In the middle of October of the thirteenth year of the Wende Dynasty, the imperial capital ushered in a rare heavy snowfall. Two earth-shattering events happened in the www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion.

The first thing is that the concubine and the side concubine of the king of the north were infected with a vicious disease at the same time and died violently, and the king of the north was disheartened and sent back all the remaining concubines in the palace.

The second is that Chu Ziyu, the son of Youcheng, who was married by the emperor's holy decree, disappeared without a trace after worshipping the golden knife prince of Di Rong. The bride roared angrily in the new house, "Chu Ziyu, even if I chase you to the ends of the earth, I must pull you out and dismantle you." The people of the entire imperial capital heard it clearly. The marriage of the Holy Decree was originally a supremely glorious happy event, but it ended up being a joke in the streets. Make the royal family, the powerful ministers and the foreigners, which side is faceless.

The real cause of death of Concubine Li and Sun Xuan was not found out after all, although it was also treated as a violent death, but Concubine Li was buried in the royal tomb. Regarding the statement of violent death, although Concubine Li's father Jiang Zhenlou was suspicious, he still accepted it calmly. The only daughter and grandson are gone at the same time, Jiang Zhenlou, as the general guarding the border pass, Mingli's waist is straight and he can't see anything. In fact, I was secretly sad, and my temples turned white overnight

Sun Xuan is a sinner, although the title of side concubine has not been removed explicitly. It's not abandoned in the wilderness, it's nice to have a pit to bury. But Dongfang Xun was very affectionate to her, he chose a good place near the mountains and rivers in the mountain behind Huijue Temple, and dug out a pit with his own hands to bury Sun Xuan. By the time the pit was dug, his steely hands were already bloody and fleshy.

He buried Sun Xuan in the back mountain of Huijue Temple with good intentions, hoping that she would be nurtured by Buddhism, atone for the sins committed in the world, and be able to ascend to bliss.

After the accident, the Jiang family did not allow Dongfang Xun to interfere, and also confined him in the palace. In fact, he has always had doubts about Concubine Li's death, but he can't verify it. Regarding Sun Xuan's confession, although he didn't want to believe it at first, he accepted it. But when he buried Sun Xuan and recalled everything before her death, he suddenly found that Sun Xuan's confession was simply full of loopholes.

Liuzhu and Huang Laosi have been secretly executed, and the only one who knows the truth is Zhang Zhongwen. When Dongfang Xun found Zhang Zhongwen's house, he found that his home was empty. It seems that the truth of Concubine Li's death can only be a mystery forever.

Ten days later

Dongfang Xun drank in front of Sun Xuan's grave as usual, poured a few sips, and got drunk. Then he unsheathed the sword at his waist and turned into a white light and swam away. The snow foam on the ground was swept by the sword qi and swam between heaven and earth, as if it was alive again. Dongfang Xun used the drunken sword to dance, some tight and some loose, some fast and some slow, the sword seemed to wander at will, but in fact it hid endless power. Combined with his agile figure, it shows the perfect combination of strength and beauty.

Just as he was forgetting to dance, he suddenly heard the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air, his body flipped quickly, a flying knife grazed his sleeve, and a "dang" sound was nailed into a four-finger-thick bamboo tree.

If you can say that you can nail a flying knife into the bamboo and wood, you can see the kung fu. The surface of the bamboo and wood is smooth, and if you want to nail the flying knife in, the strength and speed are not possible for people with high martial arts.

"Who?" Dongfang Xun's keen eyes searched around, but there was no one to be found.

He went to check the knife again, and was surprised to find that there was a piece of paper nailed to the knife. He pulled out the flying knife from the bamboo and wood, took out the paper and opened it, and wrote a few words in black and white, "If you want to know the truth, tonight, the temple in Xicheng will be broken!"

The meaning of this word can be understood at a glance, and the thing said must have something to do with Concubine Li's death. But if there is really another truth about this matter, then what is Sun Xuan's death? Dongfang Xun didn't dare to think about it. But no matter what, he has to go and see what the so-called truth is. Thinking of this, he put the paper in his sleeve and drank again. This time, he didn't care about the cold, he just sat on the snow, took the flask and poured it into his mouth. The liquor entered his throat, and he could no longer taste the sweet taste of the past, and his mouth was full of bitterness.

Dongfang Xun arrived at the ruined temple in Xicheng before his son, and when he arrived, he saw an oil lamp in the broken temple, and there were already people waiting inside. This person is still his old acquaintance, good brother, Ye Su.

It seems that Ye Su's situation is not much better than his, the whole person looks very haggard, and the stubble on his face has come out and he doesn't clean it up. Dongfang Xun was a little surprised, and Ye Su also reacted the same. It occurred to both of them that the same person had asked them out.

In order to verify the evidence, Dongfang Xun took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and asked first, "Have you also received the letter?"

Ye Su didn't speak, and nodded blankly.

"Please keep quiet, find a place to hide, and the truth will be revealed soon. A woman's voice came from nowhere.

Dongfang Xun and Ye Su opened their mouths and both held back the problems in their stomachs, and the two of them invariably hid behind the fallen Buddha.

After a while, I heard a soft footstep outside into the ruined temple, and when I heard it, I knew that it was a woman. Her footsteps lingered in the hall for a while, and finally she stood still. I heard the soft and stern voice shouting, "Who is pretending to be a ghost here, if you don't show up, Miss Ben will not accompany you!"

Isn't this voice the one that dyed incense? Dongfang Xun and Ye Su glanced at each other, and their doubts deepened in their hearts. Dongfang Xun remembered that Sun Xuan had told him in the prison of the Capital Criminal Division that it was Dye Xiang who framed her, could this really have something to do with Dye Xiang? But this is impossible! On the night of Concubine Li's death, he was drunk and spent the Spring Festival with Dye Xiang in a daze. When she woke up, she was still lying next to her!

"Miss can leave if you want! Don't regret leaving!" another girl sounded, accompanied by the sound of her feet falling to the ground. It turned out that she had been hiding on the beams of the house.

"Who the hell are you? Why do you still cover your face and don't dare to show your true face?" Dye Xiang stared at the masked woman with the black cloth, eager to see the woman's appearance through the black cloth.

"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that I know your secret! The masked woman was satisfied.

"What do you know?" Dyeka's face changed suddenly, and she was no longer so calm.

"I know what you've done. The masked woman replied calmly.

"You're lying to me! You can't help me with just a human skin mask. "Someka is smart, she's already sensed that the masked woman is leading her into a trap.

"You should know that now that I can find the human skin mask, I already know everything about what you've done. The masked woman was still calm.

"Since you know, what do you know?" Dye Xiang didn't know the masked woman's intentions, and wanted to probe her mouth first.

"Since you want to know, I'll tell you about it. I can see clearly that you killed Concubine Li and then blamed Princess Xuan. The masked woman's eyes narrowed into a line and stared straight at Dye Xiang, "You must not have thought that I was staring at you when you threw the human skin mask in the dry well!"

The truth of Concubine Li's death was shockingly reversed because of the masked woman's words. Ye Su couldn't help but rush out to ask for an explanation, but was stopped by Dongfang Xun. In his opinion, there are still doubts that have not been solved. But between the two of them, there was already a rustling sound.

"Who?" said Ran Xiang looked at the Buddha statue warily.

Coincidentally, a mouse ran out from behind, and the masked woman took the opportunity to say, "It's just a rat making a noise, why are you afraid of being like this?

"You are talking nonsense, Concubine Li died of illness, and it has nothing to do with me. There's no way you want to blackmail me. Someka denied the masked woman's words, as if she really had nothing to do with herself.

"Hehe!" the masked woman smiled, "You can be hard-mouthed and deny it, but the family member in Wanfu who pretended to be Zhang Zhongwen doesn't know if he is also as hard-mouthed as you." ”

Dye Xiang chuckled in her heart for a moment, she could tell the family who was pretending to be Zhang Zhongwen, it seemed that the masked woman saw the whole thing in front of her, and Dye Xiang didn't hide it anymore, and asked directly: "Say it, what do you want?"

"I'm just asking for the truth!" said the masked woman.

"Don't you already know the truth? What do you want to blackmail me with this? Do you want money? Dye Xiang thought that the masked woman must have some greed, and most of them were for money.

"So you're admitting what you've done?" said the masked woman sarcastically.

"I..."Ran Xiang was shocked to find that she had fallen into the trap set by the masked woman, the trap of words, and she had unknowingly confessed her crime. It's just that she is a little strange, this masked woman knows the truth but does not reveal it, but leads her here in the middle of the night, and sets a trap for herself to admit the crime.

But she immediately understood, and the masked woman suddenly said aloud: "The truth is clear, please come out!"

Dongfang Xun and Ye Su walked out from behind the Buddha statue, and both of them had a strong murderous aura. The frightened Dye Xiang unconsciously took two steps back and almost fell to the ground.