On the third day, Lu Jing was still on duty in Xinuan Pavilion as usual, but after the end of the early dynasty, he was summoned by Emperor Yuanyong to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

When Lu Jing entered the hall, Shi Chuanyi, Wu Bingxuan, Yang Fengyi, Chen Ju, Xu Jingnian, Liu Di and others were all there, and his face instantly became solemn, he was really afraid of something, it seemed that this trouble could not be avoided.

Emperor Yuanyong's face was also extremely serious, Mu Zhengnan didn't have any news for two days in a row, if it wasn't an accident, someone wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, thinking of Mu Zhengnan's series of actions after entering Beijing, he instantly locked the suspicion on King Beijing, King Nan'an County and others, and secretly annoyed in his heart, these people thought about making trouble for themselves all day long.

While thinking about it, he looked up and saw Lu Jing coming in, so he asked directly: "The envoy of Qianxiang asked for your help finding someone, what do you mean?" ”

When Lu Jing saw that the emperor asked like this, he knew that he had agreed in his heart, and after paying homage, he had to reply: "Since the envoy of Qianxiang Kingdom has asked for it, and Prince Mu has disappeared in the capital, this dynasty is a state of etiquette in the kingdom, and the minister also has the responsibility to do his part." ”

"In that case, you will assist Shuntianfu in finding the prince of Akane Xiang, and if you can find me, you will have a reward." Emperor Yuanyong nodded, secretly mocking King Beijing and the others in their hearts for miscalculating, no matter what accident happened to Mu Zhengnan, as long as the matter was pushed to the king of Nan'an County and the others, they could destroy their alliance.

"Wechen obeys!" Lu Jing replied, seeing that Emperor Yuanyong only said that he was looking for someone, not life and death, he knew in his heart that the emperor didn't care about Mu Zhengnan's life or death, and even couldn't help but wonder if Mu Zhengnan's disappearance was the emperor's handiwork.

"Foreign Minister Xie Emperor Longen." Ishikawa Yoshishi hurriedly thanked him, but he felt a little sad in his heart, and now that the time has passed, he can only do his best to obey the fate of heaven.

Emperor Yuanyong ordered Liu Di to mobilize people and horses to cooperate with Shuntianfu and Honglu Temple, and let a few people retreat.

Lu Jing, Wu Bingxuan and the others left the Heart Cultivation Hall with a heavy heart, and their faces were a little solemn.

After a few people gathered at the Honglu Temple nearby, they discussed that there was no better way, so they had to send more people to expand the search area, and after a few people assigned the task, they left separately.

After Lu Jing left, he turned back again and asked Ishikawa why he didn't ask for help from the king of Nan'an and what Mu Zhengnan's disappearance had to do with them.

Ishikawa Yi was inconvenient to tell the truth directly, so he threatened: "Last night, I have ordered someone to send a letter back to China, as far as Chen Jingzhong did, the competition between Master Lu and the sixth prince is the cause of the prince's disappearance, if the two countries are at war because of this, Master Lu may not be able to escape the blame, and I hope that Master Lu can do his best to find the sixth prince." ”

Lu Jing was worried that there was no excuse to get out, and when he heard this, he sneered: "If you talk about the cause, your continuous provocation after entering Beijing is the cause, if this is because of the war, the official will ask for orders to go to the battlefield, and I will directly submit your words to the emperor, as for the matter of finding someone, please forgive this official for not participating anymore." With that, he wanted to leave.

Ishikawa was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect him to be so tough as a young junior, and hurriedly stopped Lu Jing and apologized: "I lost my words, and I also ask Master Lu to forgive me." ”

Lu Jing ignored it and prepared to find the emperor to explain the matter, so that he could get out.

Ishikawa apologized again, and exposed the inside story again, so as to stop Lu Jing's departure.

Lu Jing frowned and asked, "That's why you didn't go to the King of Nan'an County?" ”

"Yes, the day after the prince disappeared, all the people sent by the king of Beijing left, and no one was sent to ask about the prince's whereabouts. Ishikawa sighed.

Although Qian Xiangguo also has his own selfishness, at this moment he still pushes everything on King Beijing and others, and wants to use Lu Jing's mouth to convey the attitude of Qian Xiangguo to Emperor Yuanyong, and borrow the emperor's hand to find the six princes.

Lu Jing didn't believe his words, but asked in a deep voice, "Why do you obey their orders?" ”

Ishikawa Yoshiman said helplessly: "The king of Nan'an controls the East China Sea waterway, and his country's foreign trade is subject to him. ”

Lu Jing continued to ask: "In that case, if you betray him at this moment, aren't you afraid that Qian Xiangguo will be retaliated against because of this?" ”

Ishikawa Yi said helplessly: "For the safety of the sixth prince, I have to do this, I hope the emperor can understand that the survival of a remote and small country is not easy." ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he didn't ask anymore, combined with the news he knew, he felt that his words should be half true and false, Qian Xiangguo was so cooperative with the king of Nan'an County, he must also want to provoke the emperor and the nobles to fight, weaken the power of the imperial court, so as to obtain benefits, their own ambitions are not small, otherwise there will be no war with the imperial court in a few years.

After both of them were silent for a moment, Lu Jing said: "This official will relay your words to the emperor, as for how the emperor decides, it is not for me to speculate!" ”

Hearing this, Ishikawa Yoshishi hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you Master Lu for your magnanimity!" But he secretly regretted in his heart that he shouldn't have despised him, causing him to lose his words for a while and expose his hole cards early.

After Lu Jing said goodbye, he entered the palace again and told Emperor Yuanyong the content of the conversation between the two.

After hearing this, Emperor Yuanyong nodded secretly, pondered for a moment, and said: "Since he suspects that it is related to King Beijing, you can investigate this matter and see if it is really what they did, as for Qianxiangguo, don't pay attention to it for the time being." ”

Lu Jing took the order and left, and did not ask whether he wanted to save Mu Zhengnan.

After a day of searching, several people gathered again, summarized the news, and found that Mu Zhengnan was last seen on Osmanthus Street, and then disappeared completely, without even a witness.

There was a guess in the hearts of several people, I am afraid that Mu Zhengnan was arrested and taken elsewhere when he was on Osmanthus Street, but no one said this result.

Later, several people adjusted their direction and investigated the tools of the Tibetans such as the carriage and sedan chair that appeared near there at that time.

At dusk, on the way home for Lu Jing, he was hit by someone coldly, and then a note was stuffed in his hand.

Lu Jing pinched the note, glanced back at the person who bumped into him, saw him leave quickly without looking back, and disappeared into the crowd after a while, secretly doubting in his heart, he walked to no one and opened the note, and saw that there was an address written on it, and a tiger character was written on the sign.

The moment Lu Jing saw the tiger character, he realized that it might be Wang Ziteng who made an appointment to meet him, and he happened to ask him about Mu Zhengnan, so he came to the agreed place according to the address above.

Lu Jing knocked on the door three times according to the above prompt, and an old man came forward to open the door and led him into the room to wait.

After a while, seeing the arrival of the prince, Lu Jing saluted and asked, "I don't know what happened when Lord Wang summoned him?" ”

The prince opened his mouth and said, "I heard that the emperor asked you to investigate the case of Prince Qianxiang?" ”

Lu Jing nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”

Wang Ziteng asked, "What clues can be found now?" ”

Lu Jing pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by your lordship asking this, do you want to ask for clues from the mouth of the lower officials and deal with them in advance?" ”

Wang Ziteng's face was stunned when he heard this, and then he wondered: "Do you suspect that this matter was done by the old man?" ”

Lu Jing didn't say anything after hearing this, but carefully observed the change in Wang Ziteng's expression.

Seeing him behaving like this, Wang Ziteng shook his head helplessly and smiled: "To tell you the truth, the king of Nan'an County and the old man have been inquiring about Mu Zhengnan's traces recently, and we don't know anything about this matter. ”

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Lu Jing couldn't help frowning and asked, "It's really not your doing?" ”

Wang Ziteng said solemnly: "Naturally not, the old man came to you today just to see what clues you have!" ”

After speaking, he said: "In addition to arresting Mu Zhengnan, in addition to making Qian Xiangguo suspect us, what is the benefit of the old man and others doing this, if something happens to Mu Zhengnan, it is estimated that the first thing Qian Xiangguo suspects is us." ”

Lu Jing nodded, it is true, at the moment, not only the emperor suspects that it was done by the king of Nan'an County and others, but also on the side of Qianxiang Kingdom, the king of Nan'an and others will not do such an unwise thing, thought about it and asked, "Is it the king of Beijing who did it?" ”

Wang Ziteng shook his head and said: "It can't be him, he has been looking for Mu Zhengnan for the past few days, and he seems to be more eager than us." ”

Lu Jing was puzzled: "Then why did he withdraw the people who were arranged to enter the mission of the Qianxiang Kingdom?" ”

Wang Ziteng explained: "This matter was suggested by the old man to do this, Mu Zhengnan is missing, the court will inevitably interrogate the people around him, and if they stay any longer, their identities will inevitably be exposed." ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he was completely clueless, if it wasn't for the King of Beijing, the King of Nan'an County and others, who would it be, could it be the emperor, or a play directed and acted by Qian Xiangguo.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing asked, "Is it possible that this matter is the plan of Qian Xiangguo?" ”

Wang Ziteng understood what he meant, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, but the old man is not sure." ”

After speaking, he said: "The old man suspects that the emperor did it, and deliberately separates the relationship between Qianxiang Kingdom and us!" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "In my opinion, it doesn't look like the emperor did it." ”

The two analyzed and analyzed, and finally believed that the most likely situation at present was that Mu Zhengnan offended someone and suffered an accident.

Then they agreed on the way to meet in the future, and Lu Jing and Wang Ziteng left in disguise.