After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

Hearing the shouting from afar, the two people who were talking looked at each other and shut up.

Zhou Yu's legs were swollen so badly that he could not move even a step while leaning against the cave wall. King Rui covered his injured arm and slowly walked to the cave entrance. However, after the two people came up, they rearranged the branches at the entrance and covered them again, so he could not see out at all. He did not know who was coming, so he did not dare to make any noise easily.

When Chu Yong followed the chief guard of Prince Jing's mansion and rushed over, he saw them turning over the person stuck in the carriage.

Although he knew it was not Prince Rui from the clothes, Chu Yong still did not dare to relax. It was not until the people of Prince Jing searched the carriage thoroughly and saw the obviously disappointed look of the chief guard of Prince Jing that Chu Yong frowned even more tightly.

"I'm afraid they were thrown out. There are so many trees here that it's hard to find. Brother Chu, how about we split up and look for them?"

Chu Yong looked at the King Jing's guards' fake smile, then raised his head to look at the people in King Jing's mansion who obviously outnumbered his own people by twice as much as he did, "Alright, why don't we search along the bottom of the cliff?"

In this way, everyone split into two groups and began to search around the carriage and the bottom of the cliff. Chu Yong always felt that there were people from Prince Jing's Mansion following him, especially after his people found the frightened horse, the people from Prince Jing's Mansion suddenly jumped out, as if they would immediately kill the man if he was not dead.

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"could not find it?"

King Jing looked at the captain of the guard who hung his head with a look of disappointment and asked in surprise, "I saw the carriage, the driver and the frightened horse, but I didn't see Lao Liu and Zhou Yu?" There was disbelief in his voice.

"Yes, I looked all around there and found some bloodstains on the moss, but I couldn't find the direction. Also, the cliff below was very messy due to people's footsteps, but I couldn't find any footprints leading to other places."

The soldier following the captain wiped the sweat off his head and continued, "The grass and trees down there are really too tall. Apart from the traces of being hit by the carts and horses, it would be hard to find if someone walked over there."

King Jing looked into the distance and asked, "Could it be that he was rescued by the people in the mountains?"

"I don't think it's possible. When we were taking a detour just now, the guide also said that they almost never go down here. First, there is not much prey to hunt, and second, the grass is too lush and they sometimes get lost."

"Chu Yong and the others are still down there?"

"Yes, I came up to report to you to see what he meant by not wanting to come back. We should now search along the direction of the stream. Don't worry, Your Majesty, our people have been following us. If we do find anything, there will be no accidents."

The Chief Secretary thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, since we haven't found Prince Rui, do we need the people from Prince Rui's Mansion..."

King Jing waved his hand and said, "It's better to have less trouble now. Their testimony shows that we have tried our best to find them. But what's going on? It's impossible that there is no one alive and no body. Besides, the two people who fell down together are dead. Even if they are alive, they are probably seriously injured and can't walk far."

"Keep looking, we've dragged on for almost the same time. By now the Crown Prince should have received the news and sent people here. As for the Rui Palace and Shen Jun Palace, the person who delivered the news had an accident, which has nothing to do with us." King Jing said with narrowed eyes.

"But what if the prince arrives but still can't find it? Or what if the prince arrives and finds it?" the chief secretary said worriedly.

"As long as the prince's men haven't gone down, we'll do as we said. Or if they haven't found it, we'll just look for it slowly. Even if he has that luck, who can prove that it was me who did it?" King Jing snorted coldly.

The chief guard glanced toward the roadside and said, "I'll go down and take a look."

King Jing nodded and fanned himself irritably. He looked up at the soldiers sent by Wu Zhengda to escort him. Some of them had just gotten down the cliff, but most of them were sitting on the side of the road, as if waiting for something.

Until a carriage was approaching in the distance, King Jing squinted his eyes and saw that the bright yellow logo was very conspicuous.

"Humph, what a deep brotherly love! It's actually earlier than I calculated."

The chief historian smiled slightly, "Although it's a little early, the horsemen following beside me are running at the same speed as those in the carriage."

King Jing was stunned and turned to look at the Chief Secretary, "What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, if you are really in a hurry, you can just send people to search and rescue first, and then take a car and walk slowly. After all, everyone knows that the prince is in poor health."

King Jing was amused. Interesting. Does the crown prince not wish well for the Sixth Brother? Or does he also like this? Does he no longer need the Sixth Brother? Interesting.

As the carriage approached, King Jing put on a sad expression, "Brother, I am guilty."

After the prince heard the whole story, his harmless face showed no expression. He first blamed himself for putting King Rui in danger because of his own affairs. Then he pulled Wang Boyuan to ask about many things in the northwest. After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, he asked about King Jing's situation.

When the prince heard that the people from the Jingwang Mansion, Ruiwang Mansion and a small part of Wu Zhengda were at the bottom of the cliff, and someone had just come up to tell him that they had not been found, he sighed and said, "The messenger didn't say much, and I didn't understand it and rushed here in a hurry. Fourth brother's arrangement is reasonable, but it's been such a long time, and we can't keep waiting here. Why don't we go to my mother's cemetery? We can still search here and let them report anytime if there is anything."

King Jing had been impatient for such a long time, but he had no reason to leave. Since the crown prince said so, it was a good idea. As long as they were not there, if they really found King Rui and Zhou Yu, they would have a chance to take action.

Just as Wang Boyuan was about to say that he would stay here, he heard the sound of horses galloping. After a while, more than ten horses approached.

The chief official looked at Mingxi riding on the horse, and then looked at the guard with a rank with an unhappy expression.

When the people on horseback saw the man in bright yellow standing there, they hurried forward and kowtowed. The prince waved his hand, and after finding out that he was from the Prince Shen's mansion, he pointed at the rope on the horse's back and asked what it was for.

At this time, Wu Zhengda's deputy had finished listening to the soldiers' report and whispered a few words to Wang Boyuan. Wang Boyuan's eyes lit up and he bowed and said, "Your Highness, Prince Jing, I asked them to go back and get the rope. Lord Wu's men are very good at climbing. I was thinking that the crowd didn't find Prince Rui and Lord Zhou at the bottom of the cliff just now. Maybe they were stopped when they fell, or there is a cave on the cliff. Otherwise, how could they not find anyone after searching for so long?"

King Jing was stunned and turned to look at the chief secretary. The chief secretary had sweat on his forehead. Yes, why didn't he think of this? He just thought of looking for them at the bottom of the cliff. But the carriage saw them, the frightened horses were found, but the two men were never found. Even if they were not seriously injured, they would not run so fast, right? Besides, why did they run? They knew these people would go looking for them.

It seems that this is indeed possible. Maybe he was thrown into the cave and is probably unconscious?

The prince nodded and said, "That makes sense. If that's the case, you guys should search from the top and let them continue to search from the bottom. They will eventually find it."

When Wu Zhengda's men heard this, they all stood up. After a while, three thick ropes were tied, and several people went down along the ropes one after another.

"I see there are so many ropes. Why don't they line them up in a row? Why are they all gathered here?" King Jing said.

The deputy assistant officer saluted and said, "I just saw a short branch sticking out near the bottom of the cliff. Even if there is no cave, if someone falls on it, I'm afraid it can hold up for a while."

King Jing frowned but said nothing. The Crown Prince looked at King Jing and smiled in his heart. He sat on the chair that the eunuch had just brought over and said, "Fourth brother, come and sit down and wait. Don't worry, I've told you that you didn't mean it. I think when Sixth brother comes up, he won't blame you."

King Jing changed his expression and turned around, "I just ruined my brother's plan. I don't know if the box you gave to my sixth brother was broken."

The prince looked into King Jing's eyes and smiled, "It's just a memorial to my mother. I'll make another one later. I think my mother will understand me."

What? A sacrificial text? Not what I'm looking for?

King Jing's eyes became sharp. Could it be that the news he had received early in the morning was not true? He had set up such a big plan at the last minute, even putting Lao Liu's life at risk, but he didn't get what he wanted?

King Jing sat down slowly. If there really was a sacrificial text in the box, then where was what he was looking for?

He turned his head to look at the prince's profile. The prince was holding the purple clay teapot and drinking tea from the spout.

Was this damn immortal intentional or unintentional? Could it be a coincidence?

King Jing felt the veins on his forehead begin to throb.

But before he could think more, a special whistle was heard from the bottom of the cliff. Wu Zhengda's soldiers were all excited, and the servant from the Prince's Mansion jumped three feet high.

At the foot of the cliff, the chief guard of Prince Jing's Palace just walked over and saw people from Prince Rui's Palace lined up in a row, searching every bush. He was about to speak when he heard someone behind him pointing ahead and asking them to look.

Chu Yong also looked up and saw several ropes suddenly dropped from the cliff. The ropes were thick and long and were about to hang to the bottom of the cliff.

The people in the Rui Palace were very excited. Could it be that reinforcements had arrived? Chu Yong did not dare to think too much and hurriedly took a few steps forward. Before he could get close to the cliff, a man came down from the rope and asked anxiously, "Who is Chu Yong from the Rui Palace?"

Chu Yong stepped forward quickly and the two began to whisper. Chu Yong looked extremely surprised. Then the chief guard of Prince Jing's Mansion watched as the people of Prince Rui's Mansion, under Chu Yong's command, walked around in circles for several times as if they were measuring something, and then stood still under a cliff.

He looked up along the cliff, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind. Looking at the branches on the cliff that should have extended in the direction of the water flow, but were somewhat messy and disorganized, and the gaps between the branches were dim, he slapped his head hard, wondering why he hadn't thought of this.

After Wu Zhengda's men determined the direction, they took out a whistle and blew it upwards. After a while, they saw two ropes being steadily thrown down along the cliff above the cave.

Chu Yong was even more excited and followed Wu Zhengda's men as he climbed up the rope with difficulty.