Tyrant, your vest fell off

Chapter 496 – Maybe because of too much love
On the eighth day of May, Zhao Qingmei, the halberd at the Jiupin City Gate, was framed by Yushitai to frame Zhongliang. The evidence was solid, and the Empress was furious, and ordered the Zhao Mansion to be searched.

Because Zhao Qingmei had the gold medal for avoiding death bestowed by the late emperor in his hand, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes are hard to forgive, so the Ministry of Punishment was ordered to be punished with fifty sticks in public at Jiuchi Xingtai, small punishments and large punishments.

Zhao Qingmei, who was lying on the Xingtai, looked at the people who were gloating, despising, or pitying the audience, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

She has always stood on the nine-foot xingtai to supervise the beheading, watching other people's blood splattered on the white silk, and now the feng shui has turned, and it is finally her turn to taste the taste of this prisoner.

Among the crowd of onlookers, Sikong Que resisted the urge to rush to the Xingtai Tribulation Field. Seeing the woman he loves suffer from such physical pain, he suddenly felt pain in his heart, and the horrible sound of boards pierced his eardrums, and he was in pain. He covered his ears, his eyes were red.

Zhao Qingmei on Xingtai was covered in forbearable cold sweat at this time, but there was a calm smile on her mouth. Through the crowd, she saw that her man had already burst into tears, worrying that his impulsiveness would lead to bloodshed. What a disaster, she said to Sikong Que over and over again that I'm fine, don't worry.

After the [-] boards of torture were over, Zhao Qingmei was dying, but Zhong Liyao didn't want her to die so happily, the imperial doctor waiting by Xingtai immediately rushed to Zhao Qingmei's side and began to take care of her. She cleaned and bandaged the wound, and even continued her life with thousand-year-old wild ginseng.
Three days later.

In Jianhu Lane in the east of the city, in a slightly crude courtyard, Si Kongque, dressed in coarse linen, was waiting for Zhao Qingmei, who had just woken up, to take medicine.

After the Zhao Mansion was confiscated, all of Zhao Qingmei's family property was fined and confiscated. Except for some of the servants in the mansion who were dismissed by Zhao Qingmei, the rest also fled and scattered. It fell completely overnight.

Now the servants who are still willing to accompany Zhao Qingmei and his wife are Zhao Xi and Zhao De, and the servant Guan Zhan brought by Sikong Que when he was married.

"Damn it, those people didn't know where they heard that I was from the Zhao family, but they refused to sell rice to me."

"How many days of rice do we have?"

"At most, there will be no rice for three to five days."

"Then leave the japonica rice for the adults to support themselves first, and we men will go fishing and hunting in the outskirts of the city first, dig some wild vegetables to satisfy our hunger, and the boat will naturally go straight when we reach the bridge."

"Thank you three, if it weren't for your perseverance, I really don't know what to do."

Sikong Que bowed deeply to the three loyal servants. Now the entire Fanjing City is suffering from top to bottom, and their life in the city is even more difficult. He must find a countermeasure to resolve the predicament in front of him.

"Mr. Sikong, you don't have to be so polite. When the disaster is imminent, you can share weal and woe with your lord and help you in the same boat. Your subordinates and Zhao Xi should thank you.

Just as everyone was thanking each other, there was a hasty knock on the door.

"Is Zhao Qingmei at home?" The tone was extremely arrogant, with obvious impatience.

"My master has just recovered from a serious injury, and now he is resting in his room. I don't know if your lord has anything to ask our master, and I would like to pass it on for you."

"I am her immediate superior. I have ordered by Your Majesty that if she wakes up, report to the west gate immediately, without error."

"West Gate?"

Zhao Xi couldn't help frowning, there are four gates in Fanjing city, east, west, north and south, the east gate is for the imperial family and relatives, and the south gate is for the gentry, ministers and foreign envoys.

The north gate is the passage for ordinary people to enter and exit Fanjing City, while the west gate is for the lowest class of servants, as well as those traffickers of various religions and minorities, knaves who like to pick quarrels and troubles, and the lowest classes who transport filthy things out of the city. channel.

Most of the soldiers guarding the west gate are criminals who have been demoted for various crimes. Not to mention working hard from morning to night, there is no money to be made in the Qingshui Yamen, and they are involved in swords and swords between people in the rivers and lakes from time to time. In the battle with weapons, the gatekeepers of Ximen have always been the defenders with the highest rate of casualties in Fanjing City.

Zhong Liyao placed Zhao Qingmei in such a dangerous place, it was really unpredictable.

"My lord, please forgive me for being inconvenient to greet you. I will go to Ximen to report tomorrow, thank you!"

Zhao Qingmei's weak voice came from the room, and Sikong Que walked into the room worriedly. He really wanted to kill someone, so Qingmei took the medicine to rest just now, and was woken up so quickly. From Zhao Xi's worried eyes, he I also guessed that this west gate must be a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair.

"Hmph, the official will wait for you to take office tomorrow morning."

The middle-aged woman snorted coldly, and then walked away without looking back.

"Qingmei, let's run away."

Si Kongque held his wife's hand, although he still had a chance of winning the throne, but seeing Zhao Qingmei's life so trembling, his heart ached so badly that he wanted to ignore it and take her away from the place of trouble.

"Where are you going to escape? Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's ministers on the shore of the land, it is easy for the two of us to flee to the end of the world, but what should the Zhao and Guan clans do? And your mother, Grand Scholar Guan. "

"Be patient, I will soon think of countermeasures, give me some time to buffer."

Because Zhong Liyao ascended the throne ahead of schedule, the chess game she set up was completely disrupted by Zhong Liyao's drastic action, and she needed time to work it out.

"She didn't dare to kill me, so she could only torture and torture me in various ways. She wanted to see me kill myself. She was dreaming."

Now she has the life-saving gold medal in her hand, which was bestowed by the late emperor, and Zhong Liyao is absolutely in no position to take it back, leaving the green hills behind without worrying about firewood, as long as she has her life, she will definitely have a chance to turn around.

"My mother sent someone to send a message, asking me to go back to the University Scholars' Mansion tomorrow, and I will deliver dinner to you at the West City Gate tomorrow night."

Sikong Que had just learned from Zhao Xina that guarding the west gate had to be on duty every day before dawn, and could not be off duty until close to midnight. He wanted to ask his mother to see if she could help Zhao Qingmei get out of the current predicament .

"Don't come back in a hurry, stay in the University Scholars' Mansion for a few more days, you see our new house is so shabby and shabby, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well."

"The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse. Then I will find a chance to bring you some delicious food."

Now around the courtyard they live in, there are clear and dark sentries sent by Zhong Liyao to monitor their every move for twelve hours, so he can't act rashly and expose his influence.

"Well, there are a lot of wild dogs recently, be careful when you go out, and remember to bring Guan Zhan with you."

In the early morning of the second day, after Si Kongque waited on Zhao Qingmei to change into the military uniform of the city gate halberd man, he also took Guan Zhan and walked towards the scholar's residence on foot. The scholar's residence is in the east of the city, so when he arrives, It's lunch time.

"Que'er, come, eat a piece of abalone, and this shark's fin, you can eat more."

After only a few days of seeing each other, his son was so haggard dragged down by Zhao Qingmei, Guan Yi couldn't help but quietly wiped away his tears.

(End of this chapter)