White Hedge Dream

Chapter 279 Entering the Urn

The cold palace in late summer is as cold and solemn as the cold winter.

Zhang Ze looked at Guo Shun without panic or anger.

"Which case?" he asked, "What do you want me to confess to? You didn't even ask, so why do you refuse to confess?"

Guo Shun was not as humble and flattering as when he followed him just now. He straightened his back and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Ze, where were you just now?"

Zhang Ze looked at him and smiled: "Where I am going is not your place to ask."

"Is this still called denial?" Guo Shun shouted, waving his hand, "Put him in the urn!"

But what was embarrassing was that the soldiers standing around did not move.

Zhang Ze laughed: "After following me for so long, why don't you know how to review cases? Our Board of Supervisors does not want to know the other party's answer, but to give the answer and let the other party recognize it."

He looked at Guo Shun.

"So, what do you want me to recognize?"

After saying that, he thought of something again. He no longer looked at Guo Shun, but looked around, as if he was looking for someone.

"Empress, what do you want me to recognize?"

Guo Shun took a step forward, but he was a little scared because he was not allowed to carry a sword when entering the palace. He quickly grabbed a knife from a guard and said, "Zhang Ze, are you colluding with the King of Chu?"

Zhang Ze looked at him: "That's the right thing to ask, just frame the accusation."

"Don't be so playful with me!" Guo Shun yelled, "You-"

"Okay!" A female voice interrupted Guo Shun.

Guo Shun stood up straight in a hurry. Zhang Ze also looked into the palace and saw Bai Ying coming out from behind the big urn.

"Don't ask such stupid questions." Bai Ying glanced at Guo Shun, then looked at Zhang Ze, "Zhang Zhongcheng is not a fool."

Zhang Ze looked at Bai Ying: "Your Majesty, you are really quick to act. She gave you an official position and then prepared a charge. Is the charge that I colluded with the King of Chu to rebel?"

He said, smiled, and nodded.

"The choice is good. My identity is very important. I am in charge of many officials' private affairs. Your Majesty will be very concerned about it."

Bai Ying didn't answer his words, looked at him and asked, "Where were you just now?"

"I did go to see the King of Chu." Zhang Ze said, "To be precise, I met Zhou Jingyun. Zhou Jingyun was working for the King of Chu."

He said and looked at Bai Ying.

"If your Majesty wants to ask this, there is no need to go to war."

Bai Ying smiled: "I know, if I ask you, you will tell me. I asked you in Hanliang Palace, and you will tell me that the King of Chu hosted a banquet and you went to spy on him. Now you are facing the big urn. "She pointed to the charcoal fire jar beside her, "You will tell me that I went to collude with the King of Chu."

Zhang Ze looked at her: "I will answer whatever your Majesty needs."

Bai Ying looked at him and suddenly sighed: "Zhang Ze, you really treat me as a fool and refuse to tell the truth. In addition to meeting Zhou Jingyun, you also met Bai Li! Do you think I didn't see it? Do you think I didn't? Did you know that Bai Li was sitting in King Chu's carriage? Did you know that she had a private meeting with Zhou Jingyun in the teahouse? "

At this point her expression became angry.

"Why did you collude with the King of Chu? You first colluded with Bai Li, and then you married her to the King of Chu."

"If it weren't for you, how could she marry Princess Chu? If it weren't for you, would I have discovered that this was my sister when I saw Princess Chu?"

At this point she laughed again.

"I was the one who made this Princess Chu happen!"

She pointed at Zhang Ze.

"Zhang Ze, how can I, Bai Ying, be sorry for you! You did this to me!"

Guo Shun said cautiously, "Don't be angry, your Majesty." He then looked at Zhang Ze, heartbroken and said, "Zhang Ze, you have disappointed your Majesty so much, how could you betray your trust!"

Zhang Ze looked at Bai Ying: "My dear, did you have another nightmare? Did you see someone you shouldn't have seen again?"

Bai Ying looked at him warily: "Is it your fault?"

Zhang Zesurong: "My Lady, you have fallen into a devil's trap." He said and took a step forward, "My Lady, please wake up and don't fall into other people's traps."

Guo Shun pointed the knife at him: "Stand away and stay away from your empress!"

Zhang Ze ignored Guo Shun and only looked at Bai Ying.

Bai Ying suddenly smiled: "Yes, I can't sleep because I am trapped by a demonic barrier, but facing you, Zhang Zhongcheng, I am very awake."

She walked slowly around Zhang Ze for a few steps.

"You didn't collude with my sister recently. It started a long time ago."

He sneered at this.

"I asked you the other day, don't you think Princess Chu is very similar to me? What about you, you told me such nonsense and even praised me? You really have a guilty conscience."

"You pretended to be very similar, but in my eyes there were many loopholes."

"I told you my intention on purpose, and then you went to see Zhou Jingyun and asked Zhou Jingyun to tell Bai Li my intention."

"You think it's her I want to stabilize?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ze looked at Bai Ying and nodded thoughtfully: "So it turns out that I am the one you want to stabilize."

Bai Ying stopped and looked at him and smiled: "Yes, you are the one I want to stabilize." Guo Shun shook his head at the side: "Zhang Ze, you really shouldn't abandon your empress."

Zhang Ze glanced at Guo Shun: "Without my betrayal of the empress, there would be no chance for you to succeed."

Is this an admission? Guo Shun's eyes were excited: "Empress, I'm here to interrogate you!"

Zhang Ze looked at Bai Ying: "Don't bother me. Your Majesty also knows what kind of person I am. I can do whatever you need me to testify. I just obey your orders. I will not sacrifice myself to protect others." life."

Bai Ying looked at him and smiled sarcastically: "It's very simple for you to testify. The King of Chu has colluded with you for a long time. First, he used the Queen's case to uncover the case of the former Crown Prince, clearing his name and restoring his identity. Then Li Yu suddenly transformed into Chu King, the next step is to get rid of the little prince, and then unite with the courtiers to force your majesty to adopt King Chu as his adopted son and make him a prince, just like how you forced the late emperor to make King Changyang a prince."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Guo Shun who was standing aside, and saw Guo Shun looking loyal and holding a knife to protect her.

"Did you remember it?" Bai Ying asked with a frown.

Guo Shun hurriedly responded yes.

Bai Ying looked at Zhang Ze again: "Zhong Cheng, do you think this is okay? Is it enough to make you shed your skin even if you don't die?"

Zhang Ze nodded: "Your Majesty is smart. First, she brought out the Queen's case and made the Queen unjust. Then she threatened the young prince. The Emperor will definitely not let King Chu go."

Bai Ying looked at him: "Here comes someone." She waved her hand and said, "Send Zhong Cheng into the urn."

Following her words, the soldiers and guards rushed forward. Zhang Ze did not resist. Guo Shun also took the opportunity to step forward and directed the soldiers to strip off Zhang Ze's official robe, tie them up in this way, and throw them into an urn.

"I didn't want to escape unscathed, and I deserve to be punished." Zhang Ze did not struggle, standing in the urn with only one head exposed, looking at Bai Ying, "Just let me do something for the queen one last time, come here Write my own confession and organize my evidence."

Bai Ying looked at him, smiled slightly, and signaled to Guo Shun: "Light the fire."

Hearing this, Zhang Ze's calm expression changed: "Because you found this idiot, are you going to get rid of me?"

Guo Shun, who was lighting the fire himself, was embarrassed and said: "Zhang Ze, how much smarter are you than me? You are just lucky. That noble man broke your father's leg when he stepped on it. If he had broken my father's leg, he would be standing next to my mother-in-law. It was me long ago!”

Zhang Ze pouted at him.

Bai Ying seemed happy that the two of them were scolding each other and laughed.

"Zhongcheng, didn't you say that? Only the dead are the least threatening in this world." She said, "This is what you taught me, and I will keep it in mind."

Zhang Ze looked at her coldly: "I did not teach you to be a snake-hearted woman."

Bai Ying sneered: "You are calling me a bitch-hearted now? Are you not praising me anymore?" She gritted her teeth and asked, "Do you think my sister is better than me?"

Her voice suddenly rose in pitch, and she looked at Zhang Ze bitterly.

"Zhang Ze, it was you who first extended your hand to me at the Taiye Pond. It was you who said you wanted to help me. It was you who said you wanted to scare Xiao Xiao for me, strengthen your power, cultivate your ears and eyes, and protect me!"

"It's me you're interested in! You should only have eyes for me!"

Bai Ying took a step forward and looked at Zhang Ze who was trapped in the urn. The large urn was designed so that people could not stand up straight in it, so Zhang Ze, who was originally much taller than her, was now eye level with her.

She reached out her hand, touched his face, and whispered.

"I'm not going to give you the chance to do to my sister what you did to me."

"You can only live for me, and you can only die for me."

Zhang Ze suddenly turned his head and bit her hand. Bai Ying let out a scream. Guo Shun hurriedly hit Zhang Ze's face. Several more soldiers came and worked together to pull Bai Ying's hand away from Zhang Ze's face. Take it out of your mouth.

A piece of flesh was bitten off Bai Ying's hand, blood flowed all over the floor, and her face was deformed in pain.

"Bastard, bastard," she screamed.

"Your Majesty, go and ask the imperial doctor to bandage her." Guo Shun helped her and left.

Bai Ying gave him a backhand slap, and blood stained his face.

"Idiot! What do you want me to do!" she scolded, "Give me a trial. Prepare the confession and evidence for me overnight!"

Guo Shun hurriedly responded, and the chambermaids came around to help Bai Ying walk out. When she reached the palace gate, she looked back.

Zhang Ze's face in the big urn was covered with blood, both from biting her and from being beaten by the soldiers.

"Who do you think you are?" Seeing Bai Ying turn around, Zhang Ze smiled, "How could I die for you!"

Bai Ying gritted her teeth and walked out quickly holding on to her painful hand.

pain.

It hurt so much that I wanted to die.

But when the pain becomes unbearable, it will slow down and you will feel alive.

This is the characteristic of the punishment of being roasted in an urn, which makes people want to die but not live.

In the past, it was fun to see others do this, but when it was my turn to experience it myself, it felt terrible.

"Do you think it's better to be alive now or to be dead?"

A female voice asked softly in my ear.

Zhang Ze slowly opened his eyes, his vision was dim. Is it already night? No, this is not a cold palace, nor does he seem to be roasting in a big urn. In his dim vision, the sky and the earth are endless. It seems to be the sea, and it seems to be in the clouds. His body is suspended in it, and he can't feel himself. .

This way, you won't feel the pain anymore.

Zhang Ze sat up suddenly. Can he move freely?

He raised his head and saw the face of the woman standing in front of him, Bai Li.

"I didn't expect my sister to want to kill you." She said, nodding again, "It's not surprising, she can even kill her own family, let alone you."