On the risks and benefits of falling in love with a prince

Zhao Tang's palms were sweating, and his heart was pounding - when Yun Qi grew up, he would turn out to be a murderous beauty, he was a little apprehensive.

He stiffly opened his mouth to thank, Chu Yang also hugged Yun Qi's waist, raised his head, and said sweetly: "Thank you, General!" Yun Qi lovingly stroked Chu Yang's little face.The subordinates brought spices and gold to Yun Qi.Yun Qi waved his hands and said: "No need." Looking down at Chu Yang, he smiled: "He looks exactly like my sweetheart, if it wasn't for the wrong age, I would definitely think this is his illegitimate child."

Zhao Tang remained silent, with swear words surging in his heart.

Yun Qi bid farewell.Zhao Tang let out a long breath when he heard the footsteps going away, and stretched out his palm from his sleeve: "Little bastard, I can't beat you to death!"

Chu Yang ran away: "You hit me again, I don't want you anymore, I want to go to brother general!"

Zhao Tang was even angrier, chasing Chuyang all over the inn.The little cub had recently eaten and clothed himself warmly, and his strength was growing. He climbed up to the beam along the pillar, rode on it, and shouted, "Come up and hit me!" Zhao Tang pointed at Chuyang: "Come down!"

Chu Yang said: "No!"

Zhao Tang lifted his robe and wanted to climb up, but the sailors stopped him one after another.Chu Yang was riding on the beam, singing and making faces while shaking his head.Zhao Tang said: "Okay, you can stay up there, I will send you to someone else's house tomorrow, and I don't want you anymore."

Chu Yang didn't believe it, and laughed like a frog.

Early the next morning, Zhao Tang pulled Chu Yang out of the bed, wrapped him in clothes, carried him on his shoulders, and sent him to the doctor's house.To treat tuberculosis, one should rest at the doctor's house for at least half a year.When Chuyang saw that Zhao Tang really sent him to a strange place and was about to leave, he was so frightened that he cried and lay on the ground at Zhao Tang's feet.

Zhao Tang smiled and said, "Didn't you want to go to Brother General instead of me?"

Chu Yang raised his head, his face was full of tears: "I don't want him, I only want you."

Zhao Tang's back felt numb, and a distorted sense of satisfaction rose in his heart.He hugged Chuyang and explained why he stayed here.Chu Yang sobbed, "Then...will you come pick me up?" Zhao Tang said, "I'll pick you up when you recover."

Chuyang was about to cry again, Zhao Tang patted his back, feeling a little sore.He handed him over to the little drug boy, and hardened his heart to leave.

The cost of medical treatment is high, and Zhao Tang gasped as soon as he settled the account.

He didn't want to stay in Luoyang anymore, he wouldn't meet Liu Rui in Luoyang, and he might meet Liu Rui's new love.Luoyang is full of dignitaries, and his tens of millions of assets can't even be wiped out here.He decided to go back to Erythrina Bay and go to sea to make money.

Before leaving, he sent people to buy chicken, duck and fish, intending to marinate them and eat them on the way.

After the chicken and duck were bought, they were marinating in full swing in the kitchen. The little two poked his head in and asked in surprise, "Guest officer, how much salt did you bring?"

Zhao Tang said, "One sack."

Xiao Er stuck out her tongue and left.

In the evening, just as Zhao Tang was about to lie down, there was a commotion outside the door, and soldiers yelled, "Is there someone here selling illegal salt? Catch them all!"

The sound of kicking the door, shouting, and fighting rang out.Zhao Tang's heart tightened, and he walked out the door with an ingot of gold. He stopped the sailors who fought with the government, then nodded and bowed and walked in front of the officer, and took the chance to shake hands and stuffed the gold into the opponent's hand: "Little general, everyone Misunderstanding! Salt is a specialty of our hometown, we eat it ourselves and don’t sell it.”

The team leader accepted the gold and shouted: "You don't care if you sell it or not! The new Captain of Salt has an order to carry more than one catty of salt, and if there is no salt guide, it will be counted as illegal salt trafficking! Pack up your things and go with us, so you don't have to worry about it again." Punish your crime of beating tolerance!"

Zhao Tang tried his best to calm down: "Thank you, Master, I'll clean up now..." Pulling his subordinates into the room, he confessed all the dignitaries and dignitaries he had met over the years, and said, "Among them, some of them have been promoted to Luoyang. You visit one by one, and you must talk to Captain Si Yan."

His subordinates promised, but Zhao Tang felt uneasy. He put his hand into his bosom and touched a piece of soft satin.That was the purse that Liu Rui gave him back then, do you want to use it?

After a while, he said in his heart: "A Lieutenant Siyan, that's not enough. Could it be that I can't even solve such a trivial matter?"

He packed up some clothes and left with the officer.

He was taken to Luoyang Temple, briefly registered his name and place of origin, and then entered a prison cell.

The cell was full of people, and it was hot, mixed with a complex stench.Most of these criminals were involved in illegal salt trafficking—there were petty officials who delivered salt to relatives in the countryside, and there were cooks who stored salt for ham.

A well-informed prisoner said: "The new Lieutenant Siyan is His Majesty's younger brother! The new official has taken office three times, and he is going to make a big case!"

Zhao Tang was stunned: "The emperor's...brother?"

The man said: "King An's youngest son! Your Majesty has no mother and no son, and intends to make my younger brother the crown prince."

Zhao Tang remembered that Liu Rui had mentioned that King An didn't care about his masculinity because he had a young son.Things in the past suddenly came alive, Zhao Tang couldn't laugh or cry.Back then, he and Liu Rui were lying under the quilt, discussing the candidates for the crown prince, but now they are locked in prison, like a dog, allowing others to bully them.

Immediately, his heart skipped a beat: Lieutenant Si Yan is the future heir apparent, and none of the dignitaries he knows will work.

He regretted not taking out his purse.

Zhao Tang soon had no time to regret it.

The prisoners were brought up one by one, tortured to extract confessions, and admitted that they were private salt dealers.This matter was absurd. Although the sound of whips and screams echoed all day long, and the smell of blood lingered for a long time, everyone felt that they would be released soon.Zhao Tang was not tortured much because he had given away gold, but the cell was dirty and crowded, and there was not enough food and drink, so it was still difficult.

More and more new prisoners were brought in, and people sat all night, with the former sitting on the feet of the latter.Only those who have been tortured can be allocated a small area where they can curl up and lie down.

Zhao Tang gradually realized that in the vast city of Luoyang, those who were arrested were just a drop in the ocean and would not disturb any senior executives.

They are really going to be a big case.

One evening, the cell was swept clean, and the guards stood in a row, looking at the door of the cell.After a long time, a beautiful boy came in with his followers.The jailers knelt down in unison, saying, "Prince Wan'an." The beautiful young man ordered everyone to lie down, and looked at the cell: "Are you unwilling to recruit these?"

The jailer said: "Yes, these troublemakers are very difficult to deal with!"

The beautiful young man raised his eyebrows, and his apricot eyes flashed with an innocent smile: "Pull them out, and execute them one by one, even if they are killed."

Zhao Tang's heart was chilled, and Liu Rui's heart was kind, how could there be such a vicious younger brother?That young man's snow-skinned appearance is bright and charming, and he doesn't look like Liu Rui either.

Suddenly, behind the beautiful boy, an unremarkable young man said: "Your Highness, let me practice my skills? I haven't killed anyone in a long time." The beautiful boy frowned, thought for a while, and smiled: "Hurry up, don't get bloody!" Yes, it smells bad." The jailer opened the cell door, his eyes lingering on the prisoner.The prisoners were all half-dead, except Zhao Tang who had never been tortured and shrank behind them.

A bunch of eyes fell on Zhao Tang's head, Zhao Tang felt it, and his scalp went numb.

"You, come out!"

Zhao Tang panicked and wanted to resist, but he was dragged out by the jailer and tied to the torture stake.Zhao Tang yelled: "Prince, I will recruit, I will recruit! I trafficked illegal salt! I plead guilty!"

The beautiful boy gave a "tsk".The young man was extremely disappointed, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this man is dishonest in appearance. Teach him a lesson from his lowly position, so that he won't have to retract his confession."

The beautiful boy said: "Oh, it's up to you."

Zhao Tang looked at the young man in fear.This is an extremely ordinary person, neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short, neither ugly nor handsome.If he walks into the crowd, it is like a drop of water falling into the ocean, and no one can find him out.He stood still in front of Zhao Tang, picked up the soldering iron in the charcoal basin, and gently pressed it on Zhao Tang's thigh.

At first, Zhao Tang didn't feel hot, but felt a little cold.Then he smelled a burning smell.The iron left, but the pain stayed on the skin like a leech, and burrowed in.Zhao Tang heard a scream, which seemed to come from the back of his head.

Cold sweat dripped down like water, and he shouted "I plead guilty".But the man ignored it, licked his upper lip, and his eyes shone with excitement—only at this time, he showed a trace of his characteristics.Those murderous eyes are like poisonous snakes, like hungry wolves, like Yama who despises mortals.

Zhao Tang shivered from head to toe, realizing that the screams would irritate the opponent.He gritted his teeth and shut up, and didn't yell when the whip fell on him. He only yelled at the beautiful boy while the other party was changing the torture tools: "Prince, the grass people have pleaded guilty!"

The beautiful boy finally showed pity: "Okay, he's recruited, let's change."

Still wanting more, the man kicked Zhao Tang's calf bone.Zhao Tang only felt a little pain, which erupted from the place where he was kicked and spread to his entire calf.He couldn't help screaming.The jailer untied him, and he collapsed on the ground, unable to move a step.

He crawled back to the cell.

After Zhao Tang was tortured, it was a fat cook.The fat cook is used to killing chickens and cows. He has a violent personality and yells at young people.The young man smiled and pinched the cook by the throat.

The cook's face was purple, his eyes were bulging, his body twitched for a moment, and he died.

Zhao Tang lost his mind and collapsed on the ground, thankful that he recruited quickly.

The young man wiped off his sweat, stretched his shoulders, and let the jailer bring him up again.The prisoners burst into cries, scrambling to confess.The beautiful young man smiled like a flower, and said to the jailer: "Tsk, I have been a criminal officer for so many years, it is better than Ah Liu who can try cases." prisoner.

At this time, a follower ran over in panic and whispered something to the beautiful boy.The handsome boy's face changed: "Why did he come?" Immediately waved his hand, asking the jailer to put the prisoners back in the cell and fetch water to wash away the blood.

After a while, several guards in bright armor came in, and one of them said loudly: "Your Majesty is here." At that moment, Zhao Tang felt that his heart was not beating.He was originally sitting in front of the railing, but suddenly felt inferior, and hid behind the crowd.

Hearing the sound of Lulu's boots, a group of people came in.A clear and clear voice said: "The general pays his respects to the prince." The beautiful young man said reluctantly, "My brother pays respects to the imperial brother, the emperor's life is boundless."

There was no sound, everything was silent.

Zhao Tang pricked up his ears and opened all the pores of his body, waiting to receive Liu Rui's voice.There was only a sigh, flowing past Zhao Tang's ears like water.Zhao Tang thought: "It's him!" Then a deep and cold voice sounded like wine: "Yunqi, let everyone go. Jian'er, you are too nonsense!"