Shen Qi didn't even need to go up the mountain, just standing at the foot of the mountain seemed to have seen what Chang'an and the others had experienced.
Those lush forests before have now become scorched black and horrible, they lie in front of Shen Qi, as if every child who has been wronged by the world vows to ask for an explanation.
But Shen Xi couldn't explain to them.
He staggered up the mountain, turning a deaf ear to Ye Linjiang behind him telling him to walk slowly.
Shen Qi just wanted to get to the top of the mountain quickly, even if he probably guessed it, he still wanted to see with his own eyes what the situation on the mountain was like now.
He followed his memory all the way to the door of the house, but where is the home in front of him?
There are ruins.
The scorched wood mixed with some unknown objects was lying in front of Shen Qi, Shen Qi could even vaguely recognize where the burnt wood was originally, but he knew in his heart that his home was gone.
The big willow tree in the yard was still there, but the bark was burnt black, and the stone tables and benches under the tree were still there, but there was a thick layer of ash on it.
Shen Xi didn't care to clean the stone bench before sitting down.
He wanted to cry, but suddenly he couldn't cry anymore, so he stared blankly at the direction of his original room in a daze.
Jie'er and Zhong Mo walked slowly, and it was long overdue now. The two of them started to be surprised at the foot of the mountain. They had too many questions to ask, but in the end they could only hold back.
Ke'er went up the mountain, looking at the ruins, she couldn't hold back her tears.
She knelt down in front of Shen Qi, and apologized to Shen Qi again: "Cousin, I'm sorry, you ask my crime, I killed Brother Chang'an and the others, I am a murderer."
Shen Qi ignored her, still looking in the direction of his room.
Jie'er opened his mouth and wanted to say more, but Zhong Mo pulled her up, shook his head at her, and said, "Let him stay alone for a while."
Shen Qi was silent for a long time before asking: "Where are their corpses? Where are the corpses?"
This question was naturally asked by Ye Linjiang.
Ye Linjiang also guessed that Shen Qi insisted on coming this trip to finally verify whether the large group of people were still alive.
"I brought people to put it away, and it was taken to the back mountain to be buried uniformly. If I knew someone, I would set up a tablet with a name, and if I didn't know, I would set up a tablet without words."
It is true that things were buried in the back mountain, and a monument was erected. Ye Linjiang did not lie about this.
But what was buried inside was not someone's body, but pieces of burnt wood one after another.
Ye Linjiang decided that Shen Qi would not dare to open a museum for autopsy, so he took Shen Qi to the back mountain without worry.
Looking at the tombstones next to each other, Shen Xi's tears finally burst.
He knelt down in front of the tombstone with Chang'an's name written on it, crying out of breath, "Yes, I'm sorry... Chang, Chang'an, it's me, it's me, I'm the one who hurt you."
Ke'er also fell down in front of the tombstone, and began to apologize: "I'm sorry, Brother Chang'an, it was my fault, I caused you, it has nothing to do with cousin, I'm really sorry, Brother Chang'an."
Zhong Mo was also very sad when he saw the pile of ruins, but he still had a trace of reason. He knew that the people on this mountain were far less important to Ye Linjiang than Shen Qi, but Chang'an was Shen Qi's sweetheart after all, if this person really disappeared, Ye Linjiang would definitely not behave so calmly.
Besides, he knew that Gu Nanjiu went to save Chang'an, and now that Gu Nanjiu has not sent back any news, it must be that things are not that bad.
Taking advantage of Ke'er and Shen Qi crying together, he quietly went back to the ruins, wanting to investigate something.
Ye Linjiang looked back at the direction where Zhong Mo left, thought for a while, stretched out his hand to pull up the boat, and said softly, "Let your cousin be quiet for a while."
Zhong Mo was sitting on the stone bench and thinking about what was wrong, when Ye Linjiang came with him.
Pushing Ke'er on the stool and sitting down, Ye Linjiang explained: "Don't doubt Doctor Zhong, they are indeed not dead."
Jie'er was concentrating on wiping away tears, and immediately froze when she heard this.
"Brother!" She jumped up, grabbed Ye Linjiang's sleeve desperately, and asked again in a trembling voice: "Are they really alive? Brother Chang'an is really still alive?"
Ye Linjiang frowned and pushed Jie'er back on the stool, and said in a low voice, "Don't tell Shen Qi about this, Chang'an and the others may not have arrived at Nanling yet, so it's not safe yet, if you tell Shen Qi he might Immediately, I will rush to find someone regardless, and my father will definitely not let Chang An go."
Zhong Mo finally remembered that something was wrong on this mountain.
"No wonder, I said that except for the smell of burnt wood, there is no other smell here. If they are really dead, no matter how clean you clean them up, there will always be a smell of burnt corpses. right.."
Ye Linjiang smiled bitterly, and said, "Doctor Zhong is very observant, so I know I can't hide it from you."
Zhong Mo said again: "I just knew in advance that my senior brother was going to save them, so I guessed that you wouldn't watch Chang'an and the others die in the sea of flames. When it comes to observing the details, I have always been inferior to the emperor. Now he is just distracted and can't take care of it." Forget it, otherwise you might not be able to hide it from him."
Ye Linjiang nodded in agreement, "It's hard for him."
Ke'er rubbed her eyes that were red from crying, she didn't understand: "Why didn't you tell cousin? Cousin is so sad."
Ye Linjiang didn't explain, but Zhong Mo said, "The prime minister wants his nephew to sit firmly on the throne without distractions, and Chang'an doesn't exist in his plan, and even the prime minister said that Chang'an is a threat. He wanted Chang'an to die, but he changed his mind in the end because he was worried that Shen Qi would become resentful and kill his own uncle. Your Excellency, Prime Minister, is leaving a way out for himself."
Jie'er didn't understand even more, "But my cousin doesn't want to be the emperor, brother Chang'an is already planning to pick him up."
Ye Linjiang suddenly choked back and said, "If he doesn't want to be the emperor, who will do it? Do you think your stubborn father will let him go? What's the use of planning well? If the prime minister doesn't nod, he won't even think about it." .”
Ke'er was a little angry, "But you can't force my cousin to do things he doesn't want to do, he's unhappy, he's sad, can't you see that?"
Ye Linjiang glanced at Ke'er indifferently, and said, "Many things can't be done if you don't want to. Not everything is as simple as you think."
Seeing that the two brothers and sisters were about to quarrel, Zhong Mo hurriedly uttered his voice to help and persuade: "What you do is for the good of the emperor, so there is no need to quarrel over these things. Besides, it is not the time to argue about these things, let's take the emperor down the mountain earlier , the mountain is getting colder and colder now, if the emperor freezes to death, he may have to lie down for a long time before he recovers."
Ke'er gave Ye Linjiang an angry "hum" before moving to the back mountain, Zhong Mo patted Ye Linjiang's shoulder and said in relief: "Miss Ke'er is still young, one day she will understand you. "