As night fell, Yan Li walked back with a depressed expression. Under the elegance, he personally searched one place after another, even under Xuexia, he searched again: he didn't find Rong Changan's body. Does this mean that Rong Changan is still alive
At that time, Yan Li's eyes flashed with joy. However, when he heard the howling of wolves in the deep valley forest, his spirit disappeared immediately.
So, he made another decree: "Tomorrow Xiong Yanchao will bring soldiers and horses to kill all the wolves in the forest and valleys!
It started to rain again, and it was cold enough in the cold winter night, but now it was drenched by rain again, and many guards sneezed.
Some chattered their upper and lower teeth, and some simply started trotting. Lin Hai rode his horse and galloped forward, seeing a dim yellow house lamp hidden in the forest, not only his brows were filled with joy.
"Your Majesty, there is a family in front, why don't you go in and enjoy the fire first, and when the rain stops, how about we go back to the capital?"
Yan Li nodded expressionlessly.
This is a farm house, there is no gate, only a firewood door outside the yard. Just as Lin Hai was about to untie Chai Fei's rope, a black figure jumped out of nowhere, opened its bloody mouth, and was about to bite Lin Hai's arm.
Lin Hai was taken aback, and cold sweat broke out from behind his back. With a move with his right hand, he drew out the big knife straddling his waist. With the back of the knife, he swooped and hit the dog on the head. The dog fell into the snow and barked, but never dared to attack Lin Hai again. attacked.
The owner of the house came out and complained: "It's cold, it's snowing, and it's raining, who is it?"
A disheveled woman came out of the thatched hut, and she was very surprised to see a golden armored warrior standing outside Chai Fei, with piercing eyes. Not far away, a string of lanterns were lit, and there were many people with guns and sticks. She was even more afraid.
"You... you are?"
Seeing that it was a woman, Lin Hai smiled slightly and said, "Hi, we are passing by. It's raining now, and it's too cold. Can I warm up with you and wait until the rain stops?"
Woman: "You are not bandits, are you?"
Lin Hai smiled and showed two rows of big white teeth: "Is there such a well-dressed bandit? If it's a bandit, I won't knock on the door and just go in. Your watchdog can just kill and eat."
The woman was still hesitating: "I'll go back to the room first and ask my guy. If he agrees, you can start a fire in the thatched cottage."
Lin Haidao: "Go and report, our master is working hard in the rain."
The woman went away for a while and came back: "My lady agreed, you come in."
Lin Hai cupped his fists: "Thank you so much!"
So Yan Li, Xiong Yanchao, Lin Hai and a few others built a fire in the thatched cottage to keep warm. The other guards were also scattered in various places to make fires.
Lin Hai took out dry food, roasted it on the fire, and handed it to Yan Li: "Your Majesty, we've been looking for it for a day, and you're hungry too, let's eat something!"
Yan Li shook his head.
Lin Hai sighed, and had to share the dry food with Xiong Yanchao.
The woman took out a soup bucket and a spoon in her hand, came to Lin Hai and the others, and brought a few more bowls. She scooped up a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Lin Hai:
"This is the soup that my friend told me to make. I'll give you a sip to warm your body."
Lin Hai took the bowl, but held it to Yan Li with both hands: "Your Majesty, drink some hot soup."
Yan Li waved his hand, but refused to drink.
Lin Hai couldn't stand it any longer: "If Empress Rong sees you so depressed, she must be unhappy. For her sake, take a sip of the soup too!"
Yan Li said sadly: "The Queen's ending is so miserable, it's all because I'm too ruthless. Even if there are delicacies from mountains and seas in the future, I won't be able to eat them well."
Lin Hai: "The matter is irreversible. What the emperor can do is to protect the dragon's body and help the world and the people. This is also the queen's wish."
"Help the world and the people?" Yan Li remembered Rong Chang'an's name, "Do you know why Empress Rong is called Chang'an?"
Lin Hai and Xiong Yanchao heard Rong Chang'an himself say: "The queen aspires to Chang'an for the country and Chang'an for the people, so she named it Chang'an."
"Exactly! Now that the empress is gone, not only will I lose a lovely wife, but I will also lose a like-minded friend."
After hearing Yan Li's words, Lin Hai and Xiong Yanchao also sighed and burst into tears.
After about half an hour, the rain stopped. Without saying a word, Yan Li walked out of the thatched cottage, got on the horse, and left slowly.
Lin Hai said to the woman, "Thank you for taking me in. Why don't you ask your husband to come out so we can thank him?"
The woman said: "He is sick in bed and can't move. How can he come out to see you! He is very kind. He told me to go to the kitchen to boil soup and water for you when he heard that you were drenched by the rain."
Xiong Yanchao hurriedly chased Yan Li, took out an ingot of ten taels of silver, and put it in the woman's hand: "This is to thank you, I won't say more, we are going back with the master!"
The ten taels of silver is a bit heavy, and the woman can hardly hold it: "This...how can this be done!"
He wanted to return it, but Lin Hai, Xiong Yanchao, and the guards had already gone to Mali.
The woman hurriedly brought the silver to the back room: "Old man, they gave me a big silver!" With a snap, she threw it on the table.
Her husband came out of the bedroom and said angrily, "Didn't I tell you that you can't accept their money, why don't you listen to me! He is the emperor!"
He threw the silver on the table vigorously, and threw it on the snow outside.
Woman: "I don't want to take it either. They won it and gave it to me."
I only heard a beautiful voice from another room: "Since they gave it, you can take it. Eunuch Fan, it is not easy for you and your wife to make a living in this deep mountain and old forest. Let me borrow flowers to offer Buddha to repay you." Your saving grace."
It turned out that this old man was Yan Li's personal eunuch before, because he participated in Qiu Quan's rebellion, he wanted to escape and was seen by Rong Chang'an. Rong Changan felt sorry for him, so he let him go.
He has no one to rely on, and wanders here. It happened that the woman's man died, so Eunuch Fan stayed here as her husband. Unexpectedly, on that day, Eunuch Fan went out to find some game, saw Rong Changan dying in the snow, and rescued her.
Eunuch Fan felt very uncomfortable: "Queen Rong, you once saved my life. I should save your life now. It's just that I don't understand. I want to ask the queen a question, but I don't know whether to ask or not."
Rong Changan: "Just say what you have."
Eunuch Fan: "The emperor came here just now, why didn't you go out to meet the emperor? The emperor treats you so well, if not, why would he bring people out of the palace and look for you all over the mountains and plains? The emperor is at fault, but you can't give it to me Is there a chance for the emperor to correct it?"
Rong Chang'an was bored: "I am now charged with assassinating Zixuan and Chu Fei'er. Even if the prince drowned at the bottom of the well, it has something to do with me. If I go out to meet the emperor, the emperor will definitely bring me back to the palace. In this way Now, how will the people of the world think of the emperor? Will they think that he is a person who does not respect the law and only cares about personal relationships?"
Most importantly, if the court doesn't give Rong Changan a green light, Rong Changan will not go back to the palace with grievances. But in this case, how can you tell Eunuch Fan!
"Don't tell me about returning to the palace, I have my own measure."
Eunuch Fan sighed: "Do you think the emperor just let it go?"
Rong Changan: "What do you mean?"
Eunuch Fan smiled: "The emperor is a smart man, could it be that he couldn't see some flaws just now?"
Rong Changan looked at Eunuch Fan, wanting to hear him explain why Yan Li left and returned.