Chapter 74 Doom
On the fifth day after the Song family was imprisoned, Song Huaixi finally met Song Zigen and others.
I don’t know what means Adjutant Sun used, but the Ministry of Justice actually agreed to let Song Huaixi visit in prison.
Song Huaixi felt extremely depressed as he walked in the dark and narrow prison corridor. The prison of the Ministry of Justice is not as spacious as most people imagine.
The aisle was not wide, only enough for two people to walk side by side, and both sides of the aisle were filled with narrow cells.
The eyes of the prisoners in the iron bars shone through their dirty hair, and there was no light in their eyes as they looked at them.
As numb as a living dead.
Song Huaixi, who was looking at them curiously, met their eyes and shuddered, feeling a chill down his spine.
He withdrew his gaze and dared not look any further, following closely beside Adjutant Sun.
In addition to the jailer who led the way, there was also a fair-faced servant beside Adjutant Sun.
The servant moved anxiously, his eyes constantly scanning the cells.
His feet moved faster and faster, and Song Huaixi also quickened his pace.
Finally, the group stopped deep inside the prison. Adjutant Sun looked at the people inside and said to the jailer who was leading the way: "Open the door!"
Song Huaixi saw the people inside through the iron window, and immediately his eyes turned red. He grabbed the iron bars and said, "Dad and Mom! Brother!"
Only after entering the cell did Song Huaixi see the faces of the three people clearly. In a narrow corner, Song Zigen, Lin Rugui and Song Lianyu were squeezed together.
There was only a wooden board covered with a straw mat in the cell, on which lay Song Zigen with his eyes closed.
Lin Rugui and Song Lianyu stayed by his side. Hearing the voice, they both looked up.
Seeing that it was Song Huaixi, his eyes were filled with surprise and panic: "Huaixi?! Why are you here!"
Song Huaixi immediately ran towards the two of them.
Lin Rugui was wearing thin prison uniform.
Her once dignified and elegant face, with disheveled hair, was now dirty and haggard, with many white hairs on her head.
It was as if he had aged several years overnight, but fortunately there were no scars on his body.
Song Lianyu, who was standing aside, was wearing a thin prison uniform that was torn.
Blood oozed out and dyed the hole red, and the originally elegant appearance of the gentleman was tortured into a very miserable state.
Turning his gaze to Song Zigen who was lying behind them, the tears that Song Huaixi had just been holding back finally burst out like a dam breaking, rushing out of his eyes.
“Daddy!”
Song Huaixi pounced on the bloody man on the bed, his heart feeling as if it was being tightly clenched and crushed.
A huge sadness overwhelmed him in an instant.
With trembling hands, Song Huaixi didn't dare to touch the person on the bed. I feel both sad and angry.
"It hurts so much! There's so much blood! It hurts so much! Why are you hitting Daddy! Wuuuuuu... Why are you hitting Daddy!!"
Song Lianyu and Lin Rugui couldn't help crying when they saw him like this.
The Song family really suffered an unexpected disaster.
Suddenly, the servant who had been standing there couldn't help crying when he saw Song Zigen's miserable condition.
Song Lianyu looked at him suspiciously.
The look in his eyes changed, and he immediately became alert, looking outside the cell.
The jailer was not there.
Song Lianyu stood up and walked to the servant and whispered, "Qiong Huan?"
Zhao Qionghuan raised her head, tears welling in her eyes as she looked at the wounded Song Lianyu and cried, "Lianyu..."
When Song Lianyu saw that it was indeed her, his heart lifted. The soldiers must be looking for her now. Wouldn't it be a trap to come here?
Song Lianyu became excited: "Why are you here? You shouldn't be here! You should run away, why did you come here!"
Hearing his words, Zhao Qionghuan sneered: "Escape? In this world, what's the point of me living alone? Let's die together!"
The entire small cell fell into silence because of her words.
Song Huaixi cried silently, holding Song Zigen's hand, watching her doting father lying on the bed, gasping for breath.
Song Huaixi felt helpless and didn't know what to do.
Look at your family in the cell. Everyone had a gloomy look on their faces.
My heart was filled with infinite fear, and tears never stopped flowing as I looked at their faces.
He said stupidly: "What should I do...what should I do...mother...I'm scared..."
Lin Rugui felt heartbroken and didn't understand how the Song family had ended up in this situation.
Lin Rugui held him in his arms, his eyes red and swollen. Still trying to hold on to comfort him: "Huai Xi, don't be afraid. Mother is here. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Leaning in her arms, Song Huaixi felt very confused and helpless.
I don't understand why things suddenly turned out like this.
He was obviously fine before he went out.
Why does going out to play turn out like this? Wouldn't all this have happened if he hadn't gone out?
Song Huaixi cried until she choked: "Mother... I... will never play around again... Woohoo, I don't want you to stay here..."
Everyone's faces showed a mixture of resentment, unwillingness and helplessness.
It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of a crime. It was just an ordinary afternoon, a trumped-up charge.
The originally harmonious and peaceful life was shattered like this.
Lin Rugui was just about to tell Song Huaixi something.
The jailer at the side began to bang the iron bars with a stick: "Time's up! Why are you dawdling? Come out now!"
Adjutant Sun glared at him and the sword at his waist was unsheathed, gleaming coldly.
The jailer immediately stopped what he was doing, remained silent for a moment, and then looked at the person inside: "Princess Ning, look, I am just following the rules. Please don't embarrass a servant like me. Come out quickly."
Seeing that he was about to drive her away, Song Huaixi immediately grabbed Lin Rugui's hand and said, "No, I want to stay here with my parents and my brother."
When the jailer heard this, he said with a mocking tone: "Oh, what are you talking about? Princess Ning, you are of noble status. How can you stay with these traitors? Come out quickly."
"No...I'm not a thief! You're talking nonsense!" Song Huaixi reached out to wipe away the tears on his face, his eyes determined.
It really looks like they are going to stay here.
Song Lianyu was not willing to let him stay here, and immediately scolded him with a stern face: "Stop messing around! Huaixi!"
He turned to Zhao Qionghuan, who was dressed as a servant, and said, "How do you serve the princess? Hurry up and take the princess out!"
After saying that, he pried open Song Huaixi's hands that were tightly grasping Lin Rugui's clothes and pushed him to Zhao Qionghuan's side: "What are you still standing there for? Go!"
Song Huaixi was yelled at, but his eyes were still dazed.
I don't understand why my brother suddenly became so mean to me. The tears flowed even more fiercely: "Brother... I won't go... I won't go!... Let's go together..."
Song Lianyu suppressed his emotions, stood up and pushed the two out of the cell: "Go! Go!"
They are already behind bars, and every possible means of saving them is better.
Song Huaixi didn't know how she got back to the palace and fainted from crying on the way.
The imperial physician prescribed a tranquilizer and he fell into a deep sleep.
In his sleep, he dreamed of Zhao Fangye. Zhao Fangye stood in front of him, looking at him gently and firmly.
Song Huaixi immediately stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
His eyes were full of pleading: "Zhao Fangye...Zhao Fangye, you are so powerful, can you bring my parents and brother out?"
"It's so cold there, and there's so much blood! I'm so scared! Zhao Fangye! When will you come back... I miss you so much..."
Even in her sleep, tears were still falling from the corners of Song Huaixi's eyes.
There was a look of pain on his face.
Zhao Fangye sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at him clenching his hands.
My heart seemed to break into pieces along with him.
Zhao Fangye grabbed Song Huaixi's hand and put it to his lips and kissed it gently, his eyes showing fatigue from the journey.
Looking at the person who was still in pain in his sleep, he said in a serious tone: "I'm sorry, Huaixi. People around me are always tainted with bad luck."
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