The red-hot iron dangled in front of me, and the hot sensation was always present on both sides of my cheeks, and they drank three bowls of wine for me, and then I saw them holding a silk book and handing it to me, and my eyes were full of gold stars, because these three bowls were not ordinary rice wine, but medicinal wine with some special effects.

The drug soon set in, and there were many bloody scenes in front of my eyes, and on a rainy night, a vermilion gate was hidden, and I walked up the steps and pushed open the door, and the thick smell of blood came to my face, and I was instantly suffocated by the corpses all over the ground.

I kept rummaging through the pile of dead bodies, as if I was looking for someone.

Although I was dizzy, I knew in my heart that this was not true, and I struggled with the last trace of lucidity, pinched myself hard, and the pain made me wake up instantly, and when I looked around, I found that I was no longer in the torture room, and I was no longer alone.

On the dragon chair directly above the main hall, Emperor Liu Jingzheng glared at us angrily, I rubbed my eyes and looked at him, and suddenly felt something rush towards me, instinctively blocked it with my hand, but unexpectedly found that what I was holding in my hand was a black ore.

Even now, no one can say where it came from, because it's so rare.

The Eighth Emperor looked at the piece of "black charcoal" in my hand and thought for a moment, and suddenly, he pointed to my chest and shouted to the emperor: "Father, General Xiao also has the same thing on his body. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched the position on my chest, and at this moment, another teenager broke into the Xuanming Palace, stood next to me and said, "Father, the secret guard of the son saw General Xiao appear in the palace, and at that time. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very angry, so I just watched it for a while and then took someone away.

The one who spoke was Liu Xu, the fifth prince. is the only son of Liang Meiren.

Xiao Wu reminded me in my ear, and at this time I saw Xiao Yuan looking at the emperor expressionlessly. Suddenly clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister can use the head of Xiang Shang to guarantee that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an accident, the dog was recuperating at home and did not take half a step out of the door." ”

The emperor didn't seem to believe that I would be the murderer of the crown prince, but the evidence left at the scene made him have to believe everything, because the so-called evidence was the talisman of me, the second son of the Xiao family, the commander of the Yulin Army.

I subconsciously touched the token around my waist, however. I didn't touch anything, and I was stunned on the spot for a while, while Xiao Yuan's eyes were full of anxiety, and it could be seen from his nervous look that the seriousness of this matter had exceeded that of the whole house.

The emperor looked down at the evidence on the table in front of him, suddenly raised his eyes to look at me, and asked, "Xiao Xiaohan, the widow has always had high hopes for you, and this time you are going to the Western Regions. You're also a great achievement, but you"

I lowered my head, and as soon as he finished speaking, I kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty." The minister did not kill His Royal Highness the Prince, and the minister has evidence to prove this. ”

As soon as I spoke. Xiao Yuan immediately looked at me, that kind of look. Not worry and nervousness, but a warning.

What is he warning me? Could it be evidence that is about to be blurted out. Or rather

A flustering fluster, I hesitated, but so many pairs of eyes watched, so many ears listened, since I have already said that I have evidence to prove my innocence, in the face of life and death, no one dares to talk nonsense in order to get rid of the crime.

In fact, it is true, I would like to explain what the Third Prince and the Eighth Prince have done to me, and explain the fact that he sent people to spy on me, so that as long as the Emperor thoroughly investigates this matter, then he will definitely find evidence to prove my innocence.

I knelt on the ground and didn't say a word, seemingly hesitant but actually nervous, the emperor was impatient, urging me to come up with evidence as soon as possible, and when I looked at Xiao Yuan, the words in my mouth were forced back by his sharp eyes.

The third prince had a blue face from just now, and his fear was naturally related to his unauthorized torture, because in the Northern Han Dynasty, torture to extract confessions was to be punished by burning, and the prisoners, regardless of their status and status, would be executed immediately as long as they made mistakes.

The emperor finally couldn't help it, got up and walked in front of me, his condescending feeling instantly made me lose my confidence, I looked around with a little horror, and finally focused my eyes on the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, the person who can prove my innocence is not in the city at present, as long as the emperor is willing to give it to the ministers, the ministers will definitely bring the witnesses to you."

The emperor's eyes widened angrily, if Xiao Yuan hadn't shown a look of grievance and loyalty from the beginning, and fiercely grasped the weakness of the emperor's reliance on the Xiao family, which made him throw a mouse trap and offend the people of the Xiao family, the consequences would not be too good.

"Okay." The emperor threw down a gold medal in a row of tables, and said: "The four generations of the Xiao family are loyal and good, and they have held military power for many years, and the widow believes that your Xiao family has nothing to do with this matter, seven days, you only have seven days, and when the time comes, you will know later."

I snickered to myself, and said in my heart that this was the idea of a grandson, I almost fell for it, and I thought it was also because they had added to it, although I had a general understanding of the accidental death of the prince, but on the surface, I still needed to pretend to be confused, and after deducting my head and thanking him, Xiao Yuan and I and a group of people were escorted back to the General's Mansion, and from this moment on, the entire General's Mansion became a luxurious prison.

I was escorted back to the room by four or five big men, and after I came in, I found that there seemed to be something strange behind the screen, but I saw that the guards who followed me did not react, so I didn't care, and explained that after they were guarding outside the door, those people knew each other very well, and they didn't say a word and stood at a good angle after exiting, and there was no blind spot monitoring and protection at 360 degrees.

I asked Xiao Wu not to sleep in the room beam tonight, but to sleep in bed with me, Xiao Wu thought I was crazy, but I saw that I squeezed his eyebrows and instantly knew something, and promised to go to bed with me, of course, we didn't really rest, on the contrary, I was waiting, waiting for the one behind the screen to automatically appear, but the enemy and I were unknown, I needed someone to protect me, so I had the treatment of the same bed this time.

After waiting for about half an hour, I saw that the sky was about to dawn, but just as I was about to go down to the screen to take a look, a black shadow jumped on the bed in an instant, and Xiao Wu instinctively clasped his hands, but to my surprise, this person was actually frightened.

When she saw me and Xiao Wu sitting on the bed together, a trace of doubt and confusion flashed on her face, but she didn't think much about it, just looked at me and said, "I know what happened just now, this is the plan of His Royal Highness the Prince, he is in the drunken country flower shop at the moment, do you need me to arrest him and come back to help you clear your name?" ’

I was a little moved by this, but I was more suspicious, I had never seen this woman called Horror, and as soon as she appeared, she got me into trouble for killing the prince, although this matter has not yet been concluded, but everyone has already determined this fact in their hearts, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to change anything in a short period of time.

"No, you don't."

Frightened glanced at Xiao Wu and said, "If the general doesn't worry about me, then let this little brother come with me." ”

I looked at Xiao Wu, shook my head and said, "Thank you girl, I will have a solution to this matter, and please don't meddle in this matter." ”

After she left, I pulled Xiao Wu to the window, looked at the slightly reddened morning glow in the sky, and said: "The prince cheated to death, and left my evidence at the scene, which shows that he can't wait." ”

Xiao Wu was quite puzzled, "Master, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince frame you, is it because of playing chess?" ”

I just smiled, "The chessboard is like life, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are destined to hold the white son with one person and control the sunspot with the other, and we will never come together." ”

Xiao Wu obviously understood, but his face did not show anything unusual, just stood silently behind me, and at this time, the duck egg yolk on the horizon had jumped out of the clouds, I looked at the light orange halo, and said to myself: "It depends on whether this sunny afternoon can turn things around." (To be continued.) )