The bonfire made people's cheeks turn red. Shen Yu got up after eating the potatoes and walked to the barracks again.

The soldier announced: "Your Highness, Shigure needs to see you for something."

Xie Tingzhou was about to take off his clothes when he heard this and tied the belt he had just tied back on, "What's the matter?"

Shen Yu said outside the tent: "General Shen's children are not around, and I want to keep vigil for General Shen."

"That's right."

In order to preserve the body, there was no charcoal basin in the tent where the corpse was buried, and the tent was as cold as an ice cellar.

Her tears had long since dried up and she couldn't cry anymore. She knelt in the tent all night and sneaked out of the tent before dawn in the morning.

The snow in Yanliangguan stopped for a few days and started falling again. A few days ago, there was a chill, but now the streets have returned to their pre-war appearance.

The secret guard followed Shen Yu closely, watching her twisting left and right in the alley, always keeping a close distance.

They came to a fork in the road, but as soon as they stepped out of the way, they disappeared.

Shen Yu walked on the street for a while, then she tiptoed and turned into the backyard of a house.

There were people waiting in the room, and when they saw Shen Yu, Hongqiao and Lvyao all knelt in front of her.

"Miss, this slave has failed the lady's trust. Please punish me."

Hongqiao and Lvyao soldiers divided into two groups, one went to Hezhou to report the news, and the other went to Ganzhou Prefecture to raise food, but in the end they were still a step too late.

Shen Yu's eyes filled with tears, "You have done a great job."

Hongqiao cried and said: "If I could deliver the food faster, the general and the others..."

Shen Yu knew this was impossible, "No matter how early it is, they will not let you enter the city."

Hongqiao wiped her tears and asked, "What are you going to do now?"

Shen Yu said: "There are too many doubts about this battle, and it is definitely not something that a mere supervisor can control. There must be someone else behind Liang Jianfang, and I must catch him."

There was so much murderous intent in her eyes that it was scary to see.

"We will follow Miss." they both said in unison.

Shen Yu shook her head and said: "I am currently in the army of Beilin Crown Prince Xie Tingzhou. Soon he will escort Liang Jianfang to Beijing. I have to find a way to stay with him."

"Then what are the orders from the young lady?" Hongqiao asked.

Shen Yu said: "Brother borrowed grain from Ganzhou City, you go and pay it back for me."

Hongqiao was not angry, "Why should we pay it back? The general and the young master are fighting on the front line to defend Yanliang Pass and protect the people in the pass, but they are closing the city and forcing people to death."

How could Shen Yu not understand this truth?

But she didn't want Shen Zhao to go on the road with debts on his back. Even if he had to leave, he would have to leave in a clean way.

"I want him to leave cleanly."

As soon as these words came out, Hongqiao and Luyao both had red eyes.

A person like Major General Zhilan Yushu ended up with no bones left.

Shen Yu came out secretly and could not stay for long. After explaining the matter, she went back.

The gloom of the past few days has been weighing on everyone in the military camp, but it is a different scene in the city. The people only care about the small space in front of them. If their homes are not in chaos and people are hungry, they will not care about their country.

Pedestrians are hurrying on the street, vendors are shouting, and the breath of life is everywhere.

The tea stall was full of people, all discussing the battle at Yanliang Pass a few days ago.

An old man said: "It's so tragic. You didn't see the formation. The corpses are spread out to the horizon."

"I heard that the supervisory army and the governor have been captured by Prince Beilin."

The old man said: "Why do you call me adults? They are all people whose heads cannot be tied securely."

Shen Yu approached, asked for a bowl of tea, and interrupted while everyone was chatting, "Isn't there a guard in Ganzhou Mansion? The guard is closed, so why is he okay?"

"You don't know this, right?" The old man looked him over, "Are you a foreigner?"

Shen Yu said: "Yes, come to bury the bodies of my father and eldest brother."

Everyone looked at her with sympathy.

The old man sat next to him with a tea bowl and said in a low voice: "The guard of Ganzhou City is not an ordinary person. His sister is married to the cousin of King Beilin. They are married here. How can you say that the prince can Will you touch him? He is one of our own."

Shen Yu squeezed the tea bowl tightly, "I know a lot of news."

The old man shook his head and said: "I'm just a grocery store. I supply food to the government's government office on weekdays. I just heard some gossip. However, I didn't hear that Ganzhou Guard was a relative of Beilin King. It was Lord Guard himself. What was said in Hualou has been spread throughout Ganzhou City for a long time.”

It was getting dark, and the campfire was lit again.

After the secret guard reported the embarrassing situation to Xie Tingzhou, a guard came to report:

"Your Highness, the Ganzhou garrison has come to invite you."

Xie Tingzhou put down what he was holding, "Just in time, if he doesn't come to invite me, I will go find him."

A group of people entered the city, with two columns of guards on horseback, protecting a carriage in the middle, and stopped in a small courtyard.

The guard opened the curtain and said, "Your Highness, we are here."

Xie Tingzhou got out of the carriage and took a look.

This small courtyard is in a remote location and the walls are not high. It is the residence of ordinary people.

Xie Tingzhou smiled. It was really simple. It was not easy for Hu Xingwang to find a courtyard to pretend to be an upright official just to invite him.

The guards all lowered their heads, because they had followed Xie Tingzhou long enough and knew that someone was going to suffer if he smiled like this.

The lights were on in the small courtyard, but the door was closed.

The guards went to call them, but after knocking for a long time, there was no movement.

There was a faint smell of blood floating in the wind.

"No!" Xifeng immediately ordered: "Break the door!"

The courtyard door was kicked open, and the guards rushed in well-trained. There were four rooms on the east and west sides of the courtyard. The guards went in, searched around, and came out quickly.

"Your Highness, you are still angry."

In the west wing, Hu Xingwang was tied to a stool.

Xie Tingzhou only glanced at it and then looked away in disgust, "Someone ruined my business."

Xi Feng said: "The person shouldn't have gone far yet, I will send someone to chase him immediately."

"No need." Xie Tingzhou stopped him, "We can't catch up."

With a "Gulu" sound, Hu Xingwang spit out a mouthful of blood and opened his lips as if he wanted to speak.

Xie Tingzhou ignored him, "Have the handover of the garrison been completed?"

Xi Feng said: "It's ready."

"Then there's no need to save him," Xie Tingzhou said.

This means neither saving nor killing, leaving Hu Xingwang to take his last breath and die of pain.

"Your Highness, here is a signed evidence."

The evidence was placed on the table, pressed with a bloody dagger. The guard presented it to Xie Tingzhou, but Xie Tingzhou did not take it and quickly scanned it with his eyes.

It was Hu Xingwang's confession. In the confession, he confessed how he was blackmailed by Liang Jianfang and closed the city during the war. He also explained the amount of corruption and bribery over the years and the whereabouts of the money he collected.

After reading it, Xie Tingzhou said: "Put it away. You will need it when you go to Beijing."

The guards found several more corpses around the yard, presumably the guards Hu Xingwang had left nearby to protect them.

On the way back, Xi Feng followed on horseback.

"Your Highness, that man is very skilled. Almost all of Hu Xingwang's people are killed with one sword. He is not an ordinary person."

Xie Tingzhou leaned against the car wall with his eyes closed and fell asleep, "Either the enemy or the ally, the method is a bit extreme, but at least he still knows how to have a backup plan."

The person must be killed, and the confession must be kept. It seems that this person is quite intelligent.

Xifeng said solemnly: "Could he be a knight of some kind?"

Xie Tingzhou half-opened his eyes and laughed, "The path of a knight in the world is not so wild."

Xifeng nodded, "That's true."

Xie Tingzhou said: "Hu Xingwang didn't leave any good skin on his body. If he didn't have any grudges, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to do this."

If it is hatred, then the scope is too large and it is really difficult to identify the target.

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