Chapter 467: The Dungeon
Han Yanxuan didn't deny or admit it, because even he didn't know very well that in Lin'an City a few days ago, the gossip about Ye Qing, whether the saint was involved or not, and if so, how much.
But no matter what, since he dared to ignore the opposition of the court and ignore the attacks of others above the court, especially the civil officials led by Shi Miyuan, he must have something in his hand that could make him fearless.
And this is the secret decree given to him by the Holy Lord, through the secret decree given to him by the Imperial City Division: everything should be dominated by Ye Qing in Xingqing Mansion, even if it is the frontier of Chen Bingxia Kingdom.
Zhao Ruyu's expression was still surprised to show him the secret decree of Han Yanxuan, and returned it to Han Yanxuan, and then muttered: "So, the Holy Lord doesn't want Ye Qing to have an accident in the Xia Kingdom?" ”
Han Yanxuan quietly looked at Zhao Ruyu in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor is too old, this is an undeniable fact. Now that the saint is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, with the Jin people exempting the New Year's coins, the will of the Northern Expedition that is about to be extinguished in the heart of the saint is obviously resurrected again. The Imperial City Division is no longer the Imperial City Division at the time of the Longxing Northern Expedition, so how could the Holy Lord let a hero who could turn the Imperial City Division into a sharp blade in a short period of time be killed in another country? ”
Zhao Ruyu looked at Han Yanxuan silently, the two have been friends for many years, he has always known that Han Yanxuan's biggest ambition in life is the Northern Expedition, which is to regain the territory plundered by the Jin people, so that the Great Song Dynasty can take off the hat of the weak Song.
So if it weren't for Han Yanxuan showing him the secret decree of the saint just now, Zhao Ruyu at this time would not be sure that what Han Yanxuan said just now was his own selfishness as a general, or whether there was really still the ambition of the Northern Expedition in the heart of the saint.
The meaningful smile on Han Yanxuan's face, in the eyes of Zhao Ruyu, a royal clansman, in addition to being able to feel the other party's confidence and confidence, he also began to gradually realize that he Zhao Ruyu had left Lin'an for too long, and now his relatives know more about the saint than him.
And this also made Zhao Ruyu begin to involuntarily analyze and weigh the division of forces above the court, whether he should stand on the same front as Han Yanxuan as always, and whether the disadvantages outweigh the advantages or the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for his future officialdom.
Han Yanxuan's soldiers pressed the realm, which must have made the Xia people, who had already been "thieves with a weak heart", get the news for the first time, and when Han Daochong ran into the palace again, Wan Yan Jing also weighed it and went to Ren Dejing's mansion.
In the past few days, except for the first day, after Ye Luyue came to look for Yan Jing, and then Ye Lu Yue disappeared into Xingqing City as if out of thin air, she was never seen in public again.
Similarly, the rest of the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to continuing to operate their calm-looking tea shop every day at this time, was also quiet and made people wonder that Ye Qing was taken away, were they really not worried at all?
In the dungeon in Ren Dejing's mansion, a dim oil lamp illuminates the small dungeon, and the soybean-sized flame beats violently due to the air flow when the cell door is opened, and it is extremely strong to maintain a trace of light between light and extinction.
A foul smell rushed to the door as the cell door was opened, Ren Lei, who had been prepared, covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, sideways and avoided far away, and after a few dozen breaths, he nodded and slowly walked down the steps to the dungeon under the leadership of the jailer, holding a lantern in his hand.
As a sniper, when performing a mission, after finding a suitable place to hide and lurking, he basically remained motionless for several hours, which was an extremely easy thing for Ye Qing.
Therefore, even if he was locked in a stinking cell, no daylight, cold and damp, even if he could only be in an extremely small cell, Ye Qing did not feel so uncomfortable after completely relaxing and getting used to the stench.
Of course, he knows very well how uncomfortable he is now, but what makes him feel strange is that he thought that Ren Lei was forcing himself to sign and draw a detention, admitting that after unsuccessfully killing people in Xingqing Mansion, he would use torture to force himself to confess, but after three days passed, Ren Lei simply locked himself in this prison.
He didn't believe that Ren Lei would naively think that under such an environment, he would be able to give in easily, not to mention that there was a grudge between himself and him, but why did Ren Lei not punish him? What is the purpose of this?
The footsteps were getting closer and closer to the narrow cell, just like the previous times, Ren Lei, who was holding a silk handkerchief in one hand and covering his mouth and nose, with a sneer in his eyes, stood at the door of the cell again, and under the light of the lanterns under his hand, he looked at Ye Qing who slowly got up from the ground, and said angrily: "Ye Qing, do you think I don't dare to torture you?" ”
"If you dared to torture me a long time ago, you must have either been told by your father, or ...... You have taken into account Zeng Anjun, who has been overwhelmed by the Great Song Dynasty, no wonder it is just these two possibilities. Ye Qing looked at the door of the prison, his eyes were full of schadenfreude, he covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, and deliberately made Ren Lei who looked chic and free, and said in a hoarse voice.
Ren Lei, who was covering his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, made a slight disdainful whisper, and then motioned to the subordinates next to him to take out the document that he had signed again, and continued angrily: "Sign him, I will let you go immediately, the grievances between you and me, and your humiliation of my father will be written off." ”
"I'm afraid I'll die immediately if I sign it, right? At that time, as long as I submit this document to the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will also tell the truth that it is me Ye Qing who has a murder case in Xingqing Mansion, so he will be questioned, right? I'm afraid that if I want to ask for justice, I won't have to ask for it, do you think I will sign and draw a pledge? Ye Qing hissed in a hoarse voice, the water and food in the prison, in the past few days, he has just drunk a little more water than the stinky ditch, which will only be more stinky, as for the food, he has not eaten a bite in the past few days.
"Do you think that if you don't sign the pledge, I really can't do anything about you? Ye Qing, as long as you take the initiative to sign and draw, you can still suffer less flesh and skin, but if you drain my patience, I will make you more painful than death at that time! Ren Lei wanted to take down the silk handkerchief and say the threatening words more imposingly, but as soon as he took the silk handkerchief down, the stench almost choked him and coughed.
Ye Qing smiled, looked at the dungeon by the light of the lantern outside the old door, and then continued: "This place is not bad, at least people can still speak and breathe freely, and people who have not smoked are crying and can't open their mouths, so the dungeon used by your family to punish and detain people is really bad." ”
"You ......." Ren Lei snatched the documents from the hands of the subordinates next to him, and asked again through the prison door: "Ye Qing, I don't have the same knowledge as you, because I Ren Lei has never seen the same as the dying person." If you are interested...... ”
"Okay, just these few words over and over again, you don't get tired of it, I'm tired of listening to it. If you are sincere, you might as well ask your father to come down and talk to me. Ye Qing looked at Ren Lei quietly, and hurried footsteps sounded outside again.
As Ye Qing and Ren Lei turned their heads together, they saw a subordinate running over quickly, and then whispered a few words in Ren Lei's ear.
Ren Lei withdrew his hand holding the paperwork outside the prison door, he didn't dare to put his arm into the prison to show Ye Qing the paperwork in his hand, for fear that if he was not careful, Ye Qing would restrain his arm in the prison.
So after withdrawing his hand, Ren Lei, who was still covering his mouth and nose, snorted coldly again: "Ye Qing, don't blame me for being rude after today, if you sign it, you will die, and if you don't sign, you will die!" ”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ye Qing to speak, he quickly walked towards the top of the dungeon with the two subordinates.
Seeing a few people disappear, the dungeon was once again jet black, only a glimmer of light the size of a yellow lamp in the distance, shining on the entire dungeon, which was not too big, Ye Qing reached out and grabbed the cell door and shook it vigorously a few times, still the same as when he first came in, like an arm-thick wooden stake firmly standing in front of him, completely unshakable.
"It's five o'clock in the afternoon." Ye Qing withdrew the arm holding the stake of the cell door, looked at his watch and muttered to himself.
Wan Yan Jing's patience exceeded his imagination, he thought that he was taken away by Ren Dejing, at most it would not be more than two days, and Wan Yan Jing would come over to find Ren Dejing to release people, but he didn't expect that Wan Yan Jing actually delayed for more than a day than he expected before coming to Ren Dejing's mansion.
Of course, Ye Qing didn't expect that he would be calculated by Ren Dejing, even if he was ready to guard against other people's sneak attacks when Ren Dejing left that night, he didn't expect that Ren Dejing would personally come over and lead someone to arrest him.
Even sometimes, when he was really bored sitting in prison, he would wonder if all this was a double reed played for himself by Yan Jing and Ren Dejing in front of him?
One sings with a red face and the other with a white face, the ultimate goal is to let Wan Yanjing achieve the goal of forcing himself to join the Jin Kingdom?
Of course, there is also a prerequisite that Ren Dejing divides the country and becomes the emperor, that is, he completely relies on the Jin people, and even hopes to support him to divide the country and become the emperor through the pressure of the Jin people to the Song court.
In this way, it means that he will either die in prison, or be released unharmed, and then take refuge in Jinren.
But in any case, in the end, it was his nominal disciple Wan Yan Jing who could decide his fate, and the attitude of the Song court towards Jin and Xia.
The three-day prison sentence can also allow Ye Qing to completely and truly see the purpose of any force in the most hostile environment, and naturally he can also see clearly which side really wants to die by himself, and which side is willing to let himself live.
But no matter how much he thinks about it, before he is now in the dungeon, he can't be sure whether Han Yanxuan will lead Zeng An's army out of the Great Dispersion Pass, Song Ting is still the reason why he is most entangled.
Zhao Gou is already a chicken rib to himself, and he walked all kinds of news to build momentum, which is completely inferior to Mr. Yan Jing's two words.
But...... I just don't know what the Holy One will think? Do you want to have high hopes for yourself and give yourself a place to stay!