The woman's body was so damaged that her face was unrecognizable, even her torso and fingers had been gnawed, and the smell of unidentified liquid on the damp ground was found to be fishy.

Shi Yong held his breath for a moment, and suddenly looked sideways at her foot where she had dropped a shoe.

Taking off her socks, she held her breath again and looked back at Zhao Yin.

In the ink-like cave, the two looked at each other by the light of torches, and neither spoke. But the skin on the body of the people next to him was instantly tightened, and in the eyes they transmitted, it was like being pricked by a needle, and they felt numb.

Is the deceased Princess Huaining?

Everyone waited for Shi Yong's answer.

Some people even waited until a cold sweat broke out on their backs.

But she could only hear a sigh.

A sigh that was so faint that it was almost inaudible, as if lamenting for the tragic death of this woman.

"Born lowly, death is also low."

In the dead silence, everyone pondered this sentence, still looking at her.

Shi Yong's eyes looked at Zhao Yin again.

"Princess Jade Feet, it won't be so rough, right?"

The woman's face, hands, and body were almost destroyed, but her feet were intact. There is a thick cocoon on it, rough and visible, and there is a scar on the heel, as if it was stabbed by something, and it has not been healed and has not been cared for, leaving ugly marks.

The princess is delicate and expensive, and she takes good care of herself, but Shi Yong feels that she should let Zhao Yin confirm it.

Zhao Yin glanced at it and said calmly: "Take it down the mountain first." ”

Before finding the real Huaining, life and death cannot be decided.

He was a cautious man. Shi Yong nodded silently, got up and walked towards Zhao Yunzhen.

The little guy's face was already white with fright, and under the reflection of the fire candles, there was panic in his eyes that could not be concealed, but he was pretending to be calm.

"Uncle Yin, let's go down the mountain quickly, we can't stay here for a long time."

Children are more afraid of unfamiliar environments than adults.

Zhao Yin motioned for Xie Fang to send someone to bury the corpse, walked to Zhao Yunzhen's side, and stretched out his hand to him.

"Come on."

Zhao Yunzhen looked at him timidly, and slowly put his little hand up, "Uncle Yin?" ”

"The cave is so deep that I haven't seen it yet."

Zhao Yunzhen's face changed, and he bit his lower lip as he watched him, obviously a little reluctant.

"Do you want to go?"

Zhao Yin's face was calm, and he undoubtedly pulled him forward.

"This time, the minister will lead you away. Next time, His Highness will learn to walk on his own. ”

He used the titles of "minister" and "His Royal Highness", and his tone was more serious than usual, Zhao Yunzhen was not very old, but he was also a person who followed Taifu in the palace to learn and know etiquette, and he knew what Uncle Yin was going to tell him.

However, a child is still a child in front of an adult who can be relied on.

"Uncle Yin, I am the future Son of Heaven, and I came by the order of Heaven, and the Taifu said that I should not invade the six evils...... But I'm still scared. ”

Zhao Yin motioned for Zhu Jiu to raise the torch, and his voice was calm and low, "What are you afraid of?" ”

Zhao Yunzhen bit his lower lip and reluctantly whispered, "I'm afraid...... Ghost. ”

Zhao Yin asked, "What's so scary about ghosts?" ”

Zhao Yunzhen couldn't answer, and subconsciously turned back to look for Shi Yong.

Seeing her walking behind Chunxiu with her, she frowned unhappily.

"Everyone is afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are ugly."

"What else?"

"Ghosts have no shadows, no jaws."

"Hmm. And then what? ”

"The ghost walks without a sound. The palace grandmother said that some ghosts have no face and will gnaw on children's fingers. ”

Zhao Yin pondered for a long time, and looked down at Zhao Yunzhen, who was the first to speak.

"Ghosts are permanent, but humanity is impermanent. Your Highness, remember that the most terrible thing in this world is the human heart. ”

"What is so terrible about the human heart?"

"The ...... of people's hearts"

With a sigh, he crossed the cave, and the rest of the words, he finally had no exit.

The little Zhao Yunzhen still didn't understand that what was more terrifying than the corpses in the cave and the legendary ghosts was the impermanent human heart.

Ghosts have ghost ways, but people have never had a way.

Shi Yong heard Zhao Yin's sigh, and his heart trembled.

A subtle feeling swept through my heart, and I somehow understood what he meant.

At this moment, he must have hoped that Zhao Yunzhen would understand, but also hoped that he would not understand, and that he would not have to struggle across the years to understand these ordinary principles.

What everyone didn't expect was that on the other side of the cave, there was actually a huge mass grave cellar.

The inside is full of white bones, and the bones are mixed together, which is terrifying.

Shi Yong took a look: "These bones are decades old, and they seem to have died in war." ”

The bones of the war are different from ordinary deaths, and the scars on the bones, as well as the remnants of the scene, are easily recognizable.

Zhao Yin nodded: "This place is close to Lu Longsai, Luanshui." It should be the soldier who died in the battle of Luronse. ”

Shi Yong asked, "Did someone come to dispose of the corpse later?" ”

She pointed to the pile of bones, "These bodies should have been moved." ”

What do you do when you have nothing to do with moving corpses?

Everyone looked at her in horror.

Zhao Yin thought for a while, "Let's go out first." ”

Everyone found a stone staircase on the left side of the mass grave cellar, meandered up the stone steps, pushed open a stone slab, and saw the light of day.

The exit is designed to be extremely secretive, hidden beneath a stone tablet that is barely visible to the naked eye.

It was raining lightly outside, and from the ground to the earth, the fresh air made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Shi Yong helped Zhao Yunzhen straighten his hat, patted the soil on his body again, turned his head sideways, and saw Zhao Yin, Xie Fang and others standing there quietly, looking at the stone tablet and not moving.

"Is this stele weird?"

Shi Yong led Zhao Yunzhen to the front of the stele, and the moonlight and torches shone on the stele and the couplet above, and she was slightly stunned.

I saw that the stele read: "Tomb of the fallen soldiers in the Battle of Luronse." ”

Bang Lian wrote: "Go to the soup and gallop thousands of miles to defend the country, and break the bones and escape thousands of horses to fight for the society - Hongtai twenty-five years, Zhao Zhu question." ”

There was a long silence all around.

The moonlight curls, and the water whimpers.

The soldiers stared at the stone monument, solemn and quiet, and let the rain fall.

After a while, Zhao Yin stretched out his hand towards Zhao Yunzhen.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, come."

Zhao Yunzhen walked up, "Uncle Yin? ”

Zhao Yin pulled his small body and made him face the stone tablet, "Salute!" ”

Behind him, more than a hundred soldiers, without saying a word, lifted their swords in unison, and bent down with both hands on the handles.

The rain drenched Shi Yong's hair, dripping down her forehead and falling on her face, and she looked at the group of men, but did not move, nor did she wipe it.

The doubts in my heart are even worse.

Who dared to use the stone monument erected by the first emperor for the fallen soldiers to cover up the sins in the cave?

And why should you leave those things behind?

There was a sudden itch under her feet, and she looked down to see Da Hei crouching down at her feet.

Unexpectedly, I saw Dahei's wound again, and I realized.

Was it the big black break-in that ruined their plans?

The big black took the shoes away, they wanted to kill the big black, but let it run back, and they had to abandon the nest and leave?

So then, will these people give up?

This is no ordinary homicide.

Shi Yong faintly felt that all this horror and killing was just the beginning.

The current Qingshan Town is like a huge oil pot, they are all in the pot, waiting for the fire to boil the oil.

Next, Yan Mu and Wu Chan will sing the Seven Heavens Club in the Qian Mansion.

Shi Yong seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood in the air.

She felt like a boulder was crushed in her heart, and she never spoke on the way back.

Over the mountains and mountains, such absent-mindedness is extremely easy to scratch, and just when she was distracted, a tree that bounced out of nowhere slapped straight at her face.

The black shadow flashed, Shi Yong was shocked, and reflexively reached out to block it.

The branch was so resilient that it slapped the back of her hand and bounced back.

The pain on the back of her hand made her frown, and she reached out to break the tree.

A hand reached out and grabbed in front of her, and there was a crisp sound.

Syllable! The tree broke, and the rain and dew fell, and on the top of her head, her neck stirred up a chill and dampness.

Shi Yong frowned displeased, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhao Yin threw away the tree and didn't say a word.

Shi Yong stroked the water stains on his head, glanced at him, and stretched out his hand again when he stepped again.

Across in front of her, blocking the rattan that cut people in the way.

At this moment, his eyes were very stern, and Shi Yong glanced at it, "No, I'm fine." ”

Zhao Yin's eyelashes moved, "Don't harm others." ”

Behind her, there were other people, this thorny rattan could cut through the clothes and cut the skin, and if she broke through alive, the thorny rattan would bounce back and hit the person behind her, as if she had been innocently beaten by a branch just now.

And that branch was bounced back by Zhao Yin.

I didn't remind her just now, and when she was beaten, she took care of others.

Shi Yong glanced at his almost expressionless face, "Got it." ”

She walked cautiously over without further distraction.

Behind her, Xie Fang saw Zhao Yin waiting for her to walk by, slowly letting go of the rattan, but when he stepped down, he helped his knee.

The night dew was damp, walking through the mountains, his knees were almost soaked, even his healthy knees could feel the chill to the bone, so what about Zhao Yin's knees?

Xie Fang approached silently, wanting to help him.

Zhao Yin raised his hand, refused, looked at him calmly, and asked without waves: "How is the letter delivered?" ”

Xie Fang groaned, "According to the rules, Geng Liu will come tonight." ”

Geng Liu is the ochre-clothed man in the Pingjin Inn.

Shi Yong returned to Pei's mansion, pushed open the door and saw a tall man standing in the dark, and was startled.

"Study." Zhao Yin glanced at her deeply, "Go to bed early." ”

The previous sentence is said to Geng Liu, and the latter sentence is said to Shi Yong.

Shi Yong sighed, smiled and took his hand, "Wait for you!" ”

Zhao Yin's back stiffened, and he looked back at her.

"Sleeping alone, I'm afraid."

Shi Yong lowered her head, and when she returned to Pei Mansion, she was like a different person, playing his general's wife very dedicatedly, which was completely different from the indifferent woman on the mountain who calmly looked at the corpse and identified the corpse.

Zhao Yin looked at her and didn't move, and the atmosphere was inexplicably stagnant.

Xie Fang straightened his back, his head was motionless, his eyes slanted to the left and right, and he pretended to be dead in the gaze inquiry handed by Geng Liu.

Zhao Yin slowly clenched his fingers, and strode towards the study with a "hmm".

Shi Yong raised his eyebrows, but he didn't see the embarrassment on his face, and he regretted it slightly.

There is also his temperature on his fingers, cold.

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Jin Yiwei's correspondence has always had its own channel, but the person who lives in Pei Mansion now is Pei Fu, the general of Zhaoyi.

"As expected by my lord, the official letter of the post road was intercepted and unsealed."

Zhao Yinmeiyu was indifferent, and there was no surprise, "It's so good." It's time to send a second one. ”

There was a pen and paper prepared on the bookcase, Xie Fang walked to the side of the desk to straighten the inkstone, and gently sharpened the ink for him.

Zhao Yin brushed his sleeve and raised the pen, thought for a while, and replaced it with a left-handed pen.

"Daqing Mountain is rampant, it is extremely dangerous, and Guanyu should do his best to drive away the beasts. Today, a female corpse was found in the Luanshui River bank mountain, which seemed to have been invaded by a beast, and it was not certain whether it was Princess Huaining. ”

The letter told all about the green hills, the wolves, and the discovery of the woman's corpse.

At the end of the letter, he added, "I hope that the imperial court will send someone who knows the princess well as soon as possible to identify the body." ”

Holding a pen in his left hand, he also writes well.

Xie Fang looked at it, his face was unhappy, and he gently took out the letter paper and replaced it with another one.

Zhao Yin spread out his pen and ink.

This time, he switched to his right hand and wrote another note in his usual handwriting.

"The green mountains are not green, and the water is not clear. The envoy was killed, the princess died, how can I, the honor of the royal family, be humiliated by bandits? The danger of Qingshan is worrying for those who see it. Now Guanyu is trapped here, and the few soldiers and widows are greatly hindered, and he hopes that Brother Hongxing will increase reinforcements, wait for the time to move, punish the rebels, and benefit the people with the authentic society. Afterwards, the crown must be written to the court to ask for credit for his brother. On August 19, the 22nd year of Guangqi, Pei Guanyu was respected. ”

After writing, he handed the first letter to Xie Fang.

"Go to the post station and send the Beijing division urgently."

In the second letter, he personally sealed it with fire paint and gently handed it to Geng Liu.

"You personally send it to Yongpingwei and hand it over to the commander Shi Hongxing."

Yongping Wei is the largest garrison military guard in Yongping Prefecture, and it is also the closest guard post to Qingshan Town.

Geng Liu looked at him with a cold gaze, and was a little worried.

"The situation is so serious, it's better for you to leave Qingshan first, and then plan for the future."

Zhao Yin waved his hand, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will wilt the tiger." I've got my own plans. I'm afraid—"

The wind was blowing, and the candle flame was flickering.

Zhao Yin frowned, thinking of Zhao Yunzhen, who was already asleep at the moment, pinched his temples, pondered for a moment, raised his head and said in a deep voice.

"For the sake of all plans, pass on my order, and immediately go to Qingshan under the banner of ten days of dry Gengzi to secretly send the prince back to Beijing. If there is any change, all my brocade clothes will be under the command of the prince's life. Zhao Yin can die, but the prince cannot. ”

Xie Fang and Geng Liu glanced at each other and saluted with fists.

"Yes! Subordinates have orders. ”

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