Chapter 560: I won’t tell you even if I die
After a fierce battle, the two fell asleep in each other's arms.
Su Ying was half asleep when she felt a slight shaking under the bed.
She woke up suddenly, and the moment she opened her eyes, Xiao Jin also woke up.
"The earth dragon is turning over!" Xiao Jin said in a low voice, then he pulled Su Ying out the door, rushed into the next door room and carried out the two sleeping children.
Su Ying handed the child to Xiao Jin.
"Go to the open space." After saying that, she rushed to the servants' resting room and called them to get up.
Fortunately, there were not many servants in Fengluan Palace, and everyone was scared and ran out in a blink of an eye.
However, the tremor did not last long and soon stopped.
"Go, tell everyone in the palace to get up and go to the open space. Don't sleep tonight." Xiao Jin said to the eunuch.
"yes."
"Mother, mother?"
The two children were also awakened by the noise.
Su Ying held Erbao in her arms and coaxed him softly, "Don't be afraid, Daddy and Mommy are here."
"Mom, what's wrong?" Dabao looked calmer, but the child had never experienced such a thing before, and he was still afraid.
"It's the earth dragon turning over. Daddy mentioned it to you last time."
Dabao's face changed slightly. He remembered that an earth dragon turning over could be a very serious disaster.
That night, many people in the capital city felt the earth shaking. After making sure that the tremor had temporarily ended, Xiao Jin put on his dragon robe and prepared to deal with what happened last night.
Su Ying had clearly used a seismic detector yesterday to check and found that there was no earthquake in the capital. How come something went wrong at night?
However, the shaking last night did not seem like an earthquake, but an aftershock.
Su Ying asked someone to keep an eye on the two children while she continued to explore with the detector.
Xiao Jin also immediately sent people to the city to check the situation. Last night's shaking might not have caused much damage to the palace buildings, but it might not be a big deal for many private homes or houses in slums.
After repeated monitoring, Su Ying confirmed that the capital city was affected, and only then did she let everyone in the palace return to their respective posts.
Since it was impossible to determine whether the shaking in the capital was caused by aftershocks in other places or just the situation in the capital, Xiao Jin ordered letters to be sent to various cities, inquiring about the situation in each place to see if there were any problems.
Feedback from all over the country was quickly sent back to the capital, except for Kuncheng in the southwest, where no news came back for a long time.
It was not until three days later that the capital city received the letter sent by carrier pigeon from Kuncheng.
The dragon in Kuncheng has turned over, and the situation is still very serious, and it urgently needs support from the court.
After receiving the message, Xiao Jin immediately summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures.
For most of the day, the door of the imperial study remained unchanged. It was not until the sun was about to set that the ministers came out of the imperial study one after another.
Xiao Jin sent messages to the nearest cities, asking them to go to Kuncheng first to check the disaster situation and report the situation from time to time, and then send a professional rescue team, followed by food.
Xiao Jin hadn't slept for several days and nights because of the Kuncheng incident. Judging from the news sent back by the people who went to investigate the situation, the situation in Kuncheng was worse than he had imagined.
Kuncheng is located in the southwest, where the climate is rainy and humid, and the terrain is mostly mountainous, so many houses are not solid. This earthquake, not to mention the houses supported by wood, even many houses in the city collapsed. In addition, the earthquake happened in the middle of the night, so the extent of the damage can be seen.
Su Ying had just coaxed the two children to sleep and when she returned to the inner hall, she saw Xiao Jin sitting quietly under the lamp.
In just a few days, he lost a lot of weight.
Su Ying frowned slightly and asked Zhou Qing to go to the imperial study to ask He Shouyi to cook a bowl of noodles. She could guess without asking that Xiao Jin must not have eaten anything today.
"Still thinking about Kuncheng?"
Xiao Jin came back to his senses and nodded slowly, "Yes, news has been coming back, but now people from the nearest city have gone to rescue, everything will be fine."
Su Ying held his hand and patted it gently, "Natural disasters are so unexpected. You have done what you should do."
Xiao Jin's eyebrows were still tense. The news he received said that the walls of Kuncheng had collapsed. One could imagine how serious the situation was. There were countless casualties, and they were all the people of his Chu State...
Su Ying came behind him and gently pressed his temple to make him relax. "Get the bad air out of your body. You are in your current state and it is easy to get sick."
Xiao Jin listened to Su Ying's words, slowly closed his eyes, and exhaled deeply.
After a few moments, he felt much more relaxed all over.
Su Ying did not participate too much in Kuncheng's affairs. She could see that Xiao Jin didn't want her to worry too much. He was probably afraid that she would go to Kuncheng on impulse, so if he didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask in detail.
"My lady, someone from the Ministry of Justice came to tell me that Li An has been arrested."
Su Ying leaned on the soft pillow and slowly opened her eyes. "Have you interrogated me?"
Zhou Qing nodded and said, "I have interrogated him. This is the confession."
Su Ying took the confession and started reading it.
Judging from the confession, her statement about seeking justice for the general was similar to that of the general's wife.
Li An also admitted that he captured those children to threaten Hao Bailian, but he did not mention where he got the fire order from.
Su Ying placed the confession on the table and said, "It seems that I have to go and ask in person."
An hour later, Su Ying arrived at the Ministry of Justice prison.
The Minister of Justice personally led the way and brought Su Ying to a cell.
"My lady, the person is inside, please be careful."
Su Ying nodded slightly and walked into the cell.
Li An's hands and feet were tied with iron chains, so when he heard the noise he just looked up at Su Ying.
Su Ying signaled everyone to leave, leaving only her and Li An in the cell.
"How did you get in touch with the Red Devil?" Su Ying looked down at him and spoke coldly.
The word Red Devil made Li An raise his head suddenly, "What Red Devil? I don't know."
Su Ying exhaled lightly, "You really won't cry until you see the coffin. If you don't know the Red Devil, how can you have the Red Devil's Fire Order?"
Li An clenched his teeth, looking like he wasn't going to speak.
Su Ying didn't have much patience today, so she went around behind Li An. Li An only felt a little pain in the back of his neck. When he came to his senses, the pain quickly spread throughout his body.
"ah!"
Li An screamed in pain, but even so did not speak immediately.
Su Ying looked at him coldly, his face twisted with pain, and her eyes grew even colder.
Li An's muscles became tense all over his body. He wanted to faint, but the more pain he felt, the more awake he became. He was tortured back and forth for almost a quarter of an hour, but he still clenched his teeth, as if he would rather be tortured to death than reveal a word.
Su Ying narrowed her eyes slightly, it was really interesting.
(End of this chapter)
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