"Is there still no news about the eighth and ninth day?" Chu Huan was like an ant on a hot pot, and he had been so anxious that he couldn't sleep for several days.

"Report to the young master, no."

Chu Huan pinched his brows with his fingertips. He began to doubt whether his judgment was wrong.

He was eager to know what happened in the Dali Temple, but the Dali Temple was managed by Li Jinlin, the emperor's relatives, and no spies could be inserted. There was a tight net inside, not to mention sending shadow guards to assassinate. I

have never been so helpless.

I don't know the other party's background, and every weakness of mine is exposed.

He thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out who it was. The third prince did not have such scheming and schemes, but except for the third prince, the other princes did not have such power.

"Young Master!!! Young Master!!"

Chu Huan frowned: "What's the matter?"

The subordinate knelt on the ground, his voice trembling: "Master Li brought people here personally, and... and..."

Chu Huan's heart had already cooled down when he heard Master Li. He was numb for a long time, his hands clenched tightly, and he kicked the man: "... Explain clearly!" "

And took the imperial edict."

Boom!

Chu Huan felt that the sky was falling and the earth was cracking. His mind was blank for several seconds, and his five senses were lost.

He didn't know how he walked out of the study. He only heard Li Jinlin's cold voice: "Young Master, come with me."

Chu Huan came back to his senses and looked at him. There was a crowd of people standing outside the door of the Chu Mansion. Many people who watched the excitement stood on the edge. They were surrounded by heavy soldiers. Li Jinlin stood in front and slowly unfolded the imperial edict.

"Master Chu, do you want me to read it before you leave?"

Chu Huan shook his head: "Don't bother Master Li."

Li Jinlin waved forward, and more than a dozen people came forward to bet on Chu Huan. Li

Jinlin turned to his confidant and said: "Take him back first. I'll find something else."

"Yes."

Chu Huan walked out of the Chu Mansion with shackles, and the people outside were shocked: "How could it be?!"

"Why was Master Chu arrested?"

"Why else, the smuggling case that has been making a lot of noise in recent days."

"No way, the Chu family has so many rewards..."

"The higher the official, the more corrupt, what do you know?"

Chu Huan seemed to be a walking corpse, being pushed forward.

When he stepped up to the prison car, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the crowd.

He seemed to be struck by thunder, and instantly came back to his soul, anxiously looking for that figure in the crowd.

But no.

Soon someone covered his head with a black bag. His vision was dim.

Chu Huan closed his eyes, and the scene he had seen in his dream appeared in his mind.

He saw Jiang Yuanyi wearing a phoenix crown and a bridal gown, seductive and stunning, with rosy cheeks. She looked up at him shyly and called softly: "Husband."

He smiled bitterly.

——

"Sir! We found the secret room!"

Li Jinlin hurried over with his subordinates, and saw a young and strong man with an ordinary face being pressed to the ground by his subordinates, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth. When he saw him coming, he struggled like a trapped beast, staring at him fiercely with red eyes.

"Sir, he wanted to commit suicide just now, but we stopped him in time."

Li Jinlin smiled: "Now it's all together."

The Chu family can't escape.

...

The dust finally settled on the smuggling salt case, and the whole country was shocked when it was revealed that it was the Chu family. After two days of interrogation, the emperor personally held a trial, and all the evidence was available. Chu Huan was convicted of selling smuggled salt .

"Chu Huan, you were a Jinshi at the age of 17, and now you are a fourth-rank official. How come?!" The emperor slammed the table fiercely.

Chu Huan said, "Your Majesty, Chu Huan is solely responsible for what he did. From the beginning to the end, my father did not participate. It is Chu Huan's fault alone." Prime Minister

Chu was kneeling in the hall. When he heard this, he instantly hunched over.

"You are still hiding things from me! You can bribe nearly fifty local officials with your own strength?!"

Chu Huan said calmly: "It's easy with money. I am the one who is obsessed. My father has devoted himself to the country and the people. He should not be executed because of me!"

The emperor looked at Li Jinlin: "Is Chu Huan really the only one involved?"

Li Jinlin said: "From the evidence we have so far, it is indeed only Chu Huan and Lord Yao before."

There is no provision for collective punishment for selling smuggled salt in the customary laws of Ning'an.

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "Chu Huan and Yao Mingyuan will be sentenced to death, and the execution will be carried out in three days. Chu Yan will be detained in prison first and await his fate."

The emperor's voice echoed in the hall.

Chu Huan, sentenced to death.

He stared at a certain place in the void in silence until his father suddenly hugged him: "...Huan'er! It's my father who is incompetent! Huan'er!"

The emperor had left without knowing when, and Prime Minister Chu hugged Chu Huan and cried bitterly. The prime minister, who had been dignified all his life, cried like crazy at the moment of losing his only son.

Soon someone separated the two, and Chu Huan looked at his father: "Father, you are still young, give birth to another child."

Before Prime Minister Chu could say anything, he was taken to the third level of the dungeon.

The dungeon on the third level was a place for death row prisoners. It was extremely dark, with only a few faint lights coming from the candles in the corridor.

Chu Huan stepped into the threshold like a zombie, the chain was unlocked, he stepped in, and his head rested on the cold wall.

A gust of wind blew in from outside, blowing the candles in the corridor all over the place.

Chu Huan stared blankly, not knowing what to do.

He should have collapsed in anger and screamed in despair, but he didn't. It all happened too fast, too suddenly, and too firmly. He couldn't even find any way to get out of this.

The emperor was only guessing that if he gave up the Sixth Prince, once he knew that the prince and the queen were behind the private salt case, the entire Ning'an Kingdom would be in chaos, and his parents and the entire Chu family would be in danger.

The people who were behind him also knew it. All the sins could only be borne by Chu Huan alone.

He chuckled, and the anger that he had suppressed countless times surged up: "Ahhhhh!"

He turned around and punched the wall again and again until blood was dripping.

...

The news that Chu Huan would be executed three days later caused an uproar in the capital. Everyone was in disbelief, especially some girls who loved Chu Huan, who cried at home and wanted to hang themselves.

The emperor still had some feelings for Chu Huan, and did not behead him at the Meridian Gate, but instead gave him a cup of poisoned wine.

Jiang Yuanyi was practicing archery in the courtyard when she heard the news.

She paused for a moment, then suddenly pulled the bow and arrow, the arrow flew out through the wind, and then hit the target fiercely.

...

"Mr. Chu, you are here."

He nodded lightly and walked into the tea party. As soon as he looked up, he saw a woman with stunning features, like a fairy in a painting, sitting by the stream.

He paused, then walked over with a smile.

The woman raised her eyes to look at him, then looked away indifferently, lowering her head to fiddle with her tea.

His heart was beating fast for the first time. She played a song at the tea party. When she lowered her eyes slightly, and when she raised her eyes slightly, she was stunningly beautiful, so beautiful that people couldn't help but breathe easier.

She was bright and charming, but pure and cold. Much more beautiful than Liu Ruyan.

He unconsciously approached her and took the initiative to sit next to her to discuss tea art with her.

Sure enough, she was very interested. After chatting for a few words, her smile softened.

He knew her name, Jiang Yuanyi.

After the tea party, Jiang Yuanyi became the dream beauty of all the young men in Beijing. Chu Huan couldn't hold back and took the initiative before others.

He wrote to her frequently. Her initial reaction was still cold, but she was gradually moved by him and occasionally wrote back.

Later, he won the favor of her parents first, and then took her in openly. She was wearing

a phoenix crown and a bridal robe, bright as the clouds.

In the flickering candlelight that night, he gently lifted the red veil on her head. The girl raised her eyes shyly and nervously. Chu Huan chuckled and couldn't bear it anymore. He pushed the virgin girl down on the wedding quilt. Her face was flushed, and the way she looked at people with half-closed eyes would drive men crazy.

In the first few years after they got married, they had a close relationship. Jiang Yuanyi would often look at him with her chin propped up and a smile. Her eyes were bright and gentle like water.

Later, the fight for the throne became more intense. He returned home with resentment all day long, and slept with her crying regardless of her wishes. He Huilan was not pregnant, and the imperial concubine said a few words in a roundabout way, so he asked people to bring her contraceptive soup every time.

When he found out something was wrong, it was too late. At that time, the Sixth Prince's position was more stable. He wanted to get close to Yuanyi, but he found that she was cold and stiff, and the look she gave him was full of unconcealed disgust.

He was angry, and he would do whatever Jiang Yuanyi hated.

Later, the Third Prince lost power, and the entire Jiang family was exiled. At the beginning, the wealth of the Jiang family brought as much benefit to the Third Prince as it caused as much trouble to the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince specifically asked the Jiang family to be exiled to test Chu Huan's loyalty.

Jiang Yuanyi knelt at the door for several days and nights, begging him to save her. How could Chu Huan save her? How could he give up the future he fought for with his life just for Jiang Yuanyi? When

he walked out of the study, he saw Jiang Yuanyi kneeling on the ground with her back straight, looking at him with pleading eyes.

Such a look, placed on her flawless face, was so beautiful that it made people's heart beat. Her eyes changed, and she didn't love him at all.

Later, he handed her over to He Huilan to deal with and sold her to a matchmaker.

It was not until Xiao Tuo came back and went to the brothel to find Jiang Yuanyi that Chu Huan panicked for the first time. He went to see her again and again, forcing her until she took poison and committed suicide.

Blood flowed along the corners of her mouth. At that moment, Chu Huan knew what regret was and what it meant to be heartbroken.

He roared in despair and held the person who was slowly stopping breathing tightly in his arms.

...

The candlelight flickered and reflected on Chu Huan's face. His eyelashes were soaked with tears and his eyelids trembled a few times.

He finally heard clearly the last words Jiang Yuanyi said to him. Such a clear and desperate voice.

"If there is an afterlife, I don't want to see you again."

Chu Huan slowly opened his eyes and whispered softly: "But you still saw it."

The author has something to say: Seeing it, retribution has come.