Chapter Ninety-Four: The Great Fire of the Palace
A slight sound came from the room, even if the sound of some wind and snow was covered, Wei Xiwan could clearly notice it, but the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, and he looked at Zhang Jingzhe with a smile and said:
"Okay, it's really a little cold after piling it up for so long, I'm going back to the house, you should go back quickly, otherwise it will freeze and die, don't say that my country's teacher is neglecting you, a scholar. Wei Xiwan patted his hands that were a little red, and quietly and naturally ordered the eviction of customers.
"Okay, then I'll go first. Zhang Jingzhe didn't think much about it, he purely thought that it was Tao Duyu's arrival, and the two of them had some words between women, nodded with a smile, and turned around and left the courtyard.
As soon as the tall but somewhat thin figure disappeared into the snowy courtyard, Wei Xiwan immediately turned around and returned to the room without saying a word, his expression was serious, completely different from the slightest.
"What's wrong?" Tao Duyu noticed Wei Xiwan's changes, and guessed that it must be a very important thing to make her, who was actually not having fun, so eager to let Zhang Jingzhe go back.
"There should be something wrong with Xiyue Kingdom. "Wei Xiwan simply said a single sentence, let Tao Duyu know that things are not simple, she has almost no reservations about Xiyue Kingdom's plan You told Tao Duyu, this plan is interlocking step by step, as long as one step goes wrong, it is possible to lose all the previous efforts.
"Don't worry, maybe it's not a big deal. Tao Duyu subconsciously comforted, but this kind of comfort even felt far-fetched to herself.
Follow Wei Xiwan into the secret room of the room, a bamboo tube through the design of many tricks, and at this moment is lying quietly in the box of the secret room to collect information, Wei Xiwan has instructed that if it is not an extremely urgent matter, there is no need to convey the news in this way.
And now the most important thing in the world is the situation of Gongyi Kelan in Xiyue Kingdom.
After carefully reading the contents of the rolled paper in the bamboo tube, Wei Xiwan's lips gently spit out three words: "Xu Jun smiled." ”
After speaking, Wei Xiwan handed the paper in his hand to Tao Duyu behind him, and after the two of them finished reading, a somewhat heavy atmosphere permeated the small secret room.
After a long time, Tao Duyu said softly: "What should I do now?"
Originally, there was a trace of negligence, as long as it was handled properly, it was not a big deal, Wei Xiwan trusted the ability of the public to lose Kelan, and it was precisely because of this that the public lost Kelan did not deal with this matter but sent the news to her, which shows that Xu Junxiao's threat has some infinite possibilities.
Xu Junxiao is the second daughter of Xu Yi's prince, and Xu Yi is very suspicious and sensitive, if there is a little mistake or omission at this time, Xu Yi is suspicious, with his style of acting, he will definitely track everything down until it comes to light, and when the time comes, the peerless action will be restricted everywhere.
Tied up Xu Jun smiled. Wei Xiwan, who hadn't replied to Tao Duyu's words for a long time, finally spoke, since this road is a bit of an obstacle, then change the road, and by the way, move this obstacle to a new road as a stepping stone.
The Imperial City of Xiyue Kingdom.
A raging fire ruthlessly engulfed the Yi Wangfu, the fire started in the backyard for some reason, the dryness of winter made the fire spread very quickly, but in half an hour, it had already engulfed most of the backyard.
"Hurry up and put out the fire! Hurry up! There's still someone in there!"
"Water! Fast! Snow!"
......
The joy of the royal palace's birthday was completely gone, and everyone in the palace was frightened by the fire and hurriedly extinguished the fire.
"Can the number of people in the mansion be counted?" Xu Yi stood in the distance of the fire, and asked Shen Shang, the head of the palace, who had just returned from counting the number of people in the mansion, with a nervous expression.
"Lord Wang...... Two... The second lady is gone. When he counted all the house, but found that only the second lady Xu Junxiao was missing, Shen Shang was suddenly frightened.
"Second Miss can climb the wall and go out today?" Xu Yi's face changed, and he grabbed Shen Shang's collar.
"I didn't ...... No. Shen Shang had incomparable affirmation and worry in his eyes, he could indeed confirm that the second lady was not out of the mansion today, and now that the whole mansion was missing, the only possibility was ......
Xu Yi, who was also aware of something, suddenly went blank, and turned his head blankly to look at the fire that illuminated the entire palace, his eyes full of disbelief.
The princess who was standing on the side frowned, but she didn't have much reaction to this possibility, Xu Junxiao was for her, maybe she would be more comfortable when she died, but she didn't dare to show this emotion.
Although Xu Junxiao is not the prince's favorite daughter, in recent years, the prince has begun to take her more and more seriously, and no matter how she is said to be Xu Yi's own flesh and blood, how can there be any reason not to feel distressed.
"Lord Wang! Lord Wang, Second Miss is still inside!" a crying voice sounded, it was Xu Junxiao's personal maid.
She had to be ordered by Miss to go out of the house to get the ordered hairpin, Xu Junxiao also kept saying that she was waiting for her to come back in the backyard, and when she came back from outside the house, the fire was already burning in the backyard, and she looked around the palace and didn't see the figure of the young lady, and suddenly collapsed.
"Lord Wang, you must save Miss!" the maid cried and knelt at Xu Yi's feet, but there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart, her young lady was smart and clever, and she would definitely escape in time when she found the fire, maybe she couldn't find it now but hid somewhere.
Xu Yi was silent, and kicked away the maid wrapped around his feet with some impatience, he would naturally try his best to save his daughter, why should she talk more.
The tongue of fire stretched out in the wind, as if to bake the whole palace, and where the tongue of fire had been licked, a new fire was quickly ignited, and the scene was uncontrollable for a while, and the raging fire was gradually extinguished until late at night, during which no one could get close to the fire, let alone go in to save people, and no one came out of the fire.
When the fire was finally extinguished, the entire backyard of the palace was in ruins, and there was no fire to bake, which made people feel unusually cold and desperate.
The family members began to search in the ruins, Xu Yi, who had been standing from the fire to the present, was suddenly nervous, and every step he took inside, his heart trembled, for fear of hearing the news he didn't want to hear.
"Lord Wang, a corpse was found. A voice shouted, and all eyes were on him.
Soon, the family carried out the corpse, which had already been burned beyond recognition, emitting a disgusting smell, and the clothes and skin on the surface of the corpse were all charred, and they were unrecognizable.
And when Xu Yi saw the gold bracelet on the wrist of the corpse that was so charred that some white bones had been exposed, he immediately fainted.
He won't admit that the bracelet was given to her by Xu Junxiao when she was five years old, and the bracelet couldn't be taken off on her wrist as her daughter grew up.
The second lady of the palace died. The news had spread throughout the imperial city in the early morning, and it was said that Prince Xu Yi, who could not accept it and was deeply hit, was already sick in bed.
But Xu Yi was not sick in bed, but seemed to be ten years old haggard overnight, stepping out of the door, looking at the dilapidated ruins in the backyard, his grief-stricken eyes showed a touch of ruthlessness.
"Give me a thorough investigation into the cause of the backyard fire. ”