"What did you say, Wu Shuyuan died?"

At first hearing this news, Xiao Tong could not be shocked, and the first thought in his mind naturally thought of Xie Ling, but soon, he put this guess out of his mind and asked, "When did it happen?" ”

Huo Yan replied, "Just now." ”

"How did you die?"

"Commit suicide!"

As soon as Huo Yan's voice fell, Xiao Tong's face immediately showed a solemn look, and at this time, even Chen Qingzhi was puzzled, and couldn't help but look at Xie Ling.

Xie Ling was also horrified in his heart, but he heard Xiao Zhengde sneer: "Suicide? This Wu Shuyuan has been locked up in the cold palace temple for three years, and she didn't think of committing suicide for three years, why can't she think about it today? Didn't someone say something to her and force her to commit suicide? ”

When he said this, he also deliberately glanced at Xie Ling, and then said to Huo Yan, "Oh yes, Commander Huo just said that the murderer fled here, what does the murderer look like?" ”

Huo Yan replied: "I don't know what it looks like, the people who saw him only knew that the person was wearing a white jade mask, with a long body and snow-white skin, and he should be a child of the pampered scholar clan." ”

"Sons of the Shi clan?" Xiao Zhengde made a look of enlightenment: "As soon as you say this, this king remembers, not long ago, it seems that two people entered the ancient Xuanpu. ”

Huo Yan immediately asked solemnly, "Which two people?" ”

Xiao Zhengde pointed at Murong Liancheng and Xie Ling, and said, "That's him, and her Xie Ling!" ”

Before Murong Liancheng could say anything, Xiao Ji stood up and said: "Cousin, it's not right for you to say that, in addition to the two of them, there is also the imperial brother and me, is my cousin suspected that I am the murderer who forced Wu Shuyuan?" ”

Xiao Zhengde smiled: "Eighth brother, what he said is serious, eldest brother, I just suspect that no one dares to doubt the King of Wuling, who has repeatedly made military exploits, but what I said is also true......"

"Liancheng has always been inseparable from me, what he has done This king knows it in his heart, and this king does not allow anyone to doubt him, and those who insult his innocence will insult my innocence!"

"You-"

Xiao Zhengde's face was so angry that his face was distorted, and he was about to say something, but he saw him salute Xiao Tong again, and said, "Imperial brother, my brother has just returned from Xuzhou, and before he entered the palace to meet his father, he came to your ancient Xuanpu first, and now he won't stay much, and the younger brother will leave first!" ”

"Okay, you go to Taicheng to see your father! Father has missed you for a long time! ”

After Xiao Tong replied, he motioned for him to leave, Xiao Ji didn't say a word, and took Murong Liancheng to stride towards Qingyin Pavilion.

Seeing the back of Liancheng leaving, Xie Ling's heart moved, and she wanted to keep up, but she still stopped, she didn't know at that time, Murong Liancheng, who had walked outside the Qingyin Pavilion, also paused suddenly, and there seemed to be hesitation in his steps.

Xiao Ji noticed that something seemed wrong with him, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Liancheng, but you met the old man you said during the banquet? ”

Murong Liancheng smiled slightly: "None." ”

Seeing a smile on this beautiful face, Xiao Ji couldn't help but lose his mind slightly, and sighed secretly: "Although I have been with Liancheng for a long time, I still feel that it is beautiful, and the beauty of Liancheng really makes the beautiful women in the north and south lose their color!" ”

"The prince has won the prize! There is a so-called, to judge people by words, and to lose them; Judging people by their appearance, losing their sons, the beauty of their faces is nothing more than a skin bag after all, it is really nothing! ”

Xiao Ji laughed: "Hahaha...... That's right, but this king is a little superficial. After that, he changed the conversation again and asked in a joking voice, "But I helped you today, how can you thank this king?" ”

Murong Liancheng said: "Liancheng set up this bureau for you, the prince. ”

"You're for me?" Xiao Ji had an inquiring smile in his eyes.

Murong Liancheng nodded: "Yes, remove a rival for His Highness!" ”

"Who?"

……

After Xiao Ji left, Xiao Zhengde was so angry that his nose was even more smoky, and he couldn't help but complain to Xiao Tong: "Did you just let him go?" ”

Xiao Tong didn't answer, so Xiao Xu continued: "If you don't let him go, then what do you want?" The eighth brother has just won the battle, returned triumphantly from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and is about to go to his father to report the good news and receive merit! Could it be that you still want the imperial brother to detain him and prevent him from seeing his father? ”

Xiao Zhengde was choked speechless again, and couldn't help muttering: "Just now, Commander Huo said that the murderer fled into this ancient Xuanpu, which means that everyone here may be a murderer, and naturally no one can be let go easily!" ”

As soon as his voice fell, Xiao Xu laughed even more: "Cousin, how do you tell me to say hello, if I were you, I would close my mouth tightly and don't speak, if you offend the eighth brother by saying this, I am afraid that even the people of the entire Qingyin Pavilion will be offended!" ”

And the people who offended the entire Qingyin Pavilion were almost regarded as offending most of the scholars in Jiankang City, Xiao Xu didn't say this sentence, Xiao Zhengde naturally could understand it, and then he found that the scholars who were originally watching were all questioning and angry at him at this moment, and some people couldn't help asking: "What does His Royal Highness King Linhe mean?" I'm here today to attend the cultural meeting, no wonder you suspect that we are suspected of killing Wu Shuyuan? ”

"Yes! None of us have left this place, so what does Wu Shuyuan's death have to do with us? ”

Xiao Zhengde suddenly lost his mind, he couldn't help but be confused, and couldn't help but want to ask Chen Shuo for help, but he saw a black crowd in the crowd, and where could he still see Chen Shuo's figure.

At this time, Xiao Tong hurriedly came out to play a round and said to the scholars: "Apologize, today's Wenhui will end here, it is considered a lonely missed appointment, please forgive me, another day the Lone Club will ask Your Majesty for a decree, and hold a big Wenhui on the bank of the Qinhuai River again, at that time, Lone will make an appointment with you to drink and talk together!" Gentlemen, please come back! ”

Hearing Xiao Tong's words, all the scholars softened their expressions, and they all bowed their hands and said: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!" And they departed one after another.

Wang Yun was about to leave, but when he saw that Xie Ling was still standing still, he also came to pull her and said, "What are you still doing here, let's go!" ”

Xie Ling said: "You go first!" I want to go see Wu Shuyuan. ”

"Go see Wu Shuyuan?" Wang Yun pulled her aside, lowered his voice and asked, "What are you going to see her for?" ”

"I went to that temple, met Wu Shuyuan, and had some words with her." Xie Ling replied truthfully.

Wang Yun's eyes were shocked: "What did you say? You just went out and ...... To meet her? ”

Xie Ling nodded.

At this time, Chen Qingzhi also came over, lowered his voice and asked, "What did you say to Wu Shuyuan?" ”

Xie Ling said: "I didn't say anything, I asked some things about my father. ”

"And then? Did she just kill herself? ”

"General Chen, Wu Shuyuan's death has nothing to do with her, I believe in her!" At this time, Xiao Tong answered, and when he said this, his eyes covered Xie Ling, and there was unreserved trust in his eyes.

"You can go back too!" He said.

Xie Ling was inevitably a little moved in his heart, and he also bowed his hand and said: "No, Your Royal Highness the Prince, although Wu Shuyuan was not killed by me, but in the end it has a certain relationship with me, I always want to know who is behind the scenes, in order to frame me!" ”

Xiao Tong no longer objected, so he took Xie Ling and Huo Yan and others to the temple where Wu Shuyuan was confined, and before they reached the temple, they saw hundreds of Jiagao soldiers from a distance surrounded by a Ming and Huang Luan car carrying the Luan flag, neatly arranged in front of the temple, stretching for hundreds of meters.

It is the honor guard of the Son of Heaven here!

Xiao Tong couldn't help but change his expression slightly, and muttered, "Father is also here?" ”

Huo Yan on the side replied: "Yes, after the news reached Taicheng, His Majesty rushed to the sedan chair!" ”

"My father really still has old feelings for Wu Shuyuan."

Xiao Tong couldn't help muttering, and immediately walked into the temple, and saw his father Xiao Yan standing in the middle of the hall, and a cold corpse was placed on a board in front of him, which was the deceased Wu Shuyuan.

After uncovering the silk covering Wu Shuyuan, Xiao Yan couldn't help but show sadness: "Who did it?" ”

Some of the monks and guards standing in the temple were all shocked.

A female resentment hurriedly got up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Shuyuan Niangniang has no scars on her body, only a stamped on her neck, and she did not struggle excessively before she died, which shows that she has no regrets when she dies." ”

"So she really committed suicide?"

Xiao Yan said a word, as if he couldn't bear it, squatted down again, stretched out his hand and stroked Wu Shuyuan's pale but smooth face, a tear in the corner of his eye with his fingertips, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's me who can't stand you!" ”

The monks hurriedly bowed their heads and chanted the Buddha: "Amitabha, Your Majesty, please mourn!" ”

Xiao Yan said, "Carry her body into the palace!" Restore her Shuyuan title and give him respect! Her funeral will be handed over to Concubine Ding to preside over! ”

Liu Fu responded on the side: "Yes!" ”

hurriedly summoned two eunuchs to come over and lift Wu Shuyuan's body, and at this moment, something seemed to fall from Wu Shuyuan's body.

Liu Fu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly picked up the silk silk.

It just so happened that Xiao Tong and Huo Yan walked in together, and when Xiao Yan saw the two of them, he couldn't help but feel angry: "Why did you come here, I handed over this place to you to manage, and you managed it like this?" Let the murderer run rampant and break into the temple to kill people? ”

"I'm sorry, father, it's the son's dereliction of duty!" Xiao Tong hurriedly replied.

Huo Yan on the side also knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, don't blame the prince for this matter, after all, the prince also held a literary meeting in the East Palace today, everything is complicated, there must be omissions, and the murderer's skills are very unusual, he can kill more than a dozen people here in a quarter of an hour and escape without a trace, it can be seen that he is not an idle person!" ”

"Then have you found out where the murderer is?"

Huo Yan lowered his head and said, "The minister is useless, I haven't found it yet!" ”

Xiao Yan was about to get angry, when Liu Fu handed him a silk silk and said, "Your Majesty, please look at this, this has just fallen from Wu Shuyuan!" ”

Xiao Yan took the silk silk and looked at it, and couldn't help but change his expression greatly, and his face showed anger: "Go and call Xiao Zhengde, the king of Linhe, to my general!" ”