Cold City, as the name suggests, is the farthest and coldest place in Beiluo, where the first snowflakes always fall, and the first rays of morning light are always the last to arrive.

Zhan Nian felt that it should be very good there. I heard that the snow there was clean, like the love he once gave it; I heard that the air there was cold, like his dead heart; I heard that the world there is very vast, like the rest of his life with nowhere to put it.

On the winding path, Zhan Nian walked quietly.

The high-spirited teenager would ride a horse, and the two lovers would ride in a car, and he had nothing, so he had to walk through.

Since the day he left the city, the rain has not stopped, and it seems to be raining for a long time. Everything else is fine, but the mud on the ground made the already difficult journey a little more embarrassing, and Zhan Nian finally couldn't help but sigh when he fished out his boots and socks from the one hundred and ninety-ninth mud pit.

Alas, he felt that he could at least leave in style, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even do this......

When people are unlucky, they are really unlucky. Walking a little tired, Zhan Nian wanted to take shelter from the rain with a big stone, and solve his food and clothing problem by the way, who knew that when he just took out a piece of steamed bread and was about to put it in his mouth, a muffled thunder suddenly sounded, and it happened to fall next to the big stone, and he was shocked to drop the steamed bun in the muddy water.

That was his last bit of dry food......

How a disheartened person is provoked may not be a fist or a slander, but just a straw that inadvertently brushes your face, but touches the only little consciousness you have.

Zhan Nian fished out the steamed bun from the muddy water, held it in the palm of his hand and tightened it inch by inch, he raised his arm and pointed to the dark sky, and there seemed to be a hundred thousand thunders in his eyes.

"Wait a minute!"

"Those who deceive me will cut off the bones and extract the marrow; Those who oppose me will be destroyed! ”

I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, the rain suddenly became smaller, and Ying Jin, who was in the Dongchen Palace of the Heavenly Realm, couldn't help but pout, "Qianyi, do you think my Uncle Yan Fei is a little cowardly?" ”

Qian Qian forcibly held back a smile for a long time before he replied ambiguously: "I guess it's a conditioned reflex......"

Ying Jin's eyes rolled when he heard this, and a bold idea had already taken shape in his mind, if his father and emperor could still survive when he returned, then it would be the time for Yan Fei, the god of rain, to sing conquest to him!

A weird smile crept up the corner of her mouth, and Qian Ling shuddered coldly, and she hurriedly moved her gaze to the dust viewing mirror, which happened to be the most thrilling scene.

In the rainy night, Zhan Nian knelt in the muddy water with his sword, his face was pale, but he still raised his head unruly and smiled contemptuously: "Get up, go on, kill me so that I can go back to my life, we have our own place, wouldn't it be happy?!" Grinding, a bunch of bad seeds! ”

Among the black-clothed swordsmen lying around, one of them finally stood up swayingly, and he pointed his sword at Zhan Nian and said, "I respect you as a man, so let you die clearly." ”

"Can you escape us, can you escape the encirclement and suppression of the Praetorian Guards in front? You have been lucky enough to escape the encirclement and suppression, have you escaped Your Majesty's net? ”

"If I were you, I would have cut it off, anyway, in the end, there would be a result, why waste any effort?!"

When he was blocked by this group of black-clothed swordsmen, he also thought that it might be sent by Jinyan, but he preferred to believe that it was the Ji family who chased him over to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and now that he was said so clearly, the last trace of illusion in his heart was shattered.

A bolt of lightning flashed, revealing the mottled wounds on Zhan Nian's body, as well as the eyes that finally drooped.

At this time, the man in black stabbed with a sword, and Zhan Nian finally closed his eyes in the cold light, with the love and hatred of this life.

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North Luo Jinnian Hall

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After the heavy rain, the sky is clear.

There was a refreshing smell in the cold air, and Jin Yan couldn't help but take a few hard breaths, and instantly felt comfortable in his chest. She turned around and asked, "Ji Ran has arrived?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, you are already waiting in the front hall."

Jin Yan nodded and walked towards the inner room, commanding as he went: "Change clothes." ”

"Your Majesty, which one do you want?"

The little palace attendant trotted over, Jin Yan seemed to be in a good mood, not only didn't get annoyed but also smiled at him lightly, "Imperial clothes." ”

Ji Ran, who was waiting in the front hall, was stunned for a moment when he saw Jin Yan dressed up like this, and then laughed and teased, "Your Majesty, am I already so important?" ”

Jin Yan crossed Ji Ran and sat on the throne, and replied with a light smile: "Naturally, you have always been very important. ”

Seeing that Ji Ran was still standing, she reminded very considerately: "Feel free to sit down, I can only accompany you after I do some official business here today, don't be restrained." "Scales

"Someone, some refreshments."

Ji Ran nodded very obediently, and after finding an inconspicuous position to sit down, he saw three adults with golden crowns and purple robes walking in.

He recognized one of them, it was Lord Shangshu Zhou of the Criminal Department who dealt with his beating some time ago, and the other two adults were also wide-headed and big-eyed, and they looked very majestic, which made his heart suddenly beat a small drum.

After saluting the empress, the three adults sat down opposite, as if they didn't see him, and went straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, the assassination of the queen has been ascertained, a total of thirty-eight assassins, thirty-one people were ambushed, and the remaining seven were seriously injured, their confessions are basically consistent with what we investigated before, and it is indeed the collusion of Northern Qin with my Northern Luo thieves!"

"Hmph, I have a traitor in Beiluo...... Jin Yan sneered, knocked his fingers on the armrest twice and asked: "Who and where, can there be a party?" In turn. ”

"Yes!"

Asked about the matter he investigated, Lord Shangshu Zhou of the Criminal Department took the initiative to take over the conversation, "The minister has already found the secret correspondence between him and the Empress Dowager of Northern Qin from his hometown, please take a look at it." ”

Jin Yan took the letter, and after reading it at a glance, he frowned slightly, "Hey, Pingcheng? Whose hometown is in Heicheng? ”

A raised eye happened to fall on Ji Ran's body, and Jin Yan asked, "I remember that your hometown is also Pingcheng, right?" ”

Ji Ran stood up violently, and at some point the sweat was already soaked with his back clip, he simply walked directly in front of Jin Yan, and said with panic and grievance: "Your Majesty, how can I listen to Lord Zhou's meaning?" It's not because my hometown is in Pingcheng, so I deliberately framed it, after all, Lord Zhou is also the queen's distant cousin! ”

"Bold Shaft!"

Lord Zhou was immediately furious, Shangshu of the Criminal Department was a first-class member, when was he hit by someone so straightforwardly, he was immediately angry and wanted to do it.

Jin Yan reprimanded it aside, and Wen Yan comforted Ji Ran and said: "Everything has to be evidenced, just talking about a flat city can't explain anything, don't worry, let's listen to Lord Zhou first." ”

"Humph!" Lord Zhou glanced at Ji Ran coldly, "Then let's start with you!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, in the process of secret investigation, the minister found a very strange thing. The era has a total of three sons, the eldest son and the second son are already married, and the third son received the imperial city from his hometown this spring, which is the one in front of you, but the minister found another son in the Ji family's old mansion, and he is a fool who is not good at doing things! ”

"Then dare to ask, which one is true, and what is the intention of the era?!"

Jin Yan's gaze sank, and Ji Ran knelt down with a plop, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhou's words are not true, I am the third son of the Ji family, I am true!" ”

Seeing that Jin Yan's eyes were still deep, Ji Ran rushed to the front of the throne, with tears in his pure eyes, and Yin Yin said: "Your Majesty, Ji Ran is clumsy, I am afraid that I will not be able to prove my innocence at this time." But Your Majesty, these days, you and I get along day by day, how can you not see clearly what kind of person I am? Ji Ran's heart can be learned, I am sincere to you, how can I deceive you? ”

Jin Yan leaned down, gently stroked his smooth and flawless face, and said abruptly: "Ji Ran, you even have this face fake, how much of your heart is true?" ”

"You said you were from Pingcheng, but I tried you many times, but you didn't notice it."

"I'm curious, how can you have such a pair of pure eyes, full of innocence, but without the slightest trace of warm feelings."

Speaking of this, Jin Yan laughed lightly, "It's so stupid to lie to me with the so-called sincerity, do you know why I can see through it at a glance?" ”

Ji Ran's face turned pale and shook his head.

Jin Yan opened his mouth and called softly, "Come out." ”

A man in a black brocade robe walked out of the screen behind the throne, he leaned over and hugged Jin Yan's shoulders and asked with a smile, "What do you want me to do?" ”

A pool of eyes like a deep pool, originally bottomless, intolerable, but at the moment the stars are shining, full of people.

Jin Yan didn't pay attention to Zhan Nian, but his face was grim, and he threw the secret letter on the ground heavily, "Drag this person down and immediately put him on death row!" ”

Ji Ran's last glance happened to fall on the letter thrown in front of him, which was densely written with the names of a number of people, one of which was Lige. And his real name is Lige......

It turned out that the empress had always known very well in her heart that he had been acting like a clown for so long, and even thought that he had acted very realistically, not only successfully completed the task, but also won the sincerity of the most powerful woman in the world. It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous......

This is not the end of the matter, but it is a beginning, everyone bows their heads, and the voice of the empress clearly echoes in the hall.

"The three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Supervision Yuan will be tried, and the epoch will thoroughly investigate the treason of the enemy in the era, and we must wipe out all the remnants of the same party!"

"And the Northern Qin ......"

Jin Yan paused slightly, and then his eyes were like, "Northern Qin plotted to kill my Beiluo Father and troubled my Beiluo Dynasty, is it tolerable or unbearable!" ”