Episode 24: Floating life is only the former elder, full of blood Chang'an Road 4

At this time, the East Palace was really lively. The Qingming of Dali Temple searched around under the command. The Ministry of Household, Lin Man, the Ministry of Ceremonies, and the Shangshu Tao Chengzhang and other people stood in the yard. Prince Song Jing looked at ease and sat at the stone table in the courtyard to enjoy tea.

"Lord Han is here," Ming Bujing saw him enter the door at a glance and reminded his colleagues. At the same time, he also strode towards Han Ruqi. "Lord Han came at the right time. Last night, I hope Lord Han can talk about the adults present in detail."

It's really a matter of the New Year's Beast. After holding his hand and saluteing the prince and all the books, Han Ruqi thought and said, "Last night, the Empress Defei claimed to have seen the New Year Beast on the way back to her bedroom. According to the mother in the Empress's Palace, the Empress drank wine and blew the wind. She was not feeling well. The emperor authorized her to leave first. On the way back to the palace with the Empress and several maids of honor, a huge monster with a huge head suddenly jumped out of the roadside and shouted at them. The Empress fainted on the spot, and several timid maids of honor also screamed in horror. The bodyguards on patrol nearby heard the scream but could not see the monster, because It was New Year's Eve. People who saw the monster insisted that it was the New Year's Beast. At that time, they were with the emperor. They didn't see it with their own eyes and didn't know much about it.

Everyone nodded. Song Jing drank the tea in the cup, but his eyes looked at him coldly.

Mingbujing asked again, "Then there will be someone who sees the New Year Beast again, or has any traces left by the New Year Beast to indicate where it has gone?"

"Yes. When the emperor ordered him to lead the imperial army to thoroughly investigate the palace, he divided the Zuo Longwu Army into groups of 20 people and searched on different routes. Many of them had witnessed the Nian beast crossing the wall, but because it was impossible to speculate on the order, it was not clear where the Nian beast would go in the end.

Dong Jian, the minister of the Ministry of War, suddenly asked, "Is there anyone who found the New Year Beast near the East Palace?"

Han Ruxu recalled for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't received a report from the forbidden army patrolling this area to see the New Year Beast." As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jing laughed beside him, causing everyone to look at him.

"Your Highness the Prince." As a member of the Prince' Party, Ming Bujing has always been favored by Song Jing. At this time, he had to investigate the case, and he was also very uneasy. Hearing him laugh so much, he was not sure what her intention was.

Song Jing put down the teacup and looked around the crowd with a sneer: "Aren't they all shouting that the New Year Beast came to Xiao Wang to take refuge? What, what about the shadow of the beast? The Empress Defei and a few people in the palace said that the beast was huge. Are dozens of forbidden soldiers in the Zuo Longwu Army blind? Did Xiao Wang also hide his beast in his sleeve?

Many people lowered their heads, and the most important one was Lin Man, the minister of the Ministry of Household. On the Chuying Lake, Han Ruxu heard Song Jing admit that Emperor Xuanping intended to marry Lin Shuangsi, the daughter of Lin Man. There was such a good opportunity to flatter the prince in front of him. Why did Lin Man still frame his future son-in-law?

After a while, the messengers of Dali Temple got nothing. They returned to the front yard one after another to report the situation to Mingbujing, and then were sent back to Dali Temple to be on standby. Every time a group of people leave, the smile on Song Jing's face is even stronger. In Han Ruqi's memory, he has never been so arrogant.

"Cough, since you have heard it, there are no monsters hidden in the East Palace, and there is no evidence that His Royal Highness has something to do with the chaos of the Beast last night, so..." Ming Bujing said, bowed deeply to Song Jing, and the rest of the people also saluted.

Song Jing did not raise his head and said, "That's all, all of you, in order to share your father's worries, you misheard the little man's slander, and Xiao Wang will not be so careless. Go down, all!" Everyone hurriedly retreated, and rushed out of the gate of the East Palace.

Han Ruxu followed at the end of the crowd and was about to cross the threshold when he suddenly heard Song Jing saying "Lord Han, please stay". He had no choice but to withdraw his feet and turned back.

"Thank you, Lord Han, for saying frankly and clearing Xiao Wang's suspicion," Song Jing smiled and made a gesture of invitation. "Come on, please sit down."

The stone stool was so cold that it was pricked his buttocks. As soon as Han Ruqi gritted her teeth and sat down, she heard him say, "Actually, the person who said that he saw the New Year Beast enter the East Palace did not lie. He just wanted to frame Xiao Wang as soon as he sang Yihe. It's not so easy."

Han Ruxu was stunned and said, "Did the beast really enter the East Palace that year?"

Song Jing smiled and said, "Lord Han is a person deeply trusted by Xiao Wang. These words have never been said to Lord Ming. Lord Han has heard it and let it go. There is no need to talk about it to outsiders."

Han Ruqi was awe-inspiring: "Yes, I understand the humble position."

Deep trust? You have to believe it and prevent it, so you have to say so, right? He knew it in his heart, but Han Ruxu still pretended to be very grateful.

"In fact, the New Year Beast has never walked out of the East Palace. What the Empress Defei saw or the Forbidden Army soldiers saw, they were all fake. The real New Year Beast hid in the East Palace before the beginning of the New Year's banquet. Xiao Wang returned to the room last night and suddenly felt something was wrong. He went to the library of Han Cang Pavilion alone. Unexpectedly, he The New Year's beast hit the right one.

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After holding back in the hole for several days, Aqiao finally couldn't stand it. After begging, the monster finally agreed to take them to the stream to wash their faces and hands and feet - Xiaobao cried several times every day, crying so much that his little face was cracked, and he screamed in pain as soon as he touched it.

Aqiao took Xiaobao to wash his face by the stream. The river is very cold, but for those who have only relied on monsters to carry water with broken tile cans to drink, no matter how cold it is, it is good. Xiaobao was aggrieved for so many days, and finally was laughed by A Qiao. One big and one rolled together by the river.

The monster looked at it in dozens of steps, because he knew that Xiaobao would cry when he saw him. It was rare that they were all so happy that it was better not to disturb him.

I don't know how long it took, the grass opposite the stream was suddenly pushed away. A Qiao was surprised to see his father lying in the grass, holding a crossbow in one hand and desperately trying to escape with the child in the other. Do you want to escape? She turned her head and looked at the ignorant monster. He was still sitting on the big stone by the stream and seriously pulling out the wild flowers that bloomed in winter.

Go home. I haven't slept in bed for so many days, haven't eaten rice, and haven't seen my mother and younger brother and sister. Such a voice has been echoing in Aqiao's mind.

I don't know where the courage came from. She picked up the proud little baby and struggled to flow across the stream.

The sound of water alarmed the monster. He roared and stood up to chase him, but he heard a sound in the grass in the forest opposite, and more than a dozen arrows rushed towards him from different directions.

A Qiao stumbled to the grass where his father was hiding. The younger brother took Xiaobao from her arms, and Brother Luo next door helped her up and covered her behind him.

The monster howled and was about to rush over. The men lying in ambush everywhere picked up the bow and arrow hoe in his hand to meet him. He realized that he was not an opponent and quickly stepped back a few steps, and the situation was deadlocked.

"Let him go!" Aqiao suddenly said unexpectedly.

"Qiaoer, what are you talking about? He has taken you and Xiaobao away for so many days. He wants to fatten up and eat them. How can you let him go!" Dad frowned and said back.

Aqiao shook her head. She knew that the monster had never planned to eat them.

"Let's go!" She came out of the grass and said to the monsters through the human wall, "My little baby and I have our own home, and we can't be with you forever."

The monster seemed to look at her from afar, and as if he was only looking at the group of men with swords. For a long time, he turned around and ran towards the forest, making an injured shout as he ran.