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Thinking of the interesting place, Lou Ji suddenly smiled and said to himself: "I am also a vain person with an overly real name, and I really think that I am a descendant of the Lou family." ”

The door opened, and two Imperial City guards came in and coldly ordered, "Let's go." ”

Lou Ji didn't ask anything, and stepped out of the house, and the guards escorted him to a nearby pavilion one after the other.

The pavilion was brightly lit, but through a large cluster of decaying flowers and trees, the scene in the pavilion could not be seen at the base of the building.

He was surrounded by guards and eunuchs, and he couldn't move a single step.

A few days after the death of the Emperor of All Things, the whole country was mourning, all drum music was forbidden, but there were melodious tunes in the pavilion, and women sang in harmony, tactful and changeable, but there was no sadness.

The guards escorted another person over.

Shao Junqian's face was as if she was dead, she looked up at the foundation of the building, she didn't recognize it, she lowered her hair and was stunned, and then she raised her head again, her face was surprised, she opened her mouth to speak, and immediately closed her mouth and hung her head.

More and more people were escorted, and they didn't know anything about the building, and at last there were as many as nineteen people, lined up in two lines, each with two guards behind them.

Among them, there was no Zhang Shiyu, Shao Junqian stood beside Lou Ji, turned his head to look at it again, and saw that Lou Ji's expression remained unchanged, he was slightly ashamed in his heart, and his expression was slightly relaxed.

Suddenly there was a child's scream on the other side of the pavilion, the music stopped abruptly, and the screaming continued for a while before stopping, followed by Liang Shengzhi's voice: "Let you sing some cheerful tunes, why did you suddenly startle Your Majesty?" ”

The people around him really couldn't hear what was terrible about the song, but Liang Shengzhi reprimanded him.

There was silence at the pavilion for a while, and a eunuch came over and preached, "Take the prisoner to the building." ”

The guards pushed, and the building was the first to bypass the flowers and come to the front of the pavilion.

There is a soft couch in the pavilion, the little emperor sits on it, wrapped in thick clothes, even so he still feels cold, but he refuses to enter the house, behind him, on the side of the six palace maids holding copper plates, on the plate erected a huge candle.

The pavilion is surrounded by cotton embroidery on several sides to block the cool breeze, and only one side is open, facing a small open space, where the musicians should have sat just now, but they have all retreated at this time, leaving more than ten small stools.

Liang Shengzhi finally changed into clean clothes, stood in front of the soft couch, and was leaning over to whisper to the little emperor.

Two guards forced the building to kneel, facing the pavilion.

After a long while, the little emperor saw the people outside and asked, "Who is he?" ”

Liang Shengzhi replied: "Your Majesty, this person is the son of a general......"

The little emperor turned his head and covered his face, not knowing whether it was disgust or fear, Liang Shengzhi sped up his speech, "His name is Lou Ji, and he is one of the masterminds of the assassination of the first emperor." ”

"Let's kill it."

"He's ...... Lou Wen's son needs to be interrogated clearly before he can be tortured. ”

"You ask."

There were a few more palace officials next to them, laying paper and ink on the table, preparing to record confessions.

"The people down there are the foundations of the building?" Liang Shengzhi asked in a loud voice.

"No need to judge." Lou Ji also replied loudly, although he couldn't get up, his voice refused to weaken, "I am not only the mastermind of the assassination, but also stabbed the emperor in the body." ”

Hearing such a frank confession, the people around were surprised, only the eunuch who held the pen was unmoved and brushed to write.

Liang Shengzhi was also taken aback, but he didn't know how to ask, and coughed twice, "Forgive me, I don't dare to do this great evil, there must be a main messenger behind it, who is it?" ”

Lou Ji was just about to bear it by himself, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly changed his mind, "Taifu Liang Zhao asked me to stabbed him." ”

Liang Shengzhi was taken aback again, his face was flushed, and he was speechless for a while.

The little emperor stood up quickly, "Who is Liang Zhao?" Where is Liang Zhao? ”

Liang Shengzhi hurriedly leaned into the little emperor's ear and whispered to explain.

"It turned out to be your father, it must be a loyal minister." The little emperor sat down and yawned, "I don't want to watch the interrogation, I want to see the beating, beating hard." ”

Liang Shengzhi regretted calling the first one on the building foundation, and said to the eunuchs outside the pavilion: "Bring Shao Junqian up!" ”

Shao Junqian knelt down, and shouted without waiting for anyone to ask: "Wronged!" Treat unjustly! I didn't stab ......."

Liang Shengzhi decided to meet the wishes of the little emperor, and said coldly: "Ten lashes first." ”

The executioner, who was already ready, stepped out from behind the guards with a horsewhip in hand, first glanced up at the people in the pavilion, and then whipped him hard.

After only one beating, Shao Junqian had already shouted to the heavens and the earth, the second time, hugged his head and cried out in pain, the third time, begged for mercy loudly, and the fourth time he began to confess completely, and after ten whips, he had summoned the eldest princess of Luoyang.

The little emperor shrank on the couch at first and didn't dare to look, covering his ears with his hands, Liang Shengzhi observed carefully, once the little emperor couldn't bear it, he would immediately order the execution to stop.

The whip sounded for the third time, and the little emperor removed his hands from his ears, and when the fifth sound, he sat up and watched, and at the seventh sound, he simply stood up, and after ten lashes, he had already walked to the edge of the pavilion.

"Well played!" The little emperor shouted excitedly, and then asked in confusion, "Why don't you fight?" ”

Liang Shengzhi reminded: "Shao Junqian said that the eldest princess was the mastermind behind the scenes. ”

"Arrest her and give her ten lashes."

"The eldest princess is Your Majesty's aunt, and she can't be tortured lightly, she needs to be interrogated to understand, and then ask the Empress Dowager for instructions."

"Then hit him." The little emperor pointed to the base of the building.

Lou Ji thought that he would definitely suffer from flesh and skin this time, but he didn't expect Liang Shengzhi to let him go, and whispered to the emperor: "There are still many prisoners in the back." ”

"Bring them all up, all ten lashes!"

The rest of the prisoners were brought up, and there were only two executioners, one for each of them, and they took turns whipping the prisoners, and the whipping continued and the screams were continuous.

The little emperor clapped his hands and laughed, much happier than when he had just played the music.

Everyone was beaten, only the building foundation was skipped, and the little emperor only watched the excitement, and didn't care who was beaten and who wasn't.

The convicts rushed to confess their accomplices, saying that there was anyone who had them, and they were tired of the executioner, and they were even more busy with the pencil next to them.

After the execution was completed, Liang Shengzhi ordered to arrest the relevant people who had confessed, and the prisoners were escorted back.

Lou Ji returned to the room, wondering why Liang Shengzhi would let him go, was it because he didn't want to implicate the general too early?

Half an hour later, the door was opened again, and it was not the guards who entered, but Lou Qiang and Mrs. Lan.

Lou Gong pounced and grabbed his younger brother's collar, and said angrily: "You really participated in the assassination? ”

Lou Ji refused to answer.

Mrs. Lan said, "Stop. ”

Lou Qiang reluctantly let go, his fat body was still in front of his younger brother, and Mrs. Lan had to say, "Get out of the way." ”

"Mother, this kid is innocent, he has killed our Lou family miserably."

Mrs. Lan ignored her son and walked to the building, "You are really bold. ”

Lou Ji smiled slightly, "Madam and third brother will be able to leave the city soon, right?" ”

Ordinary words, Mrs. Lan was silent, but Lou Jian was even more angry, if it wasn't for her mother stopping in front of her, she would have punched people a long time ago, "What did you say?" ”

The third brother's anger is a proof, and Lou Ji smiled: "Father sent me in, and I have to change a few people out." Is the third brother going to Yizhou or Qinzhou? ”

Lou Hard's face was slightly red, and Mrs. Lan said lightly: "Go to Qinzhou first, and then go to Yizhou after the chaos is quelled." ”

"How many people can the Lou family go?"

"Ten men and ten women."

"It's very cost-effective to exchange me for twenty people in the Lou family."

Lou Jian said behind his mother: "My father exchanged his lifelong military merits for us to go out of the city, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Mrs. Lan did not deny it, and sighed lightly: "The affairs of the imperial court are often like this, and there is no reason to talk about it. ”

"What else do you want to tell him? plainly made the emperor suspicious...... "Lou was glared at by his mother, so he had to shut up.

"I don't seek any reason." Lou Ji once thought that Mrs. Lan was a "persuasive person", but now he realized that she was an outsider, and an outsider who had nothing to do with him must have been the letter she wrote that prompted the general to hand over his son.

"But the Lou family hasn't forgotten your credit." Mrs. Lan sighed again, "The general and I have already made a deal, as long as you confess the eldest princess, you can avoid death and be sent to Lingnan to serve in the army." ”

"The crime of killing a king can also be spared death?"

"You can just say that you have discussed the plan with the eldest princess, and don't mention anything else."

Lou Ji thought for a while, "Who has to put the eldest princess to death?" The Liang family shouldn't be in such a hurry. ”

Lou shook his head, "You yourself are dying, and you still care about this kind of thing?" ”

Mrs. Lan didn't think it was too much for Lou Ji to ask, and replied: "The Empress Dowager is bent on avenging Emperor Daxing, and the eldest princess came out too early that night, which aroused suspicion, so ...... The eldest princess was not born to the Empress Dowager. ”

The eldest princess had only been in power for a few hours longer than Lou Ji, and as soon as the prince returned, she was also reduced to the edge and attracted jealousy.

"Shao Junqian has already confessed to the eldest princess."

"He alone is not enough, this case will be announced to the world, and there must be no loopholes."

"Where's the general?" Lou Ji asked again, he heard a prisoner shouting out the general, whether it was true or not, it would cause trouble.

"You still dare to mention your father?" Lou Qiang was angry again.

"The general has long known that there will be assassins, and sent someone to contact the assassins." Lou Ji tells the truth.

"You talk nonsense!" Lou shook his fist, but couldn't get past his mother.

Mrs. Lan told Lou Ji with her eyes that she knew the truth, but what she said was: "It's still the same sentence, some things don't make sense." ”

"Well, I'll consider Madame's suggestion."

"It's best to have your confession, no, and it doesn't affect the overall situation, it's the general who insists on giving you a way to live."

"Please thank the General for me."

"You're still young, don't be angry, if you get into a fight, no one can help you."

Lou Ji laughed out loud, and he thought of the ridiculous thing again.

"What are you laughing at? Aren't you grateful that your father and mother gave you a way to live? Lou Jian has always felt that this younger brother is weird, and now he can't look down on it.

Lou Ji endured and endured, and said, "Please forgive my faux pas, I'm just ...... When I think of the 'name and responsibility' I have learned, I feel ridiculous. Rest assured, Madame, I know what to say when I am tried again. ”

Mrs. Lan nodded, "That's all the Lou family can do for you, and the general also has difficulties." ”

"Understand, there are some things that just don't make sense."

Lou Jian felt that this sentence was like a mockery, and was about to refute it, but his mother turned around and urged him to leave.

"He ......" Lou pointed to his younger brother, and finally said nothing, led the way in front, and left with his mother.

Lou Ji stood in place in a daze, feeling that there were ridiculous things everywhere, but he couldn't laugh, the words "name" and "real" were like a group of flying insects flying around him, and he couldn't see it clearly.

I don't know how long it took, the door opened again, and this time there was only one visitor, and he didn't carry a lamp, but stopped at the door, and walked in front of the building, "I guess you can't sleep either." ”

It was Zhang Shiyu who came, and he was the only one of the three "assassins" at that time who was not arrested.