Chapter 86 If, in the next life
Gan Fanren felt uncomfortable with the pungent smell of powder on the beauty, but he did not move because of the red mole between the beauty's collarbones.
At this moment, he urgently needed an answer.
He heard the beauty say, "Sir, I am Hui Niang."
Bang, bang, bang...
His heart was beating violently, and he hurriedly hugged the person in his arms, but he heard the person in his arms laughing coquettishly.
"Hui of the virtuous, if the lord is willing to marry me home, I will definitely be a virtuous wife and serve you well."
At that moment, his heart was chilled.
He let go of the person in his arms and laughed wildly: "Yes, my Hui Niang is dead."
"You are not her."
"My Hui Niang likes light things the most. She will never use such pungent rouge."
He stumbled out of Yangliu Tower and was reported the next day. As an important official of the court, he actually went to the brothel to buy wine. He was unworthy of being an official!
The memorial hit his forehead, but he did not feel the pain.
He was ordered to suspend his duties for reflection. When he returned to the court, he found that there were many vacancies in the court.
Seeing Gan Fanren, his colleagues could not help but complain.
"Lord Gan, you are finally here. You don't know how chaotic the capital has been recently. Twenty to thirty important officials have died in the court these days. Everyone in the court is in danger now!"
"Even your disciple, Prince Xiao Chengyu, was almost poisoned to death."
When he went to court, His Majesty gave him the task of tracking down the murderer and asked him to investigate the case with the Jinyiwei. According to the investigation, these dead adults had contact with the girls in Yangliu Tower.
Going to Yangliu Tower was not a glorious thing, so the ministers hid it and tried their best to erase the traces. He also wasted a lot of effort to find this line.
The girls in Yangliu Tower were no different from other prisoners to him. He did not show mercy to them and tortured them severely. Finally, one girl couldn't stand it and confessed Hui Niang.
At this time, Hui Niang was no longer as bright and beautiful as before. Her fair skin was covered with scars, but she looked at him without a trace of hatred.
Hui Niang's eyes were as hot as fire, and they wanted to burn both of them. He felt as if he was going to be burned by such a look.
He hated this feeling and asked in a sharp voice: "Your companions said that you coerced them, so they had to help you kill several adults. Do you plead guilty?"
"Yes!"
"I am responsible for my own actions. Please sign and seal."
Hui Niang's slender fingers were covered with blue and purple marks, which were left after the torture. Her hand holding the pen trembled constantly because of the pain, and she firmly wrote the two words Hui Niang.
She had a very good attitude and smiled. It didn't seem like she was pleading guilty, but rather like she was flirting with her lover.
"Your Excellency is as handsome as Pan An. If you were a husband, you would be a great match. If there is a next life, Hui Niang would like to be your husband and spend the rest of her life with you."
A prostitute who had harmed an official was actually talking to him about love. He frowned in disgust, quickly put away his confession, and left without looking back.
When he was leaving the prison, he suddenly remembered the bright red mole on the woman's neck, which was covered up because she was wearing prison uniforms after being sentenced to prison.
It is her blessing to have a mole exactly like my wife's, he thought, and ordered his men, "Send her some good food these days."
This woman killed many important ministers, and the emperor will be furious and will not let her go. In order to appease the people, she will probably be executed in the next few days. It is understandable to let her eat something good before she dies.
Who gave her a good life and a mole like that?
At night, he fell asleep, and the woman's face kept appearing over and over again. The woman's voice overlapped with Hui Niang's voice.
Hui Niang and Hui Niang, they have different appearances and different identities, and they keep appearing in front of him alternately. When the two voices overlap, he suddenly wakes up.
Although these two people are different in every way, their voices are very similar, except that one voice is gentle and generous, while the other voice is charming and artificial. However, if you listen carefully, you can find that they have something in common.
He looked at the dimly lit sky, quickly put on his clothes, got his horse, and rode out.
The attendant rubbed his eyes and asked, "Where are you going, sir? You are going to court soon."
He put these voices behind him and rode his horse quickly on the street. At this time, he just wanted to go to the imperial prison to see Hui Niang again, or to take a look at the man's handwriting.
When he arrived at the imperial prison, he found nothing.
"Where is the person?"
"Where is the person!"
The people of the Jinyiwei looked at him and felt strange. It was the time for the morning court. Why did he come to the imperial prison instead of going to court?
Could there be any changes in the case?
The Jinyiwei's face turned bitter. "My Lord, the person has been taken away. His Majesty said that he would execute the person in front of all the ministers to comfort the ministers."
"Where is her confession?"
"Quick, let me take another look!"
"Yes, I'll get it for you now!"
"But my Lord, whether she is innocent or not, it can't change the result at this time. If you make trouble at this juncture, it will only make the emperor displeased. Please don't cause trouble."
The Jinyiwei around him grumbled to Gan Fanren worriedly, but Gan Fanren didn't hear a word.
He only had the confession in his eyes, and he almost collapsed when he saw the familiar handwriting on the confession.
This handwriting is clearly Hui Niang's!
The scenes after his reunion with Hui Niang emerged in his mind, and he felt a heart-wrenching pain. He and Hui Niang had been in love for many years, and they knew each other as well as half of each other.
The pungent smell, the artificial voice, the vulgar gesture, and the words that deliberately angered him when signing the contract were clearly intentional!
Everything was just to push him away.
He didn't understand why Hui Niang didn't recognize him, and why she wanted to kill people. He only knew that she was his lover, his wife, and the mother of his children!
He didn't want to ask anything, didn't want to ask what happened that year, and didn't want to ask if his daughter was still alive. He just wanted to save people as quickly as possible.
Even if the price of saving people was his life.
When he ignored all obstacles and forced his way into the palace, the guards rushed up one after another to stop him, but he still rushed forward regardless of everything until he was also taken to the front of the palace.
He could no longer see anyone in his eyes, only his wife.
His wife was as fragile as a dandelion that was about to scatter, and could be blown away by the wind. He even became cautious in breathing.
Seeing his wife looking in his direction, then smiling brightly, she bumped into the knife on the guard's hand. There was a long knife mark on her white neck, and she fell weakly to the ground. Silently
said: "Husband, you must live well and kill Xiao Chengyu."