kingnovel Chapter 451: City-wide Manhunt for Ah Da
Chapter 451: City-wide Manhunt for Ah Da
"Yuan Yuan."
Huo Yuanruo was gnawing on a chicken leg with big mouthfuls, his eyes fixed on the greasy roast duck, as if he was afraid that the roast duck would be lost, and he didn't hear Li Mulan calling him at all.
"Yuanyuan?"
Li Xiaoqi, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to pick up a pot of roast duck, but Huo Yuanruo held him down and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Li Xiaoqi snorted coldly, "Eat, eat, eat. All you know is eating. How many times has the master called you?"
Huo Yuanruo finished the last bite of the chicken leg, looked at Li Mulan, and said incoherently, "Little Master, you called me?"
Li Mulan was helpless, "Have I starved you for so many years? How come you never have enough to eat?"
Huo Yuanruo muttered softly, "How can you ever have enough delicious food? What do you want me to do?"
Li Mulan raised her chin towards Nalande and said, "After you finish eating, can you help Lord Nalande?"
Huo Yuanruo glanced at Nalande, who was smiling.
"I dont go."
Nalande was stunned and looked at Li Mulan awkwardly.
Li Mulan brought the shrimp in front of her to him and said, "You don't have anything to do today, so helping me out a little can be a good exercise, okay?"
"Xiao Qi is fine, just let him go. I'm exhausted these days and I don't want to go."
"Xiao Qi, I'll go with you. You two work so well together. I can trust you to get the job done."
Li Xiaoqi paused with his hand holding the chopsticks. Well, he still had his own things to do.
Huo Yuanruo picked up a handkerchief and wiped his hands, then glared at Nalande unhappily, "You are a prime minister, but you don't have anyone you can use?"
Nalande was even more embarrassed by what he said, "Well... it's not that there are no people, but they are not as good as Young Master Huo and... and this young master."
He is the only disciple of Wulin leader Situ Tianming. Who in the world doesn’t know him?
When Huo Yuanruo heard that he was a martial arts expert, his tail was about to rise to the sky. He raised his head proudly and said, "Okay, then I will reluctantly help you make the trip."
"Oh, well, thank you both very much."
*
Prince's Mansion.
Situ Lian smashed things in the house again, "Where's A Da? Where did A Da go?"
The men looked at each other and said, "No... I don't know."
"Crash!"
There was another sound of porcelain breaking.
There was a big commotion in the court today, all because of Situ Yue. Although the Northern Qi Emperor did not attend the court, he appointed the Left Prime Minister Nalande to handle the affairs.
Situ Yue took advantage of Situ Lian's house arrest to submit evidence of his killing of thousands of children, even with blood letters from the victims' parents as proof. However, no one in the court dared to speak up for him.
The matter of the 200,000 taels of military pay was also brought up. Situ Yue came prepared for everything, and the evidence was solid.
There were a lot of them that he had clearly asked Ada to deal with, but now they were submitted.
And now, A Da has disappeared, and Situ Lian has reason to suspect that he has betrayed her.
Zhuge Wenqing, who was standing by, saw that Situ Lian's face had turned pale, and was afraid that his physical condition would be affected by his excessive emotional fluctuations. After all, his body still needed to be nursed back to health in the next few years.
"Prince, I will leave this matter to you. I will bring Ah Da to you and let you deal with him."
"Haven't I been good enough to him? Why do they all want to leave me?"
"They are the ones who don't deserve the prince's trust."
Situ Lian's chest rose and fell violently with anger. "And that Situ Yue, why did he jump out to join in the fun? Have I been giving him too much face recently?"
"He's just a clown. He won't be able to keep his arrogance for many days. Don't worry about him."
Situ Lian calmed down and asked, "How is Father doing?"
"According to the efficacy of the medicine, it will only take two days."
"Have you made arrangements for tomorrow's plan?"
Zhuge Wenqing said confidently, "Don't worry, Prince. This matter will be absolutely foolproof."
Situ Lian leaned back on the chair behind her and said, "I want to resolve all these issues as soon as possible."
"Yes, we will wait for three days at most. Once the prince ascends the throne, all problems will be solved."
Situ Lian smiled bitterly, "Really? Then why did Yu'er want to escape from me?"
Zhuge Wenqing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, but he quickly regained his composure, "When the Crown Prince takes the supreme throne, I will definitely be able to find the Crown Princess back."
Situ Lian rubbed her brows, her head aching again, "Butler, butler?"
As soon as Zhuge Wenqing saw his appearance, he knew that his headache had come back and he had to drink the child's heart blood to relieve it. Although he knew that this was definitely wrong, but as long as it could relieve the prince's headache, all that was unimportant.
"Prime Minister, please go back first. There are still so many things to deal with. I...I just need to take a rest."
Zhuge Wenqing looked distressed, but he also knew his stubborn character. If he were here, he would definitely not drink the child's heart blood.
"Okay, okay, I'll go back first."
Situ Lian closed her eyes, rubbed her eyebrows, waved her hands, and didn't even raise her head.
As soon as Zhuge Wenqing left, the old butler came over with the bowl of fresh child's heart blood.
Even in Ronghe City, the news that the prince likes to drink human blood is spreading everywhere. But it does not affect Situ Lian's daily use at all. They have plenty of ways and channels to get new goods.
Zhuge Wenqing left through the secret passage and arrived at his Prime Minister's Mansion, but did not go back. Instead, he continued walking along the secret passage. In less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at an extremely huge underground palace, where 20,000 troops were hidden, all of them were elite soldiers and generals.
In Ronghe City, even General Zhennan who holds military power cannot bring more than 5,000 troops into the city. Yet they have hidden so many people here.
When the crowd saw Zhuge Wenqing, they all knelt down and saluted. Perhaps because they were afraid of making too much noise and arousing suspicion, they did not make any sound.
"Pass the order to search the whole city for Ah Da. This man betrayed the prince and must be brought back and severely punished."
One of them was wearing black armor and looked at the man of high status and stepped forward, "Yes, I will obey your orders."
"Our great cause is imminent. Everyone must be extremely alert and keep a close eye on Ronghe City. No accidents can happen."
"Yes."
"Clap!"
A very small voice.
Zhuge Wenqing's sharp eyes shot towards the direction where the voice came from, "Who is it?"
A dark shadow immediately went in the direction where Zhuge Wenqing was looking, saw the rubble on the ground, and then looked up. He returned to Zhuge Wenqing and said, "My lord, it's rubble."
Zhuge Wenqing seemed a little skeptical, "Can you see it clearly?"
"See clearly."
"Okay, this is a critical period, so we must be cautious."
"Yes."
In another hidden corner, Huo Yuanruo covered Li Xiaoqi's mouth and looked in the direction of Zhuge Wenqing vigilantly. He did not let go until the person left.
Li Xiaoqi knew that he had made a mistake. He had made that noise accidentally. Fortunately, Yuan Ruo acted quickly and took him away from the spot in time, otherwise...
Huo Yuanruo signaled him to leave first and talk about everything after they got out.