Chapter 385: No one is alive, no body is dead
Dong Fenghuang's face fell after hearing this. His originally happy mood suddenly dropped to freezing point. He stared at the shadow guard with his eyes as dead as a fish: "Have you gone in to look for it?"
The shadow guard shook his head. "Not yet. The fire had just gone out when I left, and it's still very hot inside. No one can get close. Now it's snowing outside, so I believe the temperature will drop soon. Only then will I be able to go in and investigate. However, this matter is very strange, so I will return to report to my master first."
Emperor Dong Feng was furious and wanted to slap the shadow guard to death. What was the point of running back to tell him these things when he knew nothing?
He kicked the shadow guard and shouted angrily, "Then get back here right away. Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find the bodies of those two men and bring them to me."
As long as Murong Li and his wife were still alive, he couldn't sleep well. Last night he basically stayed awake until dawn.
"Yes, Master."
The shadow guard felt pain, but didn't dare to move. He bowed and took the order and ran away quickly, fearing that Dong Fenghuang would get angry and snap his head off.
The shadow guard touched his neck and quickly ran back to the inn, telling the other five people about his meeting with the emperor.
Ying Yi said, "Since the emperor has not blamed us, we must complete our mission. It's already dark and the temperature has dropped. Let's go in and search."
Yingyi is the leader of the six people, and everyone will listen to what he says.
The five people nodded in unison, and Shadow Four said, "Alright, we must find the person alive or dead. Otherwise, the lives of the six of us will be in danger."
The other five people felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. Although they had been the emperor's shadow guards since childhood, they did not want to die. Wouldn't it be great to be able to live well? If they died, they would have nothing.
Ying Yi said with a sharp gaze, "Let's go, don't dawdle, let's find it first."
So the six shadow guards flew into the ruins and began to search everywhere, and the royal guards also cooperated with them and immediately surrounded the entire ruins to prevent other people from approaching, making it easier for the six of them to search.
Most of the post houses were made of wood, and the wood was burned to ashes, leaving only the ruins, so it was actually very quick to find them.
When they searched the entire inn, they still couldn't find the bodies of Murong Li and the other man.
The six people were unwilling to give up and searched again. Even if the fire burned, it was impossible for the two people to be burned to ashes. At least there would be some bones and sticks left. Besides, human teeth cannot be burned.
This time the six of them searched very carefully, even checking the guest rooms in the post station, but still found nothing.
There is no trace of the person alive or the body after death.
The six people were now panicked. They were sure that the two men were not in the inn at all.
Ying Shi's eyes were dull as he murmured in disbelief, "How could there be no one here? We were clearly guarding them, and they clearly didn't leave. How could there be no one here?"
"Don't lose control. Let's retreat first. If those two aren't dead, they'll definitely show up again. Don't forget, the master promised him three days, and today is only the first day."
Ying Yi saw that Ying Shi looked as pale as death and patted his shoulder. As the emperor's shadow guard, how could he have such emotions? Even if a knife was on his neck, he would not be afraid of death.
It would have been better if Ying Shi didn't hear this. As soon as he heard it, his emotions got out of control. He immediately flew out of the ruins and landed on a tree. His eyes were bloodshot, his teeth were clenched, and he tried hard to control his emotions.
He is not like other shadow guards who are not afraid of death. He is very afraid of death now.
Originally, it was thought that these shadow guards were orphans without parents or relatives, but during a mission, it was unexpectedly discovered that he was the son of a high-ranking official in the capital.
It turned out that these shadow guards were not orphans at all, but the sons of various noble families and officials in the capital, and they were the eldest sons. As soon as they were born, the emperor asked them to be placed by his side and trained to be his shadow guards.
From that moment on, he hated the emperor to death. At the same time, he also knew that the emperor used this method to restrain officials and families, forcing them to be loyal to the emperor for their entire lives and not betray him, simply because their eldest sons were in the emperor's hands.
Ying Shi was extremely distressed after he found out. He and other princes had been living a normal life in the sunshine, but because of the emperor's actions, they became like rats living in the gutter, unable to see the light and had to do shameful things for the emperor.
He really wanted to tell the other shadow guards, but he knew that once he told the other shadow guards, what would happen? Could they escape?
Can the emperor let them go?
It's even more impossible, it will only be used to threaten them.
So he endured it.
He knew Dong Fenghuang too well. Once the emperor knew that he was the one who leaked the information, he would definitely kill him to make an example of him, and he would even kill his entire family.
"Ying Shi, what's wrong with you?"
When Ying saw that something was wrong with him, he quickly flew up, stood behind him, and asked him in confusion.
It's very abnormal that Ying Shi is in such an abnormal mood today. They are the emperor's shadow guards and have been trained since childhood not to have emotions of their own. They are all cold-blooded killing machines and the killing knives in the hands of the emperor.
Ying Shi closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and let out a long breath, immediately regaining his composure. He turned around and looked at Ying Yi, shook his head and said, "Ying Yi, I'm fine. I just feel a little down because I think about our mission failure and not being able to help the master solve the problem."
Ying Yi knew that Ying Shi was not telling the truth. His eyes were cold, and he patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go back first and tell the master what happened. Then we'll do what needs to be done."
This means that whether to kill or cut you up depends on what Dong Fenghuang wants. You must not have any other thoughts and must be loyal to Dong Fenghuang.
If Ying Shi behaves in a rebellious manner, he will kill Ying Shi. This is the power granted to him by Emperor Dong Feng, and it is also his responsibility to supervise these shadow guards.
Ying Shi naturally understood the meaning of his words. He nodded dejectedly, followed Ying Yi to fly to the ground, and after meeting up with the other shadow guards, the six of them disappeared into the night.
The royal guards guarding there did not receive any orders to retreat and had to continue guarding there.
The six people returned to the palace and told the Emperor Dong Feng the truth. The Emperor Dong Feng had a gloomy face and said nothing. He was thinking that whether Murong Li was dead or not would be known in three days.
He looked at the six shadow guards. Their mission was not a failure this time, but it was not successful either. He wanted to kill these six people, but then he thought that Murong Li was strong and cunning, and he didn't blame these six people at all. Why should he punish his own people for the mistakes of others?
He then suppressed his emotions and looked at the six people expressionlessly: "You should go back and guard there. No matter whether the Li Wang couple have escaped into the earth or disappeared without a trace, we will know the outcome in three days. Once they appear, you..."
(End of this chapter)
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