The Southern Palace

Emperor Helian Baihua was reviewing the folds in the imperial study, and Yongnian's father-in-law hurriedly walked in, he knelt in front of the desk and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, there is news from outside the palace that Uncle Guo is going to overturn the case for the Lietang!" ”

This father-in-law is coquettish, and if he doesn't make a sound, people will definitely mistake him for a woman.

Helian didn't bother to lift Bai Birch's head, and said lightly: "He likes to flip it, what is there to report to me?"

Unless it's news of his death, you don't need to report it to me! ”

"Do you hear that?" He raised his charming eyes and looked at Yongnian Gonggong and said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yongnian's father-in-law respectfully agreed.

Helian Baihua waved his hand and said, "You step aside, don't tell the queen about things outside the palace!" ”

"Yes!" Yongnian's father-in-law slowly withdrew from the imperial study, and as soon as he went out, he met the queen Gu Qingqian, who came to deliver pastries to the emperor.

He held the floating dust and bowed down to worship and said, "The slave sees the queen's mother!" ”

"Yongnian father-in-law is exempt!"

Gu Qingqian smiled and helped him up, and asked, "Father-in-law, is there any news about my brother Liancheng recently?" ”

"Uncle Guo, ......"

Yongnian's father-in-law smiled, feeling a little embarrassed, and the emperor told him not to tell the queen about Gu Liancheng, this is still at the gate of the main hall, if the emperor hears his head, wouldn't he have to move.

Gu Qingqian looked at Yongnian's father-in-law's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, if you have something to say, just say it!" ”

Yongnian's father-in-law smiled and said, "Hey, what can Uncle Guo do, he is a nurse all day long except eating, drinking and having fun, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

"Thank you Yongnian for announcing it!"

Gu Qingqian took out a string of jewels from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hands of Yongnian's father-in-law, lowered his voice and said, "Father-in-law, my younger brother is not sensible, and the emperor will not allow me to go out of the palace to see him, so I need to trouble you to think more!" ”

"Queen Mother, this is unacceptable!"

Yongnian's father-in-law hurriedly returned the jewels to Gu Qingqian: "Queen Mother, taking care of Uncle Guo is a slave's job, this jewelry slave must not be accepted, don't embarrass the slave!" ”

Gu Qingqian was very embarrassed to hold the jewelry, and Helian Baihua's gentle voice suddenly came from the imperial study: "Is the queen here?" ”

"Niangniang, the emperor called you!" Yongnian's father-in-law reminded.

Gu Qingqian grabbed Yongnian's father-in-law's arm and pleaded: "Since Yongnian's father-in-law, you won't be embarrassed if you refuse to accept this palace, but if Liancheng has any difficulties outside the palace, you must tell me, okay?" ”

"Of course!"

Yongnian's father-in-law responded with a smile and said, "The queen mother should go in quickly, don't let the emperor wait for a long time!" ”

Gu Qingqian nodded, took the food box in the maid's hand and said, "You guys wait outside, just go in the palace by yourself!" ”

"Yes, Queen!" All the maids responded in unison.

Gu Liancheng took Li Zichu back to Dian Zhou to see Ke Jifan, Li Zichu was blunt about his crimes, and Meng Han also told the truth about the three gates that year to frame Lietang, and returned the innocence of Lietang.

Li Zichu killed someone and should be beheaded according to the laws of the Southern Kingdom, but Ke Jifan was friends with him, and he couldn't do that anyway.

So he ran to the backyard of the Yuelai Inn to find Gu Liancheng, he looked at Gu Liancheng who was sitting in the gazebo and drinking tea leisurely, and asked tentatively:

"Master Liancheng Villa, Li Zichu is a person from your Liancheng Villa, can you bear to watch him being beheaded?"

Gu Liancheng put down the teacup, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, and sneered: "He almost injured my Fan'er, don't save it!" ”

"Bai Fan?"

Ke Jifan gritted his teeth and said, "Li Zichu is the number one master of your Liancheng Villa, are you really willing to let him be executed?" ”

Gu Liancheng sneered and said proudly: "My Liancheng Villa is as good as a cloud, and the loss of one Li Zichu is like losing a hair, which is very small!" ”

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Ke Jifan, and said with a light smile: "If you want to save you, you can save him, I will send him to you, if you can't save him, hum, after Li Zichu's death, the body will also belong to my Liancheng Villa!" ”

Ke Jifan's hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist, gritted his teeth and asked, "Liancheng Zhuang Master, do you mean not to save it?" ”

"Don't save it!" Gu Liancheng picked up the teacup and said lightly.

"Li Zichu has helped you do things in Liancheng Villa for more than ten years, even if you don't have merit, you have hard work!" Ke Jifan slapped the table and shouted.

Gu Liancheng swept his hand away from the tabletop and said coldly, "Did I not understand enough?" Before I get angry, you hurry up and get out of me, otherwise you won't be able to save you even if your son comes! ”

"Get out!" He snorted coldly.

"Li Zichu is really unlucky, I am not worth it for him to be a ruthless master like you!" Ke Jifan flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

"Quite a temper!" Gu Liancheng looked at Ke Jifan's back and sneered.

When Ke Jifan's figure disappeared from his sight, he shouted at the pool to He Qing'an, and after a while, a head appeared out of the water.

"Have you caught the jade pendant?" Gu Liancheng leaned on the railing and asked.

He Qing'an wiped the water on his face with his hand and said, "I didn't catch it, the water is too muddy to see clearly!" ”

"Forget it if you don't catch it, I have something for you to do!"

"Okay!"

He Qing'an responded and swam to the shore, he turned over the pavilion and sat down, Gu Liancheng was opposite and pulled the water grass on his head, and asked, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Gu Liancheng beckoned to him, He Qing'an immediately leaned his ear over, Gu Liancheng covered his mouth with his hand and said softly: "Go and help me steal a corpse, the kind that will die not long ago!" ”

"Do you want a corpse?" He Qing'an asked puzzled.

Gu Liancheng patted his head with his hand and reproached: "If you want to go, you will go, what are you doing when you ask so much?" ”

He Qing'an touched his head and smirked: "Then I'll go now!" ”

With that, he departed.

Li Zichu was imprisoned on death row in the county government, he was outside Ke Jifan, Ke Jifan kept telling him that Gu Liancheng was not, and said that he would definitely find a way to save him out.

Li Zichu sat on the wooden bed and said lightly: "I don't allow you to say that the owner of the village is not, and you don't have to waste your mind anymore, killing people pays for your life, even if you want to save me, I won't go with you!" ”

"Why?" Ke Jifan was puzzled, slapped the cell door and said angrily: "Do you want to die like that?" ”

"I've been burdened with hatred since I was a child, it's so tiring, I want to take a break!" Li Zichu lowered his head and pulled the straw in his hand and said flatly.

Ke Jifan kicked open the prison door angrily, strode in front of Li Zichu and grabbed his collar, gritted his teeth and said, "You have to give me a good life, I won't allow you to die!" ”

Li Zichu raised his eyes to look at him a little, then ripped his hand away from himself, he lay on the wooden bed with his back to Ke Jifan, and said lightly: "You go!" ”

Ke Jifan smiled angrily, he nodded, and said angrily: "Okay, I'll go!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and gritted his teeth and left, but he would not let Li Zichu be beheaded no matter what, even if he fought for his life, he would go to rob the Dharma field tomorrow.

Late at night, Gu Liancheng walked into death row in a black robe, followed by two people, one was He Qing'an, and the other was He Qing'an's stolen body.

He Qing'an supported the corpse that was walking side by side with him, so that Yacha did not see anything unusual.

Gu Liancheng showed his token to the yacha, and the yacha saw the token and respectfully opened the door for him.

"Don't let anyone in!" He warned.

Yacha smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, my lord, I promise that not a single fly will fly in!" ”

Gu Liancheng put away the token and said, "Take me to the cell where Li Zichu is being held!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The leader of the yacha answered and led the way in front.

When they arrived at the cell where Li Zichu was being held, the two guards were repairing the cell door that had just been kicked by Ke Jifan, and led Gu Liancheng and their yacha waved their hands to the two of them, and said impatiently: "Go down!" ”

The guards retreated, and the head of the yacha respectfully said to Gu Liancheng: "Your Excellency, please!" ”

Gu Liancheng motioned for He Qing'an to wait outside the door, he walked to Li Zichu alone and sat down, and said with a smile: "You sleep quite comfortably here!" ”

Li Zichu sat up in shock when he heard the sound, he turned over and got out of bed, knelt at the feet of Gu Liancheng on one knee, bowed his head and said, "Owner, your subordinates should die!" ”

Gu Liancheng stretched out his hand to help him up, and said, "You really deserve to die according to the law, but I don't want you to die!" ”

"Owner?" Li Zichu looked at him suspiciously.

Gu Liancheng coughed lightly, He Qing'an walked in with the prepared corpse, he first stripped off the clothes on the corpse, and then reached out to pick up Li Zichu's clothes.

Li Zichu dodged, he frowned and asked Gu Liancheng: "What does the owner mean?" ”

"Of course the owner wants to save you!" He Qingan said impatiently.

He urged Li Zichu to say, "Do you want me to help you take it off?" If you don't want me to take it off, you can take it off yourself, and I'll put it on for him after you take it off! ”

Li Zichu hesitated, Gu Liancheng beckoned He Qing'an and said, "Help him take it off!" ”

"Yes!" He Qing'an responded.

He said while picking up Li Zichu's clothes: "This is the order of the owner, if you don't let me take it off, it is disobeying the order, if you don't want to stay in Liancheng Villa in the future, you can stop me......"

After he finished speaking, Li Zichu's clothes were also stripped off by him.

Gu Liancheng took the black robe from the corpse and threw it on Li Zichu: "Put this dress on!" ”

Li Zichu was stunned for a moment, He Qingan leaned into his ear and asked with a cheap smile: "Do you want me to help you wear it?" ”

Li Zichu rolled his eyes at him, walked to the corner and got dressed, Gu Liancheng pointed to the corpse on the bed and said to He Qing'an: "You dress him!" ”

"Oh!" He Qing'an pouted in response.

Gu Liancheng asked He Qingan to take Li Zichu away first, and he stayed behind and explained to the yacha: "I hope you can help me get this matter done!" ”

He took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and stuffed them into the hands of the yacha, and said with a smile: "If you do this, it will be a reward for you, if you can't do it, I will let people come and retrieve it, and your head will be retrieved together!" ”

As soon as Gu Liancheng's words came out, the joy of the yacha when he saw the silver ticket immediately disappeared, and sweat penetrated his underwear.

He lowered his head and arched his hand: "My lord, please rest assured, the villain will do his best to help you handle this matter properly!" ”

"I'm sure you can do it!" Gu Liancheng patted him on the shoulder and left with a smile.

The yacha spent money to call all the resting officials back to the cell that night to work as errands, in case someone came to rob the prison, and he also informed the county magistrate that someone would go to rob the law field.

The county magistrate is also a smart man, knowing that Li Zichu's status in the rivers and lakes is not ordinary, in order to ensure that the execution is foolproof, he ordered someone to lay a net in the court that night.

The execution was originally presided over by Ke Jifan, but when the county magistrate went to invite Ke Jifan in the morning, he was told that he was unwell, so it was the magistrate of Dianzhou County who was sitting on the court at the moment.

Ke Jifan was dressed in plain clothes and mixed in the crowd, and Li Zichu's stand-in was pressed to the execution table by Yacha.

The county magistrate saw that it was noon as pointed out by the sundial, threw out the order and shouted: "Noon has arrived, execution!" ”

The executioner held the big knife high, Ke Jifan, who was hidden in the crowd, covered his scarf, drew his sword and flew to the execution platform with light skills.

"The execution continues!" The county magistrate shouted.

The knife fell from his head, looking at the head that rolled to the ground with a black cloth bag, Ke Jifan's eyes were red, and he shouted in despair: "Li Zichu! ”