Zhan Ge followed all the way, several people were not moving fast, and his vigilance was very high, he cheered up and followed behind, and was almost discovered several times.

These people don't look like specially trained secret guards, although they seem to be tall and horsey, they are frivolous and weak under their feet, and they are just people who are used to hard work.

"But what did Zhenbei Hou let them go out so late?" Zhan Ge held this question, and carefully kept a distance from them.

When I was about to leave the city, the doubts in my heart became bigger and bigger, the surrounding area of the capital was quite desolate, and there was even a mass grave, where the bodies of some prisoners who died on the streets or beheaded were thrown there.

In the early years, there was an accident there, and there were many strange opinions, and then no one dared to go over.

"What do you say Master Hou wants these things for?" Someone in the team suddenly asked curiously.

Zhan Ge heard them talking and took two steps forward, wanting to listen carefully.

"Don't ask if we shouldn't ask about this, you can't save your life if you are careful, do a good job, and the silver will be indispensable to you." One of them looked like an impatient interruption from the steward.

The man sneered unconvinced, it was really not good to provoke the people of the Hou Mansion, so he could only swallow the complaint in his mouth and walk quickly in the direction of the mass grave.

The last rays of moonlight in the night were hidden in the dark clouds, a few jackdaw cries, and goosebumps were already all over the arms of the faint-hearted.

It's not the first time that the person in charge has come, so he immediately scolded: "Don't be suspicious, move quickly." ”

There were still undecomposed corpses in the mass graves, and the stench was so bad that the men covered their mouths and noses with cloths and carried the bodies little by little to the prepared carts.

After being busy for a long time, there were only five or six corpses, and the steward frowned slightly, the number was even less than he imagined.

"If this continues, the mass graves may soon be devoid of bodies." He shook his head worriedly and told his men to bring the body back as soon as possible.

Zhan Ge followed back, what is the use of Zhenbei Hou asking for so many corpses.

The cart carrying the body went straight through the back door of the Hou Mansion, where someone was waiting early, obviously not the first time it had done so.

There must be a lot of people in the Hou Mansion now, he didn't dare to continue to go in to investigate, and looked at the Hou Mansion for a while before turning around and leaving.

Back at the palace, Yan Wushuang had already fallen asleep, and even if he didn't touch the corpses, he still felt that his body was covered with the stench of corpses.

I didn't bother the subordinates, I got some cold water from the kitchen and rinsed it casually before returning to bed.

"Hmm, it's cold." Yan Wushuang was awakened by the cold air beside her, opened her eyes slightly, and the familiar breath made her take the initiative to hug him, "You're back." ”

"Well, sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Yan Wushuang was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, nodded in a daze, changed to a comfortable position, and the two of them fell asleep with their necks crossed.

Yan Wushuang got up first, fiddling with his eyelashes for a while, and then Zhan Ge helplessly grabbed her messy hand and stuffed it into his arms.

"Woke you up?" She looked up and asked, obviously moving quite lightly.

"No, enough sleep."

They were tired of being on the bed for a while, and they got out of bed to wash up, Yan Wushuang did not immediately ask about the situation of last night, until she finished breakfast, and she followed people to the study.

"Today I still have a little tail."

Yan Wu hammered him angrily, and scolded with a smile in his mouth: "Hurry up and tell me what's going on." ”

"There's nothing strange about the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, but he asked people to go to the mass grave to carry the corpses back, as for the reason, it is estimated that you will have to enter the Hou Mansion to know."

"Corpses? How disgusting that would be. "She couldn't stand rubbing her arms, and it was a mass grave corpse.

"Don't think about it so much, it's more important now to know the purpose of his transportation of so many corpses."

In any case, how can such an unethical thing be a good thing?

"Then we still have to go into the Hou Mansion to investigate? How do you get in? ”

Zhan Ge had been to the Hou Mansion and found nothing unusual, so the corpse must be hidden in a hidden place, and it would be quite difficult for them to find it.

"I'll go." A male voice suddenly came from outside the door, and when he pushed the door, he saw Qi Yan and his wife standing at the door.

"Lord and Princess, I can pretend to be a corpse to enter the Hou Mansion."

Qiu Ruo's face turned pale when he heard this, but he didn't say anything to refute it, and pinched the corner of Qi Yan's clothes with one hand.

"Nonsense, we don't know what's going on inside, aren't you sent to death when you go over?"

Zhan Ge scolded, he had considered this method from the beginning, but there was no suitable candidate.

"But if it weren't for you, Princess, my lady and I might not even have the chance to meet again, and I also believe that the prince would not put me in danger."

Qi Yan clenched Qiu Ruo's hand with his backhand and comforted him silently, the man in black may be the Marquis of Zhenbei, in the final analysis, this matter also has something to do with them.

"Yes, Princess, we want to repay you too." Qiu Ruo took a deep breath and said resolutely.

Yan Wushuang and Zhan Ge glanced at each other, Qi Yan understood the situation, he was indeed the best candidate, and he also took the initiative to propose.

"Okay, this king promises you, but everything must be safe, and if there is danger, you must focus on yourself, okay?"

Qi Yan smiled happily, nodded, and bent over: "Thank you Lord Wang." ”

"Well, it's good for you to discuss." Yan Wushuang pulled Qiu Ruo over to comfort her alone, only she knew best what it was like for her beloved man to be in danger.

Zhan Ge and Qi Yan didn't know how long they discussed, and they came over again after a short time back, and the clothes on their bodies were changed, tattered, and there seemed to be some dirt on them.

"You take this thing, remember the time, and you will naturally wake up when the time comes." Zhan Ge stepped forward and handed him a porcelain vase, telling him to take him to a mass grave when he was ready.

His words in the past were too obvious, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he simply asked others to bring them.

Last time, the Hou Mansion took someone to transport away some of the corpses, and just vacated a piece, which made the messy mass grave a little more abrupt.

Qi Yan lay on the ground and let Zhan Ge's people go back, the man hesitated, and before leaving, he advised: "The prince has instructed you to pay attention to your own safety." ”

He nodded, lying on the ground and waiting for night to fall, the turtle breath pill that Zhan Ge gave him could make people breathe smoothly like a turtle, and to outsiders, it was like no breath.

However, there are also certain disadvantages, that is, there is a certain time limit, with the time given by Zhan Ge, he can only estimate the time to eat, otherwise the effect of the medicine has already passed before the person comes.

On the top of the moon, tonight is much brighter than yesterday, the sound of carts running over the land, and the squeak of tooth aches.

"Someone is coming." Qi Yan muttered quietly, quickly took out the turtle breath pill and swallowed it, threw the porcelain bottle far away, and learned to lie crookedly with the corpse next to him.

His breathing gradually became smoother, and it was amazing that he could clearly feel everything that was happening around him.

There was no breathing interference, his facial features became sharper, and he could even hear footsteps.

"There weren't many bodies left yesterday, and maybe even fewer today. Hou Ye has been getting more and more angry recently. ”

"Don't complain, it's better to hope that you can find two more pieces tonight, or you will definitely be scolded when you go back."

The steward didn't come today, and these people were a little bolder, and they were already in front of them while talking.

Sure enough, the place they vacated yesterday hadn't been filled, so they had to rummage through other corners.

The smell of the mass grave was definitely not good, and the rest of the people complained bitterly, Qi Yan was a little unbearable at first, but then gradually got used to it.

"I don't need this, only a skeleton is left in the rotten one, and Master Hou doesn't need it at all."

"But apart from that, there isn't much you can use."

"Well, isn't that what this is? I don't know how I died, but it looks like I'm asleep. ”

Qi Yan noticed that they noticed him and subconsciously wanted to move, but found that the Turtle Breath Pill not only slowed down his breathing, but also couldn't control his limbs.

"Don't scare me, if it's really someone who is asleep."

"Huh, look at you cowardly, just listen to it if you haven't breathed yet, can the dead still breathe?"

As soon as the words fell, Qi Yan felt a finger under his nose, and he subconsciously held his breath, but forgot that he had taken the Turtle Breath Pill.

"I don't breathe at all, I'm sure it's a dead man, bring this back, Master Hou shouldn't be angry."

After all, they have only been able to bring some broken corpses back these days, and the Hou Ye is becoming more and more dissatisfied with them, and this time they can finally use this corpse to make a difference.

"Hurry up, find two more and go back."

They rudely threw him on the cart, Qi Yan didn't feel any pain, squeezing the corpse beside him, except for a little nausea in his heart, the rest didn't feel anything at all.

The cart staggered in the direction of the Hou Mansion, and it was extremely silent all the way, and no one spoke.

Qi Yan silently calculated the route after they entered the Hou Mansion along the way, and suddenly the cart stopped, and he listened to the flattery of the person before: "Tonight's ones are here, and there is a well-preserved one." ”

When the dissatisfied person heard this, he immediately waved his hand: "Okay, you did a good job today, put these in the old position, and go down to receive the reward." ”

"Thank you, sir."

The cart restarted, as if advancing into a small room, and then everyone withdrew, leaving only Qi Yan alone.

He tried to move his limbs, and finally he had some strength, moving faster than his brain, and the first thing he did when he regained his strength was to get off the cart immediately.

Even so, he did not escape the stench on the corpse, because he was already stained with it.

He looked around the room, and there were three carts alone, apparently specially designed to transport corpses.

There was no one outside, Qi Yan cautiously pushed the door out, and a thick tree came into view.

He looked up, and the closer he got there, the more he felt a smell lingering on the tip of his nose, the same as a corpse.

I thought it was the residual smell on his body, but the closer he got closer, the stronger it became, and it wasn't emitted by him at all.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and Qi Yan immediately found a corner to hide, and two subordinates like his entourage carried a corpse and put it into the pit that had been dug under the tree.

Burying the corpse? Qi Yan's first reaction was this, and he quickly denied it, he had never heard of anyone who would find a body from a mass grave and bury it in his yard.

He pricked up his ears to hear something.

"Master Hou said that as long as you use corpses to raise this tree, you can use the tree to manipulate these corpses in the end, and I don't know if it's true or not."