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Seeing the look of disbelief on Yuchi Xuan's face, Yun Ruo walked over and consoled him. "Perhaps Xue`er didn't die. After we left, she found another exit and left this place."

This was one of the possibilities, but it was not convincing.

However, Yun Ruo Lu felt that Xue Er knew this tomb better than any of them, so her guess was not impossible.

"That won't happen. I personally checked Xue'er's pulse that day, and she had clearly already died. Even if she did not die, it is impossible for her to leave this place alone after receiving such a heavy injury. "

Clearly, Yuchi Xuan didn't agree with Yun Ruo Lu's words and continued to search the stone chamber for Snowy's corpse. But the whole house had been searched, and not even a single strand of her hair could be found.

Yun Ruo Lu and Yuchi Xuan couldn't figure out what was going on, so they could only bring the whole box of jewelry back home.

Although she was filled with jewels, Yuchi Xuan's mood was empty, while Yun Ruo Lu's heart was filled with complex emotions.

If Xue'er hadn't died, she would have come to the camp to look for them. However, after so long, they still hadn't heard anything about Xue'er. But if Snowy was really dead, who took her body?

Could it be that someone was secretly following them when they entered the underground palace that day? But they didn't discover it?

The more Yun Ruo thought about it, the more she felt that something was amiss. She even felt that this matter was not that simple.

Xue'er had died, and Wei Liao could be considered to have lost a descendant. In the future, no one would know anything about Wei Liao.

Returning to the military camp, Yun Ruo roughly counted the amount. A total of 369 boxes of jewelry could be used as the treasury of a powerful country.

If Yuchi Xuan wanted him to become Emperor, not to mention the million soldiers and horses he had, the wealth he had here would be enough to support an empire for ten years.

When she thought of this, Yun Ruo suddenly felt shocked. She turned her head to look at Yuchi Xuan who was still busy.

Men were all bloodthirsty creatures. Could it be that he would not be tempted by such a huge temptation? Or was he searching for the treasure with another purpose from the very beginning?

Yun Ruo Lu suddenly felt that she had thought too simply of the matter. The disappearance of Xue Er's body was definitely not a coincidence. She was afraid that there was an even bigger conspiracy behind this.

However, she did not want to think too much about it. No matter what, the imperial power had nothing to do with her. She only needed to do what she thought was right.

As they left, the entrance to the underground palace was once again sealed. Yuchi Xuan became even busier after he returned. Even she, who wanted to see him, was stopped several times.

During this time, Yunwei wrote back to explain his situation.

He said that Yi Kingdom had agreed to befriend Yuchi Kingdom and would do everything in its power to serve the Third Marquis. After learning about this, Yuchi Xuan was overjoyed. He sent someone to deliver ten boxes of jewelry to Yi Kingdom.

Yun Ruo Man was curious. Even though Yiguo was small, he was still a nation. How could he be willing to be loyal to Yuchi Xuan? Most likely, only Yuchi Xuan and Yunqi knew what was going on.

Yun Ruo began to feel more and more certain that being with Yuchi Xuan wasn't as safe as she had imagined. That was why she had been hesitating for the past few days on whether to leave or not.

However, she didn't know what to say. If Yuchi Xuan had asked her to stay, she probably would have stayed. However, doing so would make it even harder for him to face Yuchi Xuan in the future.

How could Yuchi Xuan tolerate this? A person with ill intentions was by his side.

Just as Yun Ruo Lu was making up her mind to leave without saying goodbye, Yuchi Xuan suddenly found her and said that they were leaving for the capital tomorrow.

Perhaps it was because she was used to living in the borderlands, but when it came to returning, Yun Ruo's heart was still a little reluctant.

"Why are you going back so quickly?" Has something happened in the capital? "

They had only been in the border trial for a little more than a month, and now they were in such a hurry to go back, she really didn't want to go back.

"Hm!" Now that the treasure has been found, This King will bring it back to the Emperor! "

Yuchi Xuan said expressionlessly, not showing the slightest hint of reluctance. Yun Ruo Lu was even more surprised, thinking, could it be that she was overthinking it? If Yuchi Xuan brought all of these treasures back to the emperor, then he really wouldn't have any selfish thoughts at all.

The next day, Yun Ruo and Yuchi Xuan packed everything up and returned to the capital.

On the way back, they didn't come in such a hurry, so their journey was slow. It even took them two days to reach the distant capital.

The capital city was close to the border, and although it had many citizens, it was not a rich city.

Yun Ruo Lu walked all the way from the outside of the city. She saw many villages being abandoned and the road was not easy to walk on. The whole scene looked like a disaster area.

Previously, she had heard from Yuchi Xuan that the city had been arid for half a year, which was why so many commoners had starved to death.

The military camps at the borders often required food supplies from the distant capital, hence the city had always been unable to get rich.

During the drought, the capital city had not only starved a lot of people to death, but the soldiers in the border camps had also lived a particularly bitter life.

For a long time, there was only three meals and a steamed bun. They had also been waiting for the imperial government's silver taels to send over.

However, who would have known that their silver would be taken away by the Prime Minister. Although it only delayed them for around ten days, more people were starved to death.

Back then, when Yun Ruo Man heard about this, she had a bad feeling about it. He felt that Yun Wei really deserved to be chopped into pieces.

Now that he had personally witnessed the scene of the disaster, he felt even more miserable. Yunwei was someone who didn't know when to stop, yet she still tried everything to help him.

Yun Ruo Lu did not dare to say that she was a good person, but she dared to use her conscience to swear to the heavens that she had never done anything that would let the world down.

It was just that she felt that she had made a huge mistake in Yun Wei's matter!

If there were to be a day in the future when Yun Wei regained his status as prime minister, who knew what sort of wicked things he would do?

Now, she only hoped that Yunwei's lesson in Slave Valley would be engraved in his memory, and that he wouldn't walk on a road of no return in the future.

Yun Ruo Lu rode her horse alone and rushed towards the city. Their team stopped at a large villa outside the city to rest for the night, and prepared to continue their journey tomorrow.

Previously, she had received news from Yuchi Chen's subordinates that they had found traces of her in the capital, so she wanted to see for herself what was going on.

It was impossible for Yuchi Chen's secret guard to misjudge anyone. If they were to report to Yuchi Chen and find out that they had just recognized the wrong person, then their lives would be forfeit.

Yun Ruo was disguised as a middle-aged man before entering the city. She thought to herself that if she were to run into Yuchi Chen, she would not be recognized.

According to the time taken, she had only arrived in the capital two days after Yuchi Chen. As such, it was highly likely that Yuchi Chen had not left yet. Thus, she had no choice but to be cautious.

The capital city wasn't big, it was the kind of city that could be visited in just two hours.

After entering the city, Yun Ruo went to the inn to eat something, and asked around to find out if anything interesting had happened in the city recently.

Even though he didn't ask, he did know that something big had really happened.

Yun Ruo had heard from the owner of the inn that the wealthiest man in the city, the Jin family, had been annihilated the night before.

Not only that, she had also heard that on the night that the Jin Clan was exterminated, a white-clothed woman had appeared before the Jin Clan's gate.

She said that someone had seen her float into the Jin family like a ghost. Soon after, the Jin family was set ablaze. That fire was extremely strange. No matter how hard water was used, it could not be extinguished. In the end, all the members of the Jin Clan died. Not a single one of them managed to escape.

Although this matter had alarmed the authorities, after two days of investigation, they found no clues at all.

Yun Ruo's curiosity was piqued, but she was certain of one thing. With such a huge incident occurring in the capital, Yuchi Chen had not left yet.

After strolling around the city for over two hours, Yun Ruo went to the burnt Jin family to take a look, but she didn't find anything strange.

Just as the sun was about to set, Yun Ruo Lu rode her horse out of the city and returned to their villa, preparing to tell Yuchi Xuan about this matter.

However, just as she arrived at the entrance of the Manor, she saw Yuchi Chen's men and wondered if Yuchi Chen had come as well.

When Yun Ruo walked into the villa, she found out from the other guards that Yuchi Xuan and Yuchi Chen were discussing matters.

She guessed that what they were talking about must be related to the annihilated Jin family.

Thus, Yun Ruo went to Yuchi Xuan's room to eavesdrop, her curiosity piqued.

Yuchi Xuan and Yuchi Chen's voices weren't loud, but they could clearly hear each other standing at the doorway. Yun Ruo Lu directly changed shifts with the guard at the door, and let the guard go to rest. The guard she disguised as the guard at the door openly eavesdropped.

Yuchi Xuan's somewhat angry voice rang out from within the room. "What utter nonsense. This king doesn't know what you are talking about!"

Hearing this, Yun Ruo Ran suddenly felt that she came back too late. It seemed like she had already missed out on a good show.

"This king's people have found out that a mysterious organization has recently appeared in the martial arts world. This organization has been committing murder and arson, lawless. Furthermore, This King's people received secret information the night before yesterday to know of the operation of this organization. Thus, This King sent people to observe in secret, and they just so happened to see the organization's people make their move against the Jin Clan. "

Yuchi Chen's voice rang out from within the room. His tone was calm, as if everything was under his control.

"Since that's the case, why are you questioning This King? The easiest way was to capture them. Then everything will be brought to light! " Yuchi Xuan said with a smile.

"This King initially thought so. Therefore, after those people annihilated the Jin family, This King's people followed them all the way out of the city and began fighting with them."

Yuchi Chen continued to speak lazily, but the words coming out of his mouth were hateful to hear.

Yun Ruo inwardly scolded Yuchi Chen for being too heartless. He had actually watched the Jin Clan get exterminated before he went to capture the culprit.

"What was the result?" Yuchi Xuan asked.