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Finding a place with less people in the Imperial City was relatively easy. All he needed to do was to head towards the outskirts.

Thus, after sensing that someone was following them, Shi Qingzhou took Xu You to the outskirts.

Sure enough, just as they left the North Gate, before they even reached the outskirts, those people started attacking.

It was just that, Xu You was the only one with no one else by his side. Besides, Xu You's movement technique was also better. The others were barely second-rate, so he was forced to escape in a sorry state.

However, with Shi Qingzhou and shadow guard's help, all six of Heaven Concealment Castle's men were taken down.

"Return to the palace." Shi Qingzhou gave the order right after shadow guard took the man down.

Xu You turned into a starry eye, "Brother Shi, you are really awesome! It's too cool! "

Shi Qingzhou looked at Xu You with a smile. " "Is that so?"

"Of course!" Xu You was not stingy with his praise and praised it with all his might.

Shi Qingzhou sighed helplessly. He really felt that … The person beside him was very noisy!

However, it was impossible for such a person to have anything to do with Long Xiaoyuan …

After returning to the palace, Xu You wanted to wait for the results of shadow guard's interrogation, but … Shi Qingzhou said, "The people of the Heaven Concealment Castle are not that weak. They won't reveal the secrets of the Heaven Concealment Castle so soon. We'll wait until tomorrow."

Xu You was a bit disappointed, but there was nothing he could do.

After that, Xu You could only return in disappointment.

During the night, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou were lying on the bed. Liu Tie said, "People following Great Prince say that there was a mysterious person who entered and left his mansion late last night. However, that person was very powerful and couldn't be traced."

Shi Qingzhou: "Hm?" After saying that, he squinted his eyes. "So, the person is still inside?"

"Yeah, he probably didn't come out."

"You suspect that the expert has something to do with the person who killed Mu Zhaer?"

"Very likely." Wu Tie said in a deep voice. "Now, I have to find out where he went before he went back to Great Prince's residence last night."

Shi Qingzhou nodded, "But that person's martial arts are too high. It's still very difficult to check."

"Yes." Wu Tie responded and then pulled Shi Qingzhou into his embrace. Shi Qingzhou looked at the big hand on his waist and did not move.

Long Xiaoyuan leaned on her closer. Light Boat... Can you sleep? "

Shi Qingzhou rolled his eyes. " Just say what you want to do. "

Long Xiaoyuan rubbed his nose and said innocently: "Qingzhou …" How can I hear it in your voice... Do you hear the thick smell of revulsion? "

Shi Qingzhou rolled his eyes again when he heard that. "Long Xiaoyuan."

"Hmm?" Long Xiaoyuan immediately answered.

Shi Qingzhou said with a fake smile, "You just said you would control yourself this morning."

Long Xiaoyuan blinked his eyes. Then, he answered with an 'oh'.

Shi Qingzhou was almost angered to the point of being happy by others.

Long Xiaoyuan drew his neck closer to Shi Qingzhou's and rubbed his neck a few more times. Then, he giggled.

Shi Qingzhou: "..."

"The body of the light boat is really smooth and tender." Long Xiaoyuan praised. And the taste is also very good, very comfortable. "

Shi Qingzhou: "..."

Long Xiaoyuan continued: "Qingzhou, do you think those people are not tired from all this?"

Shi Qingzhou smiled faintly. "I don't know."

Long Xiaoyuan sighed. Have you sent a message to your father? "

"Yes." Shi Qingzhou answered. Don't worry. Daddy will know what to do. "

"I definitely won't worry about your father." Long Xiaoyuan immediately said, "Qingzhou …" Right … You haven't told me about the border? "

"What?" Shi Qingzhou turned around and glanced at Long Xiaoyuan.

Long Xiaoyuan kissed the other party's eyelid. Your life at the border. "

Shi Qingzhou chuckled. Why are you like Xu You? "

"Hmm? Did he ask you? " Long Xiaoyuan squinted his eyes. You told him? "

"He is very interested in the customs of the borderlands, so I just casually said a bit." Shi Qingzhou said.

"So it's like that …" Long Xiaoyuan was extremely jealous. You never told me. "

Shi Qingzhou said lightly, "There's nothing much to say. Isn't joining the army always like that?"

Long Xiaoyuan remained silent for a while, then pulled Shi Qingzhou's head over and placed it on his shoulder. That period of time … "Is Qingzhou unhappy?"

Happy? Shi Qingzhou went silent.

He should have been happy, but there was a problem with his relationship with Long Xiaoyuan … Indeed, he was unhappy. Admittedly, he was unhappy.

"Shi Qingzhou's silence made Long Xiaoyuan feel even more heartache." "Qingzhou, it is all my fault, I have lost my power …"

Shi Qingzhou smiled faintly. It's also a good thing that you've already said it. "

If it wasn't for this trip, he might never have spoken of it in his entire life … If you want me, you can only want me to say that …

The harem and him, Shi Qingzhou, Long Xiaoyuan could only choose one!

Long Xiaoyuan nodded. Yes, Qingzhou was right … It would be a good thing if he said it. Furthermore, knowing the intentions of the light boat, I will not lose anything! "

Shi Qingzhou smiled faintly.

Wu Tie kissed Shi Qingzhou's eyes. "Let's sleep …"

"Yes." Shi Qingzhou nodded. "Mhmm …"

Long Xiaoyuan then hugged Shi Qingzhou and closed his eyes.

However, it was destined that Long Xiaoyuan would not be able to sleep well tonight.

Not long after he closed his eyes, Liu Xiangyang appeared at the door …

After calling softly, Long Xiaoyuan opened his eyes with a frown.

"No matter how much I want to sleep, I can't sleep at all."

Shi Qingzhou also frowned slightly. "What's going on?"

If only Long Xiaoyuan knew.

Calling the man in, Liu Xiangyang left and reported, "A big fire has been lit in the Wu Steel Manor. The guards have already rushed over, but the fire is very big …" "I'm afraid …"

"Hmm? "Great Prince's residence?" Long Xiaoyuan was truly shocked.

"Great Prince …" "" Shi Qingzhou also muttered. This is indeed a little strange. "

It was indeed strange. After Liu Xiangyang reported this, he was sent flying by Wu Tie.

"Qingzhou, let's go take a look."

Shi Qingzhou raised his eyebrows. Go to Great Prince's residence outside the palace? "

"Yeah." Long Xiaoyuan smiled. This shows how much we care about Great Prince. "

Shi Qingzhou's eyes flashed. He finally understood what Long Xiaoyuan meant.

Long Xiaoyuan had already sat up.

Shi Qingzhou naturally followed them. The two of them quickly put on their clothes and left the palace. Imperial guards followed them along the way.

Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou sat in a sedan. The palanquin was very spacious. Long Xiaoyuan also hugged Shi Qingzhou's men on his body. Are you sleepy? "

Shi Qingzhou shook his head, "I'm not sleepy."

It was normal for people to not sleep for three days and three nights during a war.

Shi Qingzhou looked outside, "We're almost there."

Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "Right."

When they arrived at Great Prince's place, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou alighted from the imperial carriage together.

Long live the people below, as well as the empress.

"Long Xiaoyuan waved his hand." He was almost level with Great Uncle Wang, but what about Great Uncle Wang? Have you seen him yet? "

"Reporting to your majesty." "The one who spoke was the leader of the Imperial Guard." Great Prince has yet to see anyone. Less than half of the guards in Great Prince's residence, including Attendant and the maidservants, are still trapped inside. "

Long Xiaoyuan's face sank. Why is it so serious? Quickly, quickly put out the fire! "

What Long Xiaoyuan was showing was truly a worry.

Shi Qingzhou also appropriately expressed his worry. "Your Majesty, this fire is too big …" It's hard even to put out a fire. "

Long Xiaoyuan looked at the fire and frowned.

Although he heard Liu Xiangyang's report, he was still a bit shocked when he saw it for real.

Such a big fire doesn't even seem like a show anymore …

At this moment, a voice came from shadow guard's side. Great Prince! We found Great Prince! "

Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou looked at each other for a second before the two of them hurriedly walked towards that direction.

It really was Great Prince … However, the enemy was already on the verge of death!

"Long Xiaoyuan was shocked." "Great Uncle Wang!"

Great Prince opened his eyes. There was a big hole in his chest and blood was flowing out from it. His eyes were a little unfocused as well, as if he heard Long Xiaoyuan's voice. He opened his eyes and said, "Your majesty … I... By... Harmful... Be careful... "Be careful …"

Great Prince seemed to want to warn Long Xiaoyuan to be careful of someone, but when he said this, his eyes widened, and he started twitching. Then, nothing came out of his mouth …

Long Xiaoyuan nearly died from anger.

This actually happened in front of him. In the past, whenever he read a novel or watched television, he would say the most important thing before he died … He was just a step away from it, yet he still thought it was a bit too exaggerated when he burped.

Now it seemed like … Damn it!

Long Xiaoyuan's face turned ashen for a moment as he shouted in grief, "Great Uncle Wang!"

Shi Qingzhou also shouted in collaboration.

At this moment, Long Xiaoyuan's figure shook as if he had suffered too much stimulation.

Seeing that, Shi Qingzhou immediately supported the other party. Your majesty, are you alright? "

The others also started to worry, afraid that something bad would happen to Long Xiaoyuan.

Long Xiaoyuan waved his hand dejectedly. "I'm fine …"

"Your majesty, let's go back first. Your majesty must take care of your dragon body. Great Uncle Wang definitely died with grievances. Your majesty, we still need to avenge Great Uncle Wang!"

Long Xiaoyuan was silent for a while and finally nodded in grief. "Alright, let's go back first."

Then, Long Xiaoyuan helped them into the palanquin and the imperial carriage returned to the palace.

After returning to Kunning Palace, Long Xiaoyuan was too lazy to put on a show.

"Qingzhou, this is not right, Great Prince has been silenced."

"Yeah, there were marks of blades piercing through his chest. He was indeed killed by someone."

Taking a deep breath, Long Xiaoyuan said, "Didn't I say Ministry of Justice's people? I don't think they can give me any results anyway, so I still need dark guard to investigate this matter."

Shi Qingzhou nodded, "I think so too, but..." We still have to follow the flow of the Ministry of Justice. "

Long Xiaoyuan sighed, "There are too few talented people in Ministry of Justice. Qingzhou, do you have any good talented people to introduce?"

Shi Qingzhou smiled faintly. "Your majesty, I'm in the palace."

"My family's light boat is so powerful, it can control the entire world even in the palace." Long Xiaoyuan immediately said.

Shi Qingzhou squinted his eyes. "Hmm?"

Long Xiaoyuan looked at him with a fixed smile. "Qingzhou, I am praising you."

Shi Qingzhou rolled his eyes and then leisurely said, "The Emperor has hidden it well enough. Actually, there are a lot of things the Emperor knows, right?"

"Eh?" Long Xiaoyuan blinked, "What does the light boat mean?"

Shi Qingzhou snorted. "Your majesty, why ask when you already know the answer?"

"Fine." "Um, Qingzhou, I do know that you are secretly cultivating your own power. Before, even if I didn't say it, I did want to see what level you had reached, but later on, after I really fell in love with you, I didn't care at all. In any case, my Qingzhou is also good for me, isn't that right?"

Shi Qingzhou went silent.

Long Xiaoyuan was afraid that the other person would think too much and immediately said: "Qingzhou, I've already confessed to you."

Shi Qingzhou squinted his eyes and sized up Long Xiaoyuan. He faced Long Xiaoyuan's extremely serious eyes and slowly sighed.

"Since the emperor has already said so, I don't need to hide it anymore. In fact, I'm indeed secretly building up my power."

Long Xiaoyuan smiled and kissed Shi Qingzhou on the cheek.

"Qingzhou, you don't have to be afraid of anything. Right now, we are husband and we are one. There is nothing that I cannot let you know, and there is nothing that you cannot let me know, understand?"

Shi Qingzhou slightly raised the corner of his mouth. After a long time, Shi Qingzhou said: "If so, I do have a candidate for the matter of the Ministry of Justice. However, it depends on whether the Emperor dares to use it."

"Hmm?" Long Xiaoyuan's eyes immediately lit up. Then, who do you think it is? "

Shi Qingzhou smiled and said, "It's County Order, Hu Qingyuan of Hills."

"Hmm? Wuan Mountain's County Order? " Long Xiaoyuan was stunned. What kind of person is this? "

Shi Qingzhou looked at him speechlessly. Ten years ago, he was at least one of the top three in the Hall Competition, okay? "He was just a straightforward person, so he has always been demoted. He has now been working at County Order in the surrounding mountains for several years."

Long Xiaoyuan's eyes lit up. From what you said, the other side seems to be very powerful, hmm... Although the Ministry of Justice's President is currently one of us, his abilities are not that high either. Qingzhou, how is the Long Qingyuan that you spoke about? "

Furthermore, the other party is very good at handling cases, he is only County Order now, we don't need to give him too high of an official position from the start, he is very good at investigating cases, so we can just let him be in charge of investigating cases.

Long Xiaoyuan's eyes lit up again after hearing that. That's a good idea. Alright, I'll issue the transfer order tomorrow. Qingzhou, tell me, what official position are you giving him? "

"I think the assistant minister of Ministry of Justice... Advancing three levels in a row was enough. But only from the assistant minister. "

From the assistant minister, it was more than enough to raise Hu Qingyuan three levels in a row.

The most valuable thing about that man was that he had never changed his principles, even after all these years of being in the government.

Even if he was ostracized by his comrades, he would not change his original intentions, but rather seek the truth from the facts.

Therefore, Shi Qingzhou was impressed by this person.

Additionally, ever since three years ago, he had sent people to secretly interact with him. Now, the other party was on his side, and they were loyal to him.

Over the past three years, he had gotten a lot of information from Hu Qingyuan.

After Hu Qingyuan's matter was settled, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou went to bed …

I still have to tell him about Great Prince's time tomorrow morning.

However, the moment the envoy died, Great Prince's manor immediately fell into disarray. This matter... This was too much of a coincidence.

The morning assembly tomorrow would probably be very lively.

In his dreams, Long Xiaoyuan's mood wasn't that good. He had so many troublesome matters to deal with now … Even he was in a bad mood!

However, the only good thing was that his family's light boat was by his side.

As for the rest, he could only barely endure it!

The next day, the morning assembly was very "lively".

Of course, there were Great Prince's people in the court. Normally, some of these people would not show themselves, but this time, Great Prince was actually killed and there was such a huge fire going on in the mansion. This made some people unable to accept this.

They all felt that their status and interests were being threatened, and furthermore, the fear and worry in their hearts made them go crazy.

In the morning assembly, these people were suspicious of one another and almost bit everyone.

It seemed like everyone was the real culprit!

Long Xiaoyuan was about to explode when he heard this. At this moment, it was left phase and right phase who quieted down.

Long Xiaoyuan's gaze swept across left phase and right phase and sighed. This old fox.

Shi Qingzhou was talking to Xu You at the time of the argument in the court.

Xu You came over early in the morning, and naturally asked about the situation at Heaven Concealment Castle.

Shi Qingzhou ordered people to call shadow guard over.

shadow guard, who was in charge of the interrogation, said, "Reporting to the empress, four out of the six people committed suicide by biting their tongues. The other two people haven't revealed a single word so far."

Xu You's expression changed. What? Did you commit suicide? "

shadow guard continued: "From the dead body of a Heaven Concealment Castle, I leaked some information, that person … It is very suspicious that we are not familiar with the situation in Heaven Concealment Castle. "

Xu You was stunned. Don't you know what's happening in Heaven Concealment Castle right now? "

"No." Shi Qingzhou answered Xu You. His meaning is, that person is not familiar with the Heaven Concealment Castle. "

"How is this possible!" Xu You was surprised.

Shi Qingzhou squinted his eyes. Do you know those people? "

"Xu You was once again stunned for a moment before he shook his head." I don't know them, but when they came to capture me, they said they were under the orders of the lord … The Master they were talking about must be the Heaven Concealment Castle's Castle Owner. "How can it not be …"

Shi Qingzhou shook his head slightly. "You think too simply."

Xu You pursed his lips and felt a little helpless. "Brother Shi …"

Shi Qingzhou said slowly: "Heaven Concealment Castle's Castle Owner knows that his son's heart is tied to you, and I heard from you, that those people who capture you have done so many times to kill you, it is unlikely that Heaven Concealment Castle's Castle Owner would directly issue the order to kill. You must know, this will make his own son hate him, it is not worth it."

Xu You was completely shocked.

"Fang Shuoyang is the only son. As the Heaven Concealment Castle's Castle Owner and the manager matriarch, it is impossible for them to not leave any leeway for themselves. They will send people to capture you, but they probably won't kill you. There are very possibly two groups of people who have caught you, and the wave that we have caught here is very likely to kill you. "

Xu You thought about it and then his expression changed. I remember now, there were indeed two groups of people. I just escaped a bunch of pursuers … However, it didn't take long for them to be caught up again. After they were caught up, those people no longer tried to kill them like before … Could there really be two groups of people? One wants to kill me and the other wants to capture me? "

Shi Qingzhou nodded. You said it yourself... "Then my deduction is more likely to be correct!"