The scorching summer sun shone on the torture table and plated on Jiuhuang's body, and the blood oozing from his back showed off in the sun, stinging Zhao Xuan, who was sitting at the prison table; wanted to get up to stop the soldiers who were being executed, but was seen by Zhao Ye, who had been paying attention to his movements.

Without waiting for Zhao Xuan to make any moves, Zhao Ye said in advance: "Third brother, what's the matter, you are the prisoner this time, and your father will entrust you with this important task, you can't live up to your father's expectations of you." ”

Zhao Ye said sarcastically, and the dissatisfaction with Zhao Yun for paying so much attention to Zhao Xuan was clearly visible.

Hearing that he had to say something, Zhao Xuan thought about it in his heart, and then glanced at Zhao Ye and Yang Taishi, who were looking at him with deep meaning, and did not say a word to them; Turning his head and continuing to look at Jiuhuang who was being punished, but the worry in his heart was indescribable, from the hand hanging on the desk tightly clenched into a fist, and the green tendons on it burst out, it could be seen how worried he was at this time.

Yang Jin looked at the military sticks that fell on Jiuhuang's body one after another, and the smile on his face did not reach the bottom of his eyes, but he could already see from the slightly raised corners of his mouth that he was in a very good mood at this time.

Not far away, among the soldiers gathered around Xingtai.

"Childe, the county lord of Jiuhuang is holding thirty military sticks, can her delicate body completely withstand it?"

Su Wei was wearing a soldier's armor and hiding among the soldiers with his head slightly bowed, he squeezed the crowd to look at Jiuhuang who was being punished on Xingtai, and then glanced at Su Ran, who was wearing a soldier's armor beside him.

His own son-in-law risked the crime of breaking into the military camp and pretended to be a soldier in the army, just to be the lord of Jiuhuang, and his son-in-law's affection for the lord of Jiuhuang, although Su Ran never expressed it clearly; However, as Su Ran's personal guard, he has been by Su Ran's side since he was a child, how could Su Wei not know about Su Ran's affection for Niu Huang.

If it weren't for Su Ran's deep affection for Jiuhuang, he wouldn't have returned to Shangjing without knowing the Su family's business after hearing about the accident in the Xu Mansion, and lied that the business had been inspected, but in fact, it was just for the Xu Mansion to come back for the Jiuhuang County Lord.

Now, after learning that Jiuhuang County is mainly subject to thirty military sticks, he disregarded the foundation of the Su family and took the risk of blending into the military camp, in order to save the Jiuhuang County Lord.

It's just that Su Wei looked at the criminal justice table, Jiuhuang had already suffered nearly ten sticks, and there was already a blood stain behind him, and even he couldn't stand it, why didn't the person who came to save people standing beside him make any moves? Su Wei couldn't help but be puzzled, so he asked Su Ran in a low voice.

Su Ran looked at Xingtai with a disdainful face, the one who would inevitably snort softly even when an ordinary man received a military stick, but she had never said a word for the rest of her life after receiving nearly half of the military sticks, how could Su Ran's heart not hurt?

It's just that he has to endure it no matter how he passes, and he also thought about breaking in to save her, but looking at her so stubborn, he would rather endure the pain on her body than shout out, he knows that if he really desperately takes her down, he may make her hate herself.

Jiuhuang never said what he would plan to do in the future, Su Ran may not really know Jiuhuang, but he just knew that if he went up to save him now, then she would definitely hate herself to death, he knew that she wanted to remember today's pain forever, and remember everything that the Zhao royal family owed her.

But you obviously hate the Zhao royal family, but why are you so tolerant of that person, he is also a member of the Zhao royal family, and he may be the prince of the Celestial Empire. Thinking of this, Su Ran couldn't help but shift his gaze that stayed on Xingtai to Zhao Xuan, who was in prison.

On the other side, dressed in the same soldier armor as Su Ran, he was hidden among the onlookers, and he looked at the soldier who greeted Jiuhuang with one stick after another, his eyes were full of murderous intent.

His eyes were red with the dazzling blood of the scorching sun, and the hands hanging at his side kept clenching and clenching.

At this moment, Jiuhuang, who had already received the thirteen military sticks on Xingtai, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and his body also slipped to the ground.

Zhao Xuan had been staring at Xingtai's every move, and when he saw Jiuhuang spurting out a mouthful of blood, his eyes had already been devoured by the bright red blood, and his mind was blank, only the body's instinct was enough to rush to Xingtai, completely ignoring the fact that he would expose his martial arts skills, and it would cause more trouble, the only thing he was thinking about now was that he must not let Jiuhuang have trouble.

Whether it was on or off the stage or the prisoners, they were all stunned by this sudden incident.

Su Ran and Qin Jue didn't react at all, but in the blink of an eye, Kung Fu Jiuhuang vomited blood and fell to the ground, and when the two reacted and were about to break into Xingtai, they found that Zhao Xuan had already walked up, and the two of them froze like this with their steps.

Zhao Ye and Yang Jin both watched Jiuhuang vomit blood, and a trace of joy flashed in their hearts, but before the two of them were happy for too long, Zhao Xuan, who was sitting in the middle, rushed to Xingtai like a gust of wind without them seeing it clearly.

The two of them were shocked by Zhao Xuan's martial arts, thinking about Zhao Xuan's martial arts just now, maybe the two of them would not be Zhao Xuan's opponents at all, and the two of them couldn't feel how deep Zhao Xuan's martial arts were, but judging from his speed just now, it must be very deep.

Zhao Ye and Yang Jin glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhao Xuan's back on Xingtai with their own thoughts.

The panic in his heart made Zhao Xuan feel at a loss, looking at the person who was covered in blood and fainting in front of him, Zhao Xuan's heart hurt as if he had been cut by a thousand knives.

He stepped forward cautiously, and every step seemed to be very calm, but only Zhao Xuan himself knew how heavy his steps were.

It seemed to be a year, but it was only an instant, Zhao Xuan had already walked in front of Jiuhuang, squatted down, and reached out to pick up the broken hair on Jiuhuang's face that was scattered on his face because of the punishment, and his pale and bloodless face appeared in front of Zhao Xuan's eyes.

Bending over and picking up the nine phoenixes from the ground like caring for a rare treasure, the light posture and the *** of Yingying's grip are no longer what Zhao Xuan is concerned about.

The person in his arms he felt, breathing at that time, in addition to nervousness, his heart was more afraid; But he was afraid of something, and he didn't know anything.

"Pop" something fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Zhao Xuan, who was holding Jiuhuang, watched something slip from Jiuhuang's hand, and that casual glance, although it was only a slight glance, Zhao Xuan still saw clearly what the thing that fell to the ground was.

The red bracelet was a birthday gift he planned to buy for his mother when he was ten years old, but he finally transferred it to the woman who still appeared in his mind even after so many years, and made a vow to her not to marry.

Zhao Xuan's eyes narrowed suddenly, stiffened, and moved his gaze to the ground in a daze, looking at the red beads that were still rolling on the ground because of the sudden fall from a height, there was a "bang" sound, as if something had broken in his brain, which made Zhao Xuan stunned in place, and the hand holding Jiuhuang couldn't help but tighten.

One day ten years ago, it was the birthday of the mother, and he sneaked out of the palace with the little eunuch around him to buy a birthday gift for the mother.

It just so happened that day was the City God Temple Festival, and the City God Temple in Beijing became very lively on that day, and he couldn't help but be curious about things and things outside the palace.

Throwing off the eunuchs who came out with him, he bypassed the main gate of the City God Temple alone and walked into the City God Temple from behind.

The excitement and fresh things along the way always attracted his attention, and he bought a red treasure jade blood bead bracelet from the vendors in the City God Temple as a birthday gift for his mother.

Wandering around, he talked about the City God Temple, but when he walked out of the back door, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small pink figure not far away who was bowing down and burying his head between his knees, and his slightly shrugged shoulders let him know that the little pink figure must be crying.

With curiosity, he slowly approached the little figure.

The little girl's ears were so sensitive that she lifted her face buried in her knees as soon as he walked in front of her.

But when he saw the little girl raise her head, he was attracted by her clean face and her stubbornness who was obviously wronged but didn't want to cry, that is, he was only twelve years old, and he actually felt a feeling of distress for her in his heart.

"Why are you crying here? Where's your mom and dad? ”

He tried to ask the little girl, but she seemed to ignore herself at all, came out and looked at him gently, and then skimmed over and continued to shrug her thin shoulders.

He tried to continue to comfort him, but the little girl didn't seem to want to pay attention to him at all, and at this moment, he heard that the little eunuch who followed him out of the palace not far away was already looking for him.

In the end, he only got it: "Hey, hey, okay, don't cry, okay?" Okay, I won't bully you in the future, can't I protect you? Don't cry, don't cry. ”

The little girl seemed to be very useful to her words, she stopped shrugging her shoulders and turned around, although her face was still full of tears, but at least she didn't continue to cry.

Time was pressing, he looked at the little girl in front of him, and said this in his heart for some reason.

"It's okay, I'll protect you in the future. One day, I will be the son of heaven and you will be the queen, if I will be the king and you will be the concubine, I will be your guardian in this life and this life. When you grow up, will you marry me? ”

He gave her the blood-colored bracelet he had just bought, as if it was a promise left by the two of them, and he tore off a piece from the corner of the little girl's clothes, as a token of love left by the little girl.

No, I took one last look at the little girl, and looked at the reluctance that suddenly flashed in her eyes.; Yes, at what time, it seemed to him that it was indeed reluctant; Then he turned around and left, and followed the eunuch back to the palace.