Chapter 36 There are two roads before you, life or death
Although she is versatile and good at figuring out men's mentality, after all, her status is too low and she has no access to high-level information.
So I don't know about the personal enmity between Zhao Duan and the Zhang brothers.
I just thought that they were all colleagues of White Horse Supervisor, and Zhao Duan might have been recommended by the former.
"That's not true," Zhao Duan smiled and said curiously: "Brother Zhang is actually a member of the same group, but it's fate, but I've never seen him sleeping out at night."
Xiaoya heard his affectionate address and thought the two had a good relationship, so she smiled and said:
"Zhang Shijun is a great talent after all. He doesn't want to be seen in public. Whenever he wants to come for a drink, he usually sends someone to deliver a message and agrees on a time...or his brother brings a message...
My lord, if you come in the future, you can do this. You don't have to go with those people in the front hall to avoid a bad reputation. "
Ha, it sounds like my reputation is better...Zhao Duan had nowhere to complain, twirling his wine glass and asked with a smile:
"Brother Zhang is always a talkative person when we chat and have drinks with me. He talks eloquently and quotes scriptures. Thanks to him, I know many new things in the capital...Has he told you about me?"
Xiaoya held up the wine bottle with both hands, filled it for him, shook her head slightly in surprise and said:
"Zhang Shijun is very tight-lipped here in the slave family. He rarely speaks. Every time the slave family talks to him, they don't pay much attention to him."
No surprise.
That hypocrite Zhang Changshuo is indeed cautious.
Otherwise, Xiaoya would not have known that the relationship between the two was not harmonious.
"What about Captain Zhang?" Zhao Duan said casually.
When mentioning Zhang Changji, Xiaoya was a little unhappy and said angrily: "The second son of the Zhang family is rude and never considerate of others. However, contrary to his brother, he talks a lot. He also likes to teach the slaves how to talk, and even talks at night. Talking in sleep..."
He teaches you what to say...Zhao Duan's spirit of gossip aroused, but he suppressed it forcefully and grasped the key point of "talking in sleep".
Somewhat unexpected.
No wonder, as a lieutenant in the Beijing camp, Zhang Changji rarely stayed overnight in the camp. Even if he was on night patrol, he had to go home to sleep in the middle of the night.
There is still such a habit.
"Oh? Did he tell you anything about the court and the capital camp?" Zhao Duan asked with surprise.
Xiaoya was about to answer when she suddenly woke up and closed her lips again.
Her beautiful eyes looked at him, her body made a circle, and she climbed towards him. She slid down softly and exhaled like orchid: "It's already dark. I'm here to rest for you. If you have anything to say, how about we go somewhere else to say it?"
However, the next second, her bare hand was clamped by Zhao Duan.
I saw Zhao Duan's smiling face from beginning to end, his eyes narrowed, and he said quietly: "What, is there something you can't say?"
Xiaoya was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "No..."
Zhao Duan stared at her firmly and said firmly: "You know, but you don't want to answer me."
Xiaoya suddenly panicked:
"What do you know? What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Zhao Duan shook his head, the smile on his face faded, and said:
"I asked you if Zhang Changji said anything important."
Xiaoya hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile: "It turns out that your Majesty is blaming this, but it's nothing important. It's all the things that you men care about. Why is Your Majesty so angry today? Which official is unlucky? , trivial and boring..."
"No," Zhao Duan said calmly:
"If it's just these words, why do you hesitate to speak? You must know something and it's not convenient for me to hear it."
He came here with the purpose of interrogation, so he naturally observed him carefully.
Xiaoya was startled and then said resentfully:
"My lord is really suspicious. I just feel that I should be tight-lipped and not leak out the adults' affairs at will. If the envoy said something today, I will never tell anyone a word about it."
This statement is very logical.
But Zhao Duan, relying on the strength of a middle-grade mortal warrior, could clearly hear that Xiaoya's heartbeat was abnormally fast at this moment.
In the wrist, the blood flow rate is also accelerating...
This is a sign of guilt and nervousness.
He completely lost his smile, and his face was cold, with just the right hint of violence: "No, you are afraid that you will offend the Zhang brothers by talking nonsense."
"But," he sneered: "If you don't dare to offend them, how dare you offend me?" Xiaoya's slender wrist suddenly hurt with the force of his palm.
She is afraid!
At this moment, some rumors about Zhao Duan came to mind, and fear came to mind.
The person in front of me is not a gentleman, but a cruel and violent villain!
“No…I dare not…”
Xiaoya was completely panicked. She was not a woman with a strong will like Yun Xi, and she was frightened enough at this time.
"Are you afraid to offend me, or are you afraid to speak?"
Zhao Duan looked sinister, and with his other hand, he took out a fruit cutting knife from the fruit plate on the table.
Gently gesticulating on Xiaoya's fair neck, her voice sounded like a devil:
"Do you know why I came here today?"
"No...I don't know..."
Zhao Duan said:
"I was ordered by the emperor to investigate the anti-thieves and rebellion case in Kuangfu Society. I found Zhang Changji and found out that he has been coming to Qinglian Xiaozhu frequently in the past six months to have private meetings with you...
Oh, and you refused to answer and helped him cover up... I have reason to suspect that your true identity is the rebellious gang of Kuangfu Society lurking in the capital! "
Xiaoya turned pale with fright.
Chaosing the party, supporting the society... No matter how serious it is, she also knows that this is a serious crime of beheading and even implicating others.
I was already afraid in my heart, and when I was frightened by this big hat, my three souls were gone and my seven souls were gone:
"The slave family is not a rebellious party, not..."
Zhao Duan said quietly:
"Yes or no, we will know after we are thrown into the imperial prison and served with severe punishment."
"There are two roads before you, the road of life or the road of death. It is up to you to decide how to choose."
The prison...a place where one narrowly escapes death.
Xiaoya collapsed completely, burst into tears, and cried:
"The slave family said, the slave family said anything! I just ask for mercy!"
How good would it be if we cooperated like this earlier?
You have to force me to play the villain... I really don't want to scare women... Zhao Duan muttered, suddenly let go, and threw Xiaoya back to the case.
He calmed down his fierce appearance and returned to the gentle appearance of a modest gentleman. The smile on his face bloomed again and he said warmly:
"Go ahead."
The current state is his true character.
Xiaoya's hair was disheveled, her clothes were wrinkled, and her face was full of tears. She was trembling and kneeling on the lichen, as if she had returned to the earth from hell.
At this moment, seeing Zhao Duan switching between the two states with ease, he couldn't help but feel terrified, thinking that the rumors were indeed true.
The empress looks like a wolf in human skin.
"Slave... I don't know where to start talking about the slave family..." she cried.
Zhao Duan was good at tempting:
"Whatever you want to hide the most, just say it."
Came here tonight, originally just to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to be an unexpected surprise.
It must not be simple to make Xiaoya willing to offend him rather than say anything.
However... Zhang Changji is just a mere lieutenant of the Beijing Camp. Even if he is a scumbag who cares about human life and bullies men and women, he should not be able to commit any big things.
However, Miss Xiaoya's next words stunned him.
"The slave family... heard Zhang Changji say after he was asleep that he seemed to have secretly transported firearms to Prince Jing's Mansion..."
Zhao Duan's expression suddenly changed.
(End of chapter)