Out of the Qianyuan Palace, Zhang Bangli walked slowly in the night, unable to see clearly.

When he passed the imperial study again, he stopped and looked at the imperial study shrouded in darkness, and he was alone, pondering alone for a long time before leaving.

When he returned to his office, he immediately summoned a confidant: "Immediately transfer the attendance records of the general affairs chamberlain around His Majesty to me." ”

"General affairs chamberlain? You mean Mr. Liu? The subordinate was a little surprised and confirmed.

"That's right, it's him!" Zhang Bangli nodded, then stared at his subordinates, and explained in a deep voice: "Attention, act secretly, don't make a noise!" ”

"Yes!" When his subordinates heard this, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they turned around and went out.

Zhang Bangli sat behind his desk, his face a little solemn.

It didn't take long for the subordinates to transfer the attendance records of General Manager Liu, handed them to Zhang Bangli and said: "What we can sort out for the time being here is only General Manager Liu's attendance records in the past four years." ”

"Four years is enough, you go out first!" Zhang Bangli took it and nodded.

The subordinate didn't say much and left the room.

Zhang Bangli stared at the attendance file in his hand, took a deep breath, and opened the record book.

This has been sorted out from time to time, and attendance and absences are clear at a glance.

In less than half an hour, Zhang Bangli finished reading it.

Slowly putting down the record in his hand, Zhang Bangli's face began to become extremely ugly, and he sat on the chair and did not move for a long time.

When he entered His Majesty's dormitory before, the chamberlain told him that "Chief Manager Liu is on sick leave."

But Zhang Bangli clearly remembered that on the night of His Majesty's fainting, when he went to the palace to ask for a meeting, it was Chief Manager Liu who was on duty at that time, and he also came out to inform him that His Majesty had rested and asked him to leave.

If it is said that Mr. Liu has already taken sick leave before, then it is just that, how can he take leave halfway when he encounters the situation that His Majesty is seriously ill when he is on duty?

Mr. Liu, Zhang Bangli is naturally familiar with this person, he has served His Majesty for many years, he is cautious, and he never dares to slack off, and it is precisely because of this that he has been working for the longest time among the current managers on duty by His Majesty's side.

In Zhang Bangli's impression, he had never heard of Mr. Liu taking leave.

At this moment, he flipped through the attendance records of General Manager Liu on duty in these four years, and as he expected, in these four years, General Manager Liu had a complete attendance, and the only time he was absent was this time, the day after His Majesty fainted, the attendance records showed that he was on sick leave.

Zhang Bangli closed his eyes, his lips trembled slightly, and a faint voice whispered: "The four imperial doctors who have consulted Your Majesty have been dispensing medicinal pills for Your Majesty since they met Your Majesty, and they have never appeared in front of anyone again." Manager Liu, who accompanied His Majesty that night, suddenly took leave. Your Majesty has always been diligent, but this time he was bedridden for several days, and he never took the initiative to summon me to ask about the ...... of state affairs."

"Your Majesty, what the hell is going on? Why is all this? With this inaudible voice, Zhang Bangli slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes revealed a blank and panicked.

He sat motionless until the hour of destiny, and when the sun shone down on his face through the window, he was pale.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Zhang Bangli's whole person was suddenly shocked, and he suddenly stood up, his face full of vigilance.

But as his eyes turned, he saw that the door was still closed, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and his vigilant expression slowly relaxed.

Outside the door seemed to be startled by his sudden exclamation, and after waiting for a while, a voice came: "My lord, the queen mother, please come over." ”

"Got it!" Zhang Bangli replied in a deep voice.

Stretched out his hand and rubbed his face, and slowly exhaled a long breath, before he regained his usual calm appearance, and then wanted to get up and go out.

But his eyes were lowered, he looked at the record on the table, was silent, reached out and picked up the record, put it in a basin, and burned it clean.

Only then did he turn around and go out of the door, heading towards the queen's middle palace.

He knew what the queen was looking for him to do, since the attack on Princess Ming and the departure of King Ming from Beijing, the queen often sent people to him to inquire about the situation on King Ming's side.

"King Ming, yes, the most important thing now is to find King Ming...... Zhang Bangli is calm on the surface, but his mind is actually very chaotic, and he can't be clear, but suddenly, he paused, stopped in place, seemed to suddenly think of something, and his eyes changed endlessly.

After a long time, he raised his steps and walked towards the middle palace again, and he seemed to be much more hurried than before.

When I arrived at the Middle Palace, I saw the queen, and before the queen could speak, I saw Zhang Bangli suddenly bowing and kneeling, kowtowing.

"Lord Zhang, what are you ......" The queen couldn't help but be stunned, the palace had already paid such a big gift, and it had not been like this in front of her for many years.

"Niangniang...... Zhang Bangli raised his head again, his eyes were already red.

I don't know what he said, but after he left, the queen sat in the hall, just like Zhang Bangli last night, and didn't move for a long time.

Soon, news suddenly spread in the palace.

The queen of the middle palace heard that the princess was attacked, the emperor and grandson were in trouble, and under the worry of day and night, she was careless, fell to the ground, was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and the hospital was urgently treating, but she was afraid of her life!

This news was like a whirlwind, and it quickly blew from inside the palace wall to outside the palace wall, and then flew all the way away.

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Pearl.

At sunrise, wearing a gray robe, a white bowler hat, and a newspaper in his hand, he was sitting at a shoe stall, shining shoes and reading the newspaper at the same time.

The one who polished Mo Bai's shoes was a young man who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and in today's era, it is not uncommon for such a young man to come out to do things.

The young man sat on a small pony, his head bowed, and he was extremely serious.

Mo Bai sat on a bamboo chair, lying back slightly, reading the newspaper leisurely.

No one noticed that there was a conversation going on between the two people who didn't interfere with each other.

To be precise, it has always been the little young man with his head bowed who is whispering, and Mo Bai is listening.

"The other party sent four grandmasters, including a great grandmaster, and more than twenty elite mage realm cultivators, and in the melee, a total of two grandmasters and more than a dozen elite mages were killed."

"Uncle Shi's left shoulder was pierced by a sword, and he was also slapped heavily in the chest, and he was seriously injured......"

"The head of the Taixuanmen Leaving the Cloud Dao, he was hit by a flying blade from the Great Grandmaster in his waist, and he was affected by an explosion, and the injury was not light......"

"There are only two black-clothed guards who are seriously injured, and there is no fear for their lives at present."

After the shoes were polished, Mo Bai paid the money and got up to leave.

The shoeshine youth did business for a while, then picked up the small box, carried the bamboo chair, and shouted "shoe shine" while gradually moving away.

After doing business in this area for a few days, the young man never came again, and there were a few children of the same age who were familiar with him, and then he was guessing for several days, and the young man didn't know which good position he had found, so he didn't come here.

On the other side, Mo Bai called a rickshaw and went straight to Haidong Road.

"Master, let's stop here!" At the corner of the street, Mo Bai asked the coachman to stop.

"Sir, this street is not very peaceful, it is better not to linger longer!" The coachman reminded.

"Buy something and go." Mo Bai smiled.

"Shall I wait for you later? I'll send you where you're going! When the driver heard this, he wanted to do more business.

Mo Bai smiled and refused, did not speak, took out two silver coins from his pocket, and handed them to the coachman.

When the coachman saw it, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Sir, the fare is only one money, you ...... it."

Mo Bai said with a smile: "I calculated, if your business is good in a day, you can run about ten yuan, the car dealership rent will get two dollars, the gang will have to collect one money, and you will get about six or seven dollars, I will give you a hundred yuan, which is considered to be a month for you, how about it?" ”

"You're going to keep me for a month?" The coachman's eyes lit up suddenly, and if the business is good, he can run ten dollars, but where can the business be so good every day, and on average, he can earn five dollars a day, even if he burns high incense.

A silver coin is a hundred dollars, and he is willing to keep him for twenty days.

"Hmm." Mo Bai nodded.

"Well, if you don't wait for a month to finish, you will settle the bill for me, this hasn't started running yet, I'll take your money, it's not good." The driver looks to be in his early thirties, and he is still a sincere person.

"Don't go out of the car again for a month." Mo Bai didn't say much, and handed him the silver coin.

"You ......" The coachman looked at the money in his hand, looked up and was about to speak, but he was suddenly stunned, and saw that there was no one in front of him.

In a daze, he hurriedly looked up and looked around, only to see the gray-clothed young man who was still standing in front of him just now, and he didn't know when, he had already walked dozens of meters away.

"Hey......" At this time, he didn't think about why the other party was so fast, and he was about to greet him, but then, he hurriedly wiped his eyes with his hands, and looked again, only to see that the figure he had just seen was gone.

When he reappeared, he was almost 100 meters away, and there were not many people on the street, and the coachman had good eyes and could recognize the hat on his white head.

At this time, the coachman finally reacted that he had encountered a strange thing today.

He looked down at the money in his hand in a daze, and a cold sweat fell down his head.

For a moment, he stood at the corner of the street, holding the money, not knowing what to do.

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The large army of Qiman had already withdrawn that night, and the shops on Haidong Road had reopened, and no matter what happened, life would always have to pass.

However, after this experience, the flow of people on this road is obviously not much.

Mo Bai walked all the way in the direction of Baicaotang, and when he walked to the door of Baicaotang, he saw two banner barbarian soldiers standing at the door, one on the left and one on the right.

When you see them, you can understand why there are not many people on this street.

Mo Bai stopped at the door, and the gaze of the banner barbarians immediately looked at it, seeing Mo Bai stop and look at the shop, one of them suddenly pointed the gun in his hand at Mo Bai, and threatened: "Get out!" ”