When the leaves fall, snow comes, and the plum blossoms are about to bloom in the middle of winter.

At the end of the year, red lanterns hung in every household in Zhiyuan County.

The hawking sounds on the street are more vigorous than before, and the children's laughter and the silent falling snow complement each other, adding a bit of the New Year atmosphere.

Outside the town, several fast horses came through the wind and snow.

The man on the horse had no expression and a cold look. He was headed by a middle-aged woman wearing a long robe and a scarlet chakra inside. The pattern of a phoenix bird was embroidered at his cuffs.

A woman's aura is restrained and she is powerful without anger.

She is the female official Fengyi of Huining Palace, with a profound cultivation level in the foundation building realm, is the most capable confidant of Queen Bu Hui, and is also the most powerful killer of the queen.

The woman's fast horse stopped outside Zhiyuan County.

She looked at the county town in front of her, with cold murderous intent in her eyes.

Soon, one person ran from the city and knelt on one knee.

"Have you found out?" the woman said coldly.

"After finding out, the missing sister of eunuch Xiaobao lives in Zhiyuan County." The visitor replied respectfully.

"The fish that escaped the net." The woman snorted coldly: "Do you think that if you escape into the sea, I can't catch you, a little fish? I can cheat you to death and hide your reputation. I can hide it from others, but I can't hide it from me."

Crunch.

The dilapidated courtyard door was pushed open from outside.

The female official Fengyi walked in slowly. She looked at the yard that was not big but clean, and then walked towards the door.

The rest were guarding the yard.

In the eyes of these men, even the top experts in Da Shang could not have a way out in front of him, let alone arresting an ordinary girl.

The door of the house suffocated for a moment, opened and closed.

The room was a little dark, and there was a weak girl sitting on the short kang.

Unlike other girls, she was not surprised by the uninvited outsiders, but instead had a strange smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Are you Xiaoyu?" The female official's eyebrows moved.

The other party is actually disabled and has no legs.

"Yes, who are you?"

"Female official Fengyi from Huining Palace."

"It turns out that he is an adult, I don't know what to do with me."

"You have an older brother named Xiaobao, who is an eunuch from Huining Palace. He was killed by a stick for hiding thieves."

"Who told him to steal things? If he dies, he will die, and he will die all the time."

"It's a cold-blooded person. Since you don't care about your dead brother, you should care about your own life. Tell me, who helped you escape to Zhiyuan County, who helped you pretend to die and hide your reputation, who killed the female official who had captured you before!"

"Xu Yan, I heard that he was a corpse refiner in the West Yai."

The girl's blurt out surprised the female official.

"Sure enough, there are ginseng from the Western Yaya coming in. I'm talking happily. I'll leave you a whole body, how do you want to die?"

"I told the truth, can't escape death?"

"Of course, what you are involved in is enough to kill the whole family."

"Okay, I'll choose a way to die, then... drown."

...

The room was so quiet that it was weird.

The few people in the yard waited for a while but the female official came out.

"What's going on? Why haven't the adults come out yet?"

"Is there an accident? That girl resisted hard?"

"What a joke, you don't know what kind of cultivation skills of an eunuch? How can a eunuch's sister resist useful?"

"Sir, it's probably torture, but it's too long, let's go and have a look."

The two of them called out twice outside the door, but they agreed without seeing each other, so they pushed the door and broke in.

Then there was a strange quietness.

The remaining four people looked at each other and rushed into the room together.

The dilapidated hut seemed to have become a strange evil beast at this moment, and no matter how many people were, they had nowhere to go.

The closed door was faintly filled with bright red blood.

The blood then surging, dyeing the window paper red, dyeing the flying snow red, spreading along the silver-white pavement all over the ground until it swallowed up the entire Zhiyuan County.

...

"Why are there no one on the street? It was quite lively when I came back, Lu'e, where are we going?"

"Go to find my sister, to find your brother, to meet our relatives."

"But, but sir... Brother, he told me to stay away from the imperial city! Brother said that living in Zhiyuan County is good. The imperial city is a bit dangerous and is not suitable for a country man like me."

"Don't worry, we're just going to visit relatives and leave as soon as we meet, and we won't cause trouble for them."

"I'm still a little worried, afraid of causing trouble for my brother."

"Have you happy Xiaoyu, if you have me, just take it as a way to accompany me. If I'm alone on the road, I'll be bored."

"Then... OK! I will accompany Lu'e to find her sister. Lu'e's sister must be very beautiful!"

"Of course, she is the number one beauty in Da Shang."

The snow is heavier.

Two small figures gradually disappeared at the end of the long road.

When the weather is sunny, there is a piece of silver inside and outside Zhiyuan County.

Everything is covered with silver.

A fast horse from far to near, and the rider on the horse was covered in dust.

After more than two months, Xu Yan finally arrived at the Da Shang realm and appeared outside Zhiyuan County.

Seeing the county town from afar, Xu Yan's heart became warmer.

People are not tired, and horses are not tired. They are not tired in a row for more than two months and nights, which consumes energy.

Xu Yan looks sluggish now.

Fortunately, I got home.

I don’t know if the house in Zhiyuan County is still leaking.

Xiaoyu should be living well, and the money she left for her was enough to repair the house.

With a body of dust, Xu Yan walked into the county town.

He planned to rest in Zhiyuan County, and then take Lu Hengyang Pass to retrieve the corpse and rush back to the imperial city.

Strange, why are there no one on the street today?

Is there a temple fair? I'll guess riddles.

It is normal for Wu to have no one. The two brothers died long ago, and there is no one in the old man next door?

Xu Yan pushed open the door of his yard.

The eyes were slightly condensed.

The snow in the yard is very thick and there are many footprints left.

The footprints vary in size, and many people have come here recently.

After shouting twice, no one was seen, Xu Yan walked into the house.

When I opened the door, the pungent smell of blood came to my face!

The room was empty, with furniture, bowls, chopsticks and so on neatly arranged, and the quilts were folded squarely, with two sets in total.

Xiaoyu is not living by herself, but has a companion.

Xu Yan glanced at the bedding and the bowls and chopsticks and analyzed that there were two people living here.

As for who Xiaoyu lives with, he couldn't guess at the moment.

"Where does the smell of blood come from..."

Xu Yan searched around and found nothing suspicious.

The kitchen knife is clean and has not cut meat.

The sun shines brightly outside the window, and the sun shines through the window paper, making the floor red.
To be continued...