The two walked down the stone steps on the mountain and went to a heavy-eaved temple to hide from the snow. Xu Miaojin reached out to pat the fallen snow on her body, then reached her jade hand in front of her red lips, exhaled a mouthful of white steam, rubbed her hands gently, and sighed: "This world is so cold..."

Not only is it cold, but this place is also very lonely, with almost silent snow falling and no people around. They are shrouded in the heavy snow, and they seem to have been forgotten by the world.

Zhu Gaoxu heard Xu Miaojin's sigh and looked at her side. Her white face looked very pure, but her eyes were charming, with deep pain in her eyes. All these contradictory things merged into one on that beautiful face.

...It's not just her feeling that way, Zhu Gaoxu also empathizes with it. Occasionally, he can get some kind of comfort, which is often fleeting.

But Zhu Gaoxu felt that his heart was stronger than Xu Miaojin... He did not believe in morality and ethics. After the collapse of the destruction and diverse value baptism in later generations, he was completely unrestrained by general morality and would be subject to actual severe punishment unless he violated the rules.

He finally couldn't help but say, "Do you know that the etiquette and laws we follow only apply to the common people?"

"What?" Xu Miaojin turned her head in confusion.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "My aunt said she would go to hell after she died. She was really worried and shouldn't be your knot."

Xu Miaojin listened silently.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "Have you ever paid attention to the swallow's nest? Swallows incubate the little swallow not for feeding back, but by nature. When the little swallow grows up, will the mother swallow sell it?"

"The pigeon calls the chicks, and the crow feeds back, and it is kind." Xu Miaojin said softly, "The crow will feed back."

Zhu Gaoxu was actually choked.

Xu Miaojin glanced at him and said helplessly: "I don't want to refute you on purpose. I'm comparing it with birds, but humans are not beasts, how can they compare?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Man is much more cruel than beasts. Even though a tiger is fierce, it will not enslave cattle and horses, or even other tigers?"

Xu Miaojin raised her head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, "You are very different... I always feel that there is something different about King Gaoyang."

Zhu Gaoxu stopped talking.

...After a little silence, Xu Miaojin couldn't help asking again: "Last New Year's Eve, I remember not saying anything important, how did King Gaoyang notice it?"

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "It seems very strange to me that my aunt wanted to commit suicide that night. Your situation should have many ways to go, so that I won't get to that point; and my aunt is smart, not the kind of person who is narrow-minded and wants to seek death if he can't figure it out... Then, you must have encountered some obstacles that you can't overcome.

But a few days later, when I saw you again, you became a different person again, not as if you were in a desperate situation. Later, I didn’t hear anything happened to you. At this time, I learned about Xukong being arrested and Zhang Yan assassinated Xukong. So I assumed first that you were with them. All this was strange, didn’t it make sense?

First, Xukong and his family were found out, and it was very likely that you would confess you, so you were very worried and afraid, so you wanted to die; later, Xukong was killed and the clues of the investigation of the Yan Prince's Mansion were cut off, you don't have to worry anymore."

Zhu Gaoxu paused and said, "But if it cannot explain anything, it must be verified. So I set up some points at the north gate of the Yanwang Mansion and Chi Yueguan, and secretly investigated and investigated them personally.

Until today, I found out that you were helping Zhang Yan's son, so I was verified... Zhang Yan killed Xukong to silence him, to protect you or other spies; you benefited from it, so I helped Zhang Yan's descendants to repay his kindness. That's right?"

After hearing this, Xu Miaojin sighed quietly: "No one in the entire Yan Prince's Mansion expected that King Gaoyang was so meticulous, and I had nothing to say, so I could only convince myself."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "That's because the rest of the Yan Prince's Mansion failed to run into the sister-in-law jumped into the well."

Xu Miaojin whispered: "King Gaoyang was not a coincidence, you came with him. If you hadn't been caring about me all the time, how could you find that something was wrong with me that day?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement, and he suddenly remembered that she said on New Year's Eve last year: No one cared about her.

At this time, he found that the snowflakes falling on his shoulders felt the warmth of his body temperature, and the fabric on his shoulders had become wet.

Xu Miaojin looked up at the snow in the sky and asked, "Since you are just guessing, why can you track me down for a few months? If you are just worried that I will endanger the Yan Prince's Mansion, why don't you just tell others?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt that he could answer, but he couldn't find a suitable word to explain for a while.

So he asked, "There is another thing I don't understand. Since Xukong's family was arrested, it is very dangerous for you to stay. Why don't you just run away?"

Xu Miaojin turned her head and looked at him. The face that should have been innocent and young showed sadness and helplessness: "You don't understand some inside story."

"What's the inside story?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out.

Xu Miaojin just shook her head, smiled bitterly again, and said nothing.

Seeing that her originally vermilion lips were black, Zhu Gaoxu knew that it was cold outside and that people stood still and became even colder. He said, "Let's go, let's go back. I've stayed outside for too long and I'm afraid of getting cold."

Xu Miaojin nodded, "Let's go separately, you go first."

Zhu Gaoxu reached out and made an action, "How can I leave you alone here?"

Xu Miaojin said "good goodbye" and walked to the side of the eaves first. After walking for a while, she suddenly turned around and said, "King Gaoyang, do you really want to keep it a secret for me?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Seeing Xu Miaojin's back disappearing from the corner of the wall, he slowly walked in another direction and thought to himself: I have contributed a lot to the Yan Prince's Mansion, and the interests are not my own. Why should I sacrifice my aunt for the benefit of the entire Yan Prince's Mansion?

Zhu Gaoxu walked down the mountain from the side gate of the temple and found Wang Gui at the intersection.

He opened the curtain and saw Wang Gui crouching in a ball and trembling in the carriage. When Wang Gui saw Zhu Gaoxu, he raised his head: "The prince is finally back. If he doesn't come again, he will only see the frozen corpse of his servant!"

"Go ahead to catch the car." Zhu Gaoxu climbed up.

Wang Gui shrank his neck and got out of the car first, then went to the front to pick up the whip, and swung it "slap" and turned around and said, "Have you seen the man wearing a blue cloak?"

"I've seen it." Zhu Gaoxu said, "The incident has been figured out before, so you don't have to check it."

"Yes, Prince." Wang Gui answered and shut up.

Zhu Gaoxu gradually discovered that although Wang Gui was very ordinary before, this eunuch had many advantages. For example, his mouth was quite strict and his master would not ask questions, so he saved the trouble of explaining.

The carriage "Jili Gulu" was driving on the road. Before the snow had just been piled up, it was crushed into the soil, making the road a little muddy.

Wang Gui's voice casually said: "The prince has been dealing with that matter for several months."

Even Zhu Gaoxu himself couldn't explain why he was so persistent.

I remember that once I was cheated in my previous life and lost a lot of money, he was full of resentment and wanted to revenge. He first followed and observed the man secretly to find opportunities. But after only three days of persistence, he was discouraged and gave up.

Although the anger is very strong for a while, it is often difficult to last. After all, it does not get any benefits and lacks motivation.

Wang Gui drove his carriage back to Beiping City, and then went straight back to the county prince's mansion. He left the city very early in the morning, but it was noon now.

The weather outside was very cold, and the snow was falling, and there was no sign of calm. Zhu Gaoxu then hid in his room and asked me to burn charcoal to keep warm.
Chapter completed!