The north wind howled, the heavy snow flew, and the world was dizzy, as if with an inexplicable depression.

Rongguo's winter has always been very cold, and the heavy snow that began to fall at some point almost blocked people's sight.In such bad weather, there were naturally fewer people going out, and even the guards at the city gate became slack.

A soldier looked around and saw no outsiders passing by, and was a little bit unbearable by the howling cold wind, so he secretly took off the water bag on his waist to drink.Of course, the water bag is not filled with water, but spirits.Not to mention that people in Rongguo love to drink alcohol, but drinking a sip of strong wine in this weather can warm you up.So as long as they are not seen by outsiders, the leading officer will turn a blind eye.

When the spirits enter the mouth, it is like a ball of fire burning from the mouth to the stomach, and the whole person is instantly warmed up.There was a trace of enjoyment on the soldier's face that was about to freeze. He looked at the wine bag and then around. He didn't see the figure of the officer, so he planned to take another sip.

It is customary to secretly drink to warm up while on duty, but it is absolutely unacceptable to get drunk. Fortunately, most people also have this self-control.

But obviously, the soldier is a glutton today, and he wanted to drink more when the officer was not around.As a result, just as he raised the wine bag to his mouth, the companion beside him suddenly gave him a hand: "Someone is here, put away the wine!"

This was a well-intentioned reminder, but the bad thing was the pull. The soldier lost one of his hands, and the wine bag fell to the ground.The gurgling wine flowed out, spilling a large amount of alcohol on the ground, which made the soldier feel bad.He hurriedly picked up the wine bag, and several companions around him were also anxious, and hurriedly kicked the snow over to cover the strong alcohol smell.

In fact, the wind is strong at the gate of the city, and the smell of alcohol will be blown away by the wind in a short while.But their luck was not so good. The heavy snow covered their sight, and the sound of the wind covered up the sound of galloping hooves, so that they failed to discover the group of horses coming in advance.

The horse-riding team soon approached, and what was even more desperate was that the leader was clearly the cold and strict General Zuo!

The strong smell of alcohol has not yet dissipated, and it clearly shows the crime of drinking alcohol on duty. After the founding of Beirong, the laws have gradually improved, and the military laws have become more stringent. Layers of skin.

Several soldiers were so frightened that their legs were shaking, as if they were about to kneel down and plead guilty in the next moment.However, the galloping horses passing in front of them did not slow down. The whole team led by General Zuo galloped past them. What is in everyone's heart goes far away, until it disappears.

After a while, someone raised his head and glanced in the direction where General Zuo and the others disappeared, and whispered, "General Zuo, have you passed?"

After the sound fell, everyone looked up as if they had just woken up from a dream, and then someone Chi asked, "Didn't they smell the alcohol?"

The rest of the people were silent, because the smell of alcohol in the air was still so strong.Unless the group of people who passed by just now had their noses blocked by wind and cold, it is impossible not to smell it!

But at this moment, General Zuo, who was rushing away, obviously had no time to pay attention to those little soldiers at the gate of the city.He led the only remaining guards to rush on the empty street, when suddenly a hidden arrow pierced through the air.Fortunately, even though it was covered by wind and snow, he was still able to dodge it wittyly.

General Zuo rode his horse without stopping, and continued to walk towards the palace, so one arrow turned into a piece.

To be so bold as to assassinate important ministers in the imperial city, this move is almost unimaginable to others.However, General Zuo didn't panic as if he had expected it long ago. He drew out the saber at his waist and slashed left and right, easily sweeping down a large number of arrows.Occasionally, one or two missed ones, all of which were dodged by his beast-like intuition, and survived the rain of arrows without any injuries.

It's a pity that his entourage obviously didn't have such skills, after a few wailings, three or five people were shot and fell off their horses.The lucky ones immediately rolled to the side of the road to save their lives, while the unlucky ones fell directly under the horseshoes of their companions behind them, and the long street was smeared with blood in an instant.

General Zuo's face became more and more difficult to look.He looked around, intending to find out those assassins who were hiding in the dark and shooting arrows, but the opponents hid too well and were covered by wind and snow, so it was hard to find them for a while!

To entangle with the assassin or rush to the palace immediately?General Zuo of course chose the latter.

The sound of horseshoes did not stop, and the pursuit of assassins did not stop.

When General Zuo rode his horse to a fork in the road, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind - to the left of this fork in the road was his way home, and to the right was to the imperial palace.He was going to turn right, but at the end he suddenly turned left.I don't know if it was because of his unexpected turn, or because of other reasons, but the pursuers behind him seem to have stagnated for a moment.

After this moment of stagnation, General Zuo understood something.He couldn't help but sneered under his bushy beard, then tapped his feet lightly, and the war horse, who was in tune with him, immediately turned to the right in coordination.

The rain of arrows struck again, but was dodged deftly by this person.

The hunt continued all the way to the front of the palace, but it was a pity that he couldn't stay behind in the end.

Meng Fei walked quickly through the prime minister's mansion, his striding speed was almost as fast as others trotting, even when he stepped into Xie Yuan's courtyard, he never slowed down.His hurried footsteps startled Xie Yuan, who was looking at the snow again, and the latter turned his head with a frown.

Walking closer, Meng Fei knelt down on one knee: "This subordinate failed to stop General Zuo due to his negligence."

Xie Yuan's eyes flashed, and he asked: "What about the corpse, has it ever been destroyed?"

Meng Fei said truthfully: "At that time, my subordinates only saw General Zuo transporting the corpse into the carriage, but did not see it with my own eyes to confirm it. But the princess was indeed missing, so my subordinates used their hands to burn the corpse and the carriage."

There is no problem in this way of disposal, the body is burnt and it will be over. General Zuo has no evidence to say that it is useless. Xie Yuan asked himself that even ten generals Zuo can't say anything about him.The only thing worth worrying about in this way is Emperor Rong's suspicion, and he just went to the other party this morning to expose Liang Guo's divorce scheme, so Emperor Rong must have some doubts in his heart.

Just one point, General Zuo entered the palace too quickly, and the body of the "Three Princesses" has not been destroyed justifiably. I wonder if there is any trouble?

Xie Yuan was thinking this way, before he could tell Meng Fei anything, the housekeeper of the prime minister's mansion had already arrived in a hurry.The reason is that people from the palace want to take the body of the third princess back to the palace. After asking the wizard to pray with her for salvation, they can be buried in the coffin.

Beirong has the custom of wizards praying for salvation.But Xie Yuan pleaded guilty in the morning, Emperor Rong didn't mention this, now General Zuo hastily sent people to come just after he entered the palace, how could there be no deep meaning in it?

Xie Yuan immediately realized that there was an accident that he didn't know about, and he ordered the housekeeper in a deep voice: "You try to procrastinate."

The butler didn't ask much after hearing the order, and hurried away with the order.

Xie Yuan immediately led Meng Fei to the direction of the dead body, and asked, "Did you ever find out what's wrong with that corpse?"

Meng Fei followed closely behind, and replied with certainty: "No, my subordinates have personally inspected the corpse, and there is no characteristic on the corpse."

Xie Yuan paused slightly when he heard this.He suddenly thought that if the corpse he found to replace was fine, could it be that Ayanna still had some special mark on her body?But Ayanna is a princess, and even his first wife, no matter how indifferent he is, it is impossible for Meng Fei to check her body.What's more, when she died so miserable, even the person who undressed and tidied her would not dare to take a closer look at her.

So what special mark does Ayanna have on her body?

Xie Yuan thought about it carefully for a while, but for more than ten years as a husband and wife, because he had never cared about that person, he couldn't remember it at this moment.This made him a little annoyed, but the uneasiness in his heart was even stronger.

After walking a few more steps, Xie Yuan suddenly asked, "Have you tattooed the logo of the royal family on that corpse?"

Hearing the words, Meng Fei hurriedly said, "I've already made someone do it, it's not true."

Xie Yuan couldn't think of anything else, hurried to the place where the coffin stopped, walked to the side of the coffin and poked his head to see the female corpse inside.Knowing that it was a substitute that Meng Fei had found, but at first glance, no matter the shape or other things, no flaws could be found.He stretched out his hand to lift the stiff right hand of the female corpse, and pulled the sleeve all the way up to the upper arm, and saw a tattoo of a medium-sized eagle on the outer arm.

The eagle was the logo of Emperor Rong's original tribe, and the children of the leader clan would be tattooed upon birth.Girls are tattooed on their arms, while boys are tattooed on their chests. Xie Yuan has never noticed Ayanna's tattoos, but he has seen this eagle more than once.

After checking it now, there is no difference, Xie Yuan heaved a sigh of relief.But he didn't know if there were any other characteristics on Ayanna's body, and now that all the visitors from the palace had come to the door, it was impossible to tamper with this corpse.

Sure enough, the housekeeper didn't stop him for long, and almost at the moment when Xie Yuan finished investigating, a group of soldiers rushed into the mourning hall.

Xie Yuan's expression sank, the leading officer took two steps forward and saluted him, but he was neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty has an order to welcome the princess back to the palace to pray for salvation, and please do not obstruct the prime minister."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Yuan's face darkened even more, but he suppressed his temper in the end: "Since it is His Majesty's will, I must obey it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the officer was even more impolite. He waved his hand to summon a few soldiers, carried the coffin and left.This group of people broke into the mourning hall carelessly, and took away the body so unceremoniously, it is really not polite at all.

Xie Yuan gritted his teeth and almost exploded in anger, but now is not the time to pursue these matters.He only thought for a moment, and immediately decided to follow into the palace, even because these soldiers were walking too fast, he didn't have time to go back and change his clothes, so he simply followed in ordinary clothes.

Meng Fei naturally followed, only took two steps, Xie Yuan suddenly turned around and gave him some instructions in a low voice.

After agreeing to the promise, Meng Fei stopped, waited until Xie Yuan's back disappeared from sight, and immediately turned around to complete the task he had just given.

The newly built imperial city of Rongguo was far smaller than the capital of Liangguo, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was not very far from the imperial palace, and it took only a quarter of an hour by car to arrive at the gate of the palace.As a prime minister, Xie Yuan naturally has the right to enter the palace, but he can only enter the palace on foot as a subject, which is much slower than a coffin pulled straight into the palace by a carriage.

So when Xie Yuan rushed to the front of the hall, he heard Emperor Rong's angry voice coming from the hall: "This is really not Ayanna!"

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