Several guards were about to torture Xu Wuxian, when they suddenly heard a "pop" behind him, and the door had been pushed open. When the four guards and Ding Zhangqi saw the people who came in, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said in unison: "I've seen Nangong Qianhu!"

Nangong Qianhu ignored the saluting cadres and others, Gu Zi walked up to Sun Qianhu and said, "Lord Sun, Shen Du has summoned us to go over and discuss something." ”

Sun Qianhu didn't get up, and smiled sideways: "Don't speak, I still have some trivial matters here, you go over first, Sun will be there later!"

Nangong Qianhu's face seemed to show a slight displeasure, but it was fleeting, and he said indifferently: "Isn't it okay for Lord Sun to be like this? Shen Dudu is in a hurry to recruit me and others, there must be something important, and I heard that King Zhao has come to Benwei in person today, do you want King Zhao to wait for you alone?"

"King Zhao, why didn't you say it earlier, hey, don't speak, it's not okay for you to talk like this......" Sun Qianhu immediately got up, straightened his clothes, and said: "Hurry up, hurry up, come with me to see King Zhao!"

When Sun Qianhu followed Nangong Qianhu to the door, he suddenly stopped and said inside: "Ding Datou, you put that little traitor in the edict prison first, and I will try him later!"

Ding Zhangqi hurriedly bowed down in the room and responded: "No!"

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On the 30th day of September of the 70th year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, in a cell in the edict of Anping Si in Qingyi Weibei, Chang'an City, Xu Wuxian was sitting on the ground, and although the rope on his body was untied, a thick iron chain was put on his foot. He leaned against the wall, remembering that he was still in the "Yunqi Inn" at Dongshikou an hour ago, and he was so unhappy to drink and eat meat with his second brother Zhu Wuneng, but in a blink of an eye, he had become a prisoner and was convicted of the crime of "rebellion". Although Xu Wuxian has been poor since he was a child, he likes to read, and since he followed the second hall master of the Fenshui Hall, he has almost read the books in the second hall master's house. He knew that once he was charged with "rebellion", it would be a heinous crime and he would be punished by the Nine Clans. Although he was alone, he was unwilling to die, but now he is in a cage, and what awaits him will be a tragic torture that he has never experienced in his life...... What should I do? This young man in Jiangnan who is in his twenties suddenly faces such a life-and-death juncture, and even if he is exhausted and his mind is turning, there is still nothing he can do......

At this time, Xu Wuxian suddenly heard two "cough coughs", just like the cough of an old man. Through the dim light in the cell, Xu Wuxi suddenly saw a person lying on his back by the opposite wall. Xu Wuxi walked up to the man, only to see that he was unkempt, his face was covered with blood, and his whole body was also covered with marks of being beaten with sticks and whips, and through the unkempt gray hair on his face, he could vaguely see that the man was about fifty years old, with high cheekbones, long eyebrows, but his eyes were closed, and he was obviously suffering from all the pain that had been inflicted on him.

Xu Wuxian suddenly felt pity in his heart, and hurriedly called softly: "Old man, old man, how are you?"

When the unkempt old man heard the voice, he opened his eyes slightly, and before he could speak, he coughed again, and then coughed up a pool of blood. Seeing this, Xu Wuxi hurriedly helped the old man up and leaned against the wall, slowly wiped the blood from the old man's mouth with his sleeve, and gently patted the old man's back. After a while, the unkempt old man finally let out a "pout" in his mouth and exhaled a long breath. The old man looked at Xu Wuxian carefully a few times, and then said in a weak voice: "This little brother, do me a favor, the old man wants to go to the toilet......"

Xu Wuxi looked in the direction of the unkempt old man's finger, and found that there was a dung bucket in the corner on the right side of the cell. Xu Wuxian wanted to help the old man stand up, but saw that his left leg could not move, obviously he had been hit hard by an external force, and his left tibia had been broken. Xu Wuxian had to carry the old man to the dung bucket and help him untie his clothes and pants, the old man was quite stubborn and had to do it himself, and the two spent a long time before the old man finished going to the toilet.

Xu Wuxian carried the old man back to the wall and sat down. The old man rested for a while, and suddenly asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"

Xu Wuxi touched his chest pocket, but took out half a flatbread, only then did he remember that he had eaten half a flatbread in the inn before, and he was reluctant to throw it away and hide it in his pocket, but he didn't want it to come in handy at this time.

The unkempt old man took Xu Wuxi's half of the flatbread, and he didn't care about thanking him, so he immediately opened his mouth and chewed it. While eating, he picked up a broken bowl beside him, and the bowl was filled with some water, and the water flew into the old man's mouth from the broken bowl and "gurgled" down the old man's throat...... After only a few moments, Xu Wuxi's half of the flatbread was swallowed by the old man.

The unkempt old man asked again, "Is there anything else?" Xu Wuxi shook his head slightly, his face showing guilt.

The unkempt old man leaned against the wall, holding his stomach and burping, his eyes slowly closed again, and he exhaled a long breath leisurely, as if he was enjoying the joy of this moment. Xu Wuxi's half of the flatbread, in the old man's heart, seems to be a feast of Qionglou, in that feast, the jade liquid agar syrup, one after another, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, too many to men......tion; It's a wonderful taste!

The unkempt old man closed his eyes and thought for a while, before he opened his eyes and looked at Xu Wuxi, and asked, "The old man's surname is Qiu, the word is Mingli, ...... is this little brother?"

Xu Wuxian arched his hand and said: "Under the surname Xu, the cheap word is not sick." ”

Tyumen said, "Hmm...... Xu is disease-free, disease-free, and life is extreme...... Very good, very good!"

Xu Wuxi asked, "Mr. Qiu, why did you get here? How could you be beaten like this?!"

Qiu Mingli smiled and snorted coldly: "Little brother, your own little life, seeing that you can't survive tonight, do you still have the leisure to worry about other people's affairs?"

Xu Wuxian exclaimed: "Why did Mr. Qiu say this?!"

Qiu Mingli said: "This Tsing Yi Wei Bei Anping Division Edict Prison, all of them are ordered by the imperial court, you are a small civilian, one has no official position, and the other has no family background, according to the rules here, how can you be allowed to live until tomorrow!"

Xu Wuxian couldn't help but sigh: "I miss me Xu Wuxi, I have lost my way since I was a child, although I have great ambitions, but I have broken my wings, and I don't want to ...... I will die today!"

Qiu Mingli said: "Don't be in a hurry, you will tell me how you entered the Tsing Yi Wei and how you were imprisoned in the edict, and the details here......

Xu Wuxian didn't dare to hide it, how he was confused into Tsing Yiwei at the moment, how he was framed and imprisoned in a prison cell by Sun Qianhu for no reason, and how he met Wang Meng before, etc., all the details were told to Qiu Mingli, and some subtleties were mentioned, but whenever Qiu Mingli asked, Xu Wuxian answered carefully one by one.

Qiu Mingli stroked his long beard with his right hand, thought for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "That Tsing Yi Weibei Anping Division thousand households are called 'Sun Xun', known as 'Ghost Face', it is said that his people are vicious and cruel, and even the impermanence Yin Si has to make a detour when he sees it. You fell into his hands, and if you don't die, you will shed your skin!"

Xu Wuxian bowed down and pleaded, "Please Mr. Qiu save me!"

Qiu Mingli said: "You only need to promise me one thing, and I will teach you the way to save your life." ”

Xu Wuxi asked, "What's the matter?"

Qiu Mingli said: "Since you call me 'sir', you should worship me as a teacher and be my disciple." As long as you answer my question, I will immediately teach you how to get out, and when the time comes, not only will I keep you out of my hair, but when I can get out, I will pass on all the knowledge of my body to you. ”

Xu Wuxian said: "If you have the ability to get out, why are you in prison and have a broken left leg?" However, he was anxious and helpless at the time, but he didn't care about the truth or falsehood, he even leaned down and knelt down, kowtowed three times in succession to Qiu Mingli, and said: "Disciple Xu Wuxi, Mr. Meng Qiu will not give up, today I will worship Mr. Qiu as a teacher, 'one day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father' disciple from now on, should serve on the side for life, talk to accompany the carp, and be like a father!"

Qiu Mingli hurriedly helped Xu Wuxian up, and said with a smile: "Wonderful! The old man can accept you today, it is really a wonderful thing in his life! As for this 'lifelong service', but there is no need, if you can learn to go out of the mountain in the future, and show your ambition in life, it will be enough for the teacher!"

At this time, I suddenly heard the "sonorous" sound of footsteps in front of me, as if a guard was coming, Qiu Mingli hurriedly pulled Xu Wuxi, and said to him: "Wait a minute, if Sun Xun asks you, you will be like this, so ...... like this"

The person who came was indeed the Tsing Yi Wei who was called "Ding Datou" by Sun Xun, he didn't say much when he entered the cell, he mentioned Xu Wuxian and left, and after a while, he took Xu Wuxian to the small room of the interrogation just now.

At this time, in addition to the original few people in the room, there was one more person standing behind Sun Xun's side, that person was about thirty years old, five short figures, and looked like a fierce face. Judging from the lake blue peacock official uniform he was wearing, the official rank was at least a five-grade hundred.

When the hundred households saw that Ding Zhangqi brought Xu Wuzhi to him, he walked up to Xu Wuxian and said with a smile: "This little brother, I heard that you were entrusted by Wang Baihu and came to the capital thousands of miles away, and you are really a good man who values love and righteousness......! Little brother, for the sake of my relationship with Wang Baihu in the past, you only need to sign the confession, and do what I say when the three halls are tried in the next day, I will not only keep you safe and sound, but also give you a lot of silver taels after the incident, which is enough for you to live happily for the rest of your life!"

Yang Wenyuan saw Xu Wuxian's hesitant expression, knew that he was moved, laughed, and handed the confession to Xu Wuxian's eyes along with pen and ink.

Xu Wuxian only had a cursory glance, and he knew the general outline of the confession: to the effect that Wang Meng was sent by the prince to secretly make friends with gangsters in the south of the Yangtze River, selling illegal salt and greedy ink salt taxes, and was later inspected by the prefect of Hangzhou, in order to cover up the crime, he assassinated the prefect in the court, and then killed the lieutenant of the infantry army for resisting arrest, intending to rebel and rebel.

"Not only do you confuse right and wrong, confuse black and white, but also want me to bite the prince and frame others, I can't sign this confession!" Xu Wuxian said proudly.

Yang Wenyuan was a little surprised to see that Xu Wuxian only glanced at it a few times, but immediately smiled and said: "You don't know the prince, why bother to bear it for him? Brother Wang, as the prince's henchman, this is a well-known thing, you have just been kept in the dark......

Yang Wenyuan saw that Xu Wuxian lowered his head and pondered, unmoved, and said again: "Little brother, I see that you are born with a good appearance, you should be a smart person." Today's matter, I am a sword, and you are just a bunch of fish and meat on the case. If you are obedient and obedient, we will all be good friends from now on, and if you are not obedient, our lord of a thousand households will not have the good temper of mine, and if his old man is angry, you know it—look at the pile of torture instruments there, and the nails, and then they will all get into your flesh, bones, and eyes...... The taste of 'nine dozen green characters' is really uncomfortable!"

After a while, Yang Baihu saw that Xu Wuxian still refused to confess, and he felt impatient in his heart, so he nodded to a few guards. Two guards had already rushed forward, one of them grabbed Xu Wuxi's feet, and the other carried a hammer and nails...... They seemed to have been looking forward to it for a long time, driving iron nails into this young man's body inch by inch, looking at the tragic situation of this young and handsome face, struggling and twisting because of extreme pain......

At this time, Xu Wuxi suddenly shouted loudly: "Wait......!

The two guards were about to make a big fight, and suddenly heard Xu Wuxi's words of wanting to confess, and couldn't help but feel extremely uncomfortable in their hearts, like two bulls in heat, seeing that the gate had been opened, were waiting to rush out and enjoy themselves, but when they rushed to the fence gate, the gate suddenly closed with a "clang" - they could only stand on the spot, and they didn't know how to continue for a while. Sun Xun, who was sitting at the top, snorted coldly when he saw this, waved his hand at them, and the two guards had no choice but to retreat in a huff.

Yang Wenyuan smiled proudly and said, "Little brother is really a smart person, should he have been like this a long time ago, so as not to suffer from that flesh and skin." With that, he pushed the already written confession to Xu Wuxi's eyes.

Xu Wuxian seemed to think about it for a long time, and then he made up his mind and said: "My lord, the small people mistakenly befriended the bandits and caused a big disaster, which is really a crime that cannot be punished, and since he has been pitied by the adults, he dares not to tell the truth?! It's just that the truth is not as ...... as written in this confession."

Yang Wenyuan thought for a while and asked, "According to what you mean, there is another person behind your mastermind?"

Xu Wuxian said: "Exactly!"

Yang Wenyuan sneered: "Interesting! Say, who is it?"

Xu Wuxi looked at the guards holding the torture tools on the side, and said, "The matter is very big, I can only say it to the adults alone......

Yang Wenyuan's face showed disdain, and after a little thought, he walked up to Xu Wuxian's body and said, "Can you talk about it now?"

Xu Wuxi looked at Yang Wenyuan's ear, just said a word softly, but Yang Baihu's face changed suddenly, he looked at Xu Wuxian's face, obviously suspicious, but after watching it for a long time, he couldn't see half of the hypocrisy, so he had to walk to Sun Xun's side and whisper to Sun Xun.

Sun Xun couldn't help but lose his voice when he heard it: "King Zhao ?!......"

Before Sun Xun finished speaking, Yang Baihu hurriedly waved his hand at the group of subordinates, and the four guards understood and retreated quietly and silently. When Na Ding Zhangqi retreated to the door, he suddenly remembered something, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Qianhu, the little one suddenly remembered something, I don't know if to talk about it?"

Yang Wenyuan said impatiently: "Say it quickly!"

Ding Zhangqi said: "When the little one led this kid in, he suddenly met King Zhao in the small courtyard of the East Chamber, and the little one didn't have time to avoid it, so he had to kneel aside. Who knew that this kid not only knelt down when he saw King Zhao, but also raised his head and neck high......"

Yang Wenyuan asked, "What about King Zhao?"

Ding Zhangqi replied: "King Zhao is not only not strange at all, but he also looked at this kid a few times. I still remember very clearly, King Zhao had already walked in front of us, and suddenly turned around, and really looked at this kid a few more times - that look, in the eyes of the little one, as if they were ...... It's as if they've known each other for a long time......"

Yang Wenyuan's expression turned sharp, and he asked urgently: "Ding Chunqiu, can this be taken seriously?"

Ding Chunqiu hurriedly said: "The small sentence is true, if there is half a lie, let the small five thunders hit the top, and immediately die in front of the eyes of the hundred households!"

Yang Wenyuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can step back for the time being!"

When Ding Chunqiu, the flag of the Tsing Yi guard, withdrew from the door, Sun Xun looked embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask: "Wen Yuan, look at this matter, how to deal with it?......

That Yang Baihu walked around the room freely, looking at Xu Wuxi's eyes as he walked. He suddenly came to his senses, slapped the table, and shouted:

"Someone, call Ding Chunqiu over to me!"

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At the same time, in the cell where Xu Wuzhi had just been detained in the edict of Anping Si in Tsing Yi, Qiu Mingli leaned against the wall, his eyes slightly closed, and from time to time he couldn't help but rise and fall in his chest, coughing continuously, and spit out a mouthful of blood for every cough, but after coughing, his lips moved slightly. At this time, if someone is beside him, he will be heard slowly whispering: "Tomorrow Baling Road, Akiyama has a few more ......"