Chapter 423: Choice
The dust and blood half a month ago could not float away from the dark palace walls, nor could they float away from the quiet Tianjing after the chaos, nor could they float away from Huzhou, which was alerted for the first time after His Majesty's death.
Half a month later, in Huzhou, the scene of thousands of people sending each other in front of the gate of Chuxue City made the officials of the Ministry of Rites afraid, thinking about whether they could live in peace when they returned to Beijing this way?
Before this thought was finished, he saw Master Wen open the door of the prisoner car by himself, and Shi Shiran got out of the car.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were dumbfounded, although they knew that the car was closed by themselves, and now it was natural for them to drive it for themselves, but they were still stimulated by such a commotion.
turned to think that the send-off was over, and the people had gone back, and now they were all their own people, how could they still let the assassin be so majestic, so how could they be controlled later?
coughed at the moment, and was thinking about how to educate Wen Tingshi in a serious and polite way to recognize his current situation, but saw that Cai Sang, who had climbed out of the car first, had already opened the door of the carriage sent by Mrs. Zhang.
The lesson of the Ministry of Rites officials immediately stuck in the throat.
Is that...... Carriage?
Surely it's not a small palace?
The carriage is not small, but the appearance is simple, he didn't care, but when he opened it at the moment, he found that it was divided into three parts, and the outermost room was obviously a living room, with a fixed coffee table, a Taishi chair wrapped with a brocade mattress, a full set of Feixueyun porcelain tea sets worth a thousand gold, and the wall was wrapped in brocade and soft satin, which was an inch of brocade and inch gold. The four walls are also fighting, one grid after another, some are tea, the best tea in the whole East Hall, some are dim sum, Pingzhou famous point mellow shop can only order dim sum in half a month, here do not need money to pile up. As for all kinds of seasonal dried fruits, cold-smoked roasted meat, seafood and mountain delicacies, as well as mahjong, flower cards, Go, and backgammon...... But where to eat, drink and play, everything is complete, and everything is exquisite, even mahjong is a full set of jade.
This is only the living room, and the door to the inside is half-closed, but it must be gorgeous and exquisite, and everything is complete.
At this time, when they approached, the officials of the Ministry of Rites discovered that the carriage itself was made of expensive red sandalwood, which was light and extremely hard, and the kind of wood that a large family could boast of for a while when making a table, and used it to make a huge carriage for the whole seat, not to mention the wheels and hubs of the carriage, as well as the materials used in all the places where the organs were set up, were both valuable and safe, and it was difficult to buy.
Even Wen Zhen was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Yo, luxury RV." ”
The face of the Ministry of Rites officials was already dark.
His own carriage looked like a prisoner's carriage in comparison!
What a system this becomes!
"Your Excellency!" He couldn't help but say in a loud voice, "It'......s unreasonable to be so luxurious."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Wen Zhen turn his head and glance at him.
With only a smile, his heart suddenly burst, and the words were in his throat.
He was annoyed in his heart, and glanced at the flag bearers beside him, and a team of flag bearers approached Wen Zhen in unison, and one of them had already taken the shackles weighing dozens of catties.
Wen Zhen didn't even look at it, just looked at her new RV.
And the girl next to her, who looked very smart, suddenly pointed to her lips to everyone and said "shhhh ”
The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at her in amazement, and suddenly quieted down on all sides, and the standard-bearers who were resting next to them got up one after another.
Everyone heard the rustling of the grass in the distance, the faint shaking of the ground, and the crisp bass of metal colliding closely.
The crowd looked at each other.
Even though you haven't passed through the battlefield, you can hear the sound of a large number of horses carrying weapons passing by, and at such a time and in such a place, it cannot be said that it is a caravan.
The official of the Ministry of Rites was shocked: "Lord Assassin! Don't tell me it's the state army! The state army cannot leave the camp without permission! You can't go out of Huzhou without an order! ”
Wen Zhen looked at her with a smile: "Which eye did you see the state army?" ”
The official of the Ministry of Rites was speechless, looking around, the wind and grass were everywhere, and there were faint reflections, and he didn't know if it was snow or weapons - his heart was beating quickly, but he didn't dare to go to check what was going on, and then looked at the smiling local Thorn Shi Lord, and knew in his heart that this person had never planned to really go to Beijing alone!
Her so-called surrender of weapons and self-locking of the prisoner car was just a show, deceiving his trust, deceiving the sympathy and anger of the people of Huzhou, and deceiving the hearts of tens of millions of people!
In fact, she prepared luxury cars and fast horses, so that the army secretly followed, the so-called state army can't go out of the camp is like empty talk to her, then the state army is like her private army, is she planning to follow all the way to Beijing!
His Royal Highness King Yong is really right, this is the same as His Royal Highness King Yi, who has never put the supreme imperial power in his heart, he is ambitious, and he can stab the sky!
But His Royal Highness King Yong also said that as long as His Royal Highness King Yi's life is kept, this person can only be a demon again, and she can only obediently bow her head back to Beijing, once she really enters the capital, she will not be able to make waves.
Therefore, when His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he immediately wanted to execute His Royal Highness King Yi, but was stopped by His Royal Highness King Yong. said that if he really killed Yan Sui, he was afraid that Huzhou would have to rebel first, Huzhou's position was critical, and if Wen Zhen joined forces with Tang Xianzhi in anger, he was afraid that the world would change hands.
As long as the two of them keep one side, the other will be like a moth to a fire, and they will dare to break through the blood pool of the knife valley in front of them.
While the officials of the Ministry of Rites were nervous in their hearts, they also sighed slightly, they never thought that the royal family would be so affectionate.
Wen Zhen still didn't look at him and the flag guard, calmly got into the car, stood on the car, and said to the people who were "escorting" her below: "Give you ten days." ”
"In ten days, I will arrive in Tianjing."
"This fellow of the Ministry of Rites, please send a reply to Tianjing in two days. As for what to write, I will teach you. ”
"For ten days, all work and rest will be according to my orders, and no one shall be allowed to delay, not to leave the team, not to exchange news, and not to pass on news to anyone without authorization. All persons must comply with any request I make and must not violate any of them. ”
The official of the Ministry of Rites changed color when he heard the first sentence, the second sentence took a step forward, and the third sentence couldn't bear it, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Assassin, do you think you are still ......"
“…… If you don't comply with the above requirements," Wen Zhen didn't seem to hear his protest, and continued to smile and say, "Then, I promise, at most, in no more than one night, the team escorting the prisoner car will be attacked by mountain bandits, and the whole army will be annihilated, and the Huzhou Assassin will be missing in this battle, as for what will happen to the Assassin after the disappearance, what will happen to the state army, and whether the surrounding states and even nearby cities will be linked, I don't guarantee it, the only thing I can guarantee is that you guys, you must never see the follow-up again." ”
After she finished speaking, she tilted her head to the official of the Ministry of Rites who had suddenly quieted down, and said, "Well, I thought I was still something?" I thought I was still a thorn, didn't I? ”
The official of the Ministry of Rites stiffened for a long time, took a step back, bowed, and said in a hoarse voice: "...... Be. ”
Wen Zhen nodded without any fireworks, turned around and entered the car, and did not sit in the living room, but went directly to the innermost room, which was a very small space, full of all kinds of weapons, from large to small, from the military crossbow that can be set up in the window, to the flying needle that can be packed in the bead flower, all kinds of colors.
And the wall of the car here is also layered, and the crossbow cannot be penetrated, and the gunpowder bullet may not be able to explode.
Although this car was given to her by Mrs. Zhang, in fact, Mrs. Zhang only made the icing on the cake, such as brocade walling, such as tea snacks, such as jade mahjong, but the real core design comes from her.
Especially this weapon room.
This weapon room can be folded, and it can be put into the second bedroom, and when you really want to look at it, you can't find it at all.
If it bounces off, it's a killing weapon.
Such a carriage, there is another one, it is for casual children, it is not so big, it is also low-key in appearance, and the interior is not so gorgeous, because she does not allow Mrs. Zhang to cultivate children in extravagance, but there should be everything.
Sitting here, full of security, the armor that has been wearing can be temporarily removed.
At this time, she handed over the previous mulberry to her, she had been hiding in the sleeve of the small box to take out, take out the underwear, Yan Sui left Tianjing for more than three years, this must have been done more than three years ago, these three years, she has been using Yan Sui to make underwear, personally hand washed, very careful and careful, but still broken, not long ago had to change their own made, but not as beautiful as Yan Sui, on the one hand, she did not have the time and mind to pay attention to, on the other hand, she must be to herself, and Yan Sui to her, The intentions are not the same.
Every time she saw this underwear over the years, she wanted to laugh, a big man doing this, not to mention this ancient prince, is a modern man, it is also incredible, but such an incredible thing happened to Yan Sui, he probably didn't think about it so much, this secular etiquette rules are inferior to him, but it is just a sneer, she needs it, he did it, just like that heart, she didn't stretch out her hand, he threw it over silently.
She continued, properly collected, carefully placed, always appeased, and comforted.
Fingers gently caress the soft texture of the underwear, like caressing the face of a long-lost lover.
Yan Sui.
Not seen in the last three years.
You okay?
Is it snowing in Tianjing?
Are you cold?
I hope that the winter wind at this moment will not sweep through the window above your head, and if the plum blossoms three or two in the morning, please also be sure to bring the floating dark incense into your dream.
If the snow has come, and the flowers do not bloom in time, it is no wonder that the west wind is in a hurry, wait for me, and I will come.
……
The winter wind swept through the high windows.
Sometimes whistling like crying, sometimes moaning like weeping.
The early plum has not yet opened, and if it is opened, it will not be able to deliver the distant fragrance to this underground hell. Even just above this prison, it is a plum garden.
In the west of the palace, on the side of the cold palace, the West Sixth House, which originally specialized in the dethroned royal family, was already the most bleak and dark and feared place in the East Hall Palace in the eyes of many old people in the palace, but few people knew that the underground of the West Sixth House was the dark place where the serious royal family was really imprisoned.
The reason why no one knows is simply because the people who are locked up will either die or will eventually die there. No one has ever come out alive.
That dark and damp underground prison has not been visited for more than 40 years, but today it is sent to a new prison.
Although it is a big prison that has been cold for a long time, it has not been abandoned, with thick iron prison gates, many checkpoints, and thousands of elite elites in the Imperial Forest Guard, surrounding this iron prison like a sea.
Just for the caretaker.
As for the identity of the prisoner, except for the King of Sikong County who is in charge of this big prison and his limited cronies, the rest of the people do not know, they only know that the identity must be important, otherwise the King of Sikong County will not personally sit in this cold prison, and even the covers have been moved. And the cell, which is located in the middle of the entire iron prison, is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, not to mention people, not even a fly can fly out.
Many of the guards were even more shocked in their hearts, not knowing what kind of person it was worth fighting so much. Because when the prisoner was brought in, as in the legend, although his face was covered, he knew that he was about to die at a glance, but he was still locked to the stretcher with iron chains, and the white cloth covering his body was stained with blood, and as the stretcher swayed, there were blood dripping all the way.
After the prisoner was sent to the prison, there were heavy chains, from the four corners of the prison, locking his limbs, and the shackles were the most terrifying torture tools in the legend of the iron prison.
This is the legendary torture instrument, when the old jailer who used the torture instrument moved, he was very afraid that the prisoner under the white cloth must be very vicious, and would burst out because of the unbearable severe pain, he had seen people who were on the verge of madness with too much screaming and screaming, so he did it very slowly and cautiously, and this pain was prolonged, but the person under the white cloth seemed to be made of iron, let alone shouting, if it were not for the slight trembling every time the lock ring entered the body, the jailer would think that the person was dead.
But obviously not, in the gap of the rattan stretcher, you can vaguely see the long knife handle, the blood dripping all the way from this, the knife handle made the prison guard's heart tremble, although I don't know why I haven't pulled out the knife, but I also understand that I am afraid that I can't pull it out, and I understand that this person can't live, and he can't die for the time being, he sighed in his heart, looking at the slender and pale hand faintly exposed under the white cloth, thinking what a golden and precious person he should be, but he fell into such a field, and he didn't know what he had suffered. I don't know what the family will be heartbroken if they knew.
When the old jailer thought so, he was a little distracted, and when he saw the hand flicked slightly, he was shocked, and the action of the right hand was crooked, and the lock had a particular attention, a little crooked would not be tight enough, but if you want to pull it out and redo it, this hand will be completely wasted, the old jailer can't bear it, and secondly, he is afraid that after he has reported it, he will be blamed, if he relapses people's hands or causes death due to injuries, in the end it is his own responsibility and sin, so after thinking about it, forget it, that is, this hand is not buckled, after all, it's in the flesh, and the legs and left hand are also buckled tightly, in short, they can't break free no matter what.
And he withdrew.
As soon as the iron door was slammed shut, the light in the iron prison gradually disappeared, leaving only a skylight overhead, reflecting the same dark sky, and faintly the branches of dead trees, slanting at the pale blue.
The people on the ground slowly opened their eyes.
The first thing I saw was the blue sky that had been torn apart.
The moment Yan Sui saw that day, he immediately closed his eyes again, as if he didn't even want to look at the sky at this moment.
But his right hand was moving slowly.
There was no buckled lock ring, a slight crooked gap, his fingers folded inward, pushed into the gap, his fingers were slender, and he could do this action that ordinary people couldn't do.
With a slight exertion, the faster the blood flow.
After a while, the lock ring in that place was slightly deformed, and an iron thorn was stained with a little bit of flesh and blood, piercing out.
Yan Sui had another finger gap, and this time he used two fingers to pinch the iron thorn and pinch it into a thin dagger.
The Iron Prison is the Iron Prison, there are no plants, it is made of iron, and he has had everything on his body before he was sent in.
But it doesn't matter, as long as he's alive, that's fine.
The dagger was pinched on the tip of his finger, and slowly, it turned red, as if it had been roasted by fire.
He slowly inserted the improvised dagger into the gap in the locking ring.
There is no attempt to pry the locks, and attacking one's shield with one's own spear will not work.
He just pressed the dagger against his skin.
The sound of burnt flesh and blood sounded terrifying in the silence of the night.
Once the skin is scorched and uneven, there will be more gaps between the lock rings and the iron thorns that penetrate deep into the muscles and bones, and at the same time, the continuous bleeding will be stopped.
The fundamental trick of iron thorns to control the human body is to fit seamlessly with the flesh and blood of the skin, and once there is a gap, it will lose most of its effects.
Such a method may not be unexpected, but not everyone can do such a hand on themselves, wisdom, determination, courage, the latter is the most difficult.
The real ruthlessness is to be ruthless enough to yourself.
The sound of snorting continued to sound, Yan Sui had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, because of his physique and poisonous disease, he did not sweat in the summer heat, and he was not afraid of the cold in winter, but at this moment, the crystal light flashed slightly in the dark room.
His right hand was burned in a circle, and all the iron spikes had been loosened, and he slowly pulled out all the iron thorns that had not had time to bite deeply.
His right hand was already able to move, and he moved slightly, but fortunately, he didn't have time to hurt the meridians.
Then he reached for his back and burned the knife on his back to stop the bleeding.
After doing this, his hand drooped down with his strength, and he was about to rest before continuing, when he suddenly heard a faint movement.
He delicately reached into the clasp with his right hand, made it look like it was still clasped, and closed his eyes again.
……
At the moment when the father and son of Jingren Palace killed each other, Concubine De in Desheng Palace was dressing up.
The large glass mirror searched from abroad reflected the woman's beauty vividly, and it has lasted for more than 20 years.
Juya stood behind her, didn't comb her hair, walked around very rebelliously, she didn't want to care why Niangniang was grooming in the middle of the afternoon, anyway, it wasn't to pick up.
Your Majesty heard that the dragon body is not complete.
The prince went out of the East Palace, and the queen was inexplicably out of the Fengzao Palace.
His Royal Highness King Yi has entered the palace.
The god general Lin Qing was announced to return to Beijing to report on his work, and it is said that he is also going to enter the palace.
Even the Duke of Yunyang is also rushing back, and the princes and princesses in the palace are all waiting for news outside Jingren Palace.
This series of news is too terrifying, seeing that this palace is about to be turned upside down, and Niangniang has to make up at this time...... Juya sighed, even if the gods will come back, they will go to see Your Majesty, is it possible that they can still come to Desheng Palace?
An even more terrifying thought suddenly crossed her mind.
The gods will not be able to come to Desheng Palace, and Niangniang will not want to go to Jingren Palace by herself, right?
In the nature of this one...... Quite possibly!
Otherwise, what would she be doing dressed up like this!
The more Juya thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but howl: "Niangniang, you must not!" ”
Concubine De, who was concentrating on drawing her eyebrows, was so shocked by this voice that her hands trembled, and her long eyebrows were drawn into slugs.
Concubine De put aside her eyebrow pencil, turned around, and looked at Juya gloomily.
Juya was not afraid at all, threw herself in front of Concubine De's stool, and said tremblingly: "My mother, you can't be in a hurry, you've been waiting for more than 20 years, I don't care about these few days, wait a few more days, let's wait a few more days, ah, there is always a day to see the god general, right?" ”
Concubine De stared down at her, suddenly smiled, pointed to her forehead, and said, "What are you thinking about!" Where did I go, am I such a anxious person! ”
Juya: "Yes! ”
Concubine De: "...... I thank you for the compliment. Alright, little ancestor, go, bring that little box in the wall. ”
Juya got up and went, and as she walked, she took a handkerchief and tied her nose and walked to the toilet. The place where Concubine De put the toilet is naturally fragrant, but Juya's expression is like the dirtiest place on the death...... Indeed, she opened the toilet, reached in, gritted her teeth and groped for a long time, and with a click, the ground under the toilet slowly opened.
Juya cried while opening the mechanism: "My mother, what are you doing to put the mechanism in such a place!" ”
Concubine De put a beaded flower on her sideburns, compared it for a long time, and then said casually: "In my palace, there are as many eyeliners as dogs, and they are endlessly killed." But for so many years, even if I have a box of rouge that has been sniffed by dogs, has anyone noticed the cat under this toilet? ”
After thinking about it, she said proudly: "It is said that Yan Sui is the master of the first organ of the East Hall, and he should be called to take a look another day, and he will be able to understand who he inherited from this organ!" ”
Juya: "My mother, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness King Yi will cut off relations with you!" ”
She fumbled under the partition for a long time, then reached into the toilet with tears streaming down her face, turned off the mechanism, and then came out, her brow furrowed enough to trap mosquitoes. The small box in his hand was wrapped in several layers of thick brocade, and it still exuded an indescribable strange smell.
Concubine De was sprinkling perfume on her body, which was also a foreign thing, and a foreign thing was incense, and she sneezed a few times.
The small box was opened, Juya closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it, holding her breath, the terrible smell was even stronger, but fortunately, Concubine De's perfume was also strong, and it was covered raw.
"My mother, what are you doing with such disgusting things!"
Inside the box is a cyan insect, at first glance it looks like some crumbs of green bricks, turning around in the box, making people dizzy, under the insect, piles of black powder, but on closer inspection, it is iron filings.
The box is jade, with several layers, and this is the top layer.
Concubine De glanced at it and said with a smile: "Oh, the amount of food is really good, and it's big." ”
Juya gave him a disgusted look.
"Don't look down on this little thing." Concubine De smiled, "Don't think that we spent thousands of taels of gold, and it would be a loss to buy such a disgusting thing from that old woman." Do you know that the pampered Mrs. Li in the previous dynasty was the one who was sentenced to skin and finally skinned a particularly beautiful and complete beauty. That skin is cited as a miracle, and there are wealthy collections, do you know how to peel it? It's that this thing gets into the flesh and blood, eyes, nose and ears, and bit by bit it starts to bite from the internal organs, the internal organs bite away, the bones bite away, and finally there is a complete empty shell left......"
Juya covered her stomach: "Niangniang...... Don't talk about it...... You're not afraid of bad luck ......."
Niangniang is also a favorite concubine, and she doesn't deal with the queen, and even ......
Concubine De laughed: "I'm afraid of any unlucky things, I've done them all!" ”
Juya suddenly asked in hindsight: "Niangniang, why did you suddenly let me take out all these things?" ”
Concubine De glanced in the direction of Jingren Palace, and on her usually faint and slightly flattering face, a shallow haze suddenly flashed, and she said for a while: "I'm not afraid that something will happen suddenly, it's too late......"
Juya didn't understand, and was about to ask, when suddenly a figure flashed, and there was already one more person in front of him.
Juya was stunned and said, "Respectful...... Ah no Chinese! ”
Concubine De was putting hairpins on her head, and when she heard this, her back stiffened, and she slowly turned her head.
Chinese was covered in sweat, and without saying a word, he gave a big gift to Concubine De: "Niangniang, please save Your Highness!" ”
With a local sound, Concubine De put down the hairpin in her hand.
Suddenly, there was a sound of roof tiles overhead, and a person turned over, his face was golden, and he was extremely tall, and Juya exclaimed: "Shi Lanjie!" ”
With a clang, the hairpin was swept to the ground by Concubine De, who stood up.
Her usual expression was shrouded by a faint frost white color at the moment, glanced at the direction of Jingren Palace, and then at the direction of Xianggong, and finally sighed: "I didn't expect it, it's still ......."
Shi Lanjie's urgent pleading voice also came: "Niangniang, please save the gods!" ”
------Off topic------
520 happy. I know that I will be sprayed when I say this, in order not to be sprayed, in order to celebrate 520, in order to realize the father-son meeting that I said in the group before, and in order to turn over the chapter that is a little abusive as soon as possible, let's double change it today, and another chapter in the afternoon.
To be honest, I don't think it's abusive, the price that the royal cold-blooded and Yan Sui have to pay has been hinted at before, and now it is just a necessary stage. The so-called "no breaking, no standing", without this complete chilling and separation, some things lack logical support and moral standing. This is a drama, all development should have its cause and effect, and there should be no love and hate for no reason. Isn't it?
It's a double change again, and it's nonsense again, in fact, it's just two humble requests: first, hold back for the time being, don't spray, and second, raise the text casually, but it's best not to announce it in the comment area. After all, the finale is difficult and tiring, and I don't want to be discouraged yet.
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