Chapter 132: Edict
Shen Faxing was directly stunned.
If he remembered correctly, Xie Yu's family was intercepted on the way back to their ancestral land, and Xie Yu's right hand was cut off when he resisted.
Shen Faxing thought it was His Majesty's handiwork at first. It turned out that these people were sent by the county lord of Yonghe. Could it be that this Yonghe County Lord still has the ability to predict the unknown?!
"In this way, Xie Guogong conspired against him, did you already know about it, county lord?"
When Xie Yanhe heard this, he glanced at Shen Faxing with a smile, and his clear and soft voice contained a faint sneer: "Lord Shen doesn't have to test my tone. If you want to know what's going on, you might as well ask Your Majesty. ”
Xie Yanhe took the token given to her by Wei Zhao from Grandma Gong's hand, and curled her lips and smiled: "Lord Shen, I want to see Xie Yu." Presumably, you shouldn't be embarrassed by this request, right? ”
Shen Faxing really felt embarrassed, and he said hesitantly: "This ...... This Xie Yu is a prisoner of the imperial court, and the county lord and Xie Yu are cousins and sisters, and the lower officials need to report to His Majesty ......"
Xie Yanhe put the dragon pattern jade plate "ordered by the sky" on his index finger and swayed leisurely. Shen Faxing was successfully silenced.
"County lord, the lower official is leading the way in front, please come with me." Shen Faxing said helplessly.
"Those who know the times are Junjie. Lord Shen, don't worry, I will definitely say a few kind words for you in front of Your Majesty. ”
Xie Yanhe stretched out her slender jade fingers and smoothed the creases on the hem of her skirt little by little, then she got up without hurrying, and she said calmly: "Lord Shen will lead the way." ”
The entrance to the prison is located directly at the back office. It was the first time Xie Yanhe had set foot in such a place.
Descending a narrow passage, lit only by dim candles on either side. Mama Gong was afraid that Xie Yanhe would bump into him, and every time she stepped down the steps, she would involuntarily hold Xie Yanhe's arm. The further you go inside, the wetter it becomes, and you can even hear the echo of footsteps.
This edict was rebuilt after His Majesty's accession to the throne, and the guards were all His Majesty's former pro-soldiers. Generally, people who enter here are really unable to escape, and even seeking death has no way to ask for help.
"Wronged! Treat unjustly! I want to see Your Majesty! Xie Yanhe had just finished the steps and had not yet stepped into the prison when an extremely terrible howl sounded in his ears, and the hysterical voice smelled of despair and madness.
"County Lord......" Mama Gong clenched Xie Yanhe's arm with a worried face, and said softly: "This place is too yin, if you have anything to say, you might as well explain it to the slave maid, and the slave maid will ask Xie Yu for you." ”
Sure enough, it was an uninformed woman in the inner house, and before she walked into the cell, she could be frightened just by listening to the prisoner's voice.
Shen Faxing swept away the smugness and sarcasm in his eyes, and said in a tone that was thinking about Xie Yanhe: "County Lord, what the grandmother next to you said is right. In such a filthy place, the county lord does not have to go in. In case the county lord is frightened, His Majesty will blame him, and the lower officials can't afford it. ”
Shen Faxing's yin and yang weirdness did not make Xie Yanhe's mood fluctuate for half a minute. As for the intimidation between his words, Xie Yanhe didn't take it to heart.
Xie Yanhe had just killed someone last night, and when the long sword was pulled out of the servant girl, the tip of the sword was still dripping with blood, and the handmaid had a dead look. has even experienced killing people with his own hands, and the gloomy edict in front of him can no longer make Xie Yanhe feel afraid.
Xie Yanhe ignored Shen Faxing's words.
She patted Mama Gong's arm gently, and her movements were full of comfort. Xie Yanhe chuckled and said, "Mama doesn't have to worry. The token in my hand was given by His Majesty, and with the protection of the real dragon, ordinary evil people dare not approach. ”
The power of the emperor can indeed make all evils inviolable. Mama Gong breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and her worried and fearful gaze gradually turned firm: "It was the old slave's short-sightedness that made the county lord and Lord Shen laugh." ”
Shen Faxing was bored, he touched his nose, snorted coldly, and walked to the front to lead the way.
"See your Excellency." The cell head in the cell greeted him, and after seeing the female dependents following Shen Faxing, his eyes revealed a little doubt: "My lord, these people are ......?"
Shen Faxing said lightly: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." ”
The cell boss looked stunned, although he felt that this woman who was supported by the old woman and wore a fence on her head was a little strange, but with Shen Faxing's warning, he quickly withdrew his gaze and respectfully avoided the side.
Shen Faxing looked at the cell head, and when he saw the blood stains on his clothes, his heart moved, and he asked, "You just interrogated the prisoner?" ”
"Hui Yu, my lord, Xia Guan has just interrogated the prisoner in the C-shaped room, he can't stand the punishment, and the person has fainted."
"C-room? Is it the prince of Xie Guogong? Shen Faxing's eyes seemed to be focused on the cell leader's body, but the corner of his eyes had been paying attention to the reaction of the county lord of Yonghe.
"Lord Hui, it is the prince of Xie Guogong." The cell boss was puzzled. Arraignment of the prince of Xie Guogong, isn't this Lord Shen's order before leaving? Why does Lord Shen seem to have forgotten now.
But these nobles don't dare to speculate, let alone warn. After answering Shen Faxing's words, he returned to silence.
"Take the official to the C-shaped room." Shen Faxing commanded.
"Yes, sir." When the cell boss heard this, he hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way.
Xie Yanhe followed behind Shen Faxing and walked slowly through the first cell.
As he reached the third cell, a man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes rushed over, stretched out his hands outside the iron fence, and shouted: "Your Majesty! I want to see Your Majesty! The old minister is wronged! The old minister is wronged! ”
Mama Gong was startled, even though she knew that the prisoner could not get out of this cell, she still blocked Xie Yanhe's body for the first time.
Seeing this, the cell boss swung the iron rod in his hand directly at the prisoner. There was a "click" and an iron rod hit the prisoner's arm, and the dull air resounded with the sound of a tingling bone.
The man let out an earth-shattering howl and rolled around his arms.
A sneer appeared on the gloomy face of the cell leader, and he instructed his jailers: "Go and warn these prisoners, let them shut up, don't disturb the nobles." ”
After the cell boss's hand to make an example of the monkey, the road was very quiet.
Xie Yanhe forcibly endured the disgusting smell of the edict in prison, and silently followed behind Shen Faxing, with a sticky and greasy feeling coming from the soles of his shoes, and he didn't know what he stepped on.
Xie Yanhe had no choice but to constantly distract himself. She thought: It's a pity that the skirt she wears on her body, this is still prepared by Wei Zhao for the palace people, and after she goes back, she must burn the filth.
After walking for less than half a pillar of incense, Shen Faxing took the lead in stopping in front of a cell, he looked back at the county lord of Yonghe, and said in a respectful tone: "County lord, Xie Yu is in this cell, and the person is still unconscious. As for his wife and child, they were locked up in another place. ”
Xie Yanhe walked over, and after seeing the unkempt and bloody man lying on the grass, his clear pupils suddenly shrank.
"Lord Shen, is there a way to wake up Xie Yu?"
"Absolutely." Shen Faxing had been carefully observing the expression on Xie Yanhe's face, and after discovering that Xie Yanhe had seen his cousin's tragic condition, his eyebrows and eyes did not move. Shen Faxing's limbs and bones suddenly burst into a bone-chilling cold. It is said that the most poisonous woman's heart. The county lord of Yonghe is really hard-hearted.
"Open the door." Shen Faxing felt more and more that Xie Yanhe was not offended, and he commanded the jailer in a loud voice.
There was no need for the cell boss to order, the jailer guarding the door naturally recognized Shen Faxing, and hurriedly took off the key hanging on his body and inserted it into the keyhole.
With a click, the copper lock fell, and the two jailers pushed open the door.
One of them picked up a bucket of ice water from the cell, and with a "bang-" sound, it was all poured on Xie Yu's body.
"Ahem, cough, ahem......" The man on the haystack erupted into a violent cough, and the man woke up and turned around.
The jailer with the empty bucket sneered, "Get up, someone has come to see you." ”
When Xie Yu heard this, he rolled his eyes with great difficulty.
The sons of the wealthy families of the once Yutang Golden Horse are now unshaven and half-dead curled up on the ground, their clear eyes full of emptiness and resentment. The black and messy costume could not be seen in its original appearance, and turned into a few bloodstained rags.
When he saw the female dependents following behind Shen Faxing, Xie Yu's eyes widened instantly, he "grunted", flipped off the grass, and when he landed, he accidentally touched his empty right hand, and his hoarse throat suddenly let out a terrible howl, and the broken wound that was wrapped in gauze indiscriminately instantly leaked out a cloud of red blood.
"Mama Gong! Mama Gong! Is that you! ”
Xie Yanhe was wearing a power fence, but Xie Yu did not recognize her identity. On the contrary, it was Mama Gong, although she hadn't seen her for many years, Mama Gong's appearance had some slight changes, and there were a few more fine lines at the corners of her eyes, but Xie Yu still recognized her at a glance.
"Yan He, are you Yan He?" Xie Yu reacted in hindsight, who else could be the female dependents who could be accompanied by Mama Gong besides his cousin!
"Brother Lobby's situation doesn't seem to be good." Xie Yanhe had no intention of hiding his identity.
With the support of Mama Gong, Xie Yanhe slowly walked into the cell.
Seeing this, the cell boss hurriedly glanced at the people below. After a while, the two jailers brought in two brand-new Taishi chairs.
The cell boss said respectfully, "Two adults, please take a seat." Because he didn't know Xie Yanhe's identity, the cell boss could only call him "adult" indiscriminately.
Shen Faxing corrected when he heard this: "It's good for you to call this female county lord." ”
The cell boss hurriedly changed his words: "The lower official has seen the county lord." ”
"You don't have to pay attention to these false courtesies." Xie Yanhe said lightly, and his eyes fell on Xie Yu's body.
Xie Yu was stunned for a moment, and then a huge ecstasy appeared on his face.
Xie Yu thought at first that his cousin, like himself, had also been sent to prison. Now seeing that these people are so polite to their cousin, they think that their cousin is not only safe and sound, but maybe they are here to save themselves.
"Cousin, cousin! Are you here to save me? My cousin was wronged! Xie Yu endured the sharp pain in his arm, stood up tremblingly, and rushed in the direction of Xie Yanhe.
Seeing this, the jailer hurriedly kicked Xie Yu away.
"Brother Hall, on the way, I heard people shouting grievances. Is it that everyone who arrives here feels that they have been wronged? Xie Yanhe's voice was sweet and soft, and his tone carried the innocence of a girl in the boudoir who did not know the world, as if he was really curious.
Although Shen Faxing didn't know Xie Yanhe's purpose, he still said lightly: "County lord, how can a prisoner not be slippery. Your Majesty's holy candle shines, how can you wrongfully be loyal and good! ”
Xie Yanhe smiled slightly, not only did not make Shen Faxing feel that he couldn't get off the stage, but instead said in a very approving tone: "What Lord Shen said is that maybe some people just don't cry when they don't see the coffin." ”
Xie Yu's mind was a little dizzy, how could he think that Xie Yanhe was not here to save himself. "What does that mean, cousin! I'm suffering here, cousin, aren't you indifferent?! ”
Xie Yu regarded Xie Yanhe as the only life-saving straw that he could grasp, and he asked loudly at Xie Yanhe.
Hearing this, Xie Yanhe said slowly: "Brother Hall, seeing your miserable situation, how could I be indifferent? The corners of her lips curled, and her sweet and glutinous voice revealed a cheerful taste: "I'm obviously very happy!" ”
As soon as Xie Yanhe's voice fell, Shen Faxing was stunned. It seems that the relationship between the county lord of Yonghe and the prince of Xie Guo is not very good!
Shen Faxing secretly thought: There are many disagreements in these big families, unlike their own families, the population is simple, harmonious and happy.
"Xie Yanhe, are you still human! Watching your cousin suffer, you are still talking cool things on the sidelines! You can't be angry with my cousin because you hate my grandmother! Xie Yu was stunned for a moment, he thought that he had not offended this cousin, and the only possibility was that Xie Yanhe was dissatisfied with his grandmother and angry with his cousin.
"It just so happens that this is what I want to ask the lobby brother." A sneer escaped from the corner of Xie Yanhe's lips, and she moved in front of Xie Yu with a condescending attitude.
"Brother Lobby, it's been nine years, and my father has been gone for nine years. Have you been able to sleep at night for the past nine years? Xie Yanhe's voice was like ice and snow on Changbai Mountain that did not melt all year round, cold and cold.
Xie Yu's pupils shrank, and the muscles on his cheeks couldn't help but tremble.
Xie Yanhe took a step back, if he hadn't been held up by Mama Gong, he would have almost been unstable. She gritted her teeth and smiled, her eyes with hatred were like a raging flame, as if she could burn through the fence covering her head: "You really know! Sure enough, you killed my father! ”
Shen Faxing, who was guarding Xie Yanhe next to him, was stunned. What does the county lord of Yonghe mean by this sentence! Didn't Marquis Xianjing Ping die for His Majesty to block arrows?
Shen Faxing didn't expect that he would be able to hear such a secret today, his eyes narrowed, and he suddenly pricked up two ears.
"What does this mean, cousin? The second uncle was meritorious in escorting, and he died for His Majesty to block arrows, and he was loyal to the country, how could the second uncle be killed by me! ”
Xie Yu didn't dare to guess if Xie Yanhe heard something from somewhere, he pressed his heart and excused himself.
"Brother Hall, how do you think you don't have your right hand?" Xie Yanhe chuckled lightly, and said quietly: "I ordered the guards of the Xie family to chop off your hand, and I also ordered the guards of the Xie family to intercept and kill you halfway, is the lobby brother still lucky?" ”
"Slut!" Xie Yu "buzzed" in his head, and only heard Xie Yanhe's first sentence clearly, he roared and pounced on Xie Yanhe: "You vicious slut, you dare to chop off my right hand, I will fight with you!" ”
Suzaku, who had been following Xie Yanhe like an invisible person, flashed in front of Xie Yanhe, flew up with a kick, and directly kicked Xie Yu who pounced on him into a rolling gourd.
Xie Yu suddenly fell back two meters away, until he hit the wall of the cell, and then stopped castration.
An earth-shattering howl overflowed from Xie Yu's throat, and the whole person curled up on the ground, motionless, which showed the strength of Suzaku's foot.
Shen Faxing's eyes showed a strong look of surprise.
This maid who followed the county lord of Yonghe would have such a clean and neat skill. The terrible thing is that from the county lord of Yonghe to the Houya, including the section of the road to the edict, he ignored this low-eyed maid in the past.
But now, when this maid raises her feet and kicks people, she suddenly has a sense of existence. She was obviously separated from her by several steps, but the faint murderous aura that filled her body still made her hair stand on end. Shen Faxing's intuition told him that this maid was very similar to Qinglongwei's people!
It's just that Qinglongwei is so precious, how could His Majesty arrange such a powerful maid to come to the side of the county lord of Yonghe? And the jade plaque that represents His Majesty's presence in person! Shen Faxing felt that he was caught in a mystery, obviously the clue was at hand, but he couldn't grasp it.
Just as Shen Faxing was distracted, Xie Yanhe looked at his cousin on the ground like a dead fish, and a pair of peach blossom eyes flashed coldly,
She thought sarcastically: This is the eldest grandson of the Xie family, and the big house that his grandmother is willing to sacrifice another son to maintain to the end, is filthy from top to bottom! Usually looking at the humble gentleman, the light wind and the moon, I am really going to encounter something, I am not as good as a ranger on the rivers and lakes, and the weak one is not like a man!
No, she was wrong, a person who can even betray his own relatives is obviously inferior to a beast!
"Cousin, I'm just going to ask you one question, you must think about it before you answer it. If you don't answer well......"
Xie Yanhe sneered, her sweet voice was particularly eerie and terrifying in this wet and dark cell, and she said slowly: "If you don't answer well, I will cut off your fingers one by one." ”
"Vime fatale! You femme fatale! Xie Yu muttered.
"Suzaku!" With Xie Yanhe's order, Suzaku "brushed" and pulled out the soft sword wrapped around his waist, and the cold light flashed, and the thumb of Xie Yu's left hand rolled down with a gurgle.
"Ah......" Xie Yu let out a sharp scream in his throat, and the people in the cell also felt numb with their scalps.
These jailers, including Shen Faxing, are accustomed to bloody scenes. But they didn't expect that a delicate woman would be so ruthless! This is still his own cousin, he doesn't say hello, it's not enough to chop off his right hand, even the fingers of his left hand have to be chopped off. This ruthlessness is difficult for even a seven-foot man to match!