Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen

There is a row of dark rooms piled up with sundries in Beiwu. Wei Changan ordered someone to open a room and brought Lin Lang in.The little eunuch brought a chair, and Wei Changan sat down at the door. Lin Lang felt quiet at this moment, and stood there silently. Wei Chang'an coughed, and said, "Why bother, I'll give you a happy confession as well. If you insist on not opening your mouth like this, you're just suffering more flesh and blood." Lin Lang said: "Master An's order only said that I confessed, and that I could be hit forty times. Besides, I didn't do this thing, so I won't beat you to it."

Wei Chang'an couldn't help turning his head back, and smiled at the little eunuch standing behind him: "Listen to this sharp mouth..." Turning his face, the smile on his face gradually faded: "So, you want to toast and not eat Have you had a penalty drink?" Lin Lang said slowly: "Wei Wenda, I don't know whether you are really confused or pretending to be confused about today's matter. You are such a smart person, you must have known that I was framed by others, I just don't know Who did I offend, and asked them to deal with me so cruelly. It's just that Wei Wenda is already the head of the respect room, I don't know why you have to come to this troubled water in your capacity."

Wei Chang'an might as well have said something like this, he was taken aback for a moment, then Fang smiled and said: "There is something in your words, you really have a sharp mouth, but it's a pity that you have become a thief. Today, I witnessed people's stolen goods and Huo, it's useless for you to deny it. Master An has already spoken, even if I beat you to death with forty boards today, it's your fate, and you can't stand the forty boards." Lin Lang didn't say a word, Wei Changan only felt that she was not afraid. At this moment, a young eunuch hurried in: "Wei Wenda, Master Rong has something to send to you."

Wei Changan quickly stood up and ordered: "Lock her here, and ask me when I come back." There was no window in that room, and when the door was closed, only a ray of light came in through the crack of the door.It took Linlang a long time before she could see things clearly.He groped his way to the wall and sat down on the messy footrest.Then Wei Changan went for a long time but did not come back, but no one else came either. She remembered when she was very young, probably in spring, the peach blossoms bloomed so well, and the red branches slanted outside the wall.The girl came in with broken branches and flowers in a bottle, but told her in a low voice: "The master is angry, and punished Donglang to kneel in the Buddhist hall." Everyone has strict rules, and the maids and mothers will follow when they go out and go to the old lady's house. Going in, he couldn't help slowing down before passing the Buddhist hall, only to see that the doors were locked tightly, and the servants serving Rong Ruo were standing outside dejectedly.After all, it was the old lady who told me to come out for dinner.

Fang came in to see her the next day, and said, "It's dark in that room, it's winter, if you were, you'd be scared to cry." He only smiled slightly: "I won't sneak out of the city with my servants, how could I be caught? Punishment to kneel in the Buddhist hall?" The eleven-year-old boy's eyes are as bright as the most beautiful starlight in the sky: "Sister Lin, as long as I am here, I will take care of you in this life, and I will never let anyone lock you up in a dark room." The room was stuffy and it was getting hot gradually. She took out the handkerchief to wipe off the sweat, but she didn't want the handkerchief to be faintly stained with a strange fragrance.It only takes one star of the best ambergris, and the fragrance can linger in the palace for several days.There is always ambergris burning in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, so the royal clothes always carry this faint fragrance.It was pitch black on all sides, making the fragrance even more abrupt.She tucked the veil back into her sleeve.

She was alone in this dark room, and she didn't know how long it had passed. She just felt as if January and a year were over. Seeing the sunlight in the gap between the doors, gradually dimming, it was probably getting late, but Wei Changan didn't did not return. Someone on the door knocked lightly on the door panel, and she hurriedly stood up, but it was Yun Chu's voice: "Lin Lang." He asked in a low voice, "Are you inside?" Lin Lang hurried to the door: " I'm here." Yun Chu said: "What's the matter? As soon as I heard about it, I took a leave of absence to come to see you, and finally begged those two father-in-laws to let me come and talk to you."

Lin Lang said: "Go quickly, this is not a place to talk, I don't have to implicate you." Yunchu said: "It's so good, what's the matter. I went back and heard that you and Huazhu came to visit me, but they didn't meet me. After noon, my sister came to visit Master Duan, and happened to be talking about doing the Qing Palace, so I found out. It turned out that something happened to you." Lin Lang said: "Yun Chu, you go, it will really hurt you if people see it." Yun Chu asked: "Who are you offending?" Lin Lang said: "I don't know." Yun Chu said: "You really Confused, if you are in front of the emperor, you must have offended others, or else, Long Live God treats you very well."

For some reason, Linlang suddenly recalled that day when the emperor handed over the handkerchief. The gauze cover outside the lamp was embroidered with light golden dragon patterns, and the light dimmed yellow to reflect the emperor's hands, which were clear and clean, showing strength.The veil was held in his hand lightly, but suddenly it seemed to be extremely heavy.Distraught, she sighed softly: "How can Lord Long Live treat me so well?" Yun Chu said: "I don't want to say much here, just one thing - I heard people say that Wei Chang'an is a distant relative of Master An, did you offend Master An?"

Lin Lang said: "I am a little maid, and I have only been in front of the imperial court for more than a month. How can I meet with Master An?" She was afraid that people would see her, so she kept urging Yun Chu to leave, saying: "You take the risk to come and see me. I can only keep in mind, you go quickly, I don’t have to implicate you.” Yun Chu knew that there was nothing he could do, so he refused repeatedly, and suddenly heard the eunuch coughing twice in the corridor, which was the signal to Yun Chu, indicating that someone should come up.Lin Lang was taken aback, and Yun Chu hurried away.

Lin Lang heard the sound of footsteps approaching, obviously there was more than one person, and wondered if Wei Changan had returned, thinking in her heart, only heard a clang, the lock had been unlocked, and the door was pushed open, Lin Lang saw the sky outside was gray and twilight. All around, the eunuchs in the corridor far away are already lighting up the lamps.The little eunuchs surrounded Wei Chang'an, his face was also dark and unclear when the night rose.Then Wei Chang'an didn't sit down anymore, he just stood at the door and said: "With this half hour of effort, you should have thought it through enough. It's better to admit it quickly, and you will get through those forty boards."

Lin Lang only said: "I didn't steal it, I will never admit it." Hearing what she said, Wei Changan winked at the little eunuch.Two young eunuchs came forward, Lin Lang forced herself to be calm, and let them push her to the backyard.Wei Chang'an said slowly: "Old rules, from the back to the legs, just don't hit the face." An eunuch took beef tendon and bound Lin Lang's hands.They had all come out of the way of tying people up long ago, with twisted tendons, even a strong man who is five big and three thick can't move.Wrapping the tendon around Lin Lang's wrist and pulling it hard, bruises slowly floated up on the slender white wrist. The emperor returned to the palace at the beginning of the Xu Dynasty, and Huazhu came up to wait for changing clothes.The emperor took off the crown and belt of the court clothes, replaced the court clothes with the bright yellow nine dragons and twelve chapters, and wore a homely crimson robe with two dragons and dark brocades, and his expression was slightly tired.After passing the dim sum, Fang Jing came up to serve tea, the emperor suddenly remembered, and said casually: "Tell Lin Lang to go to the imperial tea room, and pass the almond cheese." Fang Jing said: "Back to Lord Long Live, Lin Lang violated the rules, so she was locked up in the respect room." The emperor asked: "Break the rules? What rules did you break?" Fang Jing said: "The slave doesn't know." The emperor called: "Li Dequan!" Li Dequan hurried in, and the emperor asked him: "What rule did Lin Lang break?" Li Dequan went out of the palace with his guards today, and he didn't know about it when he just came back, so he couldn't figure it out.Hua Zhu couldn't help but said: "Long live Lord, just ask Wei Wenda." The emperor didn't ask her, and it was extremely unruly for her to speak rashly, so Li Dequan was so anxious that he gave her winks.Fortunately, the emperor didn't care about it, he just said: "Then call Wei Chang'an." But it was Feng Sijing, the eunuch on duty in the respect room, who came back and said: "Long live, Wei Wenda has gone on an errand." Li Dequan hurriedly said: "Idiot, why should he go on an errand, why don't you find him soon?" Feng Sijing hurriedly After kowtowing, he was about to leave, but the emperor stopped him: "Wait a minute, it's the same for you." Seeing that the emperor was standing with his hands behind his back, Li Dequan looked peaceful and could not see any clues, so he asked Feng Sijing, "Lin Lang, who is serving tea, said that she broke the rules and asked you to lock up the respect room, what's going on?" Feng Sijing said: "Linlang stole something, and according to Master An's order, she locked it up at the Fifth North Office." Li Dequan asked, "Stealing, what did you steal?" Feng Sijing replied, "It's the green one from Long Live Lord." Emerald fingers. Wei Wenda took people to find it out of Linlang's box, and got the stolen goods." The emperor said "Oh", and said calmly, "She didn't steal the finger ring, but I gave it to her as a reward." Suddenly everyone in the hall became embarrassed, the air seemed to seep glue, and people gradually became breathless.Feng Sijing kowtowed his head in a bluff, and his tone was quite reluctant: "Long Live Lord, this reward is not recorded." In general, if the emperor has a reward, it must be recorded in the respect room, and reward someone for something on a certain day of the year something.Feng Sijing never expected that the emperor would say such a thing, cold sweat dripped from his forehead in great shock, and he was terrified in his heart. The emperor glanced at Li Dequan, and Li Dequan quickly knelt down and said, "It was because of my negligence that I forgot to tell the recorder of the respect room." Everyone in the hall was very embarrassed. Since the jade wrench is a royal item, it is naturally priceless.What's more, the emperor has been used to wearing it since he was young and learned to ride and shoot. It has always been the emperor's favorite thing, and he never leaves it with him, but he gave it to a court lady when he was leisurely.Everyone wondered about the articles in it, but they didn't dare to show any strange colors.Feng Sijing didn't even dare to think about it. In the end, Li Dequan said softly to Feng Sijing: "Since Linlang didn't steal anything, why don't you ask someone to release it?" Feng Sijing was already sweating so much that even his clothes were drenched, he felt cold under his ribs, and even his teeth seemed to be rattling.With a sound of "嗻", he walked back and summoned the little eunuch outside the hall: "Quick, quick, come with me to the North Fifth Institute."