The emperor read the story book in the memorial

It was late at night, and there were fewer and fewer people by the lake, and it became quieter and quieter. No matter how much you carnival, you must rest.

Meng Qingshu originally entertained distinguished guests for the lord of his family by the lake, and toasted the princes and dignitaries, but now that the distinguished guests gradually dispersed, Meng Qingshu couldn't hold on anymore, and planned to take Xiao Jiu'er back to the mansion to rest.

He handed over the venue to Lu Ai and Zheng Ke to clean it up, while he turned around to find Xiao Jiuer.

Huh?

Seeing the emptiness behind him, Meng Qingshu was slightly taken aback.

The shadow guard handed over a child with red and swollen eyes from crying to him this afternoon, saying that he was helping the city lord to take care of it. Meng Qingshu almost cried in fright, thinking it was the city lord's child.

And when he figured out the ins and outs, Meng Qingshu immediately felt very sorry for the child, and originally wanted to buy him candy to comfort him, but today is really too busy.For a while there was not enough food for the celebration, for a while some distinguished guests came, and for a while there was a dispute between who and who, but he was the one who dragged the child around.

Now that the child is gone, Meng Qingshu suppressed the tension in his heart and trotted around the lake.

"Little Jiu'er!"

"Where are you, little Jiu!"

Seeing that Meng Qingshu's cheeks were flushed, Chen Zhishu's lieutenant general asked, "Are you looking for someone?"

"Yes." Meng Qingshu described Xiao Jiu'er's appearance to the lieutenant.

The deputy general nodded, saying that he would also ask his subordinates to look for it.

Meng Qingshu was very grateful.

After going around a few times, Meng Qingshu finally met one of Chen Zhishu's subordinates, who said that he saw Xiao Jiu'er leaving the celebration and heading east.

Meng Qingshu immediately went in the direction the man said.

The east side of the street is lined with shops, and now they are all closed in the middle of the night, and there is no one on the street, except for the occasional noise from the celebration, the place is quiet.

Meng Qingshu was a little annoyed why he didn't bring a lantern with him.

"Whoosh-"

Meng Qingshu was taken aback.

Rubbing his eyes, Meng Qingshu walked towards the corner where there seemed to be a dark shadow passing by.There was an alley around the cloth workshop, Meng Qingshu looked at it, and there was no one in front of him, he was about to leave when he heard a deliberately lowered "bastard" curse coming from the corner of the alley.

Meng Qingshu was taken aback for a moment, then approached slowly with light steps, leaned against the wall and looked out quietly.

I saw two men in black standing aside, one of them said: "Did that little boy hear what we said just now?"

"My lord, don't worry, the shadow guard has already been sent to look for it."

"If you find it, don't keep it alive! But don't let anyone find the body, find a place to throw it away."

Meng Qing's writing turned pale, and his legs began to tremble.

Who are those two men, and is the little boy they are talking about Xiao Jiu'er!

Meng Qingshu was about to leave quietly to ask Chen Zhishu for help, but the two men behind the wall suddenly became quiet and approached him without saying a word.

Presumably he was discovered because he didn't know martial arts and couldn't hide his breath.

Meng Qingshu couldn't care about anything else anymore, took a deep breath and ran like crazy.

"Chase!"

Meng Qingshu's head was in a mess, it was entirely the fear of his death that supported him to run forward, and the gust of wind that was blown by him while running made his cheeks ache.

"Help! Help—"

Now fish and dragons are mixed in the city, the emperor is also there, and the guards in the city are tighter than usual, Meng Qingshu believes that someone will come soon after he shouts.

"Help……!!"

There seemed to be a person riding towards him on horseback.

At the same time, the man in black behind him also caught up.Meng Qingshu only felt a gust of ling wind hit him, and his body lost his balance and fell to the ground with a "bang".

Meng Qingshu frantically tried to get up, but when he turned around, he saw the man in black standing behind him, holding a knife and about to chop at his back.

Meng Qingshu gritted his teeth and hugged his head.

"Meng Qingshu!"

With a "bang", the knife was blocked by a sword coming from the sky.

Uncle Chen jumped up, and with a sweep of the sword, he directly slashed the defenseless man in black. The man in black was even swept by the fierce sword wind, so that he flew up with arrows, hit the wall beside him and lost consciousness.

The subordinates who came behind Chen Zhishu immediately stepped forward and tied up the man in black and dragged him away.

"Meng Qingshu, are you injured?"

Chen Zhishu knelt down and helped Meng Qingshu up.

"No, no..." Meng Qingshu felt exhausted for the rest of his life after the catastrophe. He fell limply in Chen Zhishu's arms, and Chen Zhishu subconsciously wrapped his arms around him. tremble.

Meng Qingshu grew up here since he was a child, he didn't know much, and he didn't encounter any catastrophe. Today's incident was the first time.

Uncle Chen looked at the white ball in his arms, and felt that his heart was full of strange mixed feelings, some felt sorry for the weak Meng Qingshu, some were angry with those gangsters, but some were happy, satisfied because of Meng Qingshu's dependence.

In the end, Baizhuan's emotions only turned into a sentence of "don't be afraid".

"En." Meng Qingshu sniffed, took a deep breath and said, "We're going to find Xiao Jiu'er! Those gangsters and others, Xiao Jiu'er is in danger."

"Don't worry, I'll escort you back first." Chen Zhishu said softly, "Xiao Jiuer and others will look for it, and the emperor has also brought the city lord out."

"Then, that's good. It's all my fault..." Meng Qingshu lowered his head and said, "It's because I didn't like Xiao Jiuer."

"I don't blame you." Seeing Meng Qingshu pulling his sleeve, Chen Zhishu knelt down.

"Come up."

"……what?"

"I'll carry you."

Meng Qingshu's face turned red, and he stammered, "I, I can go by myself!"

The back in front of him remained motionless, like a huge mountain.

Meng Qingshu then closed his eyes and leaned forward with some trepidation.With his chest pressed against his back, Chen Zhishu could feel Meng Qingshu's rapid heartbeat, so he couldn't help becoming nervous.

"You're quite light..." It's not just light, Chen Zhishu thought, feeling weightless.

"Go back, go back." Meng Qingshu looked around, Chen Zhishu's lieutenant general and subordinates were still there...

"Ah."

XXXXXXX

Li Jianyu received the news from Chen Zhishu's lieutenant general, saying that Xiao Jiu'er immediately put on a coat after being lost, and rode away from the city lord's mansion without delay.

Zhao Linxu was still awake, practicing sword in the yard.Hearing the lieutenant general say that the matter was not simple, there was something else involved, so Zhao Linxu simply followed Li Jianyu.

The East Street has been completely blocked, and Chen Zhishu's subordinates are tracking footprints and clues.

"Your Majesty! There is blood behind Wanfu Tea House."

When Zhao Linxu heard this, he followed the lieutenant and left.

Li Jianyu looked around, the streets were full of soldiers holding torches, and it was impossible for the bad guys to escape, unless...

Li Jianyu frowned slightly, and summoned Lu Ai and Zheng Ke.

"What is the order of the city lord?"

Li Jianyu lowered his voice, and whispered in Lu Ai's ear: "You and Uncle Chen's lieutenant will check the people here to make sure that all of them belong to your subordinates."

Lu Ai was taken aback.

"This……"

Li Jianyu said: "Don't let others know."

"Okay." Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Lu Ai did not dare to neglect, and pulled the lieutenant aside to say a few words, and then the two secretly observed the people nearby.Zheng Ke rode a horse and stood guard beside Li Jianyu.

"City Lord!"

One of the soldiers rode a horse from not far away and said, "City Lord! I found a shoe!"

The horse stopped in front of Li Jianyu, and the soldier handed a shoe to Li Jianyu respectfully and said, "I found it at the corner of the street."

Li Jianyu took the cloth shoe and frowned.

He wasn't sure if it belonged to Xiao Jiu'er, after all, Meng Qingshu had already changed Xiao Jiu'er's clothes and shoes. Fortunately, no matter what, the shoes were not damaged much, let alone stained with blood.

"take me."

"Yes!"

Li Jianyu and Zheng Ke followed the soldier to an alley, and the soldier said: "That's where I found it."

Li Jianyu looked around and said, "Let the team..."

Before the words fell, Li Jianyu only felt that the scenery in front of him flickered, and the tip of the sword passed in front of him.

A gust of ling feng flew in front of him, and Li Jianyu's arm was pulled painfully.

If Zheng Ke hadn't reacted quickly and pulled Li Jianyu away in time, the blade of the sword would have pierced Li Jianyu's chest.

Zheng Ke was frightened into a cold sweat, and then turned his head full of anger to look at the villain disguised as Uncle Chen's men.

"Bastard! Why don't you die if you dare to murder our city lord!"

While Zheng Ke was fighting with that person with his sword drawn, Li Jianyu immediately fired a signal flare.

The reinforcements arrived soon, and the villain's last stand, originally thinking of picking on the weak persimmons, but the plan of using Li Jianyu as a blackmail was finally defeated.

And Zhao Linxu also brought Xiao Jiu'er and a man in black who was tied up. Presumably, he successfully tracked them down and rescued Xiao Jiu'er from the gangsters in time.

"found it."

Seeing that the situation had no turning point, the two men in black bit the poison in their mouths and committed suicide.

"Bastard!" Zheng Ke stomped his feet angrily before he could stop him.

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Linxu smiled and said, "We can just ask Xiao Jiu'er if we need to know anything."

Zheng Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Linxu took Xiao Jiu'er and Li Jianyu back to the Fallen Leaf Garden, Zhao Linxu sat in front of the desk in the study, and Li Jianyu hugged Xiao Jiu'er together on the soft bed.

The incense in the room curls up, which has the effect of reassuring the soul and calming the mind.

"Don't be afraid, no one will hurt you." Li Jianyu stroked Xiao Jiu'er's hair.

It was the first time Li Jianyu saw Xiao Jiuer was taken by Meng Qingshu to freshen up, she was clean and still wearing good clothes, now she saw her cheeks were flushed, soft and tender, so cute.

"Sorry……"

"You want to go back to the mountains to meet grandma, don't you?"

Xiao Jiu'er lowered her head.

Li Jianyu sighed, hugged Xiao Jiuer and said, "As long as you promise me not to act alone in the future, I will take you back to see grandma tomorrow."

"Okay!" Xiao Jiu'er nodded like a pounding garlic.

"Then tell me what you heard."

Xiao Jiuer recalled for a while and said: "They said... that they want to cooperate with the prince."

Zhao Linxu sneered in his heart.

"What else?" Li Jianyu felt bad in his heart.

"I can't hear you clearly. They seem to say that the prince can help the master to ascend the throne, and the master can help the prince ascend the throne."

Zhao Linxu suppressed his smile and said, "Who is that master?"

"Feng... Fen, Ji..." Xiao Jiu'er was desperately trying to find the pronunciation.

Zhao Linxu said: "Seal."

"Yes! It's a seal."

Li Jianyu also understood.The king of Daxi Kingdom is Feng Gu Hua, the eldest son of Feng Gu. Presumably, someone in the Feng Gu family wanted to overthrow Feng Gu Hua, so he made a deal with Zhao Zhanqi to exchange troops.

No wonder Zhao Zhanqi was able to dispatch Daxi's assassins to surround them on the mountain this time.

Zhao Linxu said: "Who else's name is there?"

Then Xiao Jiu'er worked hard to spell a few names, Zhao Zhanqi and Li Jianyu.

Li Jianyu was taken aback.

Did Zhao Zhanqi include himself in his plan?

Turning around, I saw Zhao Linxu looking at him with unclear emotions.

Li Jianyu immediately let go of Xiao Jiu'er, lifted his robe and knelt down and said, "I have no personal relationship with the prince."

Before Li Jianyu could think of what to say next, he heard the sound of footsteps at a steady pace.The eunuch outside the door reported that Meng Qingshu had come to pick up Xiao Jiuer by order.

Zhao Linxu rubbed his temples and said, "You all go back and rest."

Li Jianyu let Xiao Jiu'er go first, while he went to the desk and said, "Your Majesty, you just said that you want to teach my ministers martial arts. I am very honored and willing."

After the incident just now, Li Jianyu felt that he was too useless, if there was no Zheng Ke, his life would be gone, and he couldn't point everything to others to protect him.

"Okay." Zhao Linxu said with a smile, "It will start tomorrow night."

Li Jianyu was about to leave when Zhao Linxu, who was sitting behind the desk, leaned slightly and took Li Jianyu's hand.

The force on the wrist was a bit arrogant, and before Li Jianyu said anything, Zhao Linxu said: "Li Jianyu, I believe in you. Don't let me down."

Li Jianyu rolled his eyes slightly, thinking that since Zhao Linxu had no idea about him, if he didn't believe him at first, then he wouldn't be disappointed later, wouldn't it be better?

But Li Jianyu didn't dare to say, just nodded slightly, and then left without humility.