chasing autumn

"Is it him?..." Zhao Zhen called the imperial doctor again and asked in a trembling voice.

"Return to the Holy Majesty, the Holy Majesty asked me to check for Yu Zhuangyuan to see if he was injured in the fight. I have already looked at it carefully. ——There is a protruding bone in the center of this person's back..."

The imperial doctor did not dare to show boredom and repeated, "It is indeed consistent with the skeleton image that the Holy Majesty showed me."

"... I see, you go down."

late at night.In Nuoda's Wende Hall, Zhao Zhenping withdrew his servants and sat quietly behind the dragon case alone, recalling what happened today in his mind.

Suddenly, he found a small bloodstain on the edge of the desk case, which was deep and dark red.

There was a tight pain in my heart.

This bloodstain should be left by him, right? ...

"She said, if I can't make you live happily, then don't recognize you..."

Zhao Zhen took a bright yellow handkerchief from his bosom, gently wiped the blood on the table, his fingers trembling, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid you won't like these turbulent days in the palace..."

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At noon the next day, the main altar

Zhan Hao sat in the room for a while, took a sip of tea,

Frowning, he stood up again,

He took two steps and sat down.

After a long silence, he suddenly got up and opened the door to leave the house, just in time for Qian Fu to pass by.Qian Fu was startled, "Sovereign!..."

"Where's Fire Lotus?"

Zhan Hao's brows were deeply furrowed, "Why haven't you come back yet?..." Zhan Hao's words were mixed with worries that he didn't even realize.

"Come back?" Qian Fu wondered, "Didn't the suzerain not let the young master come back?..."

Zhan Hao was taken aback, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Is there any news from the palace?"

"Now we only know that there was a bloody case in the Queen's bedroom this morning. However, we are still inquiring about the death and injury. We should know soon."

Zhan Hao nodded, and said again, "Then...Has Chunshan Shuyu sent someone to visit?...Also, that bamboo forest..."

"seen it already,"

Qian Fu looked up at Zhan Hao's expression, observed a thing or two, and replied: "The young master is not in Chunshan Book House, nor in Zhulin Xiaozhu."

Zhan Hao frowned deeply when he heard this, and slowly turned his back with his hands behind his back.

Qian Fu said again, "Sovereign, the deserted corpse..."

"Corpse?" Zhan Hao turned around and asked curiously, "Didn't he die in the palace?..."

"It was found in the mountains..."

Zhan Hao thought for a while, then snorted coldly, "The kindness of a woman!" He paused for a moment, and then told Qian Fu, "Bury it in the back mountain."

"Yes."

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In the depths of the imperial palace, in the back garden and the pond, the wind recites and the water moves, full of luxury.

In the early hours of this morning, screams came from the Queen's Kunning Hall.When the emperor hurried over from Funing Hall to check, he saw two deep and long strange sword marks on the neck and chest of Queen Wang, which tore open the skin and flesh of the clothes, and her body was covered in blood, which was shocking.Seeing that her pulse condition was still very weak, the emperor hurriedly summoned the imperial doctor to come to treat her.

irreparable,

The imperial doctors shook their heads helplessly.

After careful inspection, the imperial doctor was surprised to find two strange things. One was that the two sword marks on the Queen's body should have been in one place, but a section was missing in the middle; For two people.

Thinking about it this way, when the incident happened, someone must have stood between the assassin and the queen, and the queen was not the only one who was injured.

However, if this is the case, it would be even more strange.Firstly, none of the servants in the palace had such sword marks, and secondly, there was no sign of fighting in the room, the assassin seemed to have made a single move, and then left.

For a while, almost all the guards and servants in the palace were dispatched and summoned to Kunning Hall.

As a result, the womb of the crown prince, which had been covered in dust for a long time in the past, is now even more quiet and quiet.

Tai Palace

The halls and pavilions are towering and resplendent, and there are many exotic flowers and plants, ancient trees and famous trees competing for beauty along the road; the lake is cold and clear, and the white magnolia flowers and leaves beside the trees by the lake are falling weakly with the wind, like paper money scattered all over the sky. , mixed with a touch of incongruous sadness and depression in the prosperity and comfort.

Behind a rockery by the lake, Yu Huolian sat with her knees hugged, her mind in a state of desperation.

The swaying candle shadow at that time, the gust of wind at that time.

When the lights and shadows were extinguished, the splendid Kunning Palace fell into darkness.In the darkness, cold light and sword shadows, howling wind, urgent calls for help, panicked cries, and screams of children that should not have appeared. ——

Yu Huolian looked at a 7- or 8-year-old child lying motionless beside her, and the life-threatening bloodstain on the child's heart...

Unable to bear to look any further, he buried his head deeply, sobbing miserably, tears streaming down his face.

"Have you been sad enough?"

A majestic voice behind him suddenly broke his thoughts.

Yu Huolian was startled when she heard the sound, she quickly wiped away her tears and stood up, "Father", she saw that her father was holding the bloody silver sword that she sadly discarded on the grass.He used this silver sword to learn this sword technique, and he also used this silver sword to kill this innocent child.

Looking at her father, Yu Huolian suddenly had a glimmer of hope in her heart—whether this black-robed person who has experienced blood, tears and wind and frost, this person who can control the fate of many people and has been dependent on her for 20 years can understand what she is doing at this time? The pain in my heart? ——He suddenly wished so much, wished so much that he could confide in him.

"What happened?"

Seeing his bloodshot eyes, Zhan Hao was very surprised and frowned slightly.

After thinking for a while, Zhan Hao slowly stepped forward to walk around him, stood beside the dead child, and looked at him carefully.Seeing the child's luxurious and extraordinary clothes, the golden costume was stained with a large amount of dazzling blood red, and his face was ashen, Zhan Hao suddenly understood and couldn't help being shocked.

"The boy used the sword technique taught by his father to kill the queen, but unexpectedly, accidentally injured the little prince... The boy didn't want to hurt him! He suddenly appeared, and the sword couldn't be restrained, so..." Yu Huolian begged, "Father, please save him..."

"Little prince?..."

Originally, it was just to kill the queen, but now it's even hooked up with the prince...

— Well, that's great! ...

A burst of vengeance throbbed tightly in his heart.Zhan Hao leaned over to pick up the dead child, but Yu Huolian hurriedly snatched it away, "Father, where are you taking him?"

Zhan Hao glanced at him coldly, "You can't kill a woman with one move! How did you learn that sword technique?! Waste!" Ignoring his words, Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to grab the girl he was holding tightly in his arms. The little prince said solemnly, "Give him to me."

"Father, where are you taking him?!" Yu Huolian didn't let go.

"let go!!"

No match for Zhan Hao's strength, the little prince in his arms was dragged out, Yu Huolian held on to one arm of the little prince and refused to let go, "Father! Why didn't you save him? Why didn't you save him?! He It's just a child!...I don't want him to die! He's still so young! Father, save him! Save him!"

"Are you crazy?!" Zhan Hao couldn't bear it any longer, he grabbed the little prince, slapped him, and shouted angrily, "Be sober! He's died a long time ago!!" He looked condescendingly at the fall Yu Huolian, who fell to the ground and wept helplessly, Zhan Hao was furious.When the hatred from 20 years ago surged in his mind, he suddenly sneered, "It's just a pity! If it weren't for that, I really want to see you strangle him to death with your own hands! Sever his neck with your own hands!"

"Father! What are you talking about?!..."

Yu Huolian couldn't believe her ears, and felt suffocated in her heart, "This child is still so young, he just, he just wants to find his mother... What's wrong with him?!...Even an ignorant child can't help but feel that he is a child. Don't let it go, don't you want to kill as long as you are the father of Zhao family's royal family?!"

As soon as the words fell, a silver light flashed in front of his eyes, and a cold sword was firmly pressed against his throat.

"Be careful what you say!"

Zhan Hao's eyes were bursting with evil spirits, Yu Huolian shivered from the cold, "Don't force me, I'll kill you!!"

Dad...why?

Under the cold silver light, Yu Huolian's eyes were lost for a while.

Suddenly, he firmly grasped Jianfeng with one hand, looked straight at Zhan Hao with his stubborn eyes, and shouted: "Anyway, as long as the vengeance is not avenged, father will not let me recognize my ancestors, will I?! Then Dad might as well kill me!!"

"you!……"

Yu Huolian stood up from the ground, took a few steps back slowly, turned around angrily, and ran away.

When I turned around, tears of sadness poured out uncontrollably.

Zhan Hao stood there, in a daze.

Huolian, do you know where this place is? ...how did you come here?

Zhan Hao looked down at the dead little prince, and sighed helplessly:

Is it God's will?

——Son, the one who wants to redeem your sins should not be you...

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