Si Tian Guan

The little light from the transom gradually dimmed, leaving only the candles embedded in the outer wall.

The lamp oil used is not good, mixed with the smell of dry straw spread on the ground, it makes people have the urge to roll in their stomachs.

Someone couldn't help but got up and walked around twice, grabbing on the railing of the cell, trying to squeeze half of his face to see.

"Is there anyone! Is there anyone! We want to see Shizi!"

There was no voice to answer him. If the three meals a day were not delivered on time, they were really afraid that they would be forgotten in this dark corner and rot into dry bones that no one could recognize.

"Brother, stop shouting," the young man in the corner replied softly, "Don't you understand the current situation? Third brother doesn't recognize us, even if someone comes, we won't have any good fruit to eat."

"What's the third brother! How can you have a third brother! You are the third!"

The man in the corner suddenly roared: "Your mother is right, he is a white-eyed wolf! He must have been playing tricks on me from the beginning to the end of this matter! He is so capable! Let me be incapable of being a man inside and out! Shame on the street!"

The young man by the railing endured for a moment, but he still spoke back.

"Father, you can't say that. It's not easy for the third brother outside, and according to his current status, if he really wants to make things difficult for us, there's no need to use such troublesome methods..."

"Why it's not him! It's not him or who!" Qu Zhiye yelled loudly: "Earlier, we told him to recognize his relatives, saying that he would definitely recognize him, but in the end, we made a fuss in the street and lost our face on the ground People step on it!"

"Turn around and say that we have to change our minds to survive. Now, where is the way to survive! If I knew this, I might as well be kept in captivity, so that I can live comfortably!"

"I think they are officials and officials protecting each other! They belong to the same group! He is a whore and sets up archways, and earns a pitiful reputation of being bullied, yes! It is for people like you to see, look at you now, And ran to speak for him!"

"Don't you open your eyes and see where you are now! Seeing that your head is about to fall to the ground, you still think he is your third brother, what kind of confused soup!"

"But father...you sold him back then..."

Seeing that the second son wanted to say something, he stood up awkwardly.

"When you sent him away, how old were you, what do you know! He worked so hard, how hard can he develop such an arrogant temper? It's so hard how can he be so thin and tender, you eat dirt and mud every day, And caring for others..."

There was a sound of chains at the iron gate above the head, and it was obvious that someone had come.They couldn't tell whether it was meal time or not, and every time they heard this voice, they would be terrified, for fear that it was a guillotine.

The light of the torch swayed in the aisle with the sound of footsteps, and there was the low sobbing of a woman.

"Mom!" The two young men jumped on the railing and looked out: "Mom! It's really you! How are you? Are you hungry enough to hurt? How did they treat you!"

Qu Ning's family has no hairpins, her hair is disheveled, and her face is full of tears. She was just sobbing, but when she saw the three of them, she seemed to lose all her strength and fell down by the railing. The son touched and touched, choked up and couldn't speak.

"How about her?" Behind her, someone sneered and said, "What's the value of you guys? What should I do to you?"

This is the territory of Jinxiu Camp, no matter how resentful or dissatisfied they were, they didn't dare to say anything, they could only look at each other with tears in their eyes through the railing.

Qu Zhiye was upset by the crying, but he didn't have the courage to reprimand his son just now. After a while, he moved to the railing and asked timidly: "Greetings to the son, I made a mistake for a while, and I hope the master will be large. Compete with them."

Seeing Liu Chongming sitting down in front of the prison door leisurely, this time someone seemed to say, looking at his wife and children beside him, he could only bite the bullet and ask: "Master... You said before that you want the villain to change. The tone of voice, saying that the surname is Xu from Linyuan County, let us go back, you see..."

"Want to go back?" Liu Chongming sneered and asked, "Where are you going back?"

"Back to Changshui..." Qu Zhiye opened his mouth to answer, and then remembered that his son didn't seem to like to hear this answer, so he just took it back, and replied with a smile: "I haven't thought about it yet, after all, I just want to find a place to live." good."

Liu Chongming hummed perfunctorily, didn't say much, just hooked his fingers back.

Several confidantes opened the cell door, and amid Qu Ning's screams, dragged the two young men out, gagged their mouths, and knelt down on the ground.

Qu Zhiye was completely panicked, and wanted to rush out together, but his hands were pinched behind his back. Seeing Qu Ning's being dragged aside, he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"What the villain asked the villain to do, the villain did it! The villain promised the villain, let the villain's family go back, and returned the two young ones! The villain promised it before! What did the villain do wrong! "

"Qu Zhiye, do you think that this capital city is your backyard, and you can come and leave whenever you want?"

"No...not," Qu Zhiye hastily defended: "The villain didn't do anything, the villain is innocent!"

"innocent?"

Liu Chongming stood up slowly, and heard some noises outside the iron gate, reluctantly suppressed the impulse, and without ordering anyone, got up and dragged the teenager over, stepped on his feet, wrapped the whip in his hand on the neck.

"Wen Xin!" Qu Zhiye stood up suddenly, was pressed down again, his eyes were red, and he shouted loudly: "Master, please spare Wen Xin! You can do whatever you want the villain to do!"

"You can do whatever you want? Isn't this very good at protecting cubs? Then why do you..."

In the middle of speaking, Liu Chongming knew that there were some things he should not ask himself, so he squeezed the handle of the whip hard to stabilize his slightly shaking hand.

"I'll ask you a few questions."

"You...you ask."

"Wen Xin?" He suddenly lifted his hand upwards, causing the young man to raise his head with difficulty: "Wen Xin? Why is it different from Qu Chenzhou?"

Qu Zhiye's heart suddenly dropped into his throat, and he wailed, "Your Majesty, be merciful! A monk said that he was not easy to support, so he changed his name!"

"Because it's not easy to feed, so you just sold it?"

He was sweating profusely, and vaguely felt that Shizi's attitude and problems seemed a little different from before, but he didn't dare to think about it.

"My son... Shen Zhou is a monster. My Qu family can't bear it. With him around, the whole town can't sleep well. What can we do..."

"That's a good idea." Liu Chongming had already accumulated strength on his feet, but he still didn't step on them: "Then he sent a note to you for help, and you let his master deal with him at will because of fear, right? ?”

Qu Zhiye murmured: "Yes, yes... If he comes back, the town won't be able to accommodate us anymore, how dare we..."

"I didn't dare at the time, but now that he's developed, not only do you dare to meet him, but you also dare to post it yourself, don't you?"

Liu Chongming suddenly kicked away the young man on the ground, raised his hand and whipped it firmly on Qu Zhiye's shoulder.

"Now you know that he came out of your stomach? Now you know his surname is Qu? Now don't you say he is a monster?"

Qu Zhiye was let go, but he couldn't escape the whip that followed like a shadow. After only a dozen blows, he curled up on the ground, his whole body seemed to be scorched by fire, only the woman's cries and his own voice could be heard. scream.

"My lord, please forgive me, I don't dare anymore..."

"Don't you dare?" Liu Chongming gritted his teeth and sneered, "I don't have time to spend with you, so I will tell you clearly what to do and what not to do."

"You stay here honestly. Don't ask me where I want you to go. If you dare to have the slightest thought of running away, I'll chop up those two little ones for you to see."

"From now on, Qu Chenzhou has nothing to do with you."

"If you still want to get married with him, that's fine, first give me five hundred lashes, and if I can leave you a complete one, I, Liu Chongming, will take your surname."

Qu Zhiye fell on the ground, in so much pain that he didn't even have the strength to kowtow, and he replied in a sobbing voice: "Don't dare, don't dare!"

The people around let go of the Qu family and watched them huddle together, crying.

The last few jailers stepped forward silently, and laid out the food boxes on the wooden table. There were six dishes and one soup, and the rice was white and steaming. As usual, they were not treated badly.

But this time, Liu Chongming was still watching with his hands behind his back, but Qu Zhiye didn't dare to step forward and sit down.

Before he could open his mouth, Liu Chongming suddenly lifted his foot and kicked the whole wooden table over, and the food soup rolled on the ground, mixed with soil and straw.

"Eat." Liu Chongming chuckled lightly and motioned to the ground: "Eat it all."

The youngest son who was blocked by Qu Ning finally couldn't help it: "It's dirty when it falls on the ground, how can I eat it?"

"Can't you eat it? It's still cheap for you," Liu Chongming gritted his teeth and smiled: "I know that some people have filled their stomachs like this more than once, and sometimes they can't even eat this..."

A sourness surged from his chest to the tip of his nose, blocking him from speaking any more.

"Take care of them! If you haven't finished eating in half an hour, bring that girl's ears!"

He walked away and came up from the dungeon, shutting a scene of howling ghosts and howling wolves behind him. A few steps away, someone turned his back to him, leaning his shoulders against the wall as if he was unsteady.

"Shen Zhou," he held his breath like a child afraid of disturbing the butterflies, and said softly, "It's all over..."

Qu Chenzhou turned around as if waking up from a dream, and walked in the direction of the light until he was blocked by his chest, until he was hugged in his arms.

Liu Chongming stroked the top of his head with his chin, and wiped the moisture off his face with his fingers.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt them. When everything is settled, find a place and let them leave far away, and I won't let them see you again."

"You still have aunt and uncle, Shi Yanlei, and... me."

Qu Chenzhou buried his face in the warm skirt of his clothes.

"There is a grievance and a debtor," his voice was very soft, like a spider's thread floating in the air: "Only when he gets his retribution, will it really be over..."

Liu Chongming pressed him even tighter into his arms - they were all waiting for that day, when the dust settled, when King Huai was executed.

"Don't worry, at that time, I will arrange... the best place for him."

where to go...

Holding a teacup, Liu Chongming looked at the groups of people passing by in front of him. The misty moisture in the teacup moistened his cheeks, like rubbing the tearful eyes of a little fox.

That place... is the most suitable place for evil spirits.

"My lord," someone at the side saw his indifferent expression and asked flatteringly, "Your lord, would you like to sit in the garden, the flowers are blooming just right, and the villain will find some interesting things for you to relieve your boredom."

"What's wrong here?" Liu Chongming squinted at him: "Liao Guangming can sit here, but I can't?"

"No, no," the man hurriedly explained, "Here are some pickles, I'm afraid it will stain the eyes of the prince."

While he was talking, another team of eunuchs was led into the house. These days are the days of routine physical examination by the Bureau of Internal Affairs, and Liu Chongming is sitting facing the door, watching everyone who comes in and out. It's clear.

In the past, Liao Guangming would occasionally sit in this place in the courtyard, but that was because he received money from the eunuch, hoping that he would suffer less humiliation during the physical examination.

Liu Chongming couldn't care less about that little money, and no one would dare to ask the Shizi for some money, so he condescended to sit here quietly, making everyone up and down worry about it.

"That's what I said," Liu Chongming snorted coldly: "This job was assigned by the emperor's trust. I ran to the garden instead of here. Wouldn't it be a disservice to the Holy Grace? If the emperor blames it..."

When he mentioned the intense point, he raised his elbow and bumped into the armrest inadvertently, spilling a cup of warm tea all over his body.

"Your Majesty!" The man hurriedly wiped the water off his clothes: "Your Majesty, I will find someone to help you change your clothes..."

"Don't be so troublesome." Liu Chongming stood up, shook the tea stem on the hem, and pointed forward casually: "Aren't these all serving people? Tell him to come over."

In the Bureau of Internal Affairs, each perform their duties, and indeed there is no servant dedicated to serving them.

Hearing what he said, the man didn't dare to disobey, he hurriedly looked over with his fingers, and saw that the eunuch's clothes were old and old, he was not a proud person, and he would not offend anyone if he ordered twice, so he hurriedly yelled: "That one over there, come over."

It was an old eunuch about 50 years old, with a slightly stooped figure. When he heard the greeting, his footsteps paused slightly, and he continued to move forward with the team, but was quickly pulled back.

"I'm calling you! I didn't hear you!"

The man paused for a moment, as if he had just realized it, he approached with his head down, and kowtowed to the ground: "I have seen the prince."

"Which palace? What's the name?" Liu Chongming asked.

"Hui Shizi," the old and muddy voice answered him: "Chaoyang Palace, this old slave's name is Sanfu."

Liu Chongming bent down and saw a face, a face that was all too familiar in the dream.

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