Chu Yuanzhen was anxious about his father and brother's affairs, and he discussed with Zan Yunbai for a long time, but finally did not come up with an effective countermeasure.

When the lamp was in hand, Hengshu came to see him and brought him a letter.

Chu Yuanzhen hurriedly walked under the lamp and opened the letter, the handwriting on the letter was King Rong's own handwriting, and there were only two short sentences on it: "My son comes to Chenzhou quickly, father's pen." ”

With just a few words, Chu Yuanzhen was stunned for a moment, shouldn't he write to his family and ask him to prepare a ransom and then pick up the two of them to return to Shoufeng, but he didn't mention the ransom. Sure enough, something was wrong.

Who did the father and brother fall into?! But he felt that he could get rid of the robbers, and that something else had happened to them. I'm afraid I'm afraid that I'll meet the Wuyi people, but if it's really the Wuyi people, what will they do if they take their father and brother? If he wanted to use this to blackmail the imperial court, his father was just a vassal king with an empty title but no real power. There are more than 20 vassal kings in Dachu, and his father is nothing, and if he holds his father, he can't threaten the one in the Jinluan Palace at all, and that one is likely to sit idly by. But what if you take them and use them to make the palace agree to cooperate with the Wuyi people?

After his father arrived in the fiefdom, he had more or less contact with local officials, had contacts with the Yu family, and had in-laws with the Du family. Du Yunxu, who is a thousand households, is his brother's cousin-in-law. It was not only the Ten Princes' Mansion who had private contact with the magistrates, but it was not uncommon for other vassal kings to do so, because of the death of his grandmother and the death of Uncle Eight Wang, which had made his father think about it, but in the end he still held back and did not do so. They are the people of Great Chu, they are the clan surnamed Chu, it is impossible to hook up with outside forces to make treason for their own selfish desires, he can't make such a decision, I think both father and brother have the same mind.

It's not a Wuyi person, is it? If there was such a big commotion, he wouldn't have heard the wind. Excluding these two possibilities, all that remains is the ......

Chenzhou is not the fief of any vassal king, it is thirty or forty miles away from Zhenan, which can be regarded as the territory of the eighth uncle, who will control everything behind?

Won-jeong wants to get the answer, and if he wants to get the answer, he has to take a risk. Chu Yuanzhen decided not to wait for Liang Genghong to come back, he had to rush to Chenzhou early tomorrow morning.

Before going to bed, he played with an ordinary embroidered purse, which contained a gourd vial, which was given to him on the day of the Lantern Festival. Fortunately, he left Liao Kai by her side.

"Wait for me, one day we will meet."

The next day, he got up at dawn, freshened up, and went to the Yin'an Palace to meet the princess. The tenth princess has also woken up, but her health is not well, she is sick, and she doesn't look very energetic. Yuan Zhen didn't say a word about the letter, and comforted her mother for a long time.

Before leaving, he went to Jinxiu Courtyard, the princess was drinking bird's nest porridge, and Yuanzhen said goodbye to her through the curtain: "Sister-in-law, I have to go out for something important, I'm afraid it will take several days to come back." Please take care of your family affairs. ”

The princess was stunned, she didn't ask where Yuanzhen was going, she just nodded and replied, "Okay, uncle, take care." ”

"When I turned around, my mother asked, and I had to ask my sister-in-law to help me find an excuse."

"Uncle, don't worry. By the way, what news is there from the Shizi? ”

Yuan Zhen was stunned for a moment before replying, "I will try to get them back, maybe it won't be long in coming." ”

The princess didn't continue to ask, Yuanzhen made some arrangements, and only took Hengshu alone, and the two went to Chenzhou.

Yuan Zhen rarely wore a gray caftan brown, rode on a jujube-colored horse, and went all the way north.

The distance from Shoufeng to Chenzhou is not too far, and the two are in a hurry and rarely rest on the road, and it is the afternoon of the eighth day when they arrive in Chenzhou.

When he entered the city gate, he did not dismount, and followed Hengshu into the city.

After days of hurrying, he had been bumping on horseback, he was tired, and his body was not very good, and his left leg was in a piercing pain, but all this did not stop his determination to see his father and brother in a hurry.

People have arrived in Chenzhou, what should I do next? The two decided to find a place to fill their stomachs first, so they led the horse into a restaurant, Hengshu helped tie the horse, Yuanzhen endured the pain and slowly moved into the house, and the guy came up and greeted him politely.

Yuan Zhen said: "Serve your signature dish." "He's very tired.

Hengshu entered the house after a while, and when he came to Yuanzhen, he took out a note from his sleeve and gave it to him.

Yuan Zhen quickly glanced at the contents of the note, and only one place name was left on it.

"Who gave it to you?"

Hengshu said: "When I was tethering the horse, a child I didn't know brought it to me, and before I could ask him, he ran away without a trace. ”

When Yuan Zhen heard this, he said: "Let's eat, let's talk about the rest when we are full." ”

The master and servant ate to their heart's content on a table, and a total of four dishes were finished in a quarter of an hour. When they were full of food and drink, Hengshu went to ask the man about the name of the place, and then the two of them left the hotel and went to the address left on the note.

The name of the place was not easy to find, and it took nearly half an afternoon to go around and around to enter a long and narrow alley.

Hengshu knocked on a closed black lacquer door, and after the door opened, the doorkeeper asked a few words and invited the two of them in.

Yuan Zhen entered the somewhat depressed courtyard, there was a tall jujube tree in the yard, and some flower pots were stacked messily in the corner, but no one took care of them, and the flower pots were already flooded with weeds, so he couldn't see what was originally planted.

Yuan Heng suddenly came out, and the brothers must be emotionally moved when they see each other.

"Brother, you're really here."

Yuan Zhen said: "I received a letter from my father and had to come, what about my father?" ”

Yuan Heng shook his head and said, "Father is not here. Let's go into the house and talk slowly. ”

The brothers took hands and entered the house, and immediately a servant brought tea, and Yuan Heng said to the person in front of him: "You go outside and wait, our brothers have something to say." ”

The servant is still interesting.

"Brother, are you under house arrest here?"

"You're smart, you can see at a glance that the people in this courtyard are all top-notch masters, and I can't beat them."

"Father, where is he? Is it safe? ”

Yuan Heng said: "Father can write to you to explain that it should be safe, I don't know where he is, probably in Chenzhou, or maybe not." ”

Yuan Zhen felt more and more strange about this, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

"King Jin, King Jin let people do a game and held us hostage halfway."

"King Jin?!" Yuan Zhen had already guessed the ins and outs of the matter, and why King Jin would make such a big move, he wanted to use this to persecute the Ten Princes' Mansion.

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