The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

After eating two pears from Huaichun's mansion, Bai Yan hiccupped.

Huai Chun looked over, and Bai Yan silently put down the hand that was subconsciously about to cover his mouth, and said calmly, "Speaking of which, I heard that His Majesty loves Concubine Yun very much recently." A little smile, "And then?"

"Uh, then..." Mr. Bai scratched his earlobe in embarrassment, "Your Majesty has been away from court for several days. If this afternoon continues, there is no guarantee that the court will not have speculation."

"What does that have to do with you?" Huai Chun smiled, "I still don't understand why you're so focused on it. Now you just lack an opportunity, and it happens that the emperor is in a daze, so you can find a good opportunity."

Huai Chun didn't look quite right, Bai Yan had just eaten their pears, and now he glanced at another fruit tree.

"I can't eat any more, lest you feel uncomfortable in the stomach at night. I really like it later. I'll ask someone to deliver some to you. Cover it with hay and seal it. It can be stored for two more days."

Huaichun grows fruits and vegetables just to pass the time, and he doesn't have much appetite.

"Then I'll be disrespectful." The corners of Bai Yan's mouth curled up, Huai Chun was helpless, "You grew up in Pingjin Marquis Mansion anyway, and they didn't short you for food and clothing. Why are you salivating over some fruits now?"

Bai Yan paused with his fingers rubbing the cup, as if recalling something from the past.

Huai Chun could see that he was pushing the envelope again, so he simply patted his arm, and said comfortingly, "Speak up, it will make you feel better."

After a long time, Bai Yan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "When I was in prison, I was taken care of by Uncle Xiao at first, so I didn't suffer much, but later..."

His eyes gradually dimmed, "Uncle Xiao put on his armor in a hurry, the two elder brothers died and the other was injured, and the Marquis of Pingjin was in chaos, so... no one cared about me."

It's early autumn.

"Tick tock..."

"...tick tock..."

Bai Yan's white clothes had long been stained with dirt, and he was slumped in the corner of the wall like a piece of rag, with his head sideways and hair covering half of his face.His fingers were abnormally swollen, bruised and purple, and they looked terrifying.

"Hey, boy, are you still alive?" A man dragged a long iron chain and shouted in a rough voice.

Bai Yan remained motionless.

The man walked a few steps closer, and there was an aisle between the two of them, the cells on both sides were damp, and the iron chains dragged on the ground, making a muffled clattering sound, which made Bai Yan slightly frowned, his body moved slightly, and he sat up straight with difficulty. , His eyes were full of lifeless anger.

"What's the noise?"

After not talking to anyone for a long time, Bai Yan's voice was hoarse, as if he was chewing rotten wood, it was unpleasant and sinister.

"I'm afraid you'll die too, and they'll drag you out, and I'll be alone here again..." The man was bearded, and the prison clothes on his body were not too dirty, but his messy hair and henhouses were not too much the difference.

Bai Yan didn't want to talk nonsense with others, so he turned over and closed his eyes again.

"Why did you fall asleep again? This place doesn't even have a big mouse. It's been a long time since I saw any living things. Why don't you talk to me..."

After he said such a paragraph, Bai Yan didn't respond at all.

The man was not very happy, he pulled the iron chain and smashed it on the wooden bars of the prison, "Boy, sleeping is so boring!"

"Shut up!" Bai Yan burst into anger, his voice was like a knife being tempered.

But the man was unmoved, and his voice became louder, "I heard from the jailer that you are the adopted son of Marquis Pingjin. Why, that guy is so useless now that he can't even protect his adopted son?"

Seeing that Bai Yan didn't respond, he raised his voice again, "No wonder the military power has been completely removed, and he trains in the barracks every day like a martial arts instructor. The ancestor's foundation can't be maintained, tsk, a martial artist is reckless..."

"What about you, you are so lonely that you don't even have a place to live, and now you are in the imperial prison, and you may not even have someone to burn you paper after you die." Bai Yan's eyes were still closed, but every word he spoke came from the heart stamp.

The man's eyes widened, "Do you know who I am?"

"In the seventh year of the old calendar, Sanyuan and the first entered the Imperial Academy, and three years later, he was promoted to be the Minister of the Household Department. Half a year later, the Minister of the Household Department died unexpectedly. It is you who will temporarily take the post of Minister of the Household Department." Bai Yan said here slightly. After a pause, "It's just that you are greedy, and you are greedy for money and silver with Prince Zhong and others, and you found the letter colluding with Beidi from your mansion, so you took off your crown and belt, and went straight to prison."

He sat up a bit, "If I remember correctly, you will go to the execution ground in seven days."

"Yes, Ling Chi will be executed." The man shook the iron chain in his hand, "You know a lot." It was clear that he was about to be Ling Chi, but now he seemed very relaxed.

Bai Yan didn't want to talk to him at first, but the man reacted strangely, so he was rarely interested, "It is said that you have a decent background, so you don't want to be greedy for money."

When Bai Yan was not in the Imperial Prison, he had heard a lot about this man's deeds, some said he was brilliant, some said he was narrow-minded, and some even said that he was a rare honest official in the dynasty.

For a while, Bai Yan couldn't judge, he slowly stood up from the ground, picked up the broken bowl in the corner, put it on the place where the water was dripping, and said lightly, "Uncle Xiao said that you are very weird, you have a clear chest You have Jinxiu, but you have to pretend that you don't care about everything."

The man's originally leisurely appearance suddenly froze, "He mentioned me?"

"Naturally." Bai Yan's eyes flickered slightly, and he walked to the wall to lean against. The two days of tossing made him feel pain like needles in his bones, and he couldn't help but fell to the ground after standing for a long time.

"He thinks highly of me. There's no such thing as splendor, but he's a little clever." The man's face was relaxed, and he sat aside, the iron chain in his hand rattling, and Bai Yan turned his head, knowing that this man had something to say .

In fact, it is an ordinary story.

An aspiring Confucian student who wanted to be appointed as a prime minister, devoted himself to serving the country and the people, he did not expect that all his colleagues around him were smooth and secular.After finally entering the household department to show off his talents, he was tricked by his boss.

With no more ambition, he gradually smoothed his edges and blended in. Others were staring at Hubu's piece of fat, so he simply followed suit.

But greed is something, once you get involved, you will become addicted. The person who once threatened to work for the well-being of the people in Jiyue Qingfeng has finally become the person he hates the most.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world, he was finally reported, and because of the secret letter related to Beidi, he was directly thrown into prison.

After hearing this, Bai Yan lost interest, "The path you choose is no different from anyone else's."

The man looked down at his hands, "Yeah, I did something wrong, and there was no turning back from the beginning," he smiled softly, "Actually, it's better to die earlier, as long as you live for a day, you will die again." A day of solitude."

"What about the secret letter?" Bai Yan asked.

The man was silent for a moment, and then he spoke after a while, "I'm obsessed with ghosts."

"It has nothing to do with you, right?" Bai Yan looked at him, "You are taking the blame for someone else," he lowered his voice, "Who is it?"

"There is no one else." The man pulled the chain and walked in, looking like he didn't want to talk to Bai Yan, but Bai Yan sneered, "From the beginning, you have tried every means to talk to me, just to talk to me To lead here, and now to put on a show, is it sure of my temper?"

The man paused.

Bai Yan then confirmed what was in his mind, "The person who ordered you wants to take the Pingjinhou's mansion into the water, right?"

Since the day Bai Yan entered the imperial prison, he has not let down his vigilance for a moment. Everyone in Yingdu knows about his relationship with Pingjinhoufu. Once he does something, countless pairs of eyes will stare at Pingjinhoufu.

"You are indeed intelligent." The man turned his head, "It's just that you will be hurt if you are extremely intelligent, and they can't tolerate you."

"I'm afraid there is Pingjinhou's Mansion that can't be tolerated." Bai Yan stood up straight, "I don't care how many evil thoughts you have, just come towards me, Pingjinhou's Mansion, you can't move."

"But you have been raised by the Marquis of Pingjin for ten years, and you don't even care about your own future because of them?" A few people walked out from the darkness, the leader was wrapped tightly in a black robe, only revealing a pair of long and narrow eyes. eyes.

"Look, now that you are in prison, who has been in charge of you?" The man was standing not far away, but against the light, Bai Yan couldn't see his face clearly, and replied coldly, "When will that be?" I became a corpse and was thrown out, it was enough for someone to roll some straw mats, and I didn't care about anything else."

"I don't know what to say!" The man in black got angry, and directly sent the people around him to bring Bai Yan out.

There were bloodstains left on the torture rack, and the fishy smell went straight to Bai Yan's nose, he frowned slightly.

The man in black thought he was scared, but unexpectedly Bai Yan spat at him, "Come on, if you can't kill me today, I will kill you tomorrow."

After staying with Xiao Jiuqin for a long time, Bai Yan didn't learn anything else, he learned ten percent of his unscrupulous posture, and sure enough, the other party was so angry that he struck down Bai Yan's leg with a stick.

"Uh!" Bai Yansheng forced the pain back.

"Fight again!"

Another stick was thrown down, Bai Yan's face turned pale, he had been raised in Pingjin Marquis for a full ten years, how could he have suffered such a crime, when the rope was untied, he hit the ground heavily, the cold ground, the cold air went straight into his body.

"It's tough." The man in black stepped on his shoulder and crushed it down hard. The wound from the whipping before was burning hot, and Bai Yan whimpered, and the cold sweat hit the ground drop by drop.

"Just make a few confessions according to our wishes, and give you a fingerprint, and then you will have a bright future waiting for you," the man in black leaned slightly, "I heard that you have the talent to manage the world, but you have to follow the rules all day long." That third young master Xiao was playing around, wasting your time in vain."

"Future is no match for Xiao Jiuqin." Bai Yan raised his head, the blood on his mouth was very coquettish, "What else do you have...you might as well tell me and let me hear..."

He raised a sinister smile, "Why don't you bring Jiangshan here to see if I'm tempted," he laughed out loud, "Or, if you commit suicide in front of me now, I'll confess, why? Sample?"

"Bastard!" Heiyi was extremely angry, and he took the whip from the person beside him and swung it down fiercely.

"Ugh!!" Bai Yan's body trembled, there were barbs on the whip, and when the whip went down, his flesh was directly exposed.

"Since you refuse to be honest, then continue to serve me. Let me use the torture instruments in the torture room one by one. I won't believe it. He can hold back!"

"Yes," several people beside him dragged Bai Yan to the rack.

The sound of the whip pierced the air in all directions. At first, Bai Yan could struggle a few times, but then he didn't respond.

"What to do, the person has passed out?"

"Wake him up by splashing water, if you don't pry his mouth open today, how will the master explain it?"

"Yes!" Poured a large bucket of cold water, Bai Yan was excited and exhaled sharply.

"Are you still recruiting?" The whip rested on Bai Yan's cheek.

"Just fight, why bother talking nonsense!" Bai Yan's eyes were red.

The more stubborn he was, the more he annoyed the other party, he threw down the whip, and directly touched Bai Yan's shoulder with the hot red iron...