Several soldiers carried in a bloody man and threw him on the ground in front of Cheng Qianye.
The man had long, slightly curly hair that covered his face in a messy manner, and his body was covered with signs of torture, leaving him almost completely bruised.
The white bandages that were originally wrapped around his body were now stained with blood and dirt, and were draped in a mess.
He struggled for a while, but couldn't get up, and could only barely raise his head.
Cheng Qianye recognized him as the Ah Feng whom he had seen in Moqiao's birth room a few days ago.
Cheng Qianye didn't like this man. He tried to seduce her when they first met, and this time he tried to poison her.
But looking at his current appearance, Cheng Qianye felt that other than sentencing him to death, he couldn't bring himself to punish him in any other way.
She pinched her brows, feeling a little tired after not resting all night. She handed Hua Yuzhi's letter to Xiao Jin: "You ask."
Xiao Jin unfolded the letter and read through it.
He asked, "Are you Ah Feng?"
Ah Feng nodded slightly as a reply.
"The Marquis of Weibei said in the letter that he discovered that you were resentful because you failed to seduce my master, so you intended to murder my master?"
Ah Feng sneered at himself and did not respond.
"So you colluded with Mo Qiaosheng and poisoned my master's food at the banquet?"
"No, this matter has nothing to do with Qiao Sheng." Ah Feng raised her head and looked at Cheng Qianye, "I was jealous of Qiao Sheng, so I hid the gold and poison in his room in an attempt to frame him. The person who colluded with me was Xiao Xiu who was beside you."
Cheng Qianye was already drowsy, but this sudden plot twist made her perk up.
"Oh? Where can you, a slave, get so much gold?" Cheng Qianye asked.
"Don't you know, Lord? I am just a way out given by the Lord." Ah Feng sneered, "It's just to let you vent your anger so that you don't have to tear your face with him right away, which will lead to no room for maneuver between the two countries."
"How can I, a slave, murder a noble without the master's orders?" He laughed and coughed a few times. "Besides, you know it best. That day, you neither beat me nor scolded me. How could a lowly plaything like me hate you for that?"
Human nature is so complicated.
In this dying situation, the originally turbid wine red color of this person became like fine wine that has gone through a long period of brewing, with the turbid matter precipitated and gradually began to become clear.
Cheng Qianye became interested. She touched her chin and said, "Since you are jealous of Qiao Sheng, why are you making excuses for him now?"
"No, I'm not trying to excuse him." Ah Feng was a little anxious. He looked at Cheng Qianye and struggled to kneel down. "Money is useless to a slave. My Lord, look at my appearance, and then think about Qiao Sheng. He is lucky to have met a kind master like you. How could he want to poison you and then go back to a cruel person like Weibei Hou?"
His body was covered with all kinds of signs of torture, it was horrible to look at. It was impossible to refute what he said.
"What I'm asking is, why do you want to explain for him?"
"I..." He suppressed the sweet and fishy taste in his throat and took a breath. "When a man is about to die, his words are kind. I am just telling the truth."
Ah Feng felt a little uncomfortable.
He knew he was mortal.
That day, his lord ordered him to seduce the Marquis of Jin Yue through Qiao Sheng, but he failed.
Unexpectedly, the lord bribed Xiao Xiu, who was beside Jin Yue Hou, and ordered him to cooperate with Xiao Xiu to poison Jin Yue Hou.
From then on, he knew that no matter whether he succeeded or not, slaves like them would basically be unable to escape the fate of being pushed out to take the blame or being silenced.
But he didn't expect that Qiao Sheng would be implicated in this matter. Xiao Xiu was so easily persuaded by his lord that it turned out that he didn't want to poison Jin Yuehou at all, his purpose was to frame Qiao Sheng.
Bridge student.
He closed his eyes for a moment. He is my only remaining brother.
I'm going to die anyway, so why not just take the blame for him
He said, "I was jealous of Mo Qiaosheng. I was jealous that he was the same as me, but now he had such a kind master and lived such a comfortable life. So I had evil intentions and hid the gold and poison given by the master in his room, hoping to kill him."
"Where did you put the gold and poison in his room?" Cheng Qianye asked.
"I..." Ah Feng was stunned.
he does not know.
"Xiao Xiu said that he was the one who put the gold and poison there. You also said that you put them there." Cheng Qianye laughed and said to the outside of the door, "Qiao Sheng, there are people who want to frame you for this crime?"
Mo Qiaosheng was just coming in from outside. He looked at Ah Feng silently for a while, then knelt beside him.
Ah Feng was somewhat bewildered. He had only seen with his own eyes in the hall that everyone was saying the same thing, and the evidence pointed directly at Qiao Sheng.
He thought Qiao Sheng must be in prison at this moment, but he didn't expect him to appear in front of him in such a clear and present state.
As soon as Ah Feng relaxed, he couldn't hold his breath. He covered his mouth with one hand, and blood oozed out from between his fingers.
Mo Qiaosheng bowed his head and said, "Master, Ah Feng's crime is unforgivable. Qiaosheng begs me to take the punishment on his behalf. Please!"
He kowtowed several times.
Ah Feng grabbed his shoulders with her bloody hands and pushed him away.
"Get lost. I don't need you to meddle in my business." Ah Feng cursed hoarsely, "You ungrateful thing, do you think you can disobey your master? Since you have met a good master, cherish him. I... am happy for you."
He supported himself on the ground with one hand, and sticky blood dripped from his mouth in lines.
Cheng Qianye couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and waved at Mo Qiaosheng, "Take him away, take him away, and call a doctor for him."
Cheng Qianye almost didn't sleep the whole night. After dealing with all this, he dismissed the clan members and went to catch up on his sleep.
When I woke up, Ah Feng's treatment was not over yet.
Cheng Qianye stepped into Mo Qiaosheng's room and was intoxicated by the smell of blood in the room.
The doctor was taking out a bloody foreign object from the unconscious body on the bed.
The bloody scene was so unbearable that Cheng Qianye could hardly bear to look at it.
When Mo Qiaosheng saw her coming, he knelt before her and saluted, remaining silent for a long time without getting up.
Cheng Qianye touched his head and sighed: "It's okay, it's okay, I won't punish him anymore."
Then he asked the doctor, "Sir, how is the situation? Is he okay?"
"This Weibei Marquis doesn't want to leave anyone alive. He is torturing him to death." The doctor shook his head repeatedly. "Whether he can survive depends on whether he can survive tonight."
Ah Feng was in a coma and made some unclear sounds in his sleep.
Cheng Qianye leaned over and listened for a while.
I could tell he was repeating a few words.
"Don't sell me, don't sell me, Master."
Cheng Qianye sighed, leaned close to his ear and said, "Now I am your master, I will not sell you out."
“Really…really.”
"Really. I promise."