Chapter 632: Clues
Chu Junlan is not a person who is messing around and making trouble, what she says is reasonable, and it is indeed for Xiao Xu, if Chu Junlan only knows how to blindly play tricks, Xiao Xu may still be able to persuade her, but she came up with the most irrefutable reason that Xiao Xu could not refute, and Xiao Xu couldn't find the words to refute for a while.
"Qingqing ......" He couldn't stop Chu Junlan from saving his family, and he didn't want Chu Junlan to participate in this matter himself, but Chu Junlan was right to remind him.
Chu Junlan saw that Xiao Xu's attitude had eased, and analyzed: "The emperor is most defensive now, and the emperor is watching the sixth prince and the second prince very closely, especially after arriving in Huaijing, as soon as the rebellion of the prince of Huai'an came out, the emperor's most sensitive nerves are now mobilized, and he is extremely concerned about the slightest disturbance outside. ”
"And you, the reason why you can get the emperor's favor, firstly, is because the emperor pities the hardships you have had since childhood, and may have some thoughts of wanting to make amends, and secondly, because you will never be able to be the prince, and you can only be the prince of Prince Gong to the outside world, and you will not compete for the throne, and you have no ambition for that position. The emperor's feelings for you may be much more real than for other princes. ”
Chu Junlan's words made Xiao Xu have to nod in agreement.
Xiao Xu is satisfied with the current situation, and believes that Emperor Jinghong also likes the current situation, once this balance is broken, his efforts over the years are likely to be in vain.
"Then I can't watch you go on an adventure."
"Xuxu, don't be obsessed with this, I do things in a measured way, I won't put myself in danger, and it's not the moment when I have to work hard, are you and I not caring about our children?"
Chu Junlan frowned: "My mouth is worn out, you have to listen to me, don't get involved in this kind of thing." Our husband and wife are one, and the negative impact of your appearance is much greater than the impact I secretly investigated. ”
Xiao Xu looked at Chu Junlan helplessly: "You always have the ability to make me have nothing to say." ”
"Because what I'm saying is the most obvious, and you know I'm talking about things."
Xiao Xu knew that Chu Junlan was strong, she had made up her mind, she was afraid that it would be useless to stop her, and he could also arrange someone to protect him secretly.
After pondering for a long time, Xiao Xu nodded and said, "Okay." ”
Seeing that he was willing to agree, Chu Junlan said with a smile: "That's right, if you refuse to listen to me, I will punish you heavily." ”
"Punish me for what?" Xiao Xu was a little surprised, Chu Junlan had always been gentle to him, and he was often naughty, but he was looking forward to the "punishment" she said.
Chu Junlan smiled: "I see that you are not afraid at all, and you are looking forward to it." ”
Xiao Xu looked at her eyes that looked exceptionally bright under the light, and couldn't help but hold the person in his arms, kiss her on the forehead, and said, "I'm looking forward to it, if you punish me, I'll take it." ”
Chu Junlan couldn't help laughing when he was amused, shook his head and leaned on his arms, and said, "Then you will be punished for listening to me in the future." ”
Xiao Xu hugged her tightly and said solemnly: "Okay, as long as it is not harmful to you, I will listen to you." ”
Chu Junlan went out by car the next day to "hang out", and when he arrived at the market, he said that he wanted to rest in the teahouse, so he parked the carriage downstairs, and after only a short time in it, he changed into ordinary people's clothes, came out of the back door of the teahouse with two guards, hired a carriage, and went all the way to the direction of the 3,000 camps.
Huo Yeqing has been leading people to monitor and inspect the surroundings of the 3,000 camp, but he has not received any news so far, and he was surprised to see Chu Junlan come with people.
"Princess, why are you here?"
Chu Junlan made a gesture of boosing, hid behind the bushes with Huo Yeqing, and said in a low voice, "Have you observed anything?" ”
"I have been observing these days, but I have not found any abnormal behavior of the 3,000 battalion, but these days the 3,000 battalion seems to be conducting large-scale training, and the wounded and sick are being transported out for treatment every day."
"Injuries?" Chu Junlan narrowed his eyes in surprise, and said in a low voice: "Since when, why didn't you tell me about this before?" ”
Huo Yeqing felt strange: "In the military drill, it is normal for wounded soldiers to appear, even if someone dies accidentally during the drill, it is very likely, this is not unusual." ”
Chu Junlan nodded, not wanting to argue with Huo Yeqing.
When Chu Huayun was taken away, he was also a wounded soldier, but unlike the wounded soldiers these days, Chu Huayun was sentenced because he "made a mistake", Huo Yeqing didn't specialize in doing this, and it was normal not to care.
While speaking, the guard who had been staring at the gate of the barracks whispered, "Another injury has come out." ”
Chu Junlan and the others hurriedly looked in front of the camp gate, and saw two wounded soldiers lying on a cart, both hastily bandaged with bandages, and it seemed that the injuries were not light.
Chu Junlan lowered his voice and asked, "How many such wounded soldiers will be transported out every day?" ”
"At least six or seven times." Huo Yeqing replied in a low voice.
Looking at Chu Junlan's thoughtful appearance, Huo Yeqing also vaguely sensed that something was wrong: "Princess Shizi, do you think there is something wrong with these wounded soldiers?" ”
Indeed, if so many people are injured every day, why is there no special place in the barracks to treat them? People with such serious injuries are tossing back and forth like this, aren't they afraid that their injuries will be more serious? ”
Huo Yeqing frowned and pondered.
Chu Junlan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and said, "Let's follow secretly and see where they send people." ”
Huo Yeqing nodded, leaving a few people to continue to observe, and he followed Chu Junlan with two guards.
The cart transporting the wounded soldiers was not fast, and it was not difficult for Chu Junlan and Huo Yeqing to quietly follow.
Huo Yeqing lowered his voice and asked Chu Junlan: "Concubine Shizi, don't you have a tight body?" ”
"Don't worry, I'll be fine this time," chuckled, and pointed to the lane again, "Your prince still doesn't allow me to come, you see, even the clues take care of me, slow down and let me follow." ”
Huo Yeqing couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "The prince is worried about you. ”
The group followed the cart for about half an hour and came to a village.
Chu Junlan waved his hand and stayed outside the village with Huo Yeqing and the others, and did not follow up rashly, but quietly looked outside the village.
Huo Yeqing said in a low voice: "Princess, go down and explore." ”
"No need, let's wait and see, the wounded soldiers were not sent back to the city for treatment, but came to such a village, there must be something strange in it."
Huo Yeqing also nodded in agreement, and said in a helpless whisper: "I'm also an elm brain, I saw them transporting wounded soldiers at the beginning, I never had any suspicions, I didn't think about keeping up and seeing, I can't say that I have delayed serious things because of this." ”
"I can't blame you either, the training in the barracks was originally tight, and it was common for wounded soldiers to exist."
A few people waited quietly outside the village for a while, but after a cup of tea, the empty cart was driven out by one person.
Chu Junlan hurriedly hid in the dark, and when the people were far away, they quietly entered the village.
"This village is also weird, and there are not many people around." Huo Yeqing muttered in a low voice.
Chu Junlan looked at the ruts on the ground, pointed to a manor in front of him and said, "It should be going here, let's not go to the main gate, go around the back of the house." ”
"Yes." Huo Yeqing and the others admired Chu Junlan very much, and there was no disobedience to her orders, and they all immediately followed Chu Junlan.
The group soon came to the back of the courtyard smoothly and climbed into it lightly from the back wall.
Huo Yeqing was worried about Chu Junlan at first, but it can be seen that Chu Junlan landed lightly as soon as he jumped on the edge of the wall with his hand, and he immediately swallowed his words.
Such a neat skill, even better than some guards, not to mention that he hasn't found any clues these days, as soon as the princess appeared, he found a clue, where does he have the face to say more?
Chu Junlan didn't know what the people around her were thinking, she tiptoed around, listened carefully to the movements around her, and soon discovered the clues here.
"It's very quiet and there doesn't seem to be any one living in the house."
Walking to the stove room in the courtyard, a large iron pot has been rusted, the iron pot is rare, no ordinary farmer will practice good things like this.
When going to the door of the house, in winter, although Huaijing is not as cold as the north, it is not as warm as spring and autumn, and normal people will not let the door open to dissipate the heat of the charcoal basin.
Chu Junlan walked to the door, suddenly pushed the door gently, and then suddenly turned to one side, and pierced it with a needle, and the middle-aged man who was facing him immediately froze in place with a dagger, leaving only a pair of eyes that could still be dripping and turning, and his eyes were full of horror.
Chu Junlan smiled without hesitation, turned sideways to get out of the way, and Huo Yeqing quickly entered the house, and quickly searched the hall and the two main rooms on the left and right.
"Nothing."
Chu Junlan smiled and said: "There won't be nothing, there is such a fierce and vicious person guarding the door with a knife, and when he hears someone coming, he doesn't ask who it is, he pushes the door and moves the knife, not to mention that two people were transported just now, and it won't be gone out of thin air." ”
Chu Junlan pointed to the man guarding the door: "Tie him up." ”
"Yes."
Huo Yeqing immediately obeyed the instructions and did so.
Chu Junlan broke the man's hand, snatched the dagger, and checked around the house, not even letting go of the tables, chairs, benches, and beds in the house.
In the end, Chu Junlan found that the square table placed near the window of the bedroom was pushed several times, but it did not move at all, and it was actually connected to the ground.
Chu Junlan pointed here and said, "The secret path should be here." ”
Huo Yeqing was simply convinced: "I really convinced you, we are blind, the clues are in front of us, we didn't expect to follow them, we all followed the place, we didn't find a secret passage, it really delayed you in vain." ”
Chu Junlan smiled and shook his head, Huo Yeqing and these people were originally just guards, fighting for martial arts and loyalty, and she was used to performing tasks in her previous life, so she naturally paid extra attention to these details.
Huo Yeqing blocked Chu Junlan behind him, and went to tinker with the square table for a long time, and finally found that the last one could lift up a square floor tile that was glued under the table.
There was a faint light from underground, and a faint scream came from inside.
Chu Junlan immediately frowned, such a familiar scene, also in the cellar, and such a scream, reminded her of the secret room where the brocade guards held prisoners under the jewelry shop when she was in the capital.
The Sixth Prince was in that secret room at that time, and he tortured a person to death!
Chu Junlan pursed his lips and raised his hand to stop Huo Yeqing's immediate action of jumping down, "This matter is not urgent, let's think about it in the long run." ”
Huo Yeqing nodded: "Yes, then what should we do now?" ”
"Restore everything to the way it was first, let's take the bundled people away, and go back to interrogate them."
Chu Junlan immediately commanded everyone to restore the scene, who expected that as soon as he turned around and walked two steps, there was a sudden sound of intricate footsteps in the courtyard.
Chu Junlan's face changed drastically: "It's not good, there is a group of people approaching, I'm afraid we are surrounded!" ”