Broken Iron Clothes

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In the long and narrow alleyway surrounded by high walls on both sides, piles of discarded wooden boxes were crowded at the end of the alley, with one leg hanging on the edge of the wooden box, swaying slowly with the pace of the person walking.

"The people are inside." Zhang Ling stretched his legs, sat high above the wooden box, and pointed to the wall with his finger, "At the request of your leader Gu, I can tell you where Jiang Yu and Wen Kaisen are locked up." I understand, but I can't guarantee what kind of tricks the surname Xu has used, in short, the two living people who are handed over to you right now, don't forget what you promised me."

"The dark guards have been deployed nearby. If things go well in the palace, the imperial guards must be here soon. Showing your face in front of everyone, no matter which side you stand on, your identity will not benefit you. Now the things we talked about have been done. , it’s not suitable to stay here for a long time, let’s go earlier.”

Before stopping for a long time, Lin Song turned to leave, and then Zhang Ling laughed and said, "You people are also funny. Does it feel fulfilling to care about the safety of a stranger, or do I look very pitiful?"

Zhang Ling really thought it was a bit funny, he just thought that Lu Xiu was dead, the kindness he felt was out of place.Since it is inappropriate, there is no need to accept it.

Lin Song didn't look at him, just turned his head slightly, and said, "I just think it's not easy to help us from your standpoint, and I don't want to hurt you."

"The most jealous and soft-hearted people in this industry, brother, you are not hard-hearted enough, you have not been in the industry for long."

With a "plop", Zhang Ling jumped off the wooden box, patted the sawdust in his hands hastily, and said, "I'm not a good person. There are many people who want to harm me. It's not your turn, anyway. You are not the only one who knows that Fen is my master, even if you don't tell me, Xu Yixu won't make it easier for me after suffering."

Lin Song said: "Because of this, if you still meet the forbidden army here, you will definitely attract criticism. After all, you are still a brother recognized by General Lu himself."

"He recognized me on the way, and it should have been an irreconcilable relationship. I was in the Northwest when I was a child, and I was a juggler. I was bought by Xu Bing and became a dead man," Zhang Ling touched. Looking at the crumbs in his palm, he said seriously, "But you're right, I'm a threat to him if I stay here, he's an upright general, it's really hard for him to recognize me as a brother."

"So leave as soon as possible, before the leader wins the merits and atonement for you, it's better to leave this matter as clean as possible." Lin Song lowered his voice, perhaps because he had experienced the pain of losing his brother, so he wanted to do it in time. Time to redeem something for others.

When he was silent, Zhang Ling said with a smile: "It's not that easy, but it's not difficult."

"What do you mean?"

"It's hard to make me innocent, but it's easy to make me unable to become Lu Tianrui's threat, as long as..."

Zhang Ling prolonged the ending on purpose, Lin Song looked at him hesitantly, and just caught a sneak attack from the corner of his eye, dizziness hit him directly in front of his eyes.

Zhang Ling put away the knife in his hand, caught the person who fell to his side, and said softly: "Just let him kill me with his own hands."

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The hall was restored to order. Liu Zhaoyu had already moved to a high position. After coughing a few times from his sleeve, he said, "You should be the Duke of Yu and Xu Shangshu who should be most surprised when I appear here."

After Liu Zhaoyu's name and surname were called, everyone knew it well, and secretly turned their eyes to the two people, and saw Yan Youqian's brow twitched, but his eyes were still looking at a certain place peacefully.

Liu Zhaoyu stared at him quietly for a moment, and said: "Bringing the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital to monitor my condition day and night, and threatening the servant Chang Yi to add medicine to the decoction and tea I usually take, these things are still familiar to you and Xu Shangshu. ?”

The empress dowager was still in disbelief, but when she saw Chang Yi kneeling tremblingly by her side, she felt dizzy as if her mind had been split.

The exclamation in the hall surged like a tide. Yuan Mucheng was the one who was hit by the waves first. Looking at the lifeless and sick face under the crown, he couldn't even imagine how Liu Zhaoyu had endured betrayal in his sobriety for so many months. of.

The fingers were hastily withdrawn into the palm of the hand, but Jiang Shiqing held them first, and together with the anger and self-blame he wanted to hide, they were held in the palm of the man to comfort him.

On the steps, Liu Zhaoyu ignored the opinions of others and called Wen Yao directly: "Wen Cifu."

Wen Yao walked into the hall: "The minister is here."

Liu Zhaoyu said: "Why do you call him King Qin, and where are the traitors in the court? You come and explain clearly to the ministers."

"Zunzhi," Wen Yao changed his silence just now, and turned sideways to Yan Youqian, "But before that, I have to ask Lord Yu, where are the Taiwei and Quanzi?"

Yan Youqian smiled, almost gritted his teeth and answered, "Wen Cifu, you must have asked the wrong person."

Wen Yao was fearless, and said loudly: "Yesterday, Xu Shangshu specially invited the old man to the mansion for a gathering, but he threatened the dog's life, and asked the old man to ask the flying general and Liu Zhuangzhu to break into the palace to serve the king, and before the city gate opened, At that time, Duke You had already arranged for the catastrophe of the execution ground and the disruption of the prison department, in order to confuse the public and make everyone think that this was the chaos created by Master Liu in order to divert the troops and lead them into the palace smoothly. In order to slander Master Liu in the name of 'forcing the palace', so that the reserve can be firmly in Yan's hands."

"I used to be terrified because I was afraid that my family members would be implicated by the court, but I never thought that this caution would become the reason why Duke You and Xu Shangshu used it to threaten the old man." Emotionally fluctuating, Wen Yao lifted his robe and knelt down, "Dog Zi Wen Kaisen has been trapped by Duke Yu for more than a day, I can no longer remain indifferent, I can only tell you the truth and ask His Majesty to make the decision!"

Gao Li came forward at the right time and said: "Your Majesty, I recently reviewed the arson case of the yellow book storehouse, and felt strange. How could Peng Yan hide the stolen gunpowder in the yellow book storehouse without anyone noticing it? Zhou Fang, how did he ignite the gunpowder on the outside when he was inside the yellow book storehouse, and where did the guards come from? Thinking about it again, Song Shilang was attacked first, and then Taiwei and Wen The young master was arrested, and today the execution ground and prison department are being robbed one after another, I dare to speculate that Duke You and Shangshu Xu privately raised the deceased, what do you two say?"

At this time, the sun was covered by clouds, the sky suddenly darkened, and the strong wind hit the hall directly. Liu Zhaoyu took in the cool air and coughed violently several times. After he calmed down a little, he raised his hand to stop the noise in the hall.

"Needless to say, in an attempt to make me seriously ill and unable to come forward, and to rob the son of the Taiwei and Wen Cifu on purpose before this, Lord Yu planned all of this in order to win the reserve position," Liu Zhaoyu secretly told Liu Zhaoye Casting a glance, "It's been 11 years, does Lord Yu still want to repeat the old trick?"

Yan Youqian pushed his hands and shouted for injustice: "In this situation, as long as I open my mouth to refute, I am sophistry, what else can I say. But what the three of them said is without evidence and evidence, why are they not colluding with Master Liu to slander the minister!"

Hearing these words, Liu Zhaoyu's eyes gradually fell on Chang Yi, who was still kneeling on the ground with no expression on his face.

Liu Zhaoyu seemed to be talking to himself: "Of course I know, he has deceived me a lot."

The forbidden army then entered the hall and whispered to Lu Tianrui, not intending to disturb the atmosphere in the hall, Lu Tianrui bowed and saluted as a gesture, and only after Liu Zhaoyu nodded, he quickly retreated outside the hall.Liu Zhaoye watched all this quietly, and then suddenly remembered that Liu Zhaoyu was still the fifth prince who was clamoring to play with others back then.

Maybe they haven't known each other for too long, and everyone has changed.Liu Zhaoye felt a little sad while staring at it, but he didn't realize that he had been watching it for too long.

Liu Zhaoyu didn't dare to move his eyes to meet that gaze for a long time, but suddenly saw Xu Yixu in the hall and gradually laughed while escaping.

"What is Xu Shangshu laughing at?" Liu Zhaoyu asked.

Aware of Lu Tianrui's move out of the palace, Xu Yixu understood the situation today, and no longer had any reservations, he just said: "Your Majesty, the five-day period was chosen just right, enough to catch people off guard. , impetuous."

He raised his eyes to reveal the cruelty in his eyes, and said with a smile: "This chess game, I lost a game first."

"One game is nothing," Liu Zhaoyu replied calmly to that stern gaze, "pass down the order to summon the rest of the people into the palace."

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There was some dark light through the sealed doors and windows, and Jiang Yu coughed, but the muddy water he sucked in seemed impossible to drain, causing him to choke until his eyes overflowed with tears.

Wen Kaisen knelt aside, rubbed his back for him, and blamed himself: "Taiwei, I don't know what is mixed with the water inhaled into the lungs, I am incompetent, I should have stopped him if I tried my best yesterday."

The water tank on the side still had the horror of yesterday. Jiang Yu still clearly remembered the suffocation feeling when his head was pressed firmly in the water. When the impurities and peculiar smell in the water choked his nose and nose, he once thought he would drown.

The smell of tide came rushing again, Jiang Yu couldn't slow down, and responded in a cough: "...This is his resentment towards me, you can't stop it, cough——"

Finally coughing up a sound of vomiting, Jiang Yu gasped and said intermittently: "The relationship between me and him is no longer a dispute of similarities and differences. To him, I am Xu Bing's lingering ghost. The hatred in his heart The meaning is distorted... At the beginning, he wanted Xu Bing's life, just to surrender to the Yan family and ensure that he would stay out of the matter when the Feng family's forces were suppressed. The shadow of his own husband... But the more this happened, the more he wanted Xu Bing to see his outstanding achievements, but Xu Bing would never have the chance to witness all this. In regret, I cast all this hatred on Xu Bing, and then blamed me."

Wen Kaisen said, "I can't understand it."

Seeing the bruises on his face from the punch, Jiang Yu smiled lightly: "It's good if you don't understand, Wen Cifu has protected you very well these years."

Jiang Yu was tortured a lot this time, coughed again after speaking, sat up slowly after a while, the figure was haggard and gloomy with mottled light behind it.Wen Kaisen looked at him and recalled Wen Yao: "Father once embarked on an official career for a bright future, but these years he has seen enough intrigue and darkness, but he still chooses to continue on. Is it really worth it?"

Jiang Yu turned to look at him: "In order to protect other people in the Wen Mansion, you took the initiative to be caught here to suffer, is it worth it?"

"worth."

"Then Wen Cifu is just like you. As long as you have a reason in your heart that can convince you, no matter how ridiculous your choice is, it's worth it."

There was a sudden noise outside the door. Hearing the sound of heavy soldiers rushing in, Jiang Yu got up on the ground and faced the weak light cast through the window.Looking up, Wen Kaisen saw the body standing upright against the darkness, and only heard one sentence: "The victory is ahead, we are going to win."

Outside the door, Lu Tianrui reined in his horse and asked, "Did you find it?"

The imperial army replied: "I found it. Few of the guards escaped. Zhou Duwei has led people to chase after him. It seems that you are among them..."

The forbidden army hesitated, Lu Tianrui's heart jumped, and he interrupted directly: "Where are you chasing?"

"North City Gate."

"Confirm the safety of Taiwei and Mr. Wen, and follow Taiwei's orders."

"Yes!"