Chapter 14
Chapter 14
The breeze picked up, the morning sun slowly rose from the distant sky, and the thin mist permeated the cool air.
The servants in the general's mansion looked in a hurry, tidying up the main hall of the main house in a hurry. The old housekeeper ran back and forth in the front hall and back yard, giving orders from left to right, for fear of making the angry men in the main hall feel dissatisfied.
Speaking of the one in the main hall, the old housekeeper also sighed.
Yang Che spent half his life as a gold-armed iron horse, stationed on the frontier of Daqi for decades to resist the Japanese pirates, with great military exploits and a high reputation among the people. His only regret is that he has no heirs.
Until more than 20 years ago, Old General Yang couldn't bear to have a daughter when he was old, and Yang Shu was born with his bold and combative character, so he always regarded his only daughter as a treasure, and loved him so much that even such a big event as marriage was rejected. He granted her wish and even forcibly kidnapped a husband for her.
Unexpectedly, the tragedy was caught off guard. After hearing the news, the old general rushed to the capital overnight, and he was still full of blood when he entered the mansion.
Just as the old housekeeper was sobbing, he heard a loud noise from the main hall, and the annoyed old general Yang smashed the wooden table at hand with his palm, and the teacup on the table fell to the ground, and the shards splashed all over the ground.
The man over half a century old had blue veins popping out of the corners of his eyes, pointed at Gao Ying who was trembling beside him, and scolded his head and face: "What's the use of crying all day long!"
Gao Ying's face was bruised, his eyes were red, and he didn't refute the words. He lowered his head and apologized humbly to his father-in-law, "It's true that my son-in-law is useless, but the murderer's identity is too noble, and my son-in-law can't touch him even if he dies." cent."
"Noble status?" The old general had half of his black hair gray overnight, and his face was haggard; upon hearing this, he sneered, "Isn't he just a regent, what's there to be afraid of."
"My son-in-law naturally knows that you don't like the general," Gao Ying hunched forward and took two steps forward, and said in a low voice in front of the old general, "It's just that your majesty protects him tightly. When I returned home, I didn’t even issue a single crime.”
"The general has devoted himself to fighting the Japanese all these years, so he may not understand the political situation of the government," Gao Ying sighed in frustration, "I think back then, the new emperor was supported by the regent, so the relationship is naturally extraordinary."
"If you just kill someone, you will pay with your life." His face turned pale, and big tears rolled down Gao Ying's shriveled face, "My son-in-law has never dared to see the tragedy of his wife after his death. ..."
"I'm not even afraid of the first emperor, but a mere regent?" Speaking of his beloved daughter, the old general's eyes were bloodshot again, he grabbed Gao Ying's collar, and said hoarsely,
"Whoever dares to touch the old man's daughter, the old man will definitely make his life worse than death."
Shen Mu slept extremely restlessly that night, and every time he felt sleepy, he would feel palpitations, and he barely fell asleep until dawn.
Anyway, Xiao Fan shut him down, not only today, but he didn't even have to show up for the empress dowager's cremation ceremony, and naturally he didn't have to get up early.
Daqi, who believes in Buddhism, does not agree with being buried in the earth for peace. They regard the human body as a burden for the sublimation of the soul. Only when the flesh/body is completely burned can the undead ascend to heaven without worries. *1 [knowledge source network]
Whenever there is a change of monarch, a catastrophe, etc., there will always be amnesty. Now that the empress dowager has passed away, if Xiao Fan amnesties the world and prays for her, it is considered reasonable.
Drowsily thinking, Shen Mu vaguely heard noises coming from his ears in his sleep, but his body was so heavy that he couldn't wake up at all.
Amidst Ah Qing's exclamation, the door was violently pushed open, and someone rushed into the room aggressively, and walked straight to the bed.
Shen Mu, who was lying sideways, felt a chill all over his body, and the back collar of his thin clothes was grabbed violently. With such great force, he was caught off guard and pulled out of the quilt, and then fell heavily back on the bed.
The strong and rapid pounding of the heart hit the ear bones, and the buzzing sound in his ears made him dizzy; Shen Mu's eyes turned white, and he instinctively stepped back, his limbs were extremely cold and stiff.
"Old General Yang!" A black shadow flashed in front of his eyes, and Ah Qing's scream quickly came from beside his ears, "How dare you break into a private house!"
Who else could Da Qi be called "Old General Yang" except Yang Shu's father?
In the early morning, the cold rushed into the body, Shen Mu was choked by the cold and could not breathe, a sharp pain came from deep in his chest, his right hand subconsciously clutched the collar of his chest, and bent over with a heart-piercing cough .
Yang Che pushed the servant in front of him to the ground with one palm, and angrily looked down at Shen Mu who was vulnerable on the bed.
The man was like a shrimp, he curled up and trembled when he coughed, but his left hand firmly grasped the bed frame beside him, and he looked up at him reluctantly, his cool and beautiful eyes were covered with water vapor, and his cheeks were slightly blush.
Yang Che had been a soldier all his life, so he didn't know much about Shen Mu as the regent. The only impression he had was that when the new emperor ascended the throne, Xiao Fan bowed respectfully to Shen Mu under the spotlight of all the people.
As Gao Ying said, the relationship between this person and the new emperor is indeed extraordinary.
The man's eyes sank.
"Does General Yang know?" Shen Mu finally calmed down, his body was so weak that he had to support the bed frame to get up, and forcefully raised his breath to talk to Yang Che, "Break into the Prince Regent's residence is a serious crime of beheading."
In a fit of anger, Yang Che let out a sneer from his throat, looked at the young man in front of him with disdain, his thinness seemed to be crushed, and said in a deep voice, "If you kill my beloved daughter, you won't have to pay with your life?"
The undershirt was too thin, and Shen Mulen's back teeth were trembling with cold fingertips, and he pinched his fingertips into his palm again and again; he pulled out a smile with stiff muscles, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "It's only right and proper to kill someone, but this king The general's beloved daughter has never been touched."
"General Yang has no evidence, and he has nowhere to vent his anger, so he can only vent his anger at the Prince Regent's Mansion. Is this king right?"
"Are you really an old man who is foolish enough to be coaxed by you?"
A strong wind blew across the left side of his face, Shen Mu could clearly see the distorted rage in Yang Che's eyes, the man turned into a rage and punched the bedpost behind him, his slightly old voice was extremely angrily, "I've read the records of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, even the old man Alright, how do you explain Wu Jinyou's matter?"
"General Yang, please don't do anything yet. If His Majesty blames you, you will feel even worse."
Gao Ying didn't know when he appeared in the house, met Shen Mu's eyes as cold as ice, his legs trembled, and his voice trembled unbelievably, but he still insisted on finishing his sentence, "Mr. That's fine, why not let off the minister's wife and children—"
"Wife and child?" Yang Che turned around suddenly, his eyes were full of disbelief, and even his voice changed, "Shu'er's stomach..."
"Shu'er retches a lot these days, and the nanny in the mansion said it might be because of her happiness," Gao Ying said with a pale face and a sad tone, "My son-in-law was thinking about hiring a doctor in the past two days—"
"Shen Mu!"
"Even His Majesty can't save you today!"
Gao Ying's words successfully blew away the last trace of rationality in Yang Che's mind. The man's eyes were bloodshot, the corners of his eyes and the veins on his neck protruded, and the sound of cursing and complaining hummed from his chest. He grabbed Shen Mu's neck.
The man's palm that has been using weapons all year round is full of calluses, and his strength is so great that Shen Mu instantly tasted a trace of blood in his throat, and his senses were blunted, and all of them concentrated on the hand on his neck.
A sense of suffocation flooded in, and Shen Mu heard his heavy panting, and the ear-piercing sound of bone rubbing; warm, fishy and sweet liquid overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and slowly slid down.
The trembling hands were unable to lift up, and his vision began to blur. In the end, Shen Mu only remembered that he was holding Yang Che's hand, and smiled hoarsely and mockingly,
"Being sold by someone and paying for the money, General Yang is nothing more than that."
Then his eyes went black and he completely lost consciousness.
The courtiers and officials were waiting for the arrival of the monarch in front of the mourning hall. Seeing Gao Ying hurrying over, Liu En immediately went up to meet him, and asked in a low voice, "Lord Gao, how is the matter going?"
Gao Ying looked around twice, then showed an extremely confident smile, and whispered, "Everything is under control."
Seeing this, Liu En asked anxiously, "What? General Yang really made a move?"
"Yang Che really hasn't improved at all." Gao Ying smiled sarcastically, his eyes were shining brightly, "I don't believe what others say. The battles fought for so many years are really in vain."
Looking at Gao Ying's sad smile, Liu En felt a chill behind him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Then Shen Mu..."
"He's not dead yet," Gao Ying frowned impatiently, his voice tinged with anger, "Yang Che suddenly changed his mind in the end and took him back to the General's Mansion and locked him up."
Taking a long breath, Liu En wiped the cold sweat from his forehead; even if Shen Mu committed a heinous crime, as long as Xiao Fan didn't speak up personally, it would be a bad idea to assassinate the regent.
They can't afford that risk.
He knew very well that Gao Ying in front of him was a mad dog who could do anything, and Liu En was really afraid that he would kill Shen Mu directly if he didn't show up today.
"What are you panicking about?" Gao Ying looked Liu En up and down with some distaste, and said coldly, "Look at how timid you are."
Liu En hesitated, "But I read the case file of the criminal department's interrogation of Shen Mu yesterday, and there are indeed many unexplainable things in this matter—"
"So what, if Wu Jinyou can't explain clearly, Shen Mu won't be able to forgive him for a day."
Gao Ying rolled his eyes and looked at a tall figure approaching from a distance, his grief-stricken expression immediately appeared, but his voice was still extremely cold,
"It's only a matter of time before he is killed."
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