Chapter 117 Where are the people?

"Li Dingning! Open the door!"

The gate of Qiluan Palace was tightly closed. All the palace servants hid in the yard, not daring to open the door. Some palace servants, upon hearing the knock on the door, subconsciously picked up brooms and other handy objects.

"Li Dingning! If you don't open the door, I'll kick it down!"

Li Fu was about to kick the door when Li Dingning's voice suddenly rang out from the yard, "Wait, don't kick it yet, I'm coming."

Li Dingning put on a coat and hurried out of the house. He looked at the palace servants gathered at the door and hurried them with a frown, "Make way, make way."

The door opened, and Li Fu's breath was a little hurried. He first glanced around the yard, then looked at Li Dingning, "Where is Chu Qinglin?"

Li Dingning scratched his head and said with a smile: "You mean Xiao Linzi, he... isn't he at his residence? If not, then I don't know, hehe."

"You don't know?" Li Fu frowned and looked at him, "Isn't he working in your palace? How could you not know?"

"Yes!" Li Dingning slammed his fist into the palm of his other hand. "How could I not know? I should know, but why don't I know?"

Li Fu grabbed Li Dingning's clothes at the collar, squinted his eyes, and his expression became very scary. "I don't have time to joke with you. Let me ask you, is Chu Qinglin not in the palace at all?"

Li Dingning was pulled by Li Fu's clothes and forced to stand on tiptoe. He quickly shouted, "I told you I wouldn't lie! Oh, I told you, Xiao Linzi sneaked out of the palace more than half a month ago, and he hasn't returned since then, so I really don't know where he is."

Facing Li Fu's suspicious gaze, Li Dingning raised his hand and swore, "I swear, I will lie to you, I am a dog."

Li Fu let go of Li Dingning, turned around and left.

As soon as Li Fu left, the palace ladies in the courtyard, including Li Dingning, breathed a sigh of relief. Li Dingning stroked his wrinkled collar and couldn't help sighing. After a while, Li Dingning thought of something and shouted, "Quick, quick, close the door again! Close it tightly! Don't let anyone in!"

Li Fu left the palace directly and went to Xing Ji's place, but Xing Ji's yard was empty and there was no one there.

He came out of Xing Ji's yard and realized one thing: something must have happened to Chu Ran.

Not only Chu Ran was in trouble, Uncle Xing might have been in trouble as well.

Li Fu was feeling nervous all the way out of the palace, and when he saw that Xing Ji's yard was also empty, Li Fu became even more nervous.

Go find Shen Minghan first.

Between Shen Minghan and Li Gaoyou, there must be someone who knows.

So Li Fu mounted his horse again and returned to the palace at lightning speed.

The palace has been controlled by the Dingbei Army, and Qin Yuxiao has also entered the palace.

The ministers attending the dinner tonight, as well as Shen Minghan and Li Gaoyou, were all controlled in the hall.

Qin Nianwei stood aside and simply reported the situation to her father Qin Yuxiao in a businesslike manner, and then stood aside quietly.

Qin Yuxiao glanced around and was about to speak when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the hall. Qin Yuxiao turned his head to look outside the hall.

Li Fu ran up the stairs almost in two steps at a time.

Qin Yuxiao frowned, looking a little unhappy, "Where did you go just now? Why are you here now..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Fu said, "Uncle, let's talk about this later."

Having said that, he approached Shen Minghan.

"Where are the people?"

Li Fu looked down at Shen Minghan who was tied up and sitting paralyzed on the ground.

Shen Minghan looked puzzled, "What did you say?"

"Chu Qinglin, where are the others?!"

Shen Minghan was silent for a while, then confessed honestly: "He was locked in a room in the northeast corner of my house."

Li Fu took a deep breath, and the anger on his face subsided a little. He pointed at someone and said, "Go to the Shen residence and bring that person back. Remember, do it as soon as possible."

The waiting process was long, and the person just came back, but the news was not what Li Fu wanted.

"Your Highness, I have learned that there was indeed a person imprisoned in the Shen Mansion before, but a few hours ago, the person was taken away by a eunuch from the palace."

Li Fu kicked Shen Minghan in the chest with a fierce look on his face, "You lied to me? Where is he?!"

Shen Minghan was an old man, and he almost vomited blood after being kicked so hard. "Why would I lie to you?! I'm just..."

The voice stopped abruptly, Shen Minghan frowned and looked at Li Gaoyou opposite him.

Li Fu also reacted, immediately picked up the knife, turned around and walked towards Li Gaoyou behind him.

He came all the way, with the tip of his sword pointed directly at Li Gaoyou, like an evil spirit from hell. Before he even got close to him, Li Gaoyou was so scared that he confessed first, "I, I, I, I'll get someone to take him out, throw him in the wilderness and bury him alive!"

Li Fu's forehead veins were throbbing, blood was rushing to his brain, he raised his sword to kill someone, but suddenly, his wrist was grabbed by someone. Li Fu turned his head with bloodshot eyes and looked away. Qin Yuxiao looked at him coldly and called out "Fu'er".

Li Fu did not continue to attack, but asked Li Gaoyou, "What is the exact location?"

Li Gaoyou: "I, I don't know. I just let him find a place where no one is... There's no fixed seat..."

Li Fu took a deep breath, pulled his hand out of Qin Yuxiao's hand, and went straight out.

Qin Nianwei glanced at Li Fu and followed him out.

Qin Nianwei brought a lot of people with her. Li Fu glanced at her and the people behind her. Qin Nianwei said, "It's easier to find people with more people."

Li Fu whispered "thank you" and rode quickly out of the city.