The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 238
She imagined that anyone around her would leave, even Zhang Tingyu, but she never thought about Shi Fang.

Shi Fang has been by her side for too long, even if she doesn't remember it every day, she can eat the meals he cooked, as natural as breathing, so many times, Gu Huaishou would ignore him.Because subconsciously, Shi Fang will cook for himself for a lifetime.

The desire for appetite is never satisfied.

Suddenly one day, someone told her that Shi Fang was going to leave, and she began to feel that the world was making trouble.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Nian Gengyao decided to leave first, and he didn't know if this matter would be involved.

Zhou Daoxin had contact with people from Nalan Kuixu in his early years, and he knew it when he was reciting plums. Zhang Tingyu once asked him if he didn't form a party. He said that he was the same as Zhang Tingyu, but after so many years in the court, How can there be such a simple thing?Zhou Daoxin and Zhang Tingyu suddenly became strangers because of his handling of the case of the third prince Zhu, and he became a stranger to Zhang Tingyu.

In the end, you can't blame Zhou Daoxin, and you can't blame Zhang Tingyu. If the sky wants the third prince Zhu to die, he can only die.

It's just that God's will will inevitably affect the people below.

After Nian Gengyao left, only Gu Huaishu and Zhang Tingyu remained here.

Zhang Tingyu got up, only took Gu Huaishu out of the living room and walked into the house, and then let the maids leave, then looked at Gu Huaixiu.

The ins and outs of the matter were clear from Zhang Tingyu's mouth.

He talked about the back, but he was still a little bit speechless.

"...It's only natural to kill people to pay for their lives, but the trouble is...his identity."

"……identity?"

Gu Huaishu had calmed down, she bent her lips slightly, but an ominous premonition began to spread in her limbs.

"He is the grandson of the Third Prince Zhu..."

Zhang Tingyu took a sip of tea and looked at Gu Huaishu.

Another impasse.

At that moment, Gu Huaishu actually laughed out loud: "The more ridiculous, the more ridiculous..."

But she knew that Zhang Tingyu would not lie.

Shi Fang killed the second girl of the Ye family back then, but Zhou Daoxin's intentions are not counted now, the murder should be punished with life, and the girl of the Ye family seems not to be guilty of death; but in fact, the more troublesome thing is Shi Fang's identity.

When did her cook become a big shot?
wrist……

"There are such obvious marks, why not get rid of them early?"

"If it can be removed, it should have been removed long ago..." Zhang Tingyu was also a little upset, "How can ordinary people let go of the proof of blood? He has already concealed his name... That's all, the matter is a foregone conclusion."

The blood of the royal family is kept incognito, but there is still a mark reminding him of his identity.

Gu Huaishu buried his face in his hands, pressed his thumbs on his temples, and felt nothing: "The case of the third prince Zhu was handled by you, if someone finds out..."

Back then, Zhang Tingyu unjustly killed the third prince Zhu and made him copy and behead all the family members. Now suddenly a stone appeared, saying that he was the grandson of the third prince Zhu. Want to come to Zhang Tingyu?Dai Hualing should also be spared.

Perhaps even Zhou Daoxin never thought of this, did he?

But now, Zhou Daoxin probably doesn't know yet.

"The only turning point is at Zhou Daoxin's place. It's just..."

It's just that even if Shi Fang was not a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty, he could not escape death.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't bear to say something too serious to hurt her, so he said: "You are tired, go to sleep for a while."

"Shi Fang is my cook, I should take care of the left and right, it has nothing to do with you." Gu Huaishu glanced at him, after all, he still didn't want to trouble him, so he just got up and went to the study.

After she finished speaking, she ignored Zhang Tingyu's eyes, sat in front of the desk, dipped the pen in the ink, but couldn't put it down.

Lai Du, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and the current Yin of Shuntian Mansion are both members of the fourth master. Gu Huaishu has already found out Yinzhen's faction among the ministers in the capital, and she is also in front of the fourth master. The middleman, Prince Jiaoyong's order, can it solve the urgent need?Even if this matter is temporarily suppressed, there will be no turning point.

not to mention……

see you...

She is doing things for others and is a slave to others, so she should also look at herself.

The time is not long, and the chess pieces that should be raised have not yet reached the appropriate positions. It is too early for her to deal with Shi Fang.

If you give her another year, or half a year, maybe there is still power to recover.

Now, staring at the thick ink on the tip of the Hu pen, she shook her hand, but finally dropped it.

Conspiracy, conspiracy.

The writing on the left hand fell on the rice paper, Gu Huaishu was extremely calm, she wanted to deal with this matter properly before Zhou Daoxin found out.

This is walking on the tip of the knife, so it is no wonder that you encounter all kinds of weird things today.

It was getting late, Gu Huaishu sent someone to deliver the letter with a jade ring finger to the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and he replied after a while, saying that the man had been detained in prison, just because it was Tongcheng's case, it was not good Deal with it directly, only because Zhou Daoxin is there, so the case can be investigated.

When the letter was received, Zhou Dao's newcomer had already left.

Shi Fang went to prison...

Gu Huaishu didn't know if there was any danger here, and she didn't say anything to Zhang Tingyu, so she prepared to leave directly.

It's just that I didn't expect that just as I was about to go out at night, Ade from the front yard came to report: "Ma'am, Master Zhou is here again, saying that he has something to tell the second master, and the second master said that the matter may not turn around, let you Stand still for the time being."

"Just tell Second Master, I appreciate the good intentions, and I'll act first. If I keep it, I'll just go and see him off. If he talks well with Zhou Daoxin, my affairs should be over."

Gu Huaixiu never thought about fishing out the stone square. How could there be any reason to come out after going in?

What's more, Zhou Daoxin won't smash his own brand.

Before Zhang Tingyu was able to stand still, it was mostly because he had to wait for Zhou Daoxin's news.

The biggest change in this scene is Zhou Daoxin. At the beginning, he had a rift with Zhang Tingyu because of the unjust murder of the third prince Zhu, and he might not have no guilt towards the Zhu family. Now if he knew Shi Fang's identity, he would hesitate, even Come to Zhang Tingyu.

But even without that identity, how could Shi Fang escape?
She also wanted to ask him.

Yin Zhuang Xiaozhi of Shuntian Mansion received Gu Huaishu's letter first, and then fell silent.

Earlier, when Gu Huaixiu dispatched the fourth master's power in Beijing, he was with Nian Gengyao and others, but I only heard that there was such a person behind him, and I knew that Long Kedo had discussed things with this lady before, and it was Zhang Tingyu again. His wife, now she is brought up because of an ordinary life lawsuit, can Fu Yin refuse to accept her and give her a favor?
What's more, fourth master's wrench was brought.

Fu Yin is not a fool either, he naturally knows that just relying on such a finger pull can't prove anything, but he is not afraid of [-], just in case, the most important thing is that he doesn't want to offend Gu Huaishu, who knows what's behind it?Zhou Daoxin interrogated people in the daytime, and when he left, he seemed to be not quite right, and said that no one was allowed to visit.These people above are fighting with gods, Zhuang Xiaozhi only hoped that the fire would not come here, so Gu Huaishu said what he said here.

If something happens at that time, if the fourth master asks, he will say that it is all at the orders of Mrs. Zhang.

Presumably Mrs. Zhang Er had already made this plan when she came by herself.If anything happened, she had to be asked about it, and Mrs. Zhang didn't seem to have any fear.

Gu Huaishu was only guessing that Yinzhen couldn't hold his own. Even if Zhou Daoxin knew Shi Fang's identity, he might not tell the world about it, otherwise the entanglement would be even greater.If this matter is covered up, Fourth Master will pursue it, but it's just that she doesn't want to part with her cook, so she goes to see her off.

The cloak was tightly wrapped, and the hood was tightly covered, Gu Huaixiu came down and took two steps before he saw Zhuang Xiaozhi waiting in front of him.

"Master Zhuang is waiting."

"I didn't wait, I just stood here for a while, and Fang came back after receiving your letter, and didn't dare to leave."

Zhuang Xiaozhi is a discerning person, he has seen Longko's questioning about her situation earlier, thinking that maybe he can use this matter to achieve good things today, and it is Yinzhen and Zhang Tingyu, so everyone is happy?

Thinking of this, Zhuang Xiaozhi's eyes became more and more heated.

Gu Huaixiu was very clear about these people's thoughts, she smiled, looked at the person beside Zhuang Xiaozhi, and asked, "Who is this one?"

"Oh, it's the master book under the subordinates, who is in charge of the affairs of the money and valley. It's the subordinate official's think tank, called Pan Cheng." Zhuang Xiaozhi pointed to Pan Cheng and introduced it. Today's officials all have think tanks under their heads. It's not uncommon to do business.

But when Gu Huaishu glanced over, he realized that Pan Cheng had a lot of ambition in his eyes.

She remembered it in her heart, but she didn't want to waste time, so she just said: "I'll go in and have a look at my servant, and I hope you can make it easier for me, so don't delay things."

Zhuang Xiaozhi hurriedly asked people to go in, but there were people following him outside, and he was watching the wind outside at this time.

Zhuang Xiaozhi tentatively asked: "I don't know what kind of event you came here for this time, it's worth your trip..."

"You want to know?" Gu Huaishu kept walking, only saw the gloomy prison, but there was still a smile in his voice, "Why don't you give me your head first, and I will report to Fourth Master for you later, and then I will give you the answer ?”

With a "click", Zhuang Xiaozhi stumbled and almost fell, only felt the white sweat on his back, and was very frightened by the words of this second Mrs. Zhang.

Pan Cheng at the back gave Zhuang Xiao a hand, and said softly, "Master, be careful."

When Gu Huaishu turned the corner and looked back, he saw that Pan Chengqi was ugly, but he was very calm when he shot.

She herself is used to being intimidated by people who raise their heads and don't raise their heads. When she doesn't want to tell others, she can scare others like this.

Now that he is in prison, many people were beheaded in the autumn of last year. Now there are few people in the prison, and Gu Huaixiu walked very lightly. When he reached a corner, Zhuang Xiaozhi came out and said: "Zhou Shilang, let's go." At that time, people were kept, and they said that they could not enter as long as they got here..."

Gu Huaishu said: "You wait outside, these servants are also under your command, how can there be any saying that they can't be manipulated? You can tell them to go, if something happens, Mr. live."

That's right, Lai Du, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is also the fourth master party.

Zhuang Xiaozhi felt relieved after hearing this.

There are only two ways for him to be an official, one is to bribe, and the other is not to offend others. When Zhou Daoxin is here, he can't offend Zhou Daoxin, and when Mrs. Zhang comes, he can't offend Mrs. Zhang.

It is agreed that those who know current affairs are called Junjie, but it is not good to say that it is two-sided grass.

Gu Huaishu also knew that there was someone like Zhuang Xiaozhi earlier, but now he thinks, no matter what, keeping this person is a disaster, and it's time to pull out the weeds when he runs out.

Here Zhuang Xiaozhi pushed the people away, and Gu Huaishu walked in. She came here alone, and it was the first time in her life that she entered such a dirty place.

Grass wicks fell on the ground, and it was unclear whether it was blood stains or some muddy things stuck to the ground. Oil lamps were set high on both sides, but the biggest light source in this place was not the lamp, but a beautiful fiery red mouthful in the middle. There was a stove with carbon and a soldering iron in it. The people on both sides had already left, but there were many instruments of torture next to the wall.

When Gu Huaishu took a look at this place, he knew it was the Shura field.

It's just ordinary knowledge, and I don't feel much about it. Once someone related to me really falls into it, I feel the horror of it.

The Shi Fang she wanted to meet stood by the wall with his arms outstretched and his hands tied, and now he saw her without saying a word.

The bottom of my heart was very calm, Gu Huaishu approached him, but didn't see any scars on his body, only saw that his wrists that had been bound by cowhide had been untied.There was a deep and ferocious brand on it, which looked like a seal, but Gu Huaishu felt dizzy for a moment, and she couldn't see clearly, and she didn't want to look at it again.

There are some people who have burdened too much and dare not speak to others.

Just thinking about him, and saying that you don't want to marry a wife, is it because of your life experience?

What's more, the end of Zhu's third prince's family has already been made known to the world. If Shi Fangruo marries a wife, he will just repeat the same mistakes.

The expression on Shi Fang's face was somewhat blurred, and he only slightly bent his lips: "Madam, you are still here."

"Zhou Daoxin has come to our house, and he probably doesn't know how to deal with it... Earlier, because of the unjust murder of the third prince Zhu's family, he had a rift with the second master. Now that you have come out as your identity, he is a little restrained. "

Just because the third prince Zhu was wronged at the beginning, and now he can't continue to wrong his descendants.

Zhou Daoxin is a person who is confused when he is confused, and guards what should be guarded.

Gu Huaishu was a little speechless, he just looked at Shi Fang, remembering that he had rescued him back then, and hanged him back with ginseng...

"I'm thinking, if I didn't have such a kind heart back then, there wouldn't be so many disasters and separations now..."

"Ma'am, your last kindness is on Shi Fang..."

Shi Fang's voice was soft, his hands were stretched for too long, they were completely numb, his fingertips were trembling, and he couldn't regain the feeling.

He seems to be the original stone square, as if he has spoken to the person in his heart countless times under the eaves, restrained and forbearing.

"Shi Fang's life for so many years was picked up. Without you, Shi Fang would not be what he is today. A short-lived person can only live to my current age, so why should you be sad? Just treat me like I am dying Bar……"

His life was originally in Gu Huaixiu's hands, but now he just returned it.

Shi Fang felt that he still had a lot to say. In the cold and damp prison, he only thought of the snowy night that year, the cold and bleak wind, every piece of snow was like a knife...

People are greedy for warmth, Shi Fang felt that he was too greedy.

If he is not greedy, he should just leave. No matter what happens in the future, Gu Huaishu will not be implicated.

But where would you have thought that there would be today?
"A single mistake will cause eternal hatred... Where in the world is there an impenetrable wall? It turns out that my family is exhausted and I can't blame others. Ma'am, you just pretend that there is no one like me..."

Gu Huaishu really wanted to raise his hand to give him a slap, but he held back.

After a long time, she glanced at the dim oil lamp and said, "Why didn't you tell me what you did earlier?"

"The Shi Fang in your eyes wouldn't do those things." Shi Fang didn't know whether he was right or wrong, but he was not a good person when he was born, not to mention that he had experienced the sufferings of the world in ten years of bitterness? "I'm not Shi Fang...but I only wish I were Shi Fang. Do you know that?"

He would rather not have the blood of the former Ming royal family in his body. If he is just a grassroots person, he may not be able to have a wife and child family like ordinary people.

It's a pity that a mark had already landed on him not long after he was born, reminding him all the time that he was a subjugated slave.

Zhu Youjian is a carpenter emperor, he just wants to be a cook.

However, things in the world are often in the opposite direction.

"There is retribution in the world, madam... I killed Miss Ye Er, and there are two more..."

He still wanted to say it after all, and stated his sins one by one in front of Gu Huaishu.

Gu Huaixiu only said, "I don't want to hear it."

"But Shi Fang wanted to say it." He was not clean, and he used a pair of sinful hands to cook those delicate meals. No matter how many times he washed, he couldn't wash away the blood. What comes out of it so that washing your hands becomes a quirk, "Will you listen to me?"

"……I listen."

Her eyes fell on Shi Fang's wrist, but she remembered many things.

After all, she is still cold-blooded, she thought a lot when she came here, but now she is indifferent? , perhaps because he knew he was helpless.

"Auntie and Thrush, I killed them both..."

He was the one who forced Gu Jiao to death. At that time, Gu Jiao had two letters, one was that the widow was having an affair with a foreigner, and the other was that she communicated with Lin Jiashi at that time, and the key point was Gu Huaishu.Once the evil thoughts come together, they can't be taken back... But he didn't expect that Gu Jiao would commit suicide just to frighten her.

People have evil, guilt, and all kinds of demons and ghosts in their hearts, so they are afraid. If they can't overcome such fear, they can only die.

What's more, he is holding a rhinoceros horn hairpin in his hand?
As for thrush...

Shi Fang thought of the thrush in the cage, and he was a little bit speechless.

Gu Huaishu turned sideways and listened to the silence around him: "That thrush... I confessed to you and fell in love with you back then. I still remember that there was a thrush in your cage. Tell me..."

"It didn't die of old age, it was poisoned to death by me."

Shi Fang chuckled, but it seemed to be shy as a boy.

"Dianchan Temple trip, she had contacts with Lin Jiashi, her hand was not pinched by the door, but stepped on... But she didn't tell the truth after all. It's just that I ended up hurting someone..."

At that time in front of the window, Huamei saw the imprint on his wrist, and Shi Fang was moved to kill.

But later I found out that Thrush couldn't read.

"Ma'am, I deserve what I did, and I have no one to blame."

Zhang Tingyu unjustly killed the family of the third prince Zhu, and even his own protégé Dai Mingshi... He is not a good person, he just kills people whenever he wants, what matters is that he kills the wrong person.Thrush disappeared after drinking his wine...

Using a woman's love for him to do evil things in the world.

Shi Fang suddenly felt that it was good to be in prison like this, he was only afraid that Gu Huaixiu would not like him, so he looked at her after he finished speaking.

Gu Huaixiu closed her eyes, her palms were cold, she slowly spread her palms, and slowly opened her eyes, seeing a patch of yellow lights scattered under her feet.

"If murder is a crime, I don't know how many times I have died..."

After speaking, there was no sound for a long time.

Shi Fang glanced at the door, there was someone's shadow moving over there.

He glanced at his wrist, then at the red-hot soldering iron, and said: "Shi Fang has only one wish for the rest of his life, madam can help Shi Fang make it happen?"

Gu Huaishu looked back at him, hiding the pity in his eyes, and said: "I will help you."

The master and servant looked at each other for a long time, Shi Fang finally smiled slowly, Gu Huaishu knew him after all.

She turned around, stretched out her slender fingers, grasped the handle of the soldering iron wrapped in dirty white cloth, and slowly pulled out the red-hot iron bar, but she felt something vaguely fall from the bottom of her eyes, "Don't you regret it? "

"Shi Fang only wishes to be Shi Fang."

His voice was calm, and there was only one sentence.

The sound of the soldering iron rubbing against the coals, in the quiet night, has an unspeakable tenderness.

Gu Huaixiu suddenly felt that the color was very warm, warm to the heart, the temperature of the fingertips was scalding and smoky.

She looked at the red-hot soldering iron, and went to Shi Fang's side: "Hold on, it just hurts for a while..."

He was clearly laughing, but the moment he spoke, there were tears streaming down his face.

Shi Fang bent his lips: "You can do it."

The imprint on the wrist is ferocious and deep. When the soldering iron goes down, there is an indestructible depth.

After removing this imprint, one hand is useless.

In the future, Shi Fang won't cook any food, he just doesn't want to keep it to talk in Yan Luo Hall.

He closed his eyes, his fingers were curled up and convulsed, and all the hardships and sorrows turned into sweat on his forehead and dried tears, but he still opened his eyes and looked at her.

Gu Huaishu could no longer see those four words, what Zhu Mingyongzuo was, it was just a joke.

The situation in the world has been turbulent for many years, and the dynasty has changed, but it's just mediocre.

She gritted her teeth, resisting the urge to throw away the soldering iron immediately, let her numb hand stick to the soldering iron, and destroy the only mark on his body that did not belong to Shi Fang!
"when!"

The soldering iron finally fell from her hand, and Gu Huaishu saw that his wrist was bloody and bloody.

She suddenly felt an unspeakable pain that pierced her heart, as if she wanted to gouge out her whole heart, so that blood was all over her body and flowed all over the floor.

He has long been a murderous executioner, so how many stones are there?
She couldn't help laughing out loud, and she also burst into tears. The great sadness instantly enveloped her whole body, making her cry silently, but even crying turned into laughter.

The hoarse voice, with some exhausted depression, made her half-bend, as if she was about to fall to the ground in the next moment.

But Shi Fang saw that she stopped and did not fall down.

The blood dripped to the ground, mixed with the sludge of the entire cell, and became a thick black that could not fade away.

The pain that belonged to Shi Fang came back again.

At the same time, there was that deep compassion.

He remembered that he put the copper plate in front of that Hanako, remembered the tearful eyes of that Hanako, and remembered the 45 copper coins he threw into the fire in the stove...

"Don't cry for me, it's not worth it. The nobles, the traffickers and the pawns, are all mortal. How dare you pretend to be the emperor by inheriting the destiny of heaven? It's just a winner and a loser."

It's just a winner and a loser.

If this was still the Ming Dynasty, how could it have ended up like this?
But changing dynasties, that's all.

What they can do is not to implicate more people.

The case of the third prince Zhu had involved a lot in the beginning, if the matter of Shi Fang were revealed, how many people would suffer.

He himself sees it very clearly, and is extremely peaceful, like an outsider.

Gu Huaishu pressed her knees to keep herself from falling down. Her eyes fell on the soldering iron, and her mind became a little dazed.

Nobility in the sky, traffickers and pawns...

They are all mortal, how dare they claim to be the Son of Heaven by the destiny of heaven?

But winners and losers.

She remembered that when she entered the palace, Kangxi asked Li Dequan to throw a dagger at her, saying that capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped...

She remembered the day when Zhang Tingyu unjustly killed the third prince Zhu, and the snow fell heavily...

She thought of Literary Inquisition, Dai Mingshi's "Nanshan Ji" case implicated more than [-] people...

She even thought of Shen Chao, the case of Shen Tianfu was still shrouded in mist and covered in blood...

The whole family was copied and beheaded, and the nine clans were exterminated. The emperor was high above him, and he spoke golden words, and a few words could determine life and death.

...Why?
She looked at Shi Fang, and Shi Fang also looked at her, with peace in his eyes.

If there was no change of dynasty, the person standing in front of her now should not be a prisoner, but a nobleman. If there were no winners and losers, how could he end up where he is now?
Who is not superior, playing with power and influence, from the prince, fourth master, eighth master, to the thirteenth and fourteenth masters, all regard human life as worthless... As for herself, why not?As long as the person who died had nothing to do with her, she never cared.

How many people has she killed?There are too many to count now.

She doesn't have to pay for her own harm, let alone pay for it, she just needs to flip her wrist, and it will be bloody.

Shi Fang will die from murder, but he, who is bloody and heinous, will still be at large.

After all, it's just...

She straightened herself up slowly, and the dark blue Wanfu patterns rolled over the lotus embroidery patterns on her cuffs.

It's just that in this dim prison, her voice was unusually gentle and gentle, but there was a surge of sorrow hidden underneath.

"... Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be honored."

Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be martyred.

The principle of success and defeat.

Shi Fang looked at Gu Huaixiu, but couldn't see her expression clearly, only vaguely felt that her eyes were very beautiful, just like before.

The voice finally couldn't stop a little choking.

He called her: "Third Miss..."

(End of this chapter)