I ran away after slacking my apprentice

It was already noon when Ning Jiwei woke up.

He is really sleepy recently, his health is not good, he sleeps for a long time, and no one came to disturb him during this period, no one... That's right, why is it that it is noon, but Murong Yan is not even seen?

In the past at this time, Murong Yan would always come to his room and pester him to eat together.

Ning was slightly suspicious, so he couldn't help but put on his clothes and pushed open the door.

Outside the door, Cong Qing was waiting.

"Where's Your Highness?" Ning Ji glanced at Cong Qing and asked.

The first thing Mr. Wei did when he woke up was to ask about the whereabouts of his highness. Cong Qing was secretly relieved, God is sorry, if his highness knew that Mr. Wei cared about him so much, he must be in a good mood.

Cong Qing lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Highness was sent out of the city by the sage, and he set off yesterday, but at that time, it was night and the young master rested early, so His Highness never disturbed the young master."

outside the city?What's the point of going outside the city?Ning closed his outer robe slightly, but felt a bit chilly, "Then when will His Highness return?"

As soon as he asked the question, Ning Jiwei regretted it.

He asked this question eagerly, as if he wanted to see Murong Yan so much, it was only a day away!

"Your Majesty told His Highness to return in seven days, so you don't have to worry." Cong Qing smiled and was about to say the next sentence when suddenly there were some noisy sounds from a distance.

Ning Weiwei has good hearing, but he could vaguely hear the noise as someone making noise.

But at this time, outside the Prince's Mansion, the originally quiet alleys were surrounded by guards, and there was a person half-kneeling in the encirclement.

He was an unkempt, ragged, and slightly old man.

The leading guard shouted: "You have been sneaking around in front of this street for most of the day, what exactly do you want to do? Tell me!"

"I..." The man was probably delirious, and was pointed at by the guard with a long gun. He was very frightened, shrank his hands and feet, and almost moved his body to the guard's feet, but he still couldn't say a complete sentence. .

"I...I'm looking for..." The man held his head and mumbled.

The words were intermittent and vague, and the guard couldn't hear them clearly. He waved his long gun impatiently, "What nonsense are you talking about? Speak well!"

"Looking for..." The man seemed to be even more afraid, and said tremblingly, "Looking for Your Highness."

The voice was so soft that the guards could only see the man's lips moving, but couldn't hear the sound.

And as soon as those words came out, Ning Ji in the mansion frowned slightly.

For some reason, he felt a little flustered when he heard the noise outside the mansion.

Seeing Ning Jiwei's gaze focused on the gate of the mansion, Cong Qing couldn't help but see a trace of cold sweat, what a tragedy!What's wrong with the guards at the gate?It is clear that His Royal Highness had ordered before leaving the mansion not to let anyone disturb Mr. Wei's cleanliness!

Cong Qing hurriedly said: "This subordinate is negligent in his duty. Maybe someone outside the house collided with him. This subordinate will go to deal with it. Young Master, please go back to your room."

"No." Ning Ji stopped Cong Qing slightly, "I'll go with you."

"Ah?" Cong Qing was surprised, and the footsteps of leaving paused.

Outside the mansion gate, the noisy sound continued.

The guard asked for a long time, but the man was still afraid except for being afraid, and he couldn't complete a sentence, let alone ask any useful information.

A person next to the headed guard bumped the guard's arm and reminded: "This man looks crazy, he is probably a lunatic, maybe he broke in by accident, why don't you let him go?"

"No!" The headed guard was decisive, "Your Highness has ordered that no suspicious person should be let go during this period, and if you really can't find out, he will be handed over to Guard Cong..."

Before the guard could finish his sentence, the "Guard Cong" he called respectfully opened the door for Ning Jiwei.

guard:……

Cong Qing coughed in embarrassment, and asked, "What happened?" He really couldn't resist Ning Jiwei, after all, how dare he disobey someone who even his Highness would support?So he had to bring people over.

The guard put away his spear, and saluted Cong Qing, "What the guard Hui Cong said, is this crazy..." The guard glanced back, paused, and said, "For some reason, this man has been going all the way before noon. Walking around outside the gate of the mansion, it looked very suspicious, so we detained him and wanted to ask what happened."

The guard lowered his head when he said this, and in the gap between his lowering his head, the messy appearance of the man behind him appeared, and Ning Ji saw it with a glance.

But after seeing...

Ning Ji slightly looked at the familiar face surrounded by the guards, his heart suddenly tightened, and his face turned pale.

that person!Why is it so like a dead prince?

Hearing the word "suspicious", Cong Qing looked a little wary, "Can you ask why?"

"No." The guard shook his head.

Cong Qing was about to reply, when he caught a glimpse of Ning Jiwei's expression from the corner of his eye, he was taken aback, but he didn't dare to help him, and only cared: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

"I..." Ning Ji pressed his heart slightly, the excessive shock made his voice tremble.

He barely suppressed the emotions in his heart, raised his eyes, and saw the fearful, dodging eyes of the person not far away coming towards him.

A brief moment of clarity flashed in the man's vision.

The man's gaze caused Ning Jiwei to conjecture in his mind, he waved his hand and replied, "It's okay."

Ning Ji heaved a sigh of relief, "But this man... I look very crazy, he probably isn't suspicious, just an old man, don't make things difficult for him, let him go."

"This..." The guard hesitated.

Cong Qing also took a closer look at the man's face, he didn't look like a sane person, Zuo Ning even spoke slightly, the young master was kind, and he couldn't refuse, so he nodded at the guard, "Young master said let it go, then let him go." Let it go."

"It's windy outside the house." Cong Qing looked at Ning Ji's thin and thin clothes, and said sincerely: "My lord... why don't you go back to the house first?"

Ning Ji slightly tightened his outer robe, intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes fell on the direction where the man was scrambling away, and frowned.

"Okay." Ning Ji said slightly.

He agreed readily, and when he returned to his room, he excused Cong Qing to dismiss him, and immediately left the mansion quietly.

If he guessed correctly, the one who caused trouble outside the mansion was probably not someone else, and of course it couldn't be the dead Wang Cheng, most likely it was Wang Cheng's only relative in this world.

Wang Cheng's twin brother, Wang Gong.

It's just that the former dynasty was destroyed in the past, and Ning Jiwei thought that the old people of the former dynasty should also be killed and injured, so he never searched deliberately, never thought that he could see that person outside the prince's mansion.

Ning Jiwei hurriedly walked all the way to the end of the street in the direction that the man left.

At the corner, he was stopped by that man.

"Your Highness!" Wang Gong was very excited. He stroked his messy hair casually, revealing a pair of old but bright eyes. "So it is really His Highness! This old servant finally found you!"

Xu Shi felt that he was dirty, but Wang Gong never touched Ning Jiwei's sleeve, he only bowed deeply to Ning Jiwei, "It's not convenient to talk here, Your Highness, please follow this old servant."

Wang Gong took Ning Jiwei away from that street, and turned into a corner, where there was an extremely simple wooden house.

As soon as he entered the wooden house, Ning Jiwei couldn't bear it any longer, ignored the stains on Wang Gong's hands, and held Wang Gong's hand tremblingly, "Wang Gonggong, I...I..."

Too eager to utter a full sentence.

Ning Jiwei really wanted to ask him, how did he escape the rebel soldiers and escape from the palace when the previous dynasty fell?I want to ask him again, how have these years been?

There were too many questions to ask, every word stuck in his throat, Ning was so anxious that his eye sockets were slightly red, and his eyes were stained with mist.

"Your Highness is still like this..." Wang Gong smiled gratifiedly, patted Ning Jiwei's hand, cleaned the only chair in the wooden house for him, and wiped his hands for him, so that he could sit down .

"The old slave was lucky in the past. On the day the palace was destroyed, the old slave happened to be outside the palace, so he escaped the catastrophe."

In the previous dynasty, Wang Gong and Wang Cheng were people close to the emperor, but later Ning Jiwei was born and Wang Cheng was older, so he was sent by the emperor to serve the little prince, while Wang Gong was left by the emperor's side.

On the day the rebels entered the palace, Wang Gong happened to go out of the palace to do business at the emperor's order, so he escaped the rebels.

"The old slave has been in the imperial city for these years, in order to secretly search for His Highness. God has mercy on me. I passed by the Yunhe Tower yesterday, and I saw His Highness's figure, and then I found the Prince's Mansion..."

As he spoke, Wang Gong's eyes turned red with emotion, he bent down, wiped his face covered with fine lines, and looked at Ning Jiwei with kind eyes.

"Eunuch Wang..." Ning Jiwei said with tears in his eyes, choked with sobs, "It's my fault, I should have come to the imperial city earlier, I never thought that you are still... looking for me in the imperial city."

Wang Gong shook his head, "Your Majesty's supreme body, how can you admit your mistakes to this old slave?" Wang Gong said and knelt down, "The only wish of this old slave for the rest of his life is to see His Highness again. Good! It's just a pity that the old slave is incompetent, and has never served His Highness for so many years."

"No..." Ning Jiwei pulled Wang Gong to stand up, tears streaming down his face, "I have lived a good life these years, but the prince, has he always lived here?"

Live in this... Ning Jiwei can see the end at a glance, and in a dilapidated wooden house?

"The life of this old slave is the same no matter where you live." Wang Gong wiped his tears, "It's just that these years, this old slave often dreams of the former emperor and queen, and always thinks that if this old slave was in the palace at that time In the midst of it, it would be good to go with the late emperor, it’s not like living a muddle-headed life like it is now."

Nanwang Gong said sadly, his face full of vicissitudes wrinkled, as if thinking of something, he said: "By the way, I still have some doubts and want to ask His Highness. The old slave sees that His Highness seems to be living in the prince's mansion. , Why is this? Did the thief persecute His Highness? Does he know His Highness's identity? Will he harm His Highness?"

Hearing this, Ning Jiwei's expression froze for a moment.

Ning Ji slightly staggered his gaze, and he withdrew his hand holding Wang Gong. For some reason, there was a piercing pain at the fingertips, as if reminding him of something, so he made up a random sentence, "I was invited into the prince's mansion. day will leave."

"It's good to leave." Wang Gong heaved a sigh of relief, "Your Highness, you must never associate with thieves, and you must not be confused by thieves! Although the old slave did not witness the tragedy of the previous dynasty, but he dreamed of the former emperor all these years, he always Send a message to the old slave, saying that death will not rest in peace."

When Wang Gong mentioned this, he burst into tears, "I hate this old slave! I hate myself for being incompetent. I can't kill enemies for the former emperor. I can only hide in this dirty place!"