on the street.

Although the sun was rising, there were already many people on the street, and the shops on both sides were opening their doors to welcome customers. Some stalls selling breakfast had gathered on both sides of the road before dawn, and the sounds of hawking could be heard one after another.

Hongyuan blended into the sparse crowd and followed the person in front of him not too far or too close.

Not far ahead, a slender figure was walking quickly, glancing around from time to time, looking very alert and panicked.

It's Xiao Qing who just ran away from the Jiaofang Division!

Whenever Xiaoqing turned around and looked back, Hongyuan could always hide herself from passers-by or street stalls without anyone noticing.

Three years ago, she tracked many people for Zhu Yunxi and never failed.

Although she has forgotten her past, whether it is tracking or killing, it seems to be an instinct engraved in her bones.

At the beginning, she also tried to search for her past, but in the end it was all in vain. In the end, she had no choice but to give up and stay with Zhu Yunxi peacefully and become a maid and guard.

It had to be said that in her heart, Zhu Yunxi had always been very kind to her. Although he was known as a playboy, he never bullied her and respected her very much. Over time, she couldn't live without him. Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Even the name Hongyuan was given by him.

Now she is even willing to die for him!

After tracking all the way, Hongyuan's face gradually became colder and colder, because she had completely believed all Zhu Yunxi's speculations just now!

Not only because of Xiao Qing's sneaky behavior, but also the most important reason is that the direction Xiao Qing is escaping at this time is exactly the direction to Prince Yan's Mansion!

Right at the end of this street!

So, she made the decision without hesitation.

Now that Xiaoqing already knows His Majesty, she must die! No matter who she is!

After a long time, Xiao Qing, who was walking in a hurry, finally showed a hint of joy. Looking at Prince Yan's Mansion not far ahead, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She had already seen the palace soldiers standing upright in front of the palace!

arrive! Almost there!

But maybe she was walking too fast, or maybe she was too nervous. Her legs gradually became weak and her speed dropped a lot.

Or maybe it was because she let her guard down.

At this moment, she smelled an aroma that made her salivate. It was emanating from the stall on the roadside in front.

A stall owner was standing in front of the stall, frying something in the oil pan. Two early-rising diners were already standing aside, waiting for the delicious food to come out of the pan.

What was fried in the pot was Kyoto's famous snack, Gulouzi, which is a kind of wheat straw-shaped pasta, less than three inches long, about the thickness of a finger, and looks crispy and delicious.

Smelling the aroma, Xiaoqing couldn't help but swallow her saliva, thinking that she would have to taste it when she came out soon.

"Give way!"

"Give way!"

At this moment, two exclamations accompanied by the chaotic sound of horse hooves reached Xiaoqing's ears.

A carriage was coming from the front. The horse seemed to be frightened and lost control!

The crowd on the street screamed and hurried to both sides of the road to avoid it!

The out-of-control horse rushed directly towards Xiaoqing! The coachman sitting on the shaft had a panicked look on his face and kept shouting reminders.

Xiaoqing came back to her senses from the fragrant aroma, was startled, and hurriedly dodged to the side. However, before taking two steps, she was bumped into by the two panicked diners who were standing in front of the Gulouzi stall. He fell directly to the ground!

"careful!"

The coachman showed a horrified look and loudly reminded Xiaoqing who was lying in front of the carriage!

But it's too late!

Amidst the exclamations, the carriage ran over Xiao Qing's body, and a horse's hoof happened to step on Xiao Qing's chest!

The screams are harsh!

The coachman looked panicked and tried his best to rein in the panicked horse and finally stopped the carriage. However, the restless horse kept neighing and struggling, causing the carriage to spin around on the spot!

However, Xiaoqing's current location is right next to Gulouzi's stall!

Due to the unbalanced rotation of the carriage, it directly knocked over the oil pan next to the stall!

The hot oil pan collapsed and the oil poured out! All poured onto Xiao Qing!

"what!"

Amidst the painful screams, Xiaoqing's whole body was soaked with strong oil, and he made horrible strange noises, exuding a disgusting smell of fried meat!

Amidst the horrified exclamations, Xiaoqing fell to the ground and died on the spot. In the blink of an eye, he lost his human appearance and his lower body was severely burned! The skin and flesh were red and rolled up to reveal the white bones!

Only half of that beautiful face is left!

Have you ever seen someone explode? !

The onlookers nearby looked sideways and did not dare to look directly!

The driver sitting in the car was already stunned and froze on the spot.

But at this time, the panicked horse had already calmed down, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

At this time, the soldiers of Prince Yan's Mansion who noticed the movement quickly rushed over and evacuated the crowd.

The leader was none other than the commander of the guards, Zhu Neng.

He waited at the gate of the palace early in the morning, waiting for the news to come back.

But when he saw the corpse on the ground with only half of its face left, he couldn't help but his face suddenly changed and his brows instantly furrowed.

The person on the ground is exactly the person he has been waiting for!

"what happened?!"

Zhu Neng's face was full of anger, he turned around, looked around, and shouted sharply.

"Master, it's none of the villain's business!"

"My horse just lost control and I couldn't hold it back. I didn't mean to hit anyone!"

"My lord, it's none of my business! The villain has been setting up a stall here for more than ten years, and nothing like this has ever happened! The oil pan was knocked over by a carriage, and it has nothing to do with the villain!"

Hearing Zhu Neng's question, the driver who was sitting in the carriage hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, knelt directly in front of Zhu Neng, and cried, his face full of panic.

The Gulouzi stall owner who was hiding aside also fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, trembling all over and looking pale.

"Take it!"

Zhu Neng looked at the two of them, pointed at the coachman who was kneeling on the ground, and shouted sharply.

"Master! Spare your life!"

"The villain is wronged!"

Amidst the exclamations, the coachman was escorted directly towards the palace by the soldiers.

"Carry the body back!"

Zhu Neng took one last look at the stall owner next to him, said something coldly, and turned back.

He let the stall owner go because he knew him. He had eaten at this ancient restaurant in the days since he had been in Kyoto. He had no doubts about it. He had secretly checked all the vendors and shops around the palace and found no problems.

Several government soldiers lifted Xiao Qing's body from the ground and followed Zhu Neng quickly.

Amid the discussion, the crowd of onlookers dispersed in a hurry, for fear of getting themselves into trouble.

At the entrance of an alleyway not far away, Hongyuan was watching all this coldly, and then disappeared into the alleyway in a flash.

Yan Wangfu.

in the main hall.

"People are dead?!"

Zhu Di frowned slightly and asked coldly.

"Dead. The wound on the chest from the horse's hoof was fatal. He almost died on the spot. Then he was burned by strong oil. The lower body of the body was severely damaged. It is impossible to check whether he had sex last night."

Zhu Neng lowered his head and said with self-blame.

Xiaoqing was the one he arranged.

"It's less than fifty steps away from the palace! He died like this?!"

"Isn't it too much of a coincidence?!"

Zhu Di said thoughtfully with a sullen face.

"My subordinates have arrested the coachman. If there is fraud, he is the most likely suspect!"

Zhu Neng said hurriedly.

"Then go to trial!"

"I want to know what he ate last night!"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and spoke word by word, his voice cold.

"Yes!"

Zhu Neng agreed and immediately turned around and left.

But Zhu Neng interrogated him for a whole day, but in the end he couldn't find out anything. He used all possible means, but in the end he only knew that the coachman was not a real coachman, but the shopkeeper of a blacksmith shop in the east of the city. He got up early. On the way out of the city to purchase goods, the horse was frightened and lost control.

Zhu Neng also sent people to the blacksmith shop to check, and all the confessions were true. Other than that, nothing was found.

He also took his men to check the stall owner of the ancient building stall, and even followed the clues to check all the passers-by who were closest to the scene at that time, but the result was still the same.

Although his people have confirmed that Zhu Yunxi spent the night at Jiaofangsi last night, what happened during the period can no longer be known.

In the end, in order to prevent people from knowing that Xiao Qing was related to Prince Yan's Mansion, and to prevent people from discovering the process of interrogating the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop, Zhu Di directly ordered Zhu Neng to kill the shopkeeper.

Zhu Neng then sent all the two corpses to the Pro-Military Guard Command and Envoy Department. As a garrison in Kyoto, this kind of thing should have been the responsibility of the Jinwu Guards.

In Zhu Neng's words, since the crime happened at the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion, they took care of it, and finally found out that the coachman and Xiaoqing had a personal grudge, and it was a vendetta. Xiao Huan was still grateful, and for the things on the coachman's body They were obviously wounds caused by severe torture, but they didn't dare to mention it, and they just disposed of the body as if they didn't see anything.

Not only could he not interfere, but he also had to say thank you.

At this point, the matter was settled, but it made Zhu Di more and more suspicious of Zhu Yunxi. He always felt that Xiao Qing was silenced and died.

But without evidence, nothing can be proven...

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