The second morning, after a night, the entire imperial city was covered in a layer of silver-white clothes under this heavy snow, and this year's snow came earlier.

The snow stopped.

After Xu Nankui got dressed, she took Xia He out, and today she was going to Li Xiang's house and took Mrs. Li Xiang to send Li Xiang on her last journey.

It was morning, but the sky was unusually dark. Looking up, a large area of black clouds overwhelmed the city, and the north wind swept the ground.

It was morning, but there was no light in sight.

Xu Nankui opened the curtain of the carriage, and the biting cold wind poured in, and the cold person shivered.

Under the large dark clouds, it means that this snow is just the beginning, the wind is dancing, autumn has not passed, and winter has arrived.

The flag planted in the liquor shop was blown down by the strong wind, dripping and sliding out a few feet away, and the children of the roadside were playing under the snow, and suddenly heard a call, and could only be reluctantly carried back by the adults.

Xu Nankui coughed, Xia He hurriedly put down the curtain, stuffed a warm pot into Xu Nankui's arms and said, "Your Highness, the wind is strong, be careful, don't get cold." ”

Xu Nankui took the kettle and put it in his arms, he finally felt better, and in about half an hour, the carriage arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, perhaps because of this heavy snowfall, Xu Nankui was a little tired.

Xu Nankui said weakly: "I heard that someone broke into the secret room yesterday and rescued Zhenbei Hou? ”

Xia He nodded, took out a bowl of barley and red bean porridge from the bamboo tube, handed it to Xu Nankui, and said, "Last night, someone broke into the secret room and let go of Zhenbei Hou according to your orders. ”

Xu Nankui put down the warm pot, took the small bowl from Xia He's hand, drank the porridge slowly, and waited until the small bowl of porridge was down, Xu Nankui recovered some of his vitality a little, and said, "Are the injuries on Zhenbeihou's body all done?" ”

Xia He replied: "According to your instructions, everything is done, and the skin is open and the flesh is open, and the blood is drenched." ”

Xu Nankui put down the bowl in his hand, let out a long breath and said, "That's good, in fact, the mastermind of this matter is not him, and he doesn't need to die." ”

Xu Nankui took out a fox fur and draped it on his body, and then said to Xia He: "Open the curtain, it's too stuffy to close, I'll take a look at this snow scene." ”

Xia He carefully helped Xu Nankui's clothes tighten, and then opened the curtain, but only half opened, facing Xu Nankui's gaze, Xia He said like an old mother: "It's big, the snow will come in." ”

Xu Nankui tugged at the corner of his clothes, didn't speak again, his heart was warm, and his body didn't seem to hurt so much, but there were some fine and dense beads of sweat on the back of his neck, and the cold wind that came in through the curtain quickly took away this little bit of sweat.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xia He got out of the car and knocked on the door.

Soon Xiao Si opened a corner of the crack in the door, and after seeing that it was Xia He, he hurriedly said a few words to the people behind him, and closed the door again.

That Xiao Si had also been to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion before.

Xu Nankui shouted in the car: "Xia He, get in the car, it's cold outside!" ”

Xia He shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's not very cold." ”

Xu Nankui knew that Xia He was afraid of this, and she caught a cold again, but so what? It's just that she's greedy for the wind, but sometimes, it's not good to say it.

Xu Nankui didn't persuade again, just silently called Xia He to the car, handed her the warm pot, and went with her, Xia He took it with a smile and didn't refuse.

After waiting for a while, Mrs. Li came out with a maid, Xia He led the two of them into the carriage, Xu Nankui had not seen Mrs. Li for many days, and now Mrs. Li looked a little haggard.

The carriage rushed to the prison, Xu Nankui glanced at the maid beside Mrs. Li, the maid also carried a package, presumably for Li Xiang's clothes.

Xu Nankui thought to herself, Li Xiang shouldn't be able to use it.

Along the way, they were speechless, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn, knowing that they had arrived in the prison.

Responsible for receiving the supervision of Dali Temple, leading the four people all the way.

The prison was extremely damp and cold, Xu Nankui walked all the way over, there were many prisoners imprisoned inside, and some even whistled at Xu Nankui and Mrs. Li.

They are mortal people, and they have acted a lot of debauchery, Xu Nankui can't see any human nature in their eyes, some are just beasts.

After turning a few corners, I finally came to a relatively clean cell, which was even thoughtfully lit with a stove, and it was finally not so deserted.

Li Xiang was dressed in prison clothes, sitting on the bed, as if he had been waiting for Xu Nankui, after the supervisor opened the door, Xu Nankui said: "Youlao, take Xia He and Mrs. Li's maid to find a place to rest, this palace and Mrs. Li, there are some things to talk to Li Xiang alone." ”

The inspector instructed two sentences, and then took Xia He and the maid named Chunxi out, and before leaving, both of them left the packages on their bodies, one to Xu Nankui, and the other to Mrs. Li.

The moment Mrs. Li saw Li Xiang, her eyes were full of tears, and she staggered over, holding Li Xiang's face and saying, "I've lost a lot of weight, I've lost a lot of weight." ”

Li Xiang looked at his wife with tears in her eyes and comforted: "It's okay, it's just a change of place, and it's cleaner." ”

Mrs. Li tore open her package and took out the same things, these are all things that she began to prepare after Xu Nankui promised at the Qiu Ju banquet.

New clothes, food, and a piece of tofu.

Xu Nankui is a little sympathetic to Mrs. Li, is she wrong? Maybe not, but why did she suffer like this?

Xu Nankui just stayed quietly aside, waiting for the two of them to slowly catch up, after all, if they didn't give this time, it would be too unkind.

Knowing Mrs. Li's helpless words: "Why? ”

Xu Nankui raised his head and looked at the two of them.

Mrs. Li stopped the movement in her hand, and just looked at Li Xiang like this, her face full of puzzlement and sadness.

Li Xiang couldn't help but didn't look at Mrs. Li, but looked at Xu Nankui with anger in his eyes.

Li said softly to Mrs. Li: "You avoid it first, I have something to say to Princess Taiping." ”

Xu Nankui stopped Mrs. Li, and asked Li Xiang with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "What is Li Xiang doing?" Is there anything you can't say in front of Mrs. Li? There's nothing shady between you and me. ”

In the face of Xu Nankui's obstruction, Li Xiang suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Princess Taiping said that she laughed, but it was just a few words that were inconvenient for insiders to hear. ”

Xu Nankui hung up the lock and said, "It's not convenient or not, after all, I personally promised Mrs. Li, saying that as long as Li Xiang is willing, I can get out of this prison today." ”

Mrs. Li also looked at Li Xiang expectantly, she didn't understand why Li Xiang was so axial.

Xu Nankui looked at Mrs. Li's anxious face, and saw that Li Xiang wanted to speak several times, but did not speak, Xu Nankui said: "Mrs. Li, is Li Xiang unwilling to go out?" Or let me explain it to you. ”

When Li Xiang heard what Xu Nankui said, his face immediately changed, and the whole person looked a little hideous, like a beast-like roar, and said to Xu Nankui with hatred from his throat: "Xu Nankui! There is no need to involve innocent people. ”

Xu Nankui's backhand was a slap on Li Xiang's face, and the old man, who was nearly sixty years old, was slapped to the ground by Xu Nankui.

Mrs. Li was about to step forward, but was grabbed by Xu Nankui, Xu Nankui looked at Mrs. Li with a terrible smile and said, "Do you just want why I will promise you to let him out?" Because he didn't dare! He didn't dare to take a step out of here. ”

Mrs. Li looked at Xu Nankui, hatred appeared in her eyes, and she helped Xu Nankui.

Xu Nankui took Mrs. Li's hand absently and didn't let go, and took Mrs. Li to Li Xiang, who fell to the ground, pointed to Li Xiang on the ground, and said to Mrs. Li: "Let me tell you why he didn't dare to step out of this prison." ”

Xu Nankui slowly squatted down, grabbed Li Xiang's collar and said, "Innocent person, how can you have the face to say such a thing?" Yes? Lord Lee Sang, you tell me what an innocent person is? ”

Xu Nankui continued: "100,000 soldiers, killed in battle, do you say they are innocent people, or are the 80,000 soldiers of Liao State innocent people?" Which one are you referring to? ”

Xu Nankui let go of Li Xiang's collar and threw the person to the ground fiercely, watching Li Xiang move with difficulty, Mrs. Li supported Li Xiang, and Xu Nankui said again: "Innocent people, do you say that in the past three years, every person who has suffered from hunger is considered an innocent person?" Are the displaced people innocent? ”

Mrs. Li didn't understand at first, but after two or three sentences, she somewhat understood what Xu Nankui said again, after all, everyone in the capital knew about the tragic war three years ago.

Mrs. Li looked at Li Xiang and asked in a trembling voice, "What she said is true?" ”

Li Xiang faced his wife's questioning, and looked at Xu Nankui's eyes with murderous intent, but unfortunately Xu Nankui was not afraid of him at all.

Xu Nankui pointed at Li and said to Mrs. Li: "He called you an innocent person, do you know why?" Because he is worthy of you! Because you are not innocent, you are a victim, just like the thousands of soldiers, like the thousands of people! ”

Li Xiang blushed his neck and shouted, "Enough! ”

With anger, Xu Nankui suppressed the desire to solve this person in his heart, and said, "Enough! That's enough? Do you know how many times I've shouted before? In Bensai, when he saw the dawn people, did anyone hear it? You've had enough with me now! Not enough! ”

Xu Nankui said to Mrs. Li: "You don't know yet, the child you protect with your heart, Li Xiuren, is not your child, it is the prince of Liao, your child has long been dead," Xu Nankui pointed at Li Xiang and said: "Look at this person, he never intended to let your child live, ridiculous, right?" ”

Mrs. Li slowly let go of Li Xiang's hand, took a step back and asked, "Is it true?" ”

Li Xiang looked at the despair and doubt in Mrs. Li's eyes and did not speak.

Xu Nankui walked behind Mrs. Li and said in her ear, "You know what? He didn't even go out because he wanted to protect the wild seed. ”