Chapter 11: The Missing Beggar
A few days backwards, the weakened King Xiaoyao secretly returned to the capital. The old butler who received the code had covered the door of the house early. There was no movement, no candlelight, and the embarrassed prince who was slapped and poisoned returned to his home.
"Lord Wang, you are injured again, who did it this time?" The old butler looked at the pale face of the King of Joy and asked.
"I don't know, they're all dead. There was nothing but silver. Is there still a hundred poison pills? ”
"Lord Wang, there is only one last pill left. Is the person you're looking for an eyebrow? The cause of the concubine's death is unknown, and the prince will not be able to determine his position, and the situation will become more and more difficult in the long run. ”
"Butler, this king doesn't know who to trust now. This time I went out but it was decided on a temporary basis, and there were few people who knew about it, and I was robbed and killed again and again. It's weird. ”
"Does the prince not even believe in the old slave?"
King Xiaoyao was silent, the old housekeeper was the person left by his mother to him, a slave and a relative, and he had been loyal to his mother for many years. Ten years ago, the mother concubine was killed, and the old housekeeper followed her, and ten years have passed in a flash, and the old housekeeper has never done anything wrong. But there were many signs that made him suspicious. But the old housekeeper, as always, does not distinguish and does not change. It made him doubt his own judgment, and it would be terrible if this was a multi-year layout.
"Steward, this king is now living on the cusp of the storm, step by step, thorns and thorns, step by step on the line of life and death. Prudence is the essence of survival. ”
"Lord Wang, don't say it, the old slave understands. The old slave has the conscience of heaven and earth, and is worthy of the entrustment of the concubine. If there is anything, the prince commands. ”
"Butler, there really is a matter that you can't leave to others, you go to the beggars in the outer city to find a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl......
Just one night later, beggars were also mentioned in the palace of the prince of Yan Kingdom. The scarred and energetic man was kneeling in the prince's study to report back.
“…… The prince, the slave deduced that it was not a master of the rivers and lakes who detoxified him, and the slave found the poisonous blood he sprayed in the house, which was clearly shocked by the brute force of the palm. Presumably, if he doesn't die, his vitality will be greatly damaged. ”
"The knowledge is shallow, his strength is incomprehensible, and he came back last night with reliable news. Except that human weakness does not hurt the fundamentals. ”
"Prince, who will help him?"
"What are you doing with you, don't you know what you're doing?" Prince Yan's face changed suddenly, and he asked rhetorically. At this time, a masked man walked in and whispered a few words in Prince Yan's ear.
"Reliable information?" Prince Yan asked casually.
"The same channel." The masked man replied briefly.
"Got it, keep an eye on him."
"Alright, don't kneel here, go back and see if your family is back over there, let's go." Your injury is too fake, do you know how to do it? ”
"Back to the prince, I only know what to do after seeing my family slaves."
"Hmm..."Prince Yan let out a long hum and watched the people below leave the study. Then he commanded behind him, and after a while, the bookcase moved and the two people separated and followed. The target is also a place where beggars gather.
Changing his outfit and mentality, Poplar took Xiaorou Xiaoqiang to walk on the lively streets of the outer city, and the three handsome sons walked leisurely towards the inner city.
"Eldest son, it's different when you're rich, and it feels good not to beg." Xiao Qiang's waist said straightly.
"Okay, my mouth is really slippery, I'm not used to calling my sister Childe. Hey, what are those Hanako for? Some people give up porridge and money. ”
"Don't look at it, porridge is not so cheap to drink, and money is not taken casually. It's best to want others to pretend that they don't know us, and that we ourselves forget who we used to be. Poplar glanced at the beggar who was talking to each other, and then turned his gaze in disgust. It's not that I despise this profession, it's to conform to the current son's style. It was just this thought that Poplar missed a lot of things.
The inner city and the outer city are two worlds at a glance, with red walls, green tiles and bluestone roads everywhere you enter, and large courtyards and high houses. The gatehouse is carved with birds and beasts, all of which are high-end and luxurious.
"Eldest prince, this is still the periphery of the inner city, and when we go inside, we are dressed like the flower children in the outer city. It was all where the royal people lived, and the money spent on a meal was enough for the people outside to live for a year. Xiao Rou said that everything is linked to silver.
"Second son, this is the housekeeper's business, what are we doing if we don't live by the river. Continuing to walk inside, Ben Gongzi felt inexplicably familiar here. Poplar nodded to Xiao Rou and said, the familiar feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.
After walking through another street, the shops on both sides were more magnificently decorated, the chattering Xiaoqiang was quiet, and Xiaorou, who had finally calculated the silver, took the hand of the poplar, looking so uncomfortable.
"Second son, you're a little nervous, say something, don't worry about it yourself, you have us."
"Big brother, did you see the gate of the mansion you passed by just now, it used to be my home. My home before I was six years old turned me into a beggar's home. Xiaorou half cried and half laughed.
"Brother, it's all over, it's enough for you to have us now." Poplar hurriedly comforted.
"Second brother, you can still see the gate of the mansion, I even belong to someone else's home. My mother was beaten to death, and I was kicked out of the house to be called Hanako, and I was not even allowed to tell my name seriously. Xiaoqiang simply squatted on the ground and cried.
"Brother, they don't know us anymore, and we can't forget the suffering they gave us. We now have a big brother with us and are living a good life, and I really want to smash the door open for them to see. ”
"Second brother, who should I show it? I just want to pull out the person who killed my mother and tell her to taste the stick. Asked her children to watch their mothers being killed. ”
"Xiaoqiang, you stand up, a manly man sheds blood without tears, and revenge is a matter of growing up. Only when we work hard now are we qualified to be impressive. Bai Yang looked at the gap in the opening of the nearest mansion door and pulled Xiaoqiang up and said.
"Big brother, I also understand, it's been a few years, and the inner city is my nightmare and I don't dare to come over. Now I'm not afraid, they don't know me, and I don't know them rarely. Xiao Rou also wiped away her tears and said bravely.
"Squeak!" Not far from the gate, the door of the house without a plaque was opened, and a mother-in-law walked out, glanced at the three sisters and brothers who looked like sons not far from the gate of the house, and walked to the dim sum shop in the distance with a blank face.
Bai Yang was facing away from the gate, Xiao Qiang was still hazy with tears, only Xiao Rou with tears in the corners of her eyes was stunned for a moment and then exclaimed uncertainly: "Sister, I seem to have seen my mother-in-law." ”
"Shhhh Poplar didn't think about it for a while.