In the morning of the second day, it was still dark.

Liang Yaochu was resting on the haystack in the corner, when the door to the basement of the palace opened with a creak.

The guard guarding the gate of the basement half-bowed and invited Xi An in.

The basement is dark, but very spacious.

It is said here that it is a basement, but in fact it is just a name on the surface.

The imperial court does not allow anyone to build a prison privately, but Xi An has already changed this place into one after another prison cell, which is full of iron chains and ankle chains, even more terrifying than the dungeon in the palace.

Ordinary prison cells will have guards to deliver meals at meal time, but no one will come in here.

The food for the prisoners is in the cells, and there is a big bag of dry steamed buns in each cell.

I don't know how long those steamed buns have been stored. They are dry and smelly, but they are also the only edible things.

When thirsty, drink the water that drips from the wall.

Ordinary prison cells would at least have a small window near the top of the wall, at least to watch the sunset every day.

But in this prison cell in Prince Yun's Mansion, there is no window, not even a little gap through which light can pass through.

As long as the door of the basement is locked, you can't see your fingers inside, you can't distinguish between night and day, and there are often mice and insects moving around.

Ordinary people do not need to be tortured or tortured here, as long as they are locked up for a few days, they will collapse.

Liang Yaochu has been locked here for nearly ten days, and it was not until the door of the basement opened that she saw the first beam of light in these ten days.

The beam of light dazzled her eyes for a long time and she couldn't open them. She squinted her eyes and covered her eyes with the back of her hand. She didn't put her hand down until her gaze gradually returned to normal.

She saw Xi An coming.

He was dressed in black, stepped down the steps step by step against a beam of light, and walked towards Liang Yaochu.

Liang Yaochu sneered, turned her head and didn't even want to look at him.

Xi An stopped walking outside her cell, looking down at Liang Yaochu from a high position.

To be honest, it has been nearly seven years since Xi An built this basement with Lin Qingbai on his back.

During these seven years, there were dozens if not hundreds of people imprisoned by Xi An in the basement.

No matter how noble and arrogant those prisoners were before, as long as they are locked up in the basement for a period of time, when they see Xi An again, they will either be crazy, behave stupidly, or kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, no matter how hard the spine isI can bend him.

And what about Liang Yaochu now?

In appearance, she was the same as those people. Her face, hands, and body were covered with dust, and the original color of her skin and clothes could not be seen. Her hair was oily and smelly, and her fingernails were full of black dust.

Other than that, there is no similarity at all.

Her face was still full of arrogance and disdain.

Xi An looked at her for a while, then said, "It seems that you like this place very much."

"Yeah, I like it very much."

Liang Yaochu stretched herself out, leaning on the railing of the cell with one hand, and slowly stood up.

She raised her chin slightly and looked straight at Xi An without showing any weakness, and said with a smile: "Compared to the fact that Prince Yun has to face you outside, I feel that I am staying here very well, and I even want to stay untiluntil you die."

Xi An's eyes sharpened, and before he could speak, the guard next to him had already drawn out his knife.

However, Xi An raised his hand to stop the behavior of the guards beside him. It was rare that he did not take revenge on Liang Yaochu, but instead said to her with a suppressed voice: "I can let you out, but there are conditions."

Liang Yaochu raised her eyebrows, looked at him coldly and said.

"Bai Xu is sick, you go and cure him, if you can't, I will make your death ugly."

Faced with Xi'an's threat, Liang Yaochu turned her head to the side and burst out laughing. She folded her hands on her chest, bent over laughing, and tears came out of her laughter.

"Hahahahahaha..." Liang Yaochu seemed to have heard a big joke, and the laughter echoed back and forth in the basement.He began to look at Xi'an and said, "Xi'an, it seems that you haven't understood until now.

What is the disease of the prince."

"..."

"Let me tell you, his illness doesn't need to be cured by anyone, and no one can cure him well. The only cure is that you completely disappear in front of him!" Liang Yaochu said with a smile in his eyes, and said every word sharply.

There was an abnormal silence in the prison for a while, and the guards didn't even dare to breathe.

Xi An clenched his hands into fists and said with a low voice, "You want to court death?"

Liang Yaochu was not afraid at all, she raised her head higher and said, "Then you come and kill me."

"..."

"Kill." Liang Yaochu challenged without fear, she stared at Xi'an, her eyes that were originally smiling gradually became blood red with hatred.

Staring and staring tears came out, she gritted her teeth and tried her best not to let the tears fall, she pointed at Xi'an with trembling fingertips for a while, and said: "... Xi'an, you are a beastNo, animals still know how to repay their kindness, how about you? You are not even as good as animals!"

There were several guards standing in the basement, and when they heard Liang Yaochu scolding Xi An like this, their faces turned pale with fright, and they all took a step back.

Now no one in the entire Fu Dynasty dared to speak to Xi An like this, let alone Liang Yaochu was just a prisoner.

The guards didn't dare to look at Xi An's face, they were already thinking about how Liang Yaochu would be tortured to death by Xi An.

Xi An stood outside the cell, squinting at Liang Yaochu, his whole body seemed to be covered in black mist.

Facing Xi An's aura, Liang Yaochu didn't feel the slightest bit of fear, as if she didn't notice it.

With red eyes, she pointed at Xi An and continued to scold: "Xi An, you bastard! You have been using him from the beginning! Just use him. After so many years, you see that he gave you a bite of food at the beginning, you seeBecause he treats you so well! Why don't you stop?!"

"Now he's sick, you're here to find someone!"

"Damn you! You're just bullying him..." Liang Yao Chuyue said, her eyes became redder, her fingertips trembled, and she wished she could poke her finger in front of Xi An.

She didn't have the fearlessness and indifference just now, she gritted her teeth, her eyes were red with hatred, blood dripped from hatred, and the tone of her voice changed with hatred.

"What are you capable of! You are just bullying him as your master, and you are soft-hearted! You bully him and don't have the heart to hurt you, so you dare to do whatever you want to him! You bully him because he is not healthy, even if you stand in front of himHe has nothing to do with you! You bullied him into trusting you and gave you everything he had, and now you have bitten him back hard!!!"

"You said that you have your own hatred, so it's fine if you betray yourself! Why did you step on him back then! Since you are so fucking capable! Why did you still use him! Why did you lie to him!!!"

"Fuck! Xi'an, you are really not human! When I see you now, I want to dig out my eyeballs! It's really dirty! The prince was smart for a lifetime, and he was innocent for a lifetime. He only made a big mistake, and it took twelve years.I picked you up and brought you home before, instead of letting you starve to death and freeze to death in the snow!"

"He picked up a dog! You should be wagging your tail now."

"Xi An, you are worse than a dog."

"No, you don't deserve to be called Xi'an now! Your name is Xia Jingyang!"

The more Liangyao Chu spoke, the more excited she became.

She is not afraid of death, nor is she afraid of being tortured.

If she could, she wished she could pick up a sword and stab Xi'an full of holes!

But she can't do anything now, she can only scold him with all her strength!Sting him!

Even if she will suffer 10,000 points of pain for this, as long as it hurts Xi An 1,000 points, she will be happy.

In the end, she lost her mind, and her words became more and more vicious.

She stared at her eyes with hatred, and said with sharp eyes: "Xia Jingyang, you really deserve to be the Xia family! Your family will avenge your kindness, and you are wolf-hearted! You deserve to be killed, you deserve to be punished by the nine clans! You deserve it! The only pityThat is, why didn't you die? You should die too!"

Xi An has been silent all this time, hearing the murderous intent in his eyes

I can't hide it anymore.

He suddenly raised his hand, through the iron fence of the cell, he grabbed Liang Yaochu's neck.

There was a loud bang, and Liang Yaochu was slammed into the iron railing by him.

In just a split second, Xi An exerted so much force that the veins in his arms popped out.

Liang Yaochu's feet pinched by him left the ground, her face flushed red, she squeezed Xi'an's fingers with both hands, but the strength of her two hands could not move one of Xi'an's fingers.

The guards all lowered their heads, unable to bear to look any further.

They felt that Liang Yaochu must die.

The matter of the Xia family has always been a backlash in Xi An's heart. Xi An has always been ruthless. Even if an ordinary person mentions a word of the Xia family, he can chop up the pieces of meat that have been killed.

And what Liang Yaochu said just now...

deserve it?

It is said that the Xia family deserves it...

Xi An's whole body was filled with murderous aura, blood mist appeared in his eyes.

The Xia family died tragically back then, and Liang Yaochu's words reminded him of the scene at that time even more.

In the sea of flames that filled the sky, A Niang dragged him and A Jie to run forward crazily, trying to run out of the inexhaustible fire, but they still didn't run past the pursuers behind them or the vast sea of flames.

A Niang stuffed him and Sister desperately into the secret passage, and tightly closed the cover on the secret passage.

In the only gap in the secret passage, he saw the chasing soldier laughing and grabbing his mother's hand, walking step by step into the woods.

The man's heavy panting sounded in the woods, as well as A Niang's heart-piercing screams and struggles.

Those people said that Mrs. Xiahou's taste is good, even if she dies, she deserves it.

He saw a young girl being dragged behind a horse, circling around the city of Liyang.

The onlookers said that this was the daughter of the Xia family, and she deserved it if she was dragged to death.

He saw his elder sister jumping off the cliff and falling to pieces.

The soldiers said that Lord Xiahou's son deserved to fall to his death after being a traitor.

All deserve it!

All the lives of the people in the world are fate, only the Xia family's fate is not.

Their lives should be sacrifices for being trampled and having fun.

Xi An tightened his grip little by little, he stared at Liang Yaochu with red eyes, his words were as if coming out of an abyss.

"What did you just say?"

Liang Yaochu's face was blue and bloodshot from the pinch, but she was still smiling with difficulty.

"I said...you, live, should."

Xi An's eyes darkened, and he tried his best to cut Liang Yaochu's neck with all his strength.

At this time, Deputy General Xu behind Xi An stepped forward and said, "General, the prince is still waiting."

Xi An just woke up like a dream, and suddenly let go of Liang Yaochu's hand.

Liang Yaochu fell down and sat on the ground, the dust on the haystack was everywhere, choking people's eyes sorely, she clutched her heart, and broke out a heart-piercing cough.

Xi Anju looked down at Liang Yaochu's figure condescendingly, the killing intent on his body lingered for a long time, his chest heaved violently, and his palms were itchy.

His head was flushed with blood by Liang Yaochu's words just now, if Liang Yaochu was not still useful now, he would have killed her in the most cruel way.

But now...

Xi An closed his eyes heavily, and told himself over and over that Liang Yaochu couldn't die now.

she can't die......

She's still useful...

After a while, Xi'an said in a calm voice: "Take her to the prince's palace, and let a few people look after her."

"yes."

The guards were still in shock, and responded in a low voice.

In this way, under the watchful eye of several guards, Liang Yaochu simply washed up and was taken to the prince's bedroom.

There are many people guarding Lin Qingbai's palace, not only the guards watching him, but also servants like Aunt Lian Hongyue.

Liang Yaochu is getting closer again

Some time later, she saw Lin Qingbai lying on the bed with a pale face and a sick look all over her body.

Seeing that he was seriously ill, it was a last resort.

No wonder she offended Xi An so much today, but Xi An didn't say a word, even though he was so angry that his hands were shaking when he pinched her, he still didn't kill her.

Seeing Liang Yaochu coming, Aunt Lian hurried forward and whispered to her about Lin Qingbai's situation: "The prince has always had a fever these days, and he can't eat anything, and he doesn't feel too bad after drinking soup and medicine.Great effect, I have a fever every night. A few days ago, Dr. Qiu from the Medicinal Food Hall in Beijing came to see him, and said that the prince is fine, and he will be fine after a month of recuperation, but I have been watching this for several days.Why hasn't the prince improved a bit, he's so weak that he can't even get off the ground..."

Aunt Lian chattered about Lin Qingbai's current situation to Liang Yao.

Liang Yaochu was sitting on the stool beside the bed, but she didn't even get a pulse, just looking at Lin Qingbai's face, her heart sank, she knew all about it.

Lin Qingbai was lying on the bed, her black hair was scattered between the pillows, her face was as pale as paper, but those beautiful eyes were still looking at Liang Yaochu peacefully.

Suddenly his gaze paused, and the hand hanging by the bed was slowly raised.

The few blood-red strangle marks on Liang Yaochu's neck were the finger marks of being pinched so hard that they even turned blue-purple.

This look is the strength to kill her.

Lin Qingbai paused, and asked Liang Yaochu in a weak voice: "...Did he pinch it?"

Liang Yao Chu looked at him without saying a word.

Lin Qingbai is always like this, he is already so sick that he can't even lift his fingers, but he doesn't care whether his body is uncomfortable or not, how can he feel better, but looks at Liang Yaochu's neck at the first sightA few insignificant red marks on the face.

Liang Yaochu has always been a strong person, she pretended to be relaxed and said: "Yes, who else but him? Who else would dare to treat me like this?!"

Lin Qingbai's eyes flickered, and there was a bit of apology in his eyes, Liang Yao looked distressed, afraid that Lin Qingbai's next words would be to apologize to her on Xi'an's behalf.

Liang Yaochu quickly moved closer, smiled and said to Lin Qingbai: "It's just that I scolded him first."

Speaking of this, Liang Yaochu was very proud, she blinked at Lin Qingbai, and said: "I scold him so badly, I just stood there in front of the servantsAfter scolding him for a full quarter of an hour, he was stupid and didn't say a single rebuttal."

Lin Qingbai took a few breaths, and asked slowly and softly, "...did he do anything to you?"

"What he can do to me is nothing more than strangling my neck and trying to kill me, but when he thinks that I want to treat you, he can't do it. Xi, I thought he was capable!"Liang Yaochu got excited when she said this, she tried her best to make Lin Qingbai happy, and said in a loud voice: "You didn't see how angry he was at that time, his face was as thick as Guan Gong's."

Since Xi An's rebellion, Lin Qing was locked in this dark palace day and night, and he has not heard such a cheerful voice for a long time.

What Liang Yaochu said was like a small wild flower blooming in the endless snow in deep winter,

Seeing Liangyao's cheerful smile, Lin Qingbai seemed to have really thought of Xi An's appearance of being helpless and unable to refute Liangyao's anger, his eyes lit up, his brows and eyes stretched, and he showed a long-lost smile.

Today's weather is good, the sunlight outside the window shines in through the window, and shines into the darkness of this palace room, dispelling the long-lasting depression and silence in the room.

Aunt Lian stood watching from the side, and couldn't help but smile along with Lin Qingbai, her eyes full of kindness.

But not long after the good times, Lin Qingbai frowned and coughed violently before he even smiled.

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

He coughed urgently this time, as if he was about to cough out his heart and lungs.

Although she raised her hand to cover the sound of coughing, Aunt Lian was still frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward to stroke Lin Qingbai's back.

Lin Qingbai's coughing eyes were red, and his thin body trembled faintly like a branch in the wind.

When he managed to calm down his cough and removed the sleeve covering his mouth, Aunt Lian suddenly saw the blood red on his pure white sleeve.

Aunt Lian was shocked, and quickly grabbed Liang Yaochu's sleeve and said, "Doctor Liang, what's going on, why is the prince coughing up blood, please give him a doctor!"

When the people around saw the blood on Lin Qingbai's sleeves, they were all in a mess, and they all panicked and didn't know what to do.

Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes, looking at the dazzling color in his sleeves, very calm.

He has endured it for a long time, and he thought he could endure it for a little longer...

He gently raised his fingertips, wiped off the blood red from the corners of his lips, then closed his five fingers tightly, holding the blood-stained sleeves in his palms, and met Liang Yaochu's flushed eyes when he raised his eyes.Eye.

He smiled faintly at her.

The two people here were calm, but the people next to them were scared out of their wits. Aunt Lian kept urging Liang Yao to hurry up and get Lin Qingbai's pulse.

Liang Yaochu lowered her head, and bit her teeth at an angle that no one could see. She feigned impatience and waved Aunt Lian's hand away, and said loudly: "As for it? Isn't it just coughing up blood, you twoAs for?! Didn’t Doctor Qiu say that the prince is in a hurry? It’s not a good thing to cough up the blood that has accumulated in the chest?”

The servants really believed her statement, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, but Aunt Lian was frightened. Even if Liang Yaochu said this, she was still worried.

She touched the tears on her face, and dragged Liang Yaochu to ask her to check the prince's pulse again.

Liang Yaochu sat motionless on the spot, she had to raise her hand and put it on Lin Qingbai's wrist.

She really didn't want to diagnose this pulse.

Liang Yaochu was the most skilled doctor in Fu Dynasty.

She has been treating Lin Qingbai for twelve years. She knows Lin Qingbai's physical condition better than anyone else.

From the moment she stepped into Lin Qingbai's palace and saw Lin Qingbai's pale complexion and drooping hands and feet, she knew everything.

In fact, it was earlier, from the long-lost beam of light in the basement this morning, Liang Yaochu had predicted it.

Otherwise, why would she curse Xi An desperately today, exhausting all vicious words.

It's just that he wants to stab Lin Qingbai's body with pain.

Liang Yaochu put her hand on Lin Qingbai's wrist for a moment, then hastily withdrew her hand.

She took two shallow breaths, turned around and said indifferently to the people who had been staring at her: "It's not what Doctor Qiu said before! The prince's body is fine, but he was so angry that he was so angry thatIt will be better in a few days, are you not taking good care of the prince these days, why is the prince still not recovering?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the first half of Liang Yaochu's sentence, but they raised it again at the second half of the sentence.

Everyone said no, and in order to prove that they put their heart into it, they quickly brought up the prescription prescribed by Dr. Qiu.

Liang Yaochu was just saying something casually.

Now that the prescription was brought, she followed along to see what Dr. Qiu had prescribed, and there was no problem.

But when the soup was served, she frowned slightly when she smelled the soup, and asked Aunt Lian, "Did you get these medicinal materials from my pharmacy?"

Aunt Lian said: "No, Master Xi'an bought a batch of new Chinese medicines for the Fuchu a few days ago, and those new medicines were used."

"New Chinese medicine?" Liang Yaochu put the decoction on the table, and ordered the servants with a cold face: "Go and fetch me the medicinal materials for the prince."

The servants ran fast, and after a while, the medicinal materials were brought and placed on the plate.

Liang Yaochu stepped forward, picked up the medicines and smelled them, her complexion became more and more serious, she raised her hand and dropped the medicines on the ground, and said with a sneer, "He is such a bastard! These medicines are all fake, soakedThe medicinal Angelica dahurica, the dyed red peony root, and the keel are all made of lime and ore!"

Aunt Lian and everyone else were taken aback.

After Liang Yaochu finished speaking, she was so angry that she spun around in the hall panting heavily, and she said angrily, "Does he think that the prince's living now hinders his life?"

Now, you go and tell him not to worry, my lord..."

"Doctor Liang..."

Lin Qingbai suddenly interrupted what Liang Yaochu was saying.

Liang Yaochu was stunned for a moment, and then swallowed back the last words, but she was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said to Lin Qingbai angrily, "Okay, I won't care about your affairs from now on."

At this time, Aunt Lian said: "Doctor Liang, it is impossible for the young master to do this. The prince was ill a few days ago, and young master Xi'an spent a lot of money to buy the best Chinese medicine in the capital. At that time, the Chinese medicine was brought into the mansion for testing.I was watching from the side while..."

Aunt Lian paused for a while, then raised her wrinkled eyes, and said in a calm but firm tone: "Doctor Liang, I have watched the young master grow up since I was a child, no matter what he is now or what he has done, but heThe heart towards the prince is true, if someone really wants to harm the prince, it can't be the young master."

Liang Yao paused for a moment, she didn't want to argue with an old man like Aunt Lian, so she turned around and slammed the door out of the palace angrily.

Lin Qingbai lay on the bed, not responding to this matter.

Even the Golden Lotus Life Pill from Immortal Realm that he ate could not save his life.

He is still tired enough,

It doesn't matter what he drinks anymore.

It's just a few days earlier and a few days later.

He doesn't care.

Aunt Lian's complexion was not good, she thought about it for a while.

If the medicinal materials that Young Master Xi An bought in the first place were good, but now they tasted fake in Wang Ye's mouth, then someone must be trying to harm Wang Ye.

The more Aunt Lian thought about it, the more disturbed she became, she turned around and ordered her servants to tell Xi An about this matter.

Xi An is on the battlefield.

In the past few days, reinforcements from several small cities around the city have arrived at the gate of the city. Although it can't make a big impact, it also disperses Xi'an's troops to attack the palace gate.

The sound of artillery fire outside the city gate smashed into the city from time to time.

Xi An and Yue Hui were wearing silver armor and were leading troops to guard the city wall.

Xi An has handsome features, standing tall at that position, and from time to time, shells pass by him, but he and Yue Hui seem to be unable to see them. From time to time, they talk about the battle situation and tell the soldiers behind them what to do next.How to arm.

Except for the lieutenant general in the army, no one can approach them at this time.

It was not until late at night, at Haishi, that there was a truce inside and outside the city.

The attack outside the city was urgent these few days, they didn't eat all day today, they stood under the sound of gunfire for a full day, all of them were exhausted, like the end of a crossbow.

Today's battle situation is good, most of the reinforcements outside the city have been killed, and the reinforcements outside the city should not dare to attack again all day tomorrow.

The mood of the crowd also relaxed a lot. Deputy General Xu led all the soldiers to stand under the city wall, waiting for General Xi and General Yue to give them a summary of today's battle situation to boost morale.

There were so many soldiers in the dark, spreading from the end of the road to the bottomless end of the road.

Vice General Xu wrote down the number of enemies killed today in a booklet and handed it over to Xi An.

Xi An stood on the city wall and looked down at the crowd. Even though his body was covered in blood and his face showed a rare trace of fatigue, he was still full of heroism and stood tall.

Under the gaze of thousands of people, he opened the booklet and was about to speak when he suddenly saw a guard of the palace standing in a corner on the edge of the city wall.

Xi An frowned, he didn't have time to say anything, he turned around and asked Vice General Xu behind him: "When did the guards of the palace come? What's the matter?"

Deputy General Xu took a look and said, "Oh, he should have come in the afternoon. He said he had something to look for the general. It wasn't something urgent for me to ask. He was not asked to come up to look for the general when the battle was fierce."

Xi An said, "Bring him up."

Vice General Xu brought the guard up.

The little guard is only guarding the safety of the palace on weekdays, so he has never seen such a real battle.

He was so frightened that he trembled, and whispered to Xi'an: "General, today Doctor Liang said... for the prince to drink."

The traditional Chinese medicines are all fake, there must be someone in the manor trying to harm the prince, Aunt Lian asked me to tell you."

The little guard was afraid of being offended, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Xi An, and said to himself: "Doctor Liang also said that the discovery is timely this time, so it won't cause..."

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a loud bang.

The little guard was startled, and lowered his head even harder.

"General!"

"General, where are you going!"

After a long time, the little guard raised his head, and there was no one in front of him. Xi An smashed the booklet in his hand to the ground, leaving thousands of people under the city wall behind, and stepped down the steps with great strides.

His steps were fast, the shawl on his body moved like waves, and the voice of Deputy General Xu was also left behind by him.

In the eyes of thousands of soldiers behind him, he got on his horse, and saw him lashing his whip hard. The horse barked continuously, and galloped forward at high speed, leaving only billowing gray smoke behind the horse's hooves.

Vice General Xu frowned, turned to look at Yue Hui, and said helplessly, "General Yue, this... General Xi hasn't eaten for a day..."

Yue Hui's face was still cold, he turned his head and said, "He won't be coming back tonight, order everyone to go back to camp."

After speaking, Yue Hui turned around and wanted to leave.

Vice General Xu hurriedly followed. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "General Yue, this shouldn't be a big deal. When the guards of the palace came in the afternoon, I thought it was not a big deal, so I didn't ask him to come up and tell the general.Seeing that the general is so anxious, you won't blame me in the future, right?"

Vice General Xu is a rough person. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt that he did nothing wrong, but he was really uneasy.

Yue Hui said, "He will blame you."

"ah?"

"But you did nothing wrong."

"...What is the meaning of this, General Yue."

Yue Hui paused, and said: "If he knows the news this afternoon, I am afraid that today's battle will be lost."