People always think I'm a broken sleeve

The jailer didn't know what Su Bian liked.

I heard that in the past, he was a manly man and liked to raise male favorites in the mansion, but now, with Xuan Yue standing in front of Su Bian, Su Bian could turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye.

The current 'Zhuang Duxin', not to mention masculinity, is probably a stunning man standing in front of him with his clothes off, and he probably won't even look at it.

The jailer answered in a low voice, "I don't know..."

After the jailer finished speaking, Xuan Yue clicked his tongue.

——Sure enough, I don’t know.

Xuan Yue didn't ask any more questions, but the jailer suddenly fell into a strange silence as if he had discovered something suddenly.

and many more.

Madame... I don't like rouge, gouache, bracelets and jade pendants...

What does Lord Jiuqing like...

The jailer was silent.

From the emperor of Jin to the guards of the city gates, everyone in the court knew everyone. In this court, the only person who dared to show his face to Lord Guowei was Lord Jiuqing.

After Su Bian flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave the torture room, he turned back to his office with a dark face.

The evidence of Shi Wen's case is conclusive, and it is enough to interrogate the remaining details.After Su Bian ordered everything down, he thought of those ministers who had been dismissed and impeached earlier, and asked

An Heqing, who was standing in front of him, said, "Who are those ministers who are interrogating?"

An Heqing replied: "My lord, it is my lord Shaoqing."

Su Bian understood, so he didn't want to ask any more questions.

An Heqing stood in front of Su Bian and hesitated for a while, then hesitantly said: "Master Shaoqing's condition...seems to be not very good."

Su Bian raised his eyes, "Huh?"

An Heqing said tentatively: "Why don't you go and have a look, my lord?"

Su Bian's expression was cold: "What's the use of this official?"

Can he still make Qiu Qingxi happy?

An Heqing whispered: "But in Taiqing Courtyard, Master Shaoqing only listens to you alone..."

Su Bian frowned: "Really?"

How did he not find out?

An Heqing nodded quickly.

Su Bian stood where he was, frowning.

He didn't think Qiu Qingxi would change after he went to see her.

Su Bian looked up at An Heqing.

An Heqing's eyes were shining, and he looked at him with burning eyes, without blinking, looking hopeful.

Su Bian glanced at An Heqing, then looked away lightly.

Anyway, just to have a look.

Su Bian was silent for two seconds, and then asked, "Where is Master Shaoqing now?"

Knowing that Su Bian was moved by his words, An Heqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly replied: "My lord, Shaoqing is currently being interrogated in the torture room of the West Hall."

In order to separate himself from Xuanyue in the East Hall, he was locked in the torture chamber in the West Hall.

After listening, Su Bian put down the file in his hand, stepped out of the room, and walked in the direction of the West Hall in a leisurely manner.

An Heqing followed behind Su Bian, and headed for the West Hall together.

Arriving at the West Hall, before stepping into the torture room, the screams of the ministers in the torture room had already reached Su Bian's ears.

The miserable cry was heard in the ears along with the sharp whipping of the whip, which made people's backs shiver and tremble uncontrollably.Just listening to the sound is enough

Imagine how hard the executioner was.

Su Bian turned around and asked, "Are these ministers unwilling to recruit?"

Generally speaking, punishment is imposed only when the prisoner refuses to confess.

An Heqing looked at Su Bian and shook his head, "No..."

Su Bian: "That's why."

An Heqing shut his mouth, not daring to say any more.

Su Bian looked at An Heqing quietly for two seconds, then stepped into the execution room.

As soon as he stepped into the execution room, Su Bian froze.

In the punishment room, three or four ministers were firmly chained to the wall, unable to move.The bodies of several ministers were dripping with blood, covered with whip marks that showed deep bones, and the white prison uniforms were even more worn out.

It has been dyed blood red by blood.

Several ministers were dying and almost out of breath, but the executioner didn't stop moving, and continued to swing his whip vigorously.

And the person who committed the torture... was none other than Qiu Qingxi.

Qiu Qingxi has always adhered to the principle that if the prisoner hadn't gritted his teeth, he would not open his mouth at all.But this time, the ministers next to him shouted that they would recruit anything, as long as there was no punishment.

But Qiu Qingxi remained indifferent as if he hadn't heard it at all.

Qiu Qingxi had a dark face and swung his whip vigorously.

That appearance is no longer like extorting a confession, but like venting anger.

Su Bian stared at the scene in the execution room, slightly stunned.

This was the first time he saw Qiu Qingxi so out of control.

As soon as Su Bian appeared, all the ministers in the execution room seemed to have seen the dawn of hope, and shouted excitedly: "Lord Jiuqing, save this official! You can say anything, as long as you don't say anything wrong."

It’s fine for the officials to punish—”

The ministers shouted together, as if grasping at straws.

Qiu Qingxi at the side paused when he heard the word Jiuqing, and turned his head to look in Su Bian's direction.

At the same time, the movements of the hands also stopped.

Seeing that Qiu Qingxi finally stopped, the ministers next to him couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and felt that they were alive again.

And Chang Huai, who was among the ministers, glanced at Su Bian standing in the execution room, and clenched his fingers, full of hatred.

Chang Huai twitched the corner of his mouth sadly.

He had found a way to escape.

When he escaped, the first thing he wanted was the life of Zhuang Duxin——

Sensing Chang Huai's gaze, Su Bian paused slightly, raised his eyes, and looked in the direction of his gaze.

After seeing Chang Huai's gaze full of hatred and murderous intent, Su Bian looked back calmly.

It was as if he hadn't seen Chang Huai at all, and there was no reaction.

Being ignored by Su Bian, Chang Huai was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

If Chang Huai had a sword in his hand now, he would have stabbed him right away.

Whether it was before or now, this Zhuang Duxin will always make him feel uncomfortable!

On the other side, Qiu Qingxi cupped his hands, saluted, and called out respectfully: "Lord Jiuqing."

Su Bian hummed, and glanced at the ministers who could hardly hold back tears.

Qiu Qingxi's face was gloomy, and his eyes seemed to be insoluble ink.

Qiu Qingxi asked in a deep voice: "Why did Lord Jiuqing come here?"

Su Bian said calmly: "Master An said that Mr. Qiu was in a bad mood, so he asked me to come and have a look."

Hearing this, Qiu Qingxi looked coldly at An Heqing behind Su Bian.

An Heqing trembled, and immediately shrank behind Su Bian.

Su Bian glanced at the whip in Qiu Qingxi's hand, and said calmly: "If Mr. Shaoqing wants to punish, the prisoner must confess first. If he refuses to confess, he will punish again."

Qiu Qingxi stood on the spot, silent and silent.

But Su Bian didn't need Qiu Qingxi to reply.

Su Bian went on to say: "The case of Feng Cheng will be handed over to Mr. Qiu to deal with it."

After all, turn around and leave.

Seeing this, Qiu Qingxi was taken aback.

Qiu Qingxi subconsciously said: "Master Zhuang, is there anything else you want to say?"

After beating these ministers into such a state, Qiu Qingxi thought that Su Bian would definitely say something when he saw such a scene.

However, Su Bian didn't say anything to his surprise.

Su Bian paused and turned around: "Who is Master Qiu referring to?"

Qiu Qingxi was silent for two seconds, and said: "Seeing such a scene, Mr. Zhuang has nothing to say."

Su Bian said without hesitation, "No."

Qiu Qingxi: "..."

Su Bian knew what Qiu Qingxi was referring to, but unfortunately, the word sympathy did not exist in his dictionary.

Moreover, these ministers are people who are about to die, and it makes no difference if they die early or late.

It's just that the former is a little bit painful.

Somehow, Su Bian's unexpected answer made Qiu Qingxi's gloom and gloom disappear all of a sudden.

Qiu Qingxi looked at Su Bian and lost the desire to continue fighting.

Even, just looking at Su Bian like this now, Qiu Qingxi couldn't help feeling that the way he vented his hatred just now was extremely childish.

Qiu Qingxi threw away the whip in his hand without saying a word, then looked at Su Bian, and asked, "...What is Mr. Zhuang planning to do later?"

Su Bian was inexplicable: "Huh?"

Qiu Qingxi looked away, and said somewhat unnaturally: "Your official...want...to go for a walk with Mr. Zhuang."

Su Bian raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised.

An Heqing looked at Qiu Qingxi whose expression and appearance suddenly changed, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, it was really different when Lord Jiuqing stepped out.

Before persuading him, Qiu Qingxi stopped.

Su Bian looked at Qiu Qingxi's abnormal appearance, and he didn't ask any more questions as he was always lacking in curiosity, he just said: "Then Master Qiu will send me a way."

Qiu Qingxi was puzzled: "Huh?"

Su Bian: "I'm just about to go back home."

Qiu Qingxi asked subconsciously: "What about the affairs in Taiqing's courtyard?"

Su Bian did not hesitate: "Isn't Master Qiu here?"

Qiu Qingxi: "..."

Qiu Qingxi was silent for two seconds.

Two seconds later, Qiu Qingxi found his voice again.

Qiu Qingxi couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said, "Master Zhuang, do you dare to stay in the Taiqing Court for an extra hour?"

Su Bian: "Don't dare."

Qiu Qingxi: "..."

Obviously, as the nine ministers of the Taiqing Academy, he happens to be the person who is most avoided by the Taiqing Academy.If this word spreads out, I'm afraid it will make other ministers laugh out loud.

If the other ministers took the position of Jiuqing, they would wish to stay in the Taiqing courtyard every day, for fear that Qiu Qingxi, the young minister of the Taiqing courtyard, would seize power so calmly and hold himself aloof.

already.

But Su Bian was fine, he wished Qiu Qingxi could take him off, and it was best not to let him do anything.

——It would be best not to let him in even the Taiqing Academy.

Qiu Qingxi's face turned dark all of a sudden.

The dark and negative emotions that were caused by finding out that I had held grudges against the wrong person in the past eight years, now completely disappeared without a trace.

Or in other words, he was so angry that he forgot about it.

The two left the Taiqing Court one after the other.

Su Bian never talked much, Qiu Qingxi was about to say something, but was so angry at Su Bian's reply just now that he didn't want to speak at all.

The two of them walked forward without saying a word.

Halfway through, Qiu Qingxi finally couldn't hold back: "Is it possible that there are wolves, wolves, tigers and leopards in Taiqing's courtyard, so that Mr. Zhuang can't avoid them so much? You won't even stay for an hour longer?"

Su Bian understated: "Isn't Master Qiu here?"

Qiu Qingxi: "What if the lower officials are not here?"

Su Bian: "Then wait for Lord Qiu to appear."

Qiu Qingxi: "..."

A vein twitched on Qiu Qingxi's forehead.

Qiu Qingxi: "What if the next official resigns?"

Su Bian did not hesitate: "I do not agree."

If Qiu Qingxi resigned, wouldn't the affairs of the Taiqing Court fall to him?

Su Bian cut off Qiu Qingxi without hesitation, Qiu Qingxi was taken aback for a moment, a little surprised, and then his face blushed slightly.

Qiu Qingxi's face was pale red, his eyes wandered, and he coughed awkwardly.

Qiu Qingxi stopped talking, and after a while, Su Bian said, "Master Qiu is in a better mood?"

Qiu Qingxi was taken aback.

That's right, even An Heqing noticed that he was so abnormal, so how could he not see it.

Qiu Qingxi remained silent, waiting for Su Bian's next words.

However, Qiu Qingxi waited for a while, but did not wait for Su Bian to speak again.

So, Qiu Qingxi took the initiative to speak.

Qiu Qingxi was silent, and said slowly: "Eight years ago... the parents of the Xiaguan died in Huai'an."

The secret buried in his heart for many years was slowly revealed, Qiu Qingxi struggled to speak, and his voice gradually became hoarse.

Su Bian paused, and said lightly, "My condolences."

Su Bian has always been indifferent to family affection, so apart from these two words, he couldn't find anything else to say.

Qiu Qingxi twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.

Su Bian's indifferent attitude made Qiu Qingxi feel a lot more relaxed. If Su Bian came to comfort him, it might make Qiu Qingxi unable to continue talking.

Qiu Qingxi continued slowly: "Xiaguan was only twelve years old at the time, and he accompanied his mother and father who were handicapped to visit relatives in Xuzhou. They happened to pass by Huai'an on the way.

At that time, after three consecutive days of driving, my parents had trouble with their legs and feet, so they leaned against the side of the road to rest for a while.Seeing that his mother was panting after sitting down, Xiaguan wanted to find some water to relieve her.

thirsty.

Unexpectedly, they went back and forth, and there were only two corpses that were still warm. "

Having said that, Qiu Qingxi couldn't help chuckling.

It's just that there is no smile in the eyes.

Qiu Qingxi smiled, "When the official was heartbroken, a passer-by happened to pass by. The passer-by told the official that a group of luxuriously dressed people passed by on horseback just now, and they seemed to have killed someone.

With blood.The leader of them, wearing a purple robe, looked particularly frightening.

When the subordinate officials heard this, they decided to go to the Yamen to report to the officials.

Originally, he planned to let the yamen send arresters to catch the prisoner, but when he arrived at the yamen, the county magistrate hadn't seen him yet, but he saw Mr. Guowei in a purple robe and luxurious clothes.

What happened next... Mr. Zhuang should be able to guess. "

Qiu Qingxi twitched the corners of his mouth in self-deprecating manner.

Qiu Qingxi sneered: "In order to avenge Lord Lieutenant Guo, this official has painstakingly planned for many years, went to Beijing to test his fame, became an official in the court, and climbed all the way to the position of Shaoqing... However, now

Now, the bandits in Huai'an told Xiaguan that Xiaguan had found the wrong person in the past eight years.

The lower official claims to be smart, but in fact he is extremely stupid.Even enemies can admit their mistakes.It's ridiculous. "

For the past eight years, I have gritted my teeth at Xuan Yue, hating him, but in fact Xuan Yue has nothing to do with him at all.

His so-called hatred is nothing but self-indulgence.

Thinking of this, Qiu Qingxi felt that she was ridiculous to the extreme.

When Su Bian heard this, he almost understood the general idea.

Su Bian said expressionlessly, "It's expensive and purple robes, so it's not surprising that you would admit your mistake. I have been to the mountain stronghold of those bandits, and it is very hidden. Ordinary people can't find it at all."

Qiu Qingxi: "Your Excellency, there is no need to comfort the subordinate..."

Qiu Qingxi was interrupted only halfway through his words.

Su Bian said indifferently: "Why should I comfort Mr. Qiu?"

Qiu Qing's voice froze.

Without waiting for Qiu Qingxi to reply, Su Bian said lightly, "If Master Qiu is going to be extremely stupid, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who are smart."

Su Bian's voice was understated, and someone else would definitely think it was flattery.

However, it was Su Bian who said this.

Qiu Qingxi was stunned, and his face couldn't help but slowly heat up.

Su Bian continued: "I forgot to tell Mr. Qiu one thing."

Qiu Qingxi raised his eyes to look at Su Bian, his face full of confusion.

Su Bian continued unhurriedly: "Guo Wei has long known who the real culprit is."

Qiu Qingxi immediately subconsciously asked: "Then why not..."

Like a prophet, Su Bian knew what Qiu Qingxi was going to ask after Qiu Qingxi had only spoken halfway.

Su Bian cut off Qiu Qingxi again: "I don't know."

Qiu Qingxi was speechless.

Indeed, what Xuan Yue was thinking... who knows.

At this time, the two of them happened to have reached Donghua Gate.

Su Bian stood still at the Donghua Gate, and said calmly: "We clearly know the real murderer, but never say it. His temper is extremely bad."

Fortunately, he went to Huai'an to handle the case in order to repay his life-saving grace. Unexpectedly, Xuan Yue knew who the real culprit was, but he never said it!

It’s fine if you don’t say anything, but you still ran to Huai’an——

Thinking of this, the veins on Su Bian's forehead twitched.

Su Bian had a cold face and said in an unhappy tone, "If Lord Qiu really seeks revenge from the Guowei, he really deserves it."

Qiu Qingxi was startled again.

Without waiting for Qiu Qingxi's response, Su Bian got on the sedan chair and left.

Jue Jue's back showed that Su Bian's words just now were not meant to 'comfort' Qiu Qingxi.

Qiu Qingxi stared at the direction where Su Bian was leaving, and was in a daze for a while.

After a while, Qiu Qingxi slowly covered his gradually flushed face.

He clearly doesn't like men at all...