"The most dangerous place is the safest place. He knows that we have been sending people to watch Cao's mansion, but he hides in Cao's mansion openly. He is indeed a powerful character."
Yun Chang laughed: "I don't know what he wants to do by leading me to Cao's mansion like this? Could it be that he has a wicked heart and wants to capture me alive and use it to blackmail you?"
"It's not impossible." Luo Qingyan said casually: "If a fake Yunshang can be exchanged for a real Yunshang, it will definitely be a good deal for him."
"It's indeed a good deal, and Xia Houjing's calculations are really good." Yun Shang pursed her lips: "But I can't just watch Qianzhuo take medicine like that and lose his memory, be beaten Are you under house arrest in the Cao Mansion?"
"If I haven't gone to the Cao Mansion to ask for someone, I'm afraid Xia Houjing will know that we have already guessed his conspiracy, and we probably won't be fooled. If he thinks that we won't be fooled, it is very likely that we will be fooled." Get rid of Qianzhu directly."
Luo shook his head lightly: "No. Since Xia Houjing knows that you have a deep relationship with Qianzhuo, he won't kill her easily. He will feel that he wants to exchange you with Qianzhuo. It's not a good deal to buy and sell, so don't be fooled. Then change it, change it to a deal that you can barely accept."
Luo Yan smiled lightly: "Besides, you just returned to the palace, so this matter is not in a hurry. You can pretend for a few days that you have too many things to do, and pretend that you haven't had time to deal with light matters."
"Didn't Ning Qian say that? In the Cao Mansion, Qian Zhuo just lost her memory and didn't remember anything. The name of Mrs. Cao's open name is to promise her to Cao Yi as the second wife. Her freedom was therefore not restricted."
"You can't go to the door to bite people yourself, but there are many ways to bring people out. You can find ways to lure... There are many hidden stakes in Cao's mansion, aren't there?"
Yun Chang was thoughtful, and then nodded lightly after a while: "Yes."
Luo Qingyan saw that she had listened in, and was a little relieved: "This matter needs a long-term plan. Since we will know that Xia Houjing is in the Cao Mansion, then we have to include him in the plan. Don't act rashly." make a claim."
Yun Chang nodded: "I know."
On the morning of the second day, Qianyin entered the palace.
"I have arranged for people to keep an eye on the cemeteries in the city and the mass graves outside the city, but I found that the number of people who died this year is indeed much higher than in previous years. Especially in the mass graves outside the city, there are many more unnamed corpses , and many of them are kept very secret.”
"The dark guards have inspected four yizhuangs and two mass graves. Judging from the degree of corruption of the corpses, there should be thousands of corpses that died in the past month or so. This is almost the total number of unnamed corpses in the whole year in previous years. The total is... ”
"Besides, when the dark guards were investigating, they accidentally discovered that some corpses were scattered in a dense forest outside the city that few people go to. I guess, I'm afraid we don't know, some places that few people go to , maybe there are quite a few scattered corpses like this."
Yun Chang closed her eyes slightly, as if someone had strangled her neck, a little out of breath.
It's one thing to guess, but quite another when the facts are in front of you.
She had thought before that Xia Houjing would try every means to seize the throne. She deliberately poisoned Xia Houjing and let him go, in order to make Xia Houjing contact his henchmen and catch them all.
She had guessed that Xia Houjing would take advantage of Luo Qingyan and her leaving Jincheng to go to the palace for autumn hunting, and directly seize power by force.
But Xia Houjing didn't go down as they expected, instead he used such a shocking method.
It took a while for Yunshang to recover her voice: "Aren't he afraid of retribution for killing innocent people like this?"
Qianyin pursed her lips, and her complexion was also a little bad. When she heard the report from the dark guard before, she still couldn't believe it, and went to check it herself. Now her eyes are full of what she saw early this morning.
There are corpses of different degrees of corruption everywhere, most of them are young men, just at the best age, most of them are old and young, and they may have never done anything wrong in their whole life, so they died inexplicably.
"As soon as the general is successful, his bones are exhausted. Since ancient times, in order to compete for this position, countless people have been killed or injured. Since he has such a thought and has done such a thing, why is he afraid of retribution or not retribution? "
Yun Chang's fingers moved slightly: "I was the one who let Xia Houjing out and let the tiger go back to the mountain. If it wasn't for me, maybe these people wouldn't have died."
"No." Knowing Yun Shang's self-blame, Qianyin hurriedly surrounded her: "Even if the empress does not release Xia Houjing, what should happen will happen. Such a handwriting, such a big action, will not happen overnight This matter is definitely not something that happened in just a few months. I guess, I'm afraid Xia Houjing has already planned all of this."
"Even if the empress fails to release him, or even if he is dead. His henchmen are still there, and Xia Houjing is not there, there will still be people who will carry out everything according to the original plan."
"The attraction of this country and the throne is really too great. Xia Houjing has planned everything. If he dies, there will be someone else who has ambitions for the throne to continue all this."
Qianyin looked at Yunshang: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself, and the most important thing to do now is not to blame yourself. Instead, you should try to prevent this matter from continuing to develop, prevent the situation from spreading, and have more innocent people Because of this, he was killed."
Yun Chang's lips trembled slightly, and she nodded after a while: "I know."
After being silent for a while, he opened his mouth and said, "You think of a way to make the hidden piles count well, and count the list of people who have been confirmed to be replaced. It will be useful in the future."
"Try to act as fast as possible. If we are a quarter of an hour later, more people will be killed. We can't afford to wait."
"Yes." Qianyin hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely arrange this matter as soon as possible, so that all the hidden stakes in the city can act together."
Yun Chang nodded: "In addition to this, send a letter to the hidden guards in other places in Xia Kingdom. If they can be mobilized, all of them will be mobilized and concentrated in Jincheng."
Yun Shang bit her lips slightly: "I am afraid that an unprecedented disaster is about to happen in the entire city of Jincheng, and even Xiaguo. We must do our best to prevent this from happening and completely eliminate this crisis."
Qian Yin hurriedly responded, and then retreated quickly.
Yun Chang stood up, walked to the window, and pushed the window open.
I don't know when, the snow outside suddenly fell heavily.
Quietly, there was no sound, but a thick layer of snow had already accumulated.