Xia Xiaoqiu stayed in the prison for two days, and when she saw that Song Ran finally slept peacefully, she left temporarily and went outside to breathe the air.

A shadow guard hurried over and whispered something in his ear. After listening to his words, Xia Xiaoqiu's eyebrows sank: "What? Reaching out and tugging at the hem of his shirt, "Say it again!" ”

Without waiting for the shadow guard to finish repeating, he shook it off and walked towards the hall where Wang Zhuo worked.

On the way, he met a young man in fluttering clothes, it was He Lanjue, who came from the fork in the road and stood side by side with Xia Xiaoqiu: "Does Lord Xia also go to the theater?" Exactly, get a companion. ”

Xia Xiaoqiu asked him viciously: "The surname is He, do you already know?" ”

Helan Jue tugged at the corners of his mouth for his title, remembering that he was young and not as knowledgeable as him.

"Just a little bit earlier than you."

"Where's the dragon pan?"

"Well, I just understood the situation today."

Xia Xiaoqiu was furious, and wanted to pick him up and beat him, but he tried his best to restrain himself, gritted his teeth and said, "You guys will be alone with me, right?" ”

"Isn't my lord afraid of Lord Xia's bad things, so I just hide it. If you know that Miss Song is so innocent, can she still let her suffer the grievances of yesterday? If you show your stuffing, all the good plans of the adults will be ruined. ”

Xia Xiaoqiu's fists were clenched tightly, thinking of the slender and weak girl lying in the cell, she only felt that her heart was blocked, and she thought that the person she got along with day and night was actually the culprit of this series of incidents, and she felt that the whole world was about to collapse.

He tried his best to let himself only think about the most important things, and asked He Lanjue in a deep voice: "Has he taken the bait?" ”

He Lanjue shook his head and sighed, "My lord plans to close the net in advance." He looked at him and said, "Are you the only one who feels sorry for Miss Song?" ”

Xia Xiaoqiu stopped suddenly, his expression was gloomy, and He Lanjue looked back at him: "What?" ”

He turned around and walked back, and suddenly rushed over without taking two steps, and said in a commanding tone: "Give me the key!" ”

Helan Jue looked at his palm and understood. took a bunch of keys from his waist, and before he could find the one Xia Xiaoqiu wanted, he snatched it away. Looking at his back as he walked away, He Lanjue couldn't help but shake his head.

"Smack, smack, smack."

Shen Hanxi clapped his hands three times, got up and said, "What a clear conscience." Deputy Envoy Wang said it well, in the officialdom, everyone is their own master, and no one is more noble than the other. Those despicable methods have also been used by the officials, and there is nothing to say. However, since the king is defeated, and the king's deputy envoy is defeated, it is appropriate to behave more like a lost dog. Otherwise, even if this official dismantles you, there will always be a bad breath in his heart, don't you say? ”

Because of the difference in height, Wang Zhuo needed to tilt his head slightly to look at him, Rao was like this, and he was not overwhelmed by the other party's aura.

He smiled slightly: "Do you think that I will not leave a way out for myself?" As he spoke, he opened the teacup on the table next to him, lifted the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea slowly, and explained lightly, "When I was young, I admired someone very much. At that time, there was a serious famine in my hometown, and there were piles of dry bones on the roadside, but the corrupt officials in the county were still drinking wine and meat, feasting and drinking every day, and did not look at the suffering of the world. My mother, in order to keep her children alive, almost cut off the flesh on her thighs. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the imperial court to send a disaster relief envoy to come to the relief. ”

That disaster relief envoy is Gu Linsheng.

The first time I saw him, Wang Zhuo was still a fifteen-year-old boy. The man was not wearing official clothes, only wearing a jade-colored robe, with plain shoes, but his temperament was natural, which was unforgettable.

On the first day of his appointment, he killed the county officials who had filled his pockets with great courage, appeased the turbulent people, exempted all the taxes of the year, and raised money and food for disaster relief by paying for his sins and conferring officials and knights on the valley......

Gu Linsheng only stayed in the county for ten days, and then went to other prefectures and counties for disaster relief, but ten days was enough to sow a seed of admiration in the heart of a young man.

In those years, Wang Zhuo, who was still a teenager, studied desperately, just so that one day, he could catch up with that person's footsteps.

However, the person he was desperately chasing died in the hands of Shen Hanxi.

He knew that after the new emperor seized the throne, it would be a matter of time before Gu Linsheng would fall.

At that time, he had been in the officialdom for several years, and if he didn't have such an awareness, he would have been an official for so many years in vain. It's just that he can't forgive, and the person who betrayed Gu Linsheng turned out to be Shen Hanxi, the boy who followed Gu Linsheng back then, the boy who made him so envious.

So, he secretly decided to let that young man taste the same.

Therefore, he deliberately approached him, tried to be appreciated by him, and for many years conscientiously blocked all kinds of open guns and arrows for him, and helped him establish a court guard division with power throughout Dajing.

Just to be able to destroy all this with your own hands one day.

However, he underestimated Shen Hanxi too much.

Probably the rarest contest in the world is like this, he is unrivaled in his wit, and he is evenly matched.

This Imperial Guard, from the very beginning, has been firmly controlled by Shen Hanxi, and has never changed in any way because of the addition of his deputy envoy.

For so many years, Shen Hanxi has given him supreme trust and rights, but the trust and rights he gave are all within his own control. Therefore, Wang Zhuo found that if he wanted to kill this person, he could only use external forces. Long Pan, Helan Jue, Xia Xiaoqiu...... These people come from different backgrounds, have different temperaments, and chase different things, but their loyalty to him brooks no one's destruction.

He admitted that Shen Hanxi had a unique charm on his body that could make people follow him convincingly. How could he not have been shaken by him?

Wang Zhuo came back to his senses and handed him the tea he had just poured: "Adults have made a lot of enemies over the years, and there are many people around them. There are some people who are easy to guess, but there are some people who adults must rack their brains and can't think of. ”

Shen Hanxi looked at the tea he handed over, stretched out his slender fingers, and caught it.

The shadow guard stretched out a hand to block it, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, be careful of poison. ”

Shen Hanxi raised his eyebrows: "Deputy Envoy Wang won't be so stupid." As he spoke, his gaze fell on Wang Zhuo's face, "If he wants to poison the official, he won't negotiate terms with the official." ”

Wang Zhuo nodded with a calm expression and said, "Your Excellency is wise." Over the years, haven't adults been looking for Gu Linsheng's remnants? If you kill me today, you won't want to get the slightest clue from these people. When I die, many people will rest easy, and it will be difficult for adults to try to pull out their pigtails again. ”

Over the years, he has maintained secret correspondence with these people, in order to have a bargaining chip to negotiate conditions with Shen Hanxi at this last moment.

Shen Hanxi took a sip of the tea and said slowly: "The deputy envoy of the king is still hiding it until now. His gaze became sharp, and gradually condensed into a cold knife, "Do you want this official to believe that you are loyal to a dead man, and you are stupid to be an official?" ”

His fingertips trembled, suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart, and said, "No matter what, I'll say it all." What to do with me is up to the adults. ”

Shen Hanxi looked at him for a long time, and suddenly relaxed: "Say, what do you want to exchange for those conditions you just mentioned." ”

"Simple." He raised his eyes and looked at the man in front of him, "Change a happy way to die." And he added, "For my mother, my younger brother and my younger sister." ”

He was ready to die, but he suffered his family and suffered with him.

He knew too well what the Ting Guards were up to, and they would threaten his family in order to force him to speak. Once you enter the Imperial Guard, you will only be left with the most cruel way to die in the world. He was not naïve enough to expect Shen Hanxi to let his family go, even if Shen Hanxi let them go, those officials who were betrayed by him would definitely take revenge.

Horizontal and vertical are death, he can only fight for a dignified death for his family.

Not dying in the prison of the Imperial Guards is the last dignity.

Before Shen Hanxi could answer, a man's voice sounded at the door of the hall: "It's a pity, Deputy Envoy Wang is no longer qualified to negotiate conditions." ”

He looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Helan Jue Shi Ran walking, reading out a string of names as he walked, and when he stopped beside Shen Hanxi, a total of nine names were read in his mouth.

From head to toe, Wang Zhuo felt a chill that penetrated his bones, so that he didn't react for a long time. It took him a long time before he began to tremble. As if to stop the trembling, he raised his hand and covered half of his face, and through his fingers, his slightly wide eyes and facial spasms could be seen.

"Isn't Deputy Envoy Wang shocked, how do I know these names? You clearly hid those secret letters in the secret room, and if anyone enters the secret room, they will be gassed to death. Helan Jue looked at him with a sigh, "This is to blame you for forgetting one thing." There is a person, what kind of secret room has not been seen? What kind of objects are there for him that he can't get? ”

Wang Zhuo took a step back, and suddenly a name came to mind: "Wind Thirteen......"

His chest heaved for a moment, and suddenly burst into a burst of laughter, which echoed through the hall, but there was endless sorrow and desolation.

Two brocade men stepped forward and held him up.

Helan Jue informed him in a tone: "Long Pan has already taken people to investigate those people on the secret letter at this time, Deputy Envoy Wang, come with me." ”

Shen Hanxi looked at him being carried away, stroked the fingers on his hand, and didn't speak for a long time.

Song Ran heard the sound of metal colliding, opened her eyes from a light sleep, she looked up, and saw Xia Xiaoqiu picking the lock there. His movements were a little hurried, and the more he hurried, the more he couldn't open it, and in a fit of rage, he smashed his fist on the lock of Xuantie.

"Lord Xia, you slow down."

Hearing the woman's soft and hoarse voice, his hand trembled slightly, and he inexplicably felt a little weak: "Song, Miss Song, you are awake." ”

She hummed, and when she saw his reaction, she knew what was going on.

"Who is it?"

Hearing her question, Xia Xiaoqiu responded in a muffled voice: "Wang Zhuo." At last he opened the lock, pushed the door in, and said, "When I came to the Imperial Guard, he was already with the adults. He is the person I like and admire the most in the Imperial Guard, except for adults. He squatted beside Song Ran and picked the thatch off her head, "I haven't read a book, I don't know how to read, he is busy with official business, and he doesn't forget to teach me to write." He taught me to write my name. ”

His expression was pale, not as indignant as when he knew that the thief was Song Ran, but with a kind of calmness that was as dead as ashes. Approximately, the blow was too big for him, so big that he couldn't find a proper emotion to face. She had never seen such a Xia Xiaoqiu.

He talked for a long time, all about the past with Wang Zhuo, and she couldn't help but raise her hand, landed on top of his head, and gently smoothed his hair.

He came back to his senses and said, "Miss Song, you won the bet, I'm here to invite you out." So saying, he took off his robe, put it on her shoulder, and carefully lifted her up.

Song Ran coughed weakly twice, and then asked, "Has Deputy Envoy Wang confessed to the others?" ”

Xia Xiaoqiu shook her head and said, "That's Helan Jue's business, Miss Song doesn't have to worry about it." ”

She silently stepped out of the cell slowly step by step under Xia Xiaoqiu's support, it was getting late outside, and there were only a few stars scattered on the dark sky. The shadows of the trees not far away, as if the wind swept over the branches, but if you listened carefully, you couldn't hear it.

She was suddenly a little tired, and said softly, "Lord Xia, I want to go home." ”

Xia Xiaoqiu's arm trembled: "Miss Song still rests here for one night, and I will send you back after I have asked the adults." ”

She suddenly spoke: "...... Mute? ”

A young man rushed forward, pushed Xia Xiaoqiu away, and helped her to his side. Looking at her condition at this time, her eyebrows were slightly sunken, but she didn't ask more, only said, "Uncle Zhong asked me to take you home." ”

She hid her finger in her sleeve and said, "Okay." ”

Xia Xiaoqiu stood in front of them: "I can't go." Seeing the figure walking towards here, he hurriedly called, "My lord! ”

Shen Hanxi's voice sounded behind him: "Miss Song, the official hasn't said it yet, you can go home." ”

The fingers hidden in his sleeves were so hot that they hurt, maybe they were ten fingers connected to his heart, and Song Ran only felt that his heart was also aching faintly.

She raised her eyes and looked at him: "My lord, haven't my suspicions been cleared yet?" ”

Shen Hanxi looked at her eyes, and suddenly had a feeling that where Wang Zhuo lost today, it was clearly himself - he lost completely.

"Ben Guan just got the news that the second son of the Mo family has led a team of light horses into Beijing, and he doesn't want to be taken back, so he obediently stays with Ben Guan."