Late at night, the prison became increasingly dark without any light.
Liu Bing leaned against the cold wall. Even if he was tortured during the day, he should take a rest at this time.
There was a putrid smell all around, and rats and cockroaches crawled across his fingertips, but he didn't even notice.
His eyes were completely useless, and there was only bottomless darkness in them.
But there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this.
Because, he can also see other scenes.
I saw that he was admitted as a Jinshi that year and ascended to the Golden Palace.
I saw that he was listed as the son-in-law of the Chen family that year and became the noble son-in-law of the Chen family.
At the beginning, the spring breeze brought me joy and my horses were hoofed, and I saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
But what made him nostalgic the most was when Zhong Ming took him into a house, and he saw a covered woman sitting in the flower hall.
The woman took off her hijab and called him "Master" tenderly.
A woman is gentle and considerate, like a pool of clear water. No matter how wronged he is in the court, he can turn it into soft water as long as he returns home.
Later, their first child was born.
the second……
The third……
The days spent in that house were the happiest times in Liu Bing's life.
But now, he is dying...
He seemed to feel that life was passing by little by little, and he was not sure whether he would be able to withstand such torture tomorrow.
no!
Liu Bing suddenly woke up.
"Someone is coming!"
His voice was hoarse, but he still shouted with all his strength.
"Someone, come quickly, I'll recruit, I'll recruit anything..."
"Someone is coming..."
The guards around him were all asleep, so no one could hear his low and hoarse shouts, right?
Liu Bing shouted until he was exhausted. Just when he was about to give up, suddenly a footstep stopped in front of Liu Bing.
The man said: "Mr. Liu, what can I do for you?"
Liu Bing seemed to have seen hope. He shouted: "Quick, go and tell your Majesty that I have something to do."
"Oh? What is it about?" The jailer was not in a hurry, but he still asked about Liu Bing.
Liu Bing was very anxious at this time and didn't notice anything wrong. He just said: "It's... it's about Mr. Zhong."
"Master Zhong? What can Master Zhong do?"
At this time, Liu Bing felt that the jailer seemed to have talked too much today, and said impatiently: "Why are you asking so many questions? Just scream."
But I heard the jailer decline: "It is already late at night and your Majesty has already rested. Mr. Liu has to wait until tomorrow morning to find your Majesty.
If Mr. Liu has anything to say, the same goes for me, and I will convey Mr. Liu's words to His Majesty tomorrow."
After all, Liu Bing had been involved in official circles for many years, and he immediately realized something was wrong.
"wrong!"
"Aren't you the jailor of this prison?"
"Who are you?"
Liu Bing's voice was startled and frightening. After hearing this, the man laughed twice strangely: "Who am I, Mr. Liu, do you really not know?"
"Are you...the one who rings the bell?"
"You guessed it so quickly? It's not in vain that you have spent so many years in the officialdom, right?"
While the man was talking, Liu Bing heard a "ding, ding, clang" sound similar to the sound of metal intersecting.
He's opening the cell door!
"What are you doing?" Liu Bing was a little scared.
"Do you know what the crime of opening the prison door privately is?"
But the man smiled and said: "Master Liu is so ridiculous. Don't you know what I want to do? I was sent by Master Zhong to visit you, Master Liu."
While he was talking, the cell door had opened and he stood in front of Liu Bing.
He is here to kill him!
How could Liu Bing not know?
But he couldn't die. To be precise, he couldn't die in front of the bell.
Zhong Ming can send people to kill him, but what about Xiaoyue?
Liu Bing was extremely frightened when he thought of this. He tried to run forward, shouting: "Someone is coming, someone is coming quickly, there is an assassin!"
But the entire prison was as quiet as death. Where could anyone answer?
Liu Bing couldn't see clearly, but after running a few steps, he tripped over the straw under his feet and fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, his hair was lifted from behind.
He heard the man's voice, like the knell of death, and he said: "Master Liu, you are really not interesting enough."
"While you are in prison, the Chief Assistant is still thinking about you all the time. No, he has even sent me to bring you wine to comfort you. What about you? Are you planning to break your promise?"
While he was talking, a cold wine glass was pressed against Liu Bing's lips.
Liu Bing struggled, but the man was extremely powerful. No matter how hard he tried, he could not escape from his imprisonment.
His teeth collided with the wine glass, and the wine slid down his throat, making his throat hurt. He wanted to cry, but no tears could flow from his empty eyes.
He had been Zhong Ming's pawn all his life, driven by him, but he never expected that he would end up like this.
**
Liu Bing is dead.
When the jailer opened the cell door the next day, he saw him lying in the middle of the cell, lifeless.
They all said that Liu Bing had been tortured so much that he probably couldn't bear it anymore, so he died last night.
But Mu Qingchao didn't think so.
As soon as she got the news, she asked Shen Muchi to send someone to No. 123 Shaluo Lane.
Soon someone brought back the news that the house was empty.
But it didn't look like a long-planned move. There was no shortage of furnishings in the house, and there was even tea sitting on the stove. No one was taking care of it, and the water was boiling away before his eyes.
The family was wiped out overnight, completely without leaving any trace.
You don't have to guess who did this.
"I didn't expect that Zhong Ming would be one step faster." Mu Qingchao said while sitting in Fulin Hall and looking at Shen Muchi who was sitting in the high position.
Zhong Ming's hands and eyes can actually reach into the prison.
Generally speaking, imperial prisons held major death row prisoners and were under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, but Zhong Ming was able to bypass Shen Muchi and kill people directly here.
Zhong Ming must have noticed something.
After reaching this step, the last fig leaf has basically been torn away.
Shen Muchi's face was heavy: "Zhong Ming will definitely not sit still and wait to die."
"Then what your Majesty means is..."
Mu Qingchao asked, but saw Shen Muchi leaning back on the chair, his face solemn as never before, and he said, "I don't know."
I really don't know.
Everything should be arranged to cut off Zhong Ming's way of controlling the royal family's bloodline, and to evade him step by step in the court. For Mu Qingchao, it was like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly driving him to a dead end.
He is already doing it. In fact, he has already abolished the two daughters of the Zhong family and eradicated the Meng family and Liu Bing.
Seeing the big net being cast tightening step by step, Zhong Ming was more alert than he thought.
Struggle to the death, what will be the final outcome?
Is the fish dead and the net broken?
I'm just afraid that the days ahead won't be easy.