Chapter 119: Blessing

The north wind whistled, the heavy snow flew, and the world was drowsy, as if with an inexplicable depression.
The winter calendar in Rongguo is very cold, and the heavy snow that does not know when it starts to fall almost obstructs people's sight. In such bad weather, there are naturally fewer people going out, and even the guards of the gates have become slack.
A soldier looked around and saw no outsiders passing by, and was a little unbearable by the howling cold wind, so he secretly removed the water sac around his waist to drink. Of course the water bag is not water, but spirits. Not to mention that the people of Rongguo love to drink, but a sip of strong wine can warm you up in such weather. Therefore, as long as they are not seen by outsiders, the leading officer will also close one eye.
At the entrance of the spirits, it was like a fire from the mouth to the belly, and the whole person became warm in an instant. There was a trace of enjoyment on the soldier's face that was about to freeze. He looked at the wine pouch and then at the neighbor. He planned to take another sip without seeing the officer.
It is customary to drink secretly to warm up on duty, but it is absolutely impossible to get drunk. Fortunately, most people also have this self-control.
Obviously, this soldier is greedy today and wants to drink more when the officer is away. As a result, his wine pouch was raised to his mouth, but the companion next to him suddenly pulled him: "Someone is coming, put the wine away!"
This is a kind reminder, but the bad thing is to pull that one. The soldier couldn't hold one of his hands firmly, and the wine pouch fell to the ground. The gurgling wine flowed out, spilled on the ground and released a large amount of alcohol, but the soldier was distressed. He hurriedly picked up the wine pouch, and several of his companions around him were also anxious, and hurriedly kicked Xuexue over to cover the rich alcohol.
In fact, the wind at the gate of the city was so strong that it didn't take a moment for the alcohol to be blown away. But their luck was not so good. The heavy snow obscured their sight, and the sound of the wind obscured the galloping hoof, so that they could not spot the group of people riding the horse in advance.
The riding team soon came close, and what was even more desperate was that the leader was clearly the cruel and harsh General Zuo!
The strong alcohol has not dissipated, and it clearly shows the crime of drinking when everyone is on duty. After the founding of Beirong, the law has gradually improved, and the military law has become more stringent. According to the military law, almost everything from officers to soldiers here must be freed. Layer of skin.
The soldiers were so frightened that their legs were shaking, as if they were about to kneel down and plead guilty in the next moment. However, the galloping horses passing by did not slow down. The entire team led by the left general rushed past them. The hooves of "Da Da" went from far to near and from near to far, and the sound of horse hooves was almost pedaling. In the hearts of everyone, until far away, until disappeared.
After a long while, someone raised his head and glanced at the direction where the left general and others disappeared, and whispered: "Left General, has it passed?"
When this sound fell, the crowd raised their heads as if they were waking up in a dream, and then someone questioned: "Don't they smell the alcohol?"
The others were silent, because the alcohol in the air was still so strong. Unless the group of people passing by just had their nose blocked by the wind, it is impossible not to smell it!
At this moment, the left general who was rushing away obviously had no time to pay attention to the few pawns at the gate of the city. He led the remaining guards swiftly through the empty street, and suddenly a secret arrow came through the air. Fortunately, even if it was covered by wind and snow, he was still swiftly avoided.
The left general did not stop riding his horse, and continued to move towards the palace, so an arrow turned into a piece.
Being bold enough to assassinate important officials in the imperial city, this move is almost unimaginable. However, General Zuo didn't panic as if he had expected it. He pulled out the saber at his waist and slashed left and right, and easily swept down a large swath of arrows. Occasionally, one or two of the missing ones were all avoided by his beastly intuition, and he was unscathed even after passing through a rain of arrows.
It's a pity that his entourage obviously doesn't have the ability to do this. After a few wailing, three or five people fell with arrows. The lucky ones immediately rolled to the side of the road to save their lives, and the unlucky ones fell directly under the horseshoes of their companions behind them, and the blood stained the long street in an instant.
General Zuo's face became harder to look. He looked around, deliberately trying to pull out the assassins who were shooting arrows in the dark, but the opponent was so well hidden and covered by wind and snow, it was difficult to find a trace for a while!
Do you entangle with the assassin or rush to the palace immediately? Of course, General Zuo chose the latter.
The sound of horseshoes continued, and the assassin continued to pursue and kill.
When the left general rode his horse to a fork in the road, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind-to the left of the fork is his direction home, and to the right is to the palace. He wanted to turn right, but when he came to the end, he suddenly turned left. I don't know if it was his unexpected turn, or another reason, the people chasing after him seemed to stagnate for a while.
Only this moment of stagnation, the left general understood something. He couldn't help but sneer under his bushy beard, and then lightly knocked under his feet, and the horse that had the same heart with him immediately turned to the right.
The arrow rain struck again, but this person swiftly avoided it.
The chase continued to the palace, but unfortunately, he couldn't keep people behind.
Meng Fei quickly walked through the prime minister's mansion, striding the meteor almost as fast as others trotting, even when he stepped into Xie Yuan's courtyard, he never slowed down. The sound of his hurried footsteps alarmed Xie Yuan, who was looking at Xue again, who frowned and turned back.
Approaching closer, Meng Fei knelt down on one knee: "The subordinates neglected their duties and failed to stop General Zuo."
Xie Yuan flashed his eyes and asked, "Where is the corpse, was it ever destroyed?"
Meng Fei truthfully said: "The subordinates only saw General Zuo carried the corpse into the car, but did not see it personally. However, the princess was indeed gone, so the subordinates used their hands to burn the corpse with the carriage."
There is no problem with this kind of disposal. The corpse is burnt and it will be a hundred. There is no evidence to say that no amount of evidence is useless. Xie Yuan asked himself to be eloquent. Ten General Zuo couldn't tell him. So the only thing worth worrying about was Emperor Rong’s suspicion, and he just went to the other party this morning to expose Liang Guo’s divorce, presumably Rong Emperor would have some hesitation in his heart.
Just one point, the General Zuo entered the palace too quickly, and the body of the "three princesses" has not been properly ruined. Is there any trouble?
Xie Yuan was thinking this way, but before he could tell Meng Fei something, the butler from the prime minister's mansion had hurried over. It is said that someone from the palace wants to take the remains of the third princess back to the palace, and asks the wizard to pray for her overtime before they can be buried in the coffin.
In Beirong, there is a custom of sorcerers praying for blessings. But in the morning Xie Yuan pleaded guilty, but Emperor Rong didn't even mention this. Now that General Zuo rushed to the palace just now, how could there be no deep meaning in it?
Xie Yuan immediately realized that something unexpected had happened that he didn't know, and he solemnly told the housekeeper: "You try to drag it on."
The butler did not ask much when he heard the order, and hurried away.
Xie Yuan immediately led Meng Fei in the direction of Ling Ling, and asked, "Have you ever found anything wrong with that corpse?"
Meng Fei followed, and replied with certainty: "No, the subordinates personally inspected it. There is no feature on the body."
Xie Yuan paused when he heard this. It suddenly occurred to him that if the corpse he was looking for was okay, would it be that Ayanna had any special marks on her body? But Ayanna is a princess, and even his wife. No matter how he doesn't care, Meng Fei can't check her body. Besides, she was so miserable when she died, and she didn't dare to take a closer look for fear that it was the person who undressed and cleaned her.
So what special mark does Ayanna have on her body?
Xie Yuan thought about it for a long while, but the husband and wife for more than ten years, because he had never taken care of that person, he couldn't remember it at this moment. This made him a little irritated, but the anxiety deepened in his heart.
After a few more steps, Xie Yuan suddenly asked: "The royal family's logo tattoos, have you got the corpse?"
Meng Fei hurriedly said: "It has been done by others, and it is enough to be true."
Xie Yuan couldn't think of anything else, hurried to the place where the spirit stopped, walked to the side of the coffin and probed to see the female corpse in it. Knowing that it was a substitute that Meng Fei had found, at first glance, no matter what his body shape or other looks like, no flaws can be found. He stretched out his hand to lift the rigid right hand of the female corpse, and pulled the sleeves all the way to the upper arm, and saw a small eagle tattooed on the outer arm.
The eagle was the symbol of the tribe of Emperor Rong, and the children of the chief clan were born with tattoos. The girl was tattooed on his arm, and the boy was tattooed on his chest. Xie Yuan hadn't noticed Ayanna's tattoo, but he had seen this eagle more than once.
After checking it now, there is no difference, Xie Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. But if Ayanna had any other characteristics, he didn't know it, and now that the people in the palace had already visited, he couldn't do anything with this corpse.
Sure enough, the butler could not stop the people for long. Almost immediately after Xie Yuan's investigation, a group of soldiers rushed into the mourning hall.
Xie Yuan's complexion was slightly dark, and the leading officer took two steps forward when he saw it, and raised his hand to salute him, but he was not humble or arrogant: "Your Majesty has a purpose, welcome the princess back to the palace to pray for blessings, and the prime minister should not interfere."
As soon as these words came out, Xie Yuan's face darkened, but he suppressed his temper: "Since it is your majesty's will, the minister should follow it."
When his voice fell, the officer was even more polite. He waved his hand to summon a few soldiers, lifted the coffin and left. This group of people rushed into the mourning hall with great care and took away the body so unceremoniously.
Xie Yuan gritted his teeth, almost furious, but now is not the time to investigate these things. He only thought for a moment, and immediately decided to follow up to the palace. Even because these soldiers walked so fast, he didn't have time to go back and change his clothes, so he just followed suit in normal clothes.
Meng Fei naturally followed, only taking two steps, Xie Yuan suddenly turned around and whispered to him again.
After accepting the promise, Meng Fei stopped, and when Xie Yuan's back disappeared from his sight, he immediately turned around to complete his newly assigned task.
The newly-built imperial city of Rongguo is far less than the capital of Liangguo. The prime minister's mansion is not very far away from the imperial palace, and it only takes a quarter of an hour by car to reach the gate of the palace. As a prime minister, Xie Yuan naturally had the right to enter the palace. He could only enter the palace on foot when he walked to the palace gate as a courtier. This was much slower than the coffin that was pulled straight into the palace by a carriage.
Therefore, when Xie Yuan hurried to the front of the temple, he heard Emperor Rong’s angry voice from the temple: "This is really not Ayanna!"