Rebellious officials bow their heads

He Liancheng raised his eyebrows, "It depends on what kind of Foluosan you want, it seems to be for you, it is completely refined Gu poison, besides, there are many semi-finished products. What will happen is unknown.”

Xie Linze said lightly, "It's just right."

"Tsk tsk, I don't think it will be used, he's going to die." He Liancheng was speechless, he couldn't be more clear about the effect on Frosan, it seems that Qingci's end will be quite tragic, he turned his head and waved his opponent.

After a while, the guard who hurried in was another person, and said to He Liancheng in a panic and anxiously: "Your Majesty, something happened. An avalanche occurred in Mocheng, and most of the village was buried. I don't know how many people have been injured yet!"

Mo City is separated from Wang City by five or six cities. The terrain is dangerous and the climate is dangerous. If there is a snow disaster, thousands of people may die.

The atmosphere in the room froze, and He Liancheng's face changed suddenly. He strode out, "First send the troops stationed outside the king's city to rescue."

Halfway through, he turned his head to look at Xie Linze and the others, "It happened suddenly, I'm going to Mocheng, you..."

Now that Fei Lianshu had seen Xie Linze, he would try every means to get rid of Da Zhaoxuan and the emperor. If He Liancheng pulled away and left in this situation, the other party would definitely have no scruples.

"I'll arrange the affairs of the king's capital first. It's estimated that it will take at least half a month to come back from this snowstorm. I will send troops to patrol the palace. When the witch doctor refines Folosan and cleans up the remaining poison, I will naturally send you off. Leave Beiluo."

Speaking of this, He Liancheng showed a little smile, "No matter what Fei Lianshu is, I never hope that there will be another war between Beirao and Dazhao. Beirao is located in a cold and remote place, and natural disasters have already consumed too much. There is a saying in the Central Plains that says, 'The order and chaos of the world does not lie in the rise and fall of a family name, but in the joy and sorrow of all people'. As monarchs, you and I should be like this."

Xie Linze understood what he meant, nodded and said, "The same goes for Dazhao."

After He Liancheng left, Ji Han looked at Qing Ci on the ground, who seemed to have lost consciousness due to excessive bleeding, "Did Pang Qing be arrested by him?"

Xie Linze said, "Bring ice water and splash him awake for interrogation."

Xu Yan clenched the handle of the knife tightly. In fact, he wanted to directly kill Qing Ci who had done countless crimes, but Pang Qing could not live without Pang Qing in the frontier.

He turned his eyes and looked at Xie Linze beside him, but found that the other person's figure was shaking, and his feet were almost unsteady, so he hurriedly supported his man, "Linze?"

Xie Linze's eyes were a little blurry, he blinked, and the surroundings became clear again, he raised his hand and pressed his forehead, and said wearily: "I'm just a little tired."

"Just now in the slaughterhouse, you should hand him over to me." Xu Yan looked at him, worried about the poison left in his body, "You haven't recovered yet."

"Don't worry, I'm not injured, everything is over." Xie Linze smiled slightly.

A few Beiluo guards came in outside the door, and simply bandaged the dying Qingci. After the bleeding stopped, they tied him to a wooden frame, and poured buckets of ice water from head to toe.

The three of Xie Linze sat opposite each other, waiting for him to wake up.

After a few breaths, Qingci opened his eyelashes under the stimulation of the icy water that hit the bone marrow. He was so embarrassed that he lowered his head deeply, and the water dripped down his pale chin.

"Tell me Pang Qing's whereabouts." Xie Linze said coldly, "Why did you arrest him?"

Qingci was silent as if he was not breathing. It took him a while to regain consciousness, and he pulled the corner of his mouth, "If I say so, can I still live?"

Ji Han made no secret of his hypocrisy, and said, "If you are willing to tell his whereabouts, at least you can save your life today."

After a pause, Qingci raised his head and looked in Xie Linze's direction, "I want to talk to you alone."

Before Xie Linze could answer, Xu Yan raised his hand to make a gesture, and the guard immediately punched Qing Ci hard in the abdomen, causing him to cough painfully.

In Xie Linze's memory, it was the first time that the other party was at such a disadvantage. It can be said that it was a crushing defeat.

He obviously wanted to rasp his bones and ashes about Qing Ci, but now that his long-cherished wish has been rewarded for many years, he felt extremely tired at this moment, "I will ask you one last time—where is Pang Qing?"

Qingci didn't answer.

Xie Linze pointed to the box on the table to the guard, and the guard obeyed the command, picked up the box and walked towards Qingci.

What was put inside was nothing but a tiny scarlet Gu worm.

Qingci's face remained unchanged, he quietly looked at the Gu worm in front of his eyes, his eyes turned, looked at Xie Linze who was on the other side, and smiled.

The whole room was extremely quiet, the guard cut his wrist, and the Gu worm, smelling the smell of blood, immediately writhed continuously, buried its head into the wound along the skin, and disappeared under the flesh and blood.

Qingci lowered her head, her disheveled hair covered her expression, and her whole body was trembling.

Xie Linze knew that it would be very painful for those who were bewitched during this process, and some would even be unable to survive and die halfway.

He felt that the room was very cold, and his hands and feet were a little stiff. The picture in front of him stimulated his long but deep memory, and his eyeballs were stinging. He never looked away.

Gradually, Qing Ci raised his head inch by inch, and Xie Linze realized that the reason why he was trembling was not because of pain, he was laughing violently.

The laughter spilled from the corners of his lips, full of madness, and expanded to echo throughout the room, "It turns out... So that's what Frost tastes like..."

Xie Linze's pupils shrank slightly, believing that the other party was completely insane, so he stopped looking, stood up and walked out quickly.

Qingci fell to the ground, his face was flushed, big beads of sweat fell down, and the veins on his forehead were tense, but he was still smiling, but he never took his eyes off, staring at Xie Linze's figure as he left the stone room.

After a while, that smile gradually dissipated, and in a blur of consciousness, the memory in his mind went back, and he returned to the gorgeous and cold palace.

At that time, Emperor Zhaowu was alive, and Xie Linze was still His Highness the Crown Prince, sitting in the study with his head down, holding a wolf hair in his hand, quietly writing the test paper.

For Qing Ci, that memory was too long, he only knew clearly that he was sitting next to the prince, there was a Guqin that needed to be tuned on the table, and at the top of the hall was Emperor Zhaode who was reviewing the memorials.

Surrounding them are exquisite window lattices, large swathes of bright sunlight fall in, and tiny spots of light are shining and jumping, drowning the silhouettes of the two people.

After a while, a woman in a beautiful dress walked in, but she didn't come forward, but she seemed to have seen some kind of scourge, and her voice stopped abruptly in front of Emperor Zhaode's words.

Qing Ci knew that it was Empress Hui Jin who came, so he didn't look up, and he also knew how disgusted the other party was looking at him.

Empress Huijin was silent for a while, then continued to talk to Emperor Zhaode, the light and shadow were disturbed as she walked, and the clusters of peonies on the skirt were a little blurred in the light.

She turned a blind eye to discussing the affairs of Ji's family, and before leaving, her voice came over condescendingly: "Seeing that there is no ink in the inkstone, Qingci will grind ink for the prince."

It was clear in the words that he was ordering his subordinates, Qingci did not hesitate, and replied yes, the movement was not too fast, and the finger moved from the strings to the inkstone, and Emperor Zhaode above did not stop it during the process.

At this moment, the inkstone was easily taken away by the other hand.

Qing Ci was startled, and looked up.

Xie Linze didn't look up, his eyes were still on the test paper, he rubbed the ink and continued to write the test paper.

After Queen Huijin left, he met Qingci's gaze, squinted his eyes and smiled narrowly, and stretched out his hand to jingle the strings.

That smile appeared golden in the sunlight, his pupils were transparent and clear like glass beads, and even his long eyelashes were glowing with fragments, his face seemed to be covered with mist and veil.

Until Xie Linze turned his head, Qing Ci was still in a daze.

He couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, he was willing that time would stop at this moment forever, and murmured involuntarily: "Aze..."

However, after uttering these two words, the picture in front of him suddenly collapsed, and the light and shadow flowed rapidly again. The severe pain from Foluo dragged him back to the present world, and everything was wiped out and separated by the sky.

He finally realized the pain that Xie Linze had endured at that time, but he didn't show any regret at all. He just sat on the cold and wet ground, mocking someone, laughing so hard that he almost shed tears.

Outside the stone room, the window pavilion in the corridor fell into a large area of ​​light. Xie Linze hadn't walked a certain distance when his wrist was pulled by the person behind him. He turned around with his strength and fell into Xu Yan's warm arms.

Xie Linze raised his arms to hug him, and put his face on his shoulder, "Xu Yan."

"Yeah." The man responded, "Did he remind you of the past?"

Xie Linze frowned tightly. Standing here, he could no longer hear Qing Ci's laughter, but the darkness that followed him seemed to come back again, like a deep prison, only Xu Yan's embrace reminded him that everything was over.

Xu Yan clearly knew that Qingci was a thorn in his heart, so he held his shoulder and looked at him, "Tell me, if it wasn't for Pang Qing, would you have killed Qingci?"

Xie Linze calmed down, with complicated eyes, "I will not show mercy, and Qing Ci has been doing the same until now. There is no room for him and me. However, at this moment, I no longer want to ask about his life or death." gone."

"He did such evil deeds, and every time he confronted you, he used many excuses to cover it up and stepped on your weakness to win. Don't you want to kill him yourself?"

Xu Yan's words were like a sharp steel knife, coming towards him, there was nowhere to avoid it.

Xie Linze's Adam's apple twitched awkwardly, "I used to think about killing him all the time in Taixuan Palace, but now, I have been able to control his life and death, but I don't have such thoughts at all..."

He paused, then laughed helplessly at himself, "Now... I just want to forget about the past."

Seeing him like this, Xu Yan's heart ached, and a soreness rose from his chest, and he stretched out his hand to hug Xie Linze tightly in his arms.

The once warm and beautiful has long been wiped away by the bloody betrayal, the past is too dark, it is better to throw it away.

Xu Yanfu whispered in his ear, "You're right, Linze, those things related to Qingci should have been forgotten long ago. When Ji Han's interrogation comes out, I will kill Qingci, and his bones and everything will be destroyed." bury."

Xie Linze's eyes reflected the silhouette of the other party, and he nodded for a moment.

"Okay, let's go." Xu Yan turned his face and kissed the corner of the other's lips.

Xie Linze took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and patted Xu Yan's arm, "How can you leave if you don't let go?"

However, unexpectedly, Xu Yan hugged him directly in his arms. Xie Linze's eyes widened in astonishment, and he unconsciously hooked his neck to prevent him from falling. what you do?"

Xu Yanyan made a move and messed up the hair of the man in his arms, "I don't want to let go."

Xu Yan hugged him involuntarily, walked around the corridor, and the two of them returned to their residence. Xie Linze lay down on the blanket on the bed. He had exhausted all his energy in the slaughterhouse today, and felt his bones were sore all of a sudden. He couldn't help it Feeling drowsy, he grabbed Xu Yan's sleeve robe, "I'll sleep for a while, and wake me up in an hour."

Xu Yan nodded. He sat beside him motionless, watching him fall into a deep sleep, his eyelashes trembling slightly with his breathing.

Two hours later, news came from Ji Han.