[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 50 [English]

Chapter 48: Just a trick

Li Jianheng had a nightmare.

He dreamed of a rainy night at the hunting ground in Nanlin. The branches struck him sharply on the face, and he hid in panic with his head in his hands.

The horse under the seat galloped forward. Li Jianheng tried to hold on to the reins in fear, but Xiao Chiye, who suddenly turned around, took the collar and threw him off the horse.

“Ce’an, save me!” Li Jianheng fell to the ground and begged on his knees, “Ce’an, Ce’an! We are brothers, don’t leave me here!”

Xiao Chiye looked heavy amid the lightning and thunder, and said coldly to him: “Knock him unconscious and carry him away!”

Li Jianheng burst into tears. Seeing Chen Yang approaching him, he couldn’t help but move back in fear, waved his hand and shouted: “I…I am the emperor! How could you treat me like this?”

Li Jianheng moved his body back and bumped into someone. He turned his head and looked back and saw Emperor Xiande’s stooped figure. He held his wrist and he immediately called out: “Brother, Emperor, please save me!”

Emperor Xiande tightened his fingers and dug into Li Jianheng’s flesh. He coughed up blood and said in a cold voice: “Whoever saves you today can kill you tomorrow! Do you understand?”

Li Jianheng struggled in pain, but he couldn’t free his arm no matter what.The rain in the sky suddenly turned into droplets of sticky substance. Li Jianheng touched a handful, and his hands were covered with blood.He looked up and saw a head rolling down in the darkness.

Li Jianheng didn’t know where the strength came from, and he pushed and kicked to break free from Emperor Xiande’s hand.He gasped, climbed up in the mud, kicked the head away while trembling, and cried to the black shadows around him: “I am the emperor, I – I am the emperor! Which of you wants to kill me, ah?!”

“Your Majesty,” someone called softly, “Your Majesty.”

Li Jianheng suddenly opened his eyes, stared at Jinding absently, and murmured: “Who wants to kill me…who wants to kill me…”

The Queen Mother wiped Li Jianheng’s sweat with a handkerchief, leaned over and said, “Jianheng, the Queen Mother is here!”

Jianheng!

Li Jianheng was sad because his mother died young and Emperor Guangcheng never looked directly at him. In all these years, no one had ever called him Jianheng.

“Mother…” Li Jianheng choked and shouted, “Mother!”

The Queen Mother tilted her head slightly, as if wiping away tears, and said, “You fell asleep all night, Aijia is really scared. Why are you still hurting now? You have to tell Aijia.”

Li Jianheng looked at the Queen Mother and saw that she was still wearing the dress from last night, so she must have stayed here all night.Li Jianheng immediately stood up and saw that the Queen Mother’s temples were mixed with white silk, her eyes were reddish, and she looked quite haggard.

Li Jianheng felt soft, wiped his eyes, took the Queen Mother’s arm and said, “Mother is worried, I’m fine.”

Hai Liangyi knelt outside, and he also stayed here all night. When he heard the voices inside, he knew that Li Jianheng had woken up, and he couldn’t help but feel relieved.

After a while, the maids entered quietly and helped Li Jianheng wash up.The Queen Mother personally brought the medicine bowl and tasted it herself before feeding it to Li Jianheng.

After Li Jianheng drank the medicine, his complexion was still not good, but it was much better than last night.He put on his boots and walked out. He was greatly moved when he saw Hai Liangyi still kneeling. He stepped forward to help Hai Liangyi and said, “Mr. Ge, I’m fine!”

Hai Liangyi could barely stand up, so Li Jianheng stopped guarding him and persuaded the ministers kneeling outside to retreat, leaving only Kong Qiu, Cen Yu and Fu Linye who had been examining him all night.

“What was found?” Li Jianheng asked impatiently, “Kong Shangshu, please tell me.”

Kong Qiu kowtowed and said: “Last night, the Ministry of Punishment conducted an investigation all night, and it has been found that the assassinated eunuch is named Guisheng. He was sent by Fuling, the female official of the Shangshi Bureau, to serve as a food tester at the banquet of hundreds of officials.”

“Female officer?” Li Jianheng said in astonishment, “Why does this female officer want to harm me?”

Kong Qiu said: “The reason is unknown.”

Li Jianheng said anxiously: “You have been checking it all night, but you haven’t found it yet!”

Kong Qiu and the other two people looked at each other, he was silent for a moment, and said: “Your Majesty does not know, Poria knows that he cannot escape the law, so he has already silenced himself with medicine and allowed himself to be punished.”

Li Jianheng suddenly understood something and said, “Why would she, a female official in the palace, do such a thing? She must be afraid that she would say something under severe punishment, so she silenced herself with medicine first! There must be someone behind this!”

Kong Qiu added: “Your Majesty, your Majesty, Wei Chen and two colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate also thought so. Therefore, they conducted an in-depth investigation of this girl last night and found that she still has an old mother at home, living in Zianjiao Lane on Donglong Street. Although her house is small, it is not something that a mere female official in the imperial court can afford. Wei Chen then checked again and found out that she did not buy the house herself, but the dental shop on Donglong Street specially gave it to her on credit.Live.”

Li Jianheng was most familiar with Donglong Street. He immediately heard something suspicious and said: “Since her family is an orphan and a widower, they must not have anything valuable to mortgage a house.”

Kong Qiu said: “That’s why Wei Chen also felt that there were many doubts, so he summoned people from Yahang to ask, and asked why Yahang gave the house to her on credit. It was all for the sake of the Imperial Army.”

Li Jianheng felt a “bang” in his heart, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, paused for a moment, and then asked: “What does this have to do with the Forbidden Army?”

Kong Qiu said: “This is the greeting Yuan Liu, the sixth-rank official of the Forbidden Army’s Adjudication Department, went to Yahang to say hello. Although Yuan Liu and Poria have no engagement, there have long been rumors of an affair.”

Li Jianheng stood up suddenly and said, “Does Governor Xiao know?”

Kong Qiu knew that he had a good relationship with Xiao Chiye, and he was not sure for a while whether he wanted to protect Xiao Chiye or what. He could only answer truthfully: “I don’t know what the governor meant.”

Li Jianheng stood on the spot, his expression changed several times, and finally said: “…There are many forbidden soldiers, so it is reasonable for him not to know. Don’t make any announcement in advance, you go down, let Han Cheng and Shen Zechuan come in, I want to reward them!”

* * *

Xiao Chiye stepped on the hard snow and kicked open Xing Prison’s door.The jailer inside had already gotten the news, and now he hurriedly led Xiao Chiye inside.

Poria was imprisoned. She was only twenty-three years old. Due to the torture, her hair was messy and she was sitting on the weeds motionless.

Xiao Chiye entered the cell door, and Chen Yang took off the cloak for him.He was too tall and powerful. As soon as he stepped in, Fu Ling trembled with fear.

Xiao Chiye is actually very handsome. He has a complex feeling of frivolity and fierceness, so he can be both a slutty young man and a cold and stern Shura King.He changes his mask freely, and once he puts it on, his behavior becomes just as appropriate.

At this moment, he is the noble prince passing by.

Xiao Chiye first looked at the cell, then leaned over slightly to look at the narrow window. Seeing that the high wall of Xing Prison was also outside the window, he couldn’t help but look away without interest and straightened up again.He turned his head and lowered his eyes, looking at the Poria cocos on the ground.

Poria clinging to the wall, she felt that the eyes were filled with natural contempt.

“Female officer of Shangshi Bureau.” Xiao Chiye said.

Fu Ling didn’t look up, just stared at his boots.

Chenyang moved a chair and Xiao Chiye sat on it.He propped up one of his knees, looked at Fu Ling’s intentions, and said: “Yuan Liu he has a wife and concubines, and he has to take the risk of having his status revoked to arrange a house for you. What kind of beauty are you, able to coax him into even risking his life? Look up, let me see.”

Fu Ling shrank her body and ignored it.

Xiao Chiye leaned back and said: “He can be your father, are you willing? Being a female official is different from being a palace maid. When you are released, you will be able to have a serious son. Yuan Liu is a sixth-grade official and a military ruffian. He has no money and no power. Are you blind or infatuated by following him?”

The cell was silent.

“Leave aside Yuan Liu for now, what can you do to persuade Guisheng to commit an assassination? You don’t have any money, so it must have been instigated by others. Your voice is hoarse, and you are the one who decided to use it as a scapegoat early in the morning. Your master’s trick is to kick people like you as soon as possible. Whether you die or not has nothing to do with me, but now you are going to kill me, Xiao Ce’an, do you want to die like this?” Xiao Chiye smiled and said, “No way, girl.”

Chen Yang turned around and nodded to the jailer behind him. Hearing the clatter of the chains, Yuan Liu, who was covered in dirt, was dragged out.

Yuan Liu crawled close to Poria and said sternly: “Bitch! You actually hurt me like this!”

Poria shuddered and crawled to the other side against the wall.Yuan Liu grabbed her ankle and said sadly: “What does I have to do with you? I treat you like this, and you will repay me like this!”

Poria was pulled to tears. She kicked Yuan Liu and shouted hoarsely in her throat.

Yuan Liu grabbed her and said, “Your mother is seriously ill, and I went to see the doctor on my back! I will give you whatever you want. You deceived me, and you dragged my whole family to die together! You vicious woman!”

As soon as the chain sounded, Yuan Liu, who was out of control, was grabbed by Chen Yang.he You stretched out his arms and said with a ferocious face: “I will never let you go! Even if I were a ghost, I would never let you go!”

Xiao Chiye looked at the small window from the chair and could really see the sky.There is no snow today, and there are pale cumulus clouds in the sky. He turns a deaf ear to the grievances before him.

Yuan Liu knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. He crawled towards Xiao Chiye again, kowtowed and begged: “Governor, Governor! Spare me this time! Please, I am obsessed with ghosts. I am willing to be a cow or a horse to repay this retribution!”

Xiao Chiye looked at him and said, “I am not the one who holds your life. Go and beg someone to kowtow a few times for your family. This can be considered as making up for the debt of having your wife and son happy in the past.”

Yuan Liu then moved to Poria and begged: “Please let me go! Can you please let me go? This matter has nothing to do with me! I beg you! I beg you! There are eight people in my family, and I don’t want them all to die here!”

Poria shed tears and don’t look at he.

Yuan Liu burst into tears, he was really scared, kowtowed until his head was bleeding, and said: “Poria… We are husband and wife for a night and a hundred days… Although we have not become husband and wife, our friendship over the years is still there! I beg you, don’t fall on me! I will be your son and grandson in the next life! Let me go! I want to honor your mother in that house, how can you…” heAlmost sobbing, she forced herself to speak intermittently, “How could you use it… to kill my family! Do you still have a heart?”

Fu Ling muttered something in pain, and she also kowtowed to Yuan Liu and moved her mouth, clearly saying she was sorry.

Yuan Liu stepped forward on his knees and touched Fu Ling’s body. The blood on his forehead was dripping. He said sadly: “I don’t want you to kowtow! I want you to explain things clearly! I don’t want to die… Fu Ling! Don’t hurt me…”

Seeing this, Xiao Chiye said: “Planning an assassination will never be beheading. You can die if you want. I pity your mother. She is so old and has to be tortured. Don’t you know where the prison is? If she falls into the hands of Jin Yiwei, she can be skinned and cramped.”

Poria looked up and cried.

Xiao Chiye said: “Didn’t your master tell you? I will make this case unsolvable quickly. It will be delayed for a day and you will be punished. You have to suffer, he has to suffer, and your mother has to suffer. When I am happy with it, let’s say goodbye.”

Poria choked with hatred.

Xiao Chiye remained motionless, only looking at her, and said: “Didn’t you say that beating a dog depends on the owner? If you bite me, Xiao Ce’an, everyone will suffer together. I will beat you until your skin is torn and you will be worse than dead. Let’s see who can’t resist it first. Chenyang, drag her up.”

Chen Yang responded and retreated towards the cell door.

Fu Ling suddenly shouted, her voice was broken, like the cry of an animal on the verge of despair, she rushed towards Xiao Chiye, threw herself on the ground, and scrawled words with her fingers.

Xiao Chiye bowed his head, looked at it for a moment, and said, “Give her a pen and paper. I want black and white writing.”

* * *

Poria was taken to prison by Chen Yang, and only Xiao Chiye and Yuan Liu were left in the cell.When Yuan Liu saw Xiao Chiye was about to leave, he immediately grabbed the corner of Xiao Chiye’s robe.

“General, Governor!” Yuan Liu said, “It’s okay…can I…”

Xiao Chiye put on his big cloak, turned around and said, “When did you assume the position of judge?”

Yuan Liu hurriedly gestured with his fingers and replied: “The third year after the governor takes office.”

Xiao Chiye said: “So you are following me.”

Yuan Liu nodded hurriedly and said, “I am the Governor’s man!”

Xiao Chiye didn’t sleep all night, and he was a little annoyed now. He held the knife, pushed Yuan Liu’s hand away with the scabbard, and said: “My people don’t have such a big reputation that they can ask Donglong Ya Bank for credit. All the properties added by the imperial army must be reported, and you didn’t report it. In addition to this house, you also have fields outside the city. The sixth-grade judge is doing well, who is supporting you, don’t you know?”

Yuan Liu burst into tears and runny nose. He let out a sad voice and said: “I have been deceived and should not be greedy for that little thing, Governor, Governor! But I did not betray the Imperial Army…”

Xiao Chiye slightly raised his sore neck and said without looking at him, “How old is your son?”

“Four…four years old.”

“I took care of it for you.” Xiao Chiye said expressionlessly, “After this case is over, you can settle it on your own.”

As soon as the cell door was closed, Yuan Liu collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Chiye walked in the dark and damp prison passage, listening to the crying behind him, and took the confession from Chen Yang.As soon as he stepped out of the gate of Xing prison, he saw Gu Jin walking towards him.

“Master,” Gu Jin said, “Fu Ling’s mother is dead.”

Chen Yang frowned and said, “Fortunately, the master did not enter the palace this morning, otherwise Poria would no longer be concerned and the confession would not be obtained.”

“It’s a piece of paper,” Xiao Chiye turned over the confession by the light, “Fu Ling has never even seen the other party’s face. Based on this alone, no one can get in.”

Chen Yang said: “At least we have wiped out the imperial army. Master, do you want to go to the palace and present it to the emperor?”

Xiao Chiye glanced at he and asked, “Why do the Forbidden Army want to wipe them out?”

Chenyang and Gujin were both stunned.

Xiao Chiye sneered and said: “Since it is a trapped beast, it must look like it is being besieged. It is not enough for us to pour dirty water on it in such a hurry. Not only do I have to be next to the dirty water, I also have to roll around in the mud, the darker the better. If I am dirty, I will be able to stand up to the iron wall and let you be a powerful person who can cover the sky with one hand.”We can even trample on the Governor of the Forbidden Army so easily. When the emperor comes to his senses, it’s time to become suspicious and fearful.Anyone who wants to join the new party is seeking death.”