Du Mingqian touched his lips in a daze, the warmth still remained on his lips, carrying the faint scent of osmanthus from Yan Shulou's body, he sipped it lightly, as if he could still taste the scent of osmanthus.

"My lord, you don't have to be so active."

Yan Shulou raised his eyebrows provocatively: "Is it okay for me to kiss my princess?"

"Of course it's possible," Du Mingqian smirked and nodded Yan Shulou's cheek, "It's just that the prince's face is too thin, and he blushes even when he's a relative."

"Who...who is blushing!" Yan Shulou glared at him, "Nonsense!" He opened Du Mingqian's hand, blushing and left.

Annoyed, Du Mingqian didn't dare to speak nonsense, he chased up and held Yan Shulou's hand, and pressed it with a smile: "This minister is talking nonsense, the prince must not be angry."

Yan Shulou shook off Du Mingqian's hand awkwardly, Du Mingqian's hand seemed to have a scalding temperature, as soon as he touched it, his whole body became hot: "Why are you holding this king's hand! The king has not calmed down, so don't pull it."

"Hey, why is my hand not listening?" Du Mingqian smirked and squeezed his fingers into the gap between Yan Shulou's fingers. What to do?"

"This king is magnanimous, and I don't care about your...hands!" Yan Shulou wanted to push the man away, but after hearing this, his heart was elated, and his knuckles were slightly loosened, making the two of them intertwined, " Grab it well, or if you disappear in a while, don't blame me for abandoning you."

"Yes," Du Mingqian took the hands of the two of them, turned them over, and clasped Yan Shulou's hand in his, "I obey the order. Your lord, where are you going?"

Yan Shulou stomped his feet: "Go out and look for the corpse."

The corpse he was looking for was naturally Wang Jing's.Yesterday the king was actually killed by Yan Pincheng, and he didn't know where his body was thrown. An Qi might be found out of his whereabouts, so he didn't dare to look for him, so he only tipped off Yan Shulou.

But the capital is so big, how could it be so easy for someone to find a corpse that was randomly thrown around.Yan Shulou first sent someone to look for it, but then he was worried, and brought Du Mingqian to the government office, and asked privately, but he didn't hear anyone report the crime, and searched again in the streets and alleys, but he couldn't find a single hair of Wang Jing. I can only give up and leave it to my hands to find it.

Yan Shulou put his head on Du Mingqian's shoulder dejectedly, and sighed in frustration: "Mingyu, I can't find it, so irritable."

Du Mingqian patted him on the back, said a few words of comfort, then thought about it, and asked out of nowhere: "Since the prince is in a bad mood, why don't you go to a place like me."

"Where?"

"Huxin Pavilion."

It turns out that there really is a scene of Huxin Pavilion in the capital, but it is remote here, and the surrounding tall trees spread out their veins like an embrace, and the lush leaves surround the small Huxin Pavilion in the center. , Only then can one see the eaves of the Huxin Pavilion.

"When I was young, the trees around the Huxin Pavilion were not so lush. At that time, it was empty, and there were many people coming and going. But as time went on, the trees here became more and more lush, and became a place where snakes and rats haunted. As time passed, It is very rare for people to come and go. It can exist for so many years, it is very good." A green leaf was blown to the center of the lake with the wind, causing circles of ripples. Du Mingqian stared quietly, talking to himself ecstatically .

The carvings on the cornices have lost the charm of the past, and the ancient pavilions have been dilapidated after being blown by rain and wind. Only the music workshop near the lake is still singing the faint ancient rhyme.

Yan Shulou's heart calmed down in the wind, and he stared at the lake in a daze: "You told me about the lake pavilion, what exactly is it?"

Du Mingqian stared deeply at Yan Shulou's face: "You really don't remember?"

"Remember what?" Yan Shulou was very surprised. This was the second time Du Mingqian asked him if he could remember. What exactly did Du Mingqian ask him repeatedly if he could remember.

Du Mingqian's eyes shone brightly, following the ripples on the lake surface, he opened up a long-term memory: "When I was five years old, I went out here with my father and brother to enjoy the scenery, but I was naughty and accidentally, I fell down," he stretched out his finger to the peaceful lake, the pain passed in his eyes, "the lake was not so peaceful at that time, I didn't know how to swim, and after I fell, I frantically paddled, but my father and brother hadn't rescued me yet. , I rushed downstream. The water was so cold that I can still feel the chill of the water over my head.”

"Then... come." Yan Shulou choked up, staring at Du Mingqian in a daze.

"Later, I was rescued," Du Mingqian said with a smile, "otherwise, how could I appear here today? It's just that the process was too difficult, and I can't remember many things because I was afraid. When I opened my eyes, I saw a boy who was the same age as the minister, and the minister said..."

"Ah! This... dead body, dead body!"

An exclamation out of thin air interrupted Du Mingqian's words, Yan Shulou frowned, seeing that Du Mingqian's eyes also turned to the source of the sound, he had to give up and let Du Mingqian continue talking.

The dead body was at the lakeside, slowly floating towards the shore as the lake water slapped.Soon, more and more people rushed over, and the dead bodies were so surrounded that they couldn't be seen.

"My lord, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Go, of course! But..." Yan Shulou wrinkled his nose, "You are not allowed to approach the lake."

Feeling Yan Shulou's concern for him, Du Mingqian smiled and said, "Not close, if I fall into the lake..."

"You are my princess, I will save you!"

"That would be the best," Du Mingqian glanced into the distance with a smirk, "Actually... I know water now." After saying that, he left Yan Shu Tower and ran to the dead body first, leaving Yan Shu alone Lou Yi was stunned behind him.

"Damn it! Du Mingqian, come back to me!"

Pulling away the crowd on the inner, third and outer floors, Yan Shulou grabbed Du Mingqian's hand: "Don't run around, what if you lose it in a while."

"Your lord is reluctant to lose his ministers, isn't he?" Du Mingqian teased, and turned to look at the dead body. The dead body seemed to be swollen after being soaked in the lake overnight, and its face was a little wrinkled, making it difficult to see clearly.

Yan Shulou squatted down, took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms to wrap his hands, and paused the dead body's face a few times, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, but he was not completely sure whether this person was Wang Jing.

"Did the prince recognize this person? Why don't you call someone to check for you."

Yan Shulou grimaced and nodded.

Not long after, someone reported the matter to the government, and the people in the government respectfully followed Yan Shulou's instructions, carried him into the yamen, called Wu Zuo to inspect the body, and followed Yan Shulou's instructions to investigate the person's origin near the mansion in the east of the city .Du Mingqian, on the other hand, based on Wu's explanation, as well as his own observations, followed the outline of the corpse's appearance, roughly drew its original appearance, and showed it to Yan Shulou.

Yan Shulou remained silent, the more he looked at the portrait, the more he resembled the servant who assassinated Aowu yesterday, but there is no evidence now.

After waiting for about an hour, officials from the government came to report. After investigation and questioning, the dead body was Wang Jing from the mansion in the east of the city.

Seeing that the matter was promising, Yan Shulou hurriedly asked the officials from the government to take him to the witnesses. After several interrogations, the witnesses and material evidences were confirmed and Wang Jing's identity was confirmed. , let's go into the palace!"

Instructing and threatening to ask the officials not to make this matter public, Yan Shulou dragged Du Mingqian to the palace in a hurry.

With the emperor's promise to enter the Chaolin Palace, he pulled Du Mingqian as a big gift, and said straight to the point: "I have something important to report, please forgive me. I have already found the person who assassinated the holy beast last night!"

"Huh?" The emperor suddenly raised his head from the memorial, his eyes lit up a little, "What you said is true? Do you know that there have been a lot of mistakes in the assassination of Aowu."

"It's precisely because of a lot of things that went wrong that my son dared not speak nonsense," Yan Shulou said clearly, "I hope that the emperor will trust me again, and this time I will do my best to arrest those who hurt the holy beast. "

"Assassinate the Aowu man, haven't you already found it, why don't you take it down!"

"I found it, but it's a pity that it's a dead person," Yan Shulou said through gritted teeth, seeing the gloomy expression on the emperor's face, he hastily added, "But I already know who the master behind this person is!"

"Oh? Who is it?"

Therefore, Yan Shulou embellished the news revealed by the government just now, confirming every sentence that this dead body is Wang Jing who assassinated the holy beast: "I have found out that this person belongs to a wealthy family in the east of the city." Slave, but who is this rich and noble family, please forgive me for not finding out yet, father..."

"Investigate!" The Son of Heaven stood up with a flick of his sleeves, his face terribly gloomy, "Check it out for me, who dared to give birth to such a treasonous heart to harm the holy beast."

"Yes! My son leads the order."

Yan Shulou left with a smile.He knew that his suspicious father would not fully believe what he said, and would definitely send someone to investigate, but it didn't matter, he had already arranged everything.This time, he will definitely use Wang Jing to make a fuss and slowly take away Yan Pincheng.

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