The weather was getting colder. All the way from Jingxi to Beijing, Xue Changshi was terrified. When he arrived in Beijing and was interrogated by Wei An, he was already half dead. After Wei An threatened him with the life of his grandson, he was even more desperate.
Once a person has lost all hope, death is not that difficult.
Xie Liangcheng walked in, looked at Xue Changshi who was huddled in the corner, lifted his robe and called him.
The voice was faint and light, but to Xue Changshi's ears, it was like a thunderclap. He jumped up in shock, his eyes widened in disbelief. When he saw Xie Liangcheng, his face was pale and even the last bit of light in his eyes was extinguished. For a moment, he looked like a person who had been dead for a long time.
He had long known from the third brother that Xie Liangcheng had escaped, and he had also long known from Wei An that Xie Liangcheng was still alive, but he had never expected that Xie Liangcheng could actually run from Datong to the capital.
You know, the situation in Shandong was also very chaotic. He was finished here, but there were still plenty of people in Shandong, and they couldn't even stop Xie Liangcheng!
He spent so much effort just to let Wei An and Shen Chen experience the helplessness of being plotted against, but now Xie Liangcheng is still alive and well, so why is Wei An still angry
What kind of revenge is he taking?!
Xie Liangcheng smiled with satisfaction, and asked him with a hint of sarcasm: "What's the matter? Your Excellency the Chief Secretary is so busy that he can't recognize me?"
When pretending to be a businessman, Xue Changshi showed up in person for fear that the Third Brother and the others would reveal their flaws. He stood in front of Xie Liangcheng with a silver note of 300,000 taels and asked him to agree to escort the caravan.
Xie Liangcheng still remembers his face clearly.
Xue Changshi was also impressed by this young man.
He glanced at Xie Liangcheng, shook his head with a cold sneer, and said, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. There is nothing to say. You can kill me or chop me up at your will."
He closed his eyes, remained silent and looked ready to die.
Wei An was not an easy man to deal with. He had already been exhausted from dealing with Wei An's interrogation and almost couldn't bear it. The Xie Liangcheng in front of him had fought with him before when he was in Jingxi. It took him more than half a year to finally plot against him.
From that time on, he knew that Xie Liangcheng was also a very difficult person to deal with. If he couldn't kill him, he would probably suffer even more terrible revenge in the future.
Now when he saw Xie Liangcheng, he knew that there was no need to say anything more, as he was finished.
Xie Liangcheng glanced at him, as if he knew what he was thinking. He smiled slightly and put his hands on the chair handles, bending over but still looking relaxed: "What are you talking about, Changshi? Why do you keep shouting for war and killing?"
Xue Changshi did not reply and kept his eyes closed.
Xie Liangcheng was tricked by him and ended up wandering around in Datong for so long. Now he is still alive. If he didn't want to use him to get information, why would he have the patience to talk to him so much? In the end, his purpose was the same as Wei An's.
But, he couldn't say any more.
Even though he really felt sorry for his grandson, he also knew that there were some things that could not be said. His life was in the hands of others and he had no choice at all.
He didn't say anything, but Xie Liangcheng didn't care much. He stood up, walked up to him, rolled up his sleeves, and asked him softly: "The Chief Clerk has been with the King of Jin for a long time, so he must be very clear about the power of some tricks. Look, the Third Brother has used these tricks on me a lot."
His tone was slow and unhurried, but it made people feel even more uneasy for no reason.
Xue Changshi certainly knew the third brother's methods. The third brother suffered a lot on the way out of Guangchang. He hated Wei An and the others deeply, and it was impossible for him to be lenient towards Xie Liangcheng.
He swallowed and didn't move.
"I once heard that there was a very powerful butcher in the previous dynasty. He was later taken by the government to be an executioner. He was very skilled. There was a prisoner named Li Chunyan beside the King of Jin. I wonder if you know her?" Xie Liangcheng looked at Xue Changshi's hand holding the handle of the chair with satisfaction, and gently raised the corner of his mouth: "He was the most miserable prisoner in the past ten years. Do you remember that the flesh on his body was cut off piece by piece?"
Xue Changshi sneered.
"What a coincidence! This butcher's son works for me. He said he has learned his father's craftsmanship perfectly. Do you want to give it a try?" Xie Liangcheng hummed, then frowned and shook his head. He looked at Xue Changshi and sighed, "It was me who was wrong, not you. You are an experienced person, so of course nothing can threaten you. You should try something else... I heard your little grandson is only seven years old?"
Xue Changshi's eyes immediately widened.
Even though he was prepared to lose his grandson, he couldn't help but shudder when he heard Xie Liangcheng's threats.
He could tolerate these people wanting his grandson to die, but when he heard that they were going to lynch his grandson, he really couldn't stand it. He couldn't help but sneer: "You even want to kill a child, how can you be called a famous family?!"
Xie Liangcheng stared at Xue Changshi and said, "This is strange. Speaking of a famous family, you are from a scholarly family, but I don't see you showing any mercy. How come you can go to great lengths to set up so many traps for us to fall into, but now that we want revenge, it's wrong?"
His face suddenly turned cold, and even his eyes were filled with murderous intent: "What kind of person I am, I don't need me to tell you, you know it very well. There is no such thing as a child or not. In my eyes, there is only the difference between enemies and friends. I know you are not afraid of death, and I also know that you must have more important evidence than your grandson in the hands of others, so there are some things I can't say and dare not say, but... ... I am also unwilling to be calculated by others like this. I have suffered so much in vain and suffered so much injury. I have to find something to compensate, don't you think?"
Xue Changshi knew that the young man was not joking but serious, and his expression became even paler.
He struggled in his heart for a long time, neither knowing whether to say it nor not to say it. He just felt extremely struggling and painful. After a long time, he looked at Xie Liangcheng and asked him word by word: "What do you want to know?"
As expected, he was a smart man. Xie Liangcheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you tell me the whereabouts of King Zheng?"
Xue Changshi lowered his head, feeling as if his throat was burned by fire, and he could not utter a word.
This is of course something that cannot be said. (To be continued)