Minglang, with the token given by the Queen Mother hanging around his waist, led a small group of people to Fan Mansion. He didn't catch anyone, and when he rushed to the city gate, he happened to meet Fei He and Chi Rong who were preparing to leave the city.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Bao. His Majesty has ordered us to leave first. We will take our leave."

Chi Rong rode away. Fei He turned around and saw Ming Lang frowning slightly, but since the emperor had given the order, he couldn't say anything more.

"Your Highness, please be careful. The troops are stationed at the camp outside the capital. If Your Highness needs them, they can be mobilized at any time."

After saying that, Fei He did not dare to delay any longer and said, "Goodbye."

He then rode his horse and hurried away behind Chi Rong.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Minglang's eyes flashed and he had a guess about where they were going.

He felt gloomy for a moment, then adjusted his mood and rode his horse in the direction of Fan Hun's escape.

The Queen Mother had given her many opportunities, but she didn't seize them. It seemed that the Queen Mother had known the location of Fan Hun's hidden treasure for a long time. Now that Fan Hun had fled, it would be too late for her to catch Fan Hun and torture him into revealing the location of the treasure.

It’s no wonder that the Queen Mother wants to send Fei He and Chi Rong out of the city now. Fan Hun is a cunning old thief. The opportunity cannot be missed.

If it were her, she would do the same.

The most important thing for her now is to quickly catch the old thief Fan Hun. She cannot let him escape because the evidence is solid.

Minglang left a group of men and horses to chase in the direction indicated by the officers and soldiers on duty at the city gate. He looked down at the token hanging on his waist, turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp outside the capital.

When Lou Xiao found out the truth after interrogating Fan Hun and was about to take people to capture him, he received the news that Fan Hun had escaped.

"How did you find out about this?"

Lou Xiao's face looked ugly, and there seemed to be a raging fire in his dark eyes that could devour people.

"Prince Bao just led a group of people to the Fan Mansion and learned that Fan Hun had ridden out of the city. He chased him out of the city and ran into the Qingyu Pavilion Commander and the head of the Imperial Guards at the city gate."

Fei He, Chi Rong...

Lou Xiao secretly complained, is it necessary for His Majesty to send these two people to escort Prince Bao in order to capture Fan Hun?

Your Majesty thinks too highly of Fan Hun.

"Are they all going to capture Fan Hun?"

The visitor shook his head:

"Unlikely. Prince Bao and his own group went to the city gate from Fan Mansion. The Lord Commander and the leader of the Imperial Guards seemed to be coming directly from the Imperial Palace. Their directions after leaving the city were also inconsistent; they were in completely opposite directions."

Lou Xiao was no longer in a hurry to capture Fan Hun. His Majesty must have his own reasons for doing this. His Majesty must have known something about that old man Fan Hun.

Otherwise, why would Fei Zhangling have been by His Majesty's side for so many years? There must be something wrong.

"Sir, the horses are ready. We can set off any time."

The horse was led in front of him. Lou Xiao thought for a moment and then jumped on it.

"Take a team of people and keep a close watch on the Fan Mansion. If anyone suspicious leaves the Fan Mansion, knock them out and take them to the west of the city until I return to interrogate them."

After saying that, Lou Xiao rode out of the Ministry of Personnel and headed towards the city gate.

"Host, do you think Lou Xiao is going to compete with Minglang to see who can capture Fan Hun first?"

It's not a smart thing for a person to do to compete with his future master for work.

"Lou Xiao has a brain. He has worked with Fan Hun for many years. No one knows where Fan Hun will go better than him."

He was not going there to steal the job, he was going there to assist.

Such a good opportunity to show up in front of the future master is not common. Lou Xiao can't go with Fei He and the others, and ruin her good fortune. He can only wait to become brothers with Fan Hun.

Then he could only be rushing to assist Minglang. This is also good. With Lou Xiao around, Minglang can save some trouble.

She has not forgotten that today is the last day of the imperial examination, and Minglang still has the duties of the chief examiner.

The city gate was very busy today, with several groups of people leaving the city. When Lou Xiao arrived, before he could ask, the officer on duty raised his hand and pointed in a direction:

"Master Fan went in that direction."

How many groups of people are looking for Fan Hun today? Has this old man committed a capital crime?

"Where did Prince Bao go?"

Lou Xiao is tall and straight, and when he sits on his horse he doesn't look like a civil servant at all, but more like a military general who has been experienced on the battlefield.

"Lord Lou, we are not allowed to reveal the whereabouts of His Royal Highness Prince Bao. Please forgive me."

After the officers on duty said this, Lou Xiao lost interest in asking further questions.

Except for Fan Hun, the officials on duty probably didn't dare to say anything about the other teams, so he just went to chase them himself.

"Where did you say Lord Fan went?"

The officer raised his hand and pointed in the direction he had just pointed.

Lou Xiao lightly clamped his legs around the horse's belly and headed in the opposite direction of the officer's pointing.

That old fellow Fan Hun was cunning and sly, and he knew it was difficult for him to leave, so the direction he left was just a decoy.

Now, it’s hard to say where all the people have gone.

After Liang Chongyue finished reviewing the memorials, the system considerately split the panel into two parts. One side was a close-up view, and the other side was a map of the suburbs of Beijing with several moving heads on it, which was Minglang and the others' current location.

Liang Chongyue looked at Lou Xiao who was getting closer and closer to Fan Hun on the panel. It turned out that old friends understood Fan Hun better.

"Host, does this old man want to leave the suburbs of Beijing through the western forest?"

System One couldn't help but talk more when looking at these things with the host.

"But once we enter the forest, the horses will leave traces. There are even tigers in that forest. How come Mr. Fan isn't afraid now?"

Even it is afraid of the tiger. Being beheaded is better than watching itself being eaten by the tiger bite by bite.

"Going into the woods is his last resort. It's not dark yet. When it gets dark, he'll definitely find a way to get out of the woods before dark."

On the panel, Fan Hun's face was covered with spider webs at some point, and his gray-black clothes were also covered with large patches of spider webs, making him look extremely miserable.

It has been less than an hour since I left the court, and the gap in my life has become so huge.

"Host, how come you can calculate everything?"

As soon as Liang Chongyue lowered her head, she met the system's admiring gaze. The upward curve of her lips showed that she was in a good mood.

However, there were times when she couldn't figure things out. She really didn't understand how Fan Hun, a man who could embezzle money even if he got nothing, could do this for an unpromising grandson.

All the efforts of the first half of my life have been put into it, and now even the nine clans are going to be put into it as well.

"Maybe some people are just born mean. They have a good life but they insist on making trouble for themselves."

The system looked at the bitch mentioned by the host on the panel, who was struggling to walk through the woods. The horse was carrying him, and he was walking in the woods with caution and fear. He felt that if there was any movement in the woods in the next second, the horse would directly throw Fan Hun off and escape for his life.

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