Pregnant with His Highness' cub before becoming a monk

In the front hall of the yamen, County Magistrate Zhang faced the three people sitting in front of him, sweating nervously.

He never expected that the inspectors sent by the East Palace would arrive so soon.

He secretly looked at the three people in front of him, and saw that the man named Yan Changsheng seemed relatively easy to get along with, with a smile on his fair face, giving people a very friendly feeling.Especially compared with the other two, this Yan Changsheng is simply a "living Bodhisattva" in the eyes of County Magistrate Zhang.

County magistrate Zhang turned his eyes away from Yan Changsheng, the "living Bodhisattva", and looked at the two "living Yamas" next to him.

This man named Huo Yansheng has the unique temperament of a military general, and he is serious and hard to approach.However, although Huo Yan's voice was majestic, it was not enough to make people feel intimidated.

But the young man next to him named Li Chuan, for some reason, looked cold.When Li Chuan entered the door, he exchanged glances with County Magistrate Zhang, who was still a little chilled up to this day.

The county magistrate Zhang Xindao's name is quite ordinary, Li Chuan, it doesn't sound very particular, probably the elders in the family have not read much, so they just casually gave him such an unremarkable name.But this person is promising, he is able to have a place beside His Highness the Crown Prince at such a young age, and he has some abilities after all.

After looking at the three of them, County Magistrate Zhang raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and mustered up his courage to break the silence in the hall.

"The Mr. Chen that you are looking for, just arrived in Dingfu County yesterday, the official...have someone arrange a residence for him...Everyone wait a moment...he will come right away." County Magistrate Zhang spoke , the voice trembled a little, and I don't know if it was more fear or more nervousness.

He said he was afraid because yesterday he made a mistake in his judgment and thought that Chen Xingwang was a liar, so he sent him directly to the prison.Unexpectedly, now that the other party has been confirmed to be His Royal Highness's "old friend", doesn't this mean that he was in a daze and directly offended His Royal Highness?

And his nervousness was because he had lived most of his life, and he had never met any big shots, but today he saw three of them.Thinking that the three people in front of him were the right-hand men of His Royal Highness, County Magistrate Zhang felt so nervous that he wanted to faint.

Huo Yansheng and Li Yi ignored him, only Yan Changsheng gave him a gentle smile after hearing the words, and said, "It's okay, I'm just ordering by His Royal Highness to say hello to Brother Chen, it doesn't matter if it's a moment sooner or later." urgent."

"Yes..." County magistrate Zhang nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and then couldn't help wiping his sweat.

These three people may not be in a hurry, but he is really in a hurry... If Chen Xingwang wants to sue them soon, he will die without a place to bury him.

On one side, County Magistrate Zhang was like an ant on a hot pot, while on the other side, Chen Xingwang was like a fly without a head.

The master in the yamen went to the prison to pick up the man himself, and Chen Xingwang followed behind him, completely dazed.

"Brother Chen, do you remember what I said?" The master asked Chen Xingwang.

Chen Xingwang nodded, then asked, "What did you say?"

The master patiently explained to him again: "Yesterday's incident was all a misunderstanding. Mr. Zhang drank some wine and became a little delirious, which is why he mistakenly put you in prison. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I hope Chen There are a lot of brothers and adults, so don't take this matter to heart."

"You want to let us go?" Chen Xingwang asked.

"It was a misunderstanding, so why not let it go, I will ask them to take a few of your friends to take a bath and change clothes later, and then I will make a table of good wine and good food for them personally." The master said with a smile : "Brother Chen, look... in front of the distinguished guests of the East Palace, can you not mention this matter?"

Chen Xingwang hadn't gotten over it yet, and it was difficult to accept his identity change for a while.

Hearing what the master said, he nodded immediately, with a very dazed expression on his face.

Seeing this, the master felt relieved, and took Chen Xingwang to wash up briefly, and changed into new clothes.

Chen Xingwang had never experienced such a thing, following the master's arrangement, he was in a trance like a dream.

After changing his clothes, the master told him a few more words, and then took him to the front hall of the yamen.

In the hall, County Magistrate Zhang almost collapsed from a cold sweat. When he saw Chen Xingwang coming, he became even more nervous.

The other three people in the hall all looked at Chen Xingwang, and Chen Xingwang also looked at them. The four had different expressions, and no one spoke.

After a while, Yan Changsheng came to his senses first, stepped forward and pulled Chen Xingwang and said, "You are Brother Chen, right? His Royal Highness misses you very much, and specially told me to come and see you when I come to Dingfu County."

Before Chen Xingwang could react, Yan Changsheng pulled him to sit down, and said again: "Brother Chen is indeed a good-looking talent, no wonder His Royal Highness has been thinking about you since meeting you by chance..."

Chen Xingwang:? ? ?

Li Yi: ...

Chen Xingwang has a simple and straightforward personality, and he doesn't understand the politeness of literati's speech. Hearing Yan Changsheng's words, he felt very puzzled.Although his appearance is fairly handsome, but in the end he is just a slovenly hunter, his skin is even more tanned, how can he be so handsome?

Why does His Royal Highness miss him so much?He had never seen His Highness the Crown Prince.

At that moment, Chen Xingwang was very puzzled, secretly thinking that these people are liars?

Yan Changsheng is the best at dealing with people. He seemed to see through Chen Xingwang's thoughts at a glance, and deliberately said to Zhang County Magistrate: "Master Zhang, you have checked the guides of the three of us and the documents of the East Palace today. We will do business tomorrow." Besides, today I will have a good reunion with Brother Chen."

What he said was clearly saying goodbye to County Magistrate Zhang, but in fact he was telling Chen Xingwang that they had guides and documents and were not liars.Sure enough, Chen Xingwang was very surprised when he heard that, and he didn't recover for a long time.

On the other hand, the master who followed behind reacted very quickly, and hurriedly said: "Everyone has come from a long way, Mr. Zhang ordered someone to prepare some food and wine. If you don't dislike it, why don't you honor Mr. Zhang's wishes."

"Yes, yes, yes..." County Magistrate Zhang also came to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Please allow me to welcome you, my lords."

Yan Changsheng put on a embarrassed expression and looked at Li Yi and Huo Yansheng. After a while, Li Yi reluctantly nodded slightly.

"Then respect is worse than obedience!" Yan Changsheng said to County Magistrate Zhang.

County magistrate Zhang and master were very happy when they heard the words, and secretly thought that as long as they were willing to have dinner together, their friendship would be easy.

"You...I..." Chen Xingwang was very confused at the moment, he wanted to ask what was going on.

But the three of them didn't intend to give him a chance. Li Yi, who had been silent all the time, looked at Chen Xingwang and said, "Brother Chen is known for his righteousness. He must have many friends in Dingfu County. You can call us here today." Know a thing or two."

As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, Chen Xingwang suddenly remembered something, and said to the master, "Where are my friends?"

The master was afraid that he would say something he should not say, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Chen, don't worry, I will invite them in person."

The master winked at Mr. Zhang, and then left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Li Yi exchanged glances with Huo Yansheng calmly and said nothing.

When Shi Fang was brought out of the prison, he was not surprised at all.

Based on what he knew about Chen Xingwang, once he got away, it was impossible to ignore them.

It's just that he doesn't quite understand, when did Chen Xingwang and Li Yi become old friends?

He had always thought that Chen Xingwang's words were bragging, but now it seemed that he had really met Li Yi?

Without waiting for him to think about it, the master arranged for someone to send them a change of clothes, and then he made an apology and told them not to mention yesterday's "misunderstanding" in front of the distinguished guests.

Except for Shifang and Shijiu, these people are ordinary people. They have been imprisoned for no reason, and what they think about is how to get out of trouble, not to pursue responsibility.Now they are not only out of trouble, but also received "courteous treatment" from the yamen. They feel surprised and at a loss, but no one really cares about it.

As for Shifang and Shijiu, the question they considered was whether to take the opportunity to slip away.

If you don't leave, will you meet the people from the East Palace next?

"Brother, have you forgotten? We have changed our faces now, and no one knows us." Shi Jiu said, "If the people in the East Palace knew that you were here, how could they save Chen Xingwang and ignore you?"

Shifang came back to his senses after hearing the words, and immediately relaxed a little.They have changed their appearance now, as long as they pay attention to cover up a little, they should not be recognized by others.But if they leave in a hurry, maybe they will attract attention instead. Considering this, Shi Fang decided to stay for the time being, and let's see how the case will be handled in the future.

Everyone followed the master to the Yamen.

A large table of wine and food had already been set up in the front hall, but the table was not opened yet.

Shi Fang walked in behind the crowd. Although he was mentally prepared to meet acquaintances, he was still taken aback when he looked into the hall, because he saw Li Yi at a glance.He thought it was only people from the East Palace who came, but he didn't expect Li Yi to come too!

After leaving for a long time, Li Yi looked a little thinner than before, with a little tiredness in his eyes.

Shifang frowned, feeling a little distressed in his heart.

The master made everyone sit down, and because he was afraid that everyone would say too much, he took the initiative to introduce each other.First, he said that Li Yi and the others were distinguished guests from the Eastern Palace, and then introduced Chen Xingwang's new identity—an old friend of the prince. Finally, he introduced Shifang and the others, saying that they were friends of Chen Xingwang in Dingfu County.

Shifang was a little apprehensive at first, fearing that Li Yi would recognize him.

But when the master introduced everyone, he found that Li Yi only glanced at him without any fluctuation in his eyes.Only then did Shi Fang feel relieved, secretly thinking that his disguise skills seemed to be passable, and even Li Yi didn't recognize him.

Both Shifang and Li Yi learned the art of disguise from Mr. Yan when they were young in Chu Yunfeng's village. Li Yi didn't recognize Shifang's disguise before, but now it seems reasonable that he can't recognize each other. .

Thinking of this, Shi Fang didn't think about it any more.

During the dinner, everyone had their own thoughts.

County magistrate Zhang and Chen Xingwang were sweating nervously with their respective "lies".

Li Yi and Huo Yansheng kept their faces cold and didn't say much. Shifang and Shijiu were also silent the whole time because they were afraid of revealing their secrets. The other common people, who had never seen such a scene before, were so nervous that they didn't dare to raise their heads, and kept their heads buried in the food.In the end, Master and Yan Changsheng became the two most active people at the banquet.

The master was busy flattering, while Yan Changsheng was laughing and joking all the time.

After eating a meal for more than half an hour, the two of them seemed to be setting up a stage to play, and it never stopped.

In the end, it seemed that it was coming to an end, and no one mentioned Shi Fang's most concerned issues during the meeting.

He knew that if he didn't mention the opportunity now, he was afraid that it would be difficult to pursue it later, so before the banquet was over, he pretended to be casual and asked in Chen Xingwang's ear: "Why didn't you see the person who asked us for help yesterday?" that person?"

As soon as Chen Xingwang was reminded by him, he immediately thought of the speechless person.

He drank some wine now, and he was not as nervous as before, and he was fooled by Yan Changsheng to the end, and he almost believed that he was the prince's friend, so facing Zhang County magistrate and others, he naturally felt a little nervous. Confidence.

"Where's the mute from yesterday?" Chen Xingwang asked the county magistrate directly.

As soon as he said this, the expressions of Master Zhang and County Magistrate Zhang changed immediately.

Magistrate Zhang began to wipe his sweat again, but the master laughed dryly, looking very embarrassed.

"That's right, I don't know what happened to that mute," someone said again.

"What dumb?" Yan Changsheng asked at the right time.

Chen Xingwang was about to speak, but the master hurriedly interrupted him: "Everyone is tired today, why don't you take a rest..."

"Let him finish." Li Yi said suddenly.

Li Yi's voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry some invisible coercion. The master shrank his neck subconsciously and dared not speak any more.

When Chen Xingwang saw that the prince's people were backing him up, he immediately gained confidence and said, "Yesterday we met a dumb man whose house was buried by a landslide outside the city. We helped him pick it up for most of the day." , Sixteen corpses were pulled out."

He couldn't help sighing while speaking, and everyone in the banquet sighed.

Not to mention how ugly the expressions of the magistrate Zhang and the master were, they never expected that after trying everything to cover up the matter for a long time, they were shocked by Chen Xingwang's few words.

"Master Zhang, is what he said true?" Li Yi asked County Magistrate Zhang.

County magistrate Zhang was so frightened that he almost fainted when he was asked by Li Yi. He faltered for a while, and finally had to look at the master for help.

The master took a deep breath and had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain: "Master Zhang has already sent someone to find out what happened yesterday. They are all hunters nearby. When they went hunting on the mountain, they were hit by heavy rain and hid in the hut to avoid the rain. There was an accident."

"As for the person Brother Chen mentioned, he was greatly shocked when he suddenly encountered such a thing. Your Excellency sympathized with him, so he temporarily placed him in a spare house in the city." The master said again: "If Brother Chen is worried about him, please let me know for a while. I can take Brother Chen and you to visit him later."

Before Li Yi could answer, Chen Xingwang said, "Let's go now, the meal is over."

The master was taken aback, he didn't expect Chen Xingwang to be such a straightforward person, but the words had already been said, and it was hard for him to evade them.

Afterwards, the master personally took Chen Xingwang and others to the house where the man was placed.

In fact, this person was originally locked up in the yamen by the master. Later, when he heard that the people from the East Palace had entered the city, he temporarily ordered people to move him here. Unexpectedly, this move was a lie for himself. .

When everyone arrived at the house, the speechless man was nestling in an empty room, looking devastated.The mud on his body from yesterday has not been cleaned, which makes him look even more embarrassed.

"I'm afraid that he will be short-sighted, so my lord specially arranged for someone to watch here." The master pointed to the officers and soldiers who were guarding the man and explained to the crowd: "He doesn't eat or drink, and he doesn't want to bathe and change clothes. Just wait, no one else dares to disturb you."

Shi Fang followed Chen Xingwang into the room and took a look. The man was groggy, and he didn't know if he was sick or sad.

"Brother Chen, you have a lot of face, can you ask them to help find a doctor?" Shi Fang said to Chen Xingwang.

"It's natural. You can't just ignore death." Chen Xingwang said.

After he finished speaking, he went out and told the teacher about finding a doctor, and the teacher naturally couldn't refuse, so he quickly agreed.

Inside the house, Shi Fang squatted beside the man, whispering something to him.

The man could not speak, but he could hear.

After Shi Fang finished speaking, his originally lifeless eyes regained some vitality.

"Brother, what did you say to him?" When he came out, Shi Jiu asked Shi Fang curiously.

Shi Fang said: "I told him that tomorrow I will go to that place to rescue his relatives. If he is not ill, we can go together."

When Shi Jiu heard the words, he realized that Shi Fang was trying to find a way to let that person temporarily find the desire to live.

Otherwise, people will be exhausted like this, and it won't be long before...

The Yamen also gave a conclusion on this matter, saying that those people had an accident while hiding from the rain.

There was nothing more people could do except sigh.

After all, all sixteen people were dead, and the remaining one could neither speak nor write, so no clues could be obtained from him at all.

"My lord, is this the end of the matter?" After returning to the inn, Huo Yansheng asked Li Yi.

Li Yi glanced at him and asked, "Which one are you talking about?"

Huo Yansheng was stunned, and said, "Both count. County magistrate Zhang detains people without reason, knowingly breaking the law. And the ten corpses, no matter how you think about it, it's unreasonable. He actually settled the case in less than a day. Do not check."

Li Yi said: "When the real inspectors from the capital arrive, report these two matters together. If they have no time to take care of them, let them report to the state capital of Dingfu County, and say that I will take care of this matter." , must be done well.”

His implication is that this matter is impossible to be good.

It's just that he didn't do it himself...

"If there is nothing else, let's set off tomorrow and continue on our way." Li Yi said.

"Leave tomorrow?" Huo Yansheng asked: "Master Shifang is here too, he has already met the young master today, maybe..."

Li Yi frowned, and said, "Do you think he will come to us?"

"Subordinate...don't know." Huo Yan said.

"If he wants to recognize me, he should have recognized me when he came out of the yamen today." Li Yi smiled wryly, and said again: "I used to force him to make choices according to my own temperament. Now it's hard to be ruthless. Come on, don't force him."

When Li Yi decided to take off his disguise in front of everyone today, he had already made his decision.

He took off his disguise and pretended that he didn't see through Shi Fang's identity. In this way, as long as Shi Fang didn't want to, he could continue to hide in the dark and didn't need to come out to face him.

This time, he didn't want to persecute Shifang anymore, he wanted to put the right of choice in Shifang's hands.

Although he knew that the possibility of Shifang coming to him was slim, Li Yi still had some hope in his heart. Unfortunately, Shifang did not show up that day until nightfall.

The next morning, the weather was very gloomy.

Shi Fang and Shi Jiu went to buy some joss sticks together, then hired a carriage and left the city.

Thanks to Chen Xingwang, no one dares to stop them from entering or leaving the city gate now.

After the two arrived at the previous place, they saw two familiar figures in the rubble from a distance, one of them was the speechless person, and the other was Chen Xingwang.

"I thought we'd get to know each other and come over to burn some paper money for them. I didn't expect to see him looking for something when I got here, and I didn't know what he was looking for." Chen Xingwang looked at the speechless man and sighed, with a look of embarrassment. Can't bear it.

Shi Fang put down the joss stick in his hand, and leaned forward to have a look.I saw that the man had pulled out a lot of things from the ruins, but those things were ordinary things, nothing special.

"I really don't understand, so many people are hunting in the mountains under heavy rain, what are they trying to do?" Chen Xingwang said.

Shi Fang's eyes fell on something that the man pulled out, and he recognized that it was a toy ball.

"This is something for children to play with," Shi Fang said.

"Didn't we pick up two and a half older children that day? It should be theirs." Chen Xingwang said.

"Didn't that master say that they were trying to avoid the rain while hunting? But how do you explain this ball?" Shifang frowned, and said, "The two children who had the accident are not too young, such a big child I usually don’t bring toys with me when I go out.”

As Shi Fang said, he looked around the ruins, and his eyes stopped for a moment on the things that the man pulled out.

He said: "They are not sheltering from the rain here, they are more like living here."

"Such a small hut can accommodate so many people?" Shi Jiu asked.

Shi Fang thought for a while, and said, "I probably didn't intend to put the thatched hut in such a place for a long time. It might just be a temporary stay for a while. But, why do they want to stay here temporarily? Could it be because of the closure of the city?"

Chen Xingwang's reaction was not quick, and now he has come to his senses.

He looked surprised and said: "Is there something else behind their death? Then the master and the county magistrate Zhang hastily closed the case, didn't they cover up the culprit?"

"Brother Chen, do you want to seek justice for them?" Shi Fang asked.

Chen Xingwang hurriedly said: "Of course I think, after all, we have met for a while. So many lives can't just be passed away, right? It's just that County Magistrate Zhang made it clear that he doesn't want to investigate carefully. What can we do?"

"We may not have it, but someone should have it," Shi Fang said.

"Who?" Chen Xingwang asked.

Shi Fang watched him silent for a while, and said, "Aren't you familiar with His Highness the Crown Prince? You can ask him for help."

"His Royal Highness..." Chen Xingwang faltered for a moment, then said, "But he's not here, I'm afraid of his subordinates... I don't dare to talk to them."

Shi Fang was startled when he heard the words, and suddenly realized something.

This time, Li Yi claimed that he was the prince's disciple, and he also changed his name to Li Chuan.

Because Shifang knew him, he didn't care about his disguised identity at all, so he acquiesced that Chen Xingwang also knew this.But just now Chen Xingwang accidentally slipped that sentence, Chen Xingwang didn't recognize Li Yi at all!

So... Chen Xingwang didn't know Li Yi, so it was just an excuse.

If Li Yi spent so much time and effort not to rescue Chen Xingwang, it could only be for...

save him?

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