Every word Shen Yuyao said hit Xia Yu's heart hard.
During the days of traveling, Xia Yu even slept with one eye half open at night. He really didn't want to experience the pain of losing Xia Xiaoxian again.
He had only been with Xia Xiaoxian for less than three months, but he was already so heartbroken.
How heartbroken would those parents be whose own flesh and blood were stolen to serve as medicine for the devil?
Xia Yu's brows were furrowed, and flames of anger flashed in his wide-open eyes.
What a not human being!
brute!
"Your Highness?" Shen Yuyao looked up.
Xia Yu came back to his senses and said, "This matter must be investigated thoroughly!"
Shen Yuyao rubbed her brows with her fingers. It was easy to say, but how could she get the real evidence that Prince Lu was committing a crime?
Shen Yuyao looked at Xia Xiaoxian.
"Don't even think about it!"
Xia Yu scolded her lightly. He thought Shen Yuyao wanted to use Xia Xiaoxian as bait to lure those thieves into a trap.
Shen Yuyao glared at Xia Yu.
Stupid King Ning, what are you thinking about?
How could Shen Yuyao let Xia Xiaoxian be the bait?
That was Shen Yuyao's life. Did she still want to live?
For a moment, the two of them were thinking about their own things and didn't say anything.
Xia Xiaoxian looked at Prince Ning, then at Shen Yuyao.
Oh no, why did the atmosphere become so awkward just because my parents said something wrong?
"Mother, Xiaoxian, I'm hungry!"
Xia Xiaoxian pulled Shen Yuyao's sleeve and asked her to look at her sunken belly.
"Little Princess, you just had some sweet-scented osmanthus cake, why are you hungry so soon?"
Zi Su was a little confused. The little princess was just a little baby, why could she eat so much?
"That's fine. If we hurry up, we can still get into the city before the gates close."
Xia Yu smiled and said, "Once we enter the city, there will be a lot of delicious food!"
After saying that, Xia Yu stood up and walked out of the carriage.
Shen Yuyao only heard the sound of horse hooves outside the carriage, which made her even more anxious. Even Dao Yan's carriage began to shake slightly.
Shen Yuyao lifted the car curtain and asked Xia Yu: "Your Majesty, the little princess just had some meat patties, there's no need to rush too much."
Xia Yu nodded slightly and said, "Well, let's go into the city earlier. I want to walk around a bit more."
Shen Yuyao knew in her heart that Xia Yu wanted to use his spies in the Ning Palace to find out some facts.
During the Great Xia Dynasty, because the emperor was suspicious, most of the princes inherited this trait.
Among the nine princes, eight are quite scheming, and the only one with a simple mind is the King of Qi.
Therefore, each prince arranged his own spies not only in the capital, but also in the fiefdoms of his brothers. Everyone knew this tacitly!
At this time, Xia Yu was angry that King Lu did not fight back, and he was also angry that he had not received such information.
Eyeliner doesn't work.
Is it true that Ning Wang Xia Yu is just a blind man?
Shen Yuyao was originally carrying out the emperor's order. If she wanted to find out the crimes of Prince Lu and get solid evidence, she really had to come up with a good method.
The carriage continued traveling for a while before finally arriving at the gate of Qingzhou City.
Qingzhou is not like Haozhou. Xia Yu discovered that the city gates of Qingzhou did not allow people to enter and exit freely.
Instead, you have to go through two checkpoints of guards and explain the reason for your trip before you can enter or exit.
Zhang Yu arrived at the city gate first and showed the token to the guard at the gate.
The guards hurriedly removed the roadblocks and said that the young lady and young master of the Duke's Mansion were going to pass through Qingzhou and asked them to get out of the way.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Shen Yuyao's Black Dragon Guard command order and Xia Yu's King Ning's order were not taken out.
Shen Yuyao half-opened the car curtain and looked out.
Shen Yuyao discovered that the situation at the gate of Qingzhou City was very strange.
It was almost evening, and logically, there should be fewer people entering the city and more people leaving.
But at this time, the people entering and leaving Qingzhou City Gate were exactly the opposite.
Many people were queuing up, waiting to enter the city gate.
Shen Yuyao felt even more strange when her carriage passed by the people waiting in line to enter the city.
Most of the common people who were queuing to enter the city were holding a baby boy in their hands.
Shen Yuyao's eyes turned cold when she saw this. It seemed that Qingzhou City was indeed a bit strange.
She looked at Xia Yu, and from Xia Yu's eyes, Shen Yuyao could tell that Xia Yu should have noticed something.
As Shen Yuyao and his group entered the city, there was a sudden commotion at the city gate, and the noise became louder and louder.
Shen Yuyao lifted the car curtain and motioned Zhang Yu to go and see what was going on.
"Master, please let my grandson enter the city!"
“Please!”
An old man with a hunched back bowed to the military officer with both hands.
"Grandpa, I won't go. Don't beg them!" There was stubbornness in the little grandson's eyes.
"Old man, it's not that we brothers don't want your grandson to go in, it's that your grandson is not a registered resident of Qingzhou."
A thin-looking city gate guard said to the old man, "There's a curfew in Qingzhou City now. Anyone who isn't registered will be expelled from the city! If the leading city gate captain finds out that I let anyone in, I'm afraid I won't be able to do my job!"
"Master, please have pity on me, your father-in-law. I have lost both my son and my wife. For the sake of this one grandson, please let him go into the city and hide!"
As the father-in-law spoke, he knelt down before the guards and kowtowed repeatedly.
Those who were queuing up to enter the city also pleaded for my father-in-law.
"It's getting dark, General, please let this old man and the child go into the city. It's too unsafe outside the city at night."
"Yes, Master Jun, this old man is so pitiful."
"Just be kind and turn a blind eye and let them in!"
"Last night, a woman from another town was unable to enter the city with her baby boy. This morning, she was found dead in the woods outside the city, and the baby boy was nowhere to be found."
"Yes, yes. Three days ago, someone broke into the Zhang family in Hongyue Village, a suburb of the city. The twin boys were kidnapped, and the rest of the family was killed!"
"Outside Qingzhou City these days, the nights are truly terrifying. People say there are man-eating monsters!"
"The villagers in several villages near the city all had relatives in the city, so they took refuge with them. Those who could escape fled with their children. Now many of the surrounding villages are deserted. It's really terrifying."
The guard listened to the people around him talking, nodded frequently, and showed a look of pity on his face.
"What are so many people arguing about here?" A man who looked like a captain at the city gate walked out of the crowd.
"Captain Yu, this old man is not from Qingzhou and does not have a badge. He wants to hide in the city now."
The guard at the city gate bowed respectfully and replied, "Look?"
The man turned his head and looked at the old man, whose clothes were already tattered. He snorted and said, "Qingzhou is the world of Prince Lu, so we must do as Prince Lu tells us!"
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