Chapter 119: Temptation
The next day, a letter finally came from the Yan Wangfu that Cheng Minniang and the others were about to be exiled to the border, and asked Shi Qingqian if he wanted to take a look at the prisoner.
When the little girl who reported the news said this, the eldest lady said that if she wanted to be exiled, she would be exiled, and if she wanted to cut off her head, she was afraid of evoking Shi Qingqian's bad memories again.
Shi Qingqian felt that this was a good opportunity, and it just so happened that today Shi Ke said that he would be able to deal with the accumulated government affairs before the afternoon, so he said to the little guy: "You go back and tell the little prince that I will go to the Criminal Department this afternoon." ”
"What the hell do you think? What do you do in that filthy place? The eldest lady frowned, it was good that she was back safely, and she was even willing to go to see the person who had done evil to her.
Shi Qingqian smiled softly, saying that there was no need for the eldest lady to worry. When she went to see Min Niang, she naturally had her own reason, just to test that Shi Peng. "By the way, mother, the fourth sister and the second aunt have been locked up long enough, why don't you release them today? The prison of the Criminal Department is a filthy place, and my mother's body is not suitable to go, so I will ask the fourth sister to accompany me. ”
"Guy, do you know what you said earlier?" The eldest lady asked sharply, Shi Qingqi's blind kindness made her a little angry, "I don't agree, what if Shi Peng still wants to do something to you!" ”
Shi Qingqian pouted aggrievedly, "My mother misunderstood Qian'er, because these days, Minniang's mastermind behind the scenes has not been able to find out, so Qian'er thought about taking the fourth sister to meet her, maybe the fourth sister panicked, and the matter will be exposed?" ”
Although what Shi Qingqian said was reasonable, but the eldest lady couldn't put her mind at ease, she thought about it for a while, and finally lost before Shi Qingqian's soft grinding and hard bubble, "Okay, but wait for your brother to come back and let him accompany you." ”
"Mother's best!" Shi Qingqian leaned up and hugged the eldest lady.
In fact, not only the eldest lady is not at ease, but even Shen Shu is not at ease. In the afternoon of the same day, he came to the Hou Mansion to pick up Shi Qingqian and Shi Ke, who had returned home in a hurry, and specially brought a team of Yulinwei. Although there will be no more accidents in a heavily guarded place like the prison of the Criminal Department, bringing more people can be regarded as an explanation to yourself and the eldest lady.
Shi Peng originally refused to go, but in the face of Shi Ke, who was crazy about protecting her sister, she had to go, and even threatened that if she refused to go by herself, she had to 'invite' her with shackles.
When he arrived at the prison of the Criminal Department, Shi Qingqian got out of the carriage and saw Shi Peng with a pale face.
"Fourth sister, your psychological endurance is too weak." She deliberately quipped, "Min Niang didn't confess anything, what are you afraid of?" ”
"I'm not afraid!" Shi Peng was ready to die and refused to admit it, his teeth were clucking at this time, he didn't need to look at her hideous face at all, and he heard a strong killing intent from his voice alone, "Seventh sister just hates her sister, and she shouldn't be framed like this." ”
Shi could see this, pulled Shi Qingqian back behind him, and condescendingly looked at Shi Peng, "Shi Peng, is this your attitude of talking to Qi'er?" Maid, just remember the location of the maid for me! ”
Looking at Shi Peng with a sad face, Shi Qingqian poked his head out a little tremblingly and stuck out his tongue. Regardless of whether she planned the kidnapping, or how she was dying and struggling, the things that Shi Peng did to Shi Qingqian had long been needed!
"Alright, let's go in first." Shen Shu, who finally got out of the car, took out the jade plaque symbolizing his identity as a prince from his waist, and after showing it to the guard, he took a group of people inside.
The cell where Min Niang was held was sticking out on the underground floor.
As soon as Fang entered the prison of the Criminal Department, Shi Qingqian felt a chill hit him.
She shuddered, and raised her head to look curiously at the legendary prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
The surrounding rocks were dark gray, making the whole space very dark, except for a row of oil lamps hanging in a narrow aisle, and they walked over, and the wind they brought up made the candles inside jump more cheerfully.
The cells on both sides and the doors are all made of fine iron, which is completely different from the strength of ordinary wooden prisons. Some of them are locked up, and some of them are empty. I heard that only felons and prisoners awaiting death are locked up in it, so even if they see people passing by, the inmates don't seem to fluctuate too much.
The sound of someone holding the cell door and shouting out did not appear, but when Shi Qingqian happened to see the empty eyes of one of the blood-stained prisoners, something really stinged in his heart.
"What's wrong? Child. Shen Shu noticed the change in Shi Qingqi's expression, and quietly stretched out his hand to block the prisoner's sight, "If it's uncomfortable, we'll go out first." ”
Shi Qingqian held the corner of his clothes a little timidly, but still shook his head, "It's okay, I just think it's so cold here." ”
Shi saw this scene, and his heart was sour, but he was 'arranged' by his sister to look at Shi Peng, so he couldn't go and squeeze Shen Shu away. At this time, looking at Shi Peng, who seemed to have lost his soul, the disgust in his heart was even worse.
The group walked to the cell where Min Niang was being held, and Shi Qingqian saw Min Niang lying on the ground and breathing on the ground through the iron bar.
The last time we met, she was still glamorous and high-minded, and now it's really called 'Shibei should be impressed for three days'.
I saw that the turquoise dress on her body was tattered at this time, and the blood had solidified and turned black, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was wearing a fig leaf. His hair was also messy and stuck together with blood.
Even the cell smelled strange, something like the dampness after the rain and the smell of dried blood. The space was very dim, except for a faint glow from an oil seal on one wall.
When Min Niang saw the comer, she didn't react excitedly, but struggled to get up from the ground with her arms supporting herself, looking at Shi Qingqian, the corners of her mouth slowly pulled out a self-deprecating and desperate smile.
"Min Niang, how does it feel to have the skin open behind you?" Shi Qingqian walked over full of eyes, and his eyes were red when he said this.
She remembered Jing'an, who was beaten to almost death by her.
The sharp pain behind the Min Niang ninja made it difficult to speak: "Little slut, you don't have to come out of your way to humiliate me. ”
Shi Ke, who was standing outside the door, heard this, and was about to rush in and beat her, but was stopped by Shen Shu reaching out. He looked at Shen Shu in confusion, but heard him say, "You should believe in Qian'er." ”
Shen Shu believed that these useless verbal attacks would not make Shi Qingqian sad.
Sure enough, Shi Qingqian smiled when he heard this, "I don't have time to come here to humiliate you." She came to test Shi Peng, so she turned her head and said to Shi Peng: "Fourth sister, didn't you say that you feel sorry for your sister, this is the person who tortures her sister......"
Shi Peng was suddenly named and was full of cleverness. While silently thinking that it was the servant of my grandfather's family who came forward to negotiate anyway, this Min Niang would not recognize herself, and walked over slowly.
Seeing Shi Peng's still strong performance, Shi Qingqian was unwilling, so he had to continue to try: "When my sister ran away, the first thing I thought of was the fourth sister, after all, the fourth sister can be regarded as the closest person to my sister." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Shi Peng was confused.
"Ah, it's the fourth sister's maternal grandfather's house, I remember that the fourth sister's maternal grandfather is a local imperial history, and it seems to be in the ......" said, she glanced at Min Niang, and saw that she was also listening, so she relieved herself, "It's in Nanting, Nanting is not very close to the state, and the local dialects of these two places are also very similar!" It's a pity that Min Niang doesn't know who gave him the silver, otherwise now that he confesses, maybe there is still a way to live. ”
"I ...... I don't understand what you're talking about! Although Shi Qingqian mentioned her maternal grandfather, but she spoke a dialect and position, and ran to Min Niang as she spoke, Shi Peng said in her heart Shi Qingqian is a little child, and she dares to test her if she is not clear? She didn't believe that because she was close, she could identify herself as the mastermind!
"Nan, Nanting?" Min Niang, who was lying on the ground, seemed to suddenly think of something, her eyes suddenly turned red, she grabbed the hem of Shi Peng's clothes with her bloody hand, and squeezed out two words with difficulty in her hoarse voice, "It's you!?" ”
Min Niang's expression was not a confession, but as if she had finally caught someone who was cheating on her back.
Shi Peng was startled, as if he could hear his heartbeat at that moment: "What are you doing this slut!" A voice appeared in her heart: It's over!
I don't know why, maybe it was a subconscious reaction, Shi Peng bent down and slapped Min Niang's face a few times wildly, and scolded while slapping his mouth: "What are you talking nonsense like a slut!" I think you're being beaten stupid! ”
At the same time, Shi Qingqian pretended to be surprised, screamed and fell to the ground, Shi Ke hurriedly came up and picked her up, "Don't be afraid!" ”
It wasn't until Min Niang was beaten and lost that Shi Peng, who was covered in cold sweat, gasped and hurriedly retreated a few steps back and sat down on the thatch. Her eyes widened, her heart seemed to be fifteen buckets falling up and down, her eyes were black, her ears were 'buzzing', and she felt that her whole body was scattered as if it were dust.
Shen Shu took in all this, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the temperature on Shi Peng's body instantly dropped to the extreme-
"Miss Shi Peng, come with me to the Criminal Department."