Chapter 162: There's Someone Above Me
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"Zhang Hua? Why are you here? ”
After hearing that someone was calling himself at this time, Zhang Hua turned around curiously, but found that the person who had the intention to act chivalrous and righteous at the beginning. But after Zhao Xue, who was powerless to kill the enemy, appeared in front of him, Zhang Hua's face suddenly became ugly.
"Nothing. Long time no see. Zhang Hua said angrily, to be honest, Zhang Hua didn't have much of a good impression of Zhao Xue, but he didn't have any dislike for her.
The experience in the Black Wind Village at the beginning gave the two a little more special feelings for each other after they lived and died together, but because of their personalities, the two are now friends.
"Last time, you were still a scholar who entered Beijing to take the exam, but I didn't expect to see you for many days, and you actually became the inspector of the Supervision Yuan, it seems that your shit luck is really strong." Zhao Xue thought back to the past, and then joked.
And Qin Kang, Tao Fang and other members of the Supervision Yuan who accompanied Zhang Hua on the side, after seeing Zhao Xue being a little disrespectful to Zhang Hua at this moment, their faces changed in unison, and they felt a little like wanting to do it.
"Up! Make her up! Can you bear this? Zhang Hua didn't respond to Zhao Xue, but provoked Qin Kang to make a move, and after Qin Kang saw Zhang Hua like this, his face changed and he was ready to go up.
But as soon as he took a step, Zhang Hua's fluttering words almost made his legs weak and he knelt down
"Isn't his father Cheng Guogong, what's the big deal, don't be afraid, it's a big deal for you to make her, his father is just for you, it's very fair."
Qin Kang: "......"
"My lord, don't tease your subordinates."
Qin Kang said with a crying voice, Zhang Hua was disappointed when he heard it, and sighed and said silently in his heart: "Now that people have become smarter, it seems that it will be difficult for IQ to be crushed in the future."
"Why are you still so virtuous? Do you really see that I don't like my eyes, do you have the ability to come by yourself? ”
Zhang Hua and Qin Kang had a conversation just now. Without any cover-up, it was completely heard by Zhao Xue.
At this moment, after looking at Zhang Hua's body in a wheelchair, Zhao Xue stretched out her right hand and made a provocative gesture towards him, with a look of begging for a move
"Good men don't fight evil women."
"Obviously I'm afraid of me, and with so many reasons, my skin is still as thick as before!"
"You!"
Zhang Hua was furious, but when he thought of doing it himself, wouldn't this just make Zhao Xue's treacherous plan succeed?
glared at Zhao Xue fiercely, and Zhang Hua's voice couldn't help but get louder at this time.
Yang Zhongling, Qin Kang, Tao Fang, and several other members of the Supervision Yuan were shocked.
In their eyes, Zhang Hua had suffered this kind of resentment once upon a time, and now he couldn't help but look at Zhao Xue with a few expressions of admiration, and looked at Zhao Xue who was constantly talking to Zhang Hua.
At this moment, several of them couldn't help but have a trace of awe in Zhao Xue's heart
"Where are you going?" In order to resolve the previous embarrassment, Zhang Hua squinted at Zhao Xue and asked, Zhao Xue turned his head with a cool expression, ignoring him completely.
But Xiaoqing, the personal maid who came out with her, said with a smile: "Our young lady is going to pick up the cloth and prepare to make a dress for Qi herself..."
"Shut up, Xiaoqing!"
Zhao Xue interrupted Xiaoqing's mouth with a blushing face, and Xiaoqing immediately shut up after hearing the reprimand, playfully stuck out her tongue and bowed her head silently.
Although Zhang Hua didn't listen to Xiaoqing's story, the word "Qi" at the end also made Zhang Hua think about it, and kept guessing the candidates
"Qi... Even? King Qi? ”
For some reason, Zhang Hua suddenly remembered the last time King Qi invited the Zhao family brothers and sisters, and by the way, he had that banquet.
During the last banquet, King Qi could be said to be full of ambitions, and he was so unhappy at that time.
Even on the way, Zhang Hua found that not only Zhao Wu almost burned yellow paper with King Qi, but even Zhao Xue's look in his eyes at that time was not ordinary.
At the same time, Zhang Hua still had a feeling in his heart at that time that the King of Qi at that time did it on purpose.
It stands to reason that a prince who is the most competitive for the position of the East Palace. The other is the daughter of today's Guogong, if they are in love with each other, then this is another fairy couple.
But the problem is that King Qi already has a princess, and the princess is still a member of the royal family! Not to mention what kind of goods the Wang family is for the time being, just thinking of Zhao Xue wanting to be the concubine of the King of Qi, Zhao Yunhai will definitely not agree.
There were a few traces of worry in Zhang Hua's eyes, and after being silent for a long time, he slowly asked, "Chengguo Gong... Does he know that? ”
Zhang Hua's ordinary words, but it actually made Zhao Xue immediately change his face: "Daddy knows how?" What if you don't know? ”
Seeing that Zhao Xue's face suddenly changed greatly, and now that his gaze was a little unkind, Zhang Hua felt that Zhao Yunhai was also aware of this.
"Everything should not only be considered for the sake of yourself, but also for your family." Zhang Hua said vaguely. But Zhang Hua didn't expect that his sentence suffered a slap in the eye from Zhao Xue.
"Humph! My own happiness, why should my father decide for me! Even if my father, who gave birth to me and raised me, I will not allow anyone to interfere in the matter of marriage!
I thought you would have a different opinion, but I didn't expect that you are no different from the ordinary people in the world! ”
Glancing at Zhang Hua coldly, Zhao Xue said coldly: "Xiaoqing, let's go!" ”
After that, Zhao Xue also left alone, Xiaoqing glanced at Zhao Xue who was about to leave anxiously, hurriedly saluted Zhang Hua, and then quickly chased after him: "Miss, wait for me." ”
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"This Miss Zhao. How did you meet? After Zhao Xue's figure completely disappeared, Yang Zhongling asked curiously.
After Zhang Hua heard about it, he probably told what happened between himself and her.
After a long time, Yang Zhongling felt after hearing about it and said: "She can do whatever she likes to do, and I envy her a little now." ”
"Everyone has their own life, just like Her Highness envies her, and at the same time there are thousands of women who envy Your Highness, who are loved by His Majesty's brother and live a worry-free life." Zhang Hua said.
But at this time, after Yang Zhongling heard this, his expression also became gloomy.
After repeating Zhang Hua's previous words, she spoke: "Zhang Hua, you said that if I wasn't my daughter, would the other imperial brothers still treat me as before?" ”
Zhang Hua was stunned, his eyes couldn't help but widen a little, and after looking at the self-deprecation in Yang Zhongling's eyes, Zhang Hua secretly said in his heart: "It turns out... She understands everything. ”
Since ancient times, the inheritance of the throne has been based on the elders but not the young, and the heirs not the young.
The first child of the emperor and the imperial palace, if it is a boy, then as long as he does not do anything such as rebellion, rebellion and other ceremonial collapse, then there is a ninety percent chance, and the future throne belongs to him.
But now, although Yang Yanfan and the late Wende Palace have children, Yang Zhongling is a daughter.
Of course, a woman's body cannot inherit the throne. And since this is the case, Yang Zhongling does not pose any threat to other princes.
is also because Yang Zhongling is a daughter, so all the princes today may grow up to be the princes of the East Palace in the next moment.
There is no threat, so there is no need to be afraid, and at the same time, with Yang Yanfan and his attention to Yang Zhongling, other princes in order to please their father and emperor, in order to pretend to be a dutiful brother to outsiders.
Because of this, she has such a "happy" family in today's Yang Zhongling.
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If Yang Zhongling is a man...... At this moment, Zhang Hua looked at Yang Zhongling's complicated eyes, and his mood couldn't help but become heavy.
For a long time, Zhang Hua thought that Yang Zhongling didn't understand this, and he didn't understand that his brother seemed to care, but the real intention behind his father's doing.
I don't understand the smile on every brother's face, in fact, it is all pretended, and I don't understand how sinister and dirty people's hearts are, to what outrageous point it has reached.
But now, after hearing Yang Zhongling's rhetorical question, Zhang Hua realized what the look in her eyes represented.
I know everything in my heart, but I still have to pretend that I don't know how to face everyone, and I obviously hate it, but I still have to put a smile on my face. The reason why I did this was because I didn't want the last touch of fake family affection to pass in my hands.
I don't seem to understand it, but I actually understand everything.
has insisted on this appearance for many years, and Yang Zhongling is now hating that all this has to happen, and at the same time, he is also hating that he does not have the courage to break through everything.
Since ancient times, there has been a thin life, and the emperor will not be born in the next life, until this time, Zhang Hua completely understood the meaning of this sentence.
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The next day there was a rain, the rain was not heavy, but the lingering, as if it was going to end in the next moment, but the posture of being brought back to life by a mouthful of human milk was also very annoying.
Waking up early, Zhang Hua said goodbye to Zhang Yi, and after the three of them were Luliu Lao Ling, he also rushed to the Supervision Institute in a carriage.
Yesterday, I went out with Yang Zhongling, but after finally touching a topic that I couldn't talk about, the two of them didn't have much mood about going out.
Immediately looked around again, and soon after, the group also returned to the Supervision Yuan with interest.
Yang Zhongling stayed in the Supervision Yuan last night, and Tang Peng and Zhang Hua also went home separately.
At this moment, Zhang Hua was sitting in the carriage in the supervision courtyard, and he was also constantly pondering, not thinking about Yang Zhongling, but when he left the supervision courtyard yesterday, when he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw that there were still people and pedestrians gathering, shouting and scolding him.
"Who the hell is behind it against himself and the Supervision Yuan."
Someone deliberately did this, trying to create public resentment to put pressure on Yang Yanfan, for what, of course, this is the Supervisory Yuan, and only the Kyoto authorities have such motives.
However, there is more than one power lord in Kyoto, and the four families of Wang, Jun, Han, and Lu are just representatives.
There are a lot of people under them, and it is difficult to know who did it now.
However, Zhang Hua still firmly believes in one truth, there is never an absolute secret in the world.
Soon after, the carriage also came to the Supervision Yuan, Zhang Hua opened the door, and then saw Tao Fang wearing a hat and a coat with an oil-paper umbrella waiting for him.
Immediately got off the carriage and smiled at Tao Fang, Zhang Hua took the oil-paper umbrella and walked slowly towards the courtyard.
Because it's raining now, the ground is a little wet, and walking on the ground feels a little muddy, but even so, the busy figure in the courtyard has not decreased.
"Lord Zhang, my subordinates are not doing well, please punish him."
When he came to the front hall and just sat down, Ji 13 said with a tired face.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Hua frowned and asked, Ji 13 hesitated, and then said: "The people gathered in the courtyard yesterday, when they dispersed, their subordinates sent people to keep an eye on the leader inside, but I didn't expect to lose it in the end. ”
"Lost?"
"The man seemed to know that we were following him, and kept going around in circles, and when the members of the four places found out, they thought that they should be arrested immediately, but in the blink of an eye, the man disappeared and disappeared without a trace."
Zhang Hua's face couldn't see that the emotions were silent, and Ji Shisan didn't find any excuse to break free for himself after remembering that he was not doing well.
stood quietly aside, waiting for Zhang Hua's scolding, but the scolding he was expecting did not come in the end.
"Dare to deliberately gather the people to stir up public resentment, the forces behind it are definitely not simple, and it is normal to lose them, I don't blame you." Zhang Hua said with a smile.
After Ji 13 heard this, he immediately saluted and was stopped by Zhang Hua as soon as he wanted to speak: "Okay, I know what you want to say, do your best, if you die, let's talk about it later."
Judging by your appearance, you must have not slept all night, go down to rest first, and wait until you are tired to fade, and you are proving it with your actions. ”
"Yes!"
"Well, let's go down first." Zhang Hua said, and then Ji 13 stared at a pair of red eyes and left here.
Zhang Hua was silent for a while, then called Qin Kang to his side and said, "Yesterday, Lord Tang asked Pei Feng if there was a result?" ”
"No, that Pei Feng is like a stone, no matter how tortured he is, he doesn't speak. Later, when he saw Lord Tang give up, he lived like a normal life again, and he threatened to take revenge on us in the future. ”
Qin Kang sneered and said, threatening to retaliate, then you will have to wait for your life in the future!
"Take me to him."
Zhang Hua said coldly, Qin Kang nodded, and then the two of them were also about to leave here, but at this time, Yang Zhongling, who lived here last night, came to the front hall.
"Attend Your Highness."
"No need to be polite, where is Lord Zhang going now?" Yang Zhongling asked.
"Ask about the officials who were brought back yesterday who may have embezzled and taken bribes." Zhang Hua said.
After Yang Zhongling heard this, he also nodded: "Since this is the case, then I will not delay Lord Zhang's work." ”
Zhang Hua smiled, and then prepared to leave, but seeing Yang Zhongling coming out in a thin coat at the moment, and now after feeling a little cold with his hands on his chest, Zhang Hua stopped and asked Yang Zhongling: "Your Highness, cute and spicy?" ”
"Spicy? OK. Yang Zhongling looked at Zhang Hua in confusion.
"In that case, then at noon the official will prepare a special dish for His Highness, which is guaranteed to be praised by His Highness. Amazing not to"
"Really? Then it looks like I'm going to be blessed today. ”
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In a dimly lit room, full of torture instruments scattered aside, a few candles were slowly burning, and in conjunction with the bleak rain outside, a feeling of oppression and heaviness also came to the face.
This is the place where the Supervision Yuan tortures prisoners, and after Zhang Hua came in, he felt a kind of eerie chill, and subconsciously shivered, and Qin Kang, who had strong eyesight on the side, also immediately asked someone to take a thick blanket.
"He wasn't killed by you, was he?"
Zhang Hua sat down, put the back blanket handed over by Qin Kang on his knees, and then looked at Pei Feng, who was unconscious and tied to the wooden beam, and asked the members of the three departments of the Supervision Yuan.
The members of the three departments smiled, and also said respectfully: "Not yet, this person is not only hard-mouthed, but also hard-lived, he ate five or six kinds of punishments yesterday, and he actually survived without saying a word." ”
"Wake him up, I have something to ask him."
"Yes, sir."
After that, the members of the three departments grabbed the wooden bucket filled with water next to their feet and poured it on Pei Feng's face. The ice water had to be stimulated and watered, which made Pei Feng wake up immediately.
His head swayed, and he opened his eyes weakly, and when he saw that it was a painting, he closed his eyes again.
After Zhang Hua saw that Pei Feng didn't want to talk to him, he also shook his head, looked at Qin Kang on the side, and said: "Call a few brothers, take a few more wooden buckets, fetch more water and come back, as long as you see this person close his eyes, pour it on me, pretend to sleep in front of me, really think this is his mansion." ”
"Yes."
And Pei Feng, who was still asleep, swayed up again at this time, squinted at Zhang Hua, and his eyes and face were full of ridicule of him
"Don't waste your efforts, I won't say anything, as long as I can live in this way, only in this way can I witness you slowly die in front of me..."
"Smack!"
Before Pei Feng finished speaking, he was interrupted by a slap from the members of the three places, Pei Feng spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and then showed a hideous smile at Zhang Hua.
"Qin Kang, go get some brown paper." Zhang Hua said coldly, Qin Kang was stunned, although he didn't know what Zhang Hua wanted kraft paper for, but he also took action immediately.
At this time, Tang Peng came to the room, looked at Zhang Hua, who was sneering now, and then looked at Pei Feng, who looked hideous, he came to Zhang Ying and asked, "Do you have a way to make him speak?" ”
"Yes, of course!"
Zhang Hua swore and said, after Tang Peng on the side saw that Zhang Hua was so confident, he couldn't help but be curious, and after a while, Qin Kang came back with brown paper.
Zhang Hua sat up and took a piece of brown paper, and in Pei Feng's puzzled eyes, Zhang Hua opened his mouth and said to the members of the three places: "Put him down, let him lie on the ground, hold it down, don't let him move." ”
"Yes, sir."
Immediately, the members of the three departments untied Pei Feng, and then held Pei Feng down as Zhang Hua said, not letting him move.
Zhang Hua squatted down, looking at Pei Feng's hostile eyes, he said, "I will cover your face with kraft paper in a while, and then I will water it slowly."
When the kraft paper is wet, you feel like you're suffocating, as if you're in deep water and can't breathe at all!
The more kraft paper on your face, the stronger that suffocation will be, and if you can still hold on, then this is my loss! ”
After a pause, Zhang Hua thought for a while and continued: "Actually, I have heard this method talk about it from others, and I don't know what the specific effect is, I hope you don't let me down." ”
Tang Peng and several other people now felt a little cold, not the coldness above the body, but the coldness from the heart.
At this moment, looking at Zhang Hua squatting on the ground, everyone couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't Zhang Hua a scholar?" When did the reader become so vicious? ”
At this time, Zhang Hua slowly put the vellum paper on Pei Feng's face, and at this time, the vellum paper that slowly appeared in Pei Feng's eyes, like a demon, extended an invitation to hell to him.
The body shook violently, but the upper body couldn't move at all because of the death of the three members on both sides.
"I say, I'll say everything!" Pei Feng said with a pale face, but Zhang Hua was satisfied: "No, what I need now is whether this criminal law is feasible or not, and I don't want your answer." ”
Tang Peng: "......"
"Don't... Don't be like that, I'll say everything! Don't put kraft paper on your face! Pei Feng cried and said, the feeling of suffocation described by Zhang Hua just now made Pei Feng give up all his persistence at this moment.
After all, the unknown is frightening, especially the unknown in front of you, and you have to experience it yourself! That's the scariest thing.
"Okay, since you are willing to take the initiative to speak, then I will not force it on you, but you dare to lie to me! These things are for you! Zhang Hua said, pointing to the brown paper in his hand.
Pei Feng nodded desperately! That gesture, as if it didn't matter if he broke his head, Zhang Hua nodded at the members of the three places, and the members of the three places also pulled Pei Feng up.
"Tell me everything you know."
"Some time ago... I received an order from above, let me do one thing......" Pei Feng opened his mouth and said, but Zhang Hua immediately interrupted his opening: "I know that you will get a schedule for patrolling the street Wuhou, who is above you, I am asking this!" ”
Pei Feng's face changed, and after hearing the words in Zhang Hua's mouth, he didn't think that what he was going to say had already been known by them, it turned out that the Supervision Yuan was really like a huge net, binding everyone inside.
"Above... The person above me is..."Pei Feng hesitated and said, Zhang Hua saw that Pei Feng still didn't say his name decisively, and a ruthless color also appeared on his face.
And Pei Feng, who was originally hesitant, after seeing the fierce color on Zhang Hua's face, he closed his eyes and immediately said: "Ministry of Works, Fang Jian"
There are still people up there!
After hearing the name of Fang Jian, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Tang Peng and Zhang Hua said in unison.
Originally, the two thought that the person in Pei Feng's mouth could solve all the puzzles, but they thought that it would be like this now.
However, Zhang Hua is not too worried now, because the situation at the moment is like dominoes, one falls, then the last one doesn't want to quit safely!
"Take good care of him, don't let him die comfortably."
After Zhang Hua instructed the members of the three departments, he immediately exchanged a look with Tang Peng, and the two also went out together.
Standing in the rain without scruples with an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, Zhang Hua let out a long breath: "I finally caught a big fish, it seems that the day of collecting the net is not far away." ”
"Hmm." Tang Peng said in a sullen voice, and after Zhang Hua felt that Tang Peng was not interested at the moment, he also opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"Nothing." Tang Peng shook his head, then looked at Zhang Hua curiously and asked: "You can actually use such an ordinary item as kraft paper to extract a confession, you are honest, are you the reincarnation of someone in the Netherworld?" ”
Zhang Hua was stunned for a moment, and then snorted: "What Yin Cao Difu?" I'm a good reader. ”
Tang Peng: "......"