As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Mei Yuanchen jumped all the way to the west.

Thinking that the gangster was on the road half a day before him, he was so anxious, how could he dare to delay on the road?

At that time, one man and one horse had traveled nearly 300 miles to the westernmost town of Diezihe in Huanzhou.

On the way to Anxian, he has already run back and forth, and naturally knows that after crossing the saucer river, he will go to Qingzhou in Anxian County, and Qingzhou will be Jinzhou after that. If you go faster, maybe you can get there in the middle of the night tonight.

Turning a corner, my vision widened, and I saw a puff of black smoke floating in the notch of the mountain in the distance. Mei Yuanchen remembered that there was an old inn in that place. Although he had never rested there, he remembered it clearly, and he sat on horseback and couldn't help muttering, "What is this burning?

After walking for another four or five miles, I vaguely smelled a strange smell in the air. It turned out that the east wind was blowing in the mountain, blowing the black smoke from the notch two or three miles away, and Mei Yuanchen drove in the opposite direction, just in time to meet this black smoke.

"What does it smell like? It's like burning clothes, it's like roasting meat. Although Mei Yuanchen didn't want to meddle in things, he still couldn't stop thinking in his mind.

After about half an hour, I finally saw the inn. Now that I got closer, I could see more clearly, as if something was burning in the inn yard, and the smoke was rising from there.

"It's not just a matter of walking in the water. Mei Yuanchen was secretly glad and was about to drive the horse away. The moment the horse passed by the door of the inn, he couldn't help but look away, and what he saw made him wonder: the burning, smoking thing turned out to be a mountain of human corpses.

This surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly reined in his horse and drove it into the courtyard gate.

There were two piles of corpses, one large and the other small, but the smaller one was a few zhang square. Along with the corpses, there were many lancets. After seeing those lancets, Mei Yuanchen suddenly realized, "The group of black-clothed people on the sun's black ride that I met in the capital city pass the morning before yesterday were also holding such lancets in their hands. ”

"Are these people who were killed the dead soldiers of Hong Hai sent by King Yun to kill his father?" Thinking of this, his heart finally relaxed a little, "I still have to find someone to ask." ”

"Shop, shop!" Mei Yuanchen rushed into the stack building and shouted loudly, "Is there anyone?"

The fat-faced shopkeeper was packing up his things and was about to leave here. "Oh yes, it's terrible! There are so many dead people here, and I can't make a living. Fortunately, the group of black-cloaked men were still kind, killed people, and kept the money. Ha...... Haha, I actually got such a big windfall this time, what else do I do! Take this money to buy a house in Huanzhou City, go to a few young mothers-in-law, and buy hundreds of acres of good land... Ah, beautiful!"

Thinking that the money belonged to those dead people outside, he couldn't help but feel a little painless in his heart, and said softly: "Amitabha, Amitabha, there is a debtor and a master, and you are not killed by me, if you want to find it, go to those who harm your life." This money... Well, you have also called for good wine and good food, so I will take this as your food money. It's useless for you to keep it anyway. Big deal, every year on the fourth day of the seventh month, I burn a stick of incense for you. ”

He was putting the money in his bag, but he heard someone shouting outside, and a head poked out of his palm. Seeing that the person who came was a handsome young man, he was on guard in his heart, and replied impatiently: "Little brother, there is no business in the store today." If you feel hungry and thirsty, and you have something to eat and drink in the room, take it for yourself. ”

"Shopkeeper, what's going on here, are you the only one left?" asked Mei Yuanchen closely.

"Two groups of people came last night, and they fought in the courtyard without saying anything. That's miserable! It's a river of blood. The fat-faced shopkeeper is a lively master, and as soon as the chatterbox is opened, he can't close it, "Three or four hundred people died!" As soon as the morning dawned, I called a few people to go to the county government to report to the official, and I couldn't afford such a big incident. When the cooks and helpers in the room saw this, they dared to stay here, and they ran away almost in the morning. That dead Zhao Laogui was so scared that the sheep didn't want it. At the moment, including me, there are only four people left, they are cleaning up in the house, there are still a lot of good meat and vegetables in it, their family is poor, they are reluctant to waste, and they are picking up. I want to leave too, but the government didn't come, so I don't dare to leave at this time. ”

Mei Yuanchen listened patiently to so much, and finally listened to a rough idea. It is thought that these Honghai dead soldiers were intercepted and killed on the way to Jinzhou.

Who will kill the dead of the sea?

Why did they kill those people, and where did they go?

"Shopkeeper, when did they leave and how long did they go?" asked Mei Yuanchen anxiously.

The fat-faced shopkeeper looked at Mei Yuanchen, his face was a little unhappy, and finally replied: "This morning, as soon as the morning dawned, they went west and set this fire on the way." ”

"To the east?" Mei Yuanchen's heart tightened, "Since they intercepted this group of Honghai dead soldiers, they shouldn't be disadvantageous to their father." However, if they went east, it was very likely that they would go to Jinzhou. If so, if they are going to save their parents, it means that their parents are in danger. If they are going to harm their parents, then their parents are even more in danger. ”

Before he could say thank you, Mei Yuanchen turned around and walked quickly to the courtyard with the "Douzhuan Diagonal Step Twenty-three", turned over on his horse, got on the post road, and galloped westward.

When the fat-faced shopkeeper saw the scene in front of him, he thought he was dazzled, so he hurriedly reached out and rubbed it, "This... Did I meet a ghost today?"

... ...

The night was silent, silent.

"Pedal... Kick and kick......"The sound of abrupt horses' hooves sounded, and a group of horsemen jumped on the glass lantern and ran quickly towards the palace gate. After the leading young general talked to the guards for a few words, the other party actually opened the palace gate and let them out.

This group of more than 30 horsemen came out of the palace gate and went all the way east, and they went to the Yunwang Mansion on this trip.

"They're out, hurry up and report to the Jaw Palace!" said the spy hidden in the dark in the corner of the alley east of the palace.

The man in the back answered "um" and walked quickly towards the corner of the alley. Around the corner were two horses, both with their feet covered in thick velvet and muzzles.

The man unreined his horse, mounted his horse, and disappeared into the darkness.

... ...

"The time has passed, the dark clouds have not dispersed, the emperor star is hidden, alas... Destiny is like this!" Zhan Wei looked at Ziweiyuan and sighed mournfully.

Although Emperor Yonghua was more than ten years older than Zhan Wei, he had always served him as a guest. Today, his life is over, Zhan Wei can't help but feel sad, thinking: "Alas, let's go and see him off for the last time." Even if you can't enter his bedroom, it's also a wish to wait outside. ”