Da Suining

Chapter 192 Shadow
"Isn't it?" Liu Pingan was dubious: "Speaking of which, Mrs. Lu's child was born to the master. If Lu Ying wants to find an enemy, he must first find the master, right? You see that the master is still very calm. That person Definitely not Lu Ying."

Mrs. Lan also looked at Guo Cheng.

Guo Kai lay on the soft bed and fell asleep, not paying attention to their murmurs. Of course, he didn't know anything about Mrs. Liu coming in to visit just now.

Seeing Liu Ping'an and others looking at him, Guo Kai felt quite bewildered.

He reached out and touched his face: "What are you looking at? Is there something dirty on my face?"

"Master, we... didn't see anything..."

"What are you watching so intently?"

"It's really nothing." Liu Pingan hurriedly waved his hands.

Guo Kai noticed that Lu Ying was also looking at him. Lu Ying was sitting cross-legged, his eyes were empty and lifeless. When he was looking at him, it was as if a soul was about to leave his body and attach himself to him. It was very scary.

Guo Cheng stretched out his hand and waved it.

Lu Ying remained indifferent.

Guo Kai waved his hand again: "Vice General Lu, why are you staring at me?"

"It's nothing."

"You people, staring at me makes my heart tremble." Guo Kai lay back on the bed again, hugged the soft quilt and took a deep breath.

"Did you hear what the master called that man?" Liu Pingan trembled.

"It seems to be... Vice-General Lu."

"Vice General Lu...it's Lu Ying." On such a cold day, beads of sweat ooze from Liu Pingan's forehead: "Vice General Lu should have heard what we said. His child is not his own... .What a shock it was."

"Hush——" Mrs. Lan tugged at Liu Pingan's sleeve: "Stop talking, I think there will be a fight here soon."

"Who is fighting whom?"

"The Master and Vice General Lu seem to know each other. Vice General Lu knows that his child belongs to the Master. Will the Master still have it? Just wait and see, Lu Ying will settle the score with the Master in a while."

After staying in the Punishment Department for a long time, facing the four walls and the lifeless prisoners, it was a bit boring.

But about Lu Ying's child, half of the Punishment Department knew about it.

The prisoners sat in a row, staring at Lu Ying, expecting something to eat next.

But let them down.

On the contrary, Lu Ying was as stable as Mount Tai, sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, hands folded on his lap, if he was hit by a wooden fish again, even monks who said he was a monk would be believed.

Lu Ying is a military commander, it's really not easy for him to endure such a thing that can be killed but not humiliated.

The prisoners waited for more than an hour with straws in their mouths, and the Department of Punishment was so quiet that it didn't even make a sound.

Lu Ying was still so calm.

Guo Cheng still slept with him.

"Maybe it's a rumor? If Lu Ying's child is not his own, it is that fat man's." A prisoner smacked his lips: "It is said that Lu Ying is from the Shenji Camp, quite powerful, and has excellent martial arts. It is not a problem at all to hit ten. In such a chaotic incident, Lu Ying must beat that fat man to death? Why is there no movement at all?"

"Maybe it's that fat man...has an ulterior status, and Lu Ying is afraid of him...that's why he didn't dare to do it."

"Isn't it? That fat man is young..."

"Why not? Didn't you see that when the fat man was locked in before, the official lord bowed down to serve him. The room and board in his cell were obviously much better than ours. It didn't seem like he was here to suffer, but like I'm here to go through the motions. I can't say what power this person has, after all, this is Qingcheng, under a cloud, there are several officials hiding."

Everyone nodded.

Until he fell asleep at night, the Punishment Department was safe and sound.

When night fell, there were only two guards on duty left, and they were still dozing off against the square table in the corner, and the entire Department of Punishment became even quieter.

Not far away, the sound of the clappers of the watchmen can be heard clearly.

It was already midnight, and the hourglass was about to run out.

In the Department of Punishment, some people yawned, some rolled over at night, and some gritted their teeth.

Two candles were extinguished, and the Department of Punishment became much darker.

Xiang Suining lay sideways on the bed, not sound asleep.

Maybe it's because there are too many people snoring, or maybe it's because the smell of blood is very heavy here, and I always feel that the ground of the Punishment Department is suffocating.

Vaguely, I felt that there was a shadow on the wall, a little sneaky.

Xiang Suining took a closer look, it was a shadow, and it could move.

So he pretended to turn over and squinted his eyes.

It was Lu Ying.

Lu Ying finally got rid of that cross-legged sitting position, and saw him groping for the door of the cell, and the door of the cell opened without a key at all, then he walked over on tiptoe, and finally walked to Guo Kai's cell.

In the same way, he didn't use the key, but just struggled against the iron chain that fastened the prison door, and the iron chain fell to the ground with a "squeak".

Lu Ying gently pushed with both hands, and the door opened.

Guo Kai seemed to be sleeping soundly, and that snoring sound was really different.Like thunder.

It seemed that he was sleeping soundly.

Lu Ying then tiptoed over to Guo Kai's bed, turned over and got on the bed, then parted his legs and sat on Guo Kai's body.

Guo Kai seemed to be still dreaming, "Mmmmmm" wanted to turn over, but couldn't turn over, so he pushed Lu Ying with his hand: "Don't make trouble."

Lu Ying also stretched out his hand, took a pillow on the bed and covered Guo Kai's face, then pressed down hard with both hands, trying to suffocate Guo Kai.

Guo Cheng woke up soon.

He was tall and burly, with some strength in his body, he was startled that someone wanted his life, he resisted vigorously, grabbed Lu Ying's hair and pulled it down.

The two of them exerted their strength, but neither of them let go.

"Lu Ying, you dare to murder me." Guo Kai kicked Lu Ying: "You don't want to die, do you? Your whole family doesn't want to die, do you?"

"You insulted my wife and gave birth to that evil child. I will take your life now, and I will bring you with me in death."

"Come here—" Guo Kai began to shout.

Lu Ying hurriedly pressed the pillow on his face again.Perhaps because of the filter of the pillow, Guo Kai's yelling was not very loud.

But the guards of the Department of Punishment were alert and got up, holding up the candlesticks and walking this way: "Who is it? Who is calling?"

"Maybe there are...rats." Xiang Suining replied.

"Master Lu - go back quickly." Xiang Suining persuaded in a low voice: "Master Lu, the child's matter is still unknown, and it is unknown whether there is any misunderstanding in it. If you kill him at this time, you will relieve the hatred in your heart, but Murdering the prince is a serious crime, how many people will die after that, have you ever thought about it?"

Lu Ying paused.Immediately, Liu's gentle face and the child's innocent and bright smile appeared in his mind.

When I thought of my wife and children, I felt a warm current in my heart. I felt that no matter how hard I worked, it was all worth it. I wanted to spend all the money I earned for them, and no matter how hard it was, it would not be bitter.

Now when he thinks about his wife and children, it feels like a dream in which there are thorns all over his body, stabbing him with wounds all over his body.

The strength in his hand increased a bit: "He must die today. I will die after he dies."

"If your lord kills him, you will definitely pay for his life, and I am afraid that the entire prisoner in the Punishment Division will be involved. Have you ever thought about it, your lord will still be burdened by your lord's shoulders when you die? Now, who can avenge them?"

Those more than ten lives.

Lu Ying was taken aback.

That's right, those dozen or so lives were originally killed by Guo Kai, but Lu Ying took the blame for Guo Kai.

If he, Lu Ying, died, he would also die with this charge and the charge of murdering the prince.

Wouldn't it be too cheap for Guo Kai to die?

Lu Ying let go of her hand, and the pillow fell back on the bed.

He walked fast, as fast as a shadow and a black light.

In the blink of an eye, he returned to his cell, pulled his hands behind his back, and the chain went back to the door and locked it.

The guards had already walked over with the candlesticks in hand, and first took a look at Lu Ying, who was lying down with his eyes closed, nothing unusual.

Another photo of Suining was taken, and Suining was also lying squinting, as if in a dream.

Then take care of Guo Kai. I didn’t want to take care of him. The children of the emperor’s family have a lot of sleeping rules. I heard Guo Wei’s snoring in front of me. It’s deafening. reprimanded by him.

The less trouble, the better.

The guards turned to leave, but they heard Guo Kai lying there with his hands pinching his neck: "Ahem, cough, cough, cough, cough... someone is going to kill me, someone is going to kill me... Lu Ying is going to murder me. "

The guard had no choice but to open the lock and enter the cell, and held a candlestick to shine on Guo Cheng's face, seeing his face flushed, his voice hoarse, gesticulating and choking his neck, he thought he was in a dream: "My lord, this is... Have you had a nightmare? Or did you drink too much at night and feel thirsty? Would you like me to pour you a glass of water?"

"What water to pour, I'm not thirsty, someone is going to kill me."

"If you don't drink water, then drink some rice wine. The rice wine is also sweet and refreshing, and it's warming on the stove."

"No rice wine."

"Then drink water?"

"Drink rice wine."

"The little one will go down here."

"I don't drink." Guo Cheng sat up and said, "I'm about to be...cough coughcough...I will be pissed off by you two stupid things if I don't die. I'm not thirsty, I'm... Someone wants to murder me, I am in the Punishment Department, if I am killed, you will all have to lose your head."

The two guards looked at me and I looked at you, and then they smiled together: "Young master, don't worry, this is the Punishment Department, and we two brothers will guard it. You can sleep until dawn, and who dares to harm you?" Huh? Eating a leopard will not make you brave?"

"Lu Ying wants to harm me."

"No?"

"Why not, just now Lu Ying sneaked into my cell and tried to suffocate me with a pillow." Guo Kai picked up the pillow on the bed, lay back on the bed by himself, pressed the pillow to his face and gestured: "See Is it? That's how Lu Ying used the pillow to suffocate me just now."

"Oh."

"If it wasn't for my strength and martial arts, he would have smothered me to death."

"what."

"What are you still doing in a daze, Lu Ying is plotting to kill me, why don't you tell your lords to... cut this lifeless person to me."

"My lord, don't make things difficult for us." The guard lowered his head and pointed to Lu Ying's cell: "The doors of these cells are locked at night. Mr. Lu doesn't have a key, so how can he enter your cell? My lord, please take a look. Master Lu is sleeping, sleeping soundly."

"He's just pretending, he just wanted to kill me."

Guo Kai was frightened and babbled on, refusing to stop.

The guards had no choice but to ask Xiang Suining. Since Xiang Suining was close, he should be considered a witness.

"That girl, you, wake up."

"What orders?"

"The young man said that someone wanted to take his life just now, did you see that?"

"Someone wants to take his life?" Xiang Suining pretended to be surprised: "No way? I was in a deep sleep just now, and I didn't hear anything. Later someone asked who was shouting, and I vaguely said Seeing a mouse, it creaked away."

"You're lying." Guo Kai said with a fire in his heart, "I'm about to be smothered to death by others, you are separated by a wall... there is no wall, how can you sleep soundly? Just now you clearly said that you told Lu Ying not to kill me, Otherwise, a lot of people would die, and you said it clearly, you clearly saw Lu Ying kill me, but now you don't recognize it."

Xiang Suining pretended to be ignorant and yawned with his hands outstretched: "I... I really don't know, I was too sleepy... I just fell asleep. Is it not illegal to fall asleep?"

"Don't break the law, don't break the law, girl, go to sleep." The guard laughed with him.

"You...it is clear that someone is going to kill me, but you...you don't believe it." Guo Kai anxiously pointed to his own neck: "Take a light to see, maybe there are strangle marks on my neck now What, you look carefully, that is the evidence."

"My lord... just now you said Master Lu was stuffing you with a pillow, but now you say that there are strangle marks on your neck, so the pillow won't have bruises, right? My lord must have... had a dream."

"You..." Guo Kai couldn't speak anymore, because he was surrounded by this group of people. He was obviously the victim, but now he couldn't speak clearly.

The two guards thought he was sleepy and dreaming.

You say irritating is not irritating.

Guo Kai's throat was burning and hurt, and the two guards were holding it like Dinghaishenzhen, so he lay back on the bed and covered himself with the quilt angrily: "I won't tell you, anyway, keep an eye on Lu Ying, if something goes wrong with me, Watch your heads."

"Yes, yes, yes." The guard backed out with a smile again, carefully locked the door of Guo Kai's cell, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and went out with a sigh.

Alas, all the people living in it are grandpas.

One is the second prince, the other is the right deputy general of Shenjiying, and even that witness is the daughter of a dignified second-rank official, Xiang Daying. They can't afford to offend any of these people.

Anyone who offends easily will lose his job.

Guo Cheng wailed and howled for help, and the guards were not deaf.

But if it's true that Lu Ying killed someone, isn't it because they didn't supervise well?At that time, they will naturally have no good fruit to eat.

Besides, when Lu Ying was fighting with the second prince, if the emperor got angry, he might find a reason to blame the guards.

Anyway, nothing will happen, anyway, nothing happened, and it is the right way to make major incidents disappear.

The guard pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the matter was turned over.

This is the best ending.

This is how Xiang Suining's first night in the Punishment Department passed.

The sound of candles cracking, people's snoring, teeth grinding and sleep talking, Guo Kai's heavy panting, Lu Ying's occasional sighs, the north wind howling outside the wall, and crows' crowing in the middle of the night can be heard in my ears.

(End of this chapter)