Chapter 2: The Headless Snowman

The underground palace organs, the golden armor, those experiences that belong to the mausoleum of the Siamese Emperor have been in the wind for more than two months, and they have become as distant and unreal as the legend of the thousand-year-old country.

But Twilight remembers it clearly, but she just doesn't want to pay attention to Hu Yanhao.

She didn't want to answer, but she saw Bu Xihuan's slightly raised brow.

The things in the dungeon were all told to him by the moon killing, out of the quicksand, breaking the mechanism, and finding a way out, he was shocked when he heard it, and at this time she sat in front of her, and then heard that the things in the dungeon would be wonderful.

Yuan Xiu also put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Du Qing, he also had some confusion about what was going on in the Yuan Hall that day.

Twilight Qing glanced at the two of them and said, "The Siam Emperor observed the celestial phenomena and learned that the Tama River was about to dry up, so he led the people to migrate and take refuge in advance, and the river must not have dried up at that time. The ancient kingdom of Siam is deep in the desert, and the people are on the move, and they will surely find a new home along the Tamar River. Later, they came to the Urkule steppe, saw the Sandro Sacred Lake, and discovered the Kuda Dark River, which must not be far from the Tamar River, where the Siam Emperor built a mausoleum a hundred miles away from the Sandro Sacred Lake, and I guess the Tamar River should be there. The grassland tribes have their own beliefs in the gods, but the Sandro Sacred Lake is their common belief, which shows the worship of the grassland people to the water source. The desert is more dependent on water, Siamese people should worship water more, the Tama River is the foundation of the ancient state of Siam, to the Siam Emperor is of great significance, he built the mausoleum near the Tamar River, should be forever with the meaning of the river God. The way out of the round hall is in the water gate, one because the Tama River must have dried up after a thousand years, and the second because the Siam Emperor built this palace to choose the successor, and the person who entered the round hall has great wisdom and courage, and there is still one missing, that is, to inherit his will. His will is to worship the waters of the Kamigawa, so I guess the way out must be in the water gate. ”

The words are over, and there is silence on all sides.

Hu Yanhao carried the sheepskin wine bag, the wine bag forgot to plug it, the mellow aroma of the liquor rushed to the nose and brain at first smell, and then the mellow and long, the aftertaste was endless.

Addictive, like her.

Such intelligence is really suitable to be his queen, but I don't know what the posture is.

Bu Xihuan lowered his head to taste the food, and the corners of his lips were unexpectedly smiling.

Well, you know it's wonderful.

Only Yuan Xiu did not move, with admiration in his eyes, and continued to ask: "That day, King Di went out of the palace first, and I waited for some hours to delay before leaving the palace together, and the door of the palace was closed as soon as I went out, I always feel that this matter is not a coincidence, what do you think?" ”

That day, Twilight Qing hit the corner of her forehead in the round hall, and she didn't know what was going on after she fainted, she wasn't a person who liked to inquire, the moon kill was by her side, and she had never asked a word since these days, and today she heard Yuan Xiu talk about something, and thought for a moment and said: "I didn't wake up at that time, I only heard you say that I may not be able to infer accurately, I can only speculate that there is a mechanism on the bronze platform, if someone is on it, the temple door will not be closed, once everyone is gone, the door will be closed." But this is just speculation, the underground palace has been sealed, and the truth is probably going to be buried in the underground palace forever. ”

Yuan Xiu nodded, everything in the world cannot be figured out, and the only one who knows the truth may be the Emperor of Siam.

With that said, Twilight fell silent again, bowing her head to eat.

Bu Xihuan raised his eyes and saw Hu Yanhao staring at Du Qing, his eyes faded, he glanced at the table, and saw that the dishes in front of Du Qing had moved a little, so he put the chopsticks lazily.

Ka!

Although the voice was soft, the catcher who was waiting far away was startled and hurriedly knelt down.

"Along the way, there is no one in the state capitals and counties who knows anything to do, but these are just these dishes." Bu Xihuan lightly brushed his sleeves, his attitude was slightly tired, the cloud dragon embroidery thread rolling on the cuffs was golden red, and the lamps and candles in the hall illuminated the cold and dazzling sleeves.

Catch quickly kneeling on the ground, not daring to make a sound, the heart of this table is Yuezhou specialties, although Fengxian is small, but in the northwest and Yuezhou junction, occupy the geographical advantage. Fengxian is the first place to take over in Yuezhou, and the saint should be the first time to use Yue cuisine, and he should not be tired of it. Could it be that Yue cuisine is not in line with the taste of the saints?

Guessing like this, I suddenly heard the emperor's voice come again.

"I eat meat every day, I get tired of my throat, and ask the cook to make some porridge and side dishes."

Bu Xihuan said casually, and quickly knelt on the ground and almost spit out a mouthful of blood. It turns out that it's not that you can't get used to the flavor of Yue cuisine, but that you're tired of eating meat?

When the holy driver came to Feng County, how could the magistrate dare to entertain him with porridge and side dishes? I hollowed out my mind and invited a celebrity chef from the capital of Yuezhou, but this table of special dishes is not as good as porridge and side dishes?

The straight king in his heart was unpredictable, but he didn't dare to speak, so he hurriedly retreated and passed the decree.

After a while, the porridge side dishes were served, Bu Xihuan gave a bowl of it, and watched Twilight Qing drink the porridge, and the corners of her lips pulled into a smile.

She likes to eat light, when she was in the palace, she didn't like to eat too delicate dishes, but she had a better appetite for home-cooked dishes, but she was not a picky eater, if there were no light dishes, she also ate meat dishes, but she ate less. When she was growing up, it was not good to eat too plain, and he didn't want to get tired of her, so he had to have a banquet and then call for light porridge and vegetables, so that she could eat some, so as not to deviate from the same and not be good for the body.

In the past few days, Bu Xihuan has always been picky about the food in the past state capital is too greasy, and he is called light every day, Yuan Xiu and Hu Yanhao are used to it, and they see that he drinks a bowl every time, only when he is sick with the wealth of the emperor's family, and he is tired of eating meat, so he treats the light vegetables of ordinary people's homes as delicacies of the mountains and seas.

Only Twilight Qing used it slowly when drinking porridge, as if she knew the meticulous intentions of the person opposite, and she cherished it very much.

A square table, four people sit around, the atmosphere is strange and uncomfortable, but there is some deep affection, quietly.

After eating an uncomfortable meal, Bu Xihuan waived Yuan Xiu's escort, left the inn, and returned to the guest house. Hu Yanhao saw that there was no chance to be alone with Dusk Qing tonight, so he also went out of the inn, outside the inn, a team of Wang Jun wore a coat and a snow hat, and became a snowman at the hour of a meal.

After the moon was hidden and the clouds were hidden, the night was dark, the snow was falling heavily, there was no one on the long street, and Hu Yanhao's people did not mention lanterns when they came out, so they walked far on the long street in the dark.

When the wind and snow covered the figure of the group, one of the Northwest Army standing under the eaves outside the inn took a sip.

A mouthful of spit smashed out a hole in the snow, and the man said hatefully: "Hu man cub! Kill my soldiers, disturb my people, and now I am swaggering to live in my post house of great prosperity. ”

The people standing guard outside the inn were all Yuan Xiu's personal soldiers, and a person next to him heard it: "When the general returns to the court, he will mess up his mother's peace affairs, and we will still kill the Hu people!" ”

"That's right! Kill! The man said viciously, "Not only these Hu people should be killed, but also those dog officials in the court and the central government!" There is a family rule in our village, the long-tongued woman who chews the root of the tongue will cut off the tongue and sew the mouth up! Those dog officials who want to make peace with Hu Ren when they turn their lips, I think they should do the same! ”

The lord of the court and the central government is Yuan Xiangguo, the father of the general, the punishment of cutting the tongue and sewing the mouth means that the person who has passed the mouth is addicted, and the listener listens to it, and the person who listens did not answer again, and the eaves fell silent.

The north wind is howling, the snow is endless, it snowed all night in Feng County, and the county has not slept all night, rubbing his hands in the county hall and walking back and forth all night. It's snowing too much, don't leave the holy car in Fengxian, a few houses will be crushed tonight and a few people will freeze to death. The saint is mediocre, he should not care about the life and death of a few people, but General Yuan is the god of war and is upright, if he returns to the dynasty and says something in front of Xiangguo, his official career will be hopeless.

After worrying all night, the snow finally stopped when the day was about to dawn, and the county magistrate ordered the officials to go to the streets to sweep the snow, and even the small servants in the mansions of several rich families in the city were sent to the streets, and the road must be cleared before noon, so as not to delay the departure of the holy car.

But the origin of the world is to be afraid of something, just after dawn, the snow on the long street has not yet cleared, the little two of the Fushun Inn ran out, howling all the way on the long street, while howling and pointing in the direction of the inn, his face was frightened, and he couldn't speak.

Fushun Inn last night lived in the Chaozhong Council and the big members, the snow sweeper on the street saw that something happened to the Fushun Inn and suddenly felt bad, just about to go in to check, a team of ironclad guards rushed out of it, and ran to the Kelaiju where the Holy Driver rested and the Yongde Inn where the Northwest Army rested.

Chi Bao -

Li Ben, a scholar of Taihedian University, was assassinated last night!

Li Ben was assassinated, and the guards reported it like this.

Yuan Xiu thought that Fengxian had entered the assassins, and while sending someone to the guest house to inquire about the safety of the holy driver, he accompanied the guards to the Fushun Inn.

At first glance, he came back with a calm face and knocked on Twilight's door.

"Why did you call me at this time?" As soon as Twilight Qing got up, halfway through breakfast, Yuan Xiu knocked on the door and realized that something had happened.

"Thought it was just an assassin." Yuan Xiu's eyebrows were tightly locked, and his sparse eyebrows were dyed with haze.

When he heard of Li Ben's assassination, he at first thought that there were disgruntled people who had infiltrated Fengxian and took the opportunity to assassinate him at night. It snowed all night last night, and the city gates were not opened this morning, so the Assassins were still in the city, and all they had to do was search the city from house to house. The second rank of the court died, although the matter is big, but the assassin is easy to investigate, and there is no need for Duqing to go out, but I didn't expect it......

"And now?" Twilight put down the dishes and chopsticks, cleaned her hands, put on a big coat, and went out of the room.

Yuan Xiu waited outside the door, looking like he couldn't speak, and only said in a deep voice: "You will know when you go to see it." ”

Fushun Inn.

When Twilight arrived at the inn, the lobby was full of people, Bu Xihuan sat at the table in the middle and drank tea, on the left side gathered the civil officials of the DPRK and the Central Council and the mission, and on the right kneeling Feng County Magistrate, County Cheng and the chief bookkeeper and others, everyone on the left and right looked frightened.

The door of the room on the second floor was open, and there were ironclad guards standing outside the door.

Twilight frowned as she entered the lobby, "The smell of blood is so strong, people died in the room?" ”

"The nose is so good." Bu Xihuan teased, "I heard that Aiqing has always had a hand in judging cases, so let's go up and take a look." ”

This is a change of law to exempt Twilight Qing's courtesy from the monarch and minister, and directly let her go upstairs to investigate the case.

"Thank you." Twilight said yes and went upstairs.

The case happened under the rule of Feng County, there was a county magistrate in the lobby, the autopsy was done, the case was investigated, the case was investigated, the county officials were tried, and the military generals investigated the case in accordance with the rules of the court, but at this time, everyone was shocked, and no one had the intention of correcting the mistake, a group of court officials and county officials raised their heads and watched Twilight go upstairs and enter the house.

The layout of the room is simple, a couch, a table and a screen, and you can see all the furnishings in the house at a glance, but this furnishing is a little weird.

The crimson curtain in front of the couch was half torn down and spread out on a round table, in the middle of which was a human head, with his eyes open, his lips sewn and his chin red with blood. There are two tea bowls on either side of the head, one full of tea and the other with a tongue.

The situation on the table is quite similar to a confession, and there is a window behind the table, the window is closed, and the calligraphy and paintings hanging on both sides are turned over and hung on the wall, and the reverse side of the calligraphy and painting is dipped in blood and two rows of large characters - everyone who betrays the country and traitors will be punished! Sacrifice the souls of the Northwest soldiers!

The head was indeed Li Ben's, but there was only one human head in the room, and his body was not seen.

There was blood splattered on the tent next to the couch, and there was a large pool of blood on the ground behind the table, and there were no bloody footprints in the room, only half of the bloody footprints that had slid down on the wall under the windowsill. Twilight walked to the window, opened the window, and looked down, and saw that behind the window was the backyard of the Fushun Inn, and there was an old tree planted in the corner of the backyard, with thick snow falling on the branches, and a snowman standing under the tree.

The snowman was white, fat, half-human-tall, headless, facing northwest, with his back to the window, kneeling on the ground, like a low mountain bag.

There are footprints in front of the tree, and I think that in the morning, someone saw the snowman under the tree come forward to inspect, and touched the snow on the snowman's arm, revealing a crimson second-grade official robe, so he knew that there was a corpse inside, and he didn't dare to look at it carefully.

Twilight's brow furrowed, and she turned and walked out of the house, heading straight for the backyard.