Su Zi collected the sword, shouted out the green soul, ordered a simple cleanup, and set off that night and left Bei'an City.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and he took the thirteen-star soul and left quietly.

The wind blew so hard at night that the walls could not stop it, and the cold wind almost tore off the roof.

After Su Ziqi left, Hua Yan stood in the courtyard, looking at the sky, the dark clouds covered the sun, the night was like black paint, and she couldn't even see half a trace of stars, she sighed deeply.

The fifth prince walked to Hua Yan's side and shouted "Fourth sister-in-law".

Hua Yan withdrew her gaze from the night sky, looked at the fifth prince, smiled at her and said, "Little Wu, don't worry, I promise your fourth brother to take you to experience and protect you, and naturally I will send you back to the capital safely." ”

The fifth prince nodded, "Fourth sister-in-law, I'm not worried, I'm just ......"

"Huh?" Hua Yan looked at him.

The fifth prince whispered, "I just think you're too tired. ”

Hua Yan smiled and reached out to pat him on the shoulder, "I'm not tired, I can have the ability and be able to go out, share the worries for a person, and help him share some of the heavy responsibilities on his shoulders, which is a blessing." Your fourth brother is much more tired than me. I am now in the Northland, and I deal with the affairs of the Northland, and he deals with the affairs of the world. His tiredness is something we can see and something we can't see. ”

The fifth prince raised his head, "What the fourth sister-in-law said. ”

Hua Yan waved his hand at him, "You have lost weight when I brought you out, go and rest." ”

The fifth prince nodded, "The fourth sister-in-law also went back to the house earlier, and it was cold at night, so take care of yourself." ”

Flowery face.

The fifth prince turned around and went back to the house, these days, he can help, he has also experienced working with An Sixteen and Cheng Zixiao, although he can't sleep at this time due to the plague, but people are not iron, and they also know that they must rest.

After the fifth prince left, An Sixteen rushed forward and whispered to Hua Yan, "Young master, you sent your son to behead the son, don't you have confidence in the plague in Bei'an City?" ”

Hua Yan shook her head, "No, for today's time, both of us will stay in Bei'an City, without Panlong ginseng, it will not be of much use, and it will be more useful for him to return to Beijing, not only to stop His Royal Highness the Prince, but also to join forces with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to investigate the people behind the scenes." ”

An Sixteen suddenly said, "I'll go and see the old man again." ”

Hua Yan waved her hand, "Go ahead." ”

An XVI immediately went.

Hua Yan looked at Xia Ze standing at the door of the West Wing, the child was standing there, not knowing what he was thinking, he didn't come over, and he didn't go back to the house, she shouted, "Xia Ze!" ”

Xia Ze came over and looked at her, "Sister Yan." ”

Hua Yan touched his head and asked gently, "What do you want?" It's such a cold day, don't go back to the house. ”

Xia Ze raised his face and asked seriously, "Sister Yan, do you accept apprentices?" ”

Hua Yan was stunned and smiled, "What? You're going to be my apprentice? ”

Xia Ze nodded, "Your martial arts are good, and your swordsmanship is even better." ”

Hua Yan smiled lightly, touched his head again and said, "My swordsmanship is not the best, the best swordsmanship in the world is His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xia Ze lowered his head, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not accept apprentices." ”

Hua Yan said "um" and said with a smile, "It's true that you won't accept apprentices, but if you enter the East Palace, maybe you have nothing to do, and he will guide you in one move or another." ”

Xia Ze raised his head and looked at Hua Yan, "Enter the East Palace?" ”

Hua Yan bowed, thought for a while and said, "I originally wanted to take you to Lin'an Hua's house, stay there, and let your sister condition your body, and my brother can usually teach you a thing or two, with your intelligence, you will definitely be able to become a great tool." But those who have been in the Hua family for a long time will have their behavior and behavior affected by the way they behave in the world. I'm afraid that if you stay, you won't want to serve the court. Why don't you go to the East Palace! Southern Chu Jiangshan needs talented people, not escapist people. ”

Xia Ze's eyes were clear, "The courtyard of the East Palace is deep, and the palace is confined, isn't it a cage?" ”

Hua Yan smiled, "No, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is strict under the rule of the East Palace, the East Palace has a strong iron plate, but there are many capable people in the East Palace, although you are young, but I think that there are capable and talented people who are not limited to young and old, you will enter the East Palace as a guest, and those who come out of the East Palace will naturally have unlimited future in the future." ”

Xia Ze's eyes were clear, "I listen to Sister Yan's arrangement." ”

"Okay, thank you brother for trusting my sister." Huayan smiled and waved his hand, "Go back and rest, your body is weak, you have to be careful." ”

Xia Ze nodded and walked back to the house briskly.

Hua Yan turned around and walked towards the house, and when she reached the door, Cai Qing immediately said, "If you don't go back to the house, the slaves and maids can't help but step forward and drag you." ”

Hua Yan smiled and took the initiative to say, "This day is a person who froze to death, go and bring ginger soup, drink a bowl of ginger soup, warm and warm, and I will think about the next thing." ”

Cai Qing should be, and went immediately.

The spicy and hot ginger soup entered the throat, and there was a burst of warmth in the stomach, dispelling more than half of the cold.

Hua Yan drank the ginger soup and said to Cai Qing, "Bring me the topographic map of the northern land that I drew in the East Palace earlier." ”

Cai Qing nodded and turned to go. Without further ado, I took the topography map of the northern land painted by Huayan and spread it on the table. Then hold the lamp and let the light shine clearly on the topography map.

Hua Yan looked at it for a moment, picked up the pen, marked a few places, and then asked Cai Qing, "You said that if I send the people of Bei'an City out of these places in batches, will it work?" ”

Cai Qing was stunned, she had been waiting by the princess's side for a long time, and the princess never asked her about such a big matter, she said hesitantly, "The slave doesn't know either." ”

Hua Yan smiled and said to her gently, "Don't be nervous, just think about it, is this feasible?" ”

Cai Qing listened to Hua Yan's words and stared at those places for a while. Biting his lip, he said, "Are you planning to make Bei'an City an empty city?" ”

Hua Yan nodded, smiled and praised, "Smart!" ”

Cai Qing, as a member of the former queen's secret guard, although she is not the smartest and has the highest martial arts, but she is simple-minded and has a simple and likable personality, and was selected by Yun Chi to Hua Yan's side, and followed her from the southwest to the north, she has experienced a lot of things and understood a lot. Now listening to Huayan's praise, she blushed and whispered, "Now that people are infected with the plague every day, how do you plan to send people away?" Tens of thousands, I'm afraid it's not easy to do. ”

Hua Yan said, "The places I chose are not extremely far away from Bei'an City, and the farthest is only a hundred miles. If you want to send it out in batches, the amount of work is larger, but it is not too difficult. ”

Cai Qing said, "But now in the city, in addition to the obvious symptoms of white blisters, the rest of the people who have contracted the plague and have not broken out are afraid that there are also a lot of people, how to distinguish these people?" Even if it is sent out of Bei'an City in batches, it will not solve the plague. ”

Hua Yan said, "You can't solve the plague right now, but you can't do nothing. The plague in Bei'an City cannot be hidden, and it will soon spread all over the world. Judging from the doubling of the number of plague outbreaks in the past two days, perhaps, the three people who entered Bei'an City from Qingpu County are afraid that they are a pretext, and the source of the plague lurks in Bei'an City. ”

"Huh?" Cai Qing exclaimed.

Hua Yan made the most daring conjecture, thinking and saying, "There is a saying that the most dangerous place is the safest place." Although the plague was first spread from Qingpu County, it may not be that the source of the plague is in Qingpu County, because the purpose of the people behind it is Bei'an City. Therefore, nine times out of ten, the source of the plague is in Bei'an City. ”

Cai Qing's face turned white, "Crown princess, what ...... Hurry up and check it. ”

Hua Yan sighed, "If my guess is right, it can be seen that it is buried very deeply, and it will not be easy to find out." She pursed the corners of her mouth, "That's why I want to send the people out in batches, to make a movement and lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Cai Qing suddenly.

Hua Yan rubbed her eyebrows, "This is also what I suddenly thought after Zi Chu left just now, the night in Bei'an City is so dark, naturally because it has been dark for a long time." When the words fell, she stopped, "I'm thinking about it, let's discuss it tomorrow." ”

Cai Qing nodded, "It's getting late, you can rest, how can you stand it if you only sleep for two or three hours a day?" ”

Hua Yan smiled and walked towards the window, "I can stand it, four hundred years ago, I only slept for one hour a day for a long time, and I still couldn't sleep well. ”

Cai Qing stopped.

Hua Yan didn't say anything more, lay down on the bed, and covered it with a quilt.

Cai Qing tucked the corners of the quilt for Hua Yan, extinguished the light, and walked out.

On this night, Donggong and Lin'an received a letter from Hua Yan at the same time.

Since Yun Chi received Hua Yan's letter mentioning the plum blossom seal, he ordered someone to secretly investigate the plum blossom seal, but for several days, there was no trace of it, and there was no trace of the plum blossom seal of the back beam. He couldn't help but pay attention to such a result.

What the Hua family and the East Palace can't find out, it can be seen how deeply it is hidden.

Four hundred years ago, no one knew better than the queen Hua Yan, all the descendants of the royal family of Houliang, except for Emperor Huaiyu, there was really no one who was promising. After Emperor Huaiyu and Empress Shujing successively poisoned the wine, Taizu buried all the descendants of the Houliang royal family for the two of them.

It's a pity that 400 years is too old to be checked.

This night, he was thinking that the Hua family had not heard from the flower family for a few days, and he didn't know if there would be a letter today, so Yunying appeared and presented the letter from the north.

This letter, unlike previous letters, is not a thick stack, it is light in his hand, Yun Chi checked the envelope in his hand, a little dissatisfied, but the font on the envelope still made him frown, and immediately opened the letter without delay.