In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Mu Jinan raised his left eyebrow slightly: "I don't remember much about my childhood, why don't you tell me about it, cousin?"

Nangong Xu sneered: "You've learned your lesson these past few years. Are you willing to call me cousin?"

Mu Jinan smiled lightly: "Yeah."

Nangong Xu raised his hand and patted her head lightly, his expression full of contempt and teasing: "Next year, when you and Nangong Yu get married, I will go to the bridal chamber to make trouble at night."

Mu Jinan pursed his lips and nodded obediently: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Nangong Xu laughed out loud and went out.

He set off immediately and led the caravan to the two states of Sui and Ting to grab and stockpile precious goods, and transported them to the northern state, where he reaped a rich harvest.

He escaped from the control of Mu Ruan and Nangong Yu, saying that heavy rain had submerged the goods and he owed a huge debt, and all the money was in his hands.

Last year, Yang Ying and Zhang Xi embezzled taxes. Gu Wenxuan and Guo Yi were ordered to investigate the case and brought them back to Sheng'an City.

After some interrogation, there was a witness who proved that Nangong Xu was framed, and Xue Yao let him go.

Not long after Nangong Xu left the prison, Cha Heng kidnapped him and imprisoned him. He stayed in the cage, cursing the heaven and the earth, and shouting that he wanted to see Mu Jinan.

He insulted all the statues in the Taoist temple that he remembered. When he was in a bad mood, he even cursed Mu Ruan and Nangong Xingjun.

The Nangong family was worried that he would really die, and they were also afraid that he would bring trouble to the family, so they were torn between letting him go.

Nangong Xu cried out for many days but failed to see Mu Jinan. Today, his rotten mouth that had been a shameful thing since childhood was defeated by the red branding iron.

He pushed the iron in Xie Chibei's hand with both hands, unable to tell whether he was twitching from the burn or numb from the pain:

"Mu Jinan returned to Nangong Mansion. I thought she would stay there for the rest of her life. It turns out she is retreating to advance. Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

Nangong Xu knelt on the ground with his hands on his knees, under Jingye's sword, unwilling to give in:

"She advised me to go to Suiting and take the risk. She went to Sheng'an to serve as an official and used the law to blackmail me. The emperor actually allowed a woman to serve as an official."

The raccoon cat stepped on the green tiles on the roof, and with a "pop" sound, the sound of broken tiles echoed in Xie Chibei's mind.

The memories that did not belong to him stung him. They were the embarrassment that Mu Jinan was unwilling to admit, and her pretense of being loved.

She was interrogating the assassin in the palace and said that he used ice to damage his internal organs. He thought she was cruel.

She said under the cherry tree: Nangong Yu will definitely kill you for me! He will.

He didn't understand because no one avenged him.

Mu Chen said in Xuanzheng Hall that Zheng Qiu pushed him into the dry well, and Zheng Shu turned around to look at Mu Jinan.

He was standing behind Mu Jinan. Her back trembled slightly, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

She was late for court and was spanked with a ruler. He asked her if she could get used to the pain. She laughed and said, "It's my first time being spanked, so it doesn't hurt."

For the first time, this...

In the side hall, she asked Mu Jingyi if he could trust her and make the decision for her. He felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

He thought that even if the Nangong family didn't treat her as their own daughter, at least they wouldn't bully her.

He searched everywhere for the murderer, and found out that the murderer was actually a relative of hers.

Mu Jinan was guessing about everything, and confidently had Nangong Xu in his grasp on the chessboard.

But this was not a victory, it was not an interrogation of a prisoner, it was a siege against her suffering.

Xie Chibei clamped the wound on Nangong Xu's mouth with both hands and tore it hard:

"You used ice to injure her internal organs, used your finger to bully her, prevented her from studying, cut off her close confidants, wounded her with a sword, pushed her into the lake, poisoned herself, slandered her, and you colluded with the enemy to give her drugs. You deserve forty-five lashes."

"Damn it, you're such a beast."

The piece of meat was about to fall off, and Nangong Xu trembled in pain: "Ah, spare my life."

He met the boy's hateful eyes. The hysterical pain was like a knife that would kill both of them, shattering his internal organs.

Xie Chibei tore open the evil thief's wounds with all his strength: "How did you trick Mu Jinan out of the house?"

Nangong Xu's face shrank back, but the hand did not let go of him.

He couldn't bear the pain so much that he lay on the ground and cried, "Mom, it hurts."

Xie Chibei punched Nangong Xu in the face several times: "Still not telling me? How long has she been imprisoned?"

Nangong Xu covered his head to avoid Xie Chibei's chaotic beating, and one of his eyes was darting around.

It was pitch black all around. He covered his eyes with one hand and cried out in pain: "Nangong Yu, are you dead?"

Nangong Yu was still in a daze. He sat in front of the torn bamboo curtain, looking at the blood on his hands and thinking about the past ten years.

Xie Chibei shook off the blood on his hands. He grabbed Nangong Xu's neck and dragged him out of the yard, ordering Yun Ting: "Bring the horse here."

Nangong Xu crawled to the foot of Xie Chibei in the dark: "What are you going to do? I confess, I confess..."

"I forged a scabbard identical to the one used for Jingye Sword and had my maidservant tell her that the young man wearing the jade pendant under the green plum tree said he would take her home and give her the scabbard."

Xie Chibei's breathing stagnated, and he stared at Nangong Xu's mouth.

Nangong Xu didn't hear Xie Chibei's words, blood and tears washed his dirty face: "Mu Jinan believed it."

With a "bang", Xie Chibei's heart dropped heavily, and he fell down in front of the stone steps. It was his brief appearance that hurt Mu Jinan miserably.

Nangong Xu groped for direction, crawled on the ground, and covered his eyes with his hands:

"The assassin ambushed her under the green plum tree, knocked her unconscious and took her away. She was imprisoned for over three years. In the second month of the third year of Tianrui, when it snowed, she returned to the Nangong Mansion."

The sword bell hit the jade pendant, and the sound of "sky collapsing" shook Xie Chibei's heart. He felt heavy in his heart and his limbs were stiff and painful.

Xie Chibei stroked the Jingye sword with his fingertips. Mu Jinan has always been cautious. In order to avoid the devil, she believed that Xie Jinchong would take her home.

Just like when she walked into someone else's trap in order to get the jade pendant back, both times were because of him.

Xie Chibei swallowed with a burning pain in his throat and looked at the pomegranate tree helplessly. The tree was covered in blood, all her blood.

He looked up at the dark clouds. The ten years of darkness were all her suffering.

Xie Chibei rubbed the jade pendant vigorously with his fingertips: "Back then, the royal family was in Qiongzhou. If I lost the war, I would be slaughtered. I want to wait until the war is over and take her home."

In just a few months, he could have changed Mu Jinan's imprisonment, but they just didn't meet.

He stood up and punched the pomegranate tree helplessly. He didn't want to listen to Nangong Xu's calm confession anymore. This was torture to him.

Nangong Xu knelt on the ground, trembling: "I sold the poison formula to the assassin, but I really don't know the assassin's origins."

Xie Chibei glanced at Nangong Xu and asked, "Was it you who sold out all the medicinal herbs and food in Yaozhou? Did you bribe Zhou Mu of Suiting?"

Nangong Xu shook his head: "Not me, no."

Nangong Yu ran out of the house and saw Yun Ting leading five horses into the yard. He immediately stopped Yun Ting and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xie Chibei stood in front of the water tank, washing his hands, and blood stained the turbulent water surface.

From now on, this dirty blood will never flow into Mu Jinan’s nightmares again.

In order to prevent Nangong Xu from escaping, he must first eliminate this evildoer to prevent future troubles.

He sat in the corridor and said, "Nangong Xu is a traitor and one of the criminals who triggered the three years of war. He has tried to murder Mu Jinan many times. This king will have him torn into pieces by five horses."

Nangong Yu rushed to Xie Chibei but was stopped by Yun Ting.

Nangong Xu crawled in front of Xie Chibei and grabbed the upper of Xie Chibei's shoes with both hands:

"The Nangong family raised Mu Jinan, and she dared to kill me. Isn't she afraid that the world will criticize her for being ungrateful?"

Xie Chibei held the Jingye sword in his hand and pushed Nangong Xu's head away. A murderous look spread in his eyes, and a rebellious smile played on the corner of his mouth:

"It was me who killed you. What does this have to do with Mu Jinan?"

Nangong Xu groped for Nangong Yu, waving his hands in front of his eyes, and accidentally fell to the ground.

He was like Mu Jinan crawling at a child's feet, being beaten and kicked until he cried miserably.

He was trapped in an irresistible danger, and every "way out" was a blocked dead end.

He felt that Mu Jinan had nowhere to go and could only rely on the Nangong Mansion. He could use this favor to threaten Mu Jinan for life.

He thought Mu Jinan would take into account the kindness of raising him, but he didn't expect Xie Chibei to kill him for Mu Jinan.

Nangong Xu fluttered around in the yard, looking for the little girl everywhere: "Mu Jinan, come out."

He could not hear Mu Jinan's laughter as he made careful plans and was reborn from the ashes, nor could he hear Mu Jinan's crying as he said he was afraid of killing people and missed his mother.

He hated her silent killing and her sharp intelligence.

He wanted to fight Mu Jinan fairly, but he couldn't find any trace of Mu Jinan killing him: "Nangong Yu, beg Mu Jinan to let me go."

He didn't have time to play his cards, and the game ended with his death.

Nangong Xu was like a headless fly, bumping into Yan Wangyou. "Mother, you have raised Mu Jinan for a few years. If you kneel down and beg her, she will definitely relent."

Mu Ruan and Nangong Xingjun were not in Youzhou, and his incompetent brother did not protect him.

He pounded the horse's back with both hands and stamped his feet anxiously: "You threw me to the Taoist temple for many years. I was jealous of Mu Jinan and snatched you away."

"The four rabbits in red boots are your family of four. You would rather have someone else's daughter than me."

After receiving several punches on the back, Yan Wangyou raised his hind legs and kicked Nangong Xu in the abdomen.

Nangong Xu fell to the ground, holding his abdomen, blood, tears and snot all over the floor:

"This vicious woman stole everything from me and took me thousands of miles away, away from you. She hid in the dark and killed people with borrowed knives."

"Mom, I want to eat chicken."

Mutton is too expensive.

In front of him was a dark tunnel, evil people were everywhere, and the Taoist temple was not clean.

Those Taoist priests who talked about morality and kindness hated his father's wealth and bullied him many times.

He wanted to eat some chicken and steal a silver ingot from the merit box, so he was locked up in a cage in the tunnel by the Taoist priest.

It's so sad and ridiculous that the son of the richest man in Jiangnan had to steal chicken just to eat it.

He was clearly ill, but his grandfather insisted on sending him away for the sake of that little bit of business.

He slapped the iron cage with both hands, crying in fear: "It's too dark, don't lock me up, let me out, mother, save me."

The tunnel did not carry his mother's voice, which he had never heard before.

He returned to Nangong Mansion and wanted to listen to Mu Ruan talk more.

The mother just touched Mu Jinan's head and said that Mu Jinan was knowledgeable and had a good memory.

My elder brother has been able to stay with his parents since he was born, and his clan members praised him as a young talent.

Every night he woke up from the nightmare of imprisonment, ran out of the yard, and saw the light on in Mu Jinan's room. His brother was sitting beside Mu Jinan's bed, telling her not to be afraid, "I'm here."

Nangong Xu rolled on the ground, covering his eyes with his hands and crying loudly: "There are only three fireworks, I am wearing only a single layer of clothes, but my brother is holding Mu Jinan."

That year, Nangong Xu was poisoned, and Nangong Yu misunderstood Mu Jinan. He favored his brother and pinched Mu Jinan's injured hand.

Today, Nangong Yu still loves his brother. He kneels at Xie Chibei's feet and says, "Prince Jin, I am willing to give half of the Nangong Mansion's property in exchange for Nangong Xu's life."

Xie Chibei held the Jingye sword in one hand, his eyes gleaming coldly, his bloodthirsty eyes clear. He said firmly for the second time:

"No amount of money can buy justice for Mu Jinan. I only want Nangong Xu to pay with his life!"

"When Mu Jinan was wrongly accused and murdered, did you ever kneel down and beg Nangong Xu to let her go?"

Nangong Yu lowered his eyebrows and eyes: "Don't you want to cure your poison?"

He did not truly enter Mu Jinan's heart, nor did he discipline his brothers well, but he could not bear to see Nangong Xu being tortured and killed with his own eyes.

Xie Chibei looked at him with disgust, a nonchalant smile on his face: "As long as Mu Jinan is alive, this king has no fear of life or death."

"You..." Nangong Yu looked up at Xie Chibei. The young man was brilliant and handsome, but he was fierce. He was determined to seek justice for Mu Jinan even if it meant his own death.

Xie Chibei's expression was solemn. "Opening the book of guilt will absolve one's guilt, and exonerate one's past suffering. Nangong Xu colluded with the enemy and instigated the war. His sins are grave, and his karma is difficult to eliminate. He is not worthy of repentance."

Yun Ting had already put the reins on Nangong Xu.

As the rope tightened, Nangong Xu screamed in fear, not forgetting to curse:

"Nangong Yu, your brothers have been killed. Is your father still human? Do you want me to die so that you can monopolize the Nangong family property?"

Nangong Yu listened to Nangong Xu's slander. Just because he was cold-hearted and had no emotions, did they think he was a heartless person?

If he didn't care about Nangong Xu, how could he let Xie Chibei take poison and force Mu Jinan to hand over Nangong Xu?

His fingertips turned white as he poked the ground, and he kowtowed: "Your Highness, please spare my life. I will never appear in front of Mu Jinan again."

Xie Chibei just thought it was ridiculous. Nangong Yu entered Ziming Palace, and Mu Jinan was alone and weak, so he did not expose the matter.

He didn't want to play the game he knew was going on anymore: "During the Tongyuan period, my father couldn't find Mu Jinan, but you did. Whose orders did you follow?"