After Murong Huan left, Xu Ke stepped forward and asked Li Qi:

"Princess Lingyu, how did you fall into the hands of that black tiger spirit?"

"Ahem, don't mention it, I haven't heard the master and Sister Yiqing talk about it, saying that there is a tiger demon in the south of Chang'an City, and the government is unable to catch it, so I was curious for a while, so I came to catch the demon alone...... Li Qi sighed.

"Curiosity, Your Royal Highness Princess, your heart is up at this moment, but it hurts those of us who are looking for you. In the past few days, we have almost overturned half of Chang'an City......" Xu Ke said.

"Okay, okay, okay! You talk more than my third brother! No wonder that 'wooden barrel bowl' just now looked down on you, hurry up, bring it!" Li Qi rudely interrupted Xu Ke's words and stretched out his hand and said.

"What...... Bring it?" Xu Ke puzzled.

"Oh, my old man is smarter than you, Murong Huan's bottle of healing medicine, you can give it to the princess!" Shu Qitian reminded on the side.

Xu Ke hurriedly handed over the white jade vial in his arms to Li Qi's hand. Li Qi picked up his trouser legs, lifted the clothes on the side of his legs and feet, revealing a pair of white jade ice clear calves, only to see that there were a few blood marks of tiger claws on the calves, and in addition, there were bruises and bumps, and blood was dripping from the wounds......

Xu Ke and Shu hattian hurriedly turned their backs, and walked away from the distance, not daring to look again. After a while, they only heard Li Qi shouting, "Okay!" The two of them turned around.

Murong Huan's injury medicine was really powerful, and after Li Qi applied his leg injury, he was already able to stand up reluctantly. She limped a few steps, shook her head again, and said:

"No, I still can't go...... Come here, carry me!"

Xu Ke picked up Li Qi again and slowly walked down the mountain. Shu Hattian picked up Xu Ke and Li Qi's long swords, and then followed down the mountain.

The three of them walked for another hour and a half, and finally came to the bottom of the mountain. Xu Ke helped Li Qi get on the horse, took back the swords of the two, and asked Shu Haotian to go to Shuangtuji to report the news, and escorted Li Qi back to Chang'an.

At this time, it was the beginning of Yin, the sky had revealed a faint light, the morning sun was about to vomit, the sun was about to rise, Xu Ke shook his spirits, and Li Qi and the two of them rode a horse together, and went straight to Chang'an......

Along the way, Xu Ke couldn't help asking:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I heard you talk about it, do you know Yiqing?"

Li Qi smiled: "Yes, I only remembered people now! No wonder people call you 'wooden stakes'!"

Xu Ke couldn't help but wonder: "Does Her Royal Highness the Princess already know about Xu? What is this ...... 'wooden stake' ......?"

Li Qi said: "Didn't you say that your name is Xu Ke? Xu Ke's name, I've heard Sister Yiqing say it many times......

Xu Ke said: "So...... Her Royal Highness the Princess's master is Senior Sister Yichen?"

Li Qi said: "That's right! Don't call me any 'Your Highness,' just call me by my name! I hate you officials who talk about things that the common people don't understand. According to the seniority, I still have to call you uncle, don't we? Let's not be so polite in the future, if you call me 'Li Qi', I'll call you 'Xu Ke'! No...... I call Yiqing my sister, at least I should call you brother!"

Xu Ke smiled: "It doesn't matter what you call, as long as the princess can be safe!"

Li Qi said lightly: "Here we go again! I said that I am Li Qi, and I am not allowed to call the princess anymore!"

Xu Ke hurriedly said: "Okay, good! Li Qi ...... Sister!"

Li Qi sat in front of the horse, Xu Ke couldn't see her innocent smile, but heard her silver bell-like laughter: "Hmm...... Brother Xu Ke!"

......

The two rode together, and Xu Ke and Li Qi chatted about some interesting things in the past. Under Li Qi's repeated questioning, Xu Ke had no choice but to talk about the "unbearable experience" of stealing chickens and going into the water to fish when he was young, and Li Qi laughed from time to time. In Xu Ke's opinion, although Li Qi in front of her is the seventeenth princess of the emperor, she does not have the slightest cold and majestic frame of the royal relatives and nobles, nor does she have the slightest pretentiousness of a wealthy girl. She is not only approachable, but also has a bold and chivalrous spirit.

The yellow horse under the two of them was very strong, and they were not tired of running with the two of them, and they only walked for about half an hour, and they arrived at the Mingde Gate in the south of Chang'an City.

It was still early in the morning, and the gate had not yet opened. Xu Ke called the commander of the forbidden army guarding the city, took out the black iron lion card on his waist and shook it in front of his eyes, and ordered in a deep voice: "Xu Ke, one hundred households in Tsing Yiwei, is ordered to welcome Princess Lingyu back to the palace, open the door quickly!"

In a panic, Nashi Chang hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, walked over and opened the side door to let Xu Ke enter the city. He nodded again and again at the gate of the city, and kept watching Xu Ke's back as he beat the horse away, scratching his head, and guessing in his heart what the relationship between the two was.

After entering the city, Li Qi asked for the black iron lion card from Xu Ke's hand, put it in his hand and played with it, and said: "Brother Xu Ke, with such a small iron card as you, how can it be so useful?

Xu Ke smiled: "Isn't that still relying on Li Qi's sister's status as a princess?!"

Li Qi said: "No! Those forbidden soldiers guarding the city don't know me Li Qi, how can they know that I am a princess......? They let you into the city, still scared by your sign...... It's strange how they could be so afraid of this little iron plate?"

Xu Ke said: "Don't hide it from my sister, our Tsing Yiwei has a bad reputation outside. Not only those soldiers, but also the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, when they heard that it was Tsing Yi Wei coming, they were so frightened that they closed their doors and closed their doors, and chickens and dogs jumped ......"

Li Qi suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "This ...... I'm going to tell my father, and next time, I'm going to enter your Tsing Yi Guard! When the time comes, I'll get such an iron plaque to wear!"

Xu Ke couldn't help asking: "Sister Li Qi, what are you doing in my Tsing Yi Wei? My Tsing Yi Wei is full of rough men, you are a girl, and you can come ...... again?"

Li Qi snorted and said, "You can enter Tsing Yiwei, why can't I enter! What's wrong with the girl's house? Hmph! Don't look down on people! I can at least come over...... Come here and help you solve the case!"

Xu Ke thought in his heart, you are just telling a few jokes, you are a princess, with a body of golden branches and jade leaves, even if you want to come to Tsing Yi Wei on an errand, the emperor will definitely not agree. At the moment, he no longer paid attention to it, and only cared about beating the horse forward.

The two rode into Chang'an City, and after traveling north for a while, Xu Ke asked again:

"Sister Li Qi, I'll take you back to the palace, right?"

"No, you can't go back to the palace at this time!" Li Qi said.

"Why is this? The emperor is very concerned about your disappearance!" Xu Ke was puzzled.

"I'm going back to the palace now, but I can't be scolded to death by my father! Let my third brother go to my father to ask for a favor, and wait for my father to dissipate his anger...... I'm going back to the palace, hehe!" Li Qi said with a smile.

"This ...... Okay!" Xu Ke said in his heart, you finally have a time to be afraid.

The palace of King Zhao is located in Yong'an Fang in the south of Chang'an City. The two of them rode for only a moment, and then they arrived at the door of Mei Xuezhai. Xu Ke dismounted and knocked lightly, and the person who opened the door was Yiqing.

Yiqing couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Xu Ke knocking on the door early in the morning. She had previously heard from Li Yi, the king of Zhao, that Xu Ke's poisoning had been resolved. Now that I suddenly saw Xu Ke, she had a flawless face of white jade, but the initial look of concern disappeared in a flash, and was replaced by a cold expression like an iceberg.

"What's the matter? You want to come to me early in the morning to compete with me?

For the last time you won me by luck, I tell you, that time you relied on the sharpness of your sword, that is ...... I can't count!" Yi Qing said coldly.

"Compare swords, compare ...... What kind of sword?" Xu Ke touched his forehead and couldn't help but be stunned. He thought to himself, the last time he accidentally broke your sword, you still remember it!

At this time, Li Qi, who was hiding far behind Xu Ke, finally couldn't help but poke his head out, made a grimace, and whispered, "Sister Yiqing...... It's me, I'm back!"

"Little Qiqi, you're back!" Yiqing saw Li Qi and immediately made a surprised face. She pulled Li Qi's body, hugged Li Qi tightly in her arms, and said happily: "You have been missing for seven days! Senior sister and I can't find you everywhere, but we are in a hurry!"

Seeing that the person had been delivered, Xu Ke said goodbye, turned around and left. After all, he hadn't slept all night, and he just wanted to find a big bed and fall asleep. He walked up to the yellow horse and stepped on the stirrup, but he heard the laughter of the two maidens in the distance:

"Hey...... Brother Xu Ke...... Don't leave so quickly, Sister Yiqing still has to talk to you!"

"Xiaoqi, if you talk nonsense again, I'll let you talk nonsense again!"

"Sister Yiqing, haven't you been talking about that wooden stake, and it's not good for me to call him? ha...... Don't tickle me, don't scratch me, I beg for mercy, beg for mercy!hahaha......"

Xu Ke couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, he turned the horse's head with his right hand, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and shouted "Ride!" The yellow horse seemed to be human, carrying Xu Ke's handsome figure, facing the morning sun, four hooves galloping, like the wind......

The two girls who left behind the peerless posture had four clear eyes, but they were still staring at his back for a long time.

......

Xu Ke rode a horse to Liquanfang in the north of Chang'an City, and it was already the beginning of Mao. The warm winter sun shone overhead, and the entire Chang'an City was gradually boiling with hustle and bustle. Xu Ke led the horse into his mansion, and didn't even pay attention to Dong Laifu's greetings. He threw away the horsewhip, and just wanted to hurry back to his "Honghu dwelling", and he wanted to sleep well. It was only at this time that he remembered that in order to find the whereabouts of the seventeenth princess as soon as possible, he had not slept peacefully for almost seven days and seven nights.

Xu Ke walked through the front yard, passed the front hall, and walked into his spacious back garden. After the back garden is a middle hall, and then walk through the middle hall, to the left is their own Honghu residence, the innermost courtyard in the middle is the Hazel Ling residence, and the right side is the exquisite residence of Shu Hatetian.

"Young Master Xu!" Xu Ke was about to rush through the back garden, but he heard a woman's voice coming.

Xu Ke couldn't help but stop, opened his sleepy eyes, but saw a graceful and full girl, standing in front of him.

"Are you ......?" he saw that the girl in front of him was very familiar, but at this time he was sleepy, and he was so bent on falling asleep that he couldn't remember for a while, who was she?

"Xu Gongzi...... Yao Zibei, a folk girl, has seen a son!" "That girl is naturally Yao Zibei from Huaiyang Road Xuchang Mansion Feeding Village. She traveled 600 miles and went through a lot of hardships, waiting for her to meet his brother Xu. She never expected that Brother Xu in front of her couldn't remember who she was......

"Oh...... It's Sister Zibei, aren't you in the Feeding Village, why did you come to Chang'an?" Xu Ke said excitedly. He finally suppressed the surging sleepiness in his heart, and then remembered that she wasn't the girl he rescued from the human market a few months ago?

"The people's girl rushed to Chang'an, just to ...... I want to see Childe. Xu Gongzi saved his life that day, and the people's daughter couldn't repay it! The people's daughter just wanted to ...... I just want to do something for my son so that I can repay ...... Repay the great kindness of the son......" As he spoke, Yao Zibei's eyes were already full of tears, his shoulders trembled, and he actually sobbed.

For Yao Zibei, along the way, there are too many experiences, too much bitterness, and too much pain, which are enough to make her want to cry aggrieved. However, in her heart, the most painful thing was the night in Wu's house on the tenth day of the second month......

"Xiao Wuxi! Look at you! Why did you make our family Zibei cry as soon as we met!" Hu Yiyi, who walked out of the Wenyu Pavilion quickly, hugged Yao Zibei's trembling shoulders, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said to Xu Ke angrily.

Hu Yiyi and Yao Zibei were sitting in the Wenyu Pavilion in the back garden, eating breakfast and chatting about family life. In the past few days, after Hu Yiyi's careful diagnosis and treatment, most of Yao Zibei's injuries have been healed. With Hu Yiyi by her side day and night, Yao Zibei's mood finally became cheerful.

As soon as Xu Ke entered the mansion, he just ordered Dong Laifu to say two words, and Yao Zibei had already heard that it was her brother Xu's voice. Her cheeks immediately turned red, and her heart "poofed" and "poofed", rushing around like a deer. Seeing Xu Ke striding into the back garden, Yao Zibei hurriedly mustered up the courage to come forward to recognize him.

Hu Yiyi was sitting in the pavilion and couldn't bear to disturb Yao Zibei and her lover to meet. She sat with a smile, and was about to watch a touching scene, but unexpectedly, Xu Ke had already forgotten Yao Zibei's name. Seeing Xu Ke's "Bo Xing" like this, she couldn't help but get angry with him for no reason. At this moment, Hu Yiyi walked up to Xu Ke, twisted Xu Ke's ear with his right hand, and said angrily:

"It's all a good thing you did! You rescued the people, put them in the feeding village, and said that you were going to pick them up, how could you turn around and forget them! Do you know how much Sister Zibei has suffered in order to see you! You have even forgotten who they are! You little conscienceless, see if my sister doesn't tear your ears to pieces......

was cried by the two women in front of him, and Xu Ke's sleepiness disappeared. He suddenly remembered that he had indeed promised Yao Zibei that he would pick her up and take her back to Chang'an later. I didn't want to be in a hurry later, so I forgot about it completely. Now I saw that Yao Zibei had traveled a long distance by himself, and he did not hesitate to come to Chang'an to join him. At that moment, he was ashamed and remorseful in his heart, and hurriedly apologized:

"Sister Zibei, it's not right for me to be my brother! Brother shouldn't abandon you, just go back to Chang'an by himself, it's been so long, and I didn't think about coming to pick you up. I'm my brother's ...... It's really too unbelievable! It's a bumpy and suffering for you...... If my sister felt wronged, she would come and beat me twice, begging her not to cry...... Good sister, if you cry again, Sister Hu won't be able to spare me!" In his heart, he only said that Yao Zibei's grievances and tears were all due to the bumps and hardships along the way.

Seeing Xu Ke being bullied by Hu Yiyi with such a pitiful appearance, Yao Zibei couldn't help but burst into tears and smiled:

"Brother Xu! Xiaobei can see you today, and my heart is happier than anything else! Brother is so kind to Xiaobei for saving his life, Xiaobei is not too late for you, how can I blame you?"

"Yes...... Good sister, who made you call 'Xu Gongzi' at the beginning, so that my brain is confused, and I can't remember anything! Let's just talk about it in Xuchang, and the two of us will be commensurate with brother and sister in the future. My sister is here now, just like at her own home, just rest assured that ......she can stay! I will definitely protect you!" Xu Ke saw that Yao Zibei finally smiled, and his heart was relieved, and he also smiled.

"Well, it's Xiaobei who has seen the outside, I should have called 'Brother Xu'...... Why don't you scream Xiaobei again!Brother Xu is a great grace, please accept Xiaobei's worship!" After that, Yao Zibei bowed to Xu Keying again. At this moment, her face was full of happy and sweet smiles, although the tears were still there after crying.

Xu Ke hurriedly held Yao Zibei and said softly: "Okay, okay, our two brothers and sisters are hard-working people, and they have lost their parents since they were children...... From now on, we should take care of each other, but never again

It's so out of ......."

Hu Yiyi smiled knowingly at this time. She saw Xu Ke coming in a hurry, her face was full of exhaustion, and then she remembered that Xu Ke had gone out on business and had only come back today.

"Xiao Wuxi, you've been busy outside for seven days, and you haven't had a good rest, right? Come on, let's have breakfast together!"

Xu Ke was sleepy at this time, and he was embarrassed to say that he hadn't slept well for seven days. At that moment, I had to accompany the two girls to sit down in the Wenyu Pavilion together. Dong Laifu sent a few exquisite breakfasts again. Xu Ke was also a little hungry in his stomach, so he picked up these snacks and devoured them. looked at Hu Yiyi next to him and smiled, but Yao Zibei frowned slightly, secretly distressed.

Xu Ke finished breakfast and held his stomach and burped. Hearing Hu Yiyi ask about Shu Hatian, he hurriedly said: "Brother Shuxian will come back in a while, and at this moment, I have to go to sleep...... I'm going to sleep!"

After eating, the thick sleepiness that had just left came from a flood of mountains and seas at this time. Xu Ke only felt that his eyelids were fighting, and he didn't want to talk anymore, so he left Wenyu Pavilion by himself, returned to his bedroom, jumped on the big bed, and fell asleep......

"Brother Xu, it seems to be exhausted...... Yao Zibei said.

"It's okay! He's got a good night's sleep, and he's all right!" Hu Yiyi smiled.

......

Almost at the same time, Pei Caibao, who was personally leading the team of the Southern Anhei Division, was quietly lurking outside the door of the Autumn Leaf Grass Hall. As soon as Qiu Mingli went out, the group suddenly broke into the door, and without saying anything, they tied Zhao Yu, covered her head with a gray cloth, and forcibly took her into the carriage outside the door......

An hour later, Zhao Yu had already been taken to an interrogation room in Nan Anheiji. Pei Caibao took the gray cloth cover on Zhao Yu's head, and said with a smile: "Miss Yao, Pei Mou is so offended! But...... Pei also acted on orders, and he had to do it as a last resort, and I hope Miss Yao is not strange!"

"Miss Yao? What Miss Yao! You people are so unreasonable! What are you doing here for no reason! I'm a close friend of Lord Tobe Shangshuqiu...... Hurry up and let me go!" Zhao Yu reprimanded loudly. She couldn't help but be shocked and angry when she saw that her hands were tied and she was caught in this dimly lit secret room for no reason, and there were six or seven fierce guards standing around her.

Pei Caibao said: "Aren't you Yao Zibei Yao girl? In Pei's hands, don't pretend, no matter how much you pretend to be, it won't help! As for the Lord Shangshuqiu of the household department, what Pei wants to ask is exactly the matter between you and Lord Naqiu!"

Zhao Yu said: "I don't know what you're talking about! My surname is Zhao Mingyu, and I've never heard what Yao Zibei said." I'm just a girl in Lord Qiu's cottage, Lord Qiu's business, what do you ask me to do!"

Pei Caibao stared at Zhao Yu's face for a long time, and he secretly thought to himself, could it be that I caught the wrong person? This girl is really not Yao Zibei, but a girl named Zhao Yu, impossible! How can there be such a beautiful maid in the Qiu Mansion?!

When Pei Caibao saw Zhao Yu's beautiful appearance and beautiful face, he decided that she must be a "female death row prisoner" hidden by Qiu Mingli. At this time, when he saw that this "female death row prisoner" had fallen into his hands, he was so "cunning", and dared to pretend to be someone else in front of him, so he immediately changed his face and said angrily:

"Bold Yao Zibei! fell into the hands of Pei, and you dare to play tricks with me! Quickly invite me the 'unscrupulous things' you have done with Qiu Mingli!"

"You're spewing blood! Lord Qiu is a dignified and upright court official! I'm just a girl who washes and cooks for him and sweeps the courtyard. I am innocent with him, where have I done anything 'unscrupulous'!" Zhao Yu angrily reprimanded. When she heard Pei Caibao slandering Mr. Qiu like this, she couldn't help but turn pale with anger, and she didn't care whether she was "Yao Zibei" as the other party said, so she loudly defended Qiu Mingli.

Pei Caibao has been on an errand in Tsing Yi Wei for more than 20 years, and has tried countless cases, and he naturally knows better than anyone about the whole process of the prisoner first being hard and then soft. Since he has already decided that the beautiful maid in front of him must be Yao Zibei, of course, he will do everything to get the confession he wants. At this time, Pei Caibao saw that "Yao Zibei" was stubborn, so he waved his hand to his subordinates and said a few words lightly:

"Torture her!"

"Master Pei, are you using the 'Blue Character Five Claws' for her?" a guard stepped forward and asked cautiously.

Pei Caibao looked at the guard's obscene expression, and then looked at the delicate figure of "Yao Zibei", and suddenly slapped the guard's face, until the corner of the guard's mouth was bleeding, and his cheeks were red and swollen. Pei Caibao scolded at the guard: "Cheap thing, I want to be crazy about women, don't I! I think about picking people's pants all day long! Hurry up...... Bring me a set of clamps!"

The guard covered his cheek, and Nono went down in a loud voice. He sighed that he was unlucky, but he didn't know that Pei Caibao had secretly swallowed a big mouthful of saliva in his mouth at this moment. Seeing that Zhao Yu was so beautiful, Pei Caibao had already secretly scolded Qiu Mingli countless times in his heart: "Qiu Mingli, you old horseman, have secretly hidden such a woman like a flower and jade, if you want to say that you haven't done anything with her, who can believe it! No wonder you have to risk saving this death row prisoner from the court!"

"You ...... What are you going to do!" Zhao Yu saw that the two guards had taken a set of clamping sticks, which had already clamped the calves on both sides of him, and he couldn't help but lose his face and exclaimed.

Pei Caibao smiled and said: "Girl, as long as you confess truthfully, you and Qiu Mingli are already men and women, and Qiu Mingli took the risk to save you in order to take you as a concubine in his mansion." Pei will put you home, and promise not to move you at all! If not, Pei will have a stick here...... It's not a good taste!"

"Lord Qiu is upright and innocent, how can you villains be allowed to slander ......," Zhao Yu still reprimanded angrily.

Pei Caibao didn't want to talk nonsense with her anymore, so he waved his hand at the guards on both sides of Zhao Yu. The guards understood, and with a little force, the clamping stick tightly clamped Zhao Yu's legs, and Zhao Yu screamed miserably, dying in pain......

Pei Caibao waved his hand again to let the guard release the clamp stick, and then asked:

"Miss Yao, do you recruit or not?"

"What do you want me to recruit?" Zhao Yu slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed on Pei Caibao, and said hatefully.

"Naturally, I recruited all the unsightly things that you and Qiu Mingli had done!" Pei Caibao said with a smile.

"I haven't done anything with Mr. Qiu, you dog thieves, if Lord Qiu knows this...... Certain...... I'm going to give you ...... Give the corpse 10,000 pieces......" Zhao Yu shouted vigorously, and by the end, she was already weak to speak.

"Oh yell! Pei is so scared! However, before your Lord Qiu comes to save you, Pei still has dozens of torture instruments waiting for you here!

Seeing that "Yao Zibei" was still speechless, Pei Caibao waved his hand again, and the guards stepped forward, exerting force on both sides, and pressed the clamp stick again, this time the strength was obviously greater than the last time.

The two clamping sticks, the tighter and tighter they were, had already broken through Zhao Yu's pink and flawless skin, and blood was gurgling from the wound. Zhao Yu screamed in pain, she trembled all over, kept shaking her head, her face had swelled into purple red, and her long hair was so painful that it seemed to stand up.

The two guards continued to exert their strength, the clamp stick became tighter and tighter, and the clamp became tighter and tighter, seeing that after a few more clamps, Zhao Yu's leg bones would not be able to withstand it, and they were all clamped off......