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But Yuan Ji bowed to Zhan Zhao for planting seedlings: "Thank you, my lord, for saving the princess!" Zhan Zhao hurriedly helped him up, and Yuan Ji said, "Yuan Ji was originally an old horned dragon, and he has been serving His Majesty the Dragon King. I was ordered by the Dragon King to guard Siyu Villa. But I don’t know how the princess was injured?” Zhan Zhao told Yuan Ji about the incident, and Yuan Ji couldn’t help being furious: “How dare this evil dragon do such a crime! If my family His Majesty learned that he must not spare him!" But his expression turned worried, "Your Majesty has been traveling around all these years, and even His Royal Highness and the Princess don't know his whereabouts. Now that the Princess Dragon Ball has been lost, I can only rely on the Crown Prince to come down to calm the matter." It's over. Oh..."

Then he said to Zhan Zhao: "The Fire Lotus Pond is connected to the Dragon Palace by spells. It takes time for the princess to communicate with His Highness the Crown Prince. You must be exhausted after traveling all the way. Please follow this old servant to the guest room to rest for a while." Between words , but a sense of worry was palpable.

Yuan Ji took Zhan Zhao into another upper room next to the main hall, and retreated out.But seeing the fragrance lingering in the room makes people feel refreshed and happy. In the middle is a large pear wood case. On the case is a begonia red Jun kiln long-necked vase with two lotus flowers in it. There is another picture hanging on the wall, but it is a clump of green bamboo, under the bamboo is a woman playing the piano, with green clothes and red lips, beautiful and moving.A pair of couplets hang on both sides of the painting: "Qin people's old house Xieyang courtyard, rain bamboo and tears stained Mingyuezhou".The two couplets are both sad and hurtful, but Zhan Zhao has no intention to study them carefully at this time, and his thoughts are churning endlessly. He has experienced along the way, and the encounters are too strange. If he hadn't experienced it himself, it would be unbelievable.I hope Rui'er can find her brother and settle the matter.But when I think of Rui'er, this beautiful princess of the Dragon Clan doesn't have the pampering and capriciousness of a human noble girl at all, but is full of kindness and gentleness on the contrary, she is really lovely.Thinking of how many times he held her in his arms, and how she put her delicate lips on his mouth in the water just now, the face of the fourth-rank imperial guard unexpectedly turned red, and a smile appeared on his face that he didn't even notice. She has thin lips like a knife.

At this time Yuan Ji knocked on the door lightly: "Mr. Zhan!" Zhan Zhaocai woke up suddenly, surprised that he had thought so wildly.Hastily opened the door, and saw Yuan Ji walking in with a box, put the box on the table and opened it, there were some light dishes and a plate of steamed buns, and while laying out the vegetables, he said: "Young master has worked hard all the way, in the mountains and fields, there are only some Simple tea and light food, please use it to your advantage." After speaking, he turned around and went out.

"Old man, please wait a moment," Zhan Zhao called to stop Yuan Ji, "Excuse me, old man, Rui'er has been in that pool for a long time, when will I be able to contact her elder brother?"

Hearing this, Yuan Ji's expression changed, his worried expression could not be concealed, and he said: "After entering the fire lotus pond, activate the formation, the body will stay in the pond, but the soul can return to the Dragon Palace immediately. The princess has been away for such a long time, I am afraid that something has changed in the Dragon Palace." After speaking, he seemed to feel something, and said to himself: "Could it be..."

"My lord, come with me!" The two hurried to the fire lotus pond upstairs, staring at the water in the pond, only to see the water slowly ripple, Rui'er slowly floated up from it, and walked to the edge of the pond, but it was a Staggered, almost fell to the ground.

The two hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, but saw that Rui'er's expression changed drastically, and she was extremely panicked. Yuan Ji asked, "Princess, what's wrong?" Rui'er's soft and white hands tightly grasped Zhan Zhao's, but It wasn't warm at all, it was actually bitingly cold.She slowly raised her head, her eyes were like cold pools, which made the hearts of both of them feel cold.

Only then did Rui Er say: "Brother Huang is missing." Yuan Ji screamed, and hurriedly asked: "His Royal Highness... What happened, why did he disappear?" Rui Er shook his head and said, "Just now I went to the palace Went there, and found that the emperor's brother and his thirty bodyguards of the dragon were gone, searched all over the palace, but they couldn't be found. Asked the servants in the palace and the concubines of the emperor's brother, but they didn't know their whereabouts."

Yuan Ji was surprised and angry: "What do these people do? They don't even know His Highness is missing!" Ruier said again: "The emperor and the guards have been discussing matters in the Dingde Palace since yesterday, and no outsiders have seen them. Haven't come out yet. The others dare not disturb under the strict order of the emperor. And the situation here is really urgent, so I forced my way in, but there was no one in the palace."

He asked Yuan Ji again: "Grandpa Yuan Ji, do you know the whereabouts of the father?" Yuan Ji showed a look of embarrassment: "Since leaving the villa ten years ago, His Majesty has been traveling abroad, never came back, and did not bring any news to the old slave." Rui'er heard that this answer was expected, not surprising.He sighed lightly: "Then it's really a desperate situation now..."

But Yuan Ji was very unwilling, and said: "Princess, maybe you can search for the whereabouts of His Highness the Crown Prince again." Rui'er said in a low voice: "Then Feng Yi calculated back and forth in order to avenge Brother Huang. Now Brother Huang disappeared inexplicably, most likely It was him who did it, I'm afraid... I'm afraid Brother Huang has already fallen into his hands..."

Yuan Ji was furious: "The god of the river, Feng Yi, plotted against His Royal Highness! Did he think he could escape the knife from the Longtai!" But he was puzzled: "The power of His Royal Highness, plus thirty Guardian of the dragon, what kind of supernatural powers do you need to take them away without anyone noticing? Then how can Feng Yi do it?" Ruier replied: "Feng Yi was originally the Boss of the Yellow River conferred by the Emperor of Heaven, and he was bestowed with the most precious treasure of the heavens. With water jade in his hands, he has the ability to penetrate heaven and earth. He is also good at calculating, extremely insidious and cunning. I followed his way before, but this time he must have tampered with the dragon guards or Dingde Palace. No wonder, No wonder he didn't take advantage of Mr. Zhan and I to chase and kill us yesterday when we were seriously injured, but went to attack Brother Huang..." After speaking, he remembered dreaming of Brother Huang when he was in a coma at night, and his tone was very ominous. Her heart seemed to be submerged in icy water, she lowered her head again, her long hair was slowly draped down, covering her face, but Zhan Zhao felt her trembling slightly!

"Princess, is there nothing we can do now?" Yuan Ji shouted, "What can we do? There is no news of my father, my brother's whereabouts are unknown, my dragon ball was stolen, and the magic beads and glass are all under his control. The Blood Formation of Shang is about to open, and when the time comes, people will be devastated and corpses will be spread across thousands of miles, even if the Emperor of Heaven finds out afterwards and cut him alive, he will still not be able to call the dead back!" Rui'er's voice was icy cold.

Yuan Ji said: "Princess, don't we just have to sit and wait for death?" "No... I can't let him succeed, even if I fight to the death, I can't let him succeed..." Rui'er's voice became weaker and weaker, and at the end Actually fainted.

Yuan Ji rushed forward and called several times, but Rui'er still did not wake up. Yuan Ji lightly put her on the wrist, felt her pulse, and was shocked again: "Princess has forced herself to hold on for so long! Her spiritual power has long since disappeared." Exhausted, but forced to drive the water back here with the mind, and even used the fire lotus pond to find His Royal Highness the Prince..." The voice was slightly choked.

Zhan Zhao saw that Yuan Ji was in a state of confusion, as if he was at a loss, so he picked up Rui'er and asked Yuan Ji, "May I ask you, old man, where can I let her rest?" Yuan Ji then came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "My lord, please follow me." Come." He led Zhan Zhao to the next room just now, but there was no furnishings, only a bed was placed in the middle of the room, it was carved out of a whole piece of white jade, and there was a faint fragrance of Du Ruo in the room .Zhan Zhao put Rui'er down, and Yuan Ji said again: "Young master, this mountain villa is originally a place where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathers, let the princess rest here, it will help her recover her spiritual power a little bit." The two retreated immediately .

When the two walked out the door, Yuan Ji sighed: "It's a pity that my mana is low, otherwise I would have to find Feng Yi anyway and rescue His Highness the Crown Prince! But now, it is really unthinkable."

Zhan Zhao glanced at the door, and if there was something lost in his heart, then he thought about it, it would be useless to stay here now, if the catastrophe cannot be avoided, he should go back to Kaifeng Mansion to inform Lord Bao about it, and take precautions early, or the casualties could be reduced. Then he asked: "Excuse me, old man, if you want to go back to Kaifeng, how should you go?"

Yuan Ji asked, "Master, do you want to leave?" Zhan Zhao nodded slightly, "If it is really necessary to burn people's lives, even though Zhan is an ordinary person, he cannot stop him, but he must not stand idly by. He should go back to Kaifeng and do his best to save his life." force."

Only then did Yuan Ji look up at Zhan Zhao, and saw that this man was tall and straight like a pine tree, with sword eyebrows and bright eyes, a straight nose, and lips cut like a knife, with a sense of righteousness coming out, he couldn't help sighing in his heart: "This kind of character and appearance, Compared with His Royal Highness, he is not inferior. It is a pity that he is just a mortal..."

But there was a flash of inspiration in his heart, and he asked: "Mr. Zhan, did you save the princess from Feng Yi's hands?" Escaping under Feng Yi and displaying your master's martial arts skills must be the pinnacle, but I have a way to turn the tide, but it is extremely dangerous, I don't know if you are willing to give it a try."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the old man can do? If it can save the people from the fire and water, Zhan will not hesitate to go through fire and water!"

Inside Kaifeng City.

The emperor did not go to court for a few days, and said that he occasionally felt cold, but the news came from the inner court that the emperor was seriously ill. The foreign ministers asked repeatedly, but they could not find any news. For a while, please An Zhezi flew in like snowflakes. .

Hearing the rumors, Bao Zheng felt uneasy, but he couldn't enter the palace, and the Eight Worthy Kings also entered the palace to investigate the disease, but they never left the palace again.There were rumors in the city that the emperor was dying of illness and would die soon, and the emperor had no heirs. If he died, there would be no successors, so people panicked. The dragon body is in good health to ensure peace in the world.

This day Bao Zheng returned to the mansion, after finishing the tedious official duties, he walked up and down in the study alone, his face full of worry.

Gongsun Ce carried a thick stack of approved official documents to the study, but seeing Bao Zheng's complexion was not good, he asked, "My lord, the emperor still hasn't gone to court?"

"Yes, rumors are spreading in the city, people's hearts are unstable, and it is inconvenient for the government to come forward to appease, which is really worrying." Bao Zheng said, "However, what the government is worried about is the emperor's situation."

"Didn't the mansion newspaper say that the emperor just had a cold or a minor ailment? Why are you so worried?" "Mr. Gongsun, think about it. Since he succeeded to the throne, the emperor has always been diligent in his administration and has never delayed his political affairs due to illness. Besides, the emperor is just In the prime of life, ordinary minor illnesses should be fine. But now, even the courtiers are not seen, what is the reason?"

"My lord, what do you mean, the matter is just like the rumors say, the emperor is seriously ill?" Gongsun Ce was startled, "I'm afraid so." Bao Zheng's expression was extremely heavy.

"Now the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia are all staring at the Great Song Dynasty. If there is an accident with the emperor and there is no one in the East Palace, the court may soon be in chaos. If foreign enemies take the opportunity to invade, it may be..." Gongsun Ce said, surprised I broke out in a cold sweat.

"Is there any news about Zhan Weiwei?" Bao Zheng asked, "My lord, not yet." Gongsun Ce replied, and the two fell silent again.

After a long time, Bao Zheng said slowly: "That day when he chased Qin Rui, he might have met the person who committed those murderous crimes. This case involved ghosts and gods. The government should have thought that his trip must be dangerous. , if there is something wrong with him, alas..."

That night, both of them were sleepless all night.

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