When the child is in the snow, it snows heavily.

The snow fluttered in the wind, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes. When Ye Zhiqiu and Zheng Lun arrived at the exit of the secret passage, it happened that the soldiers in the secret passage also probed out in confusion, obviously not finding anyone.

Zheng Lun asked the soldiers, "What did you just find in the secret passage?" ”

"My lord, there is no one in the secret passage, but there is a little bit of blood, and the little one has reached out and touched it, but it has not yet condensed."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "That must have escaped from the secret passage." He looked around and screamed badly.

With such a large amount of snow, there were some traces, and after a while, it was all covered. Even if they were found fleeing here, they would still have no clues.

Where can a man with two women, one of whom is pregnant, hide on this snowy night?

No matter where they hide, at least one thing, they won't be able to get out of the city! The east gate of the imperial capital has long been closed, and the height of the city wall is by no means something that Cao Xiwen can jump over. So they must still be around!

"Lord Zheng, according to my judgment, they can't go anywhere else, they must still be hiding around, just waiting for the troops to disperse before making plans. Therefore, before dawn, it is necessary to guard the entire southeast corner of the imperial capital, although there are many houses here, but there are few mansions, it is not too difficult to search for people. ”

"Okay, Lord Ye rest assured, the matter of stealing the house and cutting grass in the west of the imperial capital will be handed over to Lord Chen, and the matter of eradicating the roots in the east will be handed over to me!"

Ye Zhiqiu watched Zheng Lun leave in a hurry, and exhaled a heavy breath of white air.

In addition to not understanding Cao Xiwen's whereabouts, he still has something he can't figure out.

It's just an afternoon, how can my daughter protect the Cao family's kid so desperately?

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A long secret passage, a faint light.

Cao Xiwen carried Zhu Zhijie on his back and struggled to move forward, while Ye Yin held a small fire folded in front of him to explore the way.

This secret passage is not narrow, enough for three or four people to walk at the same time, but the height is just above Ye Yin's head.

There is no obstacle for Ye Yin, but a person like Cao Xiwen is tall and has a princess on his back, so he has to bend over.

In normal times, even if it is a heavy person like a pregnant woman, Cao Xiwen can easily carry it and run five or six miles. However, at this time, he was flustered, thinking about his father's life and death, as well as the scene of Li Chongyan lying on the ground.

The physical and mental exhaustion is about like this, and I can't even feel the strength I still have, but I move my left foot, my right foot, then my left foot, and then my right foot numbly.

Ye Yin saw that he was sweating profusely but couldn't help him, so she could only keep comforting: "It's coming, it's almost there!" ”

Cao Xiwen didn't say anything.

Ye Yin at this time was an extremely contradictory existence for him.

Ye Zhiqiu killed Li Chongyan and wanted to kill his father and himself.

But it was Ye Zhiqiu's biological daughter who helped him escape.

It is really difficult to distinguish between enmity and hatred, not to mention the situation in front of him, so that Cao Xiwen cannot refuse Ye Yin's guidance with a hard face.

But why did she know about these secret passages?

"Your father has dug so many secret passages......"

Ye Yin shook his head and said: "Only the one under the rockery was dug by my father, I escaped with you, and it is estimated that he will find it soon." But he won't be able to find this secret passage! ”

"Why?"

"Because Uncle Youbo ordered someone to dig it up."

"Who's Uncle You?"

"It's the previous Mu Yunyou's right master. Haven't you heard of it? ”

Cao Xiwen didn't speak, he was neither interested in knowing who Mu Yunyou was, nor did he have the energy to think about it.

"My brother has been taught under Uncle You since he was a child, and he said that Uncle You once told him that there are several tunnels under the capital of the Wanhua Emperor, all of which lead directly to the gates of the city. Then my brother told me again, and we were curious, so we secretly walked through it once, so I knew about this secret passage. ”

"This is also a secret, how could that Uncle You tell your brother when he was young?" Cao Xiwen was skeptical.

"Uncle You likes my brother, one year on my brother's birthday, Uncle You said that the rest of the secret passages are secret, but the east city gate is the lowest, and it can't be an important military stronghold, and it's not very useful to dig the secret passages. It just so happened that my brother lived nearby, so I simply used this little secret as a congratulatory gift to my brother. ”

"Scholars are cunning, and even sending things is these things that can't see the light of day."

Ye Yin was a little unhappy, "Why do you say that, without this secret passage, where can you escape?" ”

"Without your father, do I need to escape?" Cao Xiwen suddenly raised his voice, and his anger spread far away with the roar, and there was a faint echo.

Ye Yin was so blocked by him that her heart was stuffy.

She knew what was going on tonight, and she had been watching secretly from the edge of the snow house since before the feast. This was not done to eavesdrop, in fact, it was purely to see Cao Xiwen at first.

After parting from the back garden, she couldn't help but want to look at him again, especially the white teeth that showed when he smiled, as if he would never know what the trouble was.

However, she did not expect things to turn so suddenly and violently, and when her mother screamed, she even doubted her ears, because she had never heard her mother scream so violently.

She didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, and she didn't understand why her father wanted to kill so many people, and in the end, even Cao Xiwen refused to let go.

Didn't my father still go to his house to drink?

However, Ye Yin has long been accustomed to not understanding her father. And, there's another thing she's used to. That is, to bypass all the father's reasons and motives and look directly at the result: murder.

So she quickly gained insight into her father's murderous intentions, and even when her mother still had a glimmer of hope for her husband, she had calmly concluded a little.

Cao Xiwen will also die at the hands of his father.

Ye Yin's way of thinking has always been the opposite of her father's, very direct.

My father wanted to kill Cao Xiwen, and I didn't want him to die.

Well, save him.

So at the moment when Cao Xiwen just climbed over the wall and landed, she quickly walked around to him and led him to the rockery in the back garden.

Old Cao's sacrifice to knock down the pillar did buy them a critical time, and when Zheng Lun sent people to search the Shangshu Mansion inside and out, Ye Yin had already taken Cao Xiwen and Zhu Zhijie into the secret passage, and they were already about to walk to the exit.

They unknowingly got out of the secret passage, and immediately changed the one.

This is a secret passage that Su Xiaochen had quietly told Ye Yin when he was a child, and Ye Zhiqiu didn't know at all.

Ye Yin knew that once she entered this secret passage, her father would definitely not be able to catch up, and she was convinced of this. For the first time she walked this secret passage, she had seen its secrecy and safety.

But she now had no idea what would happen after she had gone out of the secret passage.

Cao Xiwen was angry with her, she knew that she was suffering for her father.

But so what? After all, she has been feeling her father's ruthlessness up close for many years, and she is so decisive tonight. Maybe Cao Xiwen won't believe it, but she does have the same hatred for her father, and she even hated why her father was so cold to her mother.

So Cao Xiwen's anger made her suffer silently.

Another reason she didn't want to refute was whether it would be better for him to vent.

There was a moment of silence in the passage.

After a long time, Cao Xiwen suddenly asked, "Why did your father kill Li Chongyan?" ”

"I don't know."

"You really don't know anything?"

"Of course I don't know! My dad won't tell me anything, just like my brother disappeared in the first place, my dad didn't say a word, he didn't even explain to my mother! In fact, what he did, I never wanted to know? Either murder or calculating...... Sometimes I wish I wouldn't hear about him for the rest of my life, but what can I do? He's my father! Do I have a choice? ”

Ye Yin walked angrily and couldn't help sobbing.

Cao Xiwen heard her last cry, and her heart suddenly softened.

Does she have a choice?

She disobeyed her father's will and let herself go, it was already the greatest struggle, what more could she ask of her? Do you scold her father with yourself?

“…… Don't be annoyed. Your father is your father, you are you, I know it in my heart. ”

"I'm afraid you understand it now, and you'll be confused again later." Ye Yin snorted.

"But I'm so worried about my father...... In this way, when you get to the exit, you first find a place to settle down for me, and I'll go back to my father!" ”

"No, you can't!" Ye Yin said it categorically.

"Why?"

"You're going to die."

"Death is death! My father's life and death are unknown there, will I be greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

"And what if I'm afraid?" Ye Yin suddenly said loudly.

Cao Xiwen was stunned by her cold sentence.

What does this mean?

Ye Yin turned her face away and said to Cao Xiwen: "Forget it, don't talk about this." Didn't your father tell you where you were going to flee during the day? If he escapes and doesn't find you, but you go back and die, won't your father be mourned for the rest of his life? ”

Cao Xiwen thought about it carefully, there was really some truth, he knew his father's skills, if he just wanted to escape by himself, he should still have a chance to win.

"My father said that I could escape to Gejia Village in the eastern suburbs, and there is a subordinate in my family named Lao Zhaotou who will wait for me there."

"Gejia Village...... I know that place, and it will be about three or four miles away from the East City Gate. ”

"You're quite familiar."

"My brother and I often go out of the East Gate to play, so I know."

Cao Xiwen muttered in a low voice, it's your brother again.

Ye Yin looked at Zhu Zhijie on his body and asked, "Isn't she awake yet?" ”

"Well, not yet."

"It's better not to wake up, seeing the prince die in front of me, I don't know how to be sad when I wake up."

didn't mention it, but when Cao Xiwen mentioned it, he felt anger surging again, but this time he finally pressed the sentence "It's not because of your father" to the bottom of his tongue.

He recalled the scene of Fang Cai, and clearly saw that Chen Qi and Zheng Lun showed no mercy to the crown princess, and had the intention of taking the opportunity to assassinate.

Could it be that this woman, who is the crown princess, is also the identity of being hunted down and killed, just like herself?