The holly tree in the small courtyard has a head of white hair, like an old man, the ground of the green brick yard is covered with a thin layer of ice, the dog baby has fallen no less than three or four times in the morning, and there are crystal clear ice skates hanging under the eaves on all sides, and the melting snow water seems to be a trickle.

Today is the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and it is the fifth day of He Qi's return home to recuperate, the gloomy sky seems to be about to be pressed down, and the light snow is still falling, endlessly, and I don't know when it will end?

It is really strange that there is not a single sunny day in the Great New Year.

There are more than 700,000 people in Beiping, there are more than 700,000 mouths, and there are people who say anything, one to ten, ten to hundred, gradually, folk rumors are like the wind, saying that God wants to accept people, and a penalty has been lowered to punish Lao Yuan for not being in the right position, and for a while, people are panicked.

The reason for this has to start with Lao Yuan as the emperor.

Under the control of Yang Chengzan and Yuan Dagongzi, Lao Yuan finally ascended the throne a few years ago, known as Hong Xian, and rewarded a large number of ministers from the dragon, but this year, Lao Yuan had a very bad time.

The most annoying person is Cai Songpo, this person has one thing on the surface, one set behind him, he walks around the eight alleys every day, and everyone knows about the little things with Xiao Fengxian, and he was also the first to raise his hand to express his approval of the imperial system.

Lao Yuan was careless, thinking that Cai Songpo was no longer brave, so he agreed to Cai Songpo to go to Dongyi for treatment, but Cai Songpo went straight back to Caiyun Province, as soon as the news of Lao Yuan's accession to the throne was released, Caiyun Province in the southwest corner announced that he would go it alone, and then the southern provinces rose up one after another.

Ju Chang's office is different from ordinary people, he noticed it when He Qi came before, half of it is the place where the prisoners are interrogated, and the first office is the office area, and there is a row of large bookcases against the wall on the north side in the middle.

Generally speaking, this place for interrogating prisoners is an ornament, which is deliberately used by Ju Chang to scare people, but today it came in handy, not only that, but there were two people sitting on the sofa, while drinking tea, while watching Ju Chang interrogate the prisoner, it was Yang Chengzan and the prince.

Ju Chang had a black face the whole time, holding a soft whip in his hand and dragging it on the ground, like a living Hades: "What's the matter, let's talk quickly, the labor and management asked you one last time, did you collect the money and said it on purpose?" ”

"When I heard what people said, I mixed it up. A mouthful." This man looked like he was twenty-three or four, his speech was intermittent, he was tied to the shelf with five flowers, the clothes on his body had been torn, the craggy wounds were shocking, and he endured the pain and the piercing cold, and he was stunned that he was not asked.

"Do you eat dry rice as a laborer?" Ju Chang roared, glaring at the bronze bell-like eyes: "Seeing that you are young and ignorant, the labor and management finally gave you a chance, saying, was it not bewitched by the southern rebel party and deliberately spread rumors in Beijing?" ”

"I don't know." The man gritted his teeth.

Ju Chang suddenly whipped down, and with a "snap", another wound was added to this person's body, and a muffled sound came out of his throat, and he resisted hard, and when he raised his head, his scarlet eyes stared at Ju Chang, and the blood overflowing from his mouth was dripping down, but it was a loyal face, young and firm.

Ju Chang couldn't bear it, but there was someone staring at him, and there was nothing he could do, so he shook his head with an almost undetectable amplitude.

This person knew that Ju Chang's subordinates were merciful, otherwise these twenty or so whips alone would kill him, and they understood each other.

But the two of them are their own masters, and since he dares to come to Beiping, he already has the heart to die.

Ju Chang threw away the whip, took out the dick from his waist, loaded the bolt, and asked in a deep voice: "You confess the rest now, and labor and management can be guaranteed to save your life, but if you don't say it, labor and management will send you on your way immediately." ”

"I don't know." The man looked at Ju Chang and said, becoming more and more calm, seeing death as if he were at home.

To tell the truth, Ju Chang admires such a person in his heart, but such a person is destined not to survive, rather than being tortured in the end, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible, Ju Chang slowly raised the muzzle of the gun, facing his eyebrows.

He smiled with relief and expressed gratitude.

"Wait."

The prince spoke at the right time, and Ju Chang had no choice but to stop.

Yang Chengzan walked with the prince who was limping in a yellow four-clawed python suit, and happened to meet this person's eyes, playing malaria and mockery at a glance, Yang Chengzan had never met such a lifeless person, looking at the young man in front of him who was about to die, dedicating himself to his ideals, he couldn't help but be a little moved, and persuaded: "You are still young, if you die, your ideals and revenge will all be gone, will you no longer think about it?" ”

The hard ones can't be good, they come soft, but this hard bone doesn't eat this set, but looks coldly at Yang Chengzan's long-standing resentment and erupts, and says, "Yang Thief, have your ideals and ambitions been realized?" Your monarchy is bringing China to a dead end. I am young, I choose to die, but I am still young, and countless young mes will be born behind me, and they are all as afraid of death as I am. And you're old, and there's no one behind you, so you don't have the courage to die. ”

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly dropped to the freezing point, and no one knew that this person actually spoke amazingly before he died, and said something heart-wrenching.

Yang Chengzan was touched in the heart, and he was shocked, and said unconvinced: "How do you know that the future you choose is the right one?" ”

The man shook his head with a smile, looked directly into Yang Chengzan's eyes and said, "I don't know what the future holds, but the current one must be wrong." ”

Yang Chengzan said: "How do you know that it must be wrong now?" ”

The man looked at Yang Chengzan calmly and said, "Have you ever thought about which of the great powers in the world today has not become strong through innovation?" How can Huaxia not think of innovation? However, what are you doing? You are following the old path of the Qing Dynasty. ”

A Yang thief on the left, another Yang thief, Yang Chengzan interrupted angrily: "National affairs, not you reckless people can understand. ”

This man retorted in a loud voice: "Mr. Sun said that China is weak, the aristocratic officials, the remnants of the clan relatives, are conservative and whitewashed, and what about the common people? It has become the bloody bird in your dog's mouth, dignified and Chinese, not ashamed of the nations, and despised by other races, and has reached the point of being out of control today. Even those of us who are reckless can see things clearly, ask yourself, Yang thief, are you really unable to see clearly? ”

The prince said angrily: "Presumptuous, unashamed." ”

The man was careless, grinning, and suddenly coughed, blood dripping down the corners of his mouth, but he turned to stare at the prince and laughed, as if he was looking at a clown, and said, "Do you know what you look like now?" Have you read Mr. Yubai's article? You are like the dog written in Mr. Yubai's article, you want to treat us all as birds in your mouth, and you want to exploit us forever. But you never thought that thousands of birds that were not afraid of death would come to peck at you. Incidents have risen in the southwest, and incidents have risen in the south, how long can you be stable? ”

The prince opened his eyes angrily: "Are you really not afraid of death?" ”

This man looked at the crown prince's lameness, and laughed: "You are afraid of death, because you know that you will definitely die worse than me, if you ask for my life today, the people behind me will punish your soul in the future." Maybe you won't be able to wait for that day at all, and you're going to die a miserable death, even worse than Li Chengqian, because your legs are all "

"Bang!" Kikucho shot and didn't dare to let him talk any more.

The young man's face bloomed with a bloody smile, like a blooming blood rose, and a bloody hole appeared in the center of his eyebrows, blood was spilling out, it was a bloody stamen, and the smoke of gunpowder took his life, and the words in his mouth came to an abrupt end.

Although he died, his words kept circling in Yang Chengzan's mind, thinking of the chaos caused by the old Yuan since he ascended the throne, and there was no day of peace in the world, and he couldn't help but burst out with a ridiculous thought: "Am I really wrong?" ”

Li Chengqian's fate is well known, the prince's face is very embarrassed, he was poked on the main artery, his heart hurts, the fire in his stomach has nowhere to be sprinkled, he squints at Ju Chang, and said ruthlessly: "Find out the people behind him as soon as possible, otherwise you know the consequences." ”

Ju Chang gritted his teeth timidly and said, "The humble duty is guaranteed to be completed." ”

(End of chapter)