The punishment of "cane death" existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was a very torturous punishment, and the executed person not only completely cut off the hope of life, but also the process of death was very painful, and the taste of being beaten to death was very uncomfortable.

Five Turks had the pleasure of enjoying it tonight.

The stick hit them in the head, after a few muffled sounds, the heads of the five people gushed blood, the people were not dead, and they were even conscious, the sticks then hit all parts of the bodies of the five people, and the five people couldn't even scream, the guards who executed them were obviously veterans, and each stick fell, just hitting the joints of the body, shattering their bones and joints, and after dozens of sticks, the bodies of the five people had become a pile of dead flesh that did not react.

After the joints of the whole body were shattered, and the five of them were almost one step away from death, the execution guard then rounded the stick and smashed it down on the five heads.

With a snap, the five smashed heads were like watermelons violently kicked and broken, red and white sprinkled all over the ground, and the corpses were still twitching unconsciously.

Li Chengqian's hands and feet were cold, his face was pale, and he looked at the five corpses on the ground, his eyes showing fear, disgust, and resentment...... All kinds of emotions are repeatedly intertwined in the eyes.

Chang Tu glanced at him coldly, then waved his hand, and the execution guard retreated.

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince, and then go with the slave maid to Qujiang Garden to face the saint."

Li Chengqian nodded Muran, as if he had lost his soul, he followed Chang Tu to the outside of the East Palace, and when he walked out of the East Palace, Li Chengqian suddenly bent down, and spit out with a wow, until there was nothing to vomit, Li Chengqian straightened up and smiled at Chang Tu.

It's a weird smile, no one expected His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to laugh at this time.

"I'm sorry to trouble my constant companion, I'm drunk today, if the very companion comes in time. Lonely almost did something wrong. ”

"Companion" is the honorific title of Li Shimin's princes and princesses to Chang Tu, and the princes and princesses are still very in awe of this old eunuch who has served Li Shimin for half his life and vowed to be martyred in the future.

Chang Tu looked at him expressionlessly and said, "What His Highness does has nothing to do with the slave maid. Slaves and maids only do His Majesty's will. ”

Li Chengqian's smile became brighter and brighter, and he nodded again and again.

Chang Tu glanced at him deeply, turned around and led the way in front, Li Chengqian followed behind Chang Tu, his figure was hidden in the dim light, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.

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In the pavilion of Qujiang Garden, Li Shimin waved away all the eunuchs and guards around him, Li Chengqian knelt in front of him and bowed his head to plead guilty, Li Shimin's expression was indifferent. The strange thing is that he didn't say a word, looking at the full moon in the sky in a daze, and this strange atmosphere between father and son lasted for an hour.

An hour later, Li Shimin suddenly waved his hand, ordered to return to Taiji Palace, and then got up and bypassed Li Chengqian, who was kneeling in front of him. Leaving the gazebo, from start to finish. Li Shimin didn't say a word.

Li Chengqian was still kneeling in the pavilion, watching his father's back disappear into the dark shadows of the garden, and he only felt chills on his body, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

When Li Chengqian left, he was as depressed as a walking corpse, and when he returned to the East Palace, it was late at night, and the bodies of the five Turks in the vestibule had been cleaned up. Even the blood on the ground was washed clean, and when Li Chengqian stepped into the vestibule, he suddenly felt nauseous for some reason, bent down and began to vomit, and the bile was vomited. Still feeling uncomfortable, the image of the five Turks being killed by the rod just now, the image of red blood and white brains intertwined and mixed together kept coming to his mind like a nightmare.

For the first time in his life, his father was so strict with him, executing the Turks who bewitched him in front of him, and it was also the first time in his life that his father was so indifferent to him, so indifferent that he didn't even owe a word of reprimand, and the father and son had never been so strange.

Walking into the inner hall, a petite figure greeted him, this person looked like a boy and a girl, under the dim light, his face was as bright as a peach and plum, and it was a stunning posture.

This person is the heart of the music boy who was born in Taichang Temple.

Seeing the prince enter the palace, he stepped forward with satisfaction, with a pear blossom and rain on his face, crying sadly.

"Your Highness...... The slave thought he would never see you again. He took Li Chengqian's hand and cried.

Li Chengqian was full of resentment and fear, and when he saw his heart, he calmed down inexplicably.

The two have been together for three years, and with Li Chengqian's temperament of liking the new and hating the old, he has not fallen out of favor, but his status in Li Chengqian's heart has become more and more important, which shows that he still has some ability, at least other women or men can't make him feel calm.

"It's stupid, I'm just going to see my father." Li Chengqian said with a strong smile.

Chengxin shook his head: "It was the enslavement of His Highness, he should not have fiddled with the Turkic things in front of His Highness, and His Highness also liked the Turkic things, causing today's disaster......"

"What you like, what you like is what you like, no one can force me, what do you have to do with it?" Li Chengqian's smile was gradually replaced by anger, he clenched his fists, and roared in a low voice like a wounded beast: "I only hate being lonely and have no name and no power, and if I can't get to that position, I will be bullied everywhere, and I can't do whatever I want in this life!" ”

Surprised, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the wall has ears, this is a big reversal, don't talk nonsense." ”

Li Chengqian glanced outside the hall, snorted, and finally didn't dare to say anything more.

"It's still a slave, No, His Royal Highness was finally killed by a slave, tonight the five Turks were killed by a cane, and the slave was hiding in the inner temple screen to peek, scared the six gods without a master, I was really afraid that the next one would be the slave's turn......" said and stroked his chest, raised his eyes and looked at Li Chengqian stupidly: "What the slave is afraid of is that he will not be able to see His Highness again after death, the slave is not afraid of death, the slave is afraid of lovesickness......"

When Li Chengqian heard this, he suddenly felt that his whole heart was melted.

"Satisfied, there is a lonely day, and I will live up to you." Li Chengqian clenched his hand, and then sighed: "I only hate my father and the emperor and gradually do not tolerate me, and the situation in the future is unpredictable......"

"Did Your Majesty just scold you?"

Li Chengqian's face gradually became bitter, and he shook his head and said: "My father didn't say a word, he snubbed me for an hour, and it was more uncomfortable than scolding me......

Li Chengqian's face distorted as he spoke: "Although I didn't say a word, I noticed it...... My father has the heart of easy storage! ”

Satisfied, his face suddenly changed: "How is this good?" ”

Li Chengqian hung his head and was silent.

After a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said coldly: "I am the crown prince who is destined to return." No one can snatch my seat, my father was able to launch a mutiny in Xuanwumen, who knows how ...... I am."

Li Chengqian suddenly stopped, his face was a little pale, as if this kind of rebellious words would make him frightened even if he said it.

looked at Li Chengqian's pale face in a daze, and felt something in his heart. Hanging his head and sighing.

Seem...... He has planted a seed in Li Chengqian's heart.

This may be the result that the unknown big man behind him wants to see, he should be happy to complete the task, but why is his heart so painful?

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The carriage home wobbled a little.

Hundreds of veterans were clustered in front and back, Xu Mingzhu sat in the carriage, and Li Su rode in parallel with the carriage.

The road was dark and long, and the line was quiet.

The long silence is always uncomfortable, Xu Mingzhu opened the curtain. He smiled at Li Su, his eyebrows and eyes could not be seen clearly in the dark, but Li Su could detect her smile.

"Husband, what did Your Majesty say to you today? My husband is a little upset......"

Li Su blinked and said with a smile: "Where am I not happy, happy, Your Majesty has just made me an official......"

Xu Mingzhu said happily: "Does the husband finally have something to do?" ”

Li Su's smiling face was a little stiff, in her eyes. How idle is this husband......

"Husband, what official position did Your Majesty give you?"

Li Su coughed twice. Said: "Enter Shangshu Province, seal Shangshu Province, and participate in the governor's political affairs......"

Xu Mingzhu smiled so much that his eyes bent into a crescent moon, and said happily: "Congratulations to my husband, I have entered the province in my twenties, and this is a place that ordinary people can't enter for most of their lives." In the future, the husband will definitely be able to be the prime minister, well, he will definitely be able to! ”

Li Su smiled: "Mrs. Hongfu is fully entrusted." ”

Xu Mingzhu said angrily: "It's all the husband's ability, what does it have to do with the concubine?" …… It's just that His Majesty's official title is a happy event. Why is the husband unhappy? ”

Li Su sighed: "Because in addition to the official seal, there are two other news, one good news and one bad news, which one does Madam want to know first?" ”

Xu Mingzhu blinked and said, "The concubine wants to know the bad news first." ”

"The bad news is that Your Majesty finally mentioned the matter of Yumen Pass, and decided to punish me for confinement in Dali Temple for 20 days, and I will go to the prison of Dali Temple tomorrow."

Xu Mingzhu was shocked, and suddenly burst into tears, crying: "This matter was done by the concubine, why did Your Majesty punish your husband?" Stop the car! ”

"What do you do?"

Xu Mingzhu clenched his little fists, showed a resolute expression, and said: "The concubine wants to enter the city and return to Qujiang Garden to face the king, and the matter of Yumen Pass has its own concubine body guilty, and if you want to fight and kill, let the law of the country be, how can you implicate the husband?" ”

Li Su said with a smile: "The matter is handled like this, Your Majesty is already the emperor's grace, if you face the king, then you will really cause trouble, and the punishment for you and me will not be so light, you know?" ”

Xu Mingzhu was angry and anxious, and said, "But, it's ......"

"It's nothing, that's it, I know Dali Temple very well, from Zhengqing to the head of the cell, all of them have a relationship with me, and there is my exclusive cell in Dali Temple, clean, comfortable, unforgettable......"

Xu Mingzhu wanted to laugh, but when she thought that she had even caused her husband to go to prison, she felt guilty and blamed herself, and cried: "When is it, my husband is still in the mood to laugh, on the twentieth, how much will my husband suffer in prison......

Li Su smiled: "There is another good news, don't you want to hear it?" ”

Xu Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, raised his head and said happily: "Could it be Your Majesty'......"

Li Su nodded: "Yes, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, Your Majesty has a big holiday discount...... Give me a 5% discount,"

"Five...... 50% off? Xu Mingzhu was stunned.

"Yes, so, twenty days has been changed to ten days......" Li Su blinked: "Isn't it unexpected?" Surprised? ”

Xu Mingzhu was stunned for a long time, and suddenly cried again.

"Husband and gentleman scolded me again, where is this good news, is it clear or bad news......"

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PS: There is only one shift tonight, and I will go to Nankai University in Tianjin early tomorrow morning to listen to a lecture...... Uh-huh, others say, I'll sit. (To be continued.) )