didn't see it, could it have been taken away by me?" ”

The deputy general felt that the guards' guess was reasonable, and if the person who came was the third prince's subordinate, he would naturally rescue the third prince's personal guard.

Now, the deputy general realized that the matter was very important, and he wanted to inform Princess Jin'er as soon as possible, so he ordered the guards to go to the West Courtyard to invite Princess Jin'er here.

The two guards received the order and hurried to the west courtyard, and conveyed the order of the lieutenant general to the guards standing at the gate of the courtyard.

Princess Jin'er sat in the room, uneasy, and was thinking of getting into the tip of the horns, feeling that she would have no face to see people and want to die in the future, when she heard the guards running anxiously to report that there was something urgent, and hurriedly ordered the maid Xiaolian to open the door.

The maid Xiaolian and these guards were very familiar with each other on weekdays, and it was rare to hear them speak in such a frightened tone, so she hurriedly opened the door and asked them briefly.

Princess Jin'er sat in the room, and heard the conversation between Xiaolian and the guards at the door clearly, and suddenly jumped in shock, forgetting that she had to look for death and life just now, and quickly stood up and asked, "Brother Wang is really missing?" ”

"Yes, the adjutant general asked Her Royal Highness the princess to hurry up to the scene, see if there are any clues, and discuss what to do?" The guard replied respectfully.

"Ah, that's the case, Xiaolian, let's go quickly." When Princess Jin'er heard that Brother Wang's sudden change had happened, she was so frightened that her feet were weak, and she asked the maid Xiaolian to help her stumble to the east courtyard.

Princess Jin'er, Xiaolian and several guards came to the east courtyard, and the deputy general hurriedly welcomed them out of the house, met under the jujube tree in the courtyard, and Shi Li said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, the big thing is not good. ”

"The lieutenant will be excused, what the hell is going on? How could my brother not see me? Princess Jin'er asked tremblingly, panicking and wanting to cry.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, here's the thing: just now the last general led the second group of brothers to come to change shifts, and found that there were guards lying in the courtyard, they were all stunned by someone's plot, there was no one in the house, and His Royal Highness the Prince and the little guard surnamed Zhang who should have been in the room were nowhere to be found." The adjutant gave a brief account of what had been discovered.

"So what can I do?" When Princess Jin'er heard the conclusive news, she felt even more confused in her heart, she used to listen to Brother Wang's words when she was in trouble, but now she has no idea when things come to an end.

"Is Guard Zhang also gone? He also promised to teach me how to catch a car. The maid Xiaolian only cared about the whereabouts of Guard Zhang, and blurted out a question in a low voice.

The deputy general saw that Princess Jin'er had no rules to solve the problem at all, and the maid Xiaolian asked nonsense there to avoid the serious, and he didn't dare to offend the princess's maid, so he replied: "Yes, Miss Xiaolian is right, the lower official suspects that this matter is related to Zhang Guard, and it is not clear that this matter was conspired by the three princes' subordinates." ”

"Why did the three princes' subordinates do this? Where is he now? Princess Jin'er mentioned that the three princes had mixed feelings, and secretly resented the three princes, feeling that the three princes had been rude and offensive to themselves was already a clear crime, and now his subordinates had the audacity to make the disappearance of the royal brother, and the three princes were really guilty.

"Back to Her Royal Highness the princess, the lower officials don't know where the third prince is imprisoned! Probably because the third prince was imprisoned by His Royal Highness the prince in a secret place, no one knew about it, and the three princes' subordinates wanted to rescue him but didn't know the specific location, so they made this decision, right? "The lieutenant is also just an inference.

"Why should my brother take the risk? Wouldn't it be nice to tell the place where the third prince was being held? "Princess Jin'er feels that safety comes first, and Brother Wang should not risk his own body.

"Xiaguan speculates that His Royal Highness the prince would rather be in danger himself than announce the location where the third prince was imprisoned, in order to avenge the princess and relieve his hatred, this is probably the practice of extreme hatred, pain, and wanting to die together?"

"For the sake of the Princess, will we all perish together? So how can you do such a stupid thing? Princess Jin'er asked tremblingly, her legs were weak and she couldn't stand, and she wanted to sit on the ground.

Xiaolian hurriedly supported her vigorously and comforted: "Your Royal Highness Princess, don't panic!" Those are all speculations of the adjutant general, maybe His Royal Highness the prince is fine, but he just went out on his own and had something to do, maybe he will come back in a while. ”

Princess Jin'er shook her head, feeling that Xiaolian's statement was unlikely, she knew Brother Wang very well, and knew that he would not run around alone in a tense moment, and he must have been held hostage involuntarily.

The night was dark, more than a dozen guards were scattered in the courtyard and guarded closely, and Princess Jin'er's master and servant and deputy general stood under the jujube tree and discussed for a long time without results.

Qin Xingyi sat on the jujube tree without moving, and didn't even dare to take a breath of air, for fear of alarming the three people under the jujube tree!

The speculation that those three people were there was all in Qin Xingyi's ears, and he felt that they didn't need to worry about Prince Sumeng's safety. The purpose of instructing his junior brother Bai Yinfan to kidnap Prince Sumeng was very simple, it was just to exchange it for Xuanyuan Mingyu.

At this moment, Qin Xingyi also felt a little pity for Princess Jin'er's situation, knowing that she must have felt very helpless at this time, she had just been tarnished by the messenger of her innocence, and her only brother was missing, and she was a weak woman who was powerless, of course, she would be frightened.

Qin Xingyi on the jujube tree is also in danger now! If she is not careful, she will make a slight noise and she will be noticed by the guards in the courtyard. But she didn't think about herself, and what she was most worried about was Xuanyuan Mingyu! She didn't know where Xuanyuan Mingyu was being held, but she knew that his condition must be very uncomfortable, and those fast catchers would not treat him well.

The three people under the jujube tree were discussing, and the focus of the topic was Prince Sumeng, who would not care about the safety of Xuanyuan Mingyu.

The adjutant general proposed: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the disappearance of His Royal Highness the Prince is not trivial, and the whole city should be searched under martial law, and it is urgent to find His Royal Highness the Prince as soon as possible." ”

Princess Jin'er immediately accepted this proposal and replied: "Yes, let's go to the county government quickly, meet Master Fu, and ask him to immediately issue martial law in Puwang Border City!" ”

Qin Xingyi heard that several of them were discussing the issuance of martial law, and felt that this move was very powerful, in that case, it would be even more difficult to get out of the city while wearing leg irons!

Several people have decided to leave the east courtyard of the post station.

Suddenly, the guards at the gate of the post station came to report: "The county government has sent a sedan chair to pick up Her Royal Highness the princess and immediately rush to the county government to discuss urgent matters." ”

Qin Xingyi sat on the tree, and was a little relieved to hear this, which showed that the junior brother Bai Yinfan had led the subordinates of Xifeng Lou and Prince Sumeng out of the city smoothly, and according to the established plan, the county lord was required to exchange the three princes for Prince Sumeng.

Xuanyuan Mingyu is about to be saved! Qin Xingyi couldn't help but feel a little excited when she thought of this, and wanted to personally participate in the operation of the exchange personnel, but unfortunately her injuries had not healed and she was bound by shackles, so she could only hope that her junior brother Bai Yinfan would not make a mistake in this operation.

Escorted by a large group of guards, the deputy general took the lead to accompany Princess Jin'er out of the post station, and saw a small blue sedan chair waiting at the gate of the post station.

The maid Xiaolian helped Princess Jin'er to get into the sedan chair, and she followed beside the sedan chair.

The night was hazy, and the small blue sedan chair was carried to the back door of the county office. Princess Jin'er got off the sedan chair and ordered the guards to wait outside the door, and she took the maid Xiaolian and the deputy general into the back hall of the county ya.

Master Fu was waiting in the back hall, holding a letter with a feather pasted in his hand, and came forward to greet the princess: "Your Royal Highness Princess, please take a seat, I am disturbed in the middle of the night because there is something important!" ”

Princess Jin'er sat down as she said, and the maid Xiaolian and the deputy general stood behind her chair left and right. After some discussion under the jujube tree just now, the three of them were already calm.

"Master Fu, Brother Wang is missing." Princess Jin'er spoke first.

"Yes, the lower official already knows, because he received an urgent message." Master Fu said, handing the letter in his hand to Princess Jin'er for a look.

Although Princess Jin'er's face was calm, her hand to receive the letter trembled a little, and when she opened the letter, she saw a few words inside, the content of which was to exchange hostages, and tomorrow morning by the grove outside the north gate of the city, she would exchange the three princes for Prince Sumeng. ”

Lord Fu patiently waited for Princess Jin'er to finish reading the letter, took back the letter as a future proof, and asked, "What is your Royal Highness's opinion?" ”

"Who wrote the letter?" Princess Jin'er really wants to know the identity of her opponent.

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, they didn't mention the origin in the letter. According to the requirements put forward in the letter, it can be judged that they should be the remnants of the three princes' welcoming team, and there is no need to worry, and the lower officials intend to wipe them all out in order to get rid of future troubles! ”