"Oh." Xiao Tao came back to her senses, answered lazily, and continued to pick up the meal.

Zhao Kuangyi couldn't tell whether she heard it or not, and felt a little lost in her heart. Tomorrow, I will accompany the emperor to the mausoleum, and I don't expect Xiao Tao to help him pack up. It's good to prepare properly, so it's good to have a word of peace of mind. But Xiao Tao is like a soulless shell, and it seems that all the spirits are wandering. Zhao Kuangyi saw the fire in his heart, and asked, "Did you hear it?" ”

Xiao Tao was stunned, biting her lip and unable to speak, just now his words really didn't fall in his heart. Looking at Xiao Tao's stammering appearance, Zhao Kuangyi's eyes were a little cold: "What are you thinking?" Well? With that, he put down his chopsticks.

What are you thinking? Xiao Tao's nerves tensed, what was she thinking just now? She herself had forgotten that she couldn't remember it, but she was mostly thinking about the death of the prince. Seeing that Zhao Kuangyi was staring at himself tightly, and he had the posture of not giving up without asking, Xiao Tao pursed his lips and opened his mouth softly: "The prince of the Tang Dynasty." Isn't it - dead? ”

Zhao Kuangyi frowned, his eyes glanced sharply at Xiao Tao, his clothes and shoes were clean, not like there were signs of going out, how did he know that the Tang Dynasty prince had died? Could it be that the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty can still send a letter here? I can't help but ask, "How do you know?" "The voice is a little sharp.

Xiao Tao lowered her eyebrows and said, "Listen to what people say." After a pause, he said, "Is that true?" When the words came out, he couldn't help but pout, "Does the emperor blame him?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Xiao Tao's eyes covered with a layer of ice, but the corners of his lips were raised and smiled, Xiao Tao is really getting more and more promising, and he is much smarter and more level than before. Zhao Kuangyi hooked his lips and smiled: "Your Majesty? Tang is now the name of Zhou, and Li Jing can only be called the lord of Jiangnan. ”

Xiao Tao's face suddenly turned red when she heard this, although she didn't have a good impression of the emperor named Li Jing, but as a Tang person, Zhao Kuangyi's words pierced her heart for the first time, and this pain had nothing to do with love. It's self-esteem. Although she couldn't tell where this self-esteem came from. But when she heard Zhao Kuangyi say that Li Jing could only be called the lord of the country, she was indeed blushing and her heart was beating. Xiao Tao straightened her back, although she didn't know how to respond, but her eyes also became cold. There is a longitudinal bar in the low.

Zhao Kuangyi watched Xiao Tao's expression change, and snorted coldly: "Do you care about who Li Jing blames?" Who do you think would be to blame for the prince's violent death? ”

Xiao Tao looked at Zhao Kuangyi, and suddenly felt a little unfamiliar. This is not the Zhao Kuangyi she knows, although Zhao Tingyi was cold in the past, he was not harsh, but now Zhao Kuangyi seems to have countless thorns on his body, and he will not stop until he stabs her all over her body. Xiao Tao responded lightly: "Who do you think is who you are." ”

Xiao Tao's soft and rigid hard bones made Zhao Kuangyi's fire run higher, and Zhao Kuangyi slammed the table. got up and strode out, went to the backyard, and instructed the housekeeper to call all the people in the family, and asked coldly who told Xiao Taonan the news of the violent death of Prince Tang in the afternoon. No one admitted it, so they hit them one by one.

Within a moment of incense, one of the subordinates secretly pointed to the other and reported to the housekeeper. He also explained the process in detail. The housekeeper walked over and told Zhao Kuangyi truthfully. Zhao Kuangyi didn't say a word, but only ordered the soldiers on guard to come in and give the subordinate who told Xiao Tao about the prince thirty military sticks.

The military stick is different from the board in the usual family law, not only is it stronger and harder, but the soldiers who perform the cane are all trained soldiers, and the strength is not known how many times greater than that of ordinary subordinates, even those soldiers in the barracks who have been trained for a long time with thick skin and flesh, after receiving twenty military sticks, they are also so painful that they will faint, not to mention an ordinary subordinate, or thirty military sticks. As soon as he got down with ten sticks, he had already fainted with a loud howl. Zhao Kuangyi ordered someone to carry cold water and splash it over, and continued to scold.

Xiao Tao heard the movement outside in the house and walked out, Zhao Kuangyi rarely reprimanded his subordinates on weekdays, and just then he went out in a bad mood Xiao Tao only said that he was going to the study, and when he arrived in the backyard, he couldn't help but be startled. The subordinate who was still chatting with her in the afternoon had been tied to an abandoned door panel on the ground, and his buttocks had been beaten with military sticks to the point of blood, and his skin was open. The subordinate next to him happened to bring a bucket of cold water over and poured it all on the man. The man was agitated, trembling and waking up again.

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Xiao Tao who rushed over, and his voice was as cold as a quenched sword: "In the future, whoever dares to play with the rights and wrongs of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the mansion will be the end." If you want to try it, just talk about it. ”

It turned out that just because he told her about Datang, he had to be punished like this? Xiao Tao only felt that the blood and qi in her whole body were surging, and she couldn't help but run in front of Zhao Kuangyi in small steps, looked at Zhao Kuangyi and said stubbornly: "But if you just say something about Datang, will you be punished like this?" ”

Zhao Kuangyi stared at Xiao Tao tightly and said: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules." The rule in this house is that no one is allowed to say anything about anyone in the Southern Tang Dynasty. As he spoke, he continued to look at the soldier who was executing and said, "Go on!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers raised their sticks again and fell down heavily, and the man wailed, and the blood from the wounds seemed to splash out with the sound of the sticks falling. Xiao Tao saw that the flesh and blood were blurred, and she felt sick to her stomach, turned around and retched while holding on to the tree trunk on the side. She also vomited a lot of dinner in the evening, until she vomited so much that even the acid water in her stomach came out.

Zhao Kuangyi coldly instructed the maid to help Xiao Tao back to the bedroom, and continued to supervise the execution of the remaining military sticks before returning to the room.

Xiao Tao was so shocked by the tragedy just now that her face turned pale, and when she saw Zhao Kuangyi coming in, she seemed to be able to smell the blood on his body, and her stomach was reversed, and she began to retch again, but she had nothing to vomit, only vomited some sour water. The servants who were guarding came to serve.

Zhao Kuangyi felt uncomfortable, he didn't expect Xiao Tao to have such a big reaction. But he really didn't want Xiao Tao to come into contact with the slightest news of Nantang again, even a little bit made him feel unspeakably uneasy. It seems that every bit of news can tear away a little peach's already free heart. Zhao Kuangyi took the water handed by the servant and handed it to Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao covered her mouth with a handkerchief, rinsed with water, eased her spirits, and looked at Zhao Kuangyi's desolate eyes: "Why bother so much?" No one is allowed to talk about anyone and anything in the Southern Tang Dynasty-" Xiao Tao's voice lowered, "I am a Tang person, and the bones and blood are all from the Southern Tang Dynasty." Don't they talk to me or talk to me? That's the right thing to do with me gone. ”

Xiao Tao's words were intended in front, and for the first time she felt a sense of humiliation, not for herself, but for her identity as a Tang person. But Zhao Kuangyi's focus when he heard this sentence was in the back, send her away? Zhao Kuangyi reached out and pinched Xiao Tao's chin, and his voice was a little cold: "Don't even think about it." Saying that, he sneered, "You said in the stage that day, you can do whatever you want." How can I send you away? You can stay here for the rest of your life. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's fire surged up again, and she finally couldn't help it? Want to go? He doesn't let go, can't put it, she's his woman. It always has been. Zhao Kuangyi leaned over and pressed it, rubbing Xiao Tao's body more roughly than before.

Xiao Tao had no strength in her whole body, so she let Zhao Kuangyi ask for it on her body and exert her strength. She just didn't understand, when Zhao Kuangyi didn't drink, he would be so cold and so blunt? Tears slid down, and Xiao Tao was once again sent to the clouds in pain and struggle, and then fell down heavily, hurting all over her body.

Zhao Kuangyi beside him closed his eyes after venting, Xiao Tao didn't know if he was asleep, but Xiao Tao couldn't sleep. She and Zhao Kuangyi don't know when they started, they have become like two sharp swords, and they will stab each other whenever they meet. She was stabbed all over her body, not only physically, but also mentally. He will see her heart, and then poke her hardest with the words she is most afraid to hear and the least like to hear. poked her so much that she was powerless to resist except for tears. Xiao Tao even felt that he was a little strange.

After tossing and turning for a long time, it was not until it was almost dawn that Xiao Tao fell asleep. Zhao Kuangyi also had no sleep all night, he didn't know what he was thinking about spending the night with Xiao Tao before parting, why did he end up like this again. When the day was almost dawn, Zhao Kuangyi got up and changed his clothes, and set off today, he had to go over as soon as possible to lead the troops to the palace to pick up the emperor, and after holding the ceremony, he set off to the mausoleum. Zhao Kuangyi raised his hand, wanting to caress the sleeping little peach, hesitated for a moment, but put his hand down. Turned and walked out the door.

When Xiao Tao woke up, it was already noon. After the maid came in to serve, a soldier sent by Zhao Kuangyin took Xiao Tao to Mrs. Du's mansion in the afternoon. Only then did Xiao Tao know that Zhao Kuangyi had left today. Hurriedly packed up the daily things, and didn't have time to prepare the gift for the first meeting with Mrs. Du, Xiao Tao packed a small baggage, sat in the sedan chair, and was carried to Mrs. Du's mansion.

Mrs. Du's house is in the center of Kaifeng, which is more lively, but the layout of the courtyard is quiet and chic, and after coming in, it is completely different from the noise outside, and the whole person is cool. A model of tranquility in the middle of nowhere. Xiao Tao walked in and didn't know how to put her hands and feet, the first time she saw Mrs. Du, she was nervous all over. She didn't dare to be idle in the sedan chair just now, and kept thinking about what to say.

He was led by his subordinates to walk a few porches, around a mountain rock, and around a pool, only to arrive at a backyard, and the subordinates went to the door of the building to open the curtain, and Xiao Tao walked in with small steps. didn't dare to raise his head, Xiao Tao knelt down first and bowed three long bows.

Mrs. Du is also looking at Xiao Tao carefully, with a graceful figure and a bewitching appearance, no wonder Kuang Yi is infatuated.