Zhen Suhang tried to smooth things over: "There's no need to dwell on this now. The road ahead is bright, and we'll soon get through it."

Gu Yue nodded.

Regarding the Taoist's words...he had some new ideas.

Previously, he had asked Zhensuhang which city he was from, and the name Zhensuhang was a fictitious place name, which was the ABC city commonly seen in novels. But when he was in Chanzhou, the Taoist priest asked him what the name of the capital in his memory was, but he couldn't remember it.

Is he a character in a book, or does the book not exist?

All of this is half true and half false, both real and illusory. Perhaps the so-called previous life is just an illusion.

There is no need to worry about it.

"Indeed." Gu Yue smiled, "After all, now Xiao Xu is going to get his revenge, and we are finally together again. Isn't that right?"

He smiled and shook Gu Xu's hand.

Gu Xu looked at him for a long while, finally his brows relaxed and he sighed.

He smiled: "That's right."

……

Heaven Prison.

Northern Qin was in a period of prosperity, with peace and prosperity, and the people were well off. However, this sky prison, which held serious criminals, was always deserted and covered with dust.

Now it's lively.

"The Su family was imprisoned a while ago, and now there's the Jing family. Fortunately, the prison is big enough, otherwise it wouldn't be able to accommodate so many people." The jailer whispered.

Another jailer chuckled, "I never thought that the two great families of Wen and Wu, who were once high and mighty, would fall to this state, and they are under our control. I can't imagine it."

When the jailer heard this, he quickly advised, "Brother, don't have any evil thoughts. Who knows what kind of power is behind this family? Su Muying is still out there. If he is rescued one day, we two small officials will be crushed to death with just one finger."

"...Brother is right. I got carried away for a moment." The other jailer quickly restrained himself.

The two of them whispered to each other for a while.

The jailer who had just gotten carried away with pride said again: "Such a big family has been taken down. It seems that things are going to change outside..."

The jailer said, "Why do you care so much? We just need to do our job well and adapt to the situation...Even eight hundred emperors can't punish us."

There was a man sitting in a corner. He smiled when he heard this and said, "That's right."

"Sir." The two jailers became obedient.

The man said, "You're welcome. I'm just a minor official. I rely on you two to make things easier for me in this prison."

The two jailers waved their hands and said they dared not.

……

Deep inside the cell.

Su Muyu sat upright on a straw mat, his hair greasy and disheveled, but his face still looked dignified.

But his wife had already seen that he was feeling uneasy.

"When will uncle come to rescue us?" the Su family members crowded together behind him asked again.

"He will come." Su Muyu said lightly.

Old Master Su closed his eyes and said nothing.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, how far has Uncle really gone?" A young-looking man in the crowd rushed in front of Old Master Su, his eyes bloodshot: "Will he come to save us? Will we die?"

There was a slight sobbing sound in the cell.

"Shut up!" Su Muyu suddenly roared fiercely, "What's the point of asking him! If he hadn't told Gu Xu everything that happened back then, how could our family have fallen into the situation we are in today!"

"How can you talk to the old man like that!" someone shouted from the cell opposite where the women of the Su family were imprisoned.

"This old man is the one who killed us. If anyone wants to chop off heads, he will be the first one to go!" Su Muyu yelled, "You deserve it, you deserve it!!"

Old Master Su opened his eyes.

He looked at his second son, whose temperament had changed drastically in the past few days, and sighed slightly: "It's time to atone for your sins."

"Atonement?!" Su Muyu said, "Back then, it was you and my elder brother who planned to kill Su Huaiyue. If anyone had to die, it would be Su Muying who died first. How could it be my turn! And you——"

He grabbed Old Master Su's collar, his face grim: "Since you gave up Su Huaiyue, why do you side with Gu Xu! You are a traitor..."

Someone rushed up and slapped him.

This is the illegitimate son of Old Master Su: "Second brother, you are too presumptuous, this is Dad!"

The prison was in chaos.

In the outer cell, about three or four cells away, Jing Shu, the head of the Jing family, sat dejectedly, with noisy and angry voices in his ears. Jing Shu was covered with wounds, and although he fought hard when the government troops arrested him, he was still put in shackles.

Jingcun said coldly: "It starts again."

Jing Shu said: "Why bother with them? The evidence is solid for their crimes...but our Jing family..."

He grasped the bars of the cell and looked across.

His wife was at a loss and was leaning against the wall looking at him.

Jingsang and Jingyu are not in prison.

These two evil girls!

Jing Shu was so angry that his heart ached.

He naturally didn't believe Jing Sang had the ability to assassinate the prince, and she had no reason to do so. The only explanation was that someone had tricked the Jing family, and that's how it ended up!

And this person must be the prince!

Before he ascended the throne, he was eager to pull down the two great families of civil and military at once. The shock in the court was probably enough to make this bitch drink a pot. Jing Sang... It was true that a girl cannot be kept when she grows up. She became a daughter who married out, and she actually helped outsiders to harm her family members!

Jing Shu's cheeks flushed with anger and he clutched the railing tightly.

He wanted to escape and send a letter to his own people!

However, under the current circumstances, who would be willing to take the risk and obey his orders?

There was despair in Jing Shu's eyes.

Jingwen, the second son of the Jing family, asked Jingcun, who was frowning beside him, "Third brother, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this incident was a frame-up. Are we going to fall into the trap like this?"

Jingcun said: "There is no better solution now."

When Jing's house was ransacked, he received an order from the prince to return home to get some unimportant things. At that time, the prince's attitude seemed very strange.

Besides...

Jing Shu heard the two people talking behind him and immediately turned around: "Jing Cun! You don't have a good relationship with the prince, why would he want to harm our Jing family?"

Jingcun was very calm.

He asked, "Father, why do you think it was the prince who harmed the Jing family?"

"Once the assassination happened and the emperor died, the crown prince would be the biggest beneficiary." Jing Shu sneered, "If it's not him, who else could it be? Who could sneak into the East Palace and approach the emperor in the name of the crown princess? Only he, Qin Zhaoyue, could do it!"

Jingcun pondered for a moment: "No, in my opinion... since the day of the prince's wedding, something has been wrong with him."

"What's wrong?" Jingwen asked quickly.

"He is gradually transferring me away from the core, and I get to see him less and less." Jingcun said.

"That's a sign that he's going to settle the score later, you idiot!" Jing Shu cursed.

"No." Jingcun shook his head, "He... is very unusual. This prince is different from before."

His voice was not loud, but the news he brought out shocked people.

"I suspect that this prince is not Qin Zhaoyue himself."

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