Chapter 50 11. Opponent

The prison of the Ministry of punishment. It was dusk, and there was only a small skylight in the prison, which let in rusty sunlight. "This is Su Changsan, the number one scholar in the new division. Master Wei must take good care of him." Ming Jing traveled for three days, but he didn't feel tired at all, and the light in his beautiful eyes was as dazzling as pins and needles. "Zhanyi must do his duty." Wei Zhanyi, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was dressed in a blue official uniform, with natural light eyebrows and red lips, and a jade face that greeted everyone.

"Su Zhuangyuan, please." Wei Zhanyi and Yan Yuese led the way for Su Changshan. Walking to a separate cell at the end of the prison, several jailers came up with iron shackles.Wei Zhanyi seemed to be unable to bear the cold, coughed a few times before saying: "You can't punish a doctor, and you can't be a common man. You shouldn't use iron chains for Su Zhuangyuan, but the champion is both civil and military. I have no strength to restrain a chicken. Fear of the crime of dereliction of duty." His complexion was very bad, and his voice was slow and weak. Su Changshan glanced at the prison leisurely: "Where's the bed?"

Even though Wei Zhanyi was fully prepared, he was startled by Su Changshan's unexpected question. "Give me a big bed." Su Changshan stretched comfortably, and walked into the prison by himself. "Bring a big bed for Su Zhuangyuan." Wei Zhanyi quickly recovered his expression, and ordered the jailers, and he himself followed into the prison: "If Su Zhuangyuan needs anything else, just ask Zhanyi." Following his footsteps, several jailers immediately stepped forward to shackle Su Changshan. "In the future, we will both be officials in the court, and we must rely more on Su Zhuangyuan to take care of us." Wei Zhanyi said pleasantly.

"You have been in the third year of Daye, how do you feel in the officialdom these four years?" Su Changshan patted the dust on the stone bench, and sat down gracefully. "Sour and bitter." Wei Zhanyi answered seriously. "With the talent of the number one scholar, it is more suitable to explore the elegance of flowers. The amazing talent that day was so brilliant, but in four years, it has become a deep pool of restraint." Su Changshan just glanced at Wei Zhanyi. The cyan official uniform still outlines the silhouette of a beauty, and the clear candles are flickering, but the artistic conception is deep and desolate.

Wei Zhanyi still said pleasantly: "My luck is no better than Tanhua at the South Gate - to be protected by noble people to turn danger into good luck. Zhanyi is alone, just trying to survive." "Nanmen Ruoyu is an idiot," Su Changshan said with a yawn, "The nobleman you are talking about... Jun Wuyi is also an idiot. The two of you and I can talk much simpler." "Okay." Wei Zhanyi smiled faintly, making people feel like he was under the misty moonlight: "The case of Yuwen Zhong involves a lot of things. Entrusted by General Yuwen, Zhanyi prepared a treat for Su Zhuangyuan."

The guards brought a big bed, Wei Zhanyi coughed lightly and raised his hand, motioning for them to remove the straw: "Su Zhuangyuan, it's getting dark, I need to light some candles." He personally lit the candles one by one, turned his head and said with a light brow: "The moon cuts the candles in the west window, and the bosom friend grows up at the knees... In fact, no matter the friend or foe, we can talk at the knees." Seeing Su Changshan turn around with his hands behind his back, Wei Zhanyi flicked the candle lightly: "I have been honest and self-reliant for four years in the court, but unfortunately, there will be no other four years."

Su Changshan didn't speak.His medical skills are not low, and he has seen that Wei Zhanyi will not live for three years. "Zhanyi knows that he can't live for three years." Wei Zhanyi's smile is still clear and moving: "But, Su Zhuangyuan, you can't live for three days." When he said the last word, a few wisps of blue smoke suddenly rose from the candle, and the candle was completely extinguished in the darkness. We couldn't see each other in the prison, and we could only hear Wei Zhanyi's words with a faint smile: "Su Zhuangyuan is a bright person, isn't he used to such darkness?"

"Brightness is of course comfortable, but if there is only light, it will be too tiring." Su Changshan said leisurely: "When I sleep, naturally the darker the better." "Su Lang has a good temper." The clear voice was faint, like a silk thread pulled out from the darkness: "I have a few things to tell you... First thing, General Yuwen sent fifteen carts of gold to my old house the day before yesterday; The second thing is that I met the Turkic prince, this person has ambitions for the world, but not only the world, he is someone I admire." Su Changshan rested his head on the comfortable big bed: "With Yu Wenhua's current status, there is no need to make such a risky move. He will definitely find someone to do it on his behalf. What I don't understand is, how could he trust you? "

"Whoever wants to ride the wind for thousands of miles needs to rely on horses for strength." Wei Zhanyi greeted people kindly: "As long as the horse can travel thousands of miles, what does it matter whether it is loyal or not?" "Well said." Su Changshan yawned: "Then, a person like you really acts for fifteen carts of gold?" There was a moment of silence in the darkness. Wei Zhanyi coughed a few times, and continued softly: "The third thing, I found a cousin who is good at lightness kung fu, and I went to the Shenfang Palace of Jun Guifei a few days ago."

"The matter was not done beautifully enough. Or - it's because General Jun's character is too beautiful." He expressed regret: "The living may not be able to keep secrets, so I used a bowl of rice wine mixed with poison to make him shut up. The dead body was thrown into the hunting ground of the imperial city to feed the wolves—his parents came to the yamen to look for their missing son, and asked someone to see me. I brought back three packs of silver sandfish from Luoyang this spring, two of which were given to them, and sent them six packs. Go away with peace of mind in a few days—counting the time, it is today.” He described the murder of his relatives as if a sick scholar was carefully considering the words of a good poem, fragile and elegant.

"There is also a pack of silver sandfish, which I gave to Zhuo Yun before." Wei Zhanyi's face with a chuckle seemed to be broken if he touched it: "This young man respects me like a father and brother, and he has nothing to say to me—so I I know his love for Princess Lanling, and I also know his hatred for Ashina Yongyi. The toxicity of 'Chang' is so slow that it can make people die of heart failure. You can't even test it. Go see him in prison. One day, he just happened to be poisoned... Once he dies, the crime of bullying the king will naturally be indisputable for General Jun." The moment the words fell, Wei Zhanyi's throat was pinched! "Cough, cough..." Wei Zhan gasped as he took off his clothes, but his voice seemed to be laughing: "I told you... all of these... only one kind of person... deserves to hear..." dead. Only the dead deserve to hear all the secrets. "One more thing..." Wei Zhanyi's panting became smaller and smaller, and the last sentence was almost inaudible: "The candle... has been... lit..." There was a slight burning sound of the candle near his hand, Su Changshan felt the temperature of the candle at this moment, but the surroundings were pitch black. A kind of conspiracy damp filled the prison, Su Changshan threw the unconscious Wei Zhanyi on the ground, tentatively stretched out his hand towards the temperature, the back of his hand shrank heavily from the flames! Water droplets fell from the prison wall, and the field of vision was full of solidified darkness. Even in a pitch-black prison, it would not be so purely dark, not to mention, the prison cell has windows—— "Come quickly!" The cell door was opened, and the guards shouted: "Su Zhuangyuan killed Master Wei!" "Master Wei! Master Wei! Wake up..." The chaotic footsteps of the guards poured into the cell, Su Changshan closed his eyes and opened them again, but it was still pitch black.The wind of the knife blew past his ears, and he struggled to break free from the iron chain—suddenly, he was drenched in cold sweat with pain, and all nineteen links of the iron chain were suddenly activated! ——There were nineteen bone-penetrating nails hidden in the chain in advance, piercing fiercely into his wrist bones and knees! Su Changshan fell to the ground, his joints were chain-locked, each of them hit the acupuncture points and bone seams, and the bone-stitching pain like a storm swept across his whole body in an instant! The swords and swords all greeted him, but there was only a loud "crack" when the root of the iron chain was cut off, and Su Chang's shirt had been picked up. "Turkic people! It's Turkic people!" The yells of the jailers and the sound of swords and swords were intertwined.The shock during the fight, every movement caused severe bone erosion pain, Su Changshan's consciousness was blurred by the pain, and his chest was completely soaked with sweat and blood from the woman's back. I don't know how long it took, the coolness penetrated into the excruciatingly painful limbs and bones, and Su Changshan knew with his residual consciousness that he had been carried out of the prison. "Su Tong!" Wuhu's anxious voice came from next to his ear: "You hold on... When you get to a safe place, I will pull out the bone-penetrating nail for you..." The woman who was carrying him slowed down. Su Changshan's throat was filled with the smell of rust and blood, and he was hoarse and speechless.Nineteen joints of the whole body were nailed through the bones. Hands, arms, legs, feet... every inch of bone was being tortured, and the woman's voice sounded gradually distant. "No," Jiuzhou put the man down decisively: "Wait another half an hour, I'm afraid he will die of pain. Right here - pull out the bone-penetrating nail." Tears welled up in Wuhu's eyes.Bone-piercing nails were pierced into the joints. It is said that it was the punishment of the cult Wumist Sect to the traitor disciples. It was a more cruel method than Ling Chi—four bone-piercing nails were hit on the knees and arms. He was abolished by the leader because of his cruelty. Jiuzhou unbuttoned the skirt of Su Changshan, took out the dagger in his arms, and slashed at the swollen and blue joints. Where the knife fell, there was blood. Wuhu's shoulders trembled slightly, and he turned his head away. Every time the dagger was lowered, Su Changshan twitched, only the most instinctive resistance of the muscles and bones to the cruel and severe pain in the semi-consciousness. Kyushu's clothes were also soaked with blood and sweat. When he handed the nineteen blood-stained bone-penetrating nails to Wuhu's hands, Kyushu collapsed a little weakly: "...Wuhu, help him tie up the wound." "Why do people from the Central Plains have such a cruel weapon for hurting people..." Wuhu threw the bone-piercing nail on the ground, choked up and began to bandage the wound. "The key is not the weapon used to hurt people, but the method of hurting people." Jiuzhou rested for a moment, raised his eyes and said: "It is impossible to install bone-penetrating nails on the iron chain without superb mechanical skills. The only one who can make this kind of mechanism is the weapon master Duan Mutong." The pure darkness is like a deep pool, and the coldness spreads over the top of the head. "If you can invite Master Duanmu, Wei Zhanyi's ability is not limited to conspiracy." A trace of sternness flashed across Jiuzhou's phoenix eyes. The night wind was piercing, and there were no stars or moons around the wilderness, only ink-like darkness splashed on the earth. Wuhu looked at the painful eyebrows in Su Changshan's restless sleep, looked at the blood oozing from the cloth, wanted to touch it, but couldn't bear it; wanted to withdraw her hand, but couldn't bear to take it back—she didn't know how to relieve him The pain, dare not move rashly, dare not stay still, full of contradictions and anxiety. Suddenly, only a hoarse voice escaped from the chapped lips: "Mother..." Wuhu was stunned for a moment, and his whole body softened.In the desolate summer night when the cicadas were singing, she once looked up to the man who was like a god, but he was only a nineteen-year-old boy. Such a low murmur hit the weakest part of her life sourly. At this moment, Wuhu believed that in her whole life, even if she had such admiration again, she would never have so much, such tenderness, and such deep pity. "..." Wuhu touched Su Changshan's sweaty forehead.He is merciless to the enemy, but he doesn't carry a weapon, and he hasn't really killed anyone... He likes to sleep, be leisurely and comfortable, and I'm afraid he has never suffered such a crime—— Thinking of this, Wuhu's heart was pinched by a hand so painfully that the heart lake wrinkled into a pool of spring water. Jiuzhou sighed, only thought for a moment, and mercilessly picked up the unconscious Su Changshan, and said to Wuhu: "We can't stay here for long, we will rush to the general's mansion immediately, and give Su Tangyuan to General Jun." Wuhu's eyes were red: "But he looks like this..." "Don't forget our mission." Jiuzhou calmly cut off her words: "This is already a private action. If you don't want His Highness's years of planning to go to waste, start immediately." There was silence outside the general's mansion, and two guards stood with swords in their hands.Jiuzhou walked forward with the person on her back, and immediately two steel knives were placed around her neck. "We want to see General Jun." Kyushu said in a deep voice. "The general has rested, and no one is seen." The soldiers guarding the gate are well-trained. "Su Tong was seriously injured, tell General Jun to come out!" Wuhu was about to stab the soldier anxiously, but was suppressed by Kyushu: "Please pass it on, Su Tangyuan is outside." "As I said, the general has already rested, and no one is seen." The soldier's knife was cold and merciless. Kyushu secretly pressed Wuhu's hand, turned around and left. The sound of the watch came from far away on the street, Jiuzhou walked quickly for a whole street with Su Changshan on his back, and then stopped: "Did you hear the sound?" Wuhu turned his head in surprise, and looked at Kyushu again. "There are a large number of people on the move." Jiuzhou's phoenix eyes focused: "There are at least two thousand people. The Zuoyi Guards are indeed well-trained, and thousands of people can be so concealed at night—" "what do you mean……" "I suspect that General Jun is not in the mansion at all." Jiuzhou took a deep breath: "Someone is using his general orders to deploy troops. I'm afraid, he can't protect himself now." It is taboo for generals to deploy troops without reason. Wuhu seemed to feel the cold: "What on earth is Wei Zhanyi trying to do——Your Highness shouldn't have cooperated with such a terrible person in the first place." "It is better to choose a dangerous enemy than an incompetent opponent." Jiuzhou looked directly at her: "The fourteen silver shadow knights in the grassland have never been timid." She looked back at Wuhu coldly: "As long as you don't cause trouble for His Highness." Wuhu's face turned pale. "Then what should we do now?" Wuhu knew she was in the wrong. In order to save Su Changshan, she involved Kyushu in this matter... Now, they are putting themselves in danger, and their whole body will be affected by the slightest pull. He weighed the sleeping trouble on his back, and Jiuzhou shook his head: "The jailers all saw us saving people, so they can't take him back to the post house." "You go back first, and let His Highness prepare for tonight's accident." Wu Hu bit his lips: "I will take Su Tong to hide for a while, and wait for him to wake up." Kyushu pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Okay, let's split up." Fourteen Silver Shadow rides decisively and rarely procrastinates, and women are no exception.Jiuzhou immediately handed over Su Changshan to Wuhu: "I will go back and answer my orders first, and I will come to meet you immediately after receiving His Highness's instructions." When dawn broke, Su Changshan woke up. "Su Tong! Su Tong..." Wuhu called him in surprise, only to see that he opened his eyes with some difficulty, but the first sentence was a hoarse voice: "Drive the beetle away..." Wuhu was stunned, and Su Changshan added weakly: "On my lap." It turned out that two flower beetles that got up in the grass in the morning landed on his lap to take a nap, Wuhu rushed to chase the insects, and the two flower beetles flew away with wings. "You... what do you think?" Wuhu looked at him nervously, there seemed to be clear streams of water in his crescent-like eyes. "Uncomfortable." Su Changshan answered truthfully. Wuhu's eyes were suddenly clouded with distress, but he heard Su Changshan say: "I can't turn over after sleeping all night, it's so uncomfortable." "You..." For a moment, Wuhu only felt that the young man on the ground was very hateful, and she didn't know whether to be annoyed or laugh. "It was you who saved me?" Su Changshan regained his strength a bit, and his voice was lazily flattened: "The hero wakes up injured, and there is always a beautiful woman by his side—it seems that I not only fell into the trap of Wei Zhanyi trap, and fell into the cliché of storytelling." Wuhu blushed: "Don't talk nonsense..." Her voice became lower and lower, Su Changshan didn't know that she remembered what happened last night, and he didn't see the blush on the girl's face. "Help me find a crutch." Su Changshan said kindly, "It's three feet long." "You can't move around now." Wu Hu was a little anxious: "The joint was injured by a bone penetrating nail, and it can't be healed in a day or two—" "I know." Su Changshan still said patiently: "But my eyes can't see." Wuhu looked at Su Changshan in astonishment, wondering if he was playing tricks again, and finally, she stretched out her hand and shook it in front of him—— The eyes under the finger did not respond. His eyes seemed to be leisurely looking at the distant sky, but he couldn't see the fingers in front of him. "Your eyes...!" Wuhu trembled. "I heard that 'burning heart' and 'red silk' are added to candles, and the candle smoke can blind people." Su Changshan's tone was flat, as if he was just talking about a fact that had nothing to do with him: "Wei Zhanyi A few candles were lit in the prison, and I could no longer see them when the candles were extinguished, but unfortunately I didn’t notice—” He shook his head: “I will be confused, just because it’s the first time I meet someone who is so cruel to me. people." There is no cure for "burning heart" and "red silk". If Wei Zhanyi was still alive, he would not be able to see him anymore.Sacrificing one's own eyes just to steal the light of the opponent... It is really a misfortune to be chosen as an enemy by such a person. Su Changshan looks at the dark void, Jun Wuyi's talent is the most outstanding in military affairs, but in terms of political sophistication, he is not as good as Yu Wenhuaji; in terms of ruthlessness and skill, he is not Wei Zhanyi's opponent. Now, the only way - A drop of water landed on the back of Su Changshan's hand, pulling him back from his meditation. The teardrops shattered and formed a cool watermark, Wuhu looked at Su Changshan with teary eyes, tears fell one by one. Su Changshan gently wiped away the tears: "A woman's tears should not fall on the back of a man's hand." Wu Hu sniffled and heard him say slowly: "Tears cannot fall into a man's heart. This man is not worthy of your tears."