Alem rushed over in a hurry, and when he saw that the ranch was in a mess, his heart suddenly cooled. When he saw Uncle Sandan, the first thing he asked was, "How is it, how is it, has the horse been burned?" ”

Uncle Sandan looked at Alem guiltily, tears welled up, and he fell to his knees with a "poof". It scared Alem so much that he thought something was wrong.

"Dead...... How much...... Horse? Alem asked tremblingly, only feeling that his heart was dripping blood.

"It's okay, it's okay, the horse didn't die." Uncle Sandan gasped and said.

The big stone hanging in Alem's heart finally landed, and just looking at Uncle Sandan's posture, I thought something big was wrong.

However, Uncle Sandan didn't finish speaking, and after he gasped for breath, he said, "That's it...... Wild alfalfa, all burned. ”

"Wild alfalfa gone?" Alem's head began to hurt again, "This grass is rare on the grassland, Uncle Sandan, can you still find it?" ”

Uncle Sandan was also worried about this matter, and he said helplessly: "Where Nagano alfalfa is grown, I only know the wild valley. But last time, I led someone to pull out all the wild alfalfa in the wild valley. It's autumn again, and it's impossible to grow again. ”

It was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and the boat was late and encountered a head wind. Alam now even has the heart to die. Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, he asked Uncle Sandan, "Can you ...... Replace it with another grass? ”

"I can't." Uncle Sandan vetoed it without even thinking about it, cutting off the last straw of Alem. After he finished speaking, he found that General Zuo's face seemed to have become ugly, so he had to add cautiously, "Unless...... with corn. ”

"......" Alam was stabbed in the heart again, and Uncle Sandan added that what he said was worse than not saying it.

In the main hall of the Golden Palace, Alem trembled and recounted the events roughly, and Khan Tuoba sat on the top seat and listened to the bad news with a blank face. The second prince at the head of the next one frowned and asked, "Did you catch the person who set the fire?" ”

"Nope." "The soldiers on guard said that they didn't even see what the arsonist looked like, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to capture. ”

"What do you want them to do!" Tuoba Yan finally spoke, but Alem fell to his knees in fright.

"Khan is angry, I have severely punished the soldiers who guarded last night." Alam said hurriedly.

The second prince helped Alam up and said to his younger brother: "Alam is not to blame for this, and he can't have expected it." However, the person who set the fire was vicious, and since that person dared to set the fire, there must be other actions. ”

"The arsonist, is it Nan Chu Xizuo?" Tuoba Yan said suspiciously.

"Nine times out of ten, it's the people of Nanchu." Tuoba Ling affirmed, "Khan, now that Xiang Qiang has infiltrated the Southern Chu Chamber, we must investigate thoroughly. ”

"How do you check?" Tuoba asked.

"Whether it is a slave, a craftsman, or a high-ranking official captured from Southern Chu, all Chu people must be investigated one by one." Tuoba Ling said.

"There are so many Chu people in Danyang City, go to check one by one, when do you have to find out?" Tuoba Yan is more than willing to do this, but not enough.

"Then let's start with a high-ranking official." Tuoba Ling said resolutely, "Start with Qin Luo." ”

Tuoba Yan frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, have you always been prejudiced against Qin Luo?" ”

"It's not prejudice, the big war is coming, it's better to be careful." Tuoba Ling said solemnly, "Khan, this is not only to investigate the arson case, if there is really someone lurking in Danyang City, or even lurking by the side of Khan, then our battle plan is very likely to be leaked." ”

"It's impossible, the people around me are cronies." Tuoba Yan quickly calculated in his heart who had participated in the deliberations in the past few days. Except for a few generals and a second brother, there was no one else. And the only person who served tea and poured water for the Khan during the deliberations was Jimmy.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Tuoba Ling said, "Qin Luo, the Chu slaves in the Golden Palace, and the Chu slaves working in the pastures, these people must be thoroughly investigated. ”

Tuoba Yan actually felt a little ashamed of Qin Luo, Qin Luo has been helping him with advice for several years, and he can be regarded as his master. Now it is under suspicion. Tuoba Yan asked: "How do you check, won't they all be arrested and tortured?" ”

"No, it's just a question. Let's talk about investigating last night's arson and asking the suspects what they were doing last night. If you can't prove where you were last night, it's not too late to torture again. ”

"Okay, then you can ask." Tuoba almost thought that the second brother was going to arrest Qin Luo and torture him. If it's just a question, that's acceptable.

The second prince knows very well that his third brother seems to be fierce and cruel, but he is actually very affectionate and righteous to his own people. Tuoba Ling didn't think that he could bring down Qin Luo all at once, he never believed that Qin Luo was really assisting Tuoba Yan, and one day, he would catch Qin Luo's handle.

After Tuoba Ling got Tuoba's permission, he immediately took people and broke into Qin Luo's big tent. At this time, Qin Luo is not the slave he was back then, he now has his own tent, and he also has slaves to serve, and even the Khan sent guards to protect Qin Luo.

So when Tuoba Ling broke in aggressively, he was stopped by the guards guarding outside.

"This is the tent where Lord Qin lives." The guards saw that the second prince and a group of soldiers wanted to break through, and at a glance, they knew that the comer was not good.

"Presumptuous, I'm the second prince, can't I enter Qin Luo's tent?" Tuoba shouted sharply.

The guards are responsible for guarding, how dare they let people go casually. But in the face of the second prince, he didn't dare to refuse casually, so he had to ask: "Second prince, please allow your subordinates to pass through." ”

"Get out of the way." Tuoba Ling pushed away the guards who were in the way, "I came here to interrogate on the orders of the Khan. How dare you stop it? ”

"This ......" The guards were in a dilemma, since the second prince was under the banner of the Khan, he didn't dare not let him go.

"Let him in." At this time, Qin Luo's flat voice came from inside the tent.

Tuoba Ling strode into the tent and saw Qin Luo sitting at his desk with a book in his hand. Seeing Qin Luo's unfazed appearance, the second prince's angry teeth itched, and he said in his heart that this person is really good at pretending, wait for a while to ask, and see how he can pretend.

"The second prince came to the humble house for the first time, and it was shining." Qin Luo put down the book in his hand and got up to greet him.

"Don't do that." Tuoba Ling now felt that what Qin Luo did was hypocritical, and he went straight to the point and said, "I'm here to ask. ”

"Second prince, may I ask." Qin Luo looked like I was immovable, as if he didn't have any fear.

Tuoba Ling saw that Qin Luo did not show any weakness or procrastination, and his heart was also a little loose. He doubted himself, it was rare that Qin Luo really didn't do it?

"What were you doing last night?"

"Read, sleep." Qin Luo replied succinctly.

Tuoba Ling was skeptical of Qin Luo's words, he clapped his hands and shouted to the people outside: "Bring Qin Luo's slaves in." ”

The people brought by the second prince had already captured several of Qin Luo's slaves. Hearing the master's command, they immediately pressed the slaves into the tent and made them kneel in a row.

"What were you masters doing last night?" Tuoba Ling asked the same question again.

One of the slaves replied, "Lord Qin has been staying in the tent and reading, and just after the hour, he went to sleep. ”

Is it rare to really wronged him? Tuoba Ling asked suspiciously, "I've been in the tent all the time, haven't you ever gone out?" ”

The slaves looked at each other, then shook their heads.

Tuoba Ling still didn't believe it, and called Qin Luo's guards in. Asked the same question, but still the same answer.

"You are Xiang Qiang's soldiers, don't be bought by the Chu people." Tuoba Ling threatened, "Qin Luo really hasn't gone out all the time? ”

The soldier who initially stopped the second prince replied, "We dare to swear to the Red Crow Heavenly God that Lord Qin stayed in the tent last night and never went out. ”

Tuoba Ling was indecisive when he heard this, and looked back at Qin Luo, but he didn't expect that he happened to meet Qin Luo's eyes.

Qin Luo looked directly at Tuoba Ling calmly and smiled indifferently, "Second Prince, did you reply this time?" ”

"Even if you're honest, let's go!" Tuoba Ling didn't catch Qin Luo's handle this time, and turned around angrily and left.

Not only was Qin Luo questioned, but at the same time, all the Chu slaves in the Golden Palace were also the first to be investigated.

"Kedun, help me! I didn't set the fire. A slave girl beside Yereyi came to Yeleyi's side early in the morning to cry.

"Set fire, what fire?" Yereyi looked at the slave girl inexplicably, she still didn't know what happened last night.

The slave girl came with a few soldiers. One of the leaders saluted Kedun and said respectfully: "Yele Kedun, there were fires in several pastures last night, and the Khan suspected that the Chu people were making trouble, so we were ordered to come and interrogate. ”

"Question? Why did you ask me here? Yereyi wondered.

"The khan suspects that it is a slave of the Chu people, and this female slave is captured from the Chu State." The leader replied.

"Yelkodun, the slave didn't set fire." The slave girl climbed to the foot of Kedun and said bitterly, "The slave and maid kept vigil outside the dormitory door last night, and I came in to pour water for you in the middle, and the slave and maid have never been out of the Golden Palace for half a step, how can they set fire to it?" ”

"I was thirsty last night, and she came to pour water." Yeleyi testified, "She was in the Golden Palace all the time last night, and it is impossible for her to go out and set it on fire." ”

Yelkedun himself testified, what else is there to doubt? When the man in the lead heard this, he let go of the little slave girl, and he sneered, "Disturb Yelekodun." ”

"It doesn't matter." Although Ye Leyi was angry in his heart, he still maintained an indifferent smile on his face, "You are also acting according to orders, go down." ”

After the group left, the suspected little slave girl kept kowtowing to Yeleyi and thanking her, apparently she had just been frightened by them.

Yeleyi said gently: "This matter is over, don't cry." Mom, take her down to freshen up, let her rest for a day, and she doesn't have to come over to serve today. ”

"Thank you, Koldun." The slave girl wiped her tears and slowly got up. Only then did she realize that her hair was also scattered, and she looked embarrassed with a handful of snot and tears.

After Yereyi and the others left, he left Saren alone and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"The slave maid also just heard that last night, the horse raised by General Zuo was almost burned to death." Saren said.

"Alem's horse?" Yereyi thought to himself, if something happened to Alem's horse, the khan asked people to search for the murderer? Could it be that it was not Alem's own horse, but the war horse used in this expedition?

"I heard that not only the Chu slaves in the Golden Palace were questioned, but also the Chu slaves in the pasture were questioned." Saren told Yereyi the news he had inquired about.

"All Chu people?" Ye Leyi suddenly realized, "This is not to investigate the arsonist, this is to search for the Nanchu spies." ”

"Maybe, anyway, all the Chu people are panicking now."

"All the Chu people?" Ye Leyi suddenly asked, "What about Qin Luo, has he also been asked?" ”

"Yes, the second prince went to ask in person." Saren replied.

Ye Leyi remembered that day, he met Qin Luo near the stone mountain. She didn't think much about it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it seems that the ranch is on the other side of the rocky mountain.