Chapter 65: Blood Is Thicker Than Water

After dinner, Xie An read the book presented by Zhou Yi, the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, in the small study room in the north wing, which recorded in detail the torture process of Wei Hu and the other six people in the past two days.

To be honest, Xie An didn't care much about the results of those people's torture, after all, in his opinion, whether it was Wei Hu or Wei Xuan, they were just small characters and minions in the Taiping Army, and they were insignificant.

If you want to catch it, you have to catch Wu Heng, the key figure of the Taiping Army, the son of the first deputy marshal, and the candidate for the third generation of coaches, only by grasping such a big man can he guide the initiative of the whole situation, and as for Chen Bei, a big man who is more influential than Wu Heng, Xie An ignored it intentionally or unintentionally.

Thinking of missing Wu Heng's big fish a few days ago, until now, Xie An and Li Xian still sighed.

But then again, whether it was Xie An or Li Xian, they all knew that in terms of the situation at that time, it was a wise choice not to care about Wu Heng, after all, the Liangqiu Dance that started the madness was far more terrifying than that Wu Heng.

Thinking of his wife Liang Qiu Wu, Xie An felt a little incredible, and he still couldn't forget the confrontation between Changsun Jun and Liang Qiu Jun on Zhulinpo outside the city two days ago.

It was unbelievable that Liang Qiuwu had dominated the entire battle with just three hundred cavalry of the Eastern Army, and what shocked Xie An even more was that she had avoided all the traps set by Fei Guo at that time, and people's intuition could really be sharp to this extent?

It was precisely because of this curiosity that Xie An carefully observed the Liangqiu Dance in the past two days, but what made him stunned was that the Liangqiu Dance that walked out of the battlefield seemed to have returned to its previous stupid appearance, where was there still the amazing intuition on the battlefield.

Could it be that kind of talent is still on and off? Only in a crisis on the battlefield will it be revealed?

Xie An really couldn't figure it out, and he even wondered if he should ask the eldest grandson Xiangyu to force Liang Qiu to dance again, so as to judge the correctness of his guess, but after pondering for a while, he still gave up. After all, the risk of doing that is too high, you must know that Liang Qiu Wu was almost blown up by the eldest grandson Xiangyu at that time.

Well, that kind of incredible potential, if you don't stimulate it, you won't stimulate it, anyway, my main purpose is to stabilize my wife's ability to control her own emotions well after being released from the psychological shackles, and everything else is additive.

It is precisely because of this purpose that Xie An has accompanied Liangqiu Dance in the past two days under the pretext that the Taiping army has infiltrated the city. As Liang Qiugong said, when he Xie An was by Liang Qiuwu's side, Liang Qiuwu's irritable emotions were extremely restrained, although there were still signs of anger from time to time by the words of Jin Ling'er and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, but it never had an attack. That's a good sign, right?

Anyway, Xie An didn't expect to let Liang Qiu Dance completely control his emotions in just a few days, the coming day is long, take your time, as long as you follow this step subtly, Xie An believes that Liang Qiu Dance can stabilize his emotions.

"Squeak ......" Just as Xie An was thinking about the things that were not there, the door of the study was pushed open, and Yi Yi walked in with a basin of hot water. said softly, "Husband, wipe your face." ”

To be honest, Xie An has always treated his four wives equally. There is no such thing as favoring anyone, but if you have to say it, the most spoiled by him is undoubtedly Yiyi's concubine.

The reason is simple. Because Yi Yi is perfect in his opinion, he doesn't preach to him at every turn like Liangqiu Dance. It's not like the eldest grandson Xiangyu who is gentle and well-behaved on the surface, but he is very dark in his heart, and it's not like Jin Ling'er who seduces him from time to time in order to make his martial arts useful, and wants Xie An to agree to her to serve in Nanzhen Fusi.

It can be said that among the four women, only Yiyi is a gentle woman who has no desires and no desires, and she is a weak woman, as for the other three...... Hmph, no matter how you look at it, she is a strong woman to some extent.

"Yiyi, you don't seem to talk much in the past two days, do you have something on your mind?" Wiping his face with a hot towel, Xie An said with some confusion.

"Huh?" Yi Yi was stunned, a little panic flashed in his eyes, a reluctant smile appeared on his face, he shook his head and said, "No, no......"

"Didn't you?" Xie An glanced at Yi Yi strangely, and said in wonder, "At the dinner table just now, I look at you and sigh from time to time...... Is there something on your mind? As he spoke, he gently took Yi Yi into his arms and said with a smile, "What mood do you have to say, Sister Yi Yi?" ”

Yiyi's slightly pale face flushed a little, feeling her husband's hands caressing her waist, she lowered her head, her eyelashes trembled, and that seductive appearance made Xie An want to eat her on the spot.

"Don't speak?" Seeing that Yi Yi didn't speak, Xie An laughed strangely, and the hands that caressed Yi Yi's waist gradually went up, and Yi Yi's delicate body, who noticed this, trembled slightly, and her breathing couldn't help but become short.

"Go and wait for me on ......the couch," Xie An whispered, biting Yiyi's ear gently.

Yi Yi blushed, glanced at her husband secretly, nodded, and ran out on his feet.

"Ah, that's what life ......"

Stretching his back, Xie An slowly left the small study and walked down the corridor towards Yiyi's room.

Not to mention how other people are, Xie An usually sleeps very early, entertainment activities in this era are too scarce, except for sleeping until he sleeps in the bed with his beloved woman in his arms for dinner, Xie An really can't think of anything more interesting.

It is precisely because Xie An, as the head of the family, has this idea, that his Xie family's rest time is much earlier than that of other families, unless Li Shou, Li Xian or other officials of the DPRK and China invite Xie An to the banquet, otherwise, less than an hour after dinner, Xie An will have to hug one of his beloved wives into the room, and then toss for an hour or so, and the woman will almost reach a tired state that is difficult to accompany, of course, except for Liangqiu Dance.

When he walked into Yiyi's room, Xie An saw that there was only a candle lit in the room, and he could see the hazy appearance of the house, Xie An was accustomed to this, after all, although Yiyi had a round room with him no less than dozens of times, his face was still very thin, unlike the other three daughters, especially the eldest grandson Xiangyu, don't look at this crazy woman's physical strength is so weak that even Xie An can't deal with it, but she is the wildest of the four women, think about where she handed over her first time to Xie An. It is likely that this woman's dictionary does not have the word shame in Reagan.

Sometimes, Xie An was very glad that Changsun Xiangyu didn't have the extraordinary physical strength of Liangqiu Dance, otherwise...... Thank God!

Close the door. The thief got into the quilt with a smile, hugged the little girl who was hiding in the quilt and pretending to be an ostrich on the couch for most of the hour, and Xie An was satisfied.

"Husband, don't go to Xiao...... tonight Miss there? After that, the woman in her arms asked in a low voice that was still a little flattering.

For some reason, Xie An always felt that what Yi Yi said today had an inexplicable sense of disobedience compared with usual, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"Not tonight, stay with ......you for your husband tonight," Xie An gently pinched Yiyi's nose with his hand. He grinned and said, "Why, aren't you welcome?" ”

"How can there be ......" Yiyi buried her head in her husband's chest shyly, but a complicated look flashed in those eyes that still had a bit of spring.

And Xie An obviously didn't notice the wrong look of his wife in his arms. still said to herself, "Actually, Wu'er is also very considerate of you, why did you only care about her for the past two days and neglect you...... Alas, compared to Xiangyu, Wu'er's personality is very good, but even so. Xiangyu still works against her from time to time, and it's not good to favor her husband......"

Lying quietly on her husband's chest, Yiyi quietly listened to her husband's complaints, very quietly.

"Asleep?" Seeing that Yi Jiu did not speak for a long time. Xie An was surprised and his fingers gently poked her face.

"No, no, no......" Yi Yi's slightly panicked words came from his arms.

"Hey, aren't you distracted?" Although he knew that Yi Yi couldn't see in the dim light, Xie An still couldn't help but put on a helpless expression. said angrily, "Although it is a complaint for the husband." Why don't you listen to a couple of sentences? ”

"I'm sorry......" The woman in her arms quickly apologized.

"Huh?" Listening to Yiyi's low tone, Xie An also felt that something was wrong, and asked tentatively, "Angry?" - Because I only care about talking about Wu'er and Xiangyu? ”

"No...... the woman in her arms shook her head vigorously, and then whispered, "The concubine is just ...... It's just that she suddenly thought of something else, so she didn't pay attention to what her husband said...... "As she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller.

"Is there anything bothering you?" Xie An asked curiously, after all, he always felt that something was wrong with Yiyi in the past two days.

What to do? Do you want to say it?

Listening to her husband's words full of concern, Yiyi's heart warmed and she was also a little overwhelmed, she didn't know how to explain to her husband about her brother's withered sheep.

What to say?

said that she was not an orphan, but the daughter of the old ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who could not bear to be adopted in her own house when Liang Qiu Gong went to Jinling to conquer Jinling? And a younger brother named Withered Sheep?

After more than ten years of absence, his younger brother came to Jijing, infiltrated the city as an anti-thief Taiping army, and killed a court minister who was highly valued by the Son of Heaven?

And after she learned everything, she chose to shield her own brother, instead of reporting to the court or her husband?

Yiyi's eyes flashed with a little pain, and he said with a forced smile, "But ...... Maybe the concubine is a little tired, so it's hard to concentrate......"

"Oh, that's it......" Xie An suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but smile, in his opinion, Yi Yi felt tired, which was undoubtedly the best affirmation of his bravery.

"Then let's get some rest...... Oh, that's right, Sister Yiyi, remember to wake up early tomorrow for your husband, I've been absent for several days for my husband, and it's just time to perform martial arts, and now my husband has returned to Beijing, and then I don't go to the early dynasty for various reasons, I'm afraid that Li Xian's kid will call Yu Shi Taishen a husband for a ......."

"Well, the concubine remembered ......"

Hugging the soft delicate body in his arms, Xie An gradually felt tired, he didn't notice that Yiyi, who was held in her arms, kept her eyes open, without the slightest sleepiness, and from time to time, there were bursts of struggle flashing in those beautiful eyes.

This night, Yi Yi tossed and turned, unable to sleep, her mind full of her brother's crime of killing people......

Killing people is justified, not to mention that her husband is still the secretary of the Criminal Department of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but ......

She only has such a younger brother, no, it should be said, she only has one blood related relative......

Unconsciously, the sky outside the window gradually became hazy, and the officials and sentries who were knocking on the street had long since disappeared.

Yiyi, who hadn't closed her eyes all night, hurriedly woke up her husband, who was still sleeping next to her, after all, her husband still had to go to the morning court.

"Hmm...... Not? Is it dawn? Confused, he was woken up by Ea. Xie An rubbed her eyes that were still sleepy, and looked at Yi Yi with a tired face in confusion, because it could be seen from the faint black shadow under Yi Yi's eyes that she had not rested well yesterday.

"What's wrong? I was snoring very loudly yesterday? Xie An gently stroked Yiyi's slightly dark eye bags with a distressed face, and the expression of self-blame on his face made Yiyi's heart very satisfied.

"No, it's just...... Hmm, after the husband goes to the court early, the concubine will rest for a while......" said vaguely. Yi got up to help her husband get dressed, and every now and then, she had to prevent her childlike husband from touching her belly pocket.

In short, when Xie An was dressed neatly, Yiyi's pretty face was already red.

"Rest well. You know what? Gently stroking Yiyi's face, Xie An leaned down and kissed her red lips, and then, a little discontentedly, smacked his lips.

Looking at her husband's eyes like a hungry wolf seeing its prey, how could Yiyi, who had shared the bed with him for many nights, not know what her husband was thinking, and said shyly, "Husband." It's not early, don't miss the early court because of the concubine......"

As soon as he heard the word early chao, Xie An walked out of the door in a daze, before leaving. He covered the quilt for the woman on the bed, and his careful actions made the tenderness in Yiyi's eyes even stronger.

However, after Xie An left, the lingering love turned into a sad sigh......

Eyes staring blankly at the rooftop. Iyi lay on the couch for a quarter of an hour, and suddenly. She rolled over and sat up, picked up the clothes next to the couch and put them on.

After about a little incense, Yi Yi pushed open the door and walked out, stood in the corridor and glanced at the left and right sides, and then walked towards the firewood room in the east courtyard.

At the same time, in the firewood room on the right side of the kitchen in the east courtyard, the withered sheep that were tied to the ground by ropes had already woken up.

At this moment, he is obviously not as excited as yesterday, and he regrets that he once used such vicious words to accuse his own sister, but his sister's behavior of drugged the tea in order to keep him from rescuing his companions also makes the dry sheep feel unacceptable.

"So you want to trap me? It's too contemptuous of people, right? With a soft snort, the withered sheep moved his body to the corner, picked up a seemingly sharp piece of wood in the woodhouse, and cut the rope that bound his hands with his backhand.

Just as he was busy, he heard the door of the firewood room creak and a figure walked in.

The withered sheep's heart tightened, and he subconsciously pinched the piece of wood, and subconsciously looked at the person who came, and then he realized that the person who walked into the firewood room was his own sister Yiyi.

"What are you going to do?" Although I really want to apologize to my sister for yesterday's vicious words, but for some reason, when the withered sheep realized it, he had already spit out a cold sentence from his mouth, perhaps, he was also angry at his sister's slap yesterday.

"......" looked at the withered sheep and sighed silently, Yi Yi stepped forward, and under his stunned gaze, took out a knife from his cuff, cut the rope on his body, and then walked out silently.

This strange behavior, the withered sheep was really a little confused, rubbing his wrist that felt a little sore because he had been tied up for a night, and looked at the back of his sister leaving in confusion.

"What are you waiting for?" Standing at the door of the firewood room, Yi Yi looked back at his only brother and whispered in an incomprehensible tone, "Aren't you going to save your companions?" ”

The withered sheep was stunned, stood up with some joy, and said tentatively, "Sister, do you agree?" ”

"......" Yi Yi did not speak.

Probably feeling that the atmosphere was a little awkward, the withered sheep licked his lips and said, "Sister, I need a sword, and a knife will do...... Well, not the ...... you have."

Yi Yi let out a long sigh when she heard this, shook her head and said, "No need to ......" As she spoke, she glanced at the withered sheep and said in a positive voice, "The Great Prison Temple is where the foundation of the Dongling people is located now, how many assassins do you think there are in the palace that are proficient in assassination and tracking?" You're alone, it's easy to get in and hard to get out...... The concubine will go with you. ”

"Sister?" The withered sheep looked at Yi Yi in surprise, of course he knew that if his sister could help him, it would be easy for her to enter the Great Prison Temple, and the problem was the consequences of her doing so.

"Concubine, after all, there is only one brother like you......" Glancing deeply at the withered sheep, Yiyi sighed faintly, turned around and walked outside the house.

That sentence was no less than the thunder of the Nine Heavens that exploded in the ears of the withered sheep, making him, who had been blowing a cool breeze in the firewood room for a night, gush out of his body with indescribable warmth from nowhere.

"Sister......" called out to the departing sister, and the withered sheep opened his mouth and said ashamedly, "Yesterday's incident, I really didn't have a heart......

Looking back at the withered sheep, Yi Yi nodded lightly, as if nothing had happened, and said softly, "Let's go, while it's still early, there are ...... few people in charge of the Great Prison Temple."

The withered sheep nodded emphatically.

Half an hour later, Yi Yi took the dry sheep to a restaurant in the city in a carriage, knocked on the door of the restaurant, and asked the shopkeeper of the restaurant to bring fifty jars of good wine to the Great Prison Temple, and sent the dry sheep to the pharmacy in the city to buy a few large bags of sweat medicine and pour them into the wine.

You must know that although Yi Yi can enter the Great Prison Temple with her own identity, she has no right to let go of any prisoner in the prison, so she can only use this method to put down the guards of Dongling, after all, those jailers know her identity and will not be suspicious.

Preferably, even the rest of the prisoners in the prison were drugged down, so that she would not affect her husband, and as for herself, Yi Yi obviously didn't care about it at the moment.

"After the deed is completed, you wait to leave Jijing as soon as possible, and don't come back no matter what happens, understand?" In front of the yamen of the Great Prison Temple, Yi Yi took care of his younger brother so much.

Listening to that serious tone, the withered sheep hesitated.

"Sister, don't forget it, I'll go alone, you better go back...... No matter how much my brother-in-law spoils you, if you help me do this kind of thing, this ......"

Yi Yi smiled slightly, raised his hand slightly, and used the copper ring on the door to knock on the door of the Great Prison Temple.

"Even if it's atonement......"