Suddenly, there was a commotion in the far distance in the palace. After a while, a guard-like person hurriedly came over and whispered a few words to Zhu Shou.

Zhu Shou hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Buddha Hall is gone." ”

"Buddha Hall?" The emperor exclaimed: "The Buddha hall is fine to worship incense every day, why do you go to the water?" ”

Zhu Shou lowered his eyes and replied: "The Buddha Hall is not because of the water that the incense candles walked, but because a thunderbolt split into the Buddha Hall and ignited the pillars of the Buddha Hall. ”

Since the emperor, everyone in Daqi has believed in Buddhism. "How can there be thunder on this winter day?" A trace of panic clearly flashed on the emperor's face: "But, but I did something wrong. Heaven is going to punish me? The emperor walked to the window, his steps were a little unsteady. There was no moon in the dark sky, only wind and snow calling by. "Zhu Shou, look at tonight, is it the same as that night three years ago?"

Three years ago, the emperor ordered the killing of Xiao Zixiang on the day it was also like this.

Zhu Shou hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, you are wise and martial, how can God punish you." What's more, the emperor didn't ...... that night"

did not kill Xiao Zixiang.

It can also be understood that because Xiao Zixiang was not killed, God did not punish him.

The emperor looked back at He Jingying: "That's it, back then, your father and I were also brothers who were born and died together." I won't kill you for the time being. ”

He Jingying's heart was relieved, and the dove wine in her hand fell to the ground with a "clang".

"But you remember, you can live if you live in the Dharma Body, and if something happens to the Dharma Body, I want you to be buried with you."

He Jingying walked out of the Yuming Hall with some vague steps, even if it was like this tonight. She passed by the Buddha Hall and saw that the fire in the Buddha Hall was not big and had been extinguished by the guards.

Suddenly, He Jingying's eyelids jumped, and the lower half of the pillars of the Buddha Hall was black, but there was no top. If the Buddha hall was struck by lightning, the upper half of the pillars should be black. It was apparently someone who set fire to her.

He Jingying was shocked, could it be Xiao Lian? But she can see such a technique, and the emperor will definitely be able to detect it when she checks it afterwards. Daqi re-cherishes the Buddha, how is the burning of the Buddha hall?

It was a guard who suddenly came in a panic. Looking at the clothes, he is just a guard guarding the door. "Princess, it's not early, please go out of the palace here."

Where did He Jingying have the heart to pay attention to a guard. If Xiao Lian had set fire to the Buddha hall, that person should not have gone far. He Jingying was looking for her in the crowd. The guard stepped forward a few steps in front of He Jingying, lowered his voice and said, "It was the prince who asked me to save the princess." ”

He Jingying raised her head suddenly, and then she saw the appearance of the guard, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but she had a loyal appearance, but she had never seen it, and it was very unfamiliar. "You are?"

The guard took out the Fusang jade pendant from his sleeve: "This is the princess's?" ”

He Jingying nodded. It seems that Xiao Lian used this jade pendant.

"Princess, please come with me."

He Jingying followed the guards to a secluded place. "Princess, I am Cao Jingzhao, the guard of Zhengyang Gate. I prepared a carriage outside the palace gate. The prince is outside the city, you and the prince should leave quickly. ”

"You lit the fire in the Buddha Hall?"

Cao Jingzhao smiled awkwardly: "The princess can see it?" I'll just say it's not a good idea. ”

"How did you make people think that the Buddha Hall was struck by lightning?"

"I first used fireworks next to the temple to make some light, and then I made a little noise, and then I set it on fire. Originally, there were no people around the Buddhist hall, and they were all far away, and it looked like they had been struck by lightning from a distance. ”

"What happens after that? Whether it was struck by lightning or not, it is easy to find out. ”

Cao Jingzhao was also a little helpless: "It was very late when I got the news, and you had already been brought into the Yuming Hall at that time. I can't enter the inner palace, so I can only gamble like this. Cao Jingzhao suddenly said, "Princess, can I ask you a question?" ”

He Jingying nodded.

Cao Jingzhao pointed to the Fusang jade pendant: "Princess, where did you get this jade pendant?" ”

He Jingying frowned, not knowing whether she should answer or not. She promised Xiao Zijing not to mention him to anyone. But Cao Jingzhao was able to save her because of those eight words, which shows that Xiao Zijing is a very important person to Cao Jingzhao.

Cao Jingzhao looked at He Jingying's hesitant expression, and asked again: "Is that person not letting you say it?" Is it a burly, heroic person? Is it Xiao Yunyin? ”

He Jingying looked at Cao Jingzhao's face full of joy and was stunned.

Although He Jingying did not answer Cao Jingzhao, Cao Jingzhao knew that the person who gave He Jingying Fusang Jade Pendant must be Xiao Zixiang. Cao Jingzhao said to himself: "He's still alive!" Big brother is really alive! Cao Jingzhao asked impatiently, "Princess, where is he?" ”

He Jingying lowered her head silently.

Cao Jingzhao said patiently: "He won't let you say it, right?" That's what he is. He wouldn't let us save him. Now it's up to him! It's been three years, we've been looking for three years! ”

"He's dead."

He Jingying's voice was as thin as a mosquito and a fly, but it fell on Cao Jingzhao's ears like thunder from the sky. "What?"

He Jingying really couldn't bear to tell him that the heroic Xiao Zixiang in his memory died in prison like an old man. But no matter how cruel she was, she could only tell him, "He died because I died." ”

Cao Jingzhao was seriously gloomy suddenly: "What did you say?" ”

He Jingying lowered her head and said, "I can't say too much, but he did die because of me." ”

Cao Jingzhao's eyes took a step closer fiercely: "If you kill him, why did he give you Fusang Pei, why did he tell you those eight words?" What the hell is going on? ”

He Jingying bit her lip tightly.

Cao Jingzhao's voice was close to pleading: "I saved your life, just ask you to tell me where he is?" How did you die? so that I can collect his body. His adoptive father died because of him, and he was abandoned by his own biological father, where did you let his soul go? ”

What appeared in Cao Jingzhao's eyes was a pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. His plea was also sincere. He Jingying was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "I met him in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

"The prison of the criminal department?" Cao Jingzhao's face was full of remorse. "We've been looking for a long time, looking for strange piles inside and outside the city, looking for every exile with a different identity, but he's actually in the prison of the Criminal Department? Right under our noses? Almost just across the wall from me? ”

Cao Jingzhao couldn't hold back any longer: "Tell me, how did he die, what the hell happened?" ”

"He was poisoned."

Xiao Zijing's expression when he was poisoned, every action was clearly reflected in He Jingying's mind. That was supposed to be poison for her. Xiao Zijing, a stranger who had nothing to do with him, actually ate it willingly.

There could have been many endings.

For example, Xiao Zijing watched her eat the roast chicken by herself, and she died of poison.

Or, tell her that the rotisserie chicken is poisonous. Then both of them will be fine.

But Xiao Zijing chose to eat the roast chicken.

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