Pak An Fortress Royal Palace.

Since Li Lin left, Wang Shang, who had always been at ease, thought about it, and finally summoned Xiaoman into the palace and asked her to bring Wang Shuye in secret, so as to ensure the safety of their mother and son.

The palace was still quiet, there was no movement on the surface, and the prison was strictly guarded, and no one was put in.

Xiao Man took Wangshu's hand and stood in the Wenfeng Palace, looking at the king who was walking around and anxious, and couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, Lord Li has brought so many people, it should be fine, don't worry too much." ”

But the king just nodded "um", the steps under his feet still did not stop, and the sadness did not dissipate at all.

Seeing this, Xiao Man had no choice but to sigh secretly, and continued to look back at the door, waiting for Li Lin to come back.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, but there was no movement outside, the king became more and more anxious, and Xiaoman was inevitably infected with a little anxious mood.

It stands to reason that Li Lin took so many people to arrest the bandits, and there was still the eyeliner he had laid down at the foot of Liquan Mountain, there should be no problems, and Li Lin also knew that Lu Li was near Liquan Mountain, if there was really anything wrong, he could also go to Lu Li for help.

No matter which way it is concerned, Li Lin should be fine.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the hall.

The eyes of everyone in the hall were attracted by this voice, and they all stared at the door of the Asking Wind Hall, waiting for that person to arrive.

"Your Majesty! Lee-sama is back! The little eunuch knelt at the door of the hall with a puff and said loudly: "The thieves have all been arrested!" The guy who went to deliver the message outside the city was also caught! ”

"Really?" The eagerness on the king's face was swept away, and his face was replaced by a face full of joy.

The little eunuch was still on his knees and said, "Yes! Lord Li and Zhen Guogong have already entered the palace, and all those thieves have been imprisoned in the prison! It's just that... Just ......"

The little eunuch, who was still talking fluently, didn't know why, but when he said it, he suddenly vomited, and he didn't finish this sentence for a long time.

Seeing this, Wang Shang frowned, and suddenly became a little more angry, "Say! What's going on? ”

"It's just... It's just the little guy in the palace who went out of the city to deliver the news......" The little eunuch swallowed, and the figure kneeling on the ground trembled, and under the repeated questioning of the king, he trembled and said: "That little guy... He committed suicide after he was caught. ”

Committed suicide?

The king was stunned for a moment.

Then he reacted, and he was so angry that he waved all the things on the table with a wave of his sleeves, teacups, teapots, calligraphy, and pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., all fell to the ground, shattered into pieces.

Xiao Man couldn't help but hold her breath, staggered her gaze at the king, and her hand holding Wangshu suddenly tightened, obviously nervous.

And the little guy was lying on the ground and didn't dare to speak, his thin shoulders were shaking, and he almost buried his face in the floor tiles.

In this silent and tense atmosphere, the eunuch who was talking outside came to the door at some point and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Li and the Duke of Zhenguo have arrived. ”

"Let them in." The king said in a deep voice.

After a short time, Li Lin and Lu Li both came to the hall, and after each saluted, they repeated what the little eunuch said. Only this time, Li Lin was not as timid as the little eunuch, and when it came to the suicide of the little servant in the palace, he did not pause for a moment, as if this matter was not a big deal.

The angry king naturally noticed the difference between Li Lin and the eunuch's words, he snorted lightly and asked, "Li Lin, now that the eunuch who can correct Chu Yu is dead, don't you have the slightest sense of guilt?" Don't you have the slightest worry? ”

"Your Majesty, it was the minister's negligence that caused that little guy to commit suicide by swallowing medicine." Li Lin bowed over, neither humble nor arrogant.

Seeing this, the king couldn't help but sigh, "Li Lin, you have been an official in the court for many years, how could you not even be so vigilant, at such a critical moment... Ay! Lone doesn't know what to say about you! ”

He was angry, but he was more angry that he couldn't deal with Chu Yu directly this time, but he had to think of other ways.

Without the most critical witness, wouldn't all this time of hard work be in vain?

"Your Majesty, this matter is indeed the minister's fault, but on the way back, the minister has already thought of a foolproof plan so that the prince can obediently confess his guilt." Li Lin calmed down and said.

"Oh?" The king's attitude was a little better, he raised his eyebrows, and asked, "How sure are you that you can make him tell the truth obediently?" ”

Li Lin arched his hand, "Naturally, I am very sure." ”

Wang Shang thought for a moment, and then nodded, "Okay, then Gu will let you do this, just succeed, don't fail!" If you can really succeed, you will be guilty of meritorious service. ”

"Yes!" The corners of Li Lin's mouth curled, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As the night deepened, the lights in the palace gradually turned on, Xiao Man and Lu Li took Wangshu home, while Li Lin carried the trust of the king and went directly to Chu Yu's palace with the soldiers that the king had allocated to him before.

The lights on both sides of the streets of Bei'an City were lit up, and Li Lin led the team to Chu Yu's palace in a menacing manner.

He didn't rush to knock on the door, but called his subordinates who had been monitoring the gate of the palace and asked the other party about the movements of the palace during the time he went to Liquan Mountain.

"This door was tightly closed from beginning to end, no one came out during this period, let alone entered, and the subordinates also looked at the back door of the palace and other corner gates, and no one entered or exited during this time."

No one came in or out, and it seemed that Chu Yu in the palace had not yet noticed that the sky had changed outside.

The big stone in Li Lin's heart fell to the ground, he waved his big hand and shouted, "Knock on the door for me!" ”

"Bang bang bang-"

The door of the palace was knocked loudly, Li Lin pursed his lips and stood at the foot of the steps of the palace, looking at the closed door, his eyes became more and more fierce.

"Keep knocking!" Li Lin ordered and shouted.

The soldier who knocked on the door answered: "Yes!" ”

"Bang bang bang-"

"Bang bang bang-"

The knock on the door rang again and again, not to mention the palace, even the door of the official's mansion not far from the palace was opened by the subordinates to check what was happening outside, and the palace was still closed, and there was no sound inside.

Seeing that the time was getting later and later, Li Lin was afraid that something would happen, so he couldn't take care of so many rules for a while, so he shouted directly: "Knock the door open for me!" Anything happens to me! Knock on the door! ”

The sturdy gate was slammed inward by a dozen strong men, again and again, and again and again, and it didn't take long for the gate of the palace to be slammed open.

Unexpectedly, there was someone inside the door.

With his back hunched, the thin, weak, white-haired old man stepped forward, pointed at Li Lin and asked unceremoniously, "Hey, hey, what are you doing?!" ”

"Where is your prince?" Li Lin asked with a stiff face.

The old man snorted, turned around and walked back, ignoring Li Lin's meaning at all.

Fortunately, Li Lin didn't want to get any useful information from an old man, he cleared his throat and ordered: "Everyone search separately, be sure to find Chu Yu as soon as possible!" Once you find something abnormal, don't act rashly just yet, wait for my orders, you know? ”

"Yes!"

Li Lin took people directly to the backyard, and unexpectedly, before he started searching, he actually met Chu Yu.

At that time, the other party was sitting in the small pavilion in the center of the lake in the backyard drinking tea, and looked over from a distance, in addition to the servants on the pavilion, there were other people, looking at the clothes and dressing like a woman.

Li Lin couldn't help but spit in the direction of Chu Yu, "Phew! Lao Tzu is busy everywhere with people, and you, the culprit, still have the face to play here?! See how I teach you a lesson! ”

After speaking, he turned around and picked out two people and asked them to find the other soldiers who were collecting the mansion, while the remaining five or six people followed him to the small pavilion in the center of the lake to stop Chu Yu.

Probably because Chu Yu wanted not to be disturbed, so there was no one on the edge of the lake, Li Lin led people all the way to the pavilion unimpeded, he specially stopped not far from the pavilion, crossed his waist and watched Chu Yu laugh with a beautiful woman in front of him, this anger couldn't help but rub up.

At this time, he didn't know whether to say that Chu Yu was too big, or that he was fearless because he was a prince.

The little guy he sent out hasn't come back for so long, and he hasn't been worried at all?

Li Lin snorted coldly, raised his voice, and yelled at the angry voice not far away: "Chu Yu! ”

Just as Li Lin had guessed, Chu Yu stood up as expected, and then looked back at this side.

After seeing Li Lin standing not far away, Chu Yu first froze for a moment, and then yelled in annoyance, "Li Lin, what is your name this king?" How dare you call this king by his name? Don't you want your life anymore? ”

"Lord Wang?" Li Lin walked forward with his hands behind his back, slowly and leisurely, with a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, and after he completely walked in front of Chu Yu, he smiled: "Chu Yu, when has this been, do you still think you are the prince?" ”

Chu Yudeng's face changed, he subconsciously looked left and right, and after not seeing more soldiers, he asked with a blue face: "What do you mean?" ”

"Do you really not know, or are you playing dumb?" Li Lin looked at each other with a smile.

Chu Yu's face became more and more ugly, and the hand hanging by his side was clenched tightly, but at this time, he was still holding on: "This king doesn't know what you're talking about!" ”

"Colluding with bandits, intercepting the daughter of Donglan's courtiers and the head of the caravan, and kidnapping Donglan's son, framing the county lord of Canglan, this pile, one by one, no matter which one is counted, you are a capital crime." Li Lin sneered and pointed out the crimes committed by the other party word by word.

He raised his eyebrows: "Lord Wang, am I right?" ”