Dou Wanzhao's eyelids jumped, and he confirmed with Yu Rong again: "Song Ning's mother hasn't come back yet?" ”

Yu Rong replied: "No." I asked the two neighbors and said that her mother would go to live in the temple for a few days and pray for Song Ning. ”

Dou Wanzhao's face was full of suspicion: "His Royal Highness the Tenth is in the palace, this is already the fourth day, right?" ”

"Yes!" Yu Rong said, "But several of his entourages have never been anywhere. ”

Dou Wanzhao thought for a while: "No, the more I think about this matter, the more strange I feel." ”

Yu Rong asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"His Royal Highness doesn't come out, and Song Ning is gone." Dou Wanzhao said, "Have the people who went to Niutou Mountain come back?" ”

He suddenly remembered this morning, so he sent someone to Niutou Mountain to take a look. Song Ning didn't come back, so he couldn't really go to Niutou Mountain to find Hu Qingyuan?

It doesn't matter if she enters Niutou Mountain, if she is afraid, she is afraid, Zhao Yi is with her.

"It's only noon, and the trip will be in the afternoon at the earliest." Yu Rong said, "Why don't I go there myself?" ”

Dou Wanzhao waved his hand and said in a low voice: "You and I will go to the palace again, if His Royal Highness doesn't show up this time, there must be a mystery in this." ”

"Good!" Yu Rong went out with Dou Wanzhao, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw his concubine Liu Yinyin coming down from the sedan chair, and he asked, "What are you doing in the yamen?" ”

Liu Yinyin stepped forward to salute and said, "Master, I want to take advantage of the good weather to go back to Niutou Mountain to visit my brother." ”

"It's cold, and I'm not happy to go out."

Dou Wanzhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to go today?" ”

"Yes, I'll go down and stay in the mountains for the night, and I'll be back early tomorrow morning."

Dou Wanzhao nodded: "You go." ”

Liu Yinyin glanced at Dou Wanzhao, lowered her eyes, saluted, and got into the sedan chair and left.

Dou Wanzhao didn't think much about it, and went directly into the palace, and it was Lu Qingqing who guarded the door, he didn't know it for the first time, but Yu Rong introduced him to him: "...... This is Song Ning's neighbor, His Royal Highness went to Ertiao Lane that day, and asked for it by name after seeing him. ”

It was actually the person Zhao Yi named and wanted, Dou Wanzhao carefully glanced at Lu Qingqing, who was standing tall, and passed by.

Lu Qingqing waited for Dou Wanzhao to go away, quickly went out, went straight to the county office, and told Dou Wanzhao about going to the palace, and Shen Wenyu followed him back to the palace.

The two of them hid in an accident, and when they heard in the courtyard, Dou Wanzhao looked at the closed doors and windows, and said worriedly: "Lord Langfeng, this is ...... How many days has the Tenth Master been in it, is this okay? ”

"It's really fine, don't worry about it, we're here." Yan Feng said, and lowered his voice again, "If nothing else, Ming'er will be able to come out." ”

"Tomorrow?" Dou Wanzhao asked.

Yan Feng nodded: "As you said, His Highness's body can't bear it for a long time, and we have to think about His Highness." ”

The corners of Dou Wanzhao's mouth twitched.

"It's okay to finish a day sooner, right? Why don't you let Your Highness have a word with us? Yu Rong asked.

As he spoke, he jumped in between Dou Wanzhao and Yan Feng, and shouted at the window: "Greetings to the Tenth Master." ”

"Tenth Master, Lord Dou has come to greet you with the small one."

"Did you eat well, did you eat deliciously?" Yu Rong said, "A few days ago, the little one met Song Ning, and the girl knocked me a sum of money again. She's getting more and more proud of being protected by you. ”

After speaking, Yu Rong and Dou Wanzhao were waiting for Zhao Yi's answer in the room.

Suddenly, there was a woman's laughter, and I heard Zhao Yi say, "I'm fine, let's go back." ”

Dou Wanzhao and Yu Rong were stunned.

"Your Highness, this soldier is about to be recruited, take a look, when will you go and take a look?" Dou Wanzhao hurried up and asked.

In the room, there was a cough of displeasure.

"Lord Dou, don't make Your Highness unhappy." "Come back tomorrow night, okay?" ”

Dou Wanzhao was still suspicious in his heart, but he couldn't say anything wrong, he didn't dare to rush in to ask for verification, so he had to reply: "Cheng, then we'll come back tomorrow." ”

The two said a few more words, and walked out of the inner courtyard through the Ruyi Gate.

When he returned to the mansion and closed the door, Dou Wanzhao sat behind the table with a gloomy face, Yu Rong felt that it was okay, so he was relieved: "His Royal Highness Ten is just a child in his early twenties. ”

"It's normal for him to mess around. Don't worry, wait until everything is clear tomorrow. ”

Dou Wanzhao nodded: "I can only wait for tomorrow, if His Royal Highness doesn't come out again, he will rush in on the charge of poor protection of a few people." ”

Because Niutou Mountain was the most vigilant and sensitive thing he had been doing in the past ten years, he had doubted whether Zhao Yi was coming to Niutou Mountain.

But Zhao Yi didn't bring anyone, and even people from several nearby state capitals did not receive his order to transfer troops.

That's why he dispelled his doubts, but now that Zhao Yi and Song Ning have disappeared together, he has begun to suspect again.

"Then I'll go back first." Yu Rong opened the door and went out, Qiu Weipeng was pushing the door in and crashing into Yu Rong. Yu Rong said strangely, "Lord Qiu, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Qiu Weipeng held up an encrypted document in his hand and said, "What was sent by the post station just now is a secret letter from the capital. ”

"Beijing?" Yu Rong got out of the way, Dou Wanzhao had already taken three steps and two steps over, tearing open the letter without waiting for a moment.

There were only seven or eight lines of words on the letter, but after Dou Wanzhao read it, his face turned pale.

"Whose secret letter is it, and what's the matter?" Yu Rong asked.

Dou Wanzhao clutched the letter, his hands were shaking: "The letter was sent by the Prince's Mansion." The crown prince also knew that His Royal Highness the Tenth had arrived in Boryeong. ”

"What?!" Yu Rong and Qiu Weipeng glanced at each other, "Isn't His Highness the Tenth Qin Cha who oversees the recruitment?" ”

Dou Wanzhao shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness the Tenth is a Qincha, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know. ”

"Huh?" Qiu Weipeng said in surprise, "Is His Royal Highness the Tenth hiding this from the crown prince, or is it ...... The saint is hiding from the prince? ”

Dou Wanzhao didn't speak, and sat down on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yu Rong replied: "Obviously, it was the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness who hid it from the crown prince. ”

"If that's the case, then it's not easy." Qiu Weipeng's voice trembled, "It is rumored that His Royal Highness the Holy Lord likes the top ten, and he keeps all the good things for him, even if he tries his best to be extravagant and wasteful, he will never reprimand him." ”

"If the matter is true, then the Holy Lord may really give the throne to His Highness the Ten."

Yu Rong also went back and forth, the matter of raising soldiers in Baoning, at first Dou Wanzhao raised it himself, but a few years ago, because of Baoning's empty salary, Feng Li told the heavens, and the prince personally came forward to protect them.

Since then, they have been secretly in contact with the prince.

"The prince can't have an accident, right?"

Yu Rong was frightened: "I've also heard about this." Shengshang married three queens successively, and the first Empress Duan Jingsu died after giving birth to the crown prince. ”

"The second queen is still alive, but she has been in the cold for twenty years. It is said that the reason why she was sent to the cold palace was because the saint fell in love with the current queen at first sight. ”

"For twenty years, the current queen has been favored by the sixth palace."

"Incidentally, His Royal Highness the Ten is also loved by the house and Wu, and he is spoiled by lawlessness."

Yu Rong said, looking back at Dou Wanzhao: "What should I do?" ”

Dou Wanzhao rubbed and stood up: "Carry out the palace again!" ”

"If we don't give it in, if we go now, we may have to use the knife." Yu Rong reminded.

Dou Wanzhao has nothing to fear, people are here, how he died, he can report it.

At this moment, Yu Rong's entourage hurriedly followed in and said, "My lord, uncle, it's not good!" ”

"What's wrong?"

The expressions of the three people in the room changed, and they felt together that this "bad" must be related to Zhao Yi.

I heard the breath panting and said: "The villain arrived at Niutou Mountain in the morning, and as soon as he entered the mountain, he found that the mountain pass was unguarded, and if he went up, he saw that there was chaos in Niutou Mountain." ”

"His Royal Highness Ten and Song Ning are in Niutou Mountain."

"Everyone, mutiny."

As soon as these words fell, Yu Rong jumped up: "Are you sure it's the tenth master?" ”

The person replied: "The little one has seen the Ten Highnesses, I can be sure." ”

He hid in the wheat field, although he was not close, he could still recognize the man and woman who spoke, it was Zhao Yi and Song Ning.

Regardless of the demeanor and appearance, there is no doubt about it.

"How can it be!" Dou Wanzhao propped up the table, and his face turned purple because of anger.

Yu Rong and Qiu Weipeng both looked at him.

"Go and call Mei Chengqiao and a few people." Dou Wanzhao said word by word.

The retinue went to call people.

Dou Wanzhao took a deep breath and instructed Qiu Weipeng: "Tell the militia to guard every two ways in and out." Then he brought together three hundred men of the envoy's yamen. ”

"Yes!" Qiu Weipeng was ordered to do something.

Dou Wanzhao took his hand, stood in front of the bookshelf, and looked up at the pair of words hanging on the wall.

This pair of characters was sent to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, handwritten, and his private seal.

Mei Chengqiao, Lou Shan and Dou Wanjiang all hurried over, the door closed, Dou Wanzhao looked at a few people, and said, "Now, we are in a big disaster. ”

As soon as his words came out, several people were stunned.

"What do you mean?" Dou Wanjiang asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

Dou Wanzhao didn't speak, Yu Rong stepped forward and told Zhao Yi about it, Dou Wanjiang rubbed his head and got up: "This, what should I do?" ”

"Could this be a mistake? Doesn't it mean that people are still in the palace? "Mei Cheng Bridge Road.

Yu Rong shook his head: "It won't be wrong." ”

Even if you don't fully trust the entourage, combined with the current situation, the entourage's words are a little more credible.

Everyone looked at Dou Wanzhao.

Dou Wanzhao slapped the table suddenly, and said coldly: "Don't do it!" ”