Knowing the news that Ning Shu was safe and sound, Qi Chengan couldn't get out of guarding Jinshui Lake, so he asked Mrs. Qi to visit.

Mrs. Qi also found out about Ning Shu's disappearance two days later, and she looked at Ning Shu with fear: "How could you be so careless?" Did the man get caught? ”

Ning Shu's eyes were cold, and she slowly shook her head.

On that day, Xuan Feng and Yuan Wu immediately took people to arrest the Great Elder and others.

But it still let people run away.

Judging from the Great Elder's means of transfiguring himself, Ning Shu thought that it was very likely that the people of Miao Jiang would be transfiguring out of the capital.

Xie Yunyan accompanied her all day yesterday, and today he has entered the palace to explain the matter of Miao Jiang to the emperor.

Mrs. Qi sighed: "Why are the people of Miao Jiang so bad? Why did you arrest you? Did it hurt you? Could it be that Master Xie arrested you? ”

Ning Shu was amused by her whimsical speculation, but the real reason couldn't be explained to Mrs. Qi, so she had to say vaguely: "I don't know, everything will not be known until someone is caught." ”

"Oh-" Mrs. Qi nodded, she was not present at the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet, and she had no impression of the people in Miao Jiang at all, because of Ning Shu's matter, the hatred was quite strong.

"When I catch someone, tell me, I haven't beaten anyone for a long time!"

Ning Shu responded with a smile, "Okay." ”

"That's right." Mrs. Qi rolled up her sleeves and stretched out her arms, "Hurry up and help me see, am I pregnant?" ”

Ning Shu: ......

You don't need to look to know that it's less than a month, where can you get pregnant so quickly?

But he still probed her pulse as a pretense.

"It's still early, even if my sister has me now, I can't see it, why not look at it at the beginning of next month?"

"Okay." Mrs. Qi withdrew her hand in disappointment, and then her eyes lit up again: "After eating the marinated meat in the house, can you help me make some more?" ”

"Okay." Ning Shu couldn't cry or laugh.

……

Xie Yunyan had been standing in the Xuanyi Hall for two hours.

Still didn't discuss a countermeasure with the emperor.

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Since the person has been found, you will continue to stare at Jinshui Lake, and then secretly investigate the real murderer of the second son of the Liu family!" ”

Xie Yunyan sighed slightly, and arched his hand at the high platform, "Your Majesty - in fact, who is the real murderer, Your Majesty should have a judgment." Since that person can bury the body at the dam, he should also be able to do it without leakage, His Majesty wants the minister to look for evidence, I'm afraid that the minister is incompetent——"

It has been two days since the body was found, and the emperor has been hesitant, probably because it is not any evidence at all, but hesitating about how to deal with the real murderer.

The emperor raised his head and looked at Xie Yunyan without a trace of emotion.

"What do you think I should do?"

Xie Yunyan bowed in fear, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

The emperor retracted his gaze, stroked his forehead, and sighed slightly, "I don't think you dare to do anything!" ”

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and I am afraid that only Xie Yunyan alone can dare to refute his words.

However, the words are contrary to the ear, and every word of Xie Yunyan's words is poked in his heart.

He suspected that the masterminds of the matter were the fourth child and Lian Shangshu, as the father who loved the fourth child the most, he also knew the fourth child best.

Just like what happened to Ning Zhengjie at the beginning, since the fourth child dares to do it, he will definitely keep his hands behind, so that people can't catch any handles.

But he has repeatedly touched the bottom line of being an emperor, and the emperor has a trace of resentment in addition to connivance.

Before the establishment of the prince, he began to be more arrogant than the prince, and attacked the idea of disaster relief officials without authorization.

How could a prince, especially the emperor's favorite prince, be short of silver?

He wants so much silver, what is he going to do with it?

The emperor had to re-examine the true intentions of the four princes.

If one day he is too old to move or he does not make him the crown prince, will he force the palace?

"If you want Weichen to betray Your Majesty, Weichen will never dare." Xie Yunyan's loyalty made the emperor's deep complexion soften in an instant.

The emperor knew that Xie Yunyan was a person, or that he had complete trust in the reputation of the Duke of Xie Guo for generations.

Although Xie Yunyan was exaggerated on the surface, the emperor knew that even if his son might betray him, Xie Yunyan and Xie Guogong's Mansion would not betray him.

With a chuckle, the emperor waved his hand, "Flat." ”

When Xie Yunshen first entered the palace, he told the emperor about the whole story of Ning Shu's disappearance.

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought for a while: "I have sent the third prince to assist you in investigating the matter of the second son of the Liu family, so that you can free up time to track down the people of Miao Jiang." As for Huairou—"

According to the time, Princess Huairou should be about to arrive in Miaojiang.

Sheng Luancao was indeed sent to Qi as a dowry from Miao Jiang.

The emperor said: "As for Huairou, it depends on her creation." The rest of the Miao Jiang people who are still in Kyoto are at your disposal. ”

"Weichen Command!"

Xie Yunyan bowed deeply to the emperor, his eyes full of murderous intent.

After leaving the palace, he did not delay for a moment, and immediately sent people to block all the gates of Kyoto.

According to Ning Shu, the people of Miao Jiang are not only good at Gu, but also seem to have some disguise techniques.

It is difficult to find a few Miao Jiang people who have changed their appearance in the vast sea of people.

Xie Yunyan was afraid that the officers and soldiers who were investigating would be negligent, so he ran back and forth at the checkpoints of various city gates all day long.

and repeatedly told to focus on the investigation of the women who went out of the city.

It wasn't until the curfew at the city gate that Xie Yunyan reluctantly returned to the Guogong Mansion.

Ning Shu knew that there must be no news from Miao Jiang just by looking at his face, so she comforted softly: "Husband, don't worry, if I am from Miao Jiang, I don't think I will choose to risk my life and leave Beijing in a hurry at this cusp of the storm." ”

"You have a point, but I just don't want to pass up any chances."

The climate in Kyoto is getting colder and colder, and it is already time to burn a charcoal stove to warm up at night.

Xie Yunyan stood in front of the charcoal stove and roasted his hands, and said with a solemn expression: "At present, there is a big chaos in Kyoto, Your Majesty intends to ask the three princes to investigate the Duanwang faction, and it is not impossible for the Miao Jiang people to take advantage of this chaos to escape from Kyoto." ”

Xie Yunyan has many positions, and he has to assist the three princes in arresting the real culprit, and he also has to accompany Qi Chengan to keep an eye on the official silver of Jinshui Lake.

If anything breaks out, he won't be able to pull away.

I'm afraid that before this mess has even started to rise, the Great Elder has already left.

Ning Shu hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind to propose: "Actually, I have an idea, maybe I can attract people from Miao Jiang." ”

"Nope." Xie Yunyan only glanced at Ning Shu's embarrassed face, and guessed that her proposal must be the next step.

Ning Shu smiled: "It's not that I want to risk my life, but I want to use the power of one person to let her help me lead out of the people of Miao Jiang." ”

"Who?" Xie Yunyan looked at Ning Shu suspiciously.

Ning Shu's eyes flashed with a sly smile: "My sister-in-law, Ning Jiao!" ”