"ah!!!"
With a single slash, Su Ye let out a howl before falling into a powerless silence, like a young girl who had been forced to lose her virginity.
Su Ye turned her head, looking at the painter with despair, and shouted, "Who are you? Who are you...?"
The painter stepped forward, pulled his veil up a little, and looked down at Su Ye.
Upon seeing the artist's appearance, Su Ye was first taken aback, then smiled.
"Haha, hahaha, hahahahahahahahaha!!!"
The face beneath the black veil,
Beautiful, serene, like a delicate flower stamen.
She was the most beautiful woman in Yanchuan in Li Guanyu's heart.
She is the Lin Daiyu in Zhao Cheng's heart.
The artist of "Yingyingying".
Chen Feier.
...
Su Ye laughed maniacally, and no one bothered him.
The jailer was relatively humane; he immediately started roasting perilla leaves over a fire to disinfect the wound.
Su Ye must have been in even more pain during this process, but she seemed to be numb from the pain, or perhaps her heart had died, because she didn't utter a single cry of pain.
The three prisoners in the cubicle were so frightened that they fell silent, not daring to even breathe, and huddled in another corner, looking as if they were afraid of being implicated.
"Why...why did you dare to do this to me..."
Su Ye lay on the ground muttering to himself, "My uncle is Su Wansan... He spent money... He has people in the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice in Changsui..."
Chai Xin coughed and squatted down next to Su Ye, saying, "Su Wansan has rebelled, and His Majesty has ordered the extermination of his entire clan... Young Master Su, would you like to die here, or go to Changsui to die? I'll let you choose."
Upon hearing this, Su Wansan, who had been completely despondent, widened his eyes and exclaimed in shock, "Rebellion?! Impossible!"
"I don't have time to explain to you. If you don't want to choose, then I'll decide for you."
"No! Don't kill me! Go kill Su Sheng! I'm just Su Wansan's nephew, not his son!"
"I want to get out! I want to get out!!!"
"Has the bleeding stopped? If it has, take him away!" Chai Xin shouted at the jailer.
Chen Feier walked up to Chai Xin and asked, "Lord Chai, have you decided to send him to Changsui?"
Chai Xin nodded and said, "If we ride fast now, we can still catch up with Lord He's entourage."
“That’s not appropriate.” Seeing that Chai Xin was stunned for a moment, Chen Feier continued, “I am just a young woman with limited experience. Lord Chai, you don’t need to take it to heart.”
Chai Xin waved his hand and said, "Miss Fei'er was once the daughter of a vice minister, so she naturally has insight. Please speak frankly."
Chen Feier glanced at Su Ye, who was still wailing and howling, and said in a low voice, "Su Ye is eating and drinking well in this prison. Lord Chai must have received a lot of benefits from Su Wansan, right?"
"Su Ye knows about these things."
"Everyone is afraid of getting involved with Su Wansan these days. Doesn't Lord Chai feel the same way?"
boom!
Chai Xin's head suddenly buzzed, and the hairs on his entire body stood on end.
"Miss Fei'er is so kind!"
Chai Xin suddenly turned around, his face as black as charcoal, the smile he had shown Su Ye before completely gone. He drew his sword, glanced between Su Ye's legs, and said, "Miss Fei'er, do you want to finish me off?"
Chen Feier said, "My affair with him is completely over."
"Then let him go!"
Chai Xin stepped forward and slashed down with his sword!
...
"Hurry up!"
The Su family, young and old, men and women, numbering in the hundreds, were escorted along the road. Everyone's hands were tied together. There were three iron cages in the procession; Su Wansan was locked in the front, and Su Wanyi and his son were locked in the back.
They were surrounded by imperial soldiers on all sides, with tight security, and the soldiers would occasionally crack their whips to urge them on.
"I need to urinate!" Su Wansan shouted from inside the iron cage.
The soldiers guarding Su Wansan asked Chen Changyun for instructions. Chen Changyun walked over, slammed his hand on the cage, and shouted, "If you have too much excrement, just poop on yourself!"
Su Wansan angrily said, "Attendant Chen, how can you be so disrespectful?"
Chen Changyun pointed at Su Wansan and exclaimed in surprise, "You're glaring at me, are you going to resist arrest?!"
Su Wansan was speechless and said, "This is the seventh time you've asked me this since I surrendered... I really didn't resist arrest. I'm a law-abiding citizen and I've been wronged!"
"What nonsense! You've been acting like a tyrant in Yanchuan, living like a local emperor. Do you think the imperial court doesn't know?" Qian Qianren scoffed.
Chen Changyun leaned closer to the iron cage and said, "I heard you have two large iron cages at home, one for peacocks and one for wild beasts. How does it feel to be locked in one of these cages now?"
Su Wansan turned his face away and did not answer.
"Oh, oh, oh, are you shy? Don't you like watching peacocks display their feathers from outside the cage? How about this..."
Chen Changyun patted the cage again and said, "You perform a peacock spreading its tail for me, and if you do it well, I'll let you out to pee."
"Chen Changyun! Don't push your luck!" Su Wansan, unable to contain his anger any longer, grinned at Chen Changyun, his face contorted with rage, "Aren't you afraid I'll make a comeback?!"
"Hey!" Chen Changyun shouted, "Su Wansan is breaking free of his shackles; he's resisting arrest!"
Su Wansan: "..."
"Chen Changshi, that's enough, really enough." He Yin came over and pulled Chen Changyun away. The two slowed their pace and gradually fell behind the group.
Chen Changyun earnestly said, "Lord He should know the purpose of His Majesty sending me here. The Northern Expedition of the Empire, the Xishan Dam, and the disaster relief in Chengliang—which of these matters does not require money?"
He Yin nodded: "I know, I know everything."
"Knowing this, why don't you try to make him confess?"
"Is His Majesty ordering me to confess under torture?"
"That's not it..."
"Then there's no need to rush. Once Su Wansan is escorted to Changsui and the truth is revealed, those who deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded, and those whose property is confiscated will be confiscated. The Su family's money won't just grow wings and fly away."
Chen Changyun grew anxious and said, "The Su family's silver won't just fly away, but the court is worried. You heard it in court the other day; every day the silver is delayed, the officials in the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Revenue suffer. And their suffering makes His Majesty even more distressed. Lord He, as subjects, we must understand how to share His Majesty's burdens!"
He Yin sneered and said, "I am indeed a subject, but I am a subject of the Jing Kingdom, not a subject of any one person!"
“A country has its own laws, and the Ministry of Justice has its own regulations! If Your Majesty wants to convict someone without investigation, then just send someone to kill Su Wansan. Why do you need me to arrest him?”
"Master He..."
"There's no need to discuss this further!"
"Oh dear!" Chen Changyun slapped his thigh and exclaimed angrily, "What a stubborn person!"
Just as Chen Changyun was feeling frustrated, a person suddenly attacked from the front of the group.
This man was dressed as a scholar, yet he wielded a long sword and moved with the agility of a swallow, leaping over the heads of the Su family members as he raced towards them. When he was thirty paces away from Su Wan, he raised his long sword.
They want to take Su Wansan's life!
Seeing this, Chen Changyun's eyes lit up, and he had a sudden inspiration. He immediately called out to the soldiers who were about to protect Su Wansan.
"Assassins! Quickly, protect Lord He!"
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