Save the tragic villain in progress!

The prince was obviously taken aback, and struggled desperately after falling in, causing water to splash everywhere.The sound echoed in the deep well, appearing ghostly and gloomy.

Chu Xinian hid beside him, he splashed water on his face, and wiped it calmly with his hands.Xie Jingyuan watched coldly, turned around in disgust, and didn't want to talk to him at all.

The prince fluttered for a long time, and finally calmed down.He looked around subconsciously, only to find that he was at the bottom of a dark well, and Chu Xinian and Xie Jingyuan were watching him not far away.

The prince was obviously stunned for a moment: "Why are you here?"

Xie Jingyuan frowned tightly: "It fell."

idiot.

When the prince saw that there was still someone with him, he didn't panic immediately.He swam to Xie Jingyuan's side: "Then how do we get out?"

Hearing this, Chu Xinian suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "Where are His Highness's followers?"

"Gu..." The prince paused, sounding a little guilty, "Gu thought they were in the way, and asked them to wait by the roadside..."

This sentence snuffed out their last glimmer of hope.Xie Jingyuan gritted his teeth silently: "What are you doing coming in by yourself? Feed the wolves! It's fine without your followers, and you fell into the well yourself. When will your reckless temper change!"

"Xie Jingyuan!" The crown prince became furious, and smashed the surface of the water in anger, and the well water splashed on the faces of the three of them: "You are the only ones who are smart, why did you fall into it?!"

Chu Xinian was afraid that the two of them would fight, so he stretched out his hand and pulled Xie Jingyuan to his side, separating the two without a trace, but he shrank his hand because of the temperature of the other party's body.

He squinted at Xie Jingyuan's pale and bluish lips, and frowned subconsciously.

Xie Jingyuan closed his eyes and remained silent, not because he was afraid of the prince, but because he was not in the mood to make noise.Just let the other party go crazy for a while.

The prince was not in a hurry: "What are you afraid of? After a while they won't see Gu, they will naturally find him. Are you still afraid that you won't be able to get out?"

Theoretically, it is feasible, but I am afraid that Xie Jingyuan will not be able to hold on.

Chu Xinian scooped up a handful of cold well water, wondering what he was thinking, so he simply groped around the walls of the well.Before she died, Jiu Niang dragged her dying body and crawled for a certain distance, and she just arrived near the mouth of the well.If she wanted to ask for help, she should have crawled to the side of the road, so why did she crawl deep into the dense forest.

Is there something hiding in the well?

Xie Jingyuan crossed his arms and leaned against the wall of the well. Seeing Chu Xinian groping around, he raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "What are you looking for?"

Chu Xinian shook his head: "I just want to see if there are any clues inside, but I'm not sure."

The prince couldn't understand what the two of them were saying at all, and stared up at the mouth of the well, hoping that those damned servants would come over quickly.However, he accidentally touched the wall of the well, and suddenly something pierced his lower back. He thought it was a water snake, and when he grabbed it with his backhand, his fingertips touched a piece of hard paper.

"what?"

The prince picked it up from the water, looked at the moonlight shining through the mouth of the well, and saw it was a soaked envelope, frowned and said, "Why is there a letter?"

As soon as he said this, both Chu Xinian and Xie Jingyuan looked over.They swam to him one after another, but they saw a blank envelope that had not been signed, and it was bulging inside, which should be hiding something.

Chu Xinian said: "Your Highness, can I have a look?"

Before the prince could answer, Xie Jingyuan had already pulled out the envelope from his hand and threw it into Chu Xinian's arms: "It's not a good thing, you can read it if you want."

The prince looked at Xie Jingyuan, feeling that his temper was a bit abnormal, and he was not happy: "Xie Jingyuan, do you understand what is the courtesy of being a minister?"

Xie Jingyuan closed his eyes: "Wait until one day His Highness the Crown Prince becomes the emperor and then tell me these words."

The emperor does not die for a day, and the rest will be ministers after all.So what about the prince, even though he is related by blood, he is still a minister.

The crown prince snorted, but since Chu Xinian was by his side, he didn't take over.It is suspected that this word spread out, and Emperor Yan was always suspicious, so there is no guarantee that it will not cause any trouble.

Chu Xinian checked the seal of the letter paper, and then opened it, only to find a letter inside and a piece of jade hidden inside.The letter paper is made of oiled paper. Although it has been soaked in the well for a long time, the letter paper inside is still intact.

The prince urged: "Open it quickly and see what is written."

Chu Xinian carefully unfolded the semi-wet, non-drying paper, and barely discerned the wet ink marks on it through the moonlight, but found that it was a statement of guilt.The font is beautiful, it should come from the hands of a woman, and she will tell all the things behind the scenes:

My name is Jiuniang. I lost my relatives since I was a child, and I don't know my surname.People from Benan County were tossed around in Beijing because of the disaster of swordsmen.In the sixth year of Qisheng, Qin Daoyan, the general of the right guard, took her as a righteous daughter. Driven by him, she learned martial arts, and then hid in the field of fireworks to help her discover the secrets of Beijing.

Qin Daoyan is headstrong and narrow-minded.Since the reign of the first emperor, he has joined the army.Over the years, he has been conquering several times, and gradually he has been favored. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he used his meritorious service to become the general of the right guard and bestowed thousands of households in the city.In the 19th year of Qisheng, he moved to the Minister of the Ministry of War to participate in the government and discuss politics, which was quite praised.

In the 21st year of Qisheng, Jiuniang suddenly received a secret letter from Qin Daoyan, ordering me to lure the second son of the Chu family out of Beijing, kill him in the suburbs, and set the blame on Xie Jingyuan.However, there was a sudden change, and his guards came and missed.

Since the sixth year of Qisheng, Qin Daoyan has privately collected hundreds of false sons, hiding his evil ambitions and endangering his actions.I am becoming more and more worried, thinking about the chaos in Tai'anmen in the past, fearing that it will be silenced and become a useless chess game and a fish to be caught.So I left this letter and hid it in a dry well as a strict proof.

The material of the letter paper is flexible, and it seems to have been specially waterproofed, and it is still stained with blood.Before she died, Jiu Niang climbed to the edge of the well with her last breath, probably to lead people to discover what was inside.

Chu Xinian stared at the letter paper, thoughtful, finally confirmed his thoughts, and muttered to himself: "It really is Qin Daoyan..."

It seems he guessed right.In the past, the entire family of Xie's family was beheaded because of their involvement in the Tai'anmen rebellion, and Qin Daoyan was one of the people who led the army to arrest Xie's family at that time.

But Jiuniang's words were cryptic, as if implying that the matter behind it was not simple.

The prince held a jade pendant hidden in the envelope and looked at it for a long time: "I seem to have seen this jade pendant before. Qin Daoyan has countless adopted sons, and each of them has a piece. It seems that what Jiu Niang said is true. This old thing I have no grievances with you in the past, and I have no vendettas in the present, so what did you do to harm you, could it be that it was aimed at you?"

Xie Jingyuan didn't speak, the shadow in the well slanted on him, and he looked more and more like a lifeless stone statue, and it took a while to speak slowly: "In the past, he and General Xie Bi were both colleagues in the army, and their skills were not as good when they competed. People, secretly using insidious tricks, blinded themselves in one eye, and since then formed a grudge, and made things difficult for Xie's family."

Chu Xinian glanced at Xie Jingyuan without a trace.

Xie Bi was the head of the Xie clan back then, counted by seniority, he should be Xie Jingyuan's clan uncle.According to rumors, he led soldiers into the palace with the intention of rebelling against him, and was captured and killed in the palace.Xie Jingyuan, a concubine from a side branch, actually knew about Mixin in his early years?

The prince sneered: "Old man, Gu said why he wears an eyepatch to pretend to be a one-eyed dragon every day, so he is blind!"

After saying this, he looked up at the mouth of the well and shouted, "Damn it! It's been so long since I've disappeared, why haven't they come looking for me!"

The prince was immersed in the cold well, and he felt that the days seemed like years.In fact, based on modern time, less than 8 minutes had passed since he fell in.

Xie Jingyuan didn't speak, his lips were so pale that there was no blood, and there was also a blue-colored lifelessness between his brows, but he didn't say a word.He seemed to be thinking of something old, and he was lost in thought by himself.

Chu Xinian said: "Qin Daoyan originally wanted to kill me and blame you, but he missed it, so he simply killed Jiuniang to silence him, and involved you and me. It seems that he really hates you Xie family."

Xie Jingyuan coughed violently twice, his voice was hoarse and disdainful, concealing a hint of arrogance: "I have made countless enemies in this life, and I do not lack him."

The prince is quite generous.He slowly rolled up his sleeves, looking like he had a bad stomach: "This old man dares to make trouble secretly. Let's deal with King Jin first, and then deal with him, and kill these two turtle bastards."

Chu Xinian didn't speak.He held Xie Jingyuan's hand in the water, and pinched the other's wrist, but found that the pulse was getting weaker and weaker, and he knew it was caused by the cold erosion.After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly frowned and pulled Xie Jingyuan into his arms.

Xie Jingyuan was surprised: "What are you doing?"

The prince was also surprised: "Chu Xinian, are you shameless?!"

Chu Xinian looked calm.He put the letter paper back into his bosom, tightened his arms tightly, and embraced Xie Jingyuan's cold body, using this to convey some meager warmth: "Your Highness, don't you know that he has a strange poison in his body, and his body is as cold as ice. Do not freeze for long."

Xie Jingyuan struggled unconsciously, but was held down by Chu Xinian again, unable to move.

At the end of the prince's speech, he obviously remembered this matter, and he swam to Xie Jingyuan's side: "Are you cold? Why didn't you say it earlier."

As he spoke, he squeezed in, as if he wanted to join them, but Xie Jingyuan pushed him away mercilessly, and said sullenly, "Why are you joining in the fun!"

The prince was embarrassed to say that he was also cold, so he said tremblingly: "Xie Jingyuan, you bit Lu Dongbin like a dog, you don't know a good heart!"

Xie Jingyuan frowned and looked away, closing his eyes in silence.He seemed calm, but in reality he was in a mess.Inadvertently tilting his head, he touched Chu Xinian's jaw, causing a subtle itching.

Chu Xinian was as bright as the moon when he was wearing a white shirt, but now he is dressed in black entourage clothes, but he is even more handsome.The moonlight fell in the well, and the shoulders were full of brilliance.He hugged Xie Jingyuan quietly, without letting go of his strength.

Xie Jingyuan didn't struggle anymore, his body was stiff, and he relaxed after a while.

"..."

The prince stared at them blankly. After a while, he lowered his head to look at the well water, and then looked up at the mouth of the well.I don't understand why I am in this situation.

"Xie Jingyuan, Gu was killed by you," the prince wiped his face, half-truthfully said, "Gu will become the first prince of the Yan dynasty to freeze to death in a well."

Although he is stubborn, but with a young face, it is not difficult to see the ambition hidden in his eyes.When the prince said this, he had no idea that in the future, he might be imprisoned in the East Palace because of the failure of the rebellion. Later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, he would hang himself directly.

Even Xie Jingyuan was defeated.

The moonlight fell obliquely into the well, vaguely showing the ending of the two of them in the original book.

Chu Xinian lowered his eyes, and asked the prince thoughtfully in a low voice: "What do you think is the most painful way to die in the world?"

Confine himself to hang himself, or die in a well?

The prince thought for a while, and then said: "Of course he was strangled to death."

Chu Xinian raised his eyes: "Why?"

The prince told a shocking truth in a normal tone: "My mother was strangled to death..."

Xie Jingyuan interrupted suddenly: "Prince be careful!"

The prince paused when he heard the words, looked at Xie Jingyuan with hidden warning eyes, then smiled nonchalantly, and said nothing more.Obviously, he didn't think it was a secret, but Xie Jingyuan didn't want him to mention it.

When Chu Xinian heard the words, his thoughts surged.He lowered his head to look at Xie Jingyuan, and saw the part of Xie Jingyuan's neck protruding from his collar was as pale as paper, with blue blood vessels faintly visible, and he covered his barely warm palm on it.

Chu Xinian asked him in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Is it still cold?"

Xie Jingyuan looked at him with dark eyes, neither could say that he was cold, nor could he say that he was not cold.I just felt that the temperature on my body seemed to have warmed up a little, and I reached an agreement with Chu Xinian.

Can't tell who is cold and who is, or who is warming who.

Chu Xinian rested his chin on his shoulder, then hugged Xie Jingyuan a little tighter, moved his lips silently, and slowly whispered a few words in his ear: "Is it the emperor..."

The royal family declared that the first queen died of illness, but the prince said that she was strangled to death.The majestic mother of the country, who can easily be strangled to death by one person is less than ten thousand?This person doesn't want to be anything other than the emperor.

Xie Jingyuan closed his eyes silently, he knew earlier that he couldn't hide it from Chu Xinian.Once this person discovers the clues, he can quickly deduce the truth of the whole thing: "You don't need to say it if you know it, it's good to have something rotten in your heart."

Knowing too much can easily lead to death.

Seeing the two of them hugging and whispering, the prince swam over quietly, his brows raised, "Are you talking ill of Gu?"

This prince is called delusional.

Xie Jingyuan was about to push him away, but during his movements, he accidentally touched Chu Xinian's chest, which made him feel a little sick.Frowning, he took out a dagger from his pocket.

The prince thought it was something rare, but when he saw it was a small dagger, he took a look and looked away.He is not interested in weapons now, but more interested in things like ladders and ropes.

Obviously, Xie Jingyuan didn't think this dagger could help them, and was about to put it back, but was suddenly held down by Chu Xinian: "I know how to get out—"

Xie Jingyuan paused, staring at him holding his hand in a daze for a few seconds, and rarely said anything to ridicule: "...you don't think you want to dig a tunnel out with a dagger, do you?"

The prince cast a sideways glance at Chu Xinian, and scoffed at the idea: "Idiot."

Chu Xinian felt that his brain must have been infected by one of the two of them, otherwise how could he forget that he was carrying a dagger.He slowly let go of Xie Jingyuan, groped for a while on the wall of the well, and then swiped hard at one of the bricks twice.

The walls of the well are all made of bricks and stones, and they are very old. Chu Xinian took out one of the bricks with a dagger without much effort, and a natural depression appeared on the wall of the well.

He threw the broken brick aside, after a distance, he continued to operate as above, and pulled out another brick.Such a depression that can be stepped on and climbed comes out.

Chu Xinian wiped the crumbs off the dagger with his sleeve, and looked at Xie Jingyuan: "How about it, if you have the strength here, you might climb up?"

Xie Jingyuan hooked his lips into a chuckle, and couldn't help coughing twice, looking very sick: "What if I say I can't?"

Chu Xinian didn't care either: "Then I'll find another way to take you out."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dagger was taken away from his hand.I saw Xie Jingyuan taking advantage of the unevenness of the well wall, jumped up to the middle of the well wall, and chiseled another brick in twos and threes.

Standing at the bottom of the well, Chu Xinian looked up and let out a sigh of relief: "We can go out now."

The prince remembered what he said just now, and nodded stiffly: "It would be great if I could go out..."

Weeds are overgrown around the wellhead, and mottled blood is hidden under the soil.This used to be a village, but due to population migration, it gradually fell into disrepair.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, illuminating the mouth of the well clearly.Xie Jingyuan climbed out of the well first, and turned to pull Chu Xinian, but seeing that it was the prince who crawled out, he withdrew his hand expressionlessly.

The prince struggled to get out from inside, and said through gritted teeth, "Xie Jingyuan, you are a wolf..."

Chu Xinian was the last one to come out. After all, the prince has a high status, so he can't beat him.

Chu Xinian had never practiced martial arts, so his speed was inevitably inferior to them. When he climbed to the mouth of the well, his physical strength was already exhausted.At this moment, someone grabbed his arm and pulled him up. When he looked up, he saw that it was Xie Jingyuan.

Chu Xinian smiled: "Thank you, General..."

Xie Jingyuan turned his head away without saying a word.

The prince brushed off the grass clippings on his body, looked embarrassed, and cursed: "These damned slaves, how dare they leave a single person here, let's see how I deal with them when I go back!"

Chu Xinian also felt strange when he heard the words, the prince's disappearance was such a big deal, didn't those attendants come to look for it?He glanced at the surrounding grass without a trace, and found that everything was as usual.But when he walked out of the dense forest, the footprints outside were messy, with at least seven or eight different marks.

"Shh-"

Chu Xinian touched his lips with his index finger, signaling the prince to keep silent.Xie Jingyuan also noticed that something was wrong, so he listened for a while, and then slowly walked towards the side of the road after confirming that there was no one in the distance.

Seeing them like this, the prince's expression unconsciously became dignified, he held his breath, and followed behind without saying a word.However, when he got to the side of the road, he saw those attendants lying on the ground in disorder, and they were actually killed by people.

The prince's face suddenly turned ugly: "Who did it?!"

Chu Xinian went up to touch the corpse and found that it was still warm. Then he went to look at the remaining corpses and found that they all died from sword wounds, and the marks were exactly the same as those on Jiuniang's body.

Chu Xinian shook his head slowly: "It's the killer who is good at wielding two swords. He came here late at night, either to chase us, or because of Jiuniang's autographed letter, but he didn't expect us to fall into the dry well accidentally Among them, so they couldn't find any traces, so they killed these followers."

The prince slammed his fist at the carriage with a gloomy expression: "Damn it!"

Chu Xinian is more worried about another thing now, whether the killer is still nearby or not.Among the three of them, Xie Jingyuan is the only one who can fight, and he is still a sick child.

Xie Jingyuan seemed to know what he was thinking, and frowned: "There is no one around, let's go, return to Beijing as soon as possible, the longer you stay, the more dangerous it is."

Thanks to the swordsman, although everyone was killed, the horse driving the chariot was not killed.Otherwise they'll have to walk back tonight.