I expected it.
After all, this man has a lot of official duties on weekdays, so how can he have the leisure to do something like this?
It wasn't for the young master of the founding Earl's family, it was for the guilty minister Shen Shi who he had sent in with his own hands.
Speaking of Shen Shi, he had heard a bit about the grievances between the two...
When Chu Yushi thought about it, he laughed out loud and said, "That's a death row prisoner appointed by the officials. The youngster has a separate room with him and feeds him three meals a day." !" for him
Sure enough, after saying these words, he could clearly see the slight curve of the lips under the armband.
Chu Yushi was so excited that he immediately shook his head and said, "Commander, be careful of your head," and "Commander, be careful of obstacles." He led Xiao Yichen into the inner room.
There were no windows in the inner room, only a small candle was burning, illuminating the room. Xiao Yichen squinted and saw Shen Shi in the corner like a puddle of mud.
He was not living well, which was visible to the naked eye, with disheveled hair and dirty face.
But the more he behaved like this, the happier Xiao Yichen felt. He went in with his hands behind his back, and the hay piles crunched under his feet, "How is Mr. Shen doing lately?"
Shen Shi didn't even raise his head and mumbled something.
Xiao Yichen didn't hear clearly, so he got closer, and then he heard his words and sneered, "Others have confessed in black and white to you, Mr. Shen, what else do you have to be wronged about?"
Shen Shiran said, "There is no need to accuse me of any crime. Did I collude or not? Aren't you more innocent than me in your heart?"
Xiao Yichen laughed, "You want to accuse me? Since you didn't do anything, why did you bother to do all those things? You brought the official out, forced me to come to her door, and told me about my relationship with her in a logical way?"
Under the messy locks were Shen Shi's eyelids that were beating violently. He said miserably: "I didn't do it. I forced you to come to the house just because of the incident with the founding Earl's family and the greedy ink. I wanted you to take care of Shen Nanbao." For the sake of it, let me go, and let yourself go, because I don’t want Liangsuke, who is under the influence of Jiuquan, to see you so sad."
Xiao Yichen glared coldly, "You still have the nerve to mention my father, her, and the past! You said it so grandly. Ask yourself, was this really the reason for you at that time? It was obviously because you were afraid, you were afraid You are dragging yourself down, dragging down the Shen family, and even dragging down the reputation of the Shen family! It was like this before, and it is like this now. You are not thinking about me, you are thinking about yourself!"
Now it was Shen Shi's turn to laugh, "Yes! I am doing it for myself, but is it wrong? If you don't do it for yourself, heaven and earth will kill you! Not to mention those things! Regarding your father's matter, he asked me not to plead on his behalf. ! It was he who asked me to take care of Mrs. Gu and her daughter! As for driving Mrs. Gu and the others away, Mrs. Gu insisted on asking for it. Why do you blame me? Why should you blame me? I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous!"
Xiao Yichen took a breath, and a smile appeared on his solemn face just now, "Yes, you are so kind and righteous, I shouldn't blame you, and I don't blame you, but you can't blame anyone for digging your own grave."
These words played into Shen Shi's hands. He became excited and made the handcuffs and anklets jingle together, "I didn't! It was you who framed me! I am loyal to Daxuan! I have never colluded with the China tribe. It was you, for your father, for that Shen Nanbao, you deliberately framed me..."
Xiao Yichen narrowed his eyes and said, "I think you are old and your brain is not working well. You don't remember what you have done."
Shen Shi was startled, and the muscles on his face were twisted and twisted, "I didn't! No means no! It's you, you just remember the past, so you deliberately found someone to slander me! This is what you are used to in front of me! That person in charge might be the one you incited to rebel again!"
A dark light flashed through the eyes with thick eyelashes. Xiao Yichen looked at Shen Shi, who was described as a madman, and said with a smile: "If people don't know what to do except for themselves, don't rely on my bad reputation, so do whatever you want." Throw dirty water on me to fulfill your pride and glory. This paper cannot cover the fire, my father is, I am, and so is Shen Nanbao!"
Shen Shi was startled for a moment, murmuring his words over and over again, and then laughed again after a while, "Yes, it is indeed true. Others say that Commander Xiao of the front department is the most cold-faced and ruthless, but who knows, this Commander Xiao There is a warm and protective heart under the cold face, look, I just watched Liangsuke die and gave your sister a cold treatment, but you are willing to drag me down to the mud plow!"
It was probably too funny. Tears welled up in his eyes and he couldn't stop breathing. "Xiao Yichen, have you ever thought that you have done too many bad things, so God can't stand it anymore and gave you this The fate of the widowed Guchen! So let your father and your mother die because of you, and Shen Nanbao, the sister you fell in love with! You can only watch her for the rest of your life!"
Shen Shi laughed, "This is retribution! What did your father do to me in the past, and now his son has come to repay me and let you taste the feeling that I couldn't love before, but love can't be achieved! You will never be loved by you in this life." Yes, you are destined to be alone! So everyone must leave you!"
The next words could no longer be heard, Xiao Yichen had already stepped out.
About a few feet away, I saw Chu Yushi waiting outside, still looking empty-headed. When he saw Xiao Yichen's narrow smile, "The palace commander asked such a question, Cheng Zi must be thirsty, little one." Te Te'er asked someone to prepare the best Biluochun, so go drink it quickly, Commander-in-Chief."
Xiao Yichen nodded but said no, "That Shen Shi is making a lot of noise. You ask someone to go in and stuff his mouth properly so that he can avoid being executed in the future. It will be noisy and make the brains of the people watching hurt."
Yushi Chu heard what he meant.
This is not stuffing Shen Shi's mouth.
This obviously made Shen Shi unable to speak.
After all, because of Xiao Bi's incident, the officials had issued a decree that prisoners on death row should not cover their mouths before execution, just to be cautious and avoid such an unjust case again.
However, after saying this, the officials have issued the edict with eloquent words. Who dares to object or overturn the verdict? As long as it doesn't burn you, there will be injustice!
After Yushi Chu thought about it, he immediately strangled Shen Shi's tongue.
Thinking that Xiao Yichen was going to leave after doing this, he didn't expect anyone to still be here, so he stumbled and said, "Where is Shen Shi's son? Where is he?"
Chu Yushi's body stiffened for a moment, and he did not dare to raise his head.
Xiao Yichen saw his trembling hands clasped under his sleeves and frowned, "Where is he? Where did he go?"
Chu Yushi was a little worried and stumbled back: "Little..."
With a 'plop', Chu Yushi knelt down and confessed to himself in a voice that was about to cry, "I'm not a little one, but no matter what official power Mr. Chen uses to suppress me, I have to obey."
Xiao Yichen only laughed after hearing this, "Master Chu just said that he was a good official who enforced the law impartially, why did he turn around and become so timid and afraid of getting into trouble? The Shen family was all ordered by the officials. You let someone who is not allowed to be let go, isn't Mr. Chu afraid that this matter will be spread to the ears of the officials and you will be asked to pay for that Shen Wenzhuo's life?!"
Chu Yushi's face was pale, his heart felt as if it had fallen into a brine vat, and his heart was sour!
Doesn't he know this yet?
But that Chen Fangyan had evidence of his exorbitant donations in the early years, and even the fact that he protected his brother to seize innocent girls from his family. How dare he disobey?
If you extend your head and cut your head, you will die. If you shrink your head and cut your head, you may live!
Everyone knows how to deal with this plan!
Of course Xiao Yichen knew that someone had taken advantage of him, so he just wanted Chu Yushi to wake up and shut up.
After leaving the Yushitai, Kun Hong, who followed closely behind, put aside his worries and said, "Master... I see that Shen Shi doesn't look like he's telling lies."
Xiao Yichen caressed the wrist on his hand. There were knotted scars there. Whenever he touched it, he could recall the shameful past.
He looked deeply and gritted his teeth and said: "This is what officialdom is like. Everything is tied up with threads. What comes out of one thread may not necessarily be the other thread, but it may be the next knot. It's his fault that I suffered at that time." He said, in a moment of urgency, he went to the government to arrest someone without paying close attention. Now that the situation has reached this point, if he confesses again, the officials can still say that if they want to use me as that big tree, this matter must be turned into a big deal and become a trivial matter. I’m afraid that the Privy Council will catch me and bite me like a mad dog!”
Kun Hong could hear the angry tone in his words, and he leaned down even more, "The master is also worried about the little master, so he lost Zhou Zhang for a moment, not to mention who would have thought of Shen, who usually has a mind full of tofu. Shi, you can actually lay such a net to trap your master."
Xiao Yichen frowned, because of his words of 'little master', "The matter has not yet been decided, who told you to address her like this first?"
Kun Hong was startled and raised his head in surprise, "Master means..."
Xiao Yichen sighed deeply, "Do you think Shen Shi's words are credible? Shen Nanbao and I are brothers and sisters?"
Kun Hong's expression turned pale, "I don't believe it, but... the officials have already issued an order, so you have to believe it even if you don't believe it."
"Yeah, you have to believe it even if you don't believe it..."
Xiao Yichen sighed.
This sigh conveyed the meaning of helplessness. Kun Hong rolled his eyes and slapped his thigh suddenly, "I heard there is a folk trick. It is said that the blood and water of blood can blend together, and vice versa. Bu Rong, master, why don't you go back and fill a bowl of water with some blood from you and the little master to try?"
Xiao Yichen frowned, "That's all just to fool those white men. Why do you start to believe it? Whose blood doesn't melt? Mine and yours both melt. You may not be my long-lost brother?"
Kun Hong looked at Xiao Yichen's porcelain face, and then at his own rough face. He couldn't help but trembled, and shook his head like a rattle.
When Xiao Yichen saw this, he said: "Rather than believe these empty-headed things, you might as well find out for me who is hiding behind Shen Shi. Maybe everything will suddenly become clear."
Kun Hong was completely stunned now, and he immediately raised his voice and said, "Master, what you mean is..."
After receiving the eye knife handed to him, Kun Hong was silent and asked in a low voice: "That Shen Shi was instigated by someone."
Xiao Yichen glanced at him, "Didn't you also tell me that he was full of nonsense? How could he plot against me? What's more, I just took someone away with me, and then the officials knew about me. Don’t you think the matter with Shen Nanbao is too coincidental?”
