In early spring, the cold is not inferior to winter. The long procession marched slowly in the steep spring breeze, and the young guards carried their flags, pure white gas wafting out of their mouths, obscuring the road ahead.

Yuan Luo waved her hand, but she was also teary-eyed.

"Sister." Yuan Lingjun stood beside the horse and raised his round chin. Wu Anhou happened to ride a horse past, she secretly grimaced behind her back, and then said to Yuan Yuan, "If it's inconvenient for Sister, I'll come back soon." ”

She leaned down and patted the horse's neck, and the jade-topped black horse suddenly opened its hooves and galloped.

Her gorgeous robe flying in the air, and the galloping black horse, turned into a little in Yuan Luo's sight, and only the long dragon-like convoy slowly moved forward against the wind.

The wind picked up, puffing up her wide sleeves, her skirt hunting, and her messy black hair covered her face. A sudden strong wind blew away the last vestiges of the clouds on the horizon. The sky was mostly overcast.

Is it going to rain? She looked up at the sky, a line of white cranes swept leisurely, and a few stopped in the pine forest, jumping and dancing on the branches.

"Your Highness."

Yuan Luo turned around and looked. A young woman in Tsing Yi bowed, with a very unfamiliar face, with a strange fragrance floating on her body, which went straight into her nose and made people almost nauseated.

"The concubine has news that Hui Wangjun brought back."

Yuan Yan was stunned: "How do you know...... "Since Hui Yan received the edict, she has not conveyed any letters to her during the period, and it has been many days since she lost news from the princess's mansion, she is very worried in her heart, because she is acting according to the will of His Majesty, it is not good to ask too much, so she can only send henchmen to inquire in many ways in secret, and she has not raised eyebrows until today. She wondered how she could not have a letter to her family about her safety when it was a secret mission.

The woman glanced around, and her expression was panicked: "It is a matter of life and death of Hui Wangjun, it is inconvenient to say it here, can Your Highness move?" ”

"Do you know where he is? But why are you here to tell me? Also, you said that it is a matter of life and death, and Wang Jun is worried about his life? ”

"It's a long story, I'm afraid there are eyes and ears here, Your Highness, please come with your concubine." The woman walked straight to the side.

It's weird. Although Yuan Luo was suspicious of her, she was anxious to know Hui Yan's whereabouts, and she couldn't care much. She ordered the slave to stay, and she quickly followed the maid in green clothes.

Seeing that Yuan Luo followed alone, the two walked into a long pavilion built at a slightly higher place, and the maid suddenly didn't know what to do, and stood in place and circled left and right. It's not, and it's not worrying if it's not. Thinking about it carefully, the woman who suddenly appeared was always deliberately avoiding His Highness's questioning, and her expression and demeanor were full of indescribable strangeness, as if she was in a hurry.

Just as she was in a hurry, the woman in Tsing Yi ran down the gentle slope, and then returned to the pavilion with two people who looked like servants in the same clothes.

The maidservant was stunned, and secretly said: Something happened. Hurriedly ran towards the long pavilion, and as soon as he climbed the gentle slope, the woman had already taken the servant into the carriage parked on the official road.

She stomped her feet and shouted with all her might: "Help, the thieves have robbed His Highness." ”

Her echo came from the empty four fields. This is a suburb of Beijing, and I didn't see anyone passing by on the road. She wiped the sweat from her head, and thought of bringing the guards with her when she left the house, so she lifted her skirt and ran back in a panic.

However, the scene in front of her made her scalp tingle, and the hairs on her body stood upside down. Their carriage was gone, and there was blood everywhere on the ground, but not half of the corpses were missing. She moved her foot, red blood soaking the soles of her shoes and the hem of her skirt wet. And the carriage and horse of the woman in Tsing Yi have long disappeared.

The faithful maid did not care to be afraid, and ran in the opposite direction. After running for a long time without stopping, his legs were so numb that he didn't look like his own, and finally saw a horse team appear at the end, probably because King Changshan had returned.

She opened her mouth and shouted for help, only to find that her throat was sore and smoking, and she couldn't speak at all.

“…… I'm so hungry, go back and pass by the market to buy a few pieces of bread to cushion my stomach temporarily. Anyway, I didn't use much for lunch. ”

"My lord, meet someone."

"Oh. Is it a snack vendor? I'm dizzy. "Yuan Ling is weak, and everyone thinks that they are selling food.

"I look like a servant girl next to His Royal Highness King Pei." Ninety thousand looking out on horseback.

When Yuan Lingjun heard this, his eyes widened instantly, and he raised a whip to urge him to go immediately. The maidservant knelt in front of the horse and cried, "Your Highness, she was robbed by thieves, and now she does not know where to go." ”

"In broad daylight, who dares to rob King Pei under the hub. Ninety thousand, come with me. ”

Ninety thousand took the maidservant and got on the horse. Yuan Lingjun slammed the whip, and the jade-topped black horse hissed in the sky, rushing out like an arrow from the string. The attendants did not dare to slack off, and followed closely after them.

According to the maidservant's account, the group rushed to the place of the incident. Ninety thousand dismounted and examined, judging the general direction based on footprints and ruts: "In the northeast direction, there are about eight or nine horses. He pointed to one side and asked for instructions, "This matter is not trivial, the lord should first send one person back to the palace to report and send some more men." ”

Yuan Lingjun thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, the person who committed the crime knows the identity of King Pei and dares to commit the crime, this matter is by no means ordinary, let's not make a noise for the time being, it is important to find King Pei's whereabouts first." She raised her eyebrows, and the jade-topped black horse under her crotch turned to the road pointed by 90,000.

The further you go, the denser the woods become, the narrower the road ahead, and in the end, there is no way to walk, and since there is no road, how can the carriage pass, it must be lost.

Yuan Lingjun looked up at the sky in the gap in the treetops, anxious in his heart.

At this time, the sky was frighteningly overcast, and it was a heavy rain, and the master and servant were still spinning around in the forest.

Suddenly, an attendant exclaimed, "There's a lot of blood here." ”

Yuan Lingjun hurriedly stepped up, brushed aside the thorns and bushes, and a bloodstained rocky path led straight to the Qingwa courtyard in front of him.

Jiuwan tightly guarded his side and slowly pulled out a straight knife. The crows of crows were heard all around, and the atmosphere in the woods suddenly became unpredictable, as if they were in the midst of an elaborate conspiracy.

Tiny raindrops fell, and the road under their feet was no longer clear, and everyone held their breath in unison. Suddenly, a black and non-winter thing swooped down on Yuan Lingjun's face, and Yuan Lingjun fell to the ground, rolled up his sleeves and waved away.

Listening to the sound of the knife slashing into the air, the huge object fell rapidly and landed at Yuan Lingjun's feet. The crow fluttered a few times and couldn't move.

The people in the courtyard also noticed a hint of abnormality, and they all clenched their swords as if they were facing a great enemy, and they didn't dare to come out.

The woman in Tsing Yi pushed the door out and glanced at one of the big men guarding the door: "Go and see." Whoever comes, let him be afraid, and kill him on the spot. ”

Dahan was ordered to go out. The woman in Tsing Yi closed the door, fastened the latch firmly, and turned around to see an old woman standing in front of her in a panic. "What's wrong?" She asked, walking over to the curtain.

The old woman's eyes were distracted, and her hands and feet couldn't stop trembling: "The lady is too frightened, she has lost too much blood, and her life may not be guaranteed, is it ......"

"Only the children." The woman in Tsing Yi interrupted her next words, glared at the old woman and threatened, "If you can't save it, the lives of your family will be difficult to say, if you want to live, do as I say." ”

Outside the window, a flock of crows flapped their wings and flew up and perched on the roof.

"The old woman understands." The old woman trembled her lips, looked at the swaying sash of the branches, and ran to the inner room with a low voice.