Several people were talking about what happened in the backyard of the restaurant, Qin Xingyi unexpectedly looked up at the window, and found that the north city gate suddenly opened, and many people crowded at the city gate shouted in a mess, it turned out to be the convoy of the county government lord who returned to the city gate.

"Look, princess!" Qin Xingyi hurriedly interrupted the conversation between the two of them, and ordered the shopkeeper to step back for the time being.

Princess Jin'er was struggling with the backyard, and suddenly heard the reminder of the Qin guards, turned her head to look, and because the distance was far away and she couldn't see clearly, she hurriedly asked, "They came back so soon?" Do you see my brother? ”

Qin Xingyi's eyes were sharp, and he had already looked at the team members, shook his head and said, "I didn't see Prince Sumeng!" However, no one in the prisoner cart was empty, maybe Prince Su Meng and Master Fu were crowded in a carriage? ”

Qin Xingyi was speculating, when she suddenly saw the convoy walking in the direction of the restaurant, and said in surprise: "Oops? They seem to be coming towards us. ”

Princess Jin'er didn't know whether she was happy or sad when she heard this, and asked, "Then what should we do?" If Lord Fu asks why Princess Ben is here, how can he answer? ”

"Although the princess replied truthfully, Lord Fu would not treat the princess like this." Qin Xingyi comforted, I suspect that it won't be such a coincidence, it's unlikely that Lord Fu and they will go straight to the world's No. 1 restaurant, right?

As the saying goes: no book is made without coincidence! It's such a coincidence that things are in the world. Mr. Fu and his gang really came to the world's No. 1 restaurant.

More than a dozen officials rode horses and surrounded two carriages and quickly came to the gate of the first restaurant in the world, only to see the curtain of the first carriage opened, and Fu Wei, the county magistrate, stepped out of the carriage, and saw the couplet next to the door written "The fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas invite guests", nodded after reading, and walked straight into the restaurant.

Although he didn't know the county magistrate in civilian clothes, he saw the official following behind him, and he also knew that he was an important official of the government, so he hurriedly greeted him, introduced the living room on the first floor, and asked if he needed to prepare a private room.

Master Fu came to the living room, remembering that the few words on the note written by Prince Su Meng last night were the first sentence of the couplet on the front face, "The fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley", and speculated that Lin Zhutou should bring the third prince here, so he asked: "No need Zhang Luo, this official is not here to drink." Is there one of your guests here with the surname Lin? ”

"Yes, what the adults said is very true, there is really a person surnamed Lin who has taken over the entire backyard of our restaurant."

"Very well, you go and call him." Master Fu felt that he was like a god, and immediately ordered.

"Please wait, my lord, Officer Lin is probably drunk, and he is playing drunk in the backyard, tying a little brother to a tree and smoking, and he is about to die." The shopkeeper reported truthfully.

"Is there such a thing? You take the official to see it! Master Fu was a little surprised when he heard this, and instructed the shopkeeper.

Qin Xingyi and Princess Jin'er hid upstairs, fortunately they felt that Master Fu did not go upstairs, listening to their conversation, they knew that there was something strange in the backyard, but it was a pity that there were many servants around Lord Fu, and it was inconvenient to go downstairs to follow and inspect.

After a long time, I only heard a noise in the courtyard of the restaurant, and many people went out in a hurry.

The shopkeeper sent off Master Fu and his party, ran up to the second floor excitedly, and said, "It's okay now, the two of you can rest assured." It was Lord Fu of the county government who came here just now, and he had already brought the surname Lin and the little brother to the county office, saying that he would definitely deal with it impartially. ”

Princess Jin'er breathed a sigh of relief, and happily thanked the shopkeeper Erqiao for coming to tell her, wanting to say that kindness is rewarded, and the guy who bullies people casually will not end well.

Qin Xingyi realized that things were not so simple, and thought that Xuanyuan Mingyu was taken away by a headhunter surnamed Lin last night, and asked, "Do you know what that person surnamed Lin does?" What's the name of the whipped boy? ”

The shopkeeper said apologetically: "Guest officer, I'm sorry, they didn't say this, Xiao Yi doesn't know." ”

Qin Xingyi didn't blame the shopkeeper for being ignorant, because the matter of where the third prince was imprisoned was kept a secret by them, and it was impossible for ordinary outsiders to know casually.

Qin Xingyi stood at the window and went to the north city gate to take a look, and found that the city gate was still closed, so she felt very puzzled in her heart, and said to Princess Jin'er: "Princess, the city gate is blocked, and the exchange of hostages is over." We can't stay in the restaurant, why don't we send the princess back to the post station first, how about listening to the news? ”

So far, Princess Jin'er has no choice, originally thought that she could see the third prince to figure everything out, but she didn't expect that she would get nothing from her hard work, and in the end she could only go back to the post station, which was equivalent to going around and returning to the starting point.

Qin Xingyi paid for the tea and accompanied Princess Jin'er downstairs, and the two left the world's first restaurant together.

The two of them returned to the gate of the post station, and Qin Xingyi asked Princess Jin'er to go in by herself, and she said goodbye.

Princess Jin'er was a little reluctant to share this tribulation, grabbed Qin Xingyi's sleeve and asked, "Guard Qin, where are you going?" It's better to go in with Princess Ben, you have injuries and need to rest. ”

Qin Xingyi looked out of the window just now, but never found Prince Su Meng's figure, felt that this exchange of hostages was unsuccessful, and wanted to go to the county government to inquire about the situation. Although she wanted to get a good night's sleep, the situation changed rapidly, and she had to go to the county office to reconnoiter inside and outside the county, so she had to leave.

Princess Jin'er knew that she couldn't keep it, so she stood outside the post gate, silently watching the Qin guards staggering away, feeling very uncomfortable in her heart, and secretly hated that she didn't know martial arts, otherwise she could go with the Qin guards.

After standing for a long time, Princess Jin'er turned around and walked towards the gate of the post station, and several guards guarding the gate were so surprised that their eyes almost popped out, watching Princess Jin'er Shi Ran walk in alone, not knowing when she went out.

The maid Xiaolian was sitting in the princess's room sulking, and when she saw Princess Jin'er returning safe and sound, she immediately jumped up and cheered, grabbed Princess Jin'er's sleeve and didn't let go, and her mother-in-law shouted, "Princess, where have you been?" I'm scared to death Xiaolian! Next time, you can't leave Xiaolian alone, and Xiaolian will go wherever the princess goes in the future! ”

Princess Jin'er knew that Xiaolian was very loyal to her, and she yelled so much because she cared about herself, but she was in a bad mood, so she had to calm down and order her to calm down, and she could be quiet.

Xiaolian knew that she was making a little too much trouble, so she immediately quieted down, helped Princess Jin'er sit on the bed, and helped her rub her legs a few times, while asking if she needed to soak her feet in hot water to relieve her fatigue.

"No need, you can go out first." Princess Jin'er was sullen and leaned against the head of the bed.

Xiaolian knew that Princess Jin'er had something on her mind, and she couldn't help her solve it, so she was very depressed, lowered her head and walked out of the door, came to the courtyard, and suddenly saw the courtyard door open, and the county government came in with a few entourage, hurriedly turned around and opened the door, and said, "Princess, the county government is here." ”

Princess Jin'er was sitting at the head of the bed and was looking at the six gods, when she heard Xiaolian shouting that the county magistrate was coming, she hurriedly sat up and said, "Please come in." ”

Fu Wei, the county magistrate, walked into the room as ordered, greeted the princess after the ceremony, and said: "Your Royal Highness the princess, the officials are incompetent, and the exchange of hostages is not going well. ”

"Brother Wang didn't get it back? What happened? Princess Jin'er asked worriedly.

"Her Royal Highness the princess, you are to blame the officials for their unfavorable affairs, please punish the princess." Fu Wei knew that he was wrong and preemptively admitted punishment.

When Princess Jin'er heard this, she understood that Brother Wang had not been replaced, and she was displeased, and reproached: "What's the use of punishing you?" Brother Wang didn't change it back, you have an unshirkable responsibility as a magistrate, what the hell is going on, you make it clear, don't let this princess be in the clouds. ”

"Yes, Princess. Here's the situation. In the early hours of this morning, Xia Guan discussed with Vice General She and asked him to pretend to be the third prince to go to Prince Sumeng, and he agreed. ”

"What? Master Fu, you are so confused, you are also looking for someone to prevaricate on such an important matter, no wonder Brother Wang didn't change it back, it turned out that you and Vice General She pretended to be smart! If there is any accident caused by this, can you afford to pay for it? Princess Jin'er complained angrily.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess, please calm your anger, the lower official deserves to die, and the lower official is guilty." Fu Wei knew that he could not escape the involvement, so he was terrified and admitted his mistake repeatedly.

"Master Fu don't be busy pleading guilty first, let's talk about how the exchange process was carried out first, and what went wrong?" Princess Jin'er calmed down and asked about the ins and outs of the matter, regretting that she and the Qin guards didn't go out of the city to follow to see what happened.

"Yes, Princess. This morning, when the day was about to dawn, the official dressed in civilian clothes rode in a carriage, led a dozen officials, escorted a prisoner car, and went out of the north city gate to the grove. ”

Princess Jin'er was very familiar with this scene, because at that time, she was sitting at the breakfast stall with the Qin guards drinking hot porridge, and saw Lord Fu and his gang going out of the city, and asked, "Then what?" ”

"When we got to the grove, we saw fifty or sixty people standing in the dark, several times more numerous than us." Fu Wei is very shrewd, first of all, he emphasized the disparity in strength between the two sides, and he can't blame himself for all the reasons for this failure.

"Indeed, the welcoming team brought by the third prince this time has traveled all the way, and has encountered a storm attack halfway, and there are probably only these dozens of people left now." Princess Jin'er has a good understanding of the personnel situation.

"Then, we stood fifty meters apart and waited for the exchange of hostages. On our side, the lower official ordered two officials to carry the stretcher over, and on the stretcher lay Deputy General She, who had made up. On their side, one of their men came with Prince Sumeng on his back. ”

"Do you see clearly that the person being carried is Brother Wang?" Princess Jin'er asked nervously.

"That man is a lot like His Royal Highness the Prince. He was dressed in the clothes of His Royal Highness the Prince, combed the same high hair and blonde, bowed his head, and lay on the shoulders of the bearer. ”

"Well, hurry up." Princess Jin'er felt her palms sweating.

Fu Wei praised first: "What a bold Adjutant She!" When the personnel of both sides approached, they jumped up from the stretcher and grabbed His Royal Highness the Prince. ”