Jiang Ruanyan stabilized his emotions, "They came out of the house and told the other people that they were ordered to kill their family on the spot because they harbored fugitives and did not cooperate with the interrogation. ”

"Whose orders are these people doing?" The emperor realized the seriousness of the matter.

Jiang Ruanyan no longer has the hippie smiling face he had before.

"Obviously, Your Majesty, what they said was on your orders."

"! I've never said that, and I don't even know about Xiaohai in Xiangyang Village! ”

This answer made the emperor very angry.

"So Father, we came back this time in the hope of investigating this matter thoroughly, and this case is now more than just a simple murder case."

Gu Shenyuan paused and continued, "Now someone is brutally killing the people of Tianlun in your name!" ”

The emperor clenched his fists, and his eyes could see red blood bursting out of anger.

The sinners he hates the most are the wicked who poison the defenseless people! What's more, it's still in his name!

Jiang Ruanyan spoke at the right time, "Your Majesty, I know you think I'm guilty, but what I want to tell you anyway is that I just want to be good for the family, whether you believe it or not." ”

She paused and continued, "I don't want to ask for your forgiveness when I come back this time, I just want to ask you to investigate this matter thoroughly and not let the people be coerced in this way again. ”

After she finished speaking, she kowtowed to the emperor to express her determination.

"After the matter is investigated, I will let you go."

It was the first time she had been so willing to ask for someone.

"I see." Even if it weren't for you, he would have done it just for the sake of the family.

"Someone." The emperor immediately called the soldiers guarding outside the hall, "Lead the Praetorian Guards to Xiangyang Village, and immediately investigate for me who killed Xiaohai's family!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers hurriedly ran out of the door.

"As for the two of you." The emperor glanced at Gu Shenyuan and Jiang softly at the bottom.

"Locked in the dungeon, you are also going to be a moth, then you just stay in the palace, right under my nose, I see what tricks you still have to play."

"Your Majesty." Jiang Ruanyan was quite happy to hear it.

Locked up in the palace, there is good food and drink.

Compared to the dungeon, I am already very happy in the palace.

And the emperor naturally knows very well that as a king, he really needs to give an explanation to the people.

In the face of the remnants of the previous dynasty, it must be eradicated, but now the people say that they don't want Jiang Ruanyan to die.

Obviously, he doesn't need to give this explanation, since this is the case, why should he be in a hurry to kill Jiang Ruanyan?

And in order to avoid the recurrence of the last time and the teahouse, the emperor still decided to leave them in the palace directly, and he was most at ease to watch it himself.

The two walked out of the palace, although there were still guards behind them, but the two of them had happy expressions on their faces, and came to Bingyue and the others.

"How? Have you convinced the emperor? Bai Ruoguan immediately asked.

"Of course, with his own son here, there is nothing else that can't be done.

Jiang Ruanyan slapped Gu Shenyuan on the shoulder as he spoke, and the Praetorian Guards next to him immediately glared at him fiercely, and Jiang Ruanyan withdrew his hand in fright.

Gu Shenyuan chuckled, and deliberately approached Jiang Ruanyan, and whispered in her ear, "This is the palace, don't do anything to me again." ”

"Who's doing it to you?" Jiang Ruanyan blushed instantly, she was obviously beating him, okay?

Why was he in Gu Shenyuan's place, but it became like he was teasing him.

Since it's Your Highness, can you still have a face?

"Alright, alright, it's time to go!" The Praetorian Guards behind began to urge.

The crowd did not dare to talk anymore, and hurriedly drove the carriage and began to move with the Praetorian Guard.

"Oh, by the way, I have one more good news for you."

"What?" Bai Ruoguan asked in a super whisper, she was scolded by the Praetorian Guards just now, and she didn't dare to speak out loud.

"This time, the emperor doesn't plan to lock us up in a dungeon."

"Really?" Bai Ruoguan was also too happy to keep them in the dungeon, which proved that they could move freely.

Those Praetorian Guards don't have anything to look good about. ”

Just as she was about to shout with joy, Jiang Ruanyan immediately said, "He plans to lock us up in the palace." ”

It's like a basin of cold water poured on Bai Ruoguan, it turns out that he still has to be locked up.

Jiang Ruanyan glanced at her with disgust, "Are you stupid?" What a blessing it is to be locked up in the palace, not to mention the delicious food, it is better than eating in the dungeon. ”

She whispered the last sentence.

She didn't believe that she was locked up in the palace, and the emperor could openly look at those people, shuttling around the palace with leftovers.

She glanced at the Praetorian Guard next to her and whispered to Bai Ruoguan.

"Based on my previous experience in the palace, in this palace, the emperor, Niangniang, and these people have a very small amount of food, and even if they want to eat leftovers, we will probably have to gain three catties."

Of course, she was joking, and she definitely wouldn't eat leftovers, but anyway, it's such a metaphor.

Bai Ruo thought about it, this is also a beautiful thing.

"Hey, by the way, will he split us up? It's so big in the palace, if we are locked up in a palace......"

As she spoke, a smile spread across her face, "Then it's inconvenient for us to talk, hehe." ”

In fact, Bai Ruoguan thought in her heart that it was very beautiful, one person and one palace, even if she was a prisoner, the treatment she enjoyed was not all at the level of the lady in the palace.

If that were the case, she would be so happy.

Jiang Ruanyan learned from Gu Shenyuan's appearance before, and a brain melon collapsed on Bai Ruoguan's head.

"What do you think? This palace is so big, and that family is the emperor's capital after all, not a prison, how can one person lock up a palace for you? ”

Jiang Ruanyan said, signaling Bai Ruoguan to look around, their group of people is mighty, if they are all locked up in the palace, they will not occupy half of the palace.

"Let me tell you one more thing in advance, the palaces in this palace all have main halls and side halls, I estimate that the emperor should lock up a few of us girls together."

Jiang Ruanyan began to feel a little proud, "When the time comes, I will live in the main hall, and you will live in the side hall, and we will be as good at whispering." ”

When Bai Ruoguan heard this, it was obvious that she was bullying her for not entering the palace.

But even if she hasn't entered the palace, she also knows that the side halls are all low-ranking or unfavored concubines, and those who live in the main hall are powerful people.

But now, she was too lazy to bother with Jiang Ruanyan, and when she opened her mouth, she refused directly, "No, I want to live in the main hall." ”

The two of them began to quarrel over the housing, and Bingyue next to them glared at them again.

"No matter how noisy you are, be careful that they take you to the cold palace."

Bai Ruoguan and Jiang Ruanyan were stunned at first, but then there was a burst of happy laughter.

The Praetorian Guards scolded them a few times before they were quiet.

The Praetorian Guards outside the city had already rushed to Xiangyang Village as fast as they could, before dark.

Xiangyang Village has already been abandoned by young people, and Jiang Ruanyan's previous welfare was very good, so most people went to the capital to work.

And the few old people who stayed behind also died tragically under the swords of the group of black-clothed people, and now the whole village is empty.

When people in the neighborhood heard about what had happened, the people who collected medicine and cut wood all took a detour.

In just a few days, this village has become a ghost village.

The tables, chairs and benches in the house are still fully arranged, and the teapot on the table even contains tea, which is the room, which has long been empty, and there are still a lot of blood stains left in some places.

In accordance with the emperor's order, the Praetorian Guards began to search from house to house at Xiaohai's house.

There were obvious signs of the army in the house, several tattered clothes and bedding in the house had been turned upside down, all the bowls in the kitchen had been broken, and basically none of the devices were good.

In this pile of ruins, the soldiers carefully searched for the people.

During a search of the kitchen, a soldier found a silver object in the corner of the wall, showing a sharp corner in the soot.

He picked up the soot, and there was still most of it hidden underneath, and after sweeping it thoroughly, he realized that it was a waist card.

Pick it up and take a closer look, it has the pattern of a halberd engraved on it.

The soldier was shocked, and immediately took the waist card and went to find the head of the Praetorian Guard.

The chief manager took the sign, and after only one glance, he remembered that this was the sign of the general's team.

But he didn't want to believe it, this should be a coincidence, General Guan would never have done such a thing, there must be something strange about this matter.

"Keep looking! Be sure to pay attention to every clue! ”

He suddenly felt that this matter was not so simple, and he had to find out, otherwise, the situation would be serious.

He clearly knew that General Guan was the most courageous general in Tianlun now.

He fought with the Star Wolf Clan at the border before, and won many battles, but in recent days, the battle situation has become less tense, so the emperor quickly transferred him back to the capital.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he encountered Jiang Ruanyan, and temporarily arranged for him to chase the fugitive.

In this case, he may indeed have something to do with it.

But looking at the messy house in front of him, how could General Guan return to the city and poison the people of Tianlun?

If this matter is framed, then he must find out.

Otherwise, Tianlun is likely to lose a brave general.

And once the general is lost, the Star Wolf Clan on the border is likely to give up reconciliation and suddenly raise troops to attack the city and plunder the pool, and Tianlun's border will not be able to hold.

The soldiers continued to search for evidence in the various corners of the courtyard house, and after a while, one of the soldiers found a torn piece of cloth in the courtyard.

Although the surface of the cloth is already a little dirty, it can still be seen that the original color of the cloth should be orange.

When it was handed over to the chief, the chief was even more panicked, and the orange turban was the color of the turban worn by the general's team.

Except for his team, the turbans worn by the original soldiers in the capital were all red.

"Keep looking." He didn't say much, although everyone knew what that meant.

The manager doesn't want to make a decision so quickly just yet.

After searching Xiaohai's house, they were going to move on to the next villager's house.

The entire Xiangyang Village was searched, and in addition to the token and the orange turban cloth, they also found some tassels on the spear, and rags of other colors.

Preliminary identification can prove that these things are from the ranks of the regular army, and it is very likely that they are the ranks of General Guan.