I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Not long after, Li Mu and the other person left the secret passage and walked out of the house, holding hands but never letting go.

"Let's not walk on the roof when we go back."

"kindness."

Zhao Chuyi followed Li Mu like a little bird, and responded softly, not knowing whether she heard Li Mu's words clearly or not.

Li Mu extinguished the torch and walked towards the inn with Zhao Chuyi in hand.

Zhao Chuyi behind him, with her cheeks slightly puffed up, as if she had made a big decision, said in a somewhat unnatural tone:

"You said earlier that your wife passed away."

"Well, strictly speaking, we have decided to spend our lives together privately, but we haven't gotten married yet."

Li Mu nodded, his tone gentle.

"But in my mind she already is."

Seeing Li Mu's firm tone when he said the last sentence, Zhao Chuyi couldn't help but feel a little jealous, and cautiously tested:

"She is sick?"

Li Mu smiled helplessly.

"She stabbed me with a sword and then committed suicide by taking poison."

"what!"

Zhao Chuyi cried out in surprise, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand. She glanced around in panic and spoke in confusion.

"why?"

Li Mu thought about it and said uncertainly:

"Actually, I don't know either. I think there was a conflict between her and her elders, and she was caught in the middle, so she made this choice."

Hearing this, Zhao Chuyi immediately simulated a big drama in her mind. The plot was almost the same as Zhang Hanrui's design. After hesitating for a moment, she asked:

"Aren't you sad?"

"what?"

Li Mu looked back at Zhao Chuyi and said with a smile:

"You can't always show sadness on your face. Is sadness only when your hair is disheveled, you smell of alcohol, and you compose poems that lament the passing of time?"

Zhao Chuyi understood the meaning of Li Mu's words, and she was determined. She squeezed the hand that Li Mu was holding, and her tone was a little embarrassed and angry.

"Then how do you explain this?"

Feeling the force coming from his hand, Li Mu asked as if it was natural:

"Aren't you afraid of the dark?"

Zhao Chuyi was immediately speechless after being confronted by Li Mu. She was thinking about how to refute him when she heard Li Mu continue:

"Besides, there is no rule in the Xing Dynasty that requires men to remain faithful to their deceased wives."

Zhao Chuyi frowned her beautiful eyebrows. Although she felt that what Li Mu said was right, she always felt that something was not right.

"She is a good girl. I don't support, oppose or comment on her actions."

At this time, Li Mu spoke again, his voice was a little lonely. Zhao Chuyi looked over and saw Li Mu slightly raised his head, as if recalling something.

"But if it were me, I would definitely choose to stand with her and face everything together, instead of committing suicide."

Listening to Li Mu's words, Zhao Chuyi immediately remembered the deeds of Prince Yan and the princess of the previous dynasty, and began to feel some understanding for Li Mu.

At this time, Li Mu changed the subject and spoke in a domineering manner.

"So, I want to surround myself with beautiful girls from now on!"

Zhao Chuyi suddenly felt angry and thought,

"What does this have to do with what you said before?"

Then he shook off Li Mu's hand and walked away.

Li Mu looked at Zhao Chuyi's beautiful figure, shrugged his shoulders, and thought to himself,

"Did I say something wrong?"

At this time, a faint red light appeared in the sky, and a ray of morning sun shone on Li Mu's profile.

----

Prince Yan's Mansion, inner courtyard.

"Haven't you found it yet?"

Li Linger's face looked a little ugly, her eyes were red and bloodshot, and she questioned the guard in front of her in a serious tone.

"Maybe, maybe I found it."

The female guard in armor answered with gritted teeth.

"Where is the person? Why not bring him back directly?"

“Yes, yes…”

The female guard spoke vaguely and hesitantly, and it took her a long time to finish the rest of the sentence.

----

Half an hour later.

Li Ling'er sat on her horse, pointing at the three bodies in front of her that had been burned beyond recognition by the fire, and yelled at the guards beside her:

"What does this mean? Where is Li Muren?"

The guards on the side all had bitter expressions on their faces, and no one wanted to offend Li Linger at this time.

At this time, Ying Yu rode his horse and came to Li Ling'er's side. She spoke calmly in her usual dreamy voice:

"The headless corpse on the far left should be the master Ran Nu who has not appeared before. The wounds on his body were left by a heavy sword. It should be the sword that the second young master took from the blacksmith shop outside the city on the day he left."

After saying that, Ying Yu pointed to the corpse in the middle.

"The man died of having his throat crushed."

Halfway through his speech, Ying Yu's face showed a rare expression of doubt, and he continued:

"There is a sword wound on the left shoulder, the kind that went straight through."

"impossible!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Ling'er staggered and fell off her horse. The guard beside her wanted to help her, but she pushed him away.

Two meters away from the corpse, Li Linger suddenly stopped, somewhat afraid to move forward. Her legs softened, and she fell to the ground, tears streaming from her eyes, mumbling,

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you back."

At this time, the carriage behind him arrived slowly. Xiao Zhao was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with her own master. She jumped out of the carriage without waiting for it to stop.

He ran to Li Ling'er, looked at Li Ling'er, then looked at the charred corpse in front of him, and instantly seemed to understand something.

The smile on her face froze instantly and tears began to fall like pearls from a broken string. She wanted to take another step forward, but her feet were out of control and she fell limply to the ground.

Xu Youzhi, who had finally caught up, looked at the two people lying on the ground, then looked at the corpse in front of her, and cast a questioning look at Ying Yu.

Ying Yu shook his head, still expressionless, but he still dismounted, walked to Li Linger's side, and was about to speak.

Then Xiao Zhao suddenly stood up, raised his hand and hit his head, shouting:

"Sir, Xiao Zhao will come to find you now, please wait for Xiao Zhao."

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked. Li Ling'er, who was standing by, also showed determination in her eyes when she heard Xiao Zhao say this.

But he regained his composure after a moment, reached out and held Xiao Zhao's hands tightly, making her unable to move.

I cursed myself in my heart, thinking that I could be as unwise as the little maid.

At this time, Ying Yu, who was standing by, retracted his half-extended hand and spoke a little faster than usual.

"I didn't say this was the second young master. Although I couldn't see his face clearly, his bone age was already over thirty."

Hearing this, Li Linger suddenly turned to look at Ying Yu, and let go of Xiao Zhao's hand. Puzzlement appeared in her eyes at first, and then turned into anger. She gritted her teeth and said word by word:

"Go on. Say it all in one breath."

Xiao Zhao, who was standing by, then realized that Li Ling'er had misunderstood. He glanced at Li Ling'er with resentment, but still stood by and carefully helped her up.

"The sword wound on the man's shoulder was obviously left there intentionally after his death. I don't understand why they did that."

After saying that, he pointed to the last corpse.

"This is the body of a woman. The cause of death is the same as the man's."

After a pause, he looked at the hut in the distance that had been burned by the fire.

"These two people should be the masters of this place. They were killed by the Rannu masters. Later, the Rannu people were killed by the second young master. This should be the case."

After hearing Ying Yu's words, Li Ling'er looked angrily at the guard who had reported the news earlier.

The guard who reported the news was confused.

"Isn't that what the leader said before? Didn't he say that the Second Young Master and Ran Nuren fought over a village woman and then both died?"

After saying this, Ying Yu retreated to Xu Youzhi's side, glancing at her vaguely.

The corners of Xu Youzhi's mouth were upturned, her eyelashes were fluttering, and her pair of bright big eyes showed her innocence.