Chapter 37: Right and wrong
"Master, please save Zhuo'er!"
In the Xiao Mansion, Xiao's mother kept pleading with Xiao Yu, because Xiao Zhuo was likely to be beheaded in three days. The cause of the incident was that Xiao Zhuo entered Qingfang Garden without permission to assassinate the imperial concubine Zhu Gui'er. Although his motive was unknown, his motives were unknown.
The crime was proved by Yu Wen Chengdu and the maid of Qingfangyuan. In addition, Zhu Gui'er was still unconscious. Under the anger of the Holy Emperor, the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to neglect Xiao Zhuo's interrogation.
"What's the point of crying? This treacherous son did such a thing. His Majesty did not implicate the Xiao family, which is already a kindness! If you are crying here, you might as well pray for the imperial concubine and let her wake up soon!" Xiao Yu!
He was upset by the noise made by Xiao's mother, and he threw the cattail leaf fan used to relieve the heat on the table. Although he cursed him as a traitor and a traitor, in his heart, he did not believe that Xiao Zhuo would do such a thing as assassinating the imperial concubine.
But the problem is who was present at the time. Who can prove that it was not Xiao Zhuo! Yuwen Chengdu? It is said that when Yuwen Chengdu was called by Gong E to rescue him, the dagger had already been inserted into Zhu Guier's body. Yuwen Chengdu
They neither saw that it was Xiao Zhuo who committed the murder, nor that it was not Xiao Zhuo who committed the murder. It was just that the person who was closest to Zhu Gui'er at that time and the easiest to succeed was Xiao Zhuo. But the maids of Qingfang Garden unanimously identified Xiao Zhuo as the murderer.
He is the murderer! In this case, Xiao Zhuo will not be able to escape suspicion no matter what. Under such circumstances, His Majesty did not execute Xiao Zhuo on the spot, which is considered to be a favor to the Xiao family!
However, things are not completely hopeless. The only person who can prove Xiao Zhuo's innocence is Zhu Guier himself. But the problem is that Zhu Guier is now unconscious and the medicine has no effect, which makes Long Yan furious.
The Ministry of Punishment was ordered to handle the case as soon as possible. So now Xiao Yu only hopes that Xiao Zhuo can survive the torture in the prison, and at the same time, he also prays that Zhu Guier can wake up soon!
"Father, can the fourth brother... be saved?" Xiao Rui, as the eldest son of Xiao, stood up at such a moment and asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
"It depends on God! If the imperial concubine can wake up, there is still a glimmer of hope. Rui'er, go to the palace immediately to see your aunt and ask what is going on. Kai'er, rush to Yuwen Mansion and go to General Yuwen
Ask for the specific details. If possible, it is best to invite your uncle Yuwen to come over. Zhuo'er, hey... forget it, your father-in-law is not in the capital. Zhuo'er! I hope you will have your own destiny, and you must hold on.
Ah!" After Xiao Yu sighed, Han Lingyu spoke first before anyone in the hall said anything.
"Don't worry, dad. Although my father is not in the capital, the Han family still has some connections in the capital. My daughter-in-law will go back to the Han family right now." After Han Lingyu finished speaking, he was about to leave, but when he saw Xiao Yu still frowning,
Then he reached out and patted the child next to him and said: "Ger, Mommy is going to grandpa's house. You must be obedient and stay with grandpa at home. Remember to be good and listen to grandpa!"
"Yeah!" After Xiao Shouge agreed, he ran to Xiao Yu's side and pulled the corner of Xiao Yu's clothes with his little hands. Xiao Yu's face finally looked better after calling him grandpa.
"Zhen'er! Where are you going?" After Xiao Rui and Xiao Kai also left, Xiao Wei turned around and was about to leave. However, considering that this was a bit rude, Xiao's mother hurriedly called him. But Xiao Wei did not stop at all.
As he left, he left behind a message: "Father, mother, I'm going to Shangqing Temple to look for Yuan Tiangang."
"Master?" Mother Xiao turned to Xiao Yu, but the latter turned his head away. Mother Xiao knew that Xiao Yu couldn't save face to invite Yuan Tiangang, so she stimulated Xiao Yu to invite him. After all, he had done it before
But the group of people who hated Yuan Tiangang the most. It was only later that their own sons also entered the Taoist sect, and they barely had a good impression of him, but it was far from enough to impress him enough to lower their profile and invite him.
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"How about it? The pain in this world may destroy your half-immortal body?"
In the prison of the Criminal Department, Xiao Zhuo was lying on the ground dying. The wounds all over his body were stabbed by the protruding grass on the ground. Xiao Zhuo's body was shaking from the pain, but he had no strength to turn over and avoid it. Today's interrogation of the Criminal Department
, to Xiao Zhuo originally, it was nothing. After all, he was considered a half-immortal. As long as his existing immortal foundation was not destroyed, it would not be difficult to recover from any skin and flesh injuries on his body. But today he was interrogated.
At that time, a person came in the middle of the way. After this person came, the torture method used by the Ministry of Punishment on Xiao Zhuo also completely changed. The previous torture methods that only targeted the skin and flesh were replaced by various techniques of sealing acupoints and pulses.
As a result, the foundation of Xiao Zhuo Banxian also collapsed.
"Did you teach them to use torture?" Xiao Zhuo trembled, but no one could tell whether the trembling came from physical pain or inner anger. Beside him, a woman in gorgeous clothes was standing quietly.
, but this woman didn’t seem to have any sympathy for Xiao Zhuo’s situation.
"Xiao Zhuo, now that your foundation has been destroyed, you no longer pose any threat to me. I don't mind saving your life. If you are willing, I can let you live this life as a mortal!" The woman gently pointed her jade fingers.
With a move, an orange halo suddenly enveloped Xiao Zhuo and pulled him up.
"What are the conditions?" Although Xiao Zhuo knew that his life and death depended on the Queen's thoughts, he did not believe that someone who dared to be so cruel to him would let him live for no reason at this time.
"I want you to go to Yuan Tiangang to help me get back Yue'er's remnant soul! If you agree, I will let Gui'er wake up and restore your innocence. Of course, if you don't agree, it's okay, I also want to see Yuan Tiangang
How will I save you in this life!"
"Humph...yeah!" Xiao Zhuo laughed miserably, but this small movement caused a burst of pain throughout his body. "I don't need you to repay my innocence!"
"Then your practice in this life is over." Xiao Meiniang let go of her fingers slightly, and Xiao Zhuo immediately fell to the ground. The heart-pounding pain hit him again, and Xiao Zhuo finally couldn't help but cry out.
However, his voice did not attract the jailer's inspection. It seemed that any sound in this space could not be transmitted.
"What grudges do you and I have?" Xiao Zhuo reluctantly asked. He believed that Xiao Meiniang understood that what he was asking about was not about the grudges in this life. As for the past life, he also wanted to know what happened.
"What's the grudge?" For some reason, Xiao Meiniang's tone seemed to be much gentler when she said this. "Speaking of which, you and I don't have much grudge at all, and you even have some kindness. If it weren't for you two senior fellow apprentices back then,
I'm afraid I've already died at the hands of natural enemies."
When Xiao Meiniang said this, she squatted down unexpectedly, and then stroked Xiao Zhuo's body with her hands, and Xiao Zhuo's pain was relieved a lot.
"But you should never, never should. After you two were demoted to the human world, you should not have killed my husband and killed my children!" At this point, Xiao Meiniang's jade fingers instantly turned into sharp claws, but
After trembling slightly for a few times, I still couldn't catch it.
"Senior brother and I?" Xiao Zhuo was also shocked. There is no such thing as hatred without reason. Looking back on Xiao Meiniang's attitude towards him and Yuan Tiangang at the beginning and her current attitude, it seemed that he and Yuan Tiangang had finally touched Xiao Meiniang's heart.
The inverse scale of the heart, otherwise why would you use such means to deal with yourself?
"It happened more than a thousand years ago. Of course you don't know. At that time, I had not yet cultivated to the realm of transformation. I was hunted by natural enemies and accidentally escaped to your cultivation place. If you hadn't come to rescue me at that time, I would have
I was bound to die. Later, I saw that you had not left, and for my own safety, I walked around you every day and listened to you discussing various Taoist magic arts. It was also during those days that my practice progressed rapidly." Xiao Meiniang said in a tone of voice.
She calmly looked at Xiao Zhuo who was lying on the ground. How to deal with this person who had both kindness and hatred for her? She had made a decision in every life, but the results of every life were similar. In the end, good and evil were incompatible.
?Or is it that the world is not up to people?
"It's a pity that you still left! And after you left, I'm afraid you yourself didn't expect that the stone you sat on to talk about heaven and earth would have immortal roots from then on, attracting the covetousness of countless monsters and monsters in the world. It was also during that time that I got to know each other.
I lost my husband, but our desire to possess the spirit stone prompted us to defeat other coveters, and as a result, I embarked on the path of demon!" Xiao Meiniang stretched out her hand, and the moonlight coming in through the window shone on her
In her hand, she turned around and looked around. The original pretty figure disappeared, leaving only an orange cat looking at Xiao Zhuo. And as Xiao Meiniang transformed into her original form, Xiao Zhuo also appeared in front of his eyes.
Scene after scene.
In the picture, two men were sitting in a place with beautiful scenery and discussing something. Sometimes they were calculating with their fingers, and sometimes they used their spiritual power to carve various magic circles on the stone surface. Suddenly, an orange cat volleyed towards them, and one of them
The man was about to stop him when he was picked up by another man and carried into his arms. As for a hyena that was chasing him, the man flicked his sleeves and rolled it into the water. Then he heard the man say, "Senior Brother,
You made a mistake here!" Then the two of them continued to calculate. In the following time, the orange cat often appeared between the two of them. Sometimes it sat motionless, sometimes it jumped into someone's arms and took a nap, and sometimes,
When the little orange cat wakes up and stretches out its habit, or wants to sharpen its claws, the two of them always have to temporarily stop talking.
Time flew by, and finally one day the two people left without saying hello to the orange cat, leaving only the big stone where they had been sitting for a long time. The orange cat jumped up again and lay on one side.
Whenever there is any movement around, it will immediately wake up alertly, but will be disappointed again and again. Finally, this time it hears real movement, but just when it is about to jump, it jumps into her.
What was in his eyes was a mountain leopard. The two animals glared at each other, refusing to give in to each other. In the end, the orange cat sacrificed Yuan Dan and decided to fight to the death rather than give up the big stone to others. Fortunately, it won in the end.
Although he was also seriously injured, at least he could lick his wounds on this stone!
But after all, it didn't win every time. After experiencing several threats, it met a black lynx. This lynx was so much stronger than her that she couldn't defeat it even with the spirit stone. So.
, it fell down on the spiritual stone it had always wanted to guard! But when it woke up again, it found that it had not been killed or driven away. It was still lying on the spiritual stone, but
Chapter completed!