Chapter 366: I Still Need Him
The emperor threw his voice, and in the small space, for a while there seemed to be his voice echoing.
Huo Xiu, who was pushed out to sit on the ground against the wall of the car, stared blankly at the ground floor for a long time before raising his head with reddened eyes. “You’re right. There are still people hiding behind it. But things have come to this, I still want to go into Ci Ning Palace.”
“Go back to the Huo family first and see what’s going on before entering the palace!”
Huo Xiu nodded slightly, pivoting from the ground and sitting on a foot couch to the side.
The Emperor lifts the curtains and beckons with Zhao Su who is standing far away, “Ah Yu you follow Zi Yan and the others back to the palace.”
Zhao Su comes up, “Where are you going now?”
“First to the Huo family, then into the palace to meet with the Empress Mother.”
Zhao Su slightly pauses, “Can I go?”
The emperor thinks slightly and raises his chin, “You follow.”
Zhao Su immediately got into the carriage at the back. Zhao Sum and Yun Qian Yi then followed, “How’s it going?”
She shook her head, “I don’t know what’s going on, they’re going to the Huo family now and allowed me to follow, I have to go and take a look before I say anything.”
Zhao Sumi then said, “Then go along. The Emperor asked me to keep an eye on Huo Xiu, and now that Huo Xiu is already in the imperial carriage, I don’t have any other errands to do.”
As the carriage moves, Yun Qianyi looks outside: “Marquis Jingnan has also come. It’s all known, this matter can’t be small.”
The three of them looked outside at the same time, only to see that beside the carriage, Marquis Jingnan had indeed brought his guards along with him, attracting all the sights along the way. They looked at each other and all fell silent.
Marquis Weiyuan’s residence is brightly lit, should be early people know the emperor and his entourage arrived, the carriage to the front, immediately someone opened the door, and quickly unloaded the threshold. As soon as the door opened, a large group of people entered the house.
The servants in the front yard were already in a panic with fear, among them two maids Zhao Su was very familiar with, she remembered that one of them was called Zisu with a long face. Another round-faced called Fu Ling. These two are Huo Mingyu side inch by inch personal maids, they both face white, footsteps floating, to Huo Xiu in front of them will flop down on their knees.
“Slave girl should be damned, I didn’t guard the county princess well, kneeling please marquis sentenced!”
“Get up first, tell us the whole story!”
The emperor took the lead to speak, and Huo Xiu, who had gotten off the carriage, had calmed down.
He looked at the maids with a deep face, and then crossed over to scan the courtyard, and hurriedly raised his steps to go inside.
The crowd then followed him in. Looks like, the mansion all around have kept the original, and there is no any fight damage traces, even if the servants inside and outside so a lot of searching also did not mess any piece of furnishings, can be concluded that this is by no means should be hard hijacked away.
“Earlier, after the princess sent the king out, she went back to her room under the escort of the guards. The princess is alone into the inside, but also closed the door, slave girls do not dare to disturb, so on the outside waiting, until the time is not early, it is the time to freshen up and go to bed, I played hot water to send into the door, who knows that the house all over the search for the princess is not seen, and the back window is open!
“The slave girl thought that the princess had gone out through the window again, so she went around to–”
“‘Rolled out the window again’?”
The emperor narrowed his eyes at the maid when he heard this. The maid glances at Huo Xiu, then crouches to the ground and says, “Back to the emperor, county princess, county princess was previously injured because she fell over the wall.”
The emperor turned to Huo Xiu and gave him a look. Then said: “Continue.”
Zisu said: “slave girl hurriedly look around, guess the county master is to go out of the house, but also will not be so high out of the house wall to go, so reported to the steward, passed the door under the door of the concierge to ask, but none of the people said to see the county master go out, and this time Fu Ling from the county master of the house of the back window found a few fingernail traces, guards have seen, and turn the window to go out to look under the window of the footprints, which only then! Guess it is met with an accident!”
As the words fell, everyone had already arrived at the compound where Huo Mingyu lived.
The emperor’s gaze swept back and landed on Zhao Su, “Ah Yu can come in.”
The rest of the group automatically backed away, straight to the outside of the courtyard.
As the maid said, there are no significant traces in the house, even a cup of tea spread on the table is placed there with the lid open. Along with the purple Su went to the back window, the back window really revealed a few deep scratches, was painted window frame, was scratched underneath the paint of the wood are exposed.
“What other clues?!”
Huo Xiu suddenly turns around, his voice already revealing gloom and forbearance.
“Sir, under the window of the orchid was crushed two plants, leaving half a footprint on the guess is that the assassin fell on the top of the assassin. But because the leaves have gradually regained their shape after such a long time, they can only be recognized as a man’s footprints by their size.”
Can do this kind of thing and also can quietly take away a person is very likely to be a man, even without the footprints can also be judged, this is not a great clue.
“Your Majesty!”
At this time Han Jun strides in: “Ci Ning Palace high eunuch came, the empress dowager is known to the Houfu matter, specially sent a high eunuch over to inquire about the situation.”
Saying that, Gao Shu has been led by the guards towards this side hurriedly came, saw this battle first rushed the emperor saluted, and then asked: “Dare to ask your majesty, this is exactly what has happened? The Empress Dowager is in a great hurry!”
The emperor looks at Huo Xiu and says, “In that case, follow me into the palace!”
Huo Xiu glanced back at him and did not object.
The emperor explains to Han Jun, “Immediately lead the guards to guard all the entrances of the marquis’ residence, and then send the Da Lisi to investigate! If there are any clues, feel free to report to me!”
After saying this, he leaves the room.
Huo Xiu follows him out of the courtyard, and suddenly says, “Wait a minute.”
The emperor turns around.
He slowly said, “I’m going to fetch something before entering the palace.”
The emperor gives a wink to Han Jun, who follows behind Huo Xiu to the east of the marquis.
After they leave, Zhao Su and the emperor look at each other, their brows furrowing in the night.
Previously, she saw Huo Xiu take Long San away from so many people, this kung fu has already made her marvel, this time there is another person who can pass through the strict defense of the marquis, and come to the backyard to take away Huo Mingyu, a big living person silently, who will this person be? The key is, what does he want to do by taking Huo Mingyu away at this time? Is it to blackmail Huo Xiu, or is it something else?
Although Huo Xiu is a pending crime, she does not believe that Empress Dowager Lu will be the murderer, Huo Xiu’s hatred is due to treat Empress Dowager Lu as an enemy, if the truth comes out in the end, the real murderer falls into the net, then Huo Xiu on Empress Dowager Lu and the Flower Moon Society of the hatred of this there is no need to continue, but if Huo Mingyu accident at this moment, then it is not necessarily, Huo Xiu on the family love is so valued, the only sister is also out of the ordinary, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be radical to do something. will not be paranoid and do something …… In short, if Huo Mingyu can not be saved, things will become more complicated!
Thinking of this she says offhandedly, “Be sure to save county princess back!”
“I will.” The emperor glances at her, “After all, the person who caused us to fall off the cliff ten years ago was Huo Xiu, he has personally seen the old woman who saved us ten years ago, I still need him to help me find her whereabouts.”
Happy New Year, Year of the Tiger!