RPAGF Chapter 936 The incident came to light
Chapter 936 The incident came to light
When An Xia first heard that Hong Que was missing, he was indeed furious and suspected the fake Xie Yu - Liang Guojin Wang Cen Che.
But she thought about it again and found it absurd. He was the prince of Liang State, who had traveled thousands of miles to another country to plan important matters. He had been showing his goodwill to her in recent days. How could he be so stupid as to touch the people around her at this critical moment?
While he was thinking, Cen Che had already walked in leisurely. He still behaved like a young master from an aristocratic family, politely bowed to Shi Anxia, and then said in a gentle voice, "I was shocked to hear that your maidservant was missing..."
"She is not my maid, she is the little princess of the Vina tribe." Shi Anxia interrupted coldly.
She knew that the other party had already found out Hong Que's identity, and she was too lazy to hide it from him.
"Mr. Xie, if you have any clues, please tell me. If not..." She raised her hand and made a gesture to send him away. "I still have important matters to attend to, so I won't keep you here."
This was the first time that Cen Che had been treated so obviously coldly by the princess since he pretended to be Xie Yu, except for the cold reception he received when they first met.
His heart was slightly shaken, and he immediately understood that the little princess of the Vina tribe meant much more to Shi Anxia than he expected.
What made him even more horrified was that at this moment, two murderous auras were attacking from the side. The murderous auras were so strong that they almost condensed into substance, and it was clearly the bloody aura that could only be tempered by someone who had walked through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Cen Che calmed himself down and looked to the side, only to see two handsome young men standing beside the pillars in the hall.
Both of them were exhausted, but they still couldn't hide their innate wealth and nobility. At first glance, they looked like spoiled dandies from royal families.
But a fine chill exploded on Cen Che's back. These were clearly two murderous swords hidden among the pile of brocade.
Cen Che's Adam's apple rolled, and he took a step forward, "Princess, I have something important to tell you. Miss Hong Que...it is very likely that someone has moved her away from the tunnel."
Before he finished speaking, Zhuo Qiran rushed in. He knelt on one knee as soon as he entered the room and said, "Princess, Dabai has found the trail of Hong Que."
It turned out that not only did Dabai follow the smell to find a secret passage under a private house, but many local residents also testified that they had seen an old couple supporting an unconscious girl into the yard, and the girl's appearance was exactly the same as the portrait on the notice.
Tang Xinghe and Ma Chuyang's eyes met and then separated. Tang Xinghe no longer bothered to pay attention to the "Master Xie". He stepped forward and said to Zhuo Qiran, "Take us to the tunnel to find him."
Zhuo Qiran looked embarrassed. "The tunnel has been searched, and there is no one there." His voice deepened, and he glanced at Cen Che beside him. "The end of the tunnel... leads directly to the training ground of the commander of Gongcheng."
If the matter did not involve an important military area, he would not have rushed back to report.
In fact, Cen Che had hurried to ask the princess for help because the matter concerned the northern border troops and it was inconvenient to take any action without authorization.
Otherwise, according to his idea, the right way is to be a hero and save the beauty and win her heart.
But no matter what, everyone has the same goal, which is to rescue the red magpie.
The sound of the copper clock in the hall urged people to come, and Shi Anxia suddenly raised her eyes and said, "Show the guests away.
Cen Che sneered in his heart. He knew that this empty-headed princess was completely helpless and would definitely call the civil officials to discuss the matter.
Sure enough, just as he reached the door of the inn, he saw the extremely powerful civil servant, Lord Qiu, getting off the carriage and running away at a rapid pace, with the hem of his official robe still stained with tumbleweed.
Cen Che stroked the jade pendant on his waist, recalling that when he first heard about Hong Que's disappearance, the first person he suspected was his eldest brother Cen Ji.
He had a standoff with his eldest brother at that time.
He almost tore his face off with Cen Ji, and his usually gentle voice was tinged with ice. "You'd better hand him over to me quickly, otherwise we will both suffer losses in this northern wing, and we will both die!"
He doesn't like to fight for power, but that doesn't mean he is afraid of Cen Ji.
After all, although Cen Ji is the eldest prince, his father has not yet appointed him as the crown prince. In other words, the throne of Liang State is a possibility for all princes, so who is afraid of whom?
If you make him angry, this rabbit will bite you.
Unexpectedly, Cen Ji's nose was almost crooked with anger, and his face turned red. "You ruined my good thing, and I haven't settled the score with you yet! Now you are going crazy!"
Cen Che sneered, "They have started planning so early, to kill Emperor Heng's son, aren't they afraid of making things easier for others?"
"What good thing are you? Didn't you find someone to send me a message back then, revealing that my fourth brother was not my fourth brother, but Emperor Heng? Over the years, my people have suffered heavy casualties..."
"Those people of yours are all useless. What's there to say? People who are not yours said that Emperor Heng had been killed by them a long time ago? We all thought he was dead, but he is still alive and well, and even became the consort of the Northern Wing. Who can you blame! You are useless, and your people are useless too!"
Cen Che has never lost in verbal battles.
Cen Ji's face looked very ugly.
The two brothers argued in low voices, neither of them willing to give in.
"I don't need to fight for the throne—" Cen Che suddenly approached, the short blade at his waist clanged out three inches, "But if Miss Hongque loses even a hair, I will make you regret it!"
Cen Ji was so angry that he didn’t want to talk, but he still said, “It’s not me!”
Before he could do anything, something went wrong. He had to take the blame. Who could he complain to?
It was not until Cen Ji sent out his personal guards to conduct a thorough investigation and finally discovered traces of the tunnel in the Gongcheng martial arts field that Cen Che reluctantly believed that this matter had nothing to do with his brother - after all, the princess's people had also found the same clues.
The clepsydra water clock pointed to three quarters after midnight, and Pan Yizi, the defender of Gongcheng, had been taken to prison.
General Pan, who had been dispatching food and fodder for disaster relief in the morning, was now being pressed on the rack and vomiting blood.
The people who attacked were Wu Qicheng's men, the defender of Tiema City. Among them there were two particularly vicious young men who were extremely ruthless and beat the men to death as soon as they came up.
The one wearing crimson arrow sleeves was holding Pan Yizi's youngest son in front of him.
"Tell me!" The young man slapped the child's face with a thin blade, "Where did you hide Miss Red Magpie?"
The ten-year-old child burst into tears. Normally, he would whip others with a whip. When had anyone ever treated him like this?
Pan Yizi had a son in his middle age and doted on him very much. His collapsed wails and his son's cries penetrated the prison walls.
He couldn't bear it.
He didn't do this.
He felt wronged. "It was Songcheng defender Jiang Zhongxin..."
This man not only secretly amassed countless wealth, but also went so far as to secretly send people to search for beautiful women everywhere, imprison them in his mansion, and train them to be "beauty screens", "beauty cups", and even "beauty paper" for his sexual pleasure.
What is even more horrifying is that there were more than a dozen officials in Lingzhou who were in cahoots with Jiang Zhongxin.
Wu Hongbo was transferred here. Because he was born as a Beijing official and had always behaved properly, Jiang Zhongxin never dared to drag him into this muddy water.
This incident was exposed due to the reckless behavior of the old housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion.
This morning, he was sent by his master to deliver a letter to General Pan. When he passed by Zhou Ji's candy and fruit shop, he ran into two fair-skinned girls and suddenly had evil intentions.
He originally planned to capture both girls and bring them back for his master to enjoy, but he couldn't do it because there were too many people in front of Zhouji's shop.
Unexpectedly, the younger one ran to a nearby place where there were few customers and was taken advantage of by the other party.
Jiang Zhongxin was thrown into prison.