The sunset was slanting, falling a golden red light, the inner hall of Xing Wei's mansion had been lit up, Zhu Xingzhan had been waiting patiently for three hours, the water and rice had not entered, and the food and tea sent on the table had already been put to the cold.

Shang Pingrong checked the jailers and prisoners in labor one by one, and there was no conclusive evidence to prove that someone had done anything in Wan Ziyu's diet, but the clues were taken together, and they all pointed to a person Li Zifeng!

A jailer and prisoner pointed out that soon after Li Zifeng entered Wan Ziyu's cell, Wan Ziyu suddenly fell ill.

Zhu Xingzhan slapped the table heavily, the teacups and saucers trembled, and everyone in the hall, led by the prince and the prince, knelt down in unison, and some of them were timid, and their whole bodies trembled uncontrollably.

"What about people?" asked Zhu Xingzhan in a deep voice.

Shang Pingrong took a step on his knees, "Back to Your Majesty, Li Zifeng has just been punished with a cane, and is now detained in the torture room, unconscious." ”

"Wake up with cold water and bring it up!" Zhu Xingzhan frowned, and his face was gloomy and frightening.

Shang Pingrong shuddered, "Obey." ”

After the work of half a pillar of incense, Li Zifeng was dragged up by two jailers, and then he was escorted to kneel, Zhu Xingzhan waved his hand and signaled the two jailers to retreat first.

Li Zifeng's face was pale, his lips were also bloody, his hair was wet, the broken hair on his sideburns was stuck to his face with water marks, and the corners of his mouth were bruised after being beaten. The thin coat wrapped around his body could hardly hide the blood marks left by the whip, and there were mottled blood stains oozing out from behind him. The whole body was shaking uncontrollably from the cold and pain.

Seeing Li Zifeng like this, Zhu Luoyun frowned slightly, and his right hand tightly pinched the Pixiu fan pendant that Li Zifeng gave him.

Zhu Luofeng's expression was flat, and a cold killing intent even flashed in his eyes, "Isn't Fang Cai quite able to speak, why can't he say a word in front of the holy driver at this moment?"

Zhu Xingyi glanced at Li Zifeng meaningfully, and then said to Zhu Luofeng, "It's been a long time, King Qingping, let's be more patient! ”

Zhu Xingzhan's eyes fell on the back of Li Zifeng's scalded left hand, the triangular burn was already black and red, very terrifying, Zhu Xingzhan sighed, "The taste of being burned, isn't it?"

Li Zifeng kowtowed deeply, "Back to Your Majesty, Zifeng has suffered it." It's just that he has worked three times and twice, which is indeed Zifeng's sin. ”

"Li Zifeng, if you honestly confess your crimes, why do you suffer these crimes?"

When Zhu Luofeng's voice landed, Zhu Xingyi coughed twice, and his eyes glanced at Li Zifeng from time to time.

Li Zifeng continued, "Back to the prince's words, if I did it, I would explain it word for word, but if I didn't do it, why should I admit it?"

"What have you done?" Zhu Luofeng sneered, "Do you mean that Shi Qingshan is plotting rebellion at the foot of Shi Qingshan, or is he doing things in the diet of ten thousand adults?" Li Zifeng, have you thought about it, if you deceive in front of the holy driver, it will be the crime of deceiving the king. Even if you don't think about yourself, think about the people behind you. ”

"I don't know which crime the prince wants me to confess to?And the person behind me you said, do you mean the Hengshan faction or the Hongyuan Villa? or..."Li Zifeng looked at Zhu Luofeng, meaning something, "Please also ask the prince to make it clear." ”

Zhu Luofeng's face was gloomy, his eyes were cold, his right hand was tightly pinching the corner of his clothes, as if he was about to finish off Li Zifeng in the next moment, Zhu Xingyi looked at Zhu Luofeng's expression, and an unpredictable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It is said that Li Zifeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but now when I see it, it is really an eye-opener. Zhu Xingyi glanced at Li Zifeng deeply, and turned the dark red agate wrench on his thumb with great interest.

Li Zifeng saw it in his eyes, remembering that the last time he was intercepted by Zhu Xingyi on the sedan chair, Zhu Xingyi also made this action, was it an unintentional move, or did he deliberately hint at something?

Zhu Luofeng stood up and said to Zhu Xingzhan, "Father, according to his sons, no matter whether this matter was done by Li Zifeng or not, but he spoke out twice and three times, and he was disobedient, and he didn't take the royal majesty in his eyes at all. According to the laws of Liang Jingchao, Li Zifeng should also be beheaded on the spot. ”

Zhu Luoyun also stood up and replied, "Father, it is not appropriate to carry out the punishment of the knife now. ”

"Isn't the prince trying to protect this traitor?" Zhu Luofeng frowned slightly, intending to remind.

"The imperial brother is joking, now the blessing of the Guangfang Temple is imminent, if you use the knife at this time, I am afraid that it is a great disrespect to the gods, the imperial brother must not incur a bloody disaster for his father for the sake of a momentary pleasure. Zhu Luoyun struggled to control his emotions.

Zhu Luoyun and Zhu Luofeng's expressions were all seen by Zhu Xingzhan. At this time, Li Zifeng looked like an outsider, his expression was unusually calm, as if he had watched a play that had nothing to do with him.

Zhu Xingzhan looked at the calm Li Zifeng, and his anger did not come to one place, "Li Zifeng, what else do you have to say?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Zifeng is only a prisoner now, even if he wants to defend anything, he is pale and powerless. Li Zifeng knelt down deeply, "Your Majesty, what King Fang Qingping said is not unreasonable. Zifeng damn it. ”

Zhu Xingzhan laughed angrily, "You really deserve to die." Shang Pingrong!"

Shang Pingrong walked a few steps and stood by, "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"Transfer Li Zifeng to the secret prison of Xing Wei Mansion, and after praying for blessings, he will be beheaded!"

Although Zhu Xingzhan gave the order to kill in public, he always looked at Li Zifeng deeply, and Li Zifeng was not afraid to look at him, and after a few moments, he understood Zhu Xingzhan's meaning. After the blessing... It seems that the seemingly peaceful city of Guardan and the surrounding towns are about to fall into chaos, and their time is running out.

Xing Weifu's secret prison is the last step before going to the execution ground, and it is to issue a notice, but in this way, will it make the people he cares about more troublesome and make any impulsive moves.

Zhu Xingzhan continued, "The blessing is imminent, and no notice will be issued for the time being, so as not to panic people." ”

Shang Pingrong came back to his senses and commanded, "Obey!" and then led someone to escort Li Zifeng down.

The whole process of disposal was peeked at by a person dressed as a jailer, he hid in an inconspicuous place on the side of the inner hall, and saw that Li Zifeng was sentenced to be beheaded on the spot, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then a figure disappeared.

This scene did not escape Zhu Xingyi's eyes, he and Zhu Xingzhan glanced at each other, and looked at the sky casually, "Your Majesty has been worried about working for a long time, it is better to let your brother accompany you to visit Lord Wan, and return to the palace later!"

"That's fine. Zhu Xingzhan glanced at Zhu Luoyun and Zhu Luofeng, "It's really hard for the prince and King Qingping to accompany him, so let's go back and rest for the time being, and think about the patrol in two days." ”

"The retainers obeyed. ”

Zhu Xingzhan and Zhu Xingyi's every move was watched by the jailer who was watching, he thought he was hiding it well, but he didn't know that he had already been stared at by a pair of eyes......

In the secret room of Xingwei Mansion, the lights were bright, and Zhu Xingzhan was dressed as an official of Xingwei Mansion and stood with his hands behind his back. It wasn't until the sound of cautious footsteps sounded behind him that Zhu Xingzhan came back to his senses, and his eyes wandered around the person with a deep gaze.

The person who came knelt heavily on his knees, "The criminal minister Xu Xiangkun sees Your Majesty." ”

Xu Xiangkun has been emaciated and emaciated a lot since he was imprisoned and served, although he has a certain purpose, but the heavy physical work is indeed real, and he has not released water at all.

Zhu Xingzhan said in a deep voice, "I haven't seen you for a few days, but you have cleared a lot." What do you understand?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the guilty minister disobeys the holy will, and the sin deserves death. Xu Xiangkun lowered his head.

Zhu Xingzhan frowned, "High-sounding words! If it weren't for your father's affection, I would have let you die in the black prison of the Dark Pavilion!"

Xu Xiangkun's father Xu Yiyang is actually Xu Xiangkun's adoptive father, in Zhu Xingzhan's one of his patrols, he accidentally met Zhu Xingzhan, and was allowed to travel together for a while, and then encountered a rebellion against the party, Xu Yiyang stepped forward and blocked a fatal blow for Zhu Xingzhan, and the only requirement before dying was to save Xu Xiangkun's life no matter what.

Xu Xiangkun knelt down, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't be too busy thanking you yet, if this matter is not handled well, I will not be able to save your life. ”

Xu Xiangkun raised his head and was slightly stunned......

Zhu Xingzhan smiled deeply, "Didn't you get close to Li Zifeng? For the sake of safety, I have ordered Li Zifeng to be transferred to a secret prison to be beheaded, and your task is to protect his safety, from eating and living to going out to let the wind out, there must be no mistakes. ”

"The sinner obeys. ”

"Also, no matter what he does during this period, you don't need to ask, just cooperate secretly. I have already greeted Shang Pingrong, and he will arrange everything secretly. Zhu Xingzhan sighed heavily and continued, "You'd better not let me down, life or death is all in your own hands!"

"Yes!"

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