Night has come, Xiao Zhen is still sitting in the study busy processing official documents, Yin Luo suddenly pushed the door and broke in, without even knocking on the door, but Xiao Zhen, who was concentrating on official business, was startled, Xiao Zhen put down the official document in his hand and said: "Why didn't you knock on the door and ran in." ”

There was no blame between the words, just said a word to him, Yin Luo naturally didn't care about this, and hurriedly said to him: "Something happened to the county lord of Hengyang!" ”

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Isn't she in Jiming Temple now, what's wrong?" ”

"I heard she was assassinated......"

"What?" As soon as he heard that Xie Zheng had been assassinated, Xiao Zhen stood up abruptly, interrupted Yin Luo's words again, and asked worriedly: "You said she was assassinated?" ”

Yin nodded slightly, and Xiao Xun hurriedly asked again: "How are the people?" It didn't hurt, did it? ”

"It's not lightly injured, and I don't know what's going on now," Yin Luo finished speaking, Xiao Zhen had already walked out of the door, and only said, "Go and take a look alone." ”

Yin Luo also followed outside, and the two of them were going to Ma Peng in the mansion at the moment, along the way, Xiao Zhen was in a hurry, walking very quickly, and asked: "Who did you listen to about this matter?" But did the Hou Mansion send someone to inform you? ”

"It was sent by Chen Qingzhi, a lieutenant of the Northern Army, who led the Northern Army to patrol the city at night, and happened to meet the carriage of the Hou Mansion of Yongxiu County, and the county lord of Hengyang was in that car, I heard that the people were ...... It seems like it's dying......"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhen froze suddenly, only frowning and standing there, breathing a little short, as if he was very scared, Yin Luo walked to his side and called: "Your Highness......"

This call brought back Xiao Chen's thoughts, and Xiao Zhen was even more anxious at this time, so he took three steps and made two steps, and simply trotted all the way, and when he arrived at Ma Peng, he untied the reins, got on the horse and left.

The two of them also met the Northern Army patrolling the night on the road, but they didn't see Lieutenant Chen Qingzhi leading, but they also galloped all the way, who didn't care what the Northern Army didn't care about, as for those little minions of the Northern Army, they didn't dare to chase after them, they just didn't see it.

The Hou Mansion was in a mess, the two gatekeepers were guarding the door of the mansion, all talking about Xie Zheng's injury, Xiao Zhen and Yin Luo rushed here, and after getting off the horse, they couldn't even care about the reins, so they hurriedly wanted to go to the mansion, but they broke into it without saying a word, and the two gatekeepers were going to block the road, and hurriedly shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

Xiao Zhen only moved forward, and he had Yin Luo to deal with the concierge, he only said: "Come and see Xie Niangzi!" ”

Yin slightly stretched out his arms to block the two porters, but the two of them still didn't dare to stop them anymore, so they had to turn back to the door, and helplessly led the two horses to the side for Xiao Zhen and Yin Luo to tie them up.

Although Xiao Zheng had never been to the courtyard where Xie Zheng lived openly, he had also visited the Hou Mansion at night to test Xie Zheng's identity earlier, so he naturally knew where Xie Zheng lived.

Yin Luo followed Xiao Zhen all the way to the outside of Yazhuyuan, and before he walked in, he saw Tao Hongjing walking out of it, and a medical woman behind him chased out of the West Cross Courtyard with a medicine box.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Tao Hongjing was a little surprised when he saw Xiao Zhen here, and when Xiao Zhen met Tao Hongjing, he hurriedly asked him: "Tao Hongjing, how is Xie Niangzi?" ”

"County lord, she ......" Tao Hongjing slurred as he spoke, and then sighed lightly, lowered his head as if he was very lost, stopped and didn't say any more, but Xiao Zhen was shocked when he heard it, his face was full of worry, and he asked in a daze: "What's wrong with her?" You say! ”

Tao Hongjing raised his head and looked at Xiao Zhen, and said bluntly: "The county lord is seriously injured, I'm afraid I'm not optimistic......"

"She is seriously injured, how can you leave at this time! What if she needs you for something! At this time, Xiao Zhen naturally hoped that Tao Hongjing would stay here, so he asked him to stay in the Hou Mansion all the time.

Tao Hongjing said again: "The external injuries on the county lord's body have all been bandaged with medicine, but the internal injuries are ...... Just ......"

Seeing that Tao Hongjing's speech was always so vague, Xiao Zhen was really anxious and dry, so he simply turned his eyes to the doctor girl who was following Tao Hongjing, and said, "You come on!" ”

The doctor said frankly: "The county lord's internal injuries are the most fatal, and now his life is hanging by a thread, whether he can survive it depends only on tonight, if the county lord can wake up early tomorrow morning, this injury will get better, but if he can't wake up, then I'm afraid ...... I can only prepare for the future......"

Xiao Zhen was most afraid of hearing this kind of words now, so he brushed his sleeves and scolded angrily: "Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he walked past the two of them into the courtyard, but saw Chen Qingzhi also standing in the courtyard, facing Xie Zheng's closed door in a hurry.

"Your Highness!" Chen Qingzhi saw that Xiao Zhen had come to this point, and stopped and was about to salute him, but Xiao Zhen just glanced at him, and then silently pushed the door and broke into Xie Zheng's boudoir, Chen Qingzhi knew what was going on inside, and hurriedly called: "Your Highness!" ”

He wanted to stop Xiao Xu, but Xiao Zhen had already walked in, and Yin Luo was also trying to follow up, so he could only stop Yin Luo now and said, "It's inconvenient inside." ”

Yin had no choice but to retreat to the hospital and wait.

It's really inconvenient, Xie Zheng is covered in blood, and it's good to clean and bandage the wound, but the clothes always have to be changed, and now Yuzhi is changing into clean clothes for Xie Zheng.

Huan Ling didn't avoid suspicion, but turned his back to Xie Zheng's bed, Yuzhi sat on the edge of the bed, and was about to change for Xie Zheng, but at this time Xiao Zhen broke in, she was shocked, and hurriedly pulled up the thin quilt to cover Xie Zheng's body, at that time, Huan Ling had also stopped Xiao Zheng, and shouted: "Why are you here!" ”

"Come and see Mrs. Xie alone!" Let Huan Ling stop him, Xiao Zhen's worry about Xie Zheng had turned into anger towards Huan Ling at this moment.

Huan Ling didn't get angry because he trespassed into Xie Zheng's boudoir, he took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and pointed out the door, and scolded with a cold face: "You go out!" ”

Xiao Zhen suppressed a belly of fire, and was about to push away Huan Ling to break through, but when he turned his eyes, he saw Yuzhi put down the bed, and then he knew that he had come at the wrong time, so he had to turn around and walk in the direction of the door, but he only stopped by the door, facing the door, and did not step out.

After a while, Yuzhi hung up the bed and called, "Okay." ”

As soon as the words came, the two of them walked towards the bed, Huan Ling was quite close to the bed, only three or four steps to the bed, and Xiao Zhen walked quickly, and it had come to this point, Huan Ling first picked up the decoction on the side, and was about to sit on the side of the bed to feed Xie Zheng to drink, who knew that Xiao Zhen came over and sat where he wanted to sit, without any scruples, he took Xie Zheng's hand, held it tightly, and called anxiously: "Xie Niangzi!" Thank you! ”

Huan Ling also knew that Xiao Zhen was worried about Xie Zheng, but now at this juncture, he didn't care to compete with anyone to be jealous, and he didn't have the mood and energy.

"Deyin has an injury on his forearm, Your Highness be careful."

When Xiao Zhen heard this, he quickly let go of his hand and put it down carefully, he saw Huan Ling standing next to him with the decoction, but he didn't mean to get up and let go, but instead stretched out his hand to take the decoction, and said, "Come and feed alone." ”

Huan Ling was not willing to agree to the matter of feeding the medicine, he only said: "When the lower official was sick in bed, the medicine was fed and lived, and Deyin took care of it personally. ”

When Xiao Zhen heard this, he had nothing to say, so he had to get up and give up his seat, so Huan Ling came and sat down, and when he saw that Yuzhi was still on the side, he ordered: "Yuzhi, you go to the West Courtyard to see You Jian." ”

"Yes," the jade branch had already retreated, and Huan Ling took the spoon and scooped up the decoction, spoonful by spoon to Xie Zheng's mouth, fortunately, Xie Zheng drank the decoction while he was unconscious, otherwise, Huan Ling didn't know what to do.

Yuzhi walked outside the house and asked Chen Qingzhi to see him, so he chased and asked, "Yuzhi lady, is it good inside?" ”

"Okay," Yuzhi was walking across the courtyard to the west, and Chen Qingzhi asked cheekily, "Then can I go in and see the county lord?" ”

"The county marquis and the prince are both inside, if you want to go in, you can try," the implication was that she didn't know if he could get in.

Chen Qingzhi was stunned, looked at Yuzhi and walked into the West Cross Courtyard and pushed the door into a room, and then turned back to Xie Zheng's house, but he didn't dare to go in, so he turned around, and it took a long time to lie on the door, and his head went inside to explore the situation. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi was overjoyed, and hurriedly walked into the house, but in order to avoid suspicion, he didn't dare to go in to see, only stood far away, Huan Ling smiled reluctantly, and said: "Thank you Lieutenant Chen for your help, and I went to ask the imperial doctor for Deyin." ”

"It should be, it should be," Chen Qingzhi smiled, and Xiao Zhen also said: "It's rare Ziyun that you are so interested in Xie Niangzi." ”

"Xia Guan and the county lord have known each other for a short time, but they can be regarded as quite a friendship," he said, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, the county lord's injury is not a big deal, right?" ”

Huan Ling sighed lightly, only for Xie Zheng tucked the thin quilt, Xiao Zhen was even more silent, Chen Qingzhi knew that something was wrong, and immediately asked: "You don't speak...... What is the meaning? ”

"As long as it's ...... tonight Deyin, I just want you to survive tonight......" Huan Ling held Xie Zheng's cold hand, bent down and lay on the edge of the bed, sighed at her hand, and then rubbed it gently, at this moment, his nose suddenly sore, and he couldn't help but shed a few lines of tears.

Chen Qingzhi's eyes were red at some point, but he didn't want people to see them, so he turned his back to the two of them and said, "The county lord will be fine, she has an agreement with me...... agreed to pick a good day and recognize me as a younger brother, she won't miss the appointment! ”

He also remembered Xie Zheng's advice, that agreement is only known to the two of them, and not to be known to others.

Xie Zheng once called him "brother", although he also knew that she just called casually, but in his heart, Xie Zheng has always been his sister.

Xiao Zhen stood by the bed, very sad in his heart, Xie Zheng worshiped the Buddha in Jiming Temple, this is obviously an act of accumulating virtue and doing good, how did this kind of thing happen! He frowned suddenly, could it be the Gu family again?

"Ziyun, I have something to ask you," Xiao Xun suddenly took Chen Qingzhi outside and asked, "The two county lords who went to Jiming Temple with Xie Niangzi to worship the Buddha are still in the temple now?" Or have they already returned to their mansions? "Now that Xie Zheng has an accident, forgive their sisters for not daring to stay in Jiming Temple anymore.

Chen Qingzhi thought about it and thought: "It seems that they have all returned to the Liyang County Lord's Mansion." ”

When Xiao Zhen heard this, he walked out again in a hurry without saying a word, Yin Luo sat under the gazebo and rested for a while, and when he saw Xiao Zhen leaving, he hurriedly followed.

The two walked outside the house, and hurried to the Liyang County Lord's Mansion, that is, the Li Mansion, the Liyang County Lord and the Xinning County Lord were originally sisters-in-law, the family is the Jiyang Changsun family, the sister married the Zhao County Li family, and the younger sister married the Hongnong Yang family, it is Yang Mingzhi and Yang Gengxiu's mother, I heard that the Xinning County Lord Since the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, the original silence has become silent.

It was getting late, the door was closed, Xiao Zhen could only knock on the door in a hurry, but he waited for a long time before a porter came to open the door, and asked sleepily: "Who, come knock on the door at night!" ”

"Lone is the prince, and there are two county lords in a hurry."

"Prince?" This porter was probably asleep, and he didn't react for a while, and when he reacted, he quickly invited Xiao Zhen and the two into the house, and invited the two to sit down in the living room, and then went to invite the county lord of Liyang and the county lord of Xinning.

These two saw Xie Zheng being injured like that with their own eyes, but they were very frightened, but Xiao Zhen came over at this time, everyone knew that he must be here for Xie Zheng, and the two didn't want to get into trouble, so they only promised and dodged.

The two saluted, and Xiao Zhen said bluntly: "The two of you don't need to be polite, they are bothered late at night, and there is something unclear." ”

"Your Highness, please speak," it was the county lord of Liyang who spoke, and the other did not dare to speak, and Xiao Zhen did not beat around the bush, so he said: "The two of you who are with the county lord of Hengyang worship the Buddha in Jiming Temple, and they must also know about her assassination, or in this way, you have seen her assassination with your own eyes, otherwise, you would not have left Jiming Temple overnight."

Lonely with the county lord of Hengyang, she has always had a great friendship, she is now seriously injured and difficult to treat, and she doesn't want her to be bullied in vain, so I want to ask the two, do you know who wants to put her to death? ”

Sure enough, as soon as they heard the identity of the murderer, these two were so frightened that their faces turned pale, their hands and feet were weak, and the county lord of Liyang shook his head at Xiao Zhen again and again, and said, "The courtiers don't know...... I don't know who the murderer is......"

The county lord of Xinning did not speak, but he also shook his head.

Xiao Zhen has always been tactful, these two panicked and frightened looks, he knew at a glance that they clearly knew the identity of the murderer!

He then deliberately asked, "Is it the Gu family?" ”

The two of them were shocked, and knelt on the ground twice, and the county lord of Liyang kowtowed one after another, as if pleading, and said: "The courtiers don't know...... The courtiers don't know......"

The county lord of Xinning next to him bowed his head directly to the ground, neither speaking nor kowtowing.

Seeing them like this, Xiao Zhen naturally understood everything, he couldn't help but clench his fists, and then got up and walked out, leaving only one sentence: "Thank you two!" ”

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