In the imperial study, Zhao De stubbornly played: "Emperor Qi, the person sent to Ling Shangshu's Mansion has returned, and replied that Miss Ling is still unwilling to enter the palace to meet her." ”

Zhuo Haoxuan was silent for a long time with a cold face, and suddenly got up and said, "Since Xin'er doesn't want to come to see me, then I will go to see her, and set up the Ling Mansion." ”

Zhao De was taken aback, "Your Majesty, this ...... I'm afraid this is not appropriate, you went out of the palace to visit Shangshu Mansion for no reason, I am afraid that it will cause the dissatisfaction of the Queen Mother and the criticism of the courtiers, not to mention, those who want to be unfavorable to Miss Ling have not yet been investigated, and it has finally calmed down for a while. ”

Zhuo Haoxuan's expression changed slightly, although he felt that what Zhao De said made sense, but after all, he still couldn't let go of the idea of wanting to see Ling Yuxin, he thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Xin'er has been back to Beijing for more than ten days, but I haven't seen her yet, since she refuses to enter the palace, then I can only leave the palace, and your concerns are not unreasonable, but in any case, I have to see Xin'er today." ”

Zhao De opened his mouth to persuade again, but Zhuo Haoxuan interrupted him, "Don't worry, I won't be here in person with much fanfare, just go from the ground to Weifu, I will return as soon as I see Xin'er, you can arrange it for me in the palace, don't let anyone know." ”

Zhao De still felt that it was inappropriate, and he wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Zhuo Haoxuan's resolute expression, he had to change his words and say: "Then the old slave went and asked the two commanders to prepare and bring more guards to protect the emperor." ”

"There's no need, it's eye-catching when there are too many people, just let Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong follow." After Zhuo Haoxuan finished speaking, he no longer gave Zhao De a chance to persuade him, and then changed his clothes and quietly left the palace with the two personal guard commanders.

Inside the Ling Mansion, Ling Yuxin, who had long been accustomed to practicing horseback riding and martial arts outside the city at this hour of the day, although she was buried in the book at the moment, her mind had already drifted outside the mansion.

Bai Zhu saw Ling Yuxin staring at the book in his hand in a daze, and he had been staring at it for half an hour, but the book in his hand had not been turned a page, and after hesitating for a long time, he still couldn't help but ask, "Miss, why don't you give you a new book?" ”

Ling Yuxin looked up at Bai Zhu, then looked at the book in her hand, then put down the book, sighed and said: "It's the same for any book, my mind is full of pictures of horseback riding, martial arts training and all kinds of shops outside, where can I see it." Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, threw the book in his hand, and approached Bai Zhu excitedly and said, "Why don't we two change into the clothes of the family and quietly leave the house?" ”

Bai Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned embarrassed, "Miss, like this...... Not so good! Besides, there are guards from the cavalry camp outside, and if you go out, they will definitely follow you, even if they don't stop you. ”

Ling Yuxin thought for a while, and said, "Let's change into the clothes of the family, go through the back door, and pretend to go to the house to buy, except for Wei Chifeng and Zhang Meng, the other guards may not recognize us, and they can't imagine that we will dress up as a family member and sneak out of the house, besides, even if they find out, at most we will come back." ”

"But ......"

"Oh, don't, although I go out of the house every day, but every time I go straight to the city with my cousin, except for the day I returned to Beijing on the carriage and these days on the horse to see the scene on the road, I haven't really visited the city at the foot of the Son of Heaven, let's go together to see how prosperous the capital is, the last time Cuihan took us to visit the warehouse where the embroidery was stored, I saw that there were some spare clothes in the corner, anyway, they were not locked on weekdays, Let's hurry up and get two sets of the family's clothes, and then return them. Ling Yuxin said as she pulled Bai Zhu out the door.

Although Bai Zhu felt that it was inappropriate, she was dragged away by Ling Yuxin, and she couldn't resist and get rid of it, so she had no choice but to follow Ling Yuxin.

After the two changed their clothes, they hurriedly went out of the back door, because there would indeed be buyers and errands coming in and out of the back door on weekdays, and the guards also knew that their duty was mainly to protect Ling Yuxin, so they were more concerned about preventing outsiders from entering, and they didn't dare to interfere more with the entry and exit of people in the Ling Mansion, they naturally didn't expect that the dignified daughter of Ling Shangshu's Mansion would sneak out of the mansion by pretending to be a family member, so they just did a routine interrogation, and let the two leave.

Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu didn't expect it to be so smooth, after walking out of the back door of the Ling Mansion for a few steps, they couldn't help but smile at each other, and then walked forward quickly, quickly turning the corner, who knew that after only a few steps, they were surprised to see Wei Chifeng and Zhang Meng turning the corner in front of them, patrolling in their direction. At this time, both of them panicked, instinctively turned to the side, neither advanced nor retreated, and were stunned for a while.

This scene happened to fall in the eyes of Zhuo Haoxuan, who was standing not far away, and Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong behind him. Because of Zhao De's words, Zhuo Haoxuan deliberately didn't want anyone to know that he had come to the Ling Mansion to visit Ling Yuxin, so he didn't enter directly after arriving at the gate of the Ling Mansion, but first hid in the shadows, thinking about how to avoid Wei Chifeng and the guards, and quietly enter the Ling Mansion without alarming anyone. And at this moment, he could just see the alley that Ling Yuxin and Wei Chifeng were able to turn into.

In fact, when Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu just turned the corner behind, Zhuo Haoxuan and the other three had already seen them, but they were only two family members and did not pay attention, and when Wei Chifeng also turned the corner in front and walked towards them, the abnormal behavior of the two of them suddenly attracted the attention of Zhuo Haoxuan, Li Qingshan and Xia Huaizhong, after a closer look, Xia Huaizhong did not see any clues, but Zhuo Haoxuan and Li Qingshan were taken aback at the same time, Li Qingshan recognized Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu at a glance, and Zhuo Haoxuan also recognized the first person must be Ling Yuxin, Although she hasn't seen her for two years, as Zhao De said, except that her skin tone looks slightly darker than two years ago, her appearance is not much different from what she remembers. Zhuo Haoxuan stared at Ling Yuxin quietly, thinking that she had been worried for two years, and finally waited until the day when her grounding period expired, thinking that she could finally meet, but what she was looking forward to was the news of Yiren's amnesia and reluctance to see each other, and today he finally saw it again, Zhuo Haoxuan couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

Li Qingshan reacted first, and hurriedly took a step forward and said to Zhuo Haoxuan: "Your Majesty, those two people seem to be Miss Ling and her newly acquired maid Baizhu in Chi Dusk Villa. I don't know why I appeared there wearing my family's clothes. ”

Zhuo Haoxuan took a closer look at Ling Yuxin's expression, and then looked at Wei Chifeng and Zhang Meng who were walking towards them, and immediately guessed that Ling Yuxin was probably going out of the mansion in disguise to avoid Wei Chifeng and the guards, just as he had come here in microclothes. But what he couldn't guess was why Ling Yuxin wanted to avoid the guards and where he was going, and what surprised him even more was that Ling Yuxin, who he knew, would definitely not sneak out of the mansion disguised as a family member, even if someone told him, I am afraid he would never believe it, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but wonder who and what made Ling Yuxin make such a move.

So, he immediately made a decision, intending to help Ling Yuxin avoid Wei Chifeng and the guards, so that she could leave smoothly, so that he could quietly follow her to see where she was going to meet whom. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately instructed Li Qingshan: "You go and find a way to support Wei Chifeng and them, don't let them find and hinder Xin'er, so that Xin'er and her maid can leave smoothly." ”

Li Qingshan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say more, and immediately took the order.

In the alley, Zhang Meng had been watching Wei Chifeng talk while walking, and Wei Chifeng had been frowning, obviously listening and thinking about something, the attention of the two was not on Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu, so at first when he turned the corner and turned into this alley, he didn't notice Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu, but for some reason, Wei Chifeng suddenly glared at Zhang Meng angrily, and then said something, Zhang Meng turned around and left in a daze.

At this time, Wei Chifeng looked up on one side, and found Ling Yuxin and Bai Zhu standing still opposite him, although he didn't see the faces of the two, he also noticed that these two family members seemed to be a little strange, and they were about to step forward to check, but before he could ask, he heard Li Qingshan's voice coming from the side and back, "It turns out that General Wei is here." ”

Wei Chifeng heard that the person was Li Qingshan, the emperor's imperial guard, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and when he heard this, he immediately turned around, faced Li Qingshan and hugged his fists and said, "Why is Commander Li here?" ”

Li Qingshan said with a smile: "The emperor ordered me to investigate the assassin thoroughly, but after these years of investigation, I still haven't made much progress, so I came to General Wei to ask for advice, to see if I can get some clues that I haven't found and help me sort out some clues." ”

Wei Chifeng frowned almost invisibly, and felt a little strange in his heart: This Li Qingshan has never had any friendship with me, and he has never had much contact with me on weekdays, even if he escorted Ling Yuxin back to Beijing with me before, he had never discussed anything with me on the way back to Beijing, why did he suddenly think of coming to me today, and actually used such a polite word as 'asking for advice'. Although Wei Chifeng was muttering in his heart, he had an official smile on his face, "Commander Li has broken Wei, how dare he ask for advice, Wei is far inferior to Commander Li in martial arts, and Wei is even more ignorant in investigating cases, if Commander Li finds nothing, then Wei will have no clue." ”

"General Wei is too humble, whether it is experience or insight, General Wei is above me, I must learn more from General Wei, why don't we find a place to sit down and talk in detail!" Li Qingshan made a gesture of invitation as he spoke.

Ling Yuxin was also taken aback when she heard Li Qingshan's voice, thinking that she was not sure that she could hide it from Wei Chifeng, plus a Li Qingshan, I am afraid that she would not be able to hide it, and she was already ready to be recognized by the two and sent back to the house, but she did not expect Li Qingshan's appearance to attract Wei Chifeng's attention, and the two actually talked to themselves, so they began to think that it was better to take the opportunity to quickly leave the sight of these two people, and then glanced at Bai Zhu, Bai Zhu immediately understood, He and Ling Yuxin walked forward quickly with their heads down, trying to leave quickly while they were talking.