Return of the Swallow

By this time, the diggers had been working in the rain for a whole afternoon, and everyone was exhausted, cold and hungry.

But Pang Xiao refused to stop. He pursed his lips and carefully cleaned the mud and muddy water, carefully looking for clues by dim candlelight, not even wanting to let go of a thread.

Seeing that he was suddenly looking so carefully, the elite tiger guards also squatted beside him.

"Your Majesty, aren't we looking for someone?"

Pang Xiao said in a dry voice: "I'm making sure there are Sister Yi's accessories here. You guys should also watch carefully. Not only are we looking for people, we can't let go of any clues."

"Yes." The four elite tiger guards took the order and started rummaging through the mud seriously, not even letting go of any details.

The Longxiang soldiers who were originally extremely tired, after hearing the conversation between Pang Xiao and Li Qitian just now, and seeing Pang Xiao's affectionate and unrepentant appearance, they no longer felt tired and cold for a moment, and they all spontaneously helped. .

Li Qitian was watching people counting the large boxes that had just been brought up. When he found that most of the boxes were empty, with only a layer of silver ingots placed on top, he was completely discouraged.

There is no treasure in this cave!

He was willing to sacrifice the lives of so many elite tiger guards in order to find the treasure, but now he was in vain. Not only did he expose his thoughts, but he might also be hated by Pang Xiaoji!

Li Qitian looked at Pang Xiao who was rummaging carefully in the cave. Seeing how crazy he looked, he couldn't help but clench his teeth and feel nervous.

They have conquered the world together. Others don't understand Pang Xiao's character, but he understands it. After losing the princess this time, Pang Xiao may not necessarily love Qin Yining very deeply, but it hurts his dignity and involves his reputation, so this matter will never be let go easily.

It would be great if Qin Yining could find him. He could also catch him and interrogate him, and then he would be justified.

But if Qin Yining really died like this, not only would there be no evidence of his death, but now that these big boxes are in front of him, he is also suspected of killing his wife for the treasure.

Qin Yining's father is Qin Huaiyuan, whom he has always wanted to reuse, and her husband is a military commander who intimidates the other side. If these two men had a conflict with him, the consequences would be disastrous.

When Li Qitian thought about this, he only felt regretful. If he had known this, he should have investigated clearly this time before taking action. Now the cave has collapsed and there is no evidence to prove it.

He has nothing to say even if he makes sense, and instead attracts criticism.

However, when he picked up the silver ingot and looked closely, Li Qitian found that the silver was indeed made by Dayan in the past, and he felt better after all.

In this way, it is even more proof that the silver came from that batch of treasures.

It seems the real treasure may be nearby.

Li Qitian did not hesitate, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered Long Xiang's army not to gather here, and began to explore nearby. An hour later, the entire cave appeared in front of everyone while everyone was busy but not panicking.

There was no treasure, just corpses dressed in Longxiang military uniforms and civilian clothes.

After counting the points, Li Qitian discovered that the Long Xiang army he had assigned was completely wiped out!

With no whereabouts of the money and the loss of so many people, Li Qitian became dejected and angry.

He clapped his hands at the fake boxes. Such a small amount of money was not even a drop in the bucket for the currently depleted national treasury and internal funds.

I heard that Pang Xiao donated 50,000 taels to provide disaster relief? A prince can get this money, but he--\u003e\u003e

This emperor has yet to send relief rice and money. How do outsiders think of him?

Pang Xiao cleaned up the entire cave and found Qin Yining's body, so he finally felt a little more relaxed.

At least this can prove that Qin Yining may not be dead.

Pang Xiao immediately ordered the Jinghu Guards and Huzi around him: "Deploy manpower to surround the area. Don't let go of any clues. We must find the whereabouts of the princess!"

"Yes!" Huzi and the Jinghu Guards responded in a deep voice and went down to do their work one after another.

Li Qitian saw Pang Xiao shirtless and covered in mud, and finally couldn't hold it back and said: "Come up and rest for a while, and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up. Haven't you found Mrs. Qin now? Maybe she is still alive. , maybe there is something important that got me stuck. If you want to find her, you have to make sure you are well first."

Having said this, before Pang Xiao could answer, Li Qitian already had a guess in his mind.

Qin Yining might be looking for treasure!

It seems that Pang Xiao still needs to be closely guarded here!

Pang Xiao had no intention of resting at all. He politely declined Li Qitian's arrangement and continued to lead people to search near the cave. He even went into the cave where Bingtang and Jiyun had previously hidden. As a result, there was no whereabouts of Qin Yining.

Pang Xiao then expanded the scope, using the borrowed Longxiang Army to cooperate with the Jinghu Guards to expand the search circle in the vicinity, searching like a carpet, not sparing any grass or trees, just trying to find some clues.

One day later, Pang Xiao found four seriously injured people: Jingzhe, Xiaoxue, Xiaoman and Dahan.

They were all unconscious and placed in a cave. Their injuries were simply treated. It was obvious that someone had placed them here.

Pang Xiao's heart was beating fast, and he wanted to know what happened at that time, but Bingtang and Jiyun hadn't woken up yet, and the four spies were also unconscious.

At this time, relief from the disaster area finally arrived.

Although there were not many, since many of the victims had already died, Li Qitian could still afford to feed the remaining ones, so Pang Xiao completely gave up on matters in the disaster area and concentrated on searching for Qin Yining's whereabouts.

However, after hearing the awake Bingtang and Jiyun describe the situation in the cave in detail, Pang Xiao still felt his heart become cold, and fear swept through his body.

"She was stabbed?"

"Yes, in order to protect the slave, the princess hid the slave behind the box, saying that she could not escape, and told me to survive, find the prince, and warn the prince to be careful."

Pang Xiao closed his eyes, the pain in his heart was like a knife twisting.

Ji Yun weakly explained the situation in detail, and finally said: "I don't know who is more brave than the dead soldiers brought by Mr. Lu. We were all injured at that time, and the cave collapsed too badly. , it was pitch dark, I couldn’t see anything clearly, I wanted to rush over, but the roof collapsed and blocked the way. Bingtang called me at this time and pulled me to hide behind the box. Later, when the ground collapsed, we had no choice but to get in next to it. Although there was ventilation and water at the entrance of the cave, we really couldn't get out. Fortunately, the prince came and rescued the slave."

Speaking of this, Ji Yun burst into tears, "It is useless for me to protect the princess. I am really unworthy of the prince."

Ji Yun knelt down on the ground and kowtowed in shame.

PS: The scumbag author was overjoyed too early. Not only did his stomach trouble relapse, but he also had high blood pressure. This autumn was really difficult, as it seemed that all the illnesses he had accumulated in the past recurred. There are two more updates tonight, currently working hard...