sinovels Chapter 121 The Bandit Bai Yiling
Chapter 121 The Bandit Bai Yiling
Due to his childhood life experience, Bai Yiling has always been reserved and self-reliant in terms of relationships, but since Lu Yu left Kyoto, the two of them have not seen each other for a long time, and there have been many twists and turns in the middle. He couldn't restrain his joy at the other party's news.
Without caring about it, Bai Yiling asked, "Is he all right? Are the Duke of Zhen and his wife also out of danger?"
In order to prevent the walls from having ears, the question was vague, and it sounded very intimate to Dai Li, so he nodded with a smile.
Since he was one of his own, Bai Yiling stopped being polite and asked directly: "How is the case going now? Are there any new clues? Please let Master Dai tell you something."
"This... well."
Dai Li's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Bai, I'm going to tell the truth. You should be very clear in your heart that in this current matter, it is necessary to find out whether the real culprit who murdered the great prince is a fake, and you will be dragged away." It is true that you have been thrown into the water. Now that the traces on the scene have been cleaned up, there is really no evidence to prove your innocence, what's more, there are still people who want to drag this matter along with you to Duke Huai."
The smile on Bai Yiling's face faded, and he really frowned and asked, "How do you say that?"
Dai Li said: "Your Excellency has always been shrewd and transparent, and I can also speak directly. Now someone has written a scripture to impeach His Highness Duke Huai, accusing him of directing and performing everything at present."
"It is stated in the letter that Queen Huai's mother's family was born in Hunan and lived here all year round, so she is not far from Hehe. If His Royal Highness Huaiwang had contact with Hehe's second prince Gao Yuanda for a long time, she pretended to go there and took the opportunity to cooperate with him to seize the throne. Afterwards, borrow troops to fight back to the capital, and the day when our state of Jin changes hands is not far away!"
This is really a big pot that hit Duke Huai on the head, and the inference is really reasonable.After Dai Li finished speaking, he would have thought that the young man in front of him would turn pale with fright, but he didn't expect that although Bai Yiling's face became darker and darker, he was not dazed by the fright.
He pondered for a while, until Dai Li got a little impatient, and then he said clearly: "So, now it means that I have a good relationship with Duke Huai, and assassinating Gao Guilie will be easily suspected." Because he was instigated by him, that’s why the series of speculations about him were born, isn’t it?”
Dai Li's next words were said by him, he was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "That's true, but Lord Bai should be clear in his heart that His Highness Duke Huai definitely doesn't have such thoughts."
"Of course he won't."
Bai Yiling smiled and said: "I have a close relationship with Duke Huai, and I really can't bear to see him being framed like this because of me. Since Mr. Dai has come, he must have some rules in mind, right?"
Dai Li said: "Yes, this matter involves a lot. If the rumors are allowed to spread, I am afraid that no matter what the truth is, the impact will be extremely bad in the end. Excuse me, although you have a high status, you are not a member of the royal family after all. , Now that something like this happens, someone has to take the responsibility, if you confess your guilt quickly and say that you did everything alone, just to vent your anger, then..."
At this point, it can finally be regarded as a picture of poverty.
Before Dai Li finished speaking, Bai Yiling suddenly stared at him.Although he is beautiful, when he is not smiling, there is always some indescribable sharpness in his eyes, which makes Dai Li pause.
Bai Yiling asked abruptly: "When did you take the position of Judgment Temple? I remember that Master Dou Yi was in charge of Dali Temple before?"
"That's right, Dou Yi, the former judge of the Dali Temple, was unfavorable in his work and was dismissed this morning. This case is now being taken over by this official, so we have to do our best to handle it properly so that we can live up to the emperor's grace."
Hearing Bai Yiling ask this question, Dai Li's expression was somewhat self-confident. Obviously, as the final winner of this official change, he was in a good mood, and in front of Bai Yiling, a prisoner, he felt even more complacent.
After answering Bai Yiling's question, he said with a smile that was not a smile: "Lord Bai, we Ming people don't slander you, His Highness Duke Huai treats you so kindly, I don't think you can bear to see him trapped by rumors, He was charged with unwarranted charges. Now as long as you plead guilty honestly, after Duke Huai's suspicions are cleared, it will not be difficult to protect you when you return to the capital. Otherwise, he will be implicated by you and have a good future, and everyone will have to die together. "
To put it bluntly, what Dai Li meant was to abandon the car to protect the handsome man, Bai Yiling raised his eyebrows and said, "Did Lu Yu ask you to come?"
He called Duke Huai's name directly, and Dai Li's expression was also a little unhappy.He wanted to do his best, and at this moment, he really wanted to pinch Bai Yiling's neck to make him confess his guilt, but the other party refused to accept it, and he didn't express his opinion until now, which also made him impatient.
Dai Li's voice was a little harsh, and he said in a lecture tone: "Since you want to hear it, I will tell you the truth. This is what His Highness Huai Wang meant. His status is precious, and he must not be ruined by a person like you. You bite him to death." This incident was done by you alone, and if you saved His Highness without damaging the royal face, even His Majesty will be merciful. Your Excellency will decide which is more important."
Bai Yiling stared at him for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.
Dai Li was irritated by his attitude, and sneered, "Lord Bai, don't hold on anymore. Now that your parents are alive or dead, you just refuse to plead guilty. There are plenty of instruments of torture in this prison for you to plead guilty. Can His Highness Huai Sending me to persuade you is because of that little affection, don't make a toast or eat a fine wine!"
When he mentioned the word "love", he showed a little disdain, as if he already knew about the relationship between Bai Yiling and Lu Yu—of course, since Lu Yu refused to marry Bai Yiling in the palace, although the spread of this matter was not wide , but not secretly.
He stared at Bai Yiling's face, as if he wanted to see through the pain behind his smile, and said word by word: "Qiu Zhen, the daughter of Grand Scholar Qiu Chao, is gentle and virtuous, with both talents and looks, and is a good match. Grand Scholar Qiu has always He is a loyal supporter of His Highness Duke Huai, and this time he took the risk of sending a message out of the capital to contact him. The friendship is not insignificant. If Mr. Bai agrees to cooperate, we are all very happy. If not, you may not even have a foothold in the future. It's gone. I've been persuading you for so long, and it's good enough, my lord must leave some leeway, right?"
Dai Li obviously knew how to break through other people's psychological defenses, every word he uttered was like a knife, as if he was taking care of the disobedient concubine for his wife.After speaking, he relaxed and leaned on the back of the chair, looking at the handsome young man in front of him with a victorious expression, waiting for his sadness, humiliation, and obedience.
——Dai Li has seen a lot of people like this.
But Bai Yiling really wanted to laugh, he thought the other party's complacent look was simply too funny.
With great difficulty, he suppressed his smile, straightened his sleeves, and said leisurely: "Master Dai, thank you, I am so happy to hear these words from your mouth."
As soon as he raised his hand, the shackles on his body jingled, but it didn't hurt his demeanor at all. Dai Li was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Bai Yiling say: "I've been busy with work recently, and those people have reported everything big and small to the North Inspection Department. It's very annoying. It's hard to be able to sit in prison for a while and relax, eat and drink, but it's also very comfortable. You Dali Temple entertained you well. But—”
He paused, then continued with a smile: "The only fly in the ointment is that I don't know what's going on outside here, and I don't know what's going on outside. But you, you told me everything, how considerate."
His tone was calm, but Dai Li didn't know why his forehead was sweating. He subconsciously wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and pretended to be calm: "I, what did I say?"
Bai Yiling leaned slightly closer to him, and said in a low voice, "You said...the emperor is awake."
The voice came into my ears, my head roared, Dai Li was shocked, and stammered: "It's a bunch of nonsense. I, I, I never said that?"
Bai Yiling said: "Do you think that I repeatedly confirmed those questions to you just now because I don't want to believe that Lu Yu wants to push me out to take the blame? Wrong. Because whether I want to believe it or not, he is not a person who only cares about getting out of trouble. Then since It's not Lu Yu, why did you come back, and why are you so anxious to force me to confess? Something else must have happened."
It was the first time for Dai Li to deal with Bai Yiling. Hearing his words, his face turned blue and pale, but his hands on the table couldn't help trembling slightly.
Bai Yiling glanced at it, and quickly shrank his hands under the table. With this shrinking, he realized that he seemed guilty again.
Bai Yiling really smiled: "Just now you said that Master Dou Yi Dou was dismissed 'this morning' because he was 'unfavorable'. This fact alone is enough. His situation is different from mine. I have been charged with crimes like this. Although the temporary detention is not in compliance with the regulations, it can also be interpreted as a matter of urgency..."
He raised his eyebrows: "But it's still not good to do things well. The standards are too vague. Lord Dou Yi was convicted for this. It's unreasonable. To be able to directly dismiss a third-rank official, no one else has the right except Your Majesty. You If you say that you are promoted, you will be promoted, what are you showing off? You have slipped your mouth!"
Dai Li's heart was beating wildly, and he began to regret extremely that he had asked to come over to deal with Bai Yiling in order to grab credit, and he also understood why when it was mentioned that he was going to come to persuade this kid to confess his guilt, the others were shoving and refusing to come.
Now that riding a tiger is difficult, he can barely maintain his composure, and said dryly: "Even if His Majesty wakes up, so what? Your Majesty has always loved Duke Huai, do you think he can spare you?"
"Fool, you have already told me this question just now, don't you know?"
Bai Yiling tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and the iron chain in the middle of the shackles was hanging on his knees, as if he was careless, but his tone was very intimate:
"So what if His Majesty is awake? I don't know what is important about this matter. But I found out that I know His Majesty is awake. Why are you so flustered? Your panic means that His Majesty may not be against me, so if he really doesn't forgive Me, that's the problem."
Dai Li: "..."
Bai Yiling said again: "It's even more ridiculous that you use Miss Qiu to provoke me. To be honest, as long as she doesn't want to marry me as a daughter-in-law, I don't care much about other things. It revealed the fact that you belong to Qiu Chao's lineage. Well, well, it's not easy for you to blame, I'll settle the debt with him after I go out."
Dai Li was sweating profusely, almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, he really didn't dare to say a word to Bai Yiling, the two were relatively silent, in the silence, only a rustling sound outside was heard.
Bai Yiling looked out. The cell he was imprisoned in before was underground, with no light or sound. When he was brought here, he could see the scenery outside through the window.
Autumn is rainy, and it just cleared up yesterday. Looking at it, I can see that it is drizzle and bleak at this time, as light as yarn, and the wind passes by, sweeping the residual lotus in the pond, and the sweet-scented osmanthus on the top, bringing a burst of dampness and coldness. The dark fragrance is sent in from afar.
Bai Yiling poured himself a glass of wine without seeing anyone else, took a sip from the glass, and groaned:
"The spring is missed, and the beautiful scenery is lightly thrown away. Gu Yanxing, bear the peach blossom. Oh, my dear, you said that the wind and dew make the cold come, how can you survive in the late autumn?"
This is a small painting of a boat, he is versatile, and he actually sang it like a man, with a mellow tone and a moving part. After he finished singing, he turned around and raised a glass to Dai Li. He is handsome and personable.
But Dai Li didn't care to appreciate it at all, he was about to be driven crazy by the invisible pressure conveyed by the other party!
How can there be such a thing!It is clear that Yiling is a prisoner, he is the highest officer here, and he is here to order the other party to confess, why did they talk for a while, the positions of the two seemed to be reversed, not only did he not dare to say a word when asked by the other party Say, you have to be forced to sit here and listen to him sing a ditty?
How did all this happen?
Especially at the end, Bai Yiling also casually called him "cute", that was so tender, it immediately gave Dai Li goosebumps.
He looked at Bai Yiling with a hellish look, and really wanted to ask who the hell is this person?What did his mother eat when she gave birth to him? ? ?
This person is too elusive, ruthless and venomous, and he has a gentle and elegant demeanor on the surface. If you don't pay attention, you can be fooled by him. Dai Li finally realized that he can't be led by the nose by him. Gathering his mind, he said directly:
"Master Bai, we are all in this line of work. It's not that you don't know the truth. Not all the truth can be revealed. Some things can't be explained without evidence. Even I can't change anything—what are you doing? What do you want?"
Bai Yiling said: "Of course I'm pleading guilty, how can I bear to let Duke Huai suffer."
Dai Li: "I know you don't want to...huh?"
The surprise came so suddenly that he couldn't believe his ears: "Do you think so?"
Bai Yiling said: "Yes, I admit it. But there are other secrets in this matter, I need to report to the saint, please take me into the palace."
Dai Li already knew that there was nothing good going on here, and when he heard this, the surprise that surged up just now faded away, and his rationality gradually returned.
The top officials of the Dali Temple, the North Inspection Department, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, when encountering major suspicious cases involving dignitaries, have the power to approve the suspect's appeal and bring people directly to the emperor to make a statement.Although this power is almost never used, Bai Yiling, one of the three chief executives, is clearly aware of this.
His purpose is still to enter the palace to face the saint.But Dai Li came here to get him to confess his guilt as quietly and quickly as possible, and press his fingerprints.
His heart froze for a moment, and then he said firmly: "That's impossible, Mr. Bai, don't make things difficult for me."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of "bang bang bang" from the iron chain, and Bai Yiling suddenly leaned forward and grabbed Dai Li by the skirt, and pulled him across the table to him.
Firstly, Dai Li was flustered, and secondly, he didn't expect him to be so nimble while he was handcuffed.
"Look, I'm in jail today, and I'm refusing to cooperate when I'm down. I'm so nice and angry, but you still refuse to let go. It's just because you see me as a bully...Okay, then I advise you to make sure you don't mind this time. It can completely kill me, so don't leave the slightest chance to stand up."
Bai Yiling was still smiling, but his tone was very serious: "If you hold your breath, after I go out, I will kill your whole family first, then cut you into pieces, and hang your head to the top of the tower. If you don't believe me, then Just wait and see."
Dai Li was trembling almost all over, as expected, Ze Anwei's mad dog couldn't change his temper, after pretending to be gentle for a while, he finally showed his true colors.Look at how inhuman those words are, but he absolutely believes that Bai Yiling can do it!
If he had just entered this interrogation room full of ambition, he would have thought that Bai Yiling must be dead this time, but now Dai Li is not sure about anything at all.A person like this, no matter what kind of situation he is in, I am afraid he can survive.
As long as you hold your breath...
Dai Li's psychological defense finally collapsed, and he said repeatedly: "I believe, I believe, then let's report to the saint, let's go now... Please don't be impulsive, Mr. Bai, and speak up if you have something to say!"
Bai Yiling was not impulsive at all, this trivial matter was not something for him, he smiled and let go of his hand, Dai Li collapsed on the seat all of a sudden, gasping for breath.
The system watched the negotiation and thought it was very exciting, and threw flowers to celebrate: [ヾ(@^▽^@)ノCongratulations to the host, successfully captured the key NPC Dai Li! 】
However, Bai Yiling was not as determined as he showed: "This is just a small step, and it's not enough for him to help alone. If someone on the road gets the news and deliberately prevents me from entering the palace, Dai Li may not be able to play any role."
The system was startled: [Why would someone prevent the host from entering the palace? 】
Bai Yiling misses Lu Yu a little, because if he said these words to him, he would definitely understand without explaining: "Because in the conversation with Dai Li just now, I still suspect that although the emperor is awake, he is either weak or weak. It is already controlled by others, otherwise, no matter whether he believes me or not, he will take the initiative to summon me, and the people under him will not dare to persecute me so arrogantly."
Only then did the system understand the reason why Bai Yiling had to face the saint, and the sooner the better - the opportunity was only fleeting, and the situation could change at any time.
System: [Ding ding ding, function query is in progress! 】
[Now open the search mode!This mode can search nearby eligible objects as suitable NPCs to help the host advance the plot.Please host wait for a while! 】
The system finally felt that it was useful, and immediately reported to Bai Yiling happily.
Bai Yiling praised: "You are so good, I will give you more points later."
System: [(~￣▽￣)~! ! ! 】