The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

After finishing all the affairs at home, Dugu was about to leave when Mu Ping hurried over: "Your Majesty, your majesty has sent an order that if you haven't set off yet, please enter the palace immediately."

Dugu's heart tightened, he had already finished talking to the emperor yesterday, what happened?

He hurriedly boarded the carriage and rushed to the palace, his own servant waited at the side door, avoided the main road, and quietly entered the bedroom.

Seeing the emperor lying on the dragon bed safely, no different from yesterday, Dugu's heart finally returned to reality.

Seeing that he had arrived, Qing Yun closed the palace door and retreated outside to guard it personally.Only Yihou Weiguan and Xianhou Dugu were left in the room, accompanying His Majesty the Emperor.

The emperor lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, showing no joy or anger.After Dugu finished his ceremony, he said, "Hongtao, tell Runze what's going on."

Wei Guan clapped his hands and replied to the emperor: "Yes." Then he turned to Dugu, "His Royal Highness is missing."

Dugu was shocked.But Wei Guan continued: "Yesterday His Majesty summoned His Royal Highness to meet him. The human nature in the Wang Mansion is that His Highness the Fifth Prince has been lingering in the Prince's Mansion and has not returned home for many days. When he found the Prince's Mansion, His Royal Highness said..."

Even after buffering for a long time, Yihou remembered the prince's serious appearance, and his face was still full of disbelief: "His Royal Highness said that the fifth highness's practice has not been going well recently, and he seems to have gone crazy. He left the Prince's Mansion three days ago and found a quiet place to retreat. I went to practice."

Dugu was dumbfounded.

But the emperor snorted coldly: "Going mad, practicing in closed doors... really... What a lot of nonsense!" He raised his head and stared at Dugu, "Runze, you met and fought with the escaped assassin Let me ask you, is there any similarity between this person... and the Fifth Prince?"

The emperor's voice was not loud, but exuded extremely suppressed anger.

Dugu's heart was pounding, he tried his best to stabilize his mind, and said: "I don't have much contact with His Royal Highness Rong Wang, and I have never seen him make a move..."

Everyone knows that the fifth prince loves to practice martial arts, but few of them have actually experienced it.

The emperor slapped the bed board: "I just want you to tell the truth! Are there any similarities?"

Longyan Tianwei scared the two loyal ministers into trembling.

Dugu Mian raised the hem of his clothes and knelt down: "Returning to Your Majesty, if you only talk about the appearance, this person is indeed similar to His Royal Highness Rong Wang."

Dugu Xian had almost no direct contact with the fifth prince, if the emperor hadn't asked him this way, he would definitely not associate the assassin with King Rong.However, with the emperor's question, his mind suddenly became clear. Among the people he knew, this Fifth Highness was really the one who was closest in stature to the assassin.

The fifth prince and the third prince are siblings, and it is reported that they were very close when they were young.No wonder he is familiar with the underground passages of Yuanli Prince's Mansion, and knows the shape of the mansion like the palm of his hand.

It's just that his swordsmanship is superior to Ruo Si, and he is willing to be driven by the prince to such an extent, but it is really unexpected.Thinking of the two companions who were left behind, Dugu felt a strange thought in his heart, always felt that something was wrong, but it was a pity that he couldn't figure it out for a while.Unlike some of the direct descendants of princes, he did not grow up with the princes studying literature, learning martial arts, playing and having fun, so he had limited knowledge of the secrets of the relationship between the princes in their early years.

Hearing Xianhou's reply, the emperor seemed to have finally admitted a certain fact that he did not want to accept, and he was sluggish.

Wei Guan couldn't bear to watch, and whispered another thing: "Your Majesty, the tunnel in Prince Xiu's mansion leads to the flower pond of a house several miles away. Because the renovation has not been completed, I have never moved in. The courtyard has changed hands several times before. The moss in the tunnel is dark and old, and the floating soil near the exit is probably very old. After repeated inquiries, this house used to be five years ago. It is the other courtyard of Mr. Shi, a doctor of the Taizhong. After Mr. Shi passed away, it was abandoned for more than half a year before it was sold."

There was only one Taizhong doctor with the surname Shi, that is, the brother of Concubine Shi who had already died.

After a long time, the emperor sighed softly: "I was negligent...I didn't expect..."

Neglected something, did not expect something, the emperor did not continue.He is full of thoughts, even in the face of the most loyal courtiers, he can't express it with his mouth.

Brave yourself up, and tell Yihou: "Hongtao, regarding King Rong's whereabouts, just as the crown prince said, he found a quiet place by himself..." The emperor seemed to find it extremely absurd, and couldn't help but snorted again, "Going mad , Went to retreat and practice." Turning to Dugu, "I leave the affairs in the city to Hongtao, and I leave the affairs outside the city to you. The assassin's whereabouts must continue to be tracked down. If you want to see the person alive, you must see the dead body. In addition , send a letter to Minghua for me, telling her to come into the palace immediately to see me."

The sixth day of August.

Song Wei slept for two days and one night before she really woke up.Dragging his heavy body from the bed to the bottom of the bed, every time he moved, he had to endure untold hardships, and he truly realized what the so-called "squeezed dry" is.Even so, he justly rejected the hands extended by the two butlers, climbed to the dining table with his own strength, and ate the meal with all his heart.

After eating, he tried his best to support the wall and walked into the porch.Too lazy to ask the time, looked up at the sky, it was dusk again.When he looked at it, he found that among the birds hovering above his head, there were two rather familiar figures, they were exactly two little pigeons with murderous names like the rhinoceros.

It just so happened that Lan Di packed up the dishes and came out with the food basket, ready to send it away.Song Wei lightly tapped on the railing: "Wait."

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

His Highness the Sixth Highness refused to talk to anyone after waking up, butler Lan's question was flattering.Seeing his gaze on the food basket, he hurriedly said, "Does Your Highness want to eat something else? Dessert or fruit?"

Song Wei said: "I remember there was some rice left."

"There is some rice left..." Blue Indigo stared blankly at the Sixth Highness reaching out to lift the lid of the basket, and took away the earthen bowl that contained the rice.

"Leave this one, you can go."

Blue Indigo retreated holding the food basket, walked for a while, couldn't bear it at last, stopped, and looked back to see what His Highness the Sixth Highness wanted to do.

Song Wei picked out a small ball of rice from the clay bowl, kneaded it into a round marble, put it on the tip of the thumb, bent the middle finger, and flicked it out.The rice ball flew two feet away, rolled on the ground a few more times, and then stopped.

After repeating this, a small feeding area was formed in the open space of the courtyard in a short time, attracting the little birds coming down to peck one after another.

The little elephant and the little rhinoceros watched arrogantly for a while, and finally landed tentatively.The East Courtyard is the birthplace of the two little pigeons, and they have had their nests for a while, so they are no strangers.Song Weizhun's head strength is extremely good, and he always sends the rice balls not far from them just right, one is a little closer than the other.The two little pigeons jumped up and down, unknowingly getting closer and closer to the source of food, and finally reached the bottom of the railing.

Seeing His Highness the Sixth Prince's patience, taking every step of the way, and finally lured the little pigeon that was far outside the range of activities to her, Lan Di understood what he was using for withholding half a bowl of rice.

The guards are only responsible for watching people, and they don't care about such small actions.Butler Lan thought of Master Hou's order, and wanted to stop it, but when he looked up, he saw His Highness the Sixth Highness opening his palm, letting the pigeons jump up and peck, muttering something, his face beaming with joy and smiling.There was soreness in his eyes for a moment, he wiped it with his sleeve, and turned around to leave.

Forget it, let him play for a while.

Song Wei coaxed the two pigeons into the palm of his hand in turn, and the other hand was not idle, picking up rice grains and sticking them on the backs of the pigeons one by one, sticking a treasure head on one back, and sticking a "wooden head" on the other back. "Character.The combination of the two sides is exactly the word "Song".With Dugu Lai's attention to the pigeons, he must be able to notice the abnormality immediately, and he must be able to guess that he is here.

He was not at all worried that the eldest son Dugu would leak information and bring danger.Not to mention that the entire Xianhou Mansion must now be like an iron barrel. Based on his understanding of Dugu Lai, when he received such a top-secret message from Brother Xiao Yin, he would only immediately enter the imaginary first-level alert state, and then try to come to see him. Own.

This time, of course, the wise and mighty Dugu hero cannot save brother Xiaoyin who is imprisoned.But...you have to find some entertainment to pass the boring days, don't you?

Song Wei fed a flock of birds, admired her original rice calligraphy, and reluctantly let the two pigeons go.

The seventh day of August.

Early in the morning, Song Wei sat on the railing holding a rice bowl.The little pigeons have a fixed flying time and route, and it is estimated that they will not come to hang out until around yesterday.But he was too bored, and in order to tire the watchers, he got up and waited to feed the birds.As a result, the rice ball attracted a large group of ants, and they simply lay on the railing to watch the ants move, and watched with great interest for almost a whole day.

When the pigeon came back in the evening, neither the guard nor the housekeeper noticed that there was a very small scroll stuffed into one of the ankle rings.Song Wei quickly pulled it out, hid it in her sleeve, muttered to the two birds for a long time without changing her expression, and sent it away when she was full.

Before going to bed, I opened it to find a very thin and tough piece of tissue paper, wrapped around a short steel needle.

There are two sheets of tissue paper, one is filled with words and the other is blank.Dugu Lai was so thoughtful that he even prepared the paper for Brother Xiaoyin to reply to the letter.

"Brother Xiaoyin, have you been locked up by daddy again? Sorry, I was locked up by sister too. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, daddy came back to test our homework, and sister didn't allow us to go out. This piercing needle was given to me by brother Dongsang in the past. Mine can be used for untying, unlocking, and engraving. It can also stun people when pierced in the big hole. It should help you. If you want to see me, please write back to me, and I will try my best to sneak out. You catch a big Mouse, pull out the whiskers, you can write a lot of words on that piece of white cotton paper..."

Thanks to Song Wei's excellent eyesight, he can distinguish the handwriting that is arranged like sesame seeds on the pastry.When I read "You caught a big mouse", I imagined that Dugu Lai caught the mouse from nowhere in the Hou's mansion, which once again proved that this baby is really cute and cute, and I couldn't help grinning wide.He didn't dare to laugh out loud for fear of disturbing the people outside the door, so he simply hid himself in the quilt and hugged his stomach happily.

After laughing enough, he crawled out slowly, and used the omnipotent shadow-piercing needle that Dugu Li had given him, dipped in a bit of soy sauce and black soup base left in the medicine bowl, and began to write a reply.

Since the violent smashing on the night of the fourth day, let alone the decorations in the bedroom, even the four treasures of the study have disappeared.Mrs. Dugu knew too well his ability to cause trouble, this time she really hardened her heart and made up her mind, vowing to nip all accidents in the bud.

"Xiao Lai, I was assassinated by bad guys and hid in your house to recuperate. I was not imprisoned by your father. The injury is not serious, so don't worry. Just prepare your homework well and write me a letter every day to relieve boredom. After the Mid-Autumn Festival Brother Xiaoyin will take you on a horse race."

Steel needle potion is not on the same level as mouse whisker ink, Song Wei found out in frustration that after writing a few sentences, she couldn't write anymore.Twist the white cotton paper into a small roll, put it in the hair crown, and lie down to sleep.

The current major event is none other than the tribute from the Mid-Autumn Festival Mission.Whether it's the emperor or the prince, any other actions will probably wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival.If Dugu didn't come back, it would be impossible for him to get out of this prison.The kindness of the children is only for the purpose of dispelling boredom, and the rest of the thoughts, after all, can never be repeated.

Everything will be discussed after the Mid-Autumn Festival.