So this is what it feels like to wait to die.

Wei Zheng looked at the snow falling outside the skylight and smiled at himself.

There was the sound of chains colliding behind him, and he didn't even turn his head: "Are you here? What kind of medicine did the palace give you? Is it bitter?"

After the chain was opened, a burst of hurried footsteps made Wei Zheng suddenly feel something was wrong. He turned around immediately, then froze, extremely surprised: "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you not to come?"

Su Huai sneered: "Who are you to me? If you tell me not to come, I won't come."

"Wei Zheng, let me tell you, I don't like to owe favors to others. You saved me once before, so I'll return it to you this time, and that's even!"

Throwing the bag on the man, Su Huai said bluntly: "I came here when they were changing shifts. Hurry up and change your clothes before anyone arrives. Then disguise yourself as a servant and leave with them. After leaving the city, go to Shili Pavilion. There is a carriage waiting for you. There is still 1,000 taels of money in it, which is enough for you to use for a while."

Wei Zheng blinked his eyes, almost thinking that everything happening before his eyes was an illusion caused by his missing Su Huai too much.

"Did I hear correctly? Master Lan Ting, who has always been a gentleman, is actually planning to break out of prison today?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's go!" Su Huai cursed anxiously.

Wei Zheng was even more surprised. It was not... this...

"Wait, Su Jingnan, do you know what kind of crime it is to break into a prison, especially a prisoner on death row like me? Taking away your official position is a small matter, but to put it in a bigger way, you will die for me!"

Wei Zheng said this with a stern face, but he couldn't stop the sweetness rising in his heart.

It turned out that I was always stubborn in the past. Ah Hui has me in his heart, and he always has.

Su Huai was so angry. He had only done two extremely rebellious things in his life, and both of them were related to Wei Zheng!

One is to secretly get married to Wei Zheng, and the other is to risk his life by breaking into the prison and rescuing a death row prisoner.

But he is still here to draw a line between us.

Su Huai was furious. He grabbed Wei Zheng by the collar and said in a low voice, "So are you going to leave or not? Even if you don't leave today, I won't end up well if they catch me. You——"

"Ugh! Wei Zheng, you... you are sick..."

Su Huai couldn't utter a word. He was held down tightly by Wei Zheng. The overwhelming kisses almost made him dizzy. The man seemed to want to eat him alive. His lips and tongue were numb.

When he thought about what would happen after today... Su Huai's eyes felt hot, he closed his eyes and moved closer, a tear sliding down from the corner of his eye.

After a while, he wanted to stop. Just as he raised his hand to Wei Zheng's chest to push him away, he suddenly heard a discordant voice coming from behind him.

"Cough cough..."

"I don't mean to bother you, but I have to send Commander Wei on his way."

Without having time to think about the fact that he and Wei Zheng were caught kissing in the cell, Su Huai pushed Wei Zheng away violently, and the latter also let go. His mind was full of only one thought.

It's over, he can't save Wei Zheng.

In a flash, Su Huai suddenly felt something was wrong. Now was not the time to send Wei Zheng on his journey as stated in the imperial edict.

He looked at the Imperial Guards behind their commander Leng Changlin, as well as the people he brought with him who were being held captive, and understood something.

"You... knew I was coming?"

Leng Changlin had a blank expression on his face. "Someone told me that the friendship between Lord Su and Commander Wei is extraordinary, and I'm afraid they will swap the prisoners or break into the prison. They asked me to keep a close eye on Lord Su's movements these days, and sure enough, I got the news today."

Su Huai glanced behind Leng Changlin again. There was a prisoner in prison uniform. His straight back and determined face silently told him that those were just disguises and he was actually a spy in the prison.

Who is that person?

It was calculated so perfectly.

"What prison robbing?" Wei Zheng pulled Su Huai behind him and said with a smile, "You just saw it. Lord Su was reluctant to let me die, so he came to see me off. Commander Leng should not make a fuss about it."

"I will drink the wine that your majesty gave me, and nothing happened anyway. Just pretend that nothing happened today. Why make a big deal out of it?"

Leng Changlin nodded and said seriously, "I will consider it. Now please ask Lord Su to leave this place and not cause any trouble. Only then can I pretend that nothing happened."

Su Huai immediately walked out from behind Wei Zheng and said, "Commander Leng, this case involves..."

"Su Huai."

Wei Zheng called him in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on him, "Your Majesty has made the decision, come here, I have something to say to you."

Su Hui glanced at Leng Changlin, turned and walked over. The tall man lowered his head close to his ear, and the warm breath sprayed behind his ear seemed to express his endless attachment.

"Ah, I'm sorry."

The next moment, Su Huai felt a pain in the back of his neck. He realized something and opened his eyes wide, but it was too late for him to do anything. His consciousness seemed to fall into an endless abyss.

I used all my strength to concentrate, but in the end I only heard Wei Zheng's instructions.

"Please, for the sake of our past friendship, send Lord Su back safely..."

Leng Changlin hummed, signaled the people behind him to bring the imperially bestowed wine, then looked at Wei Zheng with a slightly complicated look, and whispered, "Commander Wei, goodbye."

"Thank you."

Finally, after taking a deep look at Su Huai's fair and gentle face, Wei Zheng raised his glass and drank it all.

I closed my eyes, and the image of the young man filled my mind.

Engraved this life.

……

The snow was falling harder, and as usual, several more bodies were wrapped in paper carts and carried out of the prison.

Different from other death row prisoners who were simply wrapped in torn straw mats, this body was covered with an extra layer of white cloth, and dark brown blood could be clearly seen overflowing from the head of the white cloth.

Those who worked in the Heavenly Prison had seen all kinds of deaths. It was obvious that this corpse had been poisoned. An ordinary person would probably be scared to death if they saw it.

A hand reached out, trying to lift the white cloth to take a look.

The man was knocked off his scabbard by a sword, and said in a slightly cold voice: "Are you worried about the people that I personally sent away?"

"No, no! I... I just want to see..."

He didn't finish his words, but everyone could see that he wanted to see what the young Marquis Wei, who was born into an aristocratic family and became the commander of the imperial guards at a young age, looked like after his death.

"Haven't you seen enough dead bodies while working here?"

Leng Changlin glanced over and said, "I still have some wine left, does Prisoner Song want some..."

"You are joking, sir. I dare not drink this wine." Prisoner Song turned his head quickly and said, "Did you check it just now? Is it dead?"

"Yeah, no air."

"Then send them to the mass grave outside the city while we can still make it!"

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