At night, there were not many people in the spacious Dingmao Street. Such a street has always been cleaned, the ground is clean, and snow is piled on both sides.
This is a road at the gate of the Guogong Mansion. You can get home by turning the front. Song Song was very familiar with this road when he was a child, and he rarely went out after that.
"… too, too high."
"With me here, don't be afraid."
Song Song obediently squatted on the roof. In order to avoid procrastination, he didn't wear a cape, so he put on a cotton-padded jacket. At first glance, he looked a little bloated.
"I found that Song Ge has a good reputation outside and is friendly to others. He usually goes out by himself and rarely takes people with him."
Song Song nodded, "He's used to being a man."
is a hypocrite.
He thought silently, Li Xiao stood up to look, Song Song hurriedly stretched out his arms to hug his legs, on the roof, he was still very scared, even though the snow on the roof had almost melted.
Fortunately, Li Xiao didn't let him stay for long. He quickly hugged Song Song down. Song Song hid immediately after landing, while Li Xiao came over and stood behind him.
Song Song probed his head: "Where is he? Is he here?"
"You wait here."
Song Ge brought a pot of wine and came with his hands behind his back. The street was already empty, but he was not afraid, and he could get home by turning a corner.
However, today's time is not good for him. He suddenly put a sack under his head, and immediately after a pain in his abdomen, he was kicked to the ground, and the jug in his hand suddenly shattered. He was shocked and asked in the darkness: " Dare to ask Xiongtai what old grudges there are with me, what is this for?"
The man dragged him and pulled him straight back. He was full of fear and felt weird. Who would use a head covering to hurt him
"who are you?!"
Li Xiao waved Song Song over and said, "I'm Li Xiao."
Song Ge froze for a moment, "My lord, why is your lord like this? Where did I offend you?"
He couldn't see people clearly, but he always felt that even if Li Xiao helped Song Song vent his anger, he shouldn't use this method.
Li Xiao chuckled lightly: "If this king wants to hit you, he will hit you. What reason do you want?"
"My lord..." He didn't have time to say much, when he suddenly felt that someone was riding on top of him, his fist slammed down his face, and he raised his arm to protect his head: "Who are you? How dare you take the name of the king? Don't you want to die?! Ah ah —”
It was the first time Song Song did a bad thing, and while he was enjoying it, he was very scared at the same time. After the fight, he dragged Li Xiao and ran away. After running for a long time, he gasped for breath. Excited."
However, Li Xiao grabbed his hand. The sack was rough, and the back of his hand was torn after a few punches. He frowned: "Someday someone will use silk as a sack to avoid rubbing Song'er's hand."
"It's okay, I don't hurt." Song Song smiled stupidly, and he touched his head: "What else do you want to do?"
"There's nothing else to do. I'll give you something to eat when I get home, drink some soup, and warm up."
He felt a sense of pleasure for a short time, and a little bit of malice came out of his heart. He was happy, but he didn't notice Li Xiao's sideways glance, and his dark eyes.
Song Ge was beaten with blood, his face was swollen, and several bones were broken. He was brought in by a passing driver. He was already unconscious, but the most terrible thing was not his injury, but his feet chopped.
Bai Chou hadn't taken off the Duke's mansion, and this happened again. Upon seeing this, Mrs. Qin screamed and burst into tears: "Who is it?! Who harmed me?!!!"
Song Guogong also had a grief-stricken expression on his face. While ordering someone to look at the injury, he called the person in front of him: "Can you see who harmed him?"
"The villain dare not say..." The driver was trembling, but he didn't dare to say it, he just knew. Song Guogong said solemnly: "Who is it, it's in your interest to say it."
He waved his hand, and the steward stepped forward immediately, revealing a piece of silver, the driver saw the money, but after hesitating, his face was still tangled, and the steward ordered someone to bring out a plate of silver ingots, and the coachman finally couldn't help the temptation: "Yes, yes Princess Ping!"
The blue veins on the back of Song Guogong's hand suddenly burst out, his eyes were full of anger, and the steward looked in disbelief, and then heard Song Guogong: "How dare you be a witness in this matter?"
The man glanced at the silver ingot with nostalgia, and then hesitantly, Song Guogong waved his hand and brought out another plate of silver ingots.
Qin Shi was sitting in the room and carefully wiping Song Ge's face. There was a sound of her sobbing in the room. When she saw him coming in, she immediately stood up: "Who is it? Can the driver tell the truth?"
"He said, it's Song'er."
Qin Shi's eyes were suddenly split: "Song Song, I must skin him for cramps!"
Song Guogong immediately said: "Don't be impulsive, although Song'er's personality has changed a lot now, she is far from such a ruthless person, I'm worried..."
"You worry!" Qin shi gritted his teeth and said, "Not long after I left, Ge'er suffered such hardships, look at your son, look at him... His feet were not broken, but chopped off. Cut it off, cut it off, you understand?!"
She was overwhelmed with pain, and said, "My song's talent is brilliant, and Ah Shi is so innocent, but now...the two of them are all ruined because of Song Song—all ruined!!!"
She was so unsteady in pain that she was standing unsteadily. The nanny on one side supported her with tears. Song Guogong also seemed to have tears in his eyes. He said, "It is very likely that the mad king did this. What can we do?"
"Go to His Majesty and seek justice! Don't mention King Ping, just grab Song Song. He murdered his younger brother. I don't believe His Majesty can endure the viciousness of a royal daughter-in-law!!"
When Song Ge woke up, he didn't know what was going on. He only felt pain all over his body, but he couldn't stand up. Qin shi comforted him carefully and asked him. Song Ge closed his eyes and said, "I heard... The voice of the mad king, but the person who hit me was not the mad king, he was not very strong, and did not practice martial arts... The few kicks I kicked afterward were like those of those who practiced martial arts."
"Don't be afraid, your father has already entered the palace to seek justice for you. We must find out Song Song and ask clearly—"
"Why is my father so reckless?!" Song Ge immediately said: "This matter is about King Ping, if you want to take revenge, you can only plan carefully..."
He suddenly paused: "My left foot, why doesn't it seem to be conscious...?"
Not without consciousness, but, gone.
Qin Shi glanced at his feet, landed on his blank face again, and said, "Ge'er, take good care of your injury, everything will be fine..."
Song Ge's face slowly faded, and he said, "What happened to me? Mother, tell me."
He looked at Song Zhen behind Qin Shi again, the little girl shuddered and said with tears, "Song Song, chopped..."
Song Ge suddenly struggled to sit up, but the servants on one side didn't dare to approach. Seeing the blue veins on his forehead, he didn't know where the injury was, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood and said, "Help me up!"
Qin Shi shivered, sadly as if he was about to take his breath away.
A roar soon came from the house: "Song Song! How am I sorry for him!! Why is he so cruel?!"
Song Guogong knelt in front of the emperor with sweat on his forehead. After the latter listened in silence, he confirmed with him: "You mean, King Ping, chopped Song Ge's foot?"
"No, no, this is a family matter, it's Song'er. Some people saw Song'er attacking Ge'er, but Song'er is now Princess Ping, and it's really not easy for me to enter the house to get people. The palace…”
The emperor was silent for a while, then said, "Do you have any witnesses?"
"Yes, just outside the palace."
The driver estimated that he had never entered such a place in his life. He walked in tremblingly, knelt on the ground with his head buried, and didn't even dare to look at Tianyan. Emperor Hongren said in a gentle tone, "The lord said, you saw King Ping commit murder. ?"
Song Guogong immediately corrected softly: "It's not King Ping, it's Princess Ping."
Eunuch Ming, who was serving the emperor, glanced at Song Guogong, and lowered his eyelashes to pretend he didn't see it.
Emperor Hongren asked, "Have you seen Princess Ping murdering her younger brother?"
The driver suddenly changed his words: "No! I don't dare to deceive you! The villain didn't see anything! The villain just passed by and saw that the second son was seriously injured, so he took the opportunity to send him back to the house, other than that, the villain didn't see anything. do not know!"
He suddenly changed his words, Song Guogong's face changed greatly, and Emperor Hongren said steadily: "Then what are you doing here?"
"...The villain, the villain is taking people's money, □□, Song Guogong gave two hundred taels of silver, let me testify against King Ping!"
Song Guogong was horrified: "The minister does not dare to slander King Ping even if he has ten thousand courage, Your Majesty, this matter, I think this is the minister's mistake, please be kind to Your Majesty, and Rongchen will go back and check it carefully!"
"No hurry." Emperor Hongren said, "You sit there first."
Song Guogong sat tremblingly on the chair, right next to a large stove, he was sweating profusely, and now it seemed like he was being roasted by the fire. Emperor Hongren likes Li Xiao more than any son. He always bites Song Song, but the other party is always talking about Li Xiao. Song Guogong finally changed his face, which made him retreat.
"Go, call King Ping over." Emperor Hongren said: "The prince should be guilty of the same crime as the common people if he breaks the law. If Song Guogong is really this wicked son, I will give you justice."
If so...
But what if not
What if Li Xiao vetoed it
But at this moment, Song Guogong has been put on the shelf, and he can only keep wiping the sweat from his forehead, not only to prevent Li Xiao from going crazy and killing people, but also to figure out what Emperor Hongren is thinking at the moment.
Li Xiao arrived quickly. He glanced at the battle in front of him and was a little puzzled: "Seeing the father emperor, dare to ask the father emperor Xuan Erchen what's the matter?"
Emperor Hongren suddenly threw the cup and scolded: "Kneel down!"
Song Guogong's knees softened, and he almost slid off the chair and knelt down. Fortunately, the father-in-law on one side supported him and made him sit on the chair safely.
Li Xiao knelt down calmly: "My son is ignorant. I don't know what I did wrong to make my father so angry?"
"Can you cut Song Ge's feet?"
Li Xiao turned to look at Song Guogong, who shrank back, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Erchen and the Song family are in-laws, who doesn't know that Erchen loves Song'er so much, how could he hurt the second brother?"
"The witnesses are here, how dare you say no?!" Hongren hid the fact that the witness did not testify against Li Xiao, and was deceiving him. Li Xiao narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Oh? What did the witness say? Father? Your Majesty, if someone deceives and slanders your servant, you have to decide for your servant."
"You really never committed a murder?!"
"The perpetrator should always have a motive for committing the crime. Dare to ask Erchen's motive for committing the crime?"
Emperor Hongren seemed to have just thought of this, he raised his eyes and said, "Have the second son ever said that he has any grudge against this evil son?"
Song Guogong couldn't say a word. He was soaked with cold sweat. He finally realized that Song Song has now entered the palace and is already Li Xiao's person. In any case, as long as he bites Song Song, Li Xiao will definitely not be able to escape. , So the emperor only declared Li Xiao but not Song Song. This practice actually saved some face for the Song family. If Song Song was asked to come over and ask about the motive for the crime, he could only tell the family scandal, and it was not necessarily true. It can make Song Song punished.
From the very beginning, he went to the palace to come to the Emperor Hongren to reason, which was a big mistake.
He didn't speak, and Emperor Hongren said quietly: "Song Guogong?"
Song Guogong knelt down again and said: "This minister was also deceived by others, thinking that it was done by Princess Ping. At this moment, I want to come here everywhere, so please go back and think about it again!"
Li Xiao said: "The princess is gentle by nature, how could she do such a ferocious thing? What's more, he went to the porridge shed a few days ago and suffered a serious illness, and now he is still training in the mansion. There are many, it is inevitable to be biased, but it is really rare to be so biased."
Song Guogong said in a panic: "My minister, this minister is only a momentary, messed up square inch... Your Majesty please forgive me."
"Although the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people, if someone slanders the royal family, I can't just sit back and ignore it. Song Guogong, you should go back and investigate with the government Yin Haosheng. You must find out the real culprit, and you have to restore the innocence of the king and the princess."
Song Guogong understood that this matter had nothing to do with Li Xiao and Song Song in the emperor's case.
He could only swallow his anger and kowtow to thank him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving this minister's reckless crime."
"This coachman is capricious. He pulls down and hits forty boards and drives him out of the city."
The house was quickly cleaned up. Emperor Hongren glanced at Li Xiao who was still kneeling, walked over, lifted him up with his own hands, and said, "I often teach you not to bully others. To be honest, is it really you?"
Li Xiao said, "Really not."
"Where's the princess?"
"Princess's illness is turbulent. The genius doctor said that it should not be blown away, and has been recuperating."
Emperor Hongren looked at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Forget it, go back."
"My son retire."
Watching the tall figure leave, the emperor was helped back to the chair by his father-in-law, and said, "What do you think?"
"When I came back from the porridge shed two days ago, the princess was really furious and vomited blood. Someone saw it after seeing Song Ge."
"What's up with the Dark Guard?"
"The secret guard who protected the prince said that the prince did take the princess out of the mansion, but he only beat him and didn't chop off his feet."
Emperor Hongren took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said, "The Duke of Song is asking about cutting off his feet."
"Exactly, the matter of cutting off the foot has nothing to do with the prince."