I do fortune-telling in ancient astrology

The prison in Tingwei's Mansion was dark and dimly lit. Hearing someone coming, there were cries of grievances in the prison one after another, and the screams of being tortured and the clanging of torture tools could be vaguely heard.

Chen Xinan walked forward silently, feeling timid involuntarily.

There was a mixed stench of various smells in the prison, and she didn't dare to look around until the jailer behind her unlocked the iron lock of a cell door and let her in.

Chen Xinan entered carefully, for fear of bumping into something unclean. She stepped on the wet, moldy and smelly straw and accidentally slipped. At this moment, the prison door was locked again, and the sound of the iron lock hitting the iron door Chen Xinan was so frightened.

"Who's coming to see me?"

Chen Rui, king of Yingchuan, was left with nothing but a white inner garment, and his hair was missing. His hair was in a mess, and he sat cross-legged on the straw mat with his head bowed and cross-legged. Hearing the sound, he raised his head and glanced silently.

"Why did you come in too? Didn't I ask you to protect your elder brother and second brother?" Chen Rui's voice was thick and full of vicissitudes after a hero's death.

"Father..." Chen Xinan kneeled stiffly in front of Chen Rui.

Chen Rui's cloudy eyes stared at him fiercely, and asked, "Failed?"

"My daughter is useless! I didn't save my brothers. His Majesty ordered them to be imprisoned and await their punishment." Chen Xinan's voice trembled slightly, and his voice was choked.

Chen Rui straightened his back, clenched his fists tightly, and would swallow Chen Xinan alive in the next moment, he roared: "Didn't Wei Mingji already promise to let them go? How could he be imprisoned?!"

"Father! Wei Mingji never thought of marrying me, nor did he promise to let his brothers go. I lied to my father!" Chen Xinan burst into tears, and Chen Rui punched Chen Xinan's face fiercely, cursing Said: "You useless bastard! How dare you lie to me!"

Chen Xinan covered his mouth and teeth and slowly got up from the ground, knelt upright, and cried slowly: "My daughter is incompetent, and my father and brothers are troubled!"

Chen Rui's upper body suddenly leaned forward, his hands tightly wrapped around Chen Xinan's neck, his cloudy eyes were about to fly out of their sockets, "You bitch! Half of your father's foundation has been ruined in your hands!"

Chen Xinan's face was pale, and he opened his mouth wide, trying to breathe hard, but he couldn't catch his breath. He twisted and struggled hard, but he couldn't break free from his father, who was as strong as an ox.

Before being pinched to death by his father, a stone flew in from the fence and hit Chen Rui on the back of his hand. Chen Rui suffered so much that he let his daughter go.

The cell door opened, and a figure as long as a bamboo walked in, with clanging steps, the robe on his body fluttering in the wind, the dim light shone from behind him, and a hazy light and shadow appeared on his figure, like a ghost appearing in the twilight night.

Chen Rui couldn't see the face of the person who came, but he could guess who he was from his menacing aura.

Chen Rui stood up, saluted the visitor respectfully, and said loudly: "General Wei! You and I are not enemies, blame me for being greedy, and shouldn't covet the Yangdi army with the obsession of the past. You speak for our father and son in front of His Majesty Say good things, let us father and son go, we Chen family is willing to repay the general wholeheartedly."

"Chen Rui, you haven't woken up yet!"

Wei Mingji let out a long, sinister smile, strode forward, swiped his sword against Chen Rui's neck, and said angrily: "In order to find the secret order Pei, the evidence of murdering Prince Chu's son and Nanyang Hou has become clear, and the secret order Pei will take it!" When you got it, you ran to His Majesty to ask for the Yangdi Army. Even if you used to be a general of General Zhao Yu and had special feelings for the Yangdi Army, how should you explain the murder of Tu Lushan? Do you think it was blamed on Huang Duwei? Are you all right? Your Majesty thinks that all signs indicate that King Yingchuan and his son intend to rebel, and the crime is unforgivable!"

Chen Ruifa took two steps back trembling, but Wei Mingji pressed on every step of the way, the blade was only half an inch away from his throat, as long as Wei Mingji shook his hand, he could pierce Chen Rui's throat.

Chen Rui said fearfully: "Wei Mingji, this is Ting Wei's Mansion, even if I have committed a heinous crime, I should be judged by the court and then executed, not you who lynch me here!"

"Don't!" Chen Xinan got up, hugged Wei Mingji's leg, and cried, "Please don't kill my father, it's my fault, I shouldn't have fallen in love with you, otherwise my father wouldn't use you."

There was a fierce light in Wei Mingji's eyes, and he swung his sword down in an instant, scratching Chen Xinan's hand. Chen Xinan let out a cry of surprise, and let go of Wei Mingji in an instant.

Seeing him putting his sword back into its sheath, Chen Rui finally relaxed and took a deep breath, and said unwillingly, "You have already accepted my family's dowry and Xinan as your concubine. According to the etiquette, you should also respect my father-in-law!"

Wei Mingji turned his eyes, looked at him, and said coldly: "What a big joke, how can I take a concubine before I get married? Not to mention that the empress dowager has not yet passed her filial piety. If I intercepted your daughter in her wedding dress along the way Report the matter of your family members and court officials to His Majesty, do you think your father and son will be more guilty?"

"Wei Mingji!" Chen Rui yelled, "You and I have no grievances, why are you planning to harm me!"

Wei Mingji's eyes were cold, and he said again: "You and I have no grievances, but you have enmity with the soldiers of the 16 Yangdi Army! You have enmity with the people of Yingchuan! Sixteen years ago, you secretly colluded with He Zheng, the governor of Jizhou. The city of Yingchuan was destroyed, the people in the city were slaughtered, General Zhao Yu was killed, and the souls of 16 soldiers of the Yangdi Army drifted to Yingchuan City. Now the Yangdi Army is a strong force in my Shangdu Prefecture. General Xie's subordinates, I have the responsibility to clear up their injustice [-] years ago!"

"That's how it is!" Chen Rui suddenly realized, he thumped his stuffy chest, and said: "But at that time, the situation forced He Zheng to invade Yingchuan with an army of 20. Before Yingchuan, He Zheng had already occupied a large area of ​​the city. Everyone is looking for a way out, I am not alone in Yingchuan's disaster, why are you holding me alone?"

Wei Mingji said coldly: "When did I only hold you alone? I came to the capital when I was ten years old, and this year has been a full ten years. During these ten years, I have killed a lot of He Zheng's remnants, including those who had an affair with He Zheng back then." People. I will not let anyone related to He Zheng go, dig out one and kill the other, and I will never tolerate it!"

Chen Rui trembled, "After the death of General Zhao Yu, I have already regretted it. General Lu Yi led the army to support Yingchuan. General Lu Yi and I repelled the enemy together. We have already made great contributions in the chaos of Yingchuan. These years, I have been loyal to His Majesty, and I have also tried my best to appease and take care of the descendants of the dead soldiers of the Yangdi Army."

"At the beginning of the establishment of Shangdu Mansion, I did my best to support you, General. As long as the general needed horses, food, ordnance, and money, when would I shirk half of it? I admire the general's talent, and I want to marry my little girl You, and the right to guard Yingchuan City as a dowry, why can't the general understand my painstaking efforts?"

Wei Mingji let out a long laugh, the laughter was sinister, making Chen Rui feel fear, Chen Xinan choked and looked at Wei Mingji who was smiling slyly with fearful and puzzled eyes.

The laughter stopped, Wei Mingji stepped forward and grabbed Chen Rui's collar, and said bitterly: "The reason why you are willing to join forces to defend against the enemy after seeing General Lu is because you have no way out at that time!"