Deep night dew.
Lu Yan pressed her body, staring at her without moving, in a posture that she would not give up without saying a word.
Seeing that Shen Zhen remained silent. The man's hand on her waist changed from a cold restraint to a slow stroking... Gently and heavily, it was both like caressing and persecution.
Aggrieved
Following him, in fact, she shouldn't be wronged. Without him, even if she escaped from Chang'an City that day, she would only be able to take Hong'er around, hoping for a peaceful corner, which is a fool's dream.
Since she has received his favor, she always has to pay the price. She should understand this.
But the truth is the truth. It is difficult for her to say the words "no grievance".
After all, she has lived for 16 years, and she never thought that one day, she would be someone else's outer chamber...
Shen Zhen tried her best to open her mouth, but she couldn't pronounce a single sound.
Seeing her like this, Lu Yan's heart sank again and again.
Are three words really that hard to say
Very good, excellent.
The dignified grandfather of the Duke's Mansion, the proud son of Heaven in Chang'an City, has always been flattered by others from childhood to adulthood. How could he be led by the nose like this
Looking at the uncontrollable color in her eyes, Lu Yan's dark and deep eyes suddenly filled with a trace of anger, and a trace of panic that he didn't want to admit.
His Adam's apple moved slightly, turned over and got off her, and said in a hoarse voice, "Take a break."
From now on, she didn't want to say, and he didn't want to ask again.
Shen Zhen looked at his back and knew that she had just offended him. After thinking for a while, she wrapped her arms around his waist and said:
"Thanks to the kindness of the adults, Shen Zhen will never forget it."
Her voice didn't change at all, but the words she said made his limbs go numb.
Sure enough, only grace
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The night had fallen, and Shen Zhen's breathing gradually turned even.
Lu Yan looked at her sideways, then looked at the sachet she put on the side of the bed, and finally sighed, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep...
Time flashed back to the ninth day of October.
That was the night before the Shen family was supposed to repay the debt.
On that day, Jingzhao Mansion had a difficult case. When the twilight drum sounded, Lu Yan was writing a submission with his head down.
At this time, a few Zaoli who were about to go home from the scattered value strode in, "Master Lu, there's a fire in Zhaoxingfang."
Another person said, "The shopkeeper of Jin's Qian Yinpu just came to beat the drum, saying that the third girl of the Shen family did not repay her debts, fled in fear of crime, and has now left the city."
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows, the third girl of the Shen family? Is it her again
Lu Yan put down his pen and said, "Call someone from the Jin family in."
As soon as the shopkeeper of Jin's Qian Yinpu came in, he took out the evidence in his hand and said, "Sir, the Shen family owes a total of 8,000 yuan. If she runs away, her life will not be enough to pay. of."
Seeing that Lu Yan was silent, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Besides this, I have another matter to tell! The third girl of the Shen family went out of the city with a falsified household registration and fake documents! This matter, the yamen does not Will you ignore it?"
"Sir, what should I do?" Yang Zong whispered.
Lu Yan turned the wolf in his hand and sighed deeply, "Tell your superior to join the army and leave the city." Tampering with household registration and counterfeiting documents is no small matter.
Lu Yan brought a group of people with torches in their hands to search for people, from north to south, and finally, at 3 o'clock in the twilight period, they captured Shen Zhen and Shen Hong who accidentally fell off their horses.
People get stolen goods, and there is no chance of denial.
Lu Yan got off his horse, walked to Shen Zhen's side, and said in a very cold voice, "Who gave you the customs clearance order?"
Shen Zhen lowered her head, bit her lower lip, and said nothing.
Her hair on the temples was messed up, there was a little blood on her face, and her little face was as pale as the silver lamp in his hand.
"Go back to the official's words." Lu Yan said.
Shen Zhen's fingertips were trembling, and the three pampered girls had never been interrogated and had never been a fugitive.
It's just that it's about the eldest sister, she doesn't dare to say anything.
Lu Yan didn't say anything with a smile, and stopped talking nonsense with her. He only looked back and said to Yang Zong, "Take her away."
When Lu Yan brought her back to Jingzhao Mansion Prison, it was already the second watch.
He detained Shen Zhen, Shen Hong, and the bribe-taking city gate soldiers in different cells, and then said, "Trial separately."
At this moment, Shen Zhen suddenly stood up and said, "Sir, he is only five years old, he doesn't know anything."
Lu Yanxing walked to her side, pressing step by step, frowning: "Take out the documents and household registration."
Shen Zhen raised her hand and pressed her chest, tears welling up in her eye sockets. She wanted to ask him to let her go, but she also knew that it was useless to ask for help.
There is no intersection between the Zhenguo Gongfu and the Shen family. Even if there is an intersection, he is a court-appointed official and will not show favoritism.
Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, Lu Yan said again, "If you don't hand it over yourself, this officer will have to search your body."
How can a woman like Shen Zhen who lives in a boudoir can withstand Lu Yan's coercive tone and tortured eyes...
After a long while, she finally handed the document in her hand to him, "My lord, everything today is done by me alone. It's counterfeiting documents, falsifying household registration, and selfish arson. I admit it." In a word, those gleaming eyes swiped the ground, and big teardrops poured out.
Lu Yan looked at the order in his hand, and after confirming that it was correct, he raised his eyes and reprimanded: "Do you know how big of a crime this is? You alone? How did you get the paper for the special account of the Ministry of Household?"
Shen Zhen couldn't answer such a question.
Lu Yan glanced at her and sneered: "Jingzhao Mansion has always enforced the law impartially. If you should recognize it, you should recognize it, and if you shouldn't recognize it, it's not your turn to recognize it."
Shen Zhen clenched her fists tightly and said in a trembling voice, "I really did it alone."
Lu Yan left the cell, and when it was locked, he said to her, "This official persuades Miss Shen to tell the truth when she ascends to the hall tomorrow, so as not to be charged with covering up."
At this moment, Yang Zong came from not far away and said to Lu Yan, "Master, are you going back to the manor today?"
Lu Yan rubbed his eyebrows with his middle finger, "I have to go to the hall tomorrow morning, so don't bother."
the next day.
Lu Yan passed by the desk again this night. When the day was about to dawn, he got up and moved his lower shoulders left and right.
Thinking of today's tedious business, I can't help but press my temples with my hands.
He glanced at the dazzling sunlight outside and said, "Has the soldier defending the city pleaded guilty? Who bought him off?"
Yang Zong shook his head, "I can bear it. Forty heavy boards go down, I didn't say anything."
Counterfeiting documents, bribing officials, none of the charges are light, Lu Yan said solemnly: "Examine Shen Zhen."
Lu Yannian had a special identity and was a woman, so it was not easy for a public trial, so she went to Jingzhaofu Prison in person.
A well-known and noble girl who is only sixteen years old has never seen such a posture. When she saw two yali holding a board, and a long tadpole, her whole body became weak.
Lu Yan pondered over and over again, and said, "Miss Shen, the flogging is not a joke. Who gave you this document, this official advises you to recruit it truthfully."
Shen Zhen didn't seem to hear it, she walked over step by step, lay down on the tug, her eyes were red, and whispered: "My lord has asked me 10,000 times, and I have only one answer."
Compared with the county government and the Ministry of Justice, the Jingzhao Mansion has greater rights and is not subject to appeals. Therefore, as long as the evidence is conclusive, it can be tried in court, or even the death penalty.
Lu Yan's fingers lightly tapped the table.
To torture a girl, and he probably couldn't bear it, Lu Yan rarely persuaded before the execution, "You can't bear it."
Shen Zhen didn't answer, and only held a handkerchief in her small hands.
She was a little scared, and her lower lip was shaking.
As long as these charges are convicted, she will never survive.
If you can keep the eldest sister, this board will not be in vain.
Lu Yan looked at her, weighed it again and again, and the yali on the same side said, "Three." With a body like Shen Zhen, with three boards down, she should be willing to say anything.
To be honest, since he took over as Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, there have been countless such scenes. But most of the prisoners he tried violated the criminal law for their own selfish desires, such as burglary and entry, rape of wives and daughters, murder and arson.
In a situation like the Shen family, he was also the first to meet.
Three boards went down, Shen Zhen didn't say a word.
Lu Yan turned the white jade finger on his hand and said, "Three more."
The board falls.
Lu Yan looked at her for a long time, and he couldn't bear it in his eyes. He said again: "You admit it earlier, this official counts you as surrendering, and everything will be punished lightly." According to the Jin law, those who surrendered after attempted crimes are exempted from the crime and will be punished. Those who surrender themselves after being arrested will be reduced to second-degree offenses.
How much Shen Zhen's criminal law can be sentenced is probably within his grasp.
Before she could speak, Yang Zong ran to Lu Yan's side and whispered, "Master, the prince of Xuanping Hou said he was looking for you in an urgent matter and was waiting outside Jingzhao Mansion."
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Suiyu?"
"Exactly." Yang Zong said.
Lu Yan doesn't have many friends, and Sui Yu is one of them.
Sui Yu was about the same age as him and grew up together. It can be said that they are brothers and sisters. After thinking about it, Lu Yan asked Yali to stop and turn around.
Sui Yu was led to the back garden by Lu Yan.
"What are you doing with me at this time?"
Looking at Sui Yu's eager eyes, Lu Yan suddenly remembered that Xuanping Marquis Mansion and Yunyang Marquis Mansion have always had a close relationship. If it wasn't for Shen's second girl, Shen Yao, who was sent by the saint to marry three years ago, Sui Yu would be the son-in-law of the Shen family. .
Thinking of this relationship, Lu Yan's heart sank.
"The third sister of the Shen family, are you here?" Sui Yu said anxiously.
Lu Yan nodded and said, "Yes."
"Shi Yan, listen to me, I gave the letter yesterday to Shen Yan."
Lu Yan frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Do you know what you're talking about?" Lu Yan questioned him and gave himself the answer.
Yes, Sui Yu works in the Ministry of Housing.
"Shi Yan, she is Shen Yao's younger sister, and I also watched her grow up. I can't do it without saving me. I really can't do it."
Lu Yan's eyes sank, and he scolded in a low voice: "You are going to get married in a few days. If Mrs. Xuanping Hou and the Taifu family knew that you were still in contact with the Shen family, what would they do?"
The so-called wall is pushed down by everyone, and the drum is broken by thousands of people.
At the moment, the Shen family has come to a dead end, and no one can save it.
After a while, Lu Yan looked at his close friend who grew up with him, his eyes red, "I owe Yao'er."
Lu Yan didn't know why, so he just said: "I know you have a deep friendship with the second girl of the Shen family, but she was sent to be married by a saint. What's wrong with you?"
Sui Yu lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "I told her that she will never marry her in this life. No matter what the reason is, I have broken my promise." After that, he raised his head and said, "Anyway, the document for Shen Zhen to go out of the city is the one I asked for. What she did has nothing to do with Shen Yan."
Lu Yan's brows twitched, and he whispered, "Sui You'an! Is this forcing me to favor favoritism?!"
"Suiyu dare not."
Sui Yu gave him a big gift, and said: "If Shen Zhen signed the contract, where do you think she will be sold? "
"I advise you to be cautious!" Lu Yan said word by word.
Sui Yu said with a smile: "Right now the court is in a state of confusion, the crown prince is seriously ill, the third prince and the sixth prince are eyeing the tiger, is the princeling of Yunyang Hou really imprisoned because of the collapse of the Chengxi Canal? Shi Yan, the court battle! Shen How innocent is my daughter! What would you do if Lu Heng and Lu Wei were the ones who were being scolded by others today?"
"Party strife, that's the taboo of the Tian family."
Lu Yan's implication was: Marquis Yunyang has been an official for decades, and from the moment he stood in line, he should make all preparations. Since you are gambling, there is no reason why you can only win and not lose.
Sui Yu said again: "Lu Shiyan, Yunyang Hou's mansion is not the mansion of Duke Zhenguo, and Shen Zhen's mother is not Princess Jing'an either. Not everyone has the right to choose, and not everyone has a good life like you!"
After hearing this, Lu Yan's expression darkened and he didn't say a word.
The two fell into a long silence.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yan suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go."
Sui Yu raised his eyes and froze.
After saying those words just now, Sui Yu also regretted it.
The Zhenguo Gongfu has no relationship with the Shen family, and has no affection. He enforces the law impartially. What's wrong
Sui Yu said, "Shi Yan, I didn't mean that..."
"Today, you haven't been here." After that, Lu Yan picked up the black gauze hat that was set aside.
Before turning to leave, Lu Yan's last words to him were, "I'll save her."
When returning from the original road, Lu Yan said to Yang Zong: "You go back to the house immediately, and draw 8,000 yuan from my private account. If it is not enough, take the house in Beijing to the Wen's pawnshop. Before today's Youshi, The money must be sent to the Kim family."
After listening to the eight thousand pieces, Yang Zong naturally understood the metaphor.
He wanted to speak out to discourage him, but he also knew the temper of his master. Once he decided what to do, he would no longer be controlled by others.
No one can.
After a few moments, Lu Yan returned to Jingzhao Mansion Prison again, looked at Shen Zhen who was lying motionless on the scorpion, and said to the Yali next to him, "You go out first."
Then he walked to Shen Zhen's side and asked softly, "Can you still get up?"
Shen Zhen raised her face and looked at him in surprise: "Sir?"
Lu Yan went to support her arm, and as soon as she moved, Shen Zhen shouted, "It hurts."
He frowned and said to her, "Just be patient."
That night, Shen Zhen was brought back to Chengyuan by Lu Yan.
At that time, Chengyuan was only the two of them.
The six boards didn't seem to be much, but the officer's prison sentence, the people under him would only be heavy and not light, and a girl like Shen Zhen who did not touch the spring water with ten fingers could not even stand the second board.
Lu Yan took out a medicine bottle and handed it to her: "Remember to wipe the medicine."
Shen Zhen took it and whispered an adult to Shang Lu Yan's eyes.
Lu Yan gave a low "um".
Shen Zhen's hands trembled slightly, tears streamed from her eyes one after another, and she choked up: "Thanks to the kindness of adults today, Shen Zhen will never forget it."
As soon as the words fell, Lu Yan felt a pain in his heart, and opened his eyes instantly.
He looked around and subconsciously glanced at his side, she was sleeping.
He stared at her eyebrows and couldn't tell for a while, which was a dream and which was reality.
With a hook of his long arm, he took Shen Zhen into his arms and whispered, "Shen Zhen."
Shen Zhen was already asleep, but after being slapped by him like this, he naturally woke up.
Her upper and lower eyelashes were long, and when she was half-closed, she couldn't help but look a little confused. She murmured in a low voice, "Sir."
Shen Zhen didn't know what kind of evil wind the man in front of him was smoking, but he actually put his hand into her underwear, pressed her waist, and asked, "Does it hurt?"
As soon as he made this move, Shen Zhen couldn't help but feel even more stunned, whether it hurt or not.
Lu Yan thought she didn't hear clearly, so she asked again.
Shen Zhen shook his head and said, "No, it doesn't hurt."
The voice fell to the ground, and Lu Yan squeezed the high bridge of her nose into the depths of her neck, and kissed her tightly and very gently.
Shen Zhen thought that he wanted to do that, so he stretched his body and said with a blushing face, "Sir, my days are here."
Lu Yan raised his hand and rubbed her cheek: "I know."
His heart was at a loss, and suddenly he felt that his entire thoughts were in chaos. The past life and the present life, like a broken mirror, were returning to their original positions piece by piece...