Outside the cell.

Liu Fudong finished telling the content of the interrogation, and several testimonies were held by Fang Jizhong, who tilted his head to look at Liu Fudong.

"What do you mean, this white girl, is true?"

Liu Fudong hurriedly knelt on one knee, his face tightened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of resolute ruthlessness flashed, only then did he raise his head in a slightly panicked voice, and said in a small voice:

"Godfather Mingjian, I thought what Bai Qingyun said was fifty percent true, and some of Wu Laoqi's memories when he was a child are true.

However, there is absolutely something to hide from her training since childhood, as well as the matter of the Golden Crow Sect, of course, if you want to verify whether what she said is true, you can only know whether it is true or false by torture. ”

Fang Jizhong's fingers trembled, and only then did he raise his eyelids and look at Liu Fudong who was kneeling on the ground, oh, his eyes were three points colder.

"Oh, looks like you've figured out what to do?"

At this moment, Fang Hua walked over briskly from the side.

"Uncle, the white girl can't be tortured, although she knows some ways to save her life, but after all, she is not a person with profound martial arts.

The punishment of the factory guard came down, not to mention that she lost her life, even if she survived, she was a waste, and she did not resist, but after coming in, she directly said everything she knew. ”

Fang Hua didn't say anything about Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo's commission, but even if he didn't say it, how could Fang Jizhong not know.

But Liu Fudong's meaning is very obvious, if he wants to prove that this statement is true, he can only survive the punishment, otherwise he will not be able to explain to anyone.

Liu Fudong glanced at Fang Hua, and quickly knelt down and said a word.

"Godfather, Xiao Fang's father-in-law has been in Beishan for many days, he should still avoid suspicion, and only under heavy punishment can he distinguish the authenticity from the fake."

Fang Jizhong waved his hand at Fang Hua, his face was much gloomy again.

"You retreat to the side first, Liu Fudong, you have been there again, remember that there can be no injuries on the face, and people can't be crippled, don't tell me about heavy punishment, after all, how can this person judge, please play Your Majesty, if you start too much, no one can escape."

Liu Fudong clenched his fists and said yes, stood up and glanced at Fang Hua, and quickly turned around and returned to the cell.

Fang Hua looked worried, glanced at Fang Jizhong, quickly lowered his head, stood beside Fang Jizhong, and didn't say a word.

This is the stronghold of the factory guard, there are people everywhere, if you really protect Bai Qingyun, maybe someone will report to the old emperor in the next second, and Fang Jizhong can only let go of cruel words and scare one or two.

Although Fang Jizhong is the chief eunuch, if he wants to support the master who is high and low, there is no shortage of them.

Although Fang Hua is not very old, he knows the Tao here, just like this Liu Fudong in front of him, although he opens his mouth and closes his mouth in front of Fang Jizhong, he will never let go of the opportunity to climb up.

Just when Fang Hua was distracted, the sound of a leather whip came into his ears.

Fang Hua shuddered, and quickly turned around to look in the direction of the cell, but to Fang Hua's surprise, he didn't hear a cry of pain.

Fang Hua hurriedly walked towards the cell, next to the cell where Bai Qingyun was, he stopped, and then heard footsteps behind him, he turned around and found that Fang Jizhong was also standing behind him.

The leather whip was still beating, Fang Hua probed, and looked through the gap in the stake, Bai Qingyun was tied to a horizontal log with her hands, her back was facing them, and her face could not be seen, but the blood had stained her snow-white robe, and her back was covered with whiplash wounds.

Liu Fudong continued to swing the whip a few times, and when he stopped, blood continued to drip from the whip.

Seemingly exhausted, Liu Fudong threw the whip aside and waved his hand to the side.

"The white girl is not inferior to the man's iron bones, come and put the person down, ready to sharpen the armor."

With Liu Fudong's words, several guards rushed forward, loosened the iron ring and put Bai Qingyun down, and sat on a chair to remove his shoes and socks.

Her legs were wrapped in a white cloth on the chair, Bai Qingyun's whole face was pale, if she carefully distinguished, she was trembling all over, and there were already blood stains on the corners of her lips.

Fang Hua bit his lip and struggled to control himself.

has been in Beishan for more than two months, and there have been some days of eating with Bai Qingyun, how kind and gentle this girl is, he knows very well that he can't do anything looking at her like this, which makes Fang Hua's chest ache.

Liu Fudong smiled, "Let the little one explain to the white girl, what is armor cutting!"

These toes are so beautiful, but the nails have no color, and nail shaving is to pull out the nails on your ten toes one by one, so that all the nails become bright red, how gorgeous. ”

As the explanation ended, an earth-shattering scream resounded throughout the cell, Fang Hua covered his ears and turned to look at Fang Jizhong.

"I want to enter the palace!"

......

In the Imperial Study.

Zhou Heng knelt on the ground, and the old emperor stared at Zhou Heng for a moment, his fingers lightly tapping on the table.

"You mean, you want to guarantor for this Bai Qingyun girl? Is this what you mean, or what Zhu Yunmo means? ”

Zhou Heng hurriedly lowered his head and said respectfully:

"This is what Wechen means, the white girl has a poor background, she was adopted by an adoptive father who sang music since she was a child, if Wechen hadn't rescued him in Xiaoxiang Pavilion at that time, I'm afraid she would have died long ago.

She went to Beishan to have a theater, and also let Weichen accumulate his first wealth, she is the living sign of Beishan, and her interpretation of Li Xiangjun has been unmatched so far.

There is also the white bone spirit of Journey to the West, which is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if such a person is a disciple of the Golden Crow Sect, Weichen does not believe it.

In the implementation of planting in Tongzhou, as well as various matters related to road repair, Weichen took the various stewards of Beishan to a meeting to study, Bai Qingyun is a member of the strong support, although she is a woman, she knows how to take care of the suffering of the people, and she also wants to do her part.

As for the wedding banquet in King Ning's Mansion, this is a suspicious array of people with a heart, and it is also hoped that His Majesty will kill him, which will make my Daliang court turbulent and panicked, this is not something that a weak woman can participate in, and His Majesty Weichen is willing to use the head of the person on the item to vouch for her. ”

The old emperor narrowed his eyes, and Zhou Heng realized that now, he has always pretended to be confused, and many things can be avoided, and he has never put himself in danger.

Even if he was framed as a lone star by Monk Jingyi last time, he was not as eager as he was in front of him.

The old emperor raised his eyebrows, can a man run around so much for others, and even gamble his life, is it ...... Love?

In an instant, the old emperor was relieved, leaned forward, and raised his hand.

"Get up and speak, you have affection for Bai Qingyun, if so, you can consider it?"

Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment, and then understood what he meant.

"Your Majesty, there is only one woman in Weichen's heart, that is Xiu'er, if she marries a wife in this life, only she is Weichen's wife.

As for Bai Qingyun, Weichen just pitied her, and Weichen always remembered that she was dressed thinly, and she looked stubborn in order to let me treat her seriously ill adoptive father.

Weichen has no family, and the moment he saw her, he thought of his grandfather, if he encountered such a situation, he probably wouldn't be able to do this.

A woman who values love and righteousness so much, and has also adopted more than a dozen homeless orphans, how can she be a member of the Golden Crow Sect, Weichen doesn't believe it. ”

The old emperor raised his head and didn't speak for a long time, and Zhou Heng didn't argue, and the light in the imperial study dimmed at this time.

A little eunuch came in tremblingly to hold the lamp.

After all, I have listened to the words in the room for a long time, and such a tense posture is still very scary.

Lighting the candles in the imperial study, when passing by the imperial book, the old emperor suddenly asked.

"Is Fang Banban back?"

The little eunuch shuddered, the candle in his hand was crooked, and the wax oil dripped down, Zhou Heng's hand quickly rushed up, and he used his hands to block the wax oil that was almost thrown on the old emperor.

The little eunuch was so frightened that he fell to his knees, trembling and begging for mercy.

"Slaves deserve ten thousand deaths, and their sins deserve ten thousand deaths!"

The old emperor waved his hand, just looked at Zhou Heng's hand, the candle had been burning for a long time, and the wax oil had accumulated a lot, Zhou Heng's entire back of his hand had taken off a thick piece of wax solidification, and the back of his hand was already bright red, obviously very hot.

"Hairy hands and feet, quickly prepare cold water for Uncle Zhongyuan to clean."

The little eunuch hurriedly got up, ran out with a stream of urine, and two little eunuchs came in a moment, one cleaned the ground, and the other brought a basin of water to Zhou Heng, Zhou Heng cleaned it briefly, and still stood in a regular manner.

The old emperor coughed, and Zhou Heng hurriedly poked the little eunuch beside him, and said quickly in a low voice.

"Your Majesty asked Grandpa Fang if he was back, hurry up and answer!"

The little eunuch hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, Father-in-law Fang didn't come back, but Father-in-law Xiao Fang came back and stood in front of the door for a while, as if waiting for His Majesty's orders."

The old emperor waved his hand, "Call him in." ”

The two little eunuchs went out, and after a while, Fang Hua walked in, his face was pale and pale, and he quickly knelt in front of the old emperor.

The old emperor frowned slightly, because of Fang Jizhong's relationship, he took good care of this little guy, and he couldn't help but look at him twice when he saw him like this.

"What's wrong with you? Can the interrogation go smoothly? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the interrogation went well, but I couldn't follow the vine, after all, there were no big people caught, slaves and maids were just ...... Just ......"

"Swallow and spit out, if you have anything to say, Zhou Aiqing is not an outsider!"

Fang Hua glanced at Zhou Heng sideways, took a deep breath and said:

The slave maid was just a little frightened, and after Miss Bai Qingyun from Beishan was arrested, she told all her experiences and the things she encountered, but Liu Fudong and Liu Qianhu said that to verify the authenticity of the testimony, they could only go through the seventy-two punishments of the factory guards.

The slave and maid watched outside for a while, Liu Qianhu whipped Bai Qingyun girl, and the punishment of cutting her armor, the slave and maid were useless, and they were so frightened that they couldn't stand it anymore, so they hurried back to see if Your Majesty needed to serve here! ”

The old emperor raised his eyebrows, "The punishment of cutting the armor?" ”

Fang Hua nodded, raised his head to look at the old emperor, and quickly explained.

The slave maid hadn't heard of it either, but that Liu Qianhu explained that the so-called punishment of cutting nails is to pull out the nails on the ten toes one by one.

The slave watched as several guards rushed up and placed the white girl on a long and narrow stool, her legs wrapped tightly in a white cloth, leaving only one pair of feet to remove her shoes and socks.

I was frightened and hurried to leave, but I still heard the screams from the cell, and this white girl had not said a word when she was whipped before! ”

Zhou Heng's fists were clenched, his nails were deeply sunk into the flesh, he was so vicious to a woman, this Liu Fudong He remembered that the last time he went to Ma Wenliang's house to search, that person was injured, and he also treated him, and this revenge was remembered.

The old emperor looked at Zhou Heng and sighed.

"Then what did this white girl confess again because of the torture?"

Fang Hua hurriedly stepped forward, "No, she said everything she had to say, the man in black who threatened her, she really didn't see her face."

The man wore a mask and disguised his voice, and all he could remember was the scent of ink with the smell of pine and cypress, and the hard callouse on the middle finger of his right hand, and nothing else. ”

As he spoke, Fang Hua handed a few pieces of paper to the old emperor, which Liu Fudong had given to Fang Jizhong just now, put them on the chair, and when he came back, he came back directly.

The old emperor picked it up and looked at it, although there was a lot of content, but there was really nothing, even if it was a person who proved that this adoptive father was once a member of the Golden Crow Sect, he was a person who had escaped as early as fifteen or sixteen years ago, let alone a sect member.

Putting down this confession, the old emperor looked at Zhou Heng.

"With Tongzhou as a dot, you will build a road connecting the Grand Canal Wharf, Tianjin Port and Beijing, without Tongzhou a tael of silver, the road must meet the standard of your Beishan, and this time next year, it will be passable, can it be done?"

Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't rush to answer.

This has turned the guarantee into a transaction, in fact, this is not contrary to his current approach, after a slight pause as if he was calculating carefully, Zhou Heng then gave up his hand and said:

"Wechen can do it, the 100,000 taels that were paid out before are only used for the school, as well as the construction of the greenhouse, Wechen will not move at all, Your Majesty sees if this is feasible?"

The old emperor looked up and laughed and waved his hand.

"Okay, let's go and get someone, by the way, remember to take the Yunmo of Cining Palace away, and next time I have something to do, I will go to the Queen Mother, I will never agree!"

Fang Hua was confused, looking at the old emperor, looking at Zhou Heng, he didn't know what dumb riddle the two were playing, you must know that Bai Qingyun was in a hurry!

"The slave is stupid, and the hearing is confused, this is ......"

Zhou Heng hurriedly pulled Fang Hua's sleeve, "Don't be confused, don't hurry up and pass on Your Majesty's message, let Bai Qingyun come out!" ”

The old emperor smiled and waved his hand, "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Fang Hua came to his senses, and hurriedly followed Zhou Heng out of the imperial study, and the old emperor behind him squinted his eyes, raised his head and raised his hand to beat his forehead, and said to himself.

"Hey, I'm really old, how can I be soft-hearted now?"

......

Zhou Heng dragged Fang Hua out of the imperial study, there was no one around, Zhou Heng hurriedly said:

"Quickly find a little eunuch to go to Cining Palace to deliver a message to the prince, let him go back to my mansion directly, and don't follow the past to cause trouble."

Fang Hua knew what Zhou Heng meant, it was too eye-catching to go together at this time, in case Zhu Yunmo said something excessive, this matter may not be the same, now that the person brings it back is the most important thing, nothing else matters.

Besides, if you can get someone out of the factory guard, or ask the emperor for someone, this Uncle Zhou is really the only one, and it is very enviable to have such a person as a friend.

Fang Hua hurriedly put away his thoughts, found a trusted little eunuch, and hurriedly went to Cining Palace with a lantern.

The two of them hurriedly ran towards the palace gate, and if they arrived a minute early, Bai Qingyun would be able to suffer less, Zhou Heng was usually a person who didn't take a step at all, but at this time, he was sticking to the root of the wall, and he ran fast.

Fang Hua followed behind, chasing after him quickly, and soon arrived at the gate of the palace.

Boss Xue accompanied Mingyu to take the exam, today it was Pang Qi and Xiao Sixteen who came over with Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, Zhou Heng waved his hand and asked Xiao Sixteen to wait for Zhu Yunmo, and dragged Fang Hua to jump into Pang Qi's car.

"Hurry up and go to the factory guard!"

Pang Qi was stunned, with excitement on his face in an instant, and quickly whipped towards the horse's buttocks, and the carriage galloped.

Zhou Heng leaned against the wall of the carriage, constantly wheezing, Fang Hua was even more miserable, the whole person collapsed in the carriage, and it took a while to calm down.

After a while, he got up with a grunt, because through the scene of the window, he saw that he had arrived at the place, and the carriage had not stopped, so Fang Hua jumped out of the car, holding a sign in his hand and shouting loudly.

"If you have any gasps, get out of here and open the door!"