"Back to the king, when I arrived at the greenhouse, it was already like this." Lu Li tried to calm himself down and reported: "Xiaoman and I are not here, and the guards have all been put down with ecstasy incense, so this is why this is destroyed like this." ”

Xiao Man nodded, forcibly suppressed the sadness and anger in his heart, and echoed: "The person who started must know that Lu Li and I are not there, so I can... Hey, but it's late now, these dishes have been destroyed, and it's too late to say anything. ”

Even if you can find the person who started it immediately, those spoiled dishes can't be used, but unfortunately the energy, time, and a lot of financial resources invested by the king during this time are all in vain.

"It's... It's all in vain for so long? The king was also very sad and angry.

He originally wanted to question Su Xiaoman, why didn't he leave a few more people in the greenhouse, and also asked those who were put down by Ecstasy Incense why their vigilance was so poor! But Wang Shang knew deep in his heart that they were not the ultimate cause of this accident.

As long as someone wants to destroy this vegetable field, no matter whether Xiao Man and Lu Li are in the suburbs or not, no matter how vigilant the guards are, those people can also find an opportunity to attack!

Thinking of this, the king sighed helplessly, "Is it true that you can't ask for all these dishes?" ”

"The roots of the vegetables have been destroyed, and the leaves have all been trampled on, so you can't eat them, and you can't ask for them at all." Xiaoman lowered his head, his voice was muffled, and he was almost crying as he spoke.

After so many days of hard work and hard work, it turned out to be a bamboo basket for nothing.

She couldn't bear it!

Just when Xiao Man was extremely angry, Lu Li asked for his life: "Your Majesty, I beg to strictly investigate the cause of this incident, not only to give me and Xiao Man justice!" It is also to clear the way for the king! ”

Destroying this vegetable field, I am afraid that it is not only jealous of Xiaoman, wanting her to no longer be trusted by the king, but more importantly, wanting to stop the king's idea of planting vegetables in his own country, and wanting to ruin the king's investment of a lot of money! Let the king's image in the hearts of the people plummet!

To put it mildly, this person just ruined Xiaoman's hard work, but to put it mildly, this person is shaking the king's position!

What Lu Li still understands, how can the king not know?

His face was gloomy, "Someone! ”

The guards who went out with the king stepped forward and bowed their heads: "Here!" ”

"Suppress today's things first, don't let outsiders know what happened in today's greenhouse, and then you go and summon Li Lin to come, just say that there is a great joy to tell him, let him come to the greenhouse in the suburbs as soon as possible!"

After speaking, Wang Shang raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Man, "What about those people who were stunned?" Let them all come over, and ask for interrogation one by one! ”

Pearl and the others were called to the small courtyard and interrogated by the king one by one, while Xiaoman and Lu Li were ordered to stay outside, not allowed to enter, let alone listen to the king's interrogation.

The two of them stood outside, and the guards brought small stools for them to rest for a while.

Xiao Man leaned on Lu Li's shoulder, looking at the half-open door of the greenhouse, the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were finally released without fear, she clenched the other party's hand, closed her eyes and cried silently, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

She didn't expect that someone would be despicable and hateful to such an extent, and the results of her hard work for more than a month would be ruined like this.

If I knew this, I wouldn't have gone to that lantern festival anyway!

"Squeak-"

The door opened, and Pearl who was the first to go in for interrogation came out, her hair was messy, and her clothes were stained with a lot of soil, and Pearl walked towards Xiaoman, and the tears on her face were shining in the sun.

Before Xiaoman could speak, Pearl knelt down with a pop, and slammed her knees on the ground with a dull thud.

But she seemed to be unconscious, and still looked at Xiaoman with tears in her eyes, and said, "Madam, it's all the pearl's fault, and it's all my bad ...... you punished me."

"Forget it." Xiao Man still closed her eyes, tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, she said: "This has nothing to do with you, it's those people who are too terrible, too not a thing, and have nothing to do with you." ”

How can such a thing be blamed on Pearl? She had always been steady, and when she was leaving, she assured herself with great firmness that she would be optimistic about the greenhouse and would never let it be damaged in the slightest, but now she ......

Now that something has happened, Pearl will inevitably blame herself, but Xiaoman is not confused to that extent, she knows in her heart that this matter has nothing to do with Pearl.

Xiao Man sighed, raised her hand to rub her eyes, wiped away those tears, she opened her eyes and straightened up, and reached out to hold Pearl's cold hand, "Get up first, this matter has nothing to do with you." ”

"Ma'am, I... I'm just so sad that I feel so sorry for you. Pearl was out of breath crying, and her whole body was shaking.

It was promised to be good, but in the end, such a thing happened, and let the king know, Pearl regretted and saddened, and all kinds of emotions were intertwined, so that she could not calm down no matter what.

Seeing the other party's sad appearance, Xiao Man had no choice but to sigh and help the pearl up, but he didn't say anything more.

Because she knew that at this time, no matter how much she comforted Pearl, the other party couldn't calm down, and it had already happened, even if she regretted it, it was useless.

After hearing Xiao Man's sigh, Lu Li silently took Xiao Man's hand and clenched it slightly.

After getting Xiaoman's back, he just handed the other party a firm look and said, "Everything will be fine, it's a big deal that we'll start all over again." ”

The person was just stunned and did not suffer other injuries, although the vegetables were destroyed, but the greenhouse was not destroyed, and Xiaoman was still there, and the king did not misunderstand Xiaoman, as long as there was hope, they could do it again.

It's just that the time to return to Beijing will be postponed again, and I don't know when I will be able to go back.

After listening to Lu Li's words, Xiao Man's heart was warmed a little, and hope was rekindled in her heart, she took a deep breath, raised her eyes to look at the pearl, held the other party's hand, and said: "Yes, as long as people are okay, we still have hope." ”

However, Pearl only reluctantly echoed and smiled, which was very ugly.

Xiao Man asked people to bring a small stool again, let Pearl sit next to him, and prepare to comfort the other party, so that Pearl can get out of this emotion as soon as possible.

However, before Xiaoman started, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound of horses' hooves, Xiao Man squinted, and vaguely saw that the person who came seemed to be the housekeeper in the house.

Why did he come here at this time?

After a while, the butler arrived near the greenhouse, and seeing that there were so many people around, including even the palace guards, he could guess that there was definitely something wrong with the greenhouse, but now that the bad things were in a hurry, he couldn't control so much.

He trotted forward, saluted when he arrived in front of Xiao Man, and gasped and reported: "Madam, Lord Huali encountered a bandit on the way back to Bei'an, and all the things he transported from Shangjing were robbed!" Miss Wang was also fed poison! ”

Xiao Man's eyes darkened when he first heard the news, and he almost collapsed.

The night of the house happened to rain overnight, and Xiaoman finally knew what it was like, so many things happened at the same time.

Fortunately, Lu Li was still by her side, and the man held Xiao Man, frowned and asked, "Then where are they now?" How did you hear about it? ”

Before the butler could speak, the closed wooden door opened, and the king walked out with a frown, slightly displeased, "What's wrong?" Noisy and shouting, don't you know that Lone is interrogating? ”

"Back to the king, we didn't mean to make noise, but Lord Huali had an accident." Lu Li hurriedly explained.

Wang Shang frowned and looked sideways at the housekeeper, "What's wrong with Huali?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly saluted the king, and then bowed his head and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Huali encountered bandits on the way back to Bei'an, not only robbed them of all the things they brought from Shangjing, but also seriously injured Miss Wang's family. ”

So saying, the butler took out the letter from the thief from his bosom and presented it to the king with both hands.

As the housekeeper said, the thieves have detained Huali and his party, and they asked for a ransom of 100,000 taels when they opened their mouths, and said that they would tear up the tickets if they did not give the ransom.

What's even more hateful is that the bandits set the location of the ransom trade in an alley not far from the main entrance of the palace.

After reading it, the king was so angry that he crumpled the letter into a ball, threw it aside, and shouted at the guards not far away: "What about Li Lin? Why hasn't Li Lin come yet! A bunch of daring things! How dare you trade outside the palace! Don't they know who Holley is?! ”

As he spoke, Wang Shang walked up to the nearest guard with an arrow step, "Inform Li Lin!" All the alleys outside the palace are covered with guards and eyeliner for Lone, Lone must know who is so bold as to dare to perform such a despicable deed under Lone's nose! ”

The guard received the order and was about to turn and leave.

But before the guards could take two steps, Lu Li stepped forward to drink, and then walked up to the king and said, "Your Majesty, since those people have set the location of the transaction outside the palace, it means that they have been prepared for a long time, and Hua Li and Wang Youhe are still in their hands. What's more, Wang Youhe was also fed poison, if they didn't succeed, wouldn't Wang Youhe be poisoned to death? Your Majesty, it's better not to startle the snake first. ”

"So what? Are you really going to send a ransom of 100,000 taels to these things?! The king roared in a rage.