Chapter 267 Returning a Favor
Originally, after Yang Zhe drank the "poisoned wine" and the person who poisoned the prince confessed, he completely believed in Yang Zhe's innocence. The prince said something privately that made him keep a trick up his sleeve.
The Crown Prince said, "First, Princess Yi'an, who was engaged to Yang Xiuzhuan, was framed for the murder of Princess Lingque. Then, Yang Xiuzhuan became the suspect in the poisoning of the Crown Prince. Doesn't the Grand Commander think that there are too many major events surrounding Yang Xiuzhuan? This in itself deserves our attention."
After hearing this, Cheng Maoming decisively sent his men to follow Yang Zhe, keeping him under his watch. Therefore, the fact that the top scholar went into the clothing store today and an ordinary young man came out did not escape the spies' eyes.
At this time, Cheng Maoming was riding on his horse and looking at the people in the car, and he once again sighed in his heart how good the Prince Jing was.
Prince Jing is his lucky star, he would never get tired of saying it a hundred times!
The young man, who looked nothing like Yang Zhe, sat quietly. The hand holding the Suqing car door curtain was slender and white, as if it was carefully carved out of jade.
Passersby on the official road cast curious glances, intimidated by the Jinlin Guards' imposing presence, daring to look further and quickly retreating. Most couldn't help but sigh inwardly for the young man, wondering how he had provoked those killers.
After a long time, the young man sitting in the car spoke.
It was a sunny day today, and the winter sun seemed as bright as the spring sunshine, casting a few rays obliquely on the young man's face, making his apparently delicate face appear otherworldly.
His voice was as clear as a spring, flowing past people's ears: "I just wanted to leave the city, but I didn't expect to trouble General Cheng to come."
The previous anger and politeness were all disguises, and now only calmness remains.
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It is also equivalent to frankly admitting one's identity.
Cheng Maoming almost clapped his hands in applause.
Look at this old prince. In terms of intelligence, bearing, and character, he is far superior to the deposed prince.
At this moment, he actually felt a trace of regret.
Of course, this trace of regret was nothing. Cheng Maoming smiled and clasped his fists: "Yang Xiuzhuan is of noble status. It is only right that I come to pick him up personally."
The young man raised his eyes and met Cheng Maoming's gaze.
"The Grand Commander knows everything?"
"Yes, I know everything."
"Because of Prince Jing?" Even Yang Zhe himself couldn't explain why, but this sentence just came out of his mouth.
Cheng Maoming's eyebrows twitched, but he remained silent and did not answer.
And his silence was Yang Zhe's consent.
A smile bloomed on his lips, a self-deprecating smile: "It's too late after all. Yesterday, I heard that Miss Lin Er was kidnapped by thieves, so I should have left."
Mr. Fox realized that he might be recognized by Miss Lin Er, so he ordered someone to kidnap Miss Lin Er. This move was actually not wrong. They had been dormant for so many years, relying on various precautions.
When the news reached him, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
The involvement of Prince Jing and Miss Lin had always been visible in those previous events, and the results were far from satisfactory for them. He had a vague premonition that Prince Jing and Miss Lin would one day become trouble for him.
But he was reluctant to give up the current good situation and ignored the premonition until he received the letter today that Mr. Fox had been arrested, and he had to flee in a hurry.
It was a step too late after all.
Yang Zhe laughed at himself, his posture becoming more upright. "Thank you very much for coming to pick me up, Grand Commander. Let's go."
He lowered Su Qing's car door curtain, neither denying nor panicking.
If you lose a chess game by one move, you can only admit defeat, but you cannot lose face as well.
Who made him the Crown Prince Qi Ming?
The young man in the car raised his hand and touched his cheek, then pulled off the mask, revealing Yang Zhe's face.
But then he gently stroked the face that was all too familiar to him and smiled bitterly.
This is not the face of Prince Qi Ming. He can't even remember what his original face looked like.
Cheng Maoming took Yang Zhe straight to the Jinlinwei Yamen and met Qi Shuo who was standing quietly by the road.
Qi Shuo glanced at the green-curtained carriage following behind Cheng Maoming. Cheng Maoming nodded slightly, indicating that the person they wanted to catch was among them.
The two communicated silently, but whether it was a coincidence or not, the azure car curtain suddenly lifted up, revealing the man's profile that looked like a banished immortal.
It was Yang Zhe, the outstanding and famous top scholar in the capital.
The pair of eyes as clear as water looked over, with an unfathomable ripple in their eyes. It was not until the carriage passed the people on the roadside that the curtain fell silently.
Qi Shuo withdrew his gaze calmly and headed towards Prince Jing's Mansion.
Although their positions are different, it is enough for him to have a clear conscience.
Cheng Maoming brought the man back to the Jinlinwei Yamen, repeatedly instructed his subordinates to keep a good eye on him, and then rushed to the palace in a hurry.
Emperor Tai'an has not yet recovered from the grief of the crown prince's death.
This blow was too great for him. He lost not only a son, but also the heir to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, Cheng Maoming, the commander of the Jinlin Guard, requests to see you." A eunuch stepped forward to report.
"Send him in."
Emperor Tai'an met Cheng Maoming in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
He immediately noticed the unconcealed joy on Cheng Maoming's face, so he asked, "Any progress on Mr. Fox's whereabouts?"
"Thanks to the Emperor, this man is already in the Jinlin Guard prison."
Emperor Taian couldn't help but sit up straight: "Oh, how did you find it?"
"Your Majesty, the fact that we were able to capture Mr. Fox so quickly was all thanks to Miss Lin Er."
Prince Jing has helped him many times, so he should return the favor and help Miss Lin solve the trouble caused by being kidnapped by thieves.
"The second young lady of the general's mansion?" Emperor Tai'an was very familiar with Lin Hao's name. Not only because she was the Crown Princess of Prince Jing, but also because there had been too much news about this young lady in the past year or so, and they were all eye-catching events.
"Tell me, why is it related to Miss Lin Er?"
"Just yesterday, Miss Lin Er was visiting her cousin, Wen Feng, who had been released from prison. When she was about to return home, she was kidnapped by thieves..."
Emperor Tai'an raised his eyebrows.
As expected, nothing related to that little girl is a trivial matter.
"Later, a daughter of a noble and a wealthy merchant were kidnapped. When the news spread, people thought the thieves were targeting girls from wealthy families out for their own money. However, after Prince Jing secretly sneaked into Wuyin Mountain and rescued the three women, he learned from Miss Lin Er that she had been kidnapped because she had noticed a doctor at a clinic near her cousin's residence who bore a resemblance to Mr. Fox's portrait..."
After hearing Cheng Maoming's account of how he had captured Mr. Fox, Emperor Tai'an smiled, a rare moment of his life: "This girl has quite a bit of courage and luck."
"I originally thought that capturing Mr. Hu would be our greatest achievement, but I didn't expect that after interrogating him, we would make a shocking discovery." Cheng Maoming laid the groundwork and got to the point. "Mr. Hu confessed that Yang Zhe, also known as Yang Xiuzhuan, is actually the former Crown Prince Qi Ming, who disappeared in the chaos ten years ago!"
Emperor Tai'an stood up suddenly: "What did you say?"
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