Shen Wendu knelt on the ground, and behind him stood several fierce and vicious nephews of the Marquis of Qingyuan. The emperor sat on the dragon chair, angrily pointed at Wen Du and asked, "Shen Wendu! Tell me clearly! Why were you at the scene of the crime? Ye Xun's madman actually killed my pillar on the street, and you still protect him! What is your heart? You are my cronies, since you will not forget your old master, go with him! ”

"Your Majesty, you are unjust!" Wen Du defended, "Humble duty has no second heart for the emperor!" Loyalty to you can be seen by the sun and the moon! The minister just wants to bring him back, hand him over to the judicial department, interrogate him well, and give Hou Ye and his family an explanation! ”

The family members of the Hou Ye behind Wen Du were all tiger-faced, obviously not very satisfied with this explanation.

"I ask you, early in the morning, why did you appear at the gate of the Marquis of Qingyuan's mansion? Could it be that you and Ye Xun are complicit? The emperor asked deliberately.

Wen Du shook his head again and again, "Your Majesty, it's not a humble position!" The reason why Humble Duty appeared in that place at that time was because ......" Wen Du continued with a sad face, "The night before, Humble Duty was drinking with Ye Xun. ”

"You drank with him? Didn't you break off your relationship with him before? How did it come back together? You've been deceiving me before? ”

"Please let the emperor know clearly, you will never dare to deceive the emperor! That day was the second birthday of my godson Lu Dapeng. Humblely went to Ye Xun's mansion. Because I had a grudge with Ye Xun, I was not very happy, and I drank a little too much, and then everyone else went back to sleep, leaving only me and Ye Xun. With the help of wine, we also talked about the previous incident. Later, I talked about the Marquis of Qingyuan. Ye Xun said that he could beat him, and he would definitely be ashamed. I don't believe it, saying that he brags, since you can win him, why is he so provocative and humiliating you, you can't bear it? Ye Xun may have been stimulated, saying that he would go to the Hou Mansion tomorrow morning to compete with the Hou of Qingyuan in public. The humble only thought that he was drunk, and did not take it seriously. It was almost dawn, and I didn't know when I fell asleep on my stomach. After waking up, Ye Xun was gone. I didn't find it after four rounds, so I remembered what he said, so I went to the Hou Mansion......" Wen Du said after saying what happened, and deliberately avoided the important and said lightly, "Humble duty is indeed guilty, if Ye Xun hadn't drunk with me, if it wasn't for talking about Hou Ye, if I hadn't spoken out to stimulate him, maybe today's tragedy wouldn't have happened!" ”

The emperor also followed him and said, "You...... Is it the wine you drank with him? After drinking, he also talked about the competition with the Marquis of Qingyuan? Are you going to be? Come! ”

Xingwang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"You go and call the guards in front of the door to come in with a torture rod and beat me hard......" The emperor didn't know what words to use for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Something that doesn't get enough to do!" ”

Wen Du knelt on the ground, and was beaten more than a dozen times on the back by two guards with torture sticks, Wen Du was so painful that his body and forehead were already oozing with beads of sweat, and the people of Qingyuan Hou were not moved. The emperor was a little anxious, and he glanced at Xingwang on the side, Xingwang didn't know why he was particularly slow to react today, and he didn't understand the emperor's meaning at all. The emperor was afraid that Wen Du would really be killed by two guards who didn't know the severity, so he had to come by himself, "Shen Wendu, it's a shame that I trust you so much!" You're usually pretty good at work, but why are you so confused this time? You...... Did you know if you were wrong? ”

The emperor's intentions were too obvious, and although Wen Du was in unbearable pain, he still felt a little funny, "Humble duty...... Wrong! ”

The godson of the Marquis of Qingyuan is a smart man, and seeing that the emperor couldn't bear to be punished by Shen Wendu, he did a favor, stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Lord Shen, please don't punish Lord Shen!" ”

When several other people saw him kneeling, they also knelt down, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen is not very wrong, spare him." ”

"Please spare Lord Shen! Punish the murderers severely! ”

"Yes, punish the murderers severely!" Several people chimed in.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief from his heart, and pretended to be careless and said to the two guards, "Stop." ”

The two guards stopped the torture staff in their hands, Wen Du gasped and fell to the ground, kowtowing to the emperor, "Thank you...... Emperor. ”

"If it weren't for Lord Hou's family to intercede for you today, I wouldn't have spared you so easily! Thank you yet. ”

Wen Du reluctantly crawled and turned around, "Thank you for interceding for you." ”

Ye Xun sat in a corner of the prison with his knees crossed, closing his eyes and resting. Hearing the sound of the prison door, he opened his eyes, saw that it was Wendu, raised his face to look at him and said, "You're here?" What's going on out there? Emperor...... Aren't you particularly angry? ”

"What do you say? Do you know how much trouble you have caused to the emperor by taking matters into your own hands? The emperor didn't close his eyes for a day and a night! How do you explain it to him? Wen Du glanced at him and said hatefully.

"I didn't even plan to face him again, and it wasn't because of you! Well, let's not mention it. I don't blame you, so don't blame me. What's going on out there? You told me the truth, it's okay, I've prepared for the worst, and I know that now my life is out of my control. ”

Wen Du didn't answer him, but asked, "How did you sleep last night?" ”

Ye Xun glanced at him meaningfully, and then complained, "What else do you say, this place is so noisy!" One night the ghosts cried and the wolves howled, disturbing people and making it impossible to sleep. The guy next to me screamed all night, and I didn't hear a word of what he was calling. ”

Wendu approached him with a playful smile, "He? Just got my tongue pulled out yesterday. ”

"Unplugged... Tongue? Ye Xun couldn't believe it.

"Yes, it was not cut, it was torn off with iron clamps." Wen Du said as he made a pulling motion with a murderous expression.

Ye Xun covered his mouth in fright, and then couldn't help but scold, "You Jinyi Wei are so inhuman!" Suddenly, he realized something and peeked at Wendu, "You won't do the same to me, will you?" Wendu, don't look at me, I've been beaten since I was a child, in fact, I'm most afraid of pain. For the sake of our brothers, can you make me die a little more happily? ”

"Hmph... Is this cowardly? There are more than 100 kinds of torture in our Beizhen Fusi, and I want you to try them all. Saying that, Wen Du deliberately touched Ye Xundi's clothes, "Your clothes are so white, they don't match this prison?" ”

Ye Xun's face turned pale with fright, and he grabbed Wen Du's sleeve, "Wen Du, don't!" Not to mention more than a hundred, I can't stand any of them! Let's be brothers, can you let me die with dignity. ”

Wen Du lowered his head and smiled, "This will treat me as a brother?" Hum! No, scare you! ”

Ye Xun breathed a sigh of relief, glared at him and said, "Is it fun?" ”

"But ......," Wen Du said with a heavy expression, "the current situation is not much better. The situation is very complicated, and the emperor must first get rid of his relationship with you, and he can't defend you too much. In addition, the emperor can't tear his face with them for the time being, he must stabilize them first, and then withdraw their military power step by step. So now ......"

"Are they asking for me to be handed over to them?"

"Well, they made that request." Wendu nodded.

Ye Xun swallowed his saliva, took a deep breath, and pretended to be indifferent and said, "Just hand it over." Anyway, it's death, no matter how he dies! ”

"How could they let you die so easily. If you fall into their hands, you will definitely be tortured to the point that you can't survive or die. ”

Ye Xun lowered his head and trembled slightly, and after a while, he said with some sadness, "Anyway, I'm already meat on the chopping board, what do you want, let's see for yourself!" ”

"Ye Xun, what is your attitude? Do you know what this place is? North Town Fuji Prison! My Turf! Wen Du patted his chest and said a little proudly.

Ye Xun was a little weak-hearted, "I... Didn't say anything? When are you going to hand me over? ”

"To whom?"

"What about the nephews and nephews of the 'prince and marquis'?"

"Your Majesty... There was no promise. Wen Du smiled.

Ye Xun raised his eyes and glared at him, "Shen Wendu!" Isn't there something wrong with you today! ”

"The reason why I'm doing this is because I want you to have a little more balance in your mind. We're not doing this well, but it's a little better than the two just now......"

"Shen Wendu! Can you say happily that you're going to kill me! How the hell am I going to die? ”

"The emperor said that this case is serious, and it must be tried by the three divisions and go through the judicial process." Seeing that Ye Xun's face softened slightly, Wen Du continued, "Don't be happy too early, although the emperor refuses to hand you over to them, but he can't withstand the daily requests of the Hou Ye's sons and nephews, and promise them to come to two people every day to 'greet' you, so as to relieve the anger in their hearts." You know that the people in their family are like wolves, and it is not easy to persist until the emperor finishes his work. ”

"How long will it take? Can't you give me a good time? Ye Xun asked unwillingly.

"Give you some poison and say you're dying in prison?"

Ye Xun nodded vigorously, "Yes!" I can do it myself, so to speak, I committed suicide in fear of sin. I earn my money for living these extra days, and I thank you. ”

"What do you think? In this way, it is difficult to explain over there, and if they don't breathe, it will be very troublesome for the emperor to act. In addition, the emperor wants to spare your life. ”

"I commit suicide now because I want to do something beautiful, or do I want to live? Do not be in vain. There's no way I'm going to live! ”

"How do you know if you don't try?"

"I want to see my wife and explain things to her."

"Explain what happened? As I said, we'll do everything we can to keep you alive, you have to have faith. ”

Ye Xun looked at him for a while, "No." I want to see her while I'm still in the house, and when I don't have a ghost in the future, she will feel distressed. ”

Wendu nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

"Wendu, I think you should find someone to start a family. It's really nice to have a daughter-in-law. She will love you and love you with all her heart, warm your bed, give you a baby, and rub your back...... It's as if a ship that has been adrift has finally docked, and its heart will be very steady. ”

Wen Du stared at him for a while, "By the way, we haven't chatted heartily since you got married." I've always wanted to ask you, do you really love your wife? ”

"Why do you ask?" Ye Xun was puzzled.

"We all think that you and your wife are in love with each other now, and it doesn't make sense to be like glue, after all, your relationship was so bad before. But I couldn't find a better explanation. The emperor said, you are like this, you love the title of your wife, and everyone is the same. ”

Ye Xun shook his head, "Why do you think that?" I really love my wife, and the past few years of marrying her can be said to be the happiest years of my short life. You don't understand it. Well...... I ask you, are you very sad, do you cry when you are wronged? ”

"Huh? How embarrassing is it for a big man to cry? ”

"You don't want to cry? I'm still afraid of losing it, so I can't help crying. ”

"Hmm......" Wen Du thought for a moment and didn't know how to answer, "Why do you ask this?" ”

"I'm just giving you an example. What I want to say is that I used to be the same as you, I think most men are like this, they carry everything by themselves, and they are as hard as an iron plate on the surface, but in fact, everyone's heart is soft, and you need someone to peel off the thick shell that covers your heart. This person she regards you as more important than anything else, loves you to the core, you can let go of all scruples and pretense in front of her, you can cry when you want, laugh when you want, be coquettish, willful, and vexatious like a child......" Saying that, Ye Xun couldn't help but laugh as if he thought of something.

Wen Du looked at him with some incredulity, "Can the husband and wife really be like this?" ”

"I don't know about anyone else, anyway, my wife and I are like this. I think... I'm so happy! ”

Wendu took Ruolian to the prison, and he said to Ruolian, "You talk slowly, I'll go out first." ”

The two watched Wendu leave, Ruolian stretched out her hand to Ye Xun, and Ye Xun held it with both hands. Ruolian had a gentle smile on her face, but her eyes were full of distress, "Did they beat you?" ”

Ye Xun shook his head.

"Why are you doing this? How much hatred do you have with that Hou Ye, and you are going to kill him? ”

"It's a long story. You don't care. I'll leave it to you at home. ”

Ruolian was still entangled in this question, "I know that you are a person, and it is impossible for you to kill people for no reason, why?" ”

Ye Xun shook his head and didn't say.

"Did the emperor ask you to do it?"

Ye Xun looked at her, his lips moved and he didn't speak.

Ruolian said, "I'll just say it." Since the emperor asked you to do it, he will definitely not sit idly by. ”

Ye Xun shook his head, "Lord Hou's power in the imperial court is intertwined, and the emperor can't protect me if he wants to." In addition, the emperor originally asked me to assassinate, but I didn't want to, the emperor's entire plan was disrupted by me, and he was angry with me. So, don't leave it to chance, there's no chance I'll survive. I'll work hard for you in the future, Your Majesty... I don't think I'll leave you alone. ”

Wakaren looked at him carefully, reaching out and gently caressing his face. Looking at it, tears couldn't stop falling, and the hand on Ye Xun's face trembled unconsciously......

Ye Xun rubbed and grinded his face in the palm of her hand, and said in a dumb voice, "Don't be like this." I'm already content. I also told Wendu yesterday that I have lived for twenty-six years, and the few years I have been with you have been the happiest time of my life. Thank you so much for giving me a home and giving me so much love......"

Ruolian nodded, choked with tears, "That was also the best and happiest day of my life......