Chapter 61: None of them can run
After Shen Bai finished speaking, the atmosphere in the shop was a little stiff, the head of the household's eyes narrowed slightly, looked Shen Bai up and down, looked at Zhao Che again, and smiled contemptuously: "Look at you dressed like dogs, I didn't expect that you couldn't even afford to give a hundred taels, so what else is there to say." ”
Zhao Che and Zhou Jue were scolded in front of them for the first time, and their faces sank, but the head of the household didn't take them seriously, and shouted coldly: "Come on, these three Diao people openly disobeyed the orders of the state capital, and they all escorted me away!" ”
At the sound of an order, the three of them became Diao Min.
Zhou Jue was so angry that he was about to draw his sword, Shen Bai's eyes were sharp, he knocked him away with an elbow, and said to the head of the household: "He is a big old man who doesn't know anything, don't be like him, our master is a famous Huainan businessman, and the money is indeed there, but it cost a lot along the way, you can see if you can be accommodating, we will write a letter to the family to send it." ”
Huainan is a well-known water town, rich in products, rich businessmen abound, only a hundred taels is indeed not a problem, the head of the household looked at Shen Bai suspiciously: "Huainan is thousands of miles away from Chenzhou, and it will take at least half a month to come and go quickly, you are a fool to me, just let you go?" ”
Shen Bai smiled good-naturedly: "That's what I said, then please ask these brothers under the head of the household to be polite, don't scare my young master, and then let our young master write a letter to send home to ask for money when we get to prison?" ”
That's certainly good.
Shen Bai had a good attitude, and the head of the household also eased his expression, and did not embarrass Zhao Che and Shen Bai for his subordinates, but just walked on the road and pushed Zhou Jue twice.
Zhou Jue was puffed up like a cannon battle, and he could be bombed at any time, but Zhao Che didn't speak, and he didn't dare to do it easily, if he leaked Zhao Che's identity as the prince before he set off, it would be difficult to explain it when he went back.
The group was taken back to the yamen prison of the state capital, the outside of the prison looked quite majestic and magnificent, and a rancid and damp smell immediately came to the nose when they entered the prison, Zhao Che and Zhou Jue immediately raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses, only Shen Bai's face did not change, at this time, he also helped Zhao Che fan the wind, and flattered him and said: "Young master, bear with me, the master will soon take money to redeem us." ”
Zhou Jue didn't stare at Shen Bai anymore, only full of admiration remained, and at this time, there was still kung fu to slap the horse, which was indeed a talent.
The prison is in disrepair, and many wooden fences have been corroded and hollowed out by insects, and even a skill like Shen Bai can kick several pieces with one foot. The three of them quietly observed the situation around them, there were many prisoners in the prison, all of them had a lot of injuries on their bodies, and their prison clothes were stained with blood, but there was no possibility of escaping.
Zhou Jue hadn't been in prison yet, so he was very curious, and after walking in for a while, Shen Bai asked gently: "Have they all committed heinous crimes, why do you want to punish them so heavily?" ”
Zhaoling is a ceremonial state, and the law has always been people-oriented, if it is not a serious crime of burning, killing, fornication, and plunder, it is generally based on warnings, and will not be too harsh to the prisoners.
The head of the household couldn't get used to Zhao Che's noble and arrogant appearance, and he wanted to scare him, so he sneered viciously: "No matter what crime you commit, you have to be honest and obedient when you enter here, otherwise this will be the end!" ”
Shen Bai raised his eyebrows, as if it was the first time he heard about this kind of thing, his eyes widened at a loss: "Is there any royal law like this?" ”
The head of the household seemed to have heard something funny: "Wang Fa? Enter here, Lao Tzu is the king! After speaking, he raised his hand and wanted to whip Shen Bai with the whip in his hand, but Zhou Jue grabbed his wrist.
Although Zhou Jue was dressed roughly, his body was not as tall and strong as the average groom, and the head of the household did not take him seriously, and he couldn't break free after his wrist was buckled, and his wrist bones gradually hurt badly, he was a little panicked, and shouted loudly: "It's the other way around!" Do you know who Lao Tzu is, and he actually started with Lao Tzu? ”
Those officials did not follow into the cell, there were only two jailers behind, and when the two saw this change, they subconsciously wanted to pull out the saber on their waists, Shen Bai put a dagger against the waist of the head of the household, and ordered in a low voice: "Official, if you don't want to die immediately, let them be obedient." ”
After Shen Bai finished speaking, he used a slight force, and the dagger cut through his clothes and poked half an inch into the flesh.
The head of the household didn't expect Shen Bai to be so bold, and hurriedly spoke: "Don't move!" ”
The two jailers stopped, not knowing whether to step forward for a while, and the people in the cells on both sides also realized that something was wrong, and the person closest to Shen Bai rushed to the side of the cell.
The man was unkempt, covered in blood, and the injuries on his body were brand new, he should have just been locked in for a short time, and he said excitedly: "Three heroes, my name is Chu Yingtian, I am from Jiangbei, I just arrived in Chenzhou last month, this group of bullies put me and the insider in prison on trumped-up charges, someone took the insider away half an hour ago, the insider is three months pregnant, ask the three heroes to save the insider!" ”
Shen Bai was surprised, he didn't expect to meet Chu Yingtian, the most famous weapon refiner in Zhaoling in the future, here.
When Shen Bai saw Chu Yingtian in the previous life, Chu Yingtian broke a leg and was blind in one eye, and his temperament was very strange, and Shen Bai didn't have much contact with him, so he couldn't recognize him at this time.
The head of the household's face changed, and he scolded: "You fart, don't spew blood, I ......"
Shen Bai put the dagger into it a little more, the head of the household snorted in pain, and did not dare to act rashly, and when he calmed down, Shen Bai raised his chin at the two jailers: "Release this Mr. Chu!" ”
The head of the household didn't speak, the two jailers didn't dare to move, Zhou Jue had a temper, snatched the whip from the head of the household, and whipped the two of them fiercely: "Let you release people, are your ears deaf?" ”
Zhou Jue crackled the whip, and the two of them shook their shoulders in fright, knowing that they couldn't beat it, they hurriedly took the key to open the door of the cell where Chu Yingtian was.
Chu Yingtian thanked him repeatedly, took two steps, but because he was too seriously injured, he suddenly fell to the ground.
Zhou Jue went in directly and carried Chu Yingtian on his shoulder, Shen Bai looked at the head of the household with cold eyes and asked, "Who took Mrs. Chu away?" ”
The head of the household still wanted to be hard-mouthed, but Shen Bai's knife was directly stabbed to the deepest point and then pulled out.
The cold knife was soaked in blood, so red that it made people panic, the head of the household screamed in pain, and felt Shen Bai put the knife against his waist again, and immediately spoke: "Yes...... It was the young master who asked her to take her away. ”
Master?
Shen Bai had a bad premonition in his heart, grabbed the household chief's collar and dragged him out: "Take us to your young master immediately!" ”
The state prison is three streets away from the mansion of the state capital, several people came out of the prison, directly squeezed into the confiscated carriage and ran towards the state capital, to the gate of the state capital, several people got out of the carriage, saw the head of the household covering his waist, and his fingers continued to gush blood, the door guard was so frightened that he shouted: "Uncle, why are you injured, who is so bold that he dares to hurt you?" ”
Uncle?
Shen Bai sneered: "I thought you were sacred, it turned out to be the aunt of the state capital, no wonder you dare to act so arrogantly!" ”
It was bleeding all the time, the head of the household's face turned white, and he didn't know if it was pain or fright, his forehead was full of cold sweat, he didn't dare to reply to Shen Bai's words, he looked at the doorkeeper and asked, "Where is the eldest young master now?" ”
The doorman was puzzled: "My uncle is injured and should ask for a doctor, how can I find the eldest young master?" ”
The head of the household was so impatient by him that he was so long-winded that he was afraid that Shen Bai would stab himself again, so he yelled angrily: "I asked you where the young master is, why are you talking so much nonsense?" ”
The doorkeeper shrunk his neck when he was yelled, and responded: "Uncle is angry, and the young master is in the Scholarly Garden." ”
The head of the household immediately took Shen Bai and them to the Scholar's Garden, Zhao Che walked in the middle, and Zhou Jue carried Chu Yingtian to follow at the end, until the group walked away, and the doorkeeper remembered that the man covered in blood was wearing a prison uniform that seemed to be a prison, and was shocked: Why did my uncle release the prisoners in the prison? Does the lord know?
Chenzhou's commerce and trade are far less developed than those of Hanjing, but the mansion of this state lord is very magnificent, and it cannot be seen from the outside, but the inside is carved beams and paintings, rockery and ponds, and the layout is very particular everywhere.
After passing through the corridor and going around the arch, it took a quarter of an hour for a few people to see the sign of the Scholarly Garden.
There were two small servants guarding outside the garden, and the two of them saw that their aunt was also very unlucky at this time, and was about to ask, but they heard a scream, Zhou Jue carried Chu Yingtian forward, kicked the two little servants aside and rushed in, Zhao Che followed, Shen Bai pulled the head of the household behind, and rushed into the garden and was stunned.
The reason why the scholarly garden is called this name is because there is a cluster of green bamboo planted in the garden, and under the green bamboo, there is a large piece of marble, on which a "Jiangshan Fu" is engraved by a skilled craftsman.
This is an article written by Emperor Hengde when he was the crown prince, and the words point to the country and the atmosphere is majestic, and it was almost a household name among the people at that time.
But now, the stele was stained with slaughter, and a girl as weak as a willow slammed her head into it, and the bright red blood soaked the whole stele with blood.
The girl's dress was torn to tatters, barely covering her waist and hips, and a large area of her skin was exposed, covered with bloodstained tooth marks and bruises, and she knew at a glance how she had been tortured and humiliated.
For a moment, everyone's breathing stopped, no one spoke, and the air was filled with maddening tension.
Shen Bai lost his account manager, took off his robe and rushed to the girl to cover her, and Chu Yingtian, who was being carried by Zhou Jue, also woke up suddenly, stumbled over, and reached out to probe the girl's snort tremblingly.
This is his childhood sweetheart's wife, they have been married for less than a year, she was pregnant not long ago, and she discussed with him with a smile what the name of the child would be in the future, but now she fell to the ground in such a humiliating posture, breathless.
At this time, Shen Bai could probably think of what Chu Yingtian had experienced in her previous life, and she wanted to redeem something, but she didn't have time after all.
"Ah Wan, I'm here to save you."
Chu Yingtian said in a dumb voice, brushing aside the strands of hair scattered on her sideburns for Ah Wan, carefully holding her into her arms, like treating some fragile treasure, and then tightening and tightening again, wanting to melt her into his own blood.
The man didn't flick when he had tears, but Chu Yingtian hugged Ah Wan, and the tears couldn't stop flowing, and Shen Bai couldn't even say such words as mourning.
Such words are too pale and powerless, and in front of them are two living human lives, if there is no such change, the two of them should be Qin Se and Ming, and they will grow old.
There was a terrible wail in the room again, Shen Bai lifted his eyes to look at Zhao Che, Zhao Che's jaw was tight, and his facial lines were extremely cold and hard, as if he had just been polished with a frustrated knife.
He had only been out of Hanjing for a day, and before he had time to see the prosperity of this century-old dynasty, he had a glimpse of the dark suffering under this prosperous world.
Zhao Che remembered what Shen Bai had said before.
She said: Your Highness, for the sake of the monarch, you should look at the mountains and rivers, see all kinds of life, and taste all kinds of tastes, instead of living in a high hall and ignoring the eyes and ears.
She asked: Emperor Xian and Emperor Hengde are not afraid to go deep into the people, why is His Royal Highness so resistant to this matter?
The hand hanging by his side clenched into a fist, Zhao Che walked towards the house, Zhou Jue immediately followed, and Shen Bai grabbed the household chief's collar and dragged the person in.
The house was in a mess, the rich smell of blood covered up the faint smell of fish in the air, Jiang Huan, the eldest son of Jiangxun Mountain, the capital of Chenzhou, lay on the bed and kept screaming, one eye was pierced, and the blood between his legs was even more profuse.
The woman, named Ah Wan, before she died, exhausted all her courage to avenge herself.
The picture was too bloody, Zhou Jue twisted his eyebrows slightly, but there was no sympathy, only disgust.
Shen Bai kicked the head of the household to Jiang Huan's side, picked up a round stool and carefully wiped it with his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Che: "Young master, sit down for a while, Jiangzhou Mansion should arrive soon after hearing the news." ”
Zhao Che sat down with a tense face, the head of the household had already faintly sensed that something was wrong, but Jiang Huan didn't know it, and said with great annoyance: "Brother-in-law, I'm going to kill that cheap woman, skin her and disembowel, and I want her and the wild seed in her belly to never be reborn, and her wild man, I must kill him!" ”
Jiang Huan said it confidently, as if he was Ah Wan's husband, and Ah Wan had an affair with someone else behind his back.
When people die, they have to be skinned and disemboweled, what a cold-blooded and cruel person.
If it weren't for the fact that he would have to confront Jiang Xunshan face to face for a while, Shen Bai really wanted to cut his tongue with a knife.
Anyway, it's a person who only knows how to squirt feces all over his mouth, and what do you do with your tongue?
Jiang Xunshan soon arrived, and he was joined by his wife Mo Shi and daughter Jiang Rou.
"Huan'er, what's wrong with you? Who is so bold that he dares to trespass on the state capital, I really don't want to live! ”
"Husband, the doorman said that you were injured, who dared to hurt you, I will immediately ask my father to send someone to arrest the murderer in the whole city!"
Mo Shi and Jiang Rou kept shouting as soon as they entered the garden, even the ladies of the harem knew that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, but the two of them were more powerful than Jiang Xunshan's official authority.
The two rushed into the house first, and they were stunned when they saw Zhao Che, a handsome young man, sitting in the room, and after seeing Jiang Huan and the head of the household covered in blood, they immediately exploded and screamed directly.
Zhao Che was shocked by the two of them, his eardrums hurt, his face became more and more ugly, Zhou Jue directly pulled out his sword and pointed at the two: "Shut up, if you shout again, the master will slaughter your heads!" ”
The sword blade was cold, the cold light was pressing, the two were frightened and quiet for a moment, Mo's eyes blinked and cried, Jiang Rou took two steps back and glared at Zhao Che: "You Langjun is so domineering, you led people to rush into the state capital and hurt my husband and brother, and now you dare to let people point their swords at us, do you think the state capital is a place where you can do whatever you want?" ”
Shen Bai licked his lips and asked softly: "Isn't it Gongzi Jiang who cares about human life and does whatever he wants?" ”
Jiang Rou also saw the corpse outside, and a trace of weakness flashed in her eyes, but she quickly returned to normal, and said confidently: "What kind of careless life, my brother is the son of the dignified state government, and he has a great future, how can he think of a pregnant person, it must be that this slut wants to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, deliberately seduces my brother, and after being sternly rejected by my brother, he has no shame to live, so he crashed to death here and deliberately ruined the reputation of my Jiang family!" ”
Adore the rising sun?
The real dragon vein is sitting in front of you, and you are embarrassed to say this?
Shen Bai and Zhou Jue rolled their eyes at the same time, Jiang Rou reversed black and white in a grand manner, and splashed all the dirty water on Ah Wan, who was already dead, in an instant.
When the words fell, Chu Yingtian walked into the house with Ah Wan in his arms, and said word by word: "My wife Ah Wan is pure and strong by nature, and no one is allowed to slander her!" ”
Chu Yingtian's voice was hoarse to the extreme, as if he had just been burned by someone who had burned his throat with boiling water.
Mo Shi suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked sour and mean, and scolded sharply: "Phew! She is a faceless slut, not ashamed, deliberately seduced and framed my son, you wait for me, the pain suffered by my son, I will definitely ask for it back a thousand times more on you! ”
After Mo Shi finished speaking, Chu Yingtian was still angry, and pointed at Shen Bai and Zhou Jue and said, "And you, you help the abuse, and none of them can escape!" ”
Mo said that he wanted to point at Zhao Che, but Shen Bai stepped forward and directly grabbed Mo Shi's finger and broke it hard.
The finger bones made a crisp sound, and without waiting for Mo Shi to shout, Shen Bai directly picked up the teacup on the table next to him and stuffed it into Mo Shi's wide open mouth, and said with a smile: "My young master's status is noble, and no one is allowed to be disrespectful in the slightest." ”
When the words fell, Shen Bai kicked on Mo's knee and made her kneel.
Mo snorted twice, he couldn't make a sound at all, his old face was white with pain, Jiang Rou didn't expect Shen Bai to dare to make a move, turned his head and ran out, and when he saw Jiang Xunshan bringing someone here, his mentality stabilized a little, and he exclaimed: "Dad, save my mother and brother, there are villains who want to harm them!" ”
Jiang Xunshan strode into the room with a calm face, and saw that the room was bloody and messy, and his eyebrows and eyes were stained with a black anger.
Jiang Xunshan is in his forties this year, he is not tall, his figure is out of shape, and his dark green official uniform is bulging by him.
In the end, he is a person who is the state capital, and he has seen a lot more than women like Mo and Jiang Rou, he was not in a hurry to get angry, after seeing the situation clearly, and recognizing Zhao Che as the highest status among these people, he looked directly at Zhao Che: "This Lang Jun looks at Mian Sheng, he doesn't look like a person from Chenzhou, why did he break into the mansion today and hurt my wife and children?" ”
Zhao Che sat firmly like a pine, raised his eyes slightly, his eyes were cold, like a cold winter, hard and sharp ice edges, and poked straight into Jiang Xunshan.
Zhao Che said: "I am from Hanjing. ”
Zhao Che's tone was so calm that there was no slightest wave, from the time Jiang Xunshan entered the house to the present, his sitting posture has not changed in the slightest, calm as a bell, obviously he looks like he is only more than ten years old, but the aura exuded is so cold that Jiang Xunshan feels a little oppressive.
Jiang Xunshan chuckled in his heart, ordinary people would never be able to raise a young man with such a temperament, could he be the son of a certain family in Beijing?
Just thinking about it, the head of the household shouted at the top of his voice: "Uncle Yue, don't be deceived by this kid, just now that kid told me that they are from Huainan, and their family is a Huai businessman who does business, and now they say that they are from Hanjing, there must be ghosts here!" ”
Jiang Xunshan twisted his eyebrows, and then looked at Zhao Che's exaggerated nouveau riche dress, and was a little suspicious, if he was really the son of a big family, how could he dress like this?
Jiang Rou was convinced of her husband's words, and immediately said: "Husband is right, Dad, you can't be easily deceived by them, they hurt their father and brother, and they must not let them go easily!" ”
Shen Bai knew that this matter was not so easy to end, and he didn't plan to end it like this, so he reminded with a smile: "Lord Jiang, you are the parent official of everyone in Chenzhou, in addition to your wife and son-in-law who are injured, there is also a corpse that is not cold, you are not too old, you will not be blind and invisible, right?" ”
Of course, Jiang Xunshan will not be invisible, but Jiang Huan is injured like that, of course he has to care about his son first.
Jiang Xunshan's people brought in the two little servants who were guarding outside the garden before, and Jiang Xunshan asked in a deep voice: "You are specially serving the young master, what happened in the garden today, tell me the truth!" ”
Jiang Xunshan's tone was cold, his facial contours were tense, and he was obviously angry, the two little guys were frightened, and they didn't dare to tell the truth, Jiang Rou stepped forward and grabbed one person and slapped him hard: "Talk, you're dumb, you didn't protect the young master and you can't even speak clearly now, what's the use of asking you?" ”
Jiang Rou looked weak, but her hand strength was very strong, and a bright red slap mark immediately appeared on the little guy's face, and she woke up, no matter how fierce the old man was, he was still protecting the young master, and he couldn't betray the young master.
made up his mind, and the little guy bit to death: "The little one doesn't know what's going on, this woman said that she had something to do with the eldest young master, and the eldest young master let her in, and it didn't take long for the little one to hear the young master screaming, and was about to go in to see, but these three people suddenly held the uncle hostage, and kicked the little ones to the ground, and then things became like this." ”
Jiang Rou immediately asked, "So this slut took the initiative to find her brother?" ”
As soon as the little guy wanted to speak, Shen Bai reminded faintly: "This little brother, I advise you to think clearly before answering, sometimes you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense!" ”
Zhou Jue glared at the little guy cooperatively, the little guy couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, he didn't dare to look at Shen Bai and Zhou Jue's eyes, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" ”
Jiang Xunshan brought more than a dozen officials to come, and there were confessions from the little ones to testify, Jiang Rou was full of confidence, and said viciously: "Dad, you heard it, they are in the same group as this slut, they are plotting to harm our Jiang family, let them be arrested!" ”
Zhou Jue turned his sword horizontally and scolded loudly: "I see who dares to do it!" ”
Jiang Xunshan hesitated, and Shen Bai made an idea for Jiang Xunshan: "Master Jiang, my young master said that we are from Hanjing, so naturally I won't lie to you, Hanjing is only a day's journey from Chenzhou, it's better to do this, we will rest in the house for a night, and you will send someone to Hanjing overnight with our young master's token, and tomorrow evening at the latest, the house will send someone over, and then make a decision?" ”
Before Jiang Xunshan could speak, Jiang Rou couldn't wait to say: "I see that you have a treacherous face, you must be deliberately delaying time, who knows what the hell you are doing?" ”
Jiang Rou had never been so confronted in Chenzhou, and he couldn't wait to stab Shen Bai and them to death immediately.
Shen Bai was not angry, his eyelids were slightly raised, and his cold light shone: "I see that the people brought by Master Jiang are all useless wine bags and rice bags, if Miss Jiang has to be sent to death in a hurry, I have no opinion." ”
Jiang Xunshan has been in the officialdom for so many years, since these three teenagers dare to trespass on the state mansion so blatantly, they must have some ability, and if there is a fight at this time, it is really hard to say what the final casualties will be.
Jiang Rou only thought that Shen Bai was intimidating herself, and stomped her feet and shouted: "Dad, look at this person......"
Jiang Xunshan sneered: "Shut up!" ”
Jiang Rou was yelled at like this for the first time, and reluctantly shut up, Jiang Xunshan stretched out his hand to Zhao Che: "Please Lang Jun give the token to this official." ”
Shen Bai walked to Zhao Che's side, bent down and said, "Young master, this string of exquisite dice on your waist was tied by the master himself when he left, as long as you take out this thing, the master will definitely send someone to pick you up immediately." ”
Zhao Che glanced at Shen Bai, took off the dice and handed it to her, Shen Bai took it with both hands, and kindly reminded Jiang Xunshan when he handed it to him: "Lord Jiang, my young master has a noble status, and it is good that there is no mistake in the house this night, if something goes wrong, Lord Jiang will be in trouble." ”
After Shen Bai finished speaking, he put the dice in Jiang Xunshan's hand, and the dice still had Zhao Che's body temperature, Jiang Xunshan inexplicably felt that there was a hot potato in his hand, and his heart became uneasy.
Jiang Huan and the head of the household were not lightly injured, Jiang Xunshan immediately sent someone to invite a doctor, and asked people to take Shen Bai and them to a deserted empty courtyard, half of the walls of the courtyard had collapsed, and half of the house was exposed to the sun, unable to shelter from the wind or rain.
Shen Bai stood at the gate of the courtyard and glanced at it and didn't go in, looking meaningfully at the little guy who led the way, the little guy was seen as weak, but he still stiffened his neck and said, "Only this place in the house is empty." ”
Shen Bai nodded, did not pierce it, and said lightly: "We only stay for one night, we can do anything, but the dead are the greatest, especially if she has a newly formed child in her womb, if she is not taken care of carefully, she and the child's spirits will be bypassed, I am afraid that it will add disaster to the house." ”
The theory of ghosts and gods has not been broken for thousands of years, most people believe in this very much, and the little guy's eyes really showed a look of panic, and he didn't know what to do, Shen Bai proposed a solution: "Where is the ancestral hall in the house?" With the ancestors of the Jiang family in town, there shouldn't be any chaos. ”
This made sense, the little guy hesitated for a while, but decided to listen to Shen Bai and take them to the ancestral hall.
Jiang Xunshan repaired the mansion exquisitely, and the Mo family and Jiang Rou also dressed up in fancy clothes, but the ancestral hall of the Jiang family was very simple, and there were not many tablets enshrined in it, only Jiang Xunshan's grandfather and grandmother and father and mother.
The ancestral hall incense case and the enshrined tablet have accumulated a lot of dust, and the little maid took them away and left, Shen Bai glanced at it and sneered softly: "It seems that Jiangzhou Mansion is not only not a fair and selfless parent official, but also has no filial piety." ”
Zhou Jue held back the anger in his stomach, and when he heard Shen Bai speak, he couldn't help it, and asked with a cold snort: "What do you tell them so much, as long as the young master gives an order, I can directly cut off their heads!" ”
Shen Bai stared at Zhou Jue: "The state capital is a six-grade official, can you cut off his head?" ”
The dignified six-grade official, that is, Zhao Che, as the crown prince, does not have the right to cut first and then play, not to mention that Shen Bai and Zhou Jue are just children who have participated in the imperial examination and won a little ranking.
Zhou Jue choked, couldn't speak, turned around twice in place, and muttered angrily: "How did this kind of person become such a big official in the state capital?" Could it be that he is usually so lawless in Chenzhou City? Didn't that son of his do a lot of innocent people? ”
The appointment of officials in the imperial court must be personally approved by His Majesty, stamped with the jade seal of the country and then issued to the locality, but there are so many states and counties across the country, and there are thousands of officials, and it is impossible for Emperor Hengde to personally test and inspect each of them, so officials below the fifth grade will be recommended.
For example, Zhou Deshan was recommended by Zhen Guogong as the captain of the Hanjing Captain Battalion, and Li Wei took over the post of Deputy Wei, which was also recommended by Shen Ruxiu.
The higher the position of the recommender, the more he is liked by the king, the smoother the recommendation will be, and the appointment letter will be issued quickly.
Although Zhao Che has been an assistant for several years, he is only familiar with those officials in the court, so at this time, he doesn't know who recommended Jiang Xunshan to be the state capital.
Shen Bai walked around the ancestral hall, found a bench, and said to Zhou Jue: "I just saw that there is well water outside, wash and dry this and then bring it in for the young master to sit on." ”
Zhou Jue raised his eyebrows in disbelief: "We're just waiting now?" ”
Shen Bai rolled his eyes: "Otherwise?" Do you want to just rush out and kill people? ”
Zhou Jue glared, originally thought that Shen Bai had some way to delay time, but after a stalemate, he still resigned himself to washing the stool.
Shen Bai moved the four tablets and the incense ash burner on the incense case to the ground, pulled the curtain next to him to wipe the incense case clean, and said to Chu Yingtian: "Mrs. has passed away, the most important thing at the moment is to avenge her and the child in the womb, I know a little about makeup and mortuary, if Mr. can be trusted, I will put Mrs. on the case, so I can tidy up her appearance." ”
Chu Yingtian sat on the ground with Ah Wan in his arms, and the whole person was depressed, like a walking corpse.
Shen Bai walked up to him and squatted down, softening his voice: "She and her children suffered a lot in life, and you always have to let them walk decently after death." ”
Chu Yingtian's eyelashes trembled, and he looked at Shen Bai at a loss, as if grasping the last life-saving straw and asked, "I shouldn't have brought her to Chenzhou, right?" ”
Ah Wan is pregnant, he should accompany her to recuperate at home, why take her around?
Shen Bai knew what it was like to lose her beloved, and she also knew how torturous this kind of remorse was, she didn't know how Chu Yingtian in the previous life survived, so she could only say to him: "There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, she is so young, there must be many wishes that have not been fulfilled, you have to live well and fulfill those wishes for her." ”
Shen Bai's tone was very firm, and there was a hot light in his eyes, conveying warmth and hope to Chu Yingtian.
She knew that she was a little cruel, but she had to let Chu Yingtian live.
Zhaoling's forging technology has lagged far behind other countries, and the Ministry of Industry is controlled by the Lu family, the mother of the Queen Mother, and she only knows that she has been working behind closed doors for so many years, she needs Chu Yingtian to cheer up as soon as possible, and then go to Dongheng Kingdom with them.
Chu Yingtian's eyes flashed dazedly, and the bits and pieces of getting along with Ah Wan in the past appeared in his mind, he said that he wanted to buy a house in Beijing, set up a garden, and plant her favorite camellias, and build a grape trellis in the yard, and then make two swings for her and the children to play, when it rains, he will accompany her to make tea at home, and he will not go anywhere.
But now, before he could take her to Hanshangjing, she and the child were gone.
The more beautiful the relationship was in the past, the more painful Chu Yingtian was now, he hugged Ah Wan tightly, trying to warm her body with his own arms, but the temperature in his arms still passed mercilessly little by little.
Ah Wan's body was soon not as soft as usual, and became stiff and cold, even colder and harder than the floor tiles under him.
His eyes were so dry that he couldn't shed tears, and a whimper overflowed from Chu Yingtian's throat: "Ah Wan......"
The voice was hoarse and sad, like a person who had been walking alone in the ice and snow, who had lost his last treasure and was abandoned by the whole world.
Shen Bai felt a pain in his heart when he heard this, as if he had just returned to when he first heard the news of Gu Hengzhou's death, and the whole person was in a daze.
In a trance, Shen Bai suddenly realized that something was wrong, and instinctively broke Chu Yingtian's mouth and put his hand across his mouth.
Chu Yingtian really wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself, Shen Bai's left wrist was bitten fiercely, and blood came out in an instant, Zhao Che strode over and stunned Chu Yingtian with a hand knife.
Shen Bai hurriedly withdrew his hand, and there was a circle of bloody tooth marks on his wrist.
Zhou Jue washed the stool and came back, he was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly asked, "Why is it injured?" Are you owing again? ”
Shen Bai glanced at Zhou Jue with cold air: "You owe it." ”
The two of them were bickering, Zhou Jue was still warm, put down the stool, neatly tore the strip of cloth from his body to help Shen Bai entangle the wound on his wrist, and helped Shen Bai to carry Ah Wan to the incense case.
The injuries on Chu Yingtian's body were not light, Zhou Jue called the well water to help Chu Yingtian deal with it briefly, and took out the trauma medicine he brought with him to apply it.
Shen Bai was about to help Ah Wan bury the corpse, and first said apologetically to Zhao Che: "Young Master, although it is a little unlucky, I can't watch this woman's body be placed here like this, I want to make up for her, and please don't blame the young master." ”
Zhao Che looked at Shen Bai, his eyes were colder and more profound than when he was in Hanshangjing, after today's events, he seemed to have matured a lot all of a sudden.
He asked Shen Bai: "After making up for her, do you still want to buy a coffin for her to bury?" ”
Shen Bai said: "Yes." ”
Frank and open, above board.
Zhao Che was not surprised, and asked again: "Then what?" You still want to convince me to take this person named Chu Yingtian with you? Without waiting for Shen Bai to answer, Zhao Che said coldly: "Shen Bai, it is the Buddha who can purify all living beings, but you are not!" ”
Shen Bai knew very well what Zhao Che was worried about, she was not an indecisive person, and she would not beg Zhao Che to bring them with her when she saw a person with a miserable background.
Zhao Che can't save it, and she can't save it.
There is only one Gu Hengzhou she wants to save, but to save him, she can only change this cruel and ruthless world.
Shen Bai knelt down in front of Zhao Che and said firmly: "I arrived in Chenzhou one day earlier than the young master and Zhou Jue, when I was wandering around the city, I heard about the deeds of this Mr. Chu, his ancestors were all good at forging, but his father died early, and the ancestral forging technology was unfortunately lost, and this Mr. Chu is more good at carpentry and ingenuity, and can do a lot of novel and interesting things, I have an intuition, Mr. Chu will be of great help to the young master in the future!" ”
Zhao Che's eyes were cold: "Why should I trust your intuition?" ”
Shen Bai did not panic, and replied calmly: "Before Emperor Wuzong sent his troops to the Northern Expedition, he issued notices all over the country, recruiting skilled craftsmen to secretly build bow and crossbow chariots, and finally killed the enemy by surprise, and Mr. Chu's ancestors were among this group of recruited craftsmen. ”
"It's just a rumor after dinner, do you think it's credible?"
Shen Bai slammed his head on the ground: "If the rumors are false, Shen Bai is willing to apologize with death!" ”
Zhou Jue immediately exploded when he heard this: "You surnamed Shen are crazy!" ”
It's too irresponsible to dare to take your own life for the sake of someone you don't know, right?
Zhao Che pursed his lips, and his eagle-sharp eyes swept Shen Bai from head to toe.
From the time she underestimated the prince of Zhenguo in Tai Academy, everything she did was bold enough to break through Zhao Che's imagination, and when she looked back, she found that she was not completely reckless, she took every step very planned, her vision was longer than Zhao Che imagined, and she didn't know how many steps she had seen in the future.
She is constantly proving with her actions that she is indeed a good knife, and it is a knife that is extremely sharp without polishing, and even without Zhao Che's order, she can split the fog and step out of the way for him.
But it was precisely because it was so easy to use that Zhao Che couldn't help but wonder, who helped him polish this knife in advance and kindly sent it to him?
In an instant, his thoughts turned a thousand times, and Zhao Che finally said in a deep voice: "Get up." ”
This is a tacit acquiescence to Shen Bai's request, Shen Bai thanked him and got up to help Ah Wan make up and bury.
She asked Zhou Jue to ask the people in the house for a set of clean clothes to help Ah Wan put on, carefully helped Ah Wan clean her face, and then helped Ah Wan tie her hair.
Shen Bai mixed up in the flower building, helped many girls in the building to draw their eyebrows and comb their hair, the craftsmanship is very good, but unfortunately the blood hole on Ah Wan's head is too big to restore her appearance, the wound is hideous and terrifying, and it is like a ghost who will wake up at any time under the gradually gloomy sky.
Zhou Jue saw a dead person for the first time, although he knew that Ah Wan should have been a gentle and lovely girl before her death, she still felt a little infiltrating, and couldn't help rubbing her arms and asking Shen Bai: "How do you understand this, don't you think it's scary?" ”
Shen Bai said: "What's so scary about this, there are severed arms, legs and heads everywhere on the battlefield, and many people can't even put together the corpses when they are buried, that's the real horror." ”
Shen Bai's tone was very casual, his expression was calm, Zhou Jue imagined that picture for a moment, and felt that there was cold air all around, and laughed dryly: "It's like you've seen it." ”
Shen Bai stopped talking, and gently wiped the blood from Ah Wan's wound on her lips, adding a bit of color, as if she was just asleep.
As soon as Shen Bai withdrew his hand, there was a messy footstep outside, it sounded like there were at least dozens of people, Zhou Jue jumped on the wall to investigate, and after a while, he came back with a calm face and said to Zhao Che: "Young master, Jiang Xunshan has transferred more than 100 people from the soldiers and horses in Chenzhou to surround the entire state capital!" ”
Shen Bai's eyes were slightly picked, and he didn't have an order to transfer troops and horses, it seems that this Jiangzhou Mansion is really courageous!