Fang Cai's matter Cang Xi was afraid when he thought about it. If it weren't for the bamboo forest not far away, Cangxi saw a black shadow and was somewhat guarded. But what he didn't expect was that those people would do something right away. Such an unaware method is really a clever plan.

The horse was frightened and naturally uncontrollable. If someone really died, it really had to be a coincidence.

Looking at Cangxi's unyielding appearance, Fu Ci moved slightly, raised his head and asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"This king is wondering who did it", Cangxi said directly without concealing it.

At Fu Ci's request, Cangxi completely explained the cause and effect of the matter. After listening, Fu Ci took a deep breath.

Along the way, the two were relatively silent. Who did it should be investigated, but for now, Ji Seventeen's matter also needs to be solved urgently.

Previously, both husband and wife felt ashamed of Ji Qiqi, so they could hide and avoid if they could. But after a long time, this is not a solution after all.

However, if it is really said, what the consequences will be, Cangxi and Fu Ci can't imagine.

The two thought that the carriage had rushed all the way to the gate of the palace.

Cangxi handed his sign to the guards guarding the door and glanced at it, and the guards gave it up and let them go immediately. The carriage drove to the Hanyan Pavilion, Fu Ci woke up Xue Jinxiu, and several people got out of the carriage together.

After Xue Jinxiu got out of the carriage, he immediately asked Cangxi for his resignation, saying that he wanted to go to see Zhou Xin. Cangxi originally wanted to leave Xue Jinxiu for a meal before leaving, but looking at this girl's anxious appearance, Cangxi couldn't speak, so she fulfilled her thoughts.

After Cangxi and Fu Ci entered the house, Fu Ci immediately ordered Xiangluo to prepare food, and asked Gui Yu to go to the Tai Hospital to ask the Tai Doctor to re-bandage Cangxi. Looking at Fu Ci's worried expression, Cangxi stretched out his right arm and pinched Fu Ci's little face, and said, "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

Seeing that Cangxi was so badly injured and still moving at will, Fu Ci was a little annoyed, "I am injured and I don't know how to take care of myself, see who is willing to worry about you in the future." ”

Cangxi smiled, and before he could say the words of comfort, he heard the guard guarding the door shouting: "The Fourth Highness has arrived-"

Fu Ci had just buttoned up Cangxi, and Zhou Yi walked in quickly.

"Brother Wang's injuries are serious?" Zhou Xin walked to Cangxi's side and asked.

"Small injury, don't get in the way", after speaking, Cang Xi's eyes glanced at the chair next to him and said, "Sit down." ”

Zhou Yi nodded, turned around and saluted Fu Ci before sitting down.

Cangxi asked straight to the point, "How did you know that I was injured?" ”

Zhou Yi lowered his head, sighed, and said ashamedly: "It was Shen who said it." ”

Hearing this, Cang Xi frowned and asked, "Shen? ”

Zhou Yi nodded and explained: "It was the people of the Shen family who asked Shen Zihe to tell her that Jinxiu Ji Seventeen had excellent medical skills. Shen Zihe and the Three Emperor Brothers have known each other since childhood, and in the spirit of saving the Three Emperor Brothers, Zihe revealed this matter to Jinxiu. You'll know what happened after that. ”

Hearing Zhou Yi say this, Cangxi's brain spun rapidly, weaving these bits and pieces into threads, and finally forming a surface. After a while, Cangxi asked with a little hesitation, "The people of the Shen family want to give up the third child?" ”

As soon as Cang Xi said this, the whole room became silent.

The Shen family can become bigger, in addition to the huge family and the large number of civil and military generals in the family, there is also an important reason for Shen Guifei's stomach - the Shen family has these two princes with the blood of the Shen family.

The Shen family's ambition is already Sima Zhao's heart - everyone knows it. However, if there were no two princes, the Shen family would be eager for power, and it would be unjustifiable, and it would be the same for thousands of years.

This kind of truth, the Shen family will not not understand.

It's just - in this case, how could the Shen family attack Zhou Xin?

"What do you mean by that?" Zhou Yi asked.

"The Shen family asked Shen Zihe to reveal Ji Seventeen's medical skills to Jinxiu, and then Jinxiu and I were in danger on the road. The road in the bamboo forest is rarely walked, why is it so coincidental? Cangxi reasoned and said.

Zhou Xin scratched his head and asked, "Why do you see that it is aimed at the Third Emperor Brother?" ”

Cangxi didn't speak. But intuitively, Cang Xi knew that those people didn't want his and Xue Jinxiu's lives. At that time, his right arm had been dislocated, Xue Jinxiu's kung fu was not excellent, and the only one who could fight with the man in black was Cang'er alone. Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a great opportunity?

"I can't say what this king is, but according to the situation, if the goal of those people is me and Jinxiu, I'm afraid the two of us will fulfill their wishes."

After Cangxi finished speaking, he paused and asked, "What are you going to do with Shen Zihe?" ”

Zhou Yi sighed, "Imprisoned." ”

Zhou Yi looked a little lost when he said this. He had been wary of Shen Zihe, and he had also thought that she was a fine work sent by the Shen family. However, when Zhou Yi let go of all her guards and got along with this woman, she suddenly turned against her.

This kind of pain in the heart is about the most deadly.

"I think the fourth brother should communicate with the fourth princess well, there is some misunderstanding in it," Fu Ci said.

"Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, I have already asked people to interrogate. If she has anything to say, she will naturally say it", Zhou Yi said this in a very cold tone. It seems that Shen Zihe is a big ice cellar, and people who are close to her will unconsciously feel a chill.

Zhou Yi said so, and Fu Ci couldn't say anything more.

After a long time, Cangxi took the initiative to say: "This king invited Ji Seventeen to treat the third child, but it was inconvenient for him to enter the palace, so he could only bring the third child to the palace of King Xi for treatment." ”

Hearing Cangxi say this, Zhou Yiteng suddenly got up from the chair and said, "Brother Wang, how can this be done?" ”

Cangxi waved his left hand and motioned for Zhou Yi to sit down first. After Zhou Yi calmed down a little, Cangxi continued: "Can't you watch the third child die like this, and Jinxiu will be so uncomfortable for a lifetime?" ”

Cangxi's words made Zhou Yi not know how to refute. It doesn't matter if Zhou Xin dies or not, but if Zhou Xin dies, maybe a big war can be avoided.

However, Xue Jinxiu is different.

"Brother Wang, have you thought about it, if the Third Emperor Brother has an accident, can you afford this responsibility?" Zhou Yi said.

Without waiting for Cangxi to reply, Fu Ci also echoed Zhou Yi's statement.

"This king has thought about this problem, but there is no more suitable place except for the Xi Wangfu right now," Cangxi said.

Cangxi's words are good. Because of Shen Guifei and Zhou Yan, Zhou Xin's political enemies are not few. In the diagnosis and treatment of Zhou Yan Mansion, Cangxi did not think about it. But whether Zhou Yan can be trusted, Cangxi became more and more suspicious.

For the sake of the throne, is there still less fratricidal brotherhood?

Zhou Yan does not have military power in his hands, but Zhou Xin has it in his hands, and the two are compatriots of the same mother.

What if Zhou Xin died?

Cangxi didn't think about it anymore, tilted his head and said to Zhou Yi: "I will report this matter to my father tomorrow." will also express my concerns, fourth, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Having said that, Zhou Yiwei really couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod his head.

After the two chatted a few more words, Zhou Yi found an excuse to leave the Cold Smoke Pavilion and went straight to the Four Princes' Mansion.

Every prince's mansion has a dungeon, and Zhou Yi's mansion is no exception.

The reason why the prison was built underground was after careful consideration by the craftsmen. The sound transmission effect in the underground is poor, and even if there is any punishment, the master cannot hear it on the ground. What's more, the dungeon is cold in winter and hot in summer, which is also a disguised punishment for prisoners.

Zhou Xin paced and unconsciously came to the door of the dungeon, and the guards guarding the door saw the four princes hurriedly bowing their hands.

"Call me Cao Zhangshi," Zhou Xin said.

After a while, a woman in her forties and fifties stood in front of Zhou Xin and said, "The old slave greets His Royal Highness Fourth. ”

Zhou Yi ignored the old maidservant and asked with a cold face, "Has the Fourth Imperial Concubine been recruited?" ”

Cao Zhangshi shook his head and said, "The fourth imperial concubine refuses to say anything. ”

Zhou Yi closed his eyes and said, "Since you don't want to say it, the four imperial concubines don't have to eat the meals of the past few days." ”

After speaking, Zhou Yi left the door of the dungeon without looking back.

After Zhou Yi left, the boss surnamed Cao returned to the dungeon.

The dungeon was very dark, and the snow was very heavy in this harsh winter. This dungeon is three points higher than the average place.

Shen Zihe wore little and shrunk in the corner.

Cao Zhangshi smiled wickedly at Shen Zihe, "The old slave persuaded the four imperial concubines to admit the matter of colluding with the Shen family to murder the prince of Xi and the county lord of Jinxiu, otherwise this hard life is still to come." ”

Shen Zihe ignored the old slave.

How can she admit what she hasn't done?

What's more, wouldn't the relationship between her and Zhou Yi be broken off like this?

Thinking of this, Shen Zihe didn't squeak. Cao Zhangshi weighed the money bag, and said with a flattering smile: "The Fourth Highness has just come down, and he specially-"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhangshi saw Shen Zihe raise his head, and then said in a long voice: "The Fourth Highness also specially instructed the old slave, if the Fourth Imperial Concubine is not recruited, she will run out of food." ”

Cao Zhangshi's words undoubtedly slashed Shen Zihe's heart like a dagger.

Zhou Yi hates her like this?

The loving couple who once said that they would join hands until they grew old actually got into this situation because of suspicion. Thinking about it like this, Shen Zihe only felt funny.

Saying that she is not suspicious in this life, but it is all a lie!

Because Shen Zihe is the imperial concubine, Cao Zhangshi can't torture her. However, when Zhou Yi had just put Shen Zihe in prison, a masked man in black came to look for her.

The man in black said that Shen Zihe must annoy Zhou Yi. When the prince broke off the favor of the four imperial concubines, he used torture to make the four imperial concubines admit the crime of colluding with the Shen family and murdering the imperial family.

The man in black also promised to give Cao Zhangshi a hundred taels of gold after the deed was completed.

Cao Zhangshi carried a lot of lives on his back, and exchanging the life of an unfavored imperial concubine for a hundred taels of gold was definitely a surefire deal.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhangshi casually picked up the leather whip. The leather whip is very thick, and there are black and red blood stains on it, which makes people a little frightened. Cao Zhangshi ordered someone to bring a basin of salt water and threw the whip inside. The blood stains that had been sticking to the whip were instantly dissolved in the water when they were soaked in salt water. A basin of water has now been dyed bright red.

Cao Zhangshi fished out the whip from the salt water and opened the door to Shen Zihe's prison. Previously, before Zhou Yi ordered Shen Zihe to fast, Cao Zhangshi had been watching the fire from the other side.

The people in charge of the Four Princes' Mansion know very well that His Royal Highness is extremely fond of this Four Imperial Concubines. Because of this, Cao Zhangshi has been hesitating whether he can take the hundred taels of gold or not. But now, looking at Zhou Yi's attitude, Cao Zhangshi is very sure that the gold can't escape from his pocket.

"The fourth imperial concubine still recruited, otherwise don't blame the old slave's whip for not having long eyes", as he said, Cao Zhangshi waved the whip. The whip collided with the air and made a whirring sound.

Shen Zihe watched Cao Zhangshi finish a series of actions, still motionless in the corner.

She closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, as if as long as she closed her eyes, the person in front of her was not ordered by Zhou Yi to beat her and judge her.

Cao Zhangshi's footsteps are getting closer and closer. A whip whistled over, but Shen Zihe didn't move.

The whip touched Shen Zihe's delicate skin, and a blood mark was immediately born.

Seeing that Shen Zihe didn't even struggle at the very least, Cao Zhangshi thought that he was too light, so he pulled harder. This whip, Cao Zhangshi used ruthless force. Shen Zihe was pumped and gritted his teeth unconsciously.

The whip fell on her back. The thin clothes couldn't withstand the strength of Cao Zhangshi, and Shen Zihe's skin was also torn apart by the whip.

"The fourth imperial concubine is really hard-mouthed", Cao Zhangshi's tone was a little sour, which made people feel very uncomfortable to listen to, and seeing that Shen Zihe still ignored her, he raised three tones and said: "The old slave wants to see how hard a woman who has been abandoned by His Royal Highness can be hard-mouthed." ”

After speaking, another whip was whipped on Shen Zihe's back. The two whip marks were already a blur of flesh and blood, and the whip had been soaked in salt water before. There's a bit of salt in the texture of the whip. The first whip gives the feeling of tearing through the skin, and the second whip feels the effect of salt water.

Shen Zihe bit his lower lip painfully and refused to speak.

Is this whip what Zhou Yi meant?

Suddenly, Shen Zihe lost the ability to think. She reluctantly reached out and wiped her face, and before Cao Zhangshi's fourth whip came down, she turned to face Cao Zhangshi.

Cao Zhangshi saw that Shen Zihe finally had a somewhat softening attitude, with a little smile on his face, and he was still the kind that didn't smile.

"The four princesses have thought about it? Ken said? Cao Zhangshi asked as he collected the whip.

Shen Zihe didn't answer Cao Zhangshi's question, he stood up straight, and asked in a tone without the slightest warmth: "This is what the Fourth Highness means?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Zhangshi was a little confused.

It was Zhou Yi's intention to cut off food to Shen Zihe, but His Royal Highness did not say that he could be punished. If it weren't for seeing that the fourth imperial concubine had fallen out of favor, Cao Zhangshi wouldn't have dared to do anything.

This is the case, but you must not tell Shen Zihe the truth. Otherwise, if the news spreads, wouldn't her life be lost here?

Thinking of this, Cao Zhangshi tried to stay calm and even smiled a little confidently, and said, "You are the imperial concubine, if there is no intention of the Fourth Highness, who would dare to do anything to you?" ”

After speaking, Cao Zhangshi was even more certain - Shen Zihe must not be allowed to get out alive.

The moment Shen Zihe got the answer, tears welled up. She didn't cry with the four whips just now, but the words "the meaning of the four highnesses" alone made her unable to suppress her tears.

Seeing that Shen Zihe was eaten by Zhou Yi, Cao Zhangshi smiled and said: "The old slave advises you to admit it, and you can avoid some flesh and skin suffering." Otherwise, you will end up with death. Fourth Imperial Princess, do you think it looks good to die with scars or to die with fine skin and tender meat? ”

Shen Zihe sneered, and walked to Cao Zhangshi's side, snatched the whip from her hand, and quickly strangled the whip around her neck, "I want to see which of the two of us dies first." ”

There are no guards in the dungeon at this hour, and it is precisely because there are no guards guarding Cao Zhangshi that he dares to torture Shen Zihe.

Shen Zihe has practiced martial arts, not to mention that he can compete with Cangxi with his fists and feet, but he will never be under Zhou Yi again.

It's effortless to deal with people like Cao Zhangshi who can only show off their might with torture tools!

Cao Zhangshi was already out of breath, and his hands were pulled out, hoping to relieve the pain caused by the imminent suffocation. Cao Zhangshi's eyes had begun to roll upward, and the strength in his hands had weakened. In the end, Shen Zihe used ruthlessness, and Cao Zhangshi's neck was strangled by her.

Looking at this person's corpse, Shen Zihe kicked in disgust.

It was the first time she had killed someone.

Shen Zihe checked around the small dungeon and found that there were a few high windows that turned out to be a small road in the Four Princes' Mansion that no one walked. After making sure that no one was there, Shen Zihe jumped to the window.

Shen Zihe worked so lightly that there was almost no sound when he jumped from the window to the ground.

After living in this courtyard for half a year, Shen Zihe was a little reluctant, but when she thought that the owner of this courtyard actually wanted her life, Shen Zihe's eyes became a little sad.

She followed the path to the same place as the backstreet, and jumped over the wall. She paused at the top of the wall for a moment, and took a deep look at the only place in the Great Four Princes' Mansion where the lights were still on.

"Next time, you and I will meet each other," Shen Zihe said softly.

After saying that, she took one last look at the courtyard and climbed down the wall.