After another half cup of tea, Xiao Lingyi took out half a jade pendant from his arms and quietly handed it to Wu Qing from under the table. Wu Qing understood Ling Yi's intentions, got up and left the teahouse with the two young.

found a pawn shop, Wu Qing took the jade pendant as one hundred and eighty taels of silver, took thirty taels with him, and exchanged the rest for silver tickets.

The three of them found an inn on the side of the avenue and settled down first. Wu Qing settled Ling Yi and the others and went out.

An hour later, Wu Qing came back, but his face was not good, there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes, his steps were staggering, his face was pale, and he almost fell down as soon as he entered the room. The sister and brother hurriedly moved a stool for Wu Qing.

It is said that Wu Qing left the inn and went to the Acropolis Wu Pavilion.

The Martial Pavilion is an organization on the main road, rumored to be formed by the royal family, mainly to register the information of each martial artist, publish the tasks of the martial artist, exchange information, and exchange points for exercises and items.

The Acropolis is divided into three floors: the first floor is the registration lobby, which is mainly used for issuing tasks, the second floor is the exchange office, which is mainly used for points exchange, and the third floor is the information office, which is mainly a place for information consultation.

Wu Qing went straight up to the third floor, showed the martial arts waist card to the administrator, and the administrator asked after checking the inquiry: "Mr. Great Martial Master, you can inquire about the Qing-level information", and said that he sent Wu Qing to the door of the Qing-level information, and went back.

After coming out, Wu Qing's eyes were blank, and he didn't know how to return to the inn.

Looking at Wu Qing's appearance, Ling Yi didn't dare to ask more, and faintly felt that what Wu Qing brought back was not good news.

"It's gone, it's gone", Wu Qing kept muttering these two sentences. It didn't take long for Wu Qing to recover and slowly said to Ling Yi, "I spent one hundred and fifty taels of silver to find out three pieces of news. ”

"Which three?" Ling Yi asked urgently.

"The first piece of news is, yes, yes......" Wu Qing said, tears flowed uncontrollably: "Li Qinwu was attacked on the way back to Beijing, his foot was cut off, and Yue'er and Xiaokui in the post station were burned to death", after the words, Wu Qing was in tears, crying silently.

Ling Yi and his sister were shocked, they didn't expect Yue'er and Xiaokui to really die for them like this, they were still alive and kicking playmates, but they died for themselves, and they blamed themselves constantly, Ling Yi's fists were clenched, and the blood flowed down his fingers to the ground, like a blooming plum blossom, Zhu Qi looked at the blood droplets and muttered: "Sister Yue'er likes plum blossoms the most!"

"It was I who hurt Yue'er and Xiaokui, and I told them that they would be fine that day, as long as they returned to the capital and verified their identities, they would be released if they were not young ladies and young masters, but who knew that it would be gone. ”

"Do you know who the killer is?"

"I didn't inquire about the people who could cut off the feet of the great martial artists, and there were few forces in the whole capital that had this ability, at least not the emperor, because Li Qinwu was originally acting on orders. ”

"Did you hear from your mother?" asked Zhu Qi as she calmed down.

"This is the second piece of information I want to say, the news says, your father and mother came out of the palace, the Hou Ye vomited blood and died at the palace gate, the lady was sad and unconscious, and on the way to the prison, the bodies of the lady and the Hou Ye disappeared. ”

"Missing?How could this be?Did someone destroy the body?Or was someone transferred somewhere else?How could my father vomit blood and die?" Ling Yi had a lot of doubts.

"I thought it was more likely to be transferred!"

"Why?"

"You don't know, your mother is from a hidden sect, and the emperor may not dare to touch your mother, even if he orders the destruction of the sect, your mother will be fine. ”

"Do you know my mother's origins, sister?"

Zhu Qi was also puzzled, but just shook his head slightly.

"Not many people know this secret, and I also speculated from the time your parents got married, when the lady's brother attended the ceremony, and the emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, was very respectful to your uncle. ”

"Uncle, why didn't I know there was such an uncle?" Ling Yi asked his sister again.

Zhu Qi still shook his head.

"I've seen it once, and I've never seen it since. ”

"Could it be my uncle who came to save my mother?"

"I don't know, I hope so!

The third is the news in the palace, less than half an hour after the disappearance of your parents, the poison of the four princes was cured, but the eldest prince was poisoned too deeply, hurting his thinking and acting sluggishly; the second prince was already frail, and although he saved his life, his health was even worse; the third prince was fine; the fourth prince was the most weird, not only was he fine, but he successfully opened up the martial arts vein after detoxification, and became a martial artist at the age of five.

Now the four princes are the most valued by the emperor, followed by the second prince.

The emperor decreed that Wu Guifei's concubine was abolished, and that she would enter the cold palace and never be summoned; ”

"How's my aunt doing now?"

"The concubine should have no worries about her life, she is followed by a maid personally selected by the old master, and she has the high-level strength of a martial artist, so it is no problem to protect the concubine. Although the third prince was confined to the Tai Academy, as a prince, he should also be safe. ”

"The four princes are all poisoned, is it a ghost from any country?" Ling Yi wondered.

"This may indeed be the biggest, but it cannot be ruled out that it is a conspiracy of the prince to seize the throne. ”

"Are you saying that there are ghosts inside the royal family?" Ling Yi was surprised.

"It's possible, from the current point of view, it is impossible for your aunt to plan this, otherwise it will not make sense for the Wu clan to destroy the sect. With the character of the old master and the Hou Ye, he still disdains these methods. ”

"Then the fourth prince is the most suspicious, followed by the second prince," Ling Yi said.

"This is just a speculation, we have to think of all the possibilities in order to better understand the whole incident, in the current situation, the people behind this scene are too cunning!

Of course, it is also possible that it is not the fourth prince and the second prince, you see, the mother of the fourth prince, Li Guiren, is only a palace maid, she has the ability and courage to plan so many things? Besides, the second prince, although his mother Sun Huangfei is the daughter of the prime minister, the prime minister and the old master are like brothers, and it was the dynasty that he and the two assisted Emperor Taizong to establish back then, and he would not play these tricks with his personality. ”

"Could that be the Emperor?"

"Probably not, because of the current state of affairs, he is the one who has lost the most. ”

The three of them fell into thought.

When it was dark, Ling Yi went to the lobby to order food and send it to the room, and when he passed by the restaurant, he heard a news that the Acropolis still needs martial law for three days, and it seems that he will not be able to leave the city tomorrow morning.

The news is about the mission and Xisha City, it turns out that tonight the Rakshasa mission will have a royal lord coming, it is the second prince of the Rakshasa country, Yu Wenjin, the location of the peace talks was originally in the Acropolis, but for some reason it was changed to Kyoto Qingcheng. Although the Honglu Temple and the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Dongsheng Empire were in the Acropolis, in order to show respect for the Rakshasa, Dongsheng would send Prince Long to greet him.

Originally, Prince Long was stationed in Bingzhou, but yesterday he received the military order to go to Xisha City to take over the military power, and he will rush from Xisha City tonight and enter the city at the right time.

After hearing the news, Ling Yi was a little strange, although Bingzhou and Yongzhou were adjacent to each other, but the garrison was remote, why was Prince Long able to go so quickly to take over the military power? It seems that there are indeed too many doubts about the Wu family's troubles, Prince Long has taken over the military power, and the Wujia army in Xisha City is still not the safest place? Will the Wujia army return to Prince Shunlong? Will the Wujia army return to Beijing with Prince Long?

Back in the house, Ling Yi informed Wu Qing and his sister of what he had heard, and decided to go to the West City Gate tonight to find out, but Prince Long had seen Wu Qing, and Wu Qing didn't dare to show up, so he could only rely on two small days to go and see.

When it arrived, the street began to be lively, and it should be the prince of Rakshasa who had entered the city.

The two cleaned up and went out, Wu Qing repeatedly reminded the two to be careful, "What a hot scene, the city is full of people, no one will pay attention to us", Ling Yi followed his sister to the street after speaking.