Chapter 8 Late Night Interrogation
What kind of impression did Zhao Duan have on the empress?
It cannot be described with the words "good" and "bad". A more accurate description is:
Vague.
Since he came to the throne, Xu Zhenguan has been busy with world affairs every day, but he has never paid attention to the "scandalous boyfriend" he threw out casually.
When they meet occasionally, they are treated equally as if they were the other servants in the palace.
As for Zhao Duan's bad reputation, although it spread throughout the capital, a little criticism could not reach the ears of the empress.
Therefore, Xu Zhenguan would ask the female official how this person was before.
Because she really didn't care in the past.
If we talk about the real impression, in the afternoon, Zhao Duan's few words while polishing his ink faintly revealed that this little guard was not simple.
Is there a ridge in your chest? It's hard to say that, but in the eyes of the empress, it is somewhat clever.
But if he is not a fool, why would he be so arrogant and domineering based on some vague "scandals"?
This weird contradiction aroused a little interest in the empress. At this time, she picked up the memorial and did not open it immediately. Instead, she said with interest:
Mo Chou, what do you think, Chief Inspector Baima What would you say?”
The tall female official whose real name is "Mochou" did not hesitate:
"It's not a good thing after all. I heard that Zhao Duan has been domineering and domineering in the past year, which has caused him a lot of trouble. Speaking of which, when he was promoted, he also accepted the favor of the supervisor. He did not want to repay, but instead caused trouble. It’s really shameful.”
In his words, he was extremely unhappy with the notorious Zhao Duan.
"That's it..." Xu Zhenguan's fingertips glowed, and the sealing paint on the memorial fell off. Her beautiful eyes scanned the words on the fold, and then she suddenly smiled and joked: "It seems that this time, it's me. The female prime minister guessed wrong."
Mo Chou was startled, and he took the book without believing it and read it completely, with an expression of astonishment.
After a long while, he said in a cold voice: "What he committed this time cannot be solved by just asking for mercy."
The white-clothed empress Xu Zhenguan moved lightly and opened the window.
There was a cool breeze blowing under the night, and her hair was fluttering. Her eyes were looking through the splendid palace, and she didn't know where she was going.
"Yeah. So...it depends on his performance."
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In a remote alley.
Zhu Kui, who was taking a nap in the carriage, twitched his ears and suddenly woke up. He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the person clearly: "Sir, you are back."
"Well," Zhao Duan said calmly, "When I leave this formation, can someone follow me?"
The old official with a sinister face grinned: "I've been keeping an eye on you, no one is following you."
After a pause, Zhu Kui tentatively said:
"Sir, it's dark at night. I humbly take you back to your house?"
go home?
Zhao Duan, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyebrows pinched, was startled before he remembered that the original owner had a family in the capital.
But of course you can't go back at this time.
People around him may not notice his changes obviously, but family members who get along day and night will easily find out that he is not the real original owner.
At least... wait until he is completely accustomed to his new body.
"No," Zhao Duan rejected the other party's proposal, paused, suddenly remembered something, and said: "At this time, is the female thief awake?"
Zhu Kui was stunned for a few breaths before he realized that the "female thief" mentioned by his superiors was the female disciple of Grand Tutor Zhuang Xiaocheng, who was now detained in the government prison:
"At this time, I must have woken up, sir. Do you want to be interrogated overnight?”
"Well, let's go meet him," Zhao Duan said.
Over in Ning'an County, although the fishhook has been released, it is still unclear whether there will be any harvest.
He must seize as many life-saving straws as possible within the limited time.
Throughout the day, after constant review based on his memory, he always felt that this matter was vaguely weird.
If you can get some clues from the girl named "Yun Niang", your chances of surviving this disaster will definitely increase.
"Yes." Although Zhu Kui was full of doubts, he did not ask. He threw off his riding whip and rushed towards the capital government office. But the two people who left did not notice that not far from this street, a slender figure stood on the top of a towering turret and on the eaves.
The night wind blew, and the other party's warlock robe was black with gold thread on the background. The sleeves were fluttering. On the corner of the robe, the heraldic emblem of "Tianshi Mansion" was embroidered with gold thread.
The mysterious man watched the carriage drive away.
After a long time, stars suddenly appeared around his body, and his figure disappeared inch by inch as if it had been brushed by an eraser.
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The capital government office, the prison.
Bang!
In the darkness, Yun Xi was awakened by the movement at the end of the corridor. She opened her eyelids and her eyeballs were bloodshot.
There is a dull pain in the internal organs, and the whole body is weak. The chaos in my mind gradually dissipates, and the chaotic memories gradually become clearer.
She recalled that her last scene before comatose was a confrontation with the lackey of the empress in the bamboo forest temple in the southern suburbs.
As a result, the statue of the Earth God suddenly cracked, and a high-level warlock "divinely descended" to save the teacher. The aftermath of the mana caused a group of Forbidden Army soldiers to fly away.
And she, who was close at hand, was also affected, suffered severe injuries, and fainted.
"So...I was caught by the court lackeys?"
Yun Xi relied on the torches in the corridor to gradually see her situation clearly.
This is a separate cell with three walls. Beyond the fence in front is a corridor.
The air was damp and rancid due to the lack of sunlight for a long time, which made her stomach cramp and became sour that she almost vomited.
His dagger disappeared and he was put on prison uniform. He was fixedly tied to a wooden cross and kept in a standing position with his hands and feet bound in chains - this was the special "preferential treatment" given by the imperial court to prisoners who entered the realm of spiritual practice.
"Sure enough..." Yun Xi's heart sank, already having a premonition of the cruel fate she would suffer next.
As a rebel, I will definitely face the cruel punishment of the cruel officials of Empress Dayu. At the age of budding, I will be tortured and tortured to death.
Fear? Of course there is.
But she has no regrets!
Even at the moment when she is in jail, the girl is still filled with passion and indignation when she thinks of the truth about the Xuanmen coup told by her teacher and the tragic ending that Dayu will face under the rule of the empress.
In order to save the people of the world, uncover the ugly mask of the empress who killed her brothers and fathers, and save the Great Yu from imminent fall.
She and those people with lofty ideals who are being persecuted and hiding in various places are already ready to sacrifice their lives!
"What joy is there in life, and how miserable is death?"
Yun Xi's eyes were firm, "If the teacher can escape smoothly, my life will be worth it."
It's a shame that she practiced swordsmanship for ten years, but in the end she died at the hands of that traitor named Zhao Duan...
Hey, maybe the traitor is dead.
While Yun Xi was thinking frantically, footsteps approached at the end of the corridor, and a jailer with a ferocious face held a torch and opened the cell door.
Turn around and look back to be flattering and humble:
"Sir, this female thief is in the cell. As per your instructions, no one will interrogate her during this period."
"Very good." A man's voice sounded that made Yun Xi extremely disgusted.
Then, Zhao Duan, who was handsome and dressed in fine clothes, with sharp features, walked in.
Looking at the prison, there was a girl with the word "big" in the shape of "big", tied to a wooden frame, with messy black hair, delicate eyebrows, and a plain face. On the chest of her shirt, there was a girl with the word "prison" raised high, and she raised her eyebrows:
"We meet again."
Gee, you are still quite old for your young age...
Yun Xi was startled at first, and then her eyes burned:
"The lackey! The empress's lackey! Despicable villain!!"
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(I want to adjust the update time...noon and 8pm, what about these two times...)
(End of this chapter)