Drunk Bamboo

Hua Qinyu waved his hand.

Wang Qingming turned and left.

Gu Suiyi immediately knelt down:

"Gu Suiyi, the eldest son of Yongxing Marquis's Mansion, pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The princess is so concerned that she is confused. Your Highness, please do not blame the princess for being rude."

"It's human nature. How can I blame you?" Hua Qinyu looked at Xie Yuzhu going upstairs, a deep look on his face.

After all, the Wind King Hua Qinfeng disappeared because of the silver he had to pay for building the dam.

The person behind the scenes was not targeting the people on both sides of the river, nor Hua Qinfeng, but him, the prince.

“It’s not easy to come all the way here.”

Hua Qinyu retracted his gaze, his face still showing no emotion, but there was a sense of oppression that was intimidating without even being angry.

"The princess was worried about the prince, so she rode non-stop. It only took them a day and a half to reach Jiangbei County." Gu Suiyi said respectfully.

"It's hard for her to care so much about my third brother." He sighed softly.

Such a petite girl traveled for days, braving the dangers and dangers, to come to see her third brother in person. This friendship alone is touching.

When the news reached Yu Town, he couldn't believe it.

His third brother had always been invincible, but he unexpectedly encountered an ambush in Loushan.

He underestimated the man in Zhongdu City.

A hint of coldness flashed across his calm eyes.

Looking up at the boundless sky, he said in a low voice, "My third brother and the escorting Lord Xiong were ambushed by smoke and fog at the foot of Lou Mountain. My third brother bravely chased the bandits and killed them. In the end, when they were fighting, they both fell off the cliff."

"I rushed here with my men after hearing the news. We searched for two days, but there was no trace of King Wen. He fell off the cliff to protect the silver. He has always been so selfless for the country and the people."

Gu Suiyi: "The prince is blessed with a good life, nothing will happen to him. We will definitely be able to find him."

Hua Qinyu responded softly.

The top of Loushan Mountain.

Xie Yuzhu looked down at the bottomless cliff. The cold wind blew towards her, like ice blowing in her face, but it was not as chilling as the chill in her heart at the moment.

From such a high place, did Huaqinfeng fall from such a high place?

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, or even if you have an indestructible body, it is difficult to keep your whole body intact.

"Is this the place where the prince fell?" Xie Yuzhu muttered with gritted teeth.

"Yes." Zhang Xinghe's face was pale.

"You are still injured, so you don't have to accompany me here in person."

Xie Yuzhu didn't believe that Hua Qinfeng would not leave like this.

He said he would come back early to be with her, he said so!

"It's my fault that I failed to protect the prince." Zhang Xinghe looked up at Xie Yuzhu's sad face and said guiltily.

"Sir Zhang was also seriously injured. It was because the enemy was too cunning and used smoke. The prince was able to catch up with the bandits because I gave him the antidote pill. I gave him the antidote pill to save his life, not to wake him up and fight the bandits."

Zhang Xinghe told her everything that had happened in detail.

Because of the smoke, Hua Qinfeng went alone to chase the bandits.

The reason why he was not troubled by the smoke must be because he had the antidote pills she gave him.

Why did she only give the detoxification pill to him? She should have prepared more for Zhang Xinghe and his subordinates.

Xie Yuzhu's eyes were full of regret.

He asked angrily, "Why didn't they arrest Wang Qingming? Didn't he take action?"

"Our people have checked the bodies of the bandits. They were almost all killed with one sword. However, the physiques and wounds of the four bodies found on the mountain are different from the others. It is obvious that they had gone through a fierce fight, which is why there are different wounds on their bodies."

Xie Yuzhu suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhang Xinghe: "Is this the help from the nobles in Zhongdu? The top killer assassinated the prince!"

Hua Qinfeng had to fight against five masters alone, which was why he accidentally fell off the cliff.

"Knowing that this batch of empty silver is bait, why is Hua Qinfeng still fighting so hard?"

"How does Princess know that this batch of silver is fake?" Zhang Xinghe was stunned.

Xie Yuzhu asked Lao Liu to arrange secret guards to escort the silver all the way because she was worried that the nobles in Zhongdu would hijack the silver along the way.

She thought that by protecting the silver she could stop the conspiracy of Wang Qingming and others, but she forgot to protect the most important person.

"I have asked someone to remind the Minister of War, Lord Chen, that this batch of silver concerns the lives of his entire family, so he will be more cautious. I have sent people to secretly follow and escort the team pretending to be an escort. The real silver should be delivered to Yu Town today. I think Lord Chen is very cautious this time and secretly sent someone to inform you of the letter directly, right?"

Zhang Xinghe retracted his astonished gaze: "It's just as the princess expected. Only the prince, Chaoyang and I knew about it. Even the crown prince didn't know. I didn't expect that the princess who was far away in Zhongdu knew everything."

"But I never expected that he would disappear. I have sent people from the court to investigate who is colluding with Wang Qingming. Now that he is allowed to stay in Jiangbei County, is Lord Zhang trying to get some big trouble out of him?"

Zhang Xinghe said truthfully: "When I woke up yesterday, I went to the county government office to check the bodies of the bandits. Although I couldn't find any information about them before they died, the body features and weapons held by several of them were very similar to the robbers and murderers captured in Jiangbei County a few years ago."

Xie Yuzhu was surprised again: "There are no bandits at all, they are all prisoners imprisoned in the prison?!"

They used prisoners to commit crimes, disguised them as bandits, and then sent them back to prison afterwards.

There were no bandits in the first place. Even if you searched the entire Jiangbei County, you would not find them, because the bandits' identities were fake. They were just a group of criminals who killed and robbed people.

"So we searched the entire Jiangbei County but couldn't find the whereabouts of the bandits. The only one who could arrange all this was Wang Qingming, the county magistrate."

"Is there any trace of the previous batch of official silver?" Xie Yuzhu asked immediately.

"...There are some clues, just waiting for Wang Qingming to relax his vigilance and reveal his flaws." Zhang Xinghe was stunned for a moment and answered carefully.

The princess is too smart and can spot problems at the slightest sign of carelessness.

Xie Yuzhu narrowed her eyes and looked at the Loushan Mountain below her feet: "Those in charge are confused. Maybe the silver is in the Loushan Mountain. Maybe the prince is also here. We can't give up."

"Yes."

Zhang Xinghe's face was pale, he lowered his eyes, and was full of thoughts.

Xie Yuzhu stopped asking him questions and said:

"I'm going to the lower reaches of Qinghe River to look for Chaoyang and to look for the prince together."

Waiting is useless. Only by being busy can you calm your mind a little.

When Xie Yuzhu turned around, Zhang Xinghe called her.

"Princess, he is the prince."

The house in the villa was simple and had no soundproofing at all. He had good hearing and heard the conversation between Xie Yuzhu and Hua Qinyu on the second floor.

Xie Yuzhu stopped and said, "I know. I'm just putting on a show for Wang Qingming to see. The prince is very righteous and won't blame me."

"Besides, the prince was affected by him, so it is only right that he should bear some of my anger."

Zhang Xinghe was stunned.

She whispered to herself, "My Lord, the princess is both wise and resourceful. Even I admire her."

A trace of worry appeared on his face: "If they knew that the woman you married has a delicate heart, wouldn't they be more wary?"