Xuanzheng Hall of Daxiling Imperial Palace, the ministers of civil and military affairs are divided into two classes, **solemn, Emperor Liu Hongjing is dressed in a yellow robe of Panlong, wearing a crown of nine heavens, sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes are blazing, the hall is bright, the slightly curly beard extends behind the ears, the face line is hard, not angry and self-assured, although he is nearly fifty years old, he can vaguely see the handsomeness of the year.

After the ministers finished playing the script, they stood quietly on both sides, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Taifu, when can the prince return to Beijing?" Liu Hongjing looked at a silver-bearded old minister sitting in front of the hall, and a deep voice came out.

The silver-bearded old minister was Sima Taifu, he stood up tremblingly, and replied: "Emperor Bing, if there is no delay on the road, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can return to Beijing before the year." ”

"Well, what's going on along the way?" Ryuhong Sight Head.

"When His Highness passed through Xihe, there was a sudden dysentery epidemic in Xihe, and His Highness successfully controlled the epidemic." Sima Taifu said.

Liu Hongjing smiled with relief and said, "Okay, pass on my will, the weather is cold, tell the prince to be careful all the way." The meaning of Yin Yin's concern is beyond words.

Sima Taifu took the Yawat and gave up the order, returned to the chair and sat down. He is an important minister of the Three Dynasties, and he is very old, so he has a special Taishi chair from the emperor.

Among the ministers, a fat-headed and big-eared minister stood up and said, "His Royal Highness the Great Prince has won the victory in pacifying the Liukou in the north, and he will return to Beijing before the year." ”

Liu Hongjing replied lightly: "Okay, when the emperor returns to Beijing, I will reward him again." The words are far less concerned than the prince.

The fat minister bowed his head and stepped back to line up, with a little sadness on his face.

After retiring from the court, the fat minister went out of the Golden Palace, and the silver-haired Sima Taifu was supported by a minister wearing the prime minister's court uniform and walked in front.

"Lord Yin, Lord Sima." He greeted with a fist.

"Uncle Guo." Taifu and Prime Minister Yin turned around and returned the salute with him.

This person is the queen Duanmu Yunji's brother Duanmu Mengzheng, he sneered, and said to Sima Taifu and Prime Minister Yin: "The prince has made miraculous achievements in going to Tanglin, and it is in vain Lord Taifu's teachings for many years, congratulations." "Liufan has been hiding his edge in the palace, only doing absurd and incompetent, this time Xihe control the epidemic is just a trivial matter, Duanmu Mengzheng said that it is a miracle feat, compared with the great prince Liuhuo to pacify the northern liukou, this is a big irony of the prince and the prince.

"Hahaha, Uncle Guo has won the award." Taifu and Prime Minister Yin glanced at each other, laughed and replied, and then the two of them held hands and continued to move forward, ignoring Duanmu Mengzheng.

"Humph!" Duanmu Mengzheng flicked his sleeves, and only walked out of the court gate when the two of them walked away, and returned to Uncle Guo's mansion in a small sedan chair.

In the guest seat in the lobby of Uncle Guo's mansion sat a white-haired father-in-law, drinking tea and waiting for him to return.

"Father-in-law Tong!" Duanmu Mengzheng hugged his fists and greeted him early.

"Uncle Guo." Father-in-law Tong slowly put down the teacup, swept the dust, and stood up to return the salute.

"Father-in-law Tong has been waiting for a long time." Duanmumeng was sitting on the main seat, and the girl at home brewed fragrant tea after a while.

Father-in-law Tong glanced at the maids standing in the lobby, Duanmumeng was busy waving his hand and ordering them all to retreat, and asked in a low voice, "Is there any news from Niangniang?" ”

"Niangniang sent two batches of Ouchi masters one after another, all of them have gone and never returned, without a trace, even my brother has disappeared, no one alive, no corpse dead." Father-in-law Tong's face was gloomy.

"Is there such a thing?" Duanmu Meng is eyebrow-locking.

"I have sent a few disciples to inquire about the news, and I am on my way now." Tong Gonggong said.

"Well, then we'll just have to wait for news." Duanmu Mengzheng nodded.

"His Royal Highness the Great Prince will return to Beijing soon, this time His Royal Highness has made meritorious contributions, what does the emperor say above the court?" Father-in-law Tong asked.

"I just said that I would reward him after I returned to Beijing." Duanmumeng said the truth, he sighed: "The emperor is obviously partial to the crown prince, and he is full of concern for the prince, but he is indifferent to the eldest prince, which makes people feel cold. ”

"This time, the queen swore to let the prince die halfway, just when the eldest prince returned to Beijing with meritorious service, and he was justified as the crown prince." Tong Gonggong said.

Duanmu Mengzheng nodded: "Well, I will contact the owner of the Extreme Wind Sword Village, and let him lead the disciples to intercept the Extreme Rain Sword Village, the Extreme Thunder Sword Village, and the Extreme Electric Sword Village that I have cultivated for many years with my Duanmu family, and I will definitely kill the prince halfway through!" ”

"Good! I can't stay like this for long, so I'll take my leave. Father-in-law Tong got up and clenched his fists to leave.

"Father-in-law walks slowly." Duanmu Meng was getting up, and according to the usual practice, he sent Father-in-law Tong out of the backyard, and Father-in-law Tong only took a few little eunuchs and quietly returned to the palace in a small sedan chair.

Three days later, Empress Duanmu Yunji received a secret report: "The prince and the county lord from Tanglin have fallen off the cliff of Wanzhang and died, and more than half of the military horses who went to Tanglin with the prince are dead and wounded, and they are returning to Beijing." ”

"The prince is dead!" Duanmu Yunji grabbed the secret report and trembled with both hands, and only came back to her senses after a while, and looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahaha, finally dead!" You have occupied the position of Prince Huo'er for more than ten years, and you should have died a long time ago! Hahaha! ”

After she rewarded the eunuch who reported the news, she burned the secret report on the candle flame, and only waited for her son Liuhuo to return to Beijing and inherit the prince's unification, but unexpectedly, the person who reported the news got a fake letter deliberately released by Liufan and Xiaozhu.

It turned out that at the bottom of the cliff, after Xiao Zhu and Liufan Yungong's injuries were stabilized, everyone sat together to discuss countermeasures, and the queen was so rampant that she didn't want to find a way to deal with it, it was too dangerous. After pondering for a while, Lu Fan came up with a solution, and he said to Xiao Zhu and the others: "We fell off the cliff, it is better to cheat to death." ”

"Death?" Xiao Zhu looked at him and nodded slightly, "Well, all the people sent by the queen have been killed by us, and the corpses have also been disposed of by us without a trace, she is bound to send someone to listen to the news again, and chase us, we can only release the news, saying that the prince and the county lord have fallen off the cliff and unfortunately died, and I have also committed suicide by jumping off the cliff in order to escape responsibility." ”

Worry-free continued: "None of us have revealed our identities, we immediately climbed the cliff to deal with these things, ordered the prince's military horses to return to the palace as a team, and spread the news that the prince had fallen off the cliff and died. ”

Liufan nodded and said, "Yes, you continue to dress up as tourists, while me, the county lord, and Xiaozhu disguise themselves as civilians on the way, and we will rush back to the palace." ”

Say action is action, worry-free led Xiao Gudong, and Yunshang, Ni'er, Xiaohui flew over the hot springs in turn, climbed up the cliff along the rope woven by vines, the people of the idler's sword village were still waiting on the cliff, and the meaning of the prince and Xiaozhu was conveyed to the owner of the flower village, and the owner of the flower village was inconvenient to meet the prince here, so he had to lead the disciples back to the idler's sword village.

Feng Lin saw that someone came up at the bottom of the cliff, and no matter who they were, he hurriedly came over and asked, "What about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the county lord?" ”

Wu Wu didn't want to talk much with this palace maid, frowned and shouted: "Don't worry about idle things, immediately follow the team back to the palace, if someone asks about His Royal Highness the Prince, just say that His Royal Highness has unfortunately fallen off the cliff and died, if you dare to talk nonsense, be careful to move your head." She stretched out a hand and grabbed Feng Lin's neck, and Feng Lin nodded in fright.