The prisoners who had been released back into the mountains and forests were scattered like birds and beasts, and they ran away without a trace, and the ministers in uniform and armor also hurried after them. They all waved the bows and arrows in their hands, shouting at their companions, as if they were going to the front line to kill the enemy bravely. As everyone knows, the more high-spirited they are, the more dirty they appear to be in their hearts. In order to compete for a death row prisoner, four or five people did not hesitate to release arrows at the same time, and when they caught someone, each of them was basically a tragic death with ten thousand arrows piercing their hearts.

Zhu Mingyun felt a twitch on his forehead, and secretly cursed in his heart: Beast! King Jing's approach is already outrageous, I didn't expect that the dogs and legs at the bottom are more ferocious than the other, if the country is in the hands of these people, I can't imagine how the people should make a living.

"Young master, there are corpses here!" Hu Ying reminded Zhu Mingyun with a shout, and he hurriedly regained his mind and drove over.

Except for a few old, weak and disabled prisoners, who were found before they had walked a few hundred meters, the others who could run had long since disappeared. After Zhu Mingyun and Gu Lianzhao separated, they didn't wander around anymore, and after getting Hu Ying's code, they went straight to the depths of the woods.

The reason why he agreed to participate in King Jing's hunting meeting this time was not as rumored by outsiders, the Zhu family planned to surrender to King Jing, but Wanshunzhuang got a piece of information. The reason why King Jing wants to use death row prisoners instead of beasts is because there are people who don't deserve to die in them.

At present, the political situation seems to be peaceful, and the ministers are all conscientiously living in harmony, but in fact, several forces are still fighting secretly. The ones who can be put on the table are the old ministers who advocate the lifting of the ban on the crown prince, most of them are mainly people from the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Officials, while those who stand on the side of King Jing are mostly some nouveau riche of the court and ministers of the Ministry of Industry. Although the others took sides, most of them seemed to be watching the secret battle between the two factions without their own concern. In fact, there are three small forces that are also secretly competing, the Qi Wang Party led by Xiao Guifei, the biological mother of the sixth prince. and the Yingwang Party, led by the Yao family, who planned to secretly search for the missing Seven Princes to return to the palace, were evenly matched, while the Three Princes' Party, which supported and fled to the Liang State to become prime ministers, were jointly excluded by others.

No one dares to expect the emperor to live for generations, and now coupled with his advanced age, the matter of the prince has long been imminent, but no one dares to stand up and mention this stubble. It is precisely because of this that King Jing is cheap for a straw bale king who is good at saying beautiful things but never does practical things. Seeing a few other brothers who are more capable than himself. The dead died, the fleeed escaped, and the prince was still under house arrest in the East Palace. He couldn't help but start to blush, and his father sat down on the dragon chair.

Over the years, with the help of the Yao family, he has recruited troops and horses, and his growing strength has given him the confidence that he can ascend the throne at any time, coupled with the emperor's indulgence, even the idea of taking death row prisoners as prey has boldly germinated. It's a pity. Although the Yao family looked loyal to King Jing. In fact, long before taking refuge in King Jing, he had already made all kinds of preparations for King Ying's return to the palace, and even did not hesitate to pull Gu Lianzhao into the netherworld.

Yao Qianshou's murderous intentions against the Gu family were not temporary, and it was by no means kind to do everything possible to cultivate Gu Lianzhao. For him, Gu Lianzhao is not only a nephew, but also the grandson of the late Marquis An Yuan, and an important chess piece who can re-attack the lord at any time. Just a knighthood is not enough to make Yao Qianshou tempted, what makes him blush is the group of secret agents who are said to be able to overturn the officials of the whole dynasty. Despite the secret agent. He still has no clue, but Gu Lianzhao's growth has given him another hope.

And Wan Shunzhuang, who should not have been involved in various partisan disputes, quietly changed the wind because of the death of Concubine Shu. Zhu Mingyun's visit this time is also to express a message to the minister, and the Zhu family will also step into this troubled water from now on.

After Hu Ying followed Zhu Mingyun up the mountain, he searched everywhere for the whereabouts of Shu Yan, the king of Qi, and when they learned that Shu Yan had been on death row all these years, the shock in their hearts could not be expressed. And King Jing, who knew about this for a long time, not only did not come to the rescue, but even wanted to take this opportunity to mix Shu Yan into the death row prisoner as a prey for the minister to shoot, Zhu Mingyun immediately said that he must save Shu Yan back.

Zhu Mingyun jumped off the horse, ran over, saw the person buried in the leaves, rolled his eyelids, raised his sleeves to check the corpse spots, and found a tattoo symbolizing his status in his left armpit. Zhu Mingyun gasped, and then said with a solemn face: "This person has been dead for a long time, it seems that someone has seen him before he died. Without giving Hu Ying a chance to ask questions, Zhu Mingyun asked nervously: "Let's go and see if there are other people or suspicious traces around." ”

Judging by the thickness of the leaves piled on the corpse, it could never have been accidental, nor did he hide it himself, someone had to bury it for him. Zhu Mingyun probed around him, and sure enough, he found a shallow pit and traces of being gouged by sharp weapons. He solved a mystery in his heart, but more doubts crept into his heart, who would do so much.

This man was Shu Yan's personal bodyguard, and his death here proves that Shu Yan was not far away, at least once here. But someone covered up the body for him, this kind of thing didn't look like Shu Yan would do, but if it was someone else, who would it be?

"Young Master, there are traces here!" Hu Ying shouted at Zhu Mingyun.

Zhu Mingyun looked up and was a little surprised, but his footsteps had already chased after him. When he got there, there were indeed two drag marks on the ground, Zhu Mingyun frowned, looked at the drag marks on the ground, and then looked back at the location where the body was buried, and his doubts deepened.

"What's wrong with the young master?" Hu Ying thought that he had found a clue that could help Zhu Mingyun, but he didn't expect his expression to be even more confused.

"Keep looking, the range is larger, and see if there are any other traces." Zhu Mingyun said, and he also searched nearby.

He could almost be sure that Shu Yan had been taken away without knowing it, otherwise the scene would not have been so strange. And these two drag marks are also very weird, which makes his clueless thinking even more messy, Zhu Mingyun can't help but be a little afraid, it is not easy to take away Shu Yan.

Sure enough, under the joint efforts of the two, he found some traces, Zhu Mingyun followed these traces, and was surprised to find that most of them were deliberately to mislead him. Not only does he know how to destroy his tracks, but he also sets up confusion about who this is, and whether there are people like him who are here for the sake of the specialty.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you, what the hell is this?" Hu Ying was confused by Zhu Mingyun, and didn't understand why he was surprised by a few drag marks on the ground.

"This is the drag mark of the stretcher." Zhu Mingyun took a deep breath and looked at the depths of the woods, feeling a sense of fear inexplicably. He didn't know who he would meet if he continued to chase him, in case the other party was unfavorable to Shu Yan, then Shu Yan was only afraid that there would be less bad luck at this time.

Hu Ying's eyes widened in surprise: "How are you so sure?" ”

Zhu Mingyun pursed his lips, pointed to the ground, and said, "Obviously, the branches are pressing on the heavy objects, otherwise it would not be so deep, and there are two lines, think about what the heavy objects on the two branches of such a thick tree will be." Zhu Mingyun paused for a moment, and then added: "And this person is not tall, and his strength is not great, like a ...... Woman? (To be continued......)