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What's the benefit? The king was stunned by the question.

Seeing that he did not say anything, Duke Huan did not know what he was thinking, so he just continued, "Mo'er picked the person in charge of the escorts. The location of the release was suggested by Mo'er. He reckoned that the carriage and the way these people had silently disappeared were all his own thoughts. And the reason why he did so was nothing more than to ensure the safe departure of Xi Ran, and to avoid any trouble along the way. "

The king frowned and said nothing.

Duke Huan spread out his hands, "If you ask me, the only thing that has nothing to do with Mo'er is probably that carriage of dead men. He won't kill wantonly, nor would he think of such a sinister scheme. As long as he was aware of the situation, there was no way he would let such a thing happen. Although it was just a conjecture, the person who made the move in this carriage full of dead people either temporarily changed their plans or had a dispute with each other while they were riding in the carriage. Other than this, there was no third possibility. In other words, Mo'er would never know about it. "

The king nodded and still didn't speak.

He did not answer, and Duke Huan asked straightforwardly, "Since that's the case, is it important for Ninth Brother to find out how they left? It was a matter of the martial arts world if the prisoners who had been released disappeared or were killed. What did Merle do? Using his power to win over his trusted aides? Do bandits and bandits in the martial arts world treat human life as grass? Or take away a newly released prisoner to provoke the imperial court in front of the guard escorting the prison cart? "

Duke Huan's brows were tightly knitted together, "If you really want to convict Mo'er, you can go find him at Duke Qi Palace directly. Hao Yun and Han Yan could also send it over. If we torture them, we might even be able to find out the whereabouts of those people. "

The King of Letters gave him a deep look. "Torture? "Can you bear it?"

Duke Huan curled his lips and said softly, "It's enough that royal brother isn't willing."

"How old are you, and what are you trying to be temper with? You must be reluctant, and your royal brother would never agree. He is the one who has been spoiled by you all! "

"spoil him, Nine also has one." Prince Huan saw him smile and knew that he had said all that he wanted to say. He stood up and picked up the few pages of the Skill Storing and passed it to Shen Yi Fan. "I'll go with him and see if I can find any other traces."

"Didn't you capture Mo'er and torture him a bit before deciding?" Why did you have to come all the way here? "

Duke Huan laughed exaggeratedly a few times, "Ha, ha. How old are you, Nine? Since there are already so many grandsons, why are you still acting so haughty? " Without waiting for King Xin to react, he turned around and ran outside.

In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared. Duke Xin could only shake his head as he looked at Shen Yi Fan and said, "Go."

Shen Yifan replied, "I will follow your orders." He stood up and placed the Skill Storing on the table next to the messenger, then took two steps back, "I will take my leave." Then, he turned around and left.

After exiting the study, a bone-piercing cold wind blew against their faces. Shen Yi Fan could not help but shiver, looking around, only to see that the entire garden was covered in snow, but there was no sign of Prince Huan.

In such a short period of time, he really ran so fast …

"What are you thinking of that makes you so lost in thought?"

Shen Yi Fan regained his senses and looked towards the Duke Huai who had appeared a few steps away from him. He smiled apologetically: "I've remembered something, and I've been distracted for a while."

Duke Huan put on the cloak he had taken out, walked down the steps, and said with a long sigh, "My study was occupied by Ninth Brother, and I still need to help him run errands for me … "For a secret envoy to be so attentive in cleaning up the mess, I'm afraid there is no one else."

Shen Yifan couldn't help laughing out loud, "As expected of the lord, you still favor the young prince."

Duke Huan could not help but laugh, "I spoilt him? "Speaking of pets, Ninth Brother might be thinking of some way inside, so it would be better to say a few more words about Mo'er in front of Royal Brother … Even though Mo'er is messing around a lot, Royal Brother is already used to it." Walking out of the courtyard, he asked, "Is there anything else you need to take out? If not, let's go to the inner house's stables first? "

Shen Yi Fan quickly said: "We can set off directly."

King Huan nodded. After walking for some distance, he suddenly asked, "In the army camp, has Ninth Brother always been this violent?"

Shen Yi Fan was startled, and said truthfully: "The Seven Slaughter Army's discipline is strict, Your Highness has always been strict. He was swift and decisive, with fewer rewards and more punishments. He was strict and fair, respectful and respectful. I wonder if the lord is asking about his temper? "

Prince Huan looked at his serious expression and laughed, "Did you know that in the Liang clan, Ninth Brother has always been a 'refined and gentle' prince? "On the contrary, Fourth Brother is a bit more 'swift and decisive' and 'rigid and serious'."

Shen Yifan had a strange expression on his face. "I heard some of them mentioned by the imperial guards when we were chatting. His Royal Highness …" "It seems to be more refined and gentle …"

Prince Huan seemed to be somewhat gloating, "Apart from you Young Generals, everyone else thinks so."

Shen Yi Fan expressed his sympathy for his Young General with his eyes.

Prince Huan mounted the horse and looked at the sky. "The sun is going to set in less than four hours. "If you move faster, we can still make it in time to take a look."

— —

"Hurry up and bury the horses. These chickens, take advantage of the freshness to stew!" Gong Ni looked at the two halves of the horse carcass that was carried down from the carriage and couldn't help but frown. "How did this horse break into two?"

Xue Sha kicked the horse corpse that was frozen solid and casually replied, "Maybe it's because it's too big, so it's not easy to put the whole horse in the car."

Gongzi looked at the two horses eating the snow and clicked his tongue, "Pulling the cart together and bringing back the dead bodies of your comrades, all thanks to you two still having the mood to eat."

"When it comes to eating, I think horse meat can also be eaten," Blood Slaughter mused. "With so many people here, even a few chicken stew wouldn't be enough for us to share."

Gongzi was stunned. He squinted at him and said, "Blood Kill!"

"Hmm?" When Bloodbath saw that he was silent, he shifted his gaze from the horse to his face. "What is it?"

Gongzi's expression was very serious. "Is the horse meat delicious?"

Xue Sha spread out his hands, indicating that he had never eaten before. "It's meat anyway, it's better than vegetables, isn't it?"

Xue Feng, who was from far away, jumped and appeared in front of the two of them: "The horse meat is delicious! "Even though it's a bit difficult to make, it's definitely delicious!"

Blood Killer slowly raised his eyebrows and stretched his voice. "Oh?"

Seeing that the hall master's expression was hostile, Xue Feng coughed dryly and said, "About that, I was just saying too much."

"Can you do it?" Gong Ni raised his head to look at the setting sun, and slightly narrowed his eyes, "I'll give you two hours, can you do it?"

Xue Feng was slightly startled, then his eyes lit up as he laughed: "Then I need a few people to help me." His gaze landed on the person next to Gong Tianni.

A look of wariness and threat appeared in Xue Sha's eyes.

"Leave Blood Kill for me. You can choose the rest."

In the end, he didn't dare say anything in front of the Head Saint and the Eldest Senior Brother. He only said, "Then I'll choose two people. Let us use the kitchen."

Gong Tianxiong nodded his head, "It's not early yet, it's a bit faster. "Also..."

Xue Feng stopped in his tracks and looked at his Senior Brother with a questioning gaze: "What?"

Gongzi continued, "Shadow and Vice Pavilion Master will be here shortly. You can choose the best meat to stew. I'll send the four of them to Young Master and the rest later."

Xue Feng responded and asked, "Then what about Eldest Senior Brother and the hall master?"

Gongzi replied blandly, "If there's anything left over, of course you can keep it for us. If there's nothing unnecessary, we don't need to specially prepare two for us."

Xue Feng nodded his head and carried the corpse of the horse, which was the leader of the group, to the kitchen at the back. Xue Luo, who was his partner, stood to the side for a long time. When he saw Xue Feng's actions, he could only pout his lips and pick up the remaining half of Xue Feng's body before chasing after him.

The blood had frozen into ice, so he didn't have to worry about dirtying his clothes – even though blood was nothing dirty to a killer.

"These two are not bad." Gongzi watched them leave and suddenly smiled.

Xue Sha turned his head to look at him and smirked. "Do I look like you and Qian Longtou?"

Gong Jue was silent for a while, and then started laughing again, "Weren't the assassins of the Medicine Hall always like this from the beginning? "However, I wonder how many people will be able to make it to the end."

Xue Sha's eyes flashed with a smile. "Surviving through missions again and again is already very difficult. What's more, both of them are still alive?"

"As you can see, besides death, there are other reasons that will separate us."

Xue Sha patted his shoulder and said, "That is because you are too outstanding. If you continue to be so outstanding, I will make you the same hall master as me." He walked to the side.

Gong Jue turned around and followed him, laughing and ridiculing: "Maybe he directly snatched your position as the hall master and changed it to 'Blood Marks', it sounds pretty good."

Xue Sha glanced at him with disdain: "Aren't you preparing a new hall? Who knows, maybe this new branch will be called the 'Light' Hall. "

Gongzi laughed. "It's hard to say." He looked at the carriage behind him and asked again, "After you drive the carriage into the dark tunnel, are you sure you can't see any traces of the carriage from the outside?"

Xue Sha nodded. "I left it outside to inspect it. I know the mechanisms of the Hall of Blood better than you do.

— —

"The track broke in the middle of the snow?" Shen Yi Fan frowned and asked again, "There's nothing strange about the place where it was cut off, right?"

The guard on the left nodded. "The snow around us is very smooth and clean. There are no footprints on it, nor are there any suspicious traces. Before the rut was broken, the tracks of the carriages were consistent. "

The guard on the right added, "After checking around, we found no suspicious traces, so we cleared away the snow at the area where the tracks were broken. There's nothing strange down there. It's just a piece of bare land."

Shen Yifan asked, "Did you guys dig it up and take a look?"

The guard on the right nodded. "It's very normal to dig five inches down."

"This …" Shen Yifan pondered for a moment before looking at the leisurely prince who was standing under a tree and enjoying the scenery, "My lord, what do you think?"

Duke Huan twisted his neck, and the aching pain in his neck that had been there for a long time subsided slightly. He turned around and replied smilingly, "The sun is about to set. It's time for us to return."

Shen Yi Fan was stunned, "Ah?"

Huan Wang said, "It's getting dark, so we can't find anything. The snow is getting heavier and heavier. If we don't get out of here before the sun sets, I'm afraid the road won't be easy. "

Shen Yifan was in a difficult position, "But if we go back like this, we'll be covered by the snow for the whole night."

Prince Huan laughed, "A person who has disappeared, a car that has disappeared, all traces of it have been swept clean. Why did it leave behind a large pool of blood and a trail of fighting?"

Shen Yifan was silent, "A hundred secrets?"

"I am more inclined to believe that these traces were deliberately left for us to see."

Shen Yi Fan was puzzled, "But what does it mean to leave all these behind?"

Prince Huan said, "Explain... Their target was not all the prisoners, but one or several of them. That's why they killed the unnecessary people. "

Shen Yifan was not satisfied, "Other than this, are there really no other clues? "Dozens of people and such a huge carriage disappeared just like that?"

Duke Huan rubbed the forehead of his mount and said with a smile, "I can't figure out how the carriage disappeared, but I can tell how they left."

Shen Yifan was slightly startled, "You left from the tree?" he probed.

He was an extremely sensitive person, and there must be a reason why Prince Huan had been staring at the tree for so long. In fact, when he realized there weren't enough tracks in the snow, his first thought was to leave from the tree. This was the forest, and the distance between the trees was about four steps. Those in Qing Gong could completely traverse the treetops.

But...

Shen quickly shook his head, denying his own guess. "I have already looked under the tree, and there is snow on the branches. If we were to leave from the tree, there would not be so much snow on the branch. "

"Winter branches are very fragile." Prince Huan glanced at him with a smile, then raised his chin towards the distance. "When you went to look at the snow on the tree branches, did you notice any tiny tree branches in the snow?"

Shen Yi Fan replied instantly, "They broke the branch when they were leaving!"

Duke Huan extended three of his fingers and shook them, "Firstly, there are some small and unremarkable branches that have fallen on the top layer of the snow. Second, fresh sections can be seen on some of the tree's individual branches. Third... There are obviously some broken branches hanging on that tree, right? "

Shen Yi Fan said from the bottom of his heart: "Sir, you are too meticulous with your observations, this humble servant cannot compare."

"That's because you're from the military, and I've been in the Privy Council for more than a decade." "Just listen to what I have to say. Don't mention it to anyone else — including Ninth Brother."

Shen Yi Fan was startled, the two guards behind him looked at each other, puzzled as well, "Master, why is that?"

Prince Huan mounted his horse. "Let me teach you two another thing: when dealing with the martial arts people, learn to see what they want us to see and say. Do as the enemy says, and it's not just bad things. "

Shen Yi Fan hesitated. "But we …"

"Be careful not to return to the city before nightfall!" King Huai shook the reins and galloped his horse away.