my demon

Chapter 31 One Thought of Goodness

The universe, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars are everything.

The sky and the ground, the wind and the sun, the clouds rushing backwards, Xiao Yan thought a lot this day, and he felt for the first time that he is not just the so-called "son of heaven" in the palace, the world is too big .

When he returned to the palace city, it was already dark, Xiao Yan changed his clothes, and said to Lich, "Unfortunately, there are no flowers, I will let them plant flowers."

The Lich said: "I just sprinkled some flower seeds from our hometown in the air, I don't know if it will survive, give it a try."

Xiao Yan was overjoyed: "It would be great if it could really be opened."

The Lich said: "Well, it is the most common and easiest flower to grow in our place. It is called Silver Star Grass. According to legend, it is formed by the Goddess of the Stars. It grows into pieces as soon as it grows. Many basic potions use this herb. But it is not a magical plant, a flower seed given to me by an elf friend in the past, saying that it is to see if I can live in the realm of the dead."

Xiao Yan asked: "Is it alive?"

The Lich said: "No."

Xiao Yan: "..."

He didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only say: "Your elf friend is so kind to you, did he give you the sword too?"

The lich said: "My mother is half of the elf blood. I am not in good health and often go to the elf forest to recuperate. Therefore, I have many elf elders and elf friends. The sword is a birthday present from the elf queen."

Xiao Yan was slightly fascinated, but when he heard movement outside, he stood up and lifted the curtain to go out, and saw Wu Zhishu from the Cifu Palace coming, and saluted Xiao Yan: "The servant has seen the emperor, and the empress dowager sent the servant over to say two things. Firstly, the Dragon Boat Festival is the day after tomorrow, and the Palace will hold a Dragon Boat Festival banquet as usual, to entertain the ministers and family members, when the time comes, the Empress Dowager wants to meet Marquis Cheng En and discuss about the wedding."

Xiao Yan said: "My mother is not feeling well, and I have to deal with the Dragon Boat Festival and my son's wedding. I feel guilty and panic, and I also ask my father-in-law to invite my mother to take care of you. As for the meeting with Marquis Chengen, I will call for the Dragon Boat Festival. Just meet him."

Wu Zhishu said with a smile: "My servant will remember it, and the empress will be pleased. The second thing is a trivial matter, that is, He Chang'an, the chief eunuch of Ziwei Palace. Someone accused him of corruption, accepting bribes, arranging fellow countrymen to facilitate violation of palace rules, and selling them off privately." The antiques in the emperor's internal treasury and other illegal activities have now been verified and received by the Department of Punishment, and are still under scrutiny. The empress dowager said that Ziwei Palace will let the slaves take care of it for a few days, and the emperor will forgive the slaves for a few days, and immediately replace you Pick a good manager."

Xiao Yan was taken aback, although he knew that the Empress Dowager Sun would have to interrogate He Changan carefully... But such a crime is a crime that must surely lead to death. Besides, the internal treasury is supervised by Ziwei Palace Chief Eunuch in name, but in fact it is still the Supervisor of Ceremonies Gao Yuanling palmed over there,

Does Gao Yuanling care about his subordinates?

He nodded but then asked: "He Dajian has served me for many years, he is usually honest and honest, is it someone who framed him..."

Wu Zhishu laughed: "The emperor is kind. The empress dowager was also taken aback. She didn't believe it at first. She just said that she would hold it up first and ordered someone to check it. In the end, she searched He Changan's room carefully. Your majesty, you don't know. There are a lot of gold, silver and jewels hidden! Even his house outside the capital was confiscated. He has a shop and a house on the imperial street. It is said that all of them used the banner of the emperor to seize his wife's property. The evidence is convincing , under the name of his adopted son."

Xiao Yan was silent for a while and thought to himself, among these chief servants, which one does not have a house, shop and adopted son outside, and goes out to enjoy himself outside when he is not on duty, that is all like a rich man. Countless people give him gifts, let alone him. Seeing Wu Zhishu's leather jacket and the suede fur he wore in winter, all of which are full of big hair, they are extremely valuable, which one can stand the investigation?

He thought for a while and then explained: "He Dajian's shop and house on Yujie, I told me that the fellow from the same town can't continue to operate, and he is willing to transfer it to him at a low price..."

Wu Zhishu laughed contemptuously: "Your Majesty, can Yujie still be unable to continue its business? That's because he bullied others and forced others to transfer it. He said he wanted it, and others would naturally have to offer it with both hands. Your Majesty, you don't know these tricks. , The empress dowager also said, knowing that the emperor has been kind since childhood, you will definitely feel uneasy, let the slaves comfort you, don't worry about it, and pick a good one for you in a few days.

Xiao Yan asked again: "Have you talked to Eunuch Gao? He Chang'an, is he the apprentice he brought up?"

Wu Zhishu's eyes flickered slightly: "Director Gao has also received the confession, and he didn't say anything, he only said that since he violated the palace rules, he should be dealt with according to the palace rules, and everything will be dealt with by the Queen Mother. How can Director Gao say such a big crime?" what."

Xiao Yan knew that even Gao Yuanling didn't care about him, it was a little accidental, and he knew it must be irreversible, so he said: "The queen mother is in charge." After a pause for a while, he finally said: "Boss Wu, for the sake of him serving me, Let him be decent, don't let him suffer too much."

Wu Zhishu was originally full of gloating, but when he heard Xiao Yan say this, he suddenly felt a prick in his heart for some reason, thinking that He Changan is like this now, and the emperor still wants to give him a face. There is no disobedience to the Queen Mother's words, but today it is uncharacteristically why Chang An said several times.

frame?If the queen mother wants to punish him, there will naturally be ready-made evidence to send up, maybe it is planted, maybe it is true, he only knows that if he is really investigated, he will not be clean.

This is a slave. In the eyes of nobles, he is treated like a cat or a dog. What kind of decency is there?

Wu Zhishu remembered what the little servant was talking about quietly. He Changan probably couldn't see the human form now, and the little emperor was still muttering not to make him suffer too much.

A sense of sadness suddenly surged up. He Changan was originally Gao Yuanling's person, but now that something happened, Gao Yuanling didn't protect him for some reason. He knew He Changan more or less. Those who came from the study hall were actually a little careless, and they listened to Gao Yuanling in everything. Gao Yuanling said east, but he would never dare to go west.

Now he was somehow involved between the queen mother and Gao Yuanling, and was directly used to kill the chicken as a warning to the monkey.

He bowed his head: "Observe the decree, the servant will convey the emperor's meaning when he returns."

Wu Zhishu sighed in his heart and walked out, really thinking about it, let's work together, let someone bring him some food, I don't know if he can survive tonight, in this palace, punishing sinners, no matter what procedure You don't have to go, it's like killing chickens and dogs.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice decides in autumn every year, and all death sentences are subject to face-to-face review. If there are still doubts about the case or the death row prisoner still appeals for injustice, he cannot be executed, and he will be sent back to the death row to be locked up. He should be beheaded, but his father was drunk and wanted to misbehave with his own daughter, so he acted like a beast first, so the Ministry of Criminal Affairs still locked him back to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs after being interviewed every year.

As for these slaves in the palace, the nobleman can kill them with a single word - the fate depends only on which master they follow.A thought suddenly crossed Wu Zhishu's mind, if the emperor is so benevolent, would it be much better to serve him when he grows up to be in charge?

Xiao Yan didn't know Wu Zhishu's psychological change from gloating at others' misfortunes to being cold-hearted. After Wu Zhishu left, he sat silently for a while, and said in a low voice, "He Chang'an has only come to serve me for three years, but compared to Gao Yuanling, he wants Be honest, give me more space, some rules will pass, but people are a bit stupid, how could Gao Yuanling not protect him?"

He thought for a while and then said to himself: "Why did the Empress Dowager Sun kill him? It should be to make an example to Gao Yuanling, and why Gao Yuanling gave up on him? It should be suspicious. Regarding the matter of the Shui Pavilion, normal people can’t imagine how I left there without anyone noticing and passing by, so Gao Yuanling suspected that He Chang’an had already betrayed him.”

After thinking about it for a while, he figured it out, and the Lich asked him, "Do you want to go and see him?"

The night was already very deep, and there were strict rules in the palace. After this point, keys had been locked everywhere. Except for the patrolling guards, anyone who wandered around would be arrested.

In the dim light, a cloud of black mist suddenly surged from the beams of the house and landed softly in front of Xiao Yan, his eyes were burning with green fire, and he turned his head sideways: "Meow", squatting obediently.

Xiao Yan was startled: "Wu Yunduo, I almost forgot about you, we went out to play today, and we didn't bring you with us."

Wu Yunduo gave another two soft beeps, and Xiao Yan asked it: "Do you know where He Chang'an is located?"

Wu Yunduo nodded, and countless black smoke diffused and gathered, and the Lich said: "I will take you there, and if no one is there, go in."

He Changan fell to the ground, his whole body seemed to be shattered, and he couldn't move at all. He knew that he was going to die today, but he didn't know why his master didn't protect him.I have never seen the gold and silver copied from my own house, or the pawnbrokers stolen and pawned in the inner treasury.As for the Zhaizi shop, they did not know where they found the so-called nephew from the same country, and they insisted that they bought the shop under pressure. It was obviously that the fellow from the same country was always blackmailed by local snakes, and he was sick and wanted to return to his hometown, so he sold it to himself. , I paid 20 taels more than the market price for the other party's medical treatment.

Everything... has changed.

No matter how he defended himself, it was useless, and the father-in-law of the disciplinary department told him clearly: "I will spare you if I tell you about the incident in Shuige that day, and what did Eunuch Gao explain to you?"

He smiled wryly, what's going on in the water pavilion?According to Eunuch Gao, nothing happened that day. I said it myself. Does the Queen Mother believe it?

It turned out that even Eunuch Gao had given up on himself a long time ago. How did the emperor leave the water pavilion on the day of the water pavilion?

He coughed and spat out, and there was a burning and sharp pain in his lungs, it was the pepper water poured in... He really understood that he was going to die...

When his eyes were blurred, he raised his eyes and seemed to see a pair of shoes with golden dragons embroidered on them. The dragon shoes he had always been very familiar with were the emperor's shoes. He often knelt down to put them on for him. Hallucinations appeared before, and he coughed a few more times uncontrollably.

But the man squatted down, and a voice rang in his ear: "He Changan, do you want to live?"

He Changan breathed quickly, coughed violently again, and burst into tears: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... forgive me..."

He didn't know why he said spare his life instead of saving his life... It's just that at that moment he really felt that the little emperor was really a high-ranking, life-and-death son of heaven, the son of God, but maybe he was too excited, and suddenly his eyes darkened and he fainted past.

Xiao Yan stared at the body in front of him that could not be seen at all, but his demeanor was calm. The soul of the lich quietly appeared in the cell, and Wu Yunduo squatted on his shoulder, staring at him with dark green eyes. The lich asked Him: "You want to save him?"

Xiao Yan said: "He is useful, he should know a lot about Gao Yuanling..."

The Lich nodded: "Escaping from the dead will only be more loyal to you, and the villa also needs a housekeeper."

Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "Probably he can only survive, and can't do much. It's just that he is a master and servant. If he is like this, he can only be sent back to the villa first, and then let Zhu Rufeng invite a doctor to slow him down." With slow treatment, it looks like all the bones in my body are broken, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything for the rest of my life."

But the Lich suddenly said: "He is full of resentment now, I can sign a contract with him, let him become your ghost servant, from then on he can only be loyal to you."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, glanced at He Changan, and shook his head: "No, let's try to revive him first."

The Lich smiled slightly in his heart, and said nothing: "Okay, then take it back to the villa... I have a bottle of blood-activating potion here, drinking it can heal some flesh wounds, but this potion is not much, give it to him, in the future you Or it may not be enough if someone you care about is also injured.”

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment: "If possible, please give it to him, it's just that such a precious potion, don't you keep it for yourself?"

The Lich interrupted him: "The undead don't need it, are you sure you want to use it for this servant?"

Xiao Yan looked at He Changan who was almost dying: "Yes, let him use it." But he looked at Wu Yunduo again, and the lich seemed to understand what he was thinking: "Wu Yunduo's wish before death is not to live, but to live. It's the desire for power, and what he seeks is to have the power to retaliate. I'll give him what he wants, and I'll make a deal with it."

Wu Yunduo Mimi called out, as if answering.

Xiao Yan blushed slightly: "I'm not questioning you...I believe you..."

Such a kind king... Lich once again let out a long sigh in his heart, but the smile deepened at the corner of his mouth.

The bone hand suddenly stretched out, and an imaginary blue shadow of a huge leaf suddenly appeared in the cell, wrapping around He Changan's body: "This is an elf flower leaf, which can temporarily delay his injury. Let's leave, someone is coming."

The dark night is as thick as paint.

In front of the prison cell of the Department of Internal Punishment, Wu Zhishu walked down the steps with a pot of wine and a plate of dishes. The prison chief said slowly, "Mr. Wu, you are really kind-hearted. Before the sinner dies, you still come to visit him."

Wu Zhishu chuckled: "The miscellaneous family is following the emperor's order. After all, they are serving the emperor. Give him some face."

The iron lock of the heavily locked cell was opened, the iron chain was untied, and the cell door opened, everyone was suddenly dumbfounded.

There was no one in the cell, only a pool of blood on the ground, vaguely resembling a human figure.

He Changan, escaped from prison.