Chapter 373

"The cat raised by the Concubine Zheng?" Sheng'er immediately shuddered after repeating these words, and hurriedly hid in the arms of the Seventh Prince shivering.

She understood, this was Lin Lesheng's warning to her.

It was agreed to let the master go to her room tonight, but the master did not go, so Lin Lesheng sent these three cats to scare her, no, it was not a scare, but really wanted to take the life of the fetus in her womb!

"Master!" Sheng Er hurriedly grasped the Seventh Prince's hand tightly, "Sheng Er is fine, I am worried about you, but you are planning to take a rest after you are done with your work?"

Seeing Sheng'er's pale face, Qin Xuanting thought she was overly frightened, and didn't think much about it, "I'll save the rest until dawn, and I will stay with you tonight."

As he spoke, he wanted to lay down beside her with all his clothes on.

Sheng'er was terrified, and almost instinctively pushed him away, "Don't!"

"What did you say?" Qin Xuanting was angry again, his face turned slightly blue.

But thinking that she was scared like this because of Lin Lesheng's cat, Qin Xuanting could not bear the anger in his heart, "Don't worry, if Lin Lesheng can't discipline her cat well, I will find someone to discipline her for me tomorrow, I promise Something like this won't happen again, eh?"

"No, sir. My sister must be too lonely outside alone, so I found the cat to accompany me. My sister came back home. The cat must be unfamiliar with the surroundings, so I accidentally broke into my room." You should go visit your sister more." Sheng'er lowered her head, her voice was as thin as a mosquito, and if she didn't listen carefully, she couldn't hear clearly.

Qin Xuanting was furious, "Sheng'er!" He stood up abruptly, looking down at her with disappointment, "You pushed my prince away several times tonight, how courageous you are! I already told you not to be afraid of that Lin Lesheng , I will back you up, but since you don't cherish my prince's love and affection, well, from now on you will stay in this bedroom alone. Anyone who comes, let me go."

With all the servants, Qin Xuanting left angrily.

Sheng'er reached out to grab the hem of his clothes, but it was in vain. In the blink of an eye, the Seventh Prince had disappeared.

"Master..." At this moment, Sheng'er was full of grievances, and she sat on the bed and cried bitterly. In order not to make a sound, she tightly covered her mouth, letting the tears drip through her fingers and soak her whole face.

"Master, master, don't cry, the doctor said, you shouldn't be too emotional, you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the child in your womb." Xiaolan found out that something was wrong with her, and quickly comforted her.

"Yes, not for myself, but also for the child." Stubbornly wiping away the tears on her face, Sheng'er forced herself to calm down. She lay on the bed and kept exhaling and inhaling, but as long as she closed her eyes, she would recall Her heart hurts so much from the cold and heartless back of the master.

"Master, why are you doing this? Why are you doing this!" Xiaolan saw the master's sadness, her nose was sour, and she was about to cry.

Sheng'er, who had finally calmed down, heard this, and the fortress that had been erected in her heart collapsed again and again.

She clutched the quilt tightly with both hands, her eyes widened. for what? Isn't it for her hard-won child, for the sake of my grandfather?

But Grandpa got angry. This was the first time he left her alone and yelled at her so fiercely.

Is she really going to lose her master?

Pingcheng.

In the study room of the magistrate's office, the door was still closed. Seeing an empty bowl Ling Mu'er brought out, Nangong Yizhi came over and looked down carefully, and said in disbelief, "Have you drank it all?"

"Otherwise?" Ling Mu'er asked cutely at first, but when she saw his slack, she couldn't help teasing him, "No, there is still a mouthful of soup and two red dates left here. Hungry, take it to satisfy your hunger?"

"Do you want me to drink the kid's leftover saliva?" Nangong Yizhi's face changed suddenly, he raised his fist as if to hit him, but in the end he was reluctant, "Ling Mu'er, if it weren't for the fact that you cured my handsome face... Handsome, for the sake of his handsome face, believe it or not, I will slap you."

"Cut, you can take advantage of your mouth."

Ling Mu'er gave him a blank look, but when she looked closely at his face that had just been unwrapped, it was indeed round and shiny, even a woman like her couldn't help but envy her.

I have to admit, this guy really has a good skin.

"Your face has recovered quite well, and you can go out to harm ignorant girls again."

Hearing Ling Muer's words, Nangong Yizhi hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, what do you mean, when did I ever harm an ignorant girl in this life?"

"You didn't take the initiative to provoke, but how many girls have been obsessed with you with your provocative face? Nangong Shizi, does your mother know that you are so narcissistic?"

"My mother knows." Nangong Yizhi replied solemnly. Seeing Ling Muer's contemptuous eyes, he raised his eyebrows triumphantly. He wanted to say something, but he heard a sudden roar from the room.

Nangong Yizhi and Ling Muer were taken aback. After looking at each other, they rushed into the magistrate's study without hesitation.

"What's wrong, Shao Chen?"

I thought he had encountered some difficult things, but when the two rushed in, they saw his face excited.

Nangong Yizhi was overjoyed, "But have you found out about Qin Xuanting?"

The corner of Shangguan Shaochen's lips raised a beautiful arc. Holding the notebook in one hand, he said excitedly: "I checked all the whereabouts of Lao Qi in the past few years in the fief, and took notes. He has been in and out of Yicheng twelve times, Lancheng twenty-eight times, and Rongcheng as many as one hundred and one times."

Hearing this, everyone seemed to understand something, Ling Muer raised her eyebrows, "Do you suspect that he hid those secretly trained soldiers in Rongcheng?"

"That's right, otherwise, what would he, the city lord of Pingcheng, go to Rongcheng for many times?" Nangong Yizhi hurriedly replied, but his face was also filled with uncontrollable excitement, "That's great, cousin, you put yourself Locked in the study for five days and five nights, I finally found the clues, so I will take Mo Qing and go to Rongcheng to investigate?"

"No hurry." Shangguan Shaochen shook his head, signaling him to be calm and calm, "My thoughts are the same as yours. Why did the lord of Pingcheng go to Rongcheng next door many times? If I guess correctly, he secretly cultivated The soldiers must be in Rongcheng. But since we came to Pingcheng, we have been under surveillance. If we go to Rongcheng in a big way, we must be bluffing. If the old seven let those people hide in advance, Rongcheng is so big, where will we go? try to find?"

Hearing Shangguan Shaochen's analysis, Nangong Yizhi nodded, "Brother's analysis is right, Qin Xuanting has been sending people to monitor us, and they didn't rush in to assassinate us while we were hiding in the magistrate's county office, otherwise how could my cousin be like that?" We successfully found his trace. But if we don't go to Rongcheng, how can we find evidence?"

Seeing Nangong Yi's confused face, Ling Mu'er couldn't help but chuckle, "Shao Chen said to be safe and don't be impatient, and he didn't say that he would go to Rongcheng to collect evidence. Qin Xuanting's people can monitor us outside, then we You can also come and hit east and west with one move."

Seeing Shangguan Shaochen nodding his head appreciatively, Nangong Yizhi seemed to understand something, he immediately put away his cynicism, and stood aside respectfully, "Nangong Yizhi is at the service of the second prince."

Early the next morning, when the sky was just dawning, Liu Changyu, the magistrate, hurriedly knelt down in front of Shangguan Shaochen, "I beg the second prince to forgive me. I really don't know how the news of the second prince's arrival in Pingcheng was leaked out. The official has already explained that there must be no leaking of a word, but why the common people know the news that the second prince has come to Rongcheng today, it is okay for the second prince to investigate clearly."

While drinking tea, Shangguan Shaochen reached out his hand to signal him to get up, "It has nothing to do with you, because the prince himself leaked it."

The magistrate who just got up looked at Shangguan Shaochen in disbelief, "Second prince, what do you mean?"

"You don't need to understand what it means. This prince has his own plans, and you just need to be your prefect in peace."

Hearing this, Liu Changyu breathed a sigh of relief, but then he became nervous again, "But everyone in Pingcheng knows that the Second Prince and the Second Prince's Mansion have arrived in Pingcheng, and many merchants want to invite the Second Prince to a banquet through their humble ministers. You also know that if Pingcheng hadn't relied on those merchants on weekdays, I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter, the common people want to welcome the prince and concubine, how can the prince ignore their kindness? You can arrange this matter."

Hearing this, the magistrate felt even more strange, but he dared not disobey the prince's order, "Yes, the second prince."

That night, the magistrate and other officials and merchants in Heping City arranged a grand reception banquet.

The location is on the most prosperous restaurant in Pingcheng. Outside the window, there are small bridges and flowing water, and the lights are just on; there are singing and dancing indoors. There was a lot of cheers.

Shangguan Shaochen and Ling Muer stood in the middle of the crowd with a high profile, like stars holding the moon, accepting everyone's welcome very gently, while Nangong Yizhi and Mo Qing had already disguised themselves as men in black, like night eagles, Disappeared in the moonlight.

"The second prince and concubine's visit to Pingcheng is simply a blessing in Pingcheng. I, Xiong Qiguang, am the biggest salt merchant in Pingcheng. If the second prince and concubine don't mind, you can come to my residence for a short stay after today's banquet is over. I don't know what the second prince wants?" At the banquet, a fat-looking man who thought he was dressed gorgeously suddenly stood up holding a wine glass.

"Hey, Xiong Laosan, what you said is wrong, so what if you are the biggest salt merchant, I am also the biggest wine merchant in our Pingcheng, I think the second prince and the second prince concubine have a wedding, why don't you go to my house Stay here." Another man, whose name cannot be named, stood up right behind him, opposing Xiong Qiguang's proposal.

"Presumptuous!" Seeing that the two were so rude, Liu Changyu, the magistrate, immediately stood up, "If someone hadn't leaked the whereabouts of the second prince, how could you have the opportunity to entertain the second prince and the second concubine? The county government can guarantee the safety of the second prince, you two don't want to play your wishful thinking!"