Du Xing thought, in his own village, no one may know the number of people, even if it is revealed.
Thinking of this, without further words, he followed Lin Jinyan and others down the mountain.
In the Zhuangzi of the Duke of Qin's Mansion.
Qin Zongliang pushed the door open and looked at the room full of men who were breathing more than they were taking in. They were lying all over the floor. He turned around and walked out of the yard with a gloomy expression:
"All here?"
Xue Ren: "Six of them died this morning and have been buried. The others who were poisoned are all here."
Qin Zongliang: "Since we can't make an antidote, don't let them suffer anymore. Let's get everyone settled after dark."
Seeing Xue Ren nodding in agreement with a depressed expression, Qin Zongliang turned his hands behind his back and looked at the sky:
"At least the Xue family has saved their lives. As long as people are still alive, the situation can be changed. When the prince ascends the throne to grant amnesty to the world, the Xue family will naturally be freed. Although I dare not say that they will be as rich as before, they will be You can have enough food and clothing.”
Xue Ren clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, and also thank His Highness the Crown Prince for interceding for the Xue family, so that dozens of members of my cousin, the Xue family, could save their lives."
Qin Zongliang: "It is proper to cheer up and work hard, and assist the prince in ascending the throne."
Xue Ren: "Yes. If the prince hadn't been so alert, and the people from the village that he used all the way to Jizhou, and had arranged an informant in Tianlao early to send a message, I'm afraid the truth would have been exposed."
Qin Zongliang: "It's really thrilling. Even the Xue family didn't know that the treasure house was poisonous, so no one would think twice about it. However, the things we took were worth less than one million taels, but what was lost was five million taels. This shows that more than I have been to Jizhou."
Xue Ren asked in confusion: "Who is more informed than you?"
Qin Zongliang: "I have asked them all, and it was not done by one of our own. Since it is not one of our own, it doesn't matter who it is. I have sent spies to check for the snow kite. Since this matter has been picked clean, let's leave it alone for now. Clean the house after dark."
Xue Ren: "Don't worry, Prince, I will keep an eye on it personally."
Qin Zongliang: "One more thing. Grand Master Yao seems to have suspected that he has fallen in love with Imperial Doctor Xue and has found a doctor from Cang Sheng Mountain to treat the Crown Princess. Find a time in the next two days to send Imperial Doctor Xue out of Kyoto."
Xue Ren: "Yes. By the way, Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Xue sent a message this morning, saying that Menglian is already pregnant, but the pregnancy is still young and she needs to rest and rest. She will be fine in three months."
Qin Zongliang raised his eyebrows and said, "This is a good thing. Zhu Dianhua is incompetent and blind. With this child, Uncle Hong An will have a successor."
At night, in the dark forest.
A group of black-clad and masked men, holding torches, drove several carts to a large pit. They opened up the straw mats on the carts, revealing dozens of neatly stacked men wearing only white underwear. .
The slight rise and fall of their chests showed that these men were still breathing.
After the masked men looked at each other, the unbearable look in their eyes was removed. The two of them lifted one up and threw the men in white on the cart into the pit one by one.
The man in white was thrown into the pit, and his eyes became clear after the fall. He looked around and immediately understood his situation. He tried his best to reach out to the man in black on the pit, his eyes full of help.
What was waiting was not the compassion of his companions, but shovels of loess.
After the man in black covered the soil, he planted the trees dug in advance and covered the new soil with leaves and pine needles.
Xue Ren, who was standing aside and waiting, stepped forward with a torch to check. After seeing no traces, he led a group of people down the mountain.
(End of chapter)
