Lin Hai was also very sad in his heart: "I chased all the way, but I never saw the shadow of the queen."
Yan Li frowned: "How could the Queen not be seen?"
Lin Hai: "I don't know why, I don't know why, didn't the empress never follow the official path?"
Escorting prisoners to Lingnan, if you don't take the official way, which way can you go
"You didn't ask the restaurants and inns along the way, have you seen the queen and the two officials passing by?"
Lin Hai: "I've asked, and they all said I haven't seen the queen."
This is strange, if Rong Changan and the two officials had never followed the official path, where did they go
"General Lin, pass on my order and immediately lead the troops to search and search around the official road, and make sure to find Queen Rong."
"yes!"
After searching for two days, there was no news. Yan Li stood on the pavilion at the back of the mountain every day, looking south and weeping.
Just at the sad moment, a eunuch came up the mountain with two officials. These two people were Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha who escorted Rong Changan to Lingnan.
"Your Majesty, the person who escorted Empress Rong has returned!" the eunuch said outside the pavilion.
Yan Li suddenly looked outside the pavilion. Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha looked depressed, sniffing their noses and shivering all over, thinking it was too cold all the way back.
"Where is Queen Rong?"
Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha knelt outside, crying.
A heavy shadow enveloped Yan Li's brows and eyes, and he seemed to have a premonition of what Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha were going to say.
"Why are you crying? I asked you something!"
Yan Li had tried his best to suppress his temper, but the voice still startled the two officials, they trembled all over, and their heads could be retracted into their necks.
Song Guancha's thick and dense beard was shiny, and he didn't know if it was snot or tears: "We... we left the capital, walked for two days, and came to a pine forest to rest. Queen Rong said, we are going to go for a walk, we thought She just went to relax. We waited for a long time, but we didn't see her come back. We went out to look for it, and finally came to a high cliff, where there were footprints of Queen Rong. The queen must... must have jumped off the high cliff!"
Like a bolt from the blue! Still Yan Shijie was right, Rong Changan had a strong temper, and he really committed suicide!
"You saw her jump off the cliff with your own eyes?"
Song Guancha and Zhang Guandi said in unison: "We didn't see it, but only saw her footprints on the high cliff. If she didn't jump down, why didn't she see anyone? Not even her footprints?"
When the two officials came back just now, Yan Li's eyes were still shining brightly, but now his eyes are as cold as gray.
"I don't believe it!"
Yan Li grabbed the stone table with both hands, lifted it vigorously, and with a loud crash, the teapot and teacup on the table fell to the ground with a clang, and the tea was poured into the charcoal fire, with a puff, wisps of blue smoke came out.
"I ask you, why don't you walk along the official road? I sent Lin Hai to chase along the official road, why didn't I catch you?"
Song Guancha's legs were trembling, his hands were trembling, and he sniffed his nose: "This..." He squinted at Zhang Guancha, who was calmer next to him.
Zhang Guanchai said: "We also wanted to take the official way, but Empress Rong told us to take the small road. She said that she often went to conquer the Quartet, and knew which road was easy to take and which one was the closest. Brother Song and I insisted on taking the official path." Because the official road is crowded and safe, although the shortcut can shorten the distance, it is also easy to encounter thieves and bandits, and there may be poisonous insects and beasts."
"However, the empress has a bad temper. She insisted on taking the path no matter what. We had no choice but to obey her. Now that I think about it, the reason why the empress took the shortcut is actually to...seek short-sightedness." While talking, Zhang Guancha pulled Song The official poor's skirt, the two kowtowed to Yan Li, like pounding garlic.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Your Majesty, if we know that the Queen has such thoughts, we will not agree with her anyway. We are also responsible for the death of the Queen. Please punish our two brothers, Your Majesty!"
If you want to act, you have to play a full set. Yan Li is a benevolent monarch and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they keep a low profile and pretend to be pitiful and innocent, Yan Li will not punish them. Zhang Guancha heard this experience from Zi Yan.
Yan Li originally wanted to put the two of them in prison, but seeing how loudly they kowtowed, their attitude of admitting their mistakes was also very good; the key point is that Rong Changan is indeed very stubborn, if she is determined to die, how can the two officials stop her? Can live with her!
Yan Li burst into tears like rain, and wet the long sleeves of the yellow robe. After a long time, Yan Li said leisurely:
"It's not your fault! If you want to blame it, blame me. It was I who killed the queen!"
The north wind howled, cutting Yan Li's pale face like a knife. In the past few days, because of Rong Chang'an's affairs, he has lost a lot of weight, his two cheekbones turned blue and white, like two mountain peaks. The crow's feet at the corners of the eyes and the forehead wrinkles on the head have become more and deeper.
"Eunuch Lu, pass on my order. Tomorrow I will lead my troops out of the city to look for Empress Rong. I want to see people in life, and corpses in death. If I can't find Empress Rong, I won't go back to the palace!"
Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha glanced at each other: If Yan Li went to that high cliff and couldn't find anything, what should I do if I suspect them
They met Zi Yan and Li Hao in the same tavern. As soon as they met, Song Guancha couldn't wait to pull Ziyan's sleeve and said:
"It's not good, the emperor will personally lead troops to find Empress Rong tomorrow, if he can't find Empress Rong's body, what should he do?"
Originally, Zi Yan and Li Hao planned to let Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha lie to Yan Li that they had encountered bandits and thieves. But after thinking about it carefully, Rong Changan is so good at martial arts, encountering thieves is a piece of cake for her, and it won't kill her. Unless it is said that she committed suicide, it is a little more reasonable, and Yan Li believes it more.
But now Yan Li wants to lead his troops to look for Rong Changan's body, so what should we do
Zi Yan licked her teeth and looked at Li Hao: "What's your opinion?"
Li Hao snorted coldly: "Then let him look for it! Rong Chang'an will surely die if he loses elegance, and it's none of our business for Yan Li to collect her body!"
A trace of dissatisfaction arose in Ziyan's heart: "At that time, you should have brought people down to Gaoya to look for it. What if she is still alive?"
Li Hao grinned and said, "How can she die on such a high cliff? Even if she doesn't fall to her death, she will freeze to death if it is so cold there. You know, there is no house lamp within a hundred miles. Who will go there?" Save her? Unless it's a god!"
A smile finally appeared on Zi Yan's face: "I hope it's as you said. Now that Rong Chang'an is dead, it's time for you to act."
Greed flashed in Li Hao's eyes: "You are right, it's time for me to act!"
Song Guancha and Zhang Guancha didn't know what Zi Yan and Li Hao were talking about. Zhang Guan was almost impatient: "Concubine Ziyan, did you promise to give me wealth a few days ago?"
Zi Yan covered her mouth and giggled slyly: "How could I forget about the matter of you two brothers?" Zi Yan clapped her hands as she spoke, and the hotel owner went to the back room. After a while, he came over with a bag , placed at the feet of Song and Zhang.