Everyone left, and only Ji Qingchen, Zhang Rang, Guo Quan, Bai Xiangcheng and Pang Ji were left in the lobby. Pang Ji saw that in the somewhat empty hall, Ji Qingchen, who was sitting on the main seat, was still silent and did not speak, and saw that he was the only one in the crowd who was not Ji Qingchen's henchman, so he said goodbye and left very interestingly.

After Pang Ji left, Ji Qingchen, who had been silent for a while, said solemnly to Zhang Rang and Guo Quan, "The task of the two of you is that Zhang Rang is responsible for keeping an eye on the Seven Great Families, and Guo Quan is responsible for keeping an eye on several princes in the city. Remember, you just have to keep an eye on them, remember who you have been with them and what you have done in the past two days, and you must not get involved in them and reveal your identity. ”

"No!" Guo Quan and Zhang Rang received the order.

The two knew that the matter was urgent, so they left in a hurry.

At this time, Mo Chai, the god in the yamen, strode into the lobby.

Seeing Ji Qingchen sitting on the throne, he bowed and said, "Your Highness, the humble official has already found out the details of Situ Zhengtang, and found that he has a manor outside the city, which is eighty miles away from King's Landing. There is also an important clue, that is, there is a military advisor in the Changle Gang, Situ Zhengtang relied on him very much in the past, but his body was not found in this Changle Gang extermination case. ”

"It seems that the fox finally showed its tail this time!" Ji Qingchen smiled faintly, "What do you think?" ”

"With ten years of experience in humble positions, if it is really the Changle Gang that kidnapped Princess Meng, the princess may still be in King's Landing." Mo Chai analyzed, "It's just that judging from the case of the extermination of the Changle Gang, it seems that there is a contradiction between the thieves, they don't look like a group of people, but they seem to have been threatened or oppressed by others, so they made such a rebellious move." ”

"How so?" Ji Qingchen continued to ask.

"The foundation of the Changle Gang is in King's Landing, they don't want to put their decades-old foundation, they have to hijack Princess Dream in broad daylight on the street, is there any benefit more attractive than the foundation they have been operating for decades?" Mo Chai pondered, "And judging from this Situ Mansion tragedy, except for the back soldiers, the other deceased did not make any resistance before they died, so it can be seen that they were killed by a group of people they were very familiar with." ”

"Then the Lingnan back soldiers appeared on the Situ Mansion, how do you explain it?" Ji Qingchen asked again.

"There are a thousand backstabbing soldiers in the Lingnan mission this time, but only these dozens of people appear in the Situ Mansion, so it is certain that this is not an order from Bai Zhiquan, it may be someone's private soldiers in the mission." Mo Chai analyzed, "This shows that there are spies in the Lingnan Mission, and it is he who has set up this shocking abduction plan with both inside and outside." ”

"Hehe-" Ji Qingchen sneered, after Mo Chai's analysis, he felt that this person was the most suspicious of Bai Shangwu. Because only Bai Shangwu has the right to mobilize the back soldiers around Bai Zhiquan, and in the Lingnan Mission, only people at the level of Bai Shangwu can have the courage to make such a rebellious move.

"But-" Seeing Ji Qingchen's sneer, Mo Chai hesitated for a moment and continued, "I think that the participation of people from Western Shu and Eastern Wilderness is not excluded here. ”

"What about Dayan?" Ji Qingchen continued to ask.

"There are naturally people on the Dayan side who are involved, and he can threaten Changle to help Situ Zhengtang and let Situ Zhengtang work for him, which shows that the power in this person's hands is not small." Mo Chai replied in a low voice, "So the humble position means that now as long as you find the military advisor who followed Situ Zhengtang before, you can find this person who threatens Situ Zhengtang." ”

"En-" Ji Qingchen agreed with Mo Chai's suggestion, and asked again, "Let's set off now, hurry up, how long will it take to reach Wannian County?" ”

"It only takes two hours." Bai Xiangcheng replied.

"Gather all the cavalry battalions to gather outside the city, and we will set off at the right time." Ji Qingchen ordered.

"No!" Bai Xiangcheng received the order and strode away. There were only two people left in the main hall, Ji Qingchen and Mo Chai.

"You are so familiar with King's Landing, do you know a person named Guo Dalu?" Ji Qingchen suddenly asked. He knew that Guo persuaded his brother and sister that he would not lie to him, but Guo Quan's brother and sister's uncle Guo Dalu disappeared into King's Landing City out of thin air, he felt that this matter was very strange, and now that there was a big case of Princess Dream being kidnapped, he suddenly thought of Guo Dalu.

"Guo Dalu?" Mo Chai frowned and thought.

"Yes, he seems to have served in Dali Temple before." Ji Qingchen said softly.

"Once I worked with someone from Dali Temple to handle a case, I seem to have heard this person's name." Mo Chai recalled, "It's just that he had a lowly status back then, and he was an errand officer, so he was not qualified to see a big man like him......"

The two were talking as they asked and answered, and then saw Bai Xiangcheng hurriedly enter the lobby, "Your Highness, the order has been passed down!" ”

"Well, let's go out of the city!" Ji Qingchen nodded to Bai Xiangcheng. The three of them strode out of the lobby, out of the prefect's yamen, mounted their horses, and galloped out of the city.

Because the guards of the Nine Gates of King's Landing City are the Long Xiang Army, and Ji Qingchen himself is the deputy general of the Long Xiang Army, and he has the power granted by Emperor Yan to mobilize the Nine Gate Guards, the soldiers guarding the gate saw their own general, so they opened the door and let them go. Out of King's Landing City, Li Changzheng and Wang Yin, who had been sent outside the city by Ji Qingchen earlier, had been waiting quietly, and as soon as the two sides converged, the 900 cavalry battalions were all returned. Then, under the order of Baixiang City, the nine hundred Xiao cavalry battalion rode at a gallop to Wannian County, eighty miles away.

However, what Ji Qingchen, who had disappeared far into the night, did not know what to say was that just when he and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion had just left, a group of about 200 soldiers and horses suddenly appeared under King's Landing. Immediately, the master was dressed in black, staring at the direction of Ji Qingchen's distance with a gloomy face, revealing a sinister smile.

"Nine Emperor Princes, you escaped last time, I'm afraid your luck isn't as good this time, right?" He muttered to himself gloomily, covered his face with a black cloth, and led the two hundred black-clothed knights around him to follow the direction of Ji Qingchen's departure and disappear into the night.

At the same time, in Wang You's study in King's Landing City, Wang You and Wang Wenhe, father and son, sat opposite each other, silent.

After a long time, Wang You, the secretary of the ministry, spoke, and said in a stern tone, "Are you sure that you only mean that a cook in the embassy post poisoned the food, and did not participate in the kidnapping of the princess?" ”

"Father, my son has always been cautious and cautious, how could he do such a rebellious act?" Wang Wenhe said sincerely.

"It's good that you're not involved!" Wang You breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Regarding the poisoning case, since the Lingnan people have executed several cooks, no matter how the Nine Emperor Princes investigate, they can't find your head, so you can rest assured to assist him in trying this case." However, this time the kidnapping of the princess, this crime is too big, Your Majesty is already angry, I am afraid that this investigation will not end well, you have to judge the situation. ”

"Father, don't worry, son knows!" Wang Wenhe replied.

Also in the mansion of the second prince Ji Ping, the second prince Ji Ping is enjoying flowers with the fifth prince Ji Ying and the sixth prince Ji Yong. I heard the sixth prince Ji Yong say indignantly, "I didn't expect my father to be so partial, not only gave Lao Jiu the title of King of Northern Liao, but also made him the deputy general of the Hussar General Long Xiangjun." ”

"Sixth, keep your mouth shut, you can't talk nonsense." The second prince, Ji Ping, said, "Father, the emperor, his old man, can you and I complain?" ”

The sixth prince, Ji Yong, smiled calmly, "I'm just talking about it here with the second brother, but I can't be angry with Lao Jiu's pride." ”

"The trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop! Do you think Lao Jiu has sealed the king of Northern Liao, and he will feel good now? The second prince Ji Ping said indifferently, "As soon as the poisoning case occurred in the Lingnan Pavilion this time, several imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate immediately wrote to impeach him, saying that he was arrogant, arrogant, idle, and luxurious on weekdays. At that time, because Princess Dream was kidnapped, his father was reaching a compromise with Bai Zhiquan, and he was still angry, what do you say he would do when he saw these impeachment notes? ”

"The second brother is saying that at that time, Lao Jiu volunteered to solve the case in the Liangyi Palace, and he was forced to do so?" The fifth prince, Ji Ying, asked in surprise.

"What do you think?" The second prince Ji Ping asked remarkably, "If Lao Jiu hadn't done this, I'm afraid that his title as the king of Northern Liao would have been cut by his angry father today!" ”

"How did Lao Jiu get angry at that time?" The sixth prince asked blankly.

"Lao Jiu is not simple!" The second prince, Ji Ping, just said with emotion, and did not answer the question of the sixth prince.

At the same time, in the fourth prince Ji Wen's room, in addition to Ji Wen, there were several doormen sitting quietly, talking, and there was Fan Hua in the middle.

I heard Fan Hua sigh, "Your Highness, this time the Nine Emperor Princes can take the order in danger and are willing to take on such a big responsibility, just this courage is enough to make His Majesty look at him with admiration, no matter whether this case can be successfully solved or not, with his performance today, the Holy Scroll will not fade in the next few years!" ”

"This king didn't expect Lao Jiu to voluntarily jump into this fire pit!" The fourth prince, Ji Wen, said with emotion.

As soon as he heard Ji Qingchen's conversation with Emperor Yan in the side hall of the Liangyi Palace, he was not jealous that Ji Qingchen had obtained such a great power, but was surprised by Ji Qingchen's determination to put himself to death and survive. He was full of scholarly spirit, and felt that if he encountered such a scene, he would definitely not make a decision like Ji Qingchen.

"The Nine Emperors are gambling!" Fan Hua analyzed, "It's just that his luck is too good, he didn't expect someone in the palace to send him a letter and inform him of His Majesty's state of mind at that time, so that he escaped a catastrophe." Otherwise, with the impeachment of him by the Imperial Court, coupled with His Majesty's anger at the time because Princess Dream was kidnapped, I am afraid that the title of the Northern Liao King of the Nine Emperors would have been lost long ago, after all, this title was divided by His Majesty when he was excited and excited at that time. ”

"And what does the gentleman think we should do this time?" The fourth prince, Ji Wen, asked Fan Hua for advice.

"Isn't there someone who is dealing with the Nine Emperor Princes right now? Let's not meddle this time! Wait and see how it changes, and brake quietly. Fan Hua said with a smile.

"Yes!" The fourth prince, Ji Wen, nodded slightly when he heard this.