The emperor read the story book in the memorial

Zhao Linxu left the Fallen Leaf Garden early in the morning and rode a horse to the forest for a few laps. After returning home, he saw Zhao Jiangxue drawing on the stone table in the yard.

Zhao Linxu thought he had entered the wrong yard.

This is Zhao Jiangxue?

His sister will still calm down and paint?

Zhao Linxu couldn't believe it and stepped forward to look at it carefully, and saw that what Zhao Jiangxue copied was the bamboo in the yard.

"How is it? How do I draw?" Zhao Jiangxue, whose face and back of his hands were stained with ink, asked Zhao Linxu in a shy voice.

Zhao Linxu looked at it for a while and said, "It can only be seen that it is a bamboo."

"anything else?"

"Gone."

Zhao Jiangxue stamped her feet angrily.What do you mean it can only be seen as bamboo!

"At least I can see what it is! If the emperor came to paint, maybe the bamboo would turn into flowers!"

"That's why I didn't show my shortcomings, what kind of bamboo are you going to draw?" Zhao Linxu looked at Zhao Jiangxue as if he was looking at a fool.

Zhao Jiangxue threw the pen in his hand angrily.

"Why do you suddenly want to draw? I remember that when I was a child, you were not willing to learn from you."

"Just draw if you want."

Seeing Zhao Jiangxue's awkward appearance, Zhao Linxu felt something was wrong.

What's wrong with this girl?

Zhao Linxu suspected in his heart that at this moment he saw something seemed to be pressed under Zhao Jiangxue's rice paper, and only a corner could be seen, so he stepped forward and pulled out the paper underneath.

"...Hey!" Zhao Jiangxue was so frightened that he rushed forward to snatch it back.

"You give it to me!"

"How can you steal other people's things without authorization—!"

Zhao Jiangxue was so excited that her face turned red, but it was a pity that her small body couldn't grab Zhao Linxu at all, and she was not as tall as him, so she couldn't grab it back by bouncing around.

Zhao Linxu spread out the paper hidden by Zhao Jiangxue, and saw that it was an ink painting of bamboo clusters in a snow scene. It could be seen that the painter of this painting was a literati with extremely high attainments and excellent painting skills.

Zhao Linxu doesn't understand painting, and he can't see any artistic conception, but he can still tell the difference between good and bad.

"Who drew this?"

"Stop asking! Give it back to me—!"

Seeing that Zhao Jiangxue's ears and cheeks were flushed, Zhao Linxu was even more unwilling to return it.

"Who!" Zhao Linxu frowned and said, "I want to see who is chatting with you."

Zhao Linxu didn't insist on meddling in Zhao Jiangxue's private affairs, but although Zhao Jiangxue was a bit smart and taught her a lot, she was still a little girl under his wing, unable to handle many things properly, and had a straightforward temper. He doesn't worry about guarding the gate.

"Give it back to me!"

Zhao Linxu saw it, and there was a seal in the corner of the painting.

Zhao Linxu frowned slightly.

This seal...

"Prince Anding, Zhao Linyi?"

Hearing this name, Zhao Jiangxue exploded.

"I don't paint for him, but I just want to learn on a whim!"

Zhao Linxu was in a complicated mood.

"Let me tell you, in the past I arranged a marriage for you with Prince Anding because of Zhao Zhanqi, and you cried, made trouble and hanged yourself and refused to marry. Why are you getting on good terms with him now?"

"I didn't get along with him!" Zhao Jiangxue wished he could dig a hole and go down.

Zhao Linxu touched his chin.

When did Zhao Jiangxue and Zhao Linyi start.

Could it be that during the harvest celebration last time, the two met after Zhao Linyi came to Fallen Leaves?

Since Zhao Linxu had given marriage to Zhao Jiangxue and Zhao Linyi forcefully before, he naturally had no objection to him, plus he was able to subdue his own sister, so he was really capable.

"If you really want to learn, you can ask the city lord or Meng Qingshu for advice."

Zhao Jiangxue pursed her lips and said, "I'm afraid they will laugh at me."

"Do you want Zhao Linyi to laugh at you or let them laugh at you?"

Zhao Jiangxue's eyes widened.

Say, yes.

Zhao Linxu rubbed his forehead.

How stupid is this?

"I'll go find Li Jianyu later and let him teach you."

Zhao Jiangxue nodded.

The two were talking when they saw a young man come in to make an announcement.

"what?"

Zhao Jiangxue's eyes widened.

Zhao Linxu's complexion was also not good-looking.

Wan Mansion hired a matchmaker, and waited in the main hall with a bride price for Li Jianyu to say goodbye?

"Where's the mayor?"

"The city lord went out to investigate the case, but he hasn't come back yet. It is said that he is in... Yunfeng Village. Yes, it is in Yunfeng Village."

Zhao Linxu nodded, and after talking to Zhao Jiangxue, he rode to the place the boy said.

Yunfeng Village is not far away, Zhao Linxu asked the villagers for directions all the way, and arrived in half an hour.

"emperor!"

A man in black knelt down in front of Zhao Linxu.

Zhao Linxu recognized him as someone from Shuoyuan's subordinates.Shuo Yuan was his shadow guard who was placed next to Li Jianyu to protect Li Jianyu for him.Shuo Yuan was seriously injured in the fire in the city lord's mansion before, so it was the person in front of him who took over Shuo Yuan's job for a long time.

"Master Shuo Yuan ordered his subordinates to report to the emperor that the city lord was kidnapped."

"Kidnapping?!" Zhao Linxu's heart sank, and he frowned and said, "You just let Li Jianyu be kidnapped?"

"No, the city lord is investigating the disappearance case in this village, and the trick is in the small post outside the village, and those gangsters who kidnap ordinary people are so bold that they even want to arrest the city lord."

Zhao Linxu raised his eyebrows slightly, he could guess what happened.

"In order to go deep into the enemy's camp, the city lord resorted to tricks. He pretended to be intoxicated with the drug mixed in the wine and passed out. He was escorted to the stronghold of those gangsters. Lord Shuoyuan followed him all the time to ensure the safety of the city lord."

Zhao Linxu shook his head.

One or two are not reassuring.

It was brave and decisive. At that time, there was no other better way, but this move was really risky.

"Where is the stronghold?"

Zhao Linxu pulled the reins and said, "Lead the way."

"Yes!"

XXXXXX

Li Jianyu slowly opened his eyes.

Looking around, Li Jianyu found himself in a dilapidated house.In addition to the dilapidated walls, the windows sealed by wooden strips and the ground full of hay, there is nothing else.

Besides him, there were a dozen boys and girls around his age in this room, whose limbs were tied up with thick hemp ropes like him and could not move.Most of the people had expressions of fear on their faces, and some were timid and even trembling all over.

Li Jianyu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Shuo Yuan followed him all the way, presumably the Fallen Leaf Army was already lurking outside, and with a signal from him, people outside could attack at any time.

But he is in no rush.

To cut the weeds, we need to get rid of the roots. Li Jianyu must first find out what the purpose of these people abducting and kidnapping the teenagers is, and who they are selling them to.

Li Jianyu sighed, and after coming up from the bottom of the cliff, he found that the unprocessed official affairs had piled up into a hill, and this was the most difficult thing among them.Li Jianyu thought about dealing with the more urgent ones first, but he didn't expect that the matter was much more complicated than he imagined, involving a lot of things, and he had to pretend to be the victim himself.

"Cough...cough..."

Sitting next to Li Jianyu was a young man with handsome features, who looked four or five years older than Li Jianyu.But at this moment, the young man in front of him looked too pale and listless, his body arched and coughed painfully, he seemed to be sick.

Li Jianyu also noticed that the young man in front of him was from Daxi.

"Cough...cough..."

The boy coughed more and more seriously, and then he vomited blood. The rest of the people saw him and moved away from him in fear.

"This sick bastard!"

The gate was opened, and the man guarding them said: "I shouldn't have brought you back, bad luck!"

"Cough cough cough-"

The boy coughed violently, his whole body twitching.

Li Jianyu frowned slightly.

What should I do now, if I don't make a move as soon as possible, will this person not be able to sustain the outsiders to come in.

While hesitating, Li Jianyu was taken aback.

I saw the young man's hand tied behind his back move slightly, and made a gesture to Li Jianyu.

Li Jianyu raised his eyebrows.