C1957 Final volume
In the end, Ren Fang still tactfully rejected Xiao Ting and his offer to rope him in. This also greatly disappointed Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan.
Walking out of the palace, the two of them headed back to their own residences. Xiao Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks, smiled at Xiao Ting, and said: "Does Elder Royal Brother really think that it was Sister Xiang who kidnapped Ren Fang's family?"
Xiao Ting was startled. He looked at Xiao Yuan and asked, "What else?"
Xiao Yuan said slowly: "I feel that Sister Xiang might not do this kind of thing."
Xiao Ting was amused, and asked: "If it isn't Sister Xiang, then who could it be?"
Xiao Yuan shrugged his shoulders to show that he did not know either. After pondering for a while, he changed the topic and said half-jokingly: "It couldn't be that you, Elder Royal Brother, did it? Otherwise, how could Elder Royal Brother be so confident in finding his family in front of Ren Fang just now? "
Xiao Ting was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother Yuan can take a moment's comforting words seriously? But then again, I think Brother Yuan might be the one who planned this. "
"Oh?"
Even if your Death Soldier doesn't have tens of thousands of people, there should be at least a thousand. And according to what I know, Brother Yuan also has a spy within the Lieutenant's Mansion, so getting the equipment and seals for the Lieutenant's Mansion should not be a difficult task. "
Xiao Yuan blinked his eyes, then laughed out loud and cupped his hands towards Xiao Ting and said: "Elder Royal Brother, you and I do not need to be suspicious of each other anymore.
"Brother Yuan's words are reasonable." Both Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan had their own ulterior motives, and after chatting for a while, they returned to their own homes.
On the surface, it looked as if Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan had already joined forces. But in reality, neither of the two trusted the other, as they each had their own plans. The two of them had the intention of plotting to claim the throne, so how could they sincerely trust each other?
As for Ren Fang, after bidding farewell to Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan, he immediately mustered his troops and horses, and began to conduct a thorough search of the imperial court officials' residences.
The officials in the imperial court had all agreed to accept Ren Fang's search, and now that Ren Fang's troops were here, they naturally could not stand up and obstruct them.
However, the result of the search made Ren Fang very disappointed. The information sent by the various people were basically the same, with no clues at all, and there were no traces of his family members. Following that, Ren Fang personally brought people to search the Young Master Mansion s and Princess Mansion s of various places.
The first thing he searched for was Xiao Xiang's Princess Mansion. Right now, the strongest faction in the empire was Xiao Xiang, and the one Ren Fang wanted to eliminate the most was also Xiao Xiang.
When Ren Fang brought his men to Princess Mansion, all the gates to the courtyard were opened, showing the posture of allowing anyone to search.
There was another leader of the guards waiting outside. When he saw Ren Fang, he quickly walked forward and cupped his hands in salute and said: "General Ren, the princess has already been waiting in the main hall for a long time."
Ren Fang nodded, and turned back to face his subordinates. "Be careful when you search them, you cannot damage a single blade of grass or tree from the Princess Mansion, and even more so, do not disturb anyone within the Princess Mansion."
"This lowly general obeys your command!" All the generals answered in unison.
With that done, Ren Fang followed the leader of the guards into the Princess Mansion and went straight to the hall. Xiao Xiang had indeed been waiting for him for a long time. Seeing Ren Fang walk in from the outside, she said smilingly: "I thought General Ren would be the first to come check on my Princess Mansion."
Ren Fang's expression turned serious, he bowed and bowed, then said: "This lowly general is terrified, if there is anything that is disturbing the princess today, I hope that you will take a good look."
"General Ren does not need to be courteous. Speaking of which, you are also my savior. With such a huge matter happening in General Ren's family, I should be helping you out." Xiao Xiang waved her hand with a smile, and said: "General Ren, please take a seat!"
"Thank you, Your Highness." Ren Fang bowed once again, then sat down on the knees by the side. Very quickly, a servant brought him tea, pastries, and fruits, placing them one by one in front of him.
Xiao Xiang asked casually: "I heard that General Ren went to search the mansions of the ministers first?"
"Exactly."
"What was the result?"
Ren Fang shook his head and said softly: "Nothing."
Xiao Xiang was not surprised, if there were any discoveries, Ren Fang would not have come to her place. She said leisurely: "It makes sense. Such a big thing is not something that the Minister of Imperial Court s can do with their power."
Ren Fang's heart stirred as he asked, "Your Highness, you mean ?"
Xiao Xiang said faintly: "I think that the first person to rope in the General Ren should be the most suspicious."2
Ren Fang understood what she meant. She was obviously hinting at Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan. Interestingly, Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan had also said that Xiao Xiang was worthy of suspicion in front of him. Without waiting for him to reply, Xiao Xiang continued: "I know that the two Royal Brother s will definitely tell the General Ren that I am the real mastermind behind this. However, I can honestly tell the General Ren that if it is a major event, I will not use such a despicable method. While speaking, Xiao Xiang's eyes shone with a bright light, his chin was slightly raised, his spirit was in the air, he released a sharp aura, and his body naturally emitted an imposing aura of someone who was willing to do anything.
It had been a long time since Ren Fang had seen such a domineering Xiao Xiang. In that moment, he even had the misconception that the one sitting in front of him was not a princess, but a great king.
His mind shook, and he subconsciously straightened his body, bowed his head and said, "Yes! This lowly general understands. "
"It's good that General Ren understands." Xiao Xiang's steely expression disappeared, and revealed a gentle smile, and said indifferently: "I am only worried that the General Ren will be instigated by some scoundrels, and do some irrational things."
"Thank you, Princess, for your concern. This general knows his limits." Ren Fang said with a serious expression.
"Yes!" Xiao Xiang nodded her head and said meaningfully, "If we keep searching like this, there won't be any results ?"
Just as she finished speaking, a general of Ren Fang's division walked in with large strides. He first interposed himself to pay his respects to Xiao Xiang, but later on, he arrived in front of Ren Fang and said in a low voice: "General, the Princess Mansion's front yard has already been searched, and did not find anything."
Ren Fang did not say much. After the general left, Ren Fang looked at Xiao Xiang in puzzlement, and asked: "I wonder what Princess has to say?"
Xiao Xiang laughed and said: "If the person who ordered the criminal was me, do you think I would be stupid enough to hide your family in my own residence?"
Ren Fang subconsciously took a deep breath, his eyes rolling around. After pondering for a moment, he said, "However, we have already searched every single place that can be searched within the Zhaoyang City, and this general did not find any traces of our family members."
The smile on Xiao Xiang's face became even wider, and she said while pointing at something else: "After all, there are still places that General Ren cannot find." As she spoke, she yawned towards the sky, stood up, and said: "I'm tired, General Ren please take a seat, I'm not accompanying you."
Ren Fang did not understand the meaning behind Xiao Xiang's words, but seeing that she was already walking out, he did not force himself to ask, and stood up immediately and cupped his hands: "This general will escort the princess out."
Not long after Xiao Xiang left, the clan leaders who had gone to search at various parts of the Princess Mansion began to return. The information that everyone brought back was about the same, no traces of the criminal could be found, and even more so, no trace of Ren Fang's family.
Ren Fang was the first one who stood out and indicated that she was willing to accept his search. If she really had hidden hostages in her residence, how would she dare to do this?
This result also caused Ren Fang to heave a sigh of relief. At the very least, he had confirmed that this matter had nothing to do with the Fifth Princess, and he no longer needed to be an enemy of the Fifth Princess.
Just that, the last words Xiao Xiang had said to him were always lingering in his mind, and the ministers, young masters and princesses had all accepted his search, so how could she not search the Zhaoyang himself? Was the princess trying to mystify things, or was there something she had overlooked?
Ren Fang left the Princess Mansion with a stomach full of questions, and then, he brought his people towards Xiao Ting's Young Master Mansion.
In the next two days, Ren Fang personally led the troops to search through all of the young masters and Princess Mansion s. Furthermore, after careful searching, they were only three feet away from the ground, but the final results were the same.
So far, the entire Zhaoyang City had been turned upside down by Ren Fang, but his family and that group of criminals seemed to have disappeared into thin air, there were no traces of them to be found.
Six days had passed since his family was kidnapped, and Ren Fang had fallen into despair. After thinking about it, he finally decided to seek help from one person, Xiao Xiang.
He was very clear that Xiao Xiang wouldn't help him for no reason. The only thing she could ask for from Xiao Xiang was for him to rely on her and join Xiao Xiang's faction.
As if she had already predicted that Ren Fang would visit him again, Xiao Xiang was not surprised at all as she calmly and calmly received him.
After meeting, Xiao Xiang pretended to be concerned and asked: "General Ren, have you found the whereabouts of your family members?"
Ren Fang laughed bitterly. In the past, he only knew that Xiao Xiang was a arrogant and willful princess, who relied on the king's care, arrogance, and arrogance. He did not know when she had become such a scheming and shrewd person.
He shook his head and said, "Reporting to the princess, this general ?" I haven't been able to find any clues. "
"Oh?" Xiao Xiang said slowly: "There are a dozen or so living people and hundreds of criminals, they shouldn't all have disappeared without a trace. Even if they die, there should still be corpses left, I think that General Ren has not searched through every nook and cranny of the city!"
Ren Fang let out a long sigh. At the moment, he truly did not have the patience to waste time on Xiao Xiang. He cupped his hands and said: "This general has indeed searched every nook and cranny of the city. "Princess, please enlighten me!"
"Hehe, so, General Ren came here today to ask for my help?" Xiao Xiang stood up, walked around the table and arrived in front of Ren Fang. Seeing that the latter was about to stand up, she waved his hand, signalling Ren Fang not to be too polite.
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