Chapter 17 The Palace Road
When Emperor Xiao was placed in Xiaoyexuan, the cruel cane punishment outside the Baohe Hall finally ended.
The eunuch with the stick propped up the end of the stick on the ground, panting heavily, and he was very tired.
In the middle of the execution, Minglan tossed and turned several times, stopped, counted from the beginning, and even how many sticks fell later, the two burly eunuchs couldn't remember clearly.
As soon as the punishment ended, Gu Yunxi was forcefully pushed by the little eunuch who cut off her arms, and slammed her already collapsed body to the ground.
Gu Yunxi didn't have time to taste the pain, and stumbled towards the bench.
Above, Leng Qingtang had already fainted, and the corners of his mouth were covered with blood spurted out during the execution. The top and bottom of the middle coat were soaked with blood and sweat, and it was sticky and wrapped on the **.
The most miserable thing is his lower body.
Because the torture was too long and the torture methods were ruthless, the successive gravity blows caused his middle pants to completely shatter, and the inside was blurred with flesh and blood, and the wound was very hideous.
Gu Yunxi was so distracted that he wanted to call him "Overseer". Sakura's lips quivered, and when she opened her mouth, she almost let out the sorrow of crying.
Gu Yunxi hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, gritted his teeth and pushed back the grief and indignation in his heart.
Can't cry out, never cry in front of Minglan
She admonished herself.
Minglan's sharp gaze stared closely at Gu Yunxi's stubborn appearance that had completely dried up his tears, and his bewitching face immediately sank, only to feel so boring.
"Someone, find a car to transport them to the prison."
Minglan hooked his finger at a little eunuch and commanded:
"You follow all the way, and be careful that girl is making trouble again. Also, tell the steward of the prison not to embarrass her too much. ”
"The minion made a note of it."
The little eunuch bowed his head, looked at both sides again, took out a paper bag from his arms and handed it to Minglan, and whispered:
"Overseer, this is what Kagura Hou asked him to stuff into his minions. I have repeatedly instructed our people to go to the end of the prison and take care of the condiments in Leng Qingtang's meals. ”
Minglan glanced at the paper bag and sneered:
"That Wanli is not no one in Dali Temple, but it is really going to support the governor. But Ben Du still has to prepare a way back for himself! Our purpose is the Tribute Academy, and we don't have to worry about the rest. ”
"The minion understood."
The little eunuch hurriedly put away the paper bag and went to work after giving up his hand to Minglan.
The night soaked the majestic imperial city, and in the sky, the waning moon hung high, quietly flowing out of a bleak light, illuminating the earth.
The narrow blue brick corridor is empty under the view of a bleak white light.
There are no people around.
A four-wheeled cart slowly ran over the green moss on the road, and drove lonely under the towering palace wall shrouded in black shadows.
The car was carrying Leng Qingtang and Gu Yunxi, and they would go out from the noon gate of the palace and go straight to the prison of Dali Temple.
Gu Yunxi sat cross-legged in the car, holding the Governor's bloodstained big hand with both hands, tight and inseparable, as if he was afraid that someone would separate her from him.
The cold wind was shivering, as cold as a sharp blade, ruthlessly tearing at Gu Yunxi's thin body.
He looked down at the Overseer, and saw him sleeping deeply with his back to the sky.
Gu Yunxi suddenly hoped that he could sleep like this all the time, she didn't dare to imagine how he would bear the torture of severe pain in the wound when he woke up.
Snorting sadly, she raised her eyes faintly and looked at the misty and distant Imperial City.
The moonlight shines brightly, draping the splendid palace in frost. From a distance, the majesty that stands there is an indescribable gloom and desolation.
After passing through the gate, I went out of the noon gate and arrived outside the palace city.
A tall black shadow ran head-on.
"Overseer"
When something happened in the palace, Cheng Wanli got the letter a long time ago, and he ran here in a hurry to wait. After standing for a night, before dawn, I finally looked forward to meeting my own governor.
Looking at the overseer's disheveled and bloody appearance, Cheng Wanli was shocked for a while. On the big dark square face, tears were running horizontally.
The cart doesn't stop, and it's not too fast.
Cheng Wanli chased the car with tears in his eyes, and while walking briskly, he called out in Leng Qingtang's ear:
"Overseer, Overseer...... I'm Wanli! Look at me, open your eyes and look at me......"
"Cheng Qianhu, find a way to clear the grievances for the overseer......"
In the car, Gu Yunxi slowly raised his gaze, his tearful eyes looked directly at Cheng Wanli, and his swollen little face was blank.
She said in a low voice, ethereal
The whisper was then torn apart by the wind.
Cheng Wanli didn't hear clearly, and all his attention was still on the overseer.
Gu Yunxi grabbed his wrist suddenly, his eyes firmly locked on his black face that kept crying, and his eyes shone in an instant, like an inextinguishable fire.
"Find a way to find the real culprit behind the scenes and clear the name of the overseer!"
She frowned, and repeated it in a resolute and sharp tone, and her tone was unmistakable.
Cheng Wanli was startled and nodded at her with a panicked expression.
Then, Gu Yunxi was like a deflated ball, and in the eye with Cheng Wanli, tears fell "pop, pop", and they didn't stop for a moment.
And she bit her lower lip with her teeth, trying her best to fight against all negative emotions, even if her body trembled violently, she refused to let go easily.
This tenacity, this kind of loyalty and tenacity beyond her actual age, instantly touched the softest place in Cheng Wanli's heart.
He suddenly felt that he felt sorry for her, and he was also very sad for her forcible and forcible torment.
At that time, the eunuchs of the West Factory swarmed up and surrounded the cart.
"Go, go, go"
An Hong had an arrogant attitude, drove Cheng Wanli to the side arrogantly, and said arrogantly:
"The West Factory is doing business, and the idle people are waiting to retreat quickly, and they must not be disturbed!"
Cheng Wanli couldn't fight against it, not because he couldn't beat it, but because he was afraid that in the end, the result of any recklessness and impulsiveness would be to hurt his own overseer even more.
I had to watch the cart go in the direction of Dali Temple.
Inside the noon gate, Minglan clasped his hands and stood at the tuyere for a long time, his eyes still staying in the direction where the cart disappeared.
In front of me and in my mind, there is a little face that endures grief and is full of unwillingness, like a delicate little flower that will never wither, and the freeze-frame picture is deep in my heart and lingers again.
why
Why do you want to fight Ben to the end......
Minglan sighed in his heart.
He thought he had won this time! thought that this torture, the bloody scene in front of him would inevitably make the arrogant and stubborn little girl cry bitterly. Then, in order to save his beloved, he was willing to sacrifice himself and let him do whatever he wanted......
But he was wrong
His methods seemed to have matured her mind in an instant, making her originally tenacious heart even stronger!
Minglan stood distractedly, as if laughing at himself.
A teenage girl, how strong is her heart? It's not just her personality that she's shown to be strong and unyielding, right? Part of it comes from her love for Leng Qingtang.
Suddenly, an almost absurd idea, like a poisonous vine grass, eats away at Minglan's distorted inner world.
Why him? Why is he able to have such a loving and affectionate pink beauty?
Minglan's mind was complicated, and inexplicable feelings filled his body and mind, and the hidden pain of the slightest pull was like jealousy, resentment, and loss...... In short, words cannot describe.
Behind, a small eunuch saw the figure of the overseer standing in the wind, unmoved for a long time, as if he was born without love.
So he leaned over and asked:
"Overseer, the car is gone, let's go back. After a night's rest, it's time for you to go home and rest......"
"Open-minded", Minglan turned around and punched the little eunuch in the face. He kicked and beat again, dispersed his subordinates, turned his face ruthlessly like a demon, and shouted and scolded:
"Fuck Bento, I want you to talk a lot! Get out, all of them get away from Bento"
Dayi's prison is located in the underground of Dali Temple, which is impermeable all year round, a piece of corruption, and the internal organs are heavy and strictly guarded.
Two sturdy guards dragged the unconscious Leng Qingtang off the trolley and threw him directly into a cell, acting rudely, as if he was throwing an inconsequential rag.
Next, they focused their attention on Gu Yunxi.
According to the rules, felons who go to prison can only wear middle clothes. Seeing that Gu Yunxi was still wearing the official uniform of Dongchang Fanwei, the guards didn't say a word, and they came over to take off her coat.
Gu Yunxi shouted, dodging and resisting death.
If she took off her loose official clothes, the thin middle clothes inside could not cover the feminine features of her upper body at all.
The guard was about to be rude to her, but was seen by the eunuch of the West Factory who followed the escort car, and shouted behind the two:
"Hey! What are you doing?"
The West Factory is now in power, and the guards of the prison also nod to the people of the West Factory.
One bowed down, said with a smiling face:
"Master, you also know, how can you wear official clothes in the prison? This guard
Disobedient, owes ......"
"Hey! What a fight you have with a little retinue! ”
The eunuch of Xichang rolled his eyes dissatisfied, squinted at the two guards, and raised his chin to the cell, and said in a dark voice:
"Father-in-law, I can tell you, the one with the blossoming ass inside is the culprit, take a good look, and deal with it as you please.
But the little entourage around him is still useful, and he must not be embarrassed! Whatever he desires to eat and drink, give it to him. If you kill someone, carefully Ming Gonggong, you two will not be able to explain! ”
After finishing speaking, the little eunuch glared fiercely, and his sharp gaze fell on the two guards, like an irrefutable coercion.
The two of them nodded hurriedly, and responded vigorously:
"Little obedience! The little obedience ......"
Gu Yunxi was about to step into the cell, but was stopped at the door by the eunuch of the West Factory.
Malicious eyes swirled around her, and with a wicked smile, he leaned closer to her and whispered:
"Yun Guan'er, our Overseer is interesting enough to you, right? For fear that you would be bullied in prison, I specially ordered me to protect you all the way. The one in Dongchang is old and ineffective, I advise you to change your mind as soon as possible, and follow him to fulfill the wishes of our overseer. ”
Gu Yunxi glanced at him fiercely, pulled away his arm, walked into the cell on his own, and sat next to Leng Qingtang.
The cells were dark and damp, and the stench was stinking. There were many unknown insects in the mat grass on the ground, and when they smelled blood, they came out of the dry grass one after another, scrambling to climb Leng Qingtang.
Gu Yunxi saw that he used his hands and feet at the same time, constantly catching insects and stepping on them, most afraid that they would touch the Overseer's wounds, or crawl into his clothes and bite his skin.
Despite this, they were bitten all over by tiny lice and fleas.
The sun was shining outside, and it was still dark in the prison.
Gu Yunxi tossed until he was exhausted, and curled up by the wall to rest.
I repeatedly recalled what had happened in the past two months.
The overseer inspected Jiang'an and never stopped along the way. All the way, swords, fights, kills, kills. I have only returned to the capital now, and I have been framed by others.
Some people can't wait to oversee the death of the master, but they don't succeed in Jiang'an, so they wait for him to return to Beijing and give him a fatal blow!
In this way, the people who robbed the grain in Qianqi Mountain, assassinated Fanyang County and framed the overseer in the palace should be the same group!
Just as he was thinking seriously, there was a sigh on the mat, and Leng Qingtang had a faint movement.
"Overseer!"
When Gu Yunxi heard this, he hurriedly collected his thoughts and crawled to his side. Seeing his five fingers trembling, the pain made her facial features twitch, and her eyes instantly became moist and hot.
Before he was unconscious, she scratched her heart. Now that he has woken up, she has no master.
Holding one of his shaking hands, feeling the coldness in his hand, Gu Yunxi cried and asked:
"What is wrong with you, Overseer? Do you still recognize me? ”
"How not to recognize ......"
Leng Qingtang spoke weakly, his voice was like a filament, swaying lightly in Gu Yunxi's ears, and it seemed that he might break off at any time:
"You...... It's my girl, my dearest...... Loved Ones...... Even if it turns to ashes, I ...... Recognize ......"
"Poof......
One sentence made Gu Yunxi burst into laughter, and soon continued to cry:
"It's, when is it, why do you still have the heart to laugh......"
"Here...... Where is it? ”
Gu Yunxi wiped his face with his sleeve and replied:
"Dali Temple Heavenly Prison."
Leng Qingtang was silent for a moment and said:
"Girl, help me turn sideways, it's always uncomfortable to lie on my stomach."
Gu Yunxi grabbed one of the Overseer's arms and tried to help him move his posture.
He grinned in pain, but eventually turned to his side, his face facing hers, his head resting on her thigh.
Seeing her deformed little face, Leng Qingtang raised his hand with difficulty, stroked two handfuls of her long hair that was scattered, and said in a distressed voice:
"Follow me, and let you suffer."
Gu Yunxi's grief that had just faded broke out again, holding the palm of the overseer, shaking his head and crying bitterly, sobbing and choking:
"Where are you and where I am, I am not bitter at all"
A bowl of water was handed outside the cell door. When Gu Yunxi saw it, he was about to get it, but was stopped by the overseer.
"Don't go ......"
He licked~ licked his pale and chapped lips, and said weakly:
"You can't touch the food and drink in prison. If we die here and reach the palace, we will commit suicide in fear of sin. ”
ps: It's sadistic, that's it! It's good to be in the past, trust me