The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 481 Save Him (Part 1)

Gu Jiao and Gu Chengfeng embarked on the journey to the north together, but Yuan Tang, who was trapped in the capital, was not so lucky. He could neither get the imperial decree of Emperor Zhao, nor walk through the secret road of the North City Gate. Followed the caravan to sneak out of the city, but all failed.

With the escalation of the frontier war, more and more bad news came back to the court, and the emperor's indignation towards Yuan Tang became more and more intense. From the past few days, even the imperial palace masters were ordered by the emperor to come and arrest Yuan Tang. Tang.

Yuan Tang encountered three waves of powerful internal experts just last night, causing him to lose contact with his subordinates. Just before dawn, he finally broke out of the siege, but he also paid a tragic price.

His right arm was slashed, and if he meets a big insider again, he doesn't guarantee that he can get away with it.

"He's injured, he can't go far, you guys, go over there, the rest follow me!"

Yuan Tang tightly clutched his right arm, hid in a stable of a family, listening to the voice of the master outside the courtyard wall, could not help showing a bit of irritability and despair in his brows.

He is the sixth prince of the Chen Kingdom. The empress has passed away, and the harem belongs to his mother and concubine with the highest status. I haven't suffered much since I was born.

Even when he came to Zhaoguo as a hostage, it was just to take credit and become the prince more logically.

Thanks to his Prince Bo and his uncle, he has eaten back all the hardships of being born twenty years in the past few days.

"Hiss—"

The wound hurts again.

Yuan Tang frowned.

Just at this moment, the servants of the house came over, and suddenly saw a strange man in the stable with blood dripping from his arms, and the servants screamed instinctively: "Ah—"

Yuan Tang slashed him with a knife and knocked him unconscious.

But the voice still spread out, and the imperial guards rushed over to the stable.

Yuan Tang had to leave again, looking for the next hiding place.

The front and back are full of imperial guards, and the right side is a dead end, only a carriage is parked on the left side, Yuan Tang has no choice but to hide in it!

The carriage didn't look big, but it was quite spacious inside, and it was a bit elegant. The stool was covered with a cloth, and he lifted the cloth to wrap his tall body under the bench.

In such a narrow space, he was really wronged to death for a big man.

"Master Xiao, please go slowly!"

In the study next to the carriage, the boss personally sent Xiao Heng out.

"Please stay." Xiao Heng nodded, and after speaking to the boss, he turned around and boarded the carriage parked by the roadside.

The coachman came out of the study with a large pile of the Four Treasures of the Study.

Xiao Heng just received a transfer order from the Ministry of Officials this morning, appointing him as the order from the Ministry of Penalties of the Fifth Grade.

Shuling is mainly responsible for organizing files, managing official seals, and drafting documents.

His official position in the Hanlin Academy has not changed, but he also holds the post of Shuling at the same time.

This is the idea of ​​the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and it was submitted to the Ministry of Officials as early as last month. The positions of the six ministries are different from those of the Imperial Academy, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. , and then submit it to the emperor for his review.

It is very rare for an official to hold multiple positions, especially the cross-departmental one. The requirements for the official itself are extremely high. Regardless of strength, energy or quality, they must be much better than their colleagues.

The emperor was worried that Xiao Liulang would not be able to bear it, and he was worried that he would be squeezed out if he was too popular.

The emperor called the old Jijiu into the palace and asked his opinion. The old Jijiu didn't expect this, but now someone has set a precedent, and he wished to send Xiao Heng to a high position.

"Now is the time for employing people, Your Majesty might as well let Xiao Liulang try it first, and make another plan if you can't take care of it."

The emperor felt that what Lao Jijiu said was reasonable, so he approved Xiao Liulang's official position.

Xiao Heng had just finished his report at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and was about to return to the Imperial Academy. When he passed by this study, he remembered that he was running out of pen and ink at home, so he stopped the carriage to buy some.

As soon as he got into the carriage, he noticed something was wrong.

The curtain of the carriage was opened, and the interior of the carriage was very ventilated, but he still smelled a faint smell of blood.

"Lord Xiao, I put the things here." The coachman put a large box of the Four Treasures of the Study on the floor of the carriage. He was not as sensitive as Xiao Heng, and did not notice anything unusual. "Are you going back to the Imperial Academy now? Do you want to buy more?" Something else?"

"No need." Xiao Heng said.

"Okay, then I'm going out." The driver put down the curtain and sat back on the bench outside.

Xiao Heng didn't sit down in a hurry, but looked at the bench covered with brocade cloth vigilantly.

Under the bench, Yuan Tang tightly grasped his wound, his forehead slightly sweated due to tension and pain.

He didn't know whose carriage it was, but he heard the coachman call the other party, Mr. Xiao, and asked if he wanted to go to the Imperial Academy. There was only one official in the Imperial Academy surnamed Xiao, and that was Dr. Gu's husband, Xiao Liulang.

Yuan Tang and Xiao Liulang had never met face to face, but only met a few times from a distance, and knew that he was Dr. Gu's husband-in-law, the number one scholar in this year's new department, and now works in the Imperial Academy.

As for whether Xiao Heng recognized him or not, Yuan Tang was not sure.

But if he really saw his appearance at this time, Xiao Liulang should be able to guess who he is even if he doesn't know him.

Whether Xiao Liulang is an enemy or a friend, Yuan Tang does not dare to draw conclusions lightly. Although he is Gu Jiao's husband, he is also an official of the imperial court. As an official of the imperial court, he has to arrest himself.

Yuan Tang bit his lip to prevent himself from making a sound.

He didn't intend to hurt Gu Jiao's family, but if...he meant if, if he really wanted to arrest him, he would have no choice but to offend him!

"Whose carriage is in front?"

A group of imperial guards stopped opposite the carriage, and it was the commander who led the group who asked questions.

They chased all the way just now and surrounded the surrounding area, but that boy Yuan Tang seemed to have disappeared.

They speculated that Yuan Tang must have been hiding under their noses, either in a nearby shop or in a passing carriage.

Xiao Heng looked at the bloodstain slowly flowing out from under the bench, his eyes moved slightly, he turned and walked forward, opened his clothes and sat down, his right foot happened to step on the bloodstain that flowed out.

The coachman negotiated with the Imperial Guards, opened the curtain a little, and said to Xiao Heng: "Master Xiao, the Imperial Guards said that they are arresting the proton of Chen Guo, and hope to search our carriage."

Xiao Heng raised his hand and gave him a gesture to lift the curtain.

The coachman bowed and raised the curtain to the maximum so that the imperial guards could see the carriage clearly.

Xiao Heng sat in the carriage with a serious face, his appearance was young and handsome, but his aura was exceptionally strong, and his eyes showed an aura of calm and prestige: "Several adults, do you need to come up and search carefully?"

The commander was amazed by Xiao Liulang's appearance and aura, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He probably realized that he had lost his composure, so he lowered his head in a panic, bowed his hands and said, "No need! You guys have already seen clearly. , disturbed Master Xiao, I hope Master Xiao will forgive me!"

Xiao Heng is someone who is valued by both the emperor and the empress dowager, even if the commander had the guts, he would not dare to offend him lightly, not to mention that he just stared at him like that, it seemed impolite.

"It's okay." Xiao Heng said.

The commander said politely: "The little ones will continue to look for someone, Master Xiao will leave."

Xiao Heng nodded: "Farewell."

The commander intends to take the rest of the imperial guards to search the nearby shops. As soon as he turned around, he heard the sound of something dripping on the ground.

Yuan Tang suddenly changed color!

His blood dripped to the ground along the cracks in the floor!

It's over!

He is going to be found!

"What are you doing in a daze!" Xiao Heng sternly said to the coachman, "How long do you want me to bleed? Hurry up and go to the clinic!"

The coachman was taken aback.

Is your lord injured?

when?

Xiao Heng's burst of aura at that moment was so strong that the coachman didn't have the courage to ask him what's wrong, so he hurriedly put down the curtain and said, "Yes! Yes! I'm going to the medical clinic right now!"

The moment before the curtain was lowered, the commander saw blood oozing from under Xiao Liulang's right foot.

So Master Xiao was really injured?

The commander frowned. There was some suspicion, but he was afraid of Xiao Liulang's identity, and at the same time he didn't think Xiao Liulang would lie, so he didn't go up to check in the end.

The coachman drove the carriage towards the nearest medical clinic, but suddenly he heard Mrs. Xiao in the carriage say, "I'm not going to the medical clinic anymore, go to the North City Gate."

"Ah?" The coachman was startled again, "Master Xiao, aren't you injured? The clinic is coming soon."

"I remembered that there was medicine for golden sores in the carriage, so I'll just apply some ointment myself."

"Then, that's fine." The coachman was at a loss, completely unable to understand why the lord changed his temper so quickly, "Are you going to the North City Gate?"

Xiao Heng said in a normal tone: "I originally planned to go in the afternoon, but after thinking about it, I'd better go now."

"Okay." The coachman was humble and did not dare to intervene in Xiao Heng's official affairs, so he drove the carriage to the North City Gate.

Xiao Heng showed the token of the Ministry of Punishment: "Investigate the case."

The city guards let them go.

Xiao Heng went to the nearest post station outside the North City Gate.

"You give the horse something to eat," he told the driver.

"Yes."

The coachman took off the reins and shafts, and took the horses to the stable of the post station.

Xiao Heng got out of the carriage with a calm expression.

He sat in the station for a quarter of an hour before returning to the carriage, and at this time, there was no smell of Yuan Tang in the carriage.

The coachman walked over leading the fed horse: "My lord!"

Xiao Heng said indifferently: "Go back to Beijing."