Nangong Yunxue nodded.
"Chicken legs, roasted pigeon, pork elbow..."
"Oh my god, Jiuer, you are so amazing!"
Nangong Jiu raised her non-existent little tail and wiggled her little butt.
Of course, I have healing powers myself, so even if you feel uncomfortable, I can cure it quietly.
**
The following days.
Everyone in the general's mansion was busy for half a month, doing trivial tasks such as receiving betrothal gifts, counting dowries, and preparing the banquet guest list.
It was approaching dusk.
Ajie, the leader of the secret guards beside Emperor Dongling, hurried to the general's mansion.
"General, the Emperor has an urgent matter to discuss with you. Please bring the princess with you and follow me into the palace."
Nangong Honglie guessed that it must be an urgent matter, otherwise the emperor would not be so anxious to come looking for someone.
"You go back first, we'll be there soon."
Nangong Jiu got the news and brought Xiao Wang to find Nangong Honglie.
Grandfather, you and I will ride Xiao Wang, and my uncle will ride Xiao Xing. Remember to close your eyes tightly and only open them when I tell you to.
Nangong Honglie and his son nodded to show that they understood.
A few of them quickly arrived at the imperial study.
Emperor Dongling saw the few people and was not surprised: "Jiuer, something strange happened in Li County. Your fifth uncle and Minister Chen went to investigate, but there has been no result.
I received a distress call earlier, saying they were trapped."
Nangong Yunsheng suddenly remembered something: "Dad, Lijia Village seems to be in Li County, right?"
"Well, Lijia Village is under the jurisdiction of Li County, but it's quite remote."
Nangong Jiu was a little confused: [What strange thing happened in Li County? ]
"The Li County Magistrate submitted a memorial stating that a group of mysterious individuals had been searching for a woman in Li County for the past two or three months..."
Emperor Dongling briefly explained the matter.
【Only looking for women in their twenties? 】
Emperor Dongling nodded.
Nangong Jiu thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Li County isn't far away. I'll go see what's going on and bring the Fifth Emperor back with me."
Emperor Dongling looked at Nangong Honglie and his son and nodded: "It's getting dark now, let's do it tomorrow. I'll leave this matter to Jiuer."
[It's okay if it gets dark. Just wait, we'll be back soon.]
Xiao Wang hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, take some of the Fifth Prince's belongings."
Nangong Jiu hurriedly looked at Emperor Dongling: [Grandfather, please retrieve one of Fifth Uncle's belongings. We'll use it to find him.]
Emperor Dongling ordered his secret guards to get it.
A moment later, the secret guard brought Liu Xuan's jade pendant and ring.
Emperor Dongling took it and handed it to Nangong Jiu solemnly: “Jiuer, Grandfather knows that you are not an ordinary child, but you must also pay attention to safety.
You should first check the situation and save him if you can. If you can’t, tell the Emperor, and he will find a solution.”
[Well, Grandfather, don't worry. We'll be back in an hour at most.]
"Be careful!"
【knew.】
Nangong Jiu took Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing with him and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
A private residence somewhere in Li County.
Liu Xuan, Minister Chen and his group have been trapped in this house for three days.
The house was surrounded by an invisible wall and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get out. They had to use the paper bird given by Emperor Dongling to ask for help.
Minister Chen looked anxiously at Liu Xuan beside him: "Your Highness, is that paper bird really useful?"
"Don't worry, it's working! Let's hold on a little longer, someone will come to rescue us soon."
"Damn it! Who are they? Why are they trapping us here?"
"Maybe our investigation has almost revealed the truth, and they're afraid we'll ruin their plans, so they've trapped us here."
"Could it be that their plan is about to succeed?"
Liu Xuan nodded: "It's possible!
After all, this has been going on for so long, and Li County isn't very big. If we check every 20-year-old woman one by one, we should have done most of the investigation."
Minister Chen walked back and forth in the room, sorting out the whole story.
“Your Highness, perhaps this woman’s blood can help them.
That's why they would perform a ritual on the captured women and then take their blood.
As for the moon-shaped marks on the women's foreheads, they may have been a way for them to identify whether they had taken blood from them."
"Well, I just don't know who they are looking for?"
At this time, Liu Xuan's secret guard brought some food: "Master, I am not good at cooking, please eat as you please."
Liu Xuan took the ugly dough from the secret guard and asked, "What is this?"
"These are steamed buns made by my subordinates." The secret guard whispered in shame.
Liu Xuan smiled and took a bite nonchalantly: "It's okay, as long as it fills my stomach, thank you for your help."
Liu Xuan tried very hard to swallow the hard and unpalatable steamed bun. Seeing this, Minister Chen also grabbed one and started to chew it with gritted teeth.
A secret guard brought boiling water.
Minister Chen ate diligently while thanking himself: "Those guys still have some humanity and remember to leave some food for us, otherwise we would have starved to death."
Liu Xuan smiled bitterly: "They set a trap for us and deliberately let us fall into it.
It's also our fault that we were so eager to win and thought they were not dangerous that we let down our guard."
"Master, Master..."
A secret guard ran over happily to report.
"I saw a bird flying in from the top of the tree, which means that the top of the tree is accessible."
"You mean to say that the invisible wall is only as high as the treetops?"
“A little taller than the tree.”
Liu Xuan stood up immediately and said, "Find someone with good martial arts skills to go up and see what's going on."
The secret guard should go down and do it.
After a while, a secret guard with the best lightness skills stood under the tree.
Liu Xuan ordered, "Go up and take a look at the situation first. Don't try to turn it over for now."
The secret guard nodded, jumped a few times to the top of the tree, and stretched out his hand to touch outside carefully.
Finally, he reached the edge of the wall above his head and stretched out his hand.
The secret guards jumped down from the tree excitedly.
"Master, there really is no wall above the treetops, at a height of one person."
Liu Xuan was delighted: "So, we have a chance to get out?"
The secret guard nodded. "But it's so high, and there are no trees over there to use as leverage. Even if we can flip out, we'll still get hurt."
Minister Chen looked at the secret guard and asked, "What would happen if it were you?"
"The subordinates have no major problems."
"Then there is a way to think of it. As long as one person can go out, it will be easy."
Liu Xuan nodded: "It's getting dark. Let's think carefully tonight and see if there is any way to get out without getting hurt."
Sudden.
A baby voice entered everyone's ears.
"Uncle!"
Following the sound, little Wang Xiaoxing, who had transformed into a human, appeared in front of everyone holding Nangong Jiu.
"Jiu'er!"
"Princess……"
Nangong Jiu stretched out his hand to Liu Xuan, and Liu Xuan held the little guy in his arms.
[Fifth Uncle, I'm here to save you. What's the situation now?]
Liu Xuan explained happily.
"There's an invisible wall surrounding this house. We've been trapped here for three days."
"Invisible wall?"
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