Chapter 82
"Hmm. Are you still ready to be grounded? ”
"Naturally, in this way, the other party will be ready to move, in order to catch it all, the more this kind of good time, the more unbearable the other party is. Just look at it. ”
"Hmm."
Nangong Li Chuan and Nangong Shuang went back to the house separately, and as soon as they stepped into the Li Wang's Mansion, they saw a small guy running over.
"Lord Wang, you're back. The princess has something to ask you to go to the courtyard, and she has something to report. ”
"Hmm."
After passing the word, the little guy retreated, Nangong Lichuan walked to the small courtyard, and sure enough, he saw Tan Xiangxue, only to see that she was wearing a pink peach blossom skirt that was close to her body, and she was generous, and she was facing away from him at the moment, as if he saw Luo Wushuang for the first time and was also wearing a pink skirt, so he watched silently.
"Lord Wang." Tan Xiangxue turned around and saw Nangong Lichuan coming, and called with a smile, feeling happy.
"What are you looking for this king?"
Nangong Lichuan stepped forward a few steps and sat down on the stool on the side, Tan Xiangxue picked up the cup and got a cup of tea, and said slowly: "Lord Wang, the concubine was unwell this morning, so I called the doctor to come and say that the concubine already has it." ”
Nangong Lichuan drank tea, this news did not come at the right time, his heart was flat, and he continued to drink the tea.
"Well, then you take care of the fetus and pay attention to your body." Although it is just a few words, it is indeed very useful to listen to Tan Xiangxue's ears.
"Well, don't worry, the concubine will definitely take care of our children."
After a while, Nangong Lichuan asked Tan Xiangxue to go back to the room to rest, Tan Xiangxue didn't doubt that she had her, but thought that the prince was caring about her and the child, so she obediently returned to the room.
After leaving, Nangong Lichuan sat alone in the courtyard, thinking about something, only to see him open his mouth and call out.
"Wakakage."
The man flashed in front of Nangong Lichuan, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord, what do you command?" ”
"There's something you need to do, do it cleanly, and make sure you don't leave a trace."
Nangong Xingchen checked the people in the palace one by one, and everyone who took care of the emperor had to be questioned, and after Nangong Xingchen made the arrangement, he went to the East Palace with Lightning to investigate, and the prince also went back to the East Palace casually to be grounded.
When they arrived at the East Palace, Nangong Xingchen found Tsing Yi and Lightning, and after some interrogation, they got the person who traded with her and made her poison a guard named Zhou Jing.
This person is a guard in the Praetorian Guard, this Praetorian Guard is responsible for the security of the palace, and those guards will be in shifts every time, and every few days a group of people will change places to guard, and he happened to be lined up in the East Palace a few days ago.
"Go and find out where Zhou Jing is guarding now."
Someone came back after checking in the middle of the ring and reported: "Lord Wang, that person is standing guard at the palace gate today." ”
"Hmm."
After that, Nangong Xingchen and Lei Yun went out together, followed by a group of guards, and the momentum was menacing.
Commander Yu Shen saw that Nangong Xingchen was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down on one knee to salute, looking at this scene a little puzzled, "The last general has seen the fifth prince, I don't know what the prince commands?" ”
"Zhou Jingke?"
"Zhou Jing," the commander was stunned for a moment, and then remembered and said: "Yes, the last general will take the prince over." ”
Yu Shen led Nangong Xingchen and others towards the palace gate, and when he walked in, he found that there was only one person at the door guarded by two people, which frightened Yu Shen, this person was gone, but it was a sin of mismanagement.
Angrily asked, "What about Zhou Jingren?" ”
"Zhou Jing, he just went to the convenience and hasn't come back yet." When the guard saw that the commander was coming, he quickly replied without concealment.
Lightning only felt bad, and when he left at this time, someone informed him and took the opportunity to escape.
"Go and call him."
"Yes." Only then did the guards realize that the fifth prince was also here, and there was a team of guards, and they suddenly felt bad in their hearts, and they didn't dare to delay for a moment to find Zhou Jing.
But after looking for a long time, I didn't see the figure of Zhou Jing, so I hurried back to report.
"You all go look inside the palace."
"Do you know where Zhou Jing lives? Take this king to his house and look for it. ”
"I know." After that, the guard was ready to lead Nangong Xingchen and the others, he had chatted with him, and he talked about his home address, although it was just a casual chat, but that place was easy to remember, so he was impressed.
Soon out of the palace gate, he was about to go in the direction of West Street, but when he passed by, he heard an extremely lively noise, and Nangong Xingchen motioned for Lei Yun to go over and take a look.
In a moment, the thundercloud returned, and his face was calm and very ugly.
"The prince is a guard who died."
Hearing this, Nangong Xingchen immediately sensed that something was wrong, and he was a step too late, and someone had already killed people. Nangong Xingchen hurriedly rushed over and saw that there were already people from the government who were maintaining the scene.
"Zhou Jing." The guard who led the way exclaimed, and he recognized at a glance the man lying motionless in the alley.
"He is Zhou Jing."
When the prefect saw Nangong Xingchen coming, he immediately walked towards him, and was about to salute but was interrupted by Nangong Xingchen, he opened his mouth and asked, "What's going on, why did Zhou Jing die?" Do you know who did it? ”
"Lord Wang, this little official has just arrived, it's not very clear, but you can rest assured that the official will go to investigate now."
"No need, you cooperate with this king."
"Yes." The prefect's forehead was faintly sweating, why did this prince come, it seems that he came for the deceased, what can I do? He didn't want to be punished by the prince, so he immediately followed Nangong Xingchen and was ready to serve at any time.
Soon, some of the guards began to disperse to ask onlookers about what had happened and if any suspicious people had passed by.
Nangong Xingchen came to Zhou Jing's side, and saw him lying on his stomach with his head down, Lei Yun turned Zhou Jing over very effectively, facing up, and instantly everyone saw Zhou Jing's fatal blow, which was the deep knife mark on his neck.
Look at the smooth and deep knife, and there is a large pool of blood on the ground, it can be seen that the person who shot is ruthless and leaves no room for it. And he took advantage of his unpreparedness, and there was not much expression on his face, which shows that this person's martial arts are good.
"Search."
When Lei Yun heard the order, he immediately began to search Zhou Jing's body, and when his hand was about to touch his chest, he touched a hard thing, and reached out to take out the content, only to find that it was a letter.
handed the letter to Nangong Xingchen, Nangong Xingchen opened it and read it quickly, there was no emotion on his face, but the people around him felt a cold seeping people, but they were afraid that they had found something.
"I didn't expect it to be him."
"Lord Wang."
"Let's go, go to the Frost King's Mansion."
The group of people quickly left again, leaving only the prefect to deal with the scene.
Frost King's Mansion.
Nangong Shuang was gathering with a few friends in the hall, sipping tea, and was wanton.
Suddenly, there were footsteps outside and the voices of the guards in the house.
"Lord Wang, let me go and report it, hey, you can't break in."
When a few people in the hall heard the sound outside, their faces couldn't help but change, who was so bold to break into the Frost Palace, Nangong Shuang's good mood was fleeting, and his face was gloomy.
After seeing the people clearly, several of Nangong Shuang's friends couldn't sit still, so they quickly stood up and watched Nangong Xingchen walk in step by step.
"Fifth brother, what do you mean by this? Bring someone like that to break into my Frost King's Mansion. Nangong Shuang asked with a grim face.
"What did the third brother do? Don't you know why this king came? You sent people to poison your father, and in the end you killed people, and now the evidence is conclusive. Nangong Xingchen lit up the letter in his hand and said coldly.
"How is that possible? You wronged this king, no, you must have deliberately framed me, and if you can't find the murderer, you want to use this king as a scapegoat. ”
"Framed, now that so many guards are here, they can prove that this letter was searched from Zhou Jing, and the handwriting on it is yours."
"No, it can't be, show me." Nangong Shuang got up and stepped forward quickly to snatch the letter, but Nangong Xingchen dodged it, Nangong Shuang only got a corner, and he opened his eyes wide and saw that the words on it were indeed the same as his own.
"It can't be."
On the other side, the maid immediately went to the small courtyard when she arrived at the news, and she wanted to report the situation in the front hall to the princess.
"Princess, it's not good, it's not good."
"What's the matter? Panicked. Zhao Yun'er was holding a water cup in her hand and was about to drink tea, when she heard the maid outside the door in such a hurry, and she was still yelling, and she felt a little irritable.
"Princess, the fifth prince brought a large group of people, saying that the prince poisoned the emperor, and now he is making trouble in the front hall."
"What?" After hearing the irritability on Zhao Yun'er's face, she was instantly replaced by shock and anxiety, she got up and walked out with her big belly, and the maid hurriedly stepped forward to help her for fear of something wrong.
The two slowly approached the antechamber, and the closer they got, the more clearly they could hear the argument. Zhao Yun'er sped up her pace in a hurry, and when she arrived in the front hall, the woman called softly.
"Lord Wang."
Nangong Shuang glanced back at Zhao Yun'er, saw her coming out with a big belly, and then looked at the anxious look on her face, and suddenly moved in her heart, but immediately said seriously: "You are here like this, go back quickly, there is nothing for you here." ”
Zhao Yun'er didn't come forward to Nangong Shuang's side, stood in front and said to Nangong Xingchen and the others: "Although I don't know why the fifth prince said that my prince is harmful to the emperor's evidence, but what is certain is the Zhou Jing you said, my prince doesn't know him at all, and my friends and the prince can testify, I haven't gone out since the prince came back today, and I haven't explained anything and haven't contacted other people, if you still want to arrest the prince, you will step on my body." ”
Zhao Yun'er's words shocked everyone present, I didn't expect the three princesses to be so infatuated with Nangong Shuang, I couldn't help but look up at Zhao Yun'er, Zhao Yun'er was once disappointed in Nangong Shuang, but now she is pregnant with his child, and she should let go of her dissatisfaction and hypocrisy for the sake of the child.
Nangong Xingchen's eyes narrowed slightly, he naturally understood the meaning of Zhao Yun'er's words, but he didn't plan to really bring Nangong Shuang back, there were many doubts about this matter, he wanted to see if this person would make any moves if he knew that Nangong Shuang was not arrested, so that he could show his feet, thinking that this Nangong Shuang was just his first scapegoat.
"Let's go." Nangong Xingchen opened his mouth and ordered.
Although lightning is puzzled, he will definitely obey the master's words, and he believes that the master has other plans.