The system forced me to be emperor

When he came to the main hall, Zhuge Yuanba held a letter in his hand. Seeing the four people coming, he sighed and said, "The kidnapper asked a vegetable farmer to send a letter. You can read it."

Xiao Rui took the letter and asked, "What can you tell from the vegetable farmer?"

"No, he said that a merchant gave him a tael of silver to deliver the letter. I guess that merchant is also using money to do things. Even if he is found, it will not help the matter, and it will even scare the snake." Zhuge Yuanba sighed.

After Xiao Rui opened the letter, it wrote: "Zhuge Yuanba, our old friends meet again, it's a pity that the champion is no longer in the capital, it's a pity."

This is the content of the first half of the letter. At the end of the letter, there is a line of beautiful handwriting: "Uncle, I'm fine. I'm just locked up. I didn't suffer any injuries. Don't worry."

This is Zhuge Liuying's handwriting. It seems that the kidnapper did it on purpose to let everyone know that Zhuge Liuying was not harmed, so they should be obedient.

After Xiao Rui read it, he forwarded the letter to Jia Xu and Guo Jia. After the two read it, Jia Xu said: "Although the content of the letter is not much, we can see some problems. First of all, the kidnapper must be an enemy, but he Using the words of an old friend, and mentioning Lord Hou, the lines are full of regret and emotion, and I feel that it is not a personal grievance, but an opponent."

"That's right! If it's a personal grievance, in order to avenge Zhuge's family, he can hurt Ms. Zhuge first, which will cause a greater impact. In addition, did you find that Ms. Zhuge's handwriting is very smooth, which means that the kidnapper did not threaten her. Zhuge Miss has a strong character, if she is really forced, her handwriting will definitely not be like this." Guo Jia said: "Since it is not a personal grievance, as Mr. Wen He said, it is an opponent. Thinking of the identities of Commander Zhuge and Lord Hou, then the opponent on the battlefield most likely!"

"So Commander Zhuge, have you had the same opponent as Champion Hou and defeated him?" Jia Xu asked.

Zhuge Yuanba had already stabilized his mood, and with the calculations of two think tanks, he immediately had a direction to think.

"My elder brother has been stationed in the north all year round to guard against the Great Qi, and I am the commander of Iron Dragon Riders defending the capital. There are very few enemies who are the same!" Zhuge Yuanba thought over and over again, but he didn't have any clue.

"Thinking forward, where did Commander Zhuge work before?" Jia Xu asked.

Zhuge Yuanba said: "Even earlier, I was serving as a partial general under Chang Shenghou to guard against the Great Zhao Kingdom. At that time, I fought all day long, and I defeated countless opponents. I didn't bother to record it in my heart."

"Oh, that's right! When Your Majesty marched westward to the Great Zhao Kingdom, my eldest brother also personally led troops to participate in that battle, which entered most of the territory of the Great Zhao Kingdom. If the Great Qi Kingdom hadn't taken the opportunity to invade, Your Majesty might have wiped out the Great Zhao Kingdom. Zhao Guo. In this battle, my elder brother and I cooperated and beat countless generals of the Great Zhao Kingdom. Now think about it, is the enemy that my elder brother and I defeated together the generals of the Great Zhao Kingdom?" Zhuge Yuanba grasped a clue , asked.

"Great Zhao Kingdom!"

Several people looked at each other, this is the first target that can be suspected now.

Xiao Rui thought for a while, and said: "Let's assume the kidnapper is someone from the Great Zhao Kingdom, but if he doesn't come sooner or later, why does he come now? The purpose of coming is to avenge shame?"

"Avenging shame by kidnapping? This is not shame, it's self-inflicted humiliation. If it's really a general of the Great Zhao Kingdom, he probably wouldn't bother to do such a thing." Jia Xu said.

Guo Jia said: "If it is really the enemy of the Great Zhao Kingdom, then they must have other plans. Unfortunately, we now know too few clues, and these are just speculations."

"Then wait! The other party must have something to ask for!" Zhuge Yuanba said in a deep voice, his nervousness has also eased, and he knows that he must calm down now.

Sure enough, near noon, someone sent a letter again.

I saw the letter read:

"Zhuge Yuanba, are you nervous? If something happened to your niece, how would you deal with the champion? But don't worry, we are people of the rivers and lakes who uphold morality, seeking profit rather than life. You are very obedient and only inform I have passed His Highness King Xian, but I haven’t told Emperor Xia yet, and I didn’t let the famous Dongchang participate, so be honest. Say hello to His Highness Xian for me. His unmarried wife is in my hands, should he do the same? what?"

After seeing it, the evil Yuanba suddenly glanced outside the house, and growled: "Could it be that there are spies in the house?"

The last time the Lingxiao Pavilion incident happened, someone bought the servants of Zhuge Hou's mansion, which almost killed Xiao Rui. Since then, Zhuge Yuanba has carefully screened the servants of the mansion, and even asked His Majesty to borrow the powerful intelligence capabilities of Dongchang , must ensure that there are no spies in the mansion, who knows that there is no defense against the spies in the mansion now!

"Wait! Don't be in a hurry." Xiao Rui stopped Zhuge Yuanba's anger and said, "When we entered the mansion, only the servants you arranged knew that these were the servants who served here. The old man in the mansion, you can't even suspect them. What's more, maybe the servants in my mansion were bought by the enemy, after all, when you entered the mansion in the morning, even if you were careful, you were seen by many servants."

Zhuge Yuanba nodded, it belongs to the anxious and confused phalanx.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other, and they whispered a few words.

Xiao Rui was curious and asked, "You two gentlemen, have you found anything?"

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "Feng Xiao and I feel that the purpose of this letter is not to deal with Commander Zhuge."

"Why did you say that?" Xiao Rui was taken aback, Zhuge Yuanba was also surprised.

Jia Xu said: "Instinct! By the way, Commander Zhuge, did you send someone to find out when Miss Zhuge disappeared last night?"

Zhuge Yuanba said: "I sent people to Zhongyonghou's Mansion, and they said that Liuying left at the end of Shen Shi, and must have been subdued on the way back to the mansion, and then drove away directly."

"The carriage and driver are also missing?" Jia Xu asked.

Zhuge Yuanba nodded and said, "They're all gone."

"The kidnappers dared to continue to drive in the carriage of the Marquis of Champion's Mansion openly. Aren't they afraid of being exposed if they meet someone they know well? If it were me, I would have to change to the carriage." Jia Xu said.

Guo Jiadao: "So, the kidnappers are either familiar with the roads of the capital and know where to go without encountering acquaintances, or they have people from the capital to guide them."

"Moreover, the kidnappers have to verify whether Commander Zhuge has reported the case, which further verifies the second possibility. These kidnappers must be surrounded by people in the capital to help, and their abilities are definitely not small. Otherwise, they would not be able to verify the Dongchang Have you taken any action with Jin Yiwei?"

Jia Xu nodded and said: "So, this is not a simple revenge or seeking revenge, but a well-established situation. I think that the next letter from the enemy will find a way to send Commander Zhuge away!"

When the application time was approaching, the third letter came as expected.

Everyone can't wait to open:

"Zhuge Yuanba, you are honest, so I won't chat with you anymore. Let's get back to business. Next, I need you and Xiao Rui to do two things. If you do well, we will let Zhuge Liuying go. Yizi, so you can rest assured of my sincerity. The first thing is that there is a key hidden in a book in the Imperial Palace Library Pavilion, and you need to get it. The second thing is to go to the Lotus Temple outside the city and find a key called Those who don't know the monk, get a box from him. I will give you one day, and if you don't get it tomorrow, I will chop off Zhuge Liuying's hands. I keep my word, and it's up to you to believe it or not. In the end To remind you, don’t disclose it to anyone, if Emperor Xia hears about it, then our deal will be terminated, and let Zhuge Liuying’s fragrance eliminate the damage.”

At the end of the letter, the shapes of keys and strange iron boxes were drawn.

Xiao Rui didn't see the key, but he was familiar with the iron box, which looked so much like the iron box his mother left him.

Chapter 261: Beat them hard!

Seeing the shape and style of the iron box, Xiao Rui was very surprised.

According to His Majesty, the relics left by her mother Ye Qianlan should contain the gifts she left for him. It is the secret personnel list of the Daqi Kingdom and the Dazhao Kingdom, but the key is far away from the grandfather of the Daqi Kingdom.

Now, the person who kidnapped Zhuge Liuying asked the two to find the mysterious key and box, and the appearance of this box was very similar to the one left by his mother, which had to arouse Xiao Rui's curiosity and doubts.

In addition, the kidnapper said that the box was with the unknown monk, and he suddenly thought that after the night king Xiao Heding passed away, he asked the unknown monk to bring a wooden box to Xiao Rui and asked him to pass it on to His Majesty. At that time, the wooden box was sealed with lead, so Xiao Rui didn't open it, but when shaking it, I could still hear something like a box inside. Could it be that this iron box was contained in the wooden box?

Xiao Rui looked at Zhuge Yuanba and asked, "Have you seen this key and box?"

Zhuge Yuanba shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before! Since the enemy demands so much, let's just believe him. I'll leave the city right now and make sure to get the iron box."

Xiao Rui didn't stop him, he just suspected that the box had been handed over to His Majesty, but Xiao Rui didn't see it with his own eyes, so it was hard to judge, it would be good to let Zhuge Yuanba go.

"Then I will enter the palace now, and look for the key in the Library Pavilion. Let's split up. To avoid being a trap, if you encounter an ambush by the enemy, I will send Li Kui and Wei Guang to go with you." Xiao Rui said.

Zhuge Yuanba did not refuse, saying: "Okay!"

Immediately, the three of Zhuge Yuanba drove out of the city.

Li Yuanfang escorted Xiao Rui into the palace by car.

After entering the palace, Xiao Rui didn't take the liberty to go to Zangshu Pavilion, but first went to pay his respects to His Majesty.

Knowing that His Majesty was discussing state affairs with the cabinet scholars, Xiao Rui asked Hai Dafu to pass the message on his behalf, and wanted to go to the Zangshu Pavilion to find some books to study, and begged His Majesty for permission.

After Hai Dafu conveyed the message, His Majesty naturally agreed.

With His Majesty's consent, Xiao Rui can blatantly go to Zangshu Pavilion to look for it without being afraid of others' suspicion.