The altar is made of stones, twenty or thirty meters high, and the steps lead to the top layer by layer, if it were not for the fire that burned the things on the altar, the altar at this moment should be fluttering prayer flags, full of solemnity.

"Strange ......" Looking at the place where the stones fell, Qiao Mingyue frowned, it stands to reason that the fire is crossing, and the land here should be scorched black, but why, these soils are clean without a trace of ashes?

Squatting down and carefully observing the soil on the ground, Qiao Mingyue found a very strange phenomenon, that is, the soil under her feet was too soft!

This is the foundation of the altar, which has been pressed by boulders for many years, and even if the boulders have collapsed now, the ground that is the foundation should not be so soft.

The only explanation is that the soil has been turned over! But since the altar accident, it has been heavily guarded by officers and soldiers, and now the emperor has transferred 3,000 Eastern Guards to guard the altar, although the altar is large, but it is heavily guarded by 3,000 soldiers, even a bird flying in, will be detected.

At this time, even if someone wants to move the altar and use their hands and feet on the altar, they are afraid that they can't.

The only people who can do anything to the altar without arousing suspicion are the soldiers in front of them who are repairing the altar!

However, if it is to repair the altar, there is no need to turn over the flat ground that has been compacted in the first place, and if it is for other reasons to move the soil under the altar, what is the reason?

Thinking of this, Qiao Mingyue looked up at Ye Yungui, who was directing the soldiers to repair the altar in the distance, under the scorching sun, standing there in a crescent white robe, like a gust of breeze, which made people's eyes shine.

The eldest son of the Ye family was an inconspicuous minor official in the Ministry of Rites, and happened to be appreciated by the emperor when he visited the injured six princes, so he took over the task of repairing the altar destroyed by the fire.

And the soil under the altar has been turned over without anyone noticing, all of this is too strange, too coincidental! Don't...... The altar was destroyed by fire, and Ye Yungui took over the repair of the altar, which was all within Tuoba Gong's calculations?

If this is really the case, then what is Tuoba Gong bothering to arrange Ye Yungui here for? Does it have something to do with the fact that the ground beneath the altar has been turned over?

Qiao Mingyue was thinking about it, but she heard a few noises above her head, she came back to her senses, and before she could dodge, she saw two boulders rolling down from the collapsed stones above her head.

The speed of the tumble is fast, and it is in front of you in an instant.

"Be careful!" With an exclamation, Qiao Mingyue only felt that the sky was spinning for a while, and only then did she open her eyes when everything calmed down.

In front of him, there was an enlarged face, with long eyebrows and sideburns, dark eyes, and stars in them, "The princess is not hurt, is she?" ”

The words of concern pulled Qiao Mingyue's thoughts back, she shook her head, withdrew from Ye Yungui's arms, and pulled away a little.

Just now, it was Ye Yungui who saved her! It's her carelessness! I only thought about things, but I didn't look around carefully, so I was almost assassinated!

The movement here also alarmed Qi Jingyun, who was checking elsewhere, and when he rushed over, he heard Qiao Mingyue say that it was Ye Yungui who saved her just now, although he knew that Ye Yungui was the person who was Tuoba Gong, Qi Jingyun still sincerely thanked her.

Ye Yungui didn't take it to heart, he just said that it was a gesture, and he didn't have to worry about it.

When something like this happened, Qi Jingyun didn't dare to let Qiao Mingyue investigate alone, and he had been with Qiao Mingyue all the time, for fear that there would be danger again.

The two of them didn't say anything about the falling stone just now, but after they had finished investigating everything here, on the way back, sitting in the carriage, Qiao Mingyue said what had just happened.

Just as the stone fell, the moment she raised her head, she saw a figure flash on the high platform, but because she wanted to avoid the stone, she didn't have time to see the person's appearance clearly.

"In other words, the falling rocks are not accidental, but man-made!" Holding Qiao Mingyue's hand tightly, Qi Jingyun frowned, and when he thought of the crisis just now, he couldn't help but feel his heart tightened.

Seeing Qi Jingyun's nervousness, Qiao Mingyue pretended to smile lightly and said that she was fine, Qi Jingyun sighed, only reached out and hugged her into his arms, and said softly: "Let's not meddle in this matter, okay?" ”

He didn't want her to be in danger, and he didn't want to be by her side to protect her when she was in danger.

Qiao Mingyue looked up at Qi Jingyun, it was already at this time, where did they retreat when they said to retreat? The Great Zhou can't go back, and in this Nanzhao, they have become a barb in the eyes of Tuoba Gong.

If they can't support Tuoba Yu to become the next emperor and Tuoba Gong succeed to the throne, where is there a place for them?

So no matter what, there is no way back for them.

Qi Jingyun also understood this truth, and seeing that Qiao Mingyue didn't speak, he just sighed softly and reluctantly compromised again.

Back in the courtyard where she stayed, Qiao Mingyue told Qi Jingyun what she had found, and as soon as Qi Jingyun wanted to speak, his subordinates came to report that they had found a little eunuch with injuries on his body.

Before the two of them had time to rest, they hurriedly followed the guards to the torture room, which was a special cell set up in the palace for the palace people who had made mistakes, and the little eunuch who was caught was locked up in it.

The inside of the torture room was cold and damp, there was no sunlight all year round, and the smell of mold inside was very pungent.

The guards of the torture room opened the iron chain, Qi Jingyun took Qiao Mingyue's hand and entered the torture room, as soon as he entered and didn't take a few steps, he could hear a faint scream, the deeper he went, the more the scream penetrated, one after another, extremely terrifying.

Led by the guards, the two went to a cell, which was surrounded by walls on three sides, and only one of them had a small window, and it was dark inside.

The iron door opened, and a pungent smell of blood rushed out, Qiao Mingyue covered her nose, and waited until she was a little used to it, and then followed Qi Jingyun into the cell.

A small eunuch was pierced through his shoulder blades and tied to a wooden shelf, and at the moment he was drooping his head, I don't know if he had fainted.

The guard lit the oil lamp in the cell, and with the help of the light, Qiao Mingyue could see clearly that there was a pool of blood under the feet of the little eunuch, and the heavy and pungent smell of blood emanated from that pool of blood.

"Go find His Royal Highness the Prince!" Qiao Mingyue turned her head and ordered the guards, most of the guards here were the prince's people, she was not afraid that someone would tell Tuoba Gong about this, because even if Tuoba Gong knew, he would not risk saving people from here.

The guards were ordered to retreat, and Qiao Mingyue carefully looked at the little eunuch in front of him, he was not very old, and he couldn't see clearly on a face stained with blood.