Double world undercurrent

Chapter 56 Chapter 56
"Go to bed early, Xin'er—"

Brother Leng Yi's gentle voice was low and deep:

"—The Royal Governor's Court may not have caught the right person..."

He seemed to have something to say.

It seems that he also has reservations about this matter.

"Um... so it is..."

She replied with Xiyou petals, feeling that at this moment, there seems to be a transparent wall between them, they can clearly see each other, but they cannot be broken through.

"elder brother……"

She picked up the petals of Xiyou, and after a few struggles, she still hesitated to speak...

"What do you want to say, Xin'er?"

Her hesitant voice was heard over there.

She really wanted to reveal the secret in her heart, and asked him why he wanted to kill brother Lengxuan, and whether he could do anything for power?Have you ever thought about the consequences of things being brought to light?Did he know that because of him, she was worried all day long, worried that he would fall into the queen's trap and suffer the queen's revenge?
However, it was hard for her to say these words.

"It's nothing, bro..."

She suppressed her twisted emotions and said sullenly:

"I just think about Brother Lengxuan and I'm bored... It's not peaceful in the Demon Palace recently... Brother, you should be more careful... I don't want to lose another brother..."

A little silence.

"You won't lose me, Xin'er."

His voice came from among the petals.

If she had said that in the past, he would have laughed at her for thinking wildly and wanting to make her happy, but this time, he acted so serious, with a heavy breath mixed with his voice.

She knew that she had seen through the truth a long time ago, but she just didn't want to accept the fact. Perhaps self-deception can alleviate the guilt in her heart...

The night was quiet, with a gentle breeze outside the window, gently lifting the curtains in the room.Suddenly, a slight change disturbed her thoughts, her eyes turned, and with a flick of a finger, a spell hit out of the window—"Snap!"

A nail bug that was eavesdropping outside the window was hit by her, fell to the ground, writhed twice and lost its breath.This is a worm raised in the Queen's Palace of Zeyi. It seems that she is also being targeted by them.

Fortunately, she didn't say anything that was not good for Brother Leng Yi before. She breathed a sigh of relief, and after confirming that there was no one outside the window, she closed the window...

I don't know if Brother Leng Yi had raised his vigilance towards the Queen, or if her cryptic reminders had an effect. In the middle of the night, a letter from a secret line informed that the suspect had not been interrogated after being sent to the Imperial Governor's Court. Locked in a seemingly loose dungeon, but with ambushes everywhere, waiting for someone to "jump" in, but so far, there has been no movement in the prison.

There is indeed a fraud in it!Perhaps the whereabouts of the assassin that night are still unknown, or else, how could the Imperial Governor's Court release false news, using that suspect as bait, trying to lure the snake out of the hole?Fortunately, brother Leng Yi didn't fall for the trap, she sighed secretly, feeling lingering fear.

She thought that she could pass the night in peace and was getting ready to rest, but unexpectedly, there was another piece of news that made her restless:

Tonight, the Imperial Governor's Court did catch the assassin!Only because the queen wanted to ensure that the assassin would not be silenced, but also wanted to try to lure the culprit behind the scenes to take the bait and take the bait, so she found a fake suspect as bait and released news to attract people to take the bait.

In fact, the real assassin who assassinated Leng Xuan has been imprisoned in a weeping cell, and is now undergoing torture to extract a confession! !

It is said that the assassin is also a tough one. He has not given any valuable information until now. He only wants to die, but the harsh methods in the crying prison are notorious. If he continues like this, I'm afraid he will not be able to hold on...

"Is this news reliable?"

she asked hastily.

"Reporting to the princess, I have checked with the informant in the weeping prison, and there is indeed such a thing."

Darkline replied.

This is a dark night with dark clouds and no aurora. It is a long night, and the wheel of fate may have quietly changed...

Since the assassin wants to die, let him help him go to hell as soon as possible!

She immediately issued an assassination order to let the informant in the crying cell wait for an opportunity to silence her, so as to avoid future troubles.

As long as the Imperial Governor's Court cannot confirm the suspicion of Leng Yi's elder brother... He can't be let know about this, and he can't be allowed to take this risk...

There is no dawn star in the dawn of another world, the dark night is covered with closed windows, and in the bedroom, there is only a dull glimmer of light on the white cloud bed.

Time passed bit by bit, and she tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night, and it was so difficult to survive until the dawn of the day.After waiting for a century, she finally received the news from there.

But this news made the haggard woman feel dizzy, her heart tightened, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

The secret message replied: After their people killed the assassin in the crying prison, they were ambushed. In the chaos, they were lucky to meet people from Xiaolin Palace who also sneaked into the crying prison and waited for an opportunity to rescue them. escape.However, because of saving them, the informant from the Xiaolin Palace accidentally fell into the hands of the guards.

It turned out that Brother Leng Yi had given his subordinates an order in advance, if they met people from Xiyou Palace who were involved in this matter in the crying prison, they must do their best to protect them from getting out, and Princess Leng Xin should not be implicated by this incident, even if it was...

Brother Leng Yi would rather take the risk of being suspected than let her be implicated in the slightest!
But now, I'm afraid that the sword tree in the weeping cell will really force the informant of the Xiaolin Palace to confess that Brother Leng Yi ordered the assassination of Leng Xuan...

She vaguely had a bad premonition, and she was thinking about what to do. At this moment, the things around her suddenly started to spin, and the scroll of memory wrapped her consciousness, and she was pulled out from this painful past. .

The familiar tremor filled her ears again, and a biting chill hit her.Her sleeping consciousness was gradually awakened. Although her eyes were closed, she vaguely felt a glimmer of light flashing past her eyes. She was half asleep and half awake and wanted to break free, but that force sank her into a new memory picture.

This time, her perspective sometimes coincides with Leng Xin, and sometimes turns to the sidelines, like a wandering pointer.

"Father...Hundreds of thousands of people signed a letter, begging you to save him from death!! You recite it for the sake of his outstanding achievements in protecting the alien world, and because he is also your own son after all, please forgive me!! "

In the Purple Harmony Palace of the old devil king, Zhu Wen's decrees were piled up on the spar wooden table in piles, and spread among the scrolls on the top, the word "beheading" was particularly eye-catching.

Her eyes were full, she lowered her head slightly, her clenched palms trembled faintly, and she could not kneel for a long time.The two bright eyes stared at the ground motionlessly, and the cherry lips parted slightly, as if those two words were stuck in her throat and made her suffocate:

"Father, Xin'er, I beg you...can you deal with it according to your discretion? You can punish him, imprison him...even... even imprison him in the infinite prison...let him suffer the punishment of nine...nine abyss... ...It’s better than executing him! Just keep him and let him spend the rest of his life to redeem his sins!! Father, Xin’er, I beg you, don’t kill brother Leng Yi!!!”

She knelt and cupped her hands, bowed her head and fell to the ground.

The old demon king had two beards like halberds, eyes like torches, and stood in front of her solemnly. He was wearing a long robe with a straight front and majestic hanging down to the ground. He was in the posture of a phoenix bone and a dragon, and his anger was intertwined with sadness, and his stubbornness concealed a subtle hesitation .

"Do you think I want this, Xin'er?! Now that things have happened, why does my heart not hurt?! But this rebellious son, in order to win the crown, dared to do such a rebellious thing as murdering his brother without thinking of brotherhood!! Kill Brother should be punished for the crime of usurping power! Only pity my Xuan'er... never again..."

The father waved his robe sleeves and lamented sadly, full of grief and anger, and murmured shyly:
"I gave him the punishment of beheading... It's considered a reward for him... Executing him... This is also an explanation to the queen and those ministers..."

Nuoda's Purple Harmony Hall echoed with emptiness.

Her father's words were like sharp ice picks, and it was Leng Yi who killed her, but the sharp pick pierced deeply into her heart, hitting her flesh one after another, and she was in pain.

All along, she has noticed her father's favoritism towards the eldest prince Leng Xuan, just because they are relatively conservative in their attitude towards the Wu clan and the world, and brother Leng Yi has shown his ambition.

But his ambition symbolizes the wishes of some demons. Perhaps, to some extent, this has put a lot of pressure on Leng Xuan and his father.

But putting aside these conflicts of ideas, her father's words made her realize that there is a difference in the importance of Leng Xuan and Leng Yi in her father's heart.What do you mean by "poor Xuan'er?" For so many years, Leng Xuan targeted Leng Yi secretly and secretly, and even tried his best to get rid of Leng Yi. How could the father not know about these things?
"Father, do you think brother Leng Yi did this just to win the heir? Don't you know how he has been suppressed, hostile and even plotted by brother Leng Xuan these years?"

The father was silent for a moment, and the hidden and complex expression had already told her the answer.

She felt chills for Brother Leng Yi again, and smiled coldly on her distressed face:
"It turns out that the father knows everything, but he just ignores it selectively."

"presumptuous!"

"Did Xin'er say something wrong?"

She raised her head and straightened her back, regardless, her eyes fixed on her father's surprised, angry and slightly guilty face, and said indignantly:
"Father, if you hadn't turned a blind eye to the fight for the heir for a long time, and showed partiality and connivance to Leng Xuan's oppressive behavior, would he have lost his life in the end because of this matter?"

"How dare you accuse—"

"—Xin'er is curious, if brother Leng Yi was killed, would you feel as sorry as you do now!"

The furious eyes of the father flickered lightly, and she waved her sleeves and pointed to the east:

"If the person locked up there now is Leng Xuan, would you still make the same decision?! You wouldn't even cover him—"

"—Bastard!"

Snapped! !

In a rage, her father raised his hand and slapped her to the ground!
A red palm print instantly appeared on her left face, and the pain made her stunned for a moment, and even the corner of her mouth was bleeding.

Seeing this, the father couldn't bear it, and bent his aching fingers slightly, secretly regretting that the palm was too heavy, but thinking about how she, who was usually well-behaved and sensible, dared to speak out so rudely and contradict her for Leng Yi's rebellious son. I was both angry and helpless in my heart.

"Brother killing is a crime, no matter who dares to commit it, it is an unforgivable crime, beheaded according to the law..."

The father said somewhat grandly:

"If I break the precedent with Yi'er and spare his life, it won't be enough to deter other princes..."

Her eyes were like shining beads, she stubbornly held back her tears and covered her face, swallowed her fragility into her stomach, knelt down in front of her father again, endured the grievance of this slap, and only wanted to change the situation of Leng Yi who was sentenced to death. decision:
"Father, since this is the case...then please allow Xin'er to be punished on behalf of my brother..."

"What did you say?!"

The old demon king froze his brows in astonishment. Seeing her apologizing again, he said sincerely and resolutely:

"Father, since elder brother Leng Yi murdered his elder brother and committed an unforgivable crime, Xin'er is willing to take the punishment on behalf of his elder brother."

"How many heads do you think you have grown?!"

His sharp eyes were complexly condensed.

"Xin'er is willing to do this...Xin'er did this to save the royal family's face..."

She tried her best to calm down, held her breath, and said to the old devil king:
"Did you know? Father, now even the witches are laughing at us, saying that we are savage and vulgar, and the reason why the royal family is discord, brotherhood, and fraternity, is because we are Do not pay attention to the way of filial piety..."

She knew that her father advocated martial arts, so she said this intentionally, seeing that he was furious as expected, she hurriedly stabilized his emotions, and continued:
"...They talk nonsense and belittle us. They are pouring dirty water on you and embarrassing our royal family! This happened to Brother Leng Yi again. He and Ming Lang...Ming Shizi beat the Wu clan together. His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who has protected the territory, frightened him and hated him to the bone!"

She paused, her eyes glanced at the volumes on the table:

"That joint request shows the status of the second prince in the hearts of the people in other worlds. If you kill him, not to mention hurting the hearts of the people, the Wu people will be even more delighted. If you play into their hands, you might throw us even worse You are laughing at us from another world; but your concerns are not unreasonable, if you don’t kill him, you won’t be able to stern the calendar to deter the world...not to mention, you have to appease the queen..."

Seeing her father narrowing his eyes and listening carefully, she continued to speak sincerely:
"This case is a special case. Since the witches laughed at us for being barbaric and vulgar, and disregarded filial piety, which caused discord among the royal family, please allow Xin'er to be punished on behalf of my brother, so as to show the world that we, the demons, are not cold-blooded, vulgar and barbaric. The family of the family is also Chonglun who often encourages the way of filial piety..."

The old demon king frowned deeply, thinking about it, and heard her continue:
"Now that brother Leng Yi committed evil rebellion, father, you are determined to execute him. This is enough to warn the world and comfort the queen... In order to express her gratitude for her brother's love, Xin'er sincerely petitions to be punished on behalf of her brother. Although this is not reasonable However, it can be used as a franchise ruling to encourage the world to value filial piety and promote harmony..."

The old demon king paced back and forth in thought, lamenting that she had worked so hard to save Leng Yi, but these words also gave him inspiration.

"Xin'er, do you really want to be punished for this traitor? Even in exchange for your life?"

She nodded resolutely.

If this is the only way to save Leng Yi, she is willing to do so, even if Leng Yi has committed such a crime, she will do everything possible to want him to live.

However, she was sure that the old devil king would not behead her, not because of circumstances or reason, and besides, she was still engaged to Shizi Ming, so she offered to be tortured on behalf of her brother, laying out a bunch of high-sounding reasons, just to give The old devil disposes of Leng Yi to build the steps at his discretion.

"Since you insist on doing this, then I will grant your request..."

She paused:
"Xin'er thanks father, Wang Enzhun..."

"Forget it..."

After hearing the old devil's slight sigh, she said majesticly:

"I hope that rebellious son knows how to appreciate your sacrifice... You can take the 42 times of torture on the border of God's Realm for him, and reduce the number of crimes for him... He can be spared the death penalty, but he can't escape the death penalty... The punishment of the nine deeps is also the same." Unavoidable...Let him be imprisoned for life in the Boundless Prison to repent and atone for his sins..."

With an extremely heavy and painful heart, she could only thank her father for his permission again...

The picture in front of her flickered out of sight. In the darkness, her consciousness as Gu Xiaoxing gradually became clear. At the same time, outside her closed eyelids, the faint light seemed to be getting brighter...

But in a trance, another blurry picture faded in front of her eyes, and she was quickly sucked in...

At this moment, she was in a void of nothingness. For a moment, she forgot who she was, why she was here, and where was she?

She only felt that the air here was dry and cold, wrapping herself tightly, as if it was covered with needle pricks, making every inch of her skin feel fine and cold, she looked down at her body...

She couldn't see her own body! ! !

"Are you going to wake up, Xin'er..."

The cool and icy voice was filled with the faint fragrance of Xiyou flowers, passing over the tip of her nose and wafting into her ears.

Who is he?
Is it Ming Shuo?Or Leng Yi?

These two names popped up inexplicably in my heart...

Gradually, their somewhat similar faces emerged...

(End of this chapter)