Chapter 268: Shouting Grievances
Mei You's words were scary enough, but thinking about Xie Changchen's official position, Mei Berry couldn't help but turn her head to meet Xie Changchen's gaze, seeing his silent appearance, her heart would be chaotic for a moment.
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother doesn't want you to stare at me, right?"
Stared at her, promising not to return to Yandi alive.
Mei Berry's incredulous gaze Xie Changchen could see it clearly, and the moment he saw him nodding, Mei Berry only felt that his brain was buzzing.
The Queen Mother is simply this person!
"Then you ......," Plum Berry swallowed and said with difficulty, "will you agree?" โ
"Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mei You's short knife had been pulled out, and in this small room, he instantly approached Xie Changchen.
"Alas! Wait! โ
Mei Berry didn't even have time to stop it, and the short knife in Mei You's hand stuck to Xie Changchen's throat.
However, Xie Changchen didn't struggle, he felt a cold blade on his neck, and he only said lightly: "Mei Berry won't die." โ
Xie Changchen saw that Mei You did not continue to move, so he opened his mouth to say the second half of the sentence.
"Didn't you receive an order to take advantage of the chaos to kill Mei Berry, and then frame it to the King of Qi or the King of Wei? How do you guarantee that Plum Berry will not die, and when the time comes, you will not just disobey orders? โ
What Mei You said was the truth, so it was natural for her not to trust Xie Changchen's assurance, but Xie Changzhen stretched out his hand, gently put down the short knife that Mei You had put on his neck, and said, "I have my own way." โ
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As Mei You said, Xie Changchen was personally escorted back to Yanzhou by the order of the Queen Mother.
Xie Changchen's identity is well known to everyone, and laymen only think that the Queen Mother thinks too highly of Mei Berry and them, and even sends out the important ministers she relies on.
Insiders looked at it and shook their heads in regret.
Plum Berry's convoy was huge, even if the entourage of more than 2,000 people had been waiting outside the city for a long time, and the number of people in the group who followed them through the streets of the city was quite large.
Speaking of parade streets, it was still the Queen Mother's order to let the plum berries go around the city for a week before leaving, so as to show that the meritorious people were honored.
This time, Mei Berry did not sit in the carriage, she chose to ride on a horse like Mei You, and walked around the city openly.
Plum berries carried a bow behind their backs, wore armor similar to Mei You, and did not even wear a veil, imprinting their best and clearest side in the eyes of every person who came out to join in the fun.
Mei Berry listened to everyone's criticism, envy and other gossip, and calmly rode through the central street.
She looked at Mei You in front of her, raised her eyes and glanced at the open window on the second floor next door, and saw the situation inside, the corners of Mei Berry's mouth were slightly hooked.
Facing a literati holding a paintbrush inside, Mei Berry nodded slightly.
Last night, she found Xie Changchen and hoped that he would find someone to draw the picture of herself and Mei You being blocked on the street.
She can't see or touch the highlights of the system.
But she wanted to keep the huge scene of being banned from parade on the street.
Many years later, every time people of later generations saw this "Shuangshu Parade Street Map", they were all amazed by the grand occasion at that time.
Plum Berry's surging excitement was suddenly interrupted by the stagnation of the team in front of her.
"What's going on?"
Plum Berry rode up to Mei You, looked to the front, but saw that the official they saw in the evening was now wearing shackles and standing at the front of the line.
The man who had always taken care of him was now standing in the crowd with chains and watching coldly.
The unkempt, scrawny criminal officer stopped Plum Berry and their party in full view.
Xie Changchen, who was at the front, was wearing a mask, and he couldn't see the expression inside the mask clearly, but he stopped his horse in place, and he didn't seem to have any intention of attacking.
"I don't know."
Mei You shook her head, but Xie Changchen's behavior was very much like indulging this person.
"Lord Xie Qi is not guilty!"
For the first time in a long time, this man spoke.
The chapped lips were dripping with blood when they shouted these words.
Then he shouted out a sentence that made everyone present uneasy:
"Prince Changping is not guiltyโโ!"
There was an uproar.
The expressions of the older people in the crowd had already changed at this moment.
"It's clear every day! The heart burns!! Lord Xie Qi and Prince Changping are not guilty!! โ
The words were closed, and the man slammed into the stone pillar on the side of the road and died instantly.
Plum berries were startled by the sudden scene, and some people in the crowd were already screaming in fear.
"Keep walking."
At this time, Xie Changchen acted as if nothing had happened, he lowered his eyes and grabbed the reins, and left with the parade procession.
Plum Berry passed by the corpse and couldn't help but look back.
I saw that the place where the man died had been surrounded by a group of ordinary people at this moment, and from the gap in the bluestone slab at the feet of the crowd, gurgling blood flowed out.
And when he glanced at it from a distance, Mei Berry saw Qi Jingyun with a frightened look on his face, leading his subordinates to push aside the crowd and rush towards the corpse.
It was obviously a sunny day, but Mei Berry only felt the wind and rain coming behind him......
Out of the city, Plum Berry is asked to sit in the carriage, but Plum Berry still remembers what happened in the imperial capital.
That one, she remembers that others said that he was dragged through the street to confess his guilt, and he did not speak for more than a month.
He does not defend himself, nor does he regret it.
And now he suddenly used his life to cry out for the person who had been dead for more than ten years.
Suddenly feeling that the car was stuffy, Mei Berry hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and shouted thank you, until the other party slowed down on a horse and ran parallel to his own carriage, Mei Berry felt a little relieved.
"What's wrong?"
Facing Xie Changchen's concerned eyes, Mei Berry only asked in a low voice: "That person...... Is it a will to die? โ
"Hmm."
"Why today?"
"Because there are so many people."
"Thank you."
In the end, Plum Berry couldn't help but whisper his name again.
"What?"
"Do you also know that Prince Changping was unjustly killed?"
Mei Berry asked, she saw the back of the other party's hand holding the reins bulging, she sighed next, and asked, "Won't he be detained by the people of the Imperial Prison Division?" If you are like this today, the Queen Mother will be angry with your ......"
"Out of the way."
Xie Changchen's tone softened, and his gentle gaze also fell on Mei Berry's body, and finally asked softly: "Do you also know the Prince of Changping?" โ
"I don't know." Mei Berry shook her head, "But I've heard that Master Xie Qi is very good. After so many years, there are still people who are willing to hold grievances for them and avenge them, and I think they must be very good people. โ
Plum Berry didn't know why she suddenly remembered that dream from a long time ago, the man who died in prison......
"Prince Changping, do you have any descendants?"
Mei Berry's sudden question made Xie Changchen's eyes shrink for a moment.
"Back then, the prince's mansion was full of beheadings, and no heirs survived......"
"That's right."
Mei Berry lowered her eyes and said no more, lowered the curtain, sat alone in the carriage and held the bow and crossbow, leaned her forehead on it and sighed softly, closed her eyes, and fell asleep little by little in the bumps of the carriage......
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