This shadow guard is kinda nice

Zhao Kai's death penalty was a certainty, and under the emperor's wrath, even the entire Zhao family was affected. Death to death, distribution of frontiers, almost all family properties were confiscated.

The emperor can bear a lot, but he can't bear such a trifling matter of taking the country and the country as a joke, and trying to challenge the existence of the imperial power. The court was really in turmoil for a few days because of this.

The crown prince also didn't expect the emperor to be so enraged, he couldn't help but waver in his heart, whether to save Zhao Kai or not, he didn't want to give up either of the throne and the treasure map.

Besides, the sudden epidemic in Pingyao this time, not only failed to seriously injure Xiao Yichen, but made him overwhelm himself again. Now there are not a few people in the court who are optimistic about him, and he still holds the military power in his hand. Make him take it seriously.

He can only choose to gamble.

Almost instantly, he made a decision.

It is not difficult to get the treasure map, the gold and silver treasures of Daliang, and it is not difficult to recruit soldiers and horses. There are places where silver is useful, and it is a guarantee for him to ascend to the throne of God.

To achieve great things, you must take risks, high risks, high returns.

If he didn't even have this kind of courage, he wouldn't have to sit in the position of prince for so many years.

On the day Zhao Kai asked about killing, Lin Sheng dragged his family to see it. Of course, it was Mo Ran and Zhao Tingzheng who dragged him.

After Mo Ran came back from Zigu, he never went out, and stayed in the mansion to recuperate from his wounds. He had to heal his injuries before his master came back. He promised his master that he would pay attention to safety, but that day he fought fiercely with the owner of Zigu Valley for most of the day , the opponent is a master, he spent a lot of effort to kill the opponent, and he himself was injured.

So, it's not really a broken promise, he secretly thought.

When squeezed in the crowd, Mo Ran regretted coming out with Lin Sheng.Zhao Tingzheng was quite curious, looking east and west, he was still young and couldn't stand it.

The voices of discussion in the crowd have never been lowered, there are abuse, indifference, and unfortunately, all of them.

When it was three o'clock in the afternoon, the surroundings became quiet, and the beheading officer Wei Jun threw down the signing token, "Chop—"

The sign fell to the ground, and the executioner spat out a mouthful of wine, which sprayed on the blade.Some women couldn't bear to look, so they closed their eyes.

The executioner raised his sword, and the cold light dazzled people's eyes.

At the same time, on the long pavilion thirty miles outside Jinling City, there stood a man wearing coarse clothes, walking anxiously back and forth, looking into the distance from time to time, until a carriage appeared at the end of the road.

There was joy on his face, and his body relaxed.

The carriage stopped, the curtain was lifted, and a cold-looking young man came out. It was Shen Yinan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Master Zhao." He nodded slightly.

Zhao Jin waved his hand, and said with a little embarrassment: "It's not Mr. Zhao for a long time, Mr. Shen just call me Zhao Jin."

Shen Yinan nodded, he didn't want to say more, and opened the curtain sideways, Zhao Jin's face was full of excitement, and his eyes were flushed.

Zhao Kai, who was supposed to be executed at [-]:[-] noon, got off the carriage. He looked haggard, but when he saw his own father, he still smiled with his chapped lips.

"father."

Zhao Jin responded, he stepped forward and hugged Zhao Kai, almost crying.

Shen Yinan stood aside and watched the reunion of the father and son with cold eyes. After the two performed enough of the father-son love, he said: "Leave first, there will be more time for reunion in the future." He looked at it meaninglessly Glancing at Zhao Kai, "Young Master Zhao is dead now, so don't show up in Jinling again in the future."

Although Zhao Jin was a little uncomfortable when he said that his son was dead, he was powerless to refute it because it was the truth.

"Thank you Mr. Shen this time, let's say goodbye." He clasped his hands together, Zhao Kai also thanked him, and the two got into the carriage.

Standing outside the long pavilion, Shen Yinan watched the carriage go far away. There were erratic clouds floating in the sky, and weeds on the ground sprouted buds, and they were green.

spring is coming.

East Palace

The crown prince received the copied treasure map from Zhao Jin, and he held it in his hand fondly, looking at it repeatedly.

Prime Minister Sun Baizhi followed behind him, and also congratulated him happily, "The prince finally got the treasure map, and he tested Shen Yinan by the way, and it is worth taking such a big risk to keep Zhao Jin's family."

The prince also laughed, "Yeah, I didn't expect Shen Yinan to cooperate like this."

He always felt that Shen Yinan didn't seem like someone who would stand in line, but he did choose to stand on his side, and now, in order to win his trust, he secretly dropped Zhao Kai, who was supposed to be a death row prisoner, and personally delivered Zhao Kai went out of the city to join Zhao Jin.

"Prince, then now" the prime minister asked tentatively. Shen Yinan had shown enough sincerity. As for whether the prince should use him and how to use him, it all depended on the prince's will.

The prince poured himself a cup of tea, glanced at him, and said, "Use it, not only use it, but also use it well."

The prime minister was still a little worried. Even so, Shen Yinan still had to be on guard. He was afraid that the crown prince would not be able to handle this well.

The prince snorted twice, and didn't take it seriously, "Shen Yinan has no way out, and now that he's doing this, he personally locked his way out, and let Zhao Kai go, he voluntarily."

"If this matter is singled out in the future, he will be sentenced to death."

He suddenly remembered those eyes full of desire for power, looking at such a noble person, but he was a power-loving one.

"As long as he does one thing for the prince, there will be countless things. He has no way out, and neither do we."

The prime minister nodded knowingly. At this moment, they are a line in the true sense.

Jinling is undercurrents, but Nanchu is very calm.

When the dusk fell, Chu Yunhe had just returned from the palace, and the housekeeper hurriedly greeted him. Chu Yunhe didn't stop, and he asked calmly, "What's wrong?"

The housekeeper is not easy to talk about, he has a faint tendency to be speechless with excitement, "Prince... let's go to the study first."

Chu Yunhe gave him a strange look, but didn't say anything.

He pushed open the door, but there was no one in the study room. The housekeeper motioned him to wait a moment. He was silent for a moment, then sat down behind the table, folded his hands on the table, and after a while, a man who looked like a shopkeeper came.

When Chu Yunhe was about to lose his temper, he took out an object, successfully made Chu Yunhe turn off the fire, and stood up in an instant. He quickly walked around the table and took it from the shopkeeper.

The jade pendant was quietly pinched in his hand, the warm touch was lingering in it, and the totem of the phoenix was engraved on it. He lowered his head and stroked the gap beside him. He couldn't help but untied the jade pendant around his waist.

The same texture, the white crane rides the clouds and the fog, but the totem is different.

He put the two pieces of jade pendants together, and the gaps fit perfectly, as if they were a pair.

The white crane soars to the clouds, and the phoenix sings to the sky.

Chu Yunhe, Chu Jiuxiao.

Chu Yunhe squeezed the jade pendant tightly. After a long time, he calmed down and asked the shopkeeper, "Where did this jade pendant come from?"

His voice was too calm, obviously the result of extreme restraint.

The shopkeeper bent over and said, "Daliang, Pingyao."

Chu Yunhe was stunned for a moment, Daliang...

"Someone came to the pawnshop and wanted to pawn this jade pendant. The villain saw that it was worth a lot, so he paid a high price to accept it. Later, when he posted a notice to sell it, someone found the villain, and then the villain came. here."

"What does that person look like?"

The shopkeeper remembered very clearly that if he wanted to be such a jade pendant, he thought his family was either rich or expensive, and now it is in decline, which is understandable. The clothes he wears are also coarse cloth, and they don't look rich.

So the shopkeeper took care and remembered it very clearly.

Chu Yunhe frowned almost imperceptibly, it was obvious that his description was not the real owner of the jade pendant.

"Can you draw it?"

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, Chu Yunhe said lightly, "You can take as much silver as you want."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, and immediately agreed.

A quarter of an hour later, when Chu Yunhe saw the portrait, the butler sighed beside him, which was obviously not true.

He was a little disappointed, but happy in vain.

After seeing off the shopkeeper, when the housekeeper came back, Chu Yunhe was still staring at the two jade pendants in a daze. The afterglow of the setting sun made his eyebrows and eyes really look good, a little less cold and a little more warm.

The butler stood quietly by the side without disturbing him. He understood Chu Yunhe's current mood. After searching for more than ten years, he finally found a clue. Although it was still like finding a needle in a haystack, there was hope.

Where there is hope, there is hope.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but Chu Yunhe was still sitting motionless. The butler brought a candle and lit it with a torch. The moment the fire was lit up, Chu Yunhe's expression was gloomy.

The steward turned around and went to the kitchen, and ordered them to cook some food. The prince hadn't even drank a drop of water since he came back from the palace. The prince had no time to take care of others. As a housekeeper, he had to worry about these things.

When the butler came in again, he thought that Chu Yunhe would continue to remain silent, but unexpectedly, he said abruptly, "I'm going to Daliang."

The housekeeper's words of persuasion came to his lips, and he swallowed them all.

He knew how much Chu Yunhe had worried about this matter all these years, and how many years he had felt guilty about it.

Even though it wasn't caused by the prince, the prince always kept that incident in his heart and kept reminding himself that for more than ten years, he never gave up looking for his younger brother born of his own mother.

The fourth prince Chu Jiuxiao.

It's just that it's not easy to find, except for the jade pendant given to them by Emperor Chu back then, and the birthmark on Chu Jiuxiao's body, there is no other way to identify them. In the vast crowds and four countries, finding someone is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Over the years, I have encountered many scammers with all kinds of tricks. Chu Yunhe was disappointed again and again. This time he finally found the jade pendant, so when Chu Yunhe said that he was going to Daliang, the housekeeper couldn't bear to stop him. Even if you look at him, you can't stop him.

"During the time I go to Daliang, you should take care of the mansion more."

The butler nodded and said that he would definitely take care of the mansion, so he could rest assured.

Chu Yunhe smiled rarely, as if the ice and snow had melted.

This time, I hope I can really find you, my brother who has been lost for 16 years.

The author has something to say: Mo Ran's life experience

In the next chapter, the two will meet~