The emperor decreed that three days later, Nanchun would be beheaded; Ling Yun was flustered when he learned the news, and he had no choice but to put down his body and beg the Lord of Huanyu: "Say, how can you let her live?" ……”

Huanyu's eyes flashed, "Just now you said that as long as I can let her go, you can do anything?" ”

Ling Yun said calmly: "Not bad. ”

Huanyu glanced at him with a bit of provocation, "If I ask you to cut off contact with her forever and never see each other again in this life, can you do it?" ”

Ling Yun's stiff body shook violently, and he said with a wry smile: "It's still the same sentence, as long as you can let her go, let me do anything!" ……”

Huanyu said: "What if you break your promise? ”

Ling Yun gritted his teeth and said, "If I lose my word, I will go through hardships and setbacks, and finally die under the sword!" ”

Huanyu said in a somewhat difficult tone: "You don't seem to be very sincere like this!" ”

Ling Yun forcibly suppressed his anger, "Then what do you want?" ”

Huanyu swallowed slowly: "Your attitude, and such a big anger, how can I believe you?" Didn't you just say that you pleaded with me? ”

Ling Yun's heart seemed to be roasted on a blazing brazier at this time, and he was suffering unimaginably every moment.

His voice was very deep, he spoke very slowly, and almost word for word squeezed out his teeth and said: "County Lord, Ling Yun begs you, as long as you can let her go this time, I promise you that you will never have contact with her forever, and you will never see each other again in this life!" ……”

The county lord of Huanyu suddenly laughed, his laughter was miserable, long, and chilling, "Ling Yun, Ling Commander, my county horse, since I met you for so many years, you have always been that kind of cold and arrogant and arrogant attitude, how have I ever seen you look so low to the dust?" And just for a woman—"

Ling Yun's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You ......"

Huanyu's face gradually sank, as if covered with a thick layer of frost, cold and ruthless, "Lingyun, I really didn't expect you to be so desperate for that woman!" For her, you can do without your life, without feelings, even with the stubbornness and reserve you have held on to for many years - you don't want anything, just her? ”

Ling Yun's face changed suddenly, and his originally peaceful face suddenly turned like ashes.

Huanyu said coldly: "The more you are like this, the more I am not at ease—I am not worried about her, and I am not worried about you...... So now, she must die! Only when she is dead, you will no longer have any illusions, and your body and mind can completely belong to me! ……”

At that moment, Ling Yun seemed to have fallen into an ice hole, and his body was cold from head to toe; His eyes were scarlet, and his voice was as cold as ice: "If she dies, it will be completely over between us!" ……”

"Ling Yun, are you trying to blackmail me? I advise you to die of this heart, so I don't listen to you! Huanyu's expression was gloomy and vigilant, and a stormy wave seemed to be brewing under her dark eyes.

She let out a soft breath and walked out without looking back.

Looking at her indifferent and resolute back, Ling Yun's face turned pale, and her thin lips seemed to be about to make a sound, but they were like a fish in her throat.

The moment of life and death, the moment of joy and sorrow, from extreme sadness to full of expectations, finally made him fall into the abyss again; At that moment, he was on the verge of collapse......

It was the height of summer, and the sun was like fire, scorching everything on the earth; The leaves were curled in the sun, and the old yellow dog was screaming in annoyance, and the old yellow dog's tongue was sticking out and panting.

Lian Nanchun was tied to the execution ground. Her black hair was curling, her white clothes covered her body, her jade neck and slender wrists and ankles, all of which were firmly shackled by the diamond chains the thickness of her thumb, and she had been unconscious several times under the relentless summer sun.

Her clothes were covered with blood, mottled like falling flowers on the ground, crushed into dust, and clumps of scarlet, which was shocking.

Her eyes were half-closed with her breath dying, her head hung down, her chapped lips were not bloody, and her skin was paler in the sun.

Her face was as pale as frost, as if it were transparent, as if it would dissipate into smoke in the brilliant sunlight in the next second.

A gust of wind blew, raising her messy hair without a trace, and her whole person looked miserable and broken.

Under the pergola not far from her, Lu Wenzheng and He Yuting sat in the center, looking majestic; Ying Chuanlin, Yang Zhen and the guards stood on both sides, with an awe-inspiring momentum.

The area around the execution ground was crowded with people watching the excitement, or the nobles of the kings and grandchildren, or the common people, all kinds of people of all kinds abounded, and the execution ground was surrounded by water.

People squeezed forward desperately with great curiosity, all wanting to see with their own eyes what the female bandit leader of the Tianxiao Organization looked like, the female devil who used to make people talk about the tiger's color change and kill people without blinking.

The guards with swords and swords were maintaining order on the scene, so as to prevent the onlookers from losing control of their emotions and making any transgressive or impulsive actions.

Ying Chuanlin walked out of the pergola at this time.

He straightened his waist, stood in the center of the execution ground, glanced at the people around the execution ground with his eyes, and said loudly: "Everyone, do you recognize this female prisoner?" She is the former deputy gang leader of the Tianxiao Organization and the first female bandit Lian Nanchun!

"She was committed to the silk village in the capital, harboring evil intentions and making waves; Now the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department and the Hou Ye Mansion jointly handled the case, and finally captured it!

"The Holy Providence will behead the demon girl at three o'clock in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow to show the public, so as to set the record straight. This is called the restoration of the sky net, negligence but not leakage, and the wicked will eventually have evil retribution! ”

People who are bored find new and exciting topics at this time; One by one, their eyebrows fluttered and they talked with great interest, and there was an uproar around the execution ground.

One said: "This is the female bandit leader of the Tianxiao Organization!" Hey brother, don't you still pursue her when she was lurking in the silk village? ”

The other person changed his face and said: "Be quiet, if I had known that she was a female devil who kills people without blinking, I wouldn't dare to provoke her even if I borrowed a hundred guts!" Oh, now that I think about it, it's really two lives! ……”

"Alas, this is called knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, it's really unpredictable! ……”

Seeing that his words aroused people's high emotions and achieved the expected effect, Ying Chuanlin was very proud.

He turned his dark eyes to the miserable and broken woman on the side, and said with a smile: "Lian Nanchun, death is coming, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Lian Nanchun was slightly more conscious at this time. She slowly raised her head and looked at him for a long time in a daze, and the eyes that had been bright and kind became desolate and empty at this time.

She laughed bitterly, a blinding scarlet stain between her pale lips, and opened her mouth to spit bloody phlegm on his face.

Ying Chuanlin's forehead was bruised, and he said angrily: "What a demon girl, she is still so arrogant when she is dying!" Come on, hit me hard! ”

At the sound of an order, the wolf-like guards stepped forward, and a leather whip and stick fell on Lian Nanchun like a storm, and Lian Nanchun fainted again......

Among the onlookers were a man and a woman, fifty or sixty years old, dressed in coarse cloth and dressed as a common man, who looked like a couple.

This is not the case. These two are Pingming monks and Lian Xuanzhong in disguise.

Monk Pingming deliberately brought a hat with a large brim today, the brim of which was pulled very low, tightly covering his bald head that revealed his identity and his eyes that were already angry and turbulent.

Lian Xuanzhong watched Lian Nanchun's miserable and embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help but feel like a knife.

Later, when she saw her niece being beaten and abused in public by officers and soldiers, her originally dark face became even more ugly, and she couldn't help but step forward, thanks to the monk Pingming beside her who dragged her down......

Monk Pingming pulled Lian Xuanzhong to a secluded place, and said in a low voice: "My aunt, don't you want to die?" Don't you see that they've already set up a net, just waiting for us to take the bait! Aren't you throwing yourself into a trap when you rush forward like this? ”

Lian Xuanzhong frowned and glanced at him and said, "But how can I watch Chun'er suffer from this torture?" ”

Monk Pingming said: "That's why we have to think of a comprehensive plan to rescue the eldest lady!" Otherwise, not only will I not be able to save the eldest lady, but I am afraid that even you and I will have to take the two old lives. ”

Lian Xuanzhong took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Then what do you say we should do?" ”

Monk Pingming's eyebrows were twisted into a dead knot; He hung his head in frustration, "Alas, my mind is a mess now, and there is nothing I can do. ”

"You...... you! ......" Lian Xuan was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Monk Pingming said weakly: "But fortunately, they will only be executed the day after tomorrow, and the eldest lady has no worries about her life for the time being; Why don't we go back first and find Jiang Chun and Lu Qiuyue to discuss how to rescue the eldest lady. ”

Lian Xuanzhong sighed and said, "That's all." ”

Monk Pingming tightened his dark and gloomy face, and said thoughtfully: "Oh yes, among the people in the official mansion, why didn't I see that stinky boy from Ling Yun?" ”

Lian Xuanzhong's lips pursed, and he said angrily: "Hmph, he did something wrong, did he dare to come out?" If I saw him, I would have to kill him with a sword! ”……

The two returned to Yinyi Villa in a distraught manner, and told Jiang Chun and Lu Qiuyue about Lian Nanchun's tragic experience in frustration.

When they heard this, their eyes widened in disbelief.

Lu Qiuyue frowned and said, "This ...... Impossible, right? In the past so many years in the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, although I didn't have a deep friendship with Commander Ling, after all, I have seen the hearts of the people for a long time - I still know a little about his personality. He is righteous and attaches great importance to love and righteousness, how can he do such a treacherous thing? ”