The prince is seriously ill

On the ninth day of April, the breeze is warm.

Shen Junde was idle in the study, Ji Fuchen waited on him, thoughtful...

The plain note received a few days ago, in just a few words, he has already memorized it fluently:

"I haven't seen you in a few years. Is my nephew Fuchen all right? We'll get together in Juxianlou at the third quarter of the ninth day of April."

Ji Fuchen squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. At this time, the sun was slanting, and it was too early.

He was waiting, waiting for someone to remind him of the meeting today.Whoever comes is suspicious.If you follow the clues to find out, you will be sure to find the person behind it.

But until now, he has been paying attention everywhere, but no suspicious person has appeared.

Since the other party is so calm, he wants to see who is the person who keeps calling him "my nephew"!

Ji Fuchen finished cooking a pot of Biluochun, poured a cup into the white jade tea set, got up and gave it to Shen Jun, and while he was drinking the tea, he lowered his head slightly and said, "My lord, my uncle wrote to invite me to meet him in Xianlou. I also hope that your son will allow me to go out tomorrow to meet my uncle's appointment."

Shen Jun paused, put down the white jade cup, tilted his head slightly and said, "Oh? Isn't Fuchen unaccompanied? Why did he come out with a real uncle?"

Ji Fuchen said calmly: "Since the villain left the capital after his family was defeated, he rarely had any contact with his relatives. Afterwards, he drifted and wandered, living far away in the south of the Yangtze River. He was indeed unaccompanied. But I didn't expect to I met my uncle here. My uncle treated me well since I was a child, and we meet in a foreign land at this time, and there are indeed some old feelings to be recounted. Don't worry, my son, the villain will not delay too long, and I will return in an hour or two."

Shen Jun smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you can go tomorrow."

Ji Fuchen bowed to thank him, retreated to a corner, and stood by the window, his thoughts drifted away.

He had no intention of going to the appointment today at all.Although there are many people in Juxianlou at sishisanji, it is not impossible for them to plan some accidents if they want to.Although crowded places are not conducive to hands-on, it is very convenient to hide your tracks, and you can mix in with the citizens with a little dressing up.He didn't dare to be careless.

However, face to face is a must.It's just that the time and place of the meeting cannot be arranged by them, it has to be decided by oneself.He knew very well in his heart that no matter whether the visitor was an enemy or a friend, he would not be able to hide from the one who should come.We will meet those people tomorrow.

Just in case, he will not tell them the specific time and place of the meeting in advance.

Since there are people in the Shen residence monitoring his every move, he doesn't need to worry that those people can't find him.All he had to do was wait at the place he chose, and they would definitely show up.

Tomorrow, we will see for ourselves.

On the second day, Ji Fuchen intentionally slept until the sun was high, and then took a leisurely shower. He expected to go out at this time when there were many people, so he walked along the East Street as if nothing had happened.If he guessed correctly, those people should come.

The afternoon market has just started, on the official road, pedestrians are hurrying, cars and horses are sparkling.

Walking to an eaves, Ji Fuchen suddenly stopped, turned his head to look behind, and said loudly: "Since your Excellency is here, why do you need to hide?"

As soon as the words were finished, a burly figure came out from behind the willow tree and walked straight in front of him. The visitor glanced up and down at Ji Fuchen, then knelt down and said, "See the second prince."

Ji Fuchen's eyes moved, he stared at the kneeling middle-aged man, his eyes were full of astonishment, he looked around and saw that there was no one else beside him, and then asked with a gentle smile: "Are you calling me?"

The man raised his head, his face was serious, and he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "The second prince intends to hide his eyes and ears, and I understand. I am being reckless." Before Ji Fuchen could reply, he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he stood up with a sigh of relief. .

"Brother, you have misunderstood the person. In the next Ji Fuchen, I am a servant of the Shen family. Look at me, how can I be a prince?" After saying that, Ji Fuchen turned around, shook his head, and walked forward as if nothing had happened. .

The man hurried forward, stretched out his hand as if to grab his sleeve, hesitated for a moment, then withdrew his hand, just walked behind him and said: "The second prince doesn't know the humble job, but the humble job knows the second prince."

Ji Fuchen looked back at him, smiled wryly and said: "Brother, you can see clearly, I am really not a prince, alas, if you really think I am a second prince, I will admit it."

Seeing the man's face showing joy, Ji Fuchen said again: "After all, if I can become a prince, then I will have nothing to worry about in my life, and I don't have to be a servant to live by watching people's faces. You must know some prince. , tell me, can those princes eat meat every day, change new clothes every day, be served by eunuchs and maids every day, and have many concubines to accompany them at night?" The more Ji Fuchen said, the more excited he was, his face brightened. Ruo Chaoyang.

Hearing the words, the man frowned imperceptibly, a trace of doubt flashed, then he became firm again, and said in silence for a while: "Second prince, don't worry, there is no malice in coming here with a lowly position, I just came here at the order of the empress. Just looking for the second prince."

"Oh? It seems that the ancestral grave is really smoking. Not only did I suddenly become a prince overnight, but I also had a relationship with the empress, the mother of a country in Daliang."

The man lowered his head respectfully, restrained his expression, and said: "The second prince doesn't believe what the humble official said, and the humble official understands it. The second prince does not need to deny it in a hurry. No matter what you say, the humble official knows that you are the second prince. The second prince was ordered to go to the court eight years ago. Jiuyi Mountain Wuxiang Temple became a monk, but suddenly disappeared on the way, with no clues. The second prince has been living among the people for eight years, and the empress has been sending people to look for it for eight years. The sky pays off, and finally found the second prince in the recent days How can the second prince have the heart to let down the queen's love for her son?"

Ji Fuchen raised his head and smiled, "How did you find out that I am the second prince you are looking for?"

"If it's a coincidence that your age is similar to that of the second prince, then your leg disease and this face that resembles the second prince's birth mother, Concubine Rong, must not be a coincidence."

Ji Fuchen's smile gradually faded, his eyes gradually became deep, and he stared at him quietly without saying a word.After a while, he finally said: "Even if I am the second prince you are looking for, why do you make me believe that you are really sent by the empress? Even if you are really the queen's person, how can you convince me that you are here to help?" I didn't come to harm me?"

Just as the man breathed a sigh of relief, his face became tense again, "How can the second prince believe in a lowly position?"

Ji Fuchen said lightly: "It's not impossible for me to trust you, as long as you answer one of my questions truthfully, I will trust you."

The man glanced at him and said, "Second Prince, please tell me."

"I want to know, who is the person watching me in Shen's residence? How did you know that I am in Shen's house now?"

The man was surprised for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't know about it. To tell you the truth, the second prince is only responsible for connecting with the second prince. As for who is sending the news to the empress, I don't know at all. Seeing that his expression was full of disbelief, the man said anxiously again: "Although the second prince has been living among the people for many years, he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he must know the rules of the palace. No matter when, the identity of the spies will always be kept secret. Yes, unless it is forced to be exposed, no one will know about it. I also ask the second prince not to embarrass his position."

"Okay, since you don't know who is watching me, then tell me, who are you? What is the purpose of all your efforts to ask me out?"

"The humble job is called Yuan Wei, who was ordered by the empress to bring the second prince back to the palace. The reason why he asked the second prince out was to bring the second prince to meet someone."

Ji Fuchen raised his eyebrows and said, "Who?"

"The second prince's uncle," Yuan Wei saw that there was no one around, and seeing Ji Fuchen was puzzled, he approached him again and said, "Master Xu Zhishan."

uncle?Ji Fuchen snorted coldly.Due to the situation, the queen raised herself in Yuluan Palace and became his nominal mother.Xu Zhishan is the queen's biological brother, so he can be called his nominal uncle.

As if thinking of something, Ji Fuchen frowned, "You mean, Master Xu is also here?"

"No, Mr. Xu is an important minister of the court and cannot leave Beijing easily. But although Mr. Xu did not come, he sent his cronies here." Yuan Wei said with a flash of eyes, "Mr. Xu has something important to do with the second prince. Xiangshang, this is not a place to talk, please come with me, the second prince, Master Xu sent someone to bring important words to the second prince."

Ji Fuchen sneered and said, "If you have anything to say, you can say it now. Although I am a prince, in the eyes of today's princes, I am inferior to ordinary people. What does Master Xu need to discuss with me?"

"I don't know what humble position to discuss specifically. Master Xu only told me that this matter is related to the life and death of the second prince and us. Please consider it carefully and condescend to me."

"If you want me to go with you to meet other people, that's fine. Whenever Xu Zhishan invites me here, I'll meet his cronies." Ji Fuchen said without a doubt.

"Second Prince, you..."

Yuan Wei wanted to say something else, but Ji Fuchen interrupted: "I'm sorry, I'm a servant of the Shen family. I've been out for a long time. If I don't go back, the master of the Shen family will be angry." Responding to Yuan Wei's persuasion, he turned around and went to the place where the crowd flowed, but he was not in the bustling crowd.

Regardless of whether Yuan Wei is the queen's person or not, meeting them at this moment will not be a good thing.

Ji Fuchen quickened his pace back to Shen's residence, took a small path to the side door of Shen's house.

From a distance, I saw two figures standing at the door, and when I got closer, it turned out to be a gray-clothed house slave with a bushy beard talking with the doorman. Back, speaking, he stuffed the silver in his hand into the hands of the janitor boy.

Ji Fuchen walked over calmly. The gray-clothed old slave seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly turned around. The moment he saw Ji Fuchen, something strange flashed in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal. If the waves just now were just an illusion of old age .

Seeing Ji Fuchen approaching, the old slave in gray immediately lowered his head and stood by the side, waiting for him to pass first.

Ji Fuchen stared at him like lightning. For some reason, this person gave him a strange feeling, familiar and unfamiliar.He tentatively asked, "What's wrong with you in the Shen family?"

"The old man is a flower slave in the back garden. He is old and it is inconvenient to go out, so I would like to ask the janitor to bring me some things from outside today. Mr. Ji is a celebrity around Mr. Shen, so it is reasonable not to recognize me."

Ji Fuchen seemed to be listening carefully, and suddenly, he slashed his palm towards his back, the wind of his palm was unstoppable, like a bow full of arrows.

Hua Nu's whole body froze, feeling the rushing cold wind, he didn't dodge it, like a person who doesn't know martial arts, he just stood there in a daze, as if he didn't know the danger was coming.

With a turn of Ji Fuchen's palm, he almost passed by his back, his attack weakened to zero, and hit the vermilion wall beside him.

I wanted to force him to take action, but this person didn't get the trick.Ji Fuchen looked at him with deep meaning, walked over and grabbed his hands, put them in his own, and only stepped back two steps to let him go when he felt that there were indeed calluses from his habit of using a flower hoe on that rough hand.

Hua Nu shook his beard and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I've offended you. I just heard from you that the Shen family has been infiltrated by an inner ghost with high martial arts skills. I just wanted to test whether you know martial arts. Since you don't have martial arts skills, I believe you are not the person you are looking for." Ji Fuchen said calmly.

Hua Nu snorted coldly, his back became even more bent, and he left angrily.

Looking at his receding figure, Ji Fuchen's expression turned cold, his gaze followed like a knife until he disappeared around the corner.After a while, I came back to my senses, my eyes were full of sternness, I really have nowhere to look for, it is easy to get here, even if you turn to ashes, I can recognize you.

Ji Fuchen never expected that he would meet an "old acquaintance" in Shen's residence!