When Xia Yunhe heard this, his expression froze and he subconsciously looked at Sanniang, who lowered his head and avoided her gaze.
He understood in his heart that he blamed himself for trusting others. He lowered his head and thought to himself, what medicine was this Chen Haizhou selling in his gourd.
Raising her eyes to meet Chen Haizhou's, she calmed down and asked, "What do you mean, Mr. Chen?"
The eagle-eyed man touched his chin, half-smiling, "Everyone says that Xia Yizhi is very charming. They are even more curious about why Mr. Xia doesn't marry a wife. I didn't expect that there is a hidden secret in it."
Seeing Xia Yunhe's expression change, Chen Haizhou stood up, picked up the gold and jade wine pot, and poured wine for her.
"Master Xia... No, how should I call you?" He deliberately leaned forward and tapped the table, "Tan Hua Lang disguised as a man, if your Majesty knows——"
Xia Yunhe clenched his fists, and the hair on his body stood on end.
"Master Xia, don't be nervous." Chen Haizhou sat back on the stool with a smile on his face, as if he was sure of victory. "Chen just wants to ask, why did Master Xia ask Xu Zihuai to copy calligraphy? And why did he say that he agrees with party members and opposes dissidents? I don't know who Master Xia is. For whom? The Seventh Prince?"
Xia Yunhe picked up the bamboo stick on the table, put the ends together, picked up the fish meat, chewed it slowly, and looked at Sanniang, who lowered her head.
"Speaking of which, Mr. Xia has a hairpin, and it's hard to tell the male from the male." Chen Haizhou said sarcastically, "Why should a beautiful woman hang out in the court? Could it be that she has read too many stories and wants to stir up trouble?"
With a "pop", Xia Yunhe took down the bamboo chopsticks, with the fishy aroma filling his mouth, and his eyes were sharp, "Since Mr. Chen knows my identity, why don't you go straight to the emperor and add to Mr. Chen's achievements instead of chatting here."
She turned to look at Sanniang, feeling resentful in her heart, "Sister once swore that she would not tell others about my identity."
Sanniang's eyes were dim with tears. She timidly looked up at her. Her lips were trembling and she wanted to explain. Then she lowered her head and secretly wiped away her tears.
Xia Yunhe turned his eyes and saw Chen Haizhou smiling vaguely, looking at the two of them with a frivolous attitude and tapping the porcelain bowl lightly.
He pointed at Xia Yunhe with a smile, "Master Xia, please explain my previous questions clearly, and I will not tell His Majesty about your disguise as a man."
"Otherwise," Chen Haizhou's expression suddenly changed and his eyes were cold, "Zhao Prison Observation Deck, please come in and have a talk, Mr. Xia."
He pinched the shoulder and neck of Sanniang next to him, and the woman suddenly let out a shrill scream that made her scalp numb.
The Wuweilou envoy heard the sound and rushed over, knocking on the door and asking what happened. Chen Haizhou strolled to the door, opened the door, rewarded the envoy with a golden bean, and told him not to disturb him again. The envoy nodded repeatedly, took a peek inside the room, bowed and left. .
Sanniang leaned on the table and hissed, her tears falling onto the white porcelain plate, and bright red blood stained her back.
Xia Yunhe's eyes were like swords, and he said coldly, "You dare to use lynching? Aren't you afraid?"
Chen Haizhou closed the door, snorted coldly, and stood in the wing with his hands behind his back, "Afraid? Why should I be afraid? It is Mr. Xia who should be afraid. Just like in the palace on the first day of the junior high school, Mr. Xia got lost and saw something in the pavilion. .”
Xia Yunhe suddenly realized that the person behind Chen Haizhou was Concubine Wan Gui. She had left in a hurry that day, and with the same three footsteps, they must have noticed that the fourth prince was as slippery as a fish, and they would definitely blame her for everything. After thinking about it, she asked deliberately, "I don't quite understand what Mr. Chen said?"
"Hmph, Mr. Xia has never been to Zhao Prison, so he doesn't know what we are capable of." Chen Haizhou raised his head slightly in the direction of Sanniang, "It's just some flesh wounds. It only takes two days to heal. You won't know what it is until you get to the viewing platform." means."
Observation platform, carrying corpse coffin.
Xia Yunhe clenched her fists. Of course she knew that place. Everyone was frightened by it. They went in vertically and came out horizontally.
In the previous life, the prince asked people from Zhao Prison to treat her hand. After leaving, someone put a black cloth bag on her and dragged her there to skin and remove the flesh.
[Tanhua Lang, don’t blame us. After death, there will always be a debtor and a debtor. We have no choice but to do what the Duke ordered. 】
【Why? ! 】
[There is no reason... Hey, let you understand clearly, the Duke said, your handwriting is as elegant as flying, and he likes it very much. Don't worry, our Mr. Chen is very familiar with the technique and it will be done in no time. 】
Because my handwriting was good, the flesh on my hand was picked off.
The pain of skin tearing is unavoidable and there is no escape. The struggle became more intense, and the more they held her down, the iron chains penetrated her bones. Fearing that she would bite her tongue and commit suicide, they sealed her mouth with a cork and used a sharp bone-picking blade to scrape the bones and flesh. It hurts, peeling off layer by layer, like a poisonous snake bite. I faint, splash ice water to wake me up, continue, faint, splash water again.
Until there are only white bones left in his hands.
Chen Haizhou's voice sounded, "Oh, women are women after all. Why are Mr. Xia's eyes red?"
Memories and reality intertwined, Xia Yunhe lowered his head to wipe away his tears, his eyes were burning, he bit into pieces with his silver teeth and swallowed them in his stomach. The fists in my sleeves were clenched until they turned blue, and I forced myself to calm down. She raised her eyes again and stared at Chen Haizhou. The man in front of her was the enemy who had personally picked off the flesh on her hands.
Chen Haizhou said: "Master Xia is scared?"
Seeing that she pursed her lips and said nothing, she added, "As long as you explain clearly why you came to Zihuai, I will naturally keep it secret."
speak clearly? Being each other's pawn in the game, the fourth prince set her up to find out that Wan and Chen were having a secret conversation. Concubine Wan Guifei sent Chen Haizhou to put pressure on her. How could she be so virtuous and capable? They had to work hard to deal with it. However, if it really happened, When she was a fledgling, that was to underestimate her.
Xia Yunhe raised his eyelids and looked at him, suppressed the anger in his heart, and tried his best to smile, "Master Chen, are you loyal to Xu Zihuai, or are you serving Wan Guifei? That one is really loud."
Without giving Chen Haizhou a chance to speak, Xia Yunhe raised his voice and said, "His Majesty's evil ministers formed cliques for personal gain, and Mr. Chen also had an affair with a noble concubine."
The second half of the sentence was pure nonsense from Xia Yunhe, but Chen Haizhou became anxious, "You!"
Seeing that Chen Haizhou was about to speak, she spoke first, "If you want to make a fuss, make it in front of His Majesty. If you want to send me to the viewing platform, I will risk my life to peel off this layer of skin from your body. After His Majesty's thorough investigation, No one gets to eat anything good."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Haizhou's expression changed. He walked slowly to the table, sat back on the round stool, glared at Xia Yunhe with a pair of eagle eyes, put the food in his mouth, and suddenly put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Chen is just joking, why does Mr. Xia take it seriously?"
He stood up and poured wine for Xia Yunhe. Xia Yunhe held the rim of the glass with his hand, stood frozen for a moment, and pushed the glass over.
Chen Haizhou was stunned for a moment, then poured the wine with a smile, "This wine is pure in color and very strong. It has a similar personality to Mr. Xia. It seems weak, but in fact..."
He smiled and said: "I just want to make friends with Mr. Xia. If I want to get an official position, there is no need to hold a banquet here. Your Majesty's rewards are far more than those given by Wan Guifei. I am a rough man, regardless of party disputes, only loyal to Your Majesty... …”
Before Chen Haizhou finished speaking, Xia Yunhe cut him off and said, "Although Mr. Chen claims to serve Your Majesty, in fact he is constantly at odds with Concubine Wan Gui. How can Your Majesty not be suspicious?"
Chen Haizhou's eyes were sinister, and he took out a short knife with a strong threat, "Mr. Those who are tortured will be exempted from punishment."
Xia Yunhe's heart was bleeding, he clenched his fists, turned his head a few times, and sneered back, "Mr. Chen, aren't all the Ye Bu Shui of my Xia family under your control?"
Chen Haizhou was stunned. He sat back on the stool and remained silent. He turned the bamboo chopsticks in his hands a few times and wondered whether the reason Xia Yunhe asked Xu Zihuai to imitate the calligraphy was related to the fact that he didn't accept it at night. Perhaps what Xia Yunhe really wanted was to control Ye Bushou, so he asked, "Master Xia, do you want to go back?"
Xia Yunhe lowered his eyes and followed Ye Busuo's suggestion for the time being. He made a mental calculation. Ye Busuo came from the frontier outpost to facilitate the world, but it has been completely reduced so far. Years go by quickly, and armor flies by in a blink of an eye. If she can understand the system of the frontier army that does not hold back at night, it may be of great help to her.
"Your Majesty ordered me to provide pensions to the remaining soldiers of the Night Guard Army. I need a list of the soldiers who will stay at night without guarding the frontier troops."
Chen Haizhou sat up straight and asked, "What does Mr. Xia want to do?"
"I just want a list of soldiers who stay on the border at night."
Chen Haizhou frowned, "There is no war in the country, what do you want with this? Does Your Majesty know?"
"I'm just curious. I used to belong to the Xia family, but now I belong to Mr. Chen. I don't want to argue with you, sir. I just want to take a look at it, observe the history and know the rise and fall, and occasionally miss it. When I'm free, I sigh about the spring flowers and autumn moon, and the changes of things and the stars. Do you want to repay it? Your Majesty, please let Mr. Chen make your decision."
Chen Haizhou drank all the Qiu Lu and turned white without changing his expression, "Humph, Mr. Xia is deep in thought and has few words of truth, but Mr. Xia is so busy that Chen agreed. He just wants to make friends with Mr. Xia."
He looked at Sanniang, raised his head, and drew out his short knife, "This woman has heard a lot and needs to be killed."
With a pale face, Sanniang stumbled to Xia Yunhe's side, grabbed her lapel and begged for mercy, "Master Xia, I didn't mean to leak the secret. Please save me, Master Xia." As she said this, she kowtowed and saw Chen Haizhou walking back and forth with a knife. , screamed in fright, and shrank under the table. Blood was also smeared on the back of Xia Yunhe's hands.
Chen Haizhou said: "Treachery, the first rat has two ends, the wall grass has two ends..." He snorted, pointed the knife at Sanniang, and looked at Xia Yunhe, "Master Xia, this kind of person should be punished by everyone. "
Sanniang cried, Xia Yunhe covered his lips with his left hand, coughed twice, and covered Sanniang with the fox fur, "How many people can withstand Mr. Chen's methods? There are thousands of flowers, and people have all kinds of attitudes, so why do you need a sword? Ask."
…
Sanniang was wearing a fox fur, and Xia Yunhe supported her as she slowly walked out of the restaurant. Some people looked at her curiously, but Xia Yunhe ignored them. She was just worried about how to go back, when Zhenniang jumped out of the green cloth carriage on the street to say hello.
"Sir, are you okay?" She looked at Sanniang, who hid behind Xia Yunhe.
Xia Yunhe said: "Take her back."
Zhenniang nodded, helped Sanniang get into the carriage, grabbed Xia Yunhe's arm, pulled her aside, and whispered, "Master, is she that girl? I smell blood."
Xia Yunhe signaled her to be silent and whispered a few words into her ear. Zhen Niang frowned and relaxed, nodding frequently.
If Sanniang is left outside, she is really a variable. It is better to keep her by her side and keep an eye on her.
Chen Haizhou was there to deal with it in the restaurant, and no one dared to cause trouble for him.
She rubbed her hands together, covered her cheeks, and said, "Why are you waiting here?"
"Aren't you worried about the young master?" Zhenniang glanced at the carriage and patted her heart, "If I had known this, I would have bought more clothes."
During the conversation, a dried fruit suddenly hit Xia Yunhe. Zhenniang picked it up and looked at it, saying, "It's neem."
Xia Yunhe raised his head and looked around, and saw another fruit coming over. Zhen Niang stretched out her hand to grab it and pointed to the window on the second floor of Wuwei Building.
She looked in the direction Zhenniang pointed. The fourth prince was leaning against the window, smiling kindly at her with his lips raised.
