The emperor always wants to promise himself

Chapter 314 Snow Mountain Crisis
Xiao Yu also listened attentively, and heard Wu Qianqiu say: "This place is really too poor, few people are willing to stay here, and the land is not easy to grow, and the harvest is not good, so they can only starve to death. "

"So that's the case." Xuan Yingjun nodded: "That's really pitiful."

"Who says it's not? Hey—it's here!"

Wu Qianqiu stretched out his hand and pointed, and there was indeed a faintly visible stone tablet skewed in the snow in front of him.

"This is the stone tablet of the old people's village. From here, go around a forest and you can see the whole picture of the old people's village."

"Then let's go quickly."

"I want to go fast. The key is that the snow here is also very thick. The horse's hoof is stuck in it for a long time and cannot be pulled out. The horse is also tired from running."

"Say a few words less, do you still have the strength to speak?"

"Hahahaha—not to mention, I can't run anymore."

Everyone went to the old people's village while teasing.

"Hey - this time it's really here!" Wu Qianqiu shouted, and everyone pulled the reins one after another, and the horse stopped.

Everyone originally wanted to say a few words, but when they looked inside, they were immediately stunned.

There are broken walls and ruins everywhere, and there are countless wooden houses buried in the snow, and occasionally a corner is exposed to show their existence.

The better brick and tile houses are still standing, and there is faint smoke from the inside.

"Everyone got off their horses. I think there has been an avalanche here. Riding a horse is too risky, so they all walked in."

"Yes."

Everyone responded in a low voice, Han Yi took the lead and walked in front, Xiao Yu was behind him, and sighed as he walked: "I don't know how many people are homeless now, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to repair the house .”

"The terrain here is dangerous, backed by a mountain. Even if it is rebuilt in the future, it cannot be chosen here. We should find another safe place." Han Yi scanned the surroundings with alert eyes, and his footsteps suddenly paused.

Xiao Yu didn't prevent him from stopping suddenly and almost bumped into him, so he quickly stretched out his hand to support his back, "Huh? Why didn't you leave?"

Han Yi shook his head, turned his face to the side, put his index finger on his lips, and said in a breathy voice: "It's a bit strange to be quiet."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, retracted his hands and looked at the dilapidated village.

Wu Qianqiu at the back was puzzled: "My lord, my lord? Why don't you leave?"

Han Yi glanced at him, and out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white-haired old man leaning on crutches coming out of the village. He walked over with steady steps, stood in the middle of the avenue and asked, "Who are you? Why don't you come in?"

As he spoke, he lowered his head and coughed a few times: "Ahem, cough, cough, cough, cough, but do you think this place is too broken?"

Wu Qianqiu held up his smile and took two steps forward: "This old man, we are—"

"It's not that I think it's broken, it's just that the people here... are not clean."

Han Yi interrupted Wu Qianqiu, and said coldly to the old man.

Wu Qianqiu was taken aback, and looked at Han Yi in surprise.

The old man laughed, "Why can't the old man understand what this little friend said?"

"Don't understand? Do you really not understand, or pretend to be confused?"

Han Yi slowly pulled out the knife from his waist, and the others immediately surrounded him and showed their weapons.

Although I don't know what happened, since Commander Hanyi drew his sword, it means that the opponent is not a friend but an enemy.

"My lord, is this going to do something to the old man? Yes, but if you want to kill me, you have to give me a reason, let me die to understand, right?"

Han Yi didn't speak, but Xiao Yu who was behind him saw it clearly. She smiled and said, "The one who went to the magistrate's office last night to scout the way was your people, right? You have been watching our movements, knowing that we are coming here, so you took a step ahead. Ambush here."

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

After the words fell, the face of the person opposite did not change, and he still said stubbornly: "What are you talking about? I don't understand. I just want to invite you to come in as guests. If you don't come in, it's fine. What's the point of shouting and killing people with knives?"

"Reason? What reason do you have to talk to the killer?"

Xiao Yu stretched out his finger and pointed at his feet, "You should look a little bit like an old man in his seventies, leaning on a cane. Apart from the traces of a cane, there is not even a single footprint on the ground. Do you think it is appropriate?"

"Or let me put it more bluntly—" Xiao Yu's eyes were fierce: "People in a village come and go, but there is not a single footprint on the ground, why? Could it be that the people in this entire village are all masters of lightness kung fu? "

"It didn't snow last night."

A word awakened the dreamer, Wu Qianqiu's face turned pale immediately, he looked at Xiao Yu anxiously: "My lord... what about the people in the village?"

Xiao Yu glanced at him: "How do I know, ask him."

Wu Qianqiu turned his head to stare at the old man opposite, and shouted: "Who are you? What do you want?"

The old man straightened up slowly, threw away his crutches and applauded, "Okay! The regent's observation is really meticulous, I actually overlooked this point, no wonder you refused to come in."

He reached behind his ears, and tore off the human skin mask on his face, revealing an ordinary young man's face.

"Since the prince has guessed my identity, he should also know the purpose of my trip."

"Kill me?" Xiao Yu looked at him calmly, and suddenly frowned after a while: "Did I meet you somewhere?"

The person opposite was obviously stunned, and then he burst into laughter: "I didn't expect the regent to remember me? It's a great honor!"

Han Yi clenched the knife in his hand, and asked Xiao Yu in a low voice: "Master, this person is—"

"He is from the Lianhua Palace. He was the one who assassinated and surrounded Hua Ye in the alleys of Kyoto. I remember these eyes very clearly."

"What?!" Han Yi's eyes darkened, if he was a member of Lianhua Palace, then this battle might not be easy to win.

"My lord, my lord, you said that you are so powerful and so smart, how can you not attract people's attention? People who hate you want to crush you, but my master just likes talents like you."

"Oh, then who is your master?"

"The master gave me an order not to hurt the prince, but to capture him alive. If anyone catches him, it will be a great achievement, and he will be able to sit firmly in the position of deputy landlord when he returns."

"Deputy landlord? Doesn't sound attractive, is someone buying my life with you, or is it your master's order?"

"This... the prince might as well go back to the Lianhua Palace with us and think about it slowly. Who wants you to die the most now?"

The killer blew a whistle with his fingers on his lips, and then the men in black burst out of the windows of the houses on both sides of the path.

Followed by a series of hidden weapons shining blue light in the sun.

"Be careful—there is poison on this hidden weapon!"

Han Yi snarled, raised his knife to block, and the sound of "ding ding dong dong" could be heard endlessly for a while.

(End of this chapter)