walk to the water

Chu Xiang's mind was a little slack, and the image of Mr. Xue in front of him gradually blurred, as if Fu Ling was standing in front of him, with a thin layer of mist floating in his dark eyes, covering the bottomless sadness, he heard him sighing "Xiang'er, I tried my best to persuade you not to go back, but you refused to listen, do you regret it now?" Regret it?If they don't come back, mother, younger brother and An Lan will be safe, right?But... I seem to hear my mother's words again, "Xiang'er, do you still remember your father's last words before he died?"... "No! Fu Ling, I don't regret it, because I know that if I stay by your side, it will be even more important." It's forever..." Fu Ling's sigh deepened: "Xiang'er, I won't hurt you, I won't let you die..."

Chu Xiang persisted for a while, his head drooped limply, and sweat dripped down the tips of his hair.Seeing that he did not answer, Lord Xue winked, and the jailer standing behind Chu Xiang slapped his broken leg with a whip. Chu Xiang let out a low whine, but he had no strength to struggle, and Lord Xue once again Lifting his head, Chu Xiang's eyes were empty, without pain or fear.Lord Xue asked again: "You are in Qin State, can you pass news to An Lan?"

Chu Xiang nodded.

"You cooperated with him internally and externally to plot treason?"

"No!" Chu Xiang's voice was weak, but still audible, "I didn't...surrender, I didn't...I didn't treason..."

Master Xue was so angry that he turned to Master Li, "I have never seen such a stubborn prisoner before!"

Master Li chuckled lightly, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. I still have a few days to manipulate him slowly, so why rush it? How about Lord Xue go back and rest for a day, and wait for the next official to interrogate him first?" ..”

Master Xue racked his brains and fought with Chu Xiang for several days day and night.Already restless, listening to Master Li take the initiative to ask Ying to deal with this tough bone is exactly what he wished for.After a few words of modesty, I thank you.For the time being, I will go back to my own home with Mr. Zhang.

But when Mr. Xue came back the next day, he didn't hear the good news as he wished. Although Chu Xiang was still awake, his throat was already hoarse, and the whip hit him.He just opened his mouth instinctively, but couldn't make a sound, and he just shook his head wordlessly when he asked him anything.Mr. Xue continued the interrogation for another day, but made no progress.On the night of the third day, he had to put Chu Xiang down and feed him water.Chu Xiang drank a bowl of cold water, fell back, and fell asleep.Master Xue is so refreshing.Hanging it up again, when he saw the whip in the jailer's hand, a trace of fear flashed in Chu Xiang's eyes.Master Xue was overjoyed.He said: "Should I recruit? If you recruit, I will let you sleep. If you don't recruit..." Grabbing the whip, he gesticulated twice on Chu Xiang.

Where the whip hits.Chu Xiang trembled.There was even more fear in his eyes, and he hesitated for a moment.Finally, it was extremely difficult to squeeze out a word "OK."

Mr. Xue was overjoyed, just like the sudden rain after three years of drought, he hurriedly ordered people to fetch the confession prepared in advance, spread it on the ground, and waited for Chu Xiang to draw it.The jailer untied the iron chain and put Chu Xiang down. Chu Xiang couldn't stand up at all and fell to the ground.Two guards, one on the left and one on the right, held him hostage and dragged him to the confession.Chu Xiang struggled to read the confession, but his eyes turned black, and he couldn't see what was written on the paper.The person next to him forced a pen into Chu Xiang's hand and asked him to draw a confession.Chu Xiang's pipa bone was pierced, his hands were limp and he couldn't use his strength, and he barely supported it with his elbows, and the hand holding the pen was still trembling.Seeing this, Mr. Xue said, "Hold his hand and help him write!" Then someone grabbed Chu Xiang's right hand and wanted to help him draw a confession.

Chu Xiang smiled sadly, and suddenly his heart ached sharply, and he spurted out a big mouthful of blood, which splashed on the pleading paper!There was blood red in front of his eyes, and he couldn't see anything else. Chu Xiang gritted his teeth, gathered his last strength, and struggled to break free from the jailer's grasp. I wrote a word in the blank space, and before Mr. Xue could react, Chu Xiang had already tilted his body and passed out on the ground.Lord Xue leaned over to look, and there was a big word "hate" written on the pleading paper!The bright red color is shocking, like a group of angry flames blazing, the sharp force pierces through the back of the paper, and pierces into his chest like a sharp sword!

Mr. Xue was so angry that he trembled all over and couldn't speak. He was stunned for a long time before he grabbed the pleading paper, tore it to pieces, and threw it to the ground!He stomped his feet fiercely, and said: "Wake him up and hang him up! I want to see if his bones are hard, or my whip is hard?" He handed the whip in his hand to the jailer, and said angrily: " Call me!"

The whip hit Chu Xiang's back, and the pain was as hot as a knife. The severe pain woke him up from a coma, but he no longer had the strength to make any unnecessary reactions. He was whipped like a puppet, and his blood was stained red The tip of the whip flows down the back, buttocks, and thighs...

Chu Xiang was hanged for another two days, Shui Mi never touched his teeth, and he was completely in a semi-comatose, only his eyes rolled occasionally to let people know that he was still alive.Seeing the deadline approaching day by day, even Mr. Li, who has always been confident, became anxious, but whether it was wheel battles, crocodile tears or whips, they were useless in front of the half-dead and dying Chu Xiang, and the three of them all hated it. Gritting teeth.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, when the trial reached Youshi, there was still no result. Suddenly, someone came to report, and Prime Minister Wang asked.Mr. Xue broke out in a cold sweat immediately, not daring to be negligent, he ordered the chariots and horses ready, and rushed to the prime minister's mansion.Wang Yun was already waiting in the inner room. When Master Xue entered, he was sitting on the red sandalwood chair at the top, holding a cup of West Lake Longjing in his hand, with a relaxed expression.Wang Yun unhurriedly brushed off the tea foam, took a sip, and then asked: "Master Xue, today is the seventh day, and there is still no result?"

Master Xue's legs were weak, and he knelt down on the ground: "Your Excellency, I have learned from you that I am incompetent in a lowly position."

Wang Yun asked again coldly: "What else do you have to say?"

Master Xue tremblingly described the process of extorting a confession.After hearing this, Wang Yun suddenly had a murderous look in his eyes, he put the tea bowl heavily, and said: "Since the prisoner is so cunning and the trial results can't be found, I don't care about it for the time being. At this point, I can only cut the mess quickly, but fortunately, I will prepare first. You have found a way out, and you come here with your ear." Master Xue did not expect Wang Yun to spare him, he hurriedly stepped forward according to the words, nodded after hearing this, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, this humble job will definitely handle it well."

Chu Xiang didn't know when he was put down. In his coma, there were endless nightmares. In the dream, Master Xue's distorted face, staring, asked "Should I recruit?"...or his mother was lying on the ground. , blood gushed out of her throat like a spring, and he knelt beside her, covering the wound with his hands in vain, trying to stop the bleeding, but the blood gushed out more and more, staining his hands, his whole body, and red all