But in a short moment, Xue Ne thought a lot, he didn't care about what kind of feelings were hidden behind Fan Ning's impulsive words, he was afraid that she would be involved, and said loudly: "Although you and I have known each other early, Xue Mou's decision on this case was entrusted by His Royal Highness the Prince, and it has nothing to do with you." This case was accepted by Right Suji and the Third Director impartially, without bias, you were wronged, and you will not be dragged down by the influence of Xue's matter. Don't be afraid, don't say stupid things, and go home early. After that, Xue Ne no longer gave Fan Ning a chance to refute, looked at her deeply, turned around and walked straight to the back hall of the prison.

Xue Ne's move was to protect her, how could Fan Ning not understand, but the more righteous he was, the more she couldn't just leave, thinking about the "Princess of Stability", he still didn't know, if he was involved in prison, wouldn't he be able to connect?

Fan Ning was so anxious that he shouted to the old men: "Since the second saint locked up Xue Lang because of me, you guys will arrest me together!" Save yourself from running back and forth with questions, wouldn't it be a waste of effort! ”

Since ancient times, judges have tried cases, only those who shouted for mercy and begged for mercy, and they had never seen anyone who made a fuss and was arrested, and the three directors looked at each other, not knowing how to end it, but Gao Min, who had been silent, opened his mouth: "Fan Ning, do you know that once Xue Mingfu's crime is confirmed, he will be exiled for three thousand miles......

The punishment of exile is second only to the death penalty in the law, and it is a very severe punishment, and it is necessary to be driven away from the homeland, to be driven to the frontier, to be devastated by the wind and frost, and some people even think that it is not as clean and pleasant as the head to the ground. But Fan Ning's cold and beautiful little face showed no fear, and asked rhetorically: "What if it's 30,000 miles?" Please be gracious to all the officials, and if you grant what the people want, you will take me into custody with Xue Mingfu! ”

Xue Ne walked into the back hall, but did not immediately walk to the inner court, but stood under the corridor and listened to the movement of the front hall, seeing the two martial marquis who followed him with embarrassed faces, he laughed in a low voice: "Don't worry, this official will not embarrass you......"

Before the words fell, he heard Fan Ning's sentence "What if it is 30,000 miles", Xue Ne only felt that his clear mind was banging, his heart was beating suddenly, and his eyes were not angry.

After several years of stargazing and redemption, from an ignorant child to a young adult, the first big truth I understood in life was that I liked Fan Ning. At that time, he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he couldn't do anything except drive dozens of miles of mountain roads to see her every once in a while. Therefore, when the Hongwen Pavilion case broke out, in addition to being dazed and worried, Xue Ne even had a trace of joy, not for anything else, just so that this time he could do his best for her, break through the fog, return her innocence, and protect her.

At the beginning of taking over this case, he had already thought about it, it was enough to protect Fan Ning and live up to Li Hong, as for his own life and death, he had already put it aside. To be able to clear up Fan Ning's grievances today, Xue Ne was satisfied, and did not expect to get any response from her.

At this moment, hearing Fan Ning's words, Xue Ne couldn't express his emotion. How many couples who have been together for many years are still unable to willingly go to prison together, let alone exile for 3,000 miles and serve hard labor in the border areas. But how could he be willing to let Fan Ning suffer from prison again, and was worried that those old men would really faint and throw Fan Ning into prison again, when Li Yuanyan's voice suddenly came: "Are you crazy?" Xue Lang has never shielded you, what kind of hero are you here, do you help him or harm him? In this case, the emperor and queen of heaven have their own holy judgment, and it is not your turn to be full of righteousness...... Pull her out for me. ”

Xue Ne was dumbfounded when he heard it, Li Yuanyan was kind and he understood, but if he had to rely on those Dragon and Tiger Army soldiers to drag Fan Ning out, wouldn't he have a fight? Sure enough, after the slight footsteps, Fan Ning's refuge came: "I'll see who dares to touch me...... Hey, hey Li Yuanyan, don't tickle me, let go of me, don't drag me......"

Fan Ning's voice became farther and farther away, as if he had been pulled down from the hall, Xue Ne thought to himself how these two were still like when they were children, they pinched as soon as they met, but they were still a little close, he smiled helplessly, no longer delayed, and said to the two Wuhou: "Let's go." ”

Unexpectedly, the two Wuhou were looking at him with a smile, Xue Ne was stunned, thinking that they were only afraid that Fan Ning and Li Yuanyan were fighting for the wind and jealousy. Yes, one is a stunning childhood sweetheart, and the other is the daughter of the noble and extraordinary Guogong Mansion, I don't know how many people think that Xue Ne is caught in it, and Xue Ne can't argue, sigh lightly, and walk to the backyard cell.

Fan Ning was dragged all the way by several soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion and went straight out of the gate of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion. Li Yuanyan followed closely, and saw Tao Mu standing at the door in a daze, not knowing where to go, she couldn't help but say angrily: "Who are the people around Xue Lang, how can they be stupid one or two, why don't you go to the Pingyang County Mansion to report the news, and then bring some change of clothes and send them over, and beat up the jailers, you still have to teach this matter?" ”

Tao Mu woke up from a big dream, thanked Li Yuanxi, stepped on the cloth bag, and ran quickly in the direction of Chongrenfang.

Fan Ning was finally let go by the soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Battalion, and stepped forward quickly, but was blocked by the guards, and it was difficult to enter the Jingzhao Mansion again, she was so anxious that she stomped her feet, and her cherry-red hairband swayed lightly with the wind.

Li Yuanyan stepped forward with her arms crossed, looked at Fan Ning and said sarcastically: "Do you still have time to groom and dress up in prison?" You're good enough, too...... Don't look at this point, you don't think there are enough onlookers? Get in the carriage with me and get out of here. ”

Li Yuanyan didn't know what kind of heart Fan Ning was holding back, so she naturally couldn't understand her anxiety at this time. Fan Ning was so angry that her face turned red, and she just wanted to screw her, but she was in the way of asking about something, so she reluctantly got into the carriage with Li Yuan.

As soon as the carriage started, Fan Ning asked impatiently: "Do you have any clues about the Hu people, tell me everything." ”

"What is this for, you ask?"

"Although this case has been solved, the suspect has not yet been caught, if that guy can be caught, wouldn't he have more bargaining chips to ask the emperor and queen to forgive Xue Lang?"

Li Yuanyan stuck her waist and glanced at Fan Ning up and down, looking disapproving: "My Dragon and Tiger Army's five hundred elite soldiers are full of Chang'an City, and I haven't been able to arrest them, just rely on you, can you do it?" ”

"Are you sure that your Dragon and Tiger Army is an elite soldier? Wouldn't it be a cook who burns the fire? I still got the knife wound on that guy's face, and you 500 elite soldiers didn't even touch a fart, what do you say I have to do? ”

Fan Ning's words were true, the Dragon and Tiger Army dispatched more than 500 people successively, but they didn't catch a single hair of the Hu man, only Fan Ning injured him a few points with a tiger shooting knife. Li Yuanyan's arrogance was three points shorter than her size, but she refused to admit defeat: "In short...... It's useless for you to ask me, this case is now my grandfather is in full charge, and it is related to the safety of Datang, and I don't know the details. But there is one thing you can rest assured, when my grandfather catches that guy, he will definitely intercede with the second saint and rescue Xue Lang. ”

Fan Ning glanced at Li Yuanyan and didn't answer again, thinking that he couldn't implicate Xue Ne because of himself. After turning two intersections, the carriage drove to the outside of Chongrenfang, Fan Ning lifted the curtain and looked at it, and said goodbye: "Just send it here, there is a post station in front, I just went to borrow a horse." ”

"Where are you going? Back to stargazing? ”

Fan Ning nodded and said: "The seal of the Criminal Department should be able to be removed, nearly half a year has passed, I don't know what the chaos has become, I will go back to clean and clean, and wait for the master to come back." ”

"Do you have enough money there? But I need ......."

"Thank you for your kindness, no need", Fan Ning patted his heart, and the metal sound of Kaiyuan Tongbao and silver colliding kept stopping, "Xue Lang gave me his money bag, and it is estimated that it will be enough to spend for a while." ”

Li Yuanyan rolled her eyes, not knowing whether to be angry or laughing: "How can I be regarded as a benefactor of the two of you?" You're a little more restrained, who likes to listen to this. ”

Fan Ning realized that he seemed to be showing off, the peach blossoms were redder than usual, and he stumbled: "Hey, I didn't mean that......"

"Okay", Li Yuanyan is not a caring person in the end, ordered the coachman to stop the car, and advised, "The hour is not early, you still have to hurry, go back early." ”

Fan Ning originally wanted to ask Li Yuanyan whether it was true or false that Xue Ne liked her that day, but after thinking about it, how could there be any reason to ask others about this kind of thing, so he only nodded, opened the curtain and bent down to get out of the car.

Chang'an City is in the early spring, and the willow trees are smoking their buds, and they are full of business. Fan Ning strolled down the long street, thinking about it carefully, there had been no such days for a long time, he was not afraid of arrest, there was no grievance like Mount Tai's pressure, and he could show his true face. But there was still a faint pain on the tip of her heart, which was linked to Xue Ne's safety, making her mood always like a night when the heavy rain first stopped, and she couldn't really get clear.

Fang Xing to the outside of the post station, suddenly heard a sound of horses, Fan Ning looked back, only to see that it was Gao Min chasing after him, hurriedly dismounted, he almost tripped over the stirrup, almost fell on his head, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, why did you leave by yourself, let Gao find ......?"

"The ghost is not gone", Fan Ning muttered in a low voice, and asked with a cold face, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Where does Your Highness want to go?" Gao Min avoided pedestrians and asked in a low voice, "The stargazing view should not be unsealed yet, Li Jucheng is not here, His Highness is not safe alone, the private house that day was for His Highness to live in, Your Highness ......"

"No need", Fan Ning turned around and entered the stable of the post station, opened the horse's mouth to look at the teeth, picked a horse he liked, and led it out after paying, seeing that Gao Min was still following her step by step, Fan Ning only felt funny, "Master Gao, I don't know something: when you were in the Yamen today, did you already know that the emperor was going to put Xue Lang in prison, so you didn't say a word, just waiting to see his good show?" ”

Gao Min was stunned for a moment, and said with full grievance: "Your Highness, where is this?" Gao just felt that Xue Mingfu's evidence was conclusive and irrefutable. Otherwise, why Huang ...... Ah no, Li Sixing has been refuting? In short, His Royal Highness thought that the saint had informed Gao, a sixth-grade petty official of the Criminal Department, but did not inform the third-grade senior Li Si of the punishment? ”

Fan Ning shrugged, signaled that it didn't matter, and said: "In short, if you dare to wronged Xue Lang, even if I risk my life, I will let you repay it twice, you can do it yourself." ”

"His Royal Highness ordered this matter, Xue Mingfu's father is the Duke of Erpin County, and he himself is an official of the imperial court, even if he is imprisoned, no one dares to slack off. It's just that His Highness returns to the stargazing, which is really dangerous......"

"It's good if you understand", Fan Ning interrupted Gao Min's words, ignored him, turned on his horse, and drove towards Zhongnan Mountain like a gust of wind.

In the past few days, Li Hong has lived in the East Palace, no longer has to deal with political affairs, reads books every day, and practices archery, but he has not been at ease for several years.

But before dawn, he woke up, freshened up and paced back and forth in the study, half rolled the book in his hand, but he couldn't read a word, and waited a little anxiously for news from Jingzhao Yin's mansion.

Xue Ne's ability, he is very convinced, but the criminal department's ability to mess around should not be underestimated, such anxious waiting, Chunyang climbed to the top of his head little by little, and gradually moved west, Zhang Shun's footsteps finally came from the long road of the East Palace, and he panted and said to Li Hong: "Palace, Your Highness...... Xue Mingfu, won ......"

"This palace knows", Li Hong was so happy, he knocked his hand with the scroll, and smiled very brightly, "This time the human and material evidence is complete, those little old men have nothing to say?" ”

"Yes...... However......" Zhang Shun wanted to speak and stopped, "the saint suddenly surrendered, and Xue Mingfu ...... Imprisoned......"

"What?" Li Hong was shocked, the smile on his face collapsed instantly, and he stepped forward in two steps, completely unable to believe Zhang Shun's words, "Father ordered Shen Yan to be imprisoned?" What is the charge? ”

"It is said that it is 'a suspect in private shelter and a forgery', Your Highness...... Will this matter implicate His Highness? ”

Li Hong frowned into his temples and long eyebrows, standing still, like a gorgeous statue, and said slowly: "There is something strange about this matter, the correspondence between the palace and the father and the emperor is an urgent secret letter channel, and it will take four or five days to go back and forth, and the imperial history will take about seven or eight days from Luoyang to Chang'an." In other words, this decree was made at least seven or eight days ago, and as early as then, someone had denounced the words of caution to his father, and he should have some solid evidence. Now that Shen Yan is in the Criminal Department, the file should have passed, you go to Yuan Gongyu and ask who is secretly denouncing, and the trial will start on the day. ”

Zhang Shun hugged his fists at Li Hong, and hurriedly walked out of the East Palace. Li Hong returned to the study and stood by the bookshelf, looking at the dazzling array of books, but none of them could really catch the eye.

The road from Chang'an to Zhongnan Mountain, it is not close to say that it is not close, and it is not far away, but Fan Ning still walked for three or four hours, when the sky was dark and the bright moon was high, she returned to the stargazing view, she removed the seal of the criminal department, pushed open the door, led the horse in, touched the kitchen against the moonlight, found the flint to make a stove, and lit the small oil lamp in the courtyard.

Half a year unattended, the always clean courtyard is messy, and the withered yellow leaves are washed by the autumn rain and winter snow, festering into mud, exuding a strange atmosphere. Fan Ning took out a big broom from behind the Jade Emperor Palace, and cleaned it for a while before rolling them into a pile, she leaned on the broom, Fang slightly relieved, and saw that the Go board under Gu Huai fell obliquely, and the chess pieces were scattered, so she hurriedly went to pick them up.

"Knowing its whiteness and guarding its black is the world's style. For the world's style, Changde is not hesitant, and returns to Wuji......" Fan Ning picked up the chess pieces, thinking of Li Chunfeng's words, tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes and dripped on the wet mud ground.

"Master", Fan Ning muttered in a low voice, "Even if you are afraid, you should go home." ”

After cleaning up the courtyard, Fan Ning returned to the bedroom, hung up the bed, and slapped it with a bamboo ruler for a while, but it was still impossible to dust the quilt in the past six months. She made the bed, pressed the oil lamp, and lay down in her clothes, but she did not feel sleepy at all.

has always longed for the day when she was wronged and regained her freedom, but when it came to this day, there was no relaxation and joy as she imagined. Master's whereabouts are still unknown, and Xue Ne has also been implicated and imprisoned, and if she knew so, she would rather be the one who went through the prison. Coupled with the "stable princess" that Gao Min and the weasel were talking about, Fan Ning only felt that his head was swollen and painful, and it seemed that he was about to explode.

Just as she was thinking wildly, Fan Ning's little ears trembled in alarm, and she immediately closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Almost at the same time, there was a slight sound of moving bricks and tiles from the roof, and with a "bang", a smoke pill fell from the roof and rolled to Fan Ning's side, beginning to release a comatose fragrance.

Fan Ning was angry, pretending to be asleep and turned over, and suddenly threw his hand and flew out of his hidden blade to the roof, only to hear a scream of "ah", and a man in black rolled down the sloping roof like a rolling log, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

It was too late, it was too late, and after a short silence, a rain of arrows broke through the door. Fan Ning quietly hid under the bed, slammed the bed board a few times with his hand irregularly, and let out a miserable scream, as if he had fallen to the ground with an arrow.

Hearing this sound, the rain of arrows outside stopped. Fan Ning got up quietly, quickly took out a thin blanket from the compartment and stuffed it into her quilt, making it look like someone was sleeping with her head covered, and then she retreated to the side and squatted down behind the screen in the shadows, and continued to wait quietly.

Soon, there was a sound of fine rubble on the roof, and with the movement of the bricks, a ray of moonlight leaked into the room, and Fan Ning faintly saw a crossbow machine also poking its head out of the small hole, only to hear the "whoosh" two sounds, and a row of arrows were firmly nailed to the bed.

The other party's purpose is undoubtedly to take his own life, Fan Ning's heart is in his throat, and he doesn't know what the other party will do next.

Suddenly, the door on his side was violently pushed open, and a strong man in black rushed into the room with a barrier knife. When the man wanted to step forward to check the futon, Fan Ning appeared from behind like a ghost, raised his hand and slammed the back of the person's neck, and before the man had time to exclaim, he straightened up. Like a whirlwind, Fan Ning snatched the barrier knife from his hand, turned around and slashed, causing the assassin's blood to splatter on the spot.

"How? Is she dead or not? ”

Hearing the shouts outside the door, Fan Ning raised his feet to hook up the futon on the ground, turned around and wrapped it around his body, and Yuyue broke through the door and came to the courtyard.

Seeing that it was Fan Ning who rushed out, the rain of arrows struck again. Fan Ning danced the futon in his hand into a whirlwind, and actually blocked the rain of arrows in all directions like bones and steel, and fell to the ground with a slight shake.

Looking at the density of the rain of arrows, there were at least thirty crossbowmen in ambush outside the view, and it seemed that the other party understood that it was difficult to take advantage of hand-to-hand combat, so he set up this ambush circle of ten thousand arrows, wanting to shoot himself from a distance. Although Fan Ning was annoyed, his steps were not flustered, dodging left and right like a silver snake, unscathed, and gradually approached the gate.

There is a thatched eaves here, and it is difficult for arrows to shoot in, Fan Ning Fang wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but suddenly a row of four black-clothed swordsmen fell from the sky, blocking her way. Fan Ning rubbed the tip of his nose and said with a playful smile: "What? If you can't put cold arrows, you will use a human wall instead? ”

The four of them didn't talk much to her, they quickly took out their weapons, and when the black cloth was revealed, it turned out to be four Mo knives with a length of four zhangs, and without waiting for Fan Ning to put on a posture, they swept straight towards her. The obstacle knife in Fan Ning's hand was only more than a foot long, and she could only resist slightly, and she couldn't hurt the other party at all, seeing that the cold white blade was close at hand, she had to support the ground with her hands like a smart ape, and flipped backwards to escape.

The four of them didn't give Fan Ning a chance to breathe, and immediately chased after him with a knife. Fan Ning knew that it was not a way to hide like this, but he had already used the Hidden Blade in his right hand, and only one in his left hand was left, and he couldn't use it until he had to.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Ning had a plan, only to see that she deliberately gradually adjusted her relative position with the four swordsmen in the left and right blocks, and after the leftmost knife was swung over, she suddenly turned around, rushed forward, and grabbed the wrist of the swordsman. Seeing this, the two people nearby rushed out together and slashed at Fan Ning with the knife in their hands.

A sneer flashed on Fan Ning's beautiful little face, and he suddenly let go of his hand and flashed back, only to hear a loud sound of metal impact, and the three Mo knives collided together, shaking the three people to take off their hands, and "dang chang" fell to the ground with a few sounds.

The three of them still wanted to pick it up, how could Fan Ning give them another chance, rushed forward with an arrow step, picked up a barrier knife, knelt on one knee, and slashed the knife with his right hand, killing the three people in an instant.

"It's really a handy thing", the cold blade reflected Fan Ning's cold face, and her world-like beauty was full of evil spirits, swinging her knife at the only remaining black-clothed swordsman.

The black-clothed swordsman was obviously panicked, danced a few times at will, turned around and fled with trembling legs, Fan Ning chased after him, chased him out of the courtyard over the wall, and swept away the knife and cut off the guy's legs.

The guy screamed endlessly, but he still touched the handle of the knife and wanted to stab, Fan Ning stepped forward and grabbed the man's neck, shouting: "Say! Who sent you? If you don't say anything, I'll gouge out your eyes, and make your life worse than death! ”

But the man suddenly spat blood at his mouth, rolled his eyes, and died. Fan Ning found out that he had hidden the poison pill in the tooth socket, and at this time there was an arrow shooting, Fan Ning didn't have time to delay, he touched the man's waist, and found a fish talisman, the light was too dim, Fan Ning couldn't see the words engraved on it, so he temporarily put it in his arms, dropped the Mo knife, and ran down the path to the mountain.