Si Tian Guan

Qu Chenzhou curled up slightly, lying sideways on the pile of straw, and put his handcuffed hands on his chest.

It's not yet warm, not to mention that in this place where the sun can't be seen, even the straw under the body emits a musty dampness.

When he was brought in, he had already been changed into the prison uniform of Jinxiu Camp, his shoes and socks were gone, and his slender ankles were shackled to the bone by the cold, which made him unable to sleep.

When he saw the Jinxiu Camp rushing towards him, he probably understood who was behind everything.

——He was sent to bid farewell to the Taifu according to the emperor's oral order, while Liu Chongming had a shining imperial decree in his hand, it was these two diametrically opposite but closely related decrees that sent him here.

The "rebellion" case of the Tang family was concluded as early as last year, so how could there be more charges of conspiracy suddenly?

Perhaps during the banquet, there were indeed people who the emperor planned to settle accounts in the fall, but his relationship with Chongming must be the most important thing the emperor cares about.

Thinking about it this way, it must be something from King Huai or Yu Dexi that fell into the ears of the emperor, and the seeds of suspicion in the emperor's heart finally began to take root.

The next step is to test them.

In the past few days, all the people around him who were imprisoned together have been interrogated one by one, but no one cares about him.

Calculated based on three meals a day, about four or five days have passed, and Liu Chongming has never shown up. He can guess that there must be someone holding Chongming over there.

Who else?

During the few days he was in prison, the mansion might be turned upside down.

Will everything develop as they expected?

While he was thinking drowsily, he heard the sound of keys colliding outside regularly along with the sound of footsteps, from far to near.

It's the little boss in charge here, Chongming told him, it's the Xu Ziwen he paid attention to that year.

Although it was not easy to take care of him, he clearly heard Xu Ziwen whispering Chongming's words in his ear, "Stay at ease, everything is up to me."

He settled down in peace - this was his hell, but now it's his sanctuary.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally stopped outside the door, Xu Ziwen yelled: "Qu Chenzhou, come out!"

The iron chain of the prison door was pulled and rattled, and before he could turn over and sit up, the jailers came in and lifted him up from the left and right.

Xu Ziwen looked up and down, then shook his head: "Let's go."

The jailer quickly removed the shackles for him, tied his hands behind his back, covered his eyes with a black cloth, and walked forward.

No one spoke, and the only sound was the clang of fetters on the ground in the narrow corridor.

I didn't know how many turns I turned, and I didn't know where I went. After about a cup of tea, I finally stood still. Suddenly, my eyes under the black cloth felt a glimmer of light, and even my breathing became much smoother, as if I had reached an open place.

Someone kicked at the knee, and before he could feel the pain coming from his knee, a voice greeted him with a smile not far in front of him.

"Qu Sitian, what a rare visitor."

After a few days, I finally heard a familiar voice in this gloomy place, Qu Chenzhou couldn't help but feel a sore nose, and he managed to calm down for a moment before replying: "I didn't expect that I would meet my son here. "

Liu Chongming smiled: "So, the world is like a new game of chess, does Qu Sitian know why he came here?"

"I think the prince has arrested the wrong person." Qu Chenzhou struggled to stand up, but was pressed on his shoulders again, he could only grit his teeth and argue: "I have nothing to do with the Tang family, I just went to see Mrs. Zhou off. There was no conspiracy."

"Whether there is any contact, whether there is any conspiracy, it is not what you say."

There was the sound of water in front of him, as if someone had copied a handful of water just for him to listen to.

Qu Chenzhou's heart trembled.

He knew that there were many secrets in Jinxiu Camp. This is a small water prison. Although it is not suitable for long-term imprisonment of criminals, it is a good place for torture.

I don't know how many people have drowned in this half-person-high pool.

Now that Liu Chongming has put on this posture, I'm afraid he has to go this time.

"My son...do you want to torture me? I want to see the emperor for justice!" Qu Chenzhou straightened his body suddenly: "I want to see the emperor!"

"presumptuous!"

A hand pinched his front lapel in response, and the strength in the hand was so great that he was lifted up entirely.

There is only a momentary space for breathing, the sky and the earth hang upside down, and water pours into the mouth and nose from all directions.

His hands were tied behind his back, he couldn't even do the posture of struggling and paddling, he just felt that he was being held down by the shackles and kept sinking, the air in his chest turned into air bubbles in his mouth, and was squeezed out in a blink of an eye.

The sound outside was separated by the water, and it seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that it was only a blink of an eye.

When he was lifted out of the water again, he lay on the edge of the pool, coughing and panting, and vomited a few mouthfuls of water, as if something was still dragging him down under his feet.

He couldn't see what was going on, so he could only kick desperately. Just when his legs were trembling and he wanted to climb out, he realized that something was missing below.

——the violently churning pool water flowed directly over his legs, without the feeling of wet cloth against his legs.

Someone was wading in the water beside him, and before he could struggle to get up, he was pulling at the back of his skirt, seeming to be lifting it, and also seemed to be pressing it down, making him unable to kneel down or stand up.

"Qu Sitian just wants to go out so that everyone can see your slender, white and tender legs, or see something else?"

The water in the pool is not deep, Qu Shenzhou's half-kneeling posture can feel that the water surface is just a little below his waist.

You don't need to look at it to imagine that the rippling water has torn the large prison clothes up and down, but you don't know if it can cover the place that is not covered by the pants.

"You..." Qu Chenzhou bit his lower lip firmly, not knowing what kind of gazes were cast around him, and with his legs together, he was so ashamed and angry that his voice was choked up, "You... bastard!"

The person behind him pinned his knees in, and his legs had to be bent to the sides, making him even more in a dilemma.

If you sit down, it looks too ambiguous, but if you barely stand, you will be rubbed in front of you.

His knees gave way in vain.

"Go ahead and scold," Liu Chongming leaned forward, pressed him to the pool wall and knelt down, put one hand on his left shoulder, and the other hand went to the front: "It's been a long time since we have faced each other so sincerely, Qu Sitian is Don't you need to get familiar with it for a while?"

Qu Chenzhou's cheek was pressed against the edge of the pool, and the pool water was rippling in his mouth from time to time. As soon as he opened his mouth and said the word "Liu", his voice changed suddenly.

"My son... my son... no..."

Under the pincer of the warm embrace and that hand, the room for thinking in his mind was gradually lost. He knew that the person holding him was Liu Chongming, but he didn't know why Liu Chongming treated him like this in front of so many people.

But he didn't know the situation around him, so he didn't even dare to say a word.

"Call," Liu Chongming refused to let him go, because he exerted all his strength, his voice became softer and louder, he bit his neck from the back of his neck to his earlobe, and said with a low laugh, "Qu Sitian actually likes this, doesn't he? "

"When my son lifted you up just now, Qu Sitian didn't struggle much, did he?"

"Isn't it? Qu Sitian looked down and knew how happy you were."

"This son is very familiar with Qu Sitian's body."

Qu Chenzhou groaned in pain, anxious and ashamed, suddenly tried his best to stand up, but was pressed on the knees, and was pushed back, tears gushed out.

"Liu...Liu Chongming! I didn't collude with...the Tang family..." Shocked and terrified, he tried his best to hold back the unbearable sobs, his cheeks were wet with water, tears and sweat: "If I get out of trouble, I will definitely take you... Thousands of knives... cut..."

The voice was suddenly blocked in his throat, he held his breath as if he couldn't breathe, shivered as if caught in the wind and cold, suddenly hummed a few times, and slid into the water as if he collapsed.

One arm hugged him in front of his chest, and the other hand twisted his chin and twisted his face, and the warm tongue twisted and entangled, hooking away the last bit of his struggling strength.

"Qu Sitian is fine now? Has it been too long since no one has served you?" Liu Chongming twisted his fingertips in the water and laughed eagerly: "It's your turn to serve this son, how do you plan to serve him?"

Qu Chenzhou's chest heaved violently, and his angry reprimand was soft, becoming a beg for mercy: "My lord...let me go..."

"That can't be done," Liu Chongming just held his waist, let him rest for a while, and reminded softly with a smile: "Who said last time that I can do whatever I want?"

"No...no..."

Qu Chenzhou choked up for half a sentence, and then slowly regained some reason—last time?Was it what they said during the private meeting in the secret room?

Seeing him staring blankly as if he didn't react, behind him was a muffled smile that had succeeded.

"Shen Zhou, did you like it just now? It's a little faster than usual."

Qu Chenzhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and the black cloth that blindfolded him had been torn off.

It was indeed Liu Chongming who was lying behind him, but there was no one around.

"Look, there's no one there."

"When I took off your trousers, they already retreated tactfully—whoever dares to look at this son's live erotic palace, this son will want his eyeballs."

Liu Chongming bit his ear again: "Don't worry, the water is clean and fresh. Is it fun? Is it irritating?"

The tense strings loosened, and Qu Shenzhou suddenly cried bitterly, biting the arm in front of him with his mouth open.

"Liu Chongming! You bastard! You are a bastard! I hate you to death!"

Liu Chongming sucked in a breath of cold air reluctantly, and let him bite: "You can curse loudly so that people outside can hear."

Qu Chenzhou naturally knew that this was not a place where he could cry wantonly. He wanted to calm down, but his voice was involuntarily sobbing intermittently.

"This is...how...what's going on?"

"Mu Jingyan found out about your agency, and Yu Dexi, that old dog, couldn't wait. Usually, he should have drizzled on the emperor, but this time he had evidence, so he hurriedly passed on the words."

"I'm also a little bit aware..." Qu Chenzhou was imprisoned and couldn't move, things were still in his hands, his face flushed just thinking about it, and he turned his head and asked, "Can't you get up and talk?"

Liu Chongming twisted his hands dishonestly for a while, then took something out of his bosom, and refused with a smile: "How can that be done, this son is still being tortured, and it's a rare opportunity, so I've agreed to give it to anyone."

Qu Chenzhou blushed: "Not now..."

"Is it now, I have the final say." Liu Chongming shook the things in his arms in front of him: "Bold and unreasonable people are too stubborn, this son will reward you with ten tortures."

It was a string of suet warm jade beads, the head and the tail were not connected together, it was just a long string, the one on the head was made into the shape of a peach, each bead in the middle was slightly larger than a longan, and at the end was adorned with a red tassel.

There are patterns carved by skillful craftsmen on the beads, which are different in depth and light, but they are all in the posture of two men embracing each other, either in the pavilion, or under the tree, or in the cabin, with different shapes.

He only took one look to understand what it was, quickly looked away, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty is really good so don't learn, learn bad...it's quick, what a bastard..."

"What kind of learning is bad?" Liu Chongming liked to bite his ear: "I'm learning to please my wife..."

"Chongming... another day..."

"It's better to hit the sun than choose the day. Today you say it doesn't count." The string of suet jade sank into the water, Liu Chongming asked: "Can you count? If yes, I will continue to chat with you."

Qu Chenzhou's face burned even worse, he could only close his eyes, and replied softly: "Yes."

"Just count obediently, if you make a mistake, we will start over."

The wet long hair of the two of them was entangled, Liu Chongming buried his head on his shoulder, and continued to say what he had said before.

"What did you say you noticed?"

"I feel like someone is spying on me..." Qu Chenzhou's breathing was a little short, "Boss Lin also said...someone contacted the Duan Shui girl from Ermen."

"Yes, Mu Jingyan figured it out from the fact that we live across the street. Although it's not easy for me to send someone to stop me, I know what's happening on your side." Liu Chongming paused and urged him: "Count it."

Qu Chenzhou's eyes were full of drunken red, and he hummed softly: "One..."

Liu Chongming expressed his satisfaction and licked away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Actually, what they were looking at just now was Steward Lin and the others. I failed them a few times, and they picked that girl. They are all smart people. If the emperor has his mind, it doesn't matter who is the informer."

"Hmm...three...slow down," Qu Chenzhou couldn't hold his strength, so he could only lie on the side of the pool and murmur, "You already knew...why didn't you tell me?"

"If you can hide from the first day of the junior high school, you can't hide from the fifteenth day. If they fail this time, they won't know where to get a knife next time. It's better to go with the flow."

Qu Chenzhou hummed weakly.

Before the mansion was completed, the blueprint of the secret passage had already been sent to him for review.

If you go down from his bedroom, it's just an ordinary secret room, which is almost a secret place that is customary at present.

Especially for those who are greedy and like to make money, it is essential.

Only when the people on the other side are shaking the engine underground, will this seemingly ordinary hut be lowered by more than a foot, and the original entrance behind the calligraphy and painting has become an underground exit.

So even if Yu Dexi leveled the Qu Mansion, it would be impossible to find the meeting place below.

As for Liu Chongming's shop on the opposite side of the street, he had no clue at all, because the entrance wasn't there in the first place.

The so-called Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit, King Huai and Yu Dexi would never level up all the houses in the entire capital to find them.

"When I built this secret passage, I just wanted to see which idiot jumped into this pit. I was lucky and caught a big one. I told my sister that if I want to be caught this time, I will be locked up so that Yu Dexi won't be caught. Make trouble in the palace."

Liu Chongming caressed the ambiguous patterns on the mutton jade, and pushed his finger: "How much?"

Qu Shenzhou forgot.

"Start from the beginning." Liu Chongming comforted him with a kiss, and the peach made of jade slid down the ridge again: "Do you know why they are willing to enter the urn this time?"

Qu Chenzhou whimpered, he didn't know if it was cold or what, he started to tremble slightly, this time he didn't dare to forget to count again, but he stopped for a while before saying the word "five", and softly begged for mercy: "What is it... ...don't bother me..."

"Trap for a while. It's not good for your health to come again at such a short interval." Liu Chongming's kiss fell on the back of his neck, knowing that it was not easy for him to answer aloud now, so he took the initiative to explain his doubts.

"When we met down there once, I asked Fang Wuyang to stay on your bed for a while, and let the wind pass by. How much?"

"Eight...you wait...don't..."

"He will imitate the voices of both of us. He is probably having fun, and he must be more yelling than you. If you stay here for a few more days, the emperor will invite you back."

Qu Chenzhou couldn't listen to his words at all, and suddenly stiffened his neck and arched his body, the long hair sticking to his cheek was bitten in his mouth, and he could only hear a muffled begging for mercy.

"Chongming, let go...let me go...let me..."

Liu Chongming brushed away the wet hair on his face for him, melted his struggles into his arms, and patiently pressed his fingers down slowly, asking questions knowingly.

"Shen Zhouer, what's in here?"

"do not……"

"How many?" He asked softly, "I forgot."

Qu Chenzhou's tears fell down: "Ten...twelve, Chongming, it's not enough...too many..."

"Then less."

"No..." He was caught off guard and finally cried out, "Liu Chongming, you bastard!"

"How many?" Liu Chongming threatened him softly: "If the count is not right, we will count from the beginning."

"Eight...eight..."

"No, seven, then I will give you another one."

The restraint in front was finally released, Qu Chenzhou curled up sideways in his warm embrace, biting fiercely, weeping uncontrollably: "Bastard, I'm going to tell my mother that you bullied me..."

"After passing this hurdle, there will be a long time to bully you in the future." Liu Chongming gently rubbed his wet face with his fingers: "A few days ago, someone from the palace made it clear that I should torture people in the order of the booklet. I haven't been able to see you for a while."

"Now those pairs of eyes are staring at this side, wanting to see how I treat you."

His fingers slowed down, as if he didn't want to let his hatred and anger overflow, he paused for a moment before whispering softly: "I will wrong you a little, and I will definitely help you get back your capital with interest in the future."

Qu Shenzhou was resting on his arm, looking up at Liu Chongming's side face in the dim candlelight.

"Chongming, the emperor's heart is like a stone. If he doesn't poke his pain, no matter how much suffering others have, he won't show him any mercy. Only by making him truly panic can you be washed away. He is now used to listening to divination. ..."

He let out a soft breath: "You gouged out my eyes..."

A handful of water was poured on his face, and he interrupted the rest of the sentence. He spat out the water in his mouth and insisted: "At this point, even if you don't have these eyes, the prince has already stood firm..."

Liu Chongming turned him over, gritted his teeth and smiled: "It seems that I should teach you a lesson."

The finger stroked his lips, and he saw that the covering was like animal fur. It was smooth and soft when stroked along, and the short hair was shaved to stand up when it was reversed, like a cat tongue with barbs. Over the cheeks, itchy and unbearable.

He immediately understood what he was going to do. He couldn't get up after several struggles and could only give in. His previous fortitude turned into pitiful.

"Chongming, forgive me..."

"I told you to cherish yourself. You just said that you wanted me to dig out your eyes."

He hurriedly begged for mercy: "I won't talk about it in the future!"

"late."

As soon as Liu Chongming untied him, the person in his arms turned over and ran like a live loach, but was pulled back in the splashing water, and couldn't help laughing.

"There is still so much energy, it seems that I am not working hard enough for my husband, help me put this on."

Qu Chenzhou's hand was stuffed with the fur cover, and he was pulled forward, trying to struggle, but his hands and feet were so weak that he couldn't use his strength.

"Chongming..." He dodged a few times, but there was still no way to escape, so he could only ask in a hurry, "Yu... what about Yu Dexi..."

"Concentrate on your business. It's rare for us to have such a short time together, right? You don't have to think about other things."

Liu Chongming stopped holding his hand for a moment, and chuckled softly: "Did you forget my name?"

The slender eyebrows that covered the different pupils flickered uneasily, but he didn't call out the name.

"No need for this..."

"Try something new for you, it will make you lose your shape." Liu Chongming's smile is full of evil.

"No need next time, you give me two..."