They say it's sick

Chapter 6

The sun rose three poles and shone on the vast snowfield, dazzling but not warm.

Chen Jin pulled the rein with one hand, slowing down the galloping horse a little, and rubbed his stiff cheek with his free hand.

In just the blink of an eye, the white figure that was still beside him had already flown away, and what remained in Chen Jin's eyes was only the flapping hem of his clothes.

"My lord..." Chen Jin hurriedly rode his horse to catch up, "The weather in this snow field is unpredictable. If there is a blizzard or something, it's normal to delay for a day or two. The son and the others may have gone to find a place to stay halfway like us."

He said the words, but did not get a response, maybe it was because the wind was too loud in his ears, Yun Zhi didn't hear it, or maybe he didn't want to answer the words at all.

Chen Jin looked up and saw his tense side face, and couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Half an hour ago, the person Yunzhi sent out sent back news that his elder brother Yunji had arrived in Beizhen the day before yesterday, and after a night's rest, he continued to return home early the next morning.

It is only half a day's journey from Beizhen to Pingzhou, and a whole day has passed, but there is no news of it.

Yun Zhi didn't show it on his face, and directly led the people out of the city, all the way to Beizhen.

"Young master!" The subordinate who was walking in the front suddenly reined in his horse and pointed to the road ahead, "Front!"

A group of people stopped on their horses one after another and looked at the past.

The winter is long, the sky is cold and the snow is deep, and now it is approaching the end of the year, so there are few travelers or caravans on the road.

They didn't even see a single person along the way, but there was a mess of horseshoe marks in front of them, and there were two rows of deep and shallow rut marks in front of them. It seemed that they had come all the way from Beizhen, stayed here, and then were killed. A horse team stopped them, turned around, and headed towards the birch forest to the west.

Chen Jin looked in the direction of the birch forest, and suddenly said, "There seems to be a carriage over there!"

Yun Zhi held the rein tightly: "Go and have a look!"

The birch forest looks far away, and it only takes a moment to ride there.

The sound of the wind whizzed past my ears, and the carriage, which was originally only a vague outline, gradually became clear.

Yun Zhi subconsciously tightened the reins, and the galloping horse neighed to a stop—not only was there a carriage in front of the birch forest, but there were also several corpses that had not been buried by the heavy snow.

The scarlet blood stained the white snow red, and then condensed into dark red ice crystals, spreading all the way to the birch forest.

After a moment of hesitation, the others had already approached, got off their horses and scattered to examine the corpse.Whether it was intentional or not, no one approached the overturned carriage.

The hands holding the reins trembled unconsciously. Yun Zhi looked down and slowly clenched her fists until veins appeared on the back of her hands.

He closed his eyes, got off his horse, stepped on the knee-deep snow, walked to the carriage step by step, and opened the curtain soaked in blood.

A young man was nailed to the car wall with a sharp arrow piercing through his chest.

Yun Zhi knelt down slowly, staring blankly at the familiar face.

Yunji leaned there ignorantly, his eyes closed tightly, and a layer of hoarfrost formed on his slightly long eyelashes. His handsome face became pale due to excessive blood loss, and because he stayed in the ice and snow for too long, he fainted. The ground is bluish gray.

He was wearing a white brocade robe, the fine material was soaked in blood, and he could no longer see his true colors.

Yun Zhi slowly lowered her gaze, looking at the sharp arrow stuck in her heart.

He raised his hand, trying to take the unsightly arrow, but found that his hands, which could easily break other people's necks, lacked any strength.

"Big brother..."

Yun Zhi opened her mouth, but she didn't make a sound, she couldn't even sense her own breathing and heartbeat.

It was as if that sharp arrow had also pierced into his heart, causing him and his elder brother to die together on this vast snowfield.

The snow is covered, the wind is howling, and everything in the world dissipates like clouds and smoke at this moment.

Yun Zhi silently knelt in front of the carriage, except for the trembling arched back, the whole person was like a static statue.

Chen Jin watched from a distance, his eye circles turned red, but he still didn't come forward after all.

After an unknown amount of time, the bright sun above his head was covered by dark clouds, and the flying snow fell coldly on the person's face.

Chen Jin sighed lowly, and walked towards the back that looked particularly thin at this moment.

Disturbed by the sound of footsteps, Yun Zhi suddenly moved when Chen Jin approached, and then slowly turned her gaze away.

Chen Jin lowered his head, facing those red eyes, and saw the raging killing intent inside.

He stopped subconsciously, only feeling an inexplicable coolness spreading down his back. The instinct of martial arts all the year round convinced him that as long as he took another step forward, the long sword at Yun Zhi's waist would come out of its sheath and cut through own throat.

Fortunately, the killing intent was fleeting.

Yun Zhi stared at Chen Jin's face, slowly let go of the hand that was holding onto the hilt of the sword, and wiped it on her face carelessly. Lost consciousness, staggered a bit.

Chen Jin hurriedly went to help but was thrown away, so he could only retreat to the original place and watch Yun Zhi stand up slowly but firmly while supporting the carriage.

He lowered his eyes and glanced into the carriage, then turned around and walked straight to the birch forest.

"Son!"

Chen Jin was stunned, and immediately followed, but did not get any response, he could only follow behind step by step, watching him look through the corpses on the ground one by one, and check the messy marks on the ground.

After a long time, Yun Zhi stood still in front of the carriage, the top of his hair and shoulders were dyed white by the flying snow.

He turned his head, his eyes were red and swollen, but there was a pitch-black silence at the bottom of his eyes, but it seemed that something was surging silently: "Sixteen..."

Chen Jin was stunned: "What?"

"There are a total of sixteen people who want to kill Big Brother."

Night falls.

Li Yan woke up from the noise, and stood by the window in a daze for a while before he could discern the time when he appeared.

When he came out of Li Xuan's room during the day, the steward sent him directly to this wing.Compared with the original dilapidated house, this place is not much spacious, but it is obviously more exquisite, and it is also closer to Li Xuan's yard——

Li Xuan is arrogant but suspicious, even though Li Yan is a timid and cowardly waste in his eyes, it is more reassuring to keep him close.

Li Xuan said that he had spoken, but the servants of the Li family, including the steward, obviously didn't care about this young master who appeared out of thin air. When the door wanted to take a breath, he "tactfully" advised him not to run around, and then no one asked him.

Fortunately, Li Yan was not interested in visiting Li's mansion either - he spent too much time meeting Li Xuan, so he simply ate and drank enough, then fell on the bed and fell into a drowsy sleep.

It's time to open your eyes again.

There was still leftovers from the day on the table, and after a long time, no one came to clean it up. After looking through it, Li Yan felt that he could not wrong his stomach, so he drank half a cup of cold tea and went straight out the door.

It seems that something happened in the mansion, the servants came and went in a hurry, no one paid attention to Li Yan's existence, occasionally one or two recognized who he was, greeted him hastily, and then passed, Li Yan went all the way without hindrance to the kitchen.

It was probably past dinner time. Compared to the hustle and bustle of other places in the mansion, this place was considered clean, with only two cooks chatting while tidying up.

The door of the room was half closed, and the voice came out clearly. After Li Yan heard a few words, the hand knocking on the door stopped in mid-air.

"What is the origin of that young master Yun, so that our general is so concerned about it, and he is sent up and down in the mansion..."

The younger cook asked, "And specially asked the steward to come over and order him to cook the soup."

The older cook replied while chopping vegetables: "How many people with the surname Yun in Liaobei, you must have heard of Zhenyuan Hou Yunye, that's his father."

"Marquis of Zhenyuan?" The young cook thought for a while, "I heard that our general served as a lieutenant under the command of Marquis Zhenyuan in the early years?"

"It's the one..." The old cook said with a sigh, "It is said that the young master came to Pingzhou this time to pick up his eldest brother Zhenyuan Hou Shizi to go home, who would have thought that this person died on the way , this kind of thing happened just before the Chinese New Year, and it disturbed our family's life."

"Oh, what's this called!" The young cook also shook her head, and suddenly thought, "The eldest son of the Yun family died in our Pingzhou border, you said that the Marquis of Zhenyuan would not count this matter on our general on the head?"

"Although the Marquis of Zhenyuan has one more marquis than our general, everyone is the general manager, and no one is inferior to him. His son died unjustly, but it was not our general who killed him. Even if he is a Marquis, he can't be angry. Well..." said the elder cook, she glanced at her and lowered her voice, "Besides, even if he takes revenge on the general, what does it have to do with us."

"That's right..." The young cook replied, and added some water to the pot, "By the way, what happened to the eldest son in our house, I didn't hear that the general has other sons before? "

"Who can explain the master's affairs clearly..." The elderly cook shook her head, "When I went to deliver the food in the morning, I took a look from a distance. She was white and thin, with a sick face, and looked like our general It doesn't look alike at all, and I don't see anything else..."

When the topic turned to himself, Li Yan smiled softly, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, and without waiting for a response from inside, he pushed open the door and stepped in.

Both cooks were taken aback by this unexpected visitor. After all, the older one was more stable, glanced over Li Yan's face, and recognized that this was the one just discussed, put down the kitchen knife in his hand and barely squeezed out. A smile: "Why did the eldest son come here?"

"Excuse me..." Li Yan smiled, looking very kind, "I slept too much during the day and missed dinner, so I came here to see if there is anything to eat."

As he spoke, he approached the soup that was stewing on the stove, and sniffed it lightly: "This soup smells good, it doesn't matter if I drink a bowl?"

The two cooks looked at each other, they had never seen such a young master.

Finally the older one spoke: "This soup is ordered by the general for the honored guest... We will prepare something else for you, and it will be delivered to your room later."