Liu Yi did not directly plead with the emperor, but walked up to Lai Xing'er, looked Lai Xing'er up and down, and asked, "Did you hear the emperor's words?" Do you know what sin you have committed? ”

According to Liu Yi's original intention, he wanted to give Lai Xing'er a chance to defend himself, and at the same time to buy some time to think about how to deal with it. Unexpectedly, after listening to his inquiry, Lai Xing'er didn't even snort, nodded, and only spit out two words from his mouth: "I know." ”

It was Jinping, as soon as he saw his master, he ran over and quietly choked up on Xing'er's body and told Jing Yuncong.

Jing Yuncong frowned when he heard this, and suddenly felt that this matter was quite tricky, and Lai Xing'er was only afraid that it would be difficult to survive today. He couldn't think of a good way in his eagerness, so he had to bow his head and groan.

Liu Yi had already seen the words and deeds of Jing Yuncong and Jinping master and servant, and knew that there must be hidden secrets that he didn't know yet, so he continued to ask Lai Xing'er: "Since you know the guilt, why do you have to stand up and not kneel!" If you are still unconvinced in your heart, you might as well say the sins you committed in front of Zhongshuling and Jinggong, and save Zhongshuling from pleading for you without knowing it. ”

The emperor seemed to see through the confidants of the several important ministers in front of him, and without waiting for Lai Xing'er to speak, he asked Liu Yi: "Mr. Liu doesn't have to bother. May I ask you, sir, is it a great crime for a eunuch to not purify himself? ”

As a eunuch, I have never been cleansed! Even a well-informed and resourceful person like Liu Yi never expected that the emperor would execute Lai Xing'er for this reason.

However, what also surprised the emperor was that the reason for the execution of Lai Xing'er that came out of his mouth made Li Jinzhong, who was standing aside and made up his mind to only watch the play and not enter the play, felt uneasy in his heart.

It is estimated that Lai Xing'er should be the palace that the lone willow tree outside the imperial city of Chang'an died in the year, and at that time, Li Jinzhong was the provincial eunuch of the inner service. If Lai Xing'er really became a eunuch without purifying himself as the emperor said, first, Li Jinzhong, who was the provincial eunuch of the inner chamberlain, had negligence; What's especially terrible is that even if Lai Xing'er is a fake eunuch, if he has been staying in the inconsequential place of the idle stable, it would be okay, but he personally sent him to the East Palace and sent him to the current emperor. In the future, if someone in the court finds out this matter and impeaches himself for deliberately causing trouble in the palace and plotting against him, even if the emperor does not deal with himself for a while, he will inevitably fall into the hands of the emperor with a long handle, and he will not be dragged down by this wild boy for the rest of his life?

As soon as he thought of this, Li Jinzhong reacted quickly, and he suddenly asked Lai Xing'er who was more than a dozen steps away: "Say, is it that the Zhang family deliberately shielded you and committed this great crime of bullying the monarch after considering that you are a disciple of the Zhang family?" From the truth, the emperor has the virtue of a good life, and he may let you live. Otherwise, even if you and the old man are from the same stable yard, the old man will never spare you! ”

He said this without leakage, and took advantage of the situation to pick himself cleanly, not only transferring the culprit of harboring and conniving at Lai Xing'er to the Zhang family, but also clarifying to the emperor his attitude in this matter, that is, whether you kill or release, it has nothing to do with me.

Jing Yuncong couldn't help it, he hugged his fists and bowed to the emperor deeply, and said loudly: "This little eunuch is a party of the Zhang family, or not, he is not a eunuch, why didn't the emperor order him to serve in front of the army?" It is always better to die on the battlefield than to be killed here. Come to Xing'er, if you are still a bloody man, just squeak, the old man is willing to ensure that you do not die today, put on armor and be sharp in the future, and go to the battlefield to fight for the life of the traitor! ”

When Liu Yi heard Jing Yuncong say this, he also turned to the emperor and said: "The minister is willing to lead the army to Puzhou to quell the rebellion, so let the minister bring Xing'er to the enemy to serve Your Majesty to the death!" ”

One is his father-in-law, and the other is an old friend of the former emperor who had the grace of his life, Jing Yuncong and Liu Yi's words made the emperor hesitate for a moment. However, he soon became resolute again: if an impostor eunuch like Lai Xing'er was allowed to avoid the death penalty, then the three inner gardens would not know how chaotic they would be in the future.

"I know that Jing Gong and Mr. Liu are both well-intentioned. If Mr. Liu is willing to lead the army to Puzhou to quell the rebellion, I have no reason to be sure. But Lai Xing'er has repeatedly violated the prohibition, which is unforgivable, and the two Qing families don't say more. Come on, in the future, Xing'er will be detained for the time being, and when today's matter is over, it will be disposed of immediately. ”

Two forbidden army sergeants stepped forward and grabbed Lai Xing'er, and they were about to push out.

"Your Majesty, Lai Xing'er would rather die on the battlefield than be executed in such a whim." I don't know if it was stimulated by Jing Yuncong and Liu Yi, or the desire to survive that burst out in an instant, so that Lai Xing'er finally took the initiative to speak, he asked Li Jinzhong, "Am I Queen Zhang's eyeliner, Uncle Shi should know best, right?" ”

Li Jinzhong's fingers twisting the Buddha beads couldn't help but tremble slightly, and Lai Xing'er deliberately asked this sentence in front of the emperor, as if he was holding a rope to tie himself and him firmly.

However, after all, he is a master who has been up and down in the Huan Sea for a long time, as if he hadn't heard Lai Xing'er's words, he still stood there unhurriedly and angrily twisted the huge string of Buddha beads in his palm, and he couldn't see any reaction to Lai Xing'er's words on the surface.

"Your Majesty, the time is coming." Wang Bao'er was looking forward to the emperor being able to execute Lai Xing'er earlier, and seeing that Lai Xing'er wanted to bite Li Jinzhong in order to protect himself, he took the opportunity to remind the emperor.

"Father Shang, I am not feeling well, so I will ask you to bury the concubine on my behalf. Jing Gong and Mr. Liu also went to the festival together. There was nothing unusual in the Emperor's voice.

At this time, even if Li Jinzhong wanted to come to Xing'er and die immediately, he had to suppress the anger in his heart and hurried to the altar with Jing Yuncong and Liu Yi.

"Wang Bao'er." The emperor watched the three of them go away, and instructed Wang Bao'er, "Go, and ask General Wu to come to the side hall quickly." ”

Wang Bao'er saw that the emperor not only did not dispose of Lai Xing'er, but took himself away, and stared at Lai Xing'er unwillingly, so he had to summon Wu Bi to go.

"You are to keep watch outside the temple, and no one is allowed to come near." The emperor glanced at Jinping and ordered the sergeants gathered around Lai Xing'er, "Lai Xing'er will follow me into the palace, I have something to ask you." ”

Lai Xing'er knew that his words had already worked, so he glanced at Jinping and followed the emperor into the palace.

Unexpectedly, the emperor walked into the door of the side hall with one leg, and stood there straight and unmoving. Lai Xing'er's hands were still tied, and he couldn't walk fast, seeing this situation, he tried to take two steps forward and looked into the hall, and almost exclaimed.

In the side hall, a palace maid sat leaning against a temple pillar, and the ground around her was stained red with blood...... (To be continued.) )