The two stopped the boat at the stone platform by the Luoshui River, and after going ashore, they saw that their horses were still there, so they led the horses and rushed towards the East Palace without stopping.

At a moment's notice, the two finally arrived at the East Palace and entered the hall of the East Palace all the way. But as soon as he entered the hall, Li Ke was shocked by what was in front of him, and saw the prince Li Xian'an sitting in the main seat of the hall, holding Xiao Taibai with a smile on his face; This scene is too familiar, and it happened not long ago, but it was Wu Sansi who was holding Xiao Taibai at that time, and now it has been replaced by Li Xian.

Li Ke suddenly felt a little scared at this moment, the reason why he asked Yuewa to bring Xiao Taibai to the East Palace was because he was worried that after Pei Min left with him, if he lost in the face of a powerful enemy, then his wife and children would have no one to take care of, and Long Ansi was not safe, so he asked the two of them to come to the East Palace to find Li Sanlang, but at this moment, how could it be Li Xian who was amusing Xiao Taibai, he couldn't help but blame himself for his rash decision, what if the prince used his wife and children as hostages again? If the prince is offended, then there will really be no place to hide in the future.

Li Ke cautiously stepped forward and bowed, he glanced left and right, there were only Li Sanlang and Zhang Khan present, Yuewa stood aside, and Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiuling were not seen, presumably the two of them must be taking care of the aftermath of Long Ansi. When Li Xian saw Li Ke, he immediately put Xiao Taibai down, and said with a smile: "Go and meet your father." ”

After saying that Li Ke changed his appearance, Xiao Taibai had never seen his father, looking at the old soldier with gray temples in front of him, Xiao Taibai's little face that was still smiling immediately became nervous, and finally simply turned around and ran directly to Yuewa. Although Xiao Taibai didn't recognize himself, but after seeing what the prince did just now, Li Ke's heart finally let go of his throat, it seems that this prince is really different from Wu Sansi, and he is indeed a trustworthy person.

Li Ke hurriedly said in a panic: "Li has no way to discipline the child, which makes the prince smile." ”

Li Xian laughed and said, "It's okay! That's what children are! This son of yours is naturally smart, and this palace likes it tightly! "What happened today, Li Xian can still laugh so heartily at the moment, Li Ke really can't understand, whether he really loves Xiao Taibai and makes him forget his troubles, or he has forgotten everything, no matter which possibility, it doesn't seem to be a good thing in Li Ke's opinion. Li Ke glanced at Li Sanlang and Zhang Khan again, their faces were solemn and worried, which formed a sharp contrast with Li Xian.

Li Ke hurriedly said: "Thanks to the prince's love, Li is flattered. I'll let the two of them step down, and I'll report something to you. With that, Li Ke hurriedly gave Yuewa a look and signaled her to prepare to leave.

Seeing this, Li Xian said, "That's it! Let's talk about business first, and then you and the two of you go down to rest first. So with a wave of his hand, several palace maids took Yuewa and Xiao Taibai out; Li Xian noticed Pei Min behind Li Ke, and said with a pleasant face: "Pei Daxia, why are you here today?" ”

Pei Min immediately bowed, gave a salute, and replied: "Pei Min, grass people, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." Without waiting for everyone to continue to greet each other, Li Ke opened his mouth and reported all the events of the day.

After Li Ke said this, everyone's faces became more solemn, and the crown prince Li Xian also put away the pleasant face just now, and said anxiously: "In this way, it is really fortunate that you and the two of you can get out of the ghost market!" Who the hell is this Kedo? How can it be so tricky? If you have joined forces and ended up like this, how should we deal with it? ”

Li Ke and Pei Min glanced at each other, and they didn't know how to answer for a while. With Li Ke's character, if he could have a good way at this moment, he might have gone to investigate it a long time ago, and he would never come to the East Palace, the purpose of his trip was to pick up his wife and children, but more importantly, he came to ask Li Sanlang and Zhang Khan Zhi for help, and discussed the next plan to capture Keduo.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't answer, Li Xian turned his head and asked Zhang Khan Zhi and Li Sanlang: "Do you two have a good plan?" Li Ke thought of a plan that he hadn't thought of all the way, how could Zhang Cambodia and Li Sanlang have an idea in an instant, and the two of them also looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

Li Xian saw that everyone didn't speak, and he became even more anxious for a while, and said in a hurried tone: "I am a great country of the Heavenly Empire, is it possible that there is no way to take a thief and Keduo?" ”

Zhang Cambodia finally got up and said: "Please don't worry, Your Majesty the Prince, according to the old minister's opinion, Keduo is indeed not ordinary, and what he does is by no means something that ordinary people can do, it must be carefully planned, widely spread eyeliner, and the mastermind behind the scenes; It's useless for us to be anxious here, since Keduo has the intention to do evil, then there must be other actions in the follow-up, since we can't attack, then it's okay to wait for the rabbit, everything is ready to deal with it, and when it strikes again, we will try to hold it again. ”

Although what Zhang Cambodia said is reasonable, but after all, it is too passive to wait for the rabbit, and this Keduo is too strange and secretive, as far as the things of the gods in the past few days are concerned, there is no law at all, if you want to prevent it, then where should you prevent it? Long Ansi, the Forbidden Army Commander's Mansion, and now even the ghost market has been served by him, where should this ability be prevented?

Of course, everyone understands these truths, but what can no one do until they can come up with a good idea? Who is Kedo now? What does it look like? There is no way of knowing what he wants to do; Therefore, after Zhang Cambodia finished speaking, no one answered, and they all knew in their hearts that Zhang Cambodia's words were nothing more than to comfort the anxious prince Li Xian, and it really did not have much significance for the actual investigation and handling of the case.

Li Sanlang finally got up and said, "I have a word, I hope you will refer to it together." ”

When the prince saw that Li Sanlang was finally about to say yes, he hurriedly responded: "What did San Lang say?" Come on. ”

Li Sanlang looked at everyone, and then said: "I think what Zhang Ge Lao said is extremely true, since we can't grasp Keduo's whereabouts, then why not play a chess game of waiting for the rabbit?" Li Sanlang said and looked at everyone, Li Xian listened with great interest, but Li Ke and Pei Min were unmoved, isn't this the same as what Zhang Cambodia said? Could it be that Li Sanlang is also trying to comfort the prince?

Li Sanlang paused and said, "Since I already know their ultimate goal, why don't I put this situation at that time?" Li Sanlang said, Li Ke couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Li Sicheng knows his ultimate purpose?" Why, exactly? ”

Li Saburo shook his head and continued: "I don't know, but I know the time of the ultimate goal. ”

Although Li Ke was a little disappointed, he continued to ask: "According to Li Sicheng's opinion, when should it be?" ”

"Two days later! Shangyuan Festival! Li Saburo said categorically.

Seeing that Li Sanlang answered so affirmatively, Li Ke was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Why can Li Sicheng be so sure that it is the Shangyuan Festival two days later?" ”

Li Sanlang continued: "Let me ask Li Duwei, with your understanding of Keduo, do you think it is difficult for Keduo to kill someone? ”

Li Ke shook his head and replied, "It's not difficult! I said a big disrespectful word, judging from these few days, even if Keduo wanted to assassinate someone in the inner courtyard of the imperial city, I didn't think it was surprising! Li Ke was straightforward, and he had no scruples when he said this, but this remark really made the prince break out in a cold sweat, who else could there be someone in the inner courtyard of the imperial city? Could it be that it refers to His Majesty today, saying this is a big crime of disobedience, Li Xian pretended to cough and reminded Li Ke, Li Ke also knew that he had lost his words, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Li Sanlang disagreed, and continued to ask: "Then with your understanding of Keduo, if he wants to steal something, is it difficult?" ”

Li Ke originally wanted to say that even if the thing was in the imperial city, it would be easy to capture, because in his heart, the imperial city was the most heavily guarded, but with the gaffe just now, he didn't want to say more, so he just responded: "It's not difficult to think!" ”

After Li Sanlang received Li Ke's affirmation, he continued: "Then the matter is clear, if Keduo is just for his own selfish desires, then why make a storm in the city? Wouldn't that make it harder to achieve his end? ”

Hearing Li Sanlang say this, Pei Min couldn't help asking: "Then according to Li Sicheng's meaning, what is the purpose of Keduo?" ”

Li Sanlang finally showed a smile and replied: "I'm not sure exactly what to do, but I guess what he wants to do must be to let everyone know in front of everyone!" Since he doesn't want to do something quietly, there is only one explanation, he wants to make it infinite, so that everyone knows. ”

As soon as Li Sanlang's words came out, everyone suddenly woke up and expressed their approval. Li Saburo continued: "Since Keduo chose to be on the Shangyuan Festival, where will everyone go on that day? ”

Prince Li Xian blurted out: "Shangyuan Lantern Festival!" ”

Li Sanlang replied affirmatively: "His Majesty the Crown Prince is extremely right! In the next opinion, the ultimate goal of Keduo must be the Shangyuan Lantern Festival! ”

Zhang Cambodia continued to ask: "Then according to Li Sicheng's opinion, what could he have done at that time?" ”

Li Sanlang shook his head and said, "Then I can't be sure for the time being." ”

Li Ke answered: "If there are many people, there are too many feasible things!" Such as arson and injuring people, inciting the people, attacking the imperial court, poisoning along the streets... Every time Li Ke said something, everyone felt a chill down their spines, and each of these things had the potential to cause large-scale chaos, causing countless people to be injured and even killed. As he spoke, everyone was deeply aware of the seriousness of the matter, and finally, he finally spoke up and said the last thing he wanted to mention: "Kuledotina—the bone-eating beast!" ”

The prince looked puzzled and hurriedly asked, "What is a bone-eating beast?" Could it be that Kedo would have released some kind of fierce beast to attack the people at that time? ”

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Li really doesn't know what this is, but according to Li's speculation, compared to what Li said before, this matter is the most likely, whenever Keduo's subordinates are about to die, they will shout this, this word seems to be their spiritual symbol, even Chen Wuji has shouted this, so I think this has to be guarded against!" ”

After Li Ke said that, everyone looked at each other and fell into contemplation again!