Chapter 1: The Wedge
In the sixth year of Xiande, the weather was surprisingly cold. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Before the beginning of winter, the first snow has fallen.
Su Jinxi, who was thin, clinged to the cold bare wall, looking out of the window that was not yet clear.
There are a few pieces of rusty iron built in the window, and when the north wind passes, a lot of snow slag will pour in. She reached out and tried to hold them in her hands, but unfortunately she couldn't hold them with her fingers that had been tortured.
Just like her identity as an illegitimate daughter, she has always been helpless.
"Girl, let's have a hot meal." The mother-in-law who delivered the rice interrupted Su Jinxi's thoughts and placed the broken bowl used to serve the rice on the ground.
heard that she was imprisoned for poisoning the notorious second son of the prime minister, so he has been treating her well.
Su Jinxi didn't say anything, turned around, and sat motionless on the dry grass.
The originally bright people were a little darker because of the dirt in prison. Coupled with her hollow eyes, no one can think of her shrewdness and ability when she was in charge of the house in the past.
After all, she has been locked up here for five days, and she will be sent to be beheaded at dawn.
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth, which had no expression since Guan Lai, were unprecedentedly raised.
Oh, this life is coming to an end.
Suddenly, the silent cell became noisy. A group of people quickly broke in, and the dim, narrow aisles were immediately filled. The man at the head was dressed in black, and the falling brim of his hat covered most of his face, and he couldn't see his face in the dark.
It was like a person he was personally following, dragging a half-grown boy and following closely behind. Then there were a few familiar jailers.
When the man stopped, several people worked together to press the boy to the torture chair.
"It's just that you haven't been recruiting?" The man asked the young man lightly, and his cold voice made people chill to the bone.
"What do you want to do, I don't know anything!" The boy struggled to get up, but the fear in his heart made his body tremble slightly, and he couldn't break free from left and right.
"On the bamboo stick."
The man stopped looking at him, but casually fiddled with his fingers. The ten fingers of the bone firewood, in the dim light, became more and more withered and terrifying. The huge scar on the back of the hand is hideous.
"Yes!" Several sturdy jailers got the order and immediately broke the young man's hand. He pulled out a thin bamboo skewer and plunged it into his fingernails.
"Ah..... Yes! Yes! The boy's terrible screams instantly rushed to everyone's eardrums, and the blood that flowed out of the chair pooled into a small stream.
Not long after the woman who delivered the rice came, she saw this formation, and she was suddenly frightened. The crockpot he was holding fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
After the sound, the prison became silent.
The man casually looked in the direction of the voice, his gaze crossed over to the food delivery woman, but fell on Su Jinxi's face. Where, he actually saw the thing he hated the most in his life, and his face was as indifferent as his.
"Aren't you afraid?" The terrifying voice came again, and the food delivery lady collapsed directly on the ground. With his head down, he groped for the ground helplessly, not even realizing that his fingers were pierced by the porcelain.
Like the one that the man was following, he took a step forward and kicked the food delivery lady who was in the way into the corner, and then flashed back behind the man. The woman only twitched slightly, and then fainted.
After that, the prison was again silent.
"Nope." After a pause for half a century, Su Jinxi finally reacted. didn't look at him, just responded perfunctorily. As if he hadn't seen anything, his expression was still indifferent.
What is there to fear about a dying man?
"Really?" Su Jinxi's reaction made the man suddenly angry, and his emotions were like a wild horse on the loose. He kicked open the door of the cell where she was, reaching for her chin.
The hand strength is very strong, and there is no pity for the jade. It hurts, but what Su Jinxi feels most is the coldness of his fingers. He is a living man, but he is colder than a dead man.
The momentary surprise made Su Jinxi speechless, but the man regarded this as a provocation, and dragged her to the young man who was being sentenced to the bamboo sign.
"If you're not afraid, just keep watching." The corners of his mouth hooked up with a touch of viciousness, and he shook her off hard.
Her embroidered shoes had been lost as early as the time of her execution, and standing barefoot on the wet bluestone slab was slippery on its own. was pushed by the man like this and fell heavily to the ground.
A few jailers who had received the prime minister's money, and who had lynched her in the past few days, had their eyes flickering. The attendant beside him graciously handed over the water-soaked handkerchief.
"Childe."
"Other fingers."
The man hastily wiped his hands, and the voice of quenching poison sounded gloomily.
"Yes." The attendant took the handkerchief he threw back, and pulled out another bamboo stick as he responded.
"I've recruited, I've recruited everything!" The boy was completely panicked when he saw them grab his middle finger, and hurriedly shouted in spite of it. If he him any more, his hands will be completely wasted.
"Childe." The retinue hesitated for a moment, then stopped his men's movements.
"I never say it twice." Glancing at Su Jinxi's still lifeless eyes, the man's voice shuddered.
The entourage did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly grabbed the young man's fingers and continued to pierce them one by one. Don't wait for the ten fingers to be pierced. The boy had fainted.
The man was not interested in his reflection, and his eyes were still staring at Su Jinxi.
"Still not afraid?"
"......" Su Jinxi really had no intention of taking care of him this time, so he simply turned to the window to look at the snow.
Of the four seasons, her favorite thing is snow.
She still remembers Hanyu standing in the snow waiting for her.
Dressed in a cyan plain robe, embroidered with a few elegant patterns. On her waist hangs a hand-embroidered lotus bag, and in her hand is a blooming red plum. The clear inky eyes are full of tenderness.
"Jinxi, when you meet next year, I will beg my parents to marry you." The slightly magnetic sound is very beautiful.
When she passed the cardamom, her face was red with shame, and she answered loudly, only snatching his red plum and hiding in the room.
The next day, Hanyu's family went to work with his father in a foreign country, and she stayed in the room every day to embroider the dowry.
Childhood sweetheart's lover, a husband who treats each other sincerely, she always thought that her future would be very beautiful.
It wasn't until she received a letter from her biological father that she was taken home, and everything changed.
First, Uncle Zhang, who had the grace of nurturing, was burned to death by accident, and then Liuqing, who grew up with her, was poisoned, and then she let Feng Tusheng forcibly seize his innocence, and was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion as a 'thing' by the second wife of the Su family......
Su Jinxi's ignorance once again angered the man, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth with hatred. It took a long time to suppress the urge to choke her again.
Just as he was about to speak, two jailers walked in.
"The little ones, I've seen the Shang Gongzi." Seeing the man, the two of them had no sense of surprise, and after respectfully stepping forward to salute, one of them pointed at Su Jinxi.
"Her hour has come, and the little one will take her to the execution ground." After speaking, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look directly at him for a second.
"What crime did she commit?" The man paused, and there was a rare trace of sparkling in his backwater-like eyes.
He was actually punished by death......
The jailer was questioned by the man for the first time, and he was suddenly frightened, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to answer intermittently with a trill.
"It's her... Poison... Poison... poisoned Jiang Wangye and the second son of the prime minister. As soon as he burst out, his heart was already beating suddenly, his legs were weak, and he couldn't help but prick his head lower.
"Is that her?!" The man's mind fell entirely on these words, and he frowned briefly in surprise, and then returned to normal.
"Go ahead." With a slight wave of his hand, he motioned for someone to leave. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and a strange smile suddenly appeared.
His lips are beautiful, with the qualities of a mature man. It's just that the smile is too elusive, like a relief, and it seems to be a little desperate.
The jailer held the torch, and Su Jinxi just saw that unforgettable expression by that glimmer of light.
Tucking away a strand of long hair that was scattered, he stood up and staggered to the door. Everywhere I passed, the sound of shackles falling and falling echoed. She didn't notice the eyes behind her staring intently into the distance.
......
When she was taken to the execution ground, the snow was still falling. The crystal clear Weiyang flower, dancing a few times, melted on the ground. It's like a life that finally comes to an end after the brilliance.
And her life melted away as early as the moment Hanyu, who took her to escape, was killed by Feng Tusheng.
In order to take revenge, she obeyed the suspicious Feng Tusheng for five years. Finally got a chance to poison him.
As she wished, Feng Tusheng died.
However, it also happened to poison King Jiang, the emperor's fifth uncle, who ate with him.
I heard that King Jiang, who had never met before, was a lonely person. In addition to the emperor, there is only one crazy mother concubine.
What she owes him can only be repaid by Yamana.
"The hour has come, execution!"
Under the order of the executive officer, Su Jinxi's thoughts were stiffly dragged back. At the same time as the severe pain, there was more bloody foam in the mouth. Although his body has become two halves, his mind remains clear for the time being.
This is perhaps the most terrifying part of the cut. Seeing the necrotic half of his body, slowly waiting for death, slowly consuming all fear.
But she was not afraid of fear, she only wanted to die quickly.
Every day she returned to Su Mansion was a torment and a nightmare for her.
In order to take revenge, she learned to play tricks, learned to be indistinguishable from joy and anger, learned to act, and learned to be committed......
She hated what she had learned, and she hated herself even more. After that, she felt as dirty as those people.
She is trapped in the whirlpool of revenge day by day, chewing on the pain of contradictions.
Gradually, the remaining half of the body became colder and colder, and the fingers began to stiffen. Suddenly, she was so nostalgic for Hanyu's arms, so much missed the time when she listened to Uncle Zhang's story with Liuqing, and missed the days when everyone laughed and walked in the snow......
The Shaoguang of the scenes washed against the pain in her waist, and the blood soaked her whole body with red.
In a hazy moment, she seemed to see the smiling boy again. Jade stood in front of the door and waved softly to her, just as they had when they first met.
Life and death are broad, and Zicheng said.
Hanyu, if I put on red makeup for you, would you like me to be your bride in the underworld?
Close your eyes and smile lightly.
It's a pity that those wicked people in Su Mansion are too late to avenge Uncle Zhang and Liuqing.