After returning to Beijing, Li Muer was immediately escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department and handed over to He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, for personal interrogation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In prison, Li Mu'er was tied to a wooden stake, and her mind was full of images of the people who protected her because of her tragic death.

In the past three years, they have been like fathers and brothers, accompanying her to hide in Tibet, teaching her martial arts, respecting her as the master, shielding her from the wind and rain, and planning and planning. She remembered that Xiao Ke, who was about the same age as her, often told jokes and teased her by her side, just because his father had received her medicine grace, he was willing to throw his head and spill blood for himself, and rushed to the front alive, and this kind of kindness that passed his life is now afraid that it will not be repaid.

and the grandmother who watched her grow up since she was a child, is she also in this cell at the moment, maybe she is being tortured, but she refuses to reveal her identity, and would rather die to protect her.

It's all her fault, it's all her fault, if it weren't for helping her avenge, how could these people die? Now that the revenge has not been avenged, but all the people around him have been sacrificed in vain, what is the point? Thinking of this, Li Mu'er finally couldn't control her emotions and sobbed lowly.

At this moment, there was movement outside the prison, Li Mu'er hurriedly stopped crying, and saw several officials rushing in, lined up on both sides. One of them was the little guy who had asked before, he didn't say a word and waved his whip, and lashed at Li Mu'er, which hurt her teeth. The man was about to swing a second whip when an old man's voice sounded: "Wait! Under the heavy punishment, there will be many unjust prisons, and you must not be reckless and rude! ”

"Isn't your lord ignoring, this person is bold enough to assassinate the saint, should he be beaten? The villain has been interrogated many times, this guy is stubborn and doesn't say a word, if he doesn't need to be punished, I'm afraid he won't be able to ask why. "At first glance, the little man is used to torture, and he looks ruthless.

"Let the old man ask in person." The old man's voice approached.

Li Mu'er glanced up from the corner of her eyes, the person who came was old, without a trace of anger, and looked charitable.

The old man walked up to Li Mu'er and said, "This official is He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he was ordered to thoroughly investigate the assassination case. Who is the girl, where does she live, why did she commit the assassination, quickly recruit from the truth, the saint is generous, if there is a reasonable reason, you may be spared from death. ”

"Phew!" Li Mu'er quenched.

"Bold!" The little fox pretended to be a tiger, and he whipped Li Mu'er again.

Li Mu'er snorted, gritted her teeth and said: "The old man doesn't have to play any black-faced and white-faced drama here, since I have the courage to kill the emperor, I just don't want to take this life, there is nothing to say, nothing to ······"

"If you don't say it, we can check, maybe there will be no clues to follow." He Qiaoxin said slowly, "This official heard that your subordinates have all cut themselves for you, I'm afraid that in addition to protecting your identity, it will also prevent you from acting rashly and being held hostage for their sake, right?" ”

Li Mu'er was silent, this old man was meticulous, she had been thinking about it, they must think that they would not die and be arrested, even if they themselves could bear all the punishments, but if the emperor threatened with their lives, then she was afraid that she would be in a dilemma, not only would she reveal her identity, but she would even rather beg for death.

I only remember that before leaving, my grandmother confessed that if she failed this time, she would be considered a grass coward in the mountains, and she would not know the identity of the emperor, or she might be able to escape death. and Xiao Ke, telling her that if she is caught, everyone will try their own ways to escape. and the fat uncle, who taught her to beg for mercy if she went to prison......

Li Muer knew that it was impossible, but she still responded one by one. Now that I think about it, they must have discussed it privately and made up their minds to die, but they did everything they could to keep her alive. In addition to revenge, these people are full of love for themselves......

Li Mu'er was immersed in her grief again, and suddenly heard the old man's words, "Your subordinates are not dead." There's another one that's locked up in a cell, right? ”

Li Mu'er was suddenly shocked, "I know that you don't have any good intentions, you want to kill or chop, listen to it." I die with my grandmother, and I won't be lonely on the Huangquan Road. ”

After some questioning, He Qiaoxin silently calculated in his heart, this woman should be a person who eats soft and not hard, and the emperor ordered a detailed investigation, and this matter should be considered in the long run.

After Zhu Youzhu returned from his home, he was busy with political affairs, and it happened to be the imperial examination, so he only told the criminal department to interrogate the woman carefully to find out whether the woman had any grievances and whether she had betrayed the party. Busy and negligent, he forgot about Ma Cong's stubble, he would never know that Ma Cong's side was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night.

It was seven days after Ma Cong's return to Beijing.

As soon as he returned home, Ma Cong rushed to the study and questioned Ma Wensheng: "Father, you told me three years ago that the Li family was exiled, but you are telling the truth?" ”

When Ma Wensheng heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Mu'er, she ......" Ma Cong was about to speak bluntly, and suddenly thought that Li Mu'er had said to him that he would definitely die if his identity was revealed, so he immediately swallowed what he wanted to say, and asked in a second thought, "My son just wants to ask, the Li family is strong in kung fu, if they come back to avenge the exile, it will not be impossible to ......."

"Impossible!" Before Ma Cong could finish speaking, Ma Wensheng interrupted him and said, "They will never come back, unless they ......."

"Unless what?" Ma Cong's heart lifted.

Seeing that Ma Cong was so nervous, Ma Wensheng suddenly became suspicious. His son, who is calm and resolute on weekdays, advances and retreats in moderation, and only one person's affairs can make him so excited. So he made a tentative statement: "Unless Mu'er's girl is unwilling to be exiled to the border and die alone, if she practices martial arts well, there is hope for her to escape from the frontier and come to find you......"

When Ma Cong heard this, he immediately knelt on his knees and said, "Father, if Mu'er really comes to look for me, is Father willing to let us continue the relationship and cover up her identity?" ”

"Okay!" Ma Wensheng threw the teacup on the table and said angrily, "Is she really back?" Can anyone else see it? ”

Ma Cong was silent, as if acquiescing.

Ma Wensheng's eyebrows tightened, "Do you know that if it is known that she is not dead, not only will her life be in danger, but I am afraid that my father will also be in danger!" ”

A quarter of an hour later, Ma Cong stepped out of the study, and he was usually in high spirits, and he was now in a state of exhaustion, leaning on his back, and walking to his bedroom with a blank expression. As soon as he entered the room, he took out a jewel pressed under his pillow and stroked it carefully, and his thoughts drifted back to three years ago.

I still remember that morning, the sun was shining, and it was really a good time to fall in love. He happily took this Yingluo, and secretly entered the Li Mansion through the back door to find Mu'er as usual, but as soon as he entered the door, he was hit by Li Zixing. Li Zixing did not drive him away, but kindly invited him to the front hall to drink tea and chat, and Ma Cong had no choice but to put Yingluo in his arms. However, as he drank the tea, he lost consciousness and when he woke up again, he was back in his bed.

He didn't know why, and he wanted to send Yingluo again, but he was stopped by his mother and told him that Li Fu was being closed for investigation, and the matter was very important and the situation was critical.

Ma Cong didn't follow, so he said it badly, and under the stalking, his mother finally promised him to go quietly to see Mu'er at night, but after dinner, he fainted from the medicine again.

When I woke up again, it was already the vicissitudes of life, the end of the world.

So the owner of this jewel has also become the person he thinks about in the dead of night every night.

At the beginning, I had also heard all kinds of rights and wrongs in Li Zi Province, and I happened to hear my father mention that the new emperor wanted to deal with him, so I had to pray in my heart not to harm Mu'er's life, and I had nothing else to ask for. But when he learned the truth from his father, it turned out to be Li Dai Taozhuang, how could he not be shocked! Fortunately, he saved Mu'er's life in the dark, otherwise he would have been kept in the dark even if Mu'er died.

Ma Cong took Yingluo into his arms, and now is not the time for compassion. Since Mu'er is still alive, he must not be able to watch her die. Her identity is really not suitable for disclosure, a dead person, reappearing is just another death, not to mention that she has committed a crime worthy of death, how to protect her?

Find someone to swap her out again?

Take someone to break into the criminal department to save her?

Go and ask the emperor for mercy?

Just as Ma Cong racked his brains, the little guy in the front yard came to report, saying that the emperor had sent someone to invite him to the palace to talk about things. Ma Cong didn't care about changing his clothes, and hurriedly followed the people into the palace.

"Weichen see the emperor." Ma Cong saluted, "I don't know what happened when the emperor Xuanweichen entered the palace at this time?" ”

"Ma Cong, you are here," Zhu Youzhu was facing a painting in front of the desk, and when he saw Ma Cong, he waved his hand and asked him to come forward, "Come and see this painting." ”

"Wechen obeys." The horse walked a few steps away from the desk and looked up. It's okay not to look at it, this look, scared him three souls and two and a half souls, painted with plum blossoms and white snow, lined with beautiful people and slim, isn't it his Mu'er!

Zhu Youzhu saw that Ma Cong's face was pale, and took advantage of the situation to ask, "Do you recognize the woman in the painting?" ”

Ma Cong came back to his senses and arched his hand: "Ma Cong recognizes that she is the bandit he met on the way back to Beijing." ”

"It seems that my painting skills have improved a lot." Zhu Youzhu indifferently picked up the paintbrush on the side, added a few more strokes to the tips of the woman's hair, and then said again, "How did Ma Cong recognize her?" ”

Ma Cong knew that Zhu Youzhu had something to say, but he could only pretend not to know, he pointed to the eyes of the woman in the painting: "Wei Chen remembered that she was fighting at that time, and she covered her face, so she was very impressed by these eyes. ”

"How's that woman's kung fu?" Zhu Youzhu looked at the direction he was pointing, and the woman's eyes suddenly came to mind that day.

"Martial arts." Ma replied.

Zhu Youzhu continued to ask: "Can you see which trick it is?" ”

Ma Cong's heart tightened, "Back to the emperor, Weichen is only a shallow learner, although he can win against her, but he can't see the origin of her martial arts." ”

Zhu Youzhu knew that there would be no results if he tried again, so he deliberately avoided it. At that time, I felt that the relationship between the two was strange, like enemies but not enemies, and like friends but not friends. Although he tried his best to hide his emotions now, a thin sweat was already drenched on his forehead, which was very different from his previous calmness. Zhu Youji, who was at a loss, had time to paint in the morning and remembered this woman, and summoned He Qiaoxin to ask, He Qiaoxin told him that the woman was tight-lipped, and he thought of starting from Ma Cong.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how the case is investigated?" Seeing that Zhu Youzhu was silent, Ma Cong couldn't help but ask.

According to the reply of the Criminal Department, this woman refused to say anything. The identities of those dead soldiers cannot be traced. Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and beckoned Xiao Jing, who had never spoken beside him, and motioned for him to put away the painting, "Ma Cong, it seems that I am going to go for a trip in person." ”

Zhu Youzhu took Ma Cong and Xiao Jing to the Criminal Department, found a secluded room, and waved everyone away from the Criminal Department. A moment later, the man was escorted up.

Li Mu'er was lying on the ground, her hair was messy, her face was like ashes, and her body was covered with scars, and she had long since lost her former glory. She opened her eyes with great difficulty, looked at Ma Cong, and then at Zhu Youji, and sneered silently.

"I have the heart to give you a way to live." Zhu Youzhu watched the woman in the painting fall to this point, and couldn't help but feel unbearable, "I don't like killing, I just want to know the truth." You tell me, who are you, and that there is no place to sue for grievances? Or do you have a grudge against me? ”

Li Mu'er felt ironic, the hatred of the destruction of the door was not shared, but he said that he did not like killing, and asked himself what grievances he had?

She struggled to prop up a little bit, tore off a corner of tattered clothes, raised it with a gesture, and said: "I have a grievance, sue me today, slaughter me all over the door, do you accept it?" ”

"What?!" Xiao Jing was shocked, Zhu Youzhu also got up suddenly, Ma Cong was frightened, and jumped to kneel in front of Li Mu'er. At this moment, he couldn't care about any monarch etiquette, he couldn't care about any perfect strategy, when he saw Li Mu'er who was embarrassed, he made up his mind to take her away, even if he tried his best and lost his life!

Zhu Youzhu stared at Ma Cong and said, "Ma Cong recognizes her now?" ”

Ma Cong was about to speak, but Li Mu'er behind him pushed him away vigorously, so that he could look at Zhu Youji. She looked straight into Zhu Youji's eyes, and said word by word: "Do you take it or not?" ”

There was a little blood stain on the head of the cloth, and Li Mu'er felt as miserable as splashing cinnabar.

It is the blood of more than ten members of the Li family! Bone! Tear!

Now it is between her and the enemy!

Zhu Youzhu was surprised, he thought that he had always been emotionally restrained, and he couldn't help the ups and downs in his heart at this time. He took two steps forward, squatted down to eye level with Li Mu'er, and slowly took the rag.

Li Mu'er only felt that her eyes lit up, his eyes were clear, as bright as the moon, almost making her forget where she was and what was going on.

And Zhu Youzhu looked into Li Muer's eyes and saw her persistence and her bravery, which made him a little admired.

But in the blink of an eye, just a few simple actions, for the people present, it seemed like a lifetime, until Zhu Youzhu spoke: "Okay, I'll take it." ”

Li Mu'er was shocked, only to hear Zhu Youzhu say again: "Since I ascended the throne, I have never been sentenced to the crime of Zhulian. If you say that you are slaughtered, there is only one ......" Zhu Youzhu got up and turned his head to look at Xiao Jing, Xiao Jing nodded. Zhu Youzhu looked at Li Mu'er again, "You are, who is the Li family?" ”

Li Mu'er heard him say that the Li family couldn't support it anymore, and his body was about to fall down as soon as he was weak. Over there, Ma Shuang's eyes were quick, and he held her up, Li Mu'er lay in his arms, sadness came from it, and he choked up: "Brother Cong, Mu'er is back, but the brother-sister friendship between you and me in the past is hard to ......recover."

Ma Cong's mood was agitated, his eyes were already red, and he said in a dumb voice: "Mu'er, you are willing to recognize me, I know enough." I have not been able to protect you, but I will die with you in the future......"

"Li Mu'er, are you ......" Zhu Youji saw that the two of them were complaining to each other, but somehow he didn't feel good in his heart, he interrupted the two, "The young daughter of the Li family? ”

Ma Cong let go of Li Mu'er, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging: "Wechen has always respected the emperor for generosity, can the emperor spare Mu'er's life, Wechen is willing to take his life!" ”

"That's it, you get up first." Zhu Youzhu paced back to his seat, "What's the use of me asking for your life?" Today's events are only known to a few of us, and they can't be passed on, otherwise Li Mu'er will definitely die, have you heard? ”

"Yes, I obey!" Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Ma Cong was busy and knocked his head again, "Weichen will definitely repay the emperor's great kindness!" ”

"Okay, you can still keep so many promises? If I don't kill her, I naturally have the conditions for me. Zhu Youzhu looked at Li Mu'er and said.

Ma Cong looked at Li Mu'er when she heard this, she was not very happy, he realized that if the emperor didn't kill Mu'er, what if Mu'er still wanted to kill the emperor?

Li Mu'er looked at them all looking at herself, and shook her head with a wry smile, "I know what you are thinking, since I killed you once, I can't guarantee that I won't kill you a second time, you should still execute me, save you trouble." ”

"What if you can't kill me?" The corners of Zhu Youji's mouth lifted lightly.

"That's right," Ma Cong interjected, "The emperor handed over Mu'er to Weichen, and I have my own way to make her no longer close to the emperor, and from then on she quietly 'disappeared', and the two have nothing to do with each other." ”

"I have accepted her complaint, and I will not let her go now," Zhu Youzhu raised the clothes in his hand, "I want her to be by my side and see what justice is!" ”

These few people were stunned, what is called raising tigers for trouble, isn't it just talking about the Hongzhi Son in front of you? Xiao Jing couldn't stand it, moved to Zhu Youji's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, this Nizi martial arts ......"

"Ma Cong, you have a way, don't you?" Zhu Youzhu interrupted Huai En, and sure enough, he had already calculated, "For example, abolish her martial arts?" Isn't your Ma family's martial arts just enough to restrain them? ”

Li Mu'er laughed miserably, isn't it, if it weren't for Ma Wensheng's skill to restrain the Li family's martial arts, with the swordsmanship of more than a dozen members of the Li family, how could they all be wiped out in one night three years ago, leaving only her and her grandmother to survive......

Ma Cong was embarrassed, he wanted to restrain Li Mu'er, there was no need to abolish her martial arts, and her martial arts were suddenly abolished, and she would lose half her life if she didn't die. Just use the Ma family's internal strength to seal her internal force, which will not hurt her body, and if she loses her internal strength, the sword technique will become an ornament. The difficulty is that Mu'er is willing to be restrained, she has been strong since she was a child, and I am afraid that she would rather die than obey.

Seeing the two hesitating, Zhu Youji said to Li Mu'er: "Everyone would rather die because you can live, but don't you cherish your life?" If you really want to take revenge, you must not take the life of a single person, but find out why your father died, whether he deserved to die, and give him justice; Find out if I deserve to die, if I'm a tyrant, and get justice! ”

"Good! What a fair! I will fight with you for this justice! I don't want martial arts, just take it," Li Mu'er was excited, she tried her best to stand up, and slowly approached Zhu Youji, "If justice is not in my father, it will not be too late for me to go with him; But if justice is not in you, the emperor, you must admit your mistakes and rehabilitate my Li family! ”

"Naturally!" Zhu Youzhu stood up and looked at her.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!"

"Once the word is spoken, the gold and jade will not be moved!"