The General and His Enemy Your Highness

Chu Ce was weak, and when he returned to the inn, he collapsed on the couch and passed out. Mei Geng called him several times to get up and eat something, but the response was only two soft moans from a child, and he turned around and ignored him.

King Xiping had no choice but to feel sorry for him running around, so he had to let his little highness sleep, changed his outer robe with broken sleeves, and hurried to the yamen to interrogate the local officials himself.

Dusk is approaching, the rain breaks and the clouds disperse, adding to the sweltering heat and humidity.

The young master Qin, who is both civil and military, was used as the county magistrate, and recorded everything that the adults said in detail. After Mei Geng interrogated them one by one, it was already dusk.

The yamen lit the lamp, Mei Geng looked through it for a while, his brows became more and more tight, and he asked in a deep voice, "Qin Gui, where is the master surnamed Lan?"

Qin Gui immediately said: "I don't know where he is, I have sent people to investigate."

During the interrogation, the two discovered that the loss of soldiers in the army began four years ago, and it was also four years ago that the chess club was built. It happened that Master Lan was recruited as an aide by Magistrate Feng four years ago.

Mei Geng recalled carefully, and was surprised that he had no impression of this master, although he had seen him before, but that person was extremely unnoticed, and now that the incident happened, he disappeared long ago.

In addition, the county magistrate Feng and the jailer who died in the prison before were able to gain the trust of the jailer to go in and kill Feng Yucai, and then poisoned the jailer's wine and food. I am afraid that it was also the work of County Magistrate Feng's cronies.

Mei Geng sneered: "Run faster, tell Luo Fu, send troops to besiege the city, I want to see where he can escape, and those chess clubs will continue to investigate, and they will only say that Cha Nanyun is working carefully."

Qin Gui hesitated for a moment, "Where is Yong'an?"

Mei Geng lowered his eyes, pondered for a while, and said: "This king will pass a secret letter to that one."

That person is of course the current emperor of Chu, and they caused a lot of trouble in Linzhang, not to mention the death of the county magistrate's family, and even the county magistrate died in prison, and an official was always needed to take over.

Qin Gui didn't make another sound, and turned around to make arrangements to capture master Lan Xin.

Not long after he left, His Highness the Fifth Prince rushed to the Yamen under the escort of Fang Ren, and saw King Xiping who was holding a candle and meditating.

Naturally, Mei Geng also found Chu Ce, and he immediately stood up to greet him, naturally took the boy into his arms, and kissed him tenderly on the forehead, "Why are you here?"

Chu Ce's ears turned red, and he glanced at Fang Ren, who had a complex expression, and said softly, "How's the investigation going?"

Mei Geng didn't intend to hide it from Chu Ce, so he led people to the case, handed over the interrogation process recorded by Qin Gui, and talked about doubts about Master Lan Xin along the way.

Fang Ren looked at the two kissing people in front of him, his face became even more distorted, thinking that His Highness the Fifth Prince is so young, how could the prince be able to do it?

After a while, King Xiping seemed to have just seen Fang Duxiao under the hall, and raised his eyebrows, "Why are you here?"

Fang Ren was stunned, and immediately counseled, "The lower official escorted the Fifth Highness down."

"Oh." Mei Geng replied indifferently, "Go and burn the corpses in Yizhuang."

Although the host is dead, the blue-winged butterfly is still a disaster. Who knows if they will fly out of the belly of the dead?

The prince has an order, Fang Ren has to go no matter how cowardly he is.

After he left, Chu Ce smiled lightly and asked, "Why are you torturing him?"

"It's not pleasing to the eye." Mei Geng narrowed his eyes and sneered, "If all the generals in Da Chu have such virtues, why should they fight?"

This coward actually left his subordinates to escape in embarrassment, and several of those lost in the chess club were secret guards of the palace.

No matter how precious Mei Geng was, he was a general honed from fighting on the battlefield, not to mention that this young man still had the heart of an old man with vicissitudes in his body, so naturally he looked down on a young man like Shang Ren.

Chu Ce didn't respond, there were quite a few outstanding people no matter in civil or martial arts, but it's a pity that it's really hard to stand out when the nobles are overwhelmed by the big Chu.

During the silence, Chu Ce wanted to get up from Mei Geng's arms. The man subconsciously tightened his arms, but suddenly became stiff for a moment.

Chu Ce was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw Mei Geng's pain that had been concealed for a moment. He was startled immediately, and stretched out his hands to grope around him, "What's wrong with you? Are you injured?"

During the fight today, those people were all holding weapons in their hands, Mei Geng did suffer some minor injuries, he didn't take it seriously, so he grabbed the child's slender wrist, teasingly said with a smile: "Xiao Ce, it's inappropriate, um ?”

Sure enough, Chu Ce's white ears turned red again, and his other hand touched Mei Geng's delicately embroidered skirt, "Shao Poor, let me see where the injury is?"

"On the shoulder, there's a small cut, it's nothing to worry about."

The child's worry made the prince happy, and he lowered his eyes to glance at the white palm that was trying to tear off the skirt. Chu Ce's hand was very beautiful, with well-defined joints, white and thin, but there were some indistinct scars printed on it, interlaced one by one. .

They are all used to being hurt, but Chu Ce is still worried about him.

Qin Gui outside the door silently withdrew his foot that had already stepped over the threshold, with a delicate expression, as if shocked, and as if he had seen through something.

——It was His Highness the Fifth Highness who was taking off the prince's clothes just now, right?

I can't tell that His Highness the Fifth Highness... is so enthusiastic, the prince is very blessed.

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On the way to the north, although Mei Geng dealt with a few corrupt officials drastically, after he arrived in Linzhang, the officials from all over the country looked at the secret reports they had heard and sweated coldly in fear. They finally knew what it meant to be powerful.

Just a few days after arriving in Linzhang, a county magistrate died, a county magistrate died, and a governor was dismissed by the way, without the decision of the Ministry of punishment and His Majesty. The officials were terrified and overwhelmed, lest King Xiping's sword would reach their necks at some point.

Naturally, there are many waiting to watch the show. Although the Northwest War was not the fault of King Xiping, Da Chu suffered huge losses, and now he is acting beyond his authority in the territory of Da Chu. The young, arrogant and rebellious prince was about to die.

But a few days passed, and there was no edict to convict, but King Xiping really caught the so-called Nanyun secret work.

Under the ruins of the burned chess club, there is an unremarkable secret passage. The secret passage is intricate, like a maze, and there are several darkrooms. Master Lan.

If Xizuo was caught, he would probably commit suicide immediately, so out of the dozen or so Xizuo, only four of them survived, and one of them was Lan Xin, who had his jaw removed after he attempted suicide.

The captured Xi Zuo was directly thrown into the prison. Mei Geng found a large number of living blue-winged butterflies in the dark room. This thing is beautiful but also vicious. He hesitated and kept these live butterflies.

Nanguo is located in the southwest, and there are often poisonous things. There are many Gu masters and poison masters in the country. Such vicious methods are feared by other countries, but at the same time they are extremely despised. black hands.

Thinking of the previous life that had been wandering for half his life, King Xiping was so angry that his teeth itch, and secretly ordered to find some capable people who knew how to make poison, and sent them to the Southwest to steal art like a tooth for a tooth, so what about viciousness?He is just treating his own body in his own way.

So the adults who had been waiting for King Xiping to be reprimanded and punished were disappointed again.

Overcast and overcast for several days, finally ushered in a rare good daylight, the fine light reflected in the stagnant water, paving a layer of shining scales.

After all, it was inconvenient to live in an inn outside, so the local officials who had been tidied up by King Xiping prepared a house, which was not luxurious, but it was much better than Magistrate Feng's previous hut.

King Xiping brought people into the mansion, and he did not forget to take good care of His Royal Highness while investigating the case. Ever since Lu Zhibei said that he died young, Mei Geng was always worried about Chu Ce's early death from illness, so that he was originally thin The thin fifth prince finally gained some flesh, and was no longer as weak as usual.

There is a small flowerbed in the courtyard, the begonias are beautiful, with reddish spots falling between the branches and leaves.The sweet-scented osmanthus tree is in bloom, and the fragrance is wafting. The young man in a bamboo-green wide-sleeved gown is leaning on the rattan chair beside the flowerbed, just under the shade of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. There are several plates of exquisite snacks on the rattan table With tea set, quiet and elegant.

Mei Geng, who came out after finishing his business, saw the little guy hiding under the tree to enjoy the cool air, raised his eyebrows, strode away, leaned down and put his arms on the wicker chair, trapped the child in his arms, and snorted: "You Will take a break."

Chu Ce was still lazily leaning on the wicker chair, with an innocent face, "Aren't you going to interrogate Master Lan?"

Already accustomed to the little highness talking about him, Mei Geng took advantage of the situation and kissed his forehead for a moment, and was still fond of the delicate skin, rubbing his lips against his lips twice before saying: "Let's go today, are you waiting here?"

Chu Ce smiled, and put his arms around Mei Geng's neck, "If I don't go again, the prince will dislike me for doing nothing."

Originally, King Xiping and His Highness the Fifth Highness did not need to go in person to interrogate and do such things, but there was no news from Yong'an, and Mei Geng wanted to pre-emptively send him back to Yong'an to be taken credit by those shameless people, so he interrogated him first.

In the torture room, the smell of damp and moldy is intertwined with blood. There is no window, so it can only be illuminated by candlelight, which is gloomy and dim.

After a few days, the already skinny master has become haggard and emaciated, his face is full of wrinkles, and he is a little bent, like an old man, he is hung on the shelf by the iron chain.

Fang Ren and Qin Gui had been waiting here for a long time, and after a while, King Xiping, who was wearing a snow-green wide-sleeved brocade robe, came slowly, followed by a delicate young man.

Mei Geng sat down with his robe lifted, picked up the half-cold teacup, slender fingers twisted the porcelain lid and gently knocked against the cup, the crisp sound made the quiet cell even more eerie.

The master who was hung opened his eyes and saw that the arrogant young man came to judge the case, he snorted in disdain, and lowered his eyes again.

"Nanyun is a small country, you have a lot of courage." Mei Geng laughed softly, and suddenly raised his eyes to look up and down Lan Xin, his eyes seemed to be lit with bloody fire, his eyes were burning, and he added with a half-smile, "Come on." , execution."

Everyone was stunned, even Lan Xin suddenly looked over, tinged with horror and astonishment.

This trial has not yet been tried, so they will be sentenced directly?