Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The blue waves of the Qinhuai River are rippling like benevolent eyes, and the weeping willows flutter in the wind like a girl's hair. No wonder people say that Jiangnan is charming and charming, and the scenery is so beautiful that people's eyes are soft and their hearts are turbulent.

A Ping was lying on the window looking into the distance: "Daddy, I saw the dragon boat, where is it? When will the competition start?"

Xiao Yu followed his hand and looked over, and could only see the shadows of a few dragon boats in the distance. On both sides of the river, there were crowds of people supporting the elderly and carrying children, crowding each other, looking forward to this annual event. .

"It should start soon."

Lin Hai personally served them tea: "My lords, please drink tea."

Pei Linzhi picked up the teacup and took a sip: "How is the situation recently?"

Lin Hai thought for a while, and said: "On the surface, everything is as usual, but the big families in the city have been coming and going a little bit recently."

On the face of it, Lin Haiming is the shopkeeper of Yiming Club, but in fact he is the person in charge of the imperial court's intelligence network. The movements of the court, Chinese, military officials, and various families are all within the scope of supervision.

Xiao Yu, who was leaning against the window with A Ping to watch the scenery, turned his head when he heard the words: "Is there a holiday, so we come and go more frequently?"

Lin Hai said: "I also thought so at first. But after careful analysis, I found some abnormalities. For example, the Yang family and the Yuan family had not been in contact with each other for more than ten years due to some reasons. Everyone knows about it, but they went to Li's banquet together a few days ago. And within two days, they went to Zheng's banquet together."

Pei Linzhi asked: "What name are you holding the banquet for?"

Lin Hai said: "Mr. Li is the concubine of the owner's youngest son who gave birth to a full moon wine. Mrs. Zheng is Mrs. Zheng's birthday, not a big birthday. Ordinarily, even if Yang and Yuan are invited for this kind of banquet, they are all for the female relatives. Go to the banquet. As a result, both the Yang family and the Yuan family went there in person this time, so it can be said that it is not grand."

Xiao Yu nodded: "It's really abnormal."

Lin Hai added: "In addition to these four families, the other families also had contacts with each other within half a month, so I said it was abnormal."

Pei Linzhi frowned: "Is there anyone acting suspicious in the city recently?"

Lin Hai said: "There are merchants coming here every day, and it's hard to tell."

Pei Linzhi said: "Then strengthen surveillance and keep an eye out for suspicious persons."

"Yes."

A Ping shouted excitedly from the window: "Daddy, look, the dragon boat race has started!"

Xiao Yu turned his head, the sound of drums on the river, the sound of people on the bank, and five dragon boats rowed upwards from the lower reaches.It has just rained for several days a few days ago, the water level has risen a lot, the current is relatively turbulent, and it is a bit difficult to go upstream, so it is more interesting.

Pei Linzhi also got up, stood behind the two of them, looked into the river for a while, then raised his eyes to glance at the houses on the other side of the river.The houses on the other side are the same as here. They are also built near the water. They are all two-story shops, and the terraces on the second floor are full of condescending people watching the dragon boat race.

The dragon boat in the river was gradually approaching, and the cheers became louder and louder. Aping also joined the shouting team, his face flushed with excitement.

Suddenly, Pei Linzhi realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Be careful!" He put his arm around one, and dragged Xiao Yu and A Ping back, the father and son didn't take precautions, they fell straight backwards, and fell to the floor. Immediately afterwards, several ding dings were heard, and several arrows shot in through the window and nailed to the indoor wall.

Xiang Yang jumped over in a hurry: "There are assassins! Protect the gentleman!" As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen arrows flew in from the window. He swung the short sword in his hand and knocked out those arrows.

The guards inside and outside the house rushed over to protect Xiao Yu: "Quick, protect the gentleman!"

Fortunately, with Pei Linzhi behind him as a buffer, Xiao Yu and A Ping did not collide with each other. Xiao Yu quickly reacted: "Someone assassinated us?"

A Ping turned pale with fright: "Daddy, someone wants to kill us?"

Pei Linzhi said: "Yes, don't be afraid, I will protect you, get out of here quickly. Don't stand up, bend over and go out."

Xiao Yu comforted A Ping: "Don't be afraid, father and master will protect you." Although he was assassinated, he was not too afraid, because Pei Linzhi was by his side, and he knew that he would protect him, but who would assassinate him? Woolen cloth?

Pei Linzhi escorted the two of them out, and said to the guards: "The murderer is in the house with a clump of bamboo on the other side of the river, send someone to check quickly."

The guard agreed: "Yes, this subordinate will go and check."

They were about to go downstairs, but they found thick smoke billowing from the room, and someone shouted from below: "It's bad, sir, there's a fire! Someone set fire to the house next door, and the fire has spread!"

Pei Linzhi's face was livid, and he came to the door, saying: "Come on, protect the gentleman! Get out!" He was careless, and unexpectedly fell into an ambush.

Xiang Yang and Lin Hai led the guards out of the room. Looking at the billowing smoke, Lin Hai hurriedly stopped them: "Your Majesty, don't rush, you can't leave the door, the traitor is probably already waiting outside. Tea House There is a secret passage, general, you take the gentleman out through the secret passage."

Pei Linzhi didn't dare to take Xiao Yu to take risks: "Okay, lead the way quickly."

The guards guarded Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi and hurried downstairs. The downstairs hall was already on fire, and the fire was spreading wildly. The shop assistants were frantically pouring water with wooden basins and buckets to put out the fire.

Many people who were watching the dragon boat race found the fire and rushed to help put it out.

Lin Hai led everyone down to a cellar in the warehouse. There was a door in the cellar, and behind the door was a tunnel with a height of one person.

Pei Linzhi asked: "When was this tunnel dug? Where does it lead to?"

Lin Hai said: "Master Min asked me to dig it all the way to his mansion. He said it was just in case."

Xiao Yu was extremely surprised: "I didn't expect Teng Yun to keep such a trick."

Lin Hai said: "Master Min said that in the three caves of the cunning rabbit, it is never wrong to leave more escape routes. I didn't expect that it would come in handy one day."

Pei Linzhi felt relieved: "Just be safe."

Lin Hai, Xiang Yang and the others opened the way ahead, holding candles and walking in the long and narrow tunnel.

A Ping held Xiao Yu's hand tightly: "Father, who wants to assassinate us?"

This question is bothering Xiao Yu, who is it?According to the information provided by Lin Hai, those aristocratic families seem to be inseparable.

They do have reasons to hate themselves, but if there is no push hand for such an outrageous thing as killing the king and seizing the throne, which big family would dare to do it?After all, those who hold the military power are his cronies.

If he was really assassinated, there would be only two people who could successfully take over the throne.The possibility of Xiao Yao is almost zero, so there is only one other.

Pei Linzhi squeezed Xiao Yu's hand suddenly: "Could it be that he is back?"

Xiao Yu realized that Pei Linzhi thought of something with him, and sighed: "It's very possible."

Several people walked in the tunnel for a long time before they finally reached the exit. Pei Linzhi and Lin Hai went out to explore the way to ensure that it was safe outside before letting Xiao Yu and others come out.

The exit of the tunnel was located in an empty room in Min Chong Mansion. It was quiet outside, the sun leaked in through the window, and the dust swirled in the light beams. It looked peaceful, as if the assassination just now was a matter of another time and space.

Pei Rinzhi had already gone to find Min Chong, who was playing dice with Dou Qiye, when he heard this, he was frightened, ran over quickly, and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Xiao Yu said, "It's okay, it's just that Ah Ping was a little frightened."

Min Chong said, "It's good that it's okay. I'll dispatch troops to escort His Majesty back to the palace."

Pei Linzhi stopped him: "Lord Min, let's not go back to the palace for the time being, and His Majesty will stay in your mansion. You all stay to protect His Majesty, and I will deal with this matter."

Min Chong said, "That's fine, Your Majesty, please. I'll go and give instructions to my servants."

Pei Linzhi said to Xiao Yu: "Your Majesty, you stay here for the time being. They shouldn't think that you have already arrived here. I will pick you up later. I didn't come in person. You must not come out."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Okay, you must be safe."

"Naturally." Pei Rinzhi said, then rode on Min Chong's horse and went out through the back door.

Dou Qiye was very happy when he heard that Xiao Yu was here: "Your Majesty, what brought you here?"

Dou Qiye has reached the age of seventy, his beard and hair are all white, but his body is very strong, and his spirit is still hale and hearty, but he no longer goes to sea, so he can retire with peace of mind.

Back then when Xiao Yu said he wanted to take care of him, he didn't want to live in the palace because it was inconvenient for him to come and go.Min Chong let him live in his mansion, and when Ji Shan came back from sea, he went to live in Ji Shan's mansion for a while.The old man likes the experience of sailing, and he can always chat with Ji Shan, the year-end friend, for a long time.

Xiao Yu was afraid that the old man would be worried, so he couldn't tell him that he was hiding from the chase, so he said: "I don't go out in the palace all day, and I finally took a vacation, so I went out for a walk, just in time to chat with Qi Ye."

The old man was overjoyed: "Good! Good! Great! I have already eaten the egg yolk rice dumplings and meat rice dumplings sent by His Majesty. They are extremely delicious, but the level of the royal chef in the palace is different."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Qi Ye likes to eat, so I'll ask Yu Chu to make some more for me later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Min Chong arranged the affairs of the house, he came to see Xiao Yu was chatting with Qi Ye, stood aside for a while, then said: "Qi Ye, Your Majesty and I still have something to talk about, we will talk later."

Dou Qiye said: "Okay, let's go."

Xiao Yu stood up, patted Ah Ping's head, and said, "Ping'er is here to talk to Master Qi, Daddy will come whenever he goes."

Ah Ping's panic has calmed down: "Okay, Dad, you can go."

Xiao Yu entered Min Chong's study room, heaved a long sigh, and smiled wryly: "I never thought that I would end up in such a mess when I went out to watch a dragon boat. Fortunately, you dug this tunnel ahead of time."

Min Chong also felt a little scared: "Your Majesty is very lucky to be safe. To be honest, I was really shocked. I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. In your Majesty's opinion, who is responsible for this matter?" of?"

Xiao Yu said: "According to the information provided by Lin Hai, it seems that it is inseparable from the major families in the city."

Min Chong said: "I just heard from General Pei that the opponent used a crossbow gun. This is a weapon that only the army has. It is very likely that someone in the army has rebelled. In this case, the problem will be very serious."

Xiao Yu frowned and clenched his fists: "There are quite a few descendants of aristocratic families serving in the army. It is not impossible to call out a batch of crossbow spears or even a small group of soldiers by using their power."

"That's exactly the case, so after this incident, we must thoroughly investigate it." Min Chong's expression was very serious, "I found that His Majesty was too kind to this group of families, and arranged a retreat for them. Without a heart of gratitude, they should be completely trampled under their feet, and they will never stand up!"

Xiao Yu had to admit that Min Chong's words were justified. Everyone in the world is afraid of power and not virtuous. He didn't completely break the class barriers at the beginning, and gave these aristocratic families a chance to survive, so that they still tried in vain after so long. Turning around: "Teng Yun is right. After the truth of this matter is found out, if it is really the ghost of those aristocratic families, we must rectify it."

Min Chong said: "If you should be killed, you should be killed, if you should be punished, you should be punished, and you must not tolerate it any longer."

"Ah."

Min Chong continued: "I believe that during the selection examination, the number of admissions for the children of these aristocratic families should also be limited, and more common people should be promoted."

Xiao Yu found that Min Chong was also aware of this, and he said: "If there is a real family participating this time, then this family will never be eligible to participate in the selection examination."

"That's great!" Min Chong quite agreed.

The two analyzed the mastermind of this incident, and Min Chong also believed that Xiao Ye was more likely: "...he is not in Xirong territory, so it is very likely that he is in Dongrong. Dongrong has now become our biggest opponent , Yuan Song and Murong Gan are very afraid of us, but they have nothing to do with us, so they will definitely use some despicable means to deal with us."

Xiao Yu said: "Then it is very likely that he has already returned to Jianye. It would be fine if he can be picked out by the way this time, so as not to be stuck in the throat all the time."

Min Chong nodded: "It should have been like this a long time ago, he is the very uncertain focus, and it must be removed."

It was not until the afternoon that Pei Linzhi came with soldiers and horses to welcome Xiao Yu back to the palace.

Xiao Yu asked, "Have you caught the murderer?"

Pei Linzhi shook his head: "They were all dead soldiers, and they all committed suicide when they were caught. However, I found some clues on my body. The crossbow guns came out of the Jinwu Guard, but they were discarded and were quietly taken away. It has been repaired and improved. The exact person who took it away remains to be investigated slowly. I have sealed the city gate and are not allowed to leave the city. I will not open the city gate until the real culprit is found out."

Xiao Yu heaved a sigh of relief: "It's fine if the lieutenant soldiers are involved." He was really afraid that his soldiers would be involved in this matter, and he would be extremely disappointed. This would mean that everything he had done for ordinary people these years would be in vain No one appreciates it at all.

Pei Linzhi said: "I am afraid that some generals participated, but the soldiers did not participate."

Xiao Yu said with a cold face: "Then investigate carefully!"