Chapter 25: Compromise

Imperial prison, torture chamber.

It is the same place where Kou Huairen was held yesterday, but the person who is about to be tortured at this moment has changed from the person who is being interrogated.

Cui Zhihan ordered someone to tie Liu Muzhi to the bloodstained torture rack, and looked at his polite and polite appearance, with fine skin and tender meat, and sneered proudly.

"Liu Muzhi, don't expect that little emperor to save you. I will let you taste life worse than death here!"

After learning the news of Wang Jin's accident yesterday, his father actually reprimanded him in the evening.

The reason for this made Cui Zhihan even more annoyed, because his father felt that he had done a bad job in Cao Xiong's matter.

caused Cao Xiong to take refuge in the little emperor and assist him in dealing with Wang Jin.

His father's reproach made him unhappy, and at the same time, he looked down on the little emperor who had become more and more rampant in the past two days, including the few people who did things for him.

Especially Cao Xiong, he dared to betray their Cui family, so that he was blamed by his father, and when the time came to catch that guy, he would have to cramp and peel his skin to relieve his hatred!

But now that his father has confessed to investigate Liu Muzhi's interference in politics, he will let Cao Xiong go for a while.

It's the same to torture Liu Muzhi first, anyway, they are all the little emperor's people.

Liu Muzhi was in prison, but he didn't show a panicked look, calm and calm, as if he had been invited into the house by Cui Zhihan to drink tea.

Cui Zhihan saw him so calm, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

"You're not afraid at all?!"

Liu Muzhi smiled faintly: "Even if you are afraid, Lord Cui will give up the execution?"

Cui Zhihan sneered: "No way!"

"Then why bother. ”

"......" Cui Zhihan gritted his teeth, "I don't know whether the dog is alive or dead!

Seeing Cui Zhihan's angry appearance, a henchman next to him whispered a reminder in his ear.

"The eldest prince, the prime minister has told him, he can't let him die. Let him suffer a sin and teach the emperor a lesson. ”

"I've got my own measure!"

The jailer took the whip, which looked somewhat similar to the weapon Wan Chao used, and the body of the whip was barbed with steel needles.

One can imagine how terrifying it will be to whip it down.

"Call me!" Cui Zhihan gave an order, and the jailer waved his whip -

"Stop!" the shout of a bell interrupted the jailer's movements, with a majesty that could not be refused.

Liu Muzhi saw the person who appeared at the door of the torture room, and smiled faintly, but his eyes did not show the slightest surprise.

Cui Zhihan turned his head to look, and his face suddenly stiffened and ugly.

"You ...... "Why is he here?!"

Nan Cang strode into the torture room and glanced at Cui Zhihan coldly and unhappily.

"Your father is the prime minister, but he didn't teach you half of the etiquette?" Nan Cang glanced him up and down, displeased. "You are a little court lieutenant, and you don't even have a number of courtesies when you see this Taiwei?"

He usually doesn't care much about the level of his official position, but this is Cui Cen's son.

He didn't like Cui Cen, and when he saw the people of the Cui family, he had to pick a thorn if he didn't stab.

Cui Zhihan's cheek muscles trembled, and his face turned pale, but he still bent down and saluted.

“...... The lower officer has seen Lord Taiwei. ”

Cui Zhihan scolded Nancang Lao Pifu hundreds of times in his heart, if it weren't for the overall situation, where would he endure this old immortal?!

Nan Cang let out a faint "um" and looked at Liu Muzhi: "Let him go, I want to take him away." ”

Cui Zhihan flatly refused: "Lord Taiwei, Liu Muzhi has violated the laws of Great Qin, and I am ordered to bring him for interrogation, even if you are a Taiwei, you have no right to intervene in judicial matters!"

The last time Kou Huairen was caught here, even Nancang, who had a heavy army, was not qualified to meddle in the affairs of Ting Wei.

But now you don't care about running here to let him go?

This old man can't wait to serve the little emperor?

Before, his father said that Nancang, the old horseman, was not loyal to the king and only loyal to the Qin country, but now how does he think that he is willing to do things for the little emperor.

Nan Cang smiled coldly, he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and even the momentum around him seemed to be full of blood.

As soon as his face sank, even Cui Zhihan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"The old man is going to take people away today, if you are not convinced, let Cui Cen come to me in person. ”

Nan Cang had a tough attitude, completely ignoring Cui Zhihan's face, and directly took Liu Muzhi out of the edict.

"Thank you, Captain, for this rescue. ”

Liu Muzhi bowed and thanked him.

Nan Cang didn't care much: "Mr. Liu doesn't have to thank him for his efforts." ”

From Liu Muzhi, I learned that the apprentice Li Cunxiao he recommended was also a little troublesome.

After Nancang saw Zhao Xin, although he only said a few words, he could see that he would be a good emperor in the future, and he was a person with hills and valleys.

Since he agreed with him, agreed to cooperate, and was his future grandson-in-law, Nan Cang's kindness was not only about getting Liu Muzhi out of prison.

Because of his intervention, Liu Muzhi also successfully solved Cui Wenhao's dilemma.

Cui Zhihan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and sued Cui Cen about what Nancang had done in the Imperial Prison.

Cui Cen's face was gloomy, and his eyes were dark and emotional, and he sent someone to send an invitation to Nanfu.

The rebellion of the Seven Kings is becoming more and more intense, and in addition to beating the emperor today, he actually wants to test Nancang's attitude.

But looking at his current behavior, it shows that he is on the side of the emperor.

Then if he wants to send troops this time, the Cui family will have a lot of blood.

But no matter what conditions Nancang proposed, I'm afraid he won't want to agree this time.

The two Japanese armies were in a hurry, and those troops could not resist for a few days.

Compared to the losses caused to him by the rebellion, the conditions for agreeing to Nancang were much better.

Cui Cen stared out the window, his eyes gloomy.

When Zhao Xin saw Liu Muzhi come back safely, his heart relaxed.

learned that the matter on Li Cunxiao's side had also been resolved, and Zhao Xin's feelings also turned from cloudy to sunny.

The next day, Zhao Xin and Liu Muzhi came to report, saying that Cui Cen needed to say that Nancang had sent troops to suppress the rebellion, and promised several conditions of Nancang.

"Let the emperor come to the court, give up the post of guard lieutenant and Guangluxun, and after sending troops, he can't restrict the front line with Ma Zheng and money and grain, clear Kou Huairen's charges, and restore his original position. ”

Although he has traveled over until now, he has not seen Cui Cen with his own eyes.

But Zhao Xin could also figure out that when Nancang put forward these conditions, his face must not be good-looking.

However, this news made Zhao Xin feel comfortable, and yesterday's depression was swept away.

As soon as Liu Muzhi finished reporting the news, a eunuch came in outside to report that the Queen Mother asked to see him.

Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows slightly, and guessed in his heart why she asked to see him, and nine times out of ten it was related to Cui Cen's condition of agreeing to Nancang.

Zhao Xin motioned for Liu Muzhi to step back, and then said, "Let her in." ”

After the queen mother came in, she saluted, and Zhao Xin asked her to sit down, although the two had no mother-son relationship, but the plastic mother-son relationship still had to be maintained.

"I don't know what happened when the queen mother came?"