The blizzard that was rare in the Ding capital for decades came to an abrupt end in the early morning of the second day. The thick snow can sink into your knees when you step on it. In such cold weather, even the most diligent traders would rather sit on the warm kang in the house than go out in the cold wind.
On the other hand, the little old man who was on watch missed the hour and got up in a hurry with the gong. The sun has not yet risen, and the sky has not yet brightened. walking in the snow. In a hurry, he passed the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion.
The door of Prince Yu's Mansion was slightly open, and only half of the words "Happiness" were left on the door. Seeing that he didn't even have a guard, the old man made a murmur in his heart. The people in Prince Yu's Mansion were all extremely vicious, and it was a bit strange to know that Da Geng'er was often reprimanded by the guards at the door, but he hadn't seen it today. When I saw the half of the remaining "hi" word, I suddenly realized. Yesterday was the day when Prince Yu’s mansion welcomed the princess. I thought that the people who came under these guards also had food and drink to have fun, and they didn’t see anyone when they drank.
Thinking of the girl who married into the palace with an uncertain future, Da Geng Lao'er shook his head and was about to walk past the gate of Prince Yu's palace. Just as a cold wind blew through, the heavy door squeaked, and the black seam became larger. The older man couldn't help but was stunned. The door swayed slightly, and for some reason, a strange feeling suddenly came out of the old man's heart. He didn't know where this feeling came from, so he stood upright at the door. After a long while, the hawkers who set up stalls saw him one after another and greeted him, "Li Laosi, what are you doing standing at the door?"
Shi Geng Lao'er's heart jumped, and he suddenly understood what that strange feeling was. In this day and night, no matter how fierce the noise was yesterday, how come there is no sound in this mansion? Even if people are drunk and fall asleep, there are always dogs and birds, but there is nothing, lifeless, like a tomb.
His hands were trembling a little, and he couldn't help but take two steps forward. When Fang Yi walked to the crack of the dark door, a strong fishy smell hit his face, almost making him stagger. Da Geng Lao'er pushed the door, but the door of the palace couldn't be opened. Looking down, there was a square piece of ice and snow stuck in the dark crack of the door.
It was probably because of the snow last night that the snow had piled up and it just got stuck at the door.
Da Geng Lao'er's eyes widened, "Deng Deng Deng" stepped back two steps, and suddenly screamed, causing people on both sides of the street to look at him.
With the first ray of morning light, the crystal clear ice and snow became extraordinarily clear. The thick blood water condensed into a thick blood clot, and a glacier snaked out from the crack of the door, but it stopped abruptly when it was about to rush out of the gate. It was as if the person who was chased to the end was struggling to survive, but was cut off by a door.
Like flowing blood.
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Prince Yu's mansion in the Ding capital city was wiped out on the day he married the princess. The mansion went up and down, servants, concubines, cats, dogs, chickens and ducks were not left behind. The person who started it seemed to have a bloody vengeance against Prince Yu's mansion. net. The means were neat and tidy, and they were all killed with one knife. There was a lot of gold and silver jewelry in the house, obviously not for money.
Want to come to Prince Yu, this person is cruel and vicious, and has many evil deeds. He has met many enemies. Who knows who is the one who started the attack. However, the person who started the attack was also very courageous. To face Prince Yu's mansion was to face Ming Qi's Heavenly Family. Everyone knew that Emperor Wen Hui valued Prince Yu the most as a sibling. Prince Yu had been able to be fearless in the capital for so many years, and even the prince had to be afraid of him, and it was nothing more than relying on the support of Emperor Wen Hui behind him.
This time, however, it was beyond everyone's expectations. Emperor Wen Hui didn't even give any orders to arrest the murderer, and he didn't even offer a reward. He just instructed the officials to investigate the matter, and handed it over to Jing Zhaoyin in Dingjing. Jing Zhaoyin in Dingjing handled the matter well, but he could investigate the case, that's just so-so. This move of Emperor Wen Hui obviously did not want to waste too much energy on the massacre of Prince Yu's mansion. Some smart people can see the way, presumably Prince Yu has done something to make Emperor Wen Hui angry, otherwise, why would Emperor Wen Hui behave so coldly. Maybe Emperor Wen Hui was still happy in his heart, and the perpetrator took care of his troubles for him.
However, guesses are guesses, rumors are rumors, there are many word of mouth, some are farther away from the truth, and some are just infinitely close to the truth.
In the massacre of Prince Yu's mansion, one person survived. This person was none other than Shen Qing, the concubine of Prince Yu who married into Prince Yu's mansion yesterday. In the early morning, the old man was the first to find out that something was wrong with Prince Yu's mansion. At that time, there were many pedestrians on the street. Those who were more courageous rushed into Prince Yu's mansion together. As for what he saw when he rushed into the palace, even if he just listened to the description of the rumored person, he felt horrified.
According to those who saw it, the huge mansion of Prince Yu's Mansion was densely populated with ice corpses and blood clots. Those blood donations filled the yard, and last night's blizzard quickly froze them, making the whole ground seem to be covered with red ice. The corpses are all weathered and hard like sculptures.
Wherever he went, he was dead and no one survived.
And Prince Yu's body was in his bedroom. There was a knife wound through his chest, and there were two maids beside him. Shen Qing collapsed at the door of the dormitory, and the gold and silver beside him splattered softly on the ground. At first, people thought she was also killed, but she was awakened by a movement. So Shen Qing became the only surviving person in the entire Prince Yu residence.
For Shen Qing, this may be a good thing, but it seems to be worse than death. The entire Prince Yu's Mansion was destroyed, why did Shen Qing remain alone? If it is said that Shen Qing is innocent and has nothing to do with the palace, but the person who started it did not let go of the servant Ji concubine, obviously it is not a soft-hearted. Besides, Shen Qing fainted next to him, strewn all the way of gold and silver jewelry, as if he was about to run away.
The most important thing is that in addition to the stab wound that passed through Prince Yu's chest, there are also traces of stab wounds by a woman's hairpin on his neck. And Shen Qing, who had just married into the Prince's Mansion, was the most suspicious.
Many doubts made Shen Qing the target of public criticism, even if she had nine mouths, she couldn't tell. No way, who made the entire Prince Yu's mansion die, but she is still alive
Jing Zhaoyin's people naturally wanted to arrest Shen Qing and go back to interrogate him. Regardless of whether Shen Qing had anything to do with the matter, she was the only witness alive. If he wanted to find some clues, even if he pretended to show the world, Shen Qing definitely couldn't get away easily.
When the Shen family got the news, the officials had already arrived at Prince Yu's mansion to arrest people. Ren Wan Yun fainted when she heard of this incident, but Shen Gui and Shen Yuan hurriedly packed up their schedule and were about to leave.
"Yuan'er, where are we going now?" When Shen Gui faced his son, he was still a little undecided. He knew that whether it was true or not, Shen Qing had already been involved in this matter. Although Emperor Wen Hui did not show rage at the moment, he was like a tiger with him. Who knew what Emperor Wen Hui was really thinking in the future? Taking this matter to anger him, it will also damage his career.
Shen Yuan said coldly: "Go to Jing Zhaoyin. It's too late to go to the Prince's Mansion. My sister was arrested, and Jing Zhaoyin definitely knows a lot of inside information." After a pause, he glanced at Shen Gui: "Father, don't worry. , I won't blame my father after all."
Hearing Shen Yuan's sarcasm, Shen Gui was slightly annoyed, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to pretend that he didn't hear what Shen Yuan meant, and said, "If that's the case, hurry up and leave."
At the other end, Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin were also ready to set off.
"Qiu'er, you go to the Prince's Palace. Now the second child is going to the patrol department, and the third child has entered the palace to inquire about the news. Someone from the Prince's Palace has to pay attention. Your father and I will go to the palace first, this matter is related. It is very important, if there are spies sneaking into the city, it will be broken." Luo Xueyan instructed Shen Qiu: "You negotiate with the Prince's Mansion, and investigate the deceased people in my Shen family, and then you will have to send money to care for them."
"Don't worry, mother, leave it to me." Shen Qiu readily answered.
After Shen Xin and his wife left, Shen Qiu also adjusted his clothes and planned to go out, but suddenly heard Shen Miao's voice behind him, "Big Brother."
"Sister?" Shen Qiu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "Sister doesn't stay in the house, what are you doing out?"
“Big brother is going to the Prince’s Mansion?” Shen Miao asked.
"Not bad." Shen Xin replied: "There are still some things to deal with, I will come back soon after finishing these things."
Shen Miao looked at him and said, "Big Brother, take me with you."
Shen Xin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said seriously: "Sister, I know that you have a deep grudge with Prince Yu's Mansion, and now that Prince Yu's Mansion has ended up like this, to be honest, I also think they are to blame, if you If you want to see them end with your own eyes, the big brother will just watch it for you, you don't have to make a trip by yourself."
Shen Miao smiled, "I just want to have a look."
"That's really nothing to see." Shen Qiu deliberately frightened her: "I heard that those people died extremely miserably last night, all of them were disemboweled, and the blood accumulated a few feet later. I'm afraid they died. If you are wronged, your soul is still in the mansion, you are a little girl, and you can’t see a ghost.” Although everyone in Prince Yu’s mansion died tragically, it was definitely not as terrifying as Shen Qiu said, and Shen Qiu also wanted to scare him. Shen Miao, he really did not want Shen Miao to see those bloody scenes. Miss Jiao of the official family, how can I see the scene of the dead.
However, after he said these words, the opposite Shen Miao still showed no expression. As if what he was talking about was in a natural and ordinary scene, Shen Miao even laughed: "As a son of a general's family, if he is frightened by a mere dead person and ghost, wouldn't it make people look down on it. Could it be that Big Brother is also afraid on the battlefield? Have you seen the scene of the dead?"
“Naturally not!” Shen Qiu said immediately, as soon as he said the words, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, he saw Shen Miao looking at him calmly, and said, “Since this is the case, there is nothing to be afraid of, eldest brother take me with you. "
"No, sister, what are you doing at Prince Yu's Mansion?" Shen Xinwei said, "There's really nothing there."
"I'm just going to have a look. Big brother doesn't need to worry about me. As big brother said, there are officials outside there now, and there will be no danger. Take me there, and there will be no trouble."
Shen Miao was very firm in her words, Shen Qiu also found out from these recent Shen Miao matters that Shen Miao was very determined and her temper was very stubborn, even ten bulls could not bring back the things that were decided. Even if she was not allowed to go today, she would still secretly go behind her back one day, it would be safer to have her as her company today.
"Okay." Shen Qiu stared at her: "Don't walk around when you arrive at the palace. I will let Mo Qing follow you. If there is anything wrong, call me immediately."
Shen Miao smiled, "Okay."
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But overnight, Prince Yu's residence seemed to have changed. Inside and out are all different. Yesterday was still full of friends and laughter, and it seemed that there was still a lot of traffic in front of the door, and the guests were laughing and smiling. Now the vermilion door is covered with white seals, and the guards guarding the door are all solemn, for fear that some cruel means will suddenly appear at this moment.
Half of the happy words attached to the door swayed in the wind alone, seemingly unable to withstand the raging cold wind, the remaining half also fell off the door, slowly floated to the ground, and was stepped on by the passing guards. Snow pit, nothing to see.
Occasionally, in front of the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, there are people watching the lively people pointing and pointing. Although the conversation is sighing, there is also a faint happiness. Over the years, Prince Yu's evil deeds have been known to everyone. Seeing evil people have evil consequences is probably the most satisfying thing in the world.
When Shen Qiu and his party arrived at Prince Yu's Mansion, they saw this scene. Thinking of the festivity when I came yesterday, and the dead silence of today, is a stark contrast, which makes people feel dazed for a moment. Rao was a person like Shen Qiu who was used to seeing life and death, so he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
After all, it would be too miserable not to leave one of the whole family.
Shen Qiu's soldiers explained their intentions to the officials at the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, the officers and soldiers let them go, and the group followed Shen Qiu in. As soon as Fang entered, they were all shocked by the sight in front of them and speechless.
The corpses of the servants in the mansion have been dragged away, but the bloodstains left from last night are still there, and the bloodstains left behind are frozen into ice. Even if it snowed all night, it could not cover up the strong smell of blood. Through the scarlet all over the ground, it seems to be able to see the tragic slaughter in the snowy night yesterday, and it seems that the cry of despair in the dark night can be heard.
The soldiers were all a little terrified, Shen Qiu also frowned tightly, suddenly remembering that there was Shen Miao beside him, fearing to frighten her, he quickly looked at Shen Miao and planned to comfort him. Which one turned his head to take a look, Shen Miao's eyes were calm, but she was calmer than the soldiers beside him.
Shen Miao lowered her eyes to look at the scarlet all over the ground, what was all this. The blood of the enemy can only make people excited. The blood of the Shen family in the previous life must be more tragic than before. She didn't show any emotion, no sympathy, no grief, no sympathy, she just wanted to raise her head and laugh, and slashed a few times on Prince Yu's corpse.
"Sister..." Shen Qiu asked hesitantly, "I'm going to investigate, do you want to go in to rest?"
Shen Miao looked towards the southwest corner of Prince Yu's Mansion and smiled slightly, "When I came here yesterday, I heard that the maid of the Prince's Mansion said that there is a tea room over there for rest, so I will go there and have a seat. Big Brother finished his work. Why don't you come to the tea room to find me?"
“Is it there?” Shen Qiu followed Shen Miao’s gaze and saw that the trees in the southwest corner were lush and lush and pruned extremely delicately. It was thought that Prince Yu had specially repaired them for the sake of enjoying the flowers. He nodded and said, "Let Mo Qing go in with you, don't run around."
Shen Miao agreed and walked towards the southwest corner with Mo Qing. Today, she was afraid that the few girls around her would be frightened by the blood of Prince Yu’s mansion, Shen Miao did not bring any of her personal servants, and Mo Qing was a guard, so naturally she would not be afraid of these.
Mo Qing followed behind Shen Miao and was a little surprised to find that Shen Miao seemed to be familiar with this place, where there are corners, where there are corridors, and where the stairs should be. Even if he came here yesterday, even if he really came here once, he seemed too skilled.
With this question in mind, Shen Miao had come to the tea room. The tea room is hidden behind the flowers, and there are grape vines on the shelf outside. I want to come to the summer when the grapes bear fruit, drink here, enjoy the fruit, and enjoy the flowers and chat is also very elegant. However, when this elegance is used on Prince Yu, it makes people feel a little weird.
“You wait for me outside.” Shen Miao said to Mo Qing, “It’s fine if I go in alone.”
Mo Qing hesitated, Shen Miao glanced at him and said, "It is just a tea room, if you are not at ease, go in with me to investigate first."
Mo Qing immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes." After saying that, he took the lead in holding his sword and walked in.
Shen Miao looked at Mo Qing's back and was dazed for a while. In the past and present, no matter what his identity was, Mo Qing always seemed to be so cautious and loyal.
The tea room is very large and is divided into three floors by a screen. Each floor is extremely luxurious. Mo Qing checked it carefully and confirmed that there were no assassins hidden inside, then he cupped his hands to Shen Miao: "Miss, what is the matter for Mo Qing, Mo Qing is guarding outside." After saying that, he left. go out.
After Mo Qing left, Shen Miao walked to the table in front of the tea room. On the table was a tea set with a blue and white background, with a well-glazed surface, as if she had seen it in the palace. Shen Miao glanced at it and walked directly, she walked through the first screen, passed the second screen, and came to the third floor of the tea room.
On the third floor of the tea room, the walls are full of paintings and calligraphy. Looking closely, there are many famous inscriptions on calligraphy and painting. This room full of calligraphy and painting is worth a thousand dollars. Shen Miao looked at them one by one, as if she was appreciating those calligraphy and paintings, but when she came to a picture of calligraphy, she stopped.
It was a picture of a night banquet, which was written by Liu Yuan, a master of calligraphy and painting in the previous dynasty. The maid is beautiful, the wine and food are delicious, and the guests are happy. The characters are lifelike, and the ink brush outlines are all exquisite and romantic, and the colors are even more vivid. In the wall full of calligraphy and paintings, she did not appear outstanding, but Shen Miao looked at it in a trance, as if attracted by the scene in the painting.
She stared at the picture of the night banquet for a long time. After a while, she finally reached out her hand and slowly groped along the paper surface of the calligraphy and painting. She groped very carefully until she reached the protagonist of the night banquet on the drawing paper, the puffy official's shirt. .
The placket is also very delicate, even if it is a painting, when you grope it up, you seem to be able to grope the buttons at the placket.
In fact, Shen Miao did touch it.
The slightly raised touch of the fingertips was different from the rough touch of paper, Shen Miao pressed it down and only heard a slight “click” sound.
With a slight noise, the wall full of calligraphy and paintings in front of him suddenly split in half, and it turned out to be a secret room. Open outside.
Shen Miao let out a light sigh of relief, without hesitation, she lifted the corner of her skirt and stepped in.
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In the innermost part of the secret room, there is a coffin. The coffin board has been lifted to reveal the contents inside. It is actually empty. There are two people standing in front of the coffin. One person was dressed in purple, and the other was white, and it was Xie Jing Xing and Gao Yang.
Xie Jing Xing was holding a bright yellow cloth bag in his hand, he didn't know what was in the bag, but it looked rather heavy. Gao Yang smiled and said, "Prince Yu, the old dog, actually hid something here. If it weren't for the massacre of the Chen family last night, we would have had to go to great lengths to find this thing."
“So just wait to find the leaks.” Xie Jing Xing said, “Let’s see if there is anything else around.”
Gao Yang responded and said while looking around: "Speaking of which, Laogou Yu doesn't even leave a guard here. This place is very secret, I'm afraid no one but him knows about it."
“The Fu family is suspicious.” Xie Jing Xing said lazily, “It’s you who don’t hide?”
"Of course I want to hide." Gao Yang shook the folding fan lightly and smiled very politely, but the words that came out of his mouth were very terrifying: "If I were the old dog Yu, if someone discovered this place, no matter who it was, even if he didn't know the secrets. , as long as he breaks through such a secret room, I am afraid that he will kill people. Only dead people can keep secrets. Yu Laogou did a good job at this point."
Xie Jing Xing was too lazy to pay attention to him and rummaged around for other things.
At the same time, Shen Miao held a torch and walked quietly in the gloomy secret passage. Compared with her slow pace, this time she walked more urgently. There was no other reason, she didn't know when Shen Qiu would come over, she had to get that thing before Shen Qiu came over.
This secret room in Prince Yu's Mansion was discovered by Fu Xiuyi at the beginning. The conversation between Fu Xiuyi and Pei Lang was overheard by her. At that time, Pei Lang himself copied a picture of Liu Yuan's night banquet, and told Fu Xiuyi that the secret room of Prince Yu's residence was on the top of the clothes of the protagonist of the night banquet picture. At that time, Pei Lang also said, "The thing is in the secret room, and Your Majesty can check it out."
Shen Miao did not know what the "thing" was, but hearing Pei Lang and Fu Xiuyi's tone at that time, that "thing" should be very important to Fu Xiuyi. When Shen Miao talked to the Chen family brothers about the annihilation of the family, in addition to leaving no trouble, she also did this for the sake of it.
If she did not destroy the door and kept the people from Prince Yu's mansion, maybe someone knew the secret of the secret room. If they discovered her actions, they would probably cause trouble. Now that all the people in Prince Yu's Mansion are dead, this secret has not been discovered yet. After all, when Fu Xiuyi knew about it in his previous life, he had already ascended the throne.
As long as that "thing" is very important to Fu Xiuyi, or beneficial to him, it cannot be obtained by Fu Xiuyi. Either destroy it or send it to Fu Xiuyi's enemies. At least with this "thing", when dealing with Fu Xiuyi in the future, there will be an extra bargaining chip.
This was the purpose of her following Shen Qiu to the Prince's Mansion today.
Shen Miao stroked the cave wall of the secret room and walked inside, the secret room was winding and winding, it was actually much longer than expected. After turning another corner, the eyes suddenly opened up, as if from the narrow corridor suddenly entered the large main hall. Rows of torches hung on the stone wall, illuminating the whole cave.
In that cave, a coffin was lying down, and in front of the coffin, there were actually two people standing.
Before Shen Miao could move, she heard one of them shouting sharply, "Who is it!"
The voice was so familiar that she didn't even have time to distinguish it, when she saw two figures suddenly turn their heads in the bright firelight, revealing two familiar faces.
Xie Jingxing, Gao Yang.
Why did Xie Jing Xing come here, Gao Yang was not from the Imperial Palace Hospital, how could he get involved with Xie Jing Xing
Rao was as calm as Shen Miao and was stunned in his heart, followed by a momentary confusion in his mind. Those earlier doubts took root in the heart, but it seemed that there was a sudden exit. In the flash of light, it seemed that something was about to burst out.
“Shen Miao!” Gao Yang’s eyes were also surprised, but then he looked at Xie Jing Xing and said, “Do it!”
Shen Miao's bright eyes stared, and she felt that the world was spinning, before she could see the figure passing by before her body was shoved heavily, her back suddenly hit the stone wall behind her, and she gasped in pain. Following her, a slender hand held her throat, Xie Jing Xing's handsome face was close at hand.
Xie Jing Xing almost pressed Shen Miao’s whole body into the stone wall, his icy coat touched Shen Miao’s face and his hands were also icy cold, his brows were clearly dazzling like the scorching sun, the curvature of the corners of his lips was intoxicating, however, His eyes were sober and almost cold.
“Shen Miao cannot stay.” Gao Yang said quickly, “The matter is very important, she died here today because of her bad luck, the body was left here, let’s go out, no one will find out, Xie San, don’t be soft-hearted, do it!”
Shen Miao looked at Xie Jing Xing, the hand holding her neck was slender and good-looking, but it was blatantly fierce and tightly clasped it tightly.
The purple-clothed boy's brows and eyes are even darker under the lights, and each stroke is like the charm walking out of the painting. , but it is absolute indifference and murderous intent.
He really wanted to kill him.
Shen Miao looked at her motionlessly, her clear eyes were brighter than the stream in the spring after the snow turned clear, there was neither sorrow nor joy in it, it seemed to reflect one's life.
Xie Jing Xing's eyes moved slightly, then he suddenly raised his lips and smiled, the other hand gently covered Shen Miao's eyes. He slightly bowed his head and leaned close to Shen Miao's ear, as if whispering among lovers, he whispered.
"Don't look at me, I won't bear it."