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Go in and out, come and go in fire, go through fire and water, and do not hesitate. "

"It's too risky. You are not good like this, and you don't have a long memory after so many years."

Gao Ying grinned, "Follow Master Hou, you'll be fine."

"..." He Lancong frowned.

In the empty courtyard of Huaisi Hall, there were a few people hiding in the dark, their eyes were shining fiercely like wolves, and their eyes were fixed on the movement inside.

He Lancong coughed lightly, and said, "Gao Ying, why did you think of asking me to meet you in this place? How did you know that this is a forbidden place?"

Gao Ying hummed, and said something that made He Lancong's heart sink to the bottom of the valley.

"Master Hou, didn't you entrust someone to deliver a letter to me, asking me to come here to wait for you and let you leave together?"

He Lancong let out a bad cry, "Gao Ying, we've been tricked. Hurry up, let's go!"

"What, my lord?"

He Lancong stomped his feet, "Go, if you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be in a hurry!"

With a bang sound, the gate of the courtyard that He Lancong had closed was knocked open, and An Rong rushed in with his guards, and surrounded the gate tightly.

"You can't go anymore."

He Lancong gritted his teeth, and said to Gao Ying in a low voice: "Think about breaking out, then turn east, reach the end, then turn north, there is a small gate there, it shouldn't be too difficult to break out."

Gao Ying and He Lancong were held behind their backs, and said in a low voice: "You go, and you will be the one who ends up being the queen."

An Rong sighed, "My lord, don't you really feel my lord's will at all?"

Gao Ying scolded: "Damn, what kind of nonsense is that? How can a dignified man of seven feet tolerate being bullied by others."

He Lancong pulled Gao Ying behind him, met An Rong's sharp gaze, and said, "You are from the Jianghu. Today, with the courtesy of the Jianghu, I assure you that I will not leave and let my friend go. I can I promise you that I will never have any contact with him again."

An Rong shook his head, "My lord, this old slave comes from the rivers and lakes, but this is not a rivers and lakes. The old slave obeys the orders of the monarch, and now the monarch has an order to come to arrest people. This is the duty of the old slave and the duty that the old slave should abide by. My son , Now turn around and plead guilty to His Majesty, because His Majesty loves you and won't embarrass you too much."

"Fart!" Gao Ying yelled, "Apology to your dog emperor, what crime? My Donglin and your Bei Cangjing are not in conflict with the river water. It is you who destroyed our country and imprisoned our country Yanping Hou in the palace. Lord Hou pleaded guilty to your emperor, but he just wanted to leave, so what is the crime?"

"He is a member of my harem. It is a serious crime to leave without edict."

The guards separated from the left and right, and the emperor walked gracefully in all directions, and had already entered the hall.He looked at Gao Ying and said, "He Lan, I've been waiting for you to change your mind, but you let me down so much."

He Lancong sighed, "Oh, I'm defeated, I'll do as you please, let my friend go."

"He Lan, you are not qualified to make conditions with me. I gave you a chance, but unfortunately you don't want it." The emperor said coldly.

The guards of the Beicang Palace had already surrounded the Huaisi Hall, and on the roof and the courtyard walls were the archers of the Inner Palace Imperial Army, who had already drawn their bows to the full, and were about to shoot all their feathers and arrows at an order.

An Rong told Ning Yu in a low voice, "Take down those in the courtyard together, don't miss one."

"He Lan, you can't get out."

He Lancong clenched his fists tightly.

Meizi, the grand maid of the Jinhua Palace, quietly left the Longde Palace and hid herself in the darkness.

At this time, the emperor and his party had already returned, and the guards escorted several people behind them.She couldn't see her face clearly, but judging from her clothes, Mei Zi was sure that one of them must be He Lancong.

The guards were divided into two groups at this time, one group escorted He Lancong to leave, and the other group escorted the rest of them towards the prison.

Mei Zi glanced at the direction He Lancong was taken to, her eyebrows frowned slightly, it was the direction of Zhaohuang Pavilion,

Quietly returning to the Longde Hall, the emperor was already sitting upright, and continued to drink with the ministers below.

Meizi gave Concubine Cui a wink and shook her head lightly, Concubine Cui's eyes dimmed instantly.

The singing and dancing in Longde Hall was still going on. At this time, more than a dozen braziers were lit in the sky prison, which made the cold sky very warm.

Yu Hai said to Ning Yu: "Those few committed suicide, there is no survivor, but one was missed, because he didn't go to Huaisi Hall."

Ning Yu hummed, "Then let him be interrogated. Your Majesty said that this person has a special status, and we must pry out the inside story of the collusion between the Prime Minister and King Yi from his mouth."

Yu Hai took the lead, pulled out the bone whip dipped in salt water from the bucket, shook it, and made a crackling sound.

When the whip fell, Ning Yu didn't hear the familiar screams. Except for the occasional low humming, there was no other sound in the cell except for the crisp sound of the whip.

Although Gao Ying was in severe pain, his heartache was even worse. He finally knew that He Lancong had already planned to escape, but because of his own recklessness, he destroyed his overall plan, caught him in the trap, and lost the opportunity to escape. .Hmph, what is this little pain? Compared to the pain that Marquis Yanping suffered, this is nothing!

When the emperor came over, it was already midnight.People were in the next door, and the emperor could not help shaking his head when he saw the man on the torture rack covered in blood through the small window one foot square.He said: "Why is it so ugly, my son Helan will come later, what should I do if I am frightened by this bloody look?"

Ning Yu was helpless, "Your Majesty, this man's mouth is tight. Yu Hai broke a few bone whips, but he didn't hear a word."

"It's really tough, come on, let him rest for a while, wait for Helan, I will think about how to make him speak for a while."

Soon, He Lancong was brought over by An Rong, and the emperor took him into his arms, shouted the others away, and began to grope with his hands.

"Let him go, I promise you, I won't run away again." He Lancong thought about it for a long time restlessly, the plan for now is to save Gao Ying first, as for the others, we can figure out a solution later.

The emperor breathed his heat on the back of his neck, and said: "I said, you have lost the qualification to negotiate with me. Now I am very interested in your friend. If he opens his mouth to say something I want to hear, maybe I will let him suffer less."

"..."

The sound of whips from the next door sounded again, He Lancong's heart trembled, he struggled to break free from the emperor's restraint, and ran to the small window.

Trying to swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, He Lancong said: "Stop beating, he just wants to save me out, if you are angry, just punish me."

The emperor suddenly smiled sullenly, "He Lan, of course I will punish you. Now, I will let you know what the price of your escape will be."

The emperor twisted his arm and yelled at the window, "Stop beating, this is a distinguished guest, how can you treat him like this. Give him a rush, don't be so bloody, it disturbs the interest. I leave it to you, just don't play to death , whenever he is willing to speak, stop."

"No!" He Lancong yelled, struggling desperately, but was firmly held by the emperor in his arms, covering his mouth with his big hand, and could no longer make a sound.

Gao Ying's angry curses came, and the water splashed down, and the people on the torture rack shivered violently.The uncoagulated blood was washed down, and immediately fresh blood pressure overflowed, and along with the dripping water droplets, it gathered on the ground to form a bright red pool.

Then, there was the sound of tearing silk and the obscene laughter of the guards.Gao Ying didn't scold any more. In desperation, she pressed her tongue between her teeth and prepared to kill herself, but the quick-sighted guards removed her jaw.

He Lancong was next door. Although he was forced by the emperor to look up in the direction of the execution rack, he knew very well what fate awaited Gao Ying, so he tried to close his eyes tightly.He heard Gao Ying's sobs choked up from his throat, and the muffled sound produced when his body collided, and after a moment of emptiness in his heart, the expected tightness in his chest struck.The poison is gone, he hasn't taken that medicine for a few days.The moment he lost consciousness, he had a moment of hope, and he was just relieved like this, that's fine.However, he seemed to hear the emperor calling his name in a panic...

41. The price of escape II...

There is endless darkness in front of my eyes, standing alone in the world, how lonely my heart is.Only when a ray of light broke through the clouds did I see where I was.Behind are numerous mountains with unknown names, stretching endlessly, and in front, is a big river without a name, vast and endless.

Gao Ying hurried past him, and when he passed by, the simple man smiled honestly.Behind him was Gange who followed closely. With eagerness, he ran towards He Lancong, but still passed him by.

Someone came over again, familiar and unfamiliar, walking in a hurry, not knowing where they came from or where they were going.

He Lancong looked around and found no road, so where did the people passing by go?When he wanted to stop Gao Ying and Gange, and was going to ask for clarification, all the figures in front of him disappeared.

He Lancong woke up, Xiaofu was the only one beside him, guarding the bed with a worried face.The little eunuch held a porcelain bowl in his hand, smelling it, it should be ginseng soup.

The emperor was reviewing the memorials in the imperial study, and An Rong polished the ink for him and served him carefully.

"Is he awake?" The emperor didn't look up, and kept the ink pen in his hand. In front of him was a tall stack of memorials, which were related to all aspects of people's livelihood. There was no reason not to review them seriously.It seems that the drought in the north has been alleviated this year, so my mind has shifted to how to prevent floods in the south.

"Your Majesty, I woke up before noon." An Rong said lightly, the two of them were really awkward.

"Have you informed him of my decision?" The emperor made a cross on one of the memorials, and wrote the following instructions: I have read it.

An Rong sighed, "Your Majesty, Young Master has been kneeling at the door of the Imperial Study Room for almost an hour now."

"What?" The emperor raised his head this time, and put down the vermilion pen in his hand.

He Lancong knelt at the foot of the jade steps at the entrance of the Imperial Study Room, his knees hurt from the cold and hard ground,