Chapter 021: Peel back the cocoon
Where did the dagger come from?
The city lord and his wife below were shocked again, the couple were frightened by the Nine Kings today, and they were afraid that they had reached the extreme of their lives. If the two of them give up struggling, they may have a better ending, but after all, there are few people who turn back to the shore, and the city lord and his wife are not among them.
The city lord's wife once again exerted her resourcefulness and fickleness, and kowtowed: "Since the dagger was found from the dumb girl, it must be the mute girl's belongings." β
The Nine Kings smiled good-naturedly: "Oh? She is a Jin countryman, why should she carry a Chen Guo dagger with her? β
The city lord's wife lowered her eyes and smiled weakly: "She is dead, I'm afraid no one knows the reason." β
The Nine Kings held the dagger and squinted at the city lord's wife: "This king doesn't think so, this king knows that this dagger was given to her." β
The city lord's wife tried her best to hide her emotions, and pretended to be calm: "Yes, maybe this dumb girl not only assassinated His Royal Highness the Nine Kings, but also had a relationship with Chen Guoren, it is really not a pity to die." β
The Nine Kings seemed to nod their heads in agreement, and echoed the city lord's wife: "It is indeed not a pity to die, and it is enough to not be loyal to your own king, and even to fornicate with other countries, even if it is the most cruel punishment of car splitting, it is extremely cheap." β
For some reason, hearing the Nine Kings depicting the punishment of the car crack in a flat tone, the city lord's wife couldn't help but shudder.
But when she raised her head, she still gritted her teeth and said: "Fortunately, she was given a good time by His Royal Highness the Nine Kings today, otherwise she would not let her go even if she was a concubine, so that she would know the fate of betraying her master!" β
That Ji Rou is a bad person, she has been crying since she entered the door, and she seems to be crying even more.
The Nine Kings flipped the dagger, as if admiring different angles: "The color of the beads inlaid on this dagger is afraid that it can only be found in King Chen's bedroom, this dagger is small, obviously King Chen has also put a lot of effort into pleasing this gifted woman." β
The City Lord's Lady raised her face and said sincerely, "What His Royal Highness the Nine Kings said is very true. β
The Nine Kings smiled leisurely: "Madame, do you still want to say that King Chen, who is famous for his love for beauty, will fall in love with a woman with a mediocre appearance, a mute woman, and a jackal tattoo engraved with King Jin's belongings?" Even in the past few years, in order to beg for mercy from King Jin, King Chen sent dozens of boxes of gold and silver treasures, but in a blink of an eye, he gave the woman of King Jin such a delicate dagger, huh? β
The Nine Kings had always spoken softly, as if they knew that their words were enough to crush a person's spirit, so they said it even more gently, letting this cruel feeling be carved into the ears of those who listened more slowly and profoundly.
The city lord's wife still wanted to hold on, but her flower-like face was clearly unable to hang up, and she tried her best to squeeze out a smile, but the smile was ugly like an old woman, and it was a little lifeless.
The Nine Kings pointed the dagger at the tip of the nose of the City Lord's wife, and said softly: "Madam, you are a smart person, and this king is still letting you say that it is to give you a chance." You don't want to waste it. β
The city lord's wife seemed to want to cry and laugh, her whole face was now wrinkled, in the past, she always showed as much charm as possible to the Nine Kings, but now she seems to have lost this momentum, she seems to admit it, drooping her head, even the red waist can be seen, she is thinking about whether the opportunity given by the Nine Kings is worth it.
After a long time, I finally heard the city lord's wife say with a little choked up: "It's all a concubine who is confused for a while." Your Highness, please...... Spare the concubine! β
These words seemed to be a confession, and the city lord immediately glared at him fiercely, eager to devour the city lord's wife alive: "You have done such a shameless thing, and you still want to spare you?!" β
This is really like a husband's jealousy, if the city lord's wife and King Chen are nepotistic, then the city lord Guan is wearing a green hat.
The city lord's wife ignored him, and hurriedly walked a few steps to look at the nine kings: "Your Highness, that dagger is indeed not the dumb girl's, but the concubine's body, all of which are concubines who have been dissatisfied with the city lord's neglect for many years...... The concubine is really unwilling, but the mistake has been cast, this dagger is a birthday gift from King Chen to the concubine, the concubine has been hidden in a secret place, I don't want to be discovered by the dumb girl, so I stole the dagger. When the concubine knew that the mute girl was dead, she thought that she could do what she could and put the dagger on the dumb girl's body...... are all concubines who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and ask His Royal Highness the Nine Kings to give the concubine a way to live for the sake of the concubine's dedicated service in the past few days! β
At this point, for the red waist, this turn of events has been very exciting. Including the crying of the city lord's wife, they are all so sad and miserable, and the only one who is not satisfied is the city lord who is already about to crack.
"You're with the old horse...... Collusion for years! The city lord looked at the city lord's wife, and hated to eat her flesh and sleep on her skin, "Are you worthy of me?!" β
The city lord's wife's face changed sharply, and she sneered: "Needless to say, it sounds so good, it was originally a transaction between us. If you say I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're even more sorry for me for your sin of destroying my city in the first place, right? β
Guan Cheng was trembling angrily, and slapped the ground with his hands: "Slut! Slut! β
It seems that if he hadn't been kneeling on the ground, he would have jumped up and pounced on the city lord's wife.
However, the city lord's wife had already approached Jiuwang's side at this time, and it seemed that her actions just now were deliberate, I am afraid that she had already expected the city lord to go crazy at this moment.
Although the couple looked like each other, they were still doing faΓ§ade work before, but now they are tearing their faces, and their faces are uglier than the other.
But no matter how turbulent the audience is, the Nine Kings always look lazy and out of the way. It was only after seeing that the two of them had quarreled enough before he said lightly: "This is all that Madame wants to tell this king?" β
The city lord's wife diverted her attention from the city lord, and immediately kowtowed: "The concubine confesses her guilt and asks His Royal Highness the Nine Kings for mercy." β
The Nine Kings looked at the dagger, the pearls and jade inlaid on it were still shining, and unlike the King of Jin, King Chen was generous and considerate to his beloved woman.
"Really," the Nine Kings said slowly, "nothing more to add?" β
The city lord's wife was a little uneasy in her heart, she didn't understand that she had already confessed everything, why was the Nine Kings still so aggressive, didn't he just want the truth about the dagger?
With a bang, the dagger was thrown by the Nine Kings on the table next to him, and after playing with it for so long, it was abandoned in an instant, and the action of throwing the dagger was as if he was throwing away the city lord's wife without hesitation.
The Nine Kings said lightly: "Since this is the case, then the king will begin to condemn." β
It's like a court trial, and someone pleads guilty, then it's time to pronounce the sentence and detain.
Hearing this, the Guan City Lord, who was about to lose his mind in anger, suddenly looked at the Nine Kings, and his expression seemed to stiffen.
The Nine Kings slowly glanced at the city lord's wife: "Even if the former lady was born in a vassal country on the border, the border has long been assigned to Zhao Tu, so the lady is still a serious Zhao countryman." As a citizen of Zhao State, Mrs. secretly communicated with the king of Chen State, even if this king is not familiar with the laws of your Zhao State, he also knows such a crime, and even the heaviest punishment of car splitting is light. β
The city lord's wife's face was like earth, and her lips trembled even more, but she had the backbone and did not say anything more to forgive. You probably know that begging for mercy is useless.
The Nine Kings said: "But since Mrs. Fang Cai has begged this king, this king can make the decision to avoid the punishment of this car split, so let's change it to Ling Chi." The lady is a woman, so she must not be able to take many knives before she goes, at least the corpse can still be decent. β
Compared to the car crack, Ling Chi only had a few pieces of meat less, which seemed to be lighter.
But after hearing this, the city lord's wife already turned the whites of her eyes up, and it seemed that she was about to faint.
Red Waist felt a chill on her body at this time, and her body, which had gradually stopped bleeding and warmed up, seemed to have a strange change, and then she found that she seemed to be able to speak.
She tried to open her mouth, trying to get the attention of the Nine Kings or the white-faced coachman, but at this time, no one even glanced at her bed, and the sense of impending death that Bai Aya had wrapped around her neck before seemed to strike again.
Jiuwang glanced at the white-faced coachman: "Coachman, let's drag the lady out, Ling Chi's punishment, you don't have to trouble the government soldiers in the city, you can do it directly." β
actually asked the white-faced coachman to do something to the city lord's wife, which probably even the city lord Guan didn't expect. His face turned pale, as if he wanted to say something, but when he looked at the Nine Queens, he silently swallowed his words.
The white-faced coachman held the long knife at his waist and walked towards the city lord's wife, who looked at him in horror and involuntarily began to retreat: "No, ......"
But her voice was so weak that she seemed to have lost even the confidence to shout. She has already pleaded guilty, and the Nine Kings have sentenced her to Ling Chi, even if she escapes to the edge of the sky, she will not be able to escape after all.
The white-faced coachman grabbed the Lord's wife by the arm and lifted her out the door.
The lady of the city lord gave up hope completely, and was dragged by the white-faced coachman with her head down.
At this moment, a girl's scream suddenly sounded: "No!!" Ji Rou, who had been standing not far from the city lord's wife, rushed to the white-faced coachman like crazy, and cursed sharply: "You let me go!" Don't touch Madame with your dirty hands! β
The first time the red waist saw a person who dared to fight with the white-faced coachman, Ji Rou actually directly used her hand to break the hand of the white-faced coachman pinching the shoulder of the city lord's wife, and after seeing that she couldn't break it, she began to kick and beat the white-faced coachman, while cursing non-stop.
The Nine Kings' eyebrows were deep, and when she saw Ji Rou suddenly like this, the city lord's wife, who was already half dead, suddenly woke up, she stared at Ji Rou, and shouted as if she was angry: "Who let you come up with a cheap maid?" Don't give me a retreat yet! β
But even though she scolded so harshly, Ji Rou not only didn't leave, but seeing that there was no hope of saving people from the hands of the white-faced coachman, she knelt down and hugged the legs of the city lord's wife and cried.
The city lord's wife seemed to have been greatly humiliated, and immediately wanted to get rid of Ji Rou, and scolded even more ruthlessly: "Don't entangle!" Now that Mrs. Ben is unable to protect herself, don't think about coming up to bargain! β