box of hearts

Chapter 195: Ji Xianbin (3)
Qi She met the earnest gaze directly, "Your Majesty, just feel at ease." He didn't feel sorry for the lie, he was just doing his best to protect the child: before being hurt by the truth, he would have been hurt by the truth. Time heals.It's like opening a future tightly wrapped in multicolored satin with joy, only to find that there is nothing in it.But this empty disappointment is really innocuous compared to the heart-wrenching grief.

But what Qi She didn't expect was that as soon as he left the Qianqing Palace, he opened up a futuristic future.

At that time, he was full of spring breeze, so he caught Zhou Dun and interrogated him: "Is it time to arrive today? How is it? Has anyone followed?"

Zhou Dun, who had always shared joy and sorrow with his master, was abnormally listless, "Master, my slave has something to report."

Qi She sensed something, her face sank stiffly again, "Say."

"You listened, but don't worry."

"Say it quickly."

"Well, gnaw, gnaw," Zhou Dun coughed dryly twice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is missing."

"Missing?!" The emotion was so sudden and fierce that Qi She's entire face was distorted, "How can such a living person disappear?!"

Zhou Dun averted his eyes abruptly, "Master Tang, the governor, has come and is waiting in the Chongding courtyard to explain the situation to the prince."

Commander Tang Ning's expression was not much better than that of Zhou Dun's. She lowered her two heart-warming brows and stood huddled in the duty room of Chongding Courtyard, stating with a timid face: "Because of your mother's visit, It's a secret, so I didn't disturb the government all the way, and only stayed overnight in private inns. The day before yesterday I stayed in Baijian, Tianjin, and last night in the "Sanhe Club" in Yanjiao, Jingdong. Early this morning, when the guards were changing shifts, they found a vigil outside the guest room. Several people were sleeping against the wall, unable to wake up, so they called the rough envoy to enter the room, and saw that the two maidservants, Mu Yun and Yingzhi, were also in a coma, but the empress was nowhere to be seen. paper man--"

"paper man?"

"That's right, gnaw, the paper paste colorful girls used in funerals." Tangning didn't dare to look at the regent's face. The brick floor under his feet became as soft as mud. He knelt down and kowtowed, "These guards and The mother-in-law was arranged by Huang Siquan, the imperial censor of the river, to send her mother secretly all the way from Yangzhou. It was only because these people neglected their duties that such a mistake happened. What motive did the kidnappers use to kidnap the concubine, but since they were kidnapped alive, it would not be a risk of life for a while. This matter has now been taken over by the Zhenfusi, and the humble official will rush to Yanjiao immediately, guaranteeing two days Find out the case and save the empress."

Qi She tightly pinched the armrest of the seat with both hands, her fingers turned white, and her face was ashen, "I can't find anyone before sunrise tomorrow, so you don't have to work as an envoy."

Tangning swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, and replied "Yes", and was about to get up when she was called again - "Wait," he saw the regent looking over from behind the voluminous desk, his eyes seemed polished Sharp, "I will go with you."

Qi She made a brief arrangement of the matter at hand, and then she and Tang Ning led a dozen or so guards out of the city in light clothes. They galloped without rest, and arrived at Yanjiao, which is less than a hundred miles away from the imperial city, in just over an hour.

Yanjiao has been an important town in Kyoto since ancient times, adjacent to Tongzhou, and to the west is the Chaobai River Wharf. There are many inns specially built to receive wealthy businessmen and guests, and the most upscale one is the "Sanhe Hotel" in Qingtian.After the incident, the entire guild hall was under martial law, and the three floors inside and outside were full of servants from the Zhen Fusi. The leader heard that his immediate superior, Tang Ning, was coming with the regent, so he rushed out and went to pay his respects. -"

Qi She interrupted him with an extremely impatient gesture, and Tangning spoke on her behalf, "Let's go straight to the matter."

"Yes." The leader's voice was dry, and he looked like he was asking questions continuously, "My lord, my lord, after preliminary investigation, the case is very clear. This Sanhe Guild Hall is the largest inn in Yanjiao, and there is a shop in the lobby on the first floor day and night. The assistants took turns on duty. Last night, the shop assistant who was on duty saw a man carrying a woman upstairs at dawn. He thought it was a resident coming back from an affair, so he didn't care about it. About two quarters of an hour later, he saw again The man came downstairs still with the woman in his arms, claiming that he and his wife were drunk and separated from the servants, and he remembered the address of the inn where he was staying, so he gave the shop assistant ten taels of silver and asked him to help hire a car to take them there Another inn. Seeing the windfall, the innmate immediately hired a carriage for the couple. According to the innmate, although the man was dressed in expensive clothes, his face was full of pimples and his appearance was disgusting, so he didn’t spend much time. Look, I just remember that the person hugged a person with both hands without any effort. It can be seen that the arm strength is extraordinary, but the voice is as thin as a woman, as if speaking with her throat, which is very impressive. As for the appearance of the woman, the shop assistant said, Employees of the hall are strictly prohibited from peeping at the female guests, and the lights were dim at the time, so it is impossible to say for sure. However, I deduce that the man and the woman should be the robber and the empress. After the empress was robbed, a piece of paper was left on the bed The piercing technique is so fine that every joint can move, and it is no different from the size of a real person. Presumably the robber first entered the store with a dummy in his arms. In the early morning, the light is not good and the distance is far away, so the shopmates can't see it. Flaws. After the robbers went upstairs, they used incense to fascinate everyone inside and outside the guest room, pried open the door, left the dummy behind, and took the unconscious lady out of the door. , and took advantage of him, so there is no suspicion. As for the sores on his face and the artificial voice, it is obviously a disguise to cover up his true form.

"Currently, all the departments of the Zhenfu Division have been dispatched. One team is responsible for searching all the large and small inns in Yanjiao. Find the source of the paper figurines with Zhacai Shop. Once the three teams find out something, they will be able to track the whereabouts of the empress immediately. The investigation has been carried out for more than three hours, and the results should be available soon. Please, my lord Take it easy for now, rest for a while, if there is any real news, I will report it immediately."

After Qi She finished listening to the rain hitting plantains, she turned around and said something to Tangning.

Tangning nodded, and waved to the underground leader, "Which room is your lady's room?"

The guest room is on the second floor of the Sanhe Guild Hall. It is a huge suite. The entrance is the living room, one volume at the back is the living room, the other volume is a small room for the servants to sleep in, and the top is the bedroom.I saw that the surroundings were covered with golden and red silk gauze, and the tent door of a bed in the south was wide open, and inside the tent was a girl made of paper tied in gold, with a white face and black eyebrows, and two clusters of bright blush dyed on her cheeks. All smiles, eerie joy.

Seeing this dead creature lying on the bed happily, the hairs on Tangning's back couldn't help but stand on end.Qi She only felt something sinking heavily in his belly, and then he felt the weight behind him. Someone grabbed the back of his gown and whimpered, "My lord! It's all our fault, it's all our fault that we didn't take care of it." Good lady, there must be something wrong with my lady..."

Qi She turned around and patted Mu Yun and Ying Zhi who were kneeling by their legs, "It's not when you're talking about these things, what's going on?"

Mu Yun looked up with tears in his eyes, "We really don't know anything, we just feel like we've fallen into such a deep sleep that we can't even wake up. We just opened our eyes when we heard that the prince is also rushing to sleep." Come here, we only ask the prince to come down!"

"Okay, don't cry yet. Where are the guards on duty last night? Tell them to come."

The four guards were brought in front of them, they were so frightened that they fought, one of them could barely speak, but he spoke Yangzhou dialect.Qi She didn't quite understand, and immediately became irritable, "Take it down and slap your mouth, who can stand talking like that!"

Tangning winked and asked someone to take Mu Yun and Ying Zhi, who were crying endlessly, and the guards out of the room, "Please calm down, my subordinates are incompetent, and I will go to investigate in person, my lord, rest here for a while. A few mouthfuls—"

"My lord! My lord, my lord, I have faith!" The boss from before rushed over, his pale and tired face glowed red, "I have found the driver who was hired last night. He said that The robbers took the empress to a Zhuangzi ten miles to the north—"

Before he finished speaking, Qi She had already started to walk outside, "Prepare the horse."

Dusk was coming, and under the rays of the sun, a dozen or so horses rushed into the four hooves of the wind, and a black-clothed and white-booted Zhenfusi fan on the horse held a long whip and lashed out of the way.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Pedestrians who couldn't escape were whipped far away, and got up crying and cursing.

4.
The dust and mist dissipated, gradually revealing a face, a sleeping face with graceful outlines.

After a while, the face trembled slightly, and the closed eyelids slowly opened, blinking heavily, blinking...and trembling a few times, and then closed again in a daze.The eyelashes are thick and slender, drawing a series of fences for prisoners, confining people in an untouchable depth.

In this way, after struggling repeatedly between unconsciousness and half-awake for an unknown amount of time, the prison bar of eyelashes was finally fully raised.From this darkness, the first thing released is confusion, followed by astonishment, and finally, deep fear.

"Who are you? You are so brave."

Hearing his hoarse voice, Qingtian felt a headache and looked at the black figure in front of him.

The black shadow swayed a few times, taking shape under her aching eyes, and let out a "hehe" laugh.The laughter sounded like a thin female voice, but the face was a man's face. The whole face was covered by red, swollen and festering acne, and the facial features were hard to distinguish, but the eyes radiated fluorescence like animal pupils.

(End of this chapter)