However, just as Qin Jiuge was about to lead his men to investigate the secret passage, he saw Yun Yan turning out from a corridor by himself.
He staggered towards the crowd, with a look of hangover confusion on his face.
He rubbed his eyes and said in a timid voice: "What...what happened?"
Qin Jiuge immediately drew the sword from the guard beside him and pointed it at him. "Where did you go just now?"
'Yun Yan' was so frightened that he trembled and almost fell to the ground.
"I, I was under the peach tree in the backyard. I drank too much and accidentally fell asleep."
After saying that, he looked at his friend with an innocent look on his face, "What happened?"
Qin Jiuge stared at him suspiciously: "When the water broke out in the wing room, did you hear any noise?"
Yun Yan shook his head blankly, with just the right amount of fear on his face: "Fire...fire? What fire?"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look to the other side, and saw that the restaurant that had stood on the lake just now was now pitch black, with thick smoke still floating from the roof.
His eyes suddenly widened, as if he had suffered a great shock, and his legs began to tremble involuntarily.
"I, I really don't know anything..."
'Yun Yan' waved his hands repeatedly, looking very panicked.
Qin Jiuge approached slowly, his eyes scrutinizing him like a knife: "Mr. Yun really has such a refined taste. He didn't attend the piano concert, but drank alone and slept soundly?"
Yun Yan lowered his head, looking somewhat embarrassed: "I, I am not good at socializing, and I am afraid of bringing shame to the Yun family, so..."
Qin Jiuge was skeptical and said coldly: "You said you drank too much, where is your wine pot? Where is it?"
Yun Yan's body trembled, and a hint of panic flashed in his half-closed eyes.
Just as he was thinking about how to get around it, a guard suddenly came to report:
"Report——"
"My dear Miss, there is something wrong with the ruined temple outside the city!"
Qin Jiuge's expression froze, and without bothering to ask any questions, he immediately jumped on his horse and followed the guard out of the city.
Yun Yan breathed a sigh of relief calmly, but his hands under his sleeves were already sweating from nervousness.
…
At the same time, in the East Palace.
Crown Prince Chu Lang was lazily lying on the couch, with two half-undressed, seductive maids kneeling on both sides, one massaging his legs and the other feeding grapes into his mouth.
He squinted his eyes, tapped the table with his fingers, and a smug smile on his face.
"Your Highness." The trusted eunuch beside him smiled flatteringly, "The music concert should be reaching its climax now. I think Master Zhou and his companions have already made that guy look ridiculous..."
"Hmph!" Chu Lang sneered complacently and pinched the maid's cheek. "I want to see how Chu Qingluan, a divorced second-time bride, has the nerve to hold a grand piano competition to choose a husband? She's bringing shame to the royal family."
At this moment, a guard ran in in a panic and knelt on one knee: "Your Highness! Something terrible has happened!"
"Asshole!" The trusted eunuch kicked the guard and said, "Can't you see that His Highness is just sitting there? Can you speak?"
Chu Lang raised his hand to stop the eunuch from attacking, and asked the guard who reported the news, "What happened?"
The guard bowed and reported: "Qin, something happened to the Qin Society. Master Zhou and his men were exposed in public and driven out of Wangyue Lake. The princess is still... still..."
"What?"
Chu Lang sat up straight abruptly, stood up and pushed away the maid beside him.
"The princess also took the opportunity to win over the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, as well as seven or eight other noble ladies including the Lin family. Now the whole capital is praising the princess for her wisdom."
"waste!"
Chu Lang suddenly jumped up, picked up the paperweight at hand and threw it out.
The guard didn't dare to dodge and could only let the paperweight hit his forehead, and blood immediately gushed out.
"What's the point of me keeping a bunch of good-for-nothings like you!?"
"I can't even get into a small piano club!"
At this moment, another guard stumbled in and reported, "Report, Your Highness, Miss Gu disappeared at the banquet, and the wing room was on fire. Miss Qin has taken people outside the city to catch the thief!"
"What?!"
Gu Yanran is missing? ?
Chu Lang was shocked at first, and then confused.
"The information I got said that the Yun family's bastard was found in the backyard, drunk and asleep. But the timing is too coincidental."
Chu Lang stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
"The Yun family...bastard... huh, quite interesting."
At this time, the trusted eunuch Qiu Yuan stepped forward and suggested to Chu Lang: "Your Highness, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Chu Lang tilted his head to look at him.
Qiu Yuan continued, "Your Highness, think about it. If Prime Minister Gu knew that his precious daughter was kidnapped by thieves at the princess's banquet, he would definitely..."
The eunuch didn't say the rest of the words, but the malicious look on his face made Chu Lang's eyes light up.
He clapped his hands and laughed a few times, then ordered his servants: "Go, tell Prime Minister Gu this good news. Also, find someone to spread the word in the teahouses and taverns, saying that the Prime Minister's daughter disappeared at the princess's husband selection banquet, and her life or death is unknown!"
The guard received the order and was about to leave, but heard Chu Lang stop him again:
"Wait a minute!" He straightened his clothes and took a step forward. "Forget it, I'll go to Gu's house myself."
This is a perfect opportunity to win over the Gu family and step on Chu Qingluan. How could he miss it?
——
On this side, when Qin Jiuge and his guards rushed to the ruined temple, they only found a pool of blood left in front of the door and several footprints of varying depths.
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