Chapter 262: The Princess and the Little Prince
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There was also a young man who looked like he was about twenty years old, with a sad expression, a little anger and hatred on his face, and he kept throwing paper money into the brazier in front of him.
One is Lin Qi, the princess of King Huai before his death, and the other is the only son of King Huai, that is, Xu Zhi, the little prince who inherited the throne of King Huai not long ago.
Behind the two of them were also kneeling a group of women in mourning clothes, crying sadly, including other concubines of King Huai before his death, as well as the wives and concubines of Xu Zhi, King of Xiaohuai.
Li Qiu and Mu Fei were led into the mourning hall by Steward Zhao, his eyes swept over Lin Qi and Xu Zhi, and then he took Mu Fei and the two of them to come forward to mourn King Huai.
Although they were here to learn some information about the yin ghost from the surviving guard.
But it happened that the palace was holding a funeral for King Huai, so he couldn't come up without etiquette, and when he came up, he went straight to the guards, at least the passing scene was still required.
Mu Fei and Wang Yuan knelt down and bowed three times, while Li Qiu only bowed three times and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
According to the rules of the hanging sacrifice, the deceased is the greatest, whether it is a junior or an equal, a person of low status or equal status, must bow to the deceased, only the elders and those whose status is higher than the deceased, can not kneel and worship, just bow and offer incense.
With Li Qiu's age, there is no doubt that he is the junior of King Huai, and as a prince in the royal family, his status is higher than that of a first-class member of the imperial court on the surface, so it seems that he should kneel to King Huai.
But he just thought it was just a formality, and he couldn't bow down to a dead man who didn't know anything about life just because he was going through the motions.
And in terms of actual status, King Huai, an idle prince, is far inferior to him, a first-class surveyor.
As a martial saint, he is the foundation of the imperial court to shock the world, and King Huai, an idle prince, is no more than him and no less than him for the imperial court.
When Li Qiu and the three of them mourned King Huai, Steward Zhao lay in the ear of Princess Huai and told Li Qiu the identities of the three of them.
Hearing that Li Qiu was a first-grade celestial surveyor, Princess Huai looked shocked, she was not an ignorant woman who didn't know anything, she knew very well what a first-grade celestial surveyor represented.
Although Li Qiu was too young in appearance, and he did not show the token representing the identity of the first-grade Heavenly Surveyor, there were two second-grade Heavenly Surveyors following, presumably the identity should not be fake.
She had indeed heard not long ago that the Sky Survey Division had added a new Martial Saint, who was very young.
Regarding Li Qiu's failure to kneel down to worship King Huai, Princess Huai looked a little uncomfortable in her heart.
The status is high, and Li Qiu is a junior of King Huai after all, but he just bows.
However, although she was dissatisfied in her heart, she didn't dare to show it in front of Li Qiu.
A martial saint can't afford to offend even a prince who holds a lot of power.
Xu Zhi knew that Li Qiu's identity was probably unusual, but he looked at Li Qiu in front of his father's coffin, and only bowed three times, and his heart was extremely angry, and he almost had a seizure on the spot.
But considering that so many people were watching, if he made a big fuss in his father's mourning hall, it would probably make people laugh, and it would also disturb his father's soul, so that his father would not be able to rest after his death, but he finally endured it.
He looked at Li Qiu's figure with a grim gaze, and swore in his heart that he would teach Li Qiu a good lesson if he had the opportunity, so that he would remember it for the rest of his life.
No matter how unusual Li Qiu's identity is, he is not afraid, because the current emperor is his own uncle!
No matter how high Li Qiu's official position is, he is also an outsider!
And it was Li Qiu Lingtang's rudeness first, and he had just experienced the pain of losing his father, no matter how much he went too far, I believe that his emperor uncle would not punish him for anything, but would favor him on the contrary.
After Li Qiu and Mu Fei mourned, they came to Princess Huai's side.
Princess Huai stood up, bowed slightly, and saluted.
"The little concubine has seen Master Li and the two adults. ”
"I have met the princess, we are the surveyors sent by the imperial court, and we hope to meet the guard who protected the prince that night, and get some news from his mouth, so as to better track down the ghost who killed the prince. ”
Li Qiu nodded.
"Steward Zhao, lead the three adults to the mansion of the king. Princess Huai immediately waved her hand.
"Yes. ”
Mu Fei and Wang Yuan bowed to Princess Huai, followed Li Qiu, and under the guidance of Steward Zhao, walked out of the mourning hall and walked towards the south of the palace.
"Mother, who are these three?"
After the three of them left, a touch of ruthlessness flashed in Xu Zhi's eyes, and he asked Princess Huai.
Princess Huai lowered her head, as if she was worried about whether Li Qiu and the others could find and kill the ghost, and replied casually.
"These three people are the celestial surveyors sent by the imperial court, and they are ordered to find and kill the ghosts who killed your father!"
"Whether your father's revenge can be avenged depends on these three people!"
Xu Zhi frowned when he heard this, his face was cloudy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In a mansion south of the palace.
Li Qiu and Mu Fei saw the seriously injured guard.
said that it was a guard, but in fact, it was the head of the guard's body, otherwise it would not have been possible to follow King Huai for personal protection at that time.
From the mouth of the leader of the king, who was seriously injured in bed, Li Qiu learned some information about the ghost's clothing and physical characteristics, and the process of what happened at that time.
According to what the king said, when he and King Huai bumped into the yin ghost committing murder, the yin ghost had not killed too many people, and his mind was still sober.
At that time, he reported the identity of King Huai, and wanted to make the yin ghost have some scruples.
Killing a group of people is not the same as killing a group of people and a prince, and the intensity of his pursuit and killing at that time is not the same.
And if you kill King Huai, you won't get more yin qi, which can be said to be harmful and useless.
But after hearing this, the yin ghost did not have the slightest scruples, sneered disdainfully, and casually slapped him who was blocking in front of King Huai and flew into the river with serious injuries, and then killed King Huai with a palm through the heart and murderously.
It sounded like this royal commander reported the identity of King Huai and wanted to make the yin ghost scruples, but it angered him.
Li Qiu took Mu Fei and the two of them out of the mansion of the king, and wanted to go to the branch of the Heaven Hunting Division in Huizhou City.
In terms of controlling the news in all parts of the world, the Sky Survey Division is far inferior to the Heaven Hunting Division, and this matter also needs the assistance of the Heaven Hunting Division.
He planned to ask the Heaven Hunting Division in Huizhou City to report to the General Director of the Heaven Hunting Division, and then ask them to order the Heaven Hunting Divisions in various places to pay attention to tracking down the traces of that Yin Ghost and help.
At the door of the house, Steward Zhao stood aside and waited.
Li Qiu walked out of the courtyard gate and said to him.
"It's important to find the ghost who killed the prince, and we won't ask the princess to resign. ”
Leaving the master's house and not asking the master for his resignation in person is somewhat rude.
But Li Qiu's identity was different, and Steward Zhao didn't dare to say anything, so he smiled and said.
"The princess will go to tell the little ones, and I will send the three adults away. ”
"Good. ”
"Three adults, go this way. ”
Steward Zhao led the way, and Li Qiu took Mu Fei and the two of them to the outside of the palace.
But when they passed a corner, they were stopped.
Steward Zhao looked at the people blocking the road with a surprised expression.
"Little prince, why are you here?"
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