After speaking, he deliberately ignored Xia Ye'er and walked to the back door alone.

Xia Ye'er had to follow for the sake of face. How many times did she want to turn around and leave immediately, but she couldn't make up her mind.

They sneaked behind a tree and watched the guards guarding the door from afar. The guards at this back door are really the least, only one, probably because the location is hidden, and few people have found it. I saw that the guard was absent-minded, yawning, clutching his sleeves, and looking like he wanted to be sleepy.

"Let's ...... What to do? Xia Ye'er asked tentatively.

Fang Lanlan thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, just step forward and explain your identity!" ”

Xia Ye'er hurriedly stopped: "No, how can this be?" What's the difference between this and breaking in through the main entrance? ”

Fang Lanlan said: "That's right. So what do you say? ”

Xia Ye'er thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you distract him, and then let's sneak in?" ”

Fang Lanlan didn't speak at first, then said, "Good idea! It occurred to me that there was a nest of night cats in the south garden, and I was going to catch one and throw it at him, and then we would go in again! ”

Xia Ye'er just wanted to ask how to get out, but Fang Lanlan had already run towards the garden to the south. Xia Ye'er always had an ominous premonition in her heart, as if something was going to happen.

At this time, Fang Lanlan rushed to the small garden in the south, groped in the dark for a long time, and finally found the wild cat nest that she had seen during the day. She hurriedly touched it with her bare hands, and finally touched a soft thing, and with a burst of excitement, she pulled it out, but wondered why the night cat didn't move, and then looked closely, it turned out to be the corpse of a child! I don't know how long I left it, but I was already frozen, my face was black and blue, and I was staring at her. Fang Lanlan was so frightened that she threw away the child's corpse, and her legs were also weak, but she still insisted on running to the big tree and sat down under the tree.

"What's wrong?" Xia Ye'er saw that Fang Lanlan was empty-handed, so she asked.

Fang Lanlan raised her head, her face was pale, and her speech trembled a little: "Then, in the garden over there, there are no night cats, there is, there is a dead body of a child!" Scared the hell out of me! ”

Xia Ye'er was also taken aback, she hurriedly helped Fang Lanlan up, and said, "Don't panic, be quiet!" ”

However, there was no point in whispering any more, and the guard had already noticed the movement here, and hurried to this side in three steps and two steps. He didn't have anything to do all night, but suddenly he had energy.

"Hey! Who are you? The guard asked sharply.

Fang Lanlan didn't care about hiding and escaping, grabbed the guard's hand and said, "Go and see, there's a corpse in the garden over there!" Check it out! ”

The guard was also taken aback, he had never seen a corpse in his life, and he felt more and more energetic. So, he no longer asked Fang Lanlan and Xia Ye'er about their intentions of hiding here, but followed them to the small garden.

Fang Lanlan led them to the "wild cat nest", then pointed to a mass of things on the ground and said, "This is it." Come and have a look. ”

Xia Ye'er and the guard hesitated to walk forward, and sure enough, they saw the corpse of a child on the ground, and a few mice were jumping on it. Xia Ye'er felt a wave of nausea in her stomach and almost threw up.

"What is going to be done?" Fang Lanlan asked the guard.

The guard looked serious: "Could it be that some assassin has slipped in our palace?" This is no small matter! ”

Xia Ye'er couldn't help crying and laughing: "I think it's better to find out the identity of this corpse first, and then do an investigation." Anyway, it looks like this kid should have been dead for a long time. The so-called assassin is estimated to have been hidden for a long time, and it may be quite difficult to track it down now. ”

The guard felt that what Xia Ye'er said made sense, nodded, and said, "Then I'll take this corpse away and check it out!" As he spoke, he didn't feel dirty, and directly carried the child's body away.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned his head and said to Fang Lanlan and Xia Ye'er, who were still in place, "You two, please take the trouble to go with me!" ”

In this way, Xia Ye'er and Fang Lanlan also followed the guard to report to the top one by one, and finally came to the Internal Affairs Mansion in the middle of the night.

"Can't we wait until tomorrow for a trial?" Exhausted Fang Lanlan complained.

The guard pretended not to hear and reported to the lord on duty at the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Lord Qiyu, the little one picked up the bones of a young child in the south garden tonight, and I would like to report to you!" ”

The adult looked like he had just slept and was woken up, so he looked at it impatiently and said, "What, what child?" ”

The guard swallowed his saliva and said a little nervously, "The little one doesn't know the identity of this young child, so he came to report it." ”

The adult looked up at the corpse and said in disgust, "It's so dirty, what are you doing in the house?" Take it out and search for anything on him that you can identify, and then come in and tell me!" ”

The guard had to take Xia Ye'er and Fang Lanlan out, but he still didn't give up, touching the east and west on the corpse. Xia Ye'er and Fang Lanlan both felt a little disgusted when they saw it, and took a few steps back.

"That...... Will we be able to go back? Fang Lanlan asked, wanting to go back as she asked.

"No! I haven't found out yet, but you are eyewitnesses, and you are also suspicious! The guard said decisively.

Just when Fang Lanlan and Xia Ye'er's patience was about to reach its limit, the guard suddenly said, "There is!" ”

Xia Ye'er and Fang Lanlan looked at the guard at the same time, only to see the guard take out a piece of jade pendant from the child's body and hold it high, looking very proud.

"What is this?" Fang Lanlan was very curious, so she leaned in to take a look. Xia Ye'er also followed over and took a few looks.

The guard looked at it for a while and said, "Look at this jade is of excellent quality, but I don't know what the words on it mean, can any of you two help take a look?" ”

Fang Lanlan cushioned it with a handkerchief, took it, and looked at it carefully for a long time. Xia Ye'er also leaned over to take a look, only to see that it was printed: Beloved son Chengde, more blessings and more wisdom.

"Looks like he's a kid from a big family." Xia Ye'er couldn't help but whisper.

Fang Lanlan nodded and said, "Who is this Chengde?" ”

When the guard heard the word "Chengde", he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, he was not so afraid when he saw him carrying the corpse just now.

"What's wrong?" Xia Ye'er and Fang Lanlan asked at the same time.

"Cheng, Chengde is one of the elder brothers of the King of Chu! Seven Brothers! The guard was so frightened that he slurred his words.

"Huh? So, did someone murder Brother? Fang Lanlan's eyes widened.