Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 317 Death Storm
Shen Xinniang looked towards the entrance of the side hall, but Fang Yan's tall figure never appeared at the entrance of the hall.Although she is often in the palace now, it is probably because he was in the previous dynasty. She cannot meet her in the inner palace. Today is the first time that she is so close.I thought he would definitely come, but he didn't come to look for her?

Fang Yan left the gate of the main hall, and was actually going to the side hall, but before he could take two steps, he was stopped by the eunuch from the Department of Internal Affairs who asked about the tedious matters of the palace's New Year's Eve. , the second round of the battle is about to begin.

As the main person who proposed this battle, Fang Yan naturally couldn't be absent. He didn't bother to go to the side hall, so he entered the main hall again.

The little emperor and others have also returned to the palace.Gongsun Ling and Yu Miao switched places again. This time, Gongsun Ling occupied the Daliang border side, and Yu Miao represented the Turkic people, and the hatchback started a war.

Fang Yan glanced left and right, but Mr. Lu Chunlu was missing from the people who watched the battle earlier.

He asked the people around him in a low voice, "Where is Mr. Lu?"

The eunuch beside him hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Mr. Lu went to the clean room just now, and I told him not to wait for him, he will return when he is young."

Fang Yan nodded, but didn't ask any more questions.

On the sand table, the battle is fierce.The atmosphere became increasingly tense.

The atmosphere in the side hall was not relaxed, on the contrary, it was more stagnant than before.

"Brother has already lost a game, and now it's my brother who defends the city, unless he can defend ten times without being attacked by Yu Miao, he will be considered a winner! What should we do?" Gongsun Lan no longer stayed in the palace before Walking around, she was sitting on her couch, muttering non-stop, like an old monk chanting scriptures, making the atmosphere in the whole side hall more and more tense as she "chanted scriptures".

"I'm still smiling at him, encouraging him! Don't you know that I'm dying of anxiety? If he really loses, according to the Holy Spirit, I must marry?" Gongsun Lan was still muttering.

Shen Xiniang took a sip of tea, Dan Xin tugged at Shen Xiniang's sleeve, and pointed at Gongsun Lan.Shen Xinniang shook her head slightly, expressing that she did not intend to comfort her with words.

This thing didn't happen to me, so no matter how much I comfort you, I can't empathize with him. If the result doesn't come out, no amount of words of comfort will be empty words.It would be better to let her keep mumbling like this to relieve the pressure.

In the main hall, there seemed to be slight sweat on Gongsun Ling's forehead.

Yu Miao attacked the city three times, he defended the city gate twice, and was breached by Yu Miao once, he couldn't fail again!Must win, if a brother can't even protect his own sister, how can he protect the capital?How to be loyal to the Lord?What my sister said was right to him, if he loses, I'm afraid it will make the entire Shence Army feel ashamed.

But Yu Miao, who was opposite him, seemed calmer.Although winning or losing is directly related to his life and death, there is nothing in his eyes, let alone too many emotions. His eyes are only focused on the huge sand table in front of him, and only the siege battle.

"Oh no--"

The atmosphere in the main hall was tense and stagnant. Even the Holy Majesty held his breath and stared at the sand table. When there was no noise in the huge main hall, such a sudden bluff startled everyone who was focused in the hall. Yue frowned.

"Why are you so panicked?" King Qi asked coldly.

"Lu, Lu, Mr. Lu..." The eunuch panted heavily, shaking violently, not as if he was frightened by King Qi's stern expression, but rather by what he was going to say.

When the little emperor heard that his teacher was involved, his face immediately changed, "You useless slave, can't you talk anymore? What's wrong with Mr. Lu?!"

When the emperor got angry, the childishness in his body faded away, replaced by the majesty of the Tian family. The little eunuch was so frightened that he straightened his tongue, swallowed, and said, "Mr. Lu died in the clean room."

In a word, like a boulder hitting a calm water, it immediately stirred up thousands of waves in the hearts of everyone.

The little emperor stared at the eunuch with astonishment in his eyes.

Not to mention the young emperor, none of the people in the palace would have thought that Mr. Lu, who was still with them just now, watching the battle with them, with a refined and elegant temperament, would be gone in just the blink of an eye?

"I, I'm going to take a look." The little emperor murmured.

Naturally, the sand table battle cannot continue.

King Qi raised his voice and ordered: "Take care of the clean room, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will."

A group of people, even Yu Miao was guarded, went to the clean room together.

Mr. Lu had already been carried out of the clean room. His face was bruised and purple from suffocation, and there was a long and thin strangle mark on his neck. The rope that strangled him fell into the clean room. It has been picked up by the palace people.

"Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu—" Seeing Mr. Lu's corpse being carried out and placed on his back in the yard, the little emperor couldn't help but rushed forward and burst into tears, "Mr. Lu! Wake up!" You said that you would teach me to read "Xunzi", how can a gentleman be dishonest? Open your eyes! Get up!"

"My lord, my lord, don't be like this..." Cai Xiang was beside the little emperor, secretly wiping away his tears while comforting him in a low voice.

Gongsun Ling frowned tightly, and couldn't bear to see Mr. Lu. He didn't have much contact with Mr. Lu, but he had heard of Mr. Lu's reputation and knew Mr. Lu's straightforward nature.And the person who was standing next to him alive just now, was killed by someone in just a moment!This is not on the battlefield, but in the palace!Under the nose!This impact is undoubtedly very huge.

Fang Yan pursed his lips and walked into the clean room in person without saying a word. Because of his order, the palace people also carried Lu Chun's body out of the clean room and took out the rope to clean the room. Outside, the clean room is still the same as when it was first discovered.

"Who found Mr. Lu killed in the clean room?" Qi Wang asked.

The eunuchs around hurriedly went to inquire, and after a short while, brought a young eunuch, who was obviously very frightened, "It's the maidservant's turn to clean this clean room today. Although there is a sign outside the clean room, there is no one guarding it. I came to look at it several times, but I didn’t see the sign put away, so the servant thought that someone had forgotten to put the sign away, and shouted a few times, but no one responded, so she entered the clean room, wanted to clean it, and saw it when she came in... ...and saw Mr. Lu lying here."

King Qi frowned, and carefully asked the little eunuch Mr. Lu about the situation when he fell to the ground, and asked him if he had touched other things in the clean room. Nothing came out.

"Call Chang Qing of Dali Temple to come, and hand over the case to Dali Temple for investigation! It's extremely bad that such a thing happened in the palace!" Qi Wang said angrily.

All the palace attendants lowered their heads, and no one dared to say anything.

When King Qi stepped out of the clean room, the little emperor was still lying on Mr. Lu's body and weeping bitterly.

"Mr. Lu taught me my homework. He is diligent and diligent. He is really a good teacher and helpful friend. Mr. Lu is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. No one can replace his heart for me." The little emperor said while crying, "Although Mr. Lu is strict, But I never go against anyone, who, who wants to harm Mr. Lu? Who hates Mr. Lu so much? Let me know! I will cut him into pieces!"

The little emperor threw himself on Lu Chun, tears wet Lu Chun's lapel.

Cai Xiang, who was half-kneeling and half-squatting next to the little emperor, wanted to pull the little emperor up, and persuaded the emperor not to be too sad.

The little emperor stretched out his hand and pushed him away.Cai Xiang was old, and was pushed violently by the little emperor, so he couldn't squat stably, and fell to the ground, almost pressing down on Lu Chun's cold arm that was hanging by the side.

He pulled Lu Chun's arm, and when he was about to put it next to Lu Chun, he saw that Lu Chun's hand was tightly clenched, and there seemed to be something hidden in the palm of his hand.

"What is this?" Cai Xiang exclaimed.

Everyone looked at him when they heard the sound, even the weeping little emperor wiped his eyes and turned to look at Cai Xiang, "What?"

Cai Xiang opened Lu Chun's hand. His fingers were already cold, but not yet stiff. In the palm of the opened hand lay a delicate purse, which was bulging and stuffed with something.

Fang Yan, who came out of the clean room, saw the purse for the first time, and his expression changed immediately.

The little emperor also frowned tightly, squinting his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, "This purse looks... familiar?"

Cai Xiang took out the pouch from Lu Chun's hand, opened the mouth tied with a knot, and poured out the contents of the pouch with his hands.

Gululu, two round and ruddy arhat head walnuts rolled into Cai Xiang's palm.

In the courtyard, there was a sudden silence and the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.

Even the weeping little emperor stopped breathing, staring at the two arhat head walnuts in Cai Xiang's hands, pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing.

King Qi took a deep breath, stepped forward, and bent over to take the purse and arhat head walnuts from Cai Xiang's hand, but Cai Xiang shrank his hands behind him, "Qi Wang, can you explain, this purse Why did it appear in the hands of the murdered Mr. Lu?"

King Qi touched his waist, the purse came from Shen Xinniang, and the two arhat head walnuts were given to him by Mu Ling before he left Lingshan, he cherished them very much, the walnuts he was playing with, It was never these two, and he always carried these two walnuts with him.

Why did it appear in Lu Chun's hands?
He also wanted to know why the purse that he never left his body appeared in Lu Chun's hands?
"To uncle." The little emperor suddenly lowered his eyes and said.

Cai Xiang was taken aback when he heard the words, "Your Majesty, this is evidence!"

"What evidence?! I believe uncle! Give it back to uncle!" the little emperor shouted at Cai Xiang with red eyes.

Cai Xiang stood up slowly from the ground, "Your Majesty, if you can't obey your orders, Mr. Lu can't die in vain. Since this thing appeared in Mr. Lu's hands, you have to ask clearly. If the king of Qi is innocent, he should pay it back." Wang Qingbai!"

(End of this chapter)