After breakfast, the two went their separate ways. Jiang Sihai and others continued on their way to the next stop. The young master did not mention where he was going, and Jiang Sihai did not ask more about where he was going. They are all walking their own paths. They are each passers-by on their own journeys, meeting and parting ways.
It was getting dark, and the lights in Lin'an City were already on. In a remote alley in the city, two people gathered together from different directions. After checking that there was no one around, they both walked towards the corner at the same time.
"How about getting rid of them all?" one of them asked in a low voice.
The other person shook his head: "No, I was thrown away in a crowded place, so I walked away three times and changed my clothes."
"Well, let's go see the prince."
When they walked to the light, they discovered that they were Xia Yi and Xia Si who were sent by Shi Tingyu. They were no longer wearing military uniforms and riding tall horses like before. At this time, they were wearing simple and tattered clothes. , and deliberately blackened his face, so that he was inconspicuous among the crowd.
The two of them took the order and went to Cenjia Village again. The two of them hurried to Cenjia Village to check for suspicious things. But when they arrived at Cenjia Village, they were shocked into a cold sweat by the images in front of them. Every house in Cenjia Village was burned to the ground. , everywhere was deserted, and more importantly, there was no trace of a human being. It was very different from the last time they went there, where every house had traces.
The house was burned down and no one was found. They knew that something must have happened to make Cenjia Village become like this. They did not give up and searched everywhere, and finally found clues in the ancestral hall.
Unexpectedly, this clue made their hair stand on end. In the Cenjia Village ancestral hall, there were actually countless corpses buried, including old people, men, women, and even young children. These corpses had all turned into white bones and had been dead for two months. .
After learning this, they didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed back without taking a rest.
"What?" Shi Tingyu exclaimed, almost unsteady on his feet. An angry look finally appeared on his calm face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years. He couldn't help but increase his strength with his hands, and dug a piece off the corner of the table.
He didn't expect this to be the case. As Xia Yicheng and Xia Si saw, those people had been dead for a long time, and they were the real people from Cenjia Village. So who were the people they saw? Who carefully arranged all this, and who was so cruel as to murder so many innocent people.
Why do you want to kill so many innocent people? Could it be~~~
Shi Tingyu looked up, his eyes blank, there was only one reason for doing this~~
Slaughter the Cen family village, and then arrange for a fake prince to create the illusion that Cen Yin brought his son back home and died of serious injuries, waiting for them to claim and pick them up, and then burn the village after they leave, destroying the corpses and wiping out traces. Is God unaware of it?
So, Xiaodouer is not the eldest prince at all?
Who carefully fabricated a fake prince and brought this fake prince back to the capital through him. Unfortunately, they would not have thought that he would send Xia Yi and Xia Si back to Cenjia Village after a month.
Shi Tingyu couldn't help but look at Xiao Dou'er, who was already sleeping soundly. At this time, he looked like an innocent and cute child, and he couldn't tell that he was a stupid person at all. Before meeting Xiao Ming, he had never doubted that he was fundamentally He was not the person he was looking for. His stupidity was really caused by the grief over Cen Yin's death, as the villagers said.
Thanks to Xiao Ming's words that made him suspicious, he just asked Xia Yi and Xia Si to go to Cenjia Village to find out the truth about Xiao Dou'er's stupidity. He didn't expect to discover such a major secret.
What an amazing and shocking conspiracy.
Shi Tingyu was angry in his heart. As long as Xiao Dou'er returned to Beijing and confirmed his identity as a fool, it would be a big joke that the emperor had not established a crown prince for so many years. How could a fool become the crown prince and inherit the important responsibilities of the world.
What a good plan.
"Master, what should we do next?" Xia Yi asked, looking at Xiao Dou'er who was sleeping soundly on the bed, not knowing what to do. After all the hard work, he found a fake one, but he was still a fool.
At this moment, he felt that they were the biggest fools.
Shi Tingyu took a deep breath and said slowly: "I think he is the current eldest prince, and he will return to the capital as planned." Since they want him to take the person back, then he will take the person back, as if they were theirs. meaning.
"Young Master," several guards of the Xia family present screamed. How could this be possible? It was obvious that all this was deliberately arranged by someone in the court. If Xiao Dou'er was really taken back and it was exactly what he wanted, then the Master would immediately be blamed for his inability to do things well. Zhezi came flying like snowflakes, asking the emperor to punish the prince for his crime.
"It is usually not a good thing to have flowers blooming with brocade and fire cooking oil." Shi Tingyu said. The Shi family has controlled the Northwest Army for generations. What the Shi family has borne is the lives of the sons and daughters of the past generations. From their ancestors to the present, Each generation of the Shi family takes guarding the border as their own responsibility and opening up new territories. Over the years, the imperial court is no longer what it used to be. The Shi family has accumulated meritorious service and fame over the years, but their military power is feared by the royal family. They have long wanted to retire.
Unfortunately, when he was sixteen years old, foreign invaders invaded, and his father and brother died on the battlefield. He went into battle to repel the invading enemies, quelled the rebellion of the six princes, and supported the new prince to board the plane.
With the power of the dragon, the power and status of the Shi family rose to a higher level in his hands, attracting the envy of countless people. The flowers were blooming, the fire was cooking, and the supreme power and status were eliminated, but they were all fighting in silence. heart of.
Why can't he take advantage of this opportunity to make people lower their guard?
He wanted to put on a good show with this eldest prince.
"Go back to Beijing early tomorrow morning."
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On the evening of the day Shi Tingyu left, Xiao Ming and his party came to Lin'an.
"We've arrived in Lin'an." Jiang Xiangyuan stood on the carriage, looking at the Lin'an City Gate in front of her, then turned to her brother Jiang Sihai and said: "Brother, let's rest in Lin'an City tonight. When I rest in the wild during the day, I almost become a savage."
Jiang Xiangyuan felt aggrieved. She had been sleeping outdoors every day in order to travel, with the sky and blankets as her bed. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"You're a girl, what can you say about a savage?" Jiang Sihai reprimanded helplessly. His sister was becoming less and less like a daughter-in-law. Where is the lady she promised to be? Following Xiao Ming, I didn't learn any of Xiao Ming's steady temperament. I yelled and jumped up and down all the way.
He felt that his sister was going further and further down this road. How would she find her husband's family in the future?
Jiang Sihai was sad.
well! How could he explain it to his mother?
"Sister Xiangyuan, please get in the carriage and sit down. We are about to enter the city." Shi Dahe said with a smile, reminding Jiang Xiangyuan to get in the carriage. He said that he was going to the city. It seems that he would stay at the Lin'an Inn at night and sleep on the bed like a normal person. .
Manager Yu from the back lowered the car curtain and surprisingly had no objection. After running around for the past few days, he was really exhausted physically and mentally and couldn't stand it anymore. He urgently needed a bed to comfort his injured heart.
