This bit of information made Rong Chang'an and Yan Li's eyes reveal surprise, and they were worried at the same time.
"Could it be that the old lady and Lin Hai have already been murdered?" Rong Chang was worried.
Yan Li's gaze had never been so stern: "Xue'er, that blood stain may not be your stepmother, let's go and have a look."
Rong Changan nodded.
The guard led the two of them to the depths of the forest, where several guards were already waiting with torches.
"The blood is on the snow!" The guard who reported the message pointed to a pine tree and said.
Rong Changan walked over. There was a pool of blood on the snow, and the blood had coagulated at this time. The bloodstains extended to the distance bit by bit, heading southeast.
Yan Li said: "The injured person went southeast."
At this time, the cold wind blew, the pines burst, and the snow rolled on the ground and fell, adding to the coldness, Rong Changan couldn't help shivering.
The bloodstains stretched to the depths of the woods, how can we chase after it, even if we chase it, we will have to do it tomorrow.
Yan Li: "Xue'er, do you want to chase after the blood? They shouldn't be able to escape far. If we rush now, maybe we can catch up with them."
The forest is so deep, the weather is so bad, the terrain is not very familiar, and the enemy has no idea of any conspiracy, so they hurriedly chased him, it was very dangerous. Yan Ligui is the monarch of a country, how can he take such a risk!
Rong Chang'an said: "The blood has dried up, and there are horseshoe marks on the ground. If they were riding horses, they must have gone far away by now. It's late at night, so let's not chase them. Let's talk tomorrow!"
Yan Li was a little surprised by Rong Changan's decision: "You just have the heart to watch those people take your stepmother away?"
A trace of sadness flashed across Rong Changan's eyes: "If they wanted to kill my adoptive mother, they would have killed them in the thatched cottage long ago. There is no need to run away with her as a burden. If my adoptive mother is still alive, even if we are one night late, they will kill her." It won't do anything to her."
Suspicion flashed across Yan Li's cold eyes: Why didn't she let me chase after her? Could it be that she sent someone to set the thatched cottage on fire, to let her foster mother leave in advance so that she could continue to hide her identity
So, he cast a sharp gaze on Rong Changan: "Are you sure you don't want to chase after him?"
Rong Changan: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the thatched cottage! Find a place near the thatched cottage to set up a tent, make do with it tonight, and return to the capital tomorrow."
Yan Li couldn't see any evil light in Rong Changan's penetrating eyes, and couldn't see any dodge, so what's going on? Did she really know nothing about the fire
Follow-up people came to the thatched cottage one after another, and thousands of guards quickly set up the marching tent. Although it was not comfortable in the capital, it was not bad to be able to shelter from the wind and cold.
Since noon, no one had eaten. After setting up the tent, they also started to light a fire to cook food. Yan Li and Rong Changan sat around the fire, seeing that Rong Changan was depressed and didn't want to eat, so he filled a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Rong Changan. The soup was hot and warmed his hands.
"Drink some soup first, and go to Han. You said just now that if your adoptive mother is still alive, there shouldn't be any problems. You don't have to worry too much. Wait until tomorrow, and I will send a cavalry to the southeast to chase after her." go."
Wait until tomorrow to chase after him, and the bloodstains are all gone.
Rong Changan was indeed sad for the old woman, but he was more worried that Ziyan would learn her true identity. Yan Li didn't know, and thought that Rong Changan was really worried about his foster mother.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Rong Changan parted his red lips and took a sip. Lin Hai was so good at martial arts, did he also die in the sea of flames? If he hadn't been buried in the sea of fire, where would he be? That bloodstain, who shed it? Is it Ziyan's person, or the old lady and Lin Hai
Yan Li held Rong Changan's hand, and a warm current passed through Yan Li's hand to Rong Changan's cold body.
"Have you thought about who set the fire?"
Rong Changan only glanced at it for a while, and saw that Yan Li's gaze was probing.
"No, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I can't figure out who set it on fire. Why set it on fire? What happened before it was set on fire?"
Through Rong Chang'an's hands, he could feel that her heart was so calm, without any disturbance, it seemed that she really wasn't lying.
"Everything will come to light!"
A crescent moon climbed up from behind the forest and rose into the air, emitting a faint blue light. In this deep mountain and old forest, the moonlight looks even colder.
"It's getting late, let's go to bed first. Let's talk about tomorrow's affairs."
Rong Changan nodded: "The emperor also went to bed early, and the concubine went to sleep in the tent."
Yan Li personally sent Rong Changan to the door of the tent, the two smiled at each other and said goodbye with their eyes.
Rong Changan walked into the tent, sat on the camp bed, and listened attentively to the sound of Yan Li's footsteps getting farther and farther until they disappeared.
Rong Changan opened a gap in the curtain of the tent and saw Yan Li get into the tent. Rong Changan immediately changed into tighter clothes, tied up his sleeves and trousers, wrapped a soft sword around his waist, and walked out of the tent, just in time to meet a group of patrolling guards passing by.
"Why is Concubine Xue still not asleep?"
Rong Changan smiled and said, "I can't sleep, I'll come out to get some air!"
The guards didn't dare to interrogate them any more, and turned to other places. Rong Changan dodged to the place where the horses were tied, untied a horse, and led it quietly to the depths of the forest, then jumped on the horse's back, flicked the whip, and headed straight to the southeast.
After running for about two hours, ten miles away, I saw dots of lights. It was a market. On weekdays, Eunuch Fan and the old lady came to this market to buy things.
When approaching the market, Rong Changan tightened the reins and walked slowly on the streets of the market. Now it's night, the street is as deserted as a cemetery, and no one walks anymore. Except for the lights in the inn that were still hanging high, the lights in other places had been turned off. The street is very deserted, but this desertion is a bit unnatural.
Rong Changan came to the hotel where she met Lin Hai, the red lanterns were hung high, and the door of the hotel was closed. If Lin Hai listened to her, he would wait for her in this hotel.
Rong Changan jumped off his horse and knocked on the hotel door. After a long time, footsteps were heard from inside the door. A voice inside asked:
"who's that?"
Rong Changan replied: "I am a merchant staying here, do you still have a room?"
The human inside said: "I heard that your accent is a woman, how can you walk alone at night? Are you not afraid of robbers on the road? How can a woman be a merchant?"
Rong Chang'an said: "Life is forced, there is no way, please open the door and let me sleep. It's freezing outside, I really can't bear it."
After a long time, the door of the store was opened, but it was not the doctor of wine and the owner of the wine that she saw that day, Rong Changan felt a little puzzled.
The new Dr. Liquor had a fair complexion, a tall figure, thick arms, and a stubby neck. He could be seen as a Lianjiazi at first glance. The wine doctor looked at Rong Changan:
"You register at the counter, and then I'll show you the room."
Rong Chang'an said: "I have a friend who also lives here, can you inform me and let him come down to see me?"
The wine doctor frowned: "What's your friend's name?" The wine doctor pretended to be flipping through the registration book on the counter.
Rong Changan: "Check it out, is there a person named Lin Hai who lives in the shop?"
But Dr. Jiu didn't turn his head, his eyes showed ferociousness: "You said you knew Lin Hai?"
Rong Changan knew that the other party was uneasy: "Yes, he and I are friends."
The corner of Dr. Jiu's mouth ticked: "You wait for me here, I'll go and call him."
Rong Changan also smiled: "I'm sorry to trouble you!"
The wine doctor went up to the second floor. Rong Changan sat on a table, and touched the soft sword's formula with his hand.
While she was waiting, black shadows fell around the hotel, surrounding the entire hotel.
After waiting for a while, the wine doctor came down from the second floor with a smug grin on his face.