Cheng Mu'an didn't know that he and Wen Xiaomiao had passed by, if he didn't go to the bottom of the valley, but continued to search in the mountains, maybe he would meet Wen Xiaomiao, as well as Lin Suyu and Jiuyourong.

The bottom of the valley was cold, Cheng Muxin was anxious, Wen Xiaomiao was poisoned, and the surrounding environment was so bad, he didn't know what she would become when he found Wen Xiaomiao, he didn't dare to imagine.

The guards with knives led their soldiers to the bottom of the valley, although the area is not large, but because of the mountain springs flowing all year round, the vegetation here grows luxuriantly, and wild beasts are frequent, usually ordinary people do not come here, it is too dangerous.

According to the current form, it is unlikely that Cheng Mu'an will be escorted back to the palace before the auspicious time, and the guards with knives will send people back to the palace to explain the situation here to the emperor, and the rest of the people will search for Cheng Mu'an with all their might.

According to what he saw and heard along the way, the guards with knives could basically sort out a general context of Cheng Mu'an's affairs, and he asked his subordinates to inform the emperor of his inference at the same time, and the emperor would decide what to do next.

Cheng Mu'an eagerly searched for Wen Xiaomiao, drinking some mountain spring water when he was thirsty, and eating some berries when he was hungry, while he also had to avoid the tracking of the guards and the attacks of wild beasts and poisonous snakes.

Cheng Mu'an didn't rest for a whole day and a night, he didn't sleep, he couldn't sleep, as the scope gradually narrowed, Cheng Mu'an's heart became heavier and heavier, and there was not even a trace of clothes at the bottom of the valley, could it be that Wen Xiaomiao was still taken away?

The silence in the palace has been restored, Liu Kuo has no choice but to follow Gu Haojun's suggestion to tell the world that Cheng Mu'an died violently, Princess Taishun is not married yet, and it will have no impact on her reputation in the future, and she can marry as she wants.

However, Liu Kuo was very unhappy in his heart, on the one hand, he wanted to appease Princess Taishun, and he couldn't let her see the body of the fake Cheng Mu'an, and on the other hand, he had to hold a grand funeral for Cheng Mu'an, and he wanted to block the mouths of the people.

Gu Haojun was sent back to the mansion, in order to show punishment, Liu Kuo warned Gu Haojun that he was not allowed to leave the mansion for half a year without his order, and if he dared to leave the mansion, he would be beaten a hundred boards, Gu Haojun heard this, and hurriedly said that he would rather suffocate to death than be beaten to death.

Cheng Mu'an searched for another day and night, but there was still no trace of Wen Xiaomiao, and he was sure that Wen Xiaomiao was not eaten by the beast, because there were no fresh bones and no residual clothes.

Cheng Mu'an didn't rest for a whole day and a night, he didn't sleep, he couldn't sleep, as the scope gradually narrowed, Cheng Mu'an's heart became heavier and heavier, and there was not even a trace of clothes at the bottom of the valley, could it be that Wen Xiaomiao was still taken away?

The silence in the palace has been restored, Liu Kuo has no choice but to follow Gu Haojun's suggestion to tell the world that Cheng Mu'an died violently, Princess Taishun is not married yet, and it will have no impact on her reputation in the future, and she can marry as she wants.

However, Liu Kuo was very unhappy in his heart, on the one hand, he wanted to appease Princess Taishun, and he couldn't let her see the body of the fake Cheng Mu'an, and on the other hand, he had to hold a grand funeral for Cheng Mu'an, and he wanted to block the mouths of the people.

Gu Haojun was sent back to the mansion, in order to show punishment, Liu Kuo warned Gu Haojun that he was not allowed to leave the mansion for half a year without his order, and if he dared to leave the mansion, he would be beaten a hundred boards, Gu Haojun heard this, and hurriedly said that he would rather suffocate to death than be beaten to death.

Cheng Mu'an searched for another day and night, but there was still no trace of Wen Xiaomiao, and he was sure that Wen Xiaomiao was not eaten by the beast, because there were no fresh bones and no residual clothes.

Cheng Muan hoped that Wen Xiaomiao would be detained by Liu Kuo, so that maybe Wen Xiaomiao still had a glimmer of hope for life.

The sky was dark, the moon was half hidden in the black clouds, Cheng Mu'an carefully avoided the guards, sneaked out from the bottom of the valley, and the horse he tied to the tree at the foot of the mountain was gone, Cheng Mu'an had to use light skills to run to the Gu Mansion.

Cheng Mu'an stopped not far from the Gu Mansion, seeing that the gate of the Gu Mansion was closed, only two big red lanterns hung on both sides of the door, Cheng Mu'an carefully observed the environment around the Gu Mansion, and he decided to go in through the wall through the back door, trying not to disturb more people.

After Cheng Mu'an entered from the back door, there was a black bamboo forest next to the path in front of him, there was only the sound of insects chirping around, and there was no one, he squatted on the wall and waited for a while, no one, he jumped on the roof lightly, and found Gu Haojun's house with ease.

Gu Haojun's room was still lit up.

Cheng Muan was lying on the roof, the house was very quiet, he lifted the blue and gray square tiles on the roof, looked into the house, and saw Gu Haojun staying in the house alone, sitting at the table and reading a book boredly.

Cheng Mu'an jumped down from the roof and pushed the door directly in.

When Gu Haojun saw Cheng Mu'an, his mouth grew up, and Cheng Mu'an shushed him and signaled him not to speak.

Gu Haojun blew out the oil lamp, and the room was dark for a moment.

"Lao Cheng, why are you here, where is your Miaomiao?" Gu Haojun asked softly, he has been under house arrest and has been escorted back to the Gu Mansion, Liu Kuo will not let him leave the mansion, and he doesn't know what the situation is outside.

"I want to see the emperor." Cheng Muan directly put forward the purpose.

"Huh? You are crazy? finally escaped from the palace unscathed, and had to be sent to the door by himself? The emperor is happy, he can't wait for it. Gu Hao got used to it for a while, saw Cheng Mu'an's figure, poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.

Cheng Mu'an's sweat smell is still quite heavy, how long has this guy been running, Gu Haojun found a sweat towel and handed it to Cheng Mu'an.

"Did your sister look for Miao Miao yesterday?" Cheng Muan asked.

"Haven't you heard? Need me to ask? Gu Haojun asked.

"No, Miao Miao was kidnapped, but now her life and death are unknown, she should have been poisoned, I haven't found the body in the past two days, the secret guard left a message before he died, the person who chased them was a master of Ouchi, and the level was still very high, it seems that only people in the palace know her whereabouts." Cheng Mu'an drank the water in the cup in one gulp, walked to the table and poured another glass for himself.

"Do you suspect it's the emperor?" Gu Haojun was shocked.

"Whether it is or not, it must be someone from the palace, you help me send a message to the emperor, if the emperor sent someone to take Miao Miao away, and asked him to see the contributions made by the two generations before and after the Cheng family to the imperial court, Miao Miao has a way to live" Cheng Muan sat on the chair.

"What if the emperor doesn't agree?" Gu Haojun also sat down.

"Then I'll have to break in." Cheng Mu'an has already put life and death aside, Liu Kuo has already made him disheartened, his brother for many years turned out to be just a chess piece in the upper position, he felt that it was really boring, no matter how powerful he was, he was still a tool of others, and the person he really liked and wanted to protect couldn't protect him, he had a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Don't be impulsive yet, wait for me to go to the palace to inquire." Gu Haojun just wanted to take a step, and suddenly remembered, "Oh no, I forgot that I was confined to the palace by the emperor, and I can't take half a step out of the Gu Mansion without his order." ”

"What if you take half a step?" Cheng Muan looked up at Gu Haojun, who had already stood up, and asked.

"It's nothing, it's a big deal to be beaten up by him, where can I notify you when there is news?" Gu Haojun smiled and passed the consequences caused by going out without authorization, but he knew in his heart that Liu Kuo would definitely do what he said, a hundred boards.

Gu Haojun thought to himself: This hasn't won Qin Feiyan's heart yet, his life is about to rest, it seems that this life is this life, and he has no fate with Qin Damei.

"Go to the City God Temple outside the east gate, I'll be waiting for you near there." Cheng Muan also stood up.

"Okay, if I don't go, it's the same if Dunzi goes, there is a code word between me and Dunzi, if there are other people, you won't show up." Gu Haojun said.

"The emperor threatened you?" Cheng Muan vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"You ran away from marriage for such a big thing, the emperor didn't do anything to me, don't worry, it's okay." Gu Haojun patted Cheng Mu'an's shoulder with a smile, turned around and went out.

Cheng Mu'an also slipped out of the back door after a while and came out of the Gu Mansion.

Cheng Mu'an didn't go directly to the City God Temple, Gu Mansion was much farther away from the palace than Cheng Mansion, and Gu Haojun didn't come back so quickly for a while, he didn't worry about the people in Cheng Mansion, and planned to go to Cheng Mansion to see it first.

Cheng Mu'an walked around the periphery of Cheng's mansion a few times, but Liu Kuo didn't send someone to block this place, not even a secret guard, which was somewhat unexpected to him.

As for whether there is any ambush in the house, I can't see it from the outside.

There were two lanterns hanging next to the door of the house, Cheng Mu'an looked at it strangely for a while, who is going to be funeral in the house, why is it a white lantern, Mrs. Chen? Chen Mu?

Gu Haojun left in a hurry, and as a result, he forgot to say anything about his violent death.

He decided to go into the house to have a look, naturally he couldn't go through the main entrance.

Cheng Muan found a remote location, climbed to the top of the wall along the wall and looked at the house, there was no sign of killing, he put his heart down, he was really afraid to see the tragic scene five years ago again.

There was a faint sound of wooden fish beating in the house, Cheng Mu'an listened for a while, turned into the wall, bent down and followed the sound of wooden fish to the front yard.

Turning the corner, a white spirit shed appeared in front of Cheng Mu'an, he hid in the dark corner, without making a sound under his feet, quietly observing.

The white cloth strips falling from the huge mourning flags in front of the mourning shed were fluttering in the evening breeze, and Cheng Mu'an saw a huge red coffin in the middle of the mourning shed, and a monk was sitting next to him knocking on the wooden fish and chanting sutras to overkill the dead.

Steward Wang knelt beside the brazier, burning the coin incessantly, muttering to pieces that he didn't know what it was, and a young man he didn't know guarding the oil lamp.

No one came in or out for a long time, Cheng Mu'an slowly approached the spirit shed, picked up a small pebble from the ground and threw it into the brazier.

Steward Wang quietly glanced at the dark night outside the spirit shed, put down the dark coin in his hand, slowly stood up, rubbed his legs, knocked on his waist, and said to the young man: "You guard here, I will go back." ”

The young man nodded.

Steward Wang slowly walked out of the mourning shed and looked around calmly.

Cheng Mu'an hid in the dark and beckoned to Steward Wang, and then in a flash, Steward Wang followed unhurriedly.

"What about the old lady and Chen Mu?" Cheng Muan asked in a low voice.

"The third prince can rest assured, his subordinates have sent them out of the city and sent their entourage." Steward Wang also said in a low voice.

"Why are you still here?" Cheng Muan then asked.

"I arranged the old lady and them, and dismissed all the servants, and I was about to leave, but who knew that the emperor sent someone to send the coffin and it didn't work." Steward Wang said.

"Who's in the coffin?" Cheng Mu'an asked curiously, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his heart, and he pointed to himself and looked at Steward Wang.

"Yes, it is the third prince, the emperor sent someone to send an edict saying that the third prince died violently today, the wedding was canceled, and no one can open the coffin, spread the epidemic prevention disease, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Steward Wang nodded solemnly.

Cheng Muan looked at Steward Wang with admiration, he knew that he was not dead, he was still meticulous in this transition, and Gu Haojun, the housekeeper, recommended it very well.

The author has something to say: Dear friends, if Xiao Cheng Mu'an or Xiao Wen Xiaomiao is born, what name do you think is better?