Although the innkeeper is usually very cruel to the boy, the boy knows in his heart that the innkeeper is just a cruel person with a soft heart. Although he usually likes to take advantage of others, he is still nice and will often let him take home leftovers from the guests. something down.
Seeing the innkeeper like this now, for a teenager like him, he is afraid, but he also has some feelings.
The innkeeper nodded slightly, then took a breath and said, "Go and... tell my family, bury me directly, don't report me to the official, sell the inn to... sell it, save some money." , the rest of my life... is enough."
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I will definitely tell your family these words." The boy cried and nodded.
Then the innkeeper warned again, "Remember, don't let them report to the official, don't..."
Before he finished speaking, the innkeeper tilted his head and passed away.
The boy shook the innkeeper and said loudly, "Innkeeper, innkeeper, wake up, innkeeper..."
Why did the innkeeper hold his breath and tell the young boy this? Because he knew that if he didn't tell, people in his family would definitely report it to the official.
Once he goes to report to the official, he will surely be killed. After all, those people are from the palace. If there is no order from a big shot, how can they dare to do this? The reason why he kills him is because he knows that they are from the palace. people.
If the family goes to report to the police, I am afraid that their family will be cut off from now on. In this case, at least they can survive.
Let them sell the inn in exchange for money, and live the rest of their lives more compactly, so that they can be considered to have no worries about food and clothing.
After he finished explaining it to the little guy, he could go on with peace of mind.
After Zhan Qi and the others left the inn, they mounted their horses and left the town.
At this time, the person behind asked Zhan Qi, "What should we do next?"
"Go find it!" Zhan Qi said two words coldly at this time.
The person behind him couldn't help but frown, and then asked, "But in such a big place, I don't know which direction they went, how can I find them?"
After listening, Zhan Qi closed his eyes and thought about it.
Last night they returned to the imperial city along the same route, and Princess Qingcheng would not follow them.
What's more, the drama they put up shows that they will eventually return to the imperial city again. They will not run in the opposite direction, and will definitely choose a road that does not deviate too far from the imperial city.
Thinking like this, Zhan Qi immediately opened his eyes and pointed to the south, "Go here."
After saying that, he grabbed the horse's belly and ran away first.
At this time, Yang Zijin and others had arrived near the imperial city.
So they stopped the carriage on the road and put on the clothes they had prepared in advance. The carriage was too ostentatious, so they got rid of it.
Since there are only three horses, Yang Zijin and Jiang Wei can ride completely on one horse.
At this moment, Pei Moning on the side was winking hard at Yang Zijing. Yang Zijing couldn't help but be speechless. He, the eldest brother, never forgets to take advantage.
Yang Zijin knew that in ancient times, there was a distinction between master and servant. For example, master and servant could not sit at the same table, and master and servant could not ride in the same stable.
Although she didn't care about this, and her eldest brother also knew her temperament, so he hinted at her so crazily.
Yang Zijin couldn't help but curled her lips towards Pei Moning. Seeing him like that, she just agreed to him, who made him her eldest brother.
Immediately, Yang Zijin got on the horse first, looked at Jiang Wei and said, "Jiang Wei, just ride on the same horse with my elder brother first."
"Madam, this..." Jiang Wei frowned slightly after hearing this, and then looked at Pei Moning.
Pei Moning quickly turned his head to the side and pretended not to hear.
Seeing Jiang Wei's hesitation, Yang Zijin continued, "Then if you're not happy, it doesn't matter if we both ride on the same horse."
"What are you talking about, madam? I'm just sitting with Mr. Pei." Hearing what Yang Zijin said, Jiang Wei hurriedly said.
At this time, Yang Zijin clearly saw Pei Moning's proud eyes when he heard Jiang Wei agreed.
However, this matter should not be made too obvious. Then Yang Zijin rode up to Pei Moning and said, "Brother, Jiang Wei will ride on a horse with you first. Brother, do you have any objection?"
"No objection, of course no objection, how can I have any objection? Miss Jiang, please don't dislike me." Pei Moning was seen saying this, his eyes never leaving Jiang Wei for a moment.
Yang Zijing curled his lips at this moment, and then said, "In that case, let's leave quickly."
"Miss Jiang." Pei Moning jumped off the horse, then led the horse to Jiang Wei, and then stretched out his hand.
Jiang Wei looked at Pei Moning's hand, then smiled at it, walked straight to the horse, stepped on the horse's trap, and jumped up.
Seeing this, Pei Moning raised his eyebrows, then hit the outstretched hand with his other hand, then jumped up and sat behind Jiang Wei.
Then Pei Moning held Jiang Weihuan in his arms, pulled the reins, and said to Jiang Wei, "Miss Jiang, you have to do a good job."
With that said, Pei Mening pulled the reins and started walking. At this time, Pei Mening did not forget to turn around and wink at Yang Zijin.
Yang Zijin shook his head at this moment, then looked at Runyu beside him, and then said, "Mr. Run, let's go too."
Runyu nodded at this time, and then followed Pei Moning towards the imperial city.
When he reached the vicinity of the imperial city, Pei Moning stopped his horse, then turned to look at Yang Zijing, "There are soldiers guarding the door. It seems that documents are required to enter and exit the city gate."
"Don't worry, everything is ready." Yang Zijin said, then took out a few documents from his sleeves and distributed them to several people.
Seeing that Yang Zijin had this, Pei Moning couldn't help but frown and asked, "How come you have this?"
"It turns out that Aunt Ping had some intentions. She found it in the secret compartment of the carriage." Yang Zijin said to Pei Moning at this time.
After hearing this, I saw that Pei Moning's face was not happy at all. Instead, he became worried. Who was this Aunt Ping? How could she prepare this for them in advance
Seeing Pei Moning like this, Yang Zijin knew what he was worried about, and immediately said, "Brother, don't worry, the soldiers will stop him, the water will cover him, and the next things will be discussed later."
"Well, well, let's hurry into the city." Pei Mening nodded at this time and was about to pull the reins and leave.
I heard Yang Zijin say again at this time, "Brother, you go first, just in case, we will enter the city in batches."
"That's fine." Pei Mening nodded, then pulled the reins and walked towards the city gate.
Yang Zijin looked at the city gate at this time and saw that Pei Moning and Jiang Wei entered smoothly.
Then Yang Zijin turned to Runyu and said, "Mr. Run, let's go too."
With that said, the two of them also walked towards the city gate.
When he reached the gate of the city, he got off his horse first and got into the crowd of people entering the city.
When they arrived at Yang Zijin, the guard guard couldn't help but glance at Runyu, and then asked, "Are you two together?"
"Yes." Yang Zijin nodded and then said to the soldiers.
The soldier then asked, "Do you have the paperwork?"
"Yes, yes." Yang Zijin said, taking out the document from his body and handing it to the soldier who asked the question.
The soldier took it, looked at it, returned the document to Yang Zijing, and then said, "Go in."
"Thank you, sir." Yang Zijin took the document and hurried towards the city.
At this moment, her heart couldn't help but beat fast.
When they arrived in the city, Yang Zijin walked to the location Liu Ling told her that night.
At this time, Zhan Qi and several others rode horses out of the town for about two or three miles, and Zhan Qi stopped.
"What's wrong?" The people following him also stopped and asked Zhan Qi.
Zhan Qi closed his eyes at this time and stretched out his right hand to signal the two of them not to talk.
After a while, Zhan Qi opened his eyes and continued, "I smelled the smell of freshly turned soil. They must have buried the two corpses nearby. Let's go look for them separately."
"Yes." The two men responded, then started to look around on their horses.
At this time, Zhan Qi looked at the woods to the side and walked in.
As soon as he walked into the woods, he heard several cries of the old bird. Zhan Qi looked along the sound. Sure enough, not far away, there were traces of soil being turned over.
Then Zhan Qi shouted loudly, "No need to look for it, it's here."
With that said, Zhan Qi got off his horse, tied it to a tree nearby, and walked over first.
The two people who followed Zhan Qi also came over and looked at the newly turned soil. Then they looked at each other, then bent down and started digging up the soil.
In a moment, two corpses were revealed.
At this time, the two stood up and looked at Zhan Qi.
Zhan Qi then jumped down and looked carefully at the bodies of the two women.
The more he looked at Zhan Qi, the more he frowned. There was no doubt that the appearance of these two people was that of Princess Qingcheng and the maid beside her.
But Zhan Qi always felt that something was wrong, something was wrong. Thinking like this, Zhan Qi stared at the two corpses in front of him carefully.
Zhan Qi's brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help but wonder. It was strange to say that these two people had been dead for so long since last night, and in this freezing weather, their expressions seemed wrong.
Most people should be pale, green or purple after such a long time after death. Why do these two corpses still look so rosy even after they have been dead for so long
Seeing this, Zhan Qi quickly pulled out the hands of the two corpses to check.
Zhan Qi couldn't help but murmur in his heart as he saw that the color on his hands had turned pale. What was going on
Then he stretched out his hands to look at the faces of the two corpses.
The face was indeed cold, but why did it still look so rosy? At this moment, Zhan Qi saw a common phenomenon.
It seemed that both of them had a faint mark next to their ears. When they saw this, they frowned.
Then he used his hand to touch the mark in front of his ear. Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched it, a piece of skin lifted up from the mark.