Record of ups and downs in troubled times

Cheng Nan didn't die.

Of course, there was a lot of blood, and it was said that the whole front of the prime minister was covered with blood, and he rolled his eyes on the spot, and he could hardly breathe.It's a pity that the tip of Su Jun's knife failed to do justice for the sky, but missed Cheng Nan's life gate by half an inch, causing him to bleed in vain, but he managed to save his life.

The emperor was not very surprised by this result: Cheng Nan is a hard stone that cannot be smashed or bitten, and his fate is very hard.If he died so easily, he would not have to fight openly and secretly with this person for more than ten years and still be at a disadvantage.

The most urgent task is not Cheng Nan, but Su Jun.

The Su family had a feud with Cheng Nan, and this was a little bit of clues that were only found out after a lot of effort.As for what kind of enmity and when it was forged, there is no clue at all.But according to Liu Pu's guess, it is nothing more than revenge for killing the father, killing the family, and so on.Su Jun is good at disguise. Liu Pu originally planned to take advantage of this person's ability and past grudges to slowly take him for his own use, but he never expected such a moth to appear halfway.

Could it be that Su Juan really premeditated the assassination of the Prime Minister in Jingren Palace?

Or the one who "trapped Su Jun to death" in Master Zhou Zheng's mouth, could it be the real queen mother?

Not impossible.

When investigating Su Jun's life experience, the emperor had not expelled Zhu Qi from the Changle Palace. It is very likely that the matter about the little luthier was passed on to the Queen Mother from Zhu Qi, so it is not surprising that the Queen Mother knew about it. It will be more logical to use it.

But why did the Empress Dowager insist on putting Su Jun to death?Looking at her actions, it seemed that she was going to bring Su Jun and the prime minister together.As the daughter of the Cheng family, she intends to take the life of the head of the Cheng family. What is the reason for this?

The cell that Su Juan lived in was specially set up by Tingwei Prison to detain the most heinous people. Compared with ordinary prisons, it was darker and colder.The emperor thought about all the things that had happened recently, but he didn't take care of looking at his eyes. For a moment, the cold air entered his body, and he shivered invisibly.

Looking up and looking around, there are long lights standing on the left and right along the way, the lights flickering, coupled with the intermittent ticking of water from the ground, it is almost the same as walking in the tomb.

Under the candlelight, Liu Pu frowned, wrapped his clothes tightly, and raised his legs to step over an extremely high threshold.

There are many innocent souls in the prison, and there are many anecdotes and strange stories about ghosts and ghosts from time to time.According to folklore, after a person dies in vain, the soul is restless and tends to gather into resentment and rigidity, close to the yang energy of the person, and take the life of the person.However, most of these grievances have stiff kneecaps and are difficult to bend. Therefore, setting a high threshold can "lock" them behind the threshold to prevent the grievances from leaking out.

It still sounds reasonable, but it troubles those who visit the prison.

If you don't pay attention, you don't know how many dogs will eat shit.

"My lords, go around the front and turn right, and you will find Lord Su. I'm stupid and reckless, so I won't get in your way."

The court lieutenant joined hands and bowed, and stopped in an orderly manner beyond the last threshold.This time out of the palace, although Liu Pu did not reveal his identity, but this court official is a caring person: he has seen Zhou Changshi's face, so he naturally knows that the person who can be with Zhou Changshi must have a high status, and he can't surpass it. of.

As for what kind of insurmountable law it is, of course everyone knows it well, although you don't say it, I don't say it, but the rules that should be there can't be broken at all.

"How can Mr. Su live in peace? This place is secluded and no one disturbs you, so you are more attentive than me."

The emperor spoke with sarcasm and was dissatisfied.

The slender figure leaning against the corner of the cell moved its head, as if trying to defend itself.

"Assassinate the prime minister alone, Mr. Su, you are not small. You are in the same room with a hero like Mr. Su. My life can survive until now. I really should be grateful to you, right?" The emperor The more you scolded, the angrier you became, and you said angrily: "Tell me, who made you commit such crimes? It must be King Yingchuan!"

"That's not the case!" The figure moved violently, a little away from the wall, and then collapsed down, kneeling in front of the emperor. "I didn't kill him...the knife wasn't mine."

Sure enough, it was the queen mother's tricks.

With an idea in his mind, Liu Pu became more angry, but also habitually calmer.At this moment, he spared time to glance at Su Juan who was kneeling on the ground, only to find that the child's neck was covered with sweat, and the few strands of hair that had been loosened down the back of his neck were also sticky and wet.However, the place in the dungeon is the most gloomy and cold, and it is impossible to sweat from the heat. Apart from the cold sweat from being frightened, I am afraid that it can only be forced to sweat because of injuries on the body.

Cheng Nan, as he expected, really didn't suffer a bit.

"Has anyone been to the Cheng family?"

"Ah."

"Then you should also know that if you are in prison, within two or three days, he will be able to bypass the palace control and let you live instead of die, right?"

Su Jun nodded again.

Although he committed himself to such a dusty place like the Changchun Pavilion, he has developed an arrogant and lofty temperament. No matter what the situation, he must always conceal his attitude so that he is neither humble nor overbearing.But now that he is in the place where he is bullied in Pingyang, he can't allow himself to be arrogant.

The matter of entering the palace, on the surface, although he acted in accordance with the current situation, he did have the motive to put the prime minister to death.But no matter how ignorant he is, he would not just carry a half-inch long dagger and run to Jingren Palace to assassinate in broad daylight... Although he only learned piano skills since he was a child, it's not like he didn't have no skills. The brain will never do such stupid things.

Isn't poisoning more likely to succeed than a blade that is sent up brightly?

"Do you want to live?" Seeing that Su Jun was gradually wavering, Liu Pu leaned two steps in front of him with his hands behind his back, knelt down on his knees, and said in a low voice, "Tell me first, what is the relationship between you and the Cheng family?" origin?"

When Su Jun heard the question, his back stiffened for a moment, and he subconsciously clenched his lips and refused to make a sound.

"For saving you, there must be something in return. I don't know your details, how can I trust you?" The emperor snorted softly, stretched out his hand to cover Su Juan's thin shoulders, and pressed his finger down with enough strength.With this palm pressed down secretly, Su Juan's body turned half an inch to one side, but the emperor caught a sharp glimpse of the crumpled hemp paper behind the man. "what is that?"

Liu Pu stretched out his hand to twist and unfold it, and it turned out to be a fragment of music score that was already dirty.Looking around, there were three or four similar paper balls not far away, but they were so dirty that I couldn't tell them apart just now.

As for the stain on it, is it blood or muddy water?

"Tsk, Mr. Su is very knowledgeable, and he was so elegant in prison. Zhou Zheng, it seems that we have come to the wrong place. Some people live quite comfortably in this ghost place."

The emperor threw the dirty linen paper back to the ground, completely unaware that he had just grabbed the ancient music score backwards.

Although he couldn't recognize the strange symbols on the music score, the trick of playing hard to get was still very good: Liu Pu straightened up, as if he really wanted to throw Su Jun here, and walked out of the cell on his own.

"Northern Moon Mountain," Su Juan really got the trick, and compromised in a low voice, "My father had a feud with Cheng Nan. After the tribe was defeated, he took me to escape. He didn't want to be caught and killed by Cheng Nan."

"Moon Mountain?"

Moon Mountain is an extremely brave and warlike tribe in Beifan.It is said that every child in this tribe grew up drinking wolf blood and eating wolf meat. They all have bluestone wolf heads engraved on their backs, and all of them are reincarnated wolf souls.When the dynasty conquered Beifan, Moon Mountain remained alone for nearly ten years, and it was a hard rock that everyone would be terrified of.

After spending a lot of effort to eat it back then, he ordered that all the people of his ethnic group be beheaded to sacrifice the flag, and he didn't want to miss this child.

"Who is your father?"

Liu Pu couldn't help frowning when he heard the inside story.

"My father, Su Gu, used to be a violinist in the capital. After marrying my mother, he moved back to the north. When my father was killed, I had a story with Cheng Nan. I overheard it, probably because of a woman many years ago..."

Su Juan answered with a bitter tone, and it didn't seem like he was lying.

The three of them were silent for a moment.

"Okay." The emperor stood with his hands behind his back and made up his mind, "I entrust you with two things here. One is to go to Tongtian City; the other is to find someone for me in northern Xinjiang. If you If you are willing to accept these two things, I will send you out of Beijing tomorrow on the pretext of sending you to the frontier. Although the road ahead will be difficult, you will be able to save your life. You should think carefully and see which is the best option."

When I said before that I must choose one of the two in the struggle, I was telling Su Jun that the muddy water in the capital would not escape once he entered it.If you want to survive, don't think about staying out of it, it's better to decide which one to play for early.

If Su Jun wants to survive now, he has to be used by his emperor, otherwise he can only stay in prison and wait to die.

"But listen to orders."

Su Jun's knees touched the ground, considering the long-term considerations, he had to recognize the current affairs.

"Smart people, keep your eyes open, and don't be pushed down by others as a rock." Liu Pu got his promise, and the employer did not doubt it, and only explained the two things to be entrusted: "When you come to Tongtian City, one is to help I'm investigating why Feng Shuxing stayed here, and how the surrounding garrisons have been moving around recently; the second is to help me bring something to the second son of the Tan family. When you go out later, someone will naturally tell you how to report the letter from Tongtian to the capital. As for Tan Er Regarding the young master, the things sent are top-secret, if there is any change on the road, and there is suspicion of falling into the hands of others, I would rather destroy it than let it go to others."

"As for finding someone in the northern border...do you know the Feng family in the northern border?"

How do you not know?Wasn't the Feng family in the north also one of the powerful generals who broke through Moon Mountain back then?

"Since you are willing to do things for me, you can only take the Cheng family as your enemy. I advise you to let go of the Feng family's suspicion of exterminating your family. However, if you know the news, you may still be able to vent your anger—" I just got the news that the Feng family is in civil turmoil, the main branch has collapsed, and the huge family has fallen into the hands of Xiao Xiao's disciples, and it can be regarded as falling apart."

Su Juan bowed his head: "You only want to avenge the murder of your father, so you can rest assured, Your Majesty."

"That's very good." The emperor clapped his hands and smiled, and said again: "The man I asked you to find is the only son of General Feng's family. It is said that he is not yet full-term, and Mrs. Feng saved it with all his might. There will be competition for this son, and the family wants to capture the head of the family to command the army, and there are many forces looking for this child in all directions, I want you to be ahead of these people, find him first, and hide him in a safe place."

These few things are complicated to say, but in practice, it will only be more difficult than talking about it.

Su Juan closed his eyes, leaned over and touched his forehead to the ground, and responded in full:

"Yes."