Yangyue

The bricks used to pave the ground in the Criminal Division have been soaked in the blood of countless prisoners over the years.Qi Zhu stared heavily at the ground, watching the blood flowing from the cook's chest, seeping through the broken crack like a reptile.

Although it was only for a moment, Qi Zhu will never forget the feeling of being controlled by others in this life.

He already understands who is responsible for everything that happened so suddenly today.

Qi Zhu coldly pulled out his blood-stained arm, and brought out a few broken bones. Everyone around him looked at him in astonishment, astonishment, disbelief, and most of all, fear.

Seeing Xiao Yangyue's reaction, the officials of the criminal department were startled and terrified for a moment, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, this matter is of great importance, it must not be... must not be hidden from the emperor!"

Henry Zhang glanced at Qi Zhu's back slightly from the corner of his eye, his eyebrows frowned slightly, his eyes concealed a bit of struggle, and he said in a deep voice: "I know that Lord Hou knows martial arts."

Qi Zhu's heart moved, and he couldn't help turning his head away.

Henry Zhang's words were ambiguous. As the owner of the Duckweed Pavilion, he is directly under the emperor, and he will report everything directly to the emperor.Therefore, Henry Zhang said so, in the eyes of outsiders, it means that the emperor also knows what it means.

But Qi Zhu knew in his heart that the emperor didn't know about it.

The criminal officials were also taken aback for a moment, and remained silent for a while.

At this time, Duan Rufeng's voice suddenly sounded from the side, he had already drawn out his sword, the tip of the sword was pointed at Qi Zhu, but his eyes were on Henry Zhangyue, and he said in a deep voice: "My lord, do you dare to ask the emperor to know about this matter?" ?"

Henry Zhang's eyes were a little more stern: "Zuo Tongzhi, you have overstepped."

"The lower officials don't dare, it's just that Lord Hou did kill people when the prisoner made a confession, the matter is so important, the lower officials dare not slack off." Duan Rufeng stared at Henry Zhangyue with an upright expression, "Please also ask the Lord Pavilion Master to face the saint as soon as possible. "

As soon as Duan Rufeng finished speaking, the door of the Criminal Division was suddenly opened. Everyone turned their heads and saw a line of palace guards lined up on both sides, and a man in a deep purple official robe with a purple gold dust whisk on his elbow was standing outside the door. , this person is the eunuch Zhou who has been serving the emperor closely for many years.

The moment she saw the emperor's personal eunuch, Henry Zhang felt a little more doubtful and urgent.

Eunuch Zhou raised his eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on Qi Zhu covered in blood and the corpse with his chest open on the ground, and said again: "It was passed on by the emperor that Marquis Xian Kun deceived the king and committed suicide in the criminal department. Suspected of harboring evil intentions, he will immediately be removed from his position as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and sent to imperial prison."

Henry Zhang's heart tightened every inch, the emperor must have secretly sent someone to follow them to the Criminal Division to monitor, otherwise, this oral order would not have come so quickly!

Eunuch Zhou nodded slightly to Xiao Yangyue and Duan Rufeng again: "I also ask Lord Master and Lord Zuo Tongzhi to personally escort Marquis Xiankun to imperial prison."

Duan Rufeng stepped forward to receive the order and said, "I accept the order."

Henry Zhang turned her head to look at Qi Zhu, Qi Zhu just stood quietly with a calm expression, as if someone else was imprisoned in the imperial decree.

Whenever seeing Qi Zhu's expression like this, Henry Zhang began to feel restless in his heart, and the fingers holding the sword were a little pale.

Eunuch Zhou stared at Xiao Yangyue, and flicked the whisk: "My lord, the imperial decree must not be delayed, please move to the prison."

Xiao Yangyue stood quietly in place, the moonlight passed through the rusty and mottled window lattice of the criminal department, spreading his figure on the ground, as silent as frost.Finally, he put away his saber and replied, "Leadership."

The royal prison in the imperial palace is a place where you can go only if you have an imperial decree to convict you. Most of the prisoners are high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

It's just that no matter how high the position is, coming here is not as good as livestock.

Qi Zhu walked in front of Xiao Yangyue and Duan Rufeng. The jailer who led the way opened the iron door of a single cell. The ghost of life is terrifying.

In the cell, there was only a narrow wooden plank embedded in the corner, covered with a clump of thatch for sleeping. When you smell it carefully, you can vaguely smell the stench of vampires and the smell of fresh blood.

Duan Rufeng said: "Master Hou, please take off the things you are wearing."

The two jailers took all the accessories from Qi Zhu's body, and even the hair crown, leaving only his clothes.The jailer handed all the things to Duan Rufeng, but Qi Zhu said: "The fan, I think the Pavilion Master will keep it for me."

Duan Rufeng looked back at Henry Zhang, Henry Zhang stood aside, the dim candlelight danced in his eyes, making his eyes flicker.

He seemed to have many things to ask and many things to say.

Finally, Henry Zhang stretched out his hand, took the white fan, and held the cold fan bones tightly in the palm of his hand.

Qi Zhu walked into the cell, the cell door slammed shut behind him, and the jailer locked the cell door.

Qi Zhu thought about it wildly, saying that the prison night is full of lonely souls and wild ghosts who died unjustly, and there are also ghost messengers who come to ask for their lives. If this ghost messenger has half the appearance of Xiao Yangyue, I don’t know how many people there are Will be willing to go with him.

The jailer handed over the key to Duan Rufeng, and he said, "Master Hou, if you need anything, just call someone."

Qi Zhu: "It's time to work."

"The lower official advises Lord Hou that the punishment in prison is extremely harsh. Even if Lord Hou knows martial arts, he might not be able to bear it." Duan Rufeng paused slightly, and then said, "It's late at night, Lord Hou should rest earlier. .”

After Duan Rufeng finished speaking, he signaled Henry Zhangyue to go first, Henry Zhangyue closed his eyes, turned and left the prison.Qi Zhu stared at him in the prison until Henry Zhang's figure disappeared into the darkness.

Eunuch Zhou stood outside the gate of the Imperial Prison. When he saw the two of them coming out, he greeted them and said, "My lords, the matter of the Imperial Prison is up to the Emperor to decide. There is no need for the adults to report back to the Emperor. The palace needs to be strengthened at night. Please also The two adults are good guards."

Henry Zhang frowned: "The emperor...won't you summon me?"

Eunuch Zhou replied: "The emperor has not issued an order."

After Henry Zhangyue and Duan Rufeng left, Qi Zhu lay down on the simple thatched bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep.He didn't open his eyes until he heard footsteps around him, it seemed that it was the time when the guards were changing at night, and there were fewer guards for the time being.

Qi Zhu unbuttoned his shirt, and then he could see clearly that there were large black meridian-like lines on his chest and arm muscles, which were exactly the same as the lines when he tried to repair the meridian with the golden snake fetus not long ago.

Qi Zhuning sneered, Huo Qiao, Huo Qiao, is he really worth his effort?

The poison that Huo Qiao gave him back then is still left in his body. Whenever he loses control of his internal energy disorder, these lines will emerge and adhere to his skin, like a tattoo.

Now he can't hide the fact that he knows martial arts, if Huo Qiao arranges well, the emperor may really be able to find some evidence of crime.

At that time, although he has his own way to escape from the heinous crime and the extermination of the nine clans, the Xiankunhou clan will surely suffer an unreasonable disaster.

Forced him to give up this fake identity, forced him to bear the guilt of taking the lives of innocent people, forced him to hate him even more, so that he couldn't bear it anymore, and had to return to the martial arts to seek this bloody revenge.

Every time he took a step back, Huo Qiao forced a hundred steps forward.

The poisoning of the Moro Sect and the Imperial Dining Room may have something to do with Hongyue's assassination at the beginning. Huo Qiao covered the sky with one hand in the martial arts, what else can he not do?

Qi Zhu buttoned up his clothes, and the ice-like killing intent settled deeply in his eyes. One day, he would kill Huo Qiao, just like he did when he bloodbathed the Huo Qiao sect, killing him completely.

The gate of the imperial prison was opened, and footsteps came slowly. Qi Zhu sat with his back to the gate. He thought it was the shift guard who had returned, but suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a very familiar voice mixed with these footsteps.

Qi Zhu turned his head, and a figure slowly stopped outside the cell door, staring at him quietly, still holding his fan in his hand.

Qi Zhu looked at Henry Zhang silently, and asked after a while: "Did the emperor send you to interrogate me?"

Henry Zhang said lightly: "The emperor didn't summon me."

Originally such things would always go through the hands of the duckweed pavilion, but this time, the emperor did not summon him, and even asked the dry guard to work with the duckweed pavilion.

"Then you came here without authorization?" Qi Zhu simply lay down on the bed, turned his back, and did not look at him, "Please go back, Lord Pavilion Master."

I am used to hearing Qi Zhu call his name, but now the name of this position makes Henry Zhang very unhappy, he said in a deep voice: "I am the master of the Duckweed Pavilion, and I can go wherever I want."

Qi Zhu sighed slightly: "I'm afraid after today, you won't be able to go wherever you want."

Qi Zhu knew very well that the emperor had not summoned Xiao Yangyue, so he must have become suspicious of him, suspecting that Zhang Yangyue knew that he knew martial arts, but did not report the matter.

And it is true.

Qi Zhu said in a low voice, "I'm the one who got you involved."

Henry Zhang didn't want to hear this from Qi Zhu's mouth, he would rather Qi Zhu told him personally that he was wronged and framed, and let him find a way to plead with the emperor and find a way out, instead of being calm and normal like now , as if he had accepted everything, and didn't care about his own life at all!

He never seemed to be able to read him.

Henry Zhang grabbed the rusty iron bars of the cell, letting the rust stain his clean palm, he said word by word: "You know what happened, don't you?"

Qi Zhu smiled lightly: "You said you didn't come to interrogate me, hasn't this already started?"

"Do you really want to die?!" Henry Zhang sullenly said, "The emperor may order to kill you at any time! You tell me the truth, and I can save you!"

"Xiao Yangyue, you are so smart, you should know that it is best to draw a clear line with me at this time." Qi Zhu said quietly, "You should take the initiative to ask the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly, and promise that if I really harbor evil intentions , you can kill me without hesitation."

Henry Zhang's fingertips trembled, and Qi Zhu's words were like a sharp knife, forcibly gouging out a piece of flesh from his heart.He understood, he understood that Qi Zhu was right, but he felt his body was cold and his limbs were as heavy as lead.

"I was careless in the past. I knew that your identity was different from mine, but I still made friends with you wantonly. Now I have hurt you, and I am very guilty." Qi Zhudao, "If this matter can clear my innocence, from now on, we Don't have any more unnecessary contacts."

As soon as Qi Zhu finished speaking, the gate of the Imperial Prison was opened again. Duan Rufeng stood outside the door with his hands behind his back, and his voice pierced through the dark corridor: "Lord Pavilion Master, Your Majesty invites you to the Imperial Study Room."

Henry Zhang was silent for a while, and finally, he raised his hand and threw the fan heavily beside Qi Zhu's bed. The fan bones knocked on the cold stone slab, raising a cloud of dust, and the snow-white fan surface was immediately stained black and gray.

Henry Zhang turned around and left step by step.

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To a certain extent, Lord Hou is cruel to both himself and Yangyue, often deliberately stepping on thunder to make Yangyue explode.

But slowly it will stop, because he will also feel distressed. In addition, Yang Yue doesn't understand why Lord Hou is calm, of course it is because——

Lord Hou: Qi Zhu was imprisoned, what's the matter with Fang Wuzhu?