This girl rushed to move the charcoal stove again. When Rong Chang'an felt the heat, Qingqing asked the girl to move the charcoal stove out. After everything was ready, Qingqing just locked the doors and windows. Suddenly found that a window was not locked, frowned and said to himself:
"I remember when I went out, it was clearly locked, but why wasn't it locked? Did I remember wrongly?"
Puzzled, he shook his head, had no choice but to lock the window again, and then locked the door before leaving the courtyard.
Rong Changan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Qingqing is here. If Ziyan is here, she must call someone to search all corners of the room again before she dares to sleep."
Not daring to stay any longer, he opened the window again, jumped out, then jumped onto the wall, left the Jiao Palace, exited the Jingyang Gate, and returned to his own palace.
At this time, Zi Yan is not in the palace, but in Chu Lin's mansion. She was worried that Chu Lin would not be able to handle Huangfu Zan, so she didn't even call out to Qingqing, and came quietly by herself.
Seeing Chu Lin, he asked, "What happened to Huangfu Zan? Did you kill him?"
Chu Lin welcomed Zi Yan in at the back door: "Without the imperial concubine's order, how dare I kill the general of the country. Now I will lock him underground together with Lin Hai."
Zi Yanliu frowned: "You heard from Huangfu Zan, does anyone know what Tianchi is about to commit?"
Chu Lin said: "There is also General Xu who guards the border."
Zi Yan's eyes turned hard: "If these people are not eliminated, our plan will definitely be ruined. You immediately send someone to remove General Xu from his position in your name, and then kill him on the way."
Chu Lin frowned in embarrassment, and made a tsk-tsk sound: "It is said that General Xu is also a very difficult character to deal with. It is not easy to kill him..."
Zi Yan: "No matter what method you use, I have to get rid of him. If he doesn't die, we will die!"
After hearing this, Chu Lin shrank his head into his neck.
"Okay, I'll send someone to do it in a while."
Zi Yan walked into Chu Lin's courtyard, and suddenly stopped: "Did Huangfu Zan explain the list?"
Chu Lin: "I haven't explained yet."
Zi Yan lowered her triangular eyes and thought about it: "I'll interrogate Huangfu Zan and Lin Hai to see if they can tell about the list."
Chu Lin brought Zi Yan to the dungeon again, and met Huangfu Zan first. At this time, Huangfu Zan was chained by a wrist-thick iron chain, and one end of the iron chain was deeply embedded in the wall. He wanted to escape unless he broke his own hands and feet.
According to the previous experience, Chu Lin did not torture Huangfu Zan, but served him with delicious food and drink. When Zi Yan entered, she saw him squatting on the cold ground, holding the jug in one hand and the chicken leg in the other, drinking heavily and eating meat, his mouth was greasy, and there was no pain in his face.
When he saw Zi Yan and Chu Lin coming in, he didn't look up, he just ate and drank blindly. Even if Chu Lin deliberately coughed twice, he pretended not to hear it.
"Huangfu Zan, you are too arrogant! Do you know who is standing in front of you? Why don't you kneel down and kowtow to her!"
Huangfu Zan let out a smirk: "Now I'm just the fish on your chopping board, you can do whatever you want. I will die if I salute you, and I will die if I don't salute you. Anyway, if I die, I might as well not kneel. Besides Now, a man has gold under his knees, I only kneel to my parents, heaven and earth, ancestors, and the emperor, others are not worthy of my knees."
What they said was eloquent and powerful, compared to Chu Lin and Zi Yan who were standing tall, they were a bit wretched.
Zi Yan suddenly showed a strange look, and said with a smile: "General Huangfu said, our knees are precious, how can we kneel down easily! I don't want you to salute me either! Master Chu has no choice but to wrong you here today , Master Chu is proceeding from the overall situation, and I hope you can understand."
Huangfu Zan said in a loud voice: "Since Concubine Ziyan said that Master Chu is looking at the overall situation, how dare I ask what the overall situation refers to?" When he was speaking, Huangfu Zan's eyes were cracked, and his description was fierce, scaring Ziyan back again and again. a few steps.
Ziyan rubbed her heart, collected herself, and forced a smile: "What I call the overall situation naturally means that the country is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment. General Huangfu, try it out, if the people know that the Tianchi Kingdom is going to invade the frontier, right? Will there be a commotion?"
"The turmoil of the people will not only affect the country's economy and make the world unstable, but also inspire many rebellious officials and thieves who are secretly peeping. These people wish for chaos in the world, and then take the opportunity to rebel. They either want to be the emperor of a certain place, or they want to overthrow the current The emperor's world, I will be the master of Dajing Kingdom."
After a pause, Zi Yan said, "That's why Master Chu arranged you here first, and then let you go out after finding out whether the Tianchi Kingdom really invaded. Master Chu, am I right? "
Chu Lin scolded Zi Yan in his heart: This girl, it's really insidious to put all the responsibility on me! It's okay for Huangfu Zan to die here. If he doesn't die and escapes, won't he target me for revenge in the future
But Chu Lin smiled on his face: "What Concubine Ziyan said is that I really think about the overall situation. If Huangfu Zan blames me, I have no choice but to endure the humiliation. Thinking about the time when Duke Zhou carried King Zhou Cheng on his back to rule the world, the children surnamed Ji thought that Duke Zhou To usurp the throne, the Guancai Rebellion occurred. Later, when King Cheng grew up, the Duke of Zhou returned the power to King Cheng. This is exactly what the saying says, only when the coffin is closed can a person be judged. For the sake of the country stability, I, Chu Lin, am willing to be the wronged Duke of Zhou!"
Zi Yan raised her white thumb: "Oh, our Master Chu is worthy of being the head of the country. He has the world in his heart and is informal. I admire him. General Huangfu, if you misunderstand a minister like him, you will hurt your loved ones." , the enemy is quick?"
Huangfu Zan's sarcastic laughter echoed between the cold walls, this laughter pierced Ziyan and Chu Lin like needles.
"Your shamelessness really amazes me! Turning loyalty into traitor and making traitor into loyalty are your specialties. I believe that the current emperor is a wise son of heaven, and sooner or later he will discover your conspiracy. Zi Yan, you too Don't pretend to be in front of me. I know what you want to ask. I, Huangfu Zan, don't know who is on Commander Lin's list, and I don't know where he put the list. You should save your energy and hurry up Get out, let me eat meat and drink happily."
Chu Lin took out a sweat towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead. A cold light flashed in his eyes: "Huangfu Zan, if you don't tell me the list, let alone roast chicken and good wine, you will lose your life!"
Zi Yan also turned pink with anger: "Master Chu is not joking! There is a person living next to you. He was beaten to pieces by me because he didn't cooperate with us. Now I guess he can only vent his anger and not enter. You’re so angry! If you’re sensible, let’s recruit!”
"Bah!" Huangfu Zan spat all the wine and meat in his mouth onto Chu Lin's face, and then threw the remaining roast chicken and fine wine on Ziyan and Chu Lin, making them feel full. The body is greasy and smells like wine. "My Huangfu praises the blade for licking blood, even if a rafter-like arrow pierces through my arm, I don't even frown! A mere little whip is just a tickle for me!"
It seems that Huangfu Zan is as tough as Lin Hai, even if they are beaten to death, they will not speak.
Ziyan was trembling with anger, her teeth were chattering, as if she was holding a stone in her mouth.
"Master Chu, ban him from water and food for three days, let's see how long he can last!"
Zi Yan's words reached Chu Lin's heart: "My suggestion is to cut off his water and food for five days."
Zi Yan turned around and said, "It's all right! Anyway, as long as he doesn't die."
Furious, he climbed up the Hu ladder. Accidentally, he tripped over his foot and fell on the ladder with a thud, almost rolling down.
"Ouch!"
Chu Lin shot quickly, helped her up, and asked with concern: "Concubine, where did you hit?"
Zi Yan pointed at her chin: "It's bleeding, it's bleeding!"