When a passerby becomes a princess

Upon receiving the news of the prince's disappearance, Lin Lian immediately sent Lin Bai to lead two thousand cavalry to Beimo County. He also wrote a memorial to describe what had happened, and sent people to the capital to secretly report to the emperor at night.

The reason why Liang Honglie trusted Lin Lian was not only the friendship he fought together during the uprising, but also Lin Lian's loyalty all the time, and more because Lin Lian never concealed anything, no matter good or bad.

It's not that Lin Lian doesn't know the art of scheming, he can educate such a black-bellied son as Lin Bai, and he will definitely have a lot of scheming, but he knows better, playing tricks with the emperor, it doesn't matter once or twice without being noticed Well, as long as he is discovered once, the trust will not come back to him again, how could the emperor let a person he doesn't trust lead the army outside?So the only scheming he used to the emperor was --- not to hide.

As early as the beginning of the uprising, when Lin Lian just started following Liang Honglie, he handed over his back. This was a promise, and it was also a kind of temptation. His performance satisfied Liang Honglie, and the answer Liang Honglie gave was also He satisfied him, so this tacit understanding has been maintained until now.

It can be said that he has the most to do with the disappearance of the prince. If "the prince goes out and does not send someone to protect him, he is clearly disregarding the prince's safety", he and his family will be killed.

But this matter must not be concealed, the prince went out to experience such a big event, how could those aristocratic families not send people to watch, I am afraid that my memorial has not yet arrived in the capital, and the memorial to impeach myself for not protecting the prince and allowing the prince to disappear has been prepared up.

However, there is room for maneuver in this matter.

First, Chen Fan, the master next to the prince, is from the Chen family.In recent years, the status of the Chen family in the court has been expanding day by day, and there is a faint tendency to overwhelm the Feng family and become the second of the four major families, only behind the Qin family.And the leader of the Chen family in the court is Chen Jian, Chen Fan's elder brother.So not only will the Chen family not give up on Chen Fan, but they will try their best to deal with this matter.

Second, three days ago, Lin Lian had just presented to the imperial court, and there was a change in Hu's army, and it was likely that they would attack Daliang before the snow season, or in the spring of the coming year.There has not been a major battle at the border for more than ten years, and Hu Guo has been accumulating strength, so this time is definitely not a trivial matter.The emperor will not change at this time, even if it is to liquidate, he will wait until the battle is over.

Of course, the most important thing is that the prince just disappeared, not died.As long as the prince's body is not found for a day, they cannot judge that the prince is dead, and they still have hope. The most important thing now is to find the prince.

Lin Bai rushed to Beimo County at noon, and first let the four hundred households under his command each lead 100 people to guard the four city gates. County government.

When the brothers met, there was no reminiscence about the old days. Lin Bai lifted his shirt and knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and said: "My minister, Lin Bo, has seen the Crown Princess."

One sentence shocked the surrounding county magistrates and others so that their knees became weak, and they fell to their knees involuntarily.The child sitting on it is the crown prince, and the county magistrate who was holding his hand to walk the street before... Oh my god, could it be the crown prince? !

Lin Qiu sat in front of the small table that Liang Xi arranged for him, and behind him stood only Nanny Liu. Although she was still thin, her indifferent face had an inexplicably intimidating aura.

"General Lin please come up."

"Thank you, Crown Princess." Lin Bai stood up, clasped his fists and said, "The general sent his ministers here to obey the orders of the Crown Princess."

Lin Qiu nodded, and said: "The disappearance of the prince is of great importance. Immediately blockade the whole city, no one is allowed to move around at will, search thoroughly, and do not miss a single bit."

As soon as the words "Prince is missing" were said, several officials and petty officials kneeling around fainted several times, and the rest of them all turned pale. .

"Yes!" Lin Bai responded and immediately went out to make arrangements, and glanced at Huang Shu when he passed by.

Huang Shu happened to look up and saw that Lin Bai's eyes were like thorns, piercing his body fiercely, as if he had been seen through to the skin and bones.He twitched all over, rolled his eyes, and finally passed out.

In just half a day, Lin Bo found out about the smuggling of children from the nursing home to the country of Hu. Although the steward had already run away, he found an account book under his bed, which recorded the number of each shipment. More than 300 people.Such a large amount is not something a small steward can do. Continue to investigate and find that all the officials of the household house participated in it, and the county magistrate also got a share of it.

"The lower officials really don't know that they trafficked children to go to the Hu country. The lower officials are wronged. If I had known that this is how the money came, the lower officials would not want it anyway..." The county magistrate kowtowed and shouted for injustice.

Lin Qiu sat on the chair without saying a word, and didn't even look at him. In the end, Lin Bai couldn't see him anymore. A middle-aged man with a fleshy face was crying so much that his nose was covered with tears. It was really impossible to look at him. , Hastily asked the soldiers to take him down.

"Report!" A hundred householders came in, clasped their fists and said, "My subordinates found a cellar in the firewood room of the Sanatorium, and found three corpses on the second floor inside."

Lin Qiu, who had been silent all this time, stood up abruptly, tensed his body, stared at the Baihu, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"Whose body is it?" Lin Bai was also worried, but when he saw his younger brother's appearance, he was more worried.

The hundred household said: "It's the corpses of two old people and a child. One of the corpses has not yet decomposed. Someone recognized it as an old man in the nursing home. The author said that the child must have died of illness. The two old men were dead." was poisoned to death."

Lin Qiu sat back on the chair at once, and within a short while, fine beads of sweat had already oozed from his forehead.

"Crown Princess, I will help you down to eat first." Madam Liu wiped his sweat with a towel in distress, and gave Baihu a hard look. Can't she speak clearly?Look, it scared my little son.

Lin Qiu shook his head and said nothing.

"But you haven't eaten any meals today." Nanny Liu glared at Lin Bai while persuading her.

Sure enough, when he heard that Lin Qiu hadn't eaten all day, Lin Bai became anxious, and got angry at Madam Liu: "How do you serve, how can you let the princess not eat all day, hurry up and get the dinner cloth Otherwise, the prince will die of heartache when he comes back and sees the princess is starving."

"Yes." Mother Liu was scolded, but she was full of joy, because Lin Qiu finally didn't refuse to eat again, and the eldest son had a way.

Although he agreed to eat, it was hard to swallow while holding the bowl.

Lin Qiu felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his body. If he didn't try hard to control it, his hands would tremble, his legs and feet would become weak, and he would even be unable to stand for a long time...

Seeing that he was holding the bowl and starting to be in a daze, Lin Bai sighed secretly, and winked at Nanny Liu, who retreated knowingly, and quietly closed the door.

"Is Qiu'er worried about the prince?" Lin Bai sat down beside Lin Qiu.

Lin Qiu put down the bowl in his hand, stared blankly at Lin Bai and said nothing.

Lin Bai looked at his expressionless face and sighed secretly again, he was at the border all year round, although he doted on his little brother very much, but the number of times he saw him was very few.

Because of his weak body, Lin Qiu could only speak when he was two years old, and could walk independently when he was three years old. Later, because of the doctor's order, he had to stay in the room for many years and not go out, and he had to control even his emotions and desires.Even when he came back from the border, he only dared to sneak a few glances at Lin Qiu when he was asleep, for fear that Lin Qiu would get sick because he was too happy to see him.After a long time, the brothers didn't even know what to say when they met each other.

"Qiu'er, you don't need to worry." Lin Bai tried his best to put on a relaxed expression, and said with a smile, "The prince should still be in the city, and he is currently searching house by house, and he will be found soon."

Lin Qiu waited for him to finish speaking, shook his head and said, "The prince is no longer in the city."

"Ah?" Lin Bai was startled, and quickly asked, "How does Qiu'er know that the crown prince is no longer in the city?"

Lin Qiu lowered his head, looked at his pale fingertips, and said, "The crown prince will be taken away, the county magistrate will be taken away, and ordinary people will also be taken away."

What he said was nonsense, but Lin Bai thought carefully, and he understood what he meant after thinking about it.If the kidnapper knows the identity of the prince, he must be from the country of Hu, and he can use the prince to threaten the border defense.If the kidnapper thought it was just a county magistrate, he might have murdered and buried the body.If the kidnappers treated him as an ordinary person, he would most likely be transported to Hu State with the latest batch of children as slaves.Therefore, no matter what Liang Xi's status was, and whether he was dead or alive, it was impossible for him to be in the city.

Although Su Hongyi and Sun's letters often praised Lin Qiu's intelligence, Lin Bai didn't really realize until now that thinking of such a child who had to be trapped at home because of poor health, and now married into Tian's family as his daughter-in-law , it is impossible to have the opportunity to make contributions, Lin Bai couldn't help feeling sad for a while.

"Then why do you need to seal off the whole city and search house by house?" Lin Bai asked again.

Lin Qiu looked up at him, seemed to be dissatisfied with his knowingly asking, but still replied, "Look for clues."

The prince disappeared in the city. Even if it is possible that he is no longer in the city, there will always be missing clues during the transportation.Moreover, although the steward has fled, he has lived in Beimo County for ten years, and it is impossible to destroy all the clues, there will always be some things left behind.Of course, apart from looking for clues in the city, they can't do anything else.

Sure enough, before Lin Qiu finished speaking, Nanny Liu had already opened the door and came in, saying, "Prince Princess, Major General, someone came to report and found a driver who used to smuggle food to the Hu country for the steward of the Nursing House. Covert route."

"Where is this person?" Lin Bai stood up and walked out.