Si Tian Guan

Liu Chongming was summoned to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and saw King Qi who was still kneeling in front of the hall. The situation was special, and neither of them said hello.

Qi Wang Xu still can't figure it out, but he is very clear.

This time, the trouble that Ren Rui caused was not something that could be simply brought over by killing innocent people indiscriminately.

The North and South Yamen didn't deal with it at all. No matter who said to break the sky this time, no one would believe that Ren Rui dared to make his own decisions and attack Bai Shiyan.

In this way, the matter of Jinpingzhuang is also inseparable from King Qi.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, it is impossible for King Qi to get away easily this time, let alone two other tigers and wolves waiting for an opportunity.

After the imperial physician withdrew, Liu Chongming lifted the curtain and entered the inner hall.

But after a few days, Emperor Yu was so haggard that he seemed to have aged a lot suddenly. Seeing him coming in, he wanted to speak a few times, but was interrupted by coughing.

There was no one else in the hall, Yu Dexi pushed a chair over, Liu Chongming thanked him, and then sat down.

The results of these few days of torture had just been presented, and Emperor Yu announced that there would be nothing else. He looked into Yu Dexi's eyes and opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, all the people from the Zuo Xiao Camp have been recruited. Ren Rui asked them to do the disturbance in Chengfeng's paddock to watch the city. They prepared to go down the mountain in advance, and the target was the fetus in Zhu Meiren's womb."

"Later, I met Bai Shiyan while searching the mountains. Seeing that he was alone, Ren Rui had evil thoughts and ordered people to attack him. Shi Yan escaped from the gap in the mountain by luck."

"It's just that they didn't give up. They searched all the way south and ran into Zhuangzi in the mountains."

"According to them, there were guards in Zhuangzi who injured them. Ren Rui ordered Zhuangzi to be slaughtered, his head was cut off, and he pretended to be an old citizen of Liequ to come back to receive the reward."

"The 38 members of the Zuo Xiao camp were interrogated separately, and their confessions were consistent. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

"Look at it! Look at it!" Emperor Yu suddenly swept all the booklets on the case to the ground, and said furiously, "Everyone is so courageous! They don't have any serious intentions, but they all know how to plot me and fool me! They even hit their minds On the unborn child! Have you eaten the bear heart and leopard courage! Who gave them the courage! "

Liu Chongming hurriedly got up and knelt down: "The emperor calm down! I really tortured them, and they all said that they just had a personal grievance with Zhu Meiren's natal family."

Emperor Yu's face was flushed red, as if he would be out of breath in the next moment.

"Personal grievances! Thirty or forty people have personal grievances with the same family! Still don't know that my flesh and blood are in that stomach?! Do you think I'm a fool! Bai Shiyan! Why didn't you say a word when you came back!"

"Your Majesty, I also asked Shi Yan. Shi Yan said that he fled in a panic, and it was dark at night, so he was not sure who the other party was. If he came back and accused Nan Ya empty-handedly, it would just cause trouble for the Emperor."

Emperor Yu was even angrier: "He is the majestic leader of the Beiya government. He was chased and beaten like a dog in the water. He didn't dare to let a fart go! Is he a decent guy! Go and call him here! Where is Ren Rui!"

"Back to the emperor, Ren Rui bit his tongue and committed suicide."

Emperor Yu raised his breath, and when he was about to say something, he tilted his head to the side. Yu Dexi was so frightened that he quickly touched the scent of mint on the table to his nose, and was pushed away tremblingly.

"Chongming! Go to interrogate me again. If you still bring these unclear statements, don't come to see me!"

"Your Majesty!" Liu Chongming kowtowed to the bottom, and then suddenly straightened his body: "Forgive me for speaking bluntly! If this matter is investigated further, I'm afraid...it will be difficult for me to do this job."

Emperor Yu turned his gaze: "What do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, Nanya is a soldier under Lord Qi's command. This time I have come to arrest people, many people are dissatisfied, and there are many discussions in private. If I dig deeper, I am afraid..."

Liu Chongming seemed to have made up his mind, and then he said the following words: "I am afraid that some prince will be involved, and I can't bear it."

"If it was the past, I would be fearless, but now my elder sister is also pregnant with the emperor's flesh and blood. If I pursue her relentlessly, others will probably even scold and accuse me, saying that I have selfish motives and schemes for evil."

"I'm young and ignorant, and I don't understand everything in the court. If my subordinates don't know what is important, I will die. I hope the emperor will remember that I am loyal. Don't blame my sister."

When Liu Chongming said he was excited, he kowtowed again.

"The emperor's kindness and kindness to his ministers will be renewed, and the ministers dare not let them down. I only ask the emperor to know that the ministers are sincere. If there is any blame in the future, the ministers are willing to bear it all."

Emperor Yu looked at him silently, and after a long time he sighed deeply: "Get up."

Yu Dexi hurried to help him.

Liu Chongming stood up with red eyes.

"I watch you grow up, but I still don't know your temper. What I want to give you the Jinxiu Camp is the drive of a newborn calf. Just let go and do what you have to do. If someone comes to me and chews their tongues, they will have their own way." I call the shots for you."

Liu Chongming sniffled and prostrated on the ground again: "I am willing to break my body to pieces for the emperor!"

He turned to leave, but was stopped by a voice behind him.

"Chongming."

Liu Chongming hurriedly turned his head: "The emperor still has orders?"

Emperor Yu twirled the peppermint incense, and he raised his eyes after a long time: "Jin Pingzhuang... Have you checked it out?"

"Jin Ping Zhuang..." Liu Chongming was stunned for a moment before he realized: "The emperor is talking about the Zhuangzi who was slaughtered? I did see this plaque in the Zhuangzi. I searched the Zhuangzi, but there is no survivor, and I haven't figured out what's inside. Who are they, the minister has already sent people around to inquire, presumably there will be results in a few days."

Yu Dexi bowed his body and stared at Emperor Yu intently, holding his breath. After a while, he saw his gaze, which seemed to be full of exhaustion.

"My lord," he tiptoed down the steps, pulled Liu Chongming aside, and said softly, "Since your lord has investigated the village, our family will not hide it from you. The people living in that zhuangzi are 35 criminals who gave birth to children."

Liu Chongming didn't seem to be able to react for a while, and was shocked after a while: "The people Ren Rui killed..."

He glanced at Emperor Yu quickly, but didn't dare to continue.

As if to confirm his thoughts, Yu Dexi said in a slow voice: "This matter is of great importance, but we must not let others know that it is necessary to have a child born of sin, and there will be a son of labor."

Liu Chongming half turned around, bowed his hands to Emperor Yu, and said in a clear voice: "The emperor loves you so much, I will definitely live up to my trust!"

"Chongming," Emperor Yu said without raising his eyelids, "it's hard to find people. Later, you can go to the household department with your handbook to get some money. If there is a shortage, tell me again. This matter must be done properly."

"It's my honor that the emperor has favor with me. I have a little income these years, so I don't have to work for the household department!"

"Just hold it if you let me. You don't want to touch your private property. If you finish the matter, I will naturally not treat you badly." Emperor Yu had a rare smile on his face: "I know you are nimble, You have a shrewd mind, so you will not make mistakes, so tell me, what do you want me to reward you for?"

Liu Chongming was confident and did not shirk: "Your Majesty, I have nothing else to ask but to return the slave that His Highness took away. Not to mention that I have raised him for a few years, and he looks like one in a million. Robbing people, I have been laughed at by my friends several times in private. I am still unconvinced."

The temperature in the inner hall, which was warm just now, suddenly cooled down again.

Emperor Yu closed his eyes for a short rest, looked up and saw that he was still standing, seemed extremely tired, waved his hand: "Go down."

Without waiting for Liu Chongming to say anything, Yu Dexi already shook his whisk and pointed out the way out for him.

The cold outside the door seemed to be worse than before, Liu Chongming couldn't help shivering, bowed to King Qi outside the door, and walked down the steps step by step.

It was just when the sun was setting, and the bright orange light shone on the body, stretching the shadow back for a long time, twisting and turning on the steps, as if some monster was clinging behind.

Liu Chongming felt very tired, the vigor just now seemed to have overdrawn all his strength in advance, and there seemed to be sandbags hanging on his feet, dragging him down with every step he took.

When he got down to the last floor, he was in a daze for an unknown period of time, and suddenly turned around.

On the high platform of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, a figure wrapped in a thick cloak flashed through the gap between the white jade rails.

Liu Chongming stared blankly at the disappearance of that figure, and took a few breaths slowly, the hot air condensed into hoarfrost on his eyelashes.

He just raised his hand to wipe his eyes, then turned and left.

Qu Chenzhou woke up slowly from the smell of Wu Chenxiang, and the curtains he saw when he opened his eyes were the most familiar patterns.

Everything seems to have passed away, as if nothing has ever been reborn.

The people outside the curtain walked lightly, and the sound of the door opening was very clear. Someone asked outside the door, "Is anyone awake?"

I remembered.

He fainted in front of the emperor in Qingxinjuli.

Ever since he was dragged back from Shiliting, his body was riddled with holes, and he didn't even think that he would be able to survive Suo Ye's attack.

But after all, he survived.

This scar is the evidence of his break with Liu Chongming, and there is no time for him to heal slowly.

It has been a long time since the Jinpingzhuang tragedy. If someone discovered it in advance, he would have lost the best opportunity to convince the emperor.

Fortunately, everything is still in time.

He is familiar with the emperor, knows all the weaknesses of the emperor, and even more knows that the sentence "Jing Pingzhuang was slaughtered" is a fatal point that the emperor cannot ignore.

But the only thing he didn't expect was that Liu Chongming would come.

Ever since Liu Chongming knelt outside the door of Qingxinju and said the first sentence, he has been keenly aware of the change in Liu Chongming's attitude, and he must have known something.

He is most aware of Emperor Yu's suspicion.

He was already ready to grit his teeth and endure the interrogation and torture in the past, but he became invisible in that quarrel.

The remaining strength made him have no time to think about other things, he only remembered that he was pulling his clothes out of control, revealing the scars on his half body, and only remembered that his ears were filled with his sobbing.

"Your majesty, it's not a slave who betrayed his master! Dare to ask the emperor, who would like to be a slave forever! Who would like to be a slave forever!"

I don't know who is yelling in my ear that he is presumptuous, and who is dragging him.

Qu Chenzhou only knew that he had exhausted his last strength, and he couldn't even risk his life to take another step forward, so he completely lost consciousness.

Everything in the body became blurred, as if the soul had left the body again and floated in the clouds.

He tried hard to open his eyes, but it was in vain, and he didn't know how long it took before he vaguely realized that someone was turning his body.

"Remember, the whip on the back of the leg...the front chest...the frostbite on the foot..."

Someone was talking beside the bed, and it fell into the ear intermittently: "The lower back...the brand is swollen..."

He suddenly twitched, and the needle pierced into his neck was quickly pulled out.

"Residual poison in the body..."

The man lifted the quilt, grabbed one ankle and lifted it up, poking a few fingers over.

Qu Chenzhou finally couldn't help crying out in pain, shaking his head back.

"Torn... badly hurt..."

He was checked inside and out, and he fell back on the bed exhausted, and passed out.

I don't know how long I was in a coma.

The curtain was lifted, and the setting sun was dimly outside the window. Someone leaned slightly towards him: "Are you awake?"

He slowly rolled his eyes, was helped to sit up, fed a few sips of water, and finally made a sound from his burning throat.

"Eunuch..."

Yu Dexi looked him up and down several times, with a smile on his face: "Qu Chenzhou, our family asked you a few questions, and you have to answer them truthfully. If there is even half a lie, don't blame me for sending you to son."

Qu Chenzhou clenched the side of the bed uneasily, and replied in a low voice: "Elder-in-law, just ask, servants never lie."

Yu Dexi was satisfied with his obedience.

"First, do you really know the future with your eyes? Has anyone told you about Jin Pingzhuang?"

"Back to my father-in-law, Xianu suffered from a serious illness when I was young. After recovering from the illness, I can see some hexagrams, and I can divination for the same person every five days. In the past, the slaves were sold in the Qisheng Building, and the shopkeeper was a slave. Listing to make a living. All the hexagrams spoken by the slaves are accurate. Jinpingzhuang... No one told the slaves that it was the emperor's hexagrams."

"Hmm..." Yu Dexi nodded: "You were bought by the prince, did the prince treat you well?"

Qu Chenzhou lowered his eyes, and two lines of tears rolled down the ground: "Your Majesty has indeed taught this slave carefully, and even taught him how to read and write, but the father-in-law has seen the scars on his body. The son only regards this slave as a Plaything, if he treats slaves well, father-in-law can ask Lord Ning."

Seeing his tears rolling down like beads, Yu Dexi also sighed: "Forget it, don't cry. Since you are listed in the Qisheng Tower for divination, did Shizi ask you to divination for whom?"

Qu Chenzhou carefully wiped away the tears, and bit his lower lip.

"Elder-in-law, shopkeeper Du treated my slave harshly. At first, I was young and could not bear beatings and scolding, and earned a lot of money for him by divination. But the shopkeeper still refused to let me go. I almost beat the slave to death several times. Gradually, the slave... no longer Speak."

"When the son bought the slave, the signboard of the slave had already been taken off, and he hadn't divination for others for a long time. The son didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and the slave refused to speak, so...he didn't divination for the son."

"I didn't let the son know about the power of Nu divination."

Sobbing softly, he slid off the bed and knelt down, prostrating himself on the ground.

"My father-in-law is very observant. With these eyes, I can no longer tell lies. My father-in-law is very observant."

"The father-in-law is sympathetic, and the slave's answers are true. I beg the father-in-law not to send the slave back to the son. The slave will definitely die."

Yu Dexi was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"What kind of talk is this? Our family has indeed heard His Highness and Lord Ning talk about it, and you believe it." He actually came to help Qu Shenzhou get up with his own hands: "Slavery or not, the emperor has ordered our family to go In addition to your slave status, the Control Division also has..."

He turned around, and several palace servants waiting outside the door came in one after another, carrying trays, and knelt down in front of Qu Shenzhou.

Another palace official lifted the bright red silk cloth and unfolded the crown embroidered with seven chapter patterns.

"Congratulations," Yu Dexi unfolded a roll of bright yellow sacred decree in his hands, smiling: "Congratulations to Qu Sitian, Qu Sitian has accepted the decree!"

Qu Shenzhou knelt down in response, and kowtowed.

The afterglow of the setting sun was setting not far from Dexi's boots.

Yu Dexi only raised his voice to proclaim the imperial decree, but he didn't know

——Qu Sitian, who stirred up the situation with one hand, came to this world again.