cpa300_4(); At that moment, there was a commotion nearby.

I didn't pay much attention to it at first, after all, there were too many people here today, and there were many people talking about it, and on the way, I saw a lot of people clashing with the guards around the execution ground, but although I didn't look at it, the sound of quarrels over there kept coming.

"I want to see you adults!"

"It's all said that no one will see you, go away!"

"Lord Liu is wronged, I want to avenge him, I want to see you!"

"What wrongs, what grievances, is this what you should say as a small citizen?"

"You-"

I heard the sound of the quarrel a little familiar, and when I turned my head to look, I saw that the guard guarding the gate was impatient, pushing away the young woman in front of him who was arguing with him, and the young woman-

I looked at it and my eyes widened in surprise.

"Rue?!"

Standing in front of the guard, dressed in a blue gauze skirt, with black hair tied into a delicate bun, and a beaded hairpin inserted in her sideburns, she looked simple and chic, but her person looked very frightened and angry, especially when she was pushed away by the guard's palm, she was even more angry, and said, "I just want to see your lord!"

The guard glanced at her up and down, and said coldly: "Little lady, you are ashamed to come out of a woman's family to show your face?

Ruxiang's face turned red suddenly, and she said angrily: "What's wrong with the female streamer?

The guard was robbed by her like this, and immediately stopped, and immediately said: "A woman from a Taoist family, who is not good at home and teaches her husband and children, why did she come here and make a big noise? You want to avenge Lord Liu, who are you? Have you ever asked your father-in-law, are you allowed to come out and make a fool of yourself like this?"

Rue Xiang blushed even more angrily, and said: "Lord Liu and I used to be good friends, if something happened to him, can I not complain for him just because I am married? Is it true that if I marry someone, I don't even have to care about the life and death of others? What kind of reason is this? Hmph, in broad daylight, you slander people with red lips and white teeth, don't have a day when you have an accident and ten thousand people watch coldly!"

When the guard said this, his face was red and white, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Not only that, but the people around listened to their quarrels, and they were also applauding Ruexiang.

I stood there watching this scene and couldn't help but be amazed.

recalled that in the past in Jixiang Village, Ruxiang's shy and quiet appearance, and she was once beaten by her husband and was covered in injuries and did not dare to resist, but she didn't expect that now that she is the owner of Qingyun Embroidery Workshop, the whole person has changed, especially the few words she said back to that person, where is there still the cowardly appearance of the little woman in Jixiang Village.

However, recalling what Boss Wang said on the ship, the deception she had encountered in the ups and downs of the Shanghai Sea, I can somewhat understand why she is so strong now.

I couldn't help but walk over: "Rue ......"

She was about to say something more, but suddenly she heard someone calling her, and she was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to see that it was me: "Light?!"

She grabbed my arm in surprise: "Light, why are you here?"

"I—"

Although I was also very happy to see her, I really couldn't laugh at the moment, I only glanced back at the high platform, Rue Xiang also turned her head to look, and immediately her face sank.

I asked, "Are you here to avenge him?"

"Hmm. ”

The guard was robbed by her before, and at this time, everyone's attention was finally gone, and he glanced at us a little angrily, and said: "What kind of grievance? Killing the dignified Princess Anguo, he also confessed his guilt, how else can he complain?"

When Rue Xiang heard this, her face froze a little, she gritted her teeth and said, "I don't believe it!"

“……”

"This must be an unjust case!"

“……”

"The third brother has been a kind person since he was a child, and he will help anyone in trouble. He taught those children in the village how to be human beings, all of them taught people to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, how could a person like him kill someone, and he killed his new wife?"

When the guard heard this, he immediately frowned: "What? What are you talking nonsense?"

“……”

"Isn't Lord Liu the apprentice of the Great Confucian of Shudi, why is he in the same village with you again?"

My face changed when I heard this, and before Rue Xiang could react, I pulled her aside, and Rue Xiang seemed to remember something at this time, and turned her head to look at me: "The apprentice of the Great Confucian of Shudi?"

I muttered, "That was after he left Jixiang Village." ”

"Oh......"

Rue Xiang nodded, and hurriedly said to me: "Qingqing, tell me what's going on? That day, you asked the embroidery girls from our embroidery workshop to go to your house and help you play a play, saying that they were going to prepare a wedding gift for him, but those embroidery girls came back and said that they didn't do anything." But it's obviously his wedding, why did it suddenly become a murder again?"

My brows furrowed, and I said: "This matter is very complicated, there are too many princes and princes, as well as local powerful forces are intertwined here, and it is not something I can explain in a few words." ”

"But," I said, looking at her, "as long as you believe a little, he will not kill, and it must not be him who kills!"

Rue Xiang nodded, but her expression was still a little dazed.

For people like her, maybe doing a business and making some money is already a big storm in life, and they will never understand the struggle between those who are high and powerful, let alone understand that although there is no sword and sword shadow in that kind of battle, the bloody cruelty in it is far more fierce than any kind of battle.

She looked up behind me and tugged at my sleeve again, "That's, it's your—"

I looked back and saw that Pei Yuanxiu was still standing there, and he also looked at us, just at this moment, there was a crowd next to him, squeezing Han Ruoshi, who was already weak and slender, and fell on Pei Yuanxiu's body at once.

Pei Yuanxiu hurriedly reached out to support her.

I turned around and said lightly, "My husband." He's my husband. ”

And Ruxiang's brows have been twisted into a pimple: "That woman-those two, who are they?"

“……”

Her eyes widened suddenly, "It can't be—"

My face sank a little more, and I just said, "No." ”

"No?

"Don't mention that. ”

Rue Xiang looked at my face, maybe all these years of experience, her ability to observe words and emotions is not low, seeing me like this, she didn't ask any more, just kept looking behind me, and her eyebrows became more and more wrinkled.

At this moment, a rumbling drum sounded all around.

My spirit sank, I raised my head, and saw that on the high platform in front of me, Wu Yanqiu was also turning his head and looking at the sundial under the high platform.

A quarter past noon!

This is the first drum!

My breathing suddenly became a little short, and Rue Xiang also grabbed my arm, listening to the dense drums around her, her face had an anxious look, and murmured, "Light, drumming!"

"Hmm. ”

"What to do?!"

"Don't worry, it's just the first drumbeat. ”

"Then, is it that if you beat the drum three times, you will be beheaded by three o'clock in the afternoon?"

"Yes. ”

This is a soul-boosting drum, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a person who will return to Huangquan!

Just as we were talking, on the other side of the execution ground, on a big road, there was a sound of clanging, and when we turned our heads, we saw that it was a prisoner car slowly driving towards this side, and the one whose limbs were chained by heavy chains in the cage was Liu Qinghan, who was going to be beheaded today!

I hadn't seen him since that night on the Red Boat, and when I saw him today, he was even wearing the red wedding dress, and he hadn't even changed it, but unlike that night, his face was pale, almost the same as the half of the silver mask, cold as ice, and there were several mud stains on the other cheek, and although his hair was still tied at the back of his head, it was already a little messy, and several strands of his forehead and sideburns were scattered in front of his face.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the prison cart, his hands on his knees on both sides, slightly clenched into fists, and his not too clean face was completely calm and indifferent, as if he was not sitting in the prison cart, but sitting on the bright hall.

Such calmness and indifference, where can a prisoner have!

As soon as they saw him like this, the surrounding people rushed up, and the guards on both sides of the prisoner car hurriedly stepped forward to separate them from the prisoner car, but those ordinary people still hugged forward and kept shouting.

"Lord Liu!"

"Lord Liu, we know that you have been wronged!"

"Lord Liu, Lord Liu!"

……

The people's cries were like thunder, but he didn't seem to hear them, just sat quietly, swaying slightly as the prisoner cart moved, and finally, the prisoner cart stopped in front of the execution platform.

Several guards stepped forward and opened the door of the prisoner's cart and took him inside.

One of the guards said to him, "Lord Liu, I'm offended. ”

With that, he grabbed his two hands and broke them behind him, and his hands were tied behind his back and chained.

When he was done this qiē, he still lowered his eyes and said nothing, only clenching his fists slightly.

Rue Xiang squeezed my wrist with one hand, and pointed to that side with the other: "Light, look, third brother!

“……”

I looked at him and didn't say a word.

It's only been a few days, but it seems like too much time has passed, I don't know how he spent his days in prison, or if he has been like this, calm and indifferent, rich and honored, but if I want to ask, I still have to ask him that sentence-

Why? Why do you have to confess?

I don't believe you kill, I don't believe it!

But, why are you pleading guilty?!

At this time, the shouts of the people below had already resounded, and those around us also began to shout.

I subconsciously glanced back, standing not far from us, Han Zitong also looked at Liu Qinghan's side with worry, as if she couldn't bear it, and the frail sister beside her frowned slightly, as if because of the noisy sound around her, she was unhappy.

I saw her raise her head and say something to Pei Yuanxiu, but Pei Yuanxiu didn't answer, just looked at the side with a solemn expression.

Liu Qinghan has been sent to the execution table.

At this time, he finally raised his eyes and looked at the sea of people in front of him, rushing to avenge his grievances and see him off.