Chapter 127: I Had to Come

Chu Yuan looked at the two people in front of him condescendingly, and the older man, Chu Yuan, recognized that he was the old servant who had guarded Prince An's mansion alone for several years.

"What are you still doing here, Prince An, what, could it be that Prince An ran away and deliberately left the two of you to make sacrifices," Chu Yuanyao's dark eyes were deep, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised, and the arc was not a smile, but a disdainful mockery.

"Your Majesty, old slave, I don't understand what you mean," the old servant of Prince An's Mansion was surprised by Chu Yuan's words, and said cautiously.

"I ask you, where did Prince An go, before that, there was no one in the palace, where did you go," Chu Yuan asked in a condensed voice, slightly raising his head proudly, standing up and revealing a natural kingly demeanor, such an overlord aura is irresistible.

"Your Majesty, Prince An did take someone out of the house, and he went out in a carriage last night, but the prince didn't tell him where he went. And the old slave and this little Yingzi went out of the house early in the morning to procure, so there was no one in the house before. The old servant told the truth, but his face was extremely dazed, he didn't know that Prince An went out of the second mansion, and the emperor was so tired.

"In your opinion, Prince An will come back," Chu Yuan asked with a deep gaze and raised his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty, although the old slave doesn't know why you said this, Prince An is just going to the palace, if he wants to leave the imperial city and return to the desert, he will definitely ask the emperor for your resignation."

"......" Chu Yuan was silent for a moment, thought slightly in his heart, and suddenly turned around and left.

When Xiao Chengmo saw Chu Yuan turn his head, he naturally left with him. It's nothing if they don't come to Prince An's mansion, but they really found out the clues. According to what the old servant said, Prince An's behavior was not like "absconding in fear of crime", otherwise Prince An would not have left in the carriage so leisurely.

What's more, since this old servant is an old slave in Prince An's mansion, he was the one who served Prince An a few years ago, and it is impossible for Prince An to flee for his life at this time, and everyone took it away, but he left these two people here to wait for death.

It seems that there must be something strange in this matter, and Prince An's whereabouts seem to be more mysterious than Han Feng.

Walking out of Prince An's mansion, Chu Yuan stood still in front of the palace gate, turned around and looked up, looking at the plaque hanging on the mansion door, his expression was a little calm and complicated. Prince An, there must be a connection between him and Han Feng, but whether this incident was jointly planned by Prince An and Han Feng is really a little unclear.

After coming out of Prince An's mansion, Chu Yuan went to the Criminal Department again, and the bodies of the six ministers who were killed last night are now all displayed in the morgue of the Criminal Department. There, Chu Yuan observed the wounds of each of them, most of them were killed with a single knife, and they did not struggle too much when they died, and the wounds were enough to show the cruelty and ferocity of the perpetrators.

When his eyes touched the corpses of Liu Qingjiang and Wang Chuan, Chu Yuan's eyes had a trace of sadness, Liu Qingjiang and Wang Chuan were both picked up by him, but he was extremely familiar with the court at a young age, and he was a rare loyal cadre. It's a pity that the talent who has been honed by several years of everything died overnight.

Except for the damned two, Chu Yuan expressed regret to the other four, people can't be resurrected after death, all Chu Yuan can do is to catch Han Feng, catch those who killed them, and avenge them.

It was not too early to leave the Criminal Department, and Chu Yuan decided to go back to the palace, but at this moment, Chu Yuan received a request from the Ministry of Rites to see him. So, Chu Yuan, who had not yet entered the palace, directly met the Ministry of Rites Shangshu outside the palace gate.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something important to report." After saluting Chu Yuan, the Ministry of Rites said eagerly.

"What's the matter," Chu Yuan said slowly, the most important thing for him now was Han Feng and Prince An, he was a little puzzled by what important things could happen in the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, the minister has just received a flying pigeon message from the Imperial Tomb, saying that Prince An took people to the Imperial Tomb and wanted to pay homage to the ancestors and the tombs of the ancestors. The guards of the imperial mausoleum stopped Prince An and his party, and hurriedly reported here, Your Majesty, what should you do about this matter," the Ministry of Rites asked for instructions in embarrassment.

"Prince An, go to the Imperial Mausoleum," Chu Yuan was a little surprised, knowing Prince An's whereabouts, this is undoubtedly a major news for now, but Prince An will appear in the Imperial Mausoleum, which is really incomprehensible.

"Yes, Prince An asked to enter the imperial mausoleum, Your Majesty, see if you will send someone to arrest Prince An and his party first, and bring them back to the imperial city for interrogation," the Ministry of Rites Shangshu naturally knew about the tragedy that happened last night, and he also knew that the emperor was now arresting Han Feng and Prince An.

"No, you flew a pigeon to send a message to the past, saying that Prince An wanted to enter the imperial tomb, and I agreed." After speaking, Chu Yuan turned his head and glanced at Xiao Chengmo, and instructed to the Ministry of Rites: "You go to prepare, I must go to the imperial tomb immediately, there must be no mistake." ”

After the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was ordered to leave, Chu Yuan and Xiao Chengmo went to the palace first, and after making arrangements for some things, they set off for the imperial tomb. The imperial tomb is at the foot of the foothills outside the imperial city, and it takes almost a day to go there quickly, according to the time of the news sent by the imperial tomb, after Prince An left the palace last night, he went directly to the imperial tomb.

Why Prince An went to the imperial mausoleum, Chu Yuan and Xiao Chengmo both felt strange, but they both had an intuition in their hearts that Prince An's visit to the imperial mausoleum must be related to the previous emperor. Prince An decided to come to the imperial city for the sake of the emperor's sacrifice, and now he went to the imperial tomb alone, and it seems that there must be a hidden story in it.

Because of this, Chu Yuan's heart was a little anxious and excited, Xiao Chengmo understood Chu Yuan's thoughts, because he was the same. In their opinion, after going to the imperial tomb this time and meeting Prince An, it is very likely that the mystery of a few years ago will be solved.

What's more, Xiao Chengmo had a strange feeling in his heart, because of Prince An's appearance in the imperial tomb, he could conclude that Prince An had nothing to do with what happened last night, and that kind of tragedy might just be planned by Han Feng alone.

However, without real evidence, Xiao Chengmo would not tell Chu Yuan his thoughts. As long as you come to the imperial mausoleum to see Prince An, I believe that some things will naturally have a reasonable explanation.

Xiao Chengmo and Chu Yuan kept rushing to the Imperial Mausoleum, and there was even more news on the way, receiving the latest information from Lin Moxuan and Lu Qinuo respectively. After knowing that Prince An had come to the Imperial Tomb, Chu Yuan arranged for Lu Qinuo and his party, who were looking for Prince An, to cooperate with Cangmo and them to find Han Feng, because if Prince An was sure to be in the Imperial Tomb, then he would not be able to escape.

Chu Yuan and his party hurried away, and it naturally took less time than Prince An and them, but when they came to the imperial tomb, it was already night, and it was almost early in the morning.

The Imperial Mausoleum is located at the foot of the Lushan Mountain, but the mausoleum is built along the ups and downs of the mountain range, when Chu Yuan and his party came to the Imperial Mausoleum, they could see a large fire burning outside the Imperial Mausoleum, which was the guards guarding the Mausoleum to welcome Chu Yuan and their arrival.

At the same time as receiving the message from the flying pigeon, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu informed the people guarding the imperial tomb that Chu Yuan was coming, and when he learned that Chu Yuan was about to come here, he specially arranged for someone to greet him here.

It was nighttime, and the place of the Imperial Tomb seemed even more deep and silent in the night, if it were not for the row of lights that lit up, this place would have looked solemn and mysterious and eerie at night.

The entrance of the imperial mausoleum has two thick and tall white marble stone pillars, the bottom platform of the stone pillar is two mighty and domineering Rui beasts, the circulation of the pillar body is carved with lifelike flying dragon patterns, and the back of the two stone pillars are arranged in turn several spirit birds and auspicious beasts, which looks even more majestic and atmospheric.

Chu Yuan and Xiao Chengmo dismounted and came to stand on the road between the two stone pillars, and one of the leaders of the imperial mausoleum hurriedly led people forward to say goodbye. Chu Yuan looked at them and waved his hand to excuse them, raised his eyes and glanced towards the end of the passage, and asked, "Prince An has gone in,"

"Back to the emperor, an hour ago, my subordinates received your instructions, and only then did they let Prince An enter the imperial tomb." The leader replied, before getting a reply from Chu Yuan, they had been blocking the entrance, and Prince An had been patient and had been waiting outside the imperial tomb for nearly a day.

"Where has Prince An gone now," Chu Yuan asked very calmly and gently, he had already seen that Prince An was not afraid of exposing his whereabouts when he came to the Imperial Tomb, otherwise after he couldn't enter the Imperial Tomb, he would not let the people of the Imperial Tomb fly pigeons to pass the message, and he waited indifferently outside this Imperial Tomb for a day.

"Prince An is now being taken by someone to visit the ancestral mausoleum." The leader replied that when Prince An entered the imperial tomb, according to the rules, he naturally went to worship the ancestors, especially Taizu, his father.

"Okay, I'll get over it." Chu Yuan responded lightly, with an awe-inspiring expression, and walked towards the imperial mausoleum with a big stride and a slight heaviness.

Chu Yuan was in front of him with great strides, and the person walking behind him was Xiao Chengmo, and at this time, Xiao Chengmo's expression was also solemn in this place. Looking at Chu Yuan's slender and majestic figure from behind, Xiao Chengmo had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, similar to the kind of children's affection.

The layout of the entire imperial mausoleum is extraordinarily broad, but each mausoleum corresponds to each other, Chu Yuan is very familiar with this place, and he walked in front and came to Taizu's mausoleum first.

Each mausoleum here is a huge one, after entering the mausoleum, the passage is complicated, go down the steps, and the shallow arc of the last place to go is in the underground palace.

The golden carved coffin where Taizu was buried was in the central chamber of the underground palace, and there was a rectangular tomb directly above the burial chamber, which was several meters deep from the plane of the underground palace.

Chu Yuan walked into the tomb and found that there was no one in the tomb, only the stone lamp in the tomb burned with orange light, and the night pearl embedded in the tomb emitted the brilliance of flowing light.

"Your Majesty, Prince An doesn't seem to be there, so I think I should have gone to the mausoleum of the former emperor." Standing in the tomb, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu raised his eyes to look inside, then lowered his eyes in fear, looked at Chu Yuan's back and spoke softly.