Hearing this, Luo Lan's expression suddenly became nervous. Could it be that this person wanted to harm Leng Yu?

She raised her eyebrows slightly. The first person she thought of who wanted to harm Leng Yu was that dog prince. So, she asked in a cold voice:

"Who sent you? Leng Yu has become what he is now, and your master still won't let him go? Has his conscience been eaten by a dog?"

The man in black hurriedly shook his head. "Are you Princess Yu? You misunderstood. I don't mean to harm Prince Yu. I'm just an acquaintance of his."

Luo Lan looked at him warily, "Show your face and tell me your name. I'll go tell Prince Yu. If he's willing to see me, I'll let you see him."

The man glanced at Luo Lan and then said:

"I can tell you my name, but you can't take off the veil. There are too many people here and they are all gossipy."

Luo Lan gave a helpless smile. Didn't the people who came to see Leng Yu dare to be open and aboveboard?

She didn't want to embarrass him anymore, so she nodded and said:

"Okay, tell me, what's your name?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly and clearly:

"Please tell His Majesty that my name is Ling Xiao."

Luo Lan looked at him again and said to the Queen:

"Wait here. I'll ask the prince if he recognizes him. Keep a close eye on him."

She winked at Ah Hou, intending to tell him to keep an eye on this man and not let him run away.

She turned around and went back into the house.

Seeing her come back, Leng Yu asked anxiously:

"What happened?"

She came up to him and asked softly:

"There's a person named Ling Xiao. Do you recognize him?"

Hearing this name, Leng Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with a pale face, "Lan'er, why did you mention him?"

"That guy outside said his name was Ling Xiao, and he asked to see you."

Leng Yu was suddenly speechless, his face changed color, he clenched his fists and said anxiously:

"Let him in quickly."

Judging from his nervousness, he must recognize this Ling Xiao.

So Luo Lan turned around and went out.

But she was not sure about letting a man in black come before Leng Yu. What if he was a murderous assassin?

Thinking of this, she came outside and said to everyone:

"Ahou and Ayu stay, the rest of you leave!"

After hearing this, everyone retreated. Luo Lan then slowly walked up to him and said slowly:

"Your Highness recognizes your name, but I'm not sure if you're the Ling Xiao you mentioned. To allay your concerns, since there are only four of us here, please take off your veil!"

Ling Xiao pondered for a while before raising his hand and pulling off the veil from his face.

The man in front of him looked young, with sunken eyes and a melancholy look in his eyes. His cheeks were thin and bloodless, with only a hint of paleness remaining. His face was full of vicissitudes of life that was not what he should have at his age.

He doesn't look like a bad guy when he looks so weak that he can be blown down by a gust of wind.

Luo Lan said to Ahou and Ayu:

"Take him inside, cheer him up, and don't let him get too close to the prince."

No matter what, she didn't dare to be careless.

As soon as she finished speaking, she pushed open the door and led the way. Ayu and Ahou put their swords on Ling Xiao's neck and carried him into the house.

When they came to the bedside, Leng Yu, who was sitting on the bed, saw Ling Xiao, his eyes suddenly turned red. He stretched out his hands tremblingly.

"Xiao Lingzi, is that you?"

The moment Ling Xiao saw Leng Yu, tears welled up in his eyes. He suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Your Highness, Xiao Lingzi is guilty. Xiao Lingzi is incompetent and could not come back earlier to protect Your Highness. Please punish her."

Seeing this scene, Luo Lan could tell that Leng Yu was very familiar with this little Lingzi. She waved to Ayu and Ahou, and they retreated one after the other. She also said to Leng Yu:

"Since you two are old acquaintances, let's have a good chat! I'll go see Dazhi."

Leng Yu nodded, Luo Lan glanced at Ling Xiao, then turned and left.

"Xiao Lingzi, get up quickly and sit over here so I can take a look at you."

At this moment, Leng Yu looked at Ling Xiao in front of him, as excited as someone who had been galloping in the desert for a long time and finally saw a source of water.

Ling Xiao also wiped the tears from his face, slowly stood up and sat down on the wooden chair beside Leng Yu's bed. He looked at him and choked up, "Prince, your leg?"

Leng Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "My leg injury is an old one. Xiao Lingzi, tell me quickly, how have you been through all these years? How are Xiao Tanzi and the others doing?"

Hearing him ask this, Xiao Lingzi bit her lips, clenched her fists, and told Leng Yu about their experiences over the years.

It turned out that three years ago, after Leng Yu was confined to his house by the emperor, the four great guards around him did not believe that Leng Yu would do such a thing, so during the emperor's morning court, they broke through the palace gate, knelt at the door of the hall, and begged the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter.

But the emperor at that time was already dizzy with anger, and the instigation of the crown prince, Grand Tutor Wu and the crown prince's followers said that they dared to kneel in front of the hall for a long time, which was a threat to the emperor. In addition, these four people were highly skilled in martial arts. If they were not subdued, they would become a disaster in the future.

So the emperor issued an order to put the four of them on a prison van and send them to Ningguta under heavy guard. They were handcuffed and shackled all year round, forced to do hard labor, but not allowed to have enough food. The emperor said that they were young and strong and he was afraid that after eating a lot, they would think about sex and make serious mistakes again.

In the past three years, they have suffered countless beatings and scoldings. Eating cold rice is like the New Year to them.

Fortunately, they survived, and all this was thanks to the protection of the national protector Liu Dechang. When they were sent to Ningguta, Lord Liu secretly handed him a letter and asked him to go there to find his disciples.

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