"I..." Jiang also hesitated for a long time, and didn't think clearly how to explain the reason.
Wei Lin put his hands under his head and squinted at Jiang Ye. From his position, he could only see Jiang Ye's back and a little profile. He could see that Jiang Ye himself was at a loss for this matter, and said: "You don't want to go to Tianjing. People are already in the palace. There is no way to do this, but for the rest, if you can't participate, don't participate."
"why?"
"Before you ask me, you must first ask yourself why you must go." Wei Lin said, "Don't tell me that because Xue Ziqin asked you to protect Cen Lixuan, you must obey whatever Cen Lixuan says."
"But there is nothing wrong with obeying the general's orders." Jiang also said.
"But that has nothing to do with you."
Jiang also couldn't refute Wei Lin's words. Deep in his heart, he wanted to refute, but he really couldn't understand the reason why Wei Lin asked. There are many things, very complicated, all entangled together, and it is impossible to unravel them.
The incident of witnessing "Xue Ziqin" killing Guo Linchong that day is still vivid in his mind, and now it floats into Jiang Ye's mind again. And the last sentence Guo Linchong said - "he doesn't".
Memories emerged in his mind, as if he was outside the tent again, walked in again, and saw Guo Linchong for the last time.
Jiang also suddenly became clear, Guo Linchong must know that that person is not Xue Ziqin, even if he looks exactly the same.
He knew what constituted this unconditional trust. He gave his back to his comrades on the battlefield, and he also fought a bloody path for his comrades in the sword and shadow. These little by little tests of life and death slowly accumulated.
But Guo Linchong is a traitor, this is the answer Xue Changfeng told the world and the answer the emperor finally agreed with.
Seeing that Jiang Ye was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't reply for a long time, Wei Lin suddenly sat up from the grass, stretched his hand around Jiang Ye's neck, and touched his hair.
"It's too late to get out now, I can take you away." Wei Lin said.
Jiang also turned his face to look at him. This face was too familiar to him. For a long time, they faced each other day and night, and they were as familiar as themselves.
He asked, "Do you believe Vice-General Guo is the real murderer?"
Wei Lin shook his head: "I know he's not, and so do you."
"But since the general let me enter the palace to protect the ninth prince, there must be his reasons." Jiang Ye said.
As soon as these words came out, Wei Lin's voice suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "Why on earth are you obedient to Xue Ziqin?"
"It's not just following his plan..." "He told you to die, do you want to go too?" Jiang Ye was only halfway through when he was interrupted by Wei Lin's questioning.
Wei Lin is rarely serious, let alone angry.
"It doesn't make sense for you to say that, and he won't let me die." Jiang also said calmly, "We know this was not done by Vice-General Guo, why do we pretend not to know?"
"Because I don't know the best."
"But I know." Jiang also said, looking straight at Wei Lin. Their eyes met, and Wei Lin could see Jiang Ye's stubbornness in his eyes.
Jiang was like this before.
What he thinks is right, he will do it, and what he thinks is wrong, he will not do if he is killed.
His world is extremely simple, black and white.
Wei Lin didn't speak, he just looked at Jiang Ye, and Jiang Ye continued to say: "Now the whole world thinks that he is the murderer of the prince, and also thinks that he is collaborating with the enemy to betray the country. Why should he bear such a burden of things he has not done? reputation?"
"So, do you want to correct his name?"
"Yeah, anyway, the general asked me to follow the ninth prince, and the ninth prince asked me to go to the Heavenly Prison," Jiang Ye said, "Isn't this all just right? I also want to find out the real murderer."
"How can we find the real murderer?"
"Find out the real murderer and prove his innocence."
Jiang Ye said this very lightly, and it was a matter of course. Wei Lin sneered, and said with some disdain, "You think he's innocent if you prove him innocent?"
"What's the meaning?"
"You've already guessed it. It's either the second prince or the third prince. Do you think the emperor will tell the world that his sons will kill each other for the throne for the sake of Guo Linchong?" Wei Lin said with a gloomy expression, "Jiang Also, wouldn't you be too naive."
What Wei Lin said was right, Jiang also knew after hearing it.
He didn't speak any more, and Wei Lin didn't speak any more. The two of them just sat there, the atmosphere was terribly dull.
"Even if," Jiang also looked away, stopped looking at Wei Lin, and said suddenly as if talking to himself, "Even so, at least tell the emperor that his son is such a scum, is it possible that he will be such a scum in the future? It doesn't matter if you become the emperor?"
"I do not mind."
"Then what do you care about?"
"I have something to say about you." Wei Lin replied without hesitation, "I can't control other people's life or death, I just want you to live well... Otherwise, why do you think I want to enter the palace, do you think that I don't care about the commander of the imperial army?"
Jiang didn't answer either, I don't know if it was because of the affection in the first half of the sentence, or because
Questions in the second half of the sentence.
Wei Lin continued: "Do you know that you protect Cen Lixuan, you are the ninth prince's person, if he fails to win in the future, you will be buried with you..."
"I know." Jiang Ye said, "I'm not afraid of death. If I'm afraid of death, why should I join the army and be my eldest young master?"
"But I'm afraid." Wei Lin said, bowing his head.
…
It was late summer outside, but it was as cold as November in the prison. Jiang also changed his clothes as a jailer and followed Wei Lin. As Cen Lixuan had expected, although the identity of the commander of the Imperial Guard could not play any role in the Heavenly Prison, Wei Yuanting, who was behind Wei Lin, wanted to place someone in the Heavenly Prison with ease.
The conversation ended with Wei Lin's last sentence, and the two never spoke again. Even when it came to going to the Heavenly Prison, Wei Lin arranged for his guards to go to the Subjugation Platform to deliver the letter.
Wei Lin is rarely angry, even Jiang can't remember when he was angry. Even when he was angry, Wei Lin couldn't take a cup of tea and smiled happily.
Because of this, this kind of silence shows the seriousness of the matter.
As the commander of the Imperial Army, Wei Lin still had someone who recognized him in the prison, nodding his head and asking his purpose. Wei Lin changed his usual grinning appearance. Jiang, who was pretending to be behind, was also a distant expression of the Wei family, temporarily seeking a position in the prison. Jiang didn't say anything, and after waiting for Wei Lin to finish speaking, he went to work with the prison head.
What he didn't expect was that Wei Lin didn't stay with him. After making arrangements for him, Wei Lin left.
"Xiaojiang, are you and General Wei a distant relative?" After Wei Lin left, the cell leader asked quietly.
Jiang also was still thinking about the dispute with Wei Lin, his mind was completely off the prison head in front of him. Hearing the question, he just nodded absentmindedly, and mentioned the purpose of this trip: "I heard that the Minister of Commerce has been imprisoned?"
"Yeah, I still need to hear about it." The prison chief's expression was somewhat contemptuous, "Who doesn't know about the whole country."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at a certain cell, and even had a smile on his face. Jiang also glanced quietly in the direction of the prison head, only to see people sitting in the corner in the darkened cell, shrunk into a ball, unable to see their faces.
But that should be a negotiation.
It can be seen that the prime minister, who used to be high in the morning, is now in prison, and more people are just like the head of the prison.
Jiang didn't speak any more, and the head of the cell arranged with him for a while, let him stay beside a certain cell, and then left. Jiang Yeshou's cell was not far from where Shang Xu was, which just happened to follow Jiang Ye's wishes, so that he could monitor Shang Xu's every move.
Shang Xu's charges have been convicted, and he will be executed in three days, which means that Jiang will only have to wait in Tianjing until he is released. Wei Lin came here once or twice a day, always trying to avoid Jiang Ye, so that Jiang Ye would not know. Every time he came over, he would only follow the head of the cell to ask about the situation, and implicitly implied that the head of the cell should send someone to inform him if anyone came to visit. The head of the cell took Wei Yuanting's meaning for granted, nodded and bowed, indicating that he must do his job well.
For two days in a row, there was nothing abnormal in the prison. Jiang didn't talk much to the guards around him. Others knew that he had some background, and he didn't force it, just pretending that this person didn't exist.
On the third day, someone finally came to visit Shang Xu.
Jiang also watched the movement over there, so he kept his mind on it, wanting to see who was coming to visit the prison.
The man was wearing plain clothes, and he couldn't see any way by looking at his clothes, and he happened to have his back to Jiang Ye, so he couldn't see his face. He carried a food box, and the head of the cell personally asked the jailer to open the door, and the man went in, walked to Shang Xu, and sat on the ground.
There was Zhang Xiaoji in the cell, but Jiang could only see that the man took out a lot of food from the food box, as well as a pot of wine, all placed on the small table. Shang Xu was still sitting in the corner, not moving, until the man opened his mouth to speak.
It's a pity that Jiang Ye was in a position where he couldn't hear the voice over there at all, and the head of the cell was still dutifully guarding the door. He wanted to lean in and listen, but he was afraid it would be too suspicious.
Jiang also thought about it for a while, but walked over and greeted the prison head. He pretended to be curious, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Brother Zhang is guarding it himself."
"That's not it." The prison head glanced at him, thinking that it was none of your business, but it was not easy to attack on the surface. After all, it is the person of General Wei. If he offends the Wei family, how can he be a small prisoner.
The head of the cell looked into the cell again, took Jiang Ye and took a few steps to the side, and whispered, "There is a noble person inside to visit the prison."
"Your Majesty?" Jiang also asked suspiciously.
This time he looked inside again, but he could clearly see the appearance of the person who came. He was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and he looked very young. But like that, he didn't know it at all.
The prison head shook his head mysteriously, as if he didn't intend to tell Jiang Ye.
Jiang also pretended to clear his throat and whispered, "Brother Zhang, I'm not here without a purpose." As he spoke, he took out the token from his waist, deliberately blocked the secret memory, and only let the prison guard see it. Probably, took it back. He went on to say, "Wei Tong led me here to do something. Brother Zhang recognizes this token."
"Recognize, recognize..." The prison head obviously did not expect that this so-called distant cousin of the Wei family turned out to be someone from a certain prince, and was a little sluggish for a while.
Jiang also smiled: "Don't panic, who is the person here, tell me."
"It's the Right Prime Minister..." the prisoner said.
"So, how about I guard you here?"
The head of the prison did not dare to refute, he hesitated for a while and nodded.
Jiang also patted him on the shoulder with a hint of approval, and then he stood where the head of the cell was, and listened to the conversation inside openly.