In the huge palace, Wang Shaoming is just an insignificant person, and he is the end of the conversation in the palace. If it weren't for Xiao Zhaowen's marriage proposal, maybe in the harem, Wang Shaoming's name might not be mentioned.

The only thing that cares about Wang Shaoming is that there are only three places in the capital. Xin'an Palace, Nanjun Palace, and Dali Temple.

In the Dali Temple, Da Meng looked up from a pile of official documents anxiously.

He really didn't misunderstand this prince. No, maybe it's time to call it Taisun.

When he saw Xiao Lian for the first time, he thought that Xiao Lian was a gentleman, and he was the kind who would find trouble. As it turned out, it was.

After Xiao Lian brought him the case of Zhuyi, now he has thrown him a case of a copycat kidnapper.

Da Meng looked at Xiao Lian helplessly and said, "Your Highness, there is really no way to do this case." All the people in the cottage died, and not a single one was left alive. I asked Gonggong Xu in your house several times, but he fainted directly before others could see it. There is also King Xin'an, I have also asked several times, but there is no useful information. Maybe Miss Wang could ask for bleeding information, but King Xin'an didn't let her, and kicked out the small one several times. ”

Da Meng Xu chattered, Xiao Lian rubbed the token in his hand without raising his head. It was when they rushed to save Wang Shaoming that he threw the piece to Yang Minzhi.

I didn't leave a single living mouth, and I did it too well.

Among the dead are Yanqing. If Yanqing had been given a chance to speak, he would not have died. Is Yang Minzhi so frizzy?

Da Meng was still saying, "Your Highness, do all the people in your palace do things like this?" Why don't you catch one alive? ”

Xiao Lian's suspicions suddenly rose. Da Meng reminded him in one sentence. If you are a normal person, you should know how many live mouths to ask the mastermind behind the scenes? Although Yang Minzhi is far from the standard of "normal people", it is not that he has no brains at all.

Now that the suspicion has come out, Xiao Lian can't help but recall the details of getting along with Yang Minzhi. At least he never felt comfortable with his ancestor.

Yang Minzhi's hostility is in Xiao Lian's opinion, which is the hostility that arises as a man when he robs the opposite sex. Or, the hostility of a loyal subordinate who fears that his master will be cuckolded.

But all this doesn't make sense in Wang Shaoming's matter. Obviously, the kidnappers' target is He Jingying, doesn't he want to know who is behind the scenes?

Xiao Lian took the token back into his arms, stood up and said, "Let's go back to the palace." ”

Xiao Lian returned to the Nanjun Palace, except for the fat tiger who slapped him in the palace, He Jingying and Yang Minzhi were not in the mansion. Xiao Lian grabbed a maid and asked, "What about the princess?" ”

The maid replied: "The Xin'an Palace's side said that Miss Wang is finally willing to eat something, and the princess has gone to the Xin'an Palace." ”

Xiao Lian asked again, "What about Yang Minzhi?" ”

The maid replied: "Yang Gongzi went with the princess. ”

"Hmm." Xiao Lian nodded, turned his voice and left.

The little maid looked at the direction Xiao Lian walked with some surprise, not to the courtyard where the master of the mansion lived, but to the courtyard of the subordinates.

After Yang Minzhi came back, Xiao Lian ordered someone to clean up the former Ma Cheng's yard so that Yang Minzhi could live. Although Ma Cheng lives in the place where the people live, it is a separate yard carved out.

Although it is a detached yard, Ma Cheng has not lived much in front of him. In the past, Xiao Zhaoye loved to sleep in the study, so Ma Cheng rarely went back to his own yard to live, and slept in the cubicles in the study. Ma Cheng's single-family yard has always been very clean, and no one goes.

Xiao Lian stretched out his hand and pushed the door open. This courtyard is really deserted, and there is not a trace of fireworks. The spring breeze in March didn't make this small courtyard of a single family feel a little warm. The yard was clean, and there was a hint of sandalwood wafting from the house.

Although the room is simply furnished, there is a bookcase, a bookshelf, a round table and four chairs in front of it, and a couch behind the screen. It's simple, but it's exquisite. The table is Huanghuali, although it is not particularly expensive, but for a small house, it can be regarded as overstepping. The screen shows the landscape, although it is not Shu embroidery and Suzhou embroidery, but it is also very delicate and beautiful. Behind the screen, next to the bed, hung a tent of twisted yarn.

With this arrangement, Xiao Lian felt that it was much more refined than his study. In comparison, he himself can really be described as "rough".

Xiao Lian looked around in front of Yang Minzhi's desk, the inkstone had long been dry, and the bamboo slips were spread on the table, and there was not a word on it. The bookshelf was a complete ornament, with an indigo vase painted with moire on it, and a dagger studded with jewels on the shelf, and there were about two or three volumes of books, and nothing else.

Xiao Lian took down the vase and took a look, the mouth of the bottle was dusty, and the inside was empty.

"Looking for what?"

A voice came from behind him, Xiao Lian turned around and saw Yang Minzhi standing in front of the door against the light, and the light behind him was a little abrupt behind him, making him a little embarrassed.

Although Yang Minzhi and Xiao Lian look exactly the same, this lack of fitness at first glance is far inferior to his own.

Xiao Lian didn't know why he wanted this, shook his head and put the vase back.

Yang Minzhi frowned slightly and asked again: "Why did you come to my room?" Yang Minzhi's words revealed an obvious unwelcome attitude.

Xiao Lian tilted his head slightly and said calmly: "When I went back to the house and saw that A-Ying was not there, I wanted to come and ask if you knew where she went." ”

Yang Minzhi said: "The princess went to the Xin'an palace to see Miss Wang, and she will come back later today." ”

Xiao Lian smiled and asked, "Miss Wang had an accident, why did you kill all the people in the cottage?" ”

Yang Minzhi: "They have to fight hard themselves. When I entered the cottage, I couldn't find you for a while, and I didn't want to entangle with them too much, so I killed them. ”

Xiao Lian found a chair and sat down, picked up a book on the table and flipped through it: "None of those rabbles begged for mercy?" ”

Yang Min was speechless.

Xiao Lian raised his head and looked at Yang Minzhi, and suddenly smiled: "Next time, you should be careful, you should leave a living mouth." ”

Xiao Lian casually threw the scroll on the table, waved at Yang Minzhi and said, "Let's go, I'll pick up my daughter-in-law." ”

Yang Minzhi's cold face only showed a crack when he heard the words "daughter-in-law".

Xiao Lian had just stepped out of the threshold, and suddenly remembered something and turned around and asked, "Ancestor, didn't you follow the tengu to eat the sun back and forth?" I don't think there have been any solar eclipses lately. ”

Yang Minzhi replied: "Tengu can also eat the moon. ”

Xiao Lian nodded: "Then you're quite busy." With that, he threw Yang Minzhi out of the yard.

Yang Minzhi walked back to the desk, flipped the bottom of the vase over and looked at it, and then secretly exhaled. Then it became a little inexplicable, could it be that Xiao Lian really just came to find himself?

Yang Minzhi didn't see it, Xiao Lian pulled his five fingers in his sleeves when he stepped out of his small courtyard.

Yang Minzhi is a wizard. But in Yang Minzhi's room, there was nothing to do with the wizard. The only reasonable explanation is that he can't be Yang Minzhi. Like him, a man in someone else's skin, another person.

Who else can put on Yang Min's skin?

Is he the only one who knows about this, or is he the only one who is kept in the dark?

When he thought of this question, his heart suddenly felt like he had been lightly pricked by a needle, and the panicked emotions flooded into his heart in an instant. even made him forget that he came to Yang Minzhi's courtyard to investigate the matter of exterminating the Koushan bandits.

This is the question that is on his mind right now. If Yang Minzhi is Xiao Zhaoye, does He Jingying know? If she knew, why did she hide it from him?

Xiao Lian was flustered in his heart, he couldn't wait for a moment, and soon arrived at the Xin'an Palace.

He couldn't get into the inner courtyard where Wang Shaoming was, so he stood outside the weeping flower gate and waited. The subordinates of the Xin'an Palace, invited him to sit in the warm pavilion and wait for him. The little maid was afraid of snubbing the new crown grandson, and stood aside with a tea bowl and a few plates filled with melons and fruits.

Xiao Lian is really good-looking, with thick sword eyebrows flying straight into his sideburns, a high nose bridge, and tight lips. was originally a little mean looks, but Xiao Lian's youthful spirit neutralized the original alienation, indifference and mean temperament into a flying temperament that belongs to the teenager.

The little maid raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Lian, and her face turned red.

His Royal Highness the Princess, who was as young as a boy, had some hot emotions surging in his ink-like eyes. The little girl is young and has never seen such eyes, but at a glance, she feels that her heart is beating "dong dong".

The little maid heard the sound of walking gently from far and near in the weeping flower door. His Royal Highness the grandson, who had stood like a rock for a long time, didn't drink tea or eat fruit, finally moved. The corners of his pursed lips finally eased.

He Jingying walked out of the weeping flower door and saw Xiao Lian standing here, a little surprised: "Why are you here?" Have you come to see Miss Wang? Her mood has stabilized, but she still can't see a man, and she can't even enter the practice season. ”

Xiao Lian shook his head and said, "I'm not here to see Miss Wang. ”

He Jingying glanced at Xiao Lian strangely: "Then why are you here?" ”

Xiao Lian almost blurted out that question, but after several struggles, he still forcibly held back. The corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "I miss you, let's take a look." ”

He Jingying had long been accustomed to Xiao Lian's indecent appearance, and said with a smile: "I see it now." ”

When He Jingying smiled, her eyes would bend into a beautiful arc. The long eyelashes on the black and white eyes will tremble slightly with laughter.

It was just an ordinary smile, but it seemed to be a delicate affection that passed through Xiao Lian's heart, and it easily calmed the anger in his heart.

Xiao Lian sighed: "I'll take you home." ”

He Jingying smiled: "Okay." ”

Sitting in the carriage, He Jingying lazily propped up her forehead, her eyes half-drooping. After taking care of Wang Shaoming for a long time, she was really tired. However, seeing that Wang Shaoming has improved a little, his heart that has always felt guilty has become a little clearer.

He Jingying asked Xiao Lian, "Did you come back so early for something else?" ”

Xiao Lian smiled: "Can't it really be to see you?" ”

He Jingying said with a smile: "Aren't you seeing it every day?" What's so weird about you today? ”

Xiao Lian gave He Jingying a relieved smile: "When I talked to Dameng about Miss Wang in Dali Temple, I was suddenly a little afraid. He wanted to say thankfully it wasn't you. But I feel that He Jingying may not be willing to listen to this sentence.

He Jingying smiled coldly: "If it were me, I would have chopped the few pieces that stopped the carriage at the beginning." ”

If Yang Minzhi really wanted to kill the mountain bandits, then what role he played in this matter, Xiao Lian didn't know. But the original target of this matter was He Jingying. Thinking of this, Xiao Lian's heart became more and more uneasy.

Xiao Lian asked tentatively, "I heard Da Meng say that none of the mountain bandits in that cave were left alive. ”

A trace of bad feeling crossed He Jingying's heart: "Yes...... Yang Min's hand? ”

Xiao Lian nodded.

What Xiao Lian could think of, of course He Jingying could also think of, and immediately half of her blood was cold. Could it be that Xiao Zhaoye wants to harm her? As soon as this question came up, she forcibly suppressed it.

"Impossible. Security doesn't make sense. He Jingying thought about this sentence in her heart, and said it casually.

Xiao Lian lowered his eyes and paused for a long time before asking a question: "If, I said what if, Xiao Fa's body can't come back?" ”

He actually wanted to ask, if he was unwilling to change Xiao Fa's body back, could it?

He Jingying was also a little stunned by the incident of the mountain bandits. When Xiao Lian asked this question, it seemed that she was pulled back to that nightmarish illusion in an instant, and she was forced to answer: "You can only live one, who do you choose?" ”

She couldn't answer that question at the beginning, and she can't answer Xiao Lian's question now. What's more, Xiao Fa is already by his side, what is the point of this question? Maybe one day he will suddenly disappear, but one day he will come back. As for how soon he planned to tell the truth, what right did she have to ask? Not to mention deciding whether he will stay or not?

He Jingying propped up her forehead and floated a self-deprecating smile: "It's a big deal, let everything go back to square one." ”

Xiao Lian's pupils contracted suddenly: "What does it mean to return to the original point?" ”

The feeling of pins and needles returned to Xiao Lian's heart. This time it's more intensive. What's the point of going back to square one? It's a big deal to pay for Xiao Zhaoye again. In the illusion, didn't He Jingying make this choice?

Xiao Lian was furious: "You ......"

Why are you so stupid?

Have you been sold and you have to help the people?

Have you been brainwashed?

was full of angry words, but Xiao Lian still swallowed it the moment He Jingying raised her eyes, and replaced it with a gentle statement: "You have been poisoned too deeply by feudal thoughts." ”

He Jingying raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiao Lian: "What is feudalism?" ”

Xiao Lian sighed and said, "Women in this world are not inferior to men. You shouldn't marry a chicken or a dog. You have the right to choose your own life, you know? ”

He Jingying shook her head helplessly: "Xiao Lian, I owe him." ”

Xiao Lian said angrily: "What do you owe him?" ”

He Jingying sighed and said, "In my last life, I owe him in this life." ”

Xiao Lian was really angry, and mocked: "One day husband and wife hundred days? ”

He Jingying frowned slightly and glanced at him: "Because his dowry at that time was a holy decree to pardon the third uncle and a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum that can save people's lives." ”

He Jingying sighed: "Xiao Lian, I owe him and have to pay it back." ”

(End of chapter)