Chapter 108: Iron as Ice in the Depths of the Prison (2)
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Isn't it that my father has plans to temporarily retreat to the south?
It's just that these aren't things that a prisoner like me should be thinking about.
The labyrinthine dungeon is still empty, and there are no people, only through the long corridors, twists and turns to the deepest part, and in the cell marked with the number of heaven, I, the newly baked second daughter, are locked up.
The Tianzi cell is dedicated to the royal family.
I don't know why, it's the edict of the second daughter of the emperor again, and it's the cell of the heavenly number, this time my father seems to have to give me the title of this royal family.
I sat down on the thick haystack, looking up at the small window, which was two feet high, and at the only place where I could let in a little light into the dark cell, and from noon to evening, the sky was getting darker, and the bleak moonlight was pouring in.
The jailer brought me food, but refused to light a candle for me. So my dignified second daughter of the Great Sui Emperor could only eat bran vegetables in the moonlight.
Oh, it's not enough to eat bran vegetables, after all, this is a prison cell, but in my current mood, everything is tasteless.
The emperor in the imperial study wants to stop me with an edict? Joke, even if the white night guards around him swarmed up, and I wanted to leave, they could only let me go. It's just that if I escape, I will really jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it, so I can only obediently spend it in this dark dungeon, and consume it to γγγγγγ
To be honest, because of my father's love and trust all the time, the sudden panic and nervousness in the imperial study made me completely unaware of the matter of "being suspected by my father" for a while, and it was not until now, after being quiet alone in the dungeon, I slowly felt the discomfort of being suspected and betrayed.
The jailer politely took away the cutlery, and when I heard the "click" of the iron lock, I leaned back, lay down on the grass, raised my left hand, and saw the phoenix blood jade bracelet in the moonlight, sickly green and bloody red.
Li Jiancheng, it's really a sin to be with you, and it actually caused me to be imprisoned.
However, it's still great to be with you.
Thinking of the memories of the past, I couldn't help but smile.
It doesn't matter so many things, I believe that the pure one is self-purifying, and he gradually fell asleep in this dungeon.
In the middle of the night, the sound of footsteps and the light of the candle flame woke me up. From afar, the jailer heard the sound of flattery and patting the horse.
Yu culture and here it is.
He also came openly, his voice was noisy and the candlelight was bright, and there was no concealment at all. Presumably, he also knew that it was useless to cover it up with me.
And with him came one more. The man's footsteps were thick and steady, and when he heard it, he knew that he was a martial artist who practiced hard skills. The king of the backers was even with him.
The three watches in the middle of the night must be a bad person. Hasn't the backer Wang Mo already defected? Anyway, I, who was confiscated from Guan Jujian, must pay attention to the backer king.
I groomed, sat down on the only chair in my cell, and waited for the light to shine in front of me.
"Is life in a cell comfortable, princess?" Yu Wenhua sent away the jailer who was following the whiskers and horses, and personally entered the cell with a candle.
"It's really hard to care about." I kept sitting elegantly, "But I said a long time ago, if the prime minister is uncomfortable, this princess will be comfortable." β
"Duan Jinlan, the old man thinks that you have always been a smart person." Yu Wenhua and well-dressed, still smiling, "Why can't you think about it so much this time?" is only a prisoner, why bother to be stubborn. With that, he turned to fiddle with the flickering candle flame.
I am not afraid that I will rise up at this time, and it will be easy to take his life.
But think about it, Yu Wenhua doesn't know much about martial arts, he probably thinks that I don't have Guan Jujian and lose martial arts.
"Prisoner? Prime Minister Yuwen didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and ran to this kind of place seriously, just to joke about the prisoner? Lord Yuwen, your interest is really too tasteless. I smiled disdainfully, "What's more, even in this Tianzi prison, this princess is still a king, and you Yu Wenhua is just my courtier." β
"Courtier. Courtiers? Yu Wenhua was facing away from me at this time, and after this question with laughter, he turned around, "Girl, just because you are in prison now, you still dare to talk to me about the monarch and ministers?" Why do you talk to me about kings and ministers? β
In the flickering candlelight, there seemed to be a flame in Yu Wenji's eyes, like a raging fire about to devour me. He took off the eternal mask of hypocrisy, but I suddenly remembered that it was also in Jiangdu City at that time, and it was the first time I saw the prime minister of the imperial court from afar, and the feelings of Yu Wenhua and the time.
I crouched high on the roof and watched the luxurious motorcade of today's prime minister leave the city. The thin figure like a knife, the eyes like a vulture, different deep and gloomy, the whole person is like a sharp blade. He did not ride in a carriage, but stood proudly on a tall horse, not angry but arrogant. The suffocation of his stomach here in the Qing Ming Sect didn't seem to affect him anything, but just a look of displeasure and sadness and expressionlessness, Yu Wenhua's momentum was enough to make the people around him feel a burst of fear.
Built, what you said is really right, a person who has been in Daxing Palace for most of his life, his aura and arrogance are indeed beyond my reach. Not to mention now, ten years from now, and I was so naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve to think that I would be able to confront him face to face?
It's stupid. It's really overwhelming.
But you're not much better. Again he said he would protect me, but he missed the appointment again, and it was built.
"You know, I won't marry the young lady of the Tuoba family, the person I want to marry is you, Scale, only you."
"Scales, have you forgotten that there is still me? I'll convince my father, you believe me. β
"Scales, I'm really sorry to keep saying I don't want you to get into danger, but I've kept wading into troubled waters for you. However, in the future, please stay by my side, even if we are in trouble, I will definitely protect you. I, Li Jiancheng, swear to God. β
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Not long ago, you swore that way, it was built. But now I have to be imprisoned for no reason, and I have to be ridiculed by Yu Wenhua and this old guy, what is it?
Maybe it was because I didn't respond for a long time, and Yu Wenhua and himself were bored, so they started to get down to business: "But what you said is right, the old man is very busy, and he is not so bored that he deliberately wants to humiliate a defeated general in the middle of the night." I'm here because I can't find out anything, so I can only ask you. And the king of the backers was also interested in the answer to this question, so he came with me. β
I glanced at the backer king, who had been leaning against the iron door of the cell from the beginning, without saying a word or even moving: "Yu Wenhuaji, it's really funny, you and I are enemies, why do you think I will answer you?" And why do you think I'm going to tell the truth? Are you going to let your high-ranking accomplice, the king of the backers, torture me to extract a confession? β
"Yo, everyone is a scholar, how can there be such a thing as torture to extract confessions? And the king of the backer is not an accomplice of the old man, as I said, he will only walk with the old man if he is also interested in the answer to this question. Yu Wenhua continued with a blank face, "As for why you answered this question. Duan Jinlan, if you have fallen to this point, there must be many mysteries that cannot be solved, and the old man will answer you truthfully a question, even if it is an equivalent exchange. Finally, let's talk about authenticity, the rivers and lakes are black. Duan Jinlan, the master of the Dao Alliance, is a high disciple of the Sword King Shixian, and he is extremely proud. My question is about yourself, people like you, who want you to lie about your own affairs, I don't think you are reconciled to anything. β
He was right on both of these points, and I did have questions I wanted to ask him, and I did not care to lie about my own affairs.
I looked up: "Even if you believe that I am telling the truth, I don't believe that you will tell the truth." β
"Maybe you think the old man is insidious, but when it comes to transactions, the old man never pays off." Yu Wenhua is very serious, "If you don't believe it, you can ask the king of the backer." β
Ask the backer, have you ever defaulted? Hmph, it looks like you did have a shady deal with each other.
"He has already betrayed his father and is in the same league with you, how can you believe his words."
Yu Wenhua was about to say something more, but the backer king, who had been silent, spoke at this time: "This king's loyalty to the emperor and the Great Sui can be seen by the sun and the moon, this king, I just can't trust you." β
is unfounded, but it makes people feel that the backer king is not lying. Maybe it's because of the clarity of his eyes and the sincerity of his expression, or maybe it's just my intuition?
After all, as the pillar of the country for decades of the birth and death of the Great Sui, there is no need to defect in his later years.
"Okay, deal. What do you want to ask? β
Yu Wenhua and his face was clear: "My question is, who are you?" Tell us about your birth and how you came to apprentice under the Sword King Shixian. β
Ha? What kind of problem is this?
"It's simple. My mother gave birth to me on the way to accompany my father on his southern tour. The exertion of traveling along the way led to premature birth, and it also caused me to be born with frailty. And Duan Qingya, the great general of Meng Shezhao, is also known to you as the Sword King Shixian, he happens to be an acquaintance of my father and mother, so they sent me to my master in southern Xinjiang, where the climate is warm and there are many medicinal materials. β
Yu Wenhuaji's face suddenly changed, and even the face of the backer king was not normal.
What are you surprised by such a simple story? Did you not expect it to be so simple?
"I thought you wanted to ask where the Fuhu Armament Dragon Car was, but I didn't expect to ask such a trivial matter. I am a woman, and I cannot inherit the throne, and I don't know what you are anxious about my bloodline. β
"The fire dragon car of the Fuhu Army, I knew from the beginning that it was in Hedong Hou Junji. But I believe that neither the king nor the emperor can find any clues. Yu Wenhuaji's expression had returned to normal, "I said it a long time ago, Duan Jinlan, I trust you as an opponent." For Hou Junji, whom you trust so much, of course I also trust him to be able to do it. β
He seemed to be saying something very ordinary, but these words made me suddenly respect this prime minister.
The trust in the opponent, such a bearing and mind, is indeed not something that ordinary people can have, and it is really worthy of the Yu culture that has been floating in Daxing Palace for half a life.
"Then Duan Jinlan, according to the agreement, you can ask me a question now."