After a long time, the expression on Yong Zhang's face gradually became cold, and he whispered: "Huang Ama, don't blame me, you are the one who forced me to do this!"
As the last word came out, he raised the solid stone in his hand and hit the guard on the head hard, again and again, until the guard's head was deformed and there was blood all over the ground. Then he stopped breathing heavily, raised his eyes and said:
"What to do next?"
"I knew there was an abandoned HOS house not far away. While there was no one around, I quickly carried him to the yard there and buried him. Just pretend that nothing happened. You and I don't want to mention it to anyone.
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Yong Zhang nodded solemnly, and together with Gao Bin, he carried the body of the guard to the residence. Then he took some discarded rags and folded them back, wiped the blood on the ground, and brought the stone to the residence.
After working together with Gao Bin to dig a pit as long as one person, they threw the body and stones into the pit and buried it.
The guard tried his best to escape back to Hangzhou, but he still couldn't escape death. The saddest thing is that he didn't know who killed him until his death.
After doing all this, Gao Bin bowed deeply to Yongzhang and said: "Don't worry, third elder brother. After the news of the emperor's death comes, I will definitely contact all the good officials to ensure that the third elder brother ascends to the throne!"
For Yongzhang, who already knew what power was, these words undoubtedly made his heart beat. He helped Gao Bin up and said, "I'll leave everything to Master Gao!" He paused and hesitated: "Over there at Gushan...
…Should we send someone to take a look?”
Gao Bin thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's better not to go, in order to avoid exposing any flaws. Judging from the words of the guards, the emperor is almost certain to die. We just need to wait for news."
Yong Zhang nodded and left the residence with him as if nothing had happened.
One day, Hongli would be devastated if he knew that his biological son was going to put himself to death for the sake of the throne and for the Su family who had committed many wrong things.
Gao Bin guessed right. What Hongli was facing now was indeed a certain death situation. Those who besieged them, after being unable to search for them for a long time, actually set fire to the mountain when the sky was getting brighter, and the raging fire surrounded them.
After trying all means of survival, Liu Hu, who was almost at the bottom of the mountain, was forced back. However, he failed to break through the fire several times, and instead suffered burns on the back of his hands. In desperation, Liu Hu could only retreat.
Hongli and Xianyue also discovered the fire at the foot of the mountain and frowned tightly. Liu Hu knelt down with shame on his face and said: "This subordinate is incompetent, please punish me!"
"I can't blame you." Hongli sighed solemnly: "I didn't expect them to be so crazy that they would set fire to the mountain in order to take your life and mine." At this point, he turned to look at Xianyue beside him and said sadly: "Yes.
I have caused trouble for you, but if I had not insisted on investigating incognito, I would not have ended up in this situation."
"The Emperor said before that there is no need to mention the word "involvement" between you and me. Have you forgotten it so quickly?"
The mountain wind blew by, bringing with it the choking smoke below. Hongli coughed a few times and said: "I remember, but this time, it is about life. I said that I will join hands with you until our hair is gray.
Now... I have to break my promise."
Xianyue lowered her eyes and held his cold hand, and said softly: "No matter how difficult and difficult the situation was, you never left me alone. Therefore, you did not break your promise; I can live and die with you, and I will live my life together."
No regrets, it’s just that... I feel so sorry for Yong Cang, who lost his parents at such a young age."
"With Huang's mother here, she will take good care of Yong Cang, and..." He raised his hand and caressed Xiayue's face, and said softly: "Although he is young, he is the eldest son, and he will become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
His successors are Seventeenth Uncle and Old Five Xiangshu, and no one can harm him."
"I hope so." As he spoke, the fire at the bottom of the mountain grew stronger and stronger, quickly spreading upwards, and thick smoke billowed, making their situation more dangerous. In the light of the fire, the ferocious faces underneath could be vaguely seen.
At the foot of the mountain, someone greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "The leader is really smart. He came up with a plan to set fire to the mountain."
Another person also said flatteringly: "Yes, otherwise they would have been hiding like this, and they wouldn't know when they would be able to return their orders!"
The leader stared at the blazing fire and sneered: "Unless it rains heavily and extinguishes the fire, they will never survive!"
The people next to him looked up at the cloudless sky and said with a smile: "Look at this day. It's harder to get rain than to reach the sky. They will definitely be burned to death by the fire."
At this time, someone worriedly said: "Chief, the thick smoke here will attract people to put out the fire?"
The leader looked grim and said: "I have already seen it. This place is remote and there are very few people around. I don't expect anyone to come in a short time. Besides, it is difficult to put out such a big fire. It has to be burned."
It won't last for a few days, so what if they do put it out, the people are already dead, no one will know who set the fire, and why they burned this lonely mountain, the people will just think it was an accident."
Hearing what he said, those who were worried at first felt relieved. They sat aside and watched the fire burning more and more fiercely. When the fire engulfed the top of the mountain, they could leave, because no one could
Stay alive.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and it sounded like there were at least dozens of horses. The leader asked doubtfully: "This is a remote place, how can there be so many horses passing by?"
"Could they be reinforcements brought in by those who escaped before?" Hearing the answers from the people below, the leader's face became more solemn, and he stood up and said, "Something is wrong, please be careful!"
Those people quickly clenched their swords and stood up, staring in the direction of the sound. Not long after, a shadow appeared in their sight, and together with it, there was a voice that shocked them, "Your Majesty, that's where it is!"
Prince? They did know that a prince came to Hangzhou Prefecture, but why did he appear here.
Before they could figure out the relationship, dozens of horses had already rushed to the front. The first person to dismount was the first person, who was it if it wasn't Hong Zhou.
He pulled off a brown horse from behind a man who looked like a government official, who was tied up with five flowers, and said sternly: "I ask you, did they take away the person?"
The man shivered and said, "I...I don't know, I've never seen them."
Hong Zhou kicked him hard and said solemnly: "Let me see clearly whether it is them or not. If you say you don't know, I will kill you!"
From yesterday to now, Hong Zhou stayed up all night, searching for the whereabouts of Hong Li and Xianyue. At dawn, someone came to report that they saw many people appearing at the foot of a sparsely populated lonely mountain outside the city.
He also brought swords with him; this was the first news that came after Hongli disappeared. He immediately brought people and horses to investigate. In order to find out whether he was the person who took away Hongli and the others, he also kidnapped a person who had seen those people.