When Chu Zhixia rode his horse to the front of Dali Temple, he only saw Bai Ziche, who was half-dragging and half-dragging the old man's body.

The jailer could not stop him, nor did he dare to act harshly on him, but could only watch as he dragged the body out of his cell. But Bai Ziche has no power to restrain the chicken, how can he drag a dead man? It's just that Kankan stopped at the gate of Dali Temple.

Bai Ziche took off his clothes to protect the dead painting academy from the rain, and the heavy rain drenched him to the ground. He couldn't walk, so he could only sit in the rain with the body half-in his arms, rubbed with blood.

"Fourth Highness," Chu Zhixia opened the umbrella above his head and said in a low voice, "Let it go, your teacher is already gone." ”

Bai Ziche looked up at her blankly, pale and fragile, "I thought the rain had stopped, it turned out to be Miss Chu." I know the teacher is gone, and I just want to collect his body...... Otherwise, it will be eaten by the rats in the cell. ”

"He lives to bear the infamy of stealing, and if he dies, won't he live in peace?" Bai Ziche's voice trembled, and he was vulnerable.

Chu Zhixia broke his cold fingers a little bit, and said firmly, "You can't move alone." Cheng Yuan, for the painting academy to collect the body. ”

Cheng Yuan turned over from his horse in response, and before he could take over the edict from Bai Ziche, a thunderous sound of horses' hooves swept over the long street.

The majestic horse team came to a halt in front of the three, and the rain flowed over the armor of the soldiers, and the banners were hoisted. The leader took off his helmet, revealing a childish and innocent face, but his mouth made people shudder.

"I don't think anyone would dare to collect the body of this thief."

The Three Princes.

"Third Highness, why are you here?"

Chu Zhixia was obviously looking up at the three princes, but the three princes inexplicably felt that he was being despised for some reason.

"Chu Shixia, shut up, this prince still has accounts to settle with you." The third prince pointed at Chu Zhixia with a horsewhip, and turned to look at Bai Ziche, "Bai Ziche, you left the palace without an order, trespassed into Dali Temple, and now you disregard the royal system and want to collect the corpses of the thieves who steal the collections in the palace, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Before Chu Zhixia could speak, Bai Ziche grabbed her wrist and pulled her back, shaking his head at her imperceptibly.

"Third brother thinks, what crime should I be?" Bai Ziche looked directly at the royal brother on the tall horse, and his eyes looked like black and white mercury and ink droplets.

The third prince showed a smile that contained malice, "The new account and the old account are counted together, and the crime should be punished." ”

"Your Majesty is still sick, and I don't want to see the disaster of my brothers." Chu Zhixia said lightly, "Your Royal Highness is cautious. ”

"I've put up with you for a long time, Chu Zhixia. What are you, and you dare to call me Shenyan?! ”

The third prince raised his horsewhip and whipped it down at Chu Zhixia's face, but was squeezed in his hand by Chu Shixia. The whip tore a wound in Chu Zhixia's palm, and blood dripped to the ground.

"If the prince makes a mistake, His Majesty decides, followed by the East Palace. The three princes should not only be cautious, but also cautious. Chu Zhixia grabbed the horsewhip and stood still.

"Do you pee on yourself and discipline me?" The third prince scolded angrily, "Let go! ”

The forbidden army behind him immediately drew his long knife, clearly reflecting the hair fluttering in Chu Zhixia's ears, and said sharply, "Your Royal Highness told you to let go!" ”

Cheng Yuan, who was behind Chu Zhixia, also pulled out his knife with a "swish" and pointed directly at the forbidden soldier, "Take your knife back." ”

The rain shattered on the sword.

There was tension in front of the Dali Temple for a while.

A dignified young man's voice passed through the two groups of people like a long wind, with an irresistible majesty.

"What about me, am I qualified to discipline you?"

The third prince was so frightened by this sound that he almost rolled off his horse, and all the forbidden soldiers also bowed down on their horses.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Bai Huan glared at the third prince with hatred, "You still have the face to ask the fourth brother, you privately transferred the forbidden army of the East Palace, and wanted to lynch your brother, and the knife framed the side of the neck of the noble daughter of the Chu family in the clouds, what crime should you be guilty of?!" ”

The third prince did not dare to speak with a weak heart.

"Get off the horse!" Bai Huan scolded.

The third prince just got off the horse, and he slapped Bai Huan firmly. There was a slight commotion among the forbidden soldiers, but they did not dare to speak out. Bai Huan has always pampered this younger brother, but at this time, he was really angry, and no one could persuade him.

The third prince's face is red and swollen, which is generally painful and generally embarrassing. Bai Huan staggered back with him in his tugging, and didn't give him an umbrella.

"Brother, there should always be an explanation for the thief!" The third prince is especially unrelenting, and he must give Bai Ziche no pleasure, "The traitors who died in Dali Temple were all dragged to the mass grave outside the city to feed the dogs, how can there be a reason for the prince to collect the corpse on his behalf?" ”

Bai Huan hesitated.

Bai Ziche clenched his fists violently.

"Bai Ziche was raised by the queen mother, if this matter is spread, the reputation of the queen mother will not be strong." The third prince said softly, "The queen mother's life is not easy, will others say that she is not strict in discipline?" ”

This can be regarded as pinching Bai Huan's weakness, he looked at his younger brother who suddenly grew a brain in surprise, and said casually, "Then deal with it according to the law." Ziche is young, so he won't be held accountable for leaving the palace, so go back to the palace as soon as possible. ”

Chu Zhixia looked sideways at Bai Ziche's expression, only to see that he was clenching his teeth tightly, and the muscles on the sides of his cheeks were as hard as iron.

He bowed down slowly, and said respectfully, "Brother Chen, thank you to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The forbidden army wrapped up in a hurry, took the body of the edict of the painting academy on horseback, and ran in the direction of the city gate. Bai Ziche stood in place for a long time, and waited until the two Bai Huan brothers and the forbidden army disappeared before he came back to his senses and took a step forward.

With that step, he almost fell to the ground and was helped by Chu Zhixia.

"Fourth Highness?"

Chu Zhixia looked at Bai Ziche who was soft in the crook of her arm in shock. His chest rose and fell violently, and he vomited a mouthful of black blood and passed out.

——

Akiba Mountain House.

Bai Ziche, who was angry and bloody, was taken back to the Autumn Leaves Mountain Residence to settle down.

Chu Zhixia sighed in the room at the hot potato-like "Guanyin Dashi Picture". When she went to Dali Temple just now, Shen Zhou went back to Guan Laosi's house again, and the real culprit who stole the famous painting was long gone.

Thinking about it, the regent can think of forcing the edict of the painting academy to death, and naturally this person will not be left behind.

In this way, the name of the academy's edict for theft is confirmed.

"The Guanyin Bodhisattva on this "Guanyin Dashi Tu" has caused so many bloody disasters." Chu Zhixia chuckled, stroked the scroll, and said mockingly, "Shen Zhou, do you think this is a mockery of the gods and Buddhas to mortals?" ”

Queen Chen, who claimed that the ancient Buddha of the green lantern accompanied her in this life, was guilty of the death penalty because of a "Guanyin Dashi Picture"; The regent's staff, who studied Buddhism and wore Buddhist beads with him, instructed others to steal Buddhist paintings and set up false accusations.

Will the gods and Buddhas really respond to these people's bowing?

Chu Zhixia felt that the Buddha beads on his wrist had also become extremely hot, as if the blood stained by the assassin he had just killed with his own hands was burning.

She also killed people, will the gods and Buddhas still protect her in this life and not repeat the mistakes of her previous life?

Shen Zhou sat silently by the window.

At first, his vision was only blurred, and he could still see the light and faint scenes, but now it was completely dark in front of him, as if the night would never light up.

Shen Zhou just pointed in the direction where Chu Zhixia's voice came from, and scribbled, "There are no mortals in the eyes of gods and Buddhas. ”

Chu Zhixia sighed in his heart, feeling ridiculous for his uneasiness.

If there were gods in the world, how could the Chu family fall into such a situation in the previous life.

But if there are no ghosts and gods in the world, how can you explain that she is standing here in a good position now after being defeated and embracing the snow pass and dying in the snow?

"Shen Zhou, why do I think you're a little weird today?" Chu Zhixia said suddenly.

Shen Zhou closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

——

East Palace.

"Do you know what's wrong?" Bai Huan sat behind his desk and stared sternly at his younger brother who was kneeling on the ground.

"What's wrong with me?" The third prince gritted his teeth and said, "Bai Ziche, that wild seed, if it weren't for his mother, he wouldn't have lived so much. Not only is he not grateful, but he also drew that kind of painting to bewitch his father, I just hacked him to death with a knife, and he was not wronged. ”

"The painting academy has been painting the portrait of that person every year, but it just so happened that Ziche painted it!" Bai Huan was so angry with him that he had a headache, "It was Wang Xianfu's eunuchs who took the portrait to find the folk woman, what's the use of you looking for Ziche's trouble?" ”

"That man...... Big brother, do you know who they draw? The third prince's eyes widened, "Then why didn't you tell me?" ”

"They painted a dead man, buried in the ground for seventeen years, and his face was turned to white bones." Bai Huan said gloomily, "The search for the folk woman was carried out in secret, and my grandfather told you, right?" ”

The three princes looked at their noses and eyes, and pretended to be dumb.

"That "Guanyin Dashi Picture" was stolen when you made a big fuss in the painting academy that day, if it weren't for the edict of the painting academy to take this charge, one day Bai Ziche will be forced to be anxious, climb up, can you get out of the relationship?" Bai Huan slammed the table and roared, "Do you have a long brain?" ”

"Bai Ziche dares to bite me?" The third prince didn't eat oil and salt, and said with a stiff neck, "I don't know how to let him die!" ”

Bai Huan was completely enraged by this younger brother, but he was still reluctant to move a finger of him, so he could only sweep down the four treasures of the study room on a table in a hurry, pointed to his nose and said, "You go back to my room for me to reflect!" ”

——

On a rainy day, the sky is bright.

Bai Ziche woke up leisurely under the doctor's decoction and acupuncture, and sat by the window without saying a word, looking at the residual rain under the eaves.

When Chu Zhixia came over, he saw such a scene.

The Fourth Highness, who did not fight or rob and endured everywhere, seemed to have something dead.

"Your Highness." Chu Zhixia greeted him.

"Thank you Miss Chu for rescuing, I left the palace for a day and a night, it's time to go back." Bai Ziche said, "But before I leave, there are a few words I want to say to Miss Chu." ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

Bai Ziche coughed lightly twice and said calmly: "If you want to live longer in the imperial capital, don't trust the prince." ”

Chu Zhixia's heart beat tightly.

Before she could refute and excuse herself, Bai Ziche raised his hand to stop her, and said to himself: "I know that in the eyes of most people, the prince will be a good master in the future. He is kind, benevolent, and intelligent, but you don't know him. ”

"Bai Huan is a kind-hearted person, but he is not a saint, and his goodness is divided into first-come, first-served, three-six-nine, etc. For him, the most important thing is his blood relatives. The empress, the queen mother, the three princes, the emperor, the regent, then himself, and finally the courtiers, the common people. ”

Bai Huan is smart, it is impossible not to know that Bai Ziche has been oppressed for so many years, and it is impossible not to know that the edict of the painting academy has been wronged. But it was precisely because he was smart that he chose to turn a blind eye.

He doesn't care about the truth.

The only one who cares about the truth is Bai Ziche.

"There is nothing to blame for people who are close and far from each other. But Miss Chu, you will never be his 'close' and 'dear', so don't pin any hope on him, this is my advice to you. ”

Chu Zhixia said in his heart, he could survive to the end in the whirlpool of the power center of the imperial capital in his previous life, Bai Ziche was really not a simple-minded character.

Chu Zhixia smiled helplessly, this family surnamed Bai really didn't have a fuel-efficient lamp.

"The four highnesses are looking at the fire, and Mo Xue admires it. But such a big rebuke, Your Highness still don't say it again. In the future, when a person is in the palace, His Royal Highness should cherish it and not let it down...... The edict of the Academy of Painting. ”

Bai Ziche's body twitched and nodded slowly.