Nan Yi seemed to have had a long dream. Strangely enough, it had been a long time since she had dreamed about Zhang Yue's return, and his appearance had become blurry. But after she gave up the idea of looking for him, she dreamed back to the time when she first met him after a long absence.
Her mother died two years ago, and no one cared about her food or drink anymore, so she wandered the streets all day long, picking up odd jobs to do. She has been observing this young man for several days. He is drunk every day. Sometimes he is kicked out of the restaurant because he cannot afford the drink. He is even more embarrassed than the homeless man on the street.
After he sobered up, he pawned some of his belongings for money, and continued to live in a state of intoxication.
She felt a little sorry for the young man. When he was drunk, there would always be dishonest waiters who would take pieces of silver from his purse and even charge him a few extra jars of wine money. Anyway, he was unconscious and couldn't care less.
She thought, she might as well make this money.
So after he got drunk again, she helped him scold the waiter who wanted to take advantage of him, paid for the drink, and then dragged him to the room with a lot of effort.
She thought that he was so squandering that even if he had money, he would not have much money, so she just asked him for a reward of ten cents.
Slowly, they became familiar with each other. He said that he was a scholar who didn't like studying. He was forced by his family to go to Bianjing to take the imperial examination. After leaving home, he traveled all the way and spent all his money. He was too embarrassed to go back to see his family, so he stayed in this small town.
She persuaded him to go home, but he said that his family didn't like him and wished he had died outside.
She didn't ask any more questions, she just felt that he was very pitiful and lonely.
After having someone to talk to, he drank less and spent more and more time sober. He said he liked this small town and wanted to settle here.
She was happy because she finally had a partner and was no longer alone.
People must have someone to rely on. It is not good to live alone in this world.
They built two thatched houses, built fences and shared a small yard. He is good at music. Even if it is just a few pots and pans placed together, he can still produce a pleasant melody. She leaned on the desk and listened, letting the spring flowers fall on her face.
That was her favorite time.
Even if she vaguely knew that there were some things he didn't say, she wouldn't ask. She subconsciously avoided the hidden side of him, and for the first time she felt that this would destroy their romantic relationship.
As long as he is truly happy to live with her, those hidden things are harmless.
Who doesn’t have a little secret?
She wouldn't tell him that sometimes she just couldn't get rid of the problem and she stole their food and money.
She really thought that life would go on like this. The sunshine is crushed in the running water, and the mountains and plains are covered with gold, sand and silver powder. Today is the day.
Nan Yi can't tell the difference between dreams and reality... What night is it today? She had the illusion that the cruel years after Zhang Yue returned were the dream? She just woke up from a big dream and returned to the peach blossom garden of the past.
Then a basin of cold water suddenly woke her up. She opened her eyes with a start, and the flickering candlelight stung her eyes.
The strange and dark dungeon is filled with the smell of bloody carrion, making people almost nauseous. Different torture instruments are lined up on the wall, which is eerie and terrifying.
The western limbs were bound and tied to the rack. Nan Yi raised his head in fear and saw an unfamiliar face in front of him.
"Who are you?"
"Young madam, our boss wants to ask you something. If you cooperate and tell the truth, you will naturally not suffer." Luo Ci's words were very polite.
Nan Yi is like falling into the abyss. This person knew her identity, yet they caught her like this... What did they want to do? Who is the owner he talks about? This was a scene she had never imagined, and the unknown fear eroded her mind bit by bit, but she tried her best to delay it for a little while, giving herself room to sort out her thoughts.
"What are you asking?" She pretended to be confused and cooperated very well.
"On the day before the Lantern Festival, my wife suddenly fell ill and went to Zhuangzi outside Xie's house. Why did she appear in Hukou Mountain?"
Nan Yi stared at this person. Of course she knew what he wanted to ask. She quickly thought about how she should respond, or should she just be a wallflower like before?
She hesitated, she didn't want to betray Yu Chengjun, nor did she want to betray Song Muchuan.
She found an excuse to get through: "I didn't want to be a widow in the Xie family, so I thought of a way to escape and hide in the mountains."
"Who's helping you?"
"No one helped me, I ran by myself."
"Then how did you meet Yucheng's army?"
"What Yucheng Army? I don't know."
"It seems that Madam is not willing to tell the truth," Luo Ci sighed, "Then we can only see how tough Madam can be."
Luo Ci dropped his gesture and took a step back.
The executioner dipped the whip in water with an expressionless expression and flicked it out of thin air, making a vibrating sound.
It's not that she hasn't been beaten before. She has been rough-skinned since she was a child. She knows exactly what she is going to face. But people always healed and forgot about the pain. It had been a long time since she had suffered such real and original physical pain. As soon as the whip came down, her whole body tensed up and she gasped suddenly.
The air felt like a cold knife in his mouth, cutting into the flesh and blood from his nose to his chest.
For a moment, she seemed to be back in the old days when she was half-clothed and would be beaten for stealing food.
Even she thought that she would be defeated by the pain and couldn't help but kneel down and beg for mercy. But since she put on human skin, learned etiquette, and began to know how to be self-respecting, what came up more after the pain was a sense of shame and shame. anger.
Did they think this would make her bow her head? She is no longer the little thief she used to be.
What she can bear now is far more than they imagined!
This anger quickly dissipated in her body and became a force that supported her broken body. Having already died once, there is nothing more than dying again.
Don't expect to get any information from her.
Her face was pale, the veins on her forehead were pulsing, and her eyes were filled with scarlet blood. She glared at Luo Ci and said with a sharp bite: "I am the young lady of the Xie family! You are lynching people indiscriminately like this. Is there any king?" Law?!"
"The young lady of the Xie family has run away and her trace is hard to find. Who would know that you are here?"
Luo Ci tried to break down her defenses and told her that no one would come to save you. But he didn't see a trace of fear in her eyes. Obviously, she can still resist with an angry look and grit her teeth to endure, which shows that it is far from time to collapse.
Luo Ci glanced at the executioner and signaled to continue.
The whip fell on the flesh one after another, and the woman's screams of pain could not be heard. Gradually, her voice became hoarse and weakened a little bit.
Luo Ci is Zhang Yuehui's most capable subordinate. Zhang Yuehui was an elegant man and didn't like such dirty work, so Luo Ci did all these things. There were hundreds if not thousands of people who had been tortured by Luo Ci. Information must not only be heard from the cracks in the wall, but also squeezed out of flesh and blood.
Judging from his experience, women are the most vulnerable to pain. I was beaten until I had only half a breath left, so it was time to let go.
He ordered people to push Nan Yi into the water and forcefully wake him up.
Nan Yi gasped for air, water dripping down her forehead, stinging her eyes even more.
"Madam, since you don't like this question, why don't we talk about something else. For example, how did you join Bingzhusi?"
Nan Yi replied weakly: "I don't know what you are talking about..."
"Xie Queshan, Sir Xie, is he your contact person?"
After a few seconds of silence, Nan Yi raised her eyes with difficulty, and Luo Ci clearly saw a trace of confusion in her eyes.
Nan Yi thought he would ask Song Muchuan, but he didn't expect it was Xie Queshan.
She even took a breath. It was easier to tell the truth than to tell lies. How could Xie Queshan be her contact person?
"Master Xie...he is my late husband's brother."
Luo Ci's voice suddenly rose and was extremely stern: "You disappeared from Lidu Mansion on the same day as him, and then he returned to the city, and you went to rescue Yucheng's army. It was clearly you two who were plotting against Chen Cang!"
"He wanted to kill me, but I hurt him and escaped death!" She took a breath and yelled back in a hoarse voice.
"Why did he want to kill you?"
"A widow ran away... How could a noble family tolerate it? He wanted to kill me as early as the day his eldest brother was buried, but there was no chance."
It was mixed true and false, Nan Yi could only answer like this. She didn't know what the position of the person in front of her was, but if it could be traced back to the day of Xie Heng's funeral, it would definitely involve King Ling'an entering the city.
The worst part is that she also knows where King Ling'an is hiding. If she let something slip, these people would not only peel off the skin and bones inch by inch, but also torture these things out of her mouth?
She must die, she has nothing to do with these things.
"Lie! As soon as you heard about his death, you went to Lidu Mansion desperately. What is your relationship with him?"
The relationship between them? How could anyone doubt their relationship?
Apart from that trivial friendship, what else is there between them? He still wanted to kill her. They are the enemy.
The direction these people want to investigate is fundamentally wrong.
——But suddenly, Nan Yi caught something strange. How could they know that she went to Lidu Mansion because of the news of Xie Queshan's death?
Was the news of his death just a trap?
Nan Yi raised his head suddenly, and his body, which had lost its strength, suddenly burst into fierce eyes: "So Xie Queshan is not dead?"
Luo Ci was startled. He could clearly feel the strong hatred in his eyes.
"Of course Mr. Xie is still alive and well. Why are you so concerned about his life and death?"
Nan Yi laughed, and the expression on his face became a little ferocious - he didn't expect his death, but he folded himself in. It was she who was stupid again.
Okay, very good.
She was suffering here, but how could someone like him be safe and live a long life? !
She was so angry that she wanted to drag him to hell with her, just like he had done to her.
"I hate him! Because I just want to live, but he relies on his power and ability over me to kill me... Isn't it normal to want to see your enemy die?"
Luo Ci was shocked by her words.
The mystery in his heart was getting bigger and bigger, and he could feel that she wasn't lying at this moment. She didn't come to Lidu Mansion because she was worried about Xie Queshan...she seemed to really want to take revenge.
Her relationship with Xie Queshan didn't seem to be what her boss had guessed. What is the truth?
Luo Ci frowned. Could it be that this woman is too good at acting?
——It must be like this, he underestimated this woman.
He raised his eyes towards the executioner, signaling the execution.
