Si Tian Guan

105 Confession

"Chongming! Chongming!" Bai Shiyan slammed the door outside the iron fence, waking up the people inside.

"Chongming, why are you here!"

Seeing the raised face under the light, he made sure he was looking for the wrong person, hurriedly took out the key and went to open the iron prison door: "In our dungeon, no one will be locked up for 800 years, and every time we close it, we will lock up a valuable one."

Liu Chongming lowered his head, and gradually regained consciousness amidst his babbling, only then did he realize that he was standing against a wooden pillar, his hands were locked behind him by fine steel chains, and his ankles were also buckled on the ground. The shivering and cramped dungeon was filled with harsh sounds.

"Don't shake it," Bai Shiyan carried a bunch of keys and poked them into the keyhole one by one, his brow dripping with sweat: "If you can't break it, don't hurt yourself."

"Are you a fake! Why don't you even know the keys to your own house!"

Bai Shiyan was irritated by his urging, and threw the key chain on the iron railing: "Liu Er, don't be so aggressive, I'm risking my father and uncle breaking your legs to save you, what's the rush!"

Liu Chongming was even more irritable watching him fail several times.

"Leave me alone, my father can't do anything to me, hurry up and go to the other courtyard to see Shen Zhou, if he is caught by those two unreasonable old men, he will die..."

Before he finished speaking, heavy footsteps came from outside the iron door on the steps. Bai Shiyan was so panicked that he threw away the key and wanted to find a place to hide, but the space here is limited, even the prison cell is only such a place, so where is there any place? Can hide.

But within a few breaths, the iron door opened, Liu Wei was walking down the steps first, Liu Chongming was about to look away in anger, but his eyes were suddenly drawn by Bai Shining behind him.

Bai Shining held a thin wrist with one hand.

The man's long hair was disheveled, and his snow-white jacket seemed to have been soaked in blood. He lowered his head powerlessly, and was dragged down by Bai Shining. He only struggled convulsively for a few times before being stepped on his back and pressed to the ground.

Liu Chongming's brain was like a fire|powder exploded, he shook the iron chain in his hand and jingled loudly, "I said it has nothing to do with him! Let him go!"

"It has nothing to do with him?" Liu Weizheng sneered: "If it wasn't for his eloquent tongue, he lied to you with the so-called lie about the destruction of the two families..."

"I believe what he said!" Liu Chongming interrupted sharply: "He didn't lie! I believe he didn't lie!"

"Speaking empty and white, why didn't you lie?" Liu Wei was looking at him closely: "Not to mention that you were born in my Liu family, even if you were the heir apparent for a few years, what happened to the court, did you just know today? If it wasn't for his clever words to confuse you Everyone, how could you have such a rebellious idea."

Liu Chongming did not give in: "How about Chaozhong, you know better than me! You should know better, what he said is not a lie!"

"It's not a lie?" Liu Weizheng kicked Qu Shenzhou's ankle: "I even believe in the nonsense of resurrection from the dead, and if someone provokes me to dare to oppose me with a few simple words, it's useless for me to teach you to read sage books , distinguish right from wrong."

"So what if you read the books of the sages?" Liu Chongming argued, "Everyone in the court reads the books of the sages, but what about the world? A flood, people everywhere! Innocent people as slaves, this is the peaceful and prosperous world you want? "

"You live in the Minister of Ministers, you only know how to look at the ground under the tip of your nose with trepidation, and turn a deaf ear to the outside world. It's a vegetarian meal in the corpse!"

"As a noble concubine, why can't my sister have any heirs? Why does my Liu family have the idea of ​​taking over the heirs? It's a big treason!"

"I look at the people who are in the middle of the court, and you are one of them!"

"Chongming!" Bai Shiyan saw that he was yelling so loudly that he almost lost his mind, peeking at his father and uncle's expressions, he hurriedly called him, "Stop talking!"

Bai Shining glanced over sharply: "Shi Yan!"

"..." Bai Shiyan had no place to hide, so he could only stand obediently by the door, and replied, "Father..."

"Did you already know about Chongming's absurdity?"

Bai Shiyan understood his father's ruthlessness, so he knelt obediently, "Yes."

"You two don't see each other." Liu Weizheng seemed to have not heard Liu Chongming's snarling just now, and smiled coldly: "If outsiders don't know, they would think that the two of us are gone, and now you two are in charge."

Liu Chongming's bluster was overwhelmed by people, looking at Qu Shenzhou who was lying motionless on the ground, he finally regained his sanity with a heavy breath, and his voice softened.

"Father, I told you about this during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. I'm not joking. My sister is lonely in the palace and has been waiting for us. Do you have the heart to see her disappointed? You used to love your sister the most, how could you bear to see her?" ?”

"Chongming, answer my question." Liu Weizheng was not moved by his entreaty at all, and asked, "It's not the first year for your sister to enter the palace, and you're not just ignorant, why did you suddenly have the idea of ​​seizing the heir? him?"

Liu Chongming's eyes were fixed on Qu Shenzhou.

He wanted to deny it, but his father would definitely not be confused by such vague words. In fact, if Qu Shenzhou hadn't appeared, he would never have thought about such a thing.

"Chongming, your lofty ambitions, is he giving you confidence? Is it because he said he can predict the future?"

Bai Shiyan hurriedly stood up and said first: "Uncle, this is not a lie! Shen Zhou can really predict the future! He told me during the Mid-Autumn Festival that my mother will have a baby early! Look, it will come true ?"

"Shen Zhou? It's very affectionate." Bai Shining sneered, leaned over and grabbed Qu Shenzhou's long hair, and lifted it up: "He really knows how to draw people together and provoke you one by one, because of this face?"

Liu Chongming saw that Qu Shenzhou's eyes were blurred, his mind was blurred, his face was pale, and there was a bloodstain on his lips that was shocking, so he choked for a moment.

Liu Weizheng looked at his son's dazed gaze, then glanced at his feet, and asked, "Chongming, did he give you the confidence to speak nonsense? What if you didn't have him? Would you still dare?"

"If not..." Liu Chongming murmured and repeated dumbly, and suddenly understood the meaning of his father's words, and screamed out of control: "Father! Don't! Please forgive me..."

In his choking hysteria, Bai Shining slowly raised his hand, and his powerful palm struck down like lightning.

Qu Chenzhou's whole body twitched violently, spurting out a mouthful of blood, his hands and feet drooped limply, like a marionette that lost its traction in an instant, he collapsed on the ground and did not move anymore.

Liu Chongming's mind went blank, his ears were buzzing, he couldn't hear anything, he just felt big tears rolling out uncontrollably.

He blinked his eyes, and his vision became clear, but Qu Shenzhou was still silent, and in an instant, tears filled his eyes again.

The whole world seemed to be gradually falling in front of him, shattering into blood red.

"Shen Zhou... Shen Zhou..." He opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood gushed out from his lips, and flowed down to his chin, rolling together with tears: "Shen Zhou, you...wake up..."

Bai Shiyan was also frightened into a daze, and murmured to himself with trembling lips: "How could this be...how could it be..."

Liu Wei was walking slowly to the iron fence, looked at his distraught son, and said in a deep voice, "The son of my Liu family is so worthless. He just died of a lowly slave, and he is crying so badly."

"..." Liu Chongming's eyes seemed to pass through him, and they only fell on the ground. He moved his lips, but he couldn't say a word.

"Chongming, let me ask you again, do you still dare to think of seizing the heir?"

"I..." Liu Chongming's voice was hoarse, and was intermittently rolled by tears, but as if he was afraid that his father would not be able to hear clearly, he gritted his teeth and replied word by word: "I, dare."

"I want Dayu to be flooded again, and refugees will be everywhere."

"I want widows, old and young, to fill their stomachs, and men to earn money and grain to support their wives and children."

"I want criminals to be brought to justice."

"I want people who worship dust will not fill the court."

"I want Dayu to abolish his slave status, and I want my sister... to have her own son and ascend to the position of Ninth Five Lord."

He clearly remembered his wish and Qu Shenzhou's request, every word made him more sober.

"If you are timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and stay in the corner, or kill me now, or drive me out of the house, or my desire to seize the heirloom will not die!"

Liu Wei was lowering his head slightly, the candlelight above his head cast a shadow on his face, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.

The atmosphere in the dungeon was suffocating, only Liu Chongming could not stop crying bitterly.

Bai Shiyan secretly glanced at his cousin who was in a trance, and felt sour in his nose.

Liu Chongming's chest heaved and his voice was choked with sobs, as if he was throwing everything out: "I tell you! Not only do I believe his words, I like him! I like him! Can you hear me clearly! I want to marry him as the crown prince! "

"So what if you kill him! If you have the ability, you can kill me too!"

"I'll marry him alive! He's dead, and I want to marry his corpse!"

"Don't!" Someone was so frightened that he couldn't bear it, got up and interrupted him suddenly.

All eyes were on Qu Chenzhou.

"...Sorry..." Qu Chenzhou raised his head, met the eyes of Liu Weizheng and Bai Shining, bowed his head apologetically, and lay down on the ground again, pretending to be dead: "You...continue."

"..." Liu Chongming's tears hadn't dried up, and the tenderness on his face hadn't faded, he opened his mouth blankly: "Ah? This..."

"General Bai..." Qu Chenzhou sat on the ground, covered his face with his knees, and cried, "Please save me..."

Bai Shiyan looked at Liu Chongming who was arguing with his two fathers in the distance, sighed and patted him: "Don't worry."

Qu Shenzhou looked up hopefully.

"Don't worry," Bai Shiyan continued, "No one can save you."

Qu Shenzhou lay down again.

"Don't be naive, even my mother can protect you for a while, but not for the rest of your life. Chongming was really pissed off by you this time."

Of course he could see the eyes that wanted to eat people, but he was also forced to do nothing.

"General Bai, what can I do? Lord Hou and General Bai must force me to perform a show to test the son's character, otherwise they will kill me," he lamented, "What can I do?"

Bai Shiyan comforted him: "Extending your head is also a knife, retracting your head is also a knife, accept your fate. You value Ming's reaction just now, at least he will definitely not kill you, much better than the two old men."

Qu Chenzhou wanted to cry but had no tears. Under the power, no amount of trickery would be pointless.

"Looking at it this way, you got my father and uncle out of the way too? That's amazing," Bai Shiyan asked enthusiastically, "What did you all say? Why do you even believe them?"

"What else can I say?" Qu Chenzhou was speechless: "I've recruited everyone I can."

Not only the confession to Liu Chongming and Bai Shiyan, but also the entanglement between himself and Liu Chongming who was still hidden in his stomach, other past events were forced to be questioned.

In the past, he only thought of Liu Chongming as powerful, but he never thought that Marquis Anding would not be easy to get along with.

However, it was precisely because Marquis Anding and General Bai had a better understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China that they understood that what he said was true.

"So, my father and uncle agree?" Bai Shiyan asked.

"Of course I agree, I agreed from the very beginning. But I guess, the two of them are involved in every move in the court, and they should not come forward without authorization. Even if they agree, it is the prince and General Bai who are the main ones."

Qu Chenzhou gathered the outer robe on his shoulders, the sticky middle coat was very uncomfortable to wear, but Bai Shining, as if chicken blood didn't want money, insisted on pouring a whole basin on him.

People who are about the same age, why can't General Bai be more stable like Liuhou.

"However, I think the bottom line for Lord Hou and General Bai is not to pose any threat to the Bailiu family. Otherwise, it is very likely that you two will be sacrificed."

He pointed to the three people in the distance: "The prince didn't let General Bai pass because of this. So if General Bai regrets now, there is still time."

"Grass, Liu Er, you bastard, you underestimate me so much." Bai Shiyan cursed in a low voice, and was about to go over when Qu Chenzhou pulled him back.

"General Bai, let the prince talk. If you are determined to stand by the prince's side, the prince will not hide anything from you. If you pass by now, it will be bad."

Bai Shiyan sighed, he is really bad at these things, he can't see the long-term like Chongming, let alone this little monster with different pupils in front of him, it's better to save this thought and just listen to other people's ideas honestly.

"Shen Zhou, you heard it just now, right?" He coughed softly, and changed the subject: "Chongming him...he wants to marry you as the imperial concubine!"

"Why has he never told me about this! It's too much!"

"When did you and Chongming get together? You kept it from me?"

"No..." Qu Chenzhou listened to him babbling for a long time before saying, "My son and I... how is it possible?"

The author has something to say: always swallowing my words, and being cruel and double-updating, it means that I really am not always abusing Shen Zhou. QAQ's seizure of the heir is a very important matter. Even if the two parents are really unwilling, they can't just agree General Bai: Do you dare to stand up?

Qu: No... Look, the prince is about to beep--dead... It's so frightening