Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Wen Xiang was one of the ministers who guessed that the Prince Li's family had run away.

Immediately went straight to the palace.

At this time in the palace, Emperor Hongwen sat in the imperial study with a gloomy expression.

Just now, he had confirmed that all the family members of Prince Li's Mansion had run away.

The old housekeeper committed suicide by taking poison, obviously because he was afraid that if he was found out, he would not be able to bear the torture and speak out, so he ended it for himself first.

However, what Emperor Hongwen couldn't figure out was, how did the people from Prince Li's Mansion disappear under Tian Ziwei's nose?

He had already inquired carefully. Last night, those Tian Ziwei who were in charge of monitoring were staring at Prince Li's mansion as usual, but did not find any movement.

In their words, this person seems to have disappeared out of thin air.

He not only investigated and questioned Tian Ziwei, but even the captains who were on duty at the four city gates last night, he personally summoned them for questioning.

Last night, they did not see anyone approaching the city gate, nor did they open the city gate in the middle of the night.

After confirming again and again, although Emperor Hongwen looked ugly, he still breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, as long as the four city gates have not been opened, even if the people from Prince Li's Mansion have escaped from Prince Li's Mansion, they must still be in the capital. .

As long as people are arranged to search the whole city, they will always be found.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wen asks to see you."

"Xuan."

Soon Wen Songtao came in from the outside.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongwen waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to be polite, and then asked Wen Songtao before he could speak.

"Is Aiqing here because of the disappearance of Prince Li's family?"

"Yes, the Emperor's Prince Li is a first-class prince. He cannot leave Beijing without an edict. Now that his family members are missing, I worry that he has the intention of disobedience."

"Now the army in charge of the northern land is Prince Li's son. I feel that whether it is true or not, we must first take precautions."

"Besides, we have to find out Prince Li's family as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen nodded his head and said, "I have already noticed this matter, so some time ago, King Jin was asked to leave the capital secretly and go to the Northland to set up defenses."

"As for the family of Prince Shuli, there is no clue yet, but I have asked people to investigate and inquire. The four gates were not opened last night, so there is a high probability that they are still in the capital, but it is not clear where they are hiding."

Hearing this, Wen Songtao relaxed a little, nodded and said, "As long as people haven't left the capital, it's a good thing. I'm afraid they have already left the capital. If so, there will be riots in the Northland."

"I have made arrangements for this matter, but the sudden disappearance of Prince Li's Mansion is inappropriate. How should Ai Qing deal with it?"

Wen Songtao pondered for a moment.

Judging from the current situation, he knew that Emperor Hongwen was definitely planning to attack Prince Li's mansion, and at the same time, Prince Li's mansion probably also knew about Emperor Hongwen's plan.

Otherwise, the whole family would not suddenly run away in a hurry.

But thinking of Prince Li's son and Beidi, Wen Songtao swallowed back his plan to directly ask Prince Li to deal with him.

After pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said, "I don't think this matter should be rushed."

"After all, Prince Li's son holds the military power in the north. If he is convicted now, I'm afraid he will take this opportunity to cause trouble."

"I think it's better to find Prince Li's family first, and at the same time send a secret decree to King Jin to strengthen his defenses and strictly guard against all checkpoints."

"If Prince Li's family really escaped from the capital for some reason, the only place they can go to is Beidi. There are only a few ways to go to Beidi. Just keep an eye on it and you will gain something."

Emperor Hongwen nodded, indeed, although he really wanted to convict Prince Li's Mansion, but now is not the time.

"The imperial court still needs Aiqing's help to stabilize it. Don't let people talk nonsense. As for those who are looking for someone, I will personally arrange someone to deal with it."

Wen Songtao quickly clapped his hands in response.

At the villa in the middle of the mountain, Hou Si asked to see him again.

"The four doors were not opened yesterday? Then how did they leave?"

Lu Yaoyao was a little confused when he heard Hou Si's report.

What's the matter, the whole family of Prince Li's Mansion can grow wings and fly away?
However, the next moment Hou Si's words made her eyes widen.

"The subordinates also found it strange that they couldn't find any clues in the capital, so they went to the outskirts of Dongcheng, and then searched carefully according to what our people said."

"I found a sealed secret passage in a relatively hidden place, but the traces around it are very new. It seems that Prince Li's family left the capital through the secret passage."

"Secret passages?"

Feelings are not growing wings, but learning to escape.

"Dig a secret passage directly from the palace to the outside of the city?"

Hou Si nodded and continued; "It should be like this, otherwise, how did the dozen or so people avoid Tianziwei's eyes and ears and disappear in the palace without a sound?"

"It's just that my subordinates didn't expect that Prince Li would have such courage and spend so much effort building such a secret passage."

"Indeed, this is simply a talent. How far is the Prince Li's Mansion from the outside of the city? To be able to dig out a secret passage. This project will take at least five, six, seven or eight years, right?"

This is really a talent, and at the same time, it also proves that Prince Li probably has a restless mind long ago, otherwise, who would spend so much energy to create such a secret passage in advance?
"Forget it, let's not investigate this matter for now, you immediately arrange for someone to go secretly to pay homage to the family of the Prince's Mansion."

"After getting your report just now, I looked at the map carefully and asked again, and found some possible routes of the Prince Li's family."

Then I saw her take out the map and point at it.

Hou Si used to be the master of going all over the world, and when he saw the route she was pointing at, he immediately understood it.

"Miss is right. The route that Prince Li's family has planned for this escape is very good. Ordinary people may think that they are going north. Even if there are some detours, the general direction will not change."

"However, it never occurred to me that Prince Li's thoughts were so deep. He actually planned to go out from the east, take a boat and travel by water, pass through the Northern Chu and then enter the Northern Land."

"It's just that there are three roads that can enter Beichu from the east, and it's not clear which one it is."

"It's okay, the three roads will arrange for people to follow up, just follow up, there is no need to startle them, after confirming their whereabouts, report back immediately, I have my own arrangements."

Hou Si retreated in response.

Looking at the map, Lu Yaoyao was still a little surprised when he remembered that he had just learned that Prince Li's family had left the capital in hiding.

Then, she thought again, at this time, Emperor Hongwen might still think that Prince Li's family is in the capital, right?
It seems that I have to go to the capital myself.

With an idea, she first went to Cheng Lixue and the others, and asked if they wanted to go to the capital together.

"The capital is in a mess now, so I won't go back, and I'll just stay here with the princess' sister for the time being."

Wen Miaomiao on the side also nodded.