Chapter 559: Chang Yu and Miao Ling (1)
Chapter 559: Chang Yu and Miao Ling (1)
It's the Lantern Festival again.
The triplets from Prince Rong's Mansion are already seventeen years old.
As the eldest son in the family, Shangguan Changyu was named the Crown Prince by the Emperor when he was ten years old.
He has been practicing martial arts and studying military books with his grandfather and father.
However, since Canglan's defeat, there has been no more war in Wei.
However, due to frequent overseas trade, pirates came into being.
Moreover, those pirates were not from the Wei Dynasty, but from Canglan.
There are always people who want to get something for nothing, so in the past two years, he followed his father and the navy to sea to fight pirates twice.
I just returned to Beijing a few years ago, and my father didn't come back because he had to deal with follow-up matters.
"Brother, I want to go see the lanterns, I want to go see the lanterns." Little girl Sibao pestered her brother.
She had been begging her mother since morning, but her mother said that her father was not at home and she could not go out. What if she met a beggar?
But she had never seen a beacon and didn't know what it was.
"Do you want to go alone?" Shangguan Changyu asked quietly.
If it was just the fourth sister alone, he would find a way to secretly take her out.
If the other three also want to go out, it will be difficult.
He can't take care of four five-year-old children.
"It's just me." Sibao's eyes rolled around and he answered immediately.
She would never say that her three younger siblings also wanted to go.
She finally managed to shake off the three and quietly sneaked to the front yard to look for her eldest brother.
"Really?" Shangguan Changyu asked deliberately. He knew that his fourth sister was lying as soon as he saw her little eyes, but he pretended not to see this little lie.
"really."
"Okay, big brother will take you there, but you have to promise to stay with big brother obediently, and then I will take you out secretly."
"it is good."
The brother and sister reached an agreement.
It was almost dusk.
Shangguan Changyu sent a message to his mother, asking her not to worry, and then he took his fourth sister on horseback, wrapping the little one in his arms with only her little head sticking out.
This experience made the little guy very excited.
I can now let myself go without having to travel with the other three.
No matter what the quadruplets do, their mother always makes them all join together, leaving them no private space at all. It's too noisy.
Two servants followed behind him, and there were four people in the dark, all of whom were guards and secret guards trained by the palace.
This is their standard three-pack tire.
Come to the bustling commercial Changping Street.
This street is where the capital's businesses gather, and it is also the busiest place where merchants hold the Lantern Festival every year.
Shangguan Changyu took Sibao to visit each family one by one to appreciate the lanterns and guess lantern riddles. The little guy was so overwhelmed by the number of beautiful lanterns that his eyes were not enough to see them.
Finally they came to the square where the lantern game was played.
"Brother, what is this for?" Sibao asked curiously.
Shangguan Changyu held Sibao and squeezed forward. When he reached the innermost layer, he explained to Sibao.
After hearing this, Sibao became even more excited.
Such an interesting game, she must watch it.
Shangguan Changyu brought his sister with him and didn't dare to sign up, so he could only be a spectator.
The game started soon, and Sibao kept clapping and cheering in the intense scene.
She kept clapping until the end of the game.
As soon as the crowd dispersed, Shangguan Changyu heard two hoarse shouts.
"Ling'er!"
"Ling'er!"
And the voice was familiar. He carried Sibao in his arms and walked quickly towards the source of the voice.
Miao Bingwen and Hua Xiangling were seen as anxious as headless flies, constantly looking for someone in the crowd.
"Auntie Xiang, what happened?" Shangguan Changyu chased after her.
"Wow... Changyu, Ling'er is missing. I was holding her hand just now, but as soon as the game ended and the crowd dispersed, they pushed us away." Hua Xiangling felt like she had seen her savior when she saw Shangguan Changyu, and hurriedly explained the situation.
Miao Ling is their eldest daughter. She is now twelve years old and as beautiful as a flower.
"Just now?"
"Yes, just now."
"Prince, please help us look for it." At this time, Miao Bingwen also pulled his youngest son over.
Today, their family of four also wanted to join in the fun, so they brought their children to visit the lantern festival.
We came here to watch the lantern-grabbing competition. The two children were holding the hands of an adult, but they were separated when they were squeezed.
"Okay, Uncle Miao, Aunt Xiang, don't worry. They may just be separated. Who knows, Sister Ling'er may come here by herself." Shangguan Changyu comforted.
Several people stood there for half a minute and asked the servants to search around.
As a result, most people had left, and Miao Ling didn't show up.
They knew something was wrong.
Hua Xiangling cried even harder.
"It's all my fault. I didn't hold Ling'er tightly."
"Uncle Miao, hurry up and report it to the police. Have the Jingzhao Yin come forward. I think Sister Ling'er might have met with a beggar.
Last year at the Lantern Festival, two noble ladies disappeared, and several young ladies from wealthy families also disappeared. They haven't been found yet."
Shangguan Changyu became extremely anxious when he thought of this possibility.
He was so bold that he actually slapped the county lady's daughter on the head. Moreover, Sister Ling'er often came to the palace to play, and Aunt Xiang was a close friend of his mother. This relationship made him unable to sit idly by.
He also watched his sister Ling'er grow up.
Miao Bingwen ran to Jingzhao Prefecture without saying a word.
Lord Jiang, the Jingzhao Yin, has never resigned from his post.
He knew that today was the Lantern Festival and that public security in the capital was extremely important, so he sent all the officers in the yamen out on patrol.
In addition, the Imperial City Guards were also patrolling the streets.
But even so, he was still worried that nothing would happen.
Just as he was feeling relieved that no one had come to report to the police until now, Miao Bingwen came running over.
"Master Jiang, Master Jiang. My daughter is missing." Miao Bingwen shouted, gasping for breath.
"what?"
Before Lord Jiang could calm down, several more people came to report that their daughters were missing.
Lord Jiang knew that what happened last year had happened again.
They acted a little slower at the time and let those people leave the city.
"Come quickly, go and inform Lord Wei Qu of the Imperial City to close the city gates." Lord Jiang shouted anxiously.
The two noble ladies who disappeared last year were concubines' daughters in the family, so they could still be suppressed. But the one who is missing now is the eldest princess's granddaughter, which is unacceptable.
On the other side, Shangguan Changyu personally sent Hua Xiangling and her son home.
"Aunt Xiang, I will definitely find Sister Ling'er, don't worry."
"Chang Yu, I'm leaving this matter to you."
"Aunt Xiang, give me two things that my younger sister Ling'er often uses. My second brother has a wolfdog that may be able to help." Shangguan Changyu suddenly thought of the big brown-haired boy at home.
My second brother has raised the dog for three years. He likes to train it when he has nothing to do and it is very obedient.
When Hua Xiangling heard this, she immediately asked her maid to get it.
As a result, when the maid came out, she was holding the clothes she had just changed before going to see the lanterns, one of which was a close-fitting bellyband.
The maid was also there just now. When she heard the prince say that he used a dog to find someone, she thought that this was the lady's closest thing and the lady's scent was strongest on it.
When Shangguan Changyu saw the small piece of clothing, his face turned slightly red. It was the first time for him to take such a private item used by a young lady.
But this is not the time to think too much.
He took the things and left. During the whole process, Sibao stayed quietly in his arms.
She knew that Sister Ling might have been captured by the beggars that her mother mentioned. Only then did she realize that her mother was not trying to scare them.
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