"Lord Wang, Mr. Ning has a letter." Hongxia handed over a letter sealed with fire paint.

Huangfu Jingyao unfolded the letterhead, and before long, his palm slapped heavily on the table, startling Hong Xia as well.

"Lord Wang, what happened in the capital?"

"The night is missing."

"Didn't the emperor say to the outside world that the imperial concubine was weak and cultivated in the palace? How did it come to this? ”

"Cultivation is just a pretense, Ning Yanchen was still fine when he left the capital, and when he returned to Beijing from the Tianshan Mountains, Xiang Wan had been missing for more than a month. For fear of being distracted, he never told me. Huangfu Jingyao's tone was as calm as ice, but the anxiety in his heart could still be felt by Hongxia.

"Lord Wang, what should I do now?" Now five months have passed, and the imperial concubine still has no whereabouts, so the prince is not in a hurry.

Ning Yanchen said in the letter that he was already on his way to the border pass. He traced all the way from the palace and thought that Xiang Wan had been brought to the border, so he would come to meet the king first, and then find a way. ”

Hong Xia didn't ask any more, just silently stayed outside the tent, and the prince must not want anyone to disturb him at this moment.

Huangfu Jingyao paced in the tent, calculating that he hadn't seen Chu Xiangwan for nearly a year, thinking that Xiang Wan should not be in danger of life if he had the protection of Huangfu Jingwen in the palace, but he didn't expect that Huangfu Jingwen was useless to such an extent, even the beloved woman couldn't protect her thoroughly, so that Xiang Wan was displaced, and there was no news until now. He looked at the topographic map of the border pass hanging in the middle of the big tent, and asked softly: "Wan'er, where are you and whether you are safe, you wait for me, no matter where you are, I will definitely find you at all costs." ”

In just a few days, Ning Yanchen arrived. He silently stepped into the big tent and said to Huangfu Jingyao: "I'm sorry, I didn't help you take care of her." ”

Huangfu stood with his hands in his hands, and his tone was low: "I don't blame you, I shouldn't have left her alone in the palace, I knew that I should have taken her away desperately." ”

"Jing Yao, you don't have to blame yourself, I have already found some clues, I believe she is in this northern land."

"I want to know the ins and outs." Huangfu Jingyao said word by word.

"If my guess is correct, it should be the Queen Mother who sent her out of the palace. As soon as she left the palace, she was robbed by Huangfu Jingbian, and later Huangfu Jingbian sent her to Qinglou, and Qinglou sent her to the border as a military prostitute, "Ning Yanchen didn't dare to continue, because he saw that Huangfu Jingyao's fist had been clenched tightly.

"And then, you go on." Huangfu Jingyao didn't expect Chu Xiangwan to go through so many twists and turns along the way.

"On the way to the border gate, they met horse thieves, and the horse thieves took them to the black market in Tong'an Town to buy and sell."

"Come with me to Tong'an." Huangfu Jingyao stood up, lifted the curtain and strode out. Ning Yanchen knew that he couldn't stop it, so he followed him out. They took Hong Xia and dozens of guards, galloped for a day and a night, and went straight to the Tong'an Black Market. When we got there, it was already evening, and the people in the black market were almost gone, and one of the guards grabbed a man and asked, "Where is the boss of the black market?" ”

Seeing that they were not good, the man trembled and pointed to Geng Ye, who was facing away from them, and said, "It's him." ”

Huangfu Jingyao slowly walked to the chair next to the platform and sat down, during this period, the guards stepped forward to take people, Geng Ye had a few guards around him, and he wanted to stop him, but after a few efforts, he was beaten all over the ground by Huangfu Jingyao's people looking for teeth.

"Who are you? Why are you arresting me? Geng Ye knelt on the ground at this time, and his voice was weak.

"Geng Ye, right? You don't have to be afraid, as long as you cooperate obediently, I guarantee that your head will be on your neck, but if you have something untrue, I don't dare to guarantee that your body will be divided into several pieces in the end. Ning Yanchen had a smile on his face when he said this, but the content of his words was terrifying.

Geng Ye nodded, so frightened that he couldn't say a word.

"I ask you, did you sell a group of girls for the horse thieves a few months ago?"

"Yes," Geng Ye nodded, but he shook his head after a while and said "No", seeing Huangfu Jingyao's face, he stammered: "I mean I sold several batches of girls, I don't know which batch you are asking?" ”

"When it was about July, there was a girl in it who was very beautiful, you should have an impression of that, right?" Ning Yanchen's face was also not good.

"Yes, yes, I think about it, it seems that there is such a girl."

"Is that it?" Hong Xia took out Chu Xiangwan's portrait for Geng Ye to identify.

"Yes, it's her, and someone asked about the whereabouts of this girl before. This girl is really beautiful, I remember selling fifty gold leaves at that time. "Chu Xiangwan's appearance is not bad, which is unforgettable, and Geng Ye has always been impressed.

Ning Yanchen and Huangfu Jingyao glanced at each other, this person in Geng Ye's mouth should be talking about Bian Yi. Ning Yanchen then asked, "Don't you know who bought this girl?" ”

"This uncle, the little one doesn't dare to lie, I really don't know."

Ning Yanchen glanced at Hong Xia, and Hong Xia understood, and immediately put the sword on Geng Ye's neck, and said coldly, "Do you want us to help you remember it well?" ”

"Ouch, woman, be merciful, let me think about it." Geng Ye rubbed his hands together, sweating profusely in a hurry, "By the way, I remembered, when I saw that the buyer made a generous and mysterious way to let his men make a price, I glanced out and found that the other party was dressed as a business traveler, but the etiquette of the people below when they spoke to their boss did not look like the etiquette of the Great Zhou, it was very strange." I don't really know about the rest. Please don't kill me, uncle. ”

Huangfu Jingyao got up and left, and said before leaving: "Cut off his tongue, so that he still dares to do this yin owl business." ”

When Geng Ye heard his words, he couldn't speak anymore before he had time to beg for mercy.

Huangfu Jingyao and Ning Yanchen rode to a river, the guards took the horses to rest, only Hongxia stood aside, Huangfu Jingyao looked at the river and said: "It seems that the group of people who bought the night are Huns. ”

"Yes, it's so generous, it's not what an ordinary business traveler should look like, and the real buyer is hidden in the crowd and doesn't want to show up, it can be seen that he doesn't want people to find out his identity, in my opinion, it should be the Huns who came to listen to the news."

"If it really falls into the hands of the Huns, once her true identity is known, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Although the imperial concubine is weak and kind, she is not stupid, she will protect herself, and we will find her sooner or later." Ning Yanchen believed in Chu Xiangwan's wit and courage.

"Hongxia, order all the secret guards to disperse to the various tribes of the Xiongnu to find people, but remember not to expose your whereabouts, and you can't leak the news of the late Xiongnu."

"My subordinates understand."