() Qinghong bowed down into the cell, asked the guards for some water, soaked the brocade handkerchief pinned to his waist into the water, and carefully wiped the table before putting the wine and food prepared in the basket on the table.

Seeing Xue Tan looking at Yin Qingqi in a daze, Lin Yunshen didn't want to bother, and then Jin went to follow and tidy up.

The conditions in the prison are no better than in other places, and it is said that they are in the company of insects and ants, and sometimes rats will gnaw on people's toes. Drill into the collar and cuffs of the garment, and absorb the warmth of the body.

Lin Yunshen uncovered the quilt on the bed, and almost jumped up in fright when he saw a few dead mice. Qinghong, who happened to see it, was also frightened and turned white, and immediately covered the quilt again. I was going to spread the quilt I brought directly on it, but I just took a step and stopped.

Anyone who sleeps on a dead rat will not feel comfortable. Endured the foul smell, swept the dead rat off with a wooden stick on the side, Lin Yunshen took the brocade and wiped it carefully, and then spread the quilt.

Qinghong found cleaning tools and cleaned up the dead rats and hay inside, and Yin Qingqi happened to see it when she raised her eyes. The two little girls had never seen such a scene, so they couldn't tell that the rats were crushed to death.

She turned her eyes to look at Xue Tan, who was still sitting on the ground, and said with some helplessness and guilt: "General Xue has a colorful life in prison, and occasionally he takes pleasure in teasing mice? ”

Xue Tan loved to hear her talk like this, and couldn't help but pull his lips and smile. The lips, which had never wanted to dry up and peel, cracked open and flowed blood as soon as they were pulled. Yin Qingqi squatted down and wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with his cuffs indifferently.

Looking at her so closely, so close that she could see the blue and black clearly in front of her, it was already like a matter of the previous life. He just let her move, and his eyes were reluctant to blink.

Soon the cell was already new, Lin Yunshen stood by the bed and watched the two get along, and shook his head helplessly.

When Qinghong came back, he also brought a basin of water. Yin Qingqi stood up and stretched out his hand towards Xue Tan. Looking at the calluses in the palm in front of him, Xue Tan smiled bitterly and stood up with Yin Qingqi's hand.

After washing the dirt off his face, General Xue, who was famous in the Celestial Empire, returned. The prison clothes on his body could not erase his demeanor, and Yin Qingqi looked a little dazed. It wasn't until Xue Tan, who was sitting cross-legged, put the full wine glass in front of her that she came back to her senses.

"You said you came to drink with me, why are you going to stare at me for how long?" With the smile on his face, it actually made Qinghong and Lin Wan next to him feel that they were not in the prison, but in the Accord Tavern.

Yin Qingqi lowered his eyes and looked at the wine glass, without saying a word or raising his glass. Such a look made Xue Tan frown, and pretended to be displeased: "Isn't it that General Yin is just joking with me and doesn't want to drink?" ”

With a chuckle, he raised his wine glass and poured it into his mouth, Yin Qingqi's lips moved but there was no sound. Xue Tan raised his glass for a moment, and also took a sip of the wine in the quilt.

No one else may have heard, but he could see it clearly, and she was saying, "I'm sorry."

When the two of them were drinking, Yin Qingqi remembered that after Lin Yunshen dressed up, Xue Tan should not be able to recognize it. waved at her, and said to Xue Tan, who came over: "Do you remember Liuzhou, the Lin family pharmacy?" ”

After a few glasses of wine, Xue Tan also got a little drunk, looked at Lin Yunshen who was standing aside, and frowned slightly.

"The little girl Lin Yunshen lost everything to General Xue that day, so she was able to get her family property." Seeing him looking at him, Lin Yunshen immediately knelt on the ground and said in a choked tone.

saved her from fire and water that day, and now she is trapped here, but she has no way to repay his kindness.

As if seeing what she was thinking, Xue Tan raised his lips and smiled, pointed to the well-organized cell and said, "Fang Caien has already reported it, so you don't have to worry about the past." ”

Without disturbing the two of them talking, Yin Qingqi picked up the chopsticks and ate meat and poured wine by herself. I didn't seem to care at all, the rats running around and the cockroaches crawling in the corridors.

After a while, by the time Xue Tan wanted to pour the wine, the wine jug was already empty. Crying and laughing, he looked at the person next to him and shook the flask in his hand.

Yin Qingqi only glanced at it lightly, and continued to eat the side dishes on the table.

Full of wine and food, the guards also came forward with their hands rubbed. patted the hem of his clothes soiled by wine, and with Qinghong's support, Yin Qingqi stood up.

"In the other basket are two girls' clothes, shoes and socks." Before leaving the prison door, Xue Tan heard her say this.

The guards locked the cell door, and Xue Tan did not get up, but sat quietly and watched her leave, just as he had done before, and the man did not look back as before.

Lin Yunshen took out two more ingots of silver from his purse and stuffed them into the guard's hands: "Please take care of General Xue."

Army. ”

Originally, Xue Tan was imprisoned in the prison, but it was only a formality, and he never received an order to torture. Now he received three more ingots of silver, but he was asked to take care of one or two, and the guard nodded happily.

As soon as Yin Qingqi came out of the prison, the seventh elder brother in the imperial study had already received the news. There was nothing irreversible in this visit, and Chang Lei and Seventh Brother also let go of their hearts that had been hanging.

The well-known Xue Tan, coupled with the strange figure of Yin Qingqi, this palace must have to be jumped by chickens and dogs, so they just met and drank.

Back in Liuxiangyuan, it was already dark, Yin Qingqi drank and blew the wind, worried that she would get cold, Qinghong hurriedly went to the small kitchen to cook a bowl of ginger soup.

Looking at the steaming ginger soup on the plate, Yin Qingqi frowned, and was rejected by Qinghong before he could speak.

"Miss, you have to take at least two sips." Knowing that she hated the spicy taste of ginger soup, Qinghong was relieved.

picked up the bowl and put it to his lips, pinched his nose and closed his eyes and took a big sip, Yin Qingqi's eyes were so spicy that his eyes were red. Seeing this, Qinghong no longer forced her to take a second sip, twisted the handkerchief and handed it to her.

After washing up, he lay down on the bed, and under the influence of alcohol, Yin Qingqi quickly fell asleep, and his breathing was heavier than before.

Shuzhou.

Unable to wait for the news of the emperor's death for a long time, Li Qiuluo was faintly impatient. A group of people were gathered to discuss in the hall.

The old Taoist saw the Dog Emperor with his own eyes and swallowed the last dose. There is no news now, and the news must have been blocked by the people in the palace. The shriveled middle-aged man with a handful of goatee said disapprerovingly.

Most of the people present nodded in agreement, the herb used by Lao Dao was given by the person, and there would be no surprise. And such a concealed method, even if it is discovered, it is already terminally ill.

Tian Qiuyue pondered and didn't speak, and she always felt that something was wrong in her heart. The emperor died and could not go to the court, and the ministers of the court must have known about it, but Li Shiyi, who was in the Ministry of Punishment, did not send the news back.

swept away the officials present who had their own opinions, Li Qiuluo's anxiety in his heart was even worse, he rubbed his eyebrows, and forcibly held back his anger. He waved his hand and asked everyone in the hall to retreat, leaving only Tian Qiuyue alone.

"What do you think about this?" There was a faint tiredness in his voice, as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.