Chapter 163: Inspecting the Camp
The night was dark and the fire was shining into the sky, and people stood and pointed at the firelight, not knowing what they were saying, and they could hear the sound of the raft breaking, and they could see the sparks splashing in the distance.
The innkeeper knelt on the ground and cried: "I recruited someone to provoke me, and the ancestral industry inherited was destroyed in my hands." "There are not only account books in this inn, but also some recipes for some special dishes handed down from the ancestors, and they were burned down.
The innkeeper never expected such a thing, and he knew that he should not covet the 10,000 taels of silver, otherwise the ancestral inn would not have been burned down on this day, and no one could reveal the bitterness in his heart, because once this matter came out, it would be a matter of losing his head, and no one would report him at that time, so he could only grit his teeth and swallow it with blood.
The heat wave came in bursts, Wei Longting clenched his fists, staring at the collapsed inn with red eyes, the fire in his heart burned more and more like this flame, and the orange flames shone his cold and resolute side face in this dark night.
From time to time, the innkeeper's cry came from his ears, and he felt even more hatred in his heart, and recalled Wei Nuyi's every move from time to time in his mind, when she first went upstairs, she shook his hand tightly, at that time, maybe Anu already knew the danger, but what did he do? I really don't deserve to be the commander of the Yulin Army.
A team of people ran in front of him, and Wei Longting's cold face exuded a terrifying aura: "Head, no." ”
"Didn't find it."
"I've searched all over the corner."
Wei Longting frowned, she went to Wei Nuyi's room as soon as she found out about the fire, there was nothing in the room at that time, only three deformed corpses that were about to be roasted, and there were no traces of struggle and fighting, so Wei Nuyi may not be in the room, but where can she go?
Tengmo has already taken the secret guard to start the search in every corner, but he still can't find a corner of Wei Nuyi's clothes, everyone's spirit is tense, this news will definitely reach Kyoto tomorrow, and no matter how much you want to hide it, you can't hide it.
When the time comes, they will not be so lucky, and they will just wait to die to apologize.
Bilu and Mo Qing were even more guilty, they lowered their heads one by one, not knowing what they were thinking, and they were not moving around under their feet, which was enough to see their anxiety.
Because he couldn't find Wei Nuyi, Wei Longting's heart was like an ant in a hot pot, and the innkeeper was even more crying on the side, which made him upset, and every detail in his mind, including their tone, Wei Longting was thinking about it in his mind.
Suddenly, he grabbed the innkeeper who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a grim face: "Say, how did you know that the person in that room knew that she was the princess?" "That's right, although Wei Nuyi is not the main wife, she was made an exception and was named a side concubine, and she enjoyed the same treatment as the princess.
The innkeeper was so frightened that Wei Longting's eyes were too terrifying, as if he could kill him in the next second: "Dang, of course I know, the entire Wu Netherworld knows." The innkeeper was so frightened that he was incoherent and spoke intermittently.
Wei Longting narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a chuckle: "I know everything, then how did you know that she was going to marry the Fifth Prince?" Say, Who appointed you? Wei Longting suddenly opened up his internal strength, everyone knew that he wouldn't believe such nonsense, unless someone told him.
The owner of an inn, an ordinary person, would not dare to discuss it in person even if he knew, which illustrated the problem.
The firelight stretched Wei Longting's figure, and the resolute side face was faint in the darkness, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking at the moment, at this time, Teng Mo rushed over with someone and immediately ordered: "Tie people up, see the prince tomorrow." ”
"Spare your life, the villain is just taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others."
"The official spares his life"
The atmosphere was so depressing that people couldn't breathe, and at this moment, the housekeeper in the palace of King Huai of Wu Ming Kingdom was about to run to the study with the letter, but was stopped by Yun Chuchu's eldest maid Zhenxi: "Butler, what happened in such a hurry?" Running so fast in the middle of the night almost hit me. ”
The housekeeper was busy hiding the letter in his hand behind his back and laughed dryly: "Hehe, it turned out to be a girl from Zhenxi, nothing big is the prince's business." His eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look at Zhenxi.
"Oh, is it? Show me how mysterious it is. As he spoke, he was about to rob it, and the housekeeper retreated again and again: "Miss Zhenxi, there is a rule in the house that all the letters of the prince must be read when the prince comes back." ”
Zhenxi snorted coldly: "The emperor sent the prince out to inspect the camp, it would be good to come back on the day of marriage, in case there is any urgent matter that is not dealt with well, and you and I can't afford to blame the prince at that time." Zhenxi said sharply.
The butler hesitated: "This? Miss Zhenxi, don't embarrass the old slave. "The housekeeper is also very helpless, who makes the family a maid born by the Yun family or the eldest maid next to the princess, if this reaches the ears of the princess, it is not to take the princess in her eyes, but now the prince is not in the house.
The housekeeper looked at the letterhead in his hand and couldn't make up his mind, Zhenxi looked at the housekeeper's face and rolled his eyes: "Butler, if the prince is not in the mansion, the princess has the right to deal with affairs, no matter what, the princess will not harm the prince, right?" ”
After hearing this, the housekeeper hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth: "Okay, remember to wait for the prince to come back and inform him of this." ”
"Alright, got it." Zhenxi took the letterhead in her hand, snorted coldly and left.
Looking at the back of Zhenxi leaving, the housekeeper's eyebrows were full of doubts, recalling what the secret guard said when he received the letterhead just now and the time when Zhenxi appeared, and he tried to take the letter in his hand, all kinds of signs made people feel strange.
And the prince was not in the mansion, the housekeeper suddenly woke up and patted his brain in annoyance: "I'm really confused." Then he beckoned to a small servant: "Hurry up and go to the Dinghuai Palace, tell the third prince that something happened, and the third prince naturally knows what it means." ”
The housekeeper looked at the stunned little guy: "What are you doing in a daze, go quickly, it's too late if you don't go." "This prince will not be able to come back in three days, and after he comes back, he will have to hurriedly prepare for marriage, and then all the troubles will be crowded together.
Then he muttered as he walked: "This emperor is really, the prince is about to get married, why did he send him to inspect the camp, and he didn't pay so much attention to it in the past." ”
The housekeeper left suspiciously, and Yun Zhichu sat in front of the dresser in the backyard, looking at himself in the mirror: "You said that I can't compare to the concubine who came from a thousand dynasties, why doesn't the prince see me." The tone was cold, and the confusion in his eyebrows and eyes made it impossible to guess.
"Three days later is the prince's big day, so you have to do it well." Yun Zhichu said sarcastically.
The maid Zhenmi hurriedly knelt down and hung her head: "The princess is the most beautiful in our witch kingdom, but the prince has not yet discovered the beauty of the princess, and when the prince sees it, he will definitely be defeated under the princess's pomegranate skirt." The maid Zhenmi looked at Yun Chuchu cautiously and said.
The corners of Yun Zhichu's mouth rose slightly: "You can speak, why hasn't there been any news?" Yun Zhichu gently helped the jade bracelet on his wrist: "It's time to come." ”
"Not yet, maybe I'm in a little trouble." Zhen Mi said uncertainly.
Before the words fell, I heard Zhenxi's voice: "Princess, just now the slave maid went to the gate of the mansion to wait for the news, and happened to meet the housekeeper sneakily holding the envelope and asking for it back." As he spoke, he handed it to Yun Chuchu: "Xu is the news from over there." ”
Yun Zhizhi's face was full of clouds, and he instantly smiled: "Bring it to me and take a look." With that, Zhenmi walked over and took the letterhead in Zhenxi's hand and asked at the same time, "Are you sure?" ”
Zhenxi nodded: "Sure, it took me a lot of effort to ask the housekeeper at that time, and the housekeeper must know something so mysteriously, and he was taken aback when he saw me." ”
While the two of them were talking, Yun Zhichu had already read the letter and couldn't help but laugh gloatingly: "What can I do about this, the prince's heart has done something that damages his reputation, and it is a pity that he set fire to himself." The corners of Yun Zhichu's mouth hooked up a disdainful smile: "Wei Nuyi, a friendly fake princess still wants to be the side concubine of this palace, and I have to see if there is this fate." ”
Listening to Yun Chuchu's words, Zhenxi and Zhenmi looked at each other and knelt down with a smile: "Congratulations to the princess, congratulations to the princess." ”
"Alright, I'll be happy to go down and receive the reward today." Yun Zhichu looked high, raised his arrogant chin and waved his hand, and the two of them laughed and trembled: "Thank you, princess." ”
As he spoke, he got up and was about to leave, "Wait, do you know how to spread it?" "Yun Zhizhi looked at Zhenxi.
The two of them bent their knees slightly: "The slave knows." ”
"Let's go down."
The candle flame illuminated the whole room, Wei Nuyi stood under the window, wearing a blood-red wedding dress and couldn't see anything wrong in this dark night, it turned out that Luan Jingkong was sent to inspect the camp, and he was sent over at this juncture, presumably the emperor also acquiesced to Yun Chuchu's doing.
A burst of anger surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for Luan Jingkong, this man was smiling every day as if he didn't know anything, he must be very tired after pretending to be like this for decades, Wei Nuyi's cold eyes looked at the figure moving in the dark night not far away, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a bloodthirsty smile, and it was really too tender to kill her with rumors.
disappeared in the backyard silently, no one knew that Wei Nuyi had already come to this legendary Huaiwang Mansion with red willows, she would definitely give them a surprise, and then she would know what a slap in the face was.
And at this moment, Luan Jingxi of Dinghuai Wangfu stood up suddenly: "What did you say?" And the princess had an accident on the road? Does my father know? Luan Jingxi's face became extremely ugly: "How did the people sent guard it?" A bunch of waste, don't they know that this matter will cause disputes between the two countries when it reaches a thousand dynasties? ”
"Do you think that if you are not a real princess, you don't need to do your best? I tell you that as long as the emperor of the Thousand Dynasties personally chooses, it will represent his face, and now that this matter has happened, I must suppress it, and if anyone spreads it, I will have his head. Luan Jingxi was furious, and his chest rose and fell violently.
Now the little guy who came to report the news was even more frightened and kowtowed: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life." ”
"You beg me to spare my life, it is better to beg your prince to spare his life." Luan Jingxi roared with his hands on his hips: "Go back and tell your housekeeper that you must press the matter until your prince returns." ”
"Yes." Watching the little girl leave, Luan Jingxi sat down and frowned: "I heard that the fifth brother is very fond of this amiable woman, I don't know what he will do after knowing about this matter." ”
Princess Wei of Dinghuai glanced at Luan Jingxi: "Lord, the concubine has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”
Luan Jingxi looked at Wei Shi and said, "Say it." ”
"Lord, my father sent the fifth brother to inspect the camp at this juncture, and there was an accident with the princess, don't you think it's a coincidence?" Wei's words made Luan Jingxi frown: "Wei, do you know what you said ......?"
Wei knelt down: "Of course the concubine knows that this is a big rebellion, but the prince is an insider, and the concubine is an outsider, and now you have also heard that the battle for the crown prince of the thousand dynasties has quietly ended, and the next emperor is the most trusted person with the princess, what do you mean by father?" ”
"On the surface, it is to provoke a war between the two countries, but in fact, it has cut off the retreat of the fifth brother, because the emperor of the thousand dynasties has not abdicated, as long as the emperor of the thousand dynasties does not abdicate, then there will be no war between the two countries, so that the father has time to plan."
Wei glanced at Luan Jingxi: "According to the concubine, the prince is going to go to the state capital in person." ”