The night is deep, but on the painting boat in Yangzhou City, it is still brightly lit at this time, the painting boat is connected with the painting boat, the song and the piano complement each other, there are many people who are endowed with poetry, on the deck of the bow and stern of the ship, from time to time you can see the merry gentleman holding a wine glass, standing next to the young woman in a gauze skirt, facing the moon in the sky, boldly putting the ideal in their hearts, hoping to arouse the admiration of the women.

Lawless passed by quietly, ignoring everything on the ship, and the two of them picked out the dark places that the lights couldn't shine on, and quickly sneaked away.

The bamboo forest is deep, the evening breeze is blowing, and outside the white wall that is more than one person high, there is no law to look at it, and then nodding to each other, then looking for a secluded wall root, and turning over.

The winding path was less wild and uninhibited, and more euphemistic and elegant, and the two quietly continued to sneak in this compound without many buildings, and occasionally they could hear some words coming from outside.

Walking next to a chic, handsome rockery, I saw Li Jingye and Du Qiuren standing at the lamplight, the two of them were gloomy at the moment, and there were eight soldiers in armor standing behind them, and everyone's eyes were looking at the dim room not far in front of them.

"Could it be that Li Jingye wants to do something to His Highness?" Wutian looked at the soldiers behind Li Jingye, was shocked, and said in a low voice.

"It's not like it, this is close to the prison of the Yangzhou government, is it possible that Li Jingye will gather the soldiers in the prison?" Unable to look at a few people, he said solemnly.

"Chen Jingzhi was not found in the prison, did you say that he would be here?" Wutian asked again.

"Why can't it be?"

And at this moment, Li Jingye's voice sounded clearly in the ears of the two: "Chen Jingzhi, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Lawless heard Li Jingye's words, his face was overjoyed, he didn't expect that after coming out of the prison, he saw a soldier wandering outside this mansion, and sneaked in with curiosity, but he didn't expect that it was right, and he actually found Chen Jingzhi.

"There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, you have already convicted the old man with the dog next to you, and now you still ask the old man if he has anything to say? I want to say that you colluded with Pei Yan and encouraged Pei Yan to rebel, is it useful? ”

"Presumptuous! After I Li Jingye is a loyal minister, whether it is my father or my grandfather British Gong, he is an important minister of my Tang Dynasty, and my grandfather Li Tao was named one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion by the first emperor, and my grandfather followed the great rivers and mountains that the first emperor worked hard to fight, and it was too late for me Li Jingye to respect him, how could he ....... Li Jingye was furious, his short-bearded face was full of righteousness and awe, and he scolded.

"Li Jingye, leave your words to the upcoming Royal Highness the Prince, tell me Chen Jingzhi, I Chen Jingzhi will not believe a word, the old man of the British Duke is indeed my loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he is a good general and virtuous minister relied on by the first emperor, but you have corrupted the noble style, I Chen Jingzhi sometimes really want to ask the court, what qualifications do you Li Jingye have to inherit the title of the old man of the British Gonghe! Hmph, if it weren't for the early death of your father Li Zhen, it would not have been your turn to be powerful in Yangzhou City. Chen Jingyi sat proudly on the threshold, stroked the heavy cold shackles on his ankles, and said proudly.

"You...... Chen Jingzhi, don't toast and don't eat and drink, now that you and Pei Yan secretly colluded with a mountain of ironclad evidence, and everyone has obtained stolen goods, you don't even know ...... repentance. ”

"Li Jingye, if I were you, I wouldn't waste words with myself, wouldn't it be easy to send it directly to the execution ground? Why waste time here with a dying person, and then be despised and ridiculed by the dying person? ”

In the face of Chen Jingzhi's provocation and ridicule, Li Jingye laughed instead of anger, touched the beard on his chin, and suddenly said with a cruel smile: "You are still an acquaintance, since you know that you are a dying person, why don't you hurry up and sign the pledge, so that I can send you on the road early to reunite with your wife and children, right...... Let me tell you, the little lady of the Flower Shop is very tender, don't worry about your little concubine, everything is taken care of by Lord Du, you can leave with confidence. ”

Chen Jingzhi didn't speak, his face was calm, he looked like he was out of the way, looked at the triumphant Li Jingye, was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Li Jingye, you are so anxious to make the case of the old man's collusion with Pei Yan's rebellion real, is it because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already arrived in Yangzhou?" This makes you have to run to the old man? ”

"So what, you think he saved you? You are just a local official from the fifth grade, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will care about you as an official? I don't know how much to do in Shangzhou, Zhongzhou, and Xiazhou in the Tang Dynasty, is it possible that every governor and His Royal Highness the Prince must keep it in mind? Li Jingye didn't seem to be in a hurry, sat down on the chair brought by the soldier, felt the cool night breeze, and continued: "You guessed right, yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived in Yangzhou today, but I disappointed you, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will board the ship tomorrow and continue to go south, but it is just to stay in Yangzhou for one night, I have already reported to him about your affairs, and Lord Du can testify, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not care about your life or death at all, Pei Yan is dead, The biggest threat to my Datang has been removed, and as for the remaining Pei Yanyu party, His Royal Highness has ordered me to deal with it with full authority to protect the safety of my Datang, so you have no way out now except to confess your guilt. ”

"So what are you waiting for? Just take me to the execution ground. Chen Jingzhi held a piece of grass that he pulled off from the threshold in his hand, put it in his mouth and said.

Chen Jingzhi seemed to be smiling, looked at Li Jingye, who was not speaking, and continued: "Shouldn't officials from the five grades need to register in the Ministry of Officials? You are deceiving and deceiving in Yangzhou, and you are still afraid of the officials at the head of the six departments? Let me guess, you Li Jingye have always made me confess, and now Du Qiuren is the governor of Yangzhou, but he does not have the documents of the ministry, could it be that the ministry did not agree to your Li Jingye's recommendation? ”

listened to the conversation between Li Jingye and Chen Jingzhi, but because of a wall, Lawless could only see Li Jingye all the time, and couldn't see what Chen Jingzhi looked like.

"What now? His Royal Highness is going to leave for Hangzhou tomorrow, is it just watching Chen Jingzhi being framed to death? Unable to poke the Wutian in front of him, he asked in a low voice.

"What can I do? It's not something you and I should take care of, as long as we follow His Highness's orders and find out that he is still alive, and the rest, I think Your Highness will have a plan, right? Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to find out whether Chen Jingzhi is dead or alive. Wutian looked at Li Jingye holding a thick stack of documents, which were obviously Chen Jingzhi's case files, and hoped that he would sign and draw them.

"I won't sign it, as a Tang official, I believe that the imperial court will give me Chen Jingzhi a fair one, Li Jingye, although I have never met His Highness, but I have heard a lot of rumors about His Highness. Since His Royal Highness has arrived in Yangzhou today, and you rushed over overnight, just to let me sign and draw the pledge, it seems that His Royal Highness didn't say anything to you, otherwise, you Li Jingye wouldn't be so anxious, right? Chen Jingzhi snorted, spit out the broken grass in his mouth in front of Li Jingye, and then slowly stood up and walked to the dim and damp room.

"Chen Jingzhi!" Li Jingye watched Chen Jingzhi walk towards the house, stood up from the chair in a hurry, looked at Chen Jingzhi's back still moving forward, and said gloomily: "Chen Jingzhi, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your young daughter!" Do you want her to be bought into a flower shop as a prostitute, or do you want her to be used as an official prostitute for the amusement of your former colleagues? ”

Li Jingye looked at Chen Jingzhi's back as he spoke, and sure enough, after his words stopped, Chen Jingzhi also stopped, slowly turned around, the expression on his face was in the dim room, and he couldn't see joy or sorrow, but he could vaguely feel that Chen Jingzhi's body was trembling, and the handcuffs also made the slightest sound of collision.

"As the saying goes: 'Woe to your wife and children', Li Jingye, you are so cruel and vicious, there will definitely be no good retribution in the future."

"To sign or not to sign!" Li Jingye stared at Chen Jingzhi's figure, like a figure hidden in a blurred darkness, and asked again.

"It's better to be broken than to be complete! Becoming an official prostitute and becoming a prostitute in Huafang is her sorrow and her life! But you will soon be dead! I really want to see how you Li Jingye will choose! But no matter what, you will be buried for her sad life! Get lost! ”

"You!" Li Jingye didn't expect Chen Jingzhi's bones to be so hard! threatened him with her favorite daughter, but he was ruthlessly and coldly rejected!

Li Jingye even doubted whether to let Du Qiuren go to the government to check whether this special daughter was his own, how could he treat his daughter so ruthlessly and coldly!

The moment Chen Jingzhi turned his head, a tear slowly flowed out of the corner of his eye, if he was really ruined by Li Jingye so much, how should he face his wife after he died!

Li Jingye looked at the door that was like the door of the underworld slowly closed, and sat down on the chair dejectedly, Li Hong had arrived three days earlier, which already made him feel like he was on pins and needles.

Chen Jingzhi is like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, threatening him with his daughter, he even did not hesitate to sacrifice his daughter, but also to go against himself! You have to make yourself at the end of your rope!

"Go home! Give him one night to think, send someone over tomorrow, and give him one last chance! Li Jingye stood up from the chair and said angrily.

"Won't you come in person tomorrow, Princess? If you don't come, you want to come here and no one can suppress him, but you know, he has always been one and the same in the post of governor of Yangzhou, and the official authority is very great, even if it is a lower official, he is in awe of him. Du Qiuren followed closely behind Li Jingye and said in a low voice.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it, the prince will leave early tomorrow morning, if I don't see me off, won't it make the prince doubt me even more? Idiot! I can't do that! Find a way, no matter what, you must make Chen Jingzhi confess tomorrow! ”

"That'...... I really can't ....... Du Qiuren made a gesture to wipe his neck, signaling to kill people directly.

"No! Whether Chen Jingzhi is dead or alive, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may know sooner or later, if he kills him directly, he will be even more passive in the future, and it is not yet that step, so he must be made to confess! Li Jingye angrily lowered the curtain on the side of the carriage, and then walked to the British mansion surrounded by soldiers.