Vol 2 Chapter 4: race against time

Vol 2 Chapter 4: race against time

The young man carried the eagle in his hand, but suddenly lost his mind.

"Hey! Fu Mingrui, can you concentrate on hunting?" The male voice sounded like the sound of a piano, Fu Mingrui raised his eyes, and another heroic young man came slowly with a bow. He shot down the flying eagle.

The young man is dressed in brocade clothes and jade belt, with slender and tall black eyebrows, and cunning peach-blossom eyes. The face is like a peach blossom, and the corners of the lips are smiling. He is obviously a man, but he is more than a peach blossom. Standing beside Fu Mingrui, it is like a jewel by the side, shining brightly.

Fu Mingrui hurriedly saluted: "Prince."

The prince curled his lips and rolled his eyes at him, his charming peach eyes were more charming like a woman's, and the blame seemed to be coquettish: "You are so boring, how many times have I said it, there are no monarchs and ministers on weekdays, don't always be a prince The prince called me, you know the pressure is great? Call me by name: Duanmu, or Qingchen."

"I dare not." Fu Mingrui kept his duty.

"Tch." Duanmu Qingchen gave him another blank look, and looked at him for a while, seeing that Fu Mingrui was losing his mind again, "Hey, hey, Fu Mingrui, haven't you wandered into your case again? Bar."

Fu Mingrui's face was serious immediately, and a gleam flashed in his deep black eyes: "That's it!" He looked down at the flying eagle in his hand again, "It turns out that this is how he made Wu Bo hang himself indoors..."

"Just the hanging case in the secret room?" Duanmu Qingchen raised his eyebrows, and put his hand on Fu Mingrui's neck, "In a house in the east of the city, the old man hanged himself from a beam. There were no tables and chairs underneath, and the doors and windows were locked, so it is said that The ghost came to take revenge, now, have you figured it out?"

"Yes." Fu Mingrui's eyes flickered, "I have figured out the mechanism."

"What does that have to do with the flying eagle in your hand? Well...I see you've been looking at it." Duanmu Qingchen also looked curiously at the arrow and eagle in Fu Mingrui's hand.

Fu Mingrui looked at Duanmu Qingchen: "It's okay."

Duanmu Qingchen was taken aback for a moment, feeling that his IQ had been insulted in an instant!

"Fu Mingrui!" Duanmu Qingchen yelled, "You are molesting Your Highness!"

Fu Mingrui immediately turned serious: "I don't dare, please don't make jokes, the prince, people's words are scary, three people become tigers, Your Highness, please be careful with your words."

Seeing Fu Mingrui's serious appearance, Duanmu Qingchen smiled: "Hey, Fu Mingrui, you don't look like your father at all. You are much more rigid than him. Now..." Duanmu Qingchen raised a smirk and raised his arms. Lifting it up, it was placed on Fu Mingrui's shoulders, and the peach blossoms in his eyes were full of charm, "There is no one else here, tell me, how can three people become tigers?" Duanmu Qingchen leaned close to Fu Mingrui's serious face , raising his hand to lightly poke Fu Mingrui's side face, laughing and amusing, ambiguous.

Fu Mingrui couldn't resist, just looked ahead, his face still serious: "The prince is here."

Duanmu Qingchen raised his eyebrows, and looked at where Fu Mingrui was looking. Sure enough, a man came riding a horse, and it was one of the imperial guards: Duan Yi.

The horse was approaching, Duan Yi hurriedly dismounted, and knelt down in front of Duanmu Qingchen on one knee.

Seeing that it was Duan Yi, Duanmu Qingchen rolled his eyes in disappointment, and looked away with his arm still resting on Fu Mingrui's shoulder: "Seeing you, it must be a good thing Father asked me to go back to study."

"Greetings to the prince." Duan Yi was serious and serious, not daring to be negligent, "Here is an order from the emperor to ask the prince to be the judge of the butterfly case."

Duanmu Qingchen was taken aback for a moment, then turned his face back, showing some interest: "What is the case of turning into a butterfly? Get up and talk."

Butterfly case? Fu Mingrui paid attention immediately, why didn't he receive this case?

"Yes." Duan Yi got up, but Fu Mingrui was looking at him, "This morning, the only son of Master Ma, Minister of the Household Department, suddenly disappeared at home."

"Oh?! Is there such a strange thing?" Fu Mingrui's blood boiled immediately. Hunting with the crown prince couldn't make his passion burn, but if there was a strange case, his blood would definitely boil.

"Hey, hey, shouldn't you report to His Highness?" Duanmu Qingchen was very dissatisfied that Duan Yi only talked to Fu Mingrui. Why are you not afraid of the royal family now? !

Fu Mingrui immediately held Duan Yi's arm: "Go on."

Duan Yi still only looked at Fu Mingrui: "The emperor ordered you and the Ninth Gate to investigate the strange case of Huadie and solve the case in three days. If the owner of the gate can solve the case, the Ninth Gate will be closed from then on."

Fu Mingrui was slightly surprised: "Why did the Nine Gates get involved all of a sudden? I was supposed to handle all the strange cases in the capital with the Eight Gates."

Duan Yi's eyes flickered for a moment, and he lowered his eyes: "It should be that Prime Minister Zuo felt that this case was too bizarre, so he wanted to push it to Master Yao, but Master Yao pushed it back to him, and it came and went... It became Master and Jiumen Gong investigating this case." case."

Duanmu Qingchen glanced sideways between Fu Mingrui and Duan Yi, licked his lips and smiled slyly, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"The emperor also said that if you lose, my lord..." Duan Yi paused.

Fu Mingrui picked it up with a look on his face: "Let me hand over the eight doors?"

Duan Yi glanced at him cautiously, lowered his head and muttered: "No, let... Prime Minister Zuo go home for the elderly..."

"Pfft! Hahahaha—" Duanmu Qingchen immediately smiled, and patted Fu Mingrui on the back, "You really know how to trick your son, hahaha—"

After Fu Mingrui listened to it, he was calm and calm, not worried that his father would lose his official position. He immediately asked Duan Yi: "How long has Master Yao been back to the ninth gate?"

Duan Yi calculated carefully: "It should be that the Nine Gates has selected people to solve the case."

Fu Mingrui nodded: "It's not too late, Prince, I'm going down to investigate the case."

"Butterfly is so interesting, I want to go too!" Duanmu Qingchen eagerly wanted to follow.

Fu Mingrui cupped his hands and saluted: "The place where the crime happened is less frequented by idlers, and the crown prince will be judged publicly. During this period, you should rarely see your ministers to avoid suspicion." After Fu Mingrui finished speaking, he turned around and rode on Duan Yi's horse. , hurriedly left, to seize the opportunity.

Duanmu Qingchen clasped his arms around his chest, curled his lips and snorted softly: "Huh, it's so boring, I can't go if you don't let me go? My highness has feet on my body, my highness will see who can stop me. Hmph!"

Everyone in the world envies him as the crown prince, who was born with wealth, lives in the palace, and eats delicacies from mountains and seas.

Unexpectedly, he is just a caged bird in a luxurious birdcage. He is locked in a cage to learn literature and martial arts every day, and he has to be locked up even for hunting. It is really boring.

Now, it's rare that his emperor's father gave him a fun job, so why don't he take the opportunity to have a good time? He had already heard about the ninth gate of the inner palace. But the Ninth Gate is directly under his father, even he doesn't know what Yao Guang's subordinates are doing. There are many legends about the Ninth Gate, which he heard from eunuchs and maids.

If there are really ghosts and ghosts in this world, he also wants to see what they look like. I don't know if the vixen is really as beautiful as in the legend, but he is a prince who controls his appearance.

In the clear sky, only eagles soar freely, and the prosperous and magnificent capital can be seen at a glance.

The road leads to all directions, the green lake is embedded in the city like jade, and there are endless pavilions and pavilions around it. Looking down, the eight trigrams are arranged, which is magnificent.

The entire capital city is like a huge gossip mirror, facing Yuntian.