My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

As Gu Li spoke, his face wrinkled. Chang An thought he was going to blame him, but unexpectedly, Gu Li said:

"But if Chang Lang uses such a vicious thing, will it damage his merits?"

"Ah?" Chang An was stunned for a moment, unable to react.

"Because the methods used by Chang Lang are so cruel, I should go to Jianfu Temple more often to burn incense for Chang Lang and repay some of his merits, okay?" Gu Li looked at Chang An seriously.

Chang An smiled, hugged her gently, and asked, "Didn't Gu Niang not believe this?"

"But I still want to be with Chang Lang in my next life." Gu Li said, and gently pulled Chang An's hand and placed it carefully in his own palms, for fear that he would run away.

"I just thought that Chang Lang did such a terrible thing outside. Although it was done to a bad person, it would also damage his own merits. I want to burn more incense for Chang Lang, otherwise, I am afraid that he will walk alone in the underworld..."

Chang An gently rubbed her cheek and said, "Don't think too much. Let's just live well now and don't think about those illusory things."

"What should I think about then?"

"Thinking...thinking about what to eat for lunch today."

"The lunch is ready in the kitchen."

"So what do you want to eat tonight?"

"I want to eat hot pot."

"Then eat!"

......

On the last day of July, Chang An took a day off at home as usual, sleeping in with his beloved wife. But before they had enough sleep, someone showed up to disturb their sweet dreams.

"Master! Master!"

Huaiqin knocked on the door early in the morning, waking Chang'an up, and Gu Li hummed twice in discomfort. Chang'an gently comforted the still drowsy Gu Li, letting her fall asleep again before getting up.

He opened the door, yawned, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sir, Hu Siqing from the Dali Temple is here. He is waiting for you outside with his men."

Chang An rubbed his eyes and asked again: "Why did he come here? Did the prisoner confess?"

Huaiqin was slightly startled, then nodded and said, "Hu Shaoqing did ask Huaiqin to tell you that the man told the truth."

Chang An nodded and said, "Ask Zhen'er to fetch some water, and Huaiqin to tell Mr. Hu that I will go see him right after I wash up."

"Yes, son."

Hu Gui was sitting in the main hall of Chang An's house with a cup of tea in his hand, but before he could drink it, he saw Chang An walk in. The latter was wearing a purple plain robe with no patterns on it. It seemed that he had just woken up and didn't even wear a futou.

"Chang Yonghe, oh Chang Yonghe, you are so cruel. You are against the harmony of nature!" Hu Gui pointed at Chang An and cursed.

"Hey, hey, hey," Chang An sat down in the main seat and said, "You used my method, but now that the information has been revealed, you turn around and scold me. This is a typical case of killing the donkey after it has done its work."

"Do you know what's happening to the prisoner?" Hu Gui said at this time, "He has been dripping sugar water for nearly three days, and his wounds have been damaged by insect bites."

"I told him that last night, but he had a fever this morning and was very afraid of water! He refused to drink even a sip of cold water to cool down."

Chang An waved his hands, obviously knowing that this would happen, and then said, "Now, Mr. Hu is not coming to me to ask for punishment, right?"

Hu Gui looked at Chang An for a few times, sighed, and said, "Do you really not consider the consequences when you do things?"

"Mr. Hu, you know me. When I do things, I only consider my mother Gu." Chang An smiled.

Hu Gui certainly knew why Chang An became like this, and at this moment he had already cursed Quan Chubi eighteen times in his heart. He calmed down and said, "I have already informed His Majesty of the matter. We will set off to the Dali Temple now, and we will look for the remaining things there."

"Okay, but you have to bring someone with you."

"Who? Could it be Madam Gu?"

"Of course not," Chang An shook his head and said, "It was someone else. I think I already know who framed me."

Hu Gui became interested at this moment, narrowed his eyes, and asked, "Oh? Tell me about it."

"Li Linfu."

Chang An said, Hu Gui was a little surprised at this time, and said: "As expected of you, Mr. Chang, you can even guess this?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's set off now. I'll ask the servants to pick up the person." Chang An stood up.

"Reporting someone?"

"Sister Qi, Sister Qi!"

The two sisters appeared quickly, and then Chang An ordered: "One of you go and bring that guy out. I can't hide it from Mother Gu if I feed him one more mouth every day."

"Yes, son."

Then, Chang An looked at Hu Gui and said, "Let's go, Mr. Hu. If Gu Niang wakes up and can't see me, she will probably be upset."

"Okay, okay, let's go."

......

Arriving at the prison of the Dali Temple, at the same cell door as a few days ago, the man named Guo Ping was lying on a pile of grass, his face pale. The wound on his forehead must have been festering and inflamed as Hu Gui said, and he was wrapped up with a cloth.

He won't live long. With the current level of medical care, having inflammation and fever is like standing at the gates of hell.

"Guo Ping!"

The guy opened his eyes with great difficulty, first looked at the person who made the sound, and then looked at the person standing next to him. He couldn't see clearly at first, but after seeing clearly, he quickly got up from the grass like crazy and shrank into the corner.

"Ah! Ah!"

For a moment, Chang An seemed a little embarrassed. Hu Gui sighed and said, "Look, this guy is going crazy."

"It's okay, he'll just be crazy for a few days." Chang An waved his hand. It was obvious that the life or death of the man in the cell had nothing to do with him.

"With such a serious situation, he will only be crazy for a few days?" Hu Gui was very surprised, then he said with a little relief: "It seems that this dripping punishment is not very harmful after all."

Chang An smiled and said, "Because he will die in a few days."

Hu Gui's face immediately fell, and he said, "It's too early for me to speak."

"It's normal for the wound to fester and become inflamed, and then for him to have a high fever. Plus, he refuses to drink water, so he's not far from death. Letting him live with the horrific memories of these three or four days would be a relief if he died." Chang An's words were very cold, as if he was treating a dying poultry.

Hu Gui was helpless, and sighed and said, "Let's go see His Majesty, he should be here by now."

Chang An nodded slightly and followed Hu Gui out. They came to the main hall of the Dali Temple, where a middle-aged man in a yellow robe was sitting. It was obvious that it was Li Longji.

"Hu Siqing, Marquis Dingkang." Li Longji was not surprised to see Chang An, because the people sent by Hu Gui to report had already explained that Chang An was framed at the time.

The method he used to extract a confession was truly brutal and inhumane.

"Li Zhongcheng, long time no see, you look younger again."

At this time, Chang An smiled and looked at Li Linfu who was kneeling in the hall. At this time, he was wearing only a single piece of clothing. It was estimated that he was not awake yet when he was dragged up by the people of the Dali Temple and taken here directly.

When Li Linfu heard Chang An's voice, his whole body trembled.

"Li Linfu, what else do you want to say now? I heard that you are the culprit who murdered Monk Mingwu." Li Longji asked while sitting in the seat where Hu Gui often sat.

"Your Majesty, this is unjust. Someone has framed me for all this."

"Framed?" Li Longji sneered, "I don't know your methods, but am I not clear about Marquis Dingkang's methods?"

"Hu Siqing, where is Guo Ping? Bring him here for interrogation."

Hu Gui nodded and turned away. When he came back, he brought Guo Ping with him. Guo Ping was thrown to the ground by the two constables like a puddle of mud.

"Guo Ping, His Majesty is here!"

However, it seemed that the two constables had not thrown it properly. When Guo Ping opened his eyes, he saw Chang An first. He immediately became alert and crawled directly to a corner, quite far away from Chang An.

After making sure the surroundings were safe, he knelt down and kowtowed, not caring about the wound on his forehead that had already eroded, and just cried and shouted:

"Duke Kang, please spare me! Duke Kang, please spare me! Don't kill me, and don't tie me up! I'll tell you everything! Just let me go and spare my life!"

Although Li Longji had made some mental preparations, he was still frightened by Guo Ping's appearance.

"Who asked you to kill Monk Mingwu? And who asked you to frame me?" Chang An sighed helplessly and asked cooperatively.

"Li Linfu! It was Li Linfu who asked me to kill Monk Mingwu, and it was Li Linfu who asked me to frame you! It's all Li Linfu!"

Li Linfu was very nervous at this time and said quickly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please understand! This is all Chang An throwing dirty water on me! Even this person seems to be unconscious, this matter must be false!"

Li Longji also asked: "Hu Siqing, what is the situation of this prisoner? Why is he so depressed?"

"Your Majesty, this man was only punished in the middle of the night and now has a fever. He doesn't want to touch water, so he's acting crazy," Hu Gui replied.

When Li Linfu heard that this person had a fever and was talking nonsense, he said, "Your Majesty, this person has a fever and is talking nonsense. His words cannot be trusted, Your Majesty."

Hu Gui then added, "This man could not bear it before the end of the punishment, and he spoke out, so he was released. He had a fever just before dawn."

"If Li Zhongcheng doesn't believe it, the Dali Temple still has the confession in its custody and can compare it. What I just said is consistent with what was recorded in the midnight testimony."

Li Longji then asked, "Li Linfu, what else do you have to say now?"

"Your Majesty, you cannot make rash judgments based on one side's testimony alone."

Chang An stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have another person here who can prove another crime of Li Linfu."