Chapter 38: Step by Step (1)
Chop me up to make minced meat?! Hmph, this prince really looks up to me. The assassination of the prince is a capital crime, if Wu Feng is really the mastermind, how can he come back stupidly to send him to death?
Without waiting for the prince to send someone to arrest me, I generously walked out of the screen and came to the side of the Yao girl, knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "The prince is above, and the servant has something to do." ”
"What do you want?" Prince Yan said coldly.
"Before this woman entered the Qin Dynasty, she was a kabuki of the Jin State Zhi clan. Qin Jin has always been at odds, and this time, she is afraid that she has been instructed by the Jin people to be unfavorable to the crown prince. ”
"Xiao'er is talking nonsense, now that there is nothing to do between Qin and Jin, why do they want to make a big move to assassinate the prince of my Qin State!" Doctor Lou snorted coldly and wanted to continue scolding, but was stopped by the prince.
"You say, it's the Jin people who want to kill me?" Prince Yan's face stiffened, and there was unconcealed nervousness in his voice, "Does Xiao'er have evidence?" ”
"The maidservant once inadvertently saw something in this woman's dressing."
"What's it?" The prince walked up to me and said eagerly.
"Prince, it's a few broken clay tablets. It seems to be engraved with some words of Jindi. I thought it was a handbook between her and her family, so I didn't read it carefully, but now I think it might be the evidence that the prince wants. ”
As soon as I said this, everyone was shocked. The crown prince and Gongzi Li were silent, and Yao Nu turned her head to look at me with a puzzled expression. For only she knew well that there was no clay board in her dresser.
"Child, do you know what happened to me?" The prince pinched my chin and threatened.
"Please check the prince, what the little girl said is true, send someone to the house to search, and you will find out."
"Forgive me for not having the guts! Come on, lock all three of them up for me! As soon as the prince raised his hand, several sword-wielding guards came menacingly.
Gongzili stopped the guard, turned his head and begged the crown prince: "Brother, General Wu is a bright and upright person, and he is deeply respected by his father, and today's affairs must have nothing to do with him." You don't want to fall for the tricks of the Jin people, and hurt the peace with the general in vain. Besides, Ah Shi has just recovered from a serious illness and can't stand the yin qi of the dungeon, so why don't you find another house in the house to detain him? ”
"Hiss-" The prince grinned and took the white silk silk handkerchief handed over by the temple man, held his bleeding ear with trembling hands, and snorted coldly, "Fourth brother is distressed like this?" As long as I find what this girl said, I'll let her go. Now, no one is allowed to intercede with her! Come on, bring it down! ”
The guards in the back gave me a heavy push. I had been blown by the cold wind and drank some hot wine, and I was pushed to the ground when I didn't stand still for a while.
"Ah Shi-" Gongzi Li wanted to help me, but was dragged by Fu Shu behind him.
"I'm fine." I patted my broken hands, reluctantly stood up, and shouted at the two guards behind me, "I'll go myself!" ”
The crown prince glanced at Gongzili and instructed the temple people around him: "Separate her and those two, prepare a few more bedding, and send some hot water." ”
Bedding? Hot water? Isn't he the one who wants me dead the most?
The prince took a step forward and leaned his face up, poked my nose with his fingertips viciously and said, "Before Wu Feng comes back, you'd better not give me death!" If you die, I'll chop you up and feed it to the dogs!" With that, he flicked his sleeves and walked away. Gongzili's face turned pale, and he came up to comfort me and chased me out.
The dungeon of the Prince's Mansion is twenty feet into the ground, and because it is built on the underground water vein, the whole dungeon is damp and muddy, and the cold is oppressive, and even the jailer on duty does not want to stay in it for long.
Lan Ji and Yao Nu were locked in the cell next to me, and Yao Nu huddled in the corner without saying a word, while Lan Ji walked around the cell restlessly.
The bedding and hot water that the prince had ordered before were quickly delivered. I rubbed my frozen hands, poured a bowl of hot water, and passed it through the bars: "Yao Nu, do you want to drink some hot water?" ”
"What kind of good person are you pretending to be on this death row!" Lan Ji walked over angrily and slapped the pottery bowl in my hand with one palm, "Okay, you bitch, you really damn it!" She grabbed me by the neck with her right hand and pulled me forward, and my face hit the fence hard, and my mouth was full of fishy sweetness.
"The scheming dead girl, I knew that I would get into today's situation, and I should have slapped you that night." Lan Ji's eyes were split, her face was full of anger, and she gritted her teeth and wanted to skin me alive in no time.
"You let her go......" came the faint voice of the Yao girl in the dark corner.
Lan Ji glared at me and lowered her hand fiercely. After all, if I die here, she won't want to get out alive.
"You remember it for me, as long as I, Lan Ji, walk out of this gate alive, I will kill you one day."
I spat out the blood from my mouth and sat down silently against the wooden railing. Something like today, I just hope that Wu Feng can be safe and sound, as for his life, it can only depend on God's arrangement.
"Your lady already knew about my plans, so she said those things to me when she was dressing up today?" Yao Nu leaned against the wall and stepped out of the shadows in the corner. She crouched down in front of me, staring at me through the bars, a wry smile on her lips.
I couldn't refute it, so I could only nod: "Yes, I hid behind a tree when you met him in the alley that night." I heard you talking, and I saw him and Lan Ji intimacy. What I said before, I just hope you can give up, I hope you can understand that the person you love doesn't care about you at all, he only cares about his plan, and you are just a tool for him to kill people. ”
Yao Nu smiled, relieved her frowning brows, and stretched out her hand to help me comb my messy sideburns: "Noble girl, I heard your name when I was in Gongzi's Mansion. When Childe talks about you, the corners of his eyes always fly like a teenager who is just starting to fall in love. After entering the Wu Mansion, I saw with my own eyes the love of the head of the family for you. You have so many things that I can't even think about it, so you won't understand, and you'll never understand, my decision. I lost my parents when I was six years old and entered the workshop, and since then I have practiced my piano skills and singing skills every day just to please my master. I'm a kabuki and a prostitute, a thing to be played with, but I've never been alone. But only he...... Only he understands me, pities me, and treats me as a real person. The corners of her mouth were clearly smiling, but the tears couldn't stop sliding, "The head of the family treats me kindly, and I know that today's events will affect you, but ...... I had to do it. ”
"I'm sorry." I lowered my head, "I kept accusing that man of being ruthless, but in the end I took advantage of you just like him. ”
"Heh, you two are really masters and servants. However, Yao Nu, you should be happy, you ruined the master's plan this time, and he is afraid that he will never forget you in the future. Lan Ji, who was standing on the sidelines and watching coldly, suddenly made a sarcastic remark.
Yao Nu's face suddenly faded to blood, and Lan Ji's words seemed to take away the only vitality she had.
Lan Ji said to me at this time: "Stinky girl, do you know how many people you will kill in the battlefield today?" You saved one of your generals, but you wanted to kill thousands of people to die for him. ”
"Killing the crown prince can prevent Qin from attacking Jin, but he can't kill him, and you can also use Yao Nu to frame Gongzi and the general to cause civil unrest in Qin. Your master is indeed scheming. ”
"So you already knew!" Lan Ji's eyes flashed fiercely, "You'd better never leave this dungeon, or I won't let you die a comfortable death." ”
"It's not a matter of bothering you. It's just that after you go out, please be sure to bring a message to your master, just say that I want to make a deal with him, and if he agrees to my request, I will definitely be able to stop this war between Qin and Wu attacking Jin. ”
As soon as I said this, Lan Ji seemed to hear the funniest joke in the world, and she bent down and laughed: "You? It's up to you? ”
"All you have to do is speak, and your master believes it or not, and whether he comes or not, it is up to him. If he wants my life, send someone to take it. ”
"Noble girl, the master is cautious, he will not come." Yao Nu sighed softly.
"No, he'll come."