Chapter 72 Snow in Early Winter (Killing)
Li Jingxuan's words surprised everyone present. Xiao Lingxiao frowned when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Xiao Zechun, and immediately understood that this was probably the eldest lady's arrangement!
After carefully checking the hairpin, Li Jingxuan asserted that this was what was lost in the palace a few days ago. And this thing that I thought would be difficult to find suddenly appeared in front of him. Li Jingxuan also felt incredible. He couldn't help looking at Xiao Fengming and asking, "Son Xiao San, where did you get this hairpin?"
Xiao Fengming looked cold and said indifferently, "I just picked it up from the ground. I thought it was my fifth cousin, but the fourth cousin said it was not my fifth cousin's thing."
Li Jingxuan turned to look at Xiao Zechun. At this time, Xiao Zechun's face was full of panic. He shook his head and said, "The fifth sister doesn't have such a strange hairpin... I... I only saw the third cousin holding it, so I asked more..."
It was not small to find the lost property in the palace. Li Jingxuan immediately sent someone to report to the servant Huangmen. At the same time, just in case, everyone present moved to the hall, together with their entourage, was temporarily not allowed to leave Muyi Garden at will.
After asking the details of the matter, Li Jingxuan felt even more incredible. The hairpin could not appear out of thin air, so either someone deliberately left it here or someone accidentally fell out. If it's intentional, then there must be someone who wants to frame, and if it's unintentional... Li Jingxuan frowned at the cold Xiao Fengming, thinking that the spearhead of this matter was aimed at him.
Li Jingxuan didn't care whether Xiao Fengming was framed or not. He was ordered to find the lost property. If he could do this, as Xiao Lingxiao said at that time, didn't he break through another difficult point? At that time, who will have to say that the sixth prince has the ability to do things that others can't see will be done in the hands of the sixth prince one after another! What will my father think then? What will the father think then?
The more Li Jingxuan thought about it, the happier he became. It was like God was helping him.
Li Jingxuan was secretly happy here, and his appearance was all seen by Xiao Lingxiao. However, Xiao Lingxiao doesn't care whether Li Jingxuan is happy or not. What she cares about is how deeply this matter will involve Xiao Fengming.
Seeing that Xiao Zechun and Xiao Zelu were both relieved, Xiao Lingxiao knew that this was what the first lady asked them to do. The eldest lady repeatedly attacked Xiao Lingxiao without asking for a favor. It seemed that she was going to learn from her daughter and target the people around her. It was only now that Xiao Lingxiao figured out why the first lady deliberately let herself bring that stone to Princess Haiyan. Presumably, the eldest lady must have doubts after Xiao Lingxiao got the stone, and then she would find out the truth of the stone, and even drop the stone. When she did these things, the old lady could arrange the means used for Xiao Fengming.
The old lady hit the east and the west with this move, and Xiao Lingxiao did not expect it before. But just dropping a hairpin doesn't seem to pose any real threat to Xiao Lingxiao or Xiao Lingxiao. No one can prove that this hairpin was brought by Xiao Fengming.
But when Xiao Lingxiao thought so, suddenly a group of bodyguards escorted a man in the clothes of the Prime Minister's family to the hall.
The family was pushed and knelt in front of Li Jingxuan by the bodyguard, and heard the bodyguard say loudly, "Your Highness, this man just wanted to escape from the back corner door. We found this thing from him."
After saying that, the bodyguard presented a jade flute with both hands.
Another thing stolen from the palace!
Li Jingxuan checked carefully and was absolutely furious after confirming it. He finally calmed his mind and asked the family in a harsh voice, "Who are you? Where did this thing come from!"
As the family wiped his tears, he raised his head and looked around. His eyes stopped on Xiao Fengming and said cowardly, "The third son... It was my third son who asked me to find a way to send this thing out... I, I don't know anything else..."
When everyone present heard the words, their eyes were focused on Xiao Fengming, but Xiao Fengming looked indifferent and had no intention of explaining at all.
Li Jingxuan first asked someone to send this jade flute back to the palace, and then came back and asked Xiao Fengming, "What the hell is going on?"
Xiao Fengming said coldly when he heard the words, "I have never seen this person or that jade flute."
"Three sons! Third son, how can you say you don't know me? Didn't you ask me to send Yu Xiao out? Didn't you say that someone was waiting to pick up this thing at the Xiangzhi Inn?"
Jiading shouted loudly, as if he had been wronged.
Li Jingxuan's heart was moved when he heard what he said. He called the guards around him and whispered, "Go to Xiangzhi Inn and check it for me."
The personal guard was ordered to leave, and the family was also taken away by Li Jingxuan.
The atmosphere in the hall was heavy. Seeing this, Li Jingxuan immediately went to Princess Haiyan to explain it, and then asked her, the host of the dinner party, to hold a banquet in advance.
The people began to prepare the banquet, and the hall became lively again.
Seeing that Xiao Fengming's face was gloomy, Xiao Lingxiao pulled his sleeve and whispered, "These little fish and shrimp can't turn over the big waves. It's okay."
Xiao Fengming took a look at Xiao Lingxiao and said with some chagrin, "This time I really didn't have any precautions. I was tricked like this." In fact, if the other party uses more sophisticated means, Xiao Fengming may not be able to see through it, but he didn't expect that it was just to drop a hairpin and introduce a witness. Such a simple and even simple method makes people unable to break free. Xiao Fengming can't explain this matter clearly now, nor can he clear his suspicions. It can be said that he is completely in a passive state.
"There is probably also a decoration in the inn." Xiao Fengming sighed softly. If it's just a hairpin, it's okay. If you add a jade flute, you may be able to barely get rid of the crime, but if you add something else, it will be troublesome.
Xiao Lingxiao recalled what Li Jingxuan said. In addition to the hairpin Yuxiao and the salivary stone, there seemed to be a guqin that was lost in the palace this time.
Sure enough, someone came to return with a wooden box soon. They found the guqin in the Xiangzhi inn.
Xiangzhi Inn is Xiao Lingxiao's industry, and it is also the most attentive place for Xiao Fengming to enter and exit. In this way, the lost property in the palace has something to do with Xiao Fengming.
After Li Jingxuan carefully checked the guqin, he was even more happy. Three of the four things lost in the blink of an eye were found. Isn't the errand given to him by his father about to be completed?
He ordered someone to send the guqin away, and then came to Xiao Fengming and Xiao Lingxiao in a dilemma and said, "The third son picked up the hairpin, and someone pointed out that the jade flute came from you. Now he found the guqin from the inn you took care of... The third son, I'm afraid he will be wronged and let me. The matter has been investigated in detail. After saying this, he couldn't help looking at Xiao Lingxiao. He knew that Xiao Lingxiao was very dependent on her third cousin, and even handed over all his huge property to him. Now it was obvious that someone was framing Xiao Fengming, and Li Jingxuan also saw whether Xiao Lingxiao would be in chaos.
However, Xiao Lingxiao stood there and didn't say anything.
At this time, I heard Xiao Fengming say indifferently, "Okay, where to go, please ask His Royal Highness to lead the way." Then he turned his head and said to Xiao Lingxiao, "Sister, I will explain this matter with Your Highness. You don't have to worry."
Seeing that he looked confident, Xiao Lingxiao nodded and said, "Go ahead."
Seeing that Xiao Lingxiao did not show too much concern for Xiao Fengming, Li Jingxuan felt much more comfortable. He comforted Xiao Lingxiao a few words, and then took Xiao Fengming away from Muyi Garden.
Although Xiao Fengming had a huge suspicion, he was not taken away as a prisoner, so after leaving Muyi Garden, he rode his own horses and returned to the imperial city with Li Jingxuan and his guards.
The group of them rode on horse and galloped from the official road, and soon came to a section of road from Maolin. Just as the horse team crossed through Maolin, a strange voice came to everyone's ears.
A sharp whistle sounded, and countless dark shadows suddenly rushed out of the forest. The shadows flashed very fast, and Xiao Fengming, Li Jingxuan and others were surrounded in the blink of an eye.
Li Jingxuan's guards were well trained and protected Xiao Fengming and Li Jingxuan in the middle in the shortest time. At this time, they also found that these enemies were all dressed in simple black cloth and covered with short knives, and their actions were very neat.
In an in anuspity, the murderous atmosphere surged.
Li Jingxuan's forehead oozed sweat, pulled out his sword from his waist, and turned his head to look at Xiao Fengming. Countless thoughts flashed in his mind, one of which was whether these killers would be Xiao Fengming's people.
However, just as he drew his sword, Xiao Fengming also pulled out a long sword from the saddle and held it in his hand. When he saw Li Jingxuan turn his head to look at him, he sneered and said, "I walked with the Sixth Highness once, and I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thrill. Your Highness, you should let your guard protect me well. If I get hurt here, I'm afraid my sister will be heartbroken.
Li Jingxuan smiled bitterly when he heard the words, and then thought of something. He sighed and said, "If I get hurt, I don't know if Lingxiao will be distressed..."
As soon as Xiao Fengming heard this, he frowned and said coldly, "My sister won't feel sorry for other men."
Li Jingxuan was stunned and looked at Xiao Fengming. He was a little dissatisfied, but he still ordered the guards around him to protect Xiao Fengming.
Xiao Fengming just said this to Li Jingxuan, and he had other ideas in his heart at this time. I don't know who sent these people to assassinate them, let alone who their target is. Maybe it's the sixth prince Li Jingxuan, but it's more likely to be Xiao Fengming.
Are they the helpers found by the old lady? If so, Xiao Fengming will not worry about it. But if they were sent by those people to take his life, the prince around him and his guards would become a hindrance. They are by no means the opponent of those people, and his true identity must not be revealed here. In order to keep it a secret, everyone here now...
The murderous atmosphere hidden in Xiao Fengming's body surged secretly.
If he has to, he can only kill everyone here! Including this Li Jingxuan!