In the end, Ren Fang politely rejected Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan's attempts to win over him, which disappointed both Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan.

After walking out of the palace and before the two of them went back to their mansions, Xiao Yuan suddenly stopped, looked at Xiao Ting with a smile, and said, "Brother Wang, do you really think that the Renfang family was kidnapped by Xiangmei?"

Xiao Ting was startled, met Xiao Yuan's gaze, and asked, "What else?"

Xiao Yuan said slowly: "I feel that Xiangmei may not do such a thing with her usual personality."

Xiao Ting was happy and asked with a smile: "If it's not Xiangmei, who can it be?"

Xiao Yuan shrugged, saying that he didn't know either. After pondering for a while, he changed the topic and said half-jokingly: "Brother Wang, you didn't do it, did you? Otherwise, how could Brother Wang be so confident in front of Ren Fang just now?

What’s the guarantee that his family will be found?”

Xiao Ting was stunned for a moment, then he looked up and smiled, and said: "How can Brother Yuan take the words of comfort for a moment seriously? But having said that, I think Brother Yuan is probably the one who planned this matter."

"oh?"

"Brother Yuan has secretly cultivated many cronies, and his dead men must be in the thousands, if not tens of thousands. And as far as I know, Brother Yuan also has internal agents in the Lieutenant's Mansion. He wants to obtain the armaments and seals of the Lieutenant's Mansion.

It’s not difficult.”

Xiao Yuan blinked his eyes, then burst out laughing, cupped his hands to Xiao Ting and said, "Brother Wang, you and I should stop being suspicious of each other. Now, we should cooperate sincerely."

"What Brother Yuan said makes sense." Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan each had their own agenda, and they talked about it for a while before going back to their homes.

On the surface, Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan seem to have united, but in fact, neither of them trusts the other, and each has his own plans. Both of them want to seek the throne, so how can they sincerely do so?

What about truly trusting the other party?

Let's talk about letting it go. After bidding farewell to Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan, he immediately mobilized troops and horses, and first conducted a comprehensive search of the residences of the officials in the DPRK.

The ministers in the court had all agreed to accept Ren Fang's search. Now that Ren Fang's soldiers were visiting with great fanfare, they naturally could not stand up to stop him.

However, the results of the search disappointed Ren Fang. The information returned by various people was basically the same. There were no clues and no trace of his family was found. Then Ren Fang personally led people to search the prince's mansion and the princess everywhere.

Mansion.

The first thing he went to search was Xiao Xiang's princess palace. Now the most powerful party in the court was Xiao Xiang's faction, and the person Ren Fang wanted to eliminate first was Xiao Xiang.

When Ren Fang led people to the princess's mansion, all the gates of the princess's mansion were opened, and they were ready to be searched.

There was another guard leader waiting outside the door. After seeing Ren Fang, he quickly walked forward, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "General Ren, the princess has been waiting in the lobby for a long time."

Ren Fang nodded, turned around and said to his generals: "Be careful when searching. Do not damage any plants or trees in the princess's mansion, let alone disturb the people in the princess's mansion."

"General, I obey!" All the generals stepped in and responded.

After explaining, Ren Fang followed the leader of the guards into the princess mansion and went straight to the lobby. Xiao Xiang had indeed been waiting for him for a long time. When she saw Ren Fang walking in from the outside, she said with a smile: "I thought General Ren would

The first one to come check out my palace is the princess’s mansion.”

Ren Fang's face straightened, he bowed and saluted, and said: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid. If there is anything that disturbs the princess today, I hope the princess will be spared."

"General Ren, you don't have to be polite. Speaking of which, you can be regarded as my savior. Such a big thing happened in General Ren's family, so I should help you." Xiao Xiang smiled and waved her hand, saying: "General Ren, please take a seat.

!”

"Thank you, Your Highness, Princess." Ren Fang saluted again, and then knelt down beside him. Soon, a servant brought tea, cakes, and fruits, which were placed in front of him one by one.

Xiao Xiang asked lightly: "I heard that General Ren went to search the official residences of the ministers first?"

"Exactly."

"How is the result?"

Ren Fang shook his head slightly and whispered: "Nothing was found."

Xiao Xiang was not surprised. If there had been any discovery, Ren Fang would not have come to her. She said slowly and lightly: "It makes sense that such a big thing is beyond the ability of the ministers in the DPRK."

Arrived."

Ren Xin was disturbed and asked: "What does Her Royal Highness mean..."

Xiao Xiang said quietly: "I think that the first person to win over General Ren should be the most suspicious person."

Ren Fang understood what she meant. She was obviously alluding to Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan. Interestingly, Xiao Ting and Xiao Yuan also said in front of him that Xiao Xiang was the most suspicious. Before he could answer, Xiao Xiang

He continued: "I know that the two royal brothers will definitely tell General Ren that I am the real culprit behind the scenes. However, I can honestly tell General Ren that if you want to achieve great things, I don't bother to use such despicable methods."

Even without the help of General Ren, I am bound to win the throne, and no one can stop me!" When speaking, Xiao Xiang's eyes shone brightly, her chin was slightly raised, her expression was high, and her spirit was revealed.

Naturally exuding an aura of indifference.

Ren Fang had not seen such a domineering Xiao Xiang for a long time. For a moment, he even had the illusion that the person sitting in front of him was not the princess, but the king.

His mind flashed, and he subconsciously straightened his body, lowered his head and said, "Yes! I will understand."

"As long as General Ren understands." The sharpness on Xiao Xiang's face disappeared, and a soft smile appeared again, and she said calmly: "I am just worried that General Ren will be provoked by traitors and do irrational things."

"Thank you for your concern, princess. I will keep my mind on my own," Ren Fang said sternly.

"Yes!" Xiao Xiang nodded, and then said meaningfully: "If we continue searching like this, there will be no results at all..."

As soon as she finished speaking, a subordinate of Ren Fang strode in from outside. He first saluted Xiao Xiang, then came to Ren Fang and whispered: "General, the vestibule of the Princess's Mansion has been searched.

,not found."

Ren Fang didn't say much, but waved his hand outward without leaving any trace. The general bowed and left. After the general left, Ren Fang looked at Xiao Xiang in confusion and asked, "I wonder what the princess said?

speak?"

Xiao Xiang smiled and said: "If the person who instigated the gangster was me, do you think I would be stupid enough to hide your family in my own house?"

Ren let go of his consciousness and took a breath, rolled his eyes, pondered for a long time, and said: "However, all the places that can be searched in Zhaoyang City have been searched, and the general has found no trace of his family."

The smile on Xiao Xiang's face grew stronger, and she said pointedly: "After all, there will be some places that General Ren cannot search." As she spoke, she yawned, then stood up and said:

"I'm tired. General Ren, please sit down for a moment. I'd like to excuse you."

Ren Fang hadn't yet understood the meaning of Xiao Xiang's words, but when he saw that she was already walking out, he couldn't forcefully ask her, so he had to stand up in a hurry, cupped his hands and saluted, "I will send you off to the princess."

Shortly after Xiao Xiang left, the generals who searched various parts of the Princess Mansion returned one after another. Everyone brought back the same information. No trace of the gangsters was found, let alone any trace of the family members.

No clues were found in the princess's mansion. Ren Fang was not surprised. Xiao Xiang was the first to stand up and express her willingness to accept his search. If there were really hostages hidden in her mansion, how could she dare to do so?

This result also made Ren Fang relax. At least it was confirmed that the matter had nothing to do with the fifth princess, and he no longer had to be an enemy of the fifth princess.

However, the last words Xiao Xiang said to him kept lingering in his mind. The ministers, young masters, and princesses had all been searched by him, so what else could Zhaoyang fail to search by himself? Is the princess making a fool of herself, or was it true?

What have you overlooked?

Ren Fang left the princess's mansion with a lot of questions, and then he took people to Xiao Ting's son's mansion.

In the next two days, Ren Fang personally led the troops and searched all the princes and princess mansions. The search was so careful that only three feet of the ground was not dug. However, the final result was the same. No discovery was found and no clues.

, nothing was found.

At this point, the huge Zhaoyang City had been turned upside down by Ren, but his family and the gangsters seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, leaving no trace behind.

Now that six days have passed since the day his family was kidnapped, Ren Fang really fell into despair. After thinking about it, he finally decided to seek help from one person, Xiao Xiang.

He knew very well that Xiao Xiang would never help him without any reason. The only result of asking Xiao Xiang for help would be to surrender to her and join Xiao Xiang's family, but now he couldn't control that much.

It seemed that Ren Fang had expected that Ren Fang would visit again. Xiao Xiang was not surprised at all and received Ren Fang calmly and calmly.

After the meeting, Xiao Xiang pretended to be concerned and asked: "General Ren, have you found out the whereabouts of your family in the past few days?"

Ren Fang smiled bitterly. In the past, he only knew that Xiao Xiang was an arrogant and willful princess who relied on the king's favor. She was arrogant and arrogant. He didn't know when she had become so scheming and wealthy.

He shook his head and said: "Reporting to the princess, the general... has never found any clues."

"Oh?" Xiao Xiang said slowly: "It is impossible for the dozen or so living people and the hundreds of gangsters to all disappear inexplicably. Even if they are dead, there should be corpses left. Presumably, any

The general still hasn’t searched all the places in the city!”

Ren Fang sighed. He really didn't have the patience to play charades with Xiao Xiang now. He raised his hands and said, "The general has indeed searched all the places in the city. If there are still some omissions, please... please let the princess know for sure!"

"Haha, so General Ren came to visit today to ask for my help?" Xiao Xiang stood up, walked around the table, and came to Ren Fang. Seeing that the latter was about to get up, she waved her hand.
Chapter completed!