The villain is being forced to whitewash again

In the eyes of worried people, nights are always particularly long. You know, birds, the sound of water droplets is particularly obvious, even if you cover your head and ears with pillows, it can’t be blocked, as if there is a voice slowly swinging in your head, Remind you from time to time how much is left in the next night.

Zhao Yuan really couldn't sleep well. What happened to Ling Qingshan made him have a headache. When he got up from the bed and sat on it, he couldn't remember what he was going to do when he got up. a chair and nothing else.

A plain teapot was on the table, and he got up from the bed and poured a cup. It felt cool, and his stomach suddenly groaned and groaned uncomfortably. It was scooped from the well where the corpse had been soaked.

Putting down the water glass in his hand, he immediately eliminated the last second's thought of preparing to take another sip, but when he sat still on the chair, the air became silent again, and it was a silence that made it difficult to fall asleep.

This night, he recalled many past events, some were vague, some were too clear to make people feel uneasy, his father used to force him to write a letter every month when he went home, and he had to write a few letters when he had nothing to say. I gradually got used to it, and even if I didn’t have a chance to send it later, I would subconsciously write one and put it in the drawer. When I read it after a while, I felt that the troubles that seemed to be so big and difficult at that time were very funny.

After touching my body, I suddenly remembered that I couldn't write the letter without a pen and paper, so I had to give up again.

Sitting for too long, but the night is still exaggeratedly long, so I put on a coat and go outside on the roof, maybe I will soon get tired of looking at the same stars.

Climbing up to the roof, the air became much colder. A gust of hot wind blew, and his clothes stuck to his body. He let out a breath, and approached a nearby tree that was too proud to block the wind. As he got closer, he suddenly noticed a person in the shadows.

"Qin Shi?" He didn't know why Qin Shi appeared on his roof, and it was still in the middle of the night, "You...are you looking for something to discuss with me?"

"What do you want to come up for?" "I...I couldn't sleep, so I came up to blow some air." "Are you worried about tomorrow?"

He sighed, "...To be honest, I really don't want to admit it. It seems that I am obedient and can't accomplish great things, but it is true, how about you?" Qin Shi raised his head and pointed at the sky, "I'm going to see the stars. "

Oh, the stars, he just now saw the sky full of stars, so many that it seemed that a full basket had been dumped on it, and he couldn't sweep it away with a broom. He also sat in the shadow of the leaves, looking at the sky like this. Each star is brighter.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a view." "You can see it anytime you just look up." Way to go home and have a look."

"...Oh, I'm sorry, it's fine for you to be here alone." He suddenly realized that he had said too many complaints that didn't suit the atmosphere, which disturbed what should have been a quiet night, and he grabbed the slack that was about to fall from his body. Overcoat, stood up awkwardly, "I'd better leave now."

"It's okay, it's not something that can't be said, I sometimes get entangled in these things." Qin Shi stretched out his hand and flicked the shapes of several stars in mid-air with his fingers, "That one is the North Star, no matter where You can see her everywhere, she'll never go away, but it doesn't look as bright as where I used to live."

"It's a pity that you and I didn't live in the same era. The night at that time must be more beautiful than it is now. If you have the opportunity to go back, would you go back?" "Impossible, even if I go back to 100 years ago, I can't go back." Yes." Qin Shi slowly put down his hand, the expression on his face could not be seen clearly in the darkness and moonlight.

"And I advise you not to think about living in the same era." "Why?" "Because there will be a scary old man there. When he sees people with strange bones, his eyes will shine, and he will be abducted secretly as a pawn for him." Cows are used as horses." Qin Shi made a troubled grimace, which made Zhao Yuan laugh out loud.

"Is he here too?" "Sometimes I wish he was here. Although it's a bit noisy, it won't be boring like this. There isn't even a single person who knows what I used to be."

Zhao Yuan looked at Qin Shi's side face, they were so close that they were almost within reach, but he felt that there were thousands of mountains and rivers between them, and the other party's sight seemed to have drifted to a place that no one could imagine ...

"Do you believe that I can hold that star in my hand?" Zhao Yuan said suddenly, "What?" "It's the North Star." "It's impossible." "Then open your eyes and see." Yuan measured the width and length of the Polaris with his fingers, grabbed her with all his might but couldn't get hold of it, hissed softly, opened his palm to face her and stood still for a few seconds, then grabbed her violently, shaking it uncontrollably Go, as if there really is a North Star hiding in the palm of your hand that is trying to escape.

He blew on that fist, and the uncontrollable fist immediately stopped moving, "It seems that she is finally being honest." When he let go, a clean pearl lay quietly in the palm of his hand.

"What a beautiful hand." Touching the broad bean-sized pearl with his fingers, Qin Shi asked, "How did you do it? I didn't even see the pearl slipping out of your sleeve just now."

"That's not a pearl, and I didn't slip her out of my sleeve." Zhao Yuan said, "It was plucked from the sky, the North Star of your hometown, and now I will return her, so that you will have a pearl by your side." Someone who knows what you used to be."

Qin Shi didn't speak, is he angry?Was it because his consolation sounded so stupid?Zhao Yuan couldn't help being a little embarrassed and deeply frustrated, he knew he shouldn't do something stupid, "I... I'm a little sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."

"Wait." Qin Shi suddenly stopped him, the pearl dangled gently in his hand, under the moonlight it looked like a shining real star, just like those eyes, "Thank you for your gift."

"Well...no...you're welcome."

Back in the simple room, the matter of Ling Qingshan still bothered him, the bed was still so small and hard, but it suddenly became no big deal, suddenly felt a little hungry, got up from the bed again, and prepared to use a The rich breakfast on the table fills up the empty stomach.

The wind is blowing more and more hot, and it will not be long before the darkness will end, and the light will rise, and it will be a brand new day.

-

At dawn the next day, the martial arts masters of Shaolin Temple gathered together one after another. They didn't even need to count the number of people, basically everyone who should come came.

It's not that they are so courageous that they are fearless, but that they are already stuck in the mire and can't extricate themselves, and they saw two early birds being shot, so they can only resign themselves to their fate, praying dejectedly that they won't get caught in the fire next time.

But there was only one key person missing in this group of people——Yue Qiong. They waited at the same place for at least half an hour, but there was still no one, as if they had already sneaked away.

Zhao Yuan frowned, he didn't quite believe that Yueqiong would be so timid and fearful, he knew her personality very well, too self-confidence had become conceited, she would not run away in embarrassment before the end of the road, but Why hasn't it appeared yet?What the hell are you trying to do again?

He decided to find a person in charge to understand the situation, and here, the person with the most authority in charge is undoubtedly the abbot of Shaolin Temple.

"Where is Yueqiong, why didn't she come?"

The abbot replied cautiously: "I have notified yesterday, and I don't know why she hasn't come yet."

Hearing what the abbot said, Yueqiong must have not left the Shaolin Temple. Since this is the case, it seems that she was delaying time to find a solution. It gave her a great sense of crisis.

"Okay, since she doesn't dare to come, then I'll go to the room and ask her to come out. I'll see how long she will hide with some messy excuses."

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded coldly.

"Don't bother you, I'm already here."

Everyone looked back and saw that it was Yueqiong. Her brows were full of grace, she was not as weak as she showed yesterday, she was healthy as if she had never had any heart problems, and she was so beautiful that she could stir the emotions of everyone present. Heartstrings, she is so young and beautiful, she almost confuses everyone's eyes, and even the bad procrastination before doesn't seem so important.

"I'm sorry, I felt really uncomfortable yesterday. I woke up from the bed this morning and felt a severe headache. It seems that there is a drum beating inside, so I am late, please forgive me."

"What's the matter, health is the most important thing."

"That's right, come, come, Madam Yue, if you're not feeling well, just sit on this chair, and you can't hurt yourself by forcing yourself on."

Yueqiong smiled and said: "Then, thank you all."

Zhao Yuan really couldn't bear to watch this extravagant scene, everyone was courting the widow, did he really think that if the prince was gone, they would have a chance to take over?Be careful that the glamorous poisonous snake swallows the docile elephant in one go, and it will be too late to cry.

Seeing that Yue Qiong is not polite at all, just sitting on the chair so comfortably, with soft pillows behind her, and a maidservant fan beside her, she is almost watching a show with a glass of fruit juice and eating melon seeds, this It doesn't look like a debate, but like a vacation.

His tone was suddenly bad, as if he was chewing on a piece of ice, and every word and every word had a whistling air.

"It's been a day of rest, why is Madam Yue still not feeling well? Could it be that the service in Shaolin Temple is not enough for the daily fine clothes and food in the palace, making you unaccustomed to the environment? Why didn't you bring a dozen more servants over here earlier? As for letting this frugal treatment tire you."

Yueqiong sneered and said: "My lord was murdered. I kneel down in front of the Bodhisattva and pray sincerely every day, hoping to avenge him as soon as possible so that he can rest in peace under the Nine Springs. Now this murderer is suppressed in Shaolin Temple." How can I eat well and sleep well these days?"

He said with a look of disdain, and he didn't even bother to give alms.

"I'm not like someone. The prince didn't know how good he was when he was alive. He thought that good people would be rewarded with good rewards, but he didn't expect to be an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. The owner fell down here, and it immediately went to the new owner. , It's really cheap."

"You!" Zhao Yuan couldn't help feeling angry when he was beaten up by this reason again. What he hated the most was someone who slandered the prince's trust in him, but Yueqiong's favorite move was this one, and she tried it all to no avail.

Yueqiong skillfully played with a beautiful sense of morality, which stunned the martial arts masters who were eating melons, and whispered one after another.

"...I just said that there is something wrong with Princess Beigong. His own father didn't help him and actually helped kill his father's husband. Zhao Yuan, who followed Princess Beigong, is probably not a good person, and ended up with all the people who betrayed their relatives. Sigh ..."

"If I were the prince, I would be so furious that I would jump out of the coffin, take a willow stick dipped in chili water, and beat this daughter and my confidant with one hand!"

Hearing the whispers around him, Zhao Yuan's face turned ashen.

He knew what Yueqiong was going to do, it was nothing more than to make everyone present sympathize with her, but they hated him infinitely, this approach was really disgusting.

He doesn't care what the people around him think of him, because those people don't know the truth and are too easily provoked, and they think it is justice to help the evildoers.

After so long in the rivers and lakes, he has long learned to ignore the rotten mouths of these people, but he can't bear Yue Qiong's look of me being the worst. He thinks that the other party bought, murdered, killed, and tried to kill them three days ago. His vicious thoughts became even more disgusting.

"Yueqiong, although you are here to deceive the public, I will reveal your true colors later."

Yue Qiong said dismissively: "I have not done anything wrong, so I am not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Since you assert that I am a liar with a face of a beast, then show the evidence. If I am even a little bit afraid of you, an ungrateful person, then It’s just not worthy of being a human being!”

Facing Yueqiong's provocation, he said coldly: "Just go ahead and proclaim your justice. How much fanfare you have, you will feel so panic in your heart. Abbot, everyone has arrived. It is not too late to start the trial of Beigong." The prince's case."

The abbot didn't want to figure out what was going on here, he just wanted to quickly solve this troublesome matter, and after it was over, everyone broke up and didn't get entangled, and he couldn't wait for these words to come to fruition, he Immediately nodded.

"Okay, then I announce that the case of Prince Beigong will be heard now."

"The plaintiff, Yue Qiong, is suing Fu Sheng for killing her husband, who is also the victim of this case—the Prince of Beigong."

"According to the investigation, half a month ago, the prince was stabbed to death in his bedroom, and the murder weapon was found from under the bed of the son-in-law. Afterwards, only one person claimed to have seen the prince-in-law running out of the prince's bedroom in the middle of the night with the murder weapon in his hand. , the only eyewitness is the Princess’s stepmother——Yueqiong.”

"In this regard, does the plaintiff admit to his own testimony?"

Yue Qiong said: "Of course I admit that I have seen all these with my own eyes. The murderer who killed the prince was Fu Sheng! And the Princess is protecting the criminal!"

Zhao Yuan suddenly said: "I have objections! Yue Qiong, you said that you saw Fu Sheng running out of the prince's room in the middle of the night, so let me ask you, why did you run out in the middle of the night without sleeping? And you just ran into him by such a coincidence. .”

Yue Qiong said: "The prince and I were newly married not long ago when we were in love. I saw that he was still busy with work in the middle of the night, so I went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of lotus seed porridge for him. Is it okay? Which law stipulates that a wife must stay in the middle of the night?" Can't come out in the room?"

Zhao Yuan said, "You said you were cooking porridge in the kitchen before, but is there any witness to prove that you are not lying?"

Yueqiong said: "Of course, the chef in the kitchen helped me cook the porridge. After seeing Fusheng coming out of the prince's room with a knife, I was so frightened that I threw the bowl of lotus seed porridge I cooked on the ground. Within 3 minutes, five guards came out to check."

"If you don't believe me, call these people, and they will be brought to the Shaolin Temple. You can confront them face to face, and see if I'm lying."

Zhao Yuan stared at Yue Qiong, but the other party was very relaxed, showing no sign of fear, and said after a long while: "Okay, then bring those people up, and we will know if it is true or not."

"Come here, bring the chef and five guards who saw Madam Yue's whereabouts when the case happened."

Soon, the chef in the kitchen and the five guards patrolling the Beigong palace all came. The abbot said: "Everyone is here, tell me everything you saw when the crime happened."

Chef scratched his head.

"...Actually, I was pretty much the same as usual that day, that is, the breakfast, lunch, and dinner arrangements for the people in the house were basically the same, but I was called by Mrs. Yue to cook lotus seed porridge for the prince in the middle of the night."

"At first, I wanted to light the fire and go to sleep on the bed as soon as the pot was put on, but she supervised the work by herself. I didn't dare to be lazy, so I kept cooking the porridge. When it was finally ready, she brought it in person."

"As for the murder of the lord, I really don't know, because I was so sleepy that I fell asleep as soon as I got back. Even this was told to me by someone else."

The abbot said, "Next one, begin your testimony."

The five guards spoke one after another.

"...I was patrolling with other people that night, when I heard a loud noise, it turned out to be Mrs. Yue, and there was a broken bowl of porridge on the ground."

"I also remember that the sky was very dark that day, Madam Yue's face was very pale, it looked like it was paper."

"She was so scared that she couldn't speak, we took her to a nearby gazebo to rest, and she looked a little better."

"I ran to the place where the bowl was thrown. I thought it was something crawling in the grass, so I took a knife and wanted to check it. As a result, the maidservant screamed in the prince's room."

"Yes, yes, I remember that in the middle of the night, the Beigong palace was turned upside down, no matter who's room was searched, and finally a bloody knife was found under the bed in the concubine's room, and it was confirmed that it was murder. The prince's murder weapon."

After the five guards finished speaking, Yueqiong snorted.

"They all proved that my testimony is not false, Zhao Yuan, do you still dare to say that I am lying?"

Zhao Yuan's expression turned ugly. Although he didn't believe what Yue Qiong said, he really couldn't find anything illogical in the testimony of these people.

At this time, Fu Sheng suddenly became excited.

"You are clearly lying! That night I shared the bed with the Princess, and I was sleeping soundly. Suddenly, a group of people rushed in, took out a knife from under our bed, and tied me up."

"How could I be the murderer who killed the prince if I didn't do anything? Besides, if I was a murderer, why would I be so stupid to hide the murder weapon under my bed? Isn't this a self-inflicted trap?"

"And you, I have never offended you at all, why did you frame me? Why did you push me into the fire pit? Ah, I see, you want to monopolize the Beigong family property, so you designed to frame me and drag the princess into the water ! You and the princess are not much different in age, but you didn't expect to be a vicious woman!"

Fu Sheng was so furious that he wanted to die with Yue Qiong, but he was held back before he got there, Zhao Yuan hurriedly said: "My son-in-law, don't get excited! Be sure to calm down."

The abbot frowned, "Defendant, pay attention to your behavior. If you continue to disturb the order of the trial like this, then I can only ask someone to tie you up."

Even though Zhao Yuan was around to persuade him, Fu Sheng still couldn't suppress the anger in his eyes.

"You can tie it up if you want, she can frame me, but she just can't insult the princess!"

At this time, Qin Shi said calmly: "...Zhao Yuan, you don't have to stop him, just let him go, since he insists on blocking his way of life for a moment, let Yueqiong win to the end, let the princess also It’s not going anywhere, so why stop him.”

After hearing Qin Shi's words, Zhao Yuan, who could not stop Fu Sheng, suddenly stopped moving, as if a basin of water had been poured on his head, and the whole person was depressed, "...how could we still win."

Qin Shi said: "Yueqiong, she won't be complacent until the end."

Fu Sheng pursed his lips, and finally said: "...Okay, I believe you."

Zhao Yuan frowned, and said in a low voice: "But Qin Shi, the testimony of these witnesses is all right, we can't find any contradiction at all."

Qin Shi said: "Since we can't find it, then there's no need to look for it. Let's play the trump card directly!"

Qin Shi finally stepped forward. Seeing this, the abbot immediately said frightened: "Do you have any objection to the testimony of these people?"

Qin Shi said: "I have no objection to the testimony of these people, but I have objection to the testimony of Yue Qiong. These people did see Yue Qiong, but none of them can prove whether she was in the prince's room when the prince was killed. , I suspect that the murderer who killed the lord was not Fu Sheng, but Yue Qiong who called "Stop the thief!"

"What!? Madam Yue is a murderer?" Everyone exclaimed in unison.

As for Yueqiong, the corners of her upturned mouth froze all of a sudden, and she immediately said: "You are a bloody mouth! How much benefit can you get from the princess by framing me?"

Qin Shi said: "Whether I'm spouting blood or not, you'll know right away. I'll ask to bring my witnesses to prove my speculation!"