Hearing this name, Guo Zhongting was stunned at first, and then laughed ambiguously: "Who is my Tao, it turned out to be Du Qiuniang." Then don't worry, she was not punished to go to the court. ”

"Huh? Where did she go? ”

"The saint heard her "Golden Silk Clothes", and named her to see her, and then ......" Guo Zhongting smiled more ambiguously, "In short, he left her in the palace to accompany her, and gave her a new name, called 'Du Zhongyang', you understand, right?" ”

Of course Xilingyue understood. It seems that her emperor's uncle has taken a fancy to Du Qiuniang, not only keeping her by his side, but also changing her name, obviously to erase the sin and slave brand on her body, so as to plan for the next step.

This result was naturally much better than her being punished as a slave in the court, and Xiling Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

"It can be seen that people still have to have some talent. Otherwise, no matter how beautiful she Du Qiuniang looks, the saint will not see her, you say, right? Guo Zhongting pretended to sigh sadly.

Xilingyue heard this: "What are you sad about here?" ”

"Alas, it's natural to feel sad that I don't have talent, and I have a good skin."

Xiling Yue didn't bother to answer again.

The carriage soon arrived in the West Market. The death penalty in the Tang Dynasty is mostly executed after the future, which is convenient for the deceased to be reincarnated, but now it is the wax moon and the sunset is early, so the execution is chosen at the end of the time.

At this time, it was less than three minutes, and the vicinity of the execution ground was surrounded by water, and the three floors inside and the three floors outside were all onlookers. In addition, the weather was very cold, and everyone was dressed very thickly, which was quite inconvenient to move.

Xilingyue and his entourage struggled through the crowd, and under the guidance of the officers and soldiers, they boarded the execution platform, and saw at a glance that there were two people sitting in the position of the prison officer: one was Li Chengxuan, who was actually thinly dressed in the cold winter wax moon, wearing only a thickened ink-colored brocade robe, a black-colored gold-trimmed cloak, and not even a crane or fox fur.

And the other one is in stark contrast to him, more than half a hundred years old, slightly sickly, wrapped so that he can't even see his neck, it is Fang Tingwei, the secretary of Dali Temple who has not been seen for a long time.

The Xilingyue brothers and sisters walked to the prison platform and greeted the two. Guo Zhongting took the opportunity to ask about the situation: "The time is almost over, do you want to execute on time?" ”

"As of now, the Holy One has no other will." Fang Tingwei tightened his neck and answered without leaking.

Li Chengxuan was straight, let the cold wind blow his face and did not move, and the hem of his clothes was sassy in the wind.

Xiling Yue saw that his face was ruddy, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the cold, so he turned his head to look at the torture platform. There were several guillotines on the table, neatly arranged in two rows, glittering in the cold wind, like bloodthirsty beasts.

She was stunned for a while, and couldn't help asking, "What is Li Qi's reaction?" ”

Fang Tingwei sighed: "Still don't recruit." ”

It seemed that Li Qi would not be able to recruit, Xilingyue also sighed and looked at Li Chengxuan: "Lord Wang, what should I do now?" ”

Li Chengxuan motioned for her to look up - the watchtowers on all sides of the West Market were already full of Wuhou.

Looking around, there were also Wu Hou mixed in the crowd of onlookers, those people were straight and vigilant, and at first glance they were quite eye-catching.

Li Chengxuan immediately said: "Li Qi refused to speak, because he was sure that someone would come to save him. Now the West Market has been surrounded by groups, but if anyone dares to come to rob the Dharma field, it is impossible to escape. After that, he pondered for a moment and then said, "General Pei is in the southwest corner of the field, and he will protect you when it is critical." ”

"What about you?" Xiling Yue was a little worried.

Li Chengxuan held the sword on the case: "I can protect myself." ”

Fang Tingwei also pointed to the soldiers on both sides of the prison beheading platform: "County lord, please rest assured, these Jin Wuwei are not vegetarians, and they will definitely be able to protect the prince." ”

Xilingyue actually wanted to stay, and she was afraid of dragging Li Chengxuan down, so she had to respond: "Okay, let's go to General Pei, and if we find any changes, I will tell him." ”

Li Chengxuan bowed slightly, and then turned his head to Fang Tingwei and said, "There is Lao Tingwei who brought the prisoner up." ”

Fang Tingwei immediately ordered, and saw that Li Qi's men of the three tribes were escorted to the execution platform by a team of men and horses, all of them were tied up with flowers, wearing death row uniforms, and under the ragged clothes were blood marks with skin and flesh.

Xilingyue, Guo Zhongting, and Adan hurriedly walked down the execution platform, and went to the southwest corner to find Pei Xingli under the escort of the soldiers. ”

Xilingyue stood on tiptoe and looked at the sound, only to see that someone outside the crowd was waving at her with his right arm raised, it was Xiao Yi.

She hurriedly asked the soldiers to bring people in: "Brother Yi, why are you here?" ”

Xiao Yi carried the medicine box and motioned to her: "I heard that Li Qi was executed today, and I am afraid that someone will suddenly faint, so I will come and take a look." ”

Throughout the ages, as long as onlookers watched the execution, there were people who could not see this bloody scene and had sudden heart palpitations and other symptoms. With Xiao Yi's compassionate heart to save people, it is strange that he does not come. Even Xi Lingyue didn't dare to guarantee that she wouldn't faint in shock, so she smiled at him a little, and said worriedly: "You have always been thoughtful, but you shouldn't have come today." ”

Xilingyue knew his temper, and didn't persuade him to go back, so she had no choice but to compromise: "Then you come with me, you can't run around by yourself." ”

"Okay." Xiao Yi unconsciously raised her hand to stroke a strand of her hair, and her fingers could touch her sideburns, but she was interrupted by Guo Zhongting's cough. He immediately realized his gaffe and withdrew his hand in silence.

Xilingyue also felt embarrassed, and subconsciously looked at the prison beheading platform, just in time to see Li Chengxuan retract his gaze from her and look at the execution ground.

"Titica, Yue'er, let's go find General Pei." Guo Zhongting opened his mouth to urge.

"Oh, good." Xiling Yue responded, and when she was about to leave, she saw Pei Xingli looking for her. She suddenly remembered what he had said and done the day before, and couldn't help but feel a burst of confusion, bowing her head and saying nothing.

Guo Zhongting saw that his sister was so abnormal, and he instantly understood, so he took the initiative to greet him: "Ah, General Pei, we are about to look for you." ”

Pei Xingli smiled back: "I saw that you had been standing still, so I had to find it myself." After he finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Yi and asked knowingly, "This is ......?"

Guo Zhongting hurriedly introduced: "Oh, this is Yue'er's brother-in-law, the young owner of Xichuan Jinxiuzhuang, and the seventh generation of the 'Medicine King' Sun Simiao, Xiao Yi Xiao Jiming. After that, he introduced Pei Xingli again, "Brother Xiao, this is General Pei Xingli Pei from Zhenhai, and the words are even." This time he was able to win Li Qi in one fell swoop, and General Pei made great contributions. ”

Guo Zhongting is very good at grasping the key points, and this introduction is concise and to the point, which gives the two of them enough face. Obviously, Xiao Yi and Pei Xingli had heard of each other in advance, and they knew each other very well, so they exchanged a few polite words, but they were not very enthusiastic, and they did not show any intention of making friends with each other.

Xi Lingyue had no choice but to pretend that she didn't know anything, walked to the southwest corner of the execution ground with everyone, and asked as she walked: "General Pei, will anyone really come to rob the law field?" ”

(End of chapter)