After the third lady finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment and frowned, "But for the sake of safety, I think it is more appropriate for you to fall asleep." ”

As she spoke, she touched it in her sleeve, and then sprinkled it in front of Yu Die'er, who only smelled a fragrance coming to her face, and fell asleep without thinking about anything.

Looking at the sleeping fish butterfly, the third lady walked out of the dilapidated house with a smile and locked the door again from the outside.

Hetai searched all over the Hou Mansion but did not find any trace of the fish and butterflies, and even Pinglian River did not find it.

But the guard at the door said that he hadn't seen the third prince go out, and the maid outside the courtyard also said that he hadn't seen them come out.

It seems that they must not have walked through the main gate, not even the courtyard gate, Hetai raised his eyes and looked at the courtyard wall of Luohuazhai, Pinglianchuan likes to be quiet, so this courtyard is located in the southwest corner of the Hou Mansion, as long as you turn over the courtyard wall, it is outside the Hou Mansion.

But the height of the courtyard wall, for two people who have no martial arts, it may not be easy to climb over it.

Unless it's someone else.

"How many people are there in Luohuazhai, why are you the only one here?" asked Hetai.

The maid lowered her head and looked at the surface of her feet, "The third prince likes to be quiet, so there are only five or six people who prune flowers and trees and sweep them in Luohuazhai on weekdays, and today is the day of the housekeeper's training, so only one or two people are left in each courtyard, and the rest are going to listen to the teaching." The slave is here. They'll be back later. ”

Hetai nodded, "Then you have been waiting outside the courtyard, has anyone ever entered, or has there been any unusual situation or noise in the courtyard during this period?"

The maid saw that the son was gone, and at this time she already knew the identity of Yu Die'er, so she didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said everything she could think of.

After the slave and maid went in and served tea, the son asked the slave and maid to guard at the gate of the courtyard, and no idle people were allowed to enter. It seems that with the girl, oh no, it is the princess, it seems that there is something important to discuss with the princess, so the slave and maid are guarding the gate of the courtyard, and the slave and maid have not entered before the arrival of the prince, and no one else has entered, and there has been no abnormal movement in the courtyard. ”

Hetai stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked into the courtyard, if someone climbed over the wall at this angle, he should be able to see it, let alone with two people. But the maid didn't hear anything, how could it be that the two of them disappeared out of thin air.

"Have you ever left?" he asked again.

"The slave and maid have never left," the maid replied simply, but her expression was a little hesitant, and suddenly as if she remembered something, she raised her head and asked, "Do you leave the courtyard gate?"

"Leaving the courtyard gate?" He Tai frowned, leaving the courtyard gate and not seeing the situation in the courtyard, "Of course, you have left the courtyard gate?"

The maid nodded, "Yes, when the slave and maid were on duty here, Xiao Yanagi came to me, because Xiao Liu was the maid of the third lady, she said that she was afraid that the son would come out and see that she was not serving in the third lady's courtyard, but she came to Luohuazhai to chat, and wanted to treat her for the crime of leaving her post without permission, so she forced the slave and maid to be pulled under the tree over there and said." She added hurriedly, "But the slave will soon be back." ”

"What did she say to you?"

"This ......" The maid seemed to be very hesitant, but she knew that the matter was important, so she hesitated for a moment and said truthfully, "She said that she has a favorite person, who is a family member in the courtyard of the third son, and hopes that the slave can say something good in front of the third son, as long as the son can say a word to the third son, the master will fulfill them, because everyone knows that the third son is the most spoiled by the third son." ”

"But the slave maid is just a little maid, how can she say anything in front of the son, I wanted to refuse her, but Xiaoliu and the slave maid are good on weekdays, and they have helped the slave and maid a lot, so the tea that was just entertained to the princess was made by Xiaoliu to help the slave and maid, so she had something to ask for, and the slave and maid were really embarrassed to refuse in person, so she just said to see if she could find a chance to say ......"

"Wait," Hetai interrupted her, "you just said that she rushed to help make tea, which means that the tea you gave to your son and princess was made by Xiaoliu, not you?

"Luohuazhai naturally has a pantry, but the third prince asked the slave maid to make the Junshan silver needle sent by the eldest lady a few days ago, but the tea just ran out, and the slave maid planned to go to the eldest lady to ask for some over, and suddenly remembered that Xiaoliu had said that the third lady also had that tea, and the third lady's yard was closer, and the slave maid went to try her luck in order to save time. ”

"I heard that it was our son-in-law who wanted it, and the third lady agreed to it, and took the tea to the slave maid with her own hands, and heard the slave maid say that the guest was a beautiful woman, and joked that it was not the son's sweetheart, and even drank tea so seriously. ”

Then the third lady said that the tea should be brewed for a while before it tasted, so she asked the slave maid to brew it in the tea room in her courtyard and bring it back directly to save trouble. ”

"Xiao Liu took the slave to the tea room, and rushed to help the slave and maid make tea. ”

Hetai asked strangely, "Since you have met before, why didn't she say anything at that time, and prefers to wait for you to come back and talk about it?"

The maid shook her head, "The slave doesn't know, maybe she was embarrassed to ask at first." ”

After discovering that the third prince was gone, someone had already gone to inform the Pingyuan Hou, and he hurried back to meet Hetai asking the maid.

Xu was in a hurry, and as soon as he came over, he scolded him, "What's the matter? Why did the prince and the princess disappear? Are you all blind? How did Ben Hou raise you group of useless minions!"

......

Hetai and Pingyuan Hou stayed awake all night, but they were still at a loss, the officers and soldiers were still looking around, and the two of them were relatively silent in Houfu at the moment.

It's so weird!

The people in the Hou Mansion are now in the mansion, and they can testify to each other that they did not leave the Hou Mansion at the time of the incident, so it should not be their doing.

Suddenly, the doorman of the Hou Mansion hurriedly ran in, "Qi Qi Hou Ye, I just suddenly shot a dart from nowhere and nailed it to the door, and then there was a letter." ”

Pingyuan Hou took the letter and glanced at it, then handed it to Hetai with a puzzled expression, "King Jinyang, it's for you." ”

Sure enough, it was written on the envelope that the King of Jinyang had opened it personally, and Hetai hurriedly unfolded the letter, his face suddenly changed, and after reading it, he fell on the table, angry, "Hmph! ”

"What? who have they fallen into?" Pingyuan Hou asked nervously, the person was gone, and then a letter came, as if the mountain bandits had robbed people and asked for ransom, but listening to Hetai's tone, it was much more troublesome than asking for ransom.

"See for yourself. ”

With Hetai's permission, Pingyuan Hou eagerly picked up the letter and read it, his expression was a little dignified.

"They want you to exchange someone for the princess? It seems that they have been planning for a long time, and they just waited for this opportunity. ”

Hetai sneered, "I didn't think that the two people detained by this king seem to be very important, and in the half a year that this king has been away from the capital, I'm afraid they have tried their best to rescue them, but they didn't succeed, so I thought of using Fluttershy to threaten this king to release them." ”

"What does the prince mean?"

Hetai frowned, "This king is naturally going to go to the appointment, they arrested Fluttershy, and if this king doesn't go, she will be in danger, don't say that it is to release two people, that is, to release the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, this king can't refuse." ”

Pingyuan Hou sighed silently, he felt that Hetai's feelings for Yu Die'er were too expressive, too desperate, and it was because of this that others firmly grasped the weakness and threatened him. But he can't say anything, after all, what's wrong with loving someone?

"By the way, the letter only said that the two of them were exchanged for the princess, but it didn't mention Chuan'er, Chuan'er didn't know if it was also in their hands, if it was, why didn't they send a letter to Benhou, explaining how to redeem Chuan'er back? If it wasn't in their hands, then where did Chuan'er go?"

Pingyuan Hou suddenly thought that the letter did not mention Ping Lianchuan, but he disappeared with Yu Die'er, and couldn't help but be very anxious.

He has always been a bystander, the authorities are fascinated, only then did he feel how unwise it was for Hetai to be pinched by someone, at this time he was envious of Hetailai, after all, there was a way to save Yu Die'er back, but even if he wanted to save his son, he didn't know what to do?

"Hou Ye rest assured, at that time, this king will definitely ask about the whereabouts of the third prince, if it is in their hands, this king will find a way to save him back. Hetai assured.

"Then the old man will thank the prince. Pingyuan Hou stood up and bowed solemnly.

Hetai hurriedly picked him up, "The friendship between this king and the third prince, the Hou Ye knows, so naturally he will not sit idly by." ”

"Chuan'er has been weak and sick since she was a child, and she finally got better, but it is so difficult, alas! If Chuan'er has three long and two short, the old man really doesn't know how to live. Pingyuan Hou burst into tears as he spoke, and his feelings for licking calves were overflowing.

"Can the old man be allowed to go with the prince? The old man doesn't believe the prince, but if he doesn't go with him, he will be on pins and needles at home. ”

He could empathize with his feelings, and he couldn't bear to refuse, so he agreed, "That's naturally good, with the help of the Hou Ye, you can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Pingyuan Hou was also a fierce general when he was young, even if he was a good man, he was not a general.

In the other party's letter, it was clear that the people to be replaced were Xiang Skirt and Chu Feng.

How could Hetai never have thought that after going around in such a big circle, the other party's intention was to save the two of them?

didn't dare to delay at the moment, and immediately went to the secret prison to pick up the two people, and rushed to the agreed place.

......

Beside a body of water, there were two people standing on the shore, one woman veiled, and the other was Yu Butterfly.

Behind them was a large boat parked on the water, with at least a dozen people standing on board.

As soon as Hetai and Pingyuan Hou arrived with Xiang skirts and Chu Feng, the veiled woman immediately put a dagger across Yu Die'er's neck.

"Put the dagger down, if you hurt her even a little, this king will kill you all!" Hetai's voice was cold.

"Hmph! Everyone knows that King Jinyang is superior in martial arts, if not, I don't have a sense of security. "The woman was smart.

Hetai chuckled, "Since the king is here, I don't want to fight with you, you return Fluttershy to the king unscathed, and the people you want will naturally give it to you, anyway, they are actually of little use to the king, how about it?"

"You let them on board, and when the boat is out of the boat, I'll let her go. ”

"This doesn't seem fair, doesn't it? Since it's an exchange, as the name suggests, it's to release people at the same time, and this king will release them, if you don't let them go, what can this king do to you?"