It is no secret that Chu Luan disappeared last night, and it has been publicized this morning. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the daughter of an important minister, actually encountered this kind of thing, which made people panic, and they all speculated whether it was Chu Xu's enemy or something. Some people guessed that it was Chu Xu's political enemy, some people guessed that it was the eldest prince, and some even guessed that it was Ruan Qing's gang that kidnapped back then. Of course, there are more people who support the last statement.

The emperor was the last to learn of Chu Luan's attack and was furious. ordered the secretary of the criminal department to assist Dali Siqing to investigate the matter thoroughly, and also urged the secretary to choose someone to take the position of Jing Zhaoyin as soon as possible. At the same time, in order to appease Chu Luan, he sent someone to send fine jewelry and silk.

Everyone looked at the emperor's attitude towards Chu Luan, and they all knew the weight of Zhenbei Houfu in the emperor's heart.

After Chu Luan cleaned himself up, he didn't wait for Chu Xu to go down to the court, and went directly to the National Teacher's Mansion. Before going out, he met Chu Ling.

In Chu Luan's impression, Chu Ling has always been a cold and serious person, and he doesn't come to her at all on weekdays, but today he appeared in her yard, either to ask about the thief he met last night, or to ask for something. But what's the matter he won't go to his big brother? It should be the former.

"Sister was assassinated last night, is she sick?" Chu Ling cares about people, and he also has a coffin face.

Chu Luan was anxious to say something to Xuan Jun, and he didn't have too much warmth for him, "It's okay, bother the little brother." "After that, you have to skip him.

"Sister had an accident last night, it's better to be careful on weekdays." After speaking, he called "Beiyu", and a young man in a coarse cloth shirt appeared behind him. "This is the personal guard that my father arranged for me, if Sister doesn't dislike it, let him be by your side to protect ......"

"Not necessarily." Chu Luan, who had a fairly mild attitude, directly refused. What does he mean by this, showing off? Her own father was inferior to her as an adopted son? She glanced at Beiyu coldly, and secretly wondered in her heart, not as good as him.

Chu Ling is also a stuffy gourd, and after being rejected, he didn't speak, just stood like that. Like a stubborn child after making a mistake.

"I have urgent matters to deal with, and if my father comes back and asks, you can just say it." After speaking, he walked straight past Chu Ling.

Leave him and the guard standing there. Beiyu has been following Chu Ling for many years, so he is naturally partial to him, seeing Chu Luan treating his younger brother like this, he is upset with Chu Ling, "Second Miss's temper is really weird, the guard matter, Master Hou will arrange it for her, why should the son bother with such idleness?" "She wouldn't appreciate it anyway.

Chu Ling shook his head, "Beiyu, you are your father's subordinate, and Sister A is your father's daughter, you shouldn't trespass." My father is so busy, how can he take care of these small details. I have your protection on weekdays, and I don't go out often, but I ignore that Sister Ah has just returned to Beijing, naturally someone will target her, if I had paid attention earlier, Sister Ah would not have had an accident yesterday. Fortunately, Sister Ah is fine, otherwise I really can't imagine what would happen to my father. After speaking, he looked at the osmanthus tree in Chu Luan's courtyard. The autumn breeze blows, and the hanging flowers fall one after another, stained with dust.

Yunu had already returned to the National Mansion, and told Xuan Jun Chu Luan's words word for word.

"Do you remember what happened when you were taken away by them last night?" Hyun Jun asked this question again, because he didn't believe that the other party could take a big living person out of the capital after curfew. "Or is there anything strange about it?"

But Chu Luan did remember that he had been in the carriage all the time, in this case, there would be no second way at all.

Yunu stood beside Chu Luan, because it had just rained last night, and now there are more mosquitoes. It just so happened that a mosquito flew on her, and the jade slave couldn't dodge it and accidentally bumped into Chu Luan.

Chu Luan turned his head and vaguely smelled the faint scent of orchids on the jade slave. There was only a very faint wisp, but it was sensitively captured by Chu Luan, and she suddenly thought of something, "I seemed to smell a strange aroma last night." ”

Some men do know how to smoke incense, but that's the shadow guard, and in order not to be recognized by others, they hardly leave anything special, let alone incense. And the aroma is so strong that even women don't necessarily use such a strong sachet.

Speaking of this, Yu Nu remembered an old incident, "When I was young, I heard in the desert that there is a strange fragrance in the Western Regions called Soul Separation Incense, which can charm people's minds, make people lose consciousness for a short time and will not be discovered easily. There are even more powerful perfumers who can tamper with a person's memory without knowing it in this way. ”

Chu Luan was stunned, he couldn't imagine that there was such a fantastic thing in the world.

"It seems that Ah Luan is very likely to lose consciousness after smelling the strange fragrance of the Western Regions, and then mistakenly think that he has been in the carriage all along." Xuan Jun deduced, then raised his head suddenly, met Chu Luan's eyes, and said solemnly, "The defense of the capital is no longer safe, maybe they have dug a tunnel in the capital or something else, we must find it as soon as possible." ”

Yunu also chimed in, "Indeed, it's just ...... We just know that they have this kind of incense, after all, this soul leaving incense was seized as early as the Yongping period and became a forbidden incense. The world is so big, where do we start? ”

"Since the forbidden incense has appeared again, it means that there are still people selling it in the market, we can start with the black market, casinos and some Fengyue places." Chu Luan proposed.

Xuan Jun nodded, "It's useless to rush this matter for a while, we should think about it in the long run." It's imperative to think about how to explain your attack. ”

The three of them discussed for a long time, and finally made up a reasonable set of explanations: Chu Luan resisted desperately after encountering the gangsters, and finally went out of the city gate before the curfew with a family of well-wishers in the chaos. The horse was also a kind gift from the family.

Xuan Jun: "As for the family in the speech, you don't have to worry, I will arrange it." ”

After discussing everything, it was inconvenient for Chu Luan to stay any longer, after all, Chu Xu had been in the court for a while, and she still had to go back to report her safety in person.

When Chu Luan returned to the Hou Mansion, Chu Xu was discussing some things in the court with Chu Liang. Chu Luan personally made a pot of tea and went to ask for peace.

She knocked on the door of the study and asked respectfully, "Father, my daughter has made a good pot of tea for you and your eldest brother, is it convenient to come in at this time?" ”

Chu Xu said in a deep voice, "Enter." His voice was visibly hoarse. When Chu Luan entered the door, he also saw Chu Xu's eyes glowing with black blue, his expression was haggard and anxious, and he pressed his eyebrows vigorously, the beard that he had just shaved a few days ago was now stubble, and it looked unkempt.

"Father, eat tea." Chu Luan poured two cups of tea and divided them among the two.

Chu Xu took a sip, but put it down, slowed down his tone and asked, "You weren't frightened last night, were you?" After asking this sentence, Chu Xu's old face turned red, he hadn't comforted anyone for a long time.

"Father Lao is bothered." Chu Luan replied.

After the inexplicable serious illness of Chu Luan kneeling in the ancestral hall before, Chu Xu was always very careful to analyze Chu Luan's emotions in and out of his words. But Chu Luan always didn't show any emotions, which bothered him a lot. Prove your innocence and say, "My father is really worried about you." ”

Chu Luan: "My daughter is not a fake. ”

Seeing that she didn't want to say more, she didn't know who she looked like. Chu Xu himself was also stunned when he saw it, "That's it, Chu Ling came to me just now." ”

Chu Luan knew in his heart, Chu Ling didn't even go out of the door a few times on weekdays, and he was willing to take the initiative to find Chu Xu, undoubtedly because of the guards.

Really. "He said that Zhixia is a woman after all, and she is inferior to a man in terms of strength and kung fu, so she should still find you a guard."

Chu Luan still refused, "No need." ”