I am neither beautiful nor crazy

Inside the dungeon.

A woman is chained in a cell.There was no new blood on the ground, and there were no large or small scars on her body, obviously she had never been tortured.

But this is a cell that only death row inmates enter.

The cell was deathly silent and oppressive, with stench and despair lurking everywhere.

She is going to break down.

The cell door was suddenly opened, and the man entered with a gust of cold wind.He was wearing a snow-white fur coat, lightly shaking the fine snow off his shoulders, like a breeze blowing into the clouds.

Jiang Yu approached the woman, sized her up and said, "Are you the maid who poisoned me?"

The woman shrank her shoulders as if being stabbed by a needle.

The moment he came in from Jiangyu, she felt that he was different from ordinary people. Others interrogated mostly from the outside, but Jiangyu had a handsome face that could bewitch others, and a heart as cold as ice.

The woman stared back stiffly.

But Jiang Yu looked at the woman's eyes without any waves, even in a casual way.

It's not a look you can give your opponent.

"You said before that Xiao Xiangling ordered you to do it?" Jiang Yu chuckled.

Jiang Yu only asked this question, and didn't even expect to get an answer at all, so he looked away and scanned the cell, and dismissed the soldiers at the door.

"What good has my second brother done to you, that it's worth your life for him?" He took a step forward and said lazily.

For an instant, the astonishment in the woman's eyes couldn't be increased, but in the next instant she shook her head fiercely and denied, "General Xiao asked me to poison you, what's the matter with Guan Jiang Chibin. I..."

Jiang Yu put a finger on her shoulder, signaling her to shut up.

The woman's fear was clearly revealed in her eyes.

"But my second brother may not be as kind and trustworthy as you think." Jiang Yu said slowly, "He promised to spare your brother's death penalty, but bailing a death row prisoner is a very risky thing."

He shook the blade between his fingers, "So he asked me to get rid of him now, so as not to cause trouble later."

The woman's eyes widened in despair, "How do you know... No, you're lying, no, no!" She shook her head frantically.

The iron chains on her body jingled as she struggled.

Jiang Yu pressed the thin blade to the woman's fragile neck, and the screaming stopped abruptly.

"What's the use of shouting." Jiang Yu said softly, but his tone was full of inducement, "If you want to solve the problem, just be quiet."

That woman is not stupid, she guessed seven or eight points the moment Jiang Yu came in.

She made an agreement with Jiang Chibin at the time that she would act poisonously, and Jiang Chibin would rescue her brother who had committed a capital crime, one life for another.This matter must be kept confidential by both parties.

But Jiang Yu already knew the cause and effect of the matter, which is enough to prove that what he just said is true.

——Jiang Chibin only wanted to use her as cannon fodder, and didn't want to keep her brother at all.

Continuous torture in prison for several days is the most likely to depress people and wipe out their minds.The ability to think rationally is gradually declining, and any subjective sudden-emotion will be infinitely magnified.

She gave her life to Jiang Chibin, but the other party didn't intend to fulfill the promise from the beginning to the end. She couldn't help being angry, and her heart was pinched with hatred and disappointment in an instant.

She asked tremblingly, "How do you want to solve the problem?"

"I will help you save people, you just need to say a word for me."

"You tell the emperor that His Highness Second Highness ordered you to do all of this." Jiang Yu said in a low voice, "Tell him that Xiao Xiangling has no intention of killing the king and treason, and the crime is not worthy of death."

Jiang Chibin was leaning on the recliner in the mansion and drinking tea.

It's just that he is not leisurely. If you look closely, his toes are still tapping the ground without rhythm, which is clearly a sign of anxiety and impatience.

Ever since the night he talked with Xiao Xiangling, there has always been an ominous premonition that made him anxious.

He was the instigator of the whole poisoning case, but at first he just wanted to kill Jiang Yu at the banquet.

For this, he made double preparations: the poison in the wine glass, and the black-clothed dead men lurking near the hall.If Jiang Yu walks out of the palace gate alive, the dead will be mobilized, and Jiang Yu will be killed that night at all costs.

But he didn't want things to be quite dramatic at the banquet, and a drunken prime minister appeared on the way to disrupt the situation.

What still puzzled him was why Jiang Yu lived well up to now after drinking the poisoned wine, while the prime minister never touched the poisoned wine but the blood spattered on the spot.

On the other hand, it was Xiao Xiangling.

Now that northern Xinjiang has just been pacified, the situation is volatile.Although Xiao Xiangling couldn't control the soldiers in the capital, he was still a leading general of the northern Xinjiang army.

But such a person wants to make friends with Jiang Yu.Jiangyu's concubine came from northern Xinjiang, and was gifted to death in the Central Plains.It's inevitable that these two people will make trouble together.

So he followed suit and made an agreement with the maid who poisoned him that day, insisting that Xiao Xiangling was the one behind the scenes.And after Xiao Xiangling was imprisoned, he gave charcoal in the snow to win people's hearts.

He didn't expect Xiao Xiangling to refuse.

In prison that night, he talked about the conditions in a gaudy manner, and even promised that if he became the king one day, Xiao Xiangling would be the one who is under one person and above ten thousand people.

Xiao Xiangling's reaction was unexpectedly flat, and he asked, "Then what does Your Highness want to take from me?"

He shook his head and smiled, "I don't want a general or anything. I just want your loyalty."

Xiao Xiangling looked at him for a long time, and in that rather heavy and oppressive gaze, he felt a little panic for no reason.

"The Second Highness was joking." Xiao Xiangling laughed suddenly.That smile was careless, mixed with a coldness that had nothing to do with frivolity, like the biting cold wind blowing from northern Xinjiang.

"A person who licks blood with the tip of a knife has no heart. If he doesn't have a heart, how can he talk about loyalty?" He said, "Tian Han, Second Highness, please go back."

The door was suddenly opened, and Jiang Chibin came back to his senses.

The panicked sergeant knelt at his feet, "Your Highness, something is wrong."

Jiang Chibin's heart tightened.

"The prisoner you wanted to save died in prison...by biting his tongue! In addition...your Majesty urgently calls!"

As soon as Jiang Chibin went to court, he felt that the situation was not right.

The atmosphere in the main hall was delicate, the members of the Criminal Department stood on the left, and Jiang Yu stood on the right with his back to the door.However, Xiao Xiangling was guarded by two soldiers at the rear right. He was not tied up in any way, and his clothes were in good order, not dirty or messy.

And in the middle of the main hall, there was the poisoned maid kneeling impressively.

Thinking of the news of her brother committing suicide in prison, he felt guilty and walked slowly to the corner of the hall.

"Jiang Yu, there is something else hidden about your life-saving poisoning case, please call the relevant people to come to court, what do you have to say?" the emperor asked.

It's Jiangyu again!

Jiang Chibin raised his head abruptly, staring fiercely at the white figure, and at the same time, a feeling of uneasiness rose from the bottom of his heart, making his legs tremble.

No, it's impossible for Jiang Yu to know.he thinks.

He and the palace lady once swore to heaven that no third person would know about this matter.And the maid planted Xiao Xiangling's crimes, and he had already prepared a plan to rescue his brother, but...

"Reporting to my father, the case of poisoning has other secrets. The woman was forced to tell lies that day. In fact, General Xiao did not order the palace maid to poison me. I hope my father will find out."

Xiao Xiangling raised his eyes quite unexpectedly, but he couldn't help but be suspicious.

Jiang Yu didn't look up, and motioned for the maid to present her testimony in front of the emperor.

The maid's complexion was ashen, and there were many holes in her thin clothes.His whole body was trembling badly, and even the words he spoke were very tight.

Jiang Yu loosened his shoulders slightly, took off the white fur coat he was wearing, and put it on the woman's bare shoulders.

"Don't be afraid, speak out." He whispered in her ear.

"Your Majesty... the one who ordered the servants to poison... was not General Xiao." She managed to regain her voice and spit out these words.

Before the words fell, Jiang Chibin's angry voice came, "Bold, poisoning is a trifling matter, how can you tolerate your changing words every day? You are not afraid of retribution for your family!"

The word "family member" obviously touched some kind of trembling fear, the maid trembled suddenly, but she dared not speak.

"Girl..." Jiang Yu comforted in a voice that only two people could hear, "Trust me."

Jiang Yu deliberately lowered his eyes, and the curvature of the end of the eyes was cut off a bit sharply, which was a quite inductive demeanor.

"It's not who Xiao Xiangling is. If you don't know who it is today, don't even think about leaving this hall alive."

The palace maid had never seen such a huge formation, she almost fainted from fright.But the hand slightly resting on her shoulder made her recover a little bit of sanity.

She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's not General Xiao, but Second Highness, who forced me to frame General Xiao. What I said is true, I hope Your Majesty..."

Before the words were finished, Jiang Chibin who was beside him turned pale with fright, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, busy defending himself.

The emperor looked at the crying and noisy people below, one head was bigger than the three, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Shut up! Jiang Yu, why do you say there is something else hidden about the poisoning case? "

It is one thing for a case to be wronged, but it is another thing for a convicted case to be uncovered.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Chibin's hateful gaze behind him seemed to swallow him alive.

On the other side, Xiao Xiangling also looked at this side, his gaze was a little cold, with a bit of distrust and suspicion, but Jiang Yu suddenly felt that his gaze was extremely hot.

"Father, Yu Gong, on the day of the banquet, General Xiao didn't rush back to the capital, so he didn't have the opportunity to poison the maid in advance. Besides, General Xiao and I have never met each other in life, and we have no grievances or enmities. I think this is quite strange."

The burning intent of the eyes is even worse.

"Yu Si..." Jiang Yu lowered his head and paused, "On the day the Prince's Hall was on fire, I rushed in to try to rescue my elder brother, but the fire in the hall was too large and I failed."

The emperor raised his head curiously. He only heard that Jiang Yu rushed in to save someone, but he didn't know the details of the incident.

"Father, in the end it was General Xiao who rushed in and brought the two of us out. General Xiao saved the crown prince and my son, so my son didn't want to believe that General Xiao was the one who ordered the poison..."

Everyone was shocked by this message, no one spoke for a moment, and even the beating of the heart in the chest was as loud as a drum.

It's easy for Jiang Yu to say it, but this is a fire scene that can kill people. It is the blood of the two emperors, the prince and the prince.

If this is true, what kind of punishment is there, and it is too late to reward and honor.

The emperor looked at Xiao Xiangling in shock, and said in a trembling voice, "Xiao...Xiao Aiqing? Is what Jiang Yu said just now true?"

Seeing this, Jiang Chibin turned pale and almost fainted.

Xiao Xiangling didn't answer the emperor's question, his gaze had been fixed on Jiang Yu from the very beginning.

There was no hatred, no gratitude, and even the suspicion faded.