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Chapter 18

During the two days when Liu Wenchao was recuperating in the Zhaixing Tower, Li Chengyun and Liu Mingxiao personally led a large army to the deep mountains to find a group of Jinyiwei led by Chen Qianning.

It took them a day and a night to find the seven or eight Jinyiwei hiding in the mountains, and Chen Qianning was among them. In addition, the emperor ordered the corpses of a dozen Jinyiwei to be carried back to the Meridian Gate, chopped in half, and chopped up to feed the dogs. .

Originally, the criminal department presided over the interrogation of prisoners, but it was related to Liu Wenchao, Li Chengyun, and Liu Mingxiao. No one knew what happened better than them. The emperor asked Liu Wenchao to preside over the matter.

Criminal Department Prison.

As soon as Liu Wenchao stepped into the prison door, the jailer greeted him and led him to sit down in front of Chen Qianning.

The jailer waved his whip and said, "Lord Liu, this man is very stubborn, he won't do anything."

Liu Wenchao looked at Chen Qianning who was tied to the wooden stake. He had already taken off the clothes of Jin Yiwei and changed into a prison uniform. Due to the torture, his clothes were ragged, and he could still see the welt marks on his body. Her hair was disheveled, her head drooped weakly, and she was indifferent when she saw someone coming.

At this time, the jailer whipped him a few more times. Chen Qianning was still lifeless and motionless. The jailer had no choice but to change to a more cruel punishment. He looked at the red-hot iron, took it, and burned it on Chen Qianning's chest. , 'Zi' sound, but also smell the smell of burnt meat.

A hoarse, muffled pain came from Chen Qianning's throat. He raised his head, clenched his molars, the veins on his temples bulged, and he clenched his fists tightly.

When the soldering iron was taken away, he sneered and said, "In addition to whipping and soldering iron, can your Ministry of Punishments come up with something new?"

The jailer looked at Liu Wenchao with some embarrassment.

Liu Wenchao sat on a chair beside him and drank tea slowly. If this place was not a prison, then the way he drank tea was really pleasing to the eye.

He put down the teacup unhurriedly, said with a light smile, "It's okay, send someone to the Queen's Palace to bring Hong Zhao back."

The understatement immediately caused Chen Qianning to lose his guard. He rattled the chains on the ground and shouted, "This matter has nothing to do with Hong Zhao. You are abusing your power."

Liu Wenchao smiled and said, "It's nothing to do with it, we'll know after the trial."

After a while, Hong Zhao was brought in by several people.

Hong Zhao glanced at Chen Qianning who had been beaten so badly, her eyes showed pain, tears fell down, she broke free from the hand of the escort, ran over quickly and knelt in front of Chen Qianning, hugged Touching his legs, weeping: "Why are you so stupid, what are you doing, you got it."

Chen Qianning looked up at the roof, his legs trembled slightly, and said lightly: "I will die whether I recruit or not."

Liu Wenchao had a dull pain in his back. He just wanted to finish the trial quickly. He didn't have to think about it. He also knew that the empress had arranged this matter, and he just waited for Chen Qianning to confess.

He asked the jailer to pull Chen Qianning and Hong Zhao away, and ordered: "Put Chen Qianning down and let him watch Hong Zhao being tortured."

Chen Qianning bared his teeth and roared, Liu Wenchao remained indifferent, and the guards quickly tied Hong Zhao to a stake.

Liu Wenchao said coldly: "Let's get started!"

A whip hit Hong Zhao's body, and his skin was ripped open immediately. Hong Zhao screamed, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

Another whip, two whips, three whips, a total of six whips, Chen Qianning knelt on the ground like a wild beast out of control and broke down crying, with a hoarse voice: "I'll do it, I'll do it, don't hit me, don't do it!" beated."

Hong Zhao lost his focus, his body trembled slightly unconsciously, as if in extreme pain, only tears were still flowing silently.

Liu Wenchao said briefly: "Paper and pen."

An hour later, Liu Wenchao looked at the densely written willow paper, which read:

Chen Qianning: "I don't know if any of you here have someone you love deeply. A person living like a walking corpse is like dead. I eat and kill people every day and use cruel torture to interrogate prisoners. My heart is as cold as a torture tool. There's no point in living."

"Until one day I met her. The sunset was beautiful that day. She stood under the crabapple tree and looked at the falling flowers all over the place. They are as noble and beautiful as the empresses in the harem, high above the sky; while the fallen flowers on the ground are like our humble handmaidens, who are spoiled by others and ignored by no one."

"In the next few days, I would pass by here every day when I came back from my work, wanting to take a look at her. Over time, I became acquainted with her. It turned out that she was Hong Zhao, a maidservant in the Queen's Palace. Until one day, the queen ran into her, and she threatened Hongzhao and asked me to assassinate the king of Chu, as soon as the king of Chu died, she would let me go far away with her, and she would give us a sum of money, I agreed."

"The first time I hired a group of quack assassins to assassinate the king of Chu on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it ended in failure and almost exposed my identity. The second time, this time on Dietai Mountain, I knew that the emperor would go to pick stars every year on the Double Ninth Festival. Lou Denggao holds riding and archery activities every year. The tiger was also arranged by me. I originally planned to release the tiger when they had used up all the arrows in their hands, and then kill the king of Chu in the chaos. But the tiger Uncontrollable, I ran out ahead of schedule and was shot to death, but I had no choice but to lead the Jin Yiwei to rob and kill the King of Chu myself."

Liu Wenchao did not continue to read the following confession, because he knew everything about it.

Liu Wenchao said to the jailer, "Take him over there to be charged."

When the confession was handed back to Liu Wenchao, Liu Wenchao looked at Chen Qianning and asked, "You know that the assassination of the King of Chu is a narrow escape, but for a woman, is it worth it?"

Chen Qianning struggled to crawl towards Hong Zhao who was dying from the beating, and wiped the wet tears on her face: "After I was with her, I swore that I would protect her even at the cost of my life. "

Liu Wenchao turned around and left the prison with the confession in hand. As soon as he stepped out, there was a scream in the cell.

Chen Qianning took off the hairpin worn by Hong Zhao and committed suicide. In prison, a silver hairpin pierced his neck, and blood flowed from his neck.

Chen Qianning lay sideways beside Hong Zhao, stroking Hong Zhao's face with bloody hands: "Hong Zhao, don't cry, I can see you before I die, I have no complaints or regrets, but in the end I got hurt you."

"No, I'm the one who got you in trouble." Hong Zhao cried violently, trembling all over.

Chen Qianning breathed heavily, his face was flushed, and he leaned into Hong Zhao's ear and whispered, "Don't be afraid, Ying Zi Gong will save~ save you."

At the last moment of his life, Chen Qianning seemed to have returned to the scene when he first saw Hong Zhao under the crabapple tree...

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her, she looked so weak and helpless... "What's so beautiful about falling flowers?"... "The crabapple flowers on the tree are as noble as the empress in the harem...

Chen Qianning closed his eyes, an imperceptible smile bloomed on the corner of his mouth, and his mood gradually drifted away with the familiar voice.

Hong Zhao wept silently, unable to hold on any longer, and passed out.

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It was about the empress, Liu Wenchao submitted the confession to the emperor, and then returned to the mansion, Ji Rufeng rushed to greet him, and helped Liu Wenchao to the bedroom.

Liu Qingyuan already knew everything about Dietai Mountain. He walked in and said, "How do you feel today? Do you want to help you change your medicine?"

Liu Wenchao ordered Ji Rufeng to get the medicine, and after undressing, he lay down on the bed.

Liu Qingyuan took the medicine and Zhabu from Ji Rufeng's hands, and nagged while applying the medicine: "Look at you, you are 30 years old, you are injured, and you have no one to take care of you."

Liu Wenchao said: "Father, isn't there you?"

"Can dad take care of you for the rest of your life? I don't know if I will have a chance to see my grandson when I'm alive." Liu Qingyuan told Liu Wenchao to sit up and bandaged him.

Liu Wenchao said: "Father, you are not bothered by nagging all day long, my ears are callused."

Liu Qingyuan sighed: "You, I don't know what to say about you."

Liu Wenchao put on his clothes: "If you don't know what to say, don't say it."

Liu Qingyuan glanced at him, and said: "I asked someone to bring in lunch. Today, the King of Chu sent someone to bring over some fish. I saw that they were quite fresh, so I asked the cook to cook fish head tofu soup. How much do you care?" Have a drink."

Liu Wenchao paused in his heart: "Okay."

The sky was cloudless and the weather was sunny.

After lunch, Liu Wenchao was about to rest for a while, when Ji Rufeng said from outside the room, "The King of Chu is here."

As soon as the words were finished, the king of Chu came in.Liu Wenchao sat up and asked in surprise, "Why do you...?"

Li Chengyun smiled and said: "Your father asked me to come into the bedroom. He said you were resting and told me to go in directly."

Liu Wen glanced at Ni: "What kind of temperament is my father, don't I, as a son, not understand? It must be the king of Chu who said that I am injured and unable to move around. You must come to the bedroom!"

Li Chengyun smiled back.

Liu Wenchao signaled Ji Rufeng to make tea, and then said to Li Chengyun, "Sit down and talk!"

Liu Wenchao wanted to get up from the bed, but was persuaded by Li Chengyun: "Don't move, just sit on the bed and be more comfortable."

Liu Wenchao originally wanted to take a nap, but his hair had already been taken off, his black hair was hanging in front of him, and his outer shirt was casually draped over his shoulders. In addition to the reason for his injury, his face was slightly pale, and he looked lazy and fragile. beauty.

Li Chengyun moved his eyes away with difficulty, Liu Wenchao in this appearance gave him a feeling that he wanted to crush him severely.

He suddenly felt dry mouth, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, but was scalded by the hot tea, his lips instantly became red and swollen.

Liu Wenchao had sensed Li Chengyun's hot gaze long ago, chuckled lightly, and said, "Is the tea hot, or is your gaze hotter, King Chu thinks?"

Li Chengyun caressed his lips with his fingers, and his eyes turned unscrupulously on Liu Wenchao: "Some people are like poison. Although they are deadly, they are also addictive."

Liu Wenchao played with his hair: "Then, King Chu, are you addicted?"

Li Chengyun came to Liu Wenchao's bed and sat down: "It has penetrated into the bone marrow, and it is hopeless." After speaking, he kissed Liu Wenchao's lips.

Liu Wenchao's hands were blocked in front of his chest, and Li Chengyun forcibly pulled him to his waist. Feeling the gap in his chest, Li Seungyun got close to his upper body again, and the two of them were tightly stuck together. Li Chengyun saw Liu Wenchao's eyes when he opened his eyes. It was foggy, his face was flushed/tide, and his heart trembled.

Li Seungyun was already a head taller than Liu Wenchao, this posture forced Liu Wenchao to raise his head and kiss, exposing his fragile throat.

Li Chengyun's lips moved down to his fragile throat, and he bit it, as if holding a fragile lamb. With just a little force, Liu Wenchao will belong to him forever.

Liu Wenchao raised his head, his lips parted slightly, his expression was forbearance and enjoyment, he didn't know whether he wanted to refuse or wanted more.

Just as the two were lingering, the door was suddenly opened.