Chapter 65: Thunder Ant Sting

Chapter 65: Thunder Ant Sting

After listening to the advice of Princess Xianning and Sun Qingyang, the crown princess ordered someone to take down Steward Chen and Xiao Chenzi with lightning speed.

Fortunately, Sun Qingyang had doubts in his heart before, and kept asking the two shadow guards lent to her by Zhu Zhanji to keep an eye on Steward Chen, so that the two who were about to escape were intercepted.

didn't want to, but the two of them fought so hard that they refused to speak.

At dusk, someone brought them over and sat in the small flower hall of Zhaoyang Palace, the crown princess wanted to personally judge Steward Chen and Xiao Chenzi, and Sun Qingyang and Princess Xianning listened to the trial.

Leaving Sun Qingyang aside, firstly, because she was victimized, and secondly, because she wanted her to know that it was powerful.

As for Princess Xianning, she will get married next year, and she will preside over the middle feed in the Xining Marquis Mansion, in addition to socializing and socializing, controlling people, and knowing people well is also a must-know homework, which can be regarded as making some preparations in advance, so as to better deal with the hidden things that happen in the inner house.

The two were brought in and thrown on the ground, with four guards standing aside.

The lights and shadows in the flower hall are full of shadows, and on the tall gilt bronze turtle crane long-term candlestick, there are three or four red candles, and the red flames are gently swaying with the wind, reflecting on everyone's faces, which are a little erratic.

Steward Chen and Xiao Chen Zi knelt on the ground with a weak heart, raised their eyes around the circle, except for the crown princess, Princess Xianning, and Sun Qingyang, a few maids were waiting on the side, holding their breath, there were more than ten people in the small flower hall, but there was no sound, and they were quiet and a little scared.

Steward Chen, who is in his twenties, looks good, and he still stiffens his head after being tortured, but his eyes that turn from time to time, and his flickering eyes, are indeed as Fuzhi said that day, he is a frivolous person.

Xiao Chenzi, who was only thirteen years old, trembled with fright, and his face looked even more pale and haggard against the backdrop of the dazzling red hundred lotus flowers in the flower hall.

I really don't know how he carried those fifteen sticks!

Sun Qingyang couldn't bear it, so he asked Xuanji to take a glass of water and hold it to Xiao Chenzi to drink.

Xiao Chenzi licked his chapped lips, lowered his head and took a few sips, the water stains dripped down, and he stung on the tortured skin on his neck, and he couldn't help but let out a low "hiss" sound in pain.

The red flesh of his wound was turned out, and the cane marks were very clear, showing that the fifteen sticks were not like the usual spanking, but even the back was blown, leaving a scar on the neck. If you don't want to leave them for questioning, this kind of play can kill people within ten sticks.

After only glancing at the injury, Sun Qingyang lowered his head in shock, and didn't dare to look at the two people kneeling on the ground anymore.

The crown princess motioned to Ruixiang to raise Xiao Chenzi's face, looked at him and said sympathetically: "I see that you are young, and you don't look like a vicious person, you used to be a tiger, why don't you look back now?" Say, who told you to murder Miss Sun, you name the real mastermind behind the scenes, I will protect your life, and you can still be an errand in the palace in the future. ”

The tone is gentle, like a mother comforting her child.

Steward Chen saw that Xiao Chenzi's face was getting paler and paler, and without waiting for him to speak, he gritted his teeth and spat at the crown princess: "Don't pretend to be obedient, who doesn't know your methods, you are generous and benevolent on your face, and you are more ruthless than anyone else in private, if it falls into your hands, we have nothing to say, if you are really kind, you will give it a good time." ”

The crown princess didn't think it was wrong, stared at Steward Chen playfully like a cat and mouse, and said slowly, "Oh, Steward Chen, Xiao Chenzi is your own nephew, you don't pity your own life, you should take care of him, right?" If you want him to be as obsessed as you, aren't you afraid that seven or eight members of your Chen family, big and small, will all give their lives because of this? It's you, the girl with comfrey has your child in her belly, and the doctor said that it has been more than a month, do you want her to give birth or not? You can't save your life, but whether you want to save their life or not, it's up to you. As you said just now, I'm ruthless, if you open your mouth today, if you don't open your mouth, I really can't guarantee what you will do in anger. ”

When Steward Chen heard this, the crown princess actually detained his family as well, and sat on the ground like a wooden chicken.

Xiao Chen Zi sobbed, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Princess, are you telling the truth?" If I do, can I save the lives of my Chen family? ”

"Of course. You have been in this house for more than two years, and you should know what I have said, and you have never failed to count. ”

"But, but my uncle said that if they leaked the slightest bit of information, they would kill my family!" Xiao Chenzi didn't dare to be gullible.

"They? They should have promised you back, and they would send you two and your whole family away after the incident, if they all cashed in, at this time, you should have changed your name and surname elsewhere, how could you delay until today before you remembered to run away and be caught?"

Xiao Chen Zi woke up like a dream when he heard this, pulled the sleeve of Steward Chen beside him, and begged: "Uncle, uncle, just tell Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess......

Steward Chen looked up at the crown princess who was calm and relaxed, but her eyes were as condensed as iron and lead, and smiled bitterly.

That night, all the people who went to assassinate the Linggu Zen Temple were ambushed, and only he, because he was responsible for opening the door for them, was not found and survived. Before, because he was not angry with Sun Qingyang for saving Fuzhi and ruining the comfrey, he was afraid of trouble in the future, so he thought about taking the opportunity to get rid of them together, and even used the buns made by Jiamo for the sake of being thorough, thinking that if there was a living mouth, he could also blame her.

At the same time, they tried to harm the Lilac Courtyard, the Rose Pavilion, and the Biyun Pavilion, just to mix the water, so as not to catch fire that night, only Sun Qingyang and his party were killed.

After thinking about it and planning carefully, he just waited for the matter to be over, and got the new household registration, road guide and 1,200 silver that person Xu, and took the family away to fly away, how did he know that the person who contacted him was a failure that night and failed to escape his life.

Without a new household registration and road guide, his family is a slave, even if he escapes, he will be chased back, even if he does not recover it, he will never have an identity, and his children and grandchildren will not even have the qualifications to be slaves and maids. After all, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, slaves and maids are the private property of the master's family, and if they are caught escaping, even if the master's family is killed, the government will not sentence them heavily, and they often do not get rid of them, but those who harbor fugitive slaves are considered to steal cattle and horses, and the crime is increased by three points, and even those who dare to take them in cannot be found.

With these concerns, I was lucky that the two fires that night would be regarded as one, and only as if they were committed by assassins, and I could stay out of the matter in the name of being on an errand and make a decision later.

More than ten days have been calm, I thought this matter would have been revealed, if it wasn't for the day when I asked about the relevant situation that night, there was a maid specially written on the side, I felt that I was afraid that this matter was not trivial, worried about the failure, and would not have thought of escaping.

Now like this, thinking about killing without saying anything, he and Xiao Chenzi have two lives, but their illusions were shattered by the princess's words.

However, the crown princess asked herself to confess them, how to confess? It's just that when I was out of gambling, I knew a card friend, repeatedly borrowed money to myself who lost the gambling, and asked myself to inquire about the news of the prince's mansion, and when needed, I didn't know their true identity.

At first, in order to repay the debts that were accumulating more and more, he first coaxed Zicao and Mama Qiu to collude, stole Wang Liangyuan's jewelry to change, and then pulled Ruixiang into the water, trying to make her be an eye and ear in front of the princess.

In the end, they actually let themselves go to Linggu Zen Temple, saying that if they did this well, they would erase the previous debt, and send 1,200 silver, a new household registration, and a road guide.

Because they know that their hands and eyes are all over the sky, even Wang Liangyuan's jewelry can be imitated, and they dare to tear up all the IOUs in front of themselves, which obviously has a charter and can be cashed.

They are not afraid of running away without an IOU, how dare they have two hearts?

In retrospect, one by one, they were all designed, deliberately letting him owe money and borrowing money to lure him to betray the owner, but the IOUs and interest were pressed down, and he didn't even have the strength to struggle, so he could only do it.

When he heard Xiao Chenzi say that the princess of Wang An, the palace eunuch, wanted him to stumble Sun Qingyang, he thought that the opportunity had come, if this young lady who had just entered the palace was not removed, Fuzhi would stab the princess sooner or later, according to the shrewdness of the princess, everything he did could not be concealed at all, so he just took advantage of this matter to push it to the princess. When I found out, I and Xiao Chenzi were long gone, and the prince had no evidence, who could believe him? I'm afraid that even the disappearance of my family will think that it has something to do with him.

Coupled with the fire that night, the gods didn't know it, and it was simply a trick that couldn't be solved. I thought about it at the beginning, when I planned it, I was proud of it for a long time, who knew that people were not as good as heaven, and the card friends were assassins, or failed assassins, they lost their lives, and they couldn't get out.

However, if you don't come out, how can you explain it in front of the crown princess?

The three people on the table saw that Steward Chen's face was changing, thinking that he was thinking about it, and they were worried that they would be silenced by the people behind the scenes.

The crown princess decided to increase the weight.

"This is over, I can't keep you in my house, but I can keep Xiao Chenzi, if he doesn't want to stay any longer, I can also help him eliminate his slave status, give him a new household registration and road guide, and add some silver, so that the people of the Chen family can live in other places. Even if you are afraid that they will find trouble afterwards and have already flown away, what can he do with you? It's impossible to chase and kill you little people for thousands of miles, right? What's more, if I want to help you, I will wipe it clean, and the outside will only be when you have been killed with a rod because of your betrayal of the Lord. Even the people in this room today will not know where you have been, what your name is, and what concerns do you have? ”

The crown princess was only in charge of Chen because she was worried about confessing to the people behind the scenes, and she and her family were still in danger, but she never expected that he didn't know who the people behind the scenes were, and he was thinking about how to make up a convincing statement for the crown princess.

Steward Chen gritted his teeth, "Is what Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess said true?" Can you spare the slave and Xiao Chenzi from dying, and keep my whole family safe and sound and become a good citizen? ”

Left and right is a death, it is better to fight, maybe you can escape.

Steward Chen knew that the more difficult he became, the more he demanded, the easier it was to be believed what he said, and seeing the crown princess nodding, he spoke again, "The slave still has one more thing to hope that the crown princess will fulfill." ”