That night, Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked at the border map and wanted to make a careful plan. First, they had to know the whereabouts of the Ninth Princess.

Determine your whereabouts first and understand the situation before you can make next arrangements.

While they were discussing, there were sounds of footsteps and Linlang's voice outside.

"what's up?"

Song Ping's voice sounded: "Quickly, report to the prince and princess, I have something urgent to ask for."

Song Ping followed Governor Cao to investigate the matter at the granary. Now that he is back, he must have something to report.

Song Ping entered the house and stood near the door wrapped in the cold. Huo Changhe asked him to drink a cup of hot tea and wait until he felt warm before answering.

Seeing his solemn expression, Yan Ruyu knew that the situation there was not good. Thinking about it, she could foresee that several villages were massacred and the soldiers guarding the grain depot were killed. How much better could the situation be.

Song Ping said: "Your Majesty, Princess, and Governor Cao are still on their way back, so let me go ahead and report the situation. The situation in the village is really terrible.

Most of the houses in the village were burned, but the weather was too cold and there was still snow, so some were not burned.

The weather is so cold that people freeze after death, their blood turns to ice, and many people still have uneaten New Year’s Eve dinner on their tables. "

"The same goes for the granary. All the officers and soldiers guarding the granary were killed. Their heads were missing. Some heads were still hanging on the treetops... Governor Cao fainted no less than ten times during this trip and vomited seven or eight times."

Huo Changhe's face was as cold as frost: "How did Governor Cao deal with it?"

"There are some relatives in the surrounding villages who have married into other villages. I heard that there are also other aunts and cousins ​​who have returned. For those who have relatives, the relatives will collect the bodies and organize the funeral. For those who really have no relatives, Governor Cao Arrange manpower to help contain the crowd and check the names and numbers of people one by one."

"Prefect Cao said that all funeral expenses will be paid by the government."

Practically speaking, Governor Cao has done his best.

But this was a major accident on his watch, and these were far from enough.

Song Ping pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I forgive my subordinates for speaking frankly, but there is a limit to what Governor Cao can do. He sent agents to stay behind to investigate and look for clues, but it is in vain for my subordinates to see it."

Huo Changhe nodded lightly, and Yan Ruyu said: "Thank you for your hard work. The prince and I already know the general situation, so we should go back and rest first."

"Yes, I'm resigning." Song Ping turned to leave, then stopped and took out a cloth bag from the bag beside him.

"Your Majesty, Princess, my subordinates found this at the granary. Do you think it's useful?"

He came forward with something in his hands, placed it lightly on the table, and then left.

Yan Ruyu opened it and saw that it was a mailbox wrapped in a handkerchief. Half of the mailbox had been burned, leaving only part of it, and there was still rolled letter paper inside.

After being roasted by fire, the paper becomes crispy and crumbly, and it will break into pieces if you are not careful.

Yan Ruyu carefully took out the paper and unfolded it gently with tweezers. As soon as it was unfolded, the paper broke into pieces.

Fortunately, the fragments did not fly away, and the remaining words on it can still be seen.

"This is..." Huo Changhe frowned and looked carefully, "the address of the grain depot, and several village names."

"Sure enough, someone is instigating this." Huo Changhe shouted angrily, "Damn it!"

"These killers are not ordinary people," Yan Ruyu cleaned up the scraps of paper. "Except for the scimitar Cui Chong saw, this letter is also proof."

"That's right," Huo Changhe nodded, "If Shen Huaixin's close subordinates can give orders with their mouths, or send letters by flying pigeons, they can just state the orders. Why bother to explain the village name and address in detail?"

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other, anger igniting in their hearts.

Burning and seizing granaries and killing people is an unpardonable crime. If he colludes with others again... As a city protector, Shen Huaixin cannot escape the death penalty.

"Your Majesty," Yan Ruyu whispered, "the granary incident, whether it was Shen Huaixin's revenge for the theft of military rations, or whether he simply wanted to steal a batch of grain, this matter was all caused by the theft of the military rations..."

Yan Ruyu also had some regrets. If he had not put away the military rations at that time, perhaps he would not be in today's disaster.

Those people will not die in vain.

Huo Changhe interrupted her: "Yu'er, don't blame yourself for Shen Huaixin's evil deeds. His nature is like this. It has nothing to do with others, and it has nothing to do with you."

"If he had bought that batch of food sincerely, he wouldn't have had no choice but to grab the army food later. Going forward, if he hadn't had malicious intentions and killed Xiang Guang and the others, I wouldn't have gone to the military camp to rescue them.

Everything stems from his own evil thoughts. "

Yan Ruyu nodded slowly: "Your Majesty is right."

She has never been one to get into trouble, and since the person is dead, it is useless to talk about it.

"In that case, let's seek justice for the dead."

Yan Ruyu calculated it and found that there was really a lot to do, including the granary, the ninth princess of Dacheng, the great scholar and the mountain beast.

The top priority is the granary. The whereabouts of the ninth princess of Dacheng are yet to be ascertained, and the matter of the mountain-suppressing beast is not urgent.

It was getting late, and Huo Changhe was worried that Yan Ruyu would be thinking wildly again, so he simply packed his things and took her to bed to rest.

After a good night's sleep, when Yan Ruyu woke up the next day, she smelled the fragrance of flowers.

Huo Changhe had already gotten up and went to the courtyard to exercise. She opened her eyes and calmed down. Yes, there was indeed the fragrance of flowers.

I got out of bed and went to the outhouse to look, and saw a vase on the table.

It is filled to the brim with flowers of various colors, each blooming fragrantly and beautifully.

Except for the common roses, lilies, peonies, and lisianthus, Yan Ruyu didn't recognize anything else.

In addition to a few vases, there are some scattered on the table, probably because there is no room to insert them.

She suddenly remembered that the abbot had said during a surprise phone call that the space had changed, saying that there was a large field of flowers with all kinds of flowers.

It's just that I've been busy with my own business recently. I saw him in a hurry yesterday and was attracted by the Mountain-Suppressing Beast, so I completely forgot about it.

Seeing the flowers early in the morning, Yan Ruyu felt very good. She found flower scissors, trimmed them and arranged them again.

The little fur ball came over and sniffed around. Yan Ruyu didn't know if it looked like a cat and whether it had the same habits as a cat, so she gently pushed it away to keep it away from Lily.

While he was busy working, Huo Changhe returned to the house after practicing and saw her arranging flowers, and paused in her movements to lift the curtain.

The sun shines in from the outside, and is warm, with a thin layer of gold covering her gently. She is wearing a casual and comfortable dress, her black hair is loose, her eyebrows are smiling, and she is holding flowers in her hand. She is really more beautiful than flowers.

Yan Ruyu turned to look at him: "Your Majesty, does it look good?"

"They are beautiful," Huo Changhe approached her, "the flowers are beautiful, but the people are even better looking."

Yan Ruyu smiled deeply: "Who did the prince learn these words from?"

"Sincerely speaking, there is no need to learn."

"Go and get me some bottles from my mother. These are not enough."

The little fur ball was spinning around Yan Ruyu, with some petals on it. Huo Changhe took one look at it and had a "bad" idea in his mind.

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