After Long Shaotian jumped out of the palace, although he heard a mess inside, no one chased him out. On the way back, he kept thinking about whether what the three princes said was true or false. If it is a lie, then these three princes are too powerful, and they can actually maintain such calm; if it is true, it can only show that the ability of the person who provided Long Shaotian with clues to make fakes can be seen. Either way, he didn't get the answer he wanted, and instead felt like he was being led by the nose. Unconsciously, Long Shaotian had come to the mansion of the adult where Linghua was. When he entered, he heard the shocking news!

According to the great man, Linghua left by herself, saying that she was going to find Long Shaotian, but she never came back. After hearing this, Long Shaotian rushed out of the door like crazy, the first thing he thought of was the Three Princes, so he ran towards the Three Princes' Mansion. But this time, he didn't hesitate, and jumped in before running to the palace without making any stops. Of course, this also completely exposed his whereabouts, and then faced a large number of troops to pursue and intercept him. Long Shaotian rushed towards the house where the third prince was, but the more he advanced, the more people blocked him, until he was surrounded by layers of human walls. Everyone launched a wheel tactic against Long Shaotian, pouring out one batch after another group to keep up, no matter how strong Long Shaotian's ability is, in the face of so many people, it is difficult to fight out of the encirclement for a while.

Just when the battle was in full swing here, the third prince also came to the battlefield at some point. With a shout of rage, everyone stopped.

The third prince looked at Long Shaotian and said, "If you live too long, this king can fulfill you!"

Long Shaotian said: "I'm not here to send me to death!"

The third prince said, "Oh, then why did you come here this time?"

Long Shaotian said: "I'm still here to ask you a few questions!"

The third prince laughed a few times and said, "You are really interesting, once is not enough, you actually came twice at the risk of death, just to ask a few questions! ”

Long Shaotian said: "Thank you very much! Then I want to ask you, has a girl been here in the past two days?"

The third prince said: "The girl you said should be called Linghua, right? It's a pity that no one has ever been here except you!"

Long Shaotian said: "Then did you send someone to arrest her?"

The third prince said: "This king is indeed a little interested in her, since someone wants to use her to blame this king, this king wants to see who she is, but she is not here with me." ”

Long Shaotian said: "Is your word credible?"

The third prince said: "There is no reason not to be credible!"

Long Shaotian said: "No one is forcing you with a sword this time!"

The third prince said: "But someone pointed a sword at you!"

Long Shaotian smiled and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll leave!"

The third prince said: "What kind of place do you think I am, come if you want, and leave if you want?"

Long Shaotian said: "If I want to go, no one can stop me!", after saying that, he took off into the air and jumped towards the roof.

"Release the arrows!", with an order, several arrows flew towards Long Shaotian. Long Shaotian waved the sword in his hand to block the menacing arrows, and at the same time used light skills to run outside the mansion. After a rain of arrows, seeing that Long Shaotian was not injured, a group of good hands also used light skills to chase after him. It's just that when he chased outside the mansion, Long Shaotian's trace was gone.

In the next few days, Long Shaotian inquired about Linghua's whereabouts in the capital, and he had to evade the search and arrest of the three princes. But after looking for a few days, there were no clues, and Linghua did not return to the adult's house. On the fifth day, Long Shaotian had just come out of the adult's mansion, and Long Shaotian looked haggard at this time. Just then, a carriage came not far away and stopped as it passed him.

The driver asked, "Are you Long Shaotian?"

Long Shaotian said: "Exactly, what are you looking for me?"

The man who drove the car: "Then get in the car, my master invites you to go!"

Long Shaotian said: "Who is the master of your family, why do I want to go with you?"

The man who drove the car said: "You will know the way when you go!" My master said that if you want to see that girl again, you had better go!"

Long Shaotian's body was shocked, and he immediately jumped into the carriage without saying a word. The carriage was bumpy all the way, and Long Shaotian didn't know how far he had gone in the car. When the carriage finally stopped, Long Shaotian was called out of the carriage and found that he had come to a large building. After getting out of the car, Long Shaotian was led a lot of way, and during this time, he probably guessed where he was being taken. When he finally met the man who wanted to see him, he was completely sure what this place was. He had met this man once, because this man was the one who had played chess with the lord in the pavilion that day! Only today he had changed his clothes, and this one would immediately tell who he was, because there was only one person in the world who would wear such clothes.

That's right! He is the emperor today!

Long Shaotian didn't feel much surprised when he saw the emperor, but just said, "It turns out that you are the emperor!"

The emperor smiled and said, "It seems that you don't seem to be surprised. ”

Long Shaotian said: "It turns out that all this was instructed by you, and Linghua was also arrested by you, right?"

The emperor said, "That's true!"

Long Shaotian said: "Why do you want to arrest her?"

Instead of answering him, the Emperor asked, "Would you be interested in hearing a story from me?"

Long Shaotian said: "I just want to know where Lu Dao Linghua is now, and then rescue her!"

The emperor said: "Don't worry, she has nothing to do now! After listening to my story, everyone you want to know will know the Tao." ”

Long Shaotian said: "Then please say!"

The Emperor took a breath, as if recalling some unpleasant past. After a while, he said slowly:

I have a royal brother who is not only clever and clever, but also humble and loved by those around him, and his father is also very fond of him. Our brotherly relationship is also very good, and we have been taken care of by him a lot since I was a child. By the age of twenty, he had undoubtedly become the most talented of his brothers, and he was able to handle all kinds of things, and his father was ready to crown him prince. However, on an errand trip to Beijing, he met a folk woman and fell in love with her deeply. Naturally, he took the woman back to the capital and wanted to take her into the palace, but his father strongly opposed her. Under the majesty of his father, the royal brother had to submit. But he didn't give up, and tried all kinds of ways to get his father's consent. But his father refused to agree, and even threatened to put her to death if he did not break off relations with the woman again. In order to protect the woman, the royal brother was superficially subservient to his father, but secretly continued to associate with the woman. Even later, the woman had the emperor's brother's child! However, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and this incident finally made the father and emperor know. The father was furious and immediately ordered the woman to be taken away. No matter how much the royal brother pleaded with his father, he couldn't save the woman's life in the end. However, when the woman was taken away, the child in her womb had already been born, and the people who went to capture her did not see her child. After the woman's death, the royal brother was so grieved that he decided to give up the crown prince and run away from home. On the very day he ran away from home, he found me, told me that he was leaving the palace, told me about his child, and asked me to help him get the child back if the time came. Then, the royal brother left. I tried my best to keep him at the time, but seeing his painful appearance, I couldn't bear it, thinking that maybe it would be better for him to go out and relax. But this has been more than 20 years, and there is no more whereabouts of the royal brother. Although I have sent people to search everywhere over the years, I have not found any news. At the same time, I sent people to search for the child's whereabouts, and finally found a person who matched her perfectly, so I sent someone to invite her to be confirmed by me for myself. After that, you must know all about it.

The story ended, and both fell silent. After a long time, Long Shaocai spoke: "It's indeed a good story, but I still have a few questions that I don't understand. ”

The emperor said, "You can ask whatever you want." ”

Long Shaotian said: "You said you just wanted to invite Linghua, but I don't think I was using the 'please' method from the beginning." ”

The emperor said: "This is mainly to not attract people's eyes. ”

Long Shaotian said: "Is this still called eye-catching?"

The emperor said: "Before leaving, the imperial brother also told me an extremely shocking news, the woman that the imperial brother fell in love with was actually the current third prince who deliberately arranged for him at that time. Later, he made the fake come true and fell in love with the royal brother, so he confessed to the imperial brother, but the imperial brother did not dislike her because of this, but was moved by her sincerity. At that time, the third prince was one of our brothers, and the reason why he did that was probably mainly out of jealousy, so he wanted to pull the royal brother down. Although his ultimate goal was achieved, he has always been worried about the matter of 'the person he arranged turned into the emperor's brother'. You should also know the power of the third prince, if you let him know that what I want to bring back may be the child of the imperial brother and the woman, even if he will not oppose me head-on, I am afraid that he will do something in secret. That's why I had to 'catch' her in the name of something else, not 'invite' her back.

Long Shaotian said: "That led me to the Third Prince, in addition to wanting to distract my attention, I'm afraid he also wanted me to deal with him, right?"

The emperor said: "There is another reason. ”

Long Shaotian said: "What is the reason?"

The emperor said: "Test your strength and determination to protect Linghua!"

Long Shaotian said: "What is the result?"

The Emperor said, "Your performance has satisfied me, and you really deserve to be his son! ”

Long Shaotian said: "I'm not being played by you yet. ”

The emperor said: "That's because I used a lot of strength, and you are alone! It's a pity that a talent like you is not used by the imperial court!"

Long Shaotian said: "It's better to be a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, those rules and regulations in the officialdom and open and secret battles are not something that people like me can bear." ”

The emperor said, "That's right, otherwise you wouldn't be what you are now." However, at the moment there is an errand that you will definitely consider. ”

Long Shaotian said: "Oh, I want to hear it!"

The emperor said: "It is to be the guard of Linghua! ”

Long Shaotian said: "I have always been her guard. ”

The emperor said: "I am talking about being the guard of Princess Linghua!"

Long Shaotian said: "It seems that Linghua is indeed the person you are looking for!"

The emperor said, "That's right!"

Long Shaotian said: "I'm afraid it's because of that jade pendant, right?"

The emperor said: "It seems that you know everything, and the way the imperial brother told me to recognize his child was that jade pendant." ”

Long Shaotian said: "Then it seems that my task has been completed." ”

The emperor said, "This is your answer?"

Long Shaotian said: "Yes, I will be the guard of Linghua, but I will not be the guard of Princess Linghua." ”

The emperor smiled: "Yes, it seems that you really want to go together." ”

Long Shaotian looked at him, but he didn't understand what he meant. Then, the emperor shouted behind the screen, "Linghua, you can come out." ”

Linghua slowly walked out from behind the screen, her eyes still looking wet. When he saw Long Shaotian, he just called out softly, "Young Master", and then tears burst out again.

Long Shaotian looked at her, a little overwhelmed, because he had never seen Linghua cry like this, so he just said: "What are you crying about, isn't this all good?"

The emperor looked at the two of them, and suddenly said to Long Shaotian with a smile: "The reason why I said just now that the two of you wanted to go together is because she would rather be the original Linghua than the Linghua princess." ”

This surprised Long Shaotian, who kept staring at Linghua and couldn't say a word.

After that, it was naturally Long Shaotian who took away Linghua.

After leaving the palace, Long Shaotian asked Linghua: "Why don't you want to be the princess of Linghua?"

Linghua asked rhetorically: "Then young master, why don't you want to be Princess Linghua's guard?"

Long Shaotian said: "I am a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, and I am not used to staying in that deep palace compound. ”

Linghua smiled: "Then my reasons are the same as you, young master!"

Long Shaotian said: "You are a dignified princess, and you are different from me." ”

Linghua said: "Young master, your previous identity is not simple, right?"

Long Shaotian looked at Linghua a little surprised, and said, "Do you know all about the Dao?"

Linghua said: "The emperor told me, but don't worry, I will keep it secret for you!"

Long Shaotian smiled bitterly: "Then thank you!"

Linghua smiled: "Then how do you want to thank me?"

Long Shaotian said: "How do you want me to thank you?"

Linghua thought for a moment and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you when I think about it!"

Long Shaotian said: "Okay, then wait until you think about it." ”

Linghua said: "Are we going back now? Why don't we go where to play for a few more days?"

Long Shaotian said: "You haven't played enough, it's been so long, go back first, I'm afraid they are still worried." ”

Linghua talked around in protest, but there was no intention of objecting. The two hired a carriage and embarked on the road back to Wanfu Villa without delay.