In the evening, after a whole day of gloomy, a gentle rain finally fell in the dim sky, as if this was the only way to show the desolation of the bitter rain.

This year, the beginning of winter was early, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs distributed charcoal pots and other heating items to various places as early as possible. Although the autumn rain outside is cold and bleak, the Yongle Hall is brightly lit, and the charcoal fire is also burning; The scribes and editors had had eaten dinner, and continued to discuss the compilation of books lively, as if nothing had happened in the morning.

More than 3,000 palace maids were slaughtered in an instant, and the bluestone bricks on the ground of the palace were stained red with blood, and they were washed clean by the rain before the blink of an eye.

Although the reason was unknown, and the emperor did not give any explanation, no one in the court dared to discuss it. But this matter will eventually be recorded in the history books of the historian, and it can only be left to future generations to guess.

Jin Yiwei, Zhao Prison.

For most people, this place can be called a hell on earth. The dark, damp cell, soundproofed gray-black stone walls were covered with all kinds of cold and terrible torture instruments, mottled with dark red, and it was impossible to distinguish between rust and blood.

In the empty torture room, in the extra-large black iron charcoal basin, the triangular soldering iron head was burned red, and a strange fragrance wafted out.

"Damn. This game has grown from a snack to a big one, so you don't get tired of panicking? ”

A man in a black cloak came in from outside, stood in the doorway, folded his arms over his chest, and looked at the man in the torture chamber with a smile.

Jun Qi, who was sitting on the tiger chair and roasting sweet potatoes in a charcoal basin full of torture instruments, turned around when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother is here?" It's fast enough. ”

"Can you not be happy! The eldest brother instructed, you are serious, and you came as soon as you received the summons. ”

He closed the door with his hand and walked over to Junyi: "I think you're fine, you still have the leisure to hide in the torture room and eat this?" ”

Jun Yi took one out of the charcoal basin, and the steaming sweet potato made a sizzling sound: "Come on?" ”

"Don't. …… You said that you, now you are also a Jinyi Wei Zongqi from the fourth grade, what are you doing hiding in this ghost place all day long? ”

"How nice the torture chamber is, quiet! It is easier to concentrate and is good for thinking. ”

Raccoon was angry and funny for a while:

"It hasn't changed at all! When you are in the Heavenly Court, you can bake sweet potatoes and eat them in the lobby of the Execution Division; Now that he has reached the mortal world, he is still dead in the ghost place of Zhaojiao! Alas, what is good about you? It's pretty serious and terrifying, and it makes you ,...... It's hard to put into words. ”

He really couldn't think of any good words to describe his strange hobby for a while. On the most cold, bloody and inhumane torture equipment, there will be the fragrance of roasted sweet potatoes? Don't you really think about the feelings of the inmates?

Jun Yi thought for a while, and picked up the soldering iron tip from the charcoal basin: "That's right! Why don't you come here and leave you a souvenir? ”

“…… Get lost. ”

Jun Qi smiled and inserted the torture instrument back into the charcoal basin, and continued to peel sweet potatoes to eat: "Life is already very miserable, you have to have fun in time!" ”

Fox sighed: "Do you know how to spread your brocade guards outside?" 'Murderers, brutal and ruthless', a group of devils! But I guess I'm really going to come in, and I must be very disappointed to see your virtue. ”

"I have always persuaded people with reason and morality!"

Junyi was so burned by the hot sweet potatoes that he was sucking cold, and his speech was slurred.

"The image of Jinyiwei is finished, and it will be completely ruined in your hands."

"Get down to business!"

Jun Qi stuck the black slimy thing in his hand on the nail board on the side and dried it first, wiped his hands and said to the fox: "Recently, the emperor Qin Bai has been too self-indulgent!" It's about to get out of control! ”

He raised his eyebrows, leaned on the gallows used to hang the prisoners, and nodded, "I heard that." ”

"More than 3,000 palace maids, say slaughter, slaughter."

"Yo, isn't that ghost of Qin Song getting rich?"

"Hey, pay attention to your position and focus!" Jun Qi was dissatisfied: "Don't you think that this kid Qin Bai has become wild recently since he became the emperor?" ”

Vicious touched his chin:

"The eldest brother said that he is the emperor, and this right is still there. The contract doesn't require him to be a benevolent gentleman, and the law doesn't prohibit it. ”

"Don't you think he's excessive?!"

"Sort of. …… But why? Killing for fun? He wasn't like that. ”

"You're to the point."

Jun Yi said with a smug face: "In any ordinary criminal case, the motive for killing is nothing more than love killing, vendetta killing, and wealth killing, but he is not. ”

"Are you suffering from an occupational disease? Addictive to reasoning? ”

Ignoring the fierce complaint, Jun Qi continued: "He killed people to cover up a truth! ”

"I'll beat you again."

According to the eunuch on duty that day, the imperial study recently transferred a palace maid named Ying'er to Kunning Palace, and the queen personally sent someone to do it. Coincidentally, yesterday a warbler took leave, went back to the imperial study to get things, and played with the familiar palace maid for too long and missed the hour, the palace door was locked, and she stayed in the palace maid's room in Yongle Hall for the night. ”

He sneered: "Going around in such a big circle, isn't it that this palace maid later climbed the emperor's dragon bed?" ”

"Incisive!"

Jun Yi praised: "Anyway, the parties and insiders of this matter, except for Qin Bai, are all dead." In order to cover up this matter, he actually killed more than 3,000 people in one go. ”

"I'm weak-hearted."

"Fourth brother, you are really amazing. You must know that in many cases, people usually have the idea of killing people because of weakness or fear. ”

He said impatiently, "So you called me here to show off your so-called reasoning?" ”

Seeing this, Jun Qi had to quickly get to the point:

"I think that although the palace maids in the palace are all gone now, they will be added again in the next year, and similar things will happen if they are not guaranteed. When is this a head? ”

After hearing this, he shook his head: "You said that you are a low-level errand runner, and every day is all the heart of the prince and minister!" How can you make that little bit of affection embarrassing? ”

"Eh, you have to have a pattern and feelings to be a man! You can't just stare at the small profits in front of you. Jun Qi waved his hand.

Grim smiled:

"Come on. …… So what do you want me to do? ”

"Persuade the emperor! Now he doesn't listen to what I say at all! ”

"Impress him with your pattern and feelings! Consciousness is not yet from the fourth grade of the brocade cloth Wei Gao, he should feel ashamed. ”

"Don't make a fuss!"

Jun Yi complained: "As far as Yu Miaojin is a powerful woman and is so not afraid of death, it is still useless to persuade her for a long time in the Yongle Hall today, so she went back with a blushing face!" Those 3,000 people, kill them when they say they will kill them! It is said that at that time, Qin Bai turned his face, and even the queen was going to kill him! ”

He nodded: "Yu Miaojin has also seen through him." Anyway, it's already unstoppable, so why take your own life again? She's not a fool, she can figure it out. ”

"So, if human beings can't stop, then the emperor will go further and further on the path of perversion!"

Jun Yi said with a sneer: "Fourth brother, you go and persuade him for me!" In fact, I don't expect him to achieve much as an emperor, but it would be good if he could kill fewer people, even if he restrained a little! ”

He pondered for a moment:

“…… All right. ”

He came out of Zhao Prison, changed into the clothes of a brocade guard, and went directly to the Yongle Palace.

At this time, it was getting late, and the scribes and editors who were responsible for compiling the "Yongle Canon" had just ended, and the emperor specially asked people to prepare carriages and horses to wait at the palace gate, and for a time the traffic was very lively.

There was a gold medal of Jinyiwei hanging on his waist, and there was no one to stop him along the way. When I went up to the hall and saw Qin Bai, I saw that he looked haggard, and he didn't even raise his head and said:

"It's not too early, let's discuss something tomorrow."

He raised his eyebrows and stood still. In the middle of the main hall, several rows of bookcases were temporarily added, which at first glance looked like in the school; On the table, there are pen, ink, paper, inkstones, teacups, tea bowls, and some have a plate of uneaten dim sum. It seems that during working hours, the atmosphere in the palace is still relatively relaxed. And overtime is overtime, Qin Bai, the boss, treats employees quite humanely.

All kinds of manuscripts and manuscripts were neatly piled up from the table to the floor, filling the entire hall.

After a moment, Qin Bai put down the pen in his hand, and looked up to see that he hadn't left yet: "Why are you still here?" ”

He smiled and said, "I don't have anything to discuss, I'm just looking for you." ”

Qin Bai took a closer look. Seeing that this person was wearing the costume of Jinyiwei, but his face was very familiar, he immediately smiled: "Why, it alarmed the heavens so quickly, and Xingshi asked for the guilt?" ”

"Actually, I'm on vacation, so I'm not going to talk about business today."

Qin Bai's impression of the fierce is acceptable. The fourth brother is so clean, he doesn't like to get together, he is neat and meticulous; The point is that he has few words, and he is not as fond of crowding people as Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi, and he is not as broken as Junyi's mouth.

Qin Bai was very polite to him: "Just sit down." ”

"Thank you."

He was not polite to him, so he found a seat casually, and sat down with a puff of his clothes. Today, he wore the dark flying fish suit of an ordinary brocade guard flag officer, but his demeanor still looked elegant and elegant, quite a bit of literati style.

He flipped through the manuscripts on the table, and copied several Confucian classics; I looked at the tables next to me, and it was a subset of scriptures and histories covering many contents, covering all aspects. Moreover, the compilation work is meticulous, the manuscript is neatly written, and the overall progress is slow but the attitude is very serious and meticulous.

"Sure enough, the meticulous work of repairing books has to be handed over to the readers, and reckless martial artists like us can't do it." He nodded appreciatively.

"It's over."

Qin Bai came out from behind the bookcase, ordered the inner supervisor to serve tea, walked in front of him, and sat down on the chair next to him: "Even if you can do your best to recompile and organize the ancient and modern classics into a volume, this is also a good thing for the benefit of the world's scholars, and you should do your best." ”

Fox narrowed her eyes and smiled: "It's unbelievable, the ghost girl who can't stop in the snow river that day, why did she fall in love with such a calm nerd like you?" ”

Hearing him mention Xuehe's name again, Qin Bai's heart suddenly moved, and he didn't speak.

"I remember when that girl told me that she had tried to get your attention, but you were indifferent, making her feel that her beauty and intelligence had been humiliated at the same time."

At this time, the little eunuch served new tea, and by the way, the leftover tea and snacks on the table were replaced, and new fruits were put on the table again.

On one of the plates was the finest preserved fruit, colorful and shiny, and he was curious for a moment, pinched one and looked at it carefully, but he didn't seem to have any intention of eating.

"Actually, it's not like she said."

Qin Bai smiled faintly and suddenly spoke.