What kind of bad thoughts can Mr. Xiao have?

Chapter 100 Chapter 99

"What time is it?"

Xiao Qi's slender fingertips flicked over the instruments of torture leaning against the wall or hanging or leaning on them, and finally picked up a few silver needles from the white cloth on the wooden table.

"Back to the Lord, it's already ugly time."

"Oh, how fast the night went."

Zhang Yushi, whose limbs and waist were tied to the torture bed, finally felt the fear, watching Xiao Qi who kept approaching, struggling needlessly as if he had seen a ghost.

"Originally, Zhang Yushi's crimes have been picked up by the outsiders. You are more caring than other adults. The people below got your evidence without much effort, so you don't have to suffer..."

The silver needle pierced Zhang Yushi's acupuncture point on the top of his head. The pain caused him to bite the cloth scarf tightly, and meat bumps bulged out on both sides of his cheeks.

"...But it's fine if you scold our family, why bother to involve His Highness? Whether it's public or private, our family has to punish you for your troublesome mouth."

Another silver needle pierced through Zhang Yushi's chest, dripping out red beads.

"Today is a good day for Your Highness, and punishment shall be punished. Our family should also do a good deed to accumulate blessings for His Highness..."

The tormented Zhang Yushi's eyes burst into light, and he looked at Xiao Qi full of hope and flattery.

It was just two silver needles, he forgot that he had thrown Xiao Qi into the mud just now, and now he only hoped that Xiao Qi would hold his hand high.

"...Anyway, your family will be implicated if you are convicted of a crime, so let's sell it well, let you die in prison due to an emergency, and stop the investigation, how about it?"

Zhang Yushi's eyes widened in disbelief, seeing Xiao Qi bring an iron ingot over, ignored his shaking his head and begging for mercy, and covered his eyes.

Several silver needles were smashed into the top of Zhang Yushi's head, leaving no trace.He also kicked his legs and broke his breath.

"It stinks."

Xiao Qi glanced at the yellow liquid spreading from under the corpse, frowned and turned around.

She looked down on His Royal Highness Jiarou's daughter's status, and looked down on his eunuch background, so he bet on Duan Wang Rong Wang, helping to cover up the scandal of his own faction, but picking on Wei Huai'en's party everywhere.

Forget it, the most damning thing is that when King Duan arrived in the northern border, how many Zhao Xingde and others suppressed the sin of treating refugees as pigs, dogs, and beasts for fun, and how many northern borders were hidden in the mansion as gifts. Good family girl.

The Fuguo Duke's Mansion has accumulated prestige for many years and cannot be moved, but Zhang Yushi still has the final say on Xiao Qi.

"Remember to deliver the news to Duke Fu's mansion first, and see how the old Duke reacts."

"Yes, my lord."

The two Xuanyu guards skillfully unloaded the corpse and carried it back to the cell, and washed the dirty torture bed clean.Xiao Qi turned his neck and left the prison.

Confirming again that the errands assigned to those Xuanyu guards in the evening have been completed, Xiao Qi went back to the house to cleanse his body of blood, opened his eyes full of energy after not sleeping for a while, and leaped towards the palace gate. go.

When he arrived at Qingluan Palace, Ming Feng came to meet Xiao Qi before he fully opened his eyes.

"Master, Your Highness is still awake..."

"I know, what kind of errand did Shui Jing assign to you to make you wake up so early?"

Xiao Qi was afraid of waking Wei Huai'en, so he didn't even enter the bedroom, so he stood under the steps and whispered to Ming Feng.

"Hey, Aunt Shui Jing didn't say anything, but today is His Highness's big day, and the apprentice is afraid that he won't be able to take care of some urgent matters, so he came here early to serve as a servant."

After Ming Feng finished speaking, he turned his face away hastily, although he suppressed his yawn, Xiao Qi still found out.

"well done."

Xiao Qi helped Ming Feng straighten his hat, and looked at this little boy who had lost his baby fat with relief.

"Thank you for your hard work while I'm away. When you return to the Princess Mansion, you should sleep more."

"Ok!"

Although Ming Feng's stature is not as tall as Xiao Qi's, he has grown rapidly in the past few years. If the servant's voice has not changed much, Xiao Qi can only see the familiar words from Ming Feng's movements of wiping the corners of his eyes every now and then. Looks like a child.

"Master, are you going to leave this time?"

It was rare that he and Xiao Qi had time to talk, Ming Feng hugged Fu Chen and unconsciously wanted to squeeze towards Xiao Qi.Although Xiao Qi was cold-faced and taught him most of the time, he sincerely regarded Xiao Qi as an elder, and at this moment he felt relieved as if he had found a backbone.

Xiao Qi glanced back at the closed bedroom door, and said softly:

"Probably won't leave."

"Great!"

Mingfeng finally remembered to be cautious in his words and deeds for a while, although he was excited, he just clenched his fists and jumped on the spot, and cheered in a voice that couldn't be lowered.

Seeing him excited, Xiao Qi felt a lot more relieved, raised his hand and tapped his eyebrows, pretending to be serious:
"If you're not good at what you do, don't think that you can be lazy when I come back."

"No, no, master, don't worry, the apprentice will remember everything you said..."

Before Ming Feng could finish his courtesy, the door of the palace behind him was opened.

"I knew you must be there."

Wei Huai'en smiled softly at Xiao Qi with his eyes blurred, Ming Feng tactfully hid aside, Xiao Qi stepped forward and carried Wei Huai'en into the hall.

"I'm still a little sleepy, Shui Jing said to come back and call me when the time comes..."

Wei Huai'en yawned lazily and got back under the quilt.

"But if you sleep again, you won't be energetic, Xiao Qi, please talk to me."

"What does Wynn want to hear?"

Xiao Qi sat on the familiar footrest and held her hand, lying on the edge of the bed and staring at her.

"Well... why don't you sit up? It's not comfortable down here."

She struggled to pull him up.

"The bed is too soft, and my official robe will wrinkle. It's fine to sit here."

He kneaded her fingers, and moved to his lips to kiss again.

Wei Huai'en immediately remembered his nonsense before he left last night, so frightened that he immediately woke up, and was about to withdraw his hand from his clutches.But Xiao Qi didn't give her the slightest chance.

"How was tonight?"

He bit the soft flesh on her fingertips lightly one by one, and then put her hands on his face and looked up at her who had already sat up.

"You think beautiful!"

During the day it was a grand ceremony, and at night it was a palace banquet. I still don't know how the group of people who disliked her are going to act like monsters. How can I have time to talk about those nasty things with him?
"Does Your Highness want to renege on the debt?"

Xiao Qi looked up at Wei Huai'en, his thin lips pursed slightly, and half of his face was held in her palm, the slight sadness turned him into glass that could be broken at the touch of a touch, Wei Huai'en said to such eyes Without saying a word.

"...It doesn't mean that."

Although Wei Huai'en's answer sounded like a gnat, it was enough for Xiao Qi, who was staring at her lips, to read it out.

"The slave is not so unreasonable, but if His Highness goes smoothly today, everything will be fine, and if you have free time at night, can you hurt the slave?"

Delicate kisses fell on Wei Huai'en's palms and wrists. He kept looking at her, half begging, half longing.

"Okay, get up quickly, I heard the sound of the water mirror."

She lay down and kissed him on the forehead, rubbed the tip of his nose when he obediently closed his eyes, and touched his lips like a dragonfly.

Obviously he was very dissatisfied with her perfunctory, but Shui Jing had already opened the door and walked in, so he had to get up and step aside.

Wei Huai'en smiled narrowly at him between washing and dressing, and thought he was cute no matter how deflated he was.

Southern Border Old Land Port.

The waterway is twists and turns, and Pei Yi, who has always been used to living on solid land, has been seasick all the time, no matter what kind of folk remedies the watchtower uses, it doesn't help.

But there is also a little advantage, in the few days when the weather is calm, Pei Yi, who is occasionally sober, is only busy eating as much food as possible, and the watchtower never mentions the unresolved issues between them.

"Yi'er, come up."

The boat finally docked, and the other companions talked to each other along the way. At this moment, they finally saw the wife of the jade-faced young gentleman come out of the cabin, and watched Wanglou bend down to get off the boat with Pei Yi on his back. come over.

"Good luck, really good luck."

Another lady who passed behind Pei Yi joked in a moderate voice.

Pei Yi wanted to try her best to disembark by herself, but with so many kind eyes on her, she gave up the idea of ​​fighting with the watchtower at this pass.She also felt a little embarrassed to always reject his kindness.

Just as she was about to lie on his back, another boat entering the port lightly bumped into theirs. Pei Yi lost her balance and threw herself directly on the watchtower who turned her head to look at her at this moment.

The two faces were squeezed together, even though Wang Lou quickly turned his head and turned his back on her, the half of Pei Yi's face that had been pasted by him burned hot, and soon his whole face was red.

The watchtower walked down the board as if nothing had happened, and walked into the city gate with the flow of people, as if it was very familiar with this place, and even said a few words to the owner of the carriage when entering a carriage shop talk.

"Aren't we living in the city? Where else are we going?"

After Wanglou wanted to check carefully the carriage he planned to rent and put Pei Yi down, Pei Yi grabbed his sleeve and asked a question.

She has never been to such a southern border in her life, and Donghai County is not unfamiliar to her because it extends in all directions, but when she came to this unknown small town, she heard the peddlers on the street talking about the southern border that she could not understand at all. Pei Yi was a little apprehensive.

"secret."

The further south you go, Wanglou's temperament fades away from the gloom in the imperial city, and becomes lighter and lighter.At this moment, he squatted down slightly in front of her, pushed the fence she wore before entering the city to create a gap on his head, narrowed his eyes and smiled.

He is the most fox-like person she has ever seen. There are white foxes in the snow in the north, and they are the best at hiding, but if they are well-raised, they will make a cry like a baby from time to time to act like a baby to their master.

"Is Yi'er hungry? Or we can have lunch in the city before leaving. But the place we're going to is not far away, and we'll be there soon, what do you think?"

This angle cast a shadow on the tip of his nose, and his skin was dazzlingly white under the sun, more like the snow fox in Pei Yi's impression.

"Hurry up, I'm fine."

She let go of his sleeves, and waited for him to inspect the inner wall of the carriage carefully, and then inspected the teeth and four hooves of the two horses, and then negotiated the price with the shop owner in Nanjiang dialect.Finally, the boss nodded, collected the money and gave the watchtower a wooden sign, which should be the proof for returning the car.

Wanglou drove his carriage out of the city from another direction, and he didn't forget to buy a copy when he passed by a sweet cake stall.After leaving the city, when Pei Yi got out of the carriage and sat in front with him, she graciously handed the paper bag into her arms.

"Try it, the temperature is just not too sticky to the teeth."

"What is this, rice cake?"

Pei Yi picked up a piece of sweet cake embedded with purple petals and put it in her mouth. It was really sweet and glutinous as he said, and it fell down with the fragrance of flowers.

"Almost, but this kind of taste is only found in southern Xinjiang, and flowers in southern Xinjiang cannot be grown in other places. How about it, does Yi'er like it?"

The two horses were very docile and there was nothing to worry about, so Wanglou turned his head and looked at her with burning eyes.

"...Well, not bad."

Pei Yi lowered her head instantly, as if the remaining pieces of sweet cakes were so delicate that she had to watch them carefully.

"You hid from me all the way, why? Can you tell me now? Pei Yi, did I do something wrong? But obviously... I thought, on Mount Meng..."

Looking down, she could see Watchtower's fingers clasping the wooden board hard. Seeing that a wooden thorn was about to get stuck between his fingers, Pei Yi hurriedly took his hand.

He held her back, and his eyes met. There was no unwillingness, incomprehension, or hysterical mania in his eyes. Pei Yi didn't see half of the rage in him like Duan Wang. , only doubt.

why?Did you lie to me?Or do you not like me anymore?Can you give me an answer?

That was all she read in his eyes.

She suddenly realized that it was wrong for her to treat him in the same way she used to deal with possible quarrels. Avoiding will not solve any conflicts. Even from the moment she decided to escape, she had already predicted the quarrel ending.

But Duan Wang will always be the husband who gives her roof and protection, she doesn't want to and dare not really make him unhappy, but what about in the end?It only made her disheartened, and she gave in every step of the way and finally walked to Stranger Way.

Watchtower waited quietly for her answer.

The shadows of the trees on the roadside are mottled, and it is already scorching summer in southern Xinjiang. The noisy cicadas are heard in the gaps between the horseshoes, and this place is full of vitality.

It's not the northern border, it's not the imperial city, and he's not King Duan.

"...I don't like you."

Maybe he once truly loved someone, and now Pei Yi knows what he cares most about Wanglou's problems.

She heard the watchtower's breathing ease, and she knew she guessed right.

"But sometimes, I always think of Wei Huairen. It's not that I regret leaving the capital with you, no, it's just that we did have very good times..."

When that name came out of Pei Yi's mouth, it seemed like a small sword pierced into the mind of the watchtower, and the resentment that was finally forgotten because she was far away from the imperial city rolled out like water from the gate, and she almost frowned. He interrupted her with a frown.

"Although he and I are completely over, Xing'er will have a good life in the palace, it's not my turn to worry. But I always feel that it may be difficult for me to fall in love with that other person again.

No matter how ruthless Wei Huairen is, he has become a part of my life just like everyone else in the capital.Sometimes I can't help mentioning those days myself, but I'm afraid you won't listen.

I am 22 years old this year. When you came to Duanwang Mansion three years ago, I have been married to Duanwang for four years. In fact, I have a lot of things I want to tell you about the past, such as my days in the north, such as after I came to the capital What I saw and heard..."

Wanglou was silent and only looked at Pei Yi seriously.When she realized that she didn't mention Wei Huairen because of nostalgia, the soaring resentment instantly turned into a vat of sour vinegar.

He couldn't take back the time he missed from Wei Huairen's hands and turn it into something he participated in, and even this jealousy could only be swallowed silently.

　Later Wei Huai'en: What?They said that Xiao Qi did all the bad things?
　　Looking back, Xiao Qi smiled purely.

　　Wei Huai'en: You're lying, how could Xiao Qi do such a thing, they don't want to slander me, baby!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)