In the Yongming Palace.

The two men were talking, the man in the black robe who was about fifty years old was the monarch of the Fish Country: Nangong Shi, and another young man who looked like a weak scholar at the age of twenty-nine, holding an orchid fan, was Nangong Shi's eldest son, the son of the Fish Country: Nangong asked.

At this time, the prince Nangong asked Xian a little anxious, and said: "Father, many people have disappeared out of thin air in the capital in the past two days, and these people are not ordinary ordinary people, they are the martial arts and strong soldiers of our fish country, if this continues, if this matter is known by other vassal states, according to the current impatience of the local regimes, if they attack us, we will not even be able to resist the most basic resistance." ”

Nangong Shi's face is naturally not much better, such a thing has happened to his fiefdom, if it continues like this, the fief that has just been in hand for decades will have to be handed over.

"How's the investigation going?" Nangong Shi's face was very solemn.

"The people sent out to investigate, whether they are civil officials or military generals, have all disappeared out of thin air, and everyone says that they have never seen them, father, do you think that this is a god and ghost who wants to destroy our fish country, so they will come to take away these officers and soldiers silently?"

"It's nonsense, how can you, as the son of the fish country, say such a thing? How can there be any gods and ghosts in this world, if there is really a ghost in the righteousness of the soldiers, it is impossible to take away so many soldiers with high martial arts at once, how many generals are there in my fish country, which people are strong in martial arts, which people are in important positions in the army, the other party is clear, this matter is so strange, it must be artificial, and we must not underestimate this person's ability, this matter must be investigated as much as possible, there must be a big conspiracy behind it, a big conspiracy that is not good for our fish country. ”

"Yes, the child knows it's wrong." Nangong asked that his father was angry, and knelt on the ground to admit his mistake.

"Forget it, get up, as a prince, you must have a big mind, there must be a secret behind every bizarre thing, the monarch, is to let the truth come to light, instead of pushing everything to the gods and ghosts, how many generals are still there in our fish country?" Nangong Shi picked up his son and asked deeply.

Nangong Wen followed his father back to the chair, hesitated for a while, then took out a pile of spy documents from his sleeve, handed them to Nangong Shi, and said: "Back to my father, the military doctor, the military horse, the military secretary, Hou An and other important positions in the army have disappeared, these are just handed in spy documents, and now the people in the army are panicking, we must do our best to find the right candidates for these positions, in order to stabilize the military heart." ”

Nangong Shi didn't open those spy texts, he put them on the table casually, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said: "I know this, these generals are important, but the investigation of this matter cannot be ignored, so let's do it, there are a lot of talented people in the people, you go and issue an order, and recruit those people who are strong in martial arts and talented and strategic, and if they are outstanding, I will let them fill these vacant positions, as for the candidates who are sent out to investigate the case of the disappearance of the soldiers again, ask if there are any candidates to recommend?" ”

"Me"

"Enlighten the lord, Xuansheng Palace sent someone over and said that there is something important to report to the lord."

As soon as Nangong Wen spoke, he was interrupted by Liu Shu, the little eunuch beside Nangong Shi, who ran in.

"Xuansheng Palace?" Nangong Shi thought that he had misheard, and showed an extremely surprised expression, this Xuansheng Palace, which has been silent for seventeen years, how could the people inside be willing to take the initiative to come out to me today, what could it be?

Nangong Wen's face on the side was similar to that of his father, but there was still a trace of an unknown smile hidden in this surprised expression.

Nangong Shi: "Call him in." ”

"Yes, my lord." After Liu Shu went out, Qiange ran in, sent the spy text to Nangong Shi, and said: "Tell the lord, this spy is the spy of Nangong Gongzi's concubine, if the lord is fine, then the villain will retire first." ”

After Qiange finished speaking, he was about to run out, and seeing that this subordinate of Xuansheng Palace was so rude like his master, Nangong Shi was furious and shouted: "Stop, what are you running?" Are you in such a hurry to go? ”

Seeing Nangong Shi's anger, he was so frightened that Qiange's legs weakened, and he almost collapsed on the ground.

"Back to the lord, the son wants me to go back as soon as the spy text is delivered, I can't stay for a long time, if I go back late, I won't have anything to eat tonight."

"Are you a rice bucket and only remember to eat? Let me ask you, what's the matter with the princess? Which lady is Hongxiang Lingzi? Why have I never heard the ministers talk about it? ”

"This, this"

"Say this and this."

At this time, although his legs were paralyzed due to disobedience, Qiange's brain could not be blinded, if he said a wrong word, he would inevitably clean himself up when he went back to the child's question, and he couldn't tell the lord truthfully in front of him, this princess and concubine even felt inexplicable, anyway, the prince was unwilling to walk out of the Xuansheng Palace, and the blind master would not necessarily know, and it was important to save his life.

"Back to the lord, this subordinate is only responsible for sending spy texts, usually the son just asks me to guard the door, and the princess of the matter is better to ask the son in person, or, I will go back and inform the son to tell the lord in person?"

After Qiange finished speaking, Nangong Shi became impatient and said, "Come on, if he was willing to see me, he would have come a long time ago, you can go, let's go." ”

"Wait a minute." Nangong asked this, stopping Qiange's footsteps.

"Father, since the matter of the second brother's son-in-law and concubine has been solved, it means that the matter has been put down in his heart, the second brother was resourceful when he was a child, and his martial arts were not bad, I don't know if he has grown a lot in the past seventeen years, and now the fish country is in the time of employing people, and the son has an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"Say"

Nangong Shi didn't know what Nangong wanted to say, but when it came to Nangong Qian's second son's talent and martial arts, who in the fish country still didn't know this former prodigy, although the figure of this son has disappeared for seventeen years, but the folk still spread his legend, but outsiders don't know why this prodigy has disappeared for so many years.

"Yes, father, Erchen thinks that to investigate the case of the disappearance of the soldier, why not let the second brother investigate, with the talent of the second brother, Erchen believes that the second brother will definitely investigate the results, and the second brother is willing to report the matter of the crown princess to his father, which shows the importance of the princess in the heart of the second brother, if the second brother is unwilling, why not"

Hehe, the focus of Nangong's question is on the last sentence, Nangong Shi listened to the eldest son's words, and he could hear what it meant, and it made sense, he thought about it, looked at Qiange, and asked, "Raise your head, what's your name?" ”

"Back to the lord, the villain is a thousand grids"

As soon as Qiange raised his head, Nangong Shi glanced at him, his heart suddenly trembled, and a woman's frown immediately flashed in his mind, like, too similar, how could there be such a similar person? Could it be...... Impossible, impossible, Nangong Shi muttered in his heart.