"Where are people?" Ninth Prince asked the guard behind him.

The guard immediately responded in panic, "This subordinate doesn't know either!"

The Ninth Prince took out his saber and fiddled with the big lock on the door a few times. He was sure that it was locked, "What's going on?" He frowned angrily.

"This..." The guard didn't know how to answer.

As agreed, the Ninth Prince sent the grain and grass troops across the border of the Western Feudal Kingdom to the southern border, and then the grain and grass troops were led by the deputy general to Nanyang. Cheng Kuai, when the troops arrived in Nanyang, they just arrived in Nanyang, and they did not delay the march at all.

In order not to attract attention, they quietly took Duanmu Rui away. The Ninth Prince and the guards specially changed into ordinary coarse cotton clothes and restrained their breath. Apart from his tall stature, he is no different from ordinary people.

"Go to the side and find out when this family left!" Ninth Prince ordered the guards.

"Yes!"

This kind of incomprehensible thing made the Ninth Prince very annoyed, except for his third brother, the current emperor, who joked with him like this when he was playing with him, no one has dared to tease him like this until now.

Moreover, he returned non-stop and full of joy all the way, but what greeted him was a closed door and a lot of dust on the locks. The Ninth Prince felt a violent emotion rising out of thin air, and wanted to burst out of his chest. .

There was no excuse to vent this anger, the Ninth Prince stood at the side of Duanmu Mansion bitterly, thinking about how to punish Duanmu Rui severely after he caught Duanmu Rui!

"Huh? Why hasn't Duanmu Rui and his family come back..." Several young Betas stopped in front of the door when they passed by. One of them asked, this voice quickly attracted the attention of the Ninth Prince, and he pretended not to care Resting by the wall, looking away, but eavesdropping without saying a word.

"It's been more than a month since I went out for a month, but I haven't come back yet. Could it be that something happened?"

The first one to speak shrugged, "Who knows, he hasn't recovered since he was ill last time, and he hasn't been to private school for a long time."

These people left without stopping.

"Stay here, everyone!" The Ninth Prince finally couldn't hold back, and stepped forward to block the way of these people.

"Who are you?" asked one of the Betas, who was the first to speak.

These Betas looked about the same age as Duanmu Rui, but they were slightly stronger than him, so you wouldn't notice it unless you looked closely.

"I'm here to send horses to Duanmu Mansion..." Ninth Prince pointed to the steed behind him, "I agreed to come at this time, but there was no one here, do you know where all the people from Duanmu Mansion have gone? ?”

Several people looked at the steed behind them together, and everyone was immediately attracted by the horse, and they all praised, "It's really a good horse, look at the mane, look at the shape, look at the head, the whole Yongping City No horse can compare with him!"

"Could it be that Master Duanmu bought this? Did his family sell those two good horses a while ago just to exchange for this?"

"I don't know either," the Ninth Prince secretly inquired about useful information, "According to this master, he bought it as a gift for his only Omega son to grow up..." He tried to release a little information to guide their topic .

"The only Omega?" Sure enough, someone answered, and the Ninth Prince looked at the Beta who spoke seriously, "When will the Omega come out from Duanmu Mansion?"

The person who spoke exchanged glances with the people next to him, and the others nodded in agreement, "There is no Omega in his house, only a Beta."

"Beta?" The Ninth Prince became suspicious, "But it's called Duanmu Rui?"

Several people glanced at each other, but they were very vigilant and didn't make a sound.

"Oh, you guys don't need to panic, it's just that our shopkeeper asked me to send the horse here, and the buyer must be confirmed before delivery, and the shopkeeper of our horse farm is the Nine Princes," Nine Princes took out the badge from his waist and handed it to These people, "in order not to cause any loss, please forgive me."

It was the first time for the Betas to see the prince's waist card, and they kept touching it, "I understand, I understand, just ask if you want to know anything." With the waist card as a guarantee, the horse delivery man in front of him People seem to be a lot more majestic in an instant.

"Thank you for your understanding. May I ask Duanmu Rui, the son of this family, is he an Omega or a Beta?"

"Of course it's Beta!" One of them said, "We grew up playing together, going to private schools and fighting together. When did he become an Omega? It's a joke!"

"Really? Then who else is in his family?" The Ninth Prince saw that they were more concerned about his question, so he quickly explained, "If I send the wrong one, our treasurer will definitely punish me. Such a precious horse, even if I can’t afford compensation if I have to work hard all my life, so I have to know the details before I can judge whether the information that Master Duanmu left on our racecourse is true.”

After hearing this, several people understood, "Then you have met Master Duanmu, right?"

"I've seen it, it's an Alpha." The Ninth Prince took the initiative to show the information he knew.

"My wife is a Beta, so the youngest son of his family is also a Beta, but there is also an older son who joined the army and died, and is an Alpha."

"Oh..." Ninth Prince touched his chin. The news was very interesting. He squinted his eyes and asked again, "Is Mr. Duanmu always sick and never going out? By the way, Mr. Duanmu bought this horse for you. Will he know how to ride it?" ?”

"Sick all year round?!" Several people said in disbelief, "Duanmu Ruike has never been sick, but suddenly fell ill for some reason two months ago, and he hardly went out for these two months. As for riding... it must be No, but Master Duanmu suddenly bought him a good horse, so he wants him to learn how to ride a horse? I've never heard of it before." They looked at each other and nodded.

"Never sick? How are you sure? Master Duanmu told me that Mr. Duanmu has always been in poor health, and he wants him to learn how to ride a horse so that he won't get sick again."

Several people looked at each other, "Are you asking too much?"

The Ninth Prince was taken aback, and quickly took out his money bag, took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and handed it to Beta who seemed to be able to make up his mind, and then returned his hand to the money bag.

When the Betas saw the silver, their eyes immediately lit up, "That Duanmu Rui grew up with us, and he didn't notice that he was in poor health at all. He was always indispensable in fights. When the master mentioned him, he got a headache and was nosy. It is said that he also had a fight with the bandits in Na'an Xishan for a wealthy businessman from outside."

The Ninth Prince originally planned to give each person a piece of silver, but he didn't expect to pry their mouths open with just one piece of silver. He just heard about the bandits in Anxi Mountain, and his heart skipped a beat, "Could it be two months ago..." He hesitated to test , as if secretly inquiring about other people's private affairs.

Since these people took the ingot of silver, they rushed to say, "That's right, we had an appointment to play at the old place at the foot of Anxi Mountain, but on the way back, Duanmu Rui ran into a servant of his deadly rival's family and passed on a message. After hours, I saw him next to the strange rock in Anxi Mountain. It was a bet in the morning, so Duanmurui went back and didn't allow us to follow him. As a result, when we looked for him the next day, his father never let us see him again, saying yes What kind of infectious disease has not healed and can't go out, let alone see the wind, and we haven't seen him for two months."

The Ninth Prince listened to what they said, and his heart beat quickly. This news hit his heart like a hammer. He wanted to be sure but felt that it was not enough. He tentatively said, "The young master is locked at home. For two months, didn't you promise someone?"

"Fart!" Several people laughed, "What kind of family? It's not that Omegas have estrus."

"Could you be under eighteen?" The Ninth Prince remembered that Duanmu Rui said that he was seventeen and hadn't yet reached the estrus period, but in connection with so many things before, he doubted the guy who was forced to be in estrus because of bleeding that night...

"We are already eighteen!" Several people laughed, "If Omega should have already settled on someone, but we Beta don't have to think so much. By the way, brother, you are also Alpha, why don't you understand these things?"

The Ninth Prince took a deep breath and asked again after gathering his composure, "Is it true that Duanmu Rui is not engaged?"

"How is it possible!" These people swore, "The Duanmu Mansion is famous for pampering Duanmu Rui, as long as Duanmu Rui is unwilling, his parents will never force him to marry."

The Ninth Prince was basically sure of everything, he let these people go, turned around and looked at the closed door, standing there for a long time not knowing what to do.

I don't know whether it's joy or sorrow, but the guy I've been looking for has finally been found, but now it's gone, and he left quickly and happily, without even leaving a note.

Xin Xin Nian Nian came all the way back to pick him up, but was caught off guard.

I don't know where they went to play, let alone when they will come back.

Facing the big lock hanging in front of the door, the Ninth Prince felt a sense of loss of strength.

"Ninth Prince..." The guard didn't know when he would come back.

"How's the question?" Ninth Prince didn't look back.

"According to some news, the Duanmu family seems to have moved." The guard said.

"What's the situation?" The Ninth Prince was a little depressed, he didn't notice why he was depressed, maybe it was just caused by disappointment.

"The Duanmu family left half a month ago. They said that the family went out to play, but a month ago, Master Qianmu went out for nearly ten days before returning, and all the servants in the mansion were dismissed. The pawnshop in the city also received several pawns from Duanmu Mansion. Products, judging from these... it should be that the whole family has moved."

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince was silent for a moment, then turned and mounted his horse, "If you want to move, where is the most convenient place to go from here? What are they doing this for?"

The guard said, "According to the guards at the city gate, they walked through the north gate [-] days ago. If they started from there, the direction would be completely opposite to Nanyang, so..."

"North city gate?" The Ninth Prince hesitated, thinking about Duanmu Rui and the troops still marching, he wanted to chase after them and see why they were so eager to avoid here.

The guard seemed to understand his hesitation, and immediately stepped forward, "My lord, the army is waiting for you to go back. This trip is already urgent, and it is impossible to have time to go north to find the family of Duanmu Mansion...

The Ninth Prince doesn't know the current situation. If he has half a day's free time, he will try to go out of the North City Gate to find Duanmu Rui's whereabouts. They may have a compelling reason to leave, or because of him, so they have to ask. reason.

"Ninth Prince..." the guard urged, "Time is running out, the sky is already dark, we don't have any more time to delay..."

The Ninth Prince rode his horse around the gate of Duanmu Mansion for a long time, and finally raised his whip, "Let's go!"

He looked back at the closed gate of Duanmu Mansion, and a flash of thought flashed by, as if there was something he had forgotten, but he didn't think about it, and returned to the way he came with the guards.

Now that the war in Nanyang is very important, it is not worth the loss to delay the important event for a mere one-night dew couple.

It was completely dark, the Ninth Prince and the guards were on the way back, and Duanmu Rui was also on the way back to the inn with Master Duanmu.

On this day, Duanmu Rui went out with Master Duanmu to find a suitable house, and they found that the houses in Shangjing were more expensive than Yongping City at 01:30.

It is absolutely no problem for those money to be placed in a small courtyard in Yongping City, and there will be a lot of surplus, but in Shangjing, if all the money on them is taken out, they can only buy a place that is remote and dilapidated so that it cannot be replaced. Dilapidated house.

But if you buy a house, you will have no living expenses, so whether you want to buy it is still a question.

If it is rented, it will solve the urgent need, but it is not my own house after all, and there is always a feeling of unreliability living in it.

"Father, why don't we rent a cheap house first, and slowly find a suitable house to buy, so as to save the expensive money spent on staying in an inn every day." Duanmu Rui said to Master Duanmu.

"I also thought about it. You are now physically disabled, so it's not an option to always stay in a hotel. Why don't we rent a place first, and it won't be too late to buy when we have a suitable one."

The two made up their minds and contacted the middleman to help keep an eye on the leased courtyard.

Within a few days, news came from people that the place is a bit remote, there is a house for rent near the moat, the price is very cheap, the environment is not bad, there is no other problem except that it is remote.

Master Duanmu was going to have a look, and Duanmu Rui also wanted to go along with him.

"You should rest more, dad can just go and see."

Duanmu Rui didn't agree, "It's good to be more active, and it's better to have one more person to make up your mind than you alone."

Master Duanmu no longer obstructed him. Ever since the bandit incident, Master Duanmu looked at Duanmu Rui and felt that he was much more mature, so he liked to ask Duanmu Rui for advice on everything and agreed to his participation.

The two made an appointment with the middleman to go to see the courtyard, and it took more than half an hour before they reached the place.

The residences here are all along the moat, Duanmu Rui is also in a good mood looking at the clear water, if not for the steep and loose soil slopes in this area, he really wants to jump into the river to swim and take a bath.

☆, lack of calcium to eat meat

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