38 Death

"Lord, something is wrong, princess, she-" Leng Ran hurried to the door of the queen's bedroom, and shouted loudly to the sky who was kneeling on the floor.

"Did something happen to Meng'er?" Leaving the sky, he couldn't care about the numbness in his knees that he had been kneeling for a day, and he got up from the ground in a panic and grabbed Leng Ran's collar and asked.

"There was a fire in the prison just now, and the princess has died." Leng Ran didn't dare to look directly into the eyes of Litian, and said with a trembling face.

Leng Ran's words made Litian's heart stop beating instantly, and his body looked at Leng Ran stiffly: "No, Meng'er won't leave this king like this, are you lying to this king, is it not the mother concubine who asked you to say this." ”

"The guards have found the body of the princess in the ruins of the prison, and it has been confirmed that it is herself." Leng Ran felt that every word he said was a harm to the prince, but the death of the princess also brought him a blow, which meant that he would lose a good master in the future.

"No, Meng'erβ€”" Litian shook off Leng Ran's collar with force, and the person had completely lost his mind and ran towards the prison.

The prison, which was once surrounded by walls, is now more than half in ruins. The fire in the dungeon had been extinguished, and the ground was covered with blackened wood, some of which were covered in wisps of white smoke. On the other side of the clearing were charred corpses, and a foul smell filled the air.

Litian moved his steps to the pile of corpses with difficulty, and looked at the corpses that had been burned beyond recognition on the ground. Every time he passed a corpse, his cranial nerves tensed, and finally he came to a female corpse and knelt down and cried bitterly: "Meng'er! ”

"Ahh

The next morning, the sun shone the first rays of light, and the soldiers who left the palace had already posted the imperial list, announcing that the princess had died of illness last night due to the sudden deterioration of her illness, and she would be buried in a beautiful manner after the first seven days. In order to make the princess happy, the princess will be re-canonized on the first day of the next month.

And Lan Meng was staying in the wing room last night at this time, listening to Lixuan talk about her death. She didn't expect that it was only one night before she left the palace to announce her death. The corners of Lan Meng's mouth rose and he sneered: "I didn't expect the efficiency of the palace to be really high!" ”

What Lan Meng wants to express is that Li Xuan understands that he can let the imperial brother re-canonize the new princess in such a short time, presumably it is a pity that Zhonglin and the mother concubine put a lot of pressure on the imperial brother.

"Because of the fire in the prison last night, my father has ordered the city to be closed today to strictly investigate suspicious characters. Wait a minute, the family will send the coffin out of the city for burial, and then you pretend to be a maid and blend into the team, and the general door guards will dislike the bad luck of the funeral person, and they will not deliberately search everyone, and now your situation is very dangerous, so you can only go out of the city like this. Li Xuan explained the method of getting out of the city to Lan Meng.

"Well, thank you!" Lan Meng let Yahuan help her put on filial piety clothes, and looked at Lixuan gratefully and said.

"In order not to attract the attention of others, I will not send you out of the city, and when you go out of the city, someone else will pick you up. Meng'er, take care of yourself after you're gone! Li Xuan looked at Lan Meng and said reluctantly.

"If we have the opportunity to meet again, I will definitely treat you to a meal as a thank you gift." Lan Meng said with a bright smile, she felt that even if they were separated, they should say goodbye with a relaxed attitude, instead of crying.

"Then it's a deal." Lan Meng's smile infected Lixuan, making him laugh too.

In the majestic city wall, a large white funeral procession appeared in front of the city gate, the fine mahogany coffin looked particularly terrible in the dazzling sunlight, and pieces of white paper money were scattered from the sky and fell in every corner of the city gate with the breeze. The people who had been waiting to leave the city retreated to the city gate when they saw the coffin, and they were afraid that the bad luck of the dead man would get on them. The middle-aged man walked out of the team, came to the guard's side and bowed his head and said, "Lord Guancha, today is my mother's funeral, you can't miss the hour, see if you can make it convenient." After saying that, he secretly stuffed a large bag of silver taels into the guard's hand. After the guard took the silver two from the middle-aged man's hand, he hurriedly put it in his arms and said loudly: "For the sake of you as a filial son, let you send your mother on the road!" ”

"Thank you, Lord!" After the middle-aged man led his family members to bow to the guards, he walked out of the city with the funeral procession. Lan Meng, who was in the team, carried a paper money basket in his hand, and kept his head down and followed everyone out of the city. At the moment when she left the city, two horses passed her one after the other, and galloped towards the city.

Ten miles away from the city gate, Ling'er kept walking back and forth beside the carriage with her baggage. Since the princess was caught by the queen's people yesterday, she also threw the princess in the firewood room and locked her up for no reason. In the middle of the night last night, a man rescued her from the firewood room, and arranged for her to wait here for the princess to appear today. Although she didn't know what was going on, she was willing to stay with the princess again, even if she was allowed to go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire.

Just as she was anxiously waiting to look around, a white figure appeared in front of her. When she confirmed that it was the princess, the whole person rushed away and happily hugged Lan Meng: "Princess, you're fine!" ”

"Silly girl, how can I be fine!" Lan Meng stroked Ling'er's head and said with tears in her eyes.

"Princess, where are we going?" Ling'er let go of Lan Meng's embrace and asked Lan Meng with a confused expression.

Lan Meng turned around and glanced at the once familiar capital, and said lightly: "Go to a place where no one knows us!" ”

In the capital, Ye Ling stood in front of the emperor list in a daze, stroking the emperor list with both hands, which made him feel pain like a heart. After receiving the flying pigeon from the secret guard yesterday, he immediately hurried back. Unexpectedly, he was still a step late, knowing that the last time he saw her was the last time he saw her, he should have stayed with her instead of leaving.

Ye Ling's abnormal behavior caused more people to come and watch, and there was a lot of discussion around him. Ye Feng saw his son's gaffe behavior, and hurriedly came to Ye Ling's side and whispered, "Childe, let's get out of here and talk about it!" ”

Ye Ling also realized that his behavior was a bit excessive, and he took Ye Feng to a forest outside the city. Stared at Ye Feng angrily and asked, "What's going on, isn't Meng'er protected by the secret guards you sent?" How come it's only one day, and she dreamsβ€”" Ye Ling felt like his throat was stuck by a foreign object, and he couldn't spit out another word.

When Ye Feng saw the angry son, he quickly knelt down and clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Please atone for your sins, the secret guard has lost contact since last night, and his subordinates think that it may be more auspicious!" ”

After hearing this, Ye Ling looked at the city with murderous eyes, and said coldly: "Xi Yao, sooner or later, one day, I want you to bury Meng'er!" ”