Everyone held their breath, afraid of disturbing Xiao Jingzhou's thoughts.

After a long while, Xiao Jingzhou put away the letter and looked up: "Where is he?"

A hint of joy flashed in Lu Feng's eyes: "I have been hungry for a few days, so I will eat in the side hall."

Xiao Jingzhou's expression was neither surprised nor happy, neither annoyed nor angry: "Lead the way, I have something to ask him."

It’s not a summons, but a personal search.

The officials present were even more confused and began to speculate about who was behind the letter.

Xiao Jingzhou tilted his head and whispered, "Yu'er, come with me."

Jiang Zhenyu stroked Zhaocai's hand for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

The two men stood up and walked out together. Seeing this, the officials stood up and followed them.

When the group arrived at the side hall, they saw people eating with relish.

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...

The man didn't look like he hadn't eaten for several days. Instead, he looked like a starving ghost who had finally made it to the human world and wanted to eat his way to the top of his lungs.

Lu Chen coughed twice and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, why don't you go and greet him quickly?"

The man holding the bowl of rice seemed not to have heard it. He continued to eat his rice without any pause.

Xiao Jingzhou walked forward and sat opposite the man.

He picked up the soup spoon, scooped a bowl of vegetable soup and handed it over.

The man took the soup, thanked him, and drank it in one gulp.

Lu Chen was worried that he would lose his manners in front of His Highness, so he quickly took out a handkerchief and handed it to him.

This time, the man was not polite and took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

Xiao Jingzhou said calmly: "After you have eaten and drunk enough, go ahead and talk."

The man smiled and said, "Let me wash my face."

Seeing that he was being so arrogant, Lu Chen said softly, "Do you know who is standing in front of you? Don't be ungrateful!"

A trace of unpleasantness flashed across Lu Feng's face. He didn't understand why the man did this and had to pluck the tiger's fur in front of it.

Lu Feng's heart was in his throat.

Xiao Jingzhou met his eyes and ordered, "Fetch some water."

Soon, the servant brought a basin of water.

The man walked aside and washed his face in full view of everyone.

After washing his face, his wheat-colored skin and handsome face appeared in front of everyone.

If it weren't for his behavior just now, just looking at his face, one would inevitably think he was a poor young man.

Lu Chen opened his eyes wide and pointed at the man: "You...Huang Yanshun!"

As soon as this name came out, Lu Feng showed a puzzled expression.

He looked at Lu Chen and asked, "What Huang Yanshun?"

Lu Chen said, "He and Zhang Da escorted us out of the capital together. They were sent out of the capital by Uncle Zhang to take our lives."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the people present instantly became tense.

Even the look he gave Huang Yanshun showed a hint of vigilance.

The food on the table was cleared away, and Jiang Zhenyu sat down holding Zhaocai.

A hint of surprise flashed across Huang Yanshun's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

He said, "Your Highness, do you want me to reveal the secrets in the letter in front of so many people?"

Xiao Jingzhou: "No problem."

Huang Yanshun sat down again. Lu Chen had no time to scold him for being unreasonable. He just felt that the prince was too lenient with him.

Huang Yanshun asked: "Do you know my real name?"

Xiao Jingzhou: "My surname is Lu."

After saying this, Lu Chen suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Feng.

In his heart, he hoped that it was that person, but also hoped that it was not that person.

Xiao Jingzhou said softly: "Lu Heng, Lu Zhiyuan."

Huang Yanshun paused, then chuckled and said, “I didn’t know that he even had a name.

With such a lofty vision, I am not afraid of falling to the bottom. ”

After a long while, he put away his smile and asked, "Where do you want to start?"

Xiao Jingzhou went straight to the point: "How did you become Huang Yanshun?"

"Why didn't you reveal your true identity during your exile?"

"Taifu, what is your intention in setting up this situation?"

"I want to listen to it!"

'Huang Yanshun' is also Lu Heng. When his eyes met Xiao Jingzhou's, he immediately dodged away.

He lowered his eyes and nodded: "Okay! Let's start from the beginning!"

Jiang Zhenyu was holding Zhaocai, she was not unfamiliar with Huang Yanshun's name.

On the way to exile, Zhang Da made trouble for Xiao Jingzhou. After she came to the ancient times, she heard Lu Chen complain about him a lot.

Lu Heng said: "When your highness was assassinated in the palace, the remnants of the previous dynasty took me as your highness and kidnapped me.

The journey out of the capital was smooth. ”

Jiang Zhenyu couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

If he accompanied the prince to the palace and was mistaken for the prince by the bad guys, he must not be an ordinary person.

Even if he was the prince's companion, he should not have been able to leave the capital smoothly after the incident.

It was not until Jiang Zhenyu spoke that Lu Heng began to look at Jiang Zhenyu.

He asked, "Crown Princess?"

Before Jiang Zhenyu could explain, Xiao Jingzhou interrupted her.

"Go on."

Lu Heng: "With the help of people in the capital, the remnants of the previous dynasty can act recklessly."

“After leaving the city, I was sent to a hilltop.

The remnants of the previous dynasty are entrenched here.

They want to use me to make a big fuss, threaten Your Majesty, seize territory, and let the former Prince Yong leave the capital. ”

Lu Heng is one year older than Xiao Jingzhou, and is only a thirteen-year-old boy.

Emperor Dajing cut off the head of the previous emperor and proclaimed himself king and emperor.

How could the remnants of the previous dynasty let the "crown prince" have an easy time?

Lu Heng was hungry and cold in the mountains, and was often beaten and scolded.

He was in his teens, a scholar, with fair skin and handsome features.

After a few days, he became very thin and his whole body was covered in purple from being whipped.

One day, a drunk man carried him to the stable and tried to do something inappropriate.

He took the opportunity to pull out the dagger from the man's waist and stabbed it into the man's heart.

Hot blood spurted onto his face and into his eyes.

But he didn't feel anything, only the uncontrollable numbness in his hands and the excitement after seeing the blood.

The drunken man's strength declined and he soon lost the strength to resist and died in the stable.

Lu Heng used all his strength to drag the man under the horse trough, covered him with straw, and hid in the forest with a horse.

When he returned to the stable again, he stripped off his upper body clothes, limped back to his room crying.

When others saw this, they thought the man had vented his anger and fell asleep in the stable.

The next day, they found that the man was missing and a horse was missing from the stable.

They thought the man had sneaked down the mountain to visit a brothel and did not ask any further questions.

I don't know if those people thought Lu Heng couldn't escape, or if they just wanted to humiliate Lu Heng for fun, so they didn't tie him up and throw him into the woodshed.

Instead, they put a hood over his head like a horse and made him sleep in the stable.

Seeing that the opportunity had come, Lu Heng burst into tears and made a fuss in the stable, screaming and begging for mercy.

Everyone thought the man had returned, and no one came out to check.

Lu Heng took the opportunity to go to the woods and find the horses he had hidden.

He did not drive the horses, for he did not know the way down the mountain, and so he let them wander about in the woods on their own.

At daybreak, the horses descended the mountain on their own.

There is no other reason.

The remnants of the previous dynasty usually went down the mountain when it was dark, and the horses naturally knew how to "lead the way".

Only after Lu Heng came down the mountain did he realize that this place was twenty miles away from the capital.

He originally wanted to ride his horse all the way back to the capital.

Unexpectedly, Prince Yong's subordinates reacted quickly and chased him on horseback.