After dressing as a mosquito, I bit a tyrant's face

"It's nothing." Tao Zhi shook his head, but his small hands subconsciously grabbed the skirts on both sides. Jiang Huaiqi's panic caught Jiang Huaiqi's eyes, but he didn't expose Tao Zhi.

As they walked forward, the two were speechless. In order not to make the atmosphere too awkward, Tao Zhi took the initiative to find something to say: "Your Majesty, how is your health?"

Jiang Huaiqi suddenly turned around, exposing his drenched arm in front of Tao Zhi.He didn't speak, just looked at Tao Zhi with sharp eyes.

Tao Zhi lowered her head instinctively. She wanted to take a step back to avoid Jiang Huaiqi's gaze, but she felt a weight on her shoulders.

Jiang Huai walked to the right with his arms around Tao Zhi's shoulders, and a spacious carriage was parked in front of him.

"where are we going?"

Tao Zhi was pushed into the carriage, followed by Jiang Huaiqi.

"You'll know when it arrives."

This answer made Monk Zhang Er puzzled, Tao Zhi sat restlessly in the carriage, unconsciously distanced himself from Jiang Huai.

Fortunately, the royal carriage is relatively spacious, and the distance between Tao Zhi and Jiang Huaiqi seems to be able to accommodate one person.

There are many refugees on the road, and the houses are soaked in water. It is difficult to connect the current scene with the capital Tao Zhi saw when he first entered Beijing.

"Tao Zhi, have you seen bloody?"

The sudden questioning made Tao Zhi get goosebumps all over his body, and the weird feeling became more and more obvious. She stared at Jiang Huaiqi's pupils, and found that the other party was smiling but not smiling.

The carriage stopped, and there was a lot of voices.

Opening the curtain, I didn't expect that there was an execution ground under my feet.

At this time, the execution ground has been surrounded by people on the third floor and the third floor, most of them are wealthy businessmen who came to see the excitement, because the real farmers are being drained from the fields, or they are packing up their few properties, and they have no leisure to watch lively.

"I heard that the person who will be executed today is Liu Yang, the former servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He was pulled up by Liu Yiheng." Not far from Tao Zhi, a short and fat rich businessman in silk and satin pointed at the prisoners on the execution ground. .

Tao Zhi looked at the white-clothed prisoner, he was handsome, about 30 or [-] years old.

Messy hair and crazy beard can't hide the nobility of his body. Behind him is a five or six meter high copper pillar, just standing there makes people shudder.

As the cold wind blew, Tao Zhi subconsciously closed the curtain.Weeds were growing wildly in her heart, and she couldn't help but want to find out. She opened the curtain again, and the cold rain hit her face.

The discussion among the crowd continued.

"Poor, I heard that this is also a parent officer who has solved many major cases, but now he is affected because of his surname Liu."

Looking at the tall copper pillar again, a trace of pain flashed in Tao Zhi's eyes.She comes from modern times, and she can't understand the continuous sitting in feudal society.

"It's more than being affected. I heard that the last one that was carried out couldn't find a good piece of meat."

Jiang Huaiqi kindly closed the curtain for Tao Zhi, "Let's go, we can see more clearly from below."

Tao Zhi hesitated to speak, but Jiang Huaiqi had already gone out before her.

"The Emperor is here."

Dechun was dealing with Yu Feng's affairs, and it was an unfamiliar face who called out. Tao Zhi saw him for the first time.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Everyone knelt down and saluted, only Liu Yang was pressed on the floor, and there were two burly officers and soldiers behind him.

Seeing Jianghuai rising, Liu Yang's fear climbed to a new peak.

"Ah, Your Majesty, the subject is innocent!"

The heart-piercing roar will only become the talk of the spectators, but dignity is worthless before the will to survive.

Facing the cries and shouts, Jiang Huai walked up the steps and looked up at the sky. The rain gradually weakened, and the dark clouds slowly dispersed, revealing the long-lost sunshine.

After two days of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared up.

"Your Majesty, this is an auspicious sign!"

Looking at the sycophant in front of him, Tao Zhi lowered his disgusted eyes, trying to make himself an outsider.

Someone brought a charcoal brazier, which contained a burning charcoal fire, and there was an iron pillar in the middle.Piece after piece of charcoal was clamped on the pillar, and soon the pillar was burned red.

The executioner poured a basin of water on it, and the water instantly turned into puffs of white smoke, adding warmth to the cold late autumn.The burly man closest to him was naked, and his forehead had bead-sized beads of sweat. During several times of watering, he wiped the sweat off his forehead with his arm.

Zilazila...

Tao Zhi couldn't accept the sound alone, so she covered her ears with her hands to block out all the noise.

A pebble hit his elbow, Tao Zhi looked down and saw that it was not a pebble, but a peeled walnut.

"A performance has form, color, and sound, and all three are indispensable."

Jiang Huai's tone was flat, but what he said was so ruthless.

With red eyes, Tao Zhi forced himself to look directly at the iron pillar in front of him.

"Brother Huang, she is so timid, why do you make things difficult for her?"

Pei Chuan, who hadn't seen him for a long time, unexpectedly appeared on the execution ground in the future.He was still wearing his favorite light blue brocade robe, but the hostility in the corners of his eyes had subsided a lot.

A strange magnetic field swirls between Pei Chuan and Jiang Huaiqi, and Tao Zhi keenly discovers that their relationship has also become different.

Seems like a little bit of a joke.

Pei Chuan glanced at Tao Zhi lightly, ignoring his curious eyes. He is today's executioner.

Hearing Pei Chuan smooth things over, Jiang Huai raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Courage comes from practice, otherwise you will always be so small."

He gestured with two fingers and forcibly pulled Tao Zhi into his arms.

The forced confinement made Tao Zhi breathless, she instinctively wanted to push Jiang Huai away, but he sprayed her ears with heat.

"Don't you want to do that deal?"

Tao Zhi turned his head and stared at Jiang Huaiqi's face, he was so strange and yet so strong.

She pinched her own culprit, so she had to bow to the power.

Tao Zhi choked and lowered his hands unnaturally.

Pei Chuan didn't want to see the two of them cuddling and hugging. He tapped the sign in his hand and said to the people next to him, "Prepare for execution."

According to the usual practice, the criminal's crimes should be read out before the execution.But now there is nothing, everyone knows it well:
Liu Yang didn't do anything wrong at all, it was just because his surname was Liu.

Facing the direction of execution, a man with white hair was kneeling.I haven't seen him for many days, Liu Yiheng seems to have aged several decades, the corners of his eyes are covered with wrinkles, and his hair is also messy.

There was a black iron shackle around his neck, and two people pulled the shackle chain behind him. As long as there was a posture of bowing his head, the two would forcefully pull his head up and force him to look directly at the shackles. direction of execution.

Faced with such a cruel punishment, Tao Zhi was at a loss.

"Since it's a crime of treason, shouldn't he be killed directly?" Tao Zhi presumptuously, but she still couldn't help but ask.

"Death is a kind of relief. If I want him to live, he will not be able to die."

The stern eyes were like a ghost crawling out of hell, and the accumulated hatred distorted Jiang Huaiqi's facial features.Even the most handsome young man in the world, once his expression management gets out of control, it will be difficult to get hooked on being handsome again.

Staring carefully at Jiang Huaiqi's face, Tao Zhi found that his facial features were unexpectedly discordant.If it was night, he would be scared out of his wits. Fortunately, it was daytime and there were so many people present.

"what--"

Tao Zhi was startled when the sign fell to the ground. Regardless of Liu Yang's corridor, the two burly men tied him to the red-burning copper pillar. There was a rattling sound, and there was still white smoke rising from above.

"Ah—" The heart-piercing screams went straight to the sky, but this was just the beginning.

Neck, collarbone, chest, buttocks... his skin was scorched in one place after another.

Tao Zhi covered her eyes with her hands, she had never seen such a brutal scene, and she didn't want to take another look.Tao Zhi was so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit.

There seemed to be an aroma of cooked meat in the air. There was no blood, but it was accompanied by a burning smell.

"Ouch——" Tao Zhi was out of breath, all the contents of her stomach were poured out by him, her face also turned pale, and she stared blankly into the distance, trying not to look at the executioner. scene.

Tao Zhi's gaze happened to fall on Liu Yiheng's body. Compared with such a big reaction, Liu Yiheng was calm, and he took all this into his eyes incomparably, but remained indifferent.

On his face, Tao Zhi saw numbness, desolation, and silent struggle.That face was full of too many emotions, if the scene of Xing Xing was scary, then Liu Yiheng's face was extremely sad.

No matter which one, Tao Zhi didn't want to take another look.

In the second half of the execution, Tao Zhi was in a state of mental dissociation. She didn't even know how she left the execution ground and sat in the carriage, and the smell from the tip of her nose was still lingering.

Her stomach was very sour, but she had nothing to throw up.Jiang Huaiqi handed him a mung bean cake, Tao Zhi looked at it in disgust, and turned his head away.

Jiang Huaiqi was not reluctant, he asked people to send Tao Zhi back to the palace, and sent someone to send Zhang Xinxue and Liu Ruoyan.

Seeing Liu Ruoyan again, this once arrogant and domineering imperial concubine has been worn down to the point where she is standing at the gate of Tao Zhi's palace in common clothes, like a wounded little animal, always guarding against the surrounding things.

"Come in and sit down first, I'll ask someone to get you something to eat."

Tao Zhi helped Liu Ruoyan into the room, but found that his knee seemed to be injured. He lifted his skirt and saw that the wound on it was a paste, flesh and blood, very hideous.

Tao Zhi sniffed, she didn't say anything, she got her own medicine box and began to clean up Liu Ruoyan's wound.

"Tao Zhi, thank you." Liu Ruoyan didn't want to speak at first, but when she saw Tao Zhi carefully administering the medicine to her, she didn't show any dislike.

She is no longer the proud daughter of the sky, she is now just a prisoner, and her people are still trapped in the prison.

Falling into hell from the clouds took away all her pride and her soaring wings.

"Believe me, you are not wrong in this matter. In the power struggle, innocent people should not be sacrificed." Tao Zhi caressed the back of Liu Ruoyan's hand, and a tear fell silently.