Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

Li Ji planned to start with Mr. Du.

However, when he arrived at the punishment department, he only saw an empty cell.

Mr. Du, who was supposed to be in prison, has disappeared.

The jailers knelt on the ground and kowtowed for mercy.

"When the subordinates delivered lunch at noon, they saw the prisoner staying in the prison well. The subordinates didn't know why he disappeared. Please forgive me!"

Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments rushed over after hearing the news, and was also trembling with fright.

He kept scolding the jailers.

"With so many of you, you can't even look down on a prisoner? What's the use of supporting you? A bunch of drunks and rice bags!"

The expression on Li Ji's face was beyond ugly.

He suddenly turned around, and the cloak drew a sharp arc in midair.

"Search the cell, and all the guards will be checked one by one. If no one can be found out before tomorrow morning, all officials in the Ministry of Punishment will be demoted by three ranks!"

The face of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment changed drastically.

Just losing a prisoner, the officials of the entire Ministry of Punishment should be punished.

But when touched by the regent's sinister and ruthless expression, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to distinguish a word, so he hurriedly responded.

"I'm going to investigate now, sir!"

After Li Ji left the Ministry of Punishment, he ordered all the city gates to be sealed off.

From now on, all city gates can only enter but not exit.

All migrants in the city must be strictly checked.

When the queen mother in the palace heard that the Habayashi guard she had sent to pick him up had been attacked, her first reaction was to doubt the regent. After all, the only person in the world who dared to openly defy Yi's orders was the regent.

Later when she heard that Li Xun had been kidnapped and the regent was frantically looking for someone all over the city, she was startled to realize that she had made a mistake.

It must have been done by another group of people.

The queen mother didn't care about the life and death of the Prince Regent's son, she was more worried that the Prince Regent would take his anger out on her.

After all, she was the one who sent people out of the palace to Li Xun.

If there was no such thing, perhaps Li Xun would not have been taken away by the gangsters.

At the same time, Concubine Zhen also heard the news that Li Xun had been kidnapped. She was so anxious that she immediately sent people out of the palace to inquire about what was going on.

The day passed quickly.

The criminal department worked overtime overnight to investigate, and finally found out the reason why Mr. Du was able to escape from prison.

He bribed the jailer in the prison, and then pretended to be the jailer and sneaked out of the cell.

The jailer knew that it would be difficult for him to hang out in the Criminal Department after doing such a thing, so he returned home early, packed his bags quickly, and prepared to escape from Tianjing overnight.

As a result, the city gate was blocked.

He couldn't get out, so he could only hide in the inn in disguise.

But in the end, he was picked out by the officers and soldiers in charge of the search.

After the jailer was arrested, he knew that he was doomed and that he didn't need to be sentenced, so he confessed everything like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

He recently fell in love with gambling, lost a lot of money, and owed a huge debt.

Those debt collectors came to him every day to threaten him, and if he didn't pay back the money, he would cut off his hands and feet.

He was terrified.

Just at this time, someone is willing to help him pay off his gambling debts, and give him an extra thousand taels of silver, as long as he can help save someone from the prison.

The person the other party asked him to save was naturally Mr. Du.

Under the coercion and temptation of the other party, the jailer agreed to help.

He originally thought that after finishing this matter, he would take a thousand taels of silver and fly away to find a place where no one knew him and start a new life.

However, Skynet was restored, and he was finally arrested.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment presented the confession to the regent.

Li Ji looked at the confession in front of him, frowned and thought.

Obviously, it was not a coincidence that the jailer suddenly became fond of gambling, but someone was deliberately guiding him.

Those people who come to collect debts should also be deliberately arranged by someone.

The jailer fell into the trap of others unknowingly and became a pawn in the hands of others.

In other words, the people behind the scenes have already started planning.

They tried their best to take Li Xun and Hua Manman away, and they will definitely not stay in Tianjing City honestly.

It was already bright outside.

Chen Wangbei strode in, cupped his fists and saluted.

"My lord, all the men and horses in the various mansions have been mobilized. They searched the capital overnight, but they failed to find any traces left by the men and women of Prince Yu's mansion."

He paused here, and asked a question cautiously.

"May I ask if the prince will continue to search?"

Li Ji said in a deep voice: "Let them continue to investigate, the king is going out of the city."

Chen Wangbei was very surprised: "Where is the prince going?"

Li Ji looked to the southeast, and said three words in a deep voice.

"Longdong County."

Longdong County is a fiefdom under the name of King Yu, and it is very far away from Tianjing. It takes at least two months to travel between the two.

At this time, Hua Manman was on his way to Longdong County.

She was sitting in the carriage with her hands tied behind her back, her eyes fixed on the man in green sitting in front of her.

"Mr. Du, what exactly do you want?"

After she followed Ban Ren yesterday, the two of them left the city directly.

The people of Prince Yu's Mansion outside the city had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as she appeared, she was wheeled into the carriage.

Immediately afterwards, she saw Mr. Du sitting upright in the carriage.

The coachman flicked his whip, and the carriage moved forward quickly. The wheels ran over the gravel road, leaving two ruts.

Mr. Du shook his folding fan and smiled slightly.

"The subordinates naturally tried to escape from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Although the prison of the Ministry of Justice is heavily guarded, it is not invulnerable, it just needs more thought.

Hua Manman: "Where's Li Xun? What did you do to him?"

Mr. Du said calmly.

"Don't worry, little prince is fine."

Hua Manman doesn't believe his words.

She suddenly raised her leg and kicked at Mr. Du!

In the narrow compartment, Mr. Du had nowhere to hide, so he quickly folded his folding fan and used it to block.

Hua Manman's leg was hit by a folding fan and it hurt a lot.

But she didn't say a word, followed by another kick!

Mr. Du failed to dodge this time, and was kicked abruptly.

The pain made him turn pale.

The coachman could not help but slow down when he heard the movement.

Ban Ren also leaned over on his horse and asked, "Mr. Du, what happened?"

Mr. Du clutched his aching stomach, the smile on his face had completely disappeared.

He said in a deep voice, "Stop!"

The carriage stopped immediately.

Ban Ren also raised his hand, making a stop gesture.

Seeing this, the people following behind stopped.

Mr. Du opened the window and said to Ban Ren.

"Go and bring Xiaoshizi here."

Ban Ren didn't hesitate, and rode to a carriage behind him.

He pulled a child out of the car.

That child is Li Xun.

His hands and feet were all tied up, and his mouth was blocked by a cloth scarf. Even so, he twisted his body desperately, his eyes staring fiercely at Ban Ren, like a vicious little wolf cub.

Through the wide open car window, Hua Manman saw the child being carried in his hands.

She immediately couldn't care about anything else, and threw herself on the window sill and shouted.

"Dog!"