Reincarnation of the powerful minister

"What's the sound outside?" In the passage of the prison, Su Yan suddenly stopped.

The jailer carrying the lantern listened carefully: "...the sound of wind and thunder?"

Jing Hong pursued: "Someone was making noise outside the prison entrance, calling loudly 'Master Su can stay here'. Hearing the voice, it was the Jinyiwei spy named Gao Shuo."

Su Yan was startled, then his face changed slightly, and he ran towards the entrance.Jing Hongzhui followed effortlessly.The jailer was caught off guard and was thrown far away by them.

"Gao Shuo is Shen Qi's confidant, looking for me in such a hurry that he even ignored the rule of 'spying is not allowed to act in a high profile', presumably something serious happened." Su Yan said while running, suddenly felt light in his body, it turned out that he was being arrested Jing Hong hugged her waist, and floated out of the prison tunnel like a canopy in the wind.

Thunder rumbled overhead, like a war drum urging, and the electric policy tore through the night sky, brewing an astonishingly powerful rainstorm.

"Gao Shuo!" Su Yan was chased by Jing Hong, and came to Gao Shuo in a blink of an eye, "What happened?"

Gao Shuo was being dragged by the defenders. When he saw Su Yan's eyes lit up, he said loudly, "Master Su, go to Beizhen Fusi! Hurry up!"

"Prepare the horse! Talk on the road if you have something to say!"

Sanqi rushed out of the street outside the criminal department after a while.This place is to the west of Qianbu Corridor in the imperial city, and Beizhen Fusi is only separated from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Taichang Temple.

Gao Shuo's hoarse voice came in the wind: "The emperor came suddenly...rebuked Mr. Shen for colluding with the rebels...committed the crime of treason...he will be delayed...now only Mr. Su can save him ..."

Su Yan held the rein tightly with his fingers, his face was solemn, and he didn't say a word.

The gate of Beizhen Fusi was close in front of him. Su Yan got off his horse before he could stop, and was almost thrown out. Fortunately, Jing Hong came after him and caught him.

Su Yan stood firm, gently pushed away Jing Hongzhui's support, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Qilang, He Lin, I'm here."

He quickly walked up the steps, passing through the Jinyiwei and imperial guards who were facing each other in the courtyard.Everyone unconsciously pushed back a few steps to make way for Su Xiang, who was most likely to quell this shocking change.

On the open space in the front yard surrounded by crowds, Jian Guang shot down the Xiuchun Knife.Zhu Helin's sword tip was like lightning, pointed at Shen Qi and shouted sharply: "Pick up the knife! Why, you are afraid of my identity, so you dare not do it? What are you afraid of, Shen Qi? You have the guts of a tiger and wolf, and the heart of a nightshade. But is there anything else that will make you afraid and in awe?!"

Shen Qi half-kneeled on the ground, pressed her knees with one hand, and slowly grasped the handle of the Xiuchun Knife that fell to the ground with the other.

"That's right, there's no need to pretend to be a loyal monarch, come on!"

A ray of knife light rolled up from the ground like cold frost and snow, and slashed straight at Zhu Helin's chassis.

The imperial guards exclaimed "Guard", and rushed towards Shen Qi one after another.But Zhu Helin yelled: "Don't come up here! This is a duel between me and him!"

Swords meet, sparks burst.The imperial guards and Jin Yiwei who were on the sidelines were neither advancing nor retreating, with anxious and tangled expressions on their faces.

But in any case, they couldn't let the emperor be in danger, and planned to rush in to rescue the emperor regardless of his will if he fell into a disadvantage.

After Zhu Helin and Shen Qi performed more than a dozen moves, they took advantage of an opening, and the tip of the blade shook out several clusters of sword flowers, attacking the opponent's eyebrows, throat and chest in succession.

This pose looks like three ways to advance in parallel, but it is actually not difficult to crack, just lower your waist and pop out of the range of the sword wind.But Zhu Helin knew that Shen Qi's back had been tortured to wash and groom, so far there were hidden dangers, and when he lowered his waist to dodge, it would definitely involve old injuries, which would cause his true energy to stagnate for a moment.As long as he seizes the moment that is so close, and turns to attack his lower body, the opponent will be bloody on the spot.

Shen Qi was naturally aware of this when she took the move, so when she lowered her waist, she poured her true energy into the Xiuchun Knife and threw it out of her hand.If Zhu Helin didn't return his sword to block, and insisted on continuing to attack his lower body, he would only end up hurting both sides.

Such dangers abounded, causing the imperial guards to exclaim in alarm, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, be careful!" "It's better to let the lowly officials take action and take down the prisoner!" "Shen Qi! How dare you do it, this is to seek great treason !"

The Beizhen Fusi Jinyi Guards, headed by Shi Yanshuang, were anxious and in a dilemma: they complained for Shen Qi who was driven to a dead end, but they didn't dare to resist the order and disobey the holy will on the spot, do they really want to watch the commander Can adults be executed by Ling Chi?

The light from the saber came, and Zhu Helin had no choice but to turn back his sword to block it.Instead of retreating, Shen Qi advanced, took the opportunity to jump up, and using her palm as a knife, slashed towards the Tianding acupoint on the side of the opponent's neck.

This move is quite insidious in close-quarters grasping. Once it is hit hard, the finger force is enough to crush the Adam's apple, the trachea will collapse as a result, and the opponent will suffocate to death in a short time.

The guards in front of the imperial guard who watched the battle were frightened and were about to fly to rescue him, but someone behind them shouted: "Stop—"

The guards turned their heads when they heard the sound, and saw that it was Su Yan Suge, who was supposed to be suspended at home, and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

In desperation, Su Yan rushed directly into the battle circle regardless of the danger of being affected by the energy in the fight.Now Shen Qi and Zhu Helin had no choice but to withdraw their hands at the same time even though their arrows were on the line, each of them was forced to take a few steps back by the backlashing zhenqi in their bodies.

Su Yan looked at the faces of the two of them, walked up to Zhu Helin, knelt down and saluted: "My subject Su Yan, long live my emperor."

Zhu Helin's chest was full of anger and blood, and it took him a while to say: "Get out of the way, today I will take down this traitor who colluded with the traitor!"

Su Yan said in surprise: "Why did the emperor say such a thing! Shen Qi has a bit of hostility, and sometimes contradicts the emperor with words, but he would never do anything to rebel. I also hope that the emperor will be magnanimous and forgive him This time. In the future, he will definitely restrain his temperament and work hard for the court."

"'Will never do anything to conspire and rebel'? Qinghe, where is your sanity? You are not him, and you don't know how many plots and secrets he has hidden from you. You don't know what is hidden under this familiar face How dare you say such things!"

"I am indeed not him." Su Yan hesitated for a moment, and then said firmly, "But I would like to guarantee with my life that Shen Qi is definitely not a treason."

Zhu Helin laughed furiously: "You...you guarantee him with your life...well, when he is executed, are you going to commit suicide or die for love, or kill me to avenge him?"

Su Yan paused and said: "I don't dare. It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and the emperor made a sudden attack tonight. If he wants to convict him of treason, there must be something hidden behind it."

Zhu Helin's anger still persisted: "Without conclusive evidence, do you think that I just rely on catching wind and shadows to convict a court official at will? Su Qinghe, in your eyes, is it possible that I am such an emperor who acts recklessly based on his own likes and dislikes?"

Su Yan couldn't help but glanced back at Shen Qi, seeing him standing expressionlessly, his gaze indifferently cast on the embroidered spring knife slanted into the ground, as if he was indifferent to the argument he had just had with Zhu Helin.

But his fingertips were trembling.

Before anyone noticed, those fingers immediately clenched into fists, and the trembling disappeared, leaving only the resentment that was manifested by the veins.

It was as if Su Yan's heart had been cut by the frost blade of the Xiuchun Knife, the pain made his voice choked up.He took a long breath to relieve the pain, and said to Zhu Helin: "I want to see these evidences, please allow the emperor."

Zhu Helin nodded, and was about to tell the guards when Su Yan said again: "I want to watch it privately."

Knowing that Su Yan was doing this to leave room for change, Zhu Helin still agreed, let him enter the house with him, and then ordered the guards: "Tie him up and wait for his release."

Zhu Helin turned around and walked into the lobby.Gao Shuo cleverly stepped forward to help Su Yan up, and took the opportunity to whisper: "Master Su, you must save Master Shen!"

Su Yan nodded slightly, got up and changed his mind, and said to Jing Hongzhui who was standing not far behind, "Achai, you come with me too."

When passing by, he took a deep look at Shen Qi, and moved his lips silently: "I will find a way to solve it, don't act rashly.

The lobby door was closed.

In the court, the imperial guards took the shackles and put them on Shen Qi's body, and said in a bad tone: "It's a sacred order, I've offended you!"

Shi Yanshuang immediately led people forward, and said with an apologetic smile: "Brothers, wait a minute, anyway, people are here, so they can't escape, right?"

"It's hard to say, who knows if Commander Shen will abscond in fear of crime."

"Once the shackles are lifted, what face will we adults have in the court in the future? Besides, Su Xiang is pleading with the emperor. Think about it, everyone, what time did the emperor not agree to what Su Xiang said?"

"It's different today." The imperial guard smiled, "After tonight, Commander Shen's head may not be able to grow on his neck. What's the use of face?"

"you--"

Shen Qi raised her hand to stop Shi Yanshuang.He glanced at the group of imperial guards, his gaze was like a bloodstained blade.

"This is Beizhen Fusi." Shen Qi said.

"North Town Fusi of the imperial court." The guard felt a chill in his heart, and replied pointedly.

"There are only twelve of you."

The guard's complexion changed slightly: "No matter how many brocade guards here, they are still the emperor's courtiers. Why, you, Shen Qi, still want to incite your subordinates to rebel?"

Shen Qi sneered: "In the emperor's heart, am I already a sure-fire traitor? As you said, my head may not be still on my neck tomorrow, if not now, when will it be?"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the imperial guards changed drastically.

In the lobby, Su Yan looked at the spy of Jin Yiwei who had escaped from death in front of him, with a very ugly expression on his face.

He recognized this person as Gao Shuo's capable spy, who once contributed to the Baizhifang bombing case, and had no motive to betray Jin Yiwei and frame Shen Qi.What's more, when he observes his words and looks, the other party doesn't seem to be lying.

Zhu Helin handed over a strange cylinder made of metal. The uneven lines on the surface of the cylinder seemed to hide a mystery.Su Yan took it and flipped through it repeatedly.

"This was found from the secret room of Shen Qi's home, do you know what it is?"

"Like a lock box or something?"

"That's right, it's the mechanism sleeve specially used to convey news. We have seen it before when we cleared the underground lairs of the Vacuum Sect." Zhu Helin said, his disappointment was beyond words, "Shen Qi has long betrayed the imperial court and father The emperor and I also betrayed you."

Su Yan staggered and fell back on the chair, his face pale.

"...Impossible." He murmured incredulously, "Qilang wouldn't do such a thing, he clearly knows what I want... What's more, he is in a high position now, controlling the entire Jinyiwei, there is no reason Betrayed Da Ming, colluded with the player..."

Zhu Helin shouted: "Su Qinghe, stop deceiving yourself and others! You're such a smart person, don't you think you've never had any doubts about Shen Qi? "

Su Yan shook his head vigorously.

Jing Hong took a step forward, and said to Zhu Helin with a cold face: "Shut up, don't force him again."

Zhu Helin refused to give an inch: "I just want to force him, force him to recognize the reality, and force him to suffer long-term pain rather than short-term pain!"

He walked to the armchair and leaned over to support the armrest. The vermilion gold-woven dragon gauze enveloped Su Yan like a fierce cloud.

The young emperor looked down at his beloved courtier, and said in a deep voice: "The reason why Shen Qi betrayed, besides his natural rebellion and wolfish ambition, is another important reason - you know."

Su Yan begged and looked at the king whom he personally supported to the throne. At this moment, he was as weak as if he had been seriously ill for a long time.

"You know!" Zhu Helin emphasized, "He is for you! No, to be precise, he is for his own desire to monopolize you. Everything that prevents him from monopolizing you, whether it is the country, the monarch, or morality and ethics, is everything. They are all his enemies. As for enemies, he has always been ruthless and murderous without blinking an eye.

"He has no conviction, no bottom line, no sense of morality, and even the most basic sympathy as a human being. He climbed up the mountain of corpses and blood, not only because he needed the flesh and blood, but also because he enjoyed the flesh and blood. Father is right, he is a 梼杌 covered with human skin—such a monster, why do you miss him?!"

Zhu Helin was right... A faint voice in Su Yan's heart said this.But in contrast, the fate Shen Qi was about to face was something he could not accept no matter what.

"But, I also told the emperor..." Su Yan raised his hand, and traced Zhu Helin's eyebrows and eye corners from a distance, which was the only similarity with Zhu Jinkui.

——I am willing to be that iron chain, even if it is broken in the end, I am willing.

——Qinghe, don't be confused!

——The minister is very awake.The minister uses his body as a chain to restrain him, and he is willing to be restrained by the minister. This is a good thing for both public and private, and the emperor does not need to be distracted to pay attention to the consequences of the beast getting out of the guard.

——If it can't be restrained!

——The minister fed him with flesh and blood.

"I would like to bind him with my body and feed him with flesh and blood." Su Yan said softly, "Your Majesty... He Lin, if you spare his life, just beg me, don't kill him."

Zhu Helin was almost overwhelmed by anger and despair.

"Su Yan, we've already talked about this, why are you still obsessed with it?!" He held Su Yan's wrist firmly, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out sharp words from between his teeth, "Don't beg me, Go ask the world, ask those people who died in the bombing, those people who were involved in the border war - ask them, can they let Shen Qi go!"

Su Yan's tears rolled down silently.

"Enough!" Jing Hong chased and shouted, and brushed Zhu Helin's hand away, "Are you persuading? You are using Shen Qi's mistakes to punish Mr. Su!"

"I didn't!" Zhu Helin turned his head and roared at him, "I just hope Qinghe can see clearly how worthless it is for him to protect Shen Qi with all his heart!"

Jing Hong pursued: "Whether it's worth it or not is Master Su's own opinion, it has nothing to do with you, or even with the people of the world."

"How could it have nothing to do with me? Qinghe is mine—"

Su Yan grabbed Zhu Helin's robe sleeve, choked up and said, "Stop talking, it's all my fault. That matter... Qilang must have known about it."

that matter.

A night in Fengxian Temple is a dream woven with red candles and red gauze. In the dream, there is the ecstasy of getting one's wishes, and when one wakes up, one is left with dejected alienation.

The muscles at the corners of Zhu Helin's mouth twitched slightly, and he laughed almost distortedly: "I know. If he hadn't cheated and stolen from the father, he would have never had a chance to get you. Now, let him return with his life. What's wrong? ?”

"——He Lin!" Su Yan grabbed the hem of his shirt angrily and sadly, "Do you know what you are talking about? If you want to kill him, is it because he betrayed the country and the king, or because he got what you have to say? Arrived?"

Zhu Helin was in a daze for a moment, his eyes gradually became clear, and a look of shame flashed by.

Su Yan sighed exhaustedly, and let go of his fingers.He said softly: "He Lin, do you still remember how we came back from Nanjing?

"Rushing all the way, running all the way, in front of you is the unknown emperor, the situation is full of crises, and behind you are the assassins who are chasing after you, and the rebellious army with strong soldiers.

"When I was besieged by blood pupil assassins in the Lost Trail Forest, I was almost desperate, thinking that even if all of us were killed here, I would send you—the crown prince of this country, back to the capital safely.

"I entrusted this will to Shen Qi. He did it. He used his life to open the way for you. For three whole days, he rode his horse and escorted him non-stop, using his flesh and blood body that was completely exhausted to stop your final pursuit. soldier.

"Tell me, He Lin, at that moment, were you really unmoved?"

Zhu Helin was stunned.

Shen Qi's roar at that time echoed in her ears again:

"—Go! Go to power! Go to send troops! Go to respond!"

he's gone.

Exhausted, Shen Qi leaned back, sat on the wet muddy ground, put the blade across her knees, coughed out a mouthful of blood, and towards the few remaining blood-eyed assassins, hissed: "Next."

The wind of the sword hit his face, Shen Qi opened her eyes and waited to die, but he came back again, drew the bow and stringed it, and shot the last assassin to death on the spot with a few consecutive arrows.

The horse's hooves stopped beside Shen Qi, and he said in a deep voice, "...get on the horse."

Shen Qi turned her head, looked at him from bottom to top, but did not respond.

The leader of Jinyiwei, who had been fighting for three days and two nights without sleep, had exhausted the last bit of his physical strength, and he didn't even have the strength to climb up the horse.

After a brief hesitation, he stretched out a hand to his courtier whom he had always feared, hated, and envied——

"Get on the horse!"

Shen Qi, who was covered in blood, finally held his hand.

The rough, cold, bloody touch still remains on the skin of his palm.

They returned to the imperial city on the same horse.

During those short three days, they had a common enemy and the only one each other.

Su Yan pleaded: "For the sake of him saving your life."

Zhu Helin was silent for a moment, and finally said slowly: "At this point, I have settled with him."

Before Su Yan could heave a sigh of relief, the emperor said again: "But the accounts between Da Ming and him have not been settled yet. Prison will be his final resting place."

Su Yan frowned and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a shocking roar from outside the door: "Shen Qi, you really want to rebel—"

Zhu Helin's face darkened, and he turned around and walked quickly to open the door.

Subconsciously, Su Yan also wanted to rush out. As soon as he got up, he held Jing Hongzhui's arm again: "Achai, don't go out."

Jing Hong asked: "My lord doesn't want to know what happened to Shen Qi outside?"

Su Yan said: "He is not someone who will kill you at the neck. At this moment, He Lin is with you and me. Even if he wants to, he can't do it. In all likelihood, he escaped. If I go out, He Lin will order him , I can't openly resist the order, if you make a move, he won't be able to escape at all."

"So, my lord still hopes that he can escape?"

"... Ah Zhui." Su Yan said painfully and confusedly, "I know it's wrong, let him go, I'm sorry to the emperor and the young master, I'm sorry to the people of Daming. Execution? If he loses a piece of flesh, I will also lose a piece of flesh. If he dies on the execution ground, I will be a dead bone living in the world!"

Jing Hongzhui hugged him tightly, couldn't say a word, just hugged him tightly.

Su Yan burst into tears: "Ah Zhui, I want to say a few more words to him... There are some things that I must ask."

Jing Hongzhui caressed his back and said, "I'll take you to find him."

In the courtyard, thunder pierced the sky, and the torrential rain that had been brewing in the middle of the night finally poured down.

Standing on the steps, Zhu Helin looked at the imperial guards who had fallen to the ground, and the Jinyi guards kneeling to plead guilty, gritted his teeth and said, "I really thought I couldn't do it with only a dozen guards! Wei Liangzi—block Zhengyang Gate, He ordered the Tengxiang Guards who were ambushing outside to form a siege, allowing the Firearms Battalion to use blunderbuss, cannons and magical rockets to arrest the important criminal Shen Qi, regardless of life or death!"