Countless undercurrents flowed between the two of them under the calm wind and calm, Bai Jiu went out of the palace first, leaving the prince still in the palace. The prince saw his handsome and straight figure dangling out of the threshold of the palace, and the look on his face became more and more difficult to see through. Holding only compassion, but missing murderous intent in his eyes.
Bai Jiu went straight back to the mansion, but Xiao Jin couldn't find anyone when he turned his head. King Qin and Zhang Taiyan were still under his control, so he naturally had to worry about it. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Xie Jingsheng coming over.
"You are steady." Xie Jingsheng obviously rushed over from the Qianqing Palace, and the ashes of gunpowder were still on his sleeves, "It's hard to say, King Qin, but Zhang Taiyan can't die." He covered his stomach and frowned as he spoke Said: "Get me some shochu. I won't be able to sleep tonight."
It was true that he couldn't sleep anymore, just killing one more King Qin would already set off a huge controversy, not to mention adding another Zhang Taiyan. This year, I don't know what offense I committed, and I lost three nobles from the Tian family in a row. At this rate, only the Prince and King Tang are left.
Thinking of this, Xie Jingsheng suddenly said: "Where is the Tang Wang?"
Xiao Jin was so busy that he couldn't remember a cowardly King Tang.
It was almost dawn when Bai Jiu returned to the mansion, he was full of cold air, even after taking a bath, he couldn't hide the cold. He touched the quilt with his hand and knew that Xin Yi was still awake.
"Why don't you sleep?" Bai Jiu leaned on the edge of the bed and asked him in a low voice.
Xin Yi opened his eyes and said, "It's been a while since I didn't notice." Then he said, "It's cold outside, come in."
Bai Jiu entered the quilt, Xin Yi stretched out his hand and touched his back, Bai Jiu smiled and said: "It's not hurt." As he spoke, he hugged him with his back, patted him on the back, and said with eyes closed: "Stay with me again." I'll sleep for a while."
Xin Yi heard that Bai Jiu's breathing was getting heavier, and the hand patting on his back gradually stopped, knowing that he was really tired. He closed his eyes, but it was still clear.
The next day, the emperor was still on the bed, and only Hong Yuanshi and Bai Jiu were sent to see him. He Anchang pleaded for Zhang Taiyan and knelt down outside the palace. The more he knelt, the angrier the emperor became. The prince was also rejected from the palace, and no one dared to mention King Qin.
The matter of gunpowder is extraordinary, and the people who can do it in the palace can be said to be very eminent but impossible. Xiao Jin's Jing Wei Division tried their best to investigate, and the relevant internal servants who were imprisoned all said that they were all accused by the King of Qin. Even King Qin himself responded fully to this matter and wanted to die wholeheartedly. Even Xiao Jin could sense some tricks in it, but King Qin gritted his teeth and couldn't spit out other people, so the case could only rest on top of his head. Deliberately murdering the emperor must die.
The leftists were also wronged. Zhang Taiyan, the leader, was imprisoned first. He Anchang knelt down in the Qianqing Palace again, and the people in Baijiu looked at him covetously, and lived in fear.
Within a few days, Beiyang Shizi Xin Yi quietly entered Dali Temple and worked as a small secretary under Zuo Kai's hand.
"That's King Qin's cell." Xiao Jin in the prison pointed to Xin Yi's innermost cell, "It's cloudy and damp, and he's very sick."
This time, Xin Yi followed Zuo Kai to get the servant's statement, so he couldn't help but look up when he heard this. Xiao Jin stroked his new stubble, and continued to him: "I think King Qin is doomed this time."
"The case hasn't been settled yet." Xin Yi held a pen in his hand and scratched a few strokes on it, "There are still three confessions, so give them to me now, and I can explain them when I go up."
Xiao Jin said, "Aren't you curious?"
Xin Yi stopped writing, "It's useless for me to be curious." He paused, and said, "However, this case is indeed not like what the King of Qin did."
"The Holy One has the final say on this matter." Xiao Jin turned his eyes to look at Xin Yi, and said, "Why do I feel that you are different."
Xin Yi smiled, accepted the confession, pointed to him, and walked away. Xiao Jin shouted from behind: "Come to my house for dinner at noon, my sister is waiting for you." Xin Yi nodded and went up. Xiao Jin let out a hey on the spot, and murmured to himself: "You really don't ask anything..."
Xin Yi went up with his confession, and the damp and dark atmosphere of the prison did not affect the warmth of his downcast eyes when he stepped on the stone steps. Rather than being curious, he wanted to stay by Zuo Kaizhi's side and polish himself well. What can't be forgotten in the sound of the explosion that night is the sense of powerlessness, tossed up from the depths, and has been frying in his heart. Every time I think about it, I get anxious. Xin Yi felt that he was no longer satisfied with the role of just being protected by Bai Jiu, and he was born vigorously with the idea of defending the only remaining warmth.
Zuo Kaizhi waited for a while before Xin Yi presented his confession. Zuo Kaizhi is called a teacher by Xin Yi, he thinks he is strict, but he can't find any shortcomings for this little son. Although he can't speak, he is very diligent.
Zuo Kaizhi flipped through the confession, sighed after a while, and said nothing, but his pity for King Qin was all in his sigh. The only thing that cannot be saved in this world is a person who wants to die. The king of Qin has already cut off his back completely, and his lineage is exhausted.
In this matter, the king of Qin hid the gunpowder first, the crown prince intervened to rescue him, and Zhang Taiyan interceded later. When the emperor was just suspicious, the three of them joined together, and it was unavoidable to suspect that the prince was planning something. Because the King of Qin was always on the same side as the Crown Prince, and he wanted the Crown Prince to return to the capital this time, so it is not impossible for him to try the catastrophe. What's more, if the gunpowder was more vigorous that night, the emperor had three advantages and two disadvantages, and the crown prince had both the leftist affinity and the troops of the Jingwei Division, and the king of Qin surrounded him, it would be easy to proclaim himself emperor quickly. But on second thought, if this matter was not planned by the prince, then it would kill three birds with one stone. Now it seems that there is only Bai Jiudang who is thriving and earns a lot of money. Even if he is above the court, there is no other potential to match him in the short term. In an instant, the wind turned, and Bai Jiu seemed to be covered in glory, but she was actually standing on the cusp of the storm. If the emperor and the crown prince were to wait for the restoration, then Bai Jiu would be hated as much as he was favored today.
This plan is more than killing three birds with one stone, it is basically suppressing the three parties in Kyoto by a few minutes. But who this person is is not known right now.
Recently, Bai Jiu is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, and he doesn't see anyone in the mansion. Therefore, Xin Yi left Dali Temple at noon and went to Xiao Jin's place as agreed, and Meng Chen followed him all the time. Not long after, a carriage followed.
"Ah Yi." The person who lifted the curtain was King Tang, he finally smiled at his usual sad face, and said earnestly to Xin Yi: "There were too many things in the past few days, so I couldn't talk to you. Where are you going? "
Xin Yi stopped and saluted with a smile, and pointed to the front. Tang Wang said: "Is this where Mr. Xiao is going? Come up, the emperor will give you a ride."
Xin Yi couldn't evade this excuse, so he got into the car. The two sat facing each other, Tang Wang didn't seem to be very polite with others, he just said: "There is no need to be polite in front of my uncle. How are you doing in Beijing?"
Xin Yi nodded and smiled.
Tang Wang himself was a bit embarrassed, and said ashamedly: "I haven't talked with you for a long time, and it's shameful to be an uncle." After speaking, he showed his sad face again, and said: "I didn't convince Lao Qi at the beginning. , I’ve made you feel wronged. Now that you’re here in Beijing, if you need anything, just ask someone to say hello to me. Although I’m not very powerful, you can’t be bullied.”
Seeing that Xin Yi had been listening, he said again: "King Ping Ding is a good man. Although the outside world doesn't sound good, he has actually done a lot for your family."
Xin Yi raised his eyes, and Tang Wang said sadly: "Look at him and the crown prince now, isn't it because he is angry in his heart? If you have time, you can also stop him. After all, it is the crown prince. You can't do too much and annoy everyone. Not having a good time."
The source of the gap between Bai Jiu and the prince is King Yan? Although Xin Yi was quite disturbed in his heart, he remained calm on his face, so he had to lower his eyes to hide his shock.
Tang Wang said earnestly: "You are walking in Dali Temple now, and you have to deal with the old case of Chen Zong. This old matter will definitely happen. The emperor will persuade you." He put his palm on Xin Yi's shoulder and said sincerely: "If you can bear it, bear it. , Some things may be thoroughly investigated, and it may not be clear. Especially the cases related to the crown prince, it is best to avoid them. The crown prince, I am afraid he still has grudges."
These words undoubtedly set off a huge wave in Xin Yi's heart, almost overturning the calm he maintained.
That night.
The prison was silent, and suddenly the sound of chains broke the silence. Like ice hitting the surface of the water, the splash gradually rises. King Qin, who was imprisoned in the innermost part, opened his eyes and looked at the man in front of the prison with his hands behind his back in the darkness. His throat was dry and his body was weak, so he could only lean against the cold wall and stare at the man.
The opened food box was gently pushed over, and the warm smell of rice lingered on the tip of his nose. This incense is also a little unusual, it makes King Qin's eyes suddenly soften.
"It's hard for you to find it." King Qin twitched the corner of his mouth, picked up the chopsticks, his hands were frozen stiff, and he couldn't help but tremble when he picked them up. "It smells exactly the same," he said.
It smells exactly like the one made by Princess Qin.
Qin Wang took a few mouthfuls with shaking hands, the food was in his mouth, his eyes dimmed again, he swallowed it after a long time, and threw the chopsticks on the plate, "The taste is not the same."
The man kept looking at him and didn't speak.
Qin Wang leaned against the wall and said, "I understand what you mean, I won't trouble you anymore. I just don't want to live anymore. The eldest brother is dead, the sixth is dead, the seventh is dead, Zhirou Wen'er is dead, so is Wen'er. At this time of my year, when I should be getting along with my brothers, wives and children, everyone has died. It's useless to leave me alone. Why don't we go together, underground It’s good to go together.”
The man said: "Some people deserve to die, and some people deserve what they deserve. This is fate."
"However, neither of these two reasons are the reasons for their death." Qin Wang said: "He is an executioner, but you are a sender."
The man was silent, then said: "This is friendship."
"Hell's friendship." Qin Wang smiled lifelessly, "You give away the whole family, but you still talk about friendship."
"You have never been a troublesome person." The man took out the wine glass and jug from the food box, and said, "Who is the talkative person this time, and said something that shouldn't be said to you."
"I have been your eye for more than ten years." Qin Wang pressed the wine pot, leaned closer and said expressionlessly: "You killed my wife and children."
The man didn't move, but also raised his head, revealing his compassion in the pale moonlight, and said: "Clean and neat, you can make a weapon. I'm doing it for your own good. Besides, that Xin Wen was a statement from Bai Jiu's people." , I want to stop, but I can't."
"Without your hint, he couldn't do that kind of big business. Without your preference, he couldn't keep such a big handle. You lost my son and picked yourself clean. You are a human being, after all, Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
"Since you said that." The man's compassion grew more and more, and he said harshly, "I don't feel guilty at all."
"How can you." King Qin patted the ground on one side hard, with tears and hatred in his eyes, "How can you. You and him are really father and son, killing sons and brothers, ruthless."
"Cruel and ruthless is worthy of the heavenly family." The man said coldly, "Don't you deserve to die, don't you deserve to die, don't you deserve to die, don't you deserve to die, don't these people deserve to die? If Bai Zhirou hadn't died early, how could you be willing to treat me? In Beijing!"
King Qin gritted his teeth, "What does it have to do with her? You just say one word, I'm going through fire and water, what do I have to do with her? What do I have to do with her!"
"It's useless to say more now." The man pushed Qin Wang's hand away and filled a glass with the wine in the jug, "You go."
The King of Qin smiled miserably, "In the palace, Concubine Hui wanted to poison my mother. You ran into the Queen's Palace and attracted the emperor's life. I will remember this incident forever, and I will take care of it with all my heart. It is for brothers. I don't want this last journey, but Returned to the original place, also landed on a glass of wine."
The man pushed the cup, "There is a definite number in the dark."
After all, the man has turned around.
In the darkness, King Qin raised his cup. Seeing the man leave step by step, he suddenly said, "Third brother."
That person had a meal.
Qin Wang said: "My brother will go first."
When the sound fell, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. The empty cup slipped and shattered to the ground.
The next day when Xin Yi stepped into Dali Temple, he heard others whispering, "King Qin is gone."
King Qin is gone.