At the beginning of the next day, there was no light in the starry night.

Hearing the sound of the watch, Sun Zhigao, who had already dressed up, gently pushed open the door of the house and walked out of the inn.

The streets were dark, except for a few widows. Sun Zhigao cautiously avoided the husband and came to the back door of the Taoxiang House agreed with Ming'er.

As one of the few big green buildings in Jiangning, even at night, Taoxiangju is still brightly lit, but the back door is dark and quiet.

Sun Zhigao hid in the shadows, his eyes staring at the small door without blinking, anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

However, as soon as he thought of being able to warm up with Dong Lihua, who was thinking about it at night, Sun Zhigao immediately became excited again, and his heart was hot.

I don't know how long I waited, just when Sun Zhigao's patience was about to run out, suddenly his eyes lit up, and a graceful woman holding a palace lamp appeared on the small bridge not far away.

"Miss Ming'er!"

Sun Zhigao snorted lightly, but Ming'er, who was standing on the bridge, made a silent gesture and beckoned to Sun Zhigao.

Sun Zhigao realized at the moment, closed his mouth, and tiptoed in the direction where Ming'er was.

Ming'er led Sun Zhigao along the path for a long time, and suddenly turned into a remote alley.

Sun Zhigao couldn't help but secretly admire: This Dong Lihua is really careful, knowing that there are many people in the Qinglou, he deliberately chose such a secluded place to have a tryst with me.

Sun Zhigao followed behind Ming'er, but when he saw Ming'er walk to the side door of a garden, he beckoned to Sun Zhigao, and then disappeared behind the door.

"Looks like it's time to go!"

Sun Zhigao's heart was hot, and he hurriedly walked a few steps and followed.

Entering the side door, I saw that it was dark on all sides, but Ming'er was gone, Sun Zhigao couldn't help but whisper: "Miss Ming'er, Miss Ming'er?" ”

There was silence all around, and no one answered.

Sun Zhigao stood up and said with a smile: "Miss Dong, Sun knows that you are here, since you have led me here, why hide again, show up quickly!" ”

Sun Zhigao called a few more times, but Dong Lihua still did not appear. At this time, Sun Zhigao finally panicked and hurriedly moved to search.

It was dark and he couldn't see the road clearly, and Sun Zhigao tripped over a stone under his feet after walking a few steps, and his face hit the ground, oozing blood when he landed.

Covering his shoehorn face, which was on the verge of breaking, Sun Zhigao's depressed mood was finally ignited, and he completely took off his gentle side, and shouted through gritted teeth: "Stinky bitch, play me, hurry up and come out for me!" ”

However, it was not Dong Lihua who responded to Sun Zhigao with a clever smile, but a few rapid and powerful dog barks.

A man's voice came from the darkness: "Why did this back door open?" ”

Another man said: "There seems to be movement, it can't be a thief!" ”

"Quick, call someone to search!"

At that moment, more than a dozen torches were lit, and the people in the courtyard barked and became noisy.

No matter how stupid Sun Zhigao was, he knew that the situation was not good at this time, so he hurriedly smeared oil on the soles of his feet and prepared to open the boil.

Listening to the conversation of those people, the small door when they came in must not be able to go, and if they want to get out, they can only go out over the wall.

Sun Zhigao listened to the footsteps in the distance getting closer and closer, and he couldn't care about the Sven of the reader, so he climbed towards the wall.

However, he had long been hollowed out by the wine, and his whole body was weak and clumsy, and although he barely climbed the edge of the wall with the help of the firewood in the wall, he was stunned and did not have the strength to turn his whole body over.

Sun Zhigao hung on the wall, unable to go up or down, just when he was shocked and frightened, he suddenly heard a loud shout.

"Want to run? Give me down! ”

A moment later, Sun Zhigao's left foot was grabbed and dragged off the wall.

Sun Zhigao fell into a mess, and when he came back to his senses, there was already a bright torch in front of him, and he saw more than a dozen unkind men surrounding him together, so frightened that the three souls lost seven souls.

"All the heroes, it's all a misunderstanding......"

As soon as Sun Zhigao wanted to explain, he was slapped in the face by a powerful ear scraper, and Sun Zhigao's teeth suddenly fell out of two, and his mouth was full of blood.

Sun Zhigao covered his face, was furious, and scolded: "You are so bold, do you know who I am, believe me or not......"

Before Sun Zhigao finished speaking, another wave of punches and kicks greeted him. Sun Zhigao had never suffered such a hardship, he was beaten and screamed, and quickly lowered his head and begged for mercy.

A big man scolded while beating: "What a good thing can it be to come to the wall in the middle of the night!" ”

Another person scolded: "With such a respectful appearance, he also learns to steal jade and incense with a little white face, and he doesn't pee and look in the mirror!" ”

"Hang it up first, and wait for Lord Futai to fall!"

As soon as the person in charge ordered, a big man wrapped a rope around the old tree next to him and hung Sun Zhigao upside down on the tree.

Sun Zhigao, who was hung upside down, completely forgot about the physical pain at this time, and his mind was completely occupied by the words "Lord Futai" mentioned by the man.

"Is it Shen Futai or Liu Futai? Isn't this an adult's courtyard? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Sun Zhigao couldn't help but jump in shock. Whether it is the prefect Shen Du or the governor Liu Xun, they are all behemoths that can crush him with one finger.

After a while, an old man dressed in brocade came over, surrounded by the people, followed by a bewitching young woman.

When Sun Zhigao saw the old man's face, his face suddenly turned pale, and all thoughts were discouraged.

This old man is the governor of Jiangnan, Liu Xun, and the beautiful woman next to him is Liu Xun's favorite concubine, Song Xi'er. This house is the courtyard that Liu Xun specially placed for the golden house.

Liu Xun is old and frail, Song Xier is young and beautiful, an old husband and a young wife, and there are many problems. Liu Xun knew that he was powerless, and he was always worried that Song Xier would steal people behind his back and discredit himself in the officialdom, so he has always been very strict in this regard.

Tonight, Liu Xun heard the report that someone sneakily climbed the wall in the middle of the night, so he naturally regarded this person as a thief who came to steal jade and incense, and hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to check.

Seeing Sun Zhigao hanging upside down on the tree, and glancing at the bewitching beauty beside him, Liu Xun was angry, and slapped him with a slap: "You fox charmer, you seduce men all day long, you can even look down on this kind of goods!" ”

Song Xi'er was slapped in the face, and she didn't argue, she just shed tears aggrievedly, and then she seemed to have made up her mind, lifted her skirt and rushed to the well.

Seeing this, Liu Xun was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, hurry, quickly pull Aunt Song down!" ”

Several mothers-in-law hurriedly stepped forward and stopped Song Xi'er, Song Xi'er cried while struggling: "Let me die, I will die to prove my innocence!" ”

After crying for a while, Song Xi'er was dragged into the house and locked up.

Liu Xun was ashamed and angry, and all his anger was transferred to Sun Zhigao in front of him, gritting his teeth and ordering: "No need to interrogate, give me a beating!" ”

"Yes!"

Several family members were refreshed when they heard this, and after moving their muscles and bones, they picked up the whip and whipped it at Sun Zhigao.

Sun Zhigao first begged for mercy, but after finding that begging for mercy was useless, he began to scold again, and finally couldn't resist fainting, and was immediately splashed with a basin of cold water, and came to his senses again, and then there was another round of whipping.

It wasn't until Sun Zhigao was beaten to the point that Liu Xun said: "Give him a breath and let him write a confession and admit his guilt." ”

"Yes."

Master Huang, who happened to be here, dipped his pen in ink and wrote a confession, Sun Zhigao struggled and refused to sign, but he was punched a few more times, and was forced to press down his handprint, and then he was thrown into the firewood room and guarded.