Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

Just as Ye Fan and the other two were heading towards Qushui Liushang,

The tallest building in Qinhuai City is as magnificent as an imperial palace. This is the residence of Prince Yuanzheng, which is much more majestic and magnificent than the City Lord's Mansion.

"Snapped!"

"waste!"

An unusually loud slap and an angry roar were heard one after another. It turned out that a young man in gorgeous clothes slapped a gray-haired man hard.

Although he was slapped by a man who was more than 20 years younger than him and far less powerful than him, the man with gray hair did not dare to express any dissatisfaction, because the other party was the eldest son of King Yuanzheng, Ming Teng.

"Your Highness, although we failed to catch Li Gui, fortunately Li Gui did not fall into Ming Yingjie's hands either. We still have a chance!"

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a tall hat and a mustache next to Ming Teng spoke.

"Hmph, a bunch of losers. After all the effort and even sending out a fourth-grade Hou-level warrior, they still couldn't snatch Li Gui from that loser Ming Yingjie!"

Ming Teng looked at the middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples with a gloomy face, "Lian Hu, I'll give you one more chance, go and catch Li Gui in our hands. If you can't catch him, don't come back!"

"I will do my best, but... judging from today's situation, the person who kidnapped Li Gui is probably already a king! Your Highness, can you..."

The middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples was interrupted by Ming Teng before he could finish what he was saying.

"no!"

There was no room for negotiation in Ming Teng's voice. "Using the fourth rank of the Hou rank is already the limit. If we use the king rank, Prince Qing and other princes will definitely notice it, and we won't be able to give father a surprise!"

..........

the other side,

Ye Fan, Liu Mengying and A Xin have already arrived at Qushui Liushang.

The Qushui Liushang was decorated with lights and was much more lively at night than during the day, but there was no music coming out. Ye Fan also found that the people here looked a little panicked, and many guests ran away from Qushui Liushang with nervous expressions.

"what's the situation?"

Ye Fan frowned slightly, stopped a chubby middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, and asked.

The fat middle-aged man dressed as a businessman didn't want to pay attention to Ye Fan at first, but when he saw the silver ingot Ye Fan handed over, he immediately smiled happily.

Soon, Ye Fan and the other two understood why there was no vocal music playing at the Water Flowing Wine Cup tonight, and the guests left with nervous expressions. It turned out that an assassin had run in not long ago, intending to assassinate the courtesan Grape...

"Brother, Sister Grape might have been assassinated. Let's go check it out!"

Liu Mengying said with some concern.

"Well, let's go!"

..........

After a while, Ye Fan, Liu Mengying and A Xin came to a corridor.

"My Lord, I am so sorry. Miss Grape has just been assassinated. Please forgive me for not seeing you!"

As soon as Ye Fan and the other two turned a corner, they heard the voice of a middle-aged woman.

Ye Fan looked in the direction of the voice and couldn't help but be a little surprised, because the person the middle-aged woman was talking to was Prince Qing's legitimate son, Ming Yingjie, whom he had just met in the evening.

However, Ming Yingjie was not wearing armor at this moment. Instead, he was dressed in white, holding a folding fan in his hand, dressed like a scholar.

"Mrs. Meng, my prince is also concerned about Miss Grape. He also runs a medicinal materials business. Maybe he can help Miss Grape!"

At this time, a sword-wielding guard next to Ming Yingjie spoke.

"Please be flexible, Madam Meng!"

Ming Yingjie continued the conversation politely.

"Your Highness, Miss Grape has already told me not to see anyone today! Please don't embarrass me!"

Meng Niang looked helpless.

"That's fine!"

Ming Yingjie sighed, "Then please tell Miss Grape that if she needs anything, just let me know!"

"Mrs. Meng will tell you herself!"

The middle-aged woman looked polite and bowed slightly.

"Shh!"

Just as Ming Yingjie turned around and prepared to leave, a booing sound was heard.

"Little Wang... Oh my, you are so impressive. I never see you so majestic during the day..."

Then a sarcastic male voice came into Ye Fan's ears. He turned his head and found a young man with colorful braids sitting on the beam not far away.

"Wang Mao, if you have the guts, say it again!"

Ming Yingjie's face was as black as an iron pot, and there was obvious anger in his voice.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

Wang Mao simply ignored Ming Yingjie's threatening gaze, "The imperial prisoner who assassinated the prince was kidnapped right under your nose, and instead of trying to catch him, you actually had the mood to come here to listen to music...zizizizi... and got rejected, little prince, little prince, I don't know if you are a 'prince' or not, but this 'little' is..."

"call out!"

Wang Mao hadn't finished speaking yet, because Ming Yingjie had already shot two flying knives oozing with earth-attributed mysterious energy at him.

Wang Mao's expression changed, his figure flashed, and he jumped away into the distance.

"Humph!"

Ming Yingjie did not pursue him. He snorted coldly and strode away with a gloomy face.

He was in a very bad mood at the moment. After all, not only did his great achievements during the day go to waste, but he might also be held accountable... So he wanted to come to Qushui Liushang to listen to some music to ease his mood, but Grape was assassinated... He didn't get to listen to the music, but he was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity to get closer to Grape, but he was turned down...

After Ming Yingjie left, Liu Mengying immediately went forward to negotiate with Meng Niang, but the result was the same as Ming Yingjie's...

"Big brother, if Meng Niang told Sister Grape what I just said, Sister Grape would definitely know that we are here, but Meng Niang seems to think that we are people who want to sneak in during the chaos... She didn't mean to bring a message... "

Liu Mengying looked at Meng Niang who was negotiating with a group of people in extraordinary clothes not far ahead, and said helplessly.

"Maybe too many people took the opportunity to talk to Grape..."

Looking at the increasingly crowded corridor ahead, Ye Fan frowned slightly, "Little Bean Sprout, how about we try another way to find Grapes?"

"Well, okay~"

..........

Midnight,

The Qushui Liushang finally became much quieter. Meng Niang sat on the floor with a tired look on her face. She leaned against the big pillar next to her and rested for a long time. Then she said to the direction behind her: "My aunt, please don't be in any trouble... Otherwise, I will offend so many princes and nobles today..."

the other side,

The roof of the Qushui Liushang building,

"I never thought that this Qushui Liushang is actually a boat! I thought it was a building built on the lakeside!"

Ah Xin muttered in a low voice.

"Big brother, the room in front is the last room we have left to explore in this area. I wonder if Sister Grape is here!"

At this time, Liu Mengying pointed in a direction and spoke softly. Although she was quite excited, she did not act immediately, but waited for Ye Fan's movement, because Ye Fan just discovered that many places in the Qushui Liushang were arranged with induction talismans, which would be triggered if not careful...

"go!"

Ye Fan responded and took the lead to walk forward quietly.

Although there were many cleverly arranged sensing talismans on the roof of Qushui Liushang, Ye Fan avoided them all.

"It's Sister Grape!"

Liu Mengying carefully lifted a tile that had just had the talisman removed from it, and when she saw the person in the room, she couldn't help but exclaimed.

...........