The naughty and cowardly little crybaby sold himself out

Aoki ran all the way and arrived in Nan'an in a few days. This was the place where he had lived for several years and he was very familiar with every street.

The riot in Nan'an City almost died down the moment Qingmu showed up with the War King's warrant. Qingmu had arrested many troublemakers in the past few days. They were all common people who were just following the crowd and were coerced into supporting the War King. When the War King really expressed his attitude, they compromised. However, those people who fanned the flames behind the scenes seemed to appear and disappear suddenly, and none of them were found.

The small restaurant that once belonged to Jin Xiang's family has become a tavern. The red wine flags are drooping in the drizzle of spring rain, and you can still vaguely see a bit of the former decoration style.

Aoki leaned against the corner of the wall diagonally opposite, standing there looking at the tavern, as if if he looked for long enough, Jinxiang would walk out of the tavern.

How many times had he leaned here just to look at that lovely person.

Speaking of which, Qingmu did not appear when Jinxiang encountered the bully. He appeared as early as the first time they were besieged in Nanbang. Qingye rushed to rescue them and returned to the city. There were heavy casualties. The soldiers dragged their injured bodies and walked dozens of miles of mountain roads before they came out of the deep forest.

The people of Nan'an City came from far away from the city, carrying baskets and pulling horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts loaded with food and drinks, to greet them.

When the dirty and smelly Aoki took the steamed bun from the clean and fair woman, he felt that he could go through fire and water for her.

But such a kind and lovely person is no longer here.

The corner is still the same corner. Today, Qingmu stood here again, staring at the tavern in a daze. If he had known the result would be like this, he would not have brought Jinxiang to the palace.

"Lord Aoki, assassins were spotted in the city. They were searching for a woman who looked a bit like the princess." A subordinate came over to report, handing over an open scroll.

Qingmu took a look and grabbed the scroll. "Where did you find it? Where are those people now?"

"In the south of the city, we only found two people. They ran away when they saw us. We thought they were rioters. We chased them, but they couldn't resist and committed suicide by taking poison. This was found on their bodies.

We found out the inn where they were staying. The owner said that there were not just two people but a group of people who were looking for a girl. They had arrived more than 20 days ago. Several groups of people had come before, and they were probably scattered in various places in Nan'an and met from time to time.

They looked in the city, in the countryside, and even in the mountains a while ago. They had all left, but came back in the past two days. They also went to Qingshui Town to look for him before the Qingshui Ferry was closed. "

"Qingshui Town?" Qingmu frowned. "I heard that there was a plague in Qingshui Town before?"

"Yes, two or three thousand people died from the plague in the three towns surrounding Qingshui. However, a while ago, a herbal medicine merchant went to the capital and spent a lot of money to get the princess's prescription, and the situation has been brought under control."

Qingmu looked at the scroll carefully again, "Send a letter to the prince, and then lead people to investigate this matter with all their strength. Make sure to find out the details of these killers!"

"Yes!"

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The letter was delivered quickly by carrier pigeon. On the third day, Jing Muyang in the capital received the letter. He ignored the emperor's order to be under house arrest and rode out of the palace on horseback to take a boat south. The Fourth Prince was at the palace at the time and no one could stop him, so he had to follow him south.

"Xiaojiu, Qingmu's news has not been confirmed yet!"

"It doesn't matter. I always thought Chu Jian was not dead. She wouldn't die so easily. And how could it be such a coincidence that a woman who looks like Chu Jian was hunted by so many killers, and those killers just happened to know someone from Qing Mu? Fourth brother, even if there is only a little clue, I will go and confirm it myself!"

"Then you don't have to be so anxious. You need to ask your father for permission. If someone with ulterior motives makes a big fuss about it, do you still want to return to the capital?"

"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter what the emperor thinks! I just want to find Chu Jian, and no one can stop me. If anyone wants to stop me from finding my princess, I will rebel against him, including the emperor!" Jing Muyang turned and looked at Jing Muyun, "Fourth brother, if you are so scared, then why are you following me?"

"I'm afraid you'll get into trouble if you act impulsively."

"No, not as long as you don't stop me." Jing Muyang knew what he meant.

“But they don’t think so.”

"It's not important! Fourth brother, it's not important! I don't care what they think. If you're scared, just get off the boat at the next ferry and go back."

"Little Nine!"

"No need to say! I feel that Chu Jian is there. I guess she has contacted me in some way, but the message has not reached me. I must go find her, I must find her!"

Jing Muyang stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the river water. The river water was flowing very fast as it had just passed the flood season. Even though the river channel had been cleaned up, there were still some driftwood and debris floating quickly along the current.

When I first saw her, she was like a piece of driftwood, being carried away by the muddy river water. But where did she drift to, who saved her, and who harmed her, and why did so many people come to hunt her down?

No matter what, he believed that she was definitely still in this world, he still had a place to find her, and he must find her.

The Fourth Prince's worries were normal. The news that Prince Zhan had secretly left the palace and went south to Nan'an immediately alarmed the court.

"Your Majesty, Prince Zhan left the palace without permission, and went to Nan'an. I'm afraid he might rebel."

"Your Majesty, Nan'an is a subordinate of the King of War. If he leads his troops to fight against the imperial court, the imperial court will not be able to resist."

"Yes, and the army in the north is also in the hands of the War King. If they attack from both the north and the south, the capital will be in danger. Your Majesty, you must respond quickly to prevent the War King from rebelling."

The ministers in the palace almost unanimously asked the emperor to punish Jing Muyang.

"Your Majesty, I think this possibility is very small. I heard that the King of War left his tiger talisman in the capital and did not carry it with him." Taifu Li rarely attended the court and expressed his opinion.

"The War King is the commander-in-chief, how can he not carry the tiger talisman with him? Who told you this, Li Taifu?"

"Of course someone said so."

"That's right, the Fourth Prince said that, Master Li, don't forget that the Fourth Prince is now with Prince Zhan. Who knows what the two brothers are going to do."

"The Fourth Prince said that Prince Zhan received news from Princess Zhan and rushed to Nan'an to find out the truth. That's all."

"Princess Zhan is dead, this is just an excuse! And even if Prince Zhan didn't bring the tiger talisman, he could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops just by looking at his face! Your Majesty, don't be careless."

There was another uproar in the hall.

"Okay! Xiaojiu doesn't believe that the floating corpse is Chu Jian. He informed me in advance and asked me not to stop him from going to find it if there was any news about Chu Jian. I agreed at the time. Xiaosi has also passed the news to me this time. Xiaosi is the person I specially sent to keep an eye on him. It's not that I know nothing at all as you said!" The emperor ended the incident with just one sentence and no longer discussed it.

Why does the emperor have this attitude? Isn't he afraid that Jing Muyang will really rebel?

In fact, he was also very conflicted. He was willing to speak for Jing Muyang at this moment because the tiger talisman was in his hand, which Jing Muyang handed to him personally when the emperor recovered from his illness and returned to the court.

The emperor had not revealed it because he was afraid that other princes would know about it and covet military power and do something bad to him. The power of the court had not been reorganized yet, and he needed Jing Muyang to be in front to block all possible dangers for him and stabilize the court as much as possible.

This emperor really exploited his youngest son to the extreme.

I wonder if he has ever thought about passing the throne to Jing Muyang?

Or does he feel a little guilty about it?

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