Chapter 392 Helped Her Parents
Not long after Lu Tong and Zheng Yang left, another secret guard came back to report to Xiao Lanyuan.
"My Lord, I have found out something."
"explain."
"The Lu family and the Zheng family once helped the eldest son of the Fu family when he was about to take Fu Lin away."
"Huh?" Xiao Lanyuan was also surprised to hear the news.
In fact, he had asked people to investigate the Lu and Zheng families when he came down from Chaoyun Mountain, but because there were many things to do later, he put the matter aside for the time being and did not ask about it.
Now he ordered people to string together the clues he had found and check them in detail, and he unexpectedly got this result.
"What did you help with?"
"The Lu and Zheng families actually helped unintentionally. They themselves may not even know about this. During those few days, the two families happened to plan to go to Jiangnan for a trip. The two families left the capital and passed through Qingyao Town. Later, they rented a large boat together."
The secret guard continued, "From what we found out, when Master Fu and Fu Lin left the capital, we speculated that they must have sneaked out in the carriage team of some noble family. Now that we have connected the clues, we find that the time matches."
"Moreover, at that time, the Lu and Zheng families had people working in the city defense camp and the post station, so their carriages and horses were most likely the most laxly checked. And during that period, they were the ones who traveled the farthest, so they were able to take the Fu couple away from capture."
"Someone is trying to kill Lu Tong and Zheng Yang. Someone must be trying to frame the prince and alienate the prince from those people. If someone finds out about this and kills the legitimate sons of these families, and then reveals that they helped the Fu couple escape from the capital, then they are accomplices and can be said to be the prince's enemies."
"Then the death of their eldest son can be attributed to the prince's revenge on them."
Hearing this, Xiao Lanyuan frowned.
"absurd."
This argument does not hold water.
If he wanted revenge, why did he kill Lu Tong and Zheng Yang?
If he really wanted revenge, he could just overthrow these two families.
"Your Highness, if the Emperor is wise, this matter is indeed absurd, but you also know that the Emperor is afraid of you. As long as there is a little reason, the Emperor will not care whether it is reasonable or not." The secret guard said boldly.
So, people just need to have a cause that can be mentioned.
It doesn’t matter whether what follows is reasonable or not.
Xiao Lanyuan's face darkened.
"The Lu and Zheng families must have offended someone, and it is very likely that the grudge was caused by someone else's legitimate son. So the other party wanted to use this incident to alienate the relationship between me and them, and to avenge me. Go check if there is any family in the capital that has had such a feud with the Lu and Zheng families."
Then it will be clear who sent this killer.
"yes!"
The secret guard immediately dodged again.
This was a secret guard team under Xiao Lanyuan that specialized in reconnaissance and investigation, and they were different from Qing Yi and the others who specialized in protection.
Qingyi became a little worried when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, if the other party really wants to alienate the relationship between you and the nobles, it should not be just the Lu and Zheng families that are targeted."
"Well, of course not. By then, there will be the Mo family, the Shen family, and possibly the royal relatives. If things keep coming one after another, I will be at odds with them. If they really force me to hand over the things, no one will stand on my side and say a good word."
"Could it be the emperor?" Qing Yi asked.
In this case, the one who benefits is the emperor.
"Not necessarily." Xiao Lanyuan shook his head.
Although the emperor is stupid, because he used to have direct contact with the emperor emeritus, received the emperor emeritus' orders, and was forced to make promises, he would know better that these things cannot be taken back by force.
On the contrary, those fools who don't know the inside story and take things for granted would think that they can force him to hand over the Zhao Kingdom Seal and the Dragon Shadow Guard.
Since he wants these things, it means that he has some possibility of competing for the throne.
The crown prince, several princes, and maybe even their two uncles, who lost the throne to the retired emperor, have been unwilling to accept the consequences.
When the retired emperor was in power, even if they were unwilling, they knew they could not snatch the throne. Now that they see that the emperor is so stupid, perhaps that ambition has emerged again and they feel that they have another chance.
It is also possible.
But after all, it’s just these people, the scope is small, and it’s not difficult to check.
"Your Highness," Qing Yi did not dwell on this matter any more, but thought of another point, "I never thought that the princess had such a connection with the Lu and Zheng families. If the princess knew that these two families helped her parents escape from the capital, would she consider the Lu and Zheng families her benefactors?"
Speaking of which, the princess is so good to Lu Tong and Zheng Yang. If she knew about this, would she be nicer to them in the future?
Xiao Lanyuan suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"Don't tell her about this for now."
"But should we tell the Lu and Zheng families? They still haven't figured out who wanted to kill the two young masters."
"Let's not talk about it yet."
Xiao Lanyuan stood up, still feeling a little irritated, "Take those two people back to Beijing."
After all, we still have to protect their safety.
The people behind the scenes might not have thought that, knowing that these two families had helped the Fu couple escape from the capital, they were in a sense his enemies. They did not expect that Xiao Lanyuan would still protect these two people.
Xiao Lanyuan himself didn't expect this.
In the past, he wouldn't have cared whether they were dead or alive.
Qing saw that he didn't want to talk anymore, and saw him walk to the bed and sit down, looking like he wanted to go to bed, so he stood up again.
"My Lord, please take a rest first."
Xiao Lanyuan looked at the bed and felt a little disgusted.
"This quilt is so ugly that it hurts my eyes." I can't sleep.
Qing Yi's eyes widened.
This is the cotton quilt cover with a dark blue background and blue and white branch patterns that is commonly used in ordinary inns. Although it is not good-looking, isn’t it what most ordinary quilts are like?
They had stayed in inns before, so why had they never seen the prince dislike being ugly?
"Will the princess also find it so ugly that it hurts her eyes?" Qing asked unconsciously.
Xiao Lanyuan paused and looked at him.
"Now the Queen's men are coming to arrest her. Now that one group has come, will there be another group?"
"Maybe..maybe?"
"Then maybe it will be uneasy tonight?"
"Perhaps?"
Qing Yi thought, they were all prepared, the secret guards had guarded the inn like an iron barrel, and the prince had also reminded them many times to protect the princess firmly, so why were they getting worried again now?
The prince is really worried and confused.
"Then I'd better protect her nearby."
As Xiao Lanyuan spoke, he put on his veil and walked out again.
Qing Yi was stunned. So, Your Majesty, what exactly do you want?
When the inn was originally arranged, it was said that the prince and princess would stay in one room, but the prince himself said he didn’t want it, so now he’s gone again?
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