Broken Iron Clothes

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Lai Chang slowly raised his eyes to look at Yuan Mucheng, but suddenly laughed: "Is it the way you interrogate Dali with both soft and hard tactics?"

"Oh? Xiongtai revealed more than a little bit of what he said, but I'm not here for interrogation, but to negotiate terms." Yuan Mucheng said with a half-smile while looking sideways.

Lai Chang said in a hoarse voice, "You killed my companion, and you still negotiate terms with me?"

Yuan Mucheng said frankly: "Isn't it? I saved your life at the beginning just to negotiate terms. Compared with the torture they used, am I not sincere enough?"

"Besides," Yuan Mucheng turned his head to look at Lai Chang, and said, "Aren't you just waiting for someone to sit down and negotiate terms with you like today, but it's just me, the bastard, who understands your heart best."

Lai Chang looked him up and down and said, "You are really strong."

Yuan Mucheng evacuated the people and did not lock the prison door. On the one hand, he was showing his so-called "sincerity", and on the other hand, he was warning Lai Chang that even without prison guards and chains, he still has enough confidence and strength to deal with mere prisoners. A prisoner.

"Absurd," Yuan Mucheng said, "I always distinguish between public and private. You can talk about our personal grievances after we have reached an agreement. I, Yuan Xiao'an, dare to act boldly. Right now, I don't want to go around with you anymore. If you have something to say, feel free to speak up." explain."

Hearing this, Lai Chang grinned with a bloody mouth: "It is said to be a companion, but it is just a grasshopper tied to a rope, a group of desperadoes, no friendship, the relationship between me and you is not a personal grudge, But I appreciate you."

Yuan Mucheng said with a smile: "Brother Lai has a good eye."

Lai Chang smiled and asked, "Why didn't you kill me that day?"

Yuan Mucheng pushed the scattered hay by his feet, and said: "It's customary to leave an assassin alive. Ordinary dead men have thousands of ways to commit suicide after being arrested. You deliberately pay attention to slowing down others when you do it, and don't commit suicide. If I don't keep you, I really don't know who is more suitable to keep."

"For this assassination, I really came for the Emperor Dali. It was only the night before the attack that I realized that the knife on my neck had been removed. They were willing to take this life-saving grandson as a lunch box. No way..."

Lai Chang's throat was astringent, and he coughed unavoidably after speaking.

He picked up the water glass in front of him, and poured it into his mouth with the kettle after drinking. After a while, he continued: "My younger brother died in a foreign country. I was promised that I would keep his remains. Send him back to his hometown when the war is over, and the condition is that I will find the killer buried in the city for a man named Yuan Mucheng, so you must be Yuan Mucheng."

Yuan Mucheng looked at him, and nodded without saying a word. Lai Chang seemed to be waiting for him to speak, but he didn't wait, so he asked, "Don't you ask who I am?"

Yuan Mucheng said, "Will you tell me if I ask you?"

The smell of food wafted uncoordinatedly in the dark environment, and it was rare for people to feel the stagnant air flowing. The two sat opposite each other and laughed at the same time.

Lai Chang stopped laughing first, and said, "Someone has negotiated the conditions for you, but I will ask you how I can help you."

"Who is that person?" Yuan Mucheng asked.

Lai Chang took another sip from the water bottle and said, "If you ask me, will I tell you? I only do what has been agreed upon, and don't care about the rest."

Yuan Mucheng's gaze followed his every move, and seeing that he drank enough water, he asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you after it's done?"

Lai Chang threw away the empty pot and said, "I never thought of getting out alive after I entered this prison, so why not die?"

Yuan Mucheng asked: "How can you be sure that I will believe you?"

"The man told me," Lai Chang leaned over, and said, "You have no choice, believe it or not."

"Is that so." Yuan Mucheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was full of joy and displeasure.

"The person you mentioned is really disturbing."

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After only staying in Huimei Courtyard for two more days, Jiang Shiqing went back to the Jiang residence, Jiang Yu and Zhong Dingshan also went back together.

Coincidentally, it was just in time for winter, and was frozen by the cold wind outside. Jiang Shiqing's face was bloodless after entering the door, Xu Guo hurriedly lit a brazier to roast, and Ji Dong went to the kitchen to prepare dishes.

"Gentlemen are you really not leaving?" Jiang Shiqing asked while sitting in the room holding a cup of hot tea to warm his hands.

"Don't go," Jiang Yu helped him gather his cloak, and said, "No matter what you say, you should wait until this year is over before leaving."

"Don't rush the old man, I will take care of you more in the future, so that the unreliable Gu boy will not be messed up again someday," Zhong Dingshan said, not forgetting to bring Xu Guo, "By the way, Xiao Xu Guo has to take advantage of it too." Practice more these days."

Remembering Zhong Dingshan's appearance when he was training people, Xu Guo was so angry that he slowly picked up the charcoal with the iron tongs in his hand, and replied: "Yes, Xu Guo remembered it."

On the other side, Gu Nanxing said in a low voice, "Sir, how can you vent your anger on me?"

When Zhong Dingshan heard it, he became angry: "Little bastard still knows how to call me sir, he has not forgotten the etiquette, but his temper is not small, how can you be impatient?"

Gu Nanxing said with a smile: "If this temper can be used as gunpowder, mine can be used to blow up houses, yours might even blow up this city."

Zhong Dingshan rolled up his sleeves while talking: "Lunwu, you have called me my master for a few years anyway, why is it itchy, and you are still thinking about master's beating?"

Gu Nanxing hurriedly handed over the hot tea at hand: "Hey, Mr. Lin Meng, you always drink tea, drink hot tea!"

Jiang Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "You two have been arguing for so many years, and you haven't won a fight yet. Xu Guo is still young, so don't lead the child badly."

Zhong Dingshan said: "I am relieved that Xiao Xuguo is following Huaichuan, but Xiao Jidong is a girl, so I am worried about following Boy Gu every day."

"Sir, what you said is wrong, what's wrong with Ji Dong following me?" Gu Nanxing refused to accept.

Zhong Dingshan snorted and said, "Are you saying that you are like a human being? You can't speak well after opening your mouth. When you encounter alcohol, you are like a hungry ghost getting into a rice bucket."

Gu Nanxing sneaked a wicked glance at Zhong Dingshan and said, "Mr. Lin Meng taught this, okay?"

After speaking, he got out of the room without looking back.

"You!" Zhong Dingshan jumped up against the table and chased him out.

Jiang Yu looked at the two of them, smiled helplessly, turned around and said to Jiang Shiqing, "Huaichuan, you should take good care of them these days, we will take care of them."

Jiang Shiqing looked down at the hot air rising from the cup, and whispered, "There is still one thing that needs to be done first."

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After the beginning of winter, several charcoal carts drove into the city every day to drive the morning clock. The wooden wheels of each cart were covered with a thin layer of frost from the ground, leaving behind two charcoal ruts. print.The cloth shop is also visited by people every day, and ordinary people want to stock up on more clothes before the price is raised.

The street market was bustling with crowds, even more prosperous than before, and the teahouses and restaurants were also bustling. The story of the parachutist escorting him was regarded as a good story and gradually spread throughout the city, and speculation about who was the mastermind behind the scenes also aroused heated discussions among the people. Among them, the most popular saying is Yin Wang.

However, the rumors in the streets and alleys added interest to the ordinary life of the people, but also caused the Yizhonghou's mansion to fall into anxiety.

"What about the Ministry of War?" Feng Ruoping asked as he walked around the room.

Cui Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, replied from the side: "Liang Yuanqing pushed a few guards out, and chose himself clean, but this action also hurt the hearts of the guards, and his position as Minister of the Ministry of War will not be secure in the future. "

Feng Ruoping asked again: "Where is that Lai Chang in prison?"

Cui Cheng replied: "Still not recruited."

Feng Ruoping sneered: "He's smart, he knows that the only way to save his life is to be stubborn at this time. It's okay if he doesn't do anything, this time the dirty water will be poured on King Yin. If he recruits the sand snake, he will definitely find the head of the household. When the time comes to check with the Ministry of Households, it will be a big trouble."

"I still can't keep this person." Xu Bing, who was sitting behind the screen, pinched the lid and stroked the rim of the cup lightly, and took a sip after pushing aside the floating tea leaves.

Feng Ruoping took a few steps to the side, changed his tone, and asked, "According to Taiwei's opinion, what should we do?"

Xu Bing put the cup lightly and asked, "Cui Shangshu has handed over the power of interrogation to the Dudu Mansion?"

"What the Taiwei ordered, the next official will naturally not forget, and it has been handed over."

After Cui Cheng finished speaking, he raised his eyes to see that Xu Bing's figure was a little blurry through the screen, but it was as indistinct as he himself.

When Liu Zhaoyu was established as the prince, Xu Bin was once the prince's grand teacher, and then rose all the way with Liu Zhaoyu's succession, and became a Taiwei. King Fuyin is cooking beans and burning Osmunda.Terrible.

"If this person can't help being tortured to death in prison, who will His Majesty pursue at this time?"

Cui Chengben was still thinking about it, but was startled by the words coming from behind the screen.

After he came back to his senses, he thought for a moment, wondering why: "Lu Tianrui doesn't trust the Ministry of Punishments, and has placed the Imperial Army in the Division of Prisons and Prisons. I'm afraid it won't be easy to make a move."

"The torture to death will at most break the clues to find out the assassin, but Cui Shangshu knows better than me what the crime of dereliction of duty so that the key criminal who assassinated the emperor escaped."

Cui Cheng now understands that Xu Bing wants him to let Lai Chang escape from prison privately, and then blame this crime on the Imperial Army of the Dudu Mansion.Xu Bing not only wanted to use the name of the Dudu Mansion to get rid of the scourge of Lai Chang, but also wanted to use Lai Chang to deal a heavy blow to the Dudu Mansion.

"Your official understands." Cui Cheng secretly said "greedy", and then left Yizhonghou's mansion first.

Seeing the people leave, Xu Bing stood up slowly, and walked out from behind the screen, showing her face, but her expression was uncomfortable.Before raising his eyes to look at Feng Ruoping, he asked: "This time the big man did it privately, Lord Hou doesn't know?"

Feng Ruoping looked aggrieved: "I really don't know, I only agreed with the elders at the beginning, and arranged for their people to enter the imperial court. Who would have thought that now they provoked this and would cause King Yin to be dragged into the water."

This time Xu Bin took a closer look at the other party's expression, then calmed down a little, and said, "Is Prince Yin still in Ningzhou?"

Feng Ruoping replied: "After listening to you, I am in Ningzhou, so I didn't dare to act rashly."

Xu Bing nodded, and thoughtfully said: "Right now we can only wait for the limelight to pass, and then take the opportunity to divert the fire elsewhere."