Placid Chang'an

Originally thought that the old fox had had a good time in the car just now, when he returned to the big bed in the bedroom, Su Cen stretched his body and mind wearily, the brocade quilt that was originally concealed was scattered, and a pair of lotus shoulders were exposed from inside. out.

Su Cen didn't notice that a pair of eyes narrowed slightly behind the desk, and then a deep and mellow voice sounded, "Zixu, pour me a glass of water."

Su Cen poked his head out to look at the tea room, and then looked at Prince Ning who was on the desk who was only thinking about going to the country. He thought that a master is a master, and someone else has to wait for a glass of water.

Lifting the brocade quilt and looking inside, there were no clothes on the left or right, and there was nothing to cover his body when he looked around. Seeing that Li Shi was about to frown again, Su Cen simply lifted the quilt and got out of bed—the clothes were gone It wasn't him who took it off, but it seemed that he had a ghost in his heart and was not upright enough.

The tea was half brewed when Su Cen noticed movement behind him, and before he could turn around, he was crushed on the tea table.

The tea soup was poured out, and the flavor of the tea filled the air. With Su Cen's hand, Li Shi led the half-sprinkled tea to his mouth, took a sip, and said with a smile, "It really is good tea."

Su Cen turned her head and scolded "Old Fox", her eyebrows and eyes were sharp, especially the eyes.Li Shi squeezed his thin chin to force him to look up, and then the sip of tea was poured into his mouth.

The simple and elegant tea room was messed up, the plain and elegant tea was spilled all over the floor, the two of them clashed, wrestled, and catered, turning the morning and evening upside down, turning the clouds and rains upside down.

At the end of the night, it was past halfway, and the two fell asleep with their necks crossed, inseparable.

On the second day, Su Cen really got up late again, dragging his court clothes in one hand and holding a hair crown in the other, he climbed into Li Shi's ride, and before getting into the car, he tried to cover it up and explained to Qi Lin. Yes, it's definitely not about excessive indulgence, getting fucked so hard that you can't get out of bed or something like that.

Qi Lin nodded expressionlessly, "Ling'er is still asleep."

Su Cen got into the carriage with a look of resentment, slandering in her heart, if one day he really becomes Princess Ning, he will be the first to drive Qi Lin out first!

He hurriedly put on his clothes and tied his hair in the car, and when he looked up, Li Shi was leaning on the embroidered quilt and closing his eyes to rest his mind.He couldn't help feeling complacent again, it seemed that he wasn't the only one who indulged too much.

Hearing that there was no movement from the side, Li Shi raised his eyes, and clicked on a pretty delicate box on the table.

Su Cen leaned over and lifted the lid to take a look, and saw several plates of pastries neatly stacked inside, all of which were well-known in Chang'an City, and some of them were still warm.

Su Cen took a piece of jade belt cake in his hand. It tasted sweet, fragrant but not greasy. He couldn't help laughing and asked, "When did you buy this?"

Li Shi: "When you were sleeping."

Su Cen: "..."

After eating and drinking enough, Su Cen's drowsiness was almost dispelled. Seeing that the palace gate was approaching, she suddenly straightened up and said, "I want to ask you something."

In fact, he wanted to say this yesterday, or in other words, even if Li Shi didn't go to the palace to rescue him yesterday, he still went to Xingqing Palace.It's just that last night, the two of them had a small farewell to the newlyweds, and the atmosphere was intense. He didn't open his mouth, and Li Shi didn't give him a chance to open his mouth.

Li Shi opened his eyes and looked at Su Cen, then nodded after a while, "Ask."

Su Cen sat on the embroidered couch with one knee, and leaned a little towards Li Shi's direction, "I want to hear you tell me about the battle of the surrendered city."

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Why, is it related to your case?"

Su Cen nodded, "Tian Pingzhi was murdered just before and after the Battle of Shoujiang City. He was just an official who entered Beijing to take an examination, but he was implicated by several forces to kill him, and even people in the palace were involved. I'm not sure now Is there any relationship between the two things, so I want to hear you explain in detail, and see if you can find the connection."

This question is a bit presumptuous, as Li Shi is a prince, there is no need to accompany him to worry about such a small case.But Li Shi also raised his head and recalled it, and then said unhurriedly: "At that time, just after the new year, there was a sudden news in Beijing that my father was seriously ill, and I was called back to Beijing urgently. After years of confrontation , the Turkic main force is gone, the situation at the border is still stable, and I really don’t need to stay there any longer. It was the end of the first lunar month, and the army was still outside the customs. I brought a group of people to enter the customs via the Surrendered City. That night, we were stationed at On the river beach thirty miles outside the surrendered city, unexpectedly, the remaining Turkic tribes gathered suddenly and aggressively invaded the Dazhou border."

"Sudden invasion?"

Li Shi lightly twirled the wrench on his hand, "The situation at that time was really abnormal, and we were caught off guard. The Turks belong to nomadic peoples, and each tribe has its own leader. They often fought internally because of territorial and water issues. At that time Their largest tribe, the Ashina, is already in disarray, and the others should have been busy looting Ashina's territory and electing a new Khan, but they suddenly united as one."

Su Cen frowned, and he could still feel the shudder when he recalled it today.The army was overwhelming, but Li Shi only brought such a small team, tens or even hundreds of times the strength of the troops to suppress, many people estimated that their legs were already weak at a glance.

Su Cen reached out to shake Li Shi's hand, his fingertips were cold, "Why don't you leave?"

It is not easy to win the battle, but it is still very easy to escape under the escort of Tuduo's three guards.Moreover, he has an imperial decree, even if he really leaves, no one can say anything.

But why doesn't he leave?

Li Shi leaned back on the seat and gently closed his eyes, and patted the back of Su Cen's hand with his warm and honest palm, "I'm leaving, what about the people behind me?"

Such an understatement, but Su Cen's heart throbbed violently.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to recuperate, it advocated not to build the Great Wall, so the border was unclear, and many people of the Great Zhou Dynasty lived outside the pass.It is precisely because of the absence of this line of defense that the Surrendered City plays a vital role. Once the Turks fail to take over the Central Plains, they will go forward indomitably, and the consequences will be disastrous.

He used to always blame Li Shi for treating human life as worthless, but at this moment he suddenly hoped that Li Shi would be more selfish, stop thinking about the world so much, and stop getting himself covered in bruises all the time.

But he had already given him the answer with facts.

So Li Shi resolutely resisted the edict on the way back to Beijing, retreated to the surrendered city, and advanced and retreated with the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty behind him.

This stay lasted for a month, and I missed the last time with my father, and what else I missed...I'm afraid no one will know.

As the palace gate was approaching, Li Shi stopped in time, intercepted all the hardships and hardships, the severe frost and snow, and asked Su Cen, "Is it useful to you?"

Su Cen gritted her teeth and nodded, leaving a sentence "I'll come back at night", opened the curtain of the car and left as if fleeing.

Su Cen arrived at Dali Temple by pinch, and went straight to the prison after clicking the key, to interrogate the little eunuch who was brought out from the palace yesterday.

After resting overnight, the little eunuch's complexion has recovered a lot, and he also has the strength to argue, insisting that his hand was for the Empress Dowager Chu's pruning of flowers and plants, and he never knew any little six sons.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the wound is sharp, and it is definitely not an injury from pruning flowers and plants, and it is still fresh, obviously it was done recently.But if the severed finger was not found, it was as if there was a layer of evidence missing. Su Cen even asked Zhang He to come over to identify him, but he still played tricks and refused to admit that he had passed on the secret decree back then.

The guards all showed embarrassment. The person who was finally caught could not pry his mouth open. Anyone who guarded such a lump of iron would get angry.

Su Cen sat calmly behind the desk in the cell, after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Use torture."

The jailers were all taken aback, and even the eunuch suddenly raised his head.Master Su's non-existence of punishment has become an imperceptible law in Dali Temple, and he never thought that he would make an exception for such a young eunuch.

The head of the prison was the first to come back to his senses, leaned over and asked, "My lord, what kind of punishment will be used?"

The cold light in Su Cen's eyes flashed suddenly, "Punishment."

The so-called torture is to connect several inch-long round wooden sticks with ropes, put them between five fingers, and clamp the fingers of the victim by pulling the ropes.

Hearing Su Cen order the head of the prison, his eyes lit up immediately. Usually, this set of punishments is mostly used on female criminals. Mr. Su used it on this little eunuch. Firstly, it was to mock him for being neither male nor female, and secondly, it could arouse the eunuch's judgment. finger pain.Ten fingers connected to heart, since he broke one, he is not afraid that he will not be able to recall it.

Sure enough, the young eunuch shuddered as soon as the instrument of torture was taken out, accusing Su Cen of extorting a confession by torture.Su Cen looked down, and immediately two jailers stepped forward and held down their hands, and just tore off the bandage, the little eunuch was already screaming.

"Body and skin, you are the parents. Since you don't cherish yourself, you can't blame others." After Su Cen finished speaking coldly, he picked up a warrant slip and threw it out without hesitation.

Immediately, the prison cell resounded with howling ghosts and howling wolves.

These jailers originally thought that Su Cen was not sentenced because of his young age and couldn't get used to those bloody scenes, but they saw Su Cen staring intently at the young eunuch who was being tortured. The people who looked at him coldly felt chills, and they were not afraid at all. the meaning of.

The little eunuch nearly convulsed from the pain, his fingertips were congested and purple, and the gap between his fingers was already bloody.

Seeing that the voice of the little eunuch was getting weaker and the little eunuch was getting weaker, Su Cen stopped calling, and got down and squatted in front of the little eunuch himself, "Who is the little six?"

The little eunuch's lips trembled, and he shuddered when he met Su Cen's gaze.Yesterday's severed finger pain was too painful, but today's punishment seemed to break off all ten of his fingers, and from Su Cen's eyes, he could not see any room for mercy.

The little eunuch was only stunned for a moment, before Su Cen got up, "Continue."

"I said! I said! I said!!!" The little eunuch immediately pulled Su Cen with his bloody hands, his five fingers were so bent that he had to use his palm to stop him, for fear that if Su Cen left, he would have to continue to suffer. Heartache.

What's the use of saving one's life, death is not terrible, what is terrible is that life is worse than death!

Su Cen didn't bother to ask again, and glanced down, the little eunuch immediately said all the tricks: "The little six is ​​me, and I am the little six who sent the message to them back then!"

Su Cen looked down coldly, "Who asked you to pass the message?"

"Yes..." Little Six subconsciously swallowed, "Yes... the late emperor..."