Four Nights Red House

The sky wind whizzed past suddenly, the cold spring breeze pierced through the rusted iron grille, and the Xiao sound of "Shu La" filled the fields and broke into the ears.

At the same time, after a burst of bloody smell, the rusty dark black cell door was suddenly opened.

The front view is like a ghostly fire, and it is like falling into purgatory for a moment. What is rendered by this ominous and chilling atmosphere is a narrow, gloomy, dark and confusing rugged corridor.On the side of the corridor, the blue will-o'-the-wisp burning in the bronze cup of the thousand-petaled lotus is raging fiercely. With a "crack", a candle flame jumped high in the air, and that weird slander turned into a cunning poisonous scorpion at this moment, bringing up a terrifying momentum that was very close to greed, as if intending to use its own savings Devour everything in the impetuous world!

In the dim light, the figure of Junchen gradually appeared. He was wearing a dark green court robe with gold-edged patterns. His beautiful appearance shone like a night pearl in the dark surroundings. Not only did the bloody aura that filled him not take away half of his own aloof temperament, but it also showed a strange charm like icing on the cake. This actually ominous aura matched the wickedness in his bones. !

"My lord." When the jailer saw Lai Junchen approaching, Lao Yuan'er made a bowing and almost flattering etiquette to him.

Junchen signaled him to be excused, and then subconsciously shook the jade belt around his waist, as if he was afraid that such neat Shuoshuo's clothes would be stained with something unclean.The jailer had already opened the cell door ahead, and Junchen walked in with his hands behind his hands.

Such a Ruzhuo and elegant temperament appearing in this dirty and bloody place is actually inappropriate.But thinking about Junchen's status as the "cool official" of Empress Wu, everything seems to be so appropriate!

Today he was ordered by Empress Wu to handle a case, to deal with a person... Princess Taiping's son-in-law, Xue Shao.

Facing the dim candlelight around him, he continued to walk in with light boots, his jade-colored belt was so heavy that it couldn't catch the breeze.But such a complicated and heavy state of mind was not expressed by Junchen at all, his figure was still vigorous and vigorous, turning one after another of the gloomy corners deftly and skillfully, like a fish swimming in water.

But the jailer who followed closely behind was a little strange, because for a few moments, he could vaguely see something unusual mixed between the delicate brows of this lord, which was... dignified, solemn, and even faintly glimpsed See some entanglement, pain, and intolerance.

This is really abnormal!Such a handsome and elegant ghost-like figure who has already been stained with blood and carried many lives, will he also have this kind of fireworks in the floating world?

However, the flames along the way were dim and whirling, and it was hard to see what kind of mood it really was.It made the jailer feel that he must have read it wrong.

"Where is the son-in-law locked up?" After walking for a while, Junchen asked with his head sideways.

"Oh." The jailer came back to his senses and nodded hastily, "The innermost room is very clean and spacious."

Junchen understood, so he said nothing more.It's just that there is always a feeling of astringency in the heart, and this feeling has never disappeared along the way, and the more you walk in, the more real it can't be ignored. Grill on fire!

What, have you softened your heart?

As soon as the thought came to him, Junchen raised his thin lips and smiled.

Will you also soften your heart?

Perhaps the conscience is really a hard object with many edges and corners, it will be tossed and polished in your heart continuously, and every time it moves, it will sting and scratch your heart.When you encounter many things, travel a long distance, and gain a wide range of knowledge, its edges and corners will be gradually worn away and smoothed, and there will be no edges and corners, just inadvertently; this No matter how it turns, you won't feel pain anymore, let alone be hurt by it; after that, you will even forget that there is such a thing called "conscience"!

The most dusty place is the stage of life, where there are all kinds of human emotions and accidents, full of so-called beauty and ugliness, nobility and baseness.The most ruthless, the coolest, the most lively, the most deserted, and the most straightforward!

The thought was getting hotter, and Junchen frowned.He thought that his definition of conscience had long since been blurred, that the edges and corners of the silhouette in his heart had long been smoothed.But why, at this moment, there are still many entanglements and hidden sympathies for the son-in-law?

Is it because the one he wants to move this time is Taiping's son-in-law?

Heh, there are thousands of clues and clues going around, and in the end, it's just that all of these things are not worth one her!

His mind sank, and Junchen suddenly subconsciously smiled.This is really, really my own demonic obstacle... I thought I was already a demon or a demon, but it turns out that someone will hinder me!

But no matter how reluctant Lai Junchen was, he was still powerless.

Empress Wu is eager to expand her power, and of course she will not let go of anyone who threatens her, not anyone!What's more, the princess's marriage has never been an easy matter. The special status and the current situation doom a peaceful marriage to many ties to political rights.

Empress Wu wanted to change Li Tang's world, so Princess Taiping, the first princess of the Tang Dynasty, would naturally be caged in.Taiping's marriage to Xue Shao, the son of Princess Chengyang, obviously helped to consolidate Li Tang's rule; now that Empress Wu wants to be in power, the first thing she wants to do is to disillusion Li Tang's power, so how can this marriage continue for a long time? go down?

Now that the snake drawn out in the name of "Heaven-given Treasure Map" has shown its head, how can the snake be retracted again?Under the order, Lai Junchen complied with Empress Wu's wishes and continued to expand the scale of the purge. Coincidentally, Xue Yi was suspected of lighting fires among the clans to conspire against others.

Seemingly quite natural, Xue Wei, the son of the Xue family, and Xue Shao, the son-in-law of his brother-in-law Princess Taiping, were enveloped in a bag!

Empress Wu decreed to arrest the two Xue family brothers, and defined "rebellion".

Fortunately, it was not brought into Taiping... But if Xue Yi incited anti-military forces among Li Tang's clan, Princess Taiping should not be with him.Because Empress Wu is her mother, even though her surname is Li, once her mother falls, what good will it do to her, the current princess?If it is said that a share of power, in terms of peace, it must be the most beneficial when the mother is in power!

But should this young master of the Xue family be tried?How to judge?Lai Junchen already had a plan in his heart.

Rebellion or not has never been a question that Junchen really cares about. If he wants to pay attention to those, isn't it enough to have a Baogong in the world?What he came to Junchen to do was to serve Empress Wu, there was nothing else to be loyal!that is it.

It's not that I don't know that Princess Taiping rushed into the palace to meet the Empress Wu as soon as she heard the news, and she felt sorry for her kneeling on the ground and pleading, and the little white hair that grew overnight, and she didn't regret her age. Taiping is about to lose her husband... Lai Junchen doesn't hate Xue Shao, he and Xue Shaosu have nothing to do with each other in Japan, so why hate him?Even though the woman he loves is Xue Shao's wife, when Xue Shao fell into his hands, he did not have the slightest sense of revenge as he expected; on the contrary, he felt sorry for that person, He is also hating, hating that the impermanence of fate will take away the sky above the head of the woman he loves so much!

But at the same time, Lai Junchen is more aware of the mission he is attached to, and the whole meaning of his existence as a cruel official!Since fate made him step into this vortex of complicated power when his eyes were blackened, he must keep going and walk this road to the end.

Regarding Xue Shao's matter, he did not receive the hint of forgiveness or forgiveness Xue Shao conveyed directly or indirectly by Empress Wu, so he already understood what kind of ending Xue Shao should have.

In fact, in all fairness, he didn't want Xue Shao to die... As long as Taiping is still there, he never wants to!

Lai Junchen is really not a so-called "good guy" in the standard sense, and he can't afford the word "loyalty". He is just changing.

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The son-in-law Xue Shao could not escape the catastrophe of fleeing.

It was Lai Junchen who tried it himself, and later convicted Xue Shao and Xue Yi for treason.

But in the end, because of Taiping, taking into account the inextricable relationship with Taiping and Xue Shao's dignified status as Princess Taiping's son-in-law, Lai Junchen never beheaded Xue Shao, but ordered a staff to punish one hundred Big stick, then thrown into death row, starved to death.Although it was tragic, he was never condemned to death. Speaking of it, he died of illness, and in the end he was left with a whole body and a miserable face!

That's all Lai Junchen can do.

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When the news of Xue Shao's death came, Taiping felt that his whole body was limp and paralyzed into a wisp of air!But the heart is extremely quiet, no sporadic waves stir up.

She doesn't have mixed feelings, maybe it's because she has too many thoughts and is too heavy, so things will turn against each other, but the Lingtai is clear?

At that time, Taiping was only 19 years old, and it was a very tender and provocative year.However, it was so cruel, the man she had entrusted to her for life left her unexpectedly, just like a curtain of cold spring rain the night before, the sound of the rain was still wanton and lingering in the middle of the night, but there was no trace of it until dawn Rain stars; and with the transpiration and shining of the sun, gradually even the water vapor will dissipate!

Was fate too harsh on her?

She doesn't know, because she has no way to distinguish, let alone care about... Misfortune swallowed her like a tide, and the person who created this tragedy with his own hands is none other than the one who loves her every day. her mother!

How ridiculous is this?Oh, what's even more absurd and ridiculous is that... she didn't even dare to hate her mother!

As soon as the thought came to her mind, Taiping's head buzzed, and the blunt pain tore at her scalp, as if it wanted to tear her whole body into two halves!

The finger dyed with cardamom slowly lifted up, and subconsciously caressed a new-haired willow planted in a vase beside it. The bright red color was a little prickly under the sway of one meter of sunlight, scorching like blood.

When the leaf petals touched the fingertips, there was a burst of cool ripples. The light-yellow young leaves dotted among the willow branches are full of hope for new life, but no matter how unyielding and thriving, they don’t know that the willow branches have left the main body and become No amount of effort is futile, and what awaits them is a sad fate of drying up to death!

Throat choked, and the bottom of my heart fell into a heavy rock like a clang.The corners of Taiping's lips moved stiffly, only to find that his throat was hoarse, and he couldn't make any sound.