Da Suining

Chapter 178 The Copper Bull Sings
The emperor gave Xiang Suining a meaningful look.

This look is very complicated, and Xiang Suining understands the meaning very well.

The emperor beckoned and asked Xiang Suining to come forward: "I have a few questions, I want to ask Miss Xiang."

"Excuse me, Your Majesty."

"You have to answer me honestly."

"The people's daughter follows the decree."

"I ask you, do you dislike my second prince?"

"Yes."

"Since when did you not like it?"

"Never liked it."

"It seems that I have wronged you by promising you to the second child. After all, you are unwilling. How do the folks say, I also shave my head and pick my head."

Xiang Suining didn't know how to answer, so he could only stand silently.

"Since you don't like my second prince, tell me that I have nothing to say. Who will keep my child from being seen by others?" The emperor sighed: "I know you are afraid of my position, so you dare not I dare not refuse to speak the truth, but I don’t understand, the woman in front of me, the witness you brought, can her words be trusted? Do you believe it?”

The emperor's words were to question Xiang Suining.

Although he knew the character of his son Guo Kai, he had no proof, and he couldn't put shit on his son's head. If he didn't, others certainly couldn't.

At this moment, Xiang Suining was like the person who took the shit out of the pot.

"Second girl, don't you have anything to tell me?"

"Your Majesty, the girl wants to say a few words to Caihong alone."

The emperor nodded his head, agreeing.

Xiang Suining left the living room, followed by Rainbow.

In the living room came the voice of Guo Cheng arguing for himself: "Father, you also heard that Xiang Suining and the witnesses she brought said that I did not kill anyone. My minister, so I tried every means to frame my son, and I asked my father to be my master. If such a vicious woman becomes my bedside person, my son's life may be in danger, so I ask my father to think twice."

Under a privet tree outside the living room, Xiang Suining and Rainbow stood facing each other.

The privet tree is green for most of the year, and the wind in Huguo Temple is very strong, and the leaves of the privet tree sway violently.

Before Xiang Suining could speak, Rainbow knelt down first, his head drooping like a ripe rice.

"What are you doing, you are still injured, get up quickly."

"Second girl, blame me, it's all my fault."

"Why should I blame you?"

"The second girl asked me to testify against the man who killed my man. I lied."

Xiang Suining pulled Rainbow up, buttoned her jacket, took her hand and said, "I know, you said that, and there is a reason for saying that, and your child may find you if you testify against the person who killed your fellow countryman." You have to come back, but you endured it, it must be involuntary, right? Or, you are thinking for others. "

Rainbow's thoughts were told, and the tears couldn't stop streaming down: "Second girl, as a mother, who doesn't feel sorry for her child? I know that the second prince killed my fellow countryman and arrested me. Xiaobao's person, I hate him, I hate him very much, but...but..."

"Ok?"

"But I heard that he... is your future husband, Second Miss. He is said to be the prince's own son, and the emperor has taken a fancy to Second Miss, and wants to point Second Miss to Second Prince as his wife... Although I hate him, I have to think about the second girl. You are smart and kind, the second girl. You didn’t think I was a refugee at the beginning, and saved my life and Xiaobao’s. In my heart, the second girl has always been my reborn parent. I think, the second girl For being so kind to us, if I point out that the second prince killed someone, then...wouldn't that ruin the second girl's marriage? Wouldn't ruining the second girl's marriage ruin the second girl's life? I can't bear it, I think After thinking about it, even if you don't want a child, you still have to protect the second prince, and it's all for the second girl."

I didn't expect Rainbow to be so affectionate and righteous.

Xiang Suining's eye circles were red.

From childhood to adulthood, there were not many people around her who were willing to plan for her wholeheartedly.

Rainbow counts as one.

For her future, even her own son can be left behind.

Xiang Suining only felt "gurgling" in her throat, and she almost shed tears, trying to hold back: "The wind is blowing, and the sand is blinding my eyes."

"The second girl is crying."

"Rainbow, you don't need to think about me, the child is your life, you just ask him for the child."

"But he is your future husband, miss."

"What kind of husband is he to me?" Xiang Suining shook his head straight: "If I marry him in the future, can we still have one? It's no wonder he doesn't use me as a sacrificial knife first. He and I are destined not to be fellow travelers. If the emperor says you I heard it too, and you heard what he said, the emperor will find a new candidate for him in a short time, after all Xuan Guo has talented and beautiful women like Guo Jiang Zhiqing. I am nothing."

"Is the girl not sad?"

"What's wrong with me? I don't like him, and he doesn't like me either."

"The girl really thinks so?"

"really."

"It's because I'm confused. A civilian woman has never seen the world, and her mind is muddled. A good girl like the second girl will be destined to be a husband in the future. Although the status of the second prince is precious, he kills people without blinking an eye. How can you treat the second girl kindly in the future, how can you be a good match?" Rainbow said solemnly: "Please also ask the girl to take me to see the emperor, I have something to say."

Going back to the rainbow in the living room, it was obviously a different person.

As soon as he entered the door, he glanced at Guo Cheng first.

Guo Kai swallowed a mouthful of saliva before putting a grape into his mouth.

There is clearly a knife in Rainbow's eyes.

Look at this woman, the visitor is not kind, is this going to report him?
Sure enough, the most poisonous woman's heart, Xiang Suining went out to "teach" her, and it will be different when she comes back.

Like a wolf kid.

Rainbow crawled on the ground, pointing directly at Guo Kai: "The women have a grievance, and they killed my fellow countrymen that night, right here."

"Don't... don't point at random." Guo Kai drew out his knife, "You... framed the prince, be careful of dropping your tongue."

Guo Yi watched the excitement with a smile on his face, seeing that Guo Kai was nervous, he smiled and said, "Second brother, you are not a guard with a knife, don't draw a knife at every turn, if you are just a woman, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm afraid... I just... don't want her to talk nonsense and disturb Father's hearing."

"Father hasn't spoken yet, is it possible that you want to make up your mind for Father?"

"I……"

The emperor sat sideways on the roof and saw Rainbow pointing at Guo Kai, with fire coming out of his eyes, so he asked her: "I remember, it was you who said just now that there is no murderer here, why, did you backtrack? "

"What I said just now is a lie I said, and it cannot be counted."

Those who dare to admit to telling lies to the emperor are considered weak.

From the top to the top of Xuanguo, it is estimated that there are not many.

Rainbow counts as one.

Guo Kai hurriedly said: "Father, she lied and deceived Father, according to the law, she should be pulled out and beheaded."

"Women shouldn't lie. The emperor wants to be killed or cut to pieces, but it's up to the emperor to decide. But before she dies, the women want to say what is in their hearts, otherwise they will die with regret. My fellow countrymen died wronged. Although they are poor, they are just In Qingcheng, I was just trying to survive. I didn’t rob or steal. I was a dutiful person. They didn’t deserve to die. And my poor child was also captured by these people. He was just a child, and now his whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown... …The person who committed the crime is your second prince, the emperor.” Rainbow pointed at Guo Kai’s face, and as he talked, he recalled what happened that night, the blood all over the ground, the corpses on the ground, There was also the child who was carried on the shoulders, crying for his mother, it was heart-wrenching, but that was all.

"Did you see that it was him?" The emperor remained calm.

"The woman can see clearly that the arrow wound on the woman's back was given by him. He turned into ashes, and the woman recognizes it."

"Father, don't believe her words. Just now Xiang Suining called her out, she must have done her some good, let her bite my son and never let him go." Guo Kai panicked, his face flushed like a pig's liver.That beating heart made beads of sweat on his forehead as big as beans: "Father should put this woman in the Criminal Justice Department, let the people in the Criminal Justice Department carefully interrogate her, and she will be honest."

The Department of Punishment is all for serious offenders.

Beating into tricks is a common thing.

Even a man who is indomitable in the sky will not be able to survive the three punishments.

What's more, Rainbow is a seriously injured person.

I heard that in the prison of the Punishment Department, there are whips, irons, hammers, rats, snakes, and a copper bull taller than a person. The copper bull has an opening in its abdomen, and the prisoner is stuffed into it. Then light a high fire, and keep burning the copper bull. The copper bull gradually becomes discolored. There is a gap where you can breathe, and the surviving prisoner will lie there panting and shouting. The shouting of the prisoner is transmitted through the switch on the mouth of the copper bull, and it turns into a song. Called "Bronze Bull Singing"

No matter how tough a man is, he will pee his pants in fright when he sees this copper bull. He can recruit whatever he asks, even if he betrays his ancestors for eighteen generations, there is no problem at all.

I thought Rainbow would back down, but unexpectedly she became more determined: "If the second prince is wronged, the woman is willing to be divided by five horses."

"It's useless to swear. You say I killed someone, but do you have evidence?"

"I resisted to the death that night, and left a row of teeth marks on your shoulder, Second Prince, do you still remember, Second Prince?"

Caihong's words made Guo Cheng lose his confidence all of a sudden.

His legs were limp, as if he was drunk.

Just now he wanted to slash people with a knife, but now he can't wait to get into the ground.

He was bitten on the shoulder by Rainbow that night, and he was so angry that he slapped Rainbow four times, bleeding from the corner of her mouth, but the bite mark on the shoulder was very heavy, and the evidence was still on him.

The emperor raised his head slightly and looked at Guo Cheng silently.

The emperor's eyes seemed to penetrate his body at once.

If the emperor gets angry, then he, the prince, will have to walk around.

Usually, if the emperor gets angry, Guo Kai's concubine and concubine will listen to the wind, and it will almost pass.

But today at the Huguo Temple Water and Land Ceremony, his mother can't come, what should I do?

I still remember his mother once taught him, "The Emperor is the Ninth Five-Year King, the most honorable person in the whole world. Even though you are his son, you have to be careful in every way, and don't provoke Long Yan into a rage. Once the Emperor has any signs of displeasure, Hurry up and give in, even if you are very wrong, there are only eight points left."

As soon as Guo Kai's knees softened, he knelt down: "Father——"

"Expose your shoulders and let me see."

Guo Kai didn't dare to disobey, so he had to pull down his clothes to reveal his fat shoulders. On his left shoulder, there was a red tooth mark.

This is evidence.

Guo Cheng is afraid that he will be speechless.

Guo Yi cupped his hands and said to the eldest prince, Guo Cong: "Look, elder brother, I said earlier that the second elder brother is ambitious, and he dared to commit murder and arson. How about it, my words are true? Otherwise, how could this woman do it?" Do you know that she has tooth marks on her shoulder?"

"Qi'er, you——" the emperor took a deep breath, leaning on the chair with his hands, trying to stand up, but after a sway, he sat back down again, feeling a little dizzy.

"Your Majesty—" Lu Ying stood up and knelt down next to Guo Kai, "I beg your Majesty to be merciful, I will be loyal to you, and I will not let you slack off for a day, so I will not die."

"Lu Ying, what is this?"

Lu Ying is a person trusted by the emperor. He has made many military exploits over the years. Although he is a man with swords and guns, he still has the temperament of a literati, and he can do one or two articles. Among the literati, this Being able to make a fuss is not a skill, but among the generals, this is the first honor.

This is called civil and martial arts.

rare.

"Your servant, Lu Ying, deserve to die."

"What's your guilt?"

Guo Kai was also dumbfounded, why did they get together for death?Want to grab it?

"Your servant Lu Ying, you shouldn't have killed dozens of fellow villagers of this woman, and you shouldn't have robbed that child."

"Oh?" The emperor leaned on the back of the chair, slowly rubbing the back of his hand.

Guo Kai kept muttering in his heart, those people in the bridge hole were obviously murdered by him, why are there still people rushing to accept the crime?
If the emperor finds out, even he, the prince, may not be able to save his life.

This Lu Ying dared to admit this crime, did he want to be quartered by five horses?

I heard that Lu Ying is smart and brave.Didn't you hear that he was a fool?
What good would it do him to stop such a thing?
Besides, Rainbow has already identified, she bit the murderer's shoulder.

The tooth marks are still on Guo Cheng's shoulder.

Lu Ying loosened his collar, exposing his right shoulder, where there were also red teeth marks.

Other injuries, such as scratches and knife wounds, can be faked.

The tooth marks on the shoulder, if you want to fake it, it's too late.

Everyone was a little confused.

Lu Ying kowtowed heavily and said, "It was dark that night, and I took the emperor's order to station outside the city. Passing through the bridge hole outside the city, I happened to meet a group of people gathering there to make trouble, and tried to snatch our weapons. During the dispute, They also said that they had the plague and couldn’t survive, and they were going to Qingcheng to infect more people, so we had to do it just in case... also for the sake of the people of Qingcheng.”

"What about the child?"

"My child..." Lu Ying said, "That child is always crying. We are a group of men, and we have no experience in coaxing children. We originally tied him to our chest, but when we crossed the bridge, the straps that tied the child came loose. The child Fell into the lake and was swept away by the waves."

(End of this chapter)