Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, had only the queen Dugu Jialuo in his wife, and there were no other concubines. He had five sons under his knees, all of whom were given by Empress Dugu. The eldest son Liang was named King of Han; the fourth son Xiu was named King of Shu; the third son Jun was named King of Qin; the second son Guang was named King of Jin first and then appointed as crown prince. The original eldest son and crown prince Yong, because of his advocacy of luxury and favor, and many other things accumulated over time, gradually lost the favor of the emperor's parents. He knew that his status was not guaranteed, and finally took risks and wanted to collude with ministers to force the palace. After the failure, Yang Yong was deposed as a commoner, and together with his wives and concubines, he was imprisoned in the cold palace in the corner of the imperial city. It has been nearly two years since then.

Now among Yang Jian’s five sons, Yang Jun and Yang Xiu have died one after another. Yang Guang is still confused. Yang Jian and his wife will naturally feel more pity for their two sons who are still alive. In addition, the anger that was born by their eldest son forcing the palace to be forced to the palace has gradually faded. A few days ago, when Yang Zhao was still in Jile Temple, he heard from Mingyue that it was last month that Yang Jian ordered the staff to serve the cold palace and asked the eunuch in charge about whether the daily supply of his eldest son was enough. If this trend continues, although the chance of re-establishing Yang Yong as the crown prince is still infinitely equal to zero, it is entirely possible to release him from the cold palace and re-establish a title.

However, before all this could be realized, the sudden fire burned the entire cold palace to ruins. Apart from the soldiers on duty and guarding the night before the incident, few people in the cold palace could escape in time. Yang Yong himself, his concubines, and his young children, were all buried in the fire.

In fact, when Dugu Xiong came to Ganlu Palace to report to the emperor and the queen, the fire did not stop. However, the fire was extremely fierce and it was out of control. Everyone tried their best to prevent the fire from spreading to other places. Fortunately, the place where the cold palace was located was quite remote. Otherwise, no matter how hard everyone tried, the buildings of Tai Chi Palace would probably be burned down overnight.

At that time, if Yang Zhao had arrived at the cold palace immediately at the beginning of the fire, with his cultivation, he would not have taken the fire seriously, and had a great chance to rush in and rescue his uncle and some cousins. However, he had been delayed for so long in the Ganlu Palace. When Dugu Xiong came over, even if he wanted to go over and save people, it was too late. By accident, life and death were often only a line. People could not help but sigh.

But... this fatal fire was really just an accident?

Standing next to the ruins, watching the handyman clean up the fire, Yang Zhao's doubts could not dissipate. Because he still clearly remembered that before the fire started, the shrill screams that had already echoed in the night sky. How could someone shout for help for no reason? Moreover, the interval between the sound of the cry and the fire started was too short. According to common sense, if the fire was caught due to an accident, the fire would not spread so quickly, and people who could wake up and escape in time would not be as few as now. In a moment, the fire broke out, as if someone had planted fire seeds everywhere in the cold palace in advance, and dozens of fireheads were attacked at the same time.

But who did he hate Yang Yong so much and insisted on putting all his family and his family to death? To put it nicely, Yang Yong's character is good at accepting advice and being able to respect the wise and indecisive. To put it nicely, he is soft-hearted and indecisive in his work. But no matter what, he has been the prince for nearly twenty years, and has never done anything that harms the world and should have no selfless grudges. When it comes to public revenge, it is only the same thing that happened when he and Yang Guang fought for the throne. However, the outcome of both sides has long been settled, and Yang Yong was imprisoned in the cold palace and would no longer pose a threat to anyone, but why should he set fire to kill people?

"Prince, Prince? What's wrong with you? I have something to report." A calm voice suddenly rang in my ears, interrupting Yang Zhao's contemplation. The little prince took a deep breath, turned around and looked at Dugu Sheng who was approaching him. Last night, Yang Jian had given all the relevant aftermath matters to his grandson to handle. So it was not wrong for Dugu Sheng to claim his subordinate to the little prince. But he is the cousin of Queen Dugu, and his seniority is two classes higher than Yang Zhao, so the little prince is not good at taking advantage of him. He bowed and said, "Dugu Zhaowu, don't be so polite, just call me my name."

Although Dugu Sheng was the foreman of the Tai Chi Palace, he held real power. His official position was not too high, and he was just a captain of Zhaowu at the sixth rank. Therefore, Yang Zhao called him Dugu Zhaowu. He did not dare to put an air of an elder to the King of Henan. He ignored the orders of "no need to be polite" and said respectfully: "Report to the prince, the fire has been basically cleaned up and the remains have been pulled out. Should the prince inspect one or two?"

"Oh, it's all cleaned up?" Yang Zhao looked up at the sky. Although there was light, it was impossible to feel the heat in the winter sun. It was just about three hours before the fire was extinguished. He could clean up the ruins, and the efficiency was really not slow. He was suspicious. He heard that the remains were excavated, so of course he had to check them clearly. He nodded and asked Dugu Sheng to lead the way and go to the other side of the fire. He saw more than a dozen soldiers holding swords and guns, separated a clearing. The ground was covered with mats, and the bodies dug out of the fire were arranged in sequence, covered with white cloth. A rough number of them were found.

The victims in the fire are usually suffocated to death. Only a few of them are actually burned to death by the fire. And what they see in front of them is the same. Although these dozen remains are smoked and fired, most of them can still be distinguished from their appearance before their birth. It can be said that they have saved countless efforts to identify their identities. A few who have been burned beyond recognition can also be used to speculate based on their body shape and ornaments and other characteristics. It is fine if Yang Yong and his concubines, but they are looking at the remains of their cousins ​​that were burned to death. Although their relationship is not very deep, Yang Zhao still feels very heavy.

After about half a stick of incense, all the remains had been tested, and only Yang Yong's last one was not confirmed. Dugu Sheng took the little prince to the left edge of the mat and stretched out his hand to uncover the white cloth. Suddenly, a ball of dark things appeared in front of him. For example, it was like a roasted pig used to worship the mountain during the Qingming Festival. However, the master overslept for a while, but the pig was burned to charcoal and could no longer see its original appearance.

Yang Zhao frowned and turned around and asked, "Dugu Zhaowu, are you sure this group of...things are my uncle?"

If it is burned to this way, it is hard to tell whether it is Zhang Sanchi or Li Si. How could Dugu Sheng be sure of anything? He smiled bitterly and said, "Report to Prince, this corpse was dug out from the dormitory of the eldest prince in the hall. According to common sense, it would be impossible to be wrong for the eldest prince."

"That's it?" Yang Zhao twisted his eyebrows and said, "My beauty Wang slept with my uncle, right? But she can still maintain her appearance during her lifetime. Why did my uncle burn it like this?" The so-called Meiren Wang is one of Yang Yong's concubines, who had just checked and confirmed his identity.

Dugu Sheng hesitated and said, "Although the eldest prince was in bed, according to the old habits of the eldest prince, the one who had to sleep alone after the work was five or six, would not necessarily allow the beautiful man to bed with him until dawn. It seemed the same last night. In fact, the remains of the eldest prince and the eldest prince were not excavated at the same time, but were separated from inside and outside the dormitory."

"Even so, since my uncle was burned like this, just separated by a wall, why did the fire on the beautiful man Wang weaken so much? This is too unreasonable." Yang Zhao still shook his head, and his doubts were not resolved, but became a little deeper. He paused and continued, "Continue to clean up the fire and pay attention to whether there are any other abnormal situations. If so, please contact me immediately. As for the corpses here, let's get buried first. But..."

Yang Zhao hesitated for a moment, but still didn't continue to say anything. After giving a few instructions, he boarded a horse and hurried out of the palace. There were many doubts about this matter in front of him. In the eyes of the little prince, whether Yang Yong was really burned to death must be a big question mark. There are too few clues at present, and no speculation can be discussed. But the little prince always felt that this matter was not just an accident. But at present, he could not spend more energy and time on tracing the real cause of the fire. Because there was still more important thing waiting for Yang Zhao to do, that is, to explore the entrance to the Yang Gong Treasure House of Xijiyuan.

The sky sword roared and rose as the thunder sword approached. After a few days, Yang Xuangan must have entered Daxing. The place where he was hiding was probably in Yang Gong’s treasure house. In addition, You Niaojuan, who was attached to the alien demon, and Chaoyang Tianmo, who was currently missing... For a moment, Yang Zhao couldn’t help but feel a headache, and he felt that he was unable to do anything. Fan Qinghui and Zhu Meixian didn’t know when they would come out of seclusion, otherwise, there would be two girls here, and some things could be entrusted to them. Now there was nothing to do.

Xijiyuan is not far from the imperial city, and it arrived immediately after a quick horse. Since the discovery of a problem here, the court has sent troops to garrison here day and night, with great vigilance. The person in charge of this matter is still Pei Ju, the Minister of the Inner History. The captain of the garrison guards is still the commander of the right guard guards, and Cao Yinglong, nicknamed "Ghost Crying Gods", is responsible for the responsibility. The palace sent someone from the palace to inform Xijiyuan in advance. Therefore, Yang Zhao's figure has just appeared at the other end of the long street, and Pei Ju has led everyone to welcome him. Among the crowd, Dugu valve master Dugu Feng and his mother You Chuhong, as well as Yuwen Shu and his son Yu Wen Wen Wen and others are indispensable.

The imperial city caught fire last night, so Yang Jian did not attend court today. Although the reason was not announced publicly, everyone knew about it. Yuwen Shu also made great efforts in the fight for Yang Guang's throne back then. He would only applaud Yang Yong's burning to death. But after all, he could not do so explicitly, so he took the lead in coming forward to condolences. Yang Zhao did not want to say more about this, but just casually wrote a few words on the room and turned it back to Yang Gong's treasure house. He said: "This treasure house has a great relationship, and there are dangers everywhere inside, so there should not be too many people going on here. Beyond this king, it is enough to have two more. I think..."

"Since it's important, then... cough cough... the old woman is just responsible... cough cough... the side loan." You Chuhong is Jiang Gui's nature, and she is so old. She immediately volunteered and said: "That's count... cough cough... the old woman is the same."

"Although Mrs. You has high martial arts skills, it is not suitable to go down the well." Yuwen Shu shook her head and said, "It's cold and the water underground is very cold. The old lady has an old illness. If the disease recurs, it's not a joke. Let me come."

"Although Mrs. You is not suitable to go down the well, Duke Xu is the same. Please ask two of you to lead heavy troops and guard the guards at the wellhead to make support at any time." In fact, Yang Zhao had a long case of the candidates for help. He said in a voice: "Since there are many institutions underground, Yuwen Shaoshang is definitely indispensable. As for the other one... there is a Minister Pei." You must know that no matter how high Yuwen Shu and You Chuhong have a high cultivation level, how can they be as good as the "evil king" Shi Zhixuan? If you want to deal with the re-generation overlord, among the crowd, only Shi Zhixuan is qualified to attack when the little prince and Yang Xuangan fight.

Although Shi Zhixuan also showed martial arts skills on weekdays, he was not too clever to give everyone the impression that Long Di Wu was not. When he heard that the King of Henan actually called for Minister Pei to follow him down the well, everyone was shocked. Shi Zhixuan smiled bitterly, but he couldn't help but refuse. He bowed and said, "I should obey my order." Then he said nothing.

Since Yang Zhao had decided that the person present should respect him, it was difficult for others to object. So everyone surrounded him and entered Xijiyuan. Yang Zhao, Shi Zhixuan and Yuwen Kai changed into tight water respectively. After finishing the break, they came to the backyard. After saying goodbye to Yuwen Shu, You Chuhong and others, the three of them climbed down one after another along the thick hemp rope hanging by the well.

The well water is biting cold and connected to the underground river, which is deep and deep. Yuwen Kai uses the special airbag he made, and Yang Zhao and Shi Zhixuan sank directly into the underground river. After exploring nearly ten feet of narrow and rugged rivers, Yuwen Kai gently pulled the little prince and said something was wrong. Because not everyone has the ability to move in the water for a long time like them, it is absolutely unreasonable if the entrance is too far from the bottom of the well. And the underground river continues to go deeper and slant, wouldn't it be farther away from the ground?
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