Zhou Sinian noticed my abnormality and said solemnly: "This is related to the safety of the imperial court, and any personal grievances must give way." He turned to the commander and said, "Of course, I just suggest that the commander should follow his own rules." ”

The commander smiled: "I understand. The emperor's meaning is the same as that of the prince. Just let the lowly officials come and ask the opinion of the national prince. ”

Zhou Sinian was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "This Du Lingjun shouldn't have been alive in the first place, although Si Nian found out that he escaped early, it was Si Nian's temporary soft-heartedness that caused today's disaster......"

The commander said: "Guogong doesn't have to feel so guilty, it is a cancer, it must always attack, and it is better to attack early." It's just a pity that I didn't catch the bandit leader this time. Let him run again. ”

Zhou Sinian smiled at this time: "My father-in-law was known as a gopher when he was young, how could he catch him on the ground?" I had already escaped from the ground. He restrained his smile and said solemnly, "This time I proposed to send troops to suppress it, because I wanted to tell the people of the world that whoever dared to support the rebellion would be exterminated by the dead clan." ”

"Good!" The commander laughed, "The emperor really understands Guogong, and the emperor said that when Guogong is not emotionally involved, he is far better than him in killing and deciding." ”

Zhou Sinian smiled reluctantly and said: "Your Majesty is tormenting the ministers, everything Si Nian does is to put His Majesty's interests first, and all people and things that are contrary to it are not something that Si Nian can tolerate." ”

The commander smiled and said: "Guogong's words, as well as the self-blame just now, with humble and foolish opinions, why don't you enter the palace in person and make it clear to the emperor?" ”

Zhou Sinian smiled faintly and was noncommittal. In the end, he said: "What the commander said is reasonable, I will go to the table and ask the emperor for guilt." ”

The conductor said goodbye and left, Zhou Sinian went to the study to write a recital, and I caught up with the commander: "The commander stays!" ”

He seemed to know that I was coming after him, walked very slowly, heard the voice, and quickly turned around, smiling warmly, compassionately, tolerantly, understandingly. I was touched by him, and I wanted to say something, but I felt that the other party knew it.

"He must die." The commander looked at me with pity, "Guogong is right. ”

I felt uncomfortable, but I didn't wonder that he would say that, and waited quietly for him to continue.

"Princess, wait for my news," he said calmly, "I'll collect his body, and we'll let him be buried together for the sake of Encore?" ”

I nodded, my eyes moistened, and my throat choked out of words.

Unexpectedly, when the commander came to the door again, his right arm was wrapped in a bandage, and his arm was cut. When he collected Du Lingjun's body, he was besieged by many mysterious people, and the body was also snatched.

Du Lingjun had only half a life left, lying in the dark and damp cell of the Dragon Guard every day, dying.

When the people who carried out the order to secretly execute Du Lingjun rushed to the prison, they found him dead. It is too normal for the dead people in the Dragon Guard Prison to be dead, no one thinks it is strange, according to the practice of the Dragon Guard, the dead prisoners, as soon as they throw things into the mass grave, some of them collect the corpses, and those who do not collect the corpses will be fed to the jackals and vultures in the end.

The mass grave where the corpses of the Dragon Guards were thrown away is not a real mass grave, but a place where the bodies of various death row prisoners are abandoned.

After a long time, a large number of jackals and vultures set up nests there, and if the family members of the condemned prisoners collected the corpses, they had to follow the corpses to the mass graves, so that the bones of their relatives would not become the mouths of these animals.

The commander didn't want to be known to collect the body of the prisoner, so he secretly followed behind the person who threw the corpse, and after these people left, he went to the mass grave to collect Du Lingjun's body, but he collided with a group of mysterious black-clothed people.

This group of people has very high martial arts, and the number of roads is not like the locals in the Central Plains, and they are not in love with war, so they snatched Du Lingjun's body and ran away, otherwise the commander might not be able to come back.

I said apologetically, "It's all because of me, for a corpse, that almost killed you." ”

Zhou Sinian frowned and said, "Yes, it's just a corpse, is it necessary to rob it like this?" ”

The commander said suspiciously: "The prince of the country means ......."

Zhou Sinian shook his head: "I'm just guessing, it's not the first time that this Du Lingjun has died. The last time he stared at Du Fu so closely, he let him escape. ”

"But this time, I did see him die, so I lost his body."

Zhou Sinian walked around the room, groaning, and finally asked, "Who examined the corpse?" How did it work? ”

The commander said: "Guogong suspects him of faking his death? This is unlikely, he has been locked up in the Dragon Guard Prison, don't say fake death, he just wants to die, he can't die. ”

He hesitated for a moment, looked at me, and then said, "When I arrived, his body was surrounded by jackals, and his legs had been bitten off by jackals. ”

I cracked my grin, suppressing my disgust: "It can't be a living person, if it weren't for the commander, wouldn't it be eaten by a dog." ”

Zhou Sinian asked, "What about the legs?" ”

The commander said with a smile: "The lowly duty knows that the National Guild wants to see it, so people can watch the mass grave, and their legs are not moving in place." ”

Zhou Sinian said: "Go and see." ”

I said, "I'll go too." ”

"What are you going to do? It stinks and gets dirty. Zhou Sinian disagreed, "Maybe there will be filth." ”

I thought of the cages in the dungeon, and looked at him resentfully: "You once threw me there in a place that smells worse and dirtier than this." ”

Zhou Sinian stopped talking, only patted me lightly on the back.

On this crisp autumn day, even the mass graves are less cold and murderous, and if it weren't for the half-covered and half-exposed corpses, no one would have thought of what this lush place was for.

In the "Du Lingjun Abandoned Corpse" where the Dragon Guards drew a circle, the most conspicuous thing was the broken leg, Zhou Sinian leaned down, looked at the leg carefully, and then said to me in a comforting tone: "It doesn't matter, this leg was necrotic before it was bitten off by the jackal, and it won't hurt if it is bitten." ”

I listened to him, and I didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Is a leg that has been necrotic in the first place?

Zhou Sinian seemed to understand my heart and explained: "This leg is not crippled by torture, but a kind of medicine, fake death medicine." ”

He turned his head and smiled at the commanding envoy, "How is it?" The Dragon Praetorian is not monolithic. This fake death medicine, don't tell me, it was brought into prison by Du Lingjun himself. ”

"Of course not," he said, "of course not," he thought for a moment, and said, "A few days ago, the woman who was in charge of delivering food in the Dragon Guard Prison died, dying of a stroke. The woman was a widow and had no relatives. Since the formation of the Dragon Guard, he has been responsible for cooking for the Dragon Guard. ”

Zhou Sinian looked at him mockingly: "You want to close the case so soon?" Maybe it's just a coincidence? If this woman wants to kill you and get some medicine for you to put in the pot, you will be able to die of all kinds of diseases in a few months. ”

The commander's face turned pale: "The lowly will continue to investigate, and will never close the case casually." There was a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, "If the Dragon Guards really have a traitor, I won't spare him." (To be continued.) )