First Lady of the Crown Prince

   Chapter 481 Save him (one more)

Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng embarked on the journey north, but Yuantang, who was trapped in the capital, was not so lucky. He could neither obtain the emperor Zhaoguo’s imperial decree nor walk the secret road of the northern city gate. He tried several times. Follow the caravan to get out of the city, all have ended in failure.

With the escalation of the frontier fortress war, more and more bad news came back to the imperial court, and the emperor’s indignation towards Yuan Tang became more intense. Starting a few days ago, even the imperial masters of the palace were ordered by the emperor to arrest Yuan. Tang.

  Yuantang encountered three waves of masters only last night, which caused him to lose contact with his subordinates. Just before dawn, he finally broke the siege, but he also paid a tragic price.

  His right arm was slashed. If he meets a master Ouchi again, he does not guarantee that he will still get out of danger.

   "He is injured, he is not far away, you guys, go over there, and the rest will follow me!"

  Yuantang clasped his right arm tightly and hid in a stable of a family. Listening to the voice of the master inside the courtyard outside the courtyard, he couldn't help showing a little irritability and despair between his eyebrows.

He is the sixth prince of Chen Kingdom. The queen has passed away. The harem belongs to his mother and concubine in the highest position. His mother and concubine have the same position as the vice queen. His maternal grandfather's family is the Rong family who holds the military power. I have hardly suffered from birth till now.

  I came to Zhaoguo as a qualifier, and it was just to take credit and become a prince more logically.

   Thanks to his uncle, Prince Bo, who has eaten all the pain of twenty years of birth in the past few days.

   "咝——"

  The wound hurts again.

  Yuantang's eyebrows licked.

  At this moment, the servants of the house came over and suddenly saw a strange man in the stable with blood dripping from his arms. The servants instinctively screamed: "Ah—"

   Yuantang stunned him with a hand knife.

  But after all, the voice came out, and the Guards rushed towards the stable.

   Yuantang had to leave again, looking for the next hiding place.

  The front and rear are full of guards, and the right side is a dead end, only a carriage is parked on the left side, Yuantang has no choice but to hide in!

  The carriage didn't look big, but the inside was quite spacious and a bit particular. The stool was covered with a cover, and he lifted the cover and pulled his tall body under the bench.

  Such a narrow space, he is really wronged by this big man.

   "Master Xiao, please go slowly!"

  In the study next to the carriage, the boss personally sent Xiao Heng out.

  "Please stay." Xiao Heng nodded, finished speaking to the boss, and turned to the carriage parked on the side of the road.

  The coachman came out of the study with a lot of four treasures of the study.

  Xiao Heng just received a transfer order from the official department this morning, appointing him from the fifth grade criminal department.

  Shuling is mainly responsible for organizing files, managing official seals, and drafting documents.

  His official position in the Hanlin Academy has not changed, but he also holds the post of Shuling at the same time.

This is the idea of ​​the Ministry of Criminal Affairs Shangshu. It was submitted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs as early as last month. The position of the six departments is different from that of the Imperial Academy and is not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. After receiving the documents from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Ministry of Civil Affairs first reviewed it internally. , And then submitted to the emperor's hands, the emperor's eye.

  It is very rare for officials to hold multiple positions, especially the cross-departmental type, which has extremely high requirements on the officials themselves, and they must be much better than their peers in terms of strength, energy and quality.

  The emperor was worried that Xiao Liulang would not be able to bear it, and he was also worried that he would be crowded out if he was too popular.

  The emperor called Laojijiu into the palace and asked him what he thinks. The old Jijiu had never thought of this. Now someone has set the stage, and he is anxious to send Xiao Heng to a high position.

   "At the moment when it is time to hire people, your Majesty may wish to let Xiao Liulang give it a try first, and if you can't take care of it, then make another plan."

  The emperor felt that what the old Jijiu said was reasonable, so he approved Xiao Liulang's official position.

  Xiao Heng had just reported to the Criminal Ministry and was about to return to the Imperial Academy. When passing by this study, he remembered that there were not many pens and inks at home, so he stopped the carriage and bought some.

  As soon as he got into the carriage, he noticed something was wrong.

  The curtains of the carriage were open, and the carriage was very ventilated, but he still smelled a faint blood.

"Master Xiao, I put the things here." The coachman put a large box of four treasures of the study on the floor of the carriage. He was not as sensitive as Xiao Heng, and he didn't notice anything unusual. "Is it time to go back to the Hanlin Academy? Do you want to buy it again? Something else?"

   "No," Xiao Heng said.

   "Okay, then I'm going out." The coachman lowered the curtain and sat back on the bench outside.

  Xiao Heng didn't sit down in a hurry, but looked at the bench covered with brocade with alert.

  Under the bench, Yuantang squeezed his wound tightly, sweating slightly from his forehead due to tension and pain.

  He didn't know whose carriage it was. However, he heard the coachman calling the other man Xiao, and then asked him if he wanted to go to the Hanlin Academy. There was only one official in the Hanlin Academy with the surname Xiao, and that was Dr. Gu’s Xianggong Xiao Liulang.

Yuantang and Xiao Liulang have not officially met each other, but have seen him several times from a distance, knowing that he is Doctor Gu’s mate, this year's new discipline champion, and now he is serving in the Imperial Academy.

  As for Xiao Heng whether he knew him or not, Yuan Tang was not sure.

   But if you really see him at this time, Xiao Liulang should be able to guess who he is even if he doesn't know him.

Whether Xiao Liulang is an enemy or a friend, Yuan Tang did not dare to easily conclude. Although he is Gu Jiao's mate, but he is also the court commander, so he must be arrested and brought to justice.

   Yuantang bit her lip to prevent herself from making a sound.

  He had no intention of hurting Gu Jiao’s family, but if... he said that if he really wanted to arrest him, he had no choice but to offend him!

   "Whose carriage is in front of you?"

  A corps of guards stopped opposite the carriage, and it was the commander who led the question.

  They just chased all the way and surrounded the surrounding area, but the boy Yuantang seemed to have disappeared.

  They speculated that Yuantang must be hiding under their noses, either in a nearby shop or in a passing carriage.

  Xiao Heng looked at the blood stains slowly flowing out from under the bench, his eyes moved slightly, turned and walked forward, opened his clothes and sat down, his right foot happened to step on the blood stains flowing out.

  The coachman negotiated with the Guards, opened the curtain a little bit, and said to Xiao Heng: "Master Xiao, the Guards said they are arresting Chen Guozheng and hope to search our carriage."

  Xiao Heng raised his hand and gave him a gesture to open the curtain.

  The coachman leaned back and raised the curtain to the maximum so that the Janissaries could see the carriage.

  Xiao Heng sat in the carriage unsmilingly, his appearance was young and handsome, but his aura was exceptionally strong, and his eyes showed an impenetrable aura: "How many adults need to come up and search carefully?"

The commander was astounded by Xiao Liulang's appearance and aura, and he was stunned for a long while before he came back to his senses. About to realize that he was out of shape, he bowed his head in panic, bowed his hands and said: "No need! The little ones have already seen clearly. , I disturbed Master Xiao, and I hope Master Xiao will forgive me!"

  Xiao Heng was a person whom the emperor and the queen dowager valued at the same time. The commander even had eight courage and did not dare to offend him easily, not to mention just staring at others so badly.

   "It's okay." Xiao Heng said.

  The commander said politely: "The little ones will continue to look for people, Master Xiao said goodbye."

  Xiao Heng nodded: "Farewell."

  The commander planned to take the rest of the guards to search the nearby shops. As soon as he turned around, he heard a sound dripping on the ground. The sound was very quiet, but there were not many people on the street at the moment, and the surroundings were quiet.

   Yuantang suddenly changed color!

  His blood dripped to the ground along the cracks in the floor!

  This is over!

  He is about to be discovered!

   "What are you doing!" Xiao Heng sternly said to the coachman, "How long do you have to let the officer shed blood? Why don't you go to the hospital!"

  The coachman was taken aback.

  Is your lord injured?

  When is it?

  Xiao Heng’s aura that burst out in that instant was too strong, the coachman was so daring to ask him what’s wrong, he hurriedly lowered the curtain of the car, and said, “Yes! Yes! The youngest one, let’s go to the hospital!”

  In the moment before the curtain was lowered, the commander saw blood oozing out of Xiao Liulang's right foot.

  So Master Xiao was really injured?

  The commander's brow furrowed, he suspected it was a little bit, but in the end he was afraid of Xiao Liulang's identity, and at the same time, he didn't think Xiao Liulang would lie, so he didn't go to check in the end.

  The coachman drove the carriage towards the nearest medical clinic, but suddenly heard Master Xiao in the carriage say: "Stop going to the medical clinic, go to the North City Gate."

   "Huh?" The coachman was startled again, "Master Xiao, aren't you injured? The hospital is coming soon."

   "I remembered that there was gold sore medicine on the carriage, so I just apply some ointment myself."

   "Well, that's okay." The coachman was confused, and didn't understand how the adult turned so fast, "Is the adult going to the North City Gate?"

  Xiao Heng said in his usual tone: “I originally planned to go in the afternoon, but after thinking about it, I’m going to forget it now.”

   "Okay." The driver was humble and didn't dare to interfere with Xiao Heng's official duties. He drove the carriage to the North City Gate.

  Xiao Heng showed the token of the Ministry of Criminal Justice: "Investigate the case."

  The guards of the city will let them go.

  Xiao Heng went to the nearest inn outside the North City Gate.

  "You can feed the horse something." He told the coachman.

"Yes."

  The coachman unloaded the reins and the shaft, and took the horse to the stable of the inn.

  Xiao Heng got out of the carriage with a faint expression.

  He sat in the post for a quarter of an hour before returning to the carriage. At this time, the breath of Yuan Tang was gone from the carriage.

  The coachman walked over with a full horse: "My lord!"

  Xiao Heng said calmly: "Back to Beijing."

  (End of this chapter)