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Chapter 169

Two guards, Mo and Yu, took Xuancheng and a group of Jinwu guards who guarded her to the wide bridge on the mountain behind Tianlao, and pointed out the place where they abandoned the sack containing the corpse of the son-in-law.

After a whole night of rain, the river almost rose to the level of the bank, drowning most of the weeds on both sides of the river.

Although the rain had stopped at this time, the river was still surging. Looking at the end, the whole river was like a white stretch lying flat on the ground, rushing eastward without stopping.

Two prison officers knelt on the ground, tremblingly talking about how they carried the sack here, and how they threw it into the water. They couldn't see Xuancheng's teeth standing in front of them looking at the river slowly tightening. Make a fist.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who ordered the two prison officials to act, also knelt beside him. Although he was still wearing official robes, the black gauze hat had been removed. Behind him stood two Jinwu Guards on each side with scabbards holding him down. shoulders, described as embarrassed.

After the two executioners and prison officials had finished explaining, he cried out for himself with trembling and frightened lips: "All my ministers obeyed the emperor's order, so I gave the dove wine to the son-in-law as a last resort.

I don't want to hurt my son-in-law at first, but there are elders and younger ones in my servants, so I dare not disobey the emperor's edict! "

Xuancheng rested his fist on the bridge railing, his arms trembled slightly, his chest heaved, and he almost bit his lower lip to bleed.

Just one step away, just one step away, she could have rescued her safely, but just one step away, the two of them would miss each other.

"Come here..." she said coldly.

When the two prison officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice heard her speak, they shuddered and their hairs stood up, thinking that the princess was going to execute them on the spot.

Xuancheng endured all the anger and heartache, raised his head and swallowed his tears, and said in a voice without a trace of emotion: "Gather all the Jinwu guards who have left the palace, and then adjust one-third of the guards. The city guards, no matter what method is used, I will block this river for my palace, dig out the bottom of the river, and search along the river bank, as long as there is a trace of a son-in-law, I will not let it go."

"I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die!" She paused word by word.

"Yes!" The Jin Wuwei behind her responded in unison, the voice was so loud that it almost scared the three people kneeling on the ground out of their wits.

As soon as the order was issued, the Jinwu guards on the wide bridge moved accordingly. One team divided into two, and one team searched along the two banks of the river. If you want the moon in the sky, you must find a way to get it, let alone block a small river?

The two sides of the strait, which had always been inaccessible, suddenly became lively.

The Jinwu Guards mixed with patrolling guards, in different attires, but doing the same thing.

Their eyes were wide open, their eyes were like torches, they stepped on the weeds without boots, inspecting every place they walked inch by inch.

In order to find traces of the son-in-law, they didn't dare to let go of any abnormality, and they almost turned the entire river bank over.

On the bridge deck, Xuancheng still stood there motionless, his eyes staring at the entire river, as if waiting for a miracle to happen.

As for the three people kneeling on the ground, they didn't see the princess's intention to let them go, nor did they see the princess ordering them to be executed. Their hearts seemed to be hanging in the sky, and they might fall down at any moment. The wind and grass in the ear are all? It makes them terrified.

It didn't take long for the Jinwu guards who searched the river bank to find out, and a person rushed from a distance to report to Xuancheng.

Xuancheng, which was almost standing like a stone, finally loosened a little bit. Before the Jinwu Guard came to her, she couldn't wait to ask: "What did you find?"

The Jinwu Guard who stopped in front of her presented what he had found, and reported: "The lowly officials found this on the bank of the river."

It was a flat-topped scarf made of black linoleum, which was an official hat exclusively for prison guards, but it was not something that Shu Dianhe should have. Disappointment was evident on Xuancheng's face, and he shook his head and waved his hands, telling them to continue searching.

Just as the last Jinwu guard left, another Jinwu guard came running over again. This time they made a big discovery.

"Princess, I found a mound of soil two miles away. Judging from the color of the soil, it should be freshly dug up."

One of the Jinwu Guards? Ma Dangxian?, led Xuancheng to their discovery, and the three guilty people were then pushed over.

The mound in front of their eyes rose abruptly from the flat ground. When the Jinwu Guard turned the bend of the river, they were attracted by it at first glance.

It is said to be a mound of earth, but it is actually more like a mound of graves. The height of the fresh soil raised on the ground is just enough to bury a person.

But because the princess was eager to find her son-in-law, no one dared to mention the unlucky things in front of her.

Xuancheng's face sank like water, and he ordered without hesitation: "Dig it..."

The Jinwu Guard obeyed the order, and several people surrounded the mound of soil, and each shoveled it, and found something in just two or three seconds.

"Dig it out..." After Xuancheng finished speaking, he realized that his voice was trembling faintly.

Even if it was her body that was found in the end, she would take her back. They were born as husband and wife, and they would be buried together when they died. She would never let her wander outside alone.

A corpse dressed in white gradually appeared in front of everyone, Xuancheng held his breath, his chest was beating like a drum, he didn't dare to take half a step back, for fear that his legs would go limp if he stepped back.

After the Jin Wuwei squatted down to clean up the dirt covering the corpse's face, everyone present was stunned. The corpse was ordinary in appearance, obviously not a son-in-law.

It doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as it wasn't for her...

Just as Xuancheng breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the two prison officials behind him make surprise voices one after another, saying, "Isn't this Chen Badou?"

The two of them stretched their necks, just in time to see the face of the corpse in the pit, and they didn't expect to see an acquaintance here.

Xuancheng originally wanted to find out the whereabouts of Shu Dianhe before disposing of the three of them. When he heard what the two prison officials said, his sharp eyes immediately swept over the two of them.

"Tell me, why is this person here?" Xuancheng was exhausted from running around all night, but she had no choice but to hold on, and questioned the two prison officials.

Under the strong pressure of the Jinwu guards around them, the minds of the two prisoners went blank, and they said indiscriminately: "The villain doesn't know..."

Xuancheng was very tired from heart to body, so tired that he didn't want to talk nonsense with others? He looked sideways at others and asked: "Murdering the royal family, what crime should be according to the law of the Great Yu?"

Immediately, Jin Wuwei replied: "The crime is to punish the Nine Clans!"

"The Nine Clans..." Xuancheng repeated, although his tone was light and airy, it was as if a branding iron was stamped on the hearts of the two prisoners.

The faces of the two prisoners were pale with fright, their crotches were hot, and they were scrambling to speak first.

Xuancheng randomly ordered one of them to explain, and the other one told him to shut up.

The person who was pointed out was Yu Chatou, and he said tremblingly: "Last night, Mo Chatou and I listened to? Shangshu's envoy sent dove wine to the son-in-law, and watched the son-in-law drink the wine in front of us..."

He confided in every detail what he had experienced last night, then looked at Chen Chatou's body in the pit, widened his eyes, and said in horror: "But you really don't know, Chen Chatou Why did it appear here, and how did it die? It has nothing to do with the little ones about what happened to Chen Mitou? Nothing!"

After sorting out the whole matter, Xuancheng easily found something wrong, and asked, "Did you witness the son-in-law die with your own eyes? Have you checked the pulse?"

The two guards looked at each other, pondering their memories back and forth, but finally they felt unreliable. They didn't dare to look into the princess' eyes, and replied in a vain manner, "Probably...maybe..."

Before Xuancheng could open his mouth, Jin Wuwei drew his sword out of its sheath and put the blade across the necks of the two men. The two guards woke up immediately and replied: "No! The villain didn't check the pulse of the son-in-law. I was pulled to one side by Chen Cha!"

One of them suddenly remembered something, and said incoherently: "When the son-in-law was in the prison, Chen Chatou once said that the son-in-law was kind to him, so he took special care of the son-in-law.

Both Chen Chatou and his sister escaped from Dianzhou, and the villain thinks that the kindness Chen Chatou mentioned was probably left behind by his son-in-law when he was helping the disaster in Dianzhou..."

At this time, an experienced Jinwu guard inspected Chen Chatou's body, and approached Xuancheng's ear, reporting to her: "There is no fatal injury on this person's body. According to the appearance on the body, he should be drowning." died."

If this is the case, Xuancheng will understand what's going on.

She lowered her body, looked at the two guards, and said ruthlessly: "If there is a half-truth, none of your family members will be able to keep it."

The coldness in their eyes made the two prison officials tremble with fear, and they said repeatedly: "The villain dare not!"

Xuancheng asked the Jinwu Guards to take the three of them down to deal with them according to the law. They were useless. He turned his head and looked at the corpse in the pit again.

She believed that Shu Dianheyi must have escaped from the prison and must be still alive.

"If she's not dead, then where is she?" She couldn't figure out what the other party's plan was, but as long as she was alive, she would definitely find her.

While ordering the Jinwu Guards to continue searching for Shu Dianhe's traces, she ordered Chen Cha's head to be buried in a dignified manner, and his family members were searched for a proper placement.

If Chen Chatou hadn't replaced him with his own body, Shu Dianhe would have died at this time. Undoubtedly, Xuancheng couldn't abandon him. Regardless.

After getting the answer that Shu Dianhe was indeed alive, Xuancheng didn't need to stay here any longer? She hurried back to the palace.

At this time, she is no longer what she used to be. Right now, the burden of the whole world is placed in front of her, waiting for her to bear it. She can no longer devote herself to being in love wholeheartedly.

From one location to another, what you are facing is a completely strange world, like a newborn baby, and you have to learn everything from scratch.Those who were related to her in the past, and those who had nothing to do with her, now have to recalculate their relationship with her. It takes a lot of energy to sort out these complicated affairs.

Although she is more than ten years older than the emperor's grandson, is there any difference in the situation they face?

What's more, the throne they took over is not nothing? They can occupy it safely without doing anything.

Thousands of miles away, there is a fierce tiger coveting the throne. Once he knows what happened in the court, there will be a storm.

Xuancheng's top priority is to deal with this matter.

She finished writing a letter, put it in a letter box, sealed it, and handed it to Zuo Huai, saying: "This letter is carrying the emperor's oral order, and it will be sent to the frontier by thousands of miles. Before the news of the position reaches the frontier, let the five kings receive it..."

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