"But Wan Xuannian?" Gu Chengyu saw that this man had been beaten very badly. His white coat had been stained red with blood and was torn into rags hanging on his body. His hands and feet were all locked.
Wearing chains.
Just now he saw him lying motionless on the hay ground. If his chest hadn't been rising and falling weakly from time to time, Gu Chengyu would have thought he was dead.
Wan Xuenian opened his eyes with great effort. He seemed to have heard correctly. Someone had indeed called him. Could it be that traitor Kuang Zhaoying, who was coming to interrogate him late at night?
He finally opened his eyes, but his eyes were blocked by hair, so he couldn't see clearly. He only saw a black shadow, but seeing this figure, he suddenly gained strength.
"Who are you?" He still had hope in his heart, hoping that this was someone sent by the third prince. He didn't know if the third prince had thought of a countermeasure.
"The time for those who can save you is too short. Listen to me. Don't admit all the charges. You will be released in less than three days. Remember, it will only take three days." After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he
Planning to leave.
Wan Xuenian didn't know where he got the strength from, and suddenly sat up from the hay, "Are you sent by the third prince?"
Gu Chengyu turned around, looked at the light bursting out of Wan Xuenian's eyes, and said nothing. Let him have such hope in his heart! Maybe this way he can survive these punishments.
When he came in, he had already noticed that those who could survive were not ordinary people.
At least Gu Chengyu can be sure that if one day these things are used on him, then he will rebel. Who cares whether he is an emperor or not? It is better to fight to the death than to be tortured.
When Wan Xuenian saw that Gu Chengyu was silent, he also knew that those who could enter this cell were probably top masters. Now that he said that, did the third prince not give up on him yet? He still had a chance to get out.
Gu Chengyu cursed in his heart, the accusations of impeaching the two people were already like snowflakes. For such a large family, there are always playboys in the family. Everyone will push against the wall. There are always villains in the world, and it is especially common to add insult to injury.
Even some trivial things, some officials wrote them on memorials, which became the straw that broke the camel's back.
These two people have just come out. For the sake of the eldest prince and the third prince, it is easy to throw away the black gauze hat. I am afraid they will have to be exiled thousands of miles. However, it is better than exterminating the whole family now.
Gu Chengyu ignored him. He turned around and looked at Song Shujing on the other side. Song Shujing's situation was not much better than Wan Xuenian's, and she even received a heavier punishment because she was younger.
He was lying on the hay dying. When he saw Gu Chengyu coming, he only opened his eyelids and seemed unable to even speak.
"Master Song, as long as you don't confess, I can save you. It only takes two or three days."
Song Shujing's situation is different. When he was the censor, he offended many people, and there were more failures to impeach him than Wan Xuenian.
However, it depends on the emperor's intention. If things go wrong here and the emperor still wants to use the two of them, those tricks will be left unaddressed. In the final analysis, it still depends on their status in the emperor's heart.
Song Shujing opened her dry and cracked lips slightly, and a small voice came out of her mouth, "Who are you, sent here?"
His voice was choppy and his speech was extremely laborious.
Song Shujing had already thought that the eldest prince had lost trust in him recently and was afraid that he would not take such a big risk to save him.
The target of the plot this time was still Wan Xuenian, he was just passing by. And this person must be related to the imperial examination fraud case. If he was just a member of the third prince, there was no need to worry about him.
Since his concubine was given to the third prince, the eldest prince's trust in him has dropped sharply. But because the concubine plotted against him, the third prince was very reluctant to take a concubine, and he was even less polite to him. He couldn't rely on either person.
.
Then this person must not belong to the eldest prince and the third prince, but to the second prince? His mind was racing, and then he denied it. They were unlucky, and the second prince should be happy to see it happen. It would be good not to add insult to injury, how could it be possible?
Send someone in to deliver the news?
He thought for a while and remembered the list of candidates for the general examination. Kuang Zhaoying took that list today and asked him and Mr. Wan to identify him. Maybe this person was sent by the person on the list.
Who is so capable? Is it those aristocratic families?
Song Shujing felt that he had revealed the truth. This person was probably afraid that they would identify him randomly and harm their children.
Song Shujing was very scheming, and in just a moment, countless thoughts went through his mind. He only had one thought now, can this person find evidence and save them?
"Don't say it yet!" Song Shujing felt that this person could understand what he meant.
Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows. This man was much clearer than Wan Xuenian. He must have known his purpose and was negotiating with him!
"As long as you keep your mouth shut." Gu Chengyu calculated, and when the quarter of an hour was almost up, he turned around and walked out of the cell.
When I arrived at the entrance of the prison, I saw no one outside, so I ducked out. I locked the entrance door with a key and hung the key back on the soldier.
He glanced at the two people leaning against the wall and slid a jade bottle under their noses. Seeing that the two people showed signs of waking up, Gu Chengyu used Qing Gong to fly up to the roof.
The timing was just right, and as soon as Gu Chengyu flew to the roof, a pair of soldiers came from behind. The two soldiers thought they were asleep, and when they saw the patrol coming, they stood up straight.
Gu Chengyu came to the soldier upstairs, smelled the antidote to him, and then returned along the original route.
"Sir, you are back!" Ming Mo and Ming Yan were waiting anxiously in the yard, feeling that time passed very long.
Gu Chengyu nodded and went to the main room, intending to change his clothes. When he opened the box, he saw that the clothes he usually wore were gone, and there were only a few ordinary silk and satin clothes left inside.
Several black lines were drawn on his head, and he looked at the furnishings in the room. There was not a single valuable thing left, only some things he commonly used.
This is really a thorough hiding! Even the clothes were not spared. Gu Chengyu took a piece casually and changed out of his night clothes. He hadn't noticed it just now, but now he realized that his back was already wet with sweat. It turned out that he was thinking
Extremely nervous.
Now that everything was done, all he had to do was sit back and wait at home.
Perhaps all these things had been done, and Gu Chengyu had a good night's sleep. The next morning, he practiced calligraphy and painting as usual.
After washing up, Zhu Pang hurried to the house. When he entered the study room, he saw Gu Chengyu practicing calligraphy leisurely and rolled his eyes.
Sitting down on an armchair nearby, he casually looked around the room. Only then did he realize that the furnishings in the room had been changed, and were replaced with things worthless.
He asked in surprise: "Where have the things in your house gone?" There used to be a Wangchun vase placed on the high table. He liked it very much and would touch it several times every time he came, but now it has disappeared.
Zhu Pang suddenly thought of a possibility, "You shouldn't have taken out all the money and asked someone for help, right?"