Chapter 377: The Hillside Collapses
"Hurry up and continue to inquire about the situation." Empress Shen was also anxious, the crown prince was the eldest son she had high hopes for. At this time, she didn't know that King Su was also following, otherwise she would be more anxious and even collapse.
The three of them had no intention of talking, and sat in their chairs in silence, waiting for the news to come.
A quarter of an hour later, the palace maid came in again, "Niangniang, the person sent by His Majesty to inquire about the situation has returned, and the hillside has collapsed, blocking the road, I don't know if it has been buried under the earth and rocks?" I don't know if the prince is safe? ”
In a nutshell, the situation is unclear.
This is the worst.
Empress Shen asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take to clear the road?" ”
"The people in the Ministry of Engineering expect it to take five to six days, and if the collapsed hillside is too long, it will take even longer." The palace maid replied.
Empress Shen waved her hand weakly and told her to retreat.
It was impossible for Han and Yan Hao to wait for five or six days in the Jiaofang Palace, got up and retreated, Empress Shen looked at Yan Hao and said: "Xiaoxiao, he is not a person with a thin life at first glance, he will come back safe and sound, don't worry too much." ”
Yan Hagi was stunned, she didn't expect that in this case, Empress Shen would comfort her, smiled slightly, and said, "Uncle, I'm not worried, I believe that the crown prince and no blame will come back unharmed." ”
The slope of the west side of Miaofeng Mountain collapsed, and the prince and others may be buried under the soil and rocks, and their lives are in danger; The atmosphere in the city became very depressing, and if something happened to the prince, the court would be unstable. What's even more frightening is that King Su is also among them. Although the saint still has two sons, King Gong is like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and the fourth prince is a young son who can't bear the burden of Sheji. The only thing I am glad about is that the saint is in good health, and he can sit in that position for more than ten years.
King Lu proudly laughed in the study of the palace, "This king, this king will soon reign in the world!" ”
The old staff stood aside, and when he finished laughing, he said: "Lord, the prince's body has not been found yet, and even if the prince and King Su are gone, as well as King Gong and the fourth prince, Your Majesty is also very shrewd, this matter is not over yet." The implication is to persuade him not to get carried away, he has not yet reached that position, and everything has changed.
"This king knows, and this king will not take it lightly." King Lu picked up the teacup and took a sip, with a posture of holding a wisdom bead.
Easy days, time seems to pass quickly, worried days, people live like years, five days, there is no news of Fu Zhixing, which makes Yan Hagi sit and lie uneasy, but she is afraid of scaring the children, and strives to maintain peace on her face, so that they do not find the anxiety in her heart.
The eldest princess of Chengyang and the Han family began to pray to the gods and worship the Buddha and eat vegetarian food, and these two, like Mrs. Yan, belonged to the temporary Buddha's feet.
Zeng's and Tan's made a special trip to visit Yan Hao, "There is no blame for the auspicious people's natural appearance, and they will definitely return safely." "Yan Tongzhu and Yan Tongming were in the place of collapse at this time, and they couldn't sit and wait in the city.
With the cleaning of the soil and rocks, Yan Tongming felt that something was wrong, quietly approached Yan Tongzhu, and whispered: "Big brother, I look at the collapse of this hillside, it doesn't look like a natural disaster, it looks like **." ”
"Someone is going to deal with the prince." Yan Tongzhu's eyebrows tightened.
Yan Tongming gasped, "What kind of person could it be, such a big deal?" ”
"Someone with wolf ambitions." Yan Tongzhu said coldly.
"Big brother, will he be blameless?" Yan Tongming was worried.
"He will be fine without blame, after cleaning up for so long, no one has been found, so it can be seen that they are not buried by earth and rock." Yan Tongzhu calmly analyzed.
"But there's still such a long way to go." Yan Tongming looked ahead.
"King Su brought three hundred Imperial Forest Army escorts, but now none of the Royal Forest Army has found it, I speculate that they should all pass through this road, but they are trapped on that side." What Yan Tongzhu said is not far away.
Just when some people thought that the prince was unlucky, the five royal forest soldiers brought back the news of the prince and others, "The prince, King Su, King Rong, and all the adults are safe and sound, and there are no casualties." ”
This news lifted the spirits of the prefectures, and Yan Hagi was finally able to sleep peacefully. King Lu, who was greatly disappointed, couldn't accept this fact, and burst into a rage, "How is it possible?" How is this possible? How could there be no casualties? ”
Most of the hillside collapsed, and even if the prince and others could not be buried, some people would still be killed or wounded.
"Lord Wang, please calm down, please calm down." The old staff persuaded.
King Lu sat back in his position, gasping for breath for a long time, calming down, "Can you clean it up?" ”
"Don't worry, the prince is relieved, those who should be sent away are gone, and those who should be extinguished are gone, and no one will find out about the prince." The old staff member smiled coldly.
"Okay, it's okay to fail this time, it will definitely succeed next time." King Lu leaned back, his eyes looked out of the open window, midsummer May, the blue sky was like washing, and there were no clouds.
After three days and nights of digging, the road was finally dredged, and the prince and his party returned to the capital and immediately entered the palace to face the saint. Seeing the prince and the others, the saint showed a smile, "You guys are back, it's good, it's good." What happened in the Forbidden Land? ”
When the prince's safety was not yet confirmed, the saint actually regretted letting the prince go to the land of Chu. Having lost two sons, he could not face the queen. King Rong, Fu Zhixing and others were killed, and he couldn't face Lao Rongwang, the eldest princess of Chengyang and others.
"Nothing happened in the forbidden place, and some people spread false news just to coax the retainers out of the city." There was a chill in the prince's eyes, if it weren't for Fu Zhixing's vigilance, almost, almost, they would all be buried under the earth and rocks.
"How did you survive the collapse of the hillside?" The saint asked.
"It was the innocent people who found out that someone had planted explosives on the mountain, and Erchen could have returned to the city, but in order to lure out those people, Erchen decided to take the risk of going over the mountain, not only avoiding the collapse of the hillside, but also catching a few black-clothed people who detonated the explosives, but unfortunately they were all dead soldiers, and Erchen couldn't ask who was the master behind them." The prince replied.
"There are not too many people who can afford to raise dead soldiers, and they can blow up a large area of the hillside and collapse, and they need a lot of gunpowder, which can be traced, and the clues are not broken, and if you continue to investigate, you will definitely be able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes." The saint said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Father." The prince answered.
"You all go back to the house first, so that the family can rest assured." The saint raised his hand.
The prince and the others saluted and retired.
After they left, the saint suddenly said: "Go and check, this matter has something to do with King Lu." "King Lu is a whetstone, which makes the prince sharp, not sharpens the knife.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Someone in the void answered.
At this time, in the Anguo Mansion, the eldest princess of Chengyang, the Han family and Yan Hagi were looking forward to it in the Zhengde Hall, and the maidservant ran in and said, "Princess, lady, young lady, the prince is back!" ”
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The number of chapters, chapter 325 should have been chapter 326, I don't know what kind of confusion I made, I actually wrote chapter 336, hehe, ten chapters gap. It's a hassle to change it, so it's hard to change. I want to be quiet, don't ask me who Jingjing is.