Lin Jue stood under the courtyard, looked at the soldiers and horses in the distance, nodded and sighed lightly: "They are all good brothers who emphasize righteousness and affection." Lin Jue, how can he be so virtuous, let you value it so much. I have these people in the Great Zhou, and the country may not be destroyed, and the dynasty may not be destroyed. ”

The little county lord and Bai Bing also nodded and groaned beside them. The three of them turned around and sat down in the hall, and the little county lord frowned and said: "Husband, it seems that the entire capital is shaking for last night's incident, this is the soldiers and horses of the Guards Infantry Division, doesn't it mean that Lu Zhongtian has even mobilized the forbidden army to search for him all over the city." ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Lu Zhongtian is really in a hurry, which means that we hit the snake to seven inches." This is a good thing, Green Dance and Little Tiger will definitely be able to exchange it back. ”

Bai Bing said in a low voice: "But if so many soldiers and horses are mobilized to search and arrest, Shen Ye's house may not be spared." Wouldn't it be terrible if it was found? ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "So we have to hurry up." Bing'er, follow me back to the study, I have something for you to do. ”

……

In the front hall of Lu Zhongtian's mansion, Lu Zhongtian, who had not slept all night, had dark eyes, and was sitting in the hall, drinking tea one by one to refresh himself. There was no news at all about the large-scale raid that began last night, and in the early hours of the morning, Lu Zhongtian entered the palace to see his daughter Mei Guifei and reported the matter. Concubine Mei was shocked, and immediately rushed to Xihua Hall with Lu Zhongtian to see Guo Chong.

Guo Chong summoned them and was also shocked to learn that Lu Zhongtian's son had been kidnapped by the strongman in full view of everyone. Although his brother-in-law has a very bad reputation, after all, he is the son of the national father-in-law and the brother of Concubine Mei, so he naturally can't ignore it.

So Guo Chong agreed to Lu Zhongtian's request, and ordered Yang Jun to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Ma Military Division and the Infantry Military Division to cooperate in the search for the thief, and agreed to Lu Zhongtian's request to search the mansions of all officials and nobles. Therefore, after dawn, the forbidden army that searched the inner city began to search the mansions of the officials, which had previously been ignored by all the residences of people with official positions and status. Lu Zhongtian didn't know that this would anger some people, but he was eager to save his son, and he couldn't care too much.

However, until the end of the day, no trace was found. Lu Zhongtian stayed awake all night, dizzy and tired. Shicai's heart was beating wildly and couldn't be contained, so he sat down to rest. After eating a bowl of bird's nest tea, I told myself not to be in a hurry, which slowly made my heartbeat recover.

Outside the hall, there were the ministers of the Prime Minister's Office and the officials who had heard the news. Lu Zhongtian did not let them enter the warm hall, nor did he ask them to come here. But these others still stood in the snow in the courtyard in the bitter cold, stamping their feet and whispering in their ears. He shrunk his neck and endured the biting cold weather.

Just when Lu Zhongtian put down the bird's nest tea and stood up, about to order someone to prepare a sedan chair to personally participate in the search, the two guards in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly staggered over with a large wooden box half lifted and half held.

"Report to Xiangye, someone outside dropped a wooden box at the door, saying that he wanted us to dedicate the wooden box to Xiangye, saying that this wooden box was related to the whereabouts of the son of Yanei." A nurse replied in a loud voice at the bottom of the stairs.

"Oh? Something to do with God's gift? Who is it? Lu Zhongtian came to the door in surprise and stood on the steps staring at the wooden box that was several feet square.

The man rode by, dropped the box, said a few words, and rode away. He was wearing a hat and a coat, and we didn't see his face clearly. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. The nurse hurriedly replied.

Lu Zhongtian muttered in his heart, looking at the wooden box carried by the two of them, he was drumming a little in his heart. But when I think of it, I don't want to be no more than two feet long and wide, and I can't fit a person, not even a baby. This precludes the possibility of a godsend. Thinking of this, Lu Zhongtian said calmly: "Put it down, open it and take a look." ”

The two guards agreed to put the wooden box in the snow below the steps. All the surrounding officials, staff stewards, and even the servants gathered around, stretching their necks to look at the box. They all heard the words of the nurses, and the person who delivered the box was related to the prince of Yanai, but he didn't know what was in the wooden box.

The two guards used their waist knives to break the wooden nails in the seal, and after the sound of Caracalla, the lid of the wooden box was opened. Everyone looked intently inside, only to find that it was a piece of red cloth wrapped in a round thing inside. When Lu Zhongtian saw this thing, his heart was cold, his whole heart slowly sank, and his eyes slowly closed.

A nurse swallowed and foamed at the mouth, reached out and picked up the red cloth, and suddenly the crowd scattered as if it had exploded.

"Head...... Head...... It's a head. The frightened voice of the crowd reached Lu Zhongtian's ears, and Lu Zhongtian almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood. What he feared might have come true.

"Yes...... It's a ...... Pig? This...... What's going on? The stunned voice of the nursing house came, and Lu Zhongtian hurriedly opened his eyes when he heard this, and he found that the wooden box contained not Lu Tianci's human head, but a big black pig's head with a big mouth and big ears, and black hair stained with blood. The pig's head was still bleeding, and it seemed to be enthusiastic, and it looked like it had just been killed.

"There's a letter!" A sharp-eyed officer next to him did clip a letter with a wooden clip on the pig's ear.

"Bring it to me." Lu Zhongtian shouted.

The nurse hurriedly reached out and took the letter, stepped forward and handed it to Lu Zhongtian. Lu Zhongtian tore off the envelope three times and divided it by two, pulled out the letterhead and unfolded it. There are only a few lines on the envelope, which is clear at a glance.

"Prime Minister, your beloved son Lu Tianci is in our hands. We don't want to make money, we don't want to kill people, we just want to exchange Linglang for two people. For details, please ask Lu Xiang to ask Huai Wang Guo Xu, those two are the family of a friend of ours, and we can't get used to you bullying my friend, so we made a move. A good man in the rivers and lakes, sticking a knife in the ribs for his friend, he has no other intentions. Before dark today, if the person is not released safely, it will not be a pig's head that will be given to Xiangye tomorrow morning, but a dog's head from Lu Tianci. If a person is released, we will release him immediately and will not regret it. The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes value their promises the most, believe it or not. Bow to those who are unjust on the road! ”

Lu Zhongtian's face was gloomy, and he slowly gathered the letterhead in his hand and clenched it into a ball. A group of officials at the bottom of the steps raised their heads and asked Lu Zhongtian nonsense.

"Lu Xiang, whose letter?"

"What's the matter with this pig's head?"

"Is the son of Yanai okay? Are people still there? ”

Lu Zhongtian burst out and scolded angrily: "Get out of here, who wants you to ramble here, it's annoying to death." Get out of here! ”

The officials were stunned and at a loss. Several stewards whispered, "Ladies and gentlemen, go quickly, lest you ...... lest the prime minister be angry. ”

Only then did the officials come to their senses, and they gave up their hands in a panic, and they didn't even dare to say goodbye, and trotted away. Lu Zhongtian stood on the steps, his face was pale, and he gritted his teeth.

……

"Smack!" With a loud bang, a thick palm slammed against the mahogany table. The owner of the palm of the hand had an angry face, and his face turned red.

"Hehehehehe. Wow! Okay, you Lin Jue, your courage is really stabbing the sky. I have never seen anyone so daring. In order to force the king to release people, he did such a rebellious thing. Are you determined to be an enemy of this king? Hey, hey, well, since you're like this, the king doesn't expect much from you. You will die by yourself, and this king will have no choice. ”

Huai Wang Guo Xu laughed angrily and rebuked loudly.

Lu Zhongtian, who was standing on the side, had a pale face and frowned. Not long ago, he came to King Huai's mansion and handed the letter sent with the black pig's head to Guo Xu for inspection. In fact, after receiving the letter, Lu Zhongtian realized that Lu Tianci's kidnapping must have been done by Lin Jue. Lu Zhongtian knew about the kidnapping of Green Dance and Lin Hu, and it was the joint plot of him and Guo Xu that decided to kidnap Green Dance to find out the relationship between Green Dance and Concubine Rong, and to use this to blackmail Lin Jue into submission. How could he not understand who the two people to be exchanged on that letter were. How could you not understand that nine times out of ten, this matter was done by Lin Jue.

"Guo Xu, the godsend is now in their hands, and the situation is dangerous. You see, why don't you let those two go first, in exchange for a safe return from God, and then think about it in the long run. Otherwise, if the fish dies and the net is broken, God will have three long and two short, old man...... How is the old man good? ”

Guo Xu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Grandfather, Lin Juehua is so powerful and takes such a risk to save this woman, and it can prove that this woman has a major secret. If I could ask about that, it would be a decisive help for me to become the crown prince. If you release people like this, won't you be a failure, and you won't get anything? ”

Lu Zhongtian looked at him and said, "What do you mean?" Are you going to put your life at risk? He's my only son, your own uncle. Guo Xu, you must not hesitate in this matter, and you must ensure the safety of God. I am wholeheartedly planning for you, and you must think for me. My Lu family is the only seedling, although your uncle is not an adult, he is my only son after all. ”

Guo Xu hurriedly said: "Grandfather, where do you want to go." How could I not care about my uncle's life or death? I'm just thinking about how I can punish Lin Jue. How could he be allowed to be so arrogant? And the secret of the woman...... Or...... Before releasing her, torture her and the servant, and finally force them. Just let it go, it's really unwilling. You don't know, if it can be confirmed that the relationship between this woman and Concubine Rong is as we suspected, the fact that Concubine Rong is disloyal to the emperor is enough to bring down the power of the Queen Mother, Concubine Rong and their Wei family. Now the old queen mother and Concubine Rong are obviously on the side of King Jin, supporting the queen and King Jin, as soon as they fall, the chain reaction will be that the queen may be implicated. Who else can support King Jin behind him? Don't you understand how important it is for your grandson to become the crown prince? ”

Lu Zhongtian shouted: "Absolutely not! How could the old man not know the importance of this matter to seize the crown prince's throne? But the circumstances do not allow you to do so. The gift of heaven is in their hand, and if they are tortured, they will be avenged. This must not be done. Since Lin Jue dared to kidnap Tianci, he had the heart of breaking the net, and he must not anger him at this moment. Guo Xu, the old man hopes you can understand my feelings. If you don't even care about the life and death of God, then the old man is too disappointed. ”