Zhu Qingwu followed the jailer into the edict.

As soon as I entered, it suddenly went dark in front of me.

Inside is a pitch-black straight passage with no windows, only the candles on the side candlesticks are the only source of light.

They walked through the narrow passages, the candles on either side swayed by the wind they carried as they walked, and their shadows reflected on the walls followed.

Before he could take a few steps, Zhu Qingwu suddenly heard a sharp scream coming from the right side.

Zhu Qingwu's heart trembled and he looked to the right, but next to it was a dark doorway, which was too dark for him to see clearly.

"Zhu Gonggong, here." The jailer leading the way in front said.

Hearing this, Zhu Qingwu had no choice but to withdraw his gaze and continue to walk forward with the jailer.

The further you go inside, the darker the light becomes, but the view widens.

On either side are cramped cells with a variety of prisoners.

The only thing they have in common is that they all look extremely miserable.

His body was covered with scars, and his mouth was crying meaninglessly.

Zhu Qingwu lowered his head, almost daring to look at it again.

I can only keep moving forward with the footsteps of the jailer.

When he woke up that day, he found himself back in the palace, and Tang Xijian was sitting beside him.

He knew that whether it was setting fire to the palace or fleeing without permission, it was a big crime, and he trampled on his dignity.

Therefore, he didn't expect him to let himself go, but before he died, he still wanted to ask Tang Xijian if he would regret everything he had done?

So he deliberately and knowingly asked a question.

He asked, "What about the jade beads?" ”

Where is Yuzhu? They all knew it, but he still wanted Tang Xijian to answer the question himself.

However, Tang Xijian did not do what he wanted, but looked at him faintly for a long time, and suddenly said, "Ah Wu, you have to ask for yourself."

"What do you mean?" Zhu Qingwu looked at him with some puzzlement.

Then he saw Tang Xijian suddenly remembered something and said, "The little eunuch who sent you out is from the imperial dining room, is his name Zhang Che?"

"Ah Wu, you can ask him yourself."

-

"Father-in-law, it's here." The jailer's voice pulled back his thoughts.

Zhu Qingwu came back to his senses, and then saw them stop at the door of a cell.

The cell was slightly more spacious than the ones they had just passed, and there was only one person inside.

Zhu Qingwu looked fixedly, it was Xiao Zhang's father-in-law.

He was still wearing the eunuch uniform of the imperial dining room, shrunk in the corner alone, heard the sound of the door opening, and instantly held his head and shouted in fright, "The slave knows his mistake, the slave doesn't dare anymore, don't beat me......"

Zhu Qingwu was stunned for a moment when he saw this, only to feel a hot current surging straight down his chest, and then coughed uncontrollably.

It took him a while to calm down, walked over and squatted down in front of him, and exclaimed tentatively, "Little Zhang's father-in-law?"

He was far away just now, the dungeon was dark, and his clothes were dark, so it wasn't until he got close to Zhu Qingwu that he saw that his body was densely covered with whip marks, and his clothes were full of dried blood.

One leg was curled up, and the other leg lay straight flat on the ground.

Zhu Qingwu looked down, only to find that his left leg had been broken, Sen Sen's white bones were exposed, and the wound had turned black and was still oozing blood.

Zhu Qingwu only felt that his eyes were dark for a moment, and his body began to shake again, and he quickly bit the tip of his tongue with his tongue, which forced himself to wake up.

"Father-in-law Zhang, it's my ......"

Zhu Qingwu knelt on the side and talked to him for a long time before he got out of his fright and slowly raised his head.

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law's face was also blue and purple, and his eye sockets were high and swollen, so it took a long time to see Zhu Qingwu's face clearly.

When he saw who was coming, Xiao Zhang's father-in-law instantly became excited and wanted to crawl towards him, but as soon as he moved, he pulled the wound on his leg, and he fell back in pain.

"You...... How did you get back? Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said, and a line of tears slipped out of the corners of his eyes.

It seemed that all the strength of many days was shattered today, and he finally cried out loud, "Why did you come back?" Yuzhu's thoughts are all in vain, you go......"

He appears to have internal injuries, and pale pink blood foams from the corners of his mouth when he speaks.

But he couldn't care anymore, and cried out loudly, "You go! Why are you back again......"

Zhu Qingwu looked at him, and his already numb heart seemed to be pulled out again, thrown on the ground and stepped on again.

All the words were choked in his throat, and he could only say over and over again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll get you out."

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law didn't speak, but the tears flowed more urgently.

Zhu Qingwu looked at him and suddenly thought that since Xiao Zhang's father-in-law was not dead, it meant that the corpse hanging on the city wall was fake, so was Yuzhu still alive?

This thought rekindled hope in his dead heart, so he hurriedly asked, "By the way, what about Yuzhu?" Where's the jade bead? Is she still alive too? Or ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Qingwu lowered her voice, leaned over and asked, "She has escaped?"

This thought made Zhu Qingwu's curled palms a little hot, and her body trembled uncontrollably, "She's still alive, isn't she?" ”

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law suddenly closed his eyes when he heard this, and shook his head in despair, "There is no dog hole in the cold palace at all, and she has a mortal heart from the beginning." ”

"It's the first time she's been so clever that she's lied to us all."

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"Father-in-law, you have been kneeling here for two hours, go back, Your Majesty does not want to see you for the time being."

Zhu Qingwu raised his head when he heard this, and Hai En in front of him had a worried look.

Zhu Qingwu smiled gratefully at him, but finally shook his head and looked at the Qianming Hall not far away.

The palace is majestic and majestic, and every place shows the majesty of the royal family.

After returning from the prison, he knelt here, wanting to see the Tang Xixi.

Tang Xijian naturally knew the purpose of his request, so he closed the door and did not see him.

Everything was expected, so Zhu Qingwu did not let Hai En go to pass it on again, but knelt directly outside the hall.

This kneeling is two hours.

It just snowed yesterday, and today it is snowing, and the ground is very cold.

Zhu Qingwu only knelt for a while before feeling that her legs began to lose sensation.

But he didn't care, the pain between his legs made him feel a little better.

After all, it certainly doesn't hurt more than a broken leg.

A cold wind blew and rolled up the hem of his clothes on the ground, as if someone had picked up the hem of his clothes.

Zhu Qingwu remembered the scene in the dungeon that day.

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law picked up the hem of his clothes that fell on the ground and wanted to let him leave, but Zhu Qingwu insisted on asking everything clearly.

In the end, Xiao Zhang's father-in-law still said everything.

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said that he rushed back to the palace after buying, and then went to the cold palace, wanting to find the dog cave that Yuzhu said.

However, after searching back and forth for a long time, I couldn't find it.

After hesitating for a moment, he still went to the Lijunigong Palace.

Most of the Hinoki Palace was burned down, and I heard that someone was burned to death in the palace.

He didn't know who it was at first, but later he heard that the corpse had been burned to the point of not being human, and he could only see from the corner of his clothes that had not been burned out, that it was Gonggong Zhu, who had served the new emperor for more than eight years.

The fire was too big that night, and there was a palace maid who was burned to the ground.

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law was stunned when he heard this, obviously Zhu Qingwu had already been sent out by him.

So he quickly reacted, it was Yuzhu's corpse.

She didn't plan to run away from the beginning, she thought about dying in Lijuni Palace and replacing Zhu Qingwu's body with her own corpse.

Only in this way can Zhu Qingwu really escape.

When Zhu Qingwu heard this, she understood why she had to put away her clothes that night? And why hasn't he seen any wanted warrants for so long since he was away from Baicun?

She was stupid for so many years, and finally became smart once, but she paid for her life.

So is this stupid or smart?

Zhu Qingwu didn't know how long he had been kneeling outside the hall, his legs seemed to be kneeling on the tip of a knife, and his heart hurt.

From time to time, people passed by, and occasionally someone looked here, and then cast a puzzled look, as if they were all curious, how could he still kneel here alive?

Xiao Zhang's father-in-law said that he didn't know if it was because he cared about it, but at first Yuzhu really deceived Tang Xijian.

Before the banquet was over, he left all the ministers at the palace banquet and ran to the Lijuni Palace.

Looking at the fire in the sky, he wanted to rush in several times, but fortunately, he was desperately stopped by the guards and eunuchs beside him.

Later, when he learned of Zhu Qingwu's death, Tang Xijian held his bones and dropped out of the court alone in the Qianming Hall for three days.

It wasn't until I found out that I came out of it.

When he came out, his eyes were scarlet, his whole person had lost weight, and he gave a death order, even if he dug three feet into the ground, he must be found back.

After all, the whole thing was still too simple, so it was quickly investigated.

So Tangxijian asked people to bury Yuzhu's bones, and then asked people to find two corpses of similar shape to hang upside down on the city wall, and personally painted his portrait, and all the entry and exit gates had to be checked and posted.

Tang Xijian had no last resort, but finally forced him out.

The surrounding sky darkened little by little, and candles lit up in the Qianming Palace.

Zhu Qingwu raised his head, thinking about what Tang Xijian should be doing at this time?

He has always been diligent, and he should be reviewing the folds at this time.

In the midst of his thoughts, Hain walked over again.

Zhu Qingwu thought that he was trying to persuade himself to go back again, but he didn't expect Haien to say, "Father-in-law Zhu, Your Majesty invites you in." ”

For a moment, Zhu Qingwu thought that he had misheard.

He looked up at Hain in disbelief, and then saw him nod at himself.

Zhu Qingwu responded, "Yes." ”

Then he put his hands on the ground and slowly climbed up.

Seeing this, Hain on the side hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out to help.

"Thank you, Grandpa Hai." Zhu Qingwu said politely.

Hain shook his head and sighed, but said, "Why are you doing this......"

I knelt on my legs for too long, and after standing up, it hurt and numb, and the slightest movement was painful.

Therefore, although it was only a short distance of a dozen steps, it took Zhu Qingwu a long time to move over a little bit.

The Qianming Hall and the outside are two worlds, and the inside is as warm as spring, as soon as Zhu Qingwu came in, he felt as if his rusty body joints were finally slowly moving.

He followed Hain to the inner hall, and as soon as he entered, he saw Tang Xijian wearing a bright yellow dragon robe standing not far away with his back to him.

Zhu Qingwu endured the pain of pins and needles in his knees and knelt down again, and then knocked up head after head.

There was a thick blanket on the floor, so it didn't hurt.

It's just that such a rapid rise and fall makes him dizzy, but Zhu Qingwu can't care about these anymore, just keeps knocking all the time.

"Your Majesty, the slave should die, the slave doesn't dare to run anymore, beg Your Majesty to let Xiao Zhang's father-in-law go."

"Slaves deserve to die, please Your Majesty."

I don't know how long it took to knock, Zhu Qingwu finally heard someone not far away turn around.

The bright yellow dragon boots stepped on the soft carpet, pressing a slight depression, and finally stopped in front of him.

"Damn it, slave, please let go of Father-in-law Zhang."

Zhu Qingwu was kowtowing, and a pair of calloused hands suddenly pinched his chin, forcing him to raise his head.

Zhu Qingwu was forced to look up at the Tang stream in front of him.

His eyes were extremely dark, pitch black, obviously not distinguishing between joy and sorrow, but as if they contained wind and rain, looking at him deeply.

Zhu Qingwu's brain was sluggish, and he couldn't distinguish his emotions at this time, and he didn't want to identify them.

Just open your mouth to continue begging for mercy.

However, Tang Xijian seemed to see his purpose, and his hands were so hard that he couldn't open his mouth at all.

"Ahh Tang Xijian looked at him, his thumb lightly running his cheek.

"Is that all you want to tell me about today?"