Brother Donggong

Li Fang looked at me with complicated eyes, I took the medicine cup and drank it with my neck up.

I looked at the prince, Zhan had been sitting in front of the copywriter, with his hair tied up, not wearing a crown, wearing a white robe, the neckline was torn open, it seemed that he could see his underwear, he was a little hot, and his nose was slightly sweaty.One of his hands was on the desk, and the other was on his lap.

He also looked at me.

"Your Highness."

I swallowed my saliva, and my mouth was filled with the taste of big green leaves, which was terribly bitter.

I cleared my throat, and said with some difficulty, "Chen, I have something to say."

But the prince said, "Chengyi, I said earlier that you had something to say to me, but you didn't say it, but now you begged me to listen to you. If you say it, should I listen or not?"

"Your Highness..."

I took a steady breath, flicked my robe, and fell to my knees.

"Chen, I have a feeling to report back."

There are footsteps.

I lowered my head and saw Wen Zhan's panicked footsteps, but they stopped abruptly in front of me. His voice hit me right above my head, "Li Fang, Liu Congrong, you... go down first."

I heard the sound of water droplets, as well as the sound of melting ice. In the huge Yuzheng Palace, there were only me and Wen Zhan. He walked around in front of me slowly, then sighed and said, "Say, I Listen."

"Cui Bicheng only entered the Yongjing Manufacturing Bureau three years ago as an errand, and he also went to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect copper mines, silver mines, and plant mulberry and silkworms the year before last. Your Highness, you know that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you say that he never Not to mention the fact that His Highness didn’t believe it, I absolutely can’t believe it either. It’s just that he bribed the government up to a million taels of silver, which is a bit sensational.”

I said in a deep voice, "Nowadays in Yongjing, 500 taels of silver can buy a house, a piece of high-quality silk is only ten taels of silver, and the salary of a first-rank official is only 300 taels a year. If Cui Bicheng sells one million taels By offering bribes, he can buy off officials in the entire province of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, covering the sky with one hand! I am afraid that the officials who receive these money will be able to eat and clothe their children and grandchildren for generations to come."

"Your Highness, Cui Bicheng was born in a poor family. He is neither courageous nor capable. I hope His Highness will investigate."

Wen Zhan walked around me, then slowly walked back to his desk, and sat back quietly.

He looked at me quietly, I lowered my head.

After a while, he said, "A lie."

I was silent.

He didn't speak either.

After a long time, he finally let out a long breath, "Chengyi, I know it's a lie. Tell me the truth."

I said, "His Royal Highness, I'm telling the truth, if the crown prince doesn't believe me, there's nothing I can do about it.

"If you don't say..."

Wen Zhan stood up again, his robe hanging down to the floor, his slender body, standing like a white crane.

"Xiao Wang also has a way to let others talk. The ten punishments in Tiqi Prison are enough to make Cui Bicheng speak."

I was shocked when I heard it, not only my back was wet with cold sweat, but also my forehead was hot, and I was really on the verge of falling.Not to mention the famous top ten tortures in Tiqi Zhao Prison, just some small tricks, enough to toss Cui Bicheng to death.

Crush the legs, pull out the teeth and nails, goug out the eyes, cut off the tongue...

I am naturally timid, and just thinking about it is enough to give me chills and sleepless nights.

Regardless of whether Cui Bicheng is innocent or guilty, once he enters the imperial prison, he will never come out alive.

I quickly said, "Your Highness, Cui Bicheng was wronged."

Wen Zhan suddenly laughed, like catkins floating on the bank of willows in Zimo in March, he said flatly, "Chengyi... Cui Bicheng, he must die."

I was startled, "Why?"

The prince said, "What do you think? Cui Bicheng is the only one of the officials in the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang who is a commoner. It is more convenient to kill him than to kill others. If he does not die, then someone else will die. The state is so difficult. After a big prison, so many innocent and deserving people have been implicated, the king of prayer wants me to kill and bring chaos to the court?"

I gritted my teeth and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, what do I need to do to spare Cui Bicheng?"

"Chengyi, what you want from me is a huge favor. Tell me, what do I want you to do, so that I can willingly bear this burden for Cui Bicheng, and resolve this catastrophe for him?"

The prince didn't seem to want to talk anymore, he picked up the book and looked at it absent-mindedly.

At the end, when I was kneeling and my legs were numb, I thought he was asleep, suddenly the prince said, "Chengyi, you know what I want."

In Yuzheng Palace, there was only the sound of crushed ice melting.

"I want your willingness too!"

When I left the East Palace, it was almost dawn.

I didn't close my eyes all night, thinking about the past and the future, my brain is like a pot of paste, so many years of past events, I thought Wen Zhan owed me, he thought I owed him, living people, dead people, and all kinds of things Rescuing Cui Bicheng from fire and water, and how much money he owes me...

It was like a revolving lantern in my mind, and the more it was stirred, the more it became muddy. I had a splitting headache, and finally I thought I should give up thinking about this too complicated problem.

I watched the rising sun in the Dazheng Palace, took a long breath, and said, "The damn bird is facing upwards, the living can't be suffocated by urine, so you can do whatever you want. I'm not a woman, let me sleep for a while." There will be no less meat at night. Yo, cucumber!"

Cucumber was already waiting outside the main gate, holding a few buns and a bottle of water in his hands.

I grinned at him.

He was a little worried, and he hesitated to speak while playing with me.

"My lord..."

"Cucumber, go! Let someone report back to the palace, boil a pot of hot water for me, and put the old wine I often drink on ice. My lord, I will take a bath, drink, and sleep with Xiaolian in my arms!"