It takes some time for the news to be transmitted from Huangzhou to the capital.
Just as Song Changke and Yao Shuang'er were having a passionate affair and Princess Daning was crying alone, the news that the couple was abducted in Huangzhou and had no news since then finally spread in the capital.
The guards of Prince Duan's Mansion who escaped after the confrontation with Captain Zhang rushed back to the capital day and night to report that the people who kidnapped Princess Daning and Song Changke that day were not unrelated to the Huangzhou Guards.
Lin Jian, the commander of Huangzhou, cannot escape blame.
The local commander, who abducted a princess from the royal family, and the soon-to-be-appointed superior, the governor...it all sounded unbelievable.
There were comments in the court asking whether there might be a misunderstanding.
How could Prince Duan listen to this?
His beloved daughter, whom he loved like the apple of his eye, disappeared in a remote and desolate state. Now he had to find the murderer and the whereabouts of his daughter. Why were these people still telling him about misunderstandings?
No matter whether it is a misunderstanding or not, the right thing to do is to find the person as soon as possible!
Prince Duan immediately got angry in the court, then knelt in the hall, crying to Emperor Xiaoming, "Your Majesty, my wife only left me with Danning, my bloodline. If anything happens to Danning, I won't be able to live. I might as well go after them..."
Emperor Xiao Ming's temples were throbbing with pain from the crying, and he wanted to shout "Shut up", but the person crying below was none other than his own blood-related master.
He holds a high status among the royal family and has always been close to him. Even in order to appease the royal family and displease the court officials, he has to endure it no matter how impatient he is.
Seeing Prince Duan kneeling below, wiping his tears with his sleeves and kowtowing to beg him to make a decision for Dan Ning, Emperor Xiaoming hurriedly said, "Uncle, you can't do that."
He ordered the eunuch to help Prince Duan up and comfort him, saying, "Dan Ning and Song Aiqing were killed in Huangzhou, and I am also extremely worried. So, I will send the commanders of Hanzhou and Qingzhou, which border Danzhou, to lead troops into Huangzhou to find the whereabouts of Dan Ning and Song Aiqing, and send another team of Jinyiwei to Huangzhou to investigate the matter thoroughly. We must give an explanation as soon as possible. What do you think, uncle?"
This was the most important reply that Emperor Xiaoming could give. Prince Duan bowed his head and kowtowed, saying respectfully, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the court session.
In the courtyard of Wangyue Tower, which can be seen from somewhere in the capital, two people sat facing each other, with worried looks on their faces.
"To cut the grass, you must remove the roots. Lin Yan was too careless. How could he let the people from Prince Duan's Mansion escape back from Huangzhou!"
"You said that Princess Daning and Song Changke were really kidnapped by Lin Yan? Why did he kidnap them? Could it be that he wanted Princess Daning and Song Changke to find out what he did in private?"
"It doesn't matter whether they found out or not. The Jinyiwei are already on their way. Send a letter to Lin Yan quickly and ask him to clean up the mess. Even if he can't, he must not involve the capital."
The two people who were talking never doubted from beginning to end that Princess Daning and Song Changke were not kidnapped by Lin Yan.
Lin Jian had no idea that such a huge pot had fallen from the sky without his knowledge!
…
After receiving the secret letter sent from the capital, he learned that the Jinyiwei sent by Emperor Xiaoming were on their way at full speed.
Qi Xu ordered his men to sort out all the "harvest" during this period and hand it over to Lin Yue, the Hanzhou Censor who had already entered Huangzhou.
All his arrangements in Huangzhou had come to the point of "closing the net". At this point, he could retire with his achievements accomplished, quietly erasing any traces of himself and Tianshu Pavilion from this incident.
"Master, shall we set off for Chongzhou in the next two days?" Feng Ping said in a low voice, "We can't delay the fiefdom for too long. You haven't shown up for a long time. The local officials and noble families in Tan, Qian, and Yi have sent people to the palace to test the waters many times. I'm afraid they have some guesses in their hearts now."
"Don't pay attention to them. The flood has caused great harm. These local dignitaries cannot escape responsibility. When I arrive at my fiefdom, I will deal with them one by one." Qi Xu stroked the outline of the ancient jade on his chest through his collar, and silently went over what had happened in various places in Dayong during this period of time.
With a plan in mind, he ordered, "Leave a team of Anbu personnel to cooperate with Lin Yue to investigate the collusion with the Northern Barbarians. The rest of you will follow me to Chongzhou early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Master." Feng Ping responded. He was about to turn around and go out to arrange the things that his master had asked him to do, but he suddenly stopped and said with some embarrassment: "What about Princess Daning and Song Changke..."
Qi Xu naturally did not forget about his aunt.
In fact, although he was no longer in the mountains, he knew everything that happened in the mountains. Thinking of what Song Changke had done in the past few days, he was also filled with indignation.
"Song Changke continues to watch over there, no need to interfere."
"As for Princess Danning..."
Qi Xu sighed softly, "Let the people guarding her relax a little and give her a chance to go down the mountain. Let her see with her own eyes what kind of person the person next to her is."
"……yes."
…
The order was transmitted back to the mountain, and the most excited people were the people in Tianshu Pavilion who were staring at Princess Daning.
After a few days, when they saw the comparison between Princess Daning and Song Changke's conditions, they really felt sympathy for this princess who was known to be unruly. They were angry at her for not being able to judge people well and sad that she had given her true love to the wrong person.
After learning that their master had asked them to let down their guard and give Princess Daning a chance to escape down the mountain, they immediately took the opportunity to deliver lunch and left a gap in the gate.
Princess Denning didn't notice at first that the gate was forgotten to be locked.
As she was sipping the shredded chicken porridge in her bowl, she wondered if her husband was starving, when she suddenly saw the wild flowers outside the yard being blown in through the cracks in the gate...
After delivering lunch, those men in black actually forgot to lock the gate to the courtyard!
The number of black-clad men entering and leaving the yard in the past two days has been much less than in the previous two days, and Princess Denning noticed that it was basically only the same two or three people who entered the yard.
It is very likely that the people responsible for guarding this courtyard are only those two or three days.
According to the pattern of the past few days, the next time someone comes will be in the evening when dinner is approaching, at least two or three hours away...
Now is the perfect time to escape.
But it may not be safe outside, there may be wild beasts and wolves in the mountains...
Standing by the gate, Princess Denning hesitated for a moment.
In the end, her worry about her husband prevailed.
She gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, lifted the hems of her long skirt on both sides, and trotted down the mountain in the direction Song Changke had gone when he escaped that day.
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In Hankou Village, at the end of the village, some distance away from other houses, it is in the hunter's courtyard closest to the mountain.
Yao Shuang'er was carrying a wooden tray full of side dishes when she came to the door of the east wing and called out in a delicate voice, "Brother Song, I'm here to bring you lunch."
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