Lu Yuan felt aggrieved in his heart, and felt that his face was a little unbearable, so he waved his hand uncomfortably, and walked towards the door depressedly, almost bumping into the housekeeper who was going to find Qin Boyong.

"Butler, what's the matter?" The butler had just trotted all the way over, and was so tired that he didn't bother to take a break, and immediately reported the situation.

"Lord, the prince is waiting at the door, saying that the emperor wants you to enter the palace immediately."

"Well, this king will go out immediately, thank you for your hard work." Qin Boyong flicked his sleeves and stood up with some difficulty, his expression became more and more solemn, just because he had already guessed a few points because of the reason why he was suddenly summoned to the palace.

"Lord Wang, your wounds haven't healed yet, so don't bump all the way into the palace. Otherwise, go down and say that you can go another day! Xiao Liu looked at Qin Boyong with a worried face, for fear that his body would not be able to support it.

Qin Boyong pulled out a stiff wry smile, then flicked his sleeves and resolutely walked out of the door.

The carriage galloped all the way down the road, Qin Boyong kept his eyes closed, but the pain from his abdomen made him frown. The prince outside the carriage knew that Qin Boyong was injured, but he still deliberately made the coachman faster.

Finally, after a bumpy journey, it was finally here, and the prince gently lifted the curtain of the car, "Lord, it's here, the emperor is waiting for you in the imperial study, and the servants will go over and wait first." ”

"yes, got it." Qin Boyong responded expressionlessly, and then got out of the carriage. At this time, it was evening, and it should be the most lively time of the day except for the early dynasty, but at this time, the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, Qin Boyong didn't think much about it, but calmly straightened his chest and strode towards the imperial study.

As soon as I entered the study, I saw the emperor leaning over and writing big characters.

"See the emperor." Qin Boyong saluted. For a long time, but the emperor didn't speak, he was still doing his own thing, and the two were in such a stalemate.

"Get up." The emperor put down the brush in his hand and sat down at the desk led by the prince.

With the permission of the emperor, Qin Boyong stood up straight, looking at the person sitting in front of him neither humbly nor arrogantly, and waiting for his next remarks, the two of them had their own hearts, but no one was willing to say it clearly.

"Qin Boyong, are you guilty?"

"Back to the emperor, the minister doesn't know what his crime is."

"I already know that Flowing Water Village was washed away by the blood of mountain bandits? If I don't ask today, how long are you going to hide it? The emperor squinted his eyes, exuding a dangerous aura all over his body.

But even so, Qin Boyong was not afraid at all, and still replied calmly: "The minister has no intention of concealing the emperor, but the truth of the matter has not yet been investigated, and the minister thinks that someone is operating behind his back." ”

As soon as the words fell, the emperor's face immediately changed, but after a moment, he pretended to be calm again. "Are you shirking your responsibilities? After all, there is a problem with the fief under your jurisdiction, and I won't stop you if you want to investigate anything, but if you are like this, I can't let you manage Liushui Village with peace of mind. ”

A trace of unnaturalness flashed in the emperor's eyes, he casually took a sip of the tea in his hand, glanced at Qin Boyong who was standing with his spare eyes, and then continued: "I called you here today to inform you of something. I have appointed Li An as the minister of the Imperial Mission, and I will return to Jingzhou with you later to investigate this matter for me. ”

After speaking, he explained a few words to the side of the prince around the island. And the prince went out.

"Your Majesty, why did you send Master Li to Jingzhou, because you are afraid that the ministers will not be able to find out the truth?" Qin Boyong's words were implicitly sarcastic. The emperor was angry, but he didn't dare to attack, he just pretended to be calm.

"Why did King Yong say this? I just sent Master Li to assist you, and you even resisted like this, could it be that King Yong has something unspeakable to hide? As the emperor spoke, he observed Qin Boyong's reaction and saw that he was still standing straight, without the slightest fear.

"Back to the emperor, the ministers are sitting upright." When was he Qin Boyong scared? He wanted to see what tricks the emperor wanted to play.

The emperor laughed unnaturally, and didn't know what to say for a while. Coincidentally, at this time, Li An followed the prince in, and the emperor introduced the two to each other, and after a period of greetings, Li An and Qin Boyong returned to Jingzhou in a carriage.

According to what the emperor said, Li An, as the minister of the Qin Mission, assisted Qin Boyong in thoroughly investigating the bloodbath in Liushui Village, but as soon as he returned to the Qin Mansion, Li An wanted to act alone and asked Qin Boyong to arrange manpower for him.

Qin Boyong already had a plan in his heart, and persuaded Li An with a sneer: "It's rare for Lord Li to come to Jingzhou, since he is here, this king must treat him well." Although everything here is not as convenient as the capital, there are many new things that are not available in the capital. ”

"The prince and I don't have to be so polite." Li An was unhappy in his heart, the emperor's orders could not be delayed, if something went wrong, the emperor would blame him, and I am afraid it would be a matter of losing his head.

But Qin Boyong in front of him is not a good stubble, he is ruthless, this is known to everyone. Ang Lee was silently thinking in his heart, and he must think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Hahaha, according to the king's opinion, Lord Li has been playing here for a few days, and will come back to investigate this matter later."

As soon as Li An heard this, he knew that Qin Boyong deliberately did not let himself interfere, and he suddenly became anxious, and was about to open his mouth to refuse, but Qin Boyong walked out of the door with his hand, and did not give him a chance to refuse at all, "Let's go, today this king will hold a banquet and invite Master Li to the best restaurant in Jingzhou to get drunk and rest." Hahaha! ”

For three days in a row, Li An was taken around by Qin Boyong to eat, drink and have fun every day, and Qin Boyong never mentioned the matter of Flowing Water Village. Li Anxin knew that it would not work like this, so he wanted to ask the emperor for advice. Fortunately, the emperor secretly arranged two shadow guards to secretly protect him, which came in handy.

"Bring this letter into the palace and give it to the emperor." Li An carefully handed the letter he wrote by himself to one of the shadow guards, and explained to him in a serious tone.

"Lord Li, rest assured, his subordinates will personally hand over the letter to the emperor." After saying that, he set off at night. But as soon as he got out of the yard, he was suddenly covered by something from behind, and then fainted.

"Tie him up and throw him in the dungeon!" Xiao Liu stood aside proudly, looking at the fainting shadow guard on the ground, and admired the prince for being like a god, so he asked them to come here to guard in the afternoon, but he didn't expect that there was really a harvest.

"Here's a letter!" His men were about to tie the shadow guard with a rope, when a letter suddenly fell out of his arms.

Xiao Liu took it, glanced at it thoughtfully, and then handed the letter to Qin Boyong. Qin Boyong couldn't help but laugh after reading the content of the letter, it turned out that Li An was complaining like the emperor, saying that he was under the control of Qin Boyong after coming to Jingzhou, and he couldn't do anything.