"Ah...... My lord, you have been wronged......"

"Lian Qingjue, you can't be good...... Ah......h

In the narrow aisle, Lian Qingjue passed through one dark or bright cage after another with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the prisoners' begging for mercy and scolding were heard too much, and Lian Qingjue actually felt very boring, and he was tired of hearing only a few words of scolding, and he didn't have any fresh words.

"See your Excellency."

Stopping at the door of an interrogation room, Lian Qingjue walked in slowly, facing the door, there were two people tied to a bench back to back, their clothes were neat, and there were no scars, but their expressions were extremely painful, and because of the cotton cloth in their mouths, they couldn't scream, only whining, obviously painful.

"What did they say?"

Sitting on a chair that had obviously been carefully wiped, Lian Qingjue straightened his sleeves and said.

"Keep their mouths open."

Fan Yao gave an order, and a guard rudely pulled out the cotton cloth from one of them's mouth.

"Ah...... My lord...... My lord, I said...... I...... I'll say everything...... Ah......h

"Say it."

Listening to the man's obviously distorted voice due to extreme pain, Lian Qingjue looked as usual and said.

"I ...... I'm not a ...... Prime Minister's ...... Yes...... Be...... Be...... The Emperor sent ...... We were sent. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this answer, Lian Qingjue didn't seem surprised.

"Your Excellency...... Save...... Help me...... My lord...... Let's leave the villain alone...... Ah......h

"Fan Yao."

"Yes."

has been by the side of the son for a long time, so although it is just a look, Fan Yao understands what his son means. I saw him walk up to the two men, and with a swing of his knife, the rope that tied them to them broke, and when the two men saw that their bodies could move, they rolled on the ground at once, and wiped them on the floor with their backs, until there were blood stains on the floor.

"Whoa......

Fan Yao stepped aside, carried a bucket of cold water and splashed it on the two of them expressionlessly, and then two guards carried the two of them and made them kneel in front of Lian Qingjue, and their backs were already blurred with flesh and blood, and there were still a few deep wounds that could be seen faintly, and there seemed to be something black slowly squirming in the wound.

"Say it well, I'm satisfied with what I said, so you don't have to be so painful."

Even Qingjue still smiled at the corner of his mouth and said.

"Gift...... Your Excellency, yes...... The emperor sent us here, and the emperor said that as long as we monitor your every move and report to the palace regularly. ”

"Yes."

Lian Qingjue nodded.

"What else, say it quickly!"

Fan Yao shouted loudly on the side.

"I didn't ...... Nope. ”

The two knelt there, enduring the itching and pain coming from their backs, the itching into the flesh, and the feeling of pain to the bones, and hurriedly said.

"Really?"

Fan Yao nodded, and a guard brought two jars of honey that smelled unusually sweet, and the two people kneeling on the ground retreated in horror when they saw this.

"My lord, my lord, it's gone. Ah......h

One of them wanted to crawl to Lian Qingjue's feet, but was kicked away by Fan Yao. The man had no choice but to kneel on the spot and said in horror: "My lord, the two of us have only been here for three days before we were discovered, so we haven't delivered news to the palace yet." Please spare the lives of the little ones. ”

"Please spare your little life."

"Okay."

Seeing the two of them bang their heads against the hard floor, Lian Qingjue stood up and walked out slowly.

"Your Excellency...... Adult ......"

With a bang, the door to the interrogation room was closed from the inside, and all the sounds, all the blood and darkness, were shut behind the heavy door.

……

"Childe, the emperor is for you...... Suspicious? ”

Back at Lianfu, Fan Yao carefully paid attention to his son-in-law's expression and said.

"Emperors have been like this since ancient times, once they sit on that high seat, all that is left is endless suspicion and loneliness."

Lian Qingjue sighed, suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Fan Yao, go and ask Uncle Park to prepare something, and let's go to Gu Caizhi's mansion." ”

"Yes."

Fan Yao left in response, and Lian Qingjue stood in the yard, looking at the newly planted peach blossoms that were blooming and lively, thoughtfully.

……

"My lord, even my lord is here."

In the study, Gu Caizhi was looking through the previous files, but suddenly heard a nostalgic voice.

"What is he doing?"

"Oh? Master Gu, is this not welcome Lian? ”

Ignoring Gu Caizhi's slightly condensed brows, Lian Qingjue walked straight into the house and sat down on the chair very casually.

"Huaigu, you go down first."

"Yes."

Looking at the rare helpless look on his adult's face, although Gu Huaigu was curious, he didn't dare to go against his adult's will, so he bowed and walked slowly outside the house.

"What are you going to do?"

Gu Caizhi put down the file and only stared at the person sitting there lazily leaning on the back of the chair.

"Come and thank Master Gu personally for sending so many supplements to Lian Mou."

Lian Qingjue replied with a grin.

"Just now, I went to interrogate two people."

Gu Caizhi was silent, only looking at Lian Qingjue, although he was smiling, he obviously revealed a trace of sadness at once.

"After Wu Jingtang's death, I suspected that there were traitors in the Duxing Division. Sure enough...... Heh, Gu Caizhi, you say, is the word love important? Kindness? ”

"Heh, I know how you can answer this question as an icy person?"

Gu Caizhi was still silent, but even Qing Jue didn't care, just continued to take care of himself.

"Do you know how those two people told the truth? On their backs, there are several deep wounds that can be seen to the bone, sprinkle honey on the wounds, put hundreds of ants, and tie them together back to back, so that the ants can't escape, and crawl inward along the wounds......"

"Say no more."

Gu Caizhi's brows furrowed, staring at Lian Qingjue sitting there tightly, the curvature of the corners of his mouth became larger and larger, but the desolation and sadness in his eyes overflowed, and he couldn't hide it.

"Are you scared?"

Lian Qingjue glanced at Gu Caizhi, bowed his head and said, "Yes, when you went to my prison that day, you were very disgusted." ”

"I ......"

"The world says that I am cold-hearted, iron-blooded and ruthless, and they all avoid me like a snake and scorpion, which is really right."

Shaking his head and laughing at himself, Lian Qingjue got up and wanted to leave, but he didn't want to be hugged from behind.

"Lian Qingjue, I know, you're not like that."

"Really? But how many days have you known me? ”

Lian Qingjue stood still, sneering, but let the person behind him hug him tightly.

"I ...... You can feel it. ”

"Huh." Lian Qingjue let out two chuckles and said, "Gu Caizhi, you like me." ”

"Yes."

No longer hesitating, Gu Caizhi felt the emaciation of the person in his arms and replied.

"Hehe, what a coincidence, I like you too."

"Yes."

After speaking, both of them stopped talking, just silently felt each other's body temperature, and felt the ice in their hearts, which was melting little by little.