If Zhu Fan is here, Zhu Bai is safe in the backyard.

Mao Xiang was a little relieved, and stepped forward to give his hand to Zhu Zhang: "Your Highness." ”

Zhu Fan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Eh, Lord Mao, why do you have time to come here today." ”

Mao Xiang: "It's a coincidence. Weichen passed by, and happened to see His Royal Highness come out to send Master Li, so he cheekily came to ask for a cup of tea. ”

Zhu Fan smiled: "Please come in, please come in." If Lord Mao hadn't accompanied the king's twelve brothers to Xi'an, the king wouldn't have had a chance to invite Lord Mao. ”

After sitting down, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Zhu Fan said with a smile: "Lord Mao is here, it won't be just for a cup of tea." ”

Mao Xiang sighed: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, the minister has a few important words to ask His Highness to convey to Concubine Deng." ”

Zhu Fan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Huh?!" You please. ”

Mao Xiang said: "Weichen was an official under Lord Deng, so Lord Deng suddenly suffered from a serious illness that year, and the emperor ordered Weichen to take a step forward to see Lord Deng, and the imperial doctor then arrived to ensure that Lord Deng could be treated in time, but unfortunately Lord Deng could not wait for the imperial doctor to ......."

Zhu Fan sat with his eyes down, hiding the pain in his heart.

Hearing Mao Xiang talk about this at this moment, he became more and more distressed and missed Deng Zhiqiu, and finally clenched his fists, swallowed his tears, and asked in a trembling voice: "My old father-in-law, do you have anything to say to Zhiqiu." ”

Mao Xiang said: "At that time, Lord Deng was already sometimes confused and sometimes sober, when he was confused, he shouted the names of the princess and Deng Xiaoye, and when he was sober, he could still recognize Wei Chen, but he couldn't say coherent sentences. Lord Mu and I are not at ease, and we take turns guarding and waiting for adults at night. In the second half of the night, Lord Deng suddenly woke up, grabbed Weichen's hand and said, I'm leaving, bothering you to tell me that unsuccessful sons and daughters, stay away from traitors, and be a man. Early the next morning, Lord Deng went, and the imperial doctor arrived an hour after Lord Deng went, but unfortunately he was unable to return to heaven. ”

Zhu Fan nodded lightly: "Got it." ”

Mao Xiang stood up and saluted Zhu Zhang: "The prince forgives the sin, Weichen just told Lord Deng these words truthfully, and he didn't dare to change half a word to conceal it." Over the years, the minister has never had the opportunity to tell His Royal Highness and the princess in person, and it has been delayed to this day. ”

Zhu Fan had mixed feelings in his heart, if he and Deng Zhiqiu had heard these words earlier, maybe they would not have been in such an embarrassing and painful situation today.

He nodded slightly: "Master Mao doesn't have to worry. Thank you, sir, for telling this king. This king will definitely tell Princess Deng word for word. ”

Zhu Fan knew very well in his heart that Mao Xiang wanted to sneak in to find Zhu Bai, but what he said didn't sound like a lie.

After all, Mao Xiang has always been cautious and rarely has personal relations with ministers.

And Deng Yu's son Deng Zhen is Li Shanchang's grandson-in-law.

In order to clear up his relationship with Li Shanchang, Mao Xiang would not see Deng Zhen in private in order to bring a message, so he could only come to tell Zhu Zhang.

Mao Xiang saw that he had enough foreshadowing, and said: "Today, His Royal Highness came down to give gifts to the princess, but after entering the palace, he never came out." Weichen was a little worried, the palace was too big, His Royal Highness was lost and in distress, can you ask the prince to send someone to look for it in the palace. ”

After thinking about it, it was better to tell the truth, so that Zhu Fan couldn't shirk it.

In fact, even if Zhu Bai came to see the princess, he was also to see his sister-in-law.

Besides, Zhu Bai is still a child, and there is nothing to misunderstand when he enters the inner courtyard.

Zhu Fan pretended to be surprised: "Ah, there is such a thing, this king has been chatting with Master Li in the front yard, and he doesn't even know at all." The king immediately ordered the search. ”

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Zhang Yu saw that Mao Xiang had not returned after a quarter of an hour, so he was so anxious that he took out his waist card and went to the guard at the back door and said, "The young man who helped King Xiang to give gifts today has never returned. His Royal Highness the King of Xiang attaches great importance to this child, and explained that the official must find him and bring him back. Please help bring it out. ”

The guard returned the salute: "Lord Zhang, the kid will leave after giving the gift." ”

Zhang Yu sneered: "We have been guarding here, how can I see him come out." ”

Guard: "Gone through the front door." ”

Zhang Yu said: "I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, that kid is the king of Xiang." If you know anything, tell me quickly. Or maybe you'll just go in and find it. If anything is wrong with Your Highness, we are all dead. ”

The guard hurriedly handed over: "The villain is only responsible for guarding the back door, and someone inside said that if someone asks about the child, he will say that he left through the front door." The villain doesn't know anything else. ”

This is obviously the one who caught Zhu Bai and was playing a scoundrel.

Zhang Yu didn't care about any etiquette and humility, and rushed straight in.

The pro-army Governor's Mansion is Lao Zhu's personal guard.

Fighting with the pro-army Governor's Mansion is tantamount to threatening Lao Zhu, which is a great crime of rebellion.

This is also the reason why Lao Zhu put Zhang Yu next to Zhu Bai at the beginning.

At this time, no one in the palace guards dared to stop them, so Zhang Yu and the others drove straight in.

Zhang Yu entered the backyard and happened to meet Mao Xiang and Zhu Fan who came from the front.

Zhang Yu asked Mao Xiang with his eyes.

Mao Xiang shook his head slightly.

Zhang Yu gritted his teeth: It's really troublesome this time.

He bowed his hand to Zhu Fan: "Your Highness still told Weichen earlier where the King of Xiang went." Otherwise, if the emperor knows about this, His Royal Highness is afraid that it will be difficult to get out of it. ”

One of the guards next to him said, "Ah, yes. When Master Li Jinglong just went out, the villain seemed to see a child get into Master Li's car. ”

Zhu Rong's face sank: "Why didn't you report such an important matter earlier?" Causing the two adults to be anxious? ”

The guard said timidly: "The villain didn't know that it was King Xiang, and thought it was the scholar next to Master Li." ”

Mao Xiang remembered that he had just seen Li Jinglong leave in a carriage.

It turned out that these two people had teamed up to tie up Zhu Bai and transport him away under their noses?!!

He had never suspected Li Jinglong, so he did not pay attention to the carriage.

Zhu Fan was willing to listen to him say so much, it turned out that it was just to drag them down, so that Li Jinglong could get out smoothly.

Zhu Fan sighed to Zhang Yu and Mao Xiang: "Two adults. The twelfth brother shouted yesterday that he was going to shoot rabbits in the grassland to the north. You know the king's twelfth brother best. Once he made up his mind, no one could stop him. secretly got into Lord Li's car, probably because he wanted Lord Li to take him. If the king had known about it, he would have stopped it. ”

He had a righteous face, and in just a few words, he cleared himself up.

If Zhu Bai hadn't told Zhang Yu about their intentions in advance, I'm afraid that he would have been deceived at this time.

Fugui shouted: "Impossible!! His Royal Highness dislikes Li Jinglong and dislikes him, and it is impossible to go with him. ”

Zhang Yu was angry and said: "Although the King of Xiang is naughty, he will never do such a trivial and serious thing. ”

Zhu Fan squinted his eyes and said gloomily: "Then what do you mean, this king intends to murder the twelfth brother?!" If there is no evidence, the adults will not be able to talk nonsense and divide our brother's feelings. My father was most taboo about this. ”

Zhang Yuyi choked: I hate myself for always being stupid, and I don't know how to refute him for a while.