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After entertaining Xue Guoen, Zhu Chengluan returned to his mansion to confirm the news he had just heard during the day.

"You said that people from Xiqiang sneaked into the city to hunt down and kill Qu Changcheng. Are you serious?"

"It's true."

Zhu Chengluan knelt on the ground and said: "The villain has made many inquiries and confirmed it, and now I have figured it out. Somehow, the whereabouts of Mr. Qu were obtained by the Xiqiang people. They wanted to arrest him and use it to threaten Song Taishi. .”

Zhu Chengluan laughed twice and said: "I knew that for a person like him, sooner or later he would make enemies everywhere and become a target of hatred. He really deserves it for not knowing how to restrain himself when he is about to die."

"Sir, what do you mean..."

Zhu Chengluan pondered and said: "A good opportunity has come to you, and I will not let it down."

His counselor Qiu Xu sat beside him and said, "Does your lord want to use the Xiqiang people as an excuse to completely eradicate Qu Changshou? I'm afraid this is inappropriate? His status is not ordinary. If he dies here, I'm afraid It will cause countless troubles!"

He reminded in a low voice: "Don't forget, even apart from the Qu family and the Song family, I heard that several His Highnesses are quite concerned about Master Qu..."

Zhu Chengluan said: "People from the Xiqiang clan want to kill him and tie him up, it's all because of Grand Master Song, what's the matter with me? I can't, I have to be responsible for protecting his precious grandson."

"You want to borrow a knife to kill people and reveal Qu Chang's whereabouts to Xiqiang again? This...they did it in the mountains outside the city at that time. It's not easy to sneak into the city and kidnap the court official."

Zhu Chengluan said: "That's why I need this official to make it easier for them. I remember that a few days ago, I said that I would meet a group of merchants. Now that the hungry people are not making trouble, we can open the city gate and let these merchants come in."

Qiu Xu looked very hesitant. Although this was indeed an excellent opportunity to get rid of Qu Changcheng without dirty hands, he always felt that it was not appropriate for Zhu Chengluan to have anything to do with Xiqiang.

At this moment, the guard kneeling on the ground suddenly said: "My lord, this subordinate also got a piece of information, but... can't explain it."

Zhu Chengluan said: "If you want to talk, just say it, don't hesitate."

The guard whispered: "This subordinate seems to have heard...the reason why Mr. Qu knew the whereabouts of the grain and grass was the information given by Liu Xianyang."

Zhu Chengluan's expression suddenly became serious, and he asked, "Where is Liu Xianyang?"

"Currently being locked up with other bandits who were brought back by Mr. Qu's men."

That is to say, the person is pinching in the palm of Qu Chang's hand, and now he can't confirm whether the news is true or not.

But no matter what, the news made Zhu Chengluan, including Qiu Xu next to him, immediately alert.

Liu Xianyang knows a lot of inside information, if Qu Zhangcheng finds out about the Zhu family raising private soldiers without authorization, it will be a catastrophe.

Judging by Xue Guoen's attitude, it is obvious that Qu Changlu has not reported this matter to the imperial court. With his insidiousness, the more he stays still, the more likely he is holding back a big move, and he must be removed as soon as possible.

The killing intent that had been wavering just now became firmer.

Zhu Chengluan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I'd rather believe in something than nothing, and inform His Highness of this matter, so that he will be prepared. Another time... Qu Changlu must die!"

Qiu Xu moved his lips, but eventually he stopped objecting.

To secretly assist the Xiqiang people to kidnap Qu Changlu, of course it is best to settle the matter while Xue Guoen is here, so that he can be used as a witness and clear himself up in front of the emperor.

A few days later, some of the hungry people returned to their hometowns to open up wasteland and cultivate land, and some were evacuated to Lincheng for resettlement, and shelters were arranged for them.

Zhu Chengluan opened the gates of the city wide for the purpose of developing business, and received rich merchants and peddlers from all over the place. For a while, people came and went, and the whole city was very lively.

At night, Master Zhu, the magistrate of Huiyang, was still talking with businessmen from all over the world, and invited two officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to be present.

In the south courtyard of the official post lived Qu Changcheng, and in the north courtyard was Xue Guoen, the eunuch who washed horses before the imperial court. One of them was not in good health, and the other was old, so they had already rested early.

After confirming again and again that all the people serving Qu Changcheng had left and that he was the only one staying in the room alone, the hidden guards from Xiqiang smoked the room for a while, then they winked at each other and quickly Turned in from the window.

Seeing that Qu Changcheng was lying on the bed, already fainted by the smoke, they rushed up to tie him up tightly, gagged him, put him in a sack, carried him on and left.

This time it can be regarded as God's help.

They were beaten into embarrassment by Grand Master Song. They wanted to kidnap their grandson and threaten them, but they were also stubborn.

Many brothers were killed last time, and they were about to give up this idea, but it happened that the city gate opened to welcome merchants, which gave them a chance to take advantage of it.

Several people carried the sacks and ran out sneakily. They ran into officers and soldiers who were watching the night on the way. They were so frightened that they hid the sacks in the bushes for a while. Fortunately, they escaped without any danger.

These people had originally entered the city disguised as merchants buying goods. At this time, taking advantage of the city gate being open, they hid the sack in a cart of cabbage and left overnight.

The soldiers guarding the city had already been ordered, and they were extremely loose, and they were about to let them go after flipping them twice hastily.

At this moment, someone shouted loudly: "Wait!"

The city guard looked back and saw a group of people on horseback with sabers rushing over, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Who are you? What's the meaning of this?"

The person at the head looked anxious, sweating profusely in such weather, and said angrily:

"Who are we? We are the imperial envoys sent by the emperor from the capital! Close the city gates quickly, something serious has happened, my lord has disappeared, and now no one is allowed to enter, search the city immediately!"

The city guard was already guilty, and he became even more flustered when he heard the words. He didn't know what happened, but he received a secret order from above, saying that he must be lenient during the interrogation and not to prevent anyone from leaving the city.

But in the current situation, if the town is found out by them, and his own words are unfounded, wouldn't he be blamed for this?

While winking, he told the people blocking the door to leave quickly, while delaying time, he said:

"You said that the imperial envoy is missing, who are you referring to? Is there anything that can prove his identity? I will naturally cooperate after verifying everything is true, but now there is no order from above, how can I seal the city?"

The person chasing him was very anxious, he didn't even wear a coat, so where did he get the token?

Seeing that the other party was babbling a lot, and it was obvious that he was not cooperating, he forcefully said in anger: "What nonsense? Come on, block those people who just left the city gate. Before I find you today, everyone Don't go!"

The scene was chaotic at that time. The ordinary merchants gathered at the gate didn't know whether to leave or not. The guards from the capital and the guards of Huiyang pushed each other.

Seeing this, the few Xiqiang people were about to take the opportunity to run away, but two people chased after them and overturned their car.

The sacks containing cabbage rolled to the ground, and one of the sacks hit the ground with the most dull sound, and there was a scream from inside.

Those two stepped forward and tugged, and immediately shouted loudly: "I found it, I found it! Master Xue is here!"

They hurriedly tore the sack open, and an old man wearing only silk pajamas rolled out of it, cursing angrily, "What the hell is going on here?!".

——In this sack, it was the great eunuch Xue Guoen!

When Zhu Chengluan planned this matter, he also considered Xue Guoen's factors. He deliberately chose Xue Guoen and Qu Changcheng to be in the posthouse at the same time, so as to facilitate the assassin.

In this case, Qu Zhang was kidnapped, and Xue Guoen would also be held responsible for negligence, and everyone would be dragged into the water, so that they could muddle through the matter together.

Zhu Chengluan felt that all the issues had been carefully considered, so he was at ease "drunk" at the banquet.

Someone came to report to him that "the imperial envoy is missing" and wanted to ask him to come forward to help, but Zhu Chengluan just pretended to be unconscious and easily became the shopkeeper.

He was lying down when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door urgently: "My lord, my lord, it's not good! Please get up quickly!"

Zhu Chengluan's guard shouted: "Your Excellency is drunk, why are you making such a fuss! What happened, why don't you tell me?"

Just as Zhu Chengluan wanted to hear the situation, he heard a clear voice outside and said with a smile: "Why, Mr. Zhu is not sober yet? Would you like me to help you?"

This person, this person is actually Qu Changzhang!

When Zhu Chengluan heard this, he didn't even bother to pretend to be drunk, he threw off the quilt and jumped off the bed.

Since the imperial envoy who was taken away was not Qu Changshou, who else could it be? !This is bad!

Zhu Chengluan still had a little bit of luck in his heart. Xue Guoen and Qu Changlu lived in the north and the south, and their appearance and age were completely different. It is impossible for those Xiqiang people to be so useless that they can't even tell them apart.

He went out and saw Qu Zhang standing in the front hall with his hands behind his back, admiring a pair of calligraphy and painting that he had hung there. Although he came by night, his complexion was radiant and handsome, without any haggard appearance.

He said: "Master Qu came late at night, what's the matter?"

Qu Chang said with a negative smile: "Master Zhu's wine can wake up quickly enough. Do you know that just now, a group of Western Qiang bandits sneaked into the city, and boldly carried Xue Gong away. Really Extremely arrogant and hateful."

Zhu Chengluan was full of anger - these idiots really tied up the wrong person, and they just tied up the head of the eunuch who cherished his life and held a grudge!

No, Xue Guoen and Qu Changnegative are very different in body, appearance and appearance... Are they stupid, or is Qu Changnegative intervening in this matter?

He had no idea that Qu Changcheng had been drinking tea and eating snacks in the teahouse next to him. The person in his room was disguised by Xiao Wu Yirong, and the sack that was resisted was hidden in the bushes when the assassins were hiding. It was secretly replaced.

Zhu Chengluan said: "What about Mr. Xue?"

"I am here!"

The one who answered him was Xue Guoen who stepped through the door in a panic.

He was obviously so angry that he didn't even bother to take care of it, and said with a gloomy expression: "Prefect Zhu, I need an explanation for this matter!"

Zhu Chengluan took a deep breath and said, "It's really a blessing that Mr. Xue came back safely. Mr. Zhu will explain to you. What happened during this process, can you please tell Mr. Xue in detail?"

Xue Guoen's fingers were still trembling, and he hadn't completely recovered from it at this time:

"I slept until midnight. When I woke up, I found that I was put in a sack and put on a carriage. I was tied with a rope and my mouth was tightly blocked. I couldn't call for help."

"If it weren't for being stopped in time, the consequences would be disastrous—the most important thing is that those people are from Xiqiang!"

Xue Guoen stared at Zhu Chengluan: "How can there be Xiqiang people in this city!"

When he first came to Huiyang, he had already heard that Zhu Chengluan might be involved in some unclear matters, and Qu Changlu was investigating him, and the two were fighting fiercely.

At that time, Xue Guoen didn't want to care about it at all. At this moment, he couldn't help but think, Zhu Chengluan was colluding with Xiqiang, right? !

This is a foreign country!Many people will be affected!

Zhu Chengluan took out the excuse he had already prepared: "It may be due to the recent business contacts, and there were some omissions during the investigation, which surprised Mr. Xue. It was my fault. I will definitely investigate this matter!"

Xue Guoen's face was very ugly: "No need, those Xiqiang people and soldiers guarding the city have been arrested on the spot, regardless of what they say, Mr. Zhu, I just want to ask you one thing——"

He said slowly: "I woke up in a sack at that time, and was accidentally stabbed with a scabbard by the soldiers inspecting the carriage. Why did they pretend to be ignorant when they clearly found someone in the carriage? Even in my After the subordinates chased after him, they still did not cooperate with Soucheng, whose order is this?"

Zhu Chengluan didn't expect Xue Guoen to be sober at the time, and finally couldn't help but glance at Qu Zhang, and saw that he was smiling and watching the play beside him with nothing to do with him.

Zhu Chengluan wished he could rush over now, grab his collar and ask, where the hell did this conspiracy start? !

False and real, true and false, Qu Chang negative is really going to play him to death.

Zhu Chengluan was silent for a moment, and said seriously: "Xue Gong, I have no way to explain many things until the investigation is clear, but I must ask Xue Gong to believe in two points. First, I have not colluded with people from Xiqiang, and I don't even know about them. Why did you act like this. Secondly, I have no intention of harming Xue Gong."

Zhu Chengluan said these two words very sincerely, and most of them were actually the truth, which made Xue Guoen, who had just passed between life and death, calm down a little.

He knew that there must be something strange about this matter, and it might have something to do with Qu Changshou, but no matter how Zhu Chengluan made excuses, he couldn't hide the fact that he opened the door to the Xiqiang people.

Xue Guoen sighed and said: "Prefect Zhu, I have some friendship with your father, so why do you want to make things difficult for you? But how you want to fight, we can justify it behind closed doors. It's not good to involve foreigners. Confessed."

"What is the truth, I don't dare to find out, please follow me back to face the saint."

Zhu Chengluan said: "Xue Gong wants to escort me back to the capital?"

Xue Guoen said: "I dare not escort, but please come with me."

He didn't dare to let Zhu Chengluan stay here, if he really colluded with Xiqiang, he and Qu Chang would walk away, Zhu Chengluan would then open the city gate, and everyone would have to finish the game.

A chill ran through Zhu Chengluan's heart, and he suddenly raised his head to stare at Qu Changying, his teeth almost chattering.

In any case, he couldn't return to the capital at this time. The matter on the Xiqiang side was a little easier to talk about. He hadn't dealt with the private soldiers raised on the nearby mountains yet!

Once he returns to the capital and is found out, the consequences will be unimaginable——Qu Chang negative must have made this idea!

Xue Guoen said: "Prefect Zhu, you—"

Zhu Chengluan suddenly raised his hand and said sharply: "Come here, close the gate, and anyone who enters or leaves at will will be killed!"

Xue Guoen stood up in shock: "Prefect Zhu, what are you going to do?"

Anyway, he can't leave Huiyang now.

Now that the Xiqiang people have been captured, they might as well do one thing and let the two die together in the hands of "Xiqiang spies"!

Zhu Chengluan's eyebrows flashed with murderous intent, and he said coldly: "I've exhausted all my good words, but there is nothing you can do about it because you two are trying to force each other. Mr. Xue, if you want to blame, just blame Mr. Qu who is too deceitful. "

Qu Zhangcheng smiled calmly and said: "I just want to let the poor people have a full meal. How dare you bully Mr. Zhu? If you want to argue with me, I will be there at any time. Mr. Xue is old, so why bother?" What about him..."

If it wasn't for this occasion, Xue Guoen might still be moved.

"Ah, by the way, it's already midnight, I haven't slept enough yet, I have to go back to rest immediately."

Qu Chang said negatively: "Master Zhu wants to keep me, it may not be very convenient, I have to leave."

After he finished speaking, he smiled slightly, and actually turned around to leave. Xue Guoen was stunned, and hurriedly followed behind him.

Zhu Chengluan was so angry at Qu Chang's negative words that he just wanted to slash him with a knife, and shouted: "Take them down!".

But at this moment, the sealed door of his house suddenly slammed open, and someone kicked it open.

Two guards of the Zhu residence, Gu Lulu, rolled down the steps, and the person who entered the door drew his sword casually, slashing across in a half arc, and all the surrounding steel knives had landed on the ground.

Zhu Chengluan looked towards the door, and saw a man wearing white clothes standing on the steps, with a handsome appearance and awe-inspiring eyes, he looked quite familiar.

While he was hesitating, Xue Guoen's eyes filled with excitement, and he said loudly, "His Royal Highness King Jing!"

He quickly dodged from Qu Changcheng and ran behind Jing Qianjiang.

Zhu Chengluan's heart sank. He had been in Huiyang and had never seen Jing Qianjiang, but he had heard of the name of this prince and knew that he was cold-tempered, brave and good at fighting, so he did not expect to appear here.

"Master Zhu, it's late at night, such a big commotion can disturb the people."

Jing Qianjiang had already removed Yi Jiao's disguise, played with the finger wrench in his hand, and said lazily: "It's damned for disturbing my dream. Come, someone, put him in a sack for me, and carry him back to the capital." go."

"King Jing, you—"

Jing Qianjiang actually brought a big sack over, and his subordinates rushed to tie Zhu Chengluan up and stuffed it in.

It wasn't until Zhu Chengluan and his group were completely controlled and taken away that Xue Guoen finally let go of his hanging heart.

He was used to seeing swords and swords when he was in the capital, but everyone was overcast. Such simple and violent disputes were more suitable for young people.

With a heartfelt smile all over his face, he thanked Jing Qianjiang repeatedly.

Jing Qianjiang said: "Mr. Xue is being polite."

Qu Changcheng also walked over slowly, and said with emotion: "It's better to come early than to come at a good time. I have a pity that I worked hard all night. In the end, the matter of His Highness standing here with a word, the chaos will be settled."

His tone was more joking and teasing, but it also surprised Xue Guoen.

How could he even dare to offend His Royal Highness King Jing.

He quickly smoothed things over and said, "Master Qu, none of us would have expected that Zhu Zhifu would be so crazy. If His Highness hadn't arrived, even if His Highness arrived, he wouldn't have stopped so easily."

Qu Chang smiled negatively, and Jing Qianjiang said to him: "You guys are so tossing, can I rest assured?"

Speaking of which, both of them have sharp personalities, this sounds like a questioning question, Xue Guoen can't let them fight: "Your Highness, this is a last resort..."

Qu Chang said: "That's just right, don't sleep if you can't sleep, please trouble Your Highness with the finishing work."

Jing Qianjiang smiled, with a gentle tone: "Master Qu's orders, dare not obey."

Xue Guoen: "..."

Qu Chang negative smiled but was about to tell Xue Guoen to leave, but Jing Qianjiang stopped him again, and said in a slightly low voice: "Don't worry about things here, just rest when you go back, don't read any more."

Xue Guoen: "..."

He finally realized that these two were probably acquaintances for a long time, and they were not arguing at all.

This old friend chatted like flirting, blinding the old man's eyes and wasting his feelings.

Bah, this is really bad luck!