"Ahh

With a terrible scream, the little finger of Tong Yan's left hand was cut off by Jingnu with a sword.

In pain, he struggled to pull out the short sword that had pinned his left hand to the table with his right hand, but three black tigers pressed him so hard that he couldn't move.

The only thing he could do was to scold Jing Nu, angrily scolding this beautiful and ruthless woman: "! ! ”

However, Jingnu was unmoved, holding the sword in her back hand, walking slowly around the table, and then she spoke to herself: "I lost my mother when I was a child, and when I was eight or nine years old, my biological father also passed away, and my uncle and aunt deceived my sister and brother into being young and ignorant, occupied my family's land, and sold my sister and brother to the Xianghou Mansion as servants, and on the first day I entered the Xianghou Mansion, I had the honor to meet my wife......

When she finished saying this, she happened to turn around and returned to her original position, only to see her sword fall in her hand, and cut off a part of Tong Yan's left little finger again, and Tong Yan screamed again in pain, and scolded the cheap maid and the cheap maid.

But the Jing Nu remained unmoved, holding the sword in her hand, slowly walking around the table, and continuing her self-care story: "Madame was about twenty-five or six years old at that time, majestic but gentle, but fortunately I was born as a young man who was pleasant, and Madame took a fancy to me at that time, and named me, and kept me by her side......"

"Ahh

There was another scream, and the little finger of Tong Yan's left hand was cut off again.

"I was afraid of my wife at first, but she treated me very well, ordered me to sew beautiful clothes for me, and sat me down beside her during meals...... I used to think to myself, how nice it would be if Madame were my mother......"

"Ahh ! ”

"Later, Madame gave me to the young master as a side room, and the sisters in the house were very envious......"

"! You damn bitch, you dare—ah! ”

"The townsman is also a good person, and he seems to have a straight face all day long, and he is not easy to get along with, but Mrs. said that the townsman is just withdrawn since he was a child and is not good at getting along with others...... This is true, over the years, if a tenant who rents land fails to pay the rent, and brings his wife and daughter to the house to ask for guilt, the townsman and his wife will not blame, and when they leave, they will lend them some grain for the winter, and allow them to return the arrears when the next year's harvest is made, and the townsmen are praised in Luyang County......"

"Ahh ! You damn bitch......"

In Jingnu's self-care narration, she had walked around Tong Yan a few times, and every time she walked around, she swung her sword and cut off one of Tong Yan's fingers, and after a few laps, the little finger and ring finger of Tong Yan's left hand were cut off, scattered on the table, mixed with blood.

Seeing this scene, even Niu Heng, He Shun and the eight black tigers felt a little numb, secretly looked at Jingnu's expression, and subconsciously held their breath.

In all fairness, these people have at least dozens of lives on their backs, and killing people is not something unacceptable to them, and it may even be as simple as eating and drinking, but torturing people with such cruel means...... To be honest, even they are a little uncomfortable.

Just as several people looked at each other, Jingnu slowly walked to Tong Yan's left side again.

“…… It's a pity that that kind of township mansion no longer exists, and more than 200 people up and down the mansion, most of them met with accidents that night, and together with the townsman and his wife, they were buried in that sea of fire......

Speaking of this, Jing Nu was silent for a moment, and then slowly turned her head to glance at Tong Yan, and a strong hatred finally appeared on her expressionless face: "All this is thanks to you!" …… Why? Why? Why?! ”

The more she spoke, the more angry she became, swinging her sword and slashing three times in a row, chopping three times on the middle finger of Tong Yan's left hand, chopping it into three pieces.

"Ahh

Tong Yan let out a miserable cry again.

I saw him at this moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he looked at Jingnu's eyes with a little horror.

And Jing Nu also looked at him, and said in a cold tone: "At that time, did you ever think that one day you would fall into the hands of us and others?!" ”

Seeing this ruthless woman raise her sword again, Tong Yan said in shock: "I said, I am willing to say ......"

However, before he could finish his words, the index finger of his left hand was also cut off by Jing Nu.

Regardless of the screams, Tong Yan shouted loudly: "I am willing to say it, I am willing to say it......"

But Jingnu didn't seem to hear it, and swung out a few swords one after another, cutting off the index finger and thumb of Tong Yan's left hand.

During this time, a drop of blood splashed on her white and beautiful face, but she didn't know it, gritted her teeth and swung her sword repeatedly, as if she was stunned.

Looking at her like that, it seemed that she was going to chop Tong Yan's whole person inch by inch.

Seeing this, He Shun hurriedly persuaded Jing Nu and said, "Madam, he, this kid is willing to say ......"

Jingnu glanced at He Shun and said coldly, "Don't stop me, He Shun." ”

"No, no, he'......"

He Shun wanted to explain, but not why, he also felt a little in awe when he was stared at by Jing Nu's eyes.

Finally, he took two steps back under Jingnu's gaze and came to Niu Heng's side.

He turned his head to look at Niu Heng, and then looked in the direction of Jingnu.

Niu Heng shook his head again and again.

It's not that he's afraid of Jingnu, it's just that he has always regarded Jingnu as his sister, and he doesn't want Jingnu to hate him because of an outsider - even if Jingnu at this time even feels a little wrong with him.

"Only the Grand Boss can stop Madame......

A thought flashed in his heart, He Shun quietly retreated to the door, and immediately slipped out while Jingnu was not paying attention.

At the same time, Zhao Yu was lying in the next room resting, listening to Tong Yan's screams from time to time.

He didn't know what was going on next door, and mistakenly thought that He Shun and others were torturing Tong Yan, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Of course, Tong Yan will not be pitied.

And at this moment, He Shun strode into the house, and called urgently: "Great leader, big leader." ”

"Will he say that?" Zhao Yu opened his eyes and sat up from the couch.

He Shun nodded hesitantly and said, "That kid is willing to say, but it's just ......"

As he spoke, he took two steps forward and told Zhao Yu about Jingnu's behavior.

"What?"

Zhao Yu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he hurriedly got out of the house, and went straight to the next room.

Just as he pushed the door, Tong Yan's screams sounded again in the house, and he begged for mercy: "I said it, I said it, don't ...... it again Yes! ”

"Tsk!"

With a snort, Zhao Yu pushed the door in.

As soon as he walked into the house, he saw Jingnu holding a sword and slashing at Tong Yan's left hand one by one, and every time he swung a sword, Tong Yan died in pain.

"Stop! Stop it! ”

Zhao Yu shouted twice.

However, Jing Nu acted as if she hadn't heard it, seeing this, Zhao Yu stepped forward a few steps, stretched out her left hand, and grabbed Jing Nu's right arm that was about to swing off with her sword.

Immediately, Jing Nu turned her head suddenly, and her eyes looked very fierce.

However, after noticing that the person who stopped her was Zhao Yu, her fierce gaze suddenly softened and became a little overwhelmed, like a child who had been caught doing something wrong.

"Less, less master......"

"That's enough."

Zhao Yu glanced at Tong Yan, who was slumped on the table, and said softly, with a bit of irrefutable meaning in his tone.

Jing Nu slowly lowered her right hand and let Zhao Yu take the sword in her hand.

"Young master, I ......"

Obviously, Jing Nu also realized that she had made a mistake, raised her head and glanced at Zhao Yu, but quickly lowered her head again.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu handed the sword to He Shun, immediately raised his hand, wiped the drop of blood on Jingnu's face with his sleeve, and said softly: "Go to the next room to wash your face, and then rest, go." ”

“……”

Seeing that Zhao Yu didn't mean to blame, Jingnu breathed a sigh of relief, bit her lip and nodded, and walked out of the house silently.

As soon as she left, Niu Heng breathed a sigh of relief, touched his chest and whispered, "But I'm scared to death......"

Zhao Yu glanced at Niu Heng angrily: "Brother Niu, why don't you stop her?" ”

Niu Heng's eyes widened and said, "Ah Jing holds a grudge so much, so I don't want to be hated by her." If I annoy her, and she won't give me money or drink in the future, what will it be? ”

“……”

Zhao Yu couldn't refute it.

After all, Jingnu's heart is indeed not so open-minded.

And at this moment, that Tong Yan finally took a breath, and said to Zhao Yu in a somewhat mocking tone: "Boy, that is your woman?" ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Tong Yan when he heard this, and suddenly raised his foot and kicked the table.

At this time, Tong Yan's left hand, which was cut to the wrist by Jingnu, happened to be still on the table, and as soon as the table moved, it immediately touched his wound, and he screamed in pain.

"Speak with respect." Zhao Yu said coldly.

"......" Tong Yan was sweating profusely in pain, staring at Zhao Yu fiercely, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.

He can also see it, and he also regards him as an enemy, and the kid in front of him is relatively easy to talk to, unlike the vicious just now......

He glanced at his left hand, only to see that his once intact left hand was cut to the wrist by that cheap maid, recalling that he had died of pain several times just now, he really didn't dare to offend Zhao Yu in front of him again, for fear that the other party would hand him over to that vicious woman.

After a while, Tong Yan and several other Black Tigers simply bandaged Tong Yan's severed hand and applied the wound medicine, which made Tong Yan's tense nerves painful, and finally eased it slightly.

He said to Zhao Yu: "I want a table of good wine and food, and two pots of good wine......"

"What?" Zhao Yu was stunned.

Hearing this, Tong Yan spread his right hand and said with a little bitterness: "You won't let me go, will you?" Before I die, I want to eat a good meal of alcohol, isn't that too much? ”

Zhao Yu was happy and snorted coldly: "It seems that you haven't figured out your situation yet......"

At this moment, Tong Yan suddenly asked Zhao Yu, "Are you Shen Shisheng?" ”

“……”

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and his face showed a little surprise.

That's right, his birthday is indeed Shen Shi.

Noticing Zhao Yu's expression, Tong Yan showed a complicated look on his face, nodded and said, "Sure enough, you are the Shenhu." ”

"What?" Zhao Yu frowned and asked.

However, Tong Yan didn't answer, and said to himself: "Give me a table of good wine and food, and I will tell you everything you want to know." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu glanced at Tong Yan deeply a few times, and then turned his head to look at He Shun.

He Shun understood, nodded and turned around and walked outside the house.

And at this moment, Tong Yan suddenly said again: "Wait." …… I also need a dose of poison that will kill me. ”

He Shun turned his head to look at Zhao Yu, only to see the latter take a deep look at Tong Yan and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, He Shun walked out of the house.

In order to meet Tong Yan's requirements, He Shun sent Gong Jiao to drive a carriage to Kunyang County, purchased a wine and food from the inn in Kunyang County, and grabbed a dose of poison from the pharmacy by the way.

This time and again, it took Gong Jiao and his party two hours to bring the wine, food and poison that Tong Yan asked for back to the East Wing Mountain.

Two hours apart, Zhao Yu and Tong Yan sat opposite each other at the table again.

From the side, He Shun and several Black Tigers put the wine and food they bought on the table.

During this period, Gong Jiao handed a small packet of poison to Zhao Yu, and immediately said a few words to Zhao Yu.

In front of Tong Yan, Zhao Yu put the small packet of poison on the corner of the table on his side, faced Tong Yan and said calmly: "The people in the pharmacy said, take this packet of medicine, you will die instantly, tell me the truth about what happened back then, and I will give it to you." ”

"Okay."

Tong Yan nodded.

Now, he also wants to open it, anyway, the other party will not let him go, he just wants to die happily, and he doesn't want to be tortured again.

I saw that he poured a bowl of wine for himself with his intact right hand, took a sip, and then frowned: "Is this the best wine here?" ”

"It's good to drink some." Zhao Yu interrupted Tong Yan impatiently, and then said in a deep voice: "Tell me the truth back then, why did you frame me Luyang Zhao Clan." ”

"Framed?" Tong Yan glanced at Zhao Yu with a strange expression, then shook his head and said, "Do you think I framed the Luyang Zhao family?" No, I didn't, I have no grievances with your family, I have never even heard of it before, so why frame your family? It's just that you, the Luyang Zhao clan, are a scourge and a threat......"

"To whom is the scourge, and to whom is the threat?" Zhao Yu frowned and asked.

"The royal family, the Li royal family." Tong Yan raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly: "You really don't think that I, a captain of Liangcheng, can wantonly frame the nobles everywhere, right?" ”

"Who?" Zhao Yu asked in a deep voice.

Tong Yan smiled, glanced at Zhao Yu with a playful gaze, and asked rhetorically, "Who do you say?" ”

"The current emperor?" Zhao Yu asked with a frown.

Tong Yan smiled playfully, shrugged and said, "Who knows? Back then, I was just a lieutenant in the inner court, how do you know the specifics? I'm just doing what I'm told. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu changed color slightly.

He finally understood why even if Zhang Jing came forward on the orders of Taishi Chen a few years ago, he only rehabilitated him for the Luyang Zhao family, but did not pursue Tong Yan and the forces behind Tong Yan.

It turned out that it was the royal court that secretly instructed Tong Yan to frame him Luyang Zhao, and it was even very likely that he was the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

"But...... Why? Zhao Yu frowned and asked.

Tong Yan smiled, took a sip of the wine bowl with his right hand, and immediately recalled: "More than ten years ago, some rumors or rumors spread one after another in the world, such as 'Mu Zi declined, Zhao Wang', and 'Eighteen sons, the death of the country; Zhao's son will be the king'...... These unknown proverbs are unanimous, saying that the Zhao family will replace the Li family and become the lord of the world. ”

Zhao Yu clenched his fists in anger and sneered: "You mean, just because of these unknown rumors, the royal family ordered you to frame my Luyang Zhao clan?" ”

"Of course not."

Tong Yan glanced at Zhao Yu and explained: "As you said, unknown prophecies are naturally not enough to arouse the suspicion of the royal family, but if it is the obituary of the national teacher, it will be different......"

"National teacher? Who? ”

"I don't know." Tong Yan shook his head, took a piece of meat, and said to himself: "I only know that it is a priest who is enshrined in the court, when I was still on an errand in the inner court, I saw it from afar, but that's all......"

"The National Teacher of the Inner Court...... What?'

Zhao Yu secretly kept this matter in his heart, and immediately asked Tong Yan: "What did you mean by the obituary of the national teacher?" ”

"The Li family will die, and the Zhao family will prosper."

Without waiting for Zhao Yu to ask, Tong Yan continued: "The one who rejuvenates the Zhao clan is 'Shenhu'. ”

"What?" Zhao Yu frowned puzzled.

"That's a person, a person born in the year of Hu Xiao and Shen, according to the divination of the national teacher, that person's surname is Zhao, and his approximate name is Yu......"

"Zhao Yu?" Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and then suddenly suddenly.

He vaguely remembered that Tong Yan was looking for this person called 'Zhao Yu' back then, but why was it a general name?

After Zhao Yu raised a question, Tong Yan chuckled and mocked: "Do you think divination is so easy? ”

"Tong Yan." Zhao Yu slapped the table slightly angrily, and shook Tong Yan, who put his left hand on the table, was in pain, and quickly changed his words: "Don't be angry, I just said it, about the word 'Yu', I asked the Taoist Tong around the national teacher back then, according to his explanation, 'Yu' is the 'place of sunset', according to legend, the day was born in 'Yu Valley', not in 'Yu Valley', the Li royal family, symbolized by the sun, is the old national teacher speculated, that can Xing Zhao's Shen Hu, probably named Yu ......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly glanced at Zhao Yu and asked, "How do you write your name?" ”

Zhao Yu was not afraid to tell the name of a dying person, and said lightly when he heard the words: "Yu, Yu Yu." ”

"Hmm......"

Tong Yan raised his intact right hand, touched the beard on his chin, and looked Zhao Yu up and down.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu sneered: "What? Could it be that I am the Shenhu of the Li clan and the Xingzhao clan? ”

"It may be, it may not be."

Tong Yan replied to Zhao Yu seriously, and then laughed and said, "No matter what, it has nothing to do with me...... I don't think you'll let me go. ”

Speaking of this, he let out a long breath and asked, "What else do you want to know?" ”

Zhao Yu was silent for a moment and asked: "What Li Meng said that day, the Zhao clan in Jinan twelve years ago, the Zhao clan in Lu County nine years ago, and the Dangshan Zhao clan five years ago were all framed by you for this reason, right?" ”

"Framing?"

Tong Yan shook his head and said, "No, that's not a frame-up, I'm just acting on orders...... By the way, the Dangshan Zhao clan does have signs of collusion with An Pingdao, and it is not wronged. ”

"Why did you find me Luyang Zhao? What is there about my Luyang Zhao clan that is worthy of your doubts? ”

"Back then, your family was buying food on a large scale, right? in Hebei, Xuzhou and other places. ”

"......" Zhao Yu was slightly stunned.

Seeing Zhao Yu's face, Tong Yan said calmly: "I know that your Luyang Zhao family bought food back then to help the refugees who entered the country, of course, I also know about your family and the Ruyang Zheng family." I originally came to see if there was a threat to your family, but I didn't expect that the brothers born to you and your brother were all born to Hu Xiaonian, and the younger you, according to legend, were born to Shen Shi......"

"Just for that?" Zhao Yu clenched his fists and said angrily.

Tong Yan took a deep look at Zhao Yu, shook his head and said, "The inner court has a life, I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go...... I'm just doing what I'm told. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu held back his anger and glared at Tong Yan, and after a long time, the hatred in his eyes gradually subsided.

Because he has confirmed that Tong Yan in front of him is just a pawn who acts obediently, and what really caused his Luyang Zhao family to ruin is the inner court, the royal family, and even the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

With a long sigh, Zhao Yu adjusted his mood, and immediately picked up the small packet of poison in the corner of the table and threw it to Tong Yan opposite.

"I can't see it, you're still a trustworthy person......"

Tong Yan glanced at Zhao Yu in surprise, immediately opened the wine jug, poured all the poison into the wine jug, then picked up the wine jug and shook it a few times, and finally poured himself a bowl.

After taking a deep look at the turbid poisonous wine in the bowl, Tong Yan looked up at Zhao Yu and asked with a bit of banter: "I'm curious, what will you do if you know the truth back then?" As you can see, I'm just a pawn who acts on orders, and it's the Li royal family and even the current Son of Heaven who really ruined your family......"

"So what?" Zhao Yu said lightly.

According to what Zhang Ji said at the beginning, in fact, Mr. Ram suspected that this incident was caused by the royal family from the beginning, so that gentleman said that if you want to take revenge, you must be prepared to be the enemy of the entire Jin Kingdom.

Because of this incident, Zhao Yu was also suspicious of the Li royal family before, and the reason why he wanted to find a way to catch Tong Yan was to confirm the real enemy, and secondly, he didn't want to let Tong Yan go, after all, eight years ago, it was Tong Yan who led the Liang Cheng army to destroy his Luyang Zhao clan.

"Stupid."

Tong Yan sneered, picked up the bowl of poisonous wine with his right hand, drank it all, and then looked at Zhao Yu and mocked: "It seems that it won't be long before I can meet you under the Nine Springs......"

"Not necessarily." Zhao Yu said lightly.

Tong Yan was about to laugh, when he suddenly coughed violently, and immediately, black blood flowed from his mouth, ears and other seven orifices.

Obviously, he was poisoned.

On his last breath, he said with difficulty: "Let go...... Spare my ...... Family...... Care for. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Tong Yan breathed a sigh of relief, tilted his head immediately, and slammed on the table.

He Shun immediately stepped forward, stretched out his hand to probe Tong Yan's mouth and nose, and immediately said to Zhao Yu: "Big leader, he is dead." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, looking at Tong Yan's corpse with a complicated expression.

Tong Yan, the person he had been hoping for a thousand knives so far, finally died in his hands.

But Zhao Yu did not have the slightest resentment in his heart.

Probably because, as Mr. Ram had guessed, this Tong Yan was just a pawn who did what he was told.

The real enemy of the Zhao family in Luyang is the royal family of this country - the Li royal family.