Hearing that Yu Ruyan was imprisoned in Jing Zhaoyin's prison, Mu Lingzhi broke into Jing Zhaoyin single-handedly, he did not go directly to the cell to see Yu Ruyan, but directly broke into Jing Zhaoyin Shaoyin's room, a long sword was placed on Shaoyin's neck, his thin lips opened, and he coldly spit out two words: "Release people!" ”

Shao Yin was so frightened that he trembled, the third prince in front of him was notoriously cold-blooded and brutal, and his iron blood was very tough. [Full text reading. He couldn't help but scold Lord Wang fiercely in his heart, why didn't he send this hot third princess to the Criminal Department or Dali Temple, and actually put her in Jing Zhaoyin's prison, isn't this looking for death?

Shao Yin trembled and carefully removed his neck from the long sword, knelt on the bed in the futon, and said to Mu Ling tremblingly: "Your Royal Highness, Weichen is also acting on orders, this matter is very important, Weichen, Weichen can't be the master, besides, when this happened, the people of the capital watched, and the prince of Muxiang They were all there, if Jingzhao Yin didn't catch and didn't invite the princess in, he wouldn't be able to pay the errand."

"Let go! Don't say it again a third time! ”

Mu Lingzhi's whole body was full of murderous energy, and with a wave of his hand, the sharp sword qi instantly cut off Shao Yin's bedpost, and the bedpost fell down, smashing Shao Yin and not daring to move, his whole body trembled like chaff: "Your Highness is angry, Weichen and Weichen will let him go!" ”

In the dark and damp cell, the cell door was wide open, and Lord Wang, who had caught Yu Ruyan in, was prostrate on the ground, his whole body trembling, and his voice trembled: "Your Highness, Princess, the little one has offended and spared his life!" ”

The moment he saw Yu Ruyan, Mu Ling's heart was painful, but he didn't say a word, entered the cell, picked up Yu Ruyan without saying a word, and said bitterly: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you home!" ”

Although it has been less than an hour since she entered the cell, Yu Ruyan seems to have passed a century. In this hour, she was lonely and helpless, with countless questions in her heart but unable to sort them out, as if she had fallen into a terrible whirlpool, knowing that there were traps and conspiracies all around, but it was pitch black that she could not see a trace of light, and her feet could not step on the bottom, and she fell endlessly

Therefore, when she suddenly saw Mu Lingzhi appear in front of her, Yu Ruyan thought it was her own hallucination, she must have been too scared and helpless, so she was looking forward to his appearance.

It wasn't until he really hugged her into his arms, and it wasn't until his deep and deep voice sounded in his ears that Yu Ruyan realized that all this was not a dream. It's really him who came to save himself!

Her hands were tightly clasped into his clothes, and she choked up in her voice: "Your Highness, the winter grass is dead, Qin Xianglou is also dead, and many people are dead, Your Highness, the fire is not set by me, not me!" ”

"I believe in you!"

Mu Lingzhi replied to her firmly. Holding her and walking out, when he passed by Lord Wang's side, his steps paused, and an invisible murderous aura frightened Lord Wang to the ground, and his voice was already trembling: "Your Highness, spare your life."

"You can hear clearly, the princess said that she didn't set the fire, so this palace will not kill you, and leave you with a dog's life to solve the case and find out the real culprit."

Mu Lingzhi's voice was cold and piercing, looking at Lord Shaoyin, who was also cowering and kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "You Jing Zhaoyin have been busy lately. Not only did he find out the real culprit who set the fire, but also gave the princess of the palace an innocence, and the five secret guards of the palace died in the Honghe, and the corpses of the palace had been sent over. ”

"Qin Xianglou's twenty-seven lives, plus a maidservant in the palace palace, and the lives of the five secret guards in the palace, you Jingguang Yin calculate carefully, how many lives are there in total!"

Hearing this, Jing Zhaoyin's Young Yin and Wang looked at each other in a daze, it was unbelievable that so many lives were implicated in this matter, and they were suddenly stunned on the spot.

Seeing Mu Lingzhi leaving with Yu Ruyan in his arms, they chased after him, and hesitated: "Your Highness, the lower officials don't know that this matter is also implicated in the secret guards beside you, this matter is too serious, the lower officials feel that our Jing Zhaoyin can't afford to carry this heavy burden, and ask Your Royal Highness to transfer this matter to Dali Temple for investigation!" ”

When Shao Yin said these words, the cold sweat on his head was so bad that he couldn't open his eyes.

Mu Lingzhi suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Shao Yin's pale face coldly, and said coldly: "Since you don't have this difficulty, who gave you the courage to catch the princess?" Throw the three princesses in a dark cell, and you sleep soundly in the room! The palace is short, especially short, so this account depends on how you pay off to the palace! ”

After that, he walked out of the cell with Yu Ruyan in his arms and walked out.

Then, Kankan walked to the gate of Jing Zhaoyin, looking at the people blocking the door, Mu Lingzhi's deep eyes sank. The cold light was shining, but the steps under his feet did not stop, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a sarcastic sneer, and he walked in front of them without squinting.

At that time, the morning light was slightly dewed, led by the eldest prince, Mu Xiang, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the people of Dali Temple were all guarding the door of Jing Zhaoyin, and the people they brought stopped the copper coin and Brother An at the bottom of the steps, Brother An cried happily when he saw Mu Lingzhi coming out with Yu Ruyan in his arms!

The eldest prince Mu Yunzhi saw that Mu Lingzhi didn't look at everyone, hugged Yuruyan and walked straight out, angry in his heart, stretched out his hand to stop in front of Mu Lingzhi, obviously hated him in his heart, but made a sad look on his face and said: "Brother Huang, my father has an order to let the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Jing Zhaoyin join forces to investigate the fire in Qinxianglou last night."

"What's my business?"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Mu Lingzhi's cold words blocked him for a while, and the hypocrisy on his face couldn't be contained, but Mu Yunzhi still suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly: "Brother Huang's words are wrong, last night's fire in Qinxianglou was witnessed by the princess in your arms, so many people died, the imperial brother can't forcibly take people away by virtue of his identity." The Son of Heaven has to be guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law, not to mention that she is just a nominal third princess! ”

After that, he waved his hand and said majestically: "Come on, take the five princesses of Daqi down and re-imprison them!" ”

Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked when she heard this, she never expected that the matter would reach King Liang's ears so quickly, but she also knew in her heart that if someone wanted her to die, she would definitely not give her and Mu Lingzhi a chance to breathe. It will not give them the opportunity and time to find out the real murderer.

However, if the ultimate purpose of burning Qin Xianglou was to kill herself, why didn't you kill her directly when she fainted in the inn yesterday?

With Mu Lingzhi's protection, the panic in Yu Ruyan's heart gradually calmed down, and once her mind calmed down, her thoughts would be clear and clear----

She firmly believes that everything in the world, as long as it is done by people, will leave traces of clues, just like she once said to An Lirong, in this world, if you want people to know, unless you have done nothing!

Therefore, she believes that as long as she is given time, she will definitely find out the clues and find out the real murderer who framed her!

But now, she knew in her heart that those who harmed her would not allow Mu Lingzhi to take her away. And as long as she falls into their hands again, there will be a thousand kinds of "accidents" that will let her die in prison, and at that time, she will have to bear a charge of suicide in fear of crime!

What she was thinking about Mu Lingzhi was already clear, so in the face of the obstruction of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi, Mu Lingzhi squinted at him, too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and his cold and piercing eyes coldly swept over the officials who surrounded him. sneered coldly: "It's been a long time since this palace has been killing, today, those who stand in my way ---- killed!" ”

When he spoke, the soft sword on his waist had already bounced out with a 'zheng', and the sound of the sword carried the sound of death.

And with the tip of his sword, countless ghostly figures flew from all directions, all of them were the famous secret guards around him, Mu Lingzhi's thin lips opened lightly, and he coldly gave an order: "Those who stand in the way, kill!" ”

Dozens of secret guards responded in unison: "Obey!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the long sword in the secret guard's hand was unsheathed in unison, and the tips of the cold and shining swords were aimed at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the officials of Dali Temple and the Great Prince, and the hundreds of officers and soldiers they brought!

Looking at the dark guards who didn't care about their identity and pointed their cold and shining long swords at them, Mu Yunzhi was already so angry that he couldn't speak. And the officials of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are also frightened, although they deal with criminals all year round, and it is normal to use knives and guns, but it is the first time they have encountered them like this, and they can't help but be stunned on the spot one by one, dumbfounded and unable to speak.

At this time, it was already dawn, and there were many people watching the excitement at the door of Jing Zhaoyin, and now when he saw this situation, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away, for fear that he would be accidentally implicated, but in less than an instant, the news about the three princes openly disobeying the holy decree in order to protect the short, and threatening the officials of the imperial court, was already known to everyone in the streets and alleys in less than half a moment.

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Tong Qian hurriedly blocked Brother An behind him. Cautiously ordered: "When the fight starts for a while, you must not run around, you must follow closely behind me, and I will protect you." ”

After that, he couldn't help but break up and grabbed Brother An's frightened cold hands, asked her to grab her clothes, and let her hide behind him.

At such an emergency moment, Brother An didn't care about the defense of men and women, she tightly dragged the corner of the copper coin's clothes and hid beside him, but the copper coin held the sword in one hand and posed, and grabbed her hand behind her with the other hand, for fear that she would let go of her hand and be stabbed by the sword for a while.

The men and horses on both sides are armed with weapons, and the scene is already tense for a while!

Mu Yunzhi was forced to retreat several steps by the fierce murderous aura on Mu Lingzhi and the secret guard, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak, and raised his hand to Mu Lingzhi for a long time before he scolded fiercely: "Bold and arrogant guy, my father knew that you would suppress officials with your identity, so I specially sent this palace and Mu Xiang to personally lead people over to supervise this matter, I didn't expect, I didn't expect you to be really bold, this palace wants to go to your father to participate in you!" ”

Mu Lingzhi looked at him coldly, raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold tone: "I don't need you to say it in front of my father, this palace will make it clear to my father, but this palace believes that my father is willing to find out who really set fire to the murderer, as well as the black hands behind this matter." ”

After that, holding Yu Ruyan and taking a few big steps forward, Mu Yunyi retreated and hated in his heart, and his teeth itched. was angry in his heart, it was obviously his princess who committed a big crime, and it was obvious that he should be in a position of being beaten passively, why was he not afraid at all, but forced himself to retreat again and again.

Thinking of this, Mu Yunzhi remembered that he had his father's message, and he was afraid that he would not succeed, so he said to the official in a fierce voice: "My father ordered me to arrest the murderer and investigate it strictly, are you afraid?" So many people are still afraid of a dozen secret guards?! ”

Although there was a huge disparity in the number of people on both sides, the small number of people on the side of the secret guard did not have the slightest fear, and everyone had a cold look on their faces, pressing forward step by step, while the side with many people showed horror on their faces. As the Dark Guard pressed in, he retreated.

Seeing that Mu Lingzhi was about to walk out of Jing Zhaoyin's gate with Yu Ruyan in his arms, Mu Yunzhi was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and he was about to rush forward as soon as he snatched the big knife in the hand of the official on the side, he didn't believe it, these secret guards really dared to kill him like Mu Lingzhi commanded.

Mu Xiang beside him saw him recklessly stepped forward, and hurriedly grabbed him, others didn't know the benefits and disadvantages of the secret guards under the three princes, but Mu Xiang, who had suffered in the hands of the secret guards, knew----

In fact, for most princes or important ministers of the court, like Mu Xiang, they will privately train and nurture martial arts masters who are responsible for their personal safety and perform some shady assassination or guardianship tasks in the palace, but the secret guards of ordinary people are martial arts masters recruited from the rivers and lakes, and they have some interests. And this group of secret guards under Mu Lingzhi was specially trained by him, not to mention well-trained, and he also followed him to the battlefield, high martial arts are secondary, the most frightening thing about them is that they only obey Mu Lingzhi's orders until death, where Mu Lingzhi's sword is pointed, even if there are their relatives standing in front of them, these secret guards will rush forward without blinking

If the eldest prince really made a move with them on impulse, I am afraid that he will really lose his life.

Seeing this scene, Mu Xiang stepped forward and stopped between the two teams of people, and said in a calm tone: "Gyeonggi Heavy Land, everyone is calm and calm, don't let the people see our jokes." ”

Mu Lingzhi looked at him coldly, didn't buy his account, and sneered: "Since Mu Xiang is so reasonable, then please take the lead and get out of the way, so as not to scare the people with a river of blood!" ”

Mu Xiang was not excited by him, and he was not angry, and said solemnly: "Your Highness is serious, it's not that we want to embarrass Your Highness and not let Your Highness go, but the Holy One has an order to let the Criminal Department and Dali Temple join Jingzhao Yin to investigate the case of Qin Xianglou last night, not only to give the twenty-seven deceased a handover, but also to give an explanation to the people of the world." His Highness also knows, because of the disaster in the south. Now the people have complained about the imperial court, if His Royal Highness insists on protecting the princess, I am afraid that it will cause more public dissatisfaction, which is not a good thing for the Great Liang country, and please think twice! ”

Mu Xiang said that he was the truth, there were a lot of truths for the people and the country, but Mu Lingzhi couldn't listen to a word, now in his heart, what is Daliang, what do the people in the world care about him, he just needs Yu Ruyan to be well.

Although his face was calm and indifferent when he went into the cell to save Yu Ruyan just now, he only said to Yu Ruyan, 'Don't be afraid, I'll take you home'. But no one understood the reluctance and heartache he felt when he saw Yu Ruyan alone locked in that gloomy cell, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't make a big deal about it. He had already cut off the king's head to vent his anger.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to send Yu Ruyan back to the terrifying cell at this moment!

But Mu Xiang's words Yu Ruyan listened to them every word, she thought that for her alone, Mu Lingzhi almost turned his back on the whole world, openly disobeyed King Liang's holy decree, and slaughtered the court officials in public, all of which would have a very bad impact on his reputation.

He doesn't care about fame and fortune, but Yu Ruyan feels sorry for him, she doesn't want to let herself become a shackle on the road of his life, let alone fall into unkindness and injustice.

So, she put away the sorrow in her expression, and said to Mu Ling with a smile: "Your Highness, let me go with them"

"Don't talk!" As soon as he heard Yu Ruyan's words, Mu Lingzhi suddenly became angry, how could he not understand her intentions, he loved and pity her in his heart, and said coldly to Mu Xiang: "These big truths have taught the palace to the little master, and there is no need for Mu Xiang to remind him here again." ”

After speaking, he no longer went to deal with Mu Xiang and the eldest prince, and said in a solemn voice to the officials of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple: "This palace is not that it does not support you in investigating the case, but now the evidence is vague, and the princess of this palace is weak and sick, this palace wants to ask you to make it convenient for you to let this palace take her back." But Bengong promised that until Qin Xianglou's case was clarified, Bengong would never let her leave the Eastern Capital. Therefore, rest assured, if there is really definite evidence to prove that she did this, then you will go to the palace to get people, and the palace will not stop you! ”

After saying that, the soft sword in his hand was withdrawn, and he looked at the ministers opposite with a firm face.

The people of the Criminal Department Shangshu and Dali Temple all looked at each other, and it was a little difficult to make a decision, and Jing Zhaoyin's Shaoyin and Lord Wang didn't dare to intervene, and they couldn't help but look at Mu Yunzhi and Mu Xiang, the eldest prince in the middle.

Mu Yunzhi listened to his words, and laughed unabashedly, the laughter was full of sarcasm, and as soon as the laughter stopped, he looked at Mu Lingzhi coldly. Therefore, he said solemnly: "How can there be a rule that a prisoner should be kept in another garden even if he is not locked in a cell?" Mu Lingzhi, don't think that you are the prince and you can act so recklessly, you can despise the royal law, and you can cheat for personal gain. The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, why are you ----?! ”

In the face of Mu Yunzhi's naked questioning, Mu Lingzhi was not flustered, he stepped forward and looked at him fixedly, a cold glint flashed in his deep eyes, the corners of his mouth were hooked, and he mocked one by one: "Just because I have guarded the border for my father for many years, just because I have taken the lion of Daliang to keep the peace of Daliang for several years, and because of the military exploits I have saved over the years." Brother Huang, do you think that if I use these countless military exploits to exchange my princess for my princess to live in another garden for a few days, my father will refuse me! ”

Mu Lingzhi's understatement instantly blocked Mu Yunzhi's mouth, and the entire Daliang people knew that this brave and warlike third prince was a shocking military achievement.

Over the years, whenever he has made great achievements, he has never asked King Liang for a reward, except for last year's proposal to King Liang to marry a jade girl with Daqi, it was also for Queen Xie. Therefore, it can be said that King Liang owes him a lot of favors, and it is not unusual for him to ask King Liang now.

What's more, he also made it very clear to them with the Criminal Department before, he didn't want to let Yu Ruyan go, and before there was no definite evidence to prove that Yu Ruyan was the murderer, his request was not excessive, after all, Yu Ruyan was not only the princess Heshuo who was close to her, but also the third princess of Mu Lingzhi.

Thinking of this, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department finally opened his mouth, and he thought about the wording extremely carefully, for fear of offending the eldest prince and the third prince, and he couldn't offend left and right.

He said cautiously: "Third Highness, since this is the case, the lower official will dare to go back to the palace and return to Your Majesty according to your words, but Your Majesty is to blame."

"It's okay, this matter is borne by this palace alone!"

Mu Lingzhi didn't pay attention to Mu Yunzhi's hateful face anymore with this sentence, hugged Yu Ruyan, left Jing Zhaoyin with the copper coin Brother An, and ran directly to the other garden!

On the way back. Yu Ruyan didn't speak, and Mu Lingzhi was in a hurry and didn't have time to say anything. When she arrived at the other garden, Mu Lingzhi carried her off the horse and instructed her to prepare hot soup for her to bathe, and on the way here, Mu Lingzhi had asked people to go back to the palace to ask Dr. Wu to come and check her body.

Waiting for Yu Ruyan to take a bath and change clothes, Dr. Wu came with a sweaty head, put down the medicine box and was about to check her pulse, Yu Ruyan withdrew her hand and said with a bitter smile: "I have to trouble the doctor to help me pull out the things on my head first!" ”

When she said this, Mu Lingzhi was sitting beside her, and when she heard the words, her whole body jumped up in shock, and she looked at her in shock. The voice was trembling: "You got something on the head?" Who is it? Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

After that, he was already impatient to go forward to inspect her head, but he was afraid that he would hurt her by touching her, and his eyes were red for a while.

Doctor Wu also changed his face when he heard this, and said with a serious expression: "Princess, do you know the specific place?" ”

Yu Ruyan weakly raised her finger and pointed to the back of her head, and said with a bitter smile: "Here, a silver needle was inserted, and I also bothered Dr. Wu to help me take it out, it seemed to be very deep, and I couldn't pull it out myself."

Mu Lingzhi took Yu Ruyan's hand with trembling hands, turned his head and commanded Doctor Wu in a lost voice: "Quick, help the princess pull it out!" ”

Doctor Wu saw the bloody mouth on her left wrist when Yu Ruyan raised her arm. looked stunned, and said in a solemn tone: "Princess, your subordinates should help you bandage the wounds on your hands first!" ”

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's eyes looked at Yu Ruyan's hand in a daze, and found that she had been hidden under her sleeves and had a deep bloody cut on her wrist, which was washed by the sun when she was bathing just now, and the wound was cracked, and she was bleeding outward.

The whole body was cold, Mu Ling's heart was so distressed that he was suffocated, and his face turned pale.

He picked her up from the cell, thinking that she was not injured, but he didn't expect that she was injured like this

With trembling hands, he stroked Yuruyan's pale face, Mu Lingzhi gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Where else are you injured?" ”

Yu Ruyan shook her head weakly. Looking at his worried expression, he reluctantly smiled: "Your Highness, just these two injuries, there is nothing else, don't worry!" ”

"Who is it? Do you know who did the poison against you? Thinking of the injuries she had suffered, Mu Ling swung his palm to the table beside him, and the sandalwood table fell to the ground in response, rotting into a pile of rotten wood.

"The silver needle on my head was pierced by the servant woman who brought tea at the Fortune Inn, but unfortunately I didn't pay attention to her appearance at the time, but I smelled a very special smell on her body, I fainted after she walked behind me, and the blood in my hand was probably cut by her at that time."

When the copper coin on the side heard this, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Highness, take someone to block the Fortune Inn immediately." and bring all the maids inside. ”

After that, the copper coin was about to go out, but was stopped by Mu Lingzhi at the door.

The copper coin turned around for unknown reasons, and without waiting for Mu Lingzhi to speak, Yu Ruyan said helplessly: "It's been so long since people set a trap to harm me, do you think the servant woman of the Fortune Inn will still be there?" If she hadn't died, I'd guess she did, so there's no need for you to go there again. ”

As she spoke, Dr. Wu had already bandaged her wound and removed the silver needle from under her head.

Doctor Wu took down the silver needle to show her, and sighed: "This person's technique is unusually skilled, whether it is sealing the princess's acupoint with the silver needle to make you stunned, or the blood on the princess's wrist, it is not difficult to see the skillfulness and sharpness of this person's technique." ”

"Yes, this person is not only proficient, but also familiar with pharmacology!" Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, and she took Dr. Wu's words and said coldly: "After cutting my wrist, I also 'kindly' gave medicine to the blood mouth, it stands to reason that I should be very painful to cut such a deep incision, at least my wrist will hurt after waking up, but I don't feel it at all, so"

Therefore, this person's method is not only fast, but also accurate. And she is good at using analgesics, and the medicine she gave to the princess made the princess wake up without feeling pain! As he spoke, Dr. Wu was already searching in his heart for the Eastern Capital he was familiar with, and even the doctors with superb medical skills in the entire Daliang, but there was no such person in his impression.

Yu Ruyan has been very calm and plain since she returned to the other garden, looking at her description, Mu Lingzhi guessed that she probably already knew who was harming her, so after Dr. Wu left the room, he calmed down and asked her: "Do you know who that servant woman is?" ”

Smiling, Yu Ruyan did not answer his question, but looked at him fixedly, and said word by word: "Your Highness, do you have something to hide from me!?" ”

Mu Lingzhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood in his heart, knowing that he couldn't hide what he wanted to hide from her.

He couldn't help but dodge her gaze. persuaded her: "Don't be some groundless words, don't pay attention to it, remember what Dr. Wu told you, relax your mind, don't work too hard, I'm still waiting for you to give me a son as soon as possible!" ”

Yu Ruyan knew that he was worried about himself and refused to tell the truth to himself, his heart was sour and bitter, his eyes were gray, and his tone was pleading: "Your Highness, instead of listening to people outside pointing at me and scolding me, scolding me in a daze, why don't you tell me what happened?" ”

Mu Lingzhi knew that those rumors couldn't be hidden from her after all, so it was better to tell her than to let her guess in pain.

His throat rolled with difficulty, and he finally opened his mouth to tell all the rumors about the evil star discovered by Qin Tianjian affecting the fortunes of the Great Liang and the rumors about her that popped up overnight in the Eastern Capital.

He paid attention to her expression as he spoke, thinking that she would be extremely sad and sad, but Yu Ruyan's expression was indifferent, and she listened silently, without a word of complaint, let alone crying about injustice, but with a tenacious light flashing in her shining eyes.