Chapter 63 The dust has settled
Before Shen Zhejiang finished speaking, a soldier ran in from outside.
"Your Majesty, General Wang ordered his subordinates to come and report that a body injured by an explosion was found near Yang Shihui's residence. It looks like the body of Zhao's child. Your Majesty, would you like to go and check it out?"
Zhao Jianji turned around suddenly, his face full of disbelief: "What did you say?!"
After all, Shen Zhejiang and Zhao Xiaosi had a three-year teacher-student relationship, so he immediately stood up and said, "I'll go."
Xiao Zhinian followed.
The fire at Yang's Mansion had not been completely extinguished and there was still a risk of explosion. The surviving people living nearby had already been evacuated by soldiers to a safe place far away.
When Chen Zhejiang and Xiao Zhinian arrived, they saw collapsed houses, rubble everywhere, and a vast expanse of yellow sand flying on the bumpy ground.
Some soldiers took turns to put out the fire, while others were rescuing people buried under the sand. The situation was in chaos.
"Your Majesty, this way, please follow me."
The soldier took them to a house not far from Yang's residence. There were too many casualties, so they temporarily vacated an empty room to place the bodies so that they could be taken back later.
Shen Zhejiang recognized the corpse placed in the center at a glance and walked over almost without hesitation. The head was covered with white cloth and there was no breath.
Shen Zhejiang stood nearby, head lowered, so no one could see his expression.
Xiao Zhinian put his arm around Shen Zhejiang's shoulders and said, "I'll do it."
The white cloth was lifted.
The face of the person below was completely destroyed and his flesh was burned, but it was not difficult to see that he was indeed a child. The only thing hanging around his neck was a longevity lock, which was stained with black ash but was surprisingly not destroyed by the explosion.
"It's Xiao Si."
Shen Zhejiang recognized the longevity lock and his voice choked slightly.
Words are pale, and anything I say now will be powerless.
Xiao Zhinian closed the white cloth, stood up, hugged Shen Zhejiang, and let him lean on his shoulder.
The sky was bright, and they stood in the smoke, hugging each other.
Shen Zhejiang paused for a while, and then another soldier came to tell him something urgent.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Jianji hit his head against the wall and tried to commit suicide. I was unable to stop him and he has already died."
"Your Majesty, Yang Shihui was shot through the heart by an arrow and is dead."
"Your Majesty, Deputy Envoy Wang has captured the man in black. Please go and interrogate him."
Xiao Zhinian finally made some move.
Shen Zhejiang said, “Go ahead.”
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They rushed to Wang Chengming's place without stopping, and indeed found a man in black detained there.
The man in black took off his hood, revealing a handsome face. Although he was a bit old, one could still see his graceful demeanor in the past.
However, his eyes shone with a cruel light like an eagle's, and although his hands and feet were bound by chains, he still stood upright, as if he was not the prisoner at all.
"King Shen."
Shen Zhejiang had met Xiao Jing before.
It really is him.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jing turned around and looked at the two people who had come over with a rather arrogant look.
Xiao Zhinian was not that familiar with his uncle, so he said calmly, "Uncle Shen."
This feeling was very strange. When his nephew asked his uncle about the matter, Xiao Zhinian didn't know what to say for a moment.
Instead, Xiao Jing said calmly: "Yes, all this was done by the king."
"Why?"
Xiao Zhinian couldn't figure it out.
Xiao Jing's eyes fell from Chen Zhejiang to Xiao Zhinian. He looked Xiao Zhinian up and down twice, and suddenly sneered: "Why? Do I need you to ask me to take back the things of the Xiao family?"
Xiao Zhinian asked: "You and I are blood relatives, what exactly does the emperor's uncle mean by this?"
Xiao Jing ignored him and looked at Shen Zhejiang beside him, his eyes became colder: "It's you who conspired with the thief, hateful."
Shen Zhejiang frowned slightly, feeling that there was something else behind his words.
"Hahaha! Success or failure is decided. This king has nothing to say and no regrets! You can kill me or chop me up as you like!"
Before Xiao Jing was taken away, he took a deep look at Shen Zhejiang.
Shen Zhejiang looked at Xiao Jing's figure doubtfully, and couldn't help but think deeply.
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