walk to the water

Thinking of this, Chu Xiang hurriedly said: "Father's last words, the son dare not forget even if he dies." Trembling, He took out a crumpled letter paper from the pouch close to his bosom, spread it on the ground, and unfolded it carefully. This blood book.After many years, the blood on the letter has turned dark red, and the four corners of the letter paper have been worn away.Chu Xiang traced the handwriting on the letter stroke by stroke with his fingers, recalling the scene of his father at that time, with a face full of shame, he bowed his head and said: "The son has failed his father's expectations, and he has no face to see his old man under the nine springs."

He comforted: "Xiang'er, mother knows that you have never forgotten your father's last wish. It is destiny that you cannot restore the Central Plains. You have tried your best, so don't be sad." After a pause, he added: "I heard some rumors , An Lan has also been imprisoned, and the current situation may be similar to yours. Life and death are small matters, and integrity is the most important thing. You must be moral and not abandon your friends. Otherwise, you will be like a beast in this world. The Chu family must not have such a villain !"

Hearing this, Chu Xiang raised his brows seriously: "Mother has taught you well, the child will never be greedy for life and fear death, draw a confession against his will, and humiliate the honor of his ancestors." But he thought in his heart: I am not afraid of torture, threats They are tempted, but what should they do if they take their mother as a hostage?

Mrs. He nodded, and her voice turned gentle: "Mother doesn't need to tell you more. If you have a child like this, what else is there to worry about? Your father will be very happy when he is underground. Xiang'er, your hair is messed up. Mother will help you." Comb it." Chu Xiang's long black hair was already stained with blood and weeds, and it was messy.He used his ten fingers to separate the strands of hair and smoothed them out a little bit, but he couldn't make the hair into a bun, so he could only tie it loosely behind his head.Looking at Chu Xiang, He sighed softly: "Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, but unfortunately, mother can't cook you another New Year's Eve dinner. I'll make dumplings."

Chu Xiang listened to his mother's words, every sentence was life and death, thinking that this was the last meeting.Although I can't escape the death penalty, my mother is afraid that she will also suffer the same bad luck.As a son of man, he could never be in love with his knees to support his life, nor did he give birth to a man and a half woman to continue the incense.Now that he has killed his mother, he still wants his mother to feel sad for him... Chu Xiang's heart was pierced by a knife, and he wanted to comfort his mother, but he couldn't find anything to say. He murmured: "The son is really unfilial. I just hope that in the next life I will form a straw title ring to repay my mother for her upbringing." Fu sighed secretly that he owed so much debt in this life.How can it be finished in the next life?

He patted Chu Xiang's head lovingly, smiled contentedly and said: "If there is an afterlife, mother still hopes that you will be a good man who stands up to the sky!" He took two steps back.He took another deep look at Chu Xiang, his eyes full of kindness: "Your father has been gone for so long. Mother often misses him. Let's take a step ahead today and go to accompany him!" Suddenly, his right wrist flipped.Insert the silver hairpin into the throat!Chu Xiang turned pale in shock, and rushed over: "Mother!" But he was unable to move, so he took a step too late, the silver hairpin had already sunk into his throat, and blood spurted out. He closed his eyes and fell slowly, with a peaceful expression on his face. Judah was smiling.

Chu Xiang scrambled and rushed to his mother's side. Seeing his mother collapsed, it was too late to save her!The silver hairpin was inserted into the vital point of the throat, and He Shi struggled a few times before dying.The blood spread and flowed down the neck, staining the silver hairpin and the suicide note that fell on the ground... "Mother!" Chu Xiang screamed hoarsely, his chest was suffocated, his eyes turned black, and he passed out.

The jailer guarding outside heard the movement, broke open the door and rushed in. Seeing that the room was covered with blood, the mother and son fell to the ground, frightened out of their wits. He rushed to invite Master Xue.When Master Xue arrived in a hurry when he was young, the jailer hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I... my lord, the villain was negligent for a while, and Mr. He took the opportunity to commit suicide!"

Master Xue saw that Mrs. He was hopeless, so he slapped the head of the prison fiercely, and kicked him down: "They are all useless trash! You can't even look down on a woman! If you are a dead felon, don't you want to kill him?" Die?" Pointing to Chu Xiang, he asked, "What about him?"

The cell boss crawled over to check, and said: "He just passed out, probably because of a sudden shock, it should be fine."

Master Xue kept stamping his feet and walked back and forth a few steps. He wanted to take He as a hostage and threaten Chu Xiang to confess, but he was coaxed by this woman and fell into a big trap!She died like this, the prisoner stubbornly refused to confess, and the prime minister urged him urgently, how should this case be settled?Mr. Xue was at a loss, so he had to order: "Take out the body first, find a piece of grass to sweep it up, and bury it in a random grave outside the city." The two jailers ordered He to be dragged away.When Master Xue saw the bloody book on the ground, he picked it up, glanced at it, threw it aside in a ball, and then ordered to the prison chief: "You take people to monitor Chu Xiang day and night, he is a felon of the court, if there is another accident, you will bring it up yourself. See you later!"

The head of the cell hurriedly knelt down and said, "The villain must guard the prisoner day and night to make sure everything is safe."

Suddenly, the original plan was to fetch water from a bamboo basket. Mr. Xue had no choice but to report to the prime minister first, and then make plans.After leaving the prison, Lord Xue hurried to the prime minister's mansion.It was almost three o'clock at this time, Wang Yunben had already rested, and when he heard the transmission, he hurriedly put on his clothes and got up, and ordered Master Xue to be invited to the study.Master Xue didn't have time to salute, Wang Yun had already stood up and asked, "Has something happened in the prison?"

Master Xue didn't dare to hide anything, so he gave a rough account of the situation in the past few days, and said, "Your Excellency is wise. His humble position is incompetent. Today I took Chu He to see Chu Xiang. The woman first agreed to persuade her son to confess, but unexpectedly she She had been prepared for a long time, but she was negligent for a while, and she took the opportunity to commit suicide!"

Wang Yun's face suddenly darkened: "Oh? The majestic Dali Temple Minister, can't even do this little thing well?"

Seeing Wang Yun's unkind expression, Mr. Xue was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat: "Prime Minister, forgive me! Prime Minister, forgive me!"

Wang Yun was noncommittal, but asked, "Where is An Lan?"

Lord Xue wiped off his sweat, and said, "I don't even want to recruit criminals."

Wang Yun's face became even more ugly, and he snorted coldly, but didn't speak.

Mr. Xue stood there for a long while, and summoned up his courage to test: "With that jade lock, can't we still convict him?"

Wang Yun shook his head and said: "It's not that simple! If you want to convict, you can only convict Chu Xiang. What's the use? After all, An Lan once defeated the Qin army, and the emperor is still hesitant. Change."

Master Xue said again: "Then An Lan asked the imperial court to redeem Chu Xiang with a lot of money, isn't it already hard evidence that the two conspired together?"

Wang Yundao: "You don't know this. The emperor asked me about this matter. I didn't object at that time, so the emperor sent a mission to offer a lot of money to redeem Chu Xiang, and made an alliance with Qin to rule across the river. Infringement. Now it is only used to convict An Lan, maybe it will be self-defeating."