The master said not to judge people by their appearance

Yuzhen is dead?Xie Yunlan was stunned, and he asked anxiously, "How did she die?! When did she die?!"

"I don't know..." Wang Tai talked about his experience in Jeju City.

After Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan left Jeju, Wang Tai and the others lived in the courtyard of the prefect's mansion. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and the brothers had nothing to do. They would drink and play in the mansion every day. Wang Tai would be called by Xie Yuzhen from time to time. Go, even though Xie Yuzhen is ill, she still misses Xie Yunlan very much. Xie Yunlan just arrived in Jeju and left because of business. She didn't even have time to ask his brother about his experience in the past six months.

She asked Wang Tai, and Wang Tai told Xie Yuzhen what they were in Cangzhou and Yazhou like a story. The story was tortuous and long. After that, let Wang Tai continue to talk about the following.

This went on for a few days. Ten days ago, that is, the fifth day Xie Yunlan left Jeju, that afternoon, after Wang Tai told Xie Yuzhen a story, he went back as usual. It was even better, but that night, when Wang Tai and the others were about to go to bed, they suddenly heard exclamations from the main courtyard, and the servants in the mansion were in a mess. Hongyu, I heard Hongyu crying and saying: "Miss is going to die..."

When we met during the day, Xie Yuzhen was clearly still fine, why did he suddenly fail?Wang Tai and the others were about to go to the main courtyard immediately, but when they got there, they were stopped by Yin Huang outside the courtyard.

Yin Wang said: "Madam is not feeling well, the prefect has already invited a doctor, everyone please go back."

Feeling unwell?But just now Hongyu made it clear that she was about to die.Wang Tai and the others didn't believe Yin Huang's words, but Yin Huang's attitude was tough, and he even sent guards from the mansion to guard the gate of the courtyard, preventing them from entering.

Wang Tai and the others were worried, but they were also worried about the relationship between Xie Yunlan and Mu Qingyun, so they couldn't directly start a conflict in other people's houses. After a moment or two of hesitation, they went back.

I wanted to check the situation the next day, but let alone the second day, until the third day after the incident, they couldn't see Xie Yuzhen, Mu Qingyun didn't see them, and even Xie Yuzhen's personal maid Hong Yu didn't let him see, the only person they could see was Yin Wang, but Yin Wang could only say perfunctory words that everything was fine, they didn't know anything about Xie Yuzhen's real situation right now.

On the third night, Wang Tai couldn't hold back, and sneaked into the courtyard wall of the main courtyard. He touched the door of Xie Yuzhen's room and wanted to take a sneak peek. He didn't do anything else, just to make sure that Xie Yuzhen was still safe, miss If nothing happened, he would go to plead guilty to Lord Hou afterwards.

As a result, after looking at it, I found something wrong.

For three days, Yin Wang had been telling them that Xie Yuzhen was being taken care of by someone and that she was fine, but Wang Tai was peeking outside the door at the moment, only to find that Xie Yuzhen's room was empty, there was no maid to serve her, and she was lying on the bed alone. No one cares.

There is not even a brazier, the young lady is so weak and the weather is so cold, how can she bear it.

Wang Tai felt strange, and when he looked carefully, he saw that Xie Yuzhen was lying on the bed without moving at all, and her exposed fingers were also a little blue.

Like the bruise after death.

Immediately, Wang Tai didn't care much, he kicked open the door and broke in. When he walked to the bed, he saw a stiff and bruised face.

This is clearly a body that has been dead for a long time.

Wang Tai froze in place in shock, before he could do anything in the future, for example, to investigate the real cause of Xie Yuzhen's death, the guards rushed in when they heard the noise.

Yin Huang asked someone to take him down, Wang Tai has no time to worry about the relationship between Xie Yunlan and Mu Qingyun at this moment, Lord Hou left him in Jeju, and specifically asked him to help take care of the young lady, now the young lady is so inexplicably Dead, he must have an explanation.

He got into a fight with the guards in the mansion. Xie Yunlan's other subordinates knew that Wang Tai had secretly gone to Xie Yuzhen's bedroom. They were all waiting for Wang Tai's news. When they heard the movement here, they rushed over immediately, and heard Wang Tai finish Xie Yuzhen's story. After the news of his death, he immediately fought with the guards in Mu Qingyun's mansion.

They have followed Xie Yunlan for many years, and they are all first-class experts. Although there are only more than [-] people, the guards in the prefect's mansion can't help them for a while. During the stalemate, Mu Qingyun, who had disappeared in front of Wang Tai and others for three days, finally appeared up.

He looked haggard, his stubble was messy, and his eyes were bloodshot red. Wang Tai kicked the guard in front of him and flew away. At the same time, he yelled at Mu Qingyun and asked, "General Mu, how did Miss die? us!"

Mu Qingyun didn't answer, he looked at them with those bloodshot eyes, Yin Wang said from the side: "My lord, they already know about this, we can't let them go!"

Mu Qingyun still didn't answer.

"My lord, don't you want your wife?" Yin Huang sternly said.

Mu Qingyun finally moved. He waved his hand and ordered the guards behind him to take Wang Tai and others down.

After all, there were only about twenty people, but Mu Qingyun held more than 1 officers and soldiers. Wang Tai and the others were captured, but only captured. Wang Tai and the others were imprisoned in the prison of the Taishou Mansion.

Wang Tai couldn't understand why Mu Qingyun would do this, but he must tell Lord Hou about it, whether it was Mu Qingyun's strange attitude or the death of the young lady.

In the prison, he has been thinking about how to get out, and finally he found an opportunity three days ago. There were many fewer guards in the prison that day. When Wang Tai was wondering where everyone went, the food delivery person coming.

During these days in prison, Wang Tai and the others were given three meals as usual, and the food was similar to before, and they were not treated lightly because they were prisoners. Apart from refusing to let them out, Mu Qingyun did not do anything to them.

Usually, the food deliverers are servant girls from the house, Mu Qingyun bought it newly in Jeju, they don't know each other, but this time, Wang Tai found a familiar face among them, who was never able to get it after that night. Ruby I saw.

Mu Qingyun forbade Hongyu to see Wang Tai and the others. This time, Hongyu managed to sneak in by herself. She took advantage of the meal delivery time to tell Wang Tai some news.

She said that she hid a thin wire in Wang Tai's meal. She used to be a maid in Xie Yunlan's house, and she came here as a dowry with Xie Yuzhen. The wire will open most of the locks.

But Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang are not in the city today, they led troops out of the city, they don't know what they are going to do, but right now the defense in the city is empty, it is a good opportunity for Wang Tai and the others to escape.

She wanted to leave after finishing speaking, but Wang Tai stopped her again and asked what happened that night, and how did the young lady die?

When Xie Yuzhen was mentioned, Hongyu's eyes turned red, she sniffled, shook her head and said, "I don't know, I went to fetch medicine for the young lady, and when I came back, I found the young lady lying on the ground with a puddle of blood on her body. The uncle hugged the young lady and cried, telling me to go to the doctor quickly, so I hurried there, and when the doctor came, I found that the young lady had already..."

She choked with sobs and couldn't continue, and after a while, she said: "My uncle sat on the ground blankly when he knew that the lady was dead, holding the lady's body still, and he didn't respond when I called him. I was anxious, and I wanted to I went to inform you, but that Mr. Yin refused to let me leave the yard, and he didn’t let me see you.”

After Hongyu finished speaking and left, Wang Tai discussed with the rest of the people in the prison. They all felt that Yin Wang was a strange person. It was he who decided to block the news of Xie Yuzhen's death, and he was the one who wanted to kill them. What exactly is this person? backing?Why did Mu Qingyun obey him?

The prefect is the highest-ranking official in a county, and Yin Wang is just a commoner. Mu Qingyun should never trust him like this, unless there is someone behind Yin Wang.

Wang Tai immediately thought of Yuan Yi. Mu Qingyun had a good relationship with the second prince in Beijing, and it was because of this that Xie Yunlan sent him to Jeju.

Jeju is far away from the capital, and the position of the prefect of Jeju did not help Yuan Yi in winning the throne. Yuan Yi would not find Mu Qingyun again, but not long ago, the crown prince ascended the throne, Yuan Yi became the king of Yunzhou, and Jeju and Yunzhou were on the same side. Not far away, both belong to the western part of Daxia, and the two counties are only a hundred miles apart.

People in Yazhou smuggled horses to Yunzhou. Wang Tai and the others knew that Yuan Yi might have treasonous intentions. Then, Mu Qingyun, the prefect of Jeju, would be useful to Yuan Yi again. Yin Wang might be Yuan Yi's man. , That's why Mu Qingyun is so convinced by the other party.

Thinking of this level, Wang Tai and the others immediately thought about Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang leading troops out of the city today, and there is no war right now, what are they going out of the city for?

And why did they suppress the news of Xie Yuzhen's death and lock Wang Tai and the others here?

A terrible guess came to Wang Tai's mind, that Mu Qingyun and Yin Zhuang might want to attack Lord Hou!

It is very possible that Mu Qingyun may not want to kill Xie Yunlan, but Yuan Yi must think that it was Xie Yunlan who caused him to miss the throne, and as long as Xie Yunlan is around, he will definitely encounter great obstacles in his rebellion.

Thinking of this, Wang Tai and the others couldn't stay any longer. Taking advantage of the guard's unpreparedness, they used the wire given by ruby ​​to pry open the cell door and broke out.

Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang led a group of people away, but there were still defenders in Jeju, Wang Tai and the others were worried that they would not be able to escape, so they dispersed.

More than [-] people each looked for a direction, they wanted to spread the news and go to support Lord Hou.

Some people didn't go well and didn't even escape the city gate, while others were lucky enough to escape, but Wang Tai didn't know where he was right now, he only knew his own situation, he escaped After Jeju, he walked all the way to the outside of the customs. He was going to Kunlun Mountain, but he had just walked dozens of miles before he found Mu Qingyun and his party in the forest.

Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang led thousands of officers and soldiers and were searching the forest, not knowing what they were looking for.

Wang Tai's heart skipped a beat. He wondered if they were looking for Xie Yunlan, so he followed behind and observed quietly.

After observing for a day, Mu Qingyun and the others didn't gain anything, but another group of people came to this mountain forest, and the accent was from the officers and soldiers of Yunzhou. This confirmed Wang Tai's previous guess. !

After the officers and soldiers from Yunzhou arrived, they joined the search team of Mu Qingyun and his group. They searched from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, tightening the search net inch by inch.

Wang Tai was [-]% sure in his heart that Xie Yunlan should be in this mountain forest.

He also started searching. He didn't dare to get too close to Mu Qingyun and the others, so he searched in another direction, thinking about trying his luck.

Meng Tian favored him, after searching for two days, he actually found Xie Yunlan, and he was finally able to tell all the things that happened in Jeju one by one.