Chapter XXIII: Confession
At this point, the range of activities is getting smaller and smaller, and it is time to leave.
Danqing has followed Helian Che since he was a child, and now he has gone like this, although Helian Che can't bear it, he can only endure the pain and pick up Ye Lingyi, leaving him with this large area of fire behind him.
Danqing is dead.
This evil wind blew until dawn.
When it was dawn, the fire in the main house of Tianxin House had already been extinguished.
In the side room, Ye Lingyi had just woken up, and sat up with his head that was about to crack in pain.
Separated by a screen, Helian Che sat on the seat, squinted his eyes at the shivering subordinates lying under the seat, and asked in a cold voice: "Say, who instructed you?" ”
The subordinate shook his head, gritted his teeth and put on a wronged face: "The slave doesn't know, this fire really has nothing to do with the slave." The slave is just a subordinate who is responsible for keeping vigil, and he usually can't even enter the door of Tianxinju, how can he become the murderer of this arson? ”
"You really don't say it?"
Helian Che glanced at the guard next to him, Qingfeng.
Qingfeng drew his knife and put it on the slave's neck.
"It's better like this, if you don't say it for a moment, I will cut a piece of your flesh, and if you don't say it for a while, I will send you to Hades."
Helian Che spoke unhurriedly at first, but he bit the word Hades alone.
The slave was shocked, a pair of thief's eyes turned, and insisted: "No matter what Young Master Miao is, I will never admit what the slave has not done, and I believe that the Taishi Mansion will not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”
"You're so confident?"
Helian Che's voice was mixed with a sneer, and he glanced at Qing Feng.
Qing Feng, who was able to signal, raised his knife and fell, and a cut had been cut on the back of the slave, and blood flowed to the ground in an instant.
The slave shouted "woo wow" and rolled all over the ground, and Qing Feng only stepped on him lightly and couldn't move.
"Do you know what is the most important thing in the Taishi Mansion?"
Helian Che got up and walked slowly towards him, smiling rather treacherously: "It's the innocent soul you say will not be killed indiscriminately." ”
A layer of cold sweat broke out on the slave's forehead because of the pain, and he shook his head in horror, trembling: "No, you can't kill me, you can't ......"
"Then try it!"
Helian Che's voice fell, and a cold white light flashed above the slave's head, and the blood-stained knife fell suddenly.
"I said I said ......"
The heart-rending screams of the slaves rang out.
Helian Che crouched down, staring at him with danger in his eyes.
The slave opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath, staring at the bloody blade that reached the tip of his nose in fear: "It's Liu Sanniang, it's all Liu Sanniang!" ”
"Liu Sanniang."
Helian Che made a clear look, and the slave hurriedly explained: "It's Aunt Liu, who was demoted to a manu by you some time ago, because she has a grudge. The reason why the minions want to hide it is because the minions have no way, who is called ...... Who called her the daughter-in-law of a slave? ”
The slave deliberately made a look of bitterness and remorse.
Helian Che lost his patience, grabbed his shirt and said fiercely: "It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin!" Qingfeng, chop him and feed the fish. ”
Qingfeng got the order, and the tip of the knife poked into the face of the slave, and the slave finally cried out with a "wow".
"I really say, can't I really say it?"
"No matter how dare you play tricks, the gods can't save you!"
Qing Feng seemed to be even more impatient than Helian Che, and he shot and stopped many times, which had already aroused the bloodthirsty factor in his body.
Xia Nu wept bitterly and nodded: "It's the third young master, he asked me to say so." He said that as long as I said this, at most, Liu Sanniang would take the blame, and it would not involve me. ”
"So, Helian Tu's fire?"
"This slave really doesn't dare to talk nonsense, the third young master just gave me money, and kept giving me money to monitor Tianxinju, the other slaves really don't know, it's none of my business that Danqing's little steward was burned to death."
"What did you say?" It was Ye Lingyi who spoke.
It turned out that she had already stood next to Qingfeng at some point, staring at the slave lying on the ground, and was stunned for a moment as if she remembered something: "Didn't you live outside Tianxin more than a month ago......"
This is a slave who is responsible for patrolling the night, a month and a half ago, he peeked outside Tianxin Ju and reported the situation to Helian Tu, which lasted until last night, and he was supposed to escape after the fire, but who knew that Helian Che took the first step to control him.
Suppressing the surprised expression on his face, Ye Lingyi frowned, and asked again, "You just said, who died?" ”
Xia Nu trembled with fear: "That's really none of my business, I'm just taking money to send news, the death of Danqing's little steward really has nothing to do with me." ”
"You say, Danqing is dead?" Ye Lingyi took two steps back in disbelief, and immediately snatched the knife in Qingfeng's hand in anger, "You! ”
The slave was already numb with fright, and no longer whined, only a pair of eyes were still crying, like a dying wild dog: "I really didn't lie, what I said was true." ”
"Nonsense, Danqing obviously didn't go to the fire, obviously ......"
Ye Lingyi remembered something, raised her eyes and looked at Helian Che on the seat, whose eyes were full of pain, and finally reacted: Why is there no injury on his body at all, she clearly remembers it......
With her eyes drifting, she finally found a stretcher by the door, covered with a layer of white cloth, and the white cloth was uneven underneath.
Could it be that the person last night was Danqing?
Ye Lingyi suddenly threw away the knife in his hand, and suddenly remembered the scene when he first saw the short boy, those dark eyes were full of kindness, and when he first entered the mansion, Lao Qiu pranked her and Danqing's hands together, and he easily blushed his whole face, he taught her to defend men and women behind people, but he pretended to be a deep look of the old rivers and lakes in front of people, when she was wronged as a murderer, he was punished by Helian Che because of her intercession, and later because he was lazy and unskilled, he took the board for her again, which is the case, He would still secretly bring her medicine in the middle of the night, and he would not hesitate to give her what he regarded as a treasure, just because he knew that his slave had no right to use medicine, and he didn't want her wound to become pus and fester, and finally die of pain.
What a gentle young man this is, he is the only person in this house who really treats her well, and now he is like this......
Every time she took a step closer to the white cloth, she felt the coldness dig an inch deeper into her heart, and when she finally stood in front of the stretcher, the cold that emanated from the bottom of her heart made her hand tremble.
She didn't have the courage to lift the cloth, because she knew that there must be an unrecognizable person underneath, and she didn't have the confidence to face him without breaking down.
She didn't want to see it, she preferred to just be that slave talking nonsense.
Ye Lingyi obviously thought so, but the outstretched hands couldn't stop, even if she tried her best to control it, she couldn't control it.
"That's enough."
Someone whispered in her ear.
Ye Lingyi turned her head in a daze, there were no tears on her face, and there was no emotion in her eyes, but her face was extremely difficult to see.
Helian Che looked at the purple face in front of him, and for a moment an indescribable sharp stinging pain spread.
In an instant, she felt as if her soul had been drained of her, and her body was like a kite with a broken string, falling straight to the ground.
Helian Che caught her in time, frowned and waved his hand.
Someone immediately came and moved her back to the room.
"Master, what do you think this person should do?"
Qing Feng stared at the trembling slave on the ground, wishing that he would immediately cramp and peel off this person.
Helian Che didn't speak, pondered for a moment and said, "Don't get your hands dirty, let him go first, Helian Tu won't leave a living mouth." ”
Qing Feng nodded and let go of his feet.
The slave really got up in fear, and he didn't care about the pain on his body, and stumbled out of the door.
"Master, then this Helian Tu ......"
Helian Che walked to the front of the desk, and there was a half-seen bamboo slip on the desk, and the words "ready to go" on the slip attracted his attention.
After a moment, Helian Che shook his head: "No matter what he says, my third brother, even if he wants to put me to death, I have to forgive him in my father's face." ”
A figure flashed in the corner of his eye.
Helian Che laughed silently, but it was an extremely cold smile: "Danqing, I will definitely avenge your revenge, along with mine, even my mother's, I will definitely get it back a thousand times over!" Certain! ”
Helian Note was sitting in front of the bookcase writing, and after listening to the report of the person lying on the ground, the wolf in his hand was stunned, and a trace of suspicion was immediately released from those deep pupils.
"Did he say that?"
The underground man kowtowed heavily: "The slave doesn't dare to deceive the master, this is indeed what the slave heard with his own ears outside the door." ”
Helian Zhu simply put down the wolf pen in his hand, and walked to the window with his negative hand, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he was speculating.
"No matter what, Tianxinju has kept an eye on me, and if there is any news, I will report it immediately."
The subordinate should be: "Yes." ”
So the man withdrew.
Helian Zhu turned his hand and turned the blood jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, and said to the waiter who was guarding the house: "Confess, kill all the people in Helian Tu's courtyard and their relatives, and then warn me that fool, just say that if he still wants to be my good son of Helian Zhu, if he wants his mother to spend his last days in peace, then let him be honest with me, I can't tolerate half a grain of sand in my eyes." ”
The waiter nodded and stepped back.
Out of the dark shadows of the house came a grown man.
Helian Chu had a gloomy look on his face, and looked at Helian Zhu: "Why didn't Dad just take this opportunity to kill that wild seed?" Propaganda to the outside world is a big wind, and presumably no one will know the truth. ”
"Just said your brother was stupid, what? Are you stupid at this point? ”
Helian Zhu's face was not good, and he snorted coldly and walked back to the bookcase: "Why do you think Empress Liang specially arranged that one?" ”
Helian Chu thought for a while and said, "Dad is talking about the fact that some time ago, Empress Liang suddenly summoned the leader?" ”
"Yes, Empress Liang deliberately avoided me, because she felt that my wings had expanded too quickly over the years, and she now needed someone who could contain me. And this Helian Che is the best candidate. ”
"My son didn't understand. If so, why didn't Liang Hou choose someone else? Compared with Helian Che, who has no prestige, aren't there many powerful courtiers in the court? ”
Helian Chu had a slight doubt on his face.
Helian Zhu sneered and said: "Empress Liang has the intention to emulate Empress Wu, and a woman also wants to be called the king and the emperor. If she wants to control the young emperor, she must first master everything about the emperor, and she needs a sharp sword to control the emperor, it is the kind of sword that is not inextricably linked, even if the incident happens, it can be discarded at any time, so it is more convenient to use it, Helian Che is one of them, the wolf cub who came down from Cangzhi Mountain is the second, they are all people who have nothing to worry about in the world, besides, Empress Liang knows Helian Che's life experience, and also knows that he witnessed his mother die in the new house, do you think he will not hate me at all? ”
"Is Empress Liang trying to take advantage of Helian Che's hatred?"
Helian Chu had an epiphany.
Helian smiled: "With Helian Che's supreme intelligence, how can he not know Liang Hou's intentions?" Those two are just one willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Empress Liang wants to train Helian Che to oppose me, even if he can't cultivate it, he can give me a knife in the back to solve her big problem. If you kill Helian Che at such a time, do you think Liang Hou will sit idly by? ”
"This damn old woman!"
Helian Chu gritted his teeth, his face was full of arrogance and ruthlessness: "One day, I want her to know the fate of going against our Taishi Mansion!" ”
"Hmph, what's the hurry? She has a good plan, and I have a wall ladder. It's just a contest. ”
Helian leaned back in his chair, not caring at all.
Helian Chu was puzzled: "Could it be that Daddy has already thought of a countermeasure?" ”
Helian looked out the window at the clear sky, a hint of calculation flowed through his eyes, and he only said five words: "The life of the wolf cub." ”