The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Chapter 96

The Poetry Ends, the Lights Dim, and the Sky Is Bright (3)

On Yaoyao ancient road, with luxuriant vegetation, two guards escorted a disheveled prisoner walking. The prisoner was shackled and stumbled in shackles. It was none other than Jiang Chengyu, the former Minister of Officials.

"I said, can you hurry up? Our two brothers are still waiting to go back to the capital early to warm up the kang with our wives and children in our arms!" A bearded guard stared at Jiang Chengyu with dissatisfaction, "Li Chao! Look at his ugly face! Isn’t it just exile? The Xu family beheaded the beheaded, the car cracked, and the chest was patted before he went to the execution ground, that’s the man!”

"Damn!" Jiang Chengyu said angrily, "What is old Xu Fujing?"

Li Chao frowned, and said with a sneer: "Jiang Chengyu, what are you? Even if you were an official secretary, you still ended up like this? Beggars are more comfortable than you! Xue Han, don't you think so?"

Jiang Chengyu sneered again and again: "I tell you! Even if I fall into peace today, the regent will take me back to the capital sooner or later! I am the number one military adviser of the regent's mansion, and the regent can't do without me. Listen carefully! I will serve you all the way It's appropriate to eat hot and drink spicy food, and I will have a good life for you in the future!"

Xue Han looked at Jiang Chengyu a few times, and couldn't help but taunted: "You look at my brothers! Can you go back to the capital? Unless the old sow can climb trees and the old hen can crow!"

"It's obvious at first glance that you are all rough people. In the officialdom, the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi are all uncertain..."

"That's natural, otherwise you, Jiang Chengyu, would never have imagined that I would be here waiting for you."

Like thunder, Jiang Chengyu looked at the person in front of him in disbelief: "Zhu Qizhen? Why are you here?"

Zhu Qizhen casually threw two bags of gold into the hands of Li Chao and Xue Han: "I am following the order of the regent to take Jiang Chengyu here. It's nothing to do with you two. Weigh these 20 taels of gold bars by yourself, don't be in a hurry When you go back to the capital, you can eat and play as you like. There is only one thing, keep your mouth shut. On the frontier, the regent has his own instructions."

Li Chao and Xue Han held the gold bar in their hands, their faces were full of excitement, and hurriedly said: "Young one understands. Little one understands."

"You guys take off the shackles and go, I'll have a few words with Jiang Chengyu."

When the two guards left excitedly, Jiang Chengyu moved his stiff and sore wrists, and lazily said: "I thought the regent would send Cheng Yu over, but I didn't think it would be you."

"Do you really think the regent sent me here?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up, and he pulled out a sharp sword and put it on Jiang Chengyu's neck, "You still don't understand who designed you?"

Jiang Chengyu never guarded against Zhu Qizhen's sudden change of face, his face turned pale with fright: "You, what are you going to do?"

"The murder case was a trap set by me, and the queen mother backed me up." Zhu Qizhen looked at Jiang Chengyu with a half-smile, and whispered in his ear, "I've hated you for a long time, you never thought about it, right?" , Zhu Qizhen, who has always been respectful in front of you and dare not even make a sound, will stab a knife in the back severely."

"The empress dowager has been dissatisfied with you for a long time, how could... how..." Jiang Chengyu broke out in cold sweat, trembling all over, and suddenly understood, "You and the empress dowager are acting! You are acting!"

"If you don't act, how can you let the regent and you relax on me, and how can you be easily hooked? You are also the number one military adviser in the regent's mansion? It really made me laugh out loud!"

Jiang Chengyu was startled and frightened, tried his best to calm the panic in his heart, glared at Zhu Qizhen angrily and said, "You want to kill me? How dare you? The Regent will not let you go!"

"I don't want to kill you, I just want to ask you a question." Zhu Qizhen looked coldly at Jiang Chengyu's bewildered eyes, and paused every word, "Is it the Prince Regent that you found out about and reported to Xiao Zhuyun? "

"How about it? How about not? Repay the debt, pay for the murder!"

Zhu Qizhen's sword was passed forward again, Jiang Chengyu was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand up, and kept begging for mercy: "Save your life under the sword! Save your life under the sword!"

"You also know that murder pays for life? How did Chuanzong die? How did Lu Ding'an die? How many people died in the bribery exam case? Can you afford to pay for your life?" In Zhu Qizhen's eyes, I don't know if it is intense regret , or deep resentment, or strong murderous intent and dripping pleasure, he gritted his teeth, as if raging anger burst out from his chest, "The so-called villain may best describe you!"

"You... what ability do you have..."

"Yes, I am indeed incompetent. If I had the ability, I would not lose my lineage. Do you think I am afraid that the regent will investigate? I am not the only one who wants to kill you? Can the regent find out? What's more, he has no Dare to investigate, because your death will not be considered revenge, but silence."

Jiang Chengyu was shocked, and exclaimed again and again: "You and the queen mother are in the same nest, your real plan is to deal with the regent!"

There was a slight smile on Zhu Qizhen's lips: "You know too much."

With a sound of "噗嗤", Jiang Chengyu looked at his chest subconsciously under the severe pain. The sword pierced through it firmly. Floating, like a desolate yellow leaf falling from a branch.

"you……"

"Jiang Chengyu, while you are staring at others, you need to know that there are also people staring at you. Every time you do something to harm someone, you must also understand that people are doing it, the sky is watching, and karma is never a threat. Lu Dingan's fault is that if the dog in the water doesn't fight, it will become a wolf. If I let you go, it will only make others suffer."

Zhu Qizhen stared coldly at Jiang Chengyu's distorted face due to severe pain, his eyes were extremely cold, like ice that would not melt for a thousand years: "I don't want to talk about the truth, between you and me, it is more a personal grievance. You killed Chuanzong, do you think I will end you so quickly? This knife is not a fatal wound. Every time your heart beats, it will be scratched on the blade, and the venom will seep in. I want you to keep in mind the key to life and death. The pain of struggling in the room, because every night when I toss and turn, this kind of pain will firmly occupy my heart."

Jiang Chengyu knelt down on the ground with a "plop", the venom was slowly invading his body, the severe pain came in and out from every inch of his body, as if thousands of thorns were pricking fiercely, however, accompanied by the indescribable pain What was excruciatingly painful was the instinctive desire to survive, which made him more sober, and naturally it became more and more unbearable.

"I beg you, hurry up, you kill me! You kill me!"

"I also want to be happy, but I'm not sorry for Chuanzong. Your pitiful eyes looking for survival really make me unbearable. If I hadn't seen your ugly faces before, maybe I would really sympathize with you. "Zhu Qizhen lazily took out a small knife, and stabbed Jiang Chengyu's eyes neatly, ignoring his howling like a pig, "At the beginning of human beings, nature is kind, but why, I can't see a trace of it from you. Kindness? Your eyes are born to be the slaves of ghosts and evil spirits. They help you kill people and make money for you. What's the use of keeping them?"

Jiang Chengyu twitched violently, his black lips partly parted due to poisoning: "Kill me...Kill me..."

Zhu Qizhen smiled slightly, and quickly cut off Jiang Chengyu's nose and ears: "It's easy to beg for death. But it's necessary to extinguish a burning heart that takes this situation as a play and hate as fuel." , but you can't."

Jiang Chengyu became weaker and weaker, his whole face was bloody and frightening, how could he look like a normal person?

Zhu Qizhen firmly fixed Jiang Chengyu's head with his left hand, and held a small knife in his right hand, slowly shaving off his lips: "People are born with a mouth, a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and a nose, for the purpose of speaking well." Speech, benevolence and kindness, but with you, it is all for self-interest at the expense of others. Lord Shangshu, you take this head and go to Hades to confess your mistakes."

The light of the knife flashed, and blood splattered everywhere.

Zhu Qizhen got up in a daze, looking at the wilderness around him, he laughed suddenly, as if he had exhausted all his strength.

"Chuanzong, I avenged you! Just wait, I will make all those who harmed you kneel before your spirit and repent before your spirit!"

On the cheeks, there were tears rolling down happily.He has never been so happy, even though, what came to his heart afterwards was intense grief and helpless loneliness.

A few days later, a bloody head hangs high on the east wall of the capital. However, the facial features are all cut off cruelly, and it is impossible to distinguish the original appearance.

A few days later, Jiang Chengyu's family, who was sent to the frontier, disappeared in a mudslide with no bones left.On the same day, a headless male corpse appeared in the mass grave. Strangely, the male corpse appeared there in a kneeling posture, as if praying and repenting.

Beginning on April [-]th in the third year of Qianyuan, continuous torrential rains enveloped the capital. The capital seemed to be immersed in heavy rain, and the common people became more and more panic-stricken.

In Yining Palace, Zhu Chengbi looked at the bean-sized raindrops hitting the white marble railing outside the palace, and the misty water vapor aroused made the scenery of Shengchun hazy and almost indistinguishable.

Zhu Xi offered a cup of rose almond cheese: "Empress Dowager, it was sent by Min Shangshi specially."

"It's raining so hard, it's hard for her to have such a heart." Zhu Chengbi took a chiseled silver spoon from Zhu Yu, took a spoon and tasted it slightly, "Heaven is angry, and some people have gone too far .”

Zhu Xi said in a low voice: "If I didn't feel hatred deeply, I wouldn't be so cruel."

"Cruel-hearted?" Zhu Chengbi sneered, "Cruel-hearted still has a heart, if you let go of your heart, then you will be truly ruthless."

"Is the empress dowager afraid?"

"With this kind of fear, it is natural to remind us from time to time that those who are supported by the Ai family will eventually turn against each other one day. The regent is the best proof." Zhu Chengbi slowly got up and dragged the three The gorgeous skirt, which was more than a foot long, brushed over the inch-thick brocade and red velvet carpet, like a gorgeous stream of clouds, "It's just that he did this to give Ai's family a convenience, and to kill chickens and monkeys. Now, those who are really in a hurry and restless And who should it be?"

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