Gu Chuyu is not worried about the danger of the errand itself, it is just to catch a fugitive, and it is not dangerous to go to any yamen in Beijing to do it, but she is different, she has had a gamble with the prince of Xia Kingdom, and now that she is free, it is very likely that she will take revenge on her.

"I'll ask Liuyue to pick a few people to come to you in a while, and remember to take them wherever you go." Gu Chuyu said again, "It doesn't matter whether the errand can be completed, the important thing is that you must be well." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded with calm eyes.

His voice hasn't changed, and his concern for her hasn't changed, making her seem to have a momentary illusion, thinking that the previous days were just an illusory dream, not real, but the illusion is an illusion after all, and it is always in the purpose, how can she forget.

A hand touched the side of her face inadvertently, and with the warmth of the palm came his voice: "If the people of Xia Guo hurt you, I will pay back to them Xia Jun." ”

Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sat up straight, as if she was sitting on pins and needles and seemed to be frozen, unable to move.

It was still cold, and she sat near the door, her cheeks cold. The warmth of his palm made her feel comfortable, but it was also a constraint that made her uncomfortable and uneasy.

Mei Xiaoren frowned and asked in a low voice, "Xiangye...... Are you really? ”

He withdrew his hand and asked with a smile, "What is true and what is false?" ”

Mei Xiaoren slowly looked up at Chu Yu, and saw that he was very serious when he saw the smile on his lips. It was precisely because he was not pretending that she was extremely distressed.

"You think I'm not serious enough about you?"

"It's just a little ......" Mei Xiaoren frowned, bit his lower lip, and continued to spit out for a while, "It's too true......"

"Just get used to it."

Mei Xiaoren slapped his forehead, still shook his head helplessly, leaving a sentence of "resignation", and said to leave.

Mei Xiaoren took over the errand of catching the fugitives and began to run around in Shangjing.

She was always followed by a few officials, in fact, they were Xuanyi guards who had changed their clothes, and she listened to Chu Yu's orders and took them with her wherever she went.

Shangjing City and several surrounding state capitals have already begun to strictly check the people who enter and exit, and the officials of the government have also gone out of the city to search for them in many ways, and the city has even laid a net of heaven and earth.

She still did not rule out that the envoys of the Xia Kingdom had participated in the planning, even if they were not the main force, they must have known.

She guessed that the envoys of the Xia Kingdom wanted to attack her and Liuyue, but they actually wanted to hold them hostage and use them to leave the post house and escape, so that they could meet the prince of the Xia Kingdom.

Even if the Ministry of Rites insisted that the envoys of the Xia Kingdom could not contact the outside, the contact did not have to be a person, a letter, a note, or even a gesture.

For this reason, she turned back to the post house, and led people to carefully search the post house up and down, trying to find clues, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and finally found nothing.

The officials in the city searched all the places they could find, but the results were still not optimistic.

Just when Mei Xiaoren thought that the mountains and rivers were restored, she found clues in an inconspicuous booklet.

This booklet is a record of the entry and exit of the east city gate, and ordinary people do not need to record the entry and exit of ordinary people, but when encountering a large number of chariots, horses and goods entering and leaving the city gate, it is necessary to have a detailed record, such as how many chariots and horses, how many accompanying people, and what goods are loaded......

On the night of the Punishment Department, a caravan happened to leave the city from the east of the city.

There is a curfew when it goes to Beijing at night, and no one is allowed to enter without a document after the city gate is locked, but this caravan is an exception.

She inquired about an official who had been on duty in the capital for a long time, and learned that this was an imperial merchant whose roots were in Xinyang Mansion, east of Shangjing. They will come to Beijing once every half a month to deliver things to the palace, which is generally handed over by the inner government, and the time is mostly at night.

Mei Xiaoren sat behind the desk, holding the entry and exit records in his hand and looking at them repeatedly.

The official stood in the hall and asked, "Do you suspect that they are colluding with the people of Xia to help the prince of Xia escape from the capital?" ”

Mei Xiaoren put his hand on his forehead and asked lightly: "Is it not possible?" ”

"It is possible that the prisoner has absconded from Beijing, but the ancestors of the Xie family in Xinyang are all imperial merchants, and they help the people of Xia to do things, in case they are discovered, isn't it lost watermelons and sesame seeds, and the gains outweigh the losses?"

"But that night this caravan went out of the city with the documents given by the inner government, and then there is a record of entry and exit after dawn, when martial law was already in the city, and the caravan must go through a strict search." Mei Xiaoren continued, "If you ask me to choose the prince of the Xia Kingdom here to hide in the team that goes out of the city, I will choose the caravan of the Xie family. ”

"Your Excellency is not unreasonable, it has been three days since the prisoner disappeared, and the lowly rank has not found any clues in the city, since this is the case, then any speculation is worth trying."

Mei Xiaoren asked the official: "Do you think it is safest to try, whether to send someone to invite the caravan back, or let's take a trip?" ”

"I think that before making a conclusion, it is not appropriate to alarm the Xie family, the Xie family has been doing business with the palace for decades, and its connections in Shangjing should not be underestimated, if we suspect the Xie family, I am afraid that the big trees behind the Xie family will be dissatisfied, and it is easy for them to add fuel and vinegar to your majesty."

Mei Xiaoren agreed with the official's statement, and after that, she first went to the inner palace yamen outside the imperial city, and found out the time when the Xie family's caravan came and went in the inner mansion that night on the grounds of verifying the records of leaving the city.

The time that the Xie family's caravan stayed in the inner mansion covered exactly half an hour before and after the fire in the criminal department.

The evidence of the inner house made her more determined to guess in her heart.

Without further ado, she couldn't find any reliable person to take this trip for a while, so she decided to go to Xinyang in person and thank her family.

Mei Xiaoren's carriage couldn't get close to the imperial city, it was parked a little far, and she was walking towards the place where the carriage was waiting, when suddenly a carriage came from the direction of the palace gate and stopped beside her.

Mei Xiaoren turned his eyes and saw that Jiang Rong was sitting in the car. He was opening the curtain and looking at her with a smile, "Little man, why are you here?" ”

"I've come to the Inner Mansion to ask about something, and I'm about to leave."

"Then don't come up quickly, I'll give you a ride."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the long road ahead and accepted Jiang Rong's kindness.

In the car, Jiang Rong asked, "I heard that the prince of Xia Guo ran away, and you are responsible for arresting him back?" ”

Mei Xiaoren sighed helplessly, "Yes, I have searched all over the capital, and he didn't even have a ghost shadow when he ran." ”

"Maybe the person is no longer in Shangjing, why don't you look elsewhere?"

"I'm getting ready to go to Xinyang."

"Really?" Jiang Rong was pleased, and said with some excitement, "I'm going with you, I'm panicking in the capital!" ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned, "Your Highness, I'm here to do business, not to enjoy the mountains and rivers." ”

"I won't delay you to do business, let's go now, just take my carriage!"