"The truth?" Xuanyuan Jin sneered, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes. He looked at the two of them, while speaking, he stepped back, and at the same time, he quietly moved closer and put them aside.
An inconspicuous oil paper bag...
"The truth is..." He spoke in a deliberately long voice, word by word, and then suddenly accelerated his speaking speed, proudly declaring, "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit!"
After saying that, he tore open the oil paper bag and threw it vigorously in their direction. A stream of light yellow dust instantly filled the entire room, with a strong smell of sulfur. Yan Luo's eyes turned cold, and he quickly turned Su Tong back.
However, there was still some sulfur inevitably stained on the bodies of the two of them.
With a "ping" sound, Xuanyuan Jin quickly ran out of the door and closed the door.
Yan Luo reflexively wanted to catch up, but Su Tong held him down. She desperately held back her coughing and dragged his sleeves uncomfortably: "Get out of here quickly!"
The room was filled with sulfur dust, and there were candles burning on the altar, which made her suddenly aware of the danger - the dust concentration here was close to explosive concentration! And it was also close to the source of fire!
Seeing the panic in her eyes, Yan Luo was slightly startled, glanced in the direction of the mourning platform, reacted quickly, hugged her waist, jumped out of the back window.
At the same time, there was a loud "ping" sound, and the whole house was exploded. The rubble on the roof burst out, and a small piece of debris hit Su Tong's right finger. The sudden pain made her feel depressed.
Hum.
Yan Luo kept taking her across the middle of the lake, stopping on the top of a pavilion on the other side, and then turned around and took a look - the majestic palace just now had completely collapsed into ruins, and it was vaguely visible.
Everything was charred black, and some places even had a faint glow of burning fire. And Xuanyuan Jin had long since disappeared.
"How could there be sulfur in that place..." Standing so high, Su Tong supported Yan Luo and murmured, "What a pity, the emperor's body was completely gone with such an explosion..."
I originally wanted to find some clues from the emperor's corpse, but now it seems there is no hope. Moreover, Xuanyuan Jin just cut off the corpse's head in a rebellious manner, and now there is no evidence...
"It's common to put some sulfur in the mourning hall to avoid insects and snakes. I didn't expect him to use it skillfully. It's my fault." Yan Luo said calmly, and saw many palace maids and eunuchs running in that direction after hearing the sound.
Go, hurriedly took Su Tong down from the pavilion, found a secluded place to stay, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
Su Tong was about to shake her head and say it was okay, but as soon as her right foot stepped on the ground, she felt a sharp pain coming from her ankle.
"Ouch!" She cried out in pain, and her body fell to the side involuntarily. Yan Luo took advantage of the situation and pulled her to stabilize her.
Lowering his eyes and looking at her crooked feet, Yan Luo said without changing his expression: "It's dislocated, just connect it."
"Dislocated?" Su Tong was stunned and couldn't help but look down at her almost deformed foot. She felt like crying - she remembered it! When he took her out of the window just now, she felt the touch of his foot.
Something hit me, but I didn’t feel any pain at that time. It turned out... it was because the pain was so extreme that I was numb!
"What's wrong with your finger?" When Su Tong was sinking into pain and depression, Yan Luo asked lightly again, and at the same time reached out and flicked her finger as if unintentionally.
"Ah!" Su Tong couldn't help but screamed out in pain again. She quickly raised her hand and saw her right middle finger was covered in bruises. She sighed depressedly, "I was just hit by the rubble. I didn't expect it to be like this."
She tried to move her finger. Fortunately, it was not broken. It was just a little numb and could be recovered. However, this finger could not do any delicate work in the past two days...
"Let's go." The noise not far away became louder and louder. Yan Luo turned his head and glanced, then looked at her, "It's not easy to find Xuanyuan Jin in this situation."
The more chaotic the palace becomes, the more places Xuanyuan Jin can hide, making it difficult to find, and the condition of her feet... doesn't allow it.
"Yes." Nodding, Su Tong gritted her teeth and tried to move a step forward, but was so painful that she almost fell down.
"I told you it was a dislocation." With a helpless sigh, Yan Luo put his arm around her waist and whispered in her ear unintentionally, "It's useless no matter how hard you try..."
Su Tong was in a daze, and he had already taken her flying up, quickly heading out of the palace...
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Across the lake, the palace maids and eunuchs were already in a mess. They all used buckets to extinguish the remaining sparks, and then moved away the wood and rubble to find the emperor's body. They were all frightened and at a loss.
Why did it suddenly explode and collapse?
And it happens to be at this time and in this place. Isn’t this an embarrassment for the royal family?
In a few days, the emperor will be buried. Now... what should we do?
"Did you see anyone suspicious in the palace?" An older eunuch chief shouted to the crowd in a high-pitched voice while he was busy.
"No……"
"Father-in-law, I didn't see this either..."
The palace maids and eunuchs replied one by one. Suddenly, one of the eunuchs thought of something, hesitated, and whispered: "I heard today that a woman pretended to be a palace maid, deceived the guards at the north gate, and sneaked in. They were afraid that
I didn’t report the blame, so I don’t know if it’s true or not…”