No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 317 Southern Border? (one more)
The originally clean cell was filled with the smell of blood, Ruan Ting had already been helped to the bed by the guards of the prison, and someone beside him was scrambling to stop the bleeding for him.

Under the iron railing next to the aisle, there was still a pool of bright red blood that hadn't dried up.

Luo Jinyan stepped into the cell and glanced at everyone in the cell, he was slightly relieved to see that Ruan Ting was still alive.

"How's it going?"

The person who was bandaging the wound quickly replied: "Ms. Ruan was seriously injured, and... the weapon was poisonous. We have sent someone to call the imperial physician." Naturally, a prisoner like Ruan Ting couldn't just let him die like this, so The first time they sent someone to the imperial hospital to ask for an imperial doctor.

Luo Jinyan looked at the others and said, "How did he do it?"

The two were locked in two cells, unless Ruan Ting sent him to Xue Ya to stab him, otherwise Xue Ya would not be able to hurt Ruan Ting.

What's more, the whole body will be searched before being imprisoned. How did Xue Ya bring the sharp weapon into the prison?

"It seems that the defense of the prison still needs to be strengthened." Luo Jinyan said lightly, and a trace of shame flashed across the faces of the officials who followed him.

In the early years, there was a prisoner escape case in the sky prison, which made them unable to hold their heads up. Now that such a thing happened again, it is really... shameless.It is conceivable that as soon as the news spread, those people would run on them again, saying that they would rather build their own cells to detain prisoners than send those who had worked hard to catch them to heaven.

Xue Ya sat lazily leaning against the table, Ruxue's white clothes still had a few touches of freshly stained blood red.

After hearing Luo Jinyan's words, he just raised his head to look at Luo Jinyan, and then closed it calmly again.

"General Luo, this is the murder weapon that injured Prime Minister Ruan." A guard carefully delivered a small gadget.

Luo Jinyan held it in his hand and looked at it. It was a small crossbow that looked extremely simple. Although Luo Jinyan didn't use these things, he could tell that it was assembled from a few small pieces that he carried with him.but……

"With the size of this thing, even if Xiang Ruan was shot, there wouldn't be such a big wound, right?" Ruan Ting's injury looked worse than being shot by a strong bow.

The guard was also very puzzled, and said: "However, Prime Minister Ruan was indeed injured by this thing. King Ning and Prime Minister Ruan themselves must be able to prove it."

Luo Jinyan nodded and said, "After the arrows are taken out, send them to the Military Weapons Supervision for them to have a look. Also, find out how these things came from."

"Yes, General."

After giving these orders, Luo Jinyan walked into the cell and stood beside Ruan Ting's bed, "Ms. Ruan, at this point, don't you still want to say anything?"

Although Ruan Ting was seriously injured, he was still conscious.

Hearing Luo Jinyan's words, he managed to open his eyes, and said, "Master Luo...I, have nothing to say..."

Luo Jinyan didn't care, "Then, does Prime Minister Ruan want to hear what that young master told me just now? And...why did Mr. Xueya kill you?"

Ruan Ting didn't speak, but just looked at Luo Jinyan with fixed eyes, obviously he also wanted an answer.

At this point, Ruan Ting actually feels that he has been wronged.

Although it is true that he did some bad things himself, Xue Ya took hold of him and fell to such a point.But he knew in his heart that Xue Ya was not his son, the Ruan family had no grievances with him, why did he have to drag him into the water?

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if Xue Ya is really his son, does he really hate him so much?
Luo Jinyan didn't intend to explain to him, he took a step back and said earnestly: "Mr. Ruan might as well think about it, it's not scary to die, what's scary is to die in a daze. What's more terrifying is that when you die, you don't know what to do. It will also implicate others. According to the news I just received, the eldest son of the Ruan family... seems to have disappeared."

Ruan Ting was slightly taken aback, but didn't have much reaction at first.But when Luo Jinyan looked at him meaningfully, there was a sudden excitement in his heart, and a trace of eagerness and disbelief flashed in his eyes.

It's a pity that Luo Jinyan quickly broke the fluke in his heart, and said indifferently: "Mr. Ruan did not follow the path you arranged for him. He really disappeared."

Ruan Ting's body trembled, struggling to get up.

The person who was trying to stop his bleeding hastily held him down and said, "Master Ruan, don't move! You can't move this wound, be careful that the arrow will pierce your internal organs!"

The crossbow shot on Ruan Ting's body was very special. It was said that the crossbow arrow was more like a hidden weapon.If it is not a doctor who is proficient in trauma, it cannot be removed at all.

The severe pain made Ruan Ting tremble uncontrollably, and he was too painful to speak.He raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the cell next door. Xue Ya didn't sit at the table at this time, but got up and stood by the railing.

He even held on to the railing with both hands, stuck his head out from the gap in the railing, and looked at Ruan Ting's distressed appearance with great interest.

Luo Jinyan said: "Master Ruan, don't worry, you should heal your wounds first and save your own life. You know, the dead can't speak." If Ruan Ting dies now, people can say what they want later. .How many crimes should be pushed on him, he has no mouth to refute.

After he died, it was all over, but the Ruan family was still there.

Luo Jinyan didn't wait for the imperial doctor to come to rescue Ruan Ting, but let Xue Ya be escorted to the interrogation room.

The interrogation room in the dungeon is actually not as scary as ordinary people imagined, because the prisoners here are all convicted criminals and some people with extraordinary identities.The former does not require torture, while the latter requires caution.

Even if there is an interrogation, it is usually not the turn of the prison, and there are people who are in charge of the case to take these people away.

Therefore, although there are some instruments of torture in the interrogation room of the prison, they are all clean and look more like decorations.

Luo Jinyan did not let Xue Ya be tied to the torture rack, but let him sit in a chair in the interrogation room.

Luo Jinyan sat behind the table and looked at Xueya who was still in a leisurely manner, and suddenly chuckled and said: "It seems that Mr. Xueya guessed wrong, you know who you are."

The expression on Xue Ya's face changed slightly, and soon returned to its original appearance, and said calmly: "What are you talking about, Mr. Luo? What about this one?"

Luo Jinyan said: "Really? Master Xueya suddenly attacked Ruan Xiang, isn't it because he is worried that if Ruan Xiang pleads guilty, the court may give you a lighter sentence so that you have no chance of revenge?" Xueya sneered: "I and Ruan Ting has no hatred, and besides... he will not let go."

Luo Jinyan didn't bother about his identity, but just asked, "How do you know he won't let go?"

Xue Ya said with a smile: "If he dares to confess to the regent, he will not be threatened by me from the very beginning. He would rather participate in the rebellion than reveal the matter, Mr. Luo, do you want to guess what it is? Of course...Ruan Ting participated The rebellion does not mean gambling. After all, if he does not agree, there is absolutely no way out. If he agrees, maybe he can win another meritorious service from the dragon."

Luo Jinyan frowned slightly. He had been thinking about this question for a long time. What is the reason why people like Ruan Ting would rather be threatened and risk their entire family be executed than reveal the truth?

With Ruan Ting's identity and achievements over the years, as long as he did not treason the country and did not cause large-scale innocent casualties, even if he had some relationship with Luan Yisi back then, the crime would never be more serious than the treason involving the execution of all his families.

There is no punishment in this world that can compare to beheading the whole family.

He looked at Ruan Ting's records, and it seems that there have been no major mistakes in the past few decades in politics.On the contrary, whether he was sent abroad or served in the court, his political achievements were outstanding.

Xue Ya looked at the look on Luo Jinyan's face, and there was a bit of arrogance in his brows.

"Master Luo, do you think I will show up in the palace unprepared? Even if those two people betrayed me...you still can't kill me."

Luo Jinyan suddenly chuckled, and said leisurely, "What if I kill you right now?"

There was no sound in the interrogation room for a while, and Xue Ya stared at Luo Jinyan in front of him.

Luo Jinyan's steady and calm voice sounded in the empty room, "If I kill you right here, how will Mr. Xueya plan to save himself?"

Xue Ya seemed to have just recovered, and said: "You won't kill me."

Luo Jinyan smiled at him gently, got up and went to the wall, raised his hand and pulled out a dagger from the cabinet on the side.

Various instruments of torture are hung on the wall, and the cabinets in the corner also contain various torture-related things.Although these things are not commonly used, they are very complete.

Luo Jinyan raised his hand and flicked the dagger lightly, only to hear the dagger shoot towards Xue Ya's neck with a swish.

Xue Ya's eyes froze, and he leaned sideways, the dagger stuck to his neck and nailed into the back of the chair behind him.

If he hadn't let that blow just now, the dagger would have been driven into his neck.

Unmoved, Luo Jinyan pulled out a dagger again and stroked the blade, saying, "Young Master Xueya, we haven't interrogated you for the past few days, you should understand what it means."

Xue Ya stared at him coldly.

Luo Jinyan said: "You are not that important, and the court does not accept bargaining. Even if I accidentally kill you here, how much punishment do you think I will be punished?"

Xueya remained silent, Luo Jinyan smiled, and with a slight movement of his wrist, the dagger in his hand shot towards Xueya again.

Xue Ya avoided it again, but the expression on his face became even uglier.

With two daggers nailed to the back of the chair behind him, his sitting posture became more and more awkward.

Luo Jinyan walked back to the interrogation table with the third dagger, and said leisurely: "Mr. Xueya, instead of thinking too much, why not think about how to get out of this room alive."

This time there was a longer silence, Xue Ya suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Luo is really interesting." Xue Ya smiled and said, "Your threats are indeed very useful, and you are right. Even if I have all kinds of bargaining chips, if I die in this room, it is really useless."

Luo Jinyan said: "Young Master, you can now talk about something we are interested in."

Xue Ya nodded and said, "Okay, I don't know if Mr. Luo is interested in Nanjiang?"

"Huh?" Luo Jinyan slightly raised his eyebrows, looking a little surprised.He really didn't expect that Xue Ya's mouth would be Nanjiang.

Xue Ya smiled and said: "Master Luo might as well wait a little longer, if the southern border is still safe and sound within a month, you can kill me directly."

　Two more at five o'clock in the afternoon.It's so hot, I feel like I'm going to melt in the morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)