Even though the army on the border was overwhelming, he had just been injured in the blizzard outside the Great Wall, but when he received the news from the capital, Tu Shenshui immediately galloped southward on his horse.

The howling cold wind from the north couldn't stop him from moving forward. There was a flame burning in his heart, which made him unable to think rationally about any problems. Only when he saw the person he missed all the time with his own eyes could he calm down.

You obviously said before you left that you would wait for my triumphant return, so don't you want to talk again?

He frantically whipped his whip and dominated the 50-man squad.

After running almost non-stop for three days, changing horses every time they passed a station, Tu Shenshui finally rushed into the north gate of the capital at dusk on the third day.

Even after entering Beijing, he didn't take a break, and went straight to Xiaoxiangfang.

Although something that shocked the land of flowers and willows in the capital happened a few days ago, the drunken people quickly forgot those unpleasant things and went chasing new joys, and the name Fu Rongjun quickly disappeared from people's ears middle.

Xiaoxiangfang is still singing and dancing as usual, and the new dance leader has also set the rules for opening a cabinet. He is very popular with rich and rich dudes, and the atmosphere of the bidding scene is not worse than before.

Mother Qing laughed happily in the audience, although it is a pity that a famous actress died, but if the old one does not go, the new one will not come, there is always a mountain still high.

Just when she was happily thinking about how much money she could gain tonight, she was suddenly snatched from behind and disappeared silently into the shadows of the audience.

"Where is Xia Jushuang?"

When she saw who was coming, she stroked her chest and let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh, I was scared to death. I thought it was someone who robbed the house, but it turned out to be you..."

She naturally recognizes the man in front of her. She has been in Mr. Furong's cabinet for more than ten days in a row, and in the end she let him quarrel with her and abolished the rules of opening a cabinet. She thought she really had a big benefactor, I hoped that when I paid the redemption fee, I could hit a big sum, but in the end, there was no more content after a few months. If there is no content, it’s fine. Why don’t men just try to make something new? It is also a normal thing, and it is a good thing that Mr. Fu Rong can come back and continue to open the pavilion. Who knows that the death happened on the first night of opening the pavilion again, which really made her complain.

"Let me ask you, where is Xia Jushuang?"

Tu Shenshui's face was extremely ugly, and the oppression brought by his gloomy appearance and tall figure made Qing's mother shiver.

"He...Mr. Furong, he was once your favorite person. If I say this, don't be sad. Anyway, you can find a beauty anywhere in this world. You don't have to hang yourself on a tree..."

"Where the hell is he!"

Tu Shenshui slammed his fist on the wall next to her, and Qing's mother closed her eyes and trembled for a long time before she could speak clearly: "He, he, he...he died three days ago!"

"..."

After hearing no sound for a long time, she opened her eyes and found that Tu Chenshui was staring at her, like a vulture watching a person who is about to die.

"...how did he die? Where is the body?"

"Dead... I don't know. When I heard the news, he just lay there and passed away. The house was clean and nothing happened... Yes, the corpse... The corpse has been carried to a mass burial outside the city. I'm on duty..."

Tu Shenshui immediately rushed out of Xiaoxiangfang, rode on his horse and went out of the city, leaving Mother Qing paralyzed on the ground, it took a long time to recover.

The mass grave outside the city is at the foot of Beishan Mountain, and there is only a bleak scene in the early winter dusk.

Flocks of crows were startled by the sound of horses' hoofs, skimmed over the dry branches, and circled in the red sky.Tu sank into the water and got off his horse and immediately started searching in this huge cemetery.

Ah Shuang, where are you...

Scattered coffins and dilapidated straw mats were everywhere on the ground, and occasionally there were bones of unknown age and carrion that had just been eaten scattered around the feet.

Those who are buried here are all lonely strangers, or poor grassroots. Abandoned in such a place casually.

He tossed around in the mass grave like crazy, and finally saw a roll of straw mat that was not so dilapidated under a dead tree. Delicate hibiscus flower.

Ah Shuang!

Tu plunged into the water and rushed over, tearing away the straw mat.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Xia Jushuang's body, and the garnet red dress was coated with a layer of golden light, probably because it was winter, even though it had been three days, his body was still intact, and the calm expression on his face was Like falling asleep.

Tu Shenshui hugged him in his arms, reached out and patted his face: "A Shuang, wake up, I'm back, look at me..."

But the only response to him was the endless cold silence in the air.

When the last ray of light disappeared in the mountains, Tu Shenshui walked home step by step with Xia Jushuang's body in his arms.

The housekeeper who was lighting the lamp in front of the gate heard the sound of horseshoes. He looked back and found a man followed by a horse, and the man was holding a man in red in his arms. The face of the man was hidden behind him. In the shadows where the light cannot reach, but the tall figure is very familiar to him.

"...Master? Why did you come back suddenly? This is..."

"Go prepare an ice coffin and put it in the ancestral hall."

Tu Shenshui didn't look at him, and walked straight into the gate.

It was the first time the housekeeper saw such a situation, although he was shocked, he still followed the instructions to prepare.

The ice coffin was parked in the ancestral hall, and Tu Shenshui gently put Xia Jushuang in, carefully arranged his clothes and remains, and then sat there, staring at the face that would never smile at him again, All night without moving.

The ancestral hall was extremely quiet, and Tu Shenshui recalled the scene when he first met Xia Jushuang. At that time, he was tormented by his feelings for Li Luosu, but it was probably God who pitied him and let him meet at this time He is very much like a prince.He originally wanted to use him as a substitute to comfort his increasingly empty heart, but gradually became addicted to it, especially after knowing his origin, he developed a strong but complicated feeling for him.

Is it sympathy?Is it possession?Is it a favorite?Or do you want to stay with him forever and stop worrying about other trivial matters?

Although he was puzzled, he didn't want to just give up thinking about it, so even if something like that happened, he didn't want to abandon him. Even if he went to the border, his thoughts became deeper and deeper day by day.

In the early morning, the housekeeper came to the ancestral hall and found Tu Shenshui still sitting there.The master who was supposed to be at the border returned to Beijing late at night, and brought the corpse of an outsider into his family's ancestral hall. This is really unheard of.

Thinking of this, he hurried to wake up Tu Muxiang.

"Master, the master came back suddenly, but his appearance is not quite right, you should go to the ancestral hall to have a look."

Tu Muxiang was busy at Dali Temple yesterday and returned home very late. She fell asleep as soon as she came back. She didn't know that Tu Shenshui came back. He was shocked when he heard the housekeeper say this. In the ancestral hall.

"elder brother……"

There was an extra coffin in the originally empty ancestral hall, and Tu Shenshui was sitting next to the coffin, looking into it quietly. If it weren't for his chest still rising and falling slightly, his lifeless face almost made Tu Muxiang think he was just sitting there. There was also a corpse.

"This is……"

Unexpectedly, the person lying in the ice coffin was Mr. Fu Rong who was carried out three days ago in Xiaoxiang Fang and watched with his own eyes.

His face turned pale for a moment, and he remembered the piece of paper he picked up in the Mixiang Pavilion. He didn't know where Tu Shenshui got the news of Lord Furong's death, let alone whether he knew about Lord Furong's death. What is the cause of death.

He looked at Tu sinking into the water, and said softly, "Brother, are you... all right? How is the border? Has the war been resolved?"

Tu Shenshui turned his head slowly, staring at him with pitch-black eyes, as if he had finally regained some composure.

At this moment, the housekeeper came to report: "Master, Young Master, Prime Minister You is here to visit."

Tu Muxiang looked at Tu Shenshui's appearance, and knew that it was useless to say anything now, and he couldn't see anyone like this, so he could only go to see Poppy by himself.

"Go and ask Prime Minister You to come in, I'll be right there."

But Poppy came uninvited, and Tu Muxiang saw him as soon as he left the ancestral hall.

"grown ups……"

"I heard that General Zuo returned to Beijing suddenly this morning, but the news of the border victory did not arrive, and he did not hand in the letter back to Beijing first. It is a crime of dereliction of duty to deceive the emperor by returning to Beijing without a reason and not reporting to His Majesty."

Poppy looked at him anxiously and worriedly: "Your Majesty doesn't know about this matter yet. If you think your brother is fine, go to the soldiers guarding the city to make arrangements. I will persuade General Zuo to go back to the border as soon as possible."

Although Tu Muxiang knew that he was very likely to be the murderer of Mr. Fu Rong, but firstly, he had no direct evidence, and secondly, he had always been inexplicably afraid of Poppy, and the matter of his elder brother was also very important, and he was afraid of those who would contact him. After a long time, something will be seen, so I hurriedly responded and went out.

Su Ying looked at Tu Muxiang's leaving back, then looked at the plaque on the door of the ancestral hall, slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, and walked in.

"General Zuo, you were supposed to defend the border at the border, why did you return to Beijing without any reason?"

Tu Shenshui ignored him, he still looked at Xia Jushuang in the ice coffin.

"If you come back for the news of Mr. Fu Rong's death, then I may tell you who he died for."

Tu Shenshui finally had a reaction, he stood up suddenly and walked to Poppy, grabbed his collar and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's Your Majesty."

Poppy was let go abruptly by him, Tu Shenshui shook his head and took two steps back: "Impossible."

"Nothing is impossible." Poppy smoothed the folds on her collar and smiled at him.

"How do you know, what evidence do you have to prove that His Majesty killed him."

Su Ying sighed softly, and said: "Mr. Fu Rong opened the cabinet again three nights ago, and His Majesty was the one who won the first prize that night. All the people who bid at that night were witnesses. Mr. Fu Rong and I are still on good terms. So after hearing the news of his death, I checked secretly."

"...Why did Your Majesty do such a thing? Ah Shuang poses no threat to him."

"Threat? To His Majesty, the one who is a threat must be executed? Isn't his dignity more important?" Poppy looked at him and asked.

"I once heard that Mr. Fu Rong had an affair with Duanmu Yao, and his majesty happened to bump into him, so he was dismissed as an official. Duanmu Yao is the prime minister of a country and the minister of Tuogu. No matter how much your majesty hates him, he can't do anything to him. But what about Lord Furong who is involved in it?"

Seeing that he was silent, Poppy continued: "Do you think that an arrogant person like Your Majesty will let him go?"

"...He wouldn't do such a thing."

"The more proud you are, the less you can tolerate other people's provocation." Su Ying smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to Xiaoxiangfang again, or confront His Majesty."

***

In Xiaoxiangfang, Qing's mother was complaining in front of Tu Shenshui.Unexpectedly, only one night later, the plague god came again.

"What was Ah Shuang like when he died? Tell me everything you know, or I'll cut off your fingers one by one."

Mother Qing looked at the knife stuck between her fingers, closed her eyes and shouted: "I say I say! Mr. Furong...he was strangled to death!"

"Who did it?"

"The one who won the bid to join the cabinet that night!"

"Do you know who he is?"

"I...I don't know...but, but the finger wrench he used to pay the money is still there! It's in the powder box under the mirror!"

Tu submerged in the water and let her go, went to the dressing table and opened the box, inside was a gold and jeweled finger ring, which was exactly the one he had seen worn by Li Luosu.

His hand holding the finger trembled slightly, then he left Xiaoxiangfang and headed straight for the palace.

The author has something to say:

Xia Jushuang: ...So the scene behind me is pretending to be a corpse?That's extra money

Tu Shenshui: ...Daughter-in-law, why don't you beat the author to death?

Little Peony: ... I support it!

Author: ...... Please spare your lives, heroes! _(:D」∠)_

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