Chapter 11 Chapter 11 “But the people in Beijing have always regarded men as…
The two of them didn't dare to say anything more, and just bowed and left. After they were far away, Zhu Song ordered the yamen runners to take away the other two death row prisoners in the cell. Then he opened the door, walked in, and said to Lin Feng, "Why did he want to kill you?"
Without waiting for Lin Feng to speak, Zhu Song continued, "You still haven't told the truth yet? You defend him like this, do you think he appreciates your kindness?"
Lin Feng lowered his eyes and said nothing. Zhu Song asked, "Did he save you out of pure kindness? Did he raise you like his own son?"
"Think about it carefully. Which is more important, the murder case of your Lin family or the person who wants to kill you? Give me the answer tomorrow morning." After saying that, Zhu Song no longer looked at Lin Feng, turned around and walked out of the prison.
When Zhu Song reached the door, he saw Gu Huaiyu rushing over. Gu Huaiyu asked him, "Are you okay?"
Zhu Song replied: "It's okay, he's just a small shrimp, I don't care about him."
Gu Huaiyu asked: "What did Lin Feng say?"
When talking about this, Zhu Song just shook his head and said, "Nothing to say. This must be a disease. He has developed a unique feeling for the person who persecuted him. This feeling makes him protect him very much."
Gu Huaiyu asked, "How do you know that person persecuted him?"
The two walked forward side by side. Zhu Song talked about how he had photographed Lin Feng today. "If he hadn't been beaten so often, he wouldn't have had this subconscious reaction."
Gu Huaiyu frowned slightly, and in the darkness, he turned his head to look at Zhu Song, "But people in the capital have always been ashamed of male homosexuality..."
"That's why it needs to be hidden well." Zhu Song replied and then realized that he had never thought about homosexuality. But then he thought, if it were any other possibility, there would not be a need to keep someone in a special yard. "Tsk, there is such a thing."
Gu Huaiyu looked at Zhu Song's disgusted expression and lowered his eyes. When he raised his eyes again, he was no longer looking at him. His face was full of official seriousness. "A third-rank official, killing for his reputation."
At this time, Zhu Song explained: "I was the one who tricked Lin Feng into becoming a third-rank official. As you know, it is forbidden to keep assassins."
Judging from Lin Feng’s reaction, the owner of Zhuqingyuan does hold a high official position.
The two of them also talked about some other things, but they were all just groundless speculations and divergent thoughts.
The next day, Zhu Song arrived at the prison at dawn. Gu Huaiyu arrived right after him. The two exchanged glances, their eyes etched with the same dark blue.
Arriving at Lin Feng's cell, Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu sat down next to each other. Zhu Song asked, "It's been a whole night. Have you thought it through?"
Lin Feng knelt on the ground, his face pale. "I... have thought about it. I am willing to tell you anything."
Zhu Song stood up and helped him up, "Sit down and talk."
Lin Feng sat down as he was told and then began to speak slowly.
"Back then, after he led me into the carriage, I didn't dare look around. I only saw the purple hem of his clothes and his slender, white fingers resting on his knees. He wore a beautiful black jade ring on his finger. There was a faint, sweet fragrance in the air. I've never smelled that kind of fragrance before, and I can't put my finger on it. I just thought it smelled great."
I huddled in the corner, feeling out of place. Suddenly, I heard a chuckle, and then I heard him ask softly, "Like?"
I had no idea what he was talking about, and I didn't dare look up, but I also didn't dare not answer, so I just nodded and said, "I like it."
Even his voice was pleasant, with an indescribable laziness. In contrast, I was like a mute who couldn't speak. At that time, I thought, I might as well be a mute.
But he didn't seem to care. He took the ring off his finger and handed it to me, "If you like it, it's yours."
I was so surprised that I even forgot my situation and looked up at him. He had a golden mask on his face, and I could only see his moist lips, but I thought he must be very handsome, so much so that I was stunned for a moment.
I don't know where he took me, but it wasn't far and I arrived there in a short while. He personally pulled me out of the carriage and showed me in.
As if he knew I was embarrassed, his movements were very gentle.
It was only two years later that I learned that the place was called Zhuqingyuan.
He always wore a mask, I never saw his face, and I didn’t know his real name.”
At this point, Gu Huaiyu asked, "So how do you usually call each other?"
Lin Feng's face turned slightly red, and he lowered his head uncomfortably, and his voice became softer, but the cell was too quiet, so everyone still heard his words clearly.
"He asked me to call him husband, and he called me wife."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Song's brows furrowed fiercely. Gu Huaiyu turned his head to look at him, but after a moment he looked away again and looked at Lin Feng, "Continue."
Lin Feng calmed down for a moment before continuing, "He likes to use some stimulating gadgets. My health isn't very good to begin with, and I get sick almost every time. But he's very measured. He only comes once a month, sometimes once every six months, so it's not a big problem. But before the New Year, he came very frequently, for half a month straight, and I couldn't take it anymore and started to have a fever.
The disease was severe and the feeling of suffocation was always there. Several doctors said that I might not survive the winter.
I spat out a mouthful of blood and fell into a coma, in which I remembered all my lost memories.
I returned to the fire scene, but this time I didn't hide under the bed. My mother was lying in a pool of blood, screaming at me to leave quickly. I wanted to go over and help her, but I couldn't move my feet when I met her desperate eyes. I turned around and fell into the endless abyss, and then woke up.
When I woke up, the fever was gone, but the blood feud for my family still loomed in my heart.
I must take revenge, but how can I, a person who has been forbidden to have sex for thirteen years, take revenge?
I thought about it over and over but couldn't come up with a good solution, so I finally decided to tell him about it and let him find a solution for me. I thought that I had never asked him for help in all these years, and he loved me very much, so I was confident that he would help me.
But it happened that he was busy again during that period and didn't come to Zhuqingyuan for two months. I waited and waited, and finally saw him on the day of the beginning of spring.
I told him about my family's grievances with great anticipation and begged him for help. But his reaction was completely beyond my expectations."
When he came to the key point, Lin Feng suddenly stopped, covered his face and cried, too sad to control himself. Zhu Song and Gu Huaiyu stared at him closely, waiting for his next words.
Zhu Song asked: "What happened to him?"
But when Lin Feng recalled the past, he was so sad that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He just kept crying. Zhu Song felt a little annoyed and turned his head to look at Gu Huaiyu, wanting him to comfort Lin Feng, but found that Gu Huaiyu had a sad look on his face, and seemed to be very sympathetic, and didn't even notice his gaze.
Zhu Song was at his wit's end. He coughed lightly and said, "Think about your mother."
Lin Feng's head drooped even lower, and his crying gradually subsided, but he still didn't speak. Zhu Song was getting a little impatient, so he stood up, walked over to Lin Feng and squatted down, "Hey, can you finish your words first?"
Lin Feng raised his red eyes and looked at him. Zhu Song saw the great sadness in them and felt uncomfortable. He couldn't bear to urge him, but Lin Feng started talking again.
"He first exclaimed in surprise, 'How could such a thing happen?' Then he stood up and went out to ask his attendant for his sword.
I followed him out, standing barefoot in the yard. The snow hadn't completely melted yet, and I was freezing in my thin clothes. With his back to me, he drew his sword and carefully polished it. I was secretly delighted that he was so angry about me.
But the next moment he turned around and thrust his sword straight into my chest. I looked up at him in disbelief, "Why?"
He didn't answer, but drew his sword without hesitation.
I fell to the ground, just like my mother had done, and I heard him say, "What a pity."
I don’t know what he feels sorry for, and I can’t understand why he doesn’t want to help me, but why he wants to kill me?
I fainted, and when I woke up in a small wooden house, a man wearing an apricot blossom mask rescued me. To be honest, my first reaction was that he sent someone.
Apricot Blossom Mask rarely spoke. At the beginning, he only said one sentence to me, "Luckily you met me, otherwise you would have died long ago."
I asked him who sent it, but he snorted disdainfully and didn't answer. This made me even more certain that he sent it. Although I didn't know the meaning of his doing so, I chose to believe him.
Because of this idea, I had a special sense of trust in Xinghua Mask, so when my injury was almost healed, I couldn't wait to tell him about my family. After a moment of silence, he left the cabin.
He never left the cabin while I was recovering, so I thought he must have gone back to look for him.
Half a day later, Xinghua Mask came back and told me that he would help me.
I wasn't surprised at all, I knew he would help me.
Xinghua Mask told me that it had been so long since the incident happened, clues were hard to find, and the investigation was extremely difficult. I also had no direct evidence. If I just reported the case, Jingzhao Prefecture wouldn't even accept it, so the first step was to make the matter bigger so that they wouldn't accept it even if they didn't want to.
The apricot blossom mask allowed me to pretend to be a green monkey, and I randomly arranged a few people to perform a play. This kind of strange thing would ferment naturally without any promotion. When the time comes, I can pretend to be caught and tell the story of my family when the court is in session.
The fact is just as he said, everything went smoothly.
It wasn't until the assassin last night that I realized I was wrong. The Apricot Blossom Mask might not have been sent by him."
Lin Feng picked up the broken heart mirror on the ground and said, "I put this here after I recovered from my injury. I never told anyone."
Lin Feng's tears fell drop by drop onto his heart-protecting mirror, and he sobbed, "I really can't believe it. He actually wants to kill me."
Zhu Song's brows never relaxed as he watched Lin Feng's miserable expression. He stood up and said indifferently, "I'll ask the portrait artist to come over and draw the two people you mentioned."
Zhu Song walked out of the prison door after he finished speaking. Lin Feng's crying behind him had not stopped yet. Maybe he responded, but Zhu Song did not hear it.
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