In the "Jingguo Mansion", Liang Xie was worried in his heart, several times he wanted to break the rope, but his arm dislocated could not make half of his strength, thinking about tomorrow's torture, and remembering Jiaxian's safety, this night was hungry, thirsty, sleepy, and tired, the pain of the shoulder dislocation being tightly strangled by the rope, and the helplessness of the lower body not moving at all, this night was so long.

The sky gradually turned white, the acupuncture points of Liang Xie's legs were sealed and gradually showed signs of dredging, listening to the movement in the courtyard, it seemed that someone was moving, and then someone was talking, he knew that he was about to be arraigned, and now he calculated the countermeasures in his chest again, although he could not protect himself, but if he could pull a cushion before he died, it would not be a loss. He waited and waited until dawn and no one came in, neither put him in prison and beat him, nor did anyone come to interrogate him, let alone send food and drink, even the guards did not step into the door half a step, this time he had previously imagined how to bite Zheng Qianhu to death is his instigator, and other calculations were completely useless, Liang Xie was anxious to wait, and looked forward to the later the arraignment, the better, if it was a long time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, he was sleepy, and his eyes gradually became hazy......

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly the door opened, and a strong light came in, hitting Liang Xie in the face, Liang Xie's eyes lit up, and he woke up from his dream. A man in gray broke in with four guards, and the two guards stepped forward and dragged Liang Xie out with the rope on his body. Out of the small courtyard, go straight to the east, along the cobblestone path all the way bumpy through the moon gate, to the main courtyard, and then walked more than a hundred steps to the north, in front of a large hall, the guard dragged Liang Xie up the eighteen white marble steps, thrown to the door of the palace, Liang Xie's feet, calves, knees, even grinding and bumping, has already broken in many places, the pain is shivering, but where does anyone care about his life or death?

"Look at it!" the man in gray ordered, and the four guards answered in unison, and the man in gray grabbed a few steps, clenched his fists and bowed, and said in a loud voice: "The assassin is here, please ask the governor to show me." ”

"Bring it in. "There was an order in the hall, and it seemed to be Master Li.

"Yes. The man in gray answered, turned around and waved, and the four guards dragged Liang Xie into the main hall.

"Put it down. Master Li said.

The four guards let go together, and threw Liang Xie to the ground with a 'plop', Master Li waved his hand, and the four guards retreated together.

On the hall, a middle-aged man in a purple and red python robe faces south and his back to the north, sitting high in the middle, there are four people standing beside him, two of them are dressed as Li and Liu's two masters, and the other two are dressed in brocade clothes, standing left and right, it seems to be the guard of the python robe. There are dozens of people sitting on the left and right sides of the hall, the person on the right is the Zheng Qianhu I saw yesterday, and the second is a man dressed in black with Erlang's legs crossed and snorting melon seeds...... Quite...... Belch...... The man who is more hanging, and then more than a dozen people Liang Xie did not recognize him, until the penultimate seat is Shen Nanwu, Shen Nanwu has an empty seat after him, it should be the seat of the gray-clothed man who just took Liang Xie over, and Yu Qibai is not among them; among the people on the left, a thin old man is the leader, the second is an old woman, and the third person is also an old man in his sixties and seventies, slightly short in stature, and a face of righteousness on his yellow skin, Liang Xie was shocked, this person is the master Sun Ming, and the fourth person is the one who fought with Liang Xie that day'Tsukai Divine Sword'......

"I don't know what Master thinks in his heart now, will he intercede for himself?" Liang Xie smiled bitterly in his heart, for him, the pain in life is far greater than the happiness, life and death don't matter, it doesn't seem to matter whether the master will intercede for himself, the only thing he can't worry about is his wife's illness.

"You are the one who assassinated Bendu that day, I heard that you are still Sun Lao's apprentice?" the python-robed man asked.

Liang Xie didn't answer, Sun Ming hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowed: "After many years, Sun Ming failed to teach his disciples well, so please ask the governor to surrender." ”

"This person turned out to be Wu Jingguo!" Liang Xie originally thought that Wu Jingguo was a fierce and vicious person with a thirst for murder, but he didn't expect to look so kind.

Wu Jingguo smiled and said: "If you are a master, you can't take care of your apprentice for a lifetime, Elder Sun, please get up." ”

"Thank you, Governor Yuanyou!" Sun Ming kowtowed and apologized, and slowly got up.

"Since it's your disciple, what does Elder Sun say we should do with this assassin?" Master Li suddenly interjected, twisting his beard.

Sun Ming just stood up and knelt down again, and said: "Master Li said that he laughed, how to deal with the whole Listening to the Governor of the Mansion, Sun Moujie grass people, dare not beak." ”

Master Li smiled and said: "The 'Inner Governor's Mansion' can have today's Sun Laoju's great achievements, and the governor of the mansion has always been generous to his allies......"

Sun Ming sweated coldly on his forehead, and he was busy kowtowing again: "The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the governor treats me well and waits for a return before it is too late, how can I not know what is good or bad, and abolish the public because of private interests?"

Master Li smiled and praised: "It's still Sun Lao's general knowledge." Sun Ming didn't dare to respond, Wu Jingguo said: "I don't blame you for this, get up." ”

Sun Ming thanked him again before getting up.

Seeing that the teacher who used to be arrogant and cherished his feathers is now so groveling, his heart is sad and funny: "I thought that if you betrayed your apprentice and swallowed the sword book alone, what kind of status can you get in exchange, but it turns out that it is nothing more than that." ”

Wu Jingguo picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup, and took a sip slowly, the hall was silent, and after a long time, Wu Jingguo drank another cup and said, "This tea is bitter!" Several servants in the court who were waiting for tea panicked and stumbled to clean up.

Wu Jingguo closed his eyes slightly and asked, "Who made this tea?"

The nearest servant didn't dare to look up, and whispered, "Yes...... Be...... Be....... "I didn't dare to admit it directly for a long time.

Wu Jingguo asked again: "What kind of tea is used, and how is it bitter?"

"Yes...... Is it a beauty...... Country..... Guojin ...... Tribute to the Tea ...... Tea!" the maid shuddered.

Wu Jingguo said: "Since it is a tribute, how can the tea be bitter?"

"Governor...... The governor spares his life, the governor spares his life!" the servant somehow angered Wu Jingguo.

Master Li said: "Governor, it's no wonder that he is in this matter, no matter how good the tea is, it will have a bitter taste after brewing for a long time, just like the servant will sometimes despise the master after a long time." ”

Wu Jingguo said 'um' and stopped talking, Master Li shouted: "Useless things, won't you reply to words?

"Yes...... Yes......." The maid was busy saying yes, and immediately cleaned up the broken porcelain, replaced it with new tea leaves, washed the teapot and re-brewed it, Master Li waved his hand, and the maid withdrew.

Master Li said: "The governor of the government, please use tea." ”

Wu Jingguo said 'um' again, poured a cup, took a sip, smiled slightly on his face, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and said nothing.

The servant observed the words and looks, and saw Wu Jingguo smiling, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, it seemed that this fate had been picked up, and he hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

For a long time, Wu Jingguo seemed to be asleep, without saying a word, and everyone did not dare to disturb, and sat silently with him.

"What time is it?" After a while, Wu Jingguo squinted his eyes and asked the people around him.

"The governor can rest for another three quarters. Master Li bowed and said.

"Don't stop, enter the palace. Wu Jingguo sat up slowly and said, "Master Li, who captured the assassin Ming'er and brought it together, and this governor will be rewarded when he sees him." ”

"Yes!" The two masters agreed together, Wu Jingguo got up and left his seat, and Li Liu, the two masters and two guards also left, leaving the group in the hall.

Above the hall, everyone's hearts were worried.

"Bored, poor farewell, donors invited. The black-clothed man threw the melon seeds in his hand to the ground, got up, made a serious slap to everyone, and turned around to leave.

"Lord Xu, the governor hasn't spoken yet......" Zheng Qianhu said, it turned out that this person was impermanent.

"Zheng Qianhu, firstly, Lord Ben has not offended the governor, and secondly, he is not the people of your 'Golden Guard' and 'Inner Governor's Mansion', so you can't sit here and watch the person surnamed Li play. "Impermanence.

Zheng Qianhu said: "What do you mean by this?"

Yu Wuchang said: "What can be interesting if it doesn't mean anything, Zheng Qianhu serves in the imperial court, eats face rice, and wants to be promoted in all aspects, but Lord Ben takes the emperor's private money as an errand and has no court establishment, and eats handicraft rice. Farewell!" said coldly, glancing at the crowd and walking away.

As soon as the impermanence left, the hall returned to calm, and after more than half an hour, Master Li turned around, seeing that there was less impermanence in the court, and the melon seed skins on the ground were thrown everywhere, his face flashed a trace of displeasure, and this displeasure disappeared in a flash, and then arranged for the guards to escort Liang Xie down, and discussed with everyone, seeing that noon was approaching, he left, and everyone also got up.

There was no torture, not even an interrogation, and the thunder and rain were a little toss, which made people confused, but the more shrewd people had a wake-up call in their hearts.

The thin old man on the left waited for Zheng Qianhu and the others to go away, got up and patted Sun Ming's shoulder, and said, "Let's go too!" Sun Ming sighed, stood up, and the two went together, and in the blink of an eye, they had walked more than a hundred steps.

"Elder, Old Sun, please stay!" Seeing that there was no one next to her, the old woman who was in second place shouted and chased after her, the two stopped and turned back, and the thin old man asked, "Is there something wrong with Granny Rui?"

Granny Rui said: "According to the patriarch, what does it mean that the governor and Master Li did that just now?"

"What's the point of doing something other than making a show for us?" said 'Jinhai Divine Sword' as he walked over.

Granny Rui said, "Mr. Duanmu, you are here too." ”

Duanmu (Jinhai Divine Sword) hugged his fists at the three of them and said: "The juniors are rude, please forgive the three elders." ”

The patriarch said: "Mr. Duanmu is polite. ”

Granny Rui said: "Is this the view of the patriarch and the elder Sun?"

The patriarch nodded and said, "Well, what the surnamed Yu said is not bad, Master Li is making a show for us, but not only for us, but this is also what the governor meant." ”

Sun Ming said: "I'm sorry, I've affected you." ”

The patriarch shook his head and said, "It's none of your business. 'The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked.' "Since ancient times, the great enemy has not been eliminated in the first two years, and we and the people of the 'government guard' can put aside their prejudices and work together, but now that the great enemy is gone, they have to guard against us outsiders, but it happened that the incident happened to make Gao Zuxing assassinate the governor of the government, which just gave people the truth. The four of them talked as they walked.

Granny Rui said: "What the patriarch said is that it is not a day or two that the people of the 'Mansion Guard' look down on us who are reckless. ”

Duanmu said: "They don't like us, we may not look down on them, and several groups of assassins have been sent by us recently, although it is a trick to lure the enemy, and it can't hurt the governor, but what merit have they made?"

The patriarch smiled: "Now it is not as good as before, now the governor has a lot of power, whether we have it or not will not affect the overall situation, the greater the credit we make, the more the governor is more defensive against us, and the more jealous the people of the 'government guard' are." ”

Duanmu said: "That's what I said, listening to the words of the governor of the government does mean something." ”

Granny Rui said, "So we can't get along here?"

The patriarch smiled: "Haha, not yet, there are some things that are inconvenient for the people of the 'government guard' to do, but we can." It's just that in the future, I should be more low-key and attentive. ”

Duanmu smiled: "Like a newcomer?"

The patriarch smiled and said, "The governor has the governor's skill to control people, we have our existence value, and there is nothing wrong with being a newcomer." ”

Granny Rui said: "That's easy to say, we didn't plan for that." ”

Duanmu said: "What about Old Sun, do you still want to protect Ling Gaozu's life?"

Sun Ming said: "Alas, Mr. Cheng Duanmu was already grateful for the mercy of the little apprentice last time, and he didn't know that it was fateful to avoid leaving, how could Sun Mou force his way out and affect everyone?"

The patriarch said: "We can't talk about it, just be careful that it affects you." ”

Sun Ming said: "Thank you for reminding me, I am measured." ”

The patriarch nodded and said, "Well, that's good, that's good." ”