It was already dark, and they couldn't go back before the curfew, so Xue Bai and Du Cheng had to book two rooms in the post house.

The dinner was used with the Wei family Erlang and his wife, the roasted mutton with steamed cakes, to tell the truth, was much better than the food in the Du Mansion, even if it was also roasted mutton, the sprinkling of spices was also rich.

After dinner, the two went to Xue Bai's room to chat for a while.

"Who is Princess Changning?"

"The daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, the cousin of today's saints." Du Cheng said: "She sold her official title with Empress Wei and Princess Anle, and when the saint ascended the throne, she and her concubine were demoted to Jiangzhou. ”

She frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't know more, I have to ask the second sister when I go back." ”

Xue Bai found a piece of paper, picked up a small piece of charcoal and recorded it casually, and said, "I may just be passing by there, or I may be an official slave of Princess Changning's mansion." Anyway, it's a clue. ”

"Slowly check, I'm leaving."

Du Cheng got up and walked out of the guest room.

Xue Bai sent her outside the door.

Suddenly.

Du Cheng didn't know what she saw, she was so frightened that she turned around and wanted to hide, but she crashed into Xue Bai's arms.

Xue Bai was about to close the door, but it was Wen Xiang Nephrite who hugged him and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

"Hide."

There was a sound of footsteps, Xue Bai looked at it, and saw a few people coming up from the wooden stairs of the post house, and the first person was Xin Twelve.

Xin Twelve was talking to someone, and his demeanor was fierce, with some cruelty.

In this year's Wei Jian case, hundreds of people were tortured to death at his hands, and it was the blood of these people who made him unique.

Xue Bai closed the door.

Du Cheng was still shrunk in his arms, her body trembling slightly.

"You don't have to be afraid of him."

Du Cheng didn't speak, but she cried.

Xue Bai couldn't feel her fear in the torture room, so he didn't say anything comforting, just patted her on the back with his hand.

There were candles lit in the room, and the wind blew out two of them, and only one remained.

In the dark, Du Cheng buried her head and cried for a while, and finally choked up, her voice intermittent.

"Liuzhen, Liuzhen is so miserable...... For so many years, she was the only one who stayed with me......"

"I'm very timid...... I don't really want to be a big mother...... I had two older brothers when I was a child......"

"I'm also wronged...... The idea of the whole family when you get married...... In the end, I ended up alone......"

Xue Bai could hear some clearly, some couldn't hear clearly, and his mouth always responded patiently: "I know." ”

The last candle was extinguished.

Du Cheng had a strange feeling, whenever she fell into darkness, she easily forgot that Xue Bai was still very young, and always felt that he was a big man who could tolerate her and protect her.

She had calmed down, but she was a little reluctant to leave the embrace in front of her.

Weak or not, she is too lazy to be strong at this time.

"Why are the people of Gwen's here?"

"Check me out. Using Ji Wen to check, it can be seen that Li Linfu does not trust me. ”

"What are we going to do?"

Xue Bai said: "Tomorrow morning, we will rush ahead of them to check." ”

"Okay, lest anything bad happen to them."

"Well, let's go to bed earlier."

Du Cheng was stunned, realizing that there was something else in his words, as if she knew that she didn't dare to go to another guest room alone, so she naturally let her sleep here.

After that, she felt something again, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly left Xue Bai's arms.

The two didn't speak again, and went to the couch on both sides to lie down, covered with the same quilt.

They all behaved calmly and seriously.

But Du Cheng could actually feel his heat, even if he was lying there calmly, she could still feel the high-pitched emotions in the young man's body. She also tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep.

After staying up for another half of the night, she finally got tired of herself, and then she fell asleep.

~~

Before dawn, the two figures led their horses and left the inn.

"Their horses are still there."

"Walk, and get on your horse again thirty paces, so as not to alarm them."

Walked out of the post house lightly, and after walking for a while, Xue Bai said, "Thirty steps." ”

"How can there be thirty steps?"

"I counted."

"You're calling it a, look at it."

In the gray sky, Du Cheng handed the horse rope to Xue Bai, lifted the skirt, stepped with her left foot, and then took her right foot.

"One step, one step, two steps as a step, can you understand?"

"I understand, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles."

Du Cheng laughed.

The two were still a little embarrassed when they first came out, but at this time they were comfortable again.

Fifteen paces further on, they got on their horses and rode on.

When I arrived at the city gate, I saw the city gate slowly open in the morning drum, along Yanpingmen Street all the way to the east, back to Shengpingfang is already the middle of the corner, Du Zhai is preparing lunch.

"Ah, where did you run away last night, and the family worried all night."

Du Cheng didn't pay attention to Du Wulang at all, and hurried to the inner courtyard with Xue Bai.

met Lu Fengniang on the road, and she only asked, "A-Niang, where is the second sister?" ”

"In the house, hey......"

Du Cheng hurriedly trotted across the verandah, pushed open the door, and saw Du Yan sitting there holding a book and reading.

"Huh?"

Du Yan raised her head and glanced at the two people outside the door, a suspicious look flashed in her eyes.

Du Cheng said: "I asked, Princess Changning's Mansion." ”

"Come in and say."

"It's too late, Jiwen is checking Xue Bai."

Du Yan got up and began to look for things, and said: "Princess Changning gave birth to a son Yang Hui, Yang Wei is still Princess Xianyi, and now Princess Changning's mansion is actually where Princess Xianyi lives." ”

As she spoke, she had already found a plum flower golden hairpin from the box, handed it to Du Cheng, and said, "It's not easy for me to go out, this is the golden hairpin that Princess Xianyi has worn for many years, you can ask to see ...... I changed my clothes. ”

"I'll say you have a way."

Soon, Du Cheng went to the inner room and changed into a luxurious robe.

Rushing back to the front yard, Du Wulang greeted again: "Hey, just come for lunch." ”

"There's no time."

Du Wulang then put down the cake and followed.

The three of them rode their horses to Pingkangfang, turned over and dismounted, and Du Cheng whispered to Xue Bai: "It's better for you not to show up, I'll go and ask Wulang first." ”

"Okay."

Watching the Du family sisters and brothers come forward and knock on the door, Xue Bai went to a restaurant on Pingkangfang West Street to sit down, ordered a bowl of wontons and ate slowly.

At noon, the Du family sisters and brothers had not come out, but they saw a group of people leading horses from Xifang Gate.

~~

"Xin XII."

Xin Twelve, who was walking on the road, suddenly heard someone shouting to himself, turned his head to look, but saw that it was Xue Bai who he was investigating.

Hearing Xue Bai's tone with prestige in his tone, he couldn't help but feel a little weak, and stepped forward and said with a smile: "Xue Langjun, what a coincidence." ”

"The fugitive got it?"

Xin Twelve was stunned, only to know who Xue Bai was asking, and hurriedly said: "How can such outlaws be able to take it?" ”

"Oh? The right minister summoned you to interrogate people? ”

"This ...... Yes, the villain is about to go to the right minister's mansion. ”

"Go ahead."

Xue Bai waved his hand and stared at Xin Twelve.

Xin Twelve was stared at by him, so he had to turn south.

After walking for a while, someone asked, "Steward, do you really go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

"Damn, wait for that kid to go."

~~

"Xue Bai."

Before Xin Twelve left, the Du family sisters and brothers caught up from behind.

"Let's go first."

The three of them hurriedly walked out of Pingkangfang from West Street and rushed all the way back to Dufu.

Du Yan was already waiting and recruited them to the side hall.

"How?"

Du Cheng said: "Princess Xianyi is not here today, the housekeeper received us, and when I asked if there were any lost official slaves in the princess's house, he shook his head and said no." I asked him again, but I knew who had lost someone nearby, so he asked back, it was a beautiful boy who had lost. ”

"Oh?" Du Yan's expression moved, and he said, "In this way, he should know something." ”

"Yes, the Keju Field on the edge of the Princess's Mansion is vacant in winter and no one takes care of it, and yesterday a beautiful boy woke up from the Keju Field, but it was a certain important minister in the court who lost his son for many days."

Du Wulang hurriedly said: "This beautiful young man said that he met a goddess immortal, and he has lived in that goddess immortal these days. Others don't know, but the steward of the princess's mansion knows that the residence of the goddess fairy mentioned by this beautiful young man is the residence of Mrs. Qiuguo. Speaking of which, Mrs. Qiu's abduction of beautiful teenagers in Chang'an is not a rumor. Alas, Datang is really in the world now, and the security of Chang'an City is too poor. ”

This result was unexpected by Xue Bai, and he couldn't help but be silent.

The idea that was originally clearer turned out to be a bit messy.

Du Yan said: "In other words, Xue Bai is likely to be a child of a certain high-ranking family who was kidnapped by Mrs. Qiuguo?" ”

"Possibly." Du Cheng said: "Xuanyangfang is just south of Pingkangfang, if it is said that Mrs. Qiuguo did it, every time she throws people to the nearby Pingkangfang, it is indeed not too far." ”

The three sisters and brothers discussed for a long time, and became more and more inclined to this possibility.

Only Xue Bai always shook his head, thinking that it was the wrong direction.

"Why?"

Xue Bai hesitated slightly, and said, "Although I lost my memory, when I woke up...... But I don't feel empty. ”

Du Cheng was slightly stunned and turned her face away.

Du Yan muttered: "No matter what, this is a clue right now. ”

~~

Evening.

Xuanyi Fang, Yang House.

Pei Rou heard the sound of a man coming from the front yard, and hurriedly made up some rouge, and rushed over to take a look, but saw that it was Ji Wen who had bad breath, rolled her eyes, and turned back to the backyard.

deviated from this trip, and let Yang Zhao catch an order.

"Hot jug wine."

"Oh, Lang Jun."

Pei Roujiao responded, but she didn't do anything in her hand, so as not to let Ji Wen's stinky mouth stain her own cup.

In the front hall, Yang Zhao beckoned Ji Wen to sit on the stool and asked, "Is the trial out?" ”

"Don't inquire about this."

Gwen waved his hand, a flash of exhaustion in his eyes.

He has tortured many people, but this time he has encountered a hard stubble.

"Today, it is the right minister who has something to explain to me, but I need Yang to join the army to help me with one or two."

Yang Zhao smiled when he heard this, turned his head and looked at the door.

He has always been principled in helping people, and when he saw that Jiwin came to the door without gifts, the smile on his face became reserved.

"Hey, everything that needs to be transported by car is a kind of stupid object." Giwin said, "I've got a treasure lately. ”

He took out a narrow wooden box from his sleeve and handed it over.

Yang Zhao opened it and saw that it was a golden flower Baodian necklace.

"Wow, turquoise."

Ji Wen sneered slightly, and secretly scolded this countryman who now knows turquoise, and said in his mouth: "The valuable thing is this workmanship, such a small five-petal flower, in fact, it is made of gold wire, the stamen is inlaid with pearls and turquoise, and each small flower is hammered, drawn, weaved, engraved and inlaid by the method, which can be described as ingenious." ”

Yang Zhao's eyes were shining, and he nodded again and again.

Ji Wen said: "There is a matter, and I want to ask General Yang to help ask Mrs. Qiuguo......