After Princess Jiaojiao was reborn, the little general’s crematorium

Chapter 53 Burnt corpse
  "Chunhua, why are you here too?"

Helian Wenyu ran over panting and saw Chunhua standing in the most conspicuous place at a glance.

She originally planned to return to the eldest princess's mansion, but she saw black smoke rising from the west side of the city on the way, and she felt uneasy, so she ran to check the situation.

Chunhua was lost in thought when she was suddenly awakened by Helian Wenyu. She was startled and stammered: "Your Highness, the eldest princess..."

Helian Wenyu breathed for a long time and looked around.

The Forbidden Army was trying its best to extinguish the last flames in the black charcoal pile. The area was surrounded by people holding buckets, and further away there were many spectators looking at the scene.

"What happened here? Why is there so much smoke?"

Chunhua replied in a low tone: "Princess, a small attic in the Xu family suddenly caught fire. I heard that Xu Weian also died."

Helian Wenyu fell into deep thought, and Chunhua's heart froze. Did Her Royal Highness the Princess notice something fishy?
  Chunhua felt uneasy, but she didn't dare to show it, lest it arouse Helian Wenyu's suspicion.

After a long time, Helian Wenyu said softly: "Xu Weian? Is that so? Why is this name so familiar?"

Chunhua's heart was about to jump out of her chest at this moment. She could tell that this was Helian Wenyu's test.

So she tried her best to show a calm demeanor and said: "Back to Your Highness, Xu Weian is the one who robbed the prison and killed the shopkeeper a few days ago."

Helian Wenyu's face was calm, with no trace of sadness or joy, and she asked gently and seemingly casually:
  "Oh, him, how did he appear here? I remember that he seemed to have been entrusted to you to interrogate him. It seems that there are some Yulin Guards following him?"

Chunhua was frightened, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Highness is guilty, Your Highness is guilty. It was the slave's poor supervision that gave Xu Weian, a thief, an opportunity to take advantage of. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Helian Wenyu seemed to be reminiscing and did not hear Chunhua's begging for mercy. She just asked: "How many years have you been with me?"

Chunhua was even more frightened in her heart, and said tremblingly: "It has been nearly ten years since I returned to Your Highness."

"Well," Helian Wenyu responded, "Let's go to the scene and see it together."

Chunhua then secretly glanced at Helian Wenyu's face, but she still couldn't capture any information. She was still confused at what step did she reveal her secret?

"Still not following?"

Helian Wenyu's voice came to her ears, Chunhua didn't dare to neglect anymore and hurried to follow.

Helian Wenyu walked ahead, thinking.

It turns out that the reason why she questioned Chunhua was because of the influence of the memory of her previous life.

As one of the few people remembered by her, Chunhua was naturally among them.

In the previous life, Chunhua met Xu Weian at some point.

At that time, Xu Weian was a young master of the Xu family who was good at martial arts. He had a very special personality and always liked to take advantage of Chunhua.

Although Chunhua didn't say it openly, every time she mentioned this person, there would always be an imperceptible smile on her lips.

It took them a year or two to work like this. Helian Wenyu also took it into consideration, and finally they were successful.

Therefore, when Helian Wenyu heard Xu Weian's name, she casually arranged it for Chunhua.

However, it was impossible for Helian Wenyu to believe that Xu Weian had the ability to escape from Chunhua's hands and successfully escape from the Yulin Army.

If it weren't for the secret help of Chunhua, a girl, I'm afraid even the children wouldn't believe it.

What's more, Xu Weian "died" at such a sensitive node?

--How can it be!

Helian Wenyu immediately felt that there was something fishy in it.

Xu Weian didn't do anything too extreme in his last life.

What's more, in the end, when Fu Yanping attacked the imperial capital, Chunhua never wanted to leave him, so Xu Weian had no choice but to stay and protect the imperial capital for Chunhua.

In the end, both of them died fighting for themselves... So Helian Wenyu never thought of taking Xu Weian's life from the beginning to the end.

But it was one thing that Helian Wenyu had never thought of killing Xu Weian, but it was another thing that Chunhua privately released Xu Weian without her instructions. Of course, she had to give it a good beating.

There was a commotion at the place.

Fortunately, the one who put out the fire on the scene was still the same Imperial Army officer that Chunhua had inquired about earlier.

He also recognized Chunhua at a glance.

The personal maid of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, whose status is countless times higher than his.

While he secretly hated himself for being blind, he looked at the luxuriously dressed Helian Wenyu beside him.

"Young one, please see Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Although he had never met Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, looking at Chunhua's attitude and Helian Wenyu's rich and noble clothes, he could roughly guess the information about the person coming.

"No gift."

Helian Wenyu glanced at the scene and saw that soldiers had already begun to expel the crowd of spectators under the orders of the commander.

——After all, if something happens to this guy again, there won’t be enough heads to cut off.

Helian Wenyu did not stop them, but said to the soldier: "Call your person in charge."

The soldiers saluted and obeyed.

Soon, a thin, dark man in armor trotted over and saluted, "Captain Guard Zhang Gui has met Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. Her Royal Highness is a thousand years old."

"What happened? I saw that the scene was in chaos?"

Helian Wenyu asked.

"Your Highness, the prisoner Xu Weian escaped from the prison and escaped here.

But I don't know who set the fire and actually burned this place to the ground. Xu Weian, the death row prisoner, also died unexpectedly. "

"Oh?" Helian Wenyu was stunned for a moment, still not believing that Xu Weian died so easily in this life, and said suspiciously,

"But have you confirmed your identity?"

"Back to Your Highness, there is no doubt that the prisoner is Xu Weian. We found Xu Weian's identity jade pendant from the deceased, and the appearance and body shape of the deceased and Xu Weian are exactly the same."

"Take me to see it."

"This..." Zhang Gui was in trouble, "Your Highness, the eldest princess, has a body of a thousand pieces of gold. I am afraid that this filthy air will hurt Your Highness..."

He really didn't understand, what was there to see in a dead body? And it's still the burnt kind.

"Huh?" Helian Wenyu stared at him and said sternly, "Are you deaf, or is it difficult for me to use my words?"

Seeing that Helian Wenyu insisted on going, Zhang Gui had no choice but to give her a vaccination in advance and said: "Her Royal Highness, it is best to be mentally prepared. The body of the prisoner Xu Weian is a bit...a bit..."

He searched for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective.

Helian Wenyu smiled and added: "It's terrible, isn't it?"

"Don't worry, a mere dead body won't scare me."

Seeing that Helian Wenyu was so confident, Zhang Gui had someone lift the white cloth covering Xu Weian's body.

Helian Wenyu just glanced briefly, but her stomach felt uncomfortable, and she almost turned around and vomited.

His whole body was scorched black by fire, his skin and flesh were cracked and bloody, making it impossible to look directly at him.

(End of this chapter)