Yun Shang frowned, with a bit of confusion in her eyes. Why are you walking out of the city? Yun Shang thought about it carefully, stood up suddenly, and patted the armrest of the chair, "I understand!
It’s a funeral team, Mrs. Liu’s funeral team!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Zui whispered in Yun Shang's ear that the secret guard who went to Liu Mansion to investigate was back.
Yun Shang hurriedly called in, and the secret guard hurriedly said, "Princess, my subordinates were ordered to go to the Liu Mansion to find Mrs. Liu's personal maid, but they found that Mrs. Liu's body was still parked in a relatively remote house."
Mrs. Liu's body is still in the house, so who is in the coffin in the funeral procession?
Yun Shang's heart suddenly pounded, and she hurriedly said to Hua Guogong and Liu Ming, "Quickly, Commander Liu will lead the Royal Forest Army to check the Liu Mansion, and my grandfather will stop the funeral procession."
Duke Hua Guo and Liu Ming responded quickly and hurried out of the flower hall.
Yun Shang's face looked a little uncomfortable, and her heart was beating a little fiercely. After being silent for a while, she stood up and said, "No, I have to take a look."
The Duke's wife quickly grabbed Yun Shang and said, "Anyone can go, but you can't, and you don't want to think about your own body. Don't worry, things have come to this point, and your grandfather will definitely bring Qingyan back safely."
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Yun Shang had no choice but to sit down again. After a while, the Duke's wife suddenly couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and said to Yun Shang, "I have to go into the palace. The queen still needs someone."
Go explain the situation."
Yun Shang thought for a while and felt that if the queen didn't know anything, she would probably hate Prince Rui's Mansion even more by then, so she responded softly.
Only Yun Shang and a room of servants were left in the flower hall.
Qian Zui leaned down and said softly, "There is no charcoal stove in the flower hall. Princess, you should go back to the courtyard and wait."
Yun Shang shook his head, "There will definitely be various news coming back and forth today, and there will be many things that need to be dealt with, so I will wait in the flower hall."
After drinking for a while, he couldn't help it, so he ordered his servants to prepare a few charcoal pots and bring them into the flower hall. They also brought a small stove for making tea, cooked fruit tea for Yun Shang and handed it over.
Only then did Yun Shang realize that she was holding her hand tightly in her sleeve, and there were some marks on her palm. When she released her hand and took the teacup, Yun Shang drank the tea absentmindedly. After a cup
After tea, he stood up again and murmured: "No, I'm still a little uneasy, I have to take a look."
Seeing Yun Shang's appearance, Qian Zui didn't try to persuade her any more. She just asked people to prepare a carriage, put thick cushions in the carriage, and ordered hundreds of secret guards to follow. Fang helped Yun Shang get into the carriage.
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The funeral procession will circle around the city, and generally it will not go too fast. If it goes too fast, it will definitely attract attention. Not far after Yun Shang and the others left the city, they heard the faint sound of elegy.
The sound of Yue crying was heard.
Qi Liufu set up a roadside memorial table on the side of the road. When the funeral procession passed by, the fragrant wax that had been lit had not yet burned much.
Yun Shang and the others walked for a while and then faintly saw the shadow of the soul-calling flag. Duke Hua and the imperial guards had not arrived yet, so it would take some time to order the troops.
Yun Shang thought for a while, then got out of the carriage, put on her curtain hat, and walked for a while with the funeral procession. The funeral procession was very long, and the procession was winding, as long as a mile from the front to the end.
After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, she faintly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats from behind. Yun Shang turned around and saw that Duke Hua and his imperial guards were coming over.
It seemed that someone had discovered the Imperial Guards, and the funeral procession sped up a bit faster. However, it was quickly outflanked by Duke Hua and stopped.
Yun Shang and Qian Zui looked at each other, and then hurriedly and quietly chased after them from the side. They saw Liu Jin wearing plain clothes, with traces of crying on his face. At this moment, he was pointing at Hua Guogong with blue veins on his forehead.
He suddenly raised his voice and spoke in a loud voice, "What are you trying to do? If you don't want to do the opposite, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Duke Hua sneered, not wanting to be outdone, "Is this what I am asking you, right? Liu Jin, you are simply treasonous!" After saying that, he waved his hand and said, without even looking at Liu Jin, "
Search!"
"Wait a minute!" A voice suddenly rang. Yun Shang turned her eyes and saw Liu Yinfeng walking out of the funeral procession and walking to the front. "Hua Guogong brought the imperial guards to stop him in such a menacing manner.
The funeral procession of Cao Min's adoptive mother should be given a sentence or two to explain whether it is emotional or rational."
Duke Hua looked a little unhappy and sneered, "What a joke!"
Yun Shang didn't want Duke Hua to have a conflict with Liu Yinfeng, so she hurriedly said, "Grandpa, please lead the imperial guards to search, and let me explain to Master Liu."
Only then did everyone realize that Yun Shang was approaching quietly. Duke Hua frowned, "Why are you here? What a joke!"
Yun Shang smiled and looked at Liu Yinfeng, "Master Liu, are you willing to trust me?"
Liu Yinfeng pondered for a moment and then nodded.
Yun Shang then said, "Mrs. Liu's body is still parked in a remote woodshed in the Liu Mansion. I wonder who is lying in the coffin."
Yun Shang's voice was not low, and everyone around Liu Yinfeng could hear it clearly. Liu Jin became even more excited, "What nonsense are you talking about? I, Liu Jin, am also an important minister in the court, and I am the one who gave birth to my wife."
How could you search the coffin as you asked? Come here! Stop them and arrest that woman!"
The imperial guards around Duke Hua drew their swords from their waists one after another, and the secret guards around Yun Shang also blocked Yun Shang's way. Duke Hua sneered and shouted: "Search
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Liu Yinfeng frowned and stared at Yun Shang for a while, then turned his head silently and looked at the white hearse with the coffin pulled not far away. He was silent for a long time, but in the end he did not speak again.
The mourners in the funeral procession also pulled out weapons from their waists. For a moment, the scene became tense and seemed about to break out.
Liu Yinfeng frowned a little deeper, and quietly moved his body to block Yun Shang's face.
Yun Shang was silent for a moment and took a step back calmly.
Duke Hua ignored the truth and said, "No matter who the Imperial Guards want to search, they can't stop the search!"
After receiving the order, the Imperial Guards rushed forward with their swords in hand, and chaos immediately ensued. Yun Shang's eyes had been falling on Liu Yinfeng, but she saw that his brows were furrowed and he seemed a little panicked. Yun Shang pondered for a moment.
, then shouted again, "The eldest princess's Tibetan soldiers near the Qiancheng City have been wiped out by the Imperial Forest Army, and the eldest princess has no way out!"
The voice was drowned in the surrounding sounds, but Yun Shang clearly saw Liu Jin's hand trembling slightly.
The Imperial Guards were numerous and powerful, and all of them had undergone rigorous training. After a while, the decline of the funeral procession gradually became apparent.
Yun Shang saw Liu Jin quietly moving behind him, as if he was preparing to escape if he found an opportunity.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, turned around and pointed to Qianzui in the direction of Liu Jin. Qianzui looked over for a moment, then nodded and quietly walked away from Yun Shang in the direction of Liu Jin.
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When Liu Jin was about to turn around and run away, Qian Zuo suddenly stepped forward and knocked Liu Jin to the ground with a palm.
The secret guards rushed over, pulled Liu Jin up, and held him to the side.
The Imperial Guards had already approached the coffin, and in less than a moment, they had cleared away all the mourners near the hearse. Duke Hua hurried over, jumped on the hearse, and pried the coffin open, just looking at it.
When he looked towards the person in the coffin, he suddenly frowned.
Seeing this, Yun Shang walked over and Qianzhu helped Yun Shang get into the hearse. Yun Shang looked into the coffin and saw a strange woman lying in the coffin. She looked about thirty or forty years old.
Her complexion was bluish-white. Yun Shang frowned, stretched out her hand and touched the woman's face, but found no trace of disguise.
Yun Shang frowned, and then heard Liu Jin laughing loudly, with a bit of pride in his laughter, "Hahahaha, is there what you are looking for in the coffin? I told you that you are acting so wantonly,
I will always make you pay."
Yun Shang turned around and looked at Liu Jin with a calm expression: "But I heard that today is Mrs. Liu's funeral ceremony. Why is there not Mrs. Liu in the coffin?"
Liu Jin sneered, "I'm afraid Princess Rui heard wrongly. My first wife and concubines are gone. It's just a rule of the nobility of the Xia Kingdom. The more noble the status, the longer the spirit will stay in the mansion. I
Naturally, my wife should be laid to rest for more than one month, but this concubine has no choice but to be buried like an ordinary person for seven days."
Yun Shang frowned, always feeling that something was wrong, but the person lying in the coffin was indeed not who they thought he was.
Yun Shang thought about it, then got out of the hearse and walked around the hearse without saying a word.
Liu Jin said angrily, "You stopped my funeral procession in the Liu Mansion today. I am rushing to the funeral today so I won't care about you. When I return to the mansion, I will personally enter the palace to make you pay the price."
Duke Hua looked a little displeased and snorted, "Who are you going to find in the palace to attack me?"
Liu Jin also snorted coldly and said, "Please let me go quickly."
Yun Shang did not speak, but just circled around the hearse again, and gently knocked on the bottom of the coffin and the hearse. After knocking, there was a "dong" sound.
Yun Shang frowned and knocked a few more times. She turned her head to look at Liu Jin thoughtfully, but saw that although he was arguing with Hua Guogong, he kept looking at her with a vague expression.
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Yun Shang was silent for a moment, then turned to face the guard standing aside, "Carry the coffin out of the hearse, take out the body inside, and see if the coffin has compartments, and see if the hearse is hollow.
I just knocked, and the sound wasn’t right.” (To be continued)
