Liu Hu also knew that his current appearance was very miserable, and said with a wry smile: "Come out and talk to my father-in-law again, I have an urgent matter to see the emperor now, I don't know if the emperor is inside?" ”

"Inside, Lord Liu will wait a while, and we will go in and report for you." Sixi pushed open one of the carved vermilion doors and walked in, and after a while, his head poked out of the door, "Lord Liu, come in." ”

Liu Hu hurriedly straightened the clothes that exuded the smell of sweat on his body, bowed his head and walked to the palace of nourishing the heart with Sixi, knelt down and kowtowed on the golden brick ground where the light was like a mirror, "The slave greets the emperor, the emperor is auspicious!" ”

"You're in a hurry to see me, but you've already found Concubine Xi?" There was a hint of imperceptible urgency in Yinzhen's voice.

Liu Hu took a deep breath and suppressed the tension of the monarch and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the secret agent found traces of the suspected Concubine Xi in Qingjiang Town, a hundred miles away, and she lives in Jianmin Lane in Qingjiang Town......"

"This I know the truth, let's talk about the point!" Yin Zhen frowned and interrupted him unceremoniously, the secret agent was sent by him, and anything found would be presented to him in secret channels as soon as possible.

"Yes." Liu Hu kowtowed and said: "When I was in the palace before, the slave had the honor to protect Concubine Xi, so when I saw it at that time, although Niangniang's face was smeared with plaster, the slave could still be sure that she was Concubine Xi's mother." ”

"Have you ever caught up?" Yin Zhen asked eagerly.

Liu Hu said ashamedly: "The slave is incompetent, and he was led by Niangniang to the forest full of traps, but he didn't fall into the trap and never caught up with Niangniang." ”

Hearing such an answer, Yin Zhen was very disappointed in his heart, and finally found Ling Ruo's whereabouts, but lost it again. But he didn't blame Liu Hu, just looking at his blood-stained trousers and the blood that came in this way, he knew that he was indeed ambushed and couldn't chase after him.

"That being the case, why don't you continue to look for Concubine Xi and come to the palace to see me?" Yin Zhen's words were a little displeased, before Liu Hu went, the will he gave him was to find Concubine Xi, but now that no one has found it, he returned to the palace without authorization, and to put it seriously, it is to disobey the holy order.

Liu Hu also knew this in his heart, so he hurriedly kowtowed: "Back to the emperor, when the slave was chasing Concubine Xi Niangniang that day, he found that Niangniang was very panicked about the appearance of the slave, and even ran away when he saw the slave, and then the slave revealed his identity and told Niangniang that it was the emperor who ordered the slave to pick up Niangniang, but Niangniang was still very scared and refused to stop running. And the night before the slave found Niangniang, the long alley where Niangniang temporarily lived caught fire, and the entire alley was burned down, before the fire, there were watchmen who saw a few suspicious people haunting the long alley, and the slave felt that something was strange, so he dared to ask the secret agent who stayed in Qingjiang Town to investigate the situation of Niangniang during this time, and the slave thought that the matter was serious after seeing it, so he rushed four hundred miles to report this matter to the emperor. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper with four corners stacked on his arms and small characters on his back and handed it to Sixi respectfully, and he presented it to Yinzhen on his behalf.

As soon as Yin Zhen opened and swept the two lines, his complexion changed, and after reading them all, his whole face was already gloomy, according to the situation found by the secret detective, when Ling Ruo appeared in Qingjiang Town, he was seriously injured, thanks to the Jian Min named Shi Sheng who saved her, and then recuperated for more than a month before the injury gradually improved. As for the fire that burned down the entire long alley, although it is impossible to find out who set it for a while, it is certain that it was definitely not an accidental fire, because the most serious burning, that is, the origin of the fire, was not in the house, so it ruled out the possibility that the people in the house accidentally knocked down the fire candle and caused the fire.

Someone didn't kill Ling Ruo in Tongzhou, so he tracked him to Qingjiang Town, who was it? Who the hell is so bold that even his woman dares to hurt?!

The cold light in Yin Zhen's eyes flickered, the hand holding the letter paper gurgled, looking at the bright summer light outside the window paper, barely suppressed the anger churning in his heart, and said coldly: "You have done a good job, I will send an order to the secret agents near Qingjiang Town, so that they can fully cooperate with you, and while finding the whereabouts of Concubine Xi, you must protect her safety, and no one can hurt her in the slightest, otherwise I will only ask you." ”

"Slaves obey!" After Liu Hu agreed, he raised his head a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, the slave is afraid that the slave will be frightened, and like the previous time, he will run away when he sees the slave. ”

Yin Zhen pondered for a while, looked at Sixi and said, "I remember that Li Wei's position in Jiangyin County is full, right?" ”

Sixi hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Yes, Master Li went to the Ministry of Officials to report last month, and he is waiting for the Ministry of Officials to become vacant." ”

"The vacancy is temporarily postponed, you go to pass on the rumor, let him go with Liu Hu to find Concubine Xi, he is from Concubine Xi's side, Concubine Xi has always trusted him, with him, Concubine Xi will not run away when she sees people like last time." At this time, Ling Ruo had already become a frightened bird, and if she wanted to let down her guard, Li Wei was undoubtedly the best candidate.

When Liu Hu was about to go with Sixi, Yin Zhen suddenly said: "Go to the Tai Hospital to re-bandage it first, the wound is easy to be infected and suppurated if it is not treated well, and it will be troublesome to treat it when the time comes." ”

"The slave obeys the order, thank the emperor for his grace!" Liu Hu excitedly knocked down and retreated, and as soon as the Heart Cultivation Hall was quiet for a while, someone walked in, it was Su Peisheng who took Li Dequan's position like Sixi, he was about the same age as Sixi, his complexion was slightly white, and there was a shrewd look between his eyebrows and eyes, only to see him step forward and call Qian'er and whispered: "Your Majesty, Lord Long is asking to see you outside." ”

Yin Zhen's eyes were cold and said, "Pass him in." "Long Keduo came to see him at this time, presumably because he had an eyebrow on the matter he had investigated.

A wave of heat poured into the hall the moment the door of the temple opened, causing the originally cool and pleasant Heart Nourishing Hall to appear a little hot, but it was only for a short while, and the ice cubes placed around it quickly dissipated the heat.

"Slave Long Keduo knocks on the emperor!" Long Keduo strode to the middle of the temple, clapped his sleeves and bowed.

Yin Zhen got up from behind the imperial case and said, "Uncle, please get up." ”

Long Keduo is the younger brother of Empress Xiao Yiren, and Yinzhen regards Empress Xiao Yiren as his own mother, and after ascending the throne, he has always honored Long Keduo as his uncle.

Long Keduo thanked him and stood in the hall with his head down, Yin Zhen rubbed a rosewood box placed on the imperial case, and said in a cool voice: "Uncle has already found it?" ”

"Yes." Long Keduo's answer was not unexpected by Yinzhen, "The servants were ordered by the emperor to count and track down the number of armor and uniforms in the armament depots in various places for days. It was not until yesterday that the servants finally discovered that there was a shortage of more than 30 sets of military uniforms in the Hangzhou arsenal for no reason, and as for when there was a shortage and who took it, there was no record in the booklet, and it could not be found out for a while. ”

"Hangzhou ......" Yinzhen tapped the box thoughtfully, making a tuk tuk sound, the arsenal is heavily guarded, it is impossible for people to sneak into it without knowing, only the people inside can move the arsenal, who is it? And why did you wear a stolen military uniform to Tongzhou to kill people? If it's just to kill someone, wouldn't it be redundant?