The group's favorite little Fubao has become the most arrogant kid in the whole imperial city

Chapter 108 Autism

Liu Yuan's expression changed and the smile froze on his face.

The little girl didn't have the airs of a princess at all. After getting to know her for a long time, Liu Yuan almost forgot her identity, not to mention that she had a father who was an emperor.

"How dare you trick me, little bastard?" Liu Yuan suddenly came back to his senses, with a mysterious look on his face.

"Hehe, all is fair in war, my father taught me that." Xihe was like a little fox trying to steal fish, with his tail almost raised to the sky, "Uncle Weird, where are my big brother and fifth uncle?"

The group only saw Liu Yuan, but no trace of Zhao Chengning and Xu Qingcheng.

"Someone came to the imperial city last night. One reason was to transport the treasure back to the imperial city, and the other was to secretly interrogate Jiang Zhongguo. The eldest prince went back to deal with it." Liu Yuan was tired for a long time, and now he sat on the ground without caring about his image. "As for Qingcheng, he was called away this morning."

"What happened to Zhuangzi?" Xiao Mingxuan keenly noticed that Liu Yuan was hesitant to speak.

Liu Yuan's expression faded, and he said, "Jiang Zhongguo...is dead."

"Ah?" Xihe blinked, with a lot of question marks in his head, "Dead?"

Liu Yuan took a deep breath, with a look of disappointment on his face, "Yes, he was dead, dead as hell. When we found him, his body was already cold."

"Is his death related to General Xu?" Apart from this, Xiao Mingxuan couldn't think of any other reason to call Xu Qingcheng away.

After all, there is a Xihe here whose life or death is unknown.

"It has nothing to do with him directly, but it is also closely related to him." Liu Yuan felt upset when he thought of the tip-off. "Last night, the people sent by His Majesty interrogated Jiang Zhongguo and then he was guarded by a captain under Qingcheng. But early this morning, Jiang Zhongguo was found dead in the prison, and the captain disappeared."

If both parties were present, they could testify against each other, but now the captain is missing and everyone says he has fled for fear of punishment. As the leading general, Xu Qingcheng is the first to be questioned.

"I don't know when Jiang Zhongguo's actions were spread out. Now, the Qingcheng Sect has begun to say that they killed him to save themselves. Some even implicated the Xu family, saying that the Xu family collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and stole the property."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Xihe was stunned by this series of events. "Grandpa is in the imperial city, and my fifth uncle went into the mountains with us yesterday. How could he be a traitor? If he was, we would have died long ago."

Xiao Mingxuan stretched out a hand to hold down the restless little girl, "Don't worry, we all know that General Xu is innocent."

“But they don’t believe that a captain whose true affiliation is unknown would make them so impatient to throw dirty water on Qingcheng. Some people are just too idle.” Liu Yuan said bitterly.

"Has fifth uncle been arrested?" Xihe asked worriedly.

"That's not the case." Liu Yuan felt a little relieved. "Your Majesty is as clear as a mirror. How can you not see that it is the trick of the person behind the scenes? But in order not to alert the enemy, let Qingcheng stay in the manor and don't go out."

Emperor Jingyuan sent people to guard it personally, so Xu Qingcheng is the safest now.

"There are spies in the manor, not just Jiang Zhongguo." Xiao Mingxuan said dimly, "In other words, there were spies among the group of people in the secret room yesterday."

The news of the treasure might have been sent by Jiang Zhongguo, but what happened afterwards was beyond the other party's control.

They arrested Jiang Ning and got the lost military pay, but then Jiang Zhongguo was killed. It's hard not to think of it as a murder.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Jiang Zhongguo planned so much, but in the end he was still abandoned as a useless chess piece.

As for the missing captain, he was most likely a spy planted by the person behind the scenes next to Xu Qingcheng. He played a role at this time, using Jiang Zhongguo's life to drag Xu Qingcheng and the Xu family into the water. Perhaps their intention was even worse. Their target was... Zhao Chengning. A prince suspected of treason could not ascend the throne.

Kill three birds with one stone, what a good plan!
"We're already investigating." Liu Yuan also had a headache, but he managed to stay calm for the time being. "The most important thing now is to find that captain. I'm afraid he has already..."

That captain was the only living person who could solve the deadlock, and he was also their only starting point to clear Xu Qingcheng of suspicion.

But now I don’t know where this person has defected to?
If he had been silenced, the dirty water on Xu Qingcheng would never be washed away. No matter how outstanding his military achievements were, this would be an indelible stain, and even the century-old family, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, would be implicated.

"Uncle Weird, who did Dad send over here?"

"It's Sanping who is beside His Majesty and the Minister of War Su Zhongqian."

Logically, the person responsible for this matter should be someone from the military, but Xu Qingcheng had just gotten into trouble, and most of the people in the military had close ties with the Xu family. In order to avoid suspicion, after much deliberation, they finally decided on the Minister of War and the eunuch in charge of the imperial court, who were both unreliable.

“There should be someone guarding the pass, right?”

The three of them walked towards the carriage that had been prepared long ago. The mountain was full of mud after several rains.

"Yes, Sanping replaced all the people at the checkpoints and ports with the ones he brought when he entered Jiangnan." He felt a little relieved. Fortunately, Sanping and Su Zhongqian replaced the garrison as soon as they entered Jiangnan last night. If they had replaced them this morning, the people would have disappeared. "Now I guess they are still in Jiangnan, but I don't know where they are hiding. The second prince brought people to check the shops under the name of the Jiang family, hoping to find some clues."

"wrong."

"what?"

The three of them got on the carriage, and Xihe suddenly said this.

“Wrong direction.”

Liu Yuan didn't understand, but Xiao Mingxuan followed Xihe's jumping thoughts.

"Xiao Xi'er's meaning is that the lieutenant was arranged by the person behind the scenes. Jiang Zhongguo was killed by him, which means that he didn't know the other party's identity. That person didn't know the Jiang family inside and out. Besides, he could think of investigating the relationship with the Jiang family, so how could he really hide in a place under the name of the Jiang family? Isn't this courting death?"

Liu Yuan found that he seemed to be despised. He hesitated for a while and suddenly asked, "How old are you two?"

Xiao Mingxuan: “Ten years old.”

Xihe: “Six years old.”

Liu Yuan wiped his face and became autistic.

He is already 25 years old, but he can't even beat two kids. Is it because he has been locked up for too long and his brain has degenerated?

"But the Jiang family is so powerful in Jiangnan that they can be found in almost any famous place."

This is undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"By the way, is there a place in Jiangnan that is not owned by the Jiang family and is hidden away, where he can survive for a month without going out?" Xihe pondered for a while and said slowly.

The carriage fell into silence.

Xiao Mingxuan suddenly said, "There is one."