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The further to the northwest, the cooler the weather, and the frost and snow that had not been seen for a long time hung on the top of the distant mountains again.The exile camp is next to several mines, which are rich in a kind of beautiful jade called ice stone, which is white in color and shiny, and it is very valuable after being polished into ornaments.

Therefore, the exiled prisoners sent here by the imperial court have been digging mountains to extract jade all year round, which is extremely hard.

Where can I get better now?Lan Xuan looked down at the dirty and torn clothes, stroked her hair, and wiped her cheeks indiscriminately.After so many days of traveling long distances, my body already smelled of sweat. I have been clothed in fine clothing and food for a lifetime, and even if I leave the palace alone to live in seclusion, I still tidy up every day.In the hearts of everyone, he was like walking out of a painting, without the slightest aura of fireworks, but today he walked all the way, but he was so embarrassed that he couldn't believe it.

It's just that at this moment, he can't care about so much.

Lan Xuan looked up, and the camp guarded by Long Xiao soldiers was right in front of him, so close that he could see the military flag waving in the wind.

"who?"

In a blink of an eye, his horse was stopped by the guard with a shiny spear, and with a low reprimand, Lan Xuan managed to recover.

"Looking for someone." Lan Xuan got off the horse, bowed to the leader, and begged in a low voice, "Leave as soon as we meet."

"What kind of place is this! You can see it if you want?" The guard leader raised eyebrows and sneered all over his face.

"The imperial court allows family members to come to visit on the first and fifth days of the first day of the lunar new year. I hurried here today. Please help me, Mr. Jun." Lan Xuan took out a silver coin from his bosom and quietly put it in the leader's hand , smiled and said, "It's convenient..."

"Yo? Didn't expect to be a rich master?" The leader looked up and down the ragged Lan Xuan in surprise for a long time, collected the money unceremoniously, and suddenly grabbed Lan Xuan's wrist and said with a wicked smile, " Who do you want to see?"

"Lan Zheng." Lan Xuan thought that he agreed to take her to meet people, and immediately responded with a smile, her thin lips parted slightly, and the smile was full of indescribable beauty.

"Oh~ are you going to see the majestic Lord Regent?" The leader sneered, his face full of sarcasm, he clutched Lan Xuan's thin wrist, lowered his eyelids, and touched it ambiguously with the other hand Go up, "You look so good-looking, the military master likes it. How about you accompany me for the last time, and I will take you to see Lan Zheng, how about it?"

"You...!" Lan Xuan stagnated, desperately trying to retract her arm, but she had no strength in her body, and was still tightly held by the man.He couldn't break free, angry and frightened, his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he yelled at the man, "In the blue sky and white day, you are living on the imperial salary, but you are doing beastly deeds, so you are not afraid of the king's law." ?"

"Wang Fa?" The leader spat in disdain, and the flesh on his face trembled a few times, "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, I have the final say here."

He tilted his head towards the camp, raised his chin, and snorted coldly: "In this place, there are a lot of court officials, relatives of the emperor, such as Lan Zheng, who has been in power for a while, so they have to bow their heads under my hands? You still know the people Point, the military master is satisfied, so I will take you to see him naturally!"

After the words fell, he took his hand fiercely and pulled it into his arms.

Lan Xuan was quite frightened by his sudden movement, and struggled desperately to escape backwards.

While the two were entangled, another leader-like figure suddenly came to the camp. He stepped behind him, grabbed his shoulders, and said with a frown, "Stop."

"What? Captain Jiang is also interested?" The guard turned his head and saw the man's serious face, and said sarcastically.

"As a soldier of Long Xiao, he bullies a commoner who has no power to restrain a chicken, isn't he afraid of being ridiculed?" The guard captain surnamed Jiang glanced at him coldly, pushed him aside forcefully, and turned his head to face him. Seeing Lan Xuan solemnly said: "Go back, Lan Zheng died yesterday."

"Dead... dead?"

Lan Xuan only opened his eyes wide, and felt a buzzing in his head, and he was a little dazed.It has only been more than a month since he was exiled, how could he suddenly...

"He... how did he die?" Lan Xuan held the captain's arm tightly in disbelief, trembling her lips, and asked in a whisper.

"Fell to death." The man looked down at the arm he was holding on to, and was not angry. He just let him hold it without moving. He looked at Lan Xuan's tear-filled eyes again, and continued slowly. , "The landslide in the mine fell from the middle of the mountain."

"Then... where's his... dead body?"

At this moment, Lan Xuan only felt that there was darkness in front of her eyes, and her whole body was a little shaky.He had no choice but to hold on to the man's arm to force himself to stand still, but tears gushed out of his eyes like a burst embankment.

"It should be thrown in the mass grave, right? The prisoner here is dead, and you still expect someone to collect the corpse for the funeral?" Captain Jiang shook his head, slowly pulled his hand off his body and raised his chin towards the north hillside , "If you are not afraid, go find it yourself."

After saying that, he cast another cold glance at the guard leader next to him, turned around and walked into the camp.