Chapter 124: No one is alive, no body is dead

Li Liang looked at these poisonous insects in surprise, and turned to look at Sanchun in doubt.

The only one who could mobilize these poisonous insects was the third girl, and sure enough, she saw the sky blue butterfly gently flapping its wings.

He was full of doubts. Weren't the three ladies a little panicked just now?
Why are they bringing out all the poisonous insects now? Do they want to
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and could only sigh, she is worthy of being the third master's sister.
He stretched out his hand to call back the centipede and wrapped it around his waist again, as if it had nothing to do with him anymore.

Tanchun walked slowly forward with a cold expression on her face.
Yingchun and Xichun stood on Tanchun's left and right respectively, following Tanchun like two deputy generals.

Zhen Yingshi sat on the ground, his face pale, trembling

"Why are there so many poisonous insects here?"

"Damn it, how should I know that this used to be the Duke's Mansion?
How could it turn out like this?" The fourth prince was panicked and shouted angrily, venting the fear in his heart.

"Your Highness the Fourth Prince, what should we do now?" Jingzhao Yin asked cautiously, trembling.

The Fourth Prince was about to yell at Jingzhao Yin again when he suddenly noticed Tanchun and the others approaching.
He paused, exhaled slowly, and calmed himself.

He still had some confidence because he was a prince and they should not dare to kill him.

"Let us go. We won't pursue the matter for those bailiffs you killed." The Fourth Prince's voice trembled.

Tanchun looked at the Fourth Prince and said coldly

"impossible."

The Fourth Prince froze and looked at Tanchun in disbelief.
"What did you say? Do you dare to put me under house arrest?"

Tanchun shook her head. Before the Fourth Prince could breathe a sigh of relief, Tanchun's voice rang out.

"Kill you and save trouble."

The fourth prince was stunned for a moment.
"What did you say? Kill me? I am the fourth prince of Daqian, who dares to kill me?"

Tanchun said calmly

"You are the one who came here to seek death. You can't blame us."

"Third sister, why waste time talking to him? Just kill him." Yingchun suddenly said in a cold voice.

Xichun nodded with an extremely cold face, "Kill him."

Tanchun turned her head and glanced at the butterfly on her shoulder

"Xiao Xiaolan, do it."

The antennae on the butterfly's head moved.

"Wow" the wall formed by poisonous insects collapsed instantly, and the swarm of insects covered the Fourth Prince and his companions in the blink of an eye, and it was as dark as rolling waves.

“Ah, don’t spare my life…” The Fourth Prince screamed and finally began to beg for mercy.

Unfortunately, it was too late. The insect swarm slowly moved, dragging the Fourth Prince and his men into the bushes.

Jia Hu left these tall grasses intentionally to provide habitats for these poisonous insects.

Even the bodies of the yamen runners who were killed by Li Liang at the beginning were swept away by the poisonous insects, and the blood on the ground was cleaned up completely.

Sanchun looked at the scene expressionlessly, like three icebergs.

After a while, everything became quiet. Only Sanchun, Li Liang, and Jiao Da were left standing there. The maids were standing in the distance.

The Fourth Prince and his companions had disappeared, as if nothing had happened just now.

A breeze blew by, and the bloody smell in the yard was blown away completely.

Jiao Da slumped on the ground, looking at the empty ground with a pale face, his heart filled with shock beyond words.

The three women seemed to be even more brutal than the Duke, and there was something strange on their faces.

Could it be that the bravery of Duke Guo of the Jia family was inherited by these three girls?
Li Liang was also somewhat stunned. He thought he would make a move.

As a result, the third girl simply buried these people with a sea of ​​insects.

He took a deep breath and shook his head vigorously. This matter was not over yet. Thinking of this, he walked to Sanchun.

"Third Miss, if you kill the Fourth Prince, you might get into trouble."

Tanchun nodded, without looking at him, and said calmly

"Yes, I know. We can't stay in the capital any longer. I remember my brother said that if there is any danger, we can go to Jiulong Mountain."

Li Liang's eyes lit up and said, "Yes, yes, Third Miss, Jiulong Mountain has rhubarb, which is definitely safer.
We might as well move there first and wait for the Third Master to come back."

Tanchun's eyes are deep,

"Don't worry, if we move out in a big way, it will definitely arouse suspicion.
While they still don't know that the Fourth Prince is dead, we will move little by little, and everyone in this mansion must leave."

Li Liang smiled and nodded

"The third lady is kind-hearted. I'm sure everyone will be grateful."

Tanchun looked back at him.
"Well, you go ahead and do it first, we'll leave last."

Li Liang quickly agreed and hurried down to make arrangements.

Tanchun and the other two suddenly felt relieved. Xichun said impatiently:
"Third sister, did you guys remember anything too?"

"Hush!" Tanchun put a finger to her lips and winked at the two of them.

"Let's talk in my yard." After saying that, he pulled the two of them and walked inside.

In Tanchun's yard, the three sisters sat together, and all the maids were sent outside to guard the door.

Tanchun glanced at the two people with uneasy faces, then slowly spoke
"That's right. Just now I was overwhelmed by the bloody smell and a picture appeared in my mind."

Yingchun said
"Is it in a large hall? We are standing below and there is a person sitting above."

Xichun nodded repeatedly.

"There are many people in the hall, but they are all women, and we are wearing armor."

Tanchun's eyes flickered.
"That's not the point. The point is the person above. He is full of majesty. Do you think he looks like a human being?"

Yingchun's face changed.

"Like Lin Daiyu, right?"

"That's right." Tanchun nodded solemnly.
The three of them suddenly fell silent, all of them somewhat doubtful. Xichun asked in confusion:

"Why is this happening? I felt like a general just now."

Tanchun thought about it.
"I suspect we might have been generals in our previous lives, so the smell of blood triggered some of our memories."

"Huh? Really?" Xichun was very excited, her eyes were blinking.

"I was a general in my previous life. Ha, a great general." She put her hands on her hips and wanted to laugh out loud.

Tanchun quickly covered her mouth and scolded
"Fourth sister, this is a bit strange, let's wait for brother to come back.
We'd better tell him first, and don't let the secret leak out."

Xichun could only nod obediently, and Tanchun then let go of her hand.

In fact, I was secretly excited in my heart. Was I really a general in my previous life?
It seems to have had some influence on me. I felt so comfortable with the decisive killing just now. Maybe this is my true character.

Yingchun and Xichun were actually recalling the feeling just now, and felt that a little change had taken place in themselves.

But they couldn't say exactly where.

Li Liang was naturally capable of doing things. He took most of the maids and servants to Jiulong Mountain under the cover of night.

The next day, Li Liang came to Tanchun's yard.
"Third Miss, most of the servants have left. Now it's only you, Rong Da Madam and the wife." Tanchun stood up and

"Go call them over and I'll talk to them."

Li Liang took the order and left.

Soon Qin Keqing and Youshi arrived. Youshi was very nervous, but Qin Keqing looked calm.
She was also a little discouraged. For three years, she couldn't even get close to Jia Hu. He was like an iceberg.
She had originally planned to make Jia Hu surrender to her, but in the end, she couldn't even see him.

He took the initiative to look for Jia Hu, and those annoying poisonous insects surrounded him.
She wanted to kill these poisonous insects, but she didn't dare.
I really don’t know what Jia Hu’s hobby is. He actually likes to hang out with poisonous insects.

Tanchun asked them to sit down, then she smiled and said

"We happened to have some time recently, so we planned to go out and play.
You know Jiulong Mountain, right? It belongs to my brother.

The scenery is pretty good, I would like to invite you to go, what do you think? "

The two were stunned, Youshi breathed a sigh of relief, and then said happily
"Oh, that's great, the third girl is really kind and beautiful.
You're still thinking of us for such a good thing." She praised Tanchun as if her mouth was smeared with honey, with a flattering face.

Qin Keqing lowered her head slightly, then suddenly raised her head and said in surprise
"Jiulong Mountain? Is that the mountain that Master Jia often goes to?"

Tanchun smiled and nodded.

Qin Keqing lowered her head again, her eyes flickering. There must be Jia Hu’s secret in Jiulong Mountain. She had to go.

Thinking of this, she raised her head again and smiled sweetly.

Third Auntie personally invited me, so I will definitely go. I'm sorry to bother you."

Tanchun shook her head.
"It's okay, then go back and prepare, and bring the maids and servants with you, we may have to stay for a few days."

Youshi and Qin Keqing agreed and then went back.

Tanchun looked at Qin Keqing's back and narrowed her eyes.

She hadn't noticed it before, but now that she has a little more memory,

She suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with Qin Keqing.

"It seems that we should be on our guard against her. You'd better behave yourself, or I will kill you with my own hands." A hint of murderous intent flashed across Tanchun's body.
Since she was the one who wanted to keep them in the first place, naturally she wanted to solve the problem herself.

In a palace in the imperial palace, a beautiful woman was sitting on a couch. She looked at the sky outside and frowned.
"What's going on? The emperor didn't come to pay his respects last night, and why didn't he come this morning?"

The maid next to her said carefully
"Your Highness, His Highness may have been delayed by something."

Concubine Zhen shook her head.

"Impossible. The prince would come to inform me even if something happened." There was another sentence she didn't say. At this moment, she felt inexplicably nervous.

Suddenly a young eunuch stumbled in.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" The palace maids and eunuchs saw the eunuch and did not stop him.
They have already recognized him; this is the eunuch who serves His Highness personally.

"Plop." The young eunuch knelt on the ground
"Your Highness, His Highness said yesterday that he was going out to do something, but he didn't come back today."

"What?" Concubine Zhen stood up suddenly, her face turned pale, and she screamed
"You didn't come back all night? Damn it, why didn't you go with me?"

The young eunuch was so frightened that he trembled all over.
"Your Highness doesn't want me to follow you, but I can do nothing about it."

Concubine Zhen no longer paid attention to the little eunuch and walked hurriedly outside. Her destination was the East Warm Pavilion of Emperor Qianwen.

At this time, Emperor Qianwen was also looking at the news in his hand, which was sent by the Jinyiwei, who were responsible for monitoring all officials.

"The Jingzhao Yin is missing?" Emperor Qianwen felt a little puzzled. He looked at Jinyiwei Commander Lu Ming standing below.
"Lu Ming, are you kidding me?"

Lu Ming was also somewhat helpless and could only bow and say

"Your Majesty, how dare I joke about this? This is the news sent by the spy planted in Jingzhao Yi's house.

Jingzhao Yin did not return home that night, and no one was in the government office. The Jinyiwei noticed something was wrong and reported it to me.

I thought he was going to drink wine, but the Royal Guards checked all the brothels and found no one there.

As of this morning, there was still no sign of him, so I came to report to Your Majesty."

"Hmm?" Emperor Qianwen narrowed his eyes.
"Is it possible that he went to a friend's house?"

Lu Ming glanced at Emperor Qianwen and shook his head.
"Your Majesty, Jingzhao Yin is notoriously henpecked and would not dare to spend the night outside."

Emperor Qianwen was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the message in his hand, somewhat puzzled.

How could a dignified Jingzhao Yin disappear? He still found it hard to believe.

At this moment, there was a noise outside, and Emperor Qianwen's expression turned cold.
"Xia Shouzhong, come in."

As soon as the noise outside stopped, Xia Shouzhong came crawling in, followed by Concubine Zhen, who looked anxious.

Emperor Qianwen was startled when he saw Concubine Zhen, then frowned. Why did she come? Did she know that the Zhen family was destroyed?

"Empress Zhen, why are you here?" Emperor Qianwen couldn't help but ask.

Concubine Zhen knelt down

"Your Majesty, the emperor is missing. Please send someone to look for him."

Emperor Qianwen and Lu Ming were stunned and looked at each other in surprise. The Fourth Prince also disappeared. What a coincidence?
"How do you know that the fourth brother is missing?" Emperor Qianwen asked solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the emperor comes to pay his respects to me every day, rain or shine.

You also know this, and you praised him for being filial.
But he didn't come last night, nor today, and no one has sent a message. If this isn't an accident, what is it?" Concubine Zhen became more and more anxious.

Emperor Qianwen's face changed slightly.
"Lu Ming."

"The minister is here."

"Immediately mobilize all the Jinyiwei and close the four gates.
Even if you have to turn the capital upside down, you must find the Fourth Brother and Jingzhao Yin for me." Emperor Qianwen said coldly.

"I obey your order." Lu Ming knelt down quickly.

The imperial guards in the capital immediately took action, frightening the people of the capital into panic, and they looked at the imperial guards running around in horror.

At this time, there were several carriages parked in front of the new Jia Mansion. Because they had the earl's name on them, the Jinyiwei did not dare to act presumptuously, but they still checked the carriages.

Sanchun looked at these Jinyiwei and knew that the news of the fourth prince's disappearance had alarmed the emperor.

A hint of coldness flashed in Tanchun's eyes. She touched the mantis in her hand and said coldly:
"let's go."

Li Liang drove the carriage slowly towards the city gate.

The Jinyiwei was very efficient, and Lu Ming soon got a clue. When he saw the information above, his face became a little solemn.

There is only one Jia Mansion in the capital, and that is Jia Hu's mansion.

He knew much more about Jia Hu than others.
"Isn't Jia Hu in Jiangnan? That shouldn't be the case." He murmured.
In the end, he went to see Emperor Qianwen, but he couldn't make the decision.

Emperor Qianwen was also stunned when he received the news.
"Jia Mansion? The Fourth Master and Jingzhao Yin entered the Jia Mansion together?"

Lu Ming nodded

"Your Majesty, many people on Ningrong Street saw it, but they didn't recognize the Fourth Prince.

But they recognized the Jingzhao Yin, and some said they only saw them go in, but didn’t see them come out.”

Emperor Qianwen suddenly felt a sense of panic.

"Jia Hu is in Jiangnan, right?"

Lu Ming was stunned and glanced at Emperor Qianwen.
"Your Majesty, Jia Hu is still in Jiangnan and has not returned to the capital."

(End of this chapter)