Chapter 336: go home with me

The weather outside is clear and clear, but the secret road is dark and shadowless, without any boundary.
Leng Yiyao walked along this path for about ten minutes, and found that the surroundings were still pitch dark. If it weren't for lighting with a mobile phone, it is estimated that people in front and back and left and right could collide with each other.
"Where does this secret road lead?" She asked without stopping under her feet.
Lu Chen was a little embarrassed: "I don't know." He really didn't know. The reason why he knew this secret path was also by chance. It's impossible for him to grab his mattress and play under his own father's eyelids.
Leng Yiyao suddenly felt that she might have overestimated someone's IQ.
Sigh, go forward as usual.
Lu Chen saw her back straight. In such a dark and narrow place, the widest place could only allow two people to walk side by side. In most places, even her limbs could not be stretched completely, but she seemed to be walking unaware. Extremely fast.
Subconsciously, he wanted to move forward a little bit to avoid her standing alone in the front. In case of an emergency, someone might help her block her.
She stood in front lazily: "Don't make trouble."
Only two words attracted the people behind to look at each other.
If it wasn't for the current situation, they would almost laugh out loud.
His Royal Highness was so coaxed as a child, it was too inconsistent with his temperament.
"Laugh what you laugh!" Lu Chen's face suddenly turned dark, and he almost forgot. Leng Yiyao became overbearing, almost lawless. Not to mention giving him face, it is clear that as long as she is willing, she will be able to do it every day.
The head guard lowered his head, his expression almost a bit difficult to describe.
Your Majesty, in fact, under such circumstances, there is a lot of rumors, but your attitude of pitying and pitying jade just now is a bit too awkward. Especially, the other party is just a seventeen-year-old girl. You can't stand up in front of her, it's not good, very bad.
Leng Yiyao felt that this group of people were really Lu Chen's confidantes, and they all followed his temperament-big heart!
This secret passage is the emperor’s exclusive passage anyway, so how come all the brains have been opened to a hundred and eight thousand miles?
"Here." She raised her head, preparing to complain, vaguely seeing a light source not far away. Looking at the distance, it should be not far away.
As her voice fell, as expected, everyone behind her straightened up subconsciously, their expressions no longer as easy as the joke.
The guards took out their weapons one after another, and this time, regardless of Leng Yiyao's reaction, Lu Chen walked forward quickly and rushed to the forefront.
The exit of the passage was unexpectedly spacious. Lu Chen held a gun in one hand and stopped Leng Yiyao's movements with the other. Then, the guards behind him swarmed up.
For a moment, the eyes cannot adapt to the light source in front of them. After walking down the long dim secret road, facing the slightly brighter light, he subconsciously blocked him, and after a few seconds, his vision was slowly restored.
When everyone opened their eyes and looked at everything in front of them, they couldn't help but take a breath.
It turned out to be a huge dark palace.
The interior is magnificent and meticulously crafted, and it is not worse than the palace outside.
There are various food and water storage tanks in the corner, which are full of dangdang. It seems that they are often replaced.
In the middle is the largest palace, and the decoration specifications inside are not inferior to the main hall outside.
"This, this is the underground palace?" The chief guard was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Lu Chen subconsciously. According to legend, in order to avoid the possibility of being captured or assassinated, the royal family would build an identical bedroom under the palace. In times of crisis, the emperor could take refuge in the underground palace. The food, clothing, housing and transportation inside are not inferior to the palace itself. I thought it was just a legend that adults lied to children. I never thought that there really is such a place!
"It should be." Lu Chen looked around and found that the structure of the building was extremely complex, and there was no gap between the walls and the ground. I touched the wall, but it doesn't look like the craftsmanship of recent years, it should be an antique built many years ago. If the guess is correct, it should be a secret passed on to the next generation of princes by word of mouth before generations of emperors face danger. Otherwise, he would not have seen such a place for the first time in the palace for so many years.
Leng Yiyao also walked out of the secret road slowly at this time.
Unlike the dark underground palace in the imagination, lighting systems are installed everywhere in it, and the light is bright, so that people can clearly see everything: "Go and search to see if the royal doctor is here."
She frowned, and the strange smell in the air gave her a premonition that was not so good.
Sure enough, as soon as her voice fell, everyone's expressions shook. Lu Chen's chief guard and others didn't need to look at the master's eyes, so they immediately divided into four teams according to Leng Yiyao's instructions, and spread out towards the southeast, northwest and northwest. .
For a while, only Leng Yiyao and Lu Chen were left in the main hall, and the atmosphere became a little more subtle.
"I heard that you spent the night in the Marshal's Mansion?" Lu Chen lowered his head, quietly found a clean place, and let Leng Yiyao sit down, but there was a bleak breath on his face. A royal feast, I thought it would be an opportunity for myself to stand up, let the news of Leng Yiyao's heart spread to every corner of the imperial capital, to inform the world. Who ever thought it was self-defeating. When the Marshal appeared that day, although he did not take off his mask, Frey's bow and attendant had already made everyone acquiesce in their identity. Therefore, even the news that Leng Yiyao was in and out of the Marshal's Mansion some time ago, and the news that the Marshal arranged for his guard officer to accompany her to return to City D were all confusing. It can be said that the distance between the two of them is getting farther and farther.
Looking at Lu Chen’s face, Leng Yiyao is different from Hemo, who is as steady as a mountain anytime and anywhere. Although everything about him has been in front of others, Lu Chen always seems to subconsciously remove his mask and make himself original. The state of being presented in front of her.
"Overnight?" She thought for a while, these two words, deep down, can be living in the same room, shallowly speaking, staying in a marshal's mansion. "What do you think I would do if I stayed overnight with Hemo?"
A light flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. It was an expression that he was about to reach a dead end, only to realize that he had not completely fallen into the Jedi. Suddenly, a sudden realization and surprise were added, and all kinds of expressions flashed across his face.
Leng Yiyao looked helpless. Before he could continue to speak, she said: "However, I did stay in the Marshal's Mansion for a few nights. And..." She paused, and simply said clearly: "The place I live now is also arranged by Hemo."
Lu Chen's eyes looked like fireworks disappeared, but what remained after the ecstasy was a desolation. He lowered his head, his expression was blank for a moment, but for a long time, but he smiled bleakly, and the voice in his mouth became deeper and deeper: "I know."
Since that day, when Frey knocked on his father's door, he heard the news. It's just that, telling myself repeatedly, those are not important. After all, when she arrived in the imperial capital, it was not surprising that Hemo helped her arrange these for the first time....
It's just that, nowadays, it has always been nothing but self-deception.
From the perspective of Hemo's personality that has never been involved with the opposite for so many years, she is indifferent and arrogant, but will put down her body and arrange everything in advance for her...
"Am I incomparable to him at all?" The corners of his lips trembled slightly and his expression was silent. For a moment, what Leng Yiyao saw on him was desolate.
I still remember the first time they met. That time, she walked through the promenade of the D City Hotel and walked into the suite where Hemo stayed in front of him without squinting. He looked at the closed door with an angry look, and ordered someone to hit the door directly!
How frank at that time!
Straight forward, without concealing his temperament.
Even knowing Hemo on the bar is not wise and he has no scruples.
At that time, he was clearly still a big prince who did not grow up at all, but now he is already the heir to the royal family who walks on the tightrope and the abyss at his feet.
"You are completely different from him." Leng Yiyao sighed. Lu Chen was too used to going smoothly. He had always grown up in good times. The emperor had arranged everything for him in advance. Therefore, it is possible to cultivate such a pampered character in such a powerful royal family. Unlike Hermo...
Leng Yiyao recalled last night when the other party actually put her down at the intersection, and couldn't help but smile.
That man is confident and strong enough. Even if it is a road paved with blood, he can set foot on it without hesitation!
He didn't ask himself why he insisted on getting involved in the royal disputes because he trusted her. It was like knowing that he would probably have too much contact with Lu Chen because of this, and he did not blindly stop it.
What he gave her is total respect and freedom. All this, in this desert country where men are inferior to women, is simply unimaginable!
Lu Chen looked at Leng Yiyao's slightly soft profile, his facial features glowing softly in the shadow of the lamp. It was an emotion that was rarely shown in front of him. His heart was aching, knowing that she might be thinking of another person...
"I don't want to give up." He bowed his head and said this. The voice was very low, so low that it was almost whispering.
Leng Yiyao did not hear clearly, and was about to ask what he was talking about. Suddenly, a shout came from the north—
"His Royal Highness! Miss Leng! I found the Imperial Doctor!"
The voice came from the north room with a slight tremor, as if the speakers were trembling slightly.
The expressions of the two were taken aback, and in an instant, they got up and rushed towards the north room at the same time.
This is a completely different layout from the main hall, and the layout is not particularly large, but the winding corridor and the ingenious design, there is a living spring in the distance, which seems to be a bath. The water outlet is not big, and the sound of the water flow is farther away, so it is not particularly clear, but depending on the size of the pool, it can accommodate three people.
At this moment, Chief Guard Lu Chen was kneeling on one knee in front of the first step, with a wet body in front of him lying on the ground.
Obviously, it was just picked up from the bath, the water stains on his body are obvious, that face...
Lu Chen subconsciously wanted to blindfold Leng Yiyao's eyes, but met her slightly smiling eyes, and then subconsciously realized that the other party's courage was still higher than that of him. How could he be afraid of seeing the dead?
For a moment, there was a slight fever on his face, like a distraction, and he said to the head guard who was squatting over there: "What is going on?"
The chief guard carefully inspected the body and confirmed that the other party had lost his breath, shook his head, and sighed: "Your Royal Highness, Miss Leng, the doctor is dead."
The two of them made a slight expression and took a step forward. Sure enough, the silent corpse lying on the ground was the doctor who treated His Majesty last night. The long robe was already glued to his body, and his face was dead white. There was panic and despair on his face, as if he had discovered that he was dead soon. The struggle and panic were almost clear at a glance.
It seemed that he was dead a long time ago, and the skin started to swell after being soaked in this place. If it takes longer, I am afraid that even the human will be almost gone.
"Can you find out the cause of death?" Leng Yiyao took a closer look. The place where he was wearing clothes was covered. The exposed skin was soaked in water for too long and there was no obvious injury. It was difficult to tell him. Cause of death.
The head guard's face was ugly, and he shook his head with difficulty: "I'm afraid that an autopsy will be needed to determine the real cause of death."
Because the live spring has temperature, it is very difficult to determine the death time of the imperial doctor from the body temperature. It is more difficult to determine the cause of death based on appearance.
Lu Chen's eyes were cold and he raised his head and glanced around.
Except for this bath, there are simple tables and chairs beside it, with no weapons, and nothing conspicuous.
Was the imperial physician caught here and drowned alive, or did he have other secrets?
"His Royal Highness, what do you do now?" The chief guard raised his head hesitantly. The emperor was seriously ill. The only people who stayed in the palace last night were His Royal Highness and the royal doctor. Now that the imperial doctor is dying in a strange way, there is no evidence for his death. If everyone investigates your Majesty’s condition, they will only think of His Royal Highness Lu Chen...
The head guard shook slightly, his expression a little frozen.
At this moment, the rest of the guards were also attracted by the sound and surrounded them round and round. When I saw the dead bodies on the ground, their expressions were uglier.
The death of Chief Guard Lu hasn't been found out yet, yet another one died?
Who fiddled with the situation behind their backs, and who was it that designed this cycle of murder?
"Call the police." In the cold, a soft and gentle female voice faintly sounded, awakening everyone from contemplation.
Everyone looked at Leng Yiyao in amazement, what did she say?
Leng Yiyao was tired of the cold corpse on the ground, and smiled lazily in this unspeakable silence. "I said, call the police."
"However, your Royal Highness will be regarded as the first suspect." The chief guard was excited for a while and suddenly stood up. Regardless of other things, just last night in the emperor's palace, there were only Lu Chen, the imperial physician, and the sleepy Majesty. The monitoring equipment could not detect the imperial doctor leaving, even if His Royal Highness insisted that he was drugged and unconscious, but there is no evidence!
His Majesty's bedroom is equivalent to a secret room, with a total of three people, and the emperor himself has no mobility. The imperial doctor died bizarrely, or the corpse found in this underground palace, up and down the entire palace, where even the princess did not know. Who else would know such a hidden location?
If they were not the cronies of His Royal Highness Lu Chen and stayed out of the matter, they would immediately have their suspicion on His Highness.
"Do you think that if you hide the body here, nothing can happen?" Leng Yiyao smiled, her eyes calm, but with great pressure. For a moment, everyone shut their mouths, but subconsciously looked in Lu Chen's direction. I have to say that the final decision is in the hands of His Royal Highness. Now, the two grand princes have almost stabbed the scandal out, and there have been rumors about the impropriety of your majesty's throne. If people are doubted again, your majesty is afraid that he will be further and further away from the throne.
With a heavy breath, Lu Chen's gaze flicked across the faces of his subordinates. For a long time, he slowly closed his eyes and said quietly: "Listen to her."
"His Royal Highness!" The head guard raised his head incredulously and raised his voice almost subconsciously.
"I said, listen to her!" Lu Chen opened his eyes, a cold and harsh air rushing toward him, and everyone was startled. For a time, the guard was speechless and could not believe that this was the person he had been loyal to. His Royal Highness has no doubt about Miss Leng's words so determined and willful?
Leng Yiyao calmly watched Lu Chen's eyes grow deeper, gently curled her lips, and pointed at the two guards behind at random: "You, take the body out and call the police directly."
"Yes." Seeing that His Royal Highness's face had completely sunk, the two guards did not dare to put their beaks, and honestly moved the corpse of the imperial doctor out along the secret road when they came.
The two princesses were sitting in the bedroom, seeing Lu Chen and they had been down for a long time, there was no movement at all, and they did not dare to call people in at will. For a while, they were anxious. Suddenly, they heard a noise from under the bed, and the two of them looked straight and stood up suddenly.
The next moment, I saw a group of people carrying a corpse up. It was the imperial doctor who had disappeared out of thin air. For a moment, the two princesses leaned back in astonishment and almost fell directly to the ground.
"Come here!" The princess raised her voice subconsciously, and wanted to call someone, but she saw Lu Chen suddenly walk out of the secret road with a cold expression on her face, followed by Leng Yiyao, with a calm expression on her face, suddenly, There was a wave of turmoil in my heart.
"No need." Lu Chen waved his hand, did not look at the look of the princess, but made people call the police directly.
The call was made directly to the police officer who came to the masquerade last night. When the other party heard that there was another murder case, he almost fell from his chair in shock.
Serial homicide?
How could this happen again and again in a place like the imperial palace?
Unthinkable and unbelievable, various expressions drifted across his face. He quickly picked up his emotions, urged that the scene be preserved, and he immediately brought someone to check.
Less than twenty-four hours before the death of Chief Guard Lu, there was another murder case in the palace. If this kind of news were released, it would probably cause immediate chaos in the imperial capital.
Knowing the importance of the matter, the police officer kept going straight to the palace with people.
When I saw the scene of the crime, it turned out to be in the emperor's palace. For a while, I couldn't even speak.
This, how is this good?
Secret roads, underground palaces. According to legend, the secret passed on to the prince before the emperor’s funeral, was the dead found there?
The police officer's expression was a bit awkward, and he seemed to hesitate for a long time before he walked up to Lu Chen. "His Royal Highness, please allow me to take you to the police station. In any case, you need to cooperate in recording your confession this time." What happened last night is fine. After all, everyone has alibi. Everyone is in the banquet hall. Presumably, the time of Guard Lu's death showed that the people in the banquet hall were not the direct murderers. But today is different. It is clear that His Royal Highness Lu Chen is the last person the deceased has ever seen.
"What are you talking about!" The second princess woke up from the dizziness, and heard the police officer say this. She stood up all of a sudden with a cold expression.
This, this is simply funny! A police officer dared to let the heir in the first line of the royal confession to the police station. Who gave him the courage!
"Mother!" Lu Chen shouted suddenly. There was silence in the entire bedroom. The second princess looked at his son in astonishment, her lips trembled, and a terrible hunch struck her heart.
"I'm not afraid of the shadow slanting, anyway, finding out the truth as soon as possible is the most important thing in front of me." He gave Leng Yiyao a fixed look, and then, without saying more, walked out of the bedroom first.
The second princess was irritated and suddenly crooked to the ground. Even the princess who was standing on the side did not expect that Lu Chen, who had always eat and drink, would have this kind of tolerance. For a moment, without knowing why, she subconsciously looked at Leng Yiyao. But seeing the other party raised his eyebrows faintly, without a trace of surprise.
This, what is happening in the underground palace?
Leng Yiyao glanced at His Majesty the Emperor who was lying on the bed. His slightly opened lips were dry and skinned, and he had no strength at all. He seemed to hear the noise around him, but he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes. The breath worsened slightly, but it seemed to be stunned by a nightmare. He didn't have the strength to get up at all. It seemed like a living dead, lying on the bed, motionless.
Leng Yiyao shook her head, but it was only one day that she didn't see her. His Majesty, who was still aloft last night, turned out to be like this.
"Well, Miss Leng..." The police officer's expression was a bit solemn. Although he knew that Leng Yiyao was the Marshal behind him, he still opened his mouth: "Could you please go to the police station with me?"
She raised her head and glanced at the police officer.
The political circles were torn into the water by the two grand princes, and they had no choice but to intervene in the royal disputes. People who can be valued by politics are obviously not stupid. The police officer's skills are not small.
"Okay." She nodded, her face was very talkative, but it made all the people stunned.
In their consternation, Leng Yiyao had already followed Lu Chen's footsteps and left together.
The subordinates brought by the police officer suddenly became more weird. This thought, is it a joy to go to the police station? Why are each one stepping so fast?
However, the suspicion in my heart finally dare not say it casually. After the group returned to the police station, according to management, Leng Yiyao, Lu Chen, and the royal guards were separated in different rooms and recorded confessions at the same time.
According to the results of the autopsy, the death time of the imperial physician was about one or two in the morning.
Because the incident was quite sensitive and the implications were very wide, the police officer "invited" the two grand princes to the police station to record a statement together.
After all, the reporters last night were the two grand princes, but today's reporter was replaced by His Royal Highness Lu Chen. Things are too weird. You must first find out what these royal families were doing when the crime happened.
When the two princes heard that another person had died, they were the emperor's imperial doctors, their expressions were strange, and they snorted, but did not refuse.
Grand Duke Lu Yun was angry and spoke straightforwardly: "Of course I was sleeping at home at one or two in the morning. Isn't it possible to go out and hang out at that time?"
Grand Duke Lu Chong's temperament is relatively deeper, he only smiled faintly, without mood swings: "At that time, I was having supper in the restaurant, and people were all there. You can ask at will.
Everyone's confessions seemed to be nothing suspicious. The police officer frowned and tapped the pen lightly on the desk. There is no evidence and no clues, this serial murder case is so tricky that people are puzzled.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, it took a lot of time to record the confession, and seeing the expressions of the two grand princes became more and more impatient.
He hurriedly winked at his subordinates and decided to send them back.
Who knows, by such a coincidence, when Leng Yiyao and Lu Chen were walking at the door, they happened to meet the two princes.
"After the night road, you will always run into ghosts. Are you saying yes, my good nephew." Grand Duke Lu Yun smiled triumphantly, as if he was joking, and as if pointing to the landing. Chen implied that everything now is the emperor’s murder of his younger brother in the first place.
Grand Duke Lu Chong stood by, watching coldly, without making a sound.
Lu Chen hadn't spoken yet, the guards behind him were already looking ugly, and they were about to jump out to defend their master.
Suddenly, at the entrance of the police station, a black stretched sedan slowly stopped.
The long, straight, military-green legs stepped out of it, and the next moment, the handsome and angry face appeared from the car.
The people standing on the steps arguing suddenly froze, with a strange look.
But seeing that, Hemo stepped up the steps step by step, ignoring everyone's gaze, quietly walked to Leng Yiyao, stretched out his right hand, and smiled softly: "Go, come home with me."