Volume 1 Chapter 25 If you don't seek death, then you won't die

  The branches and leaves on the road to Jiangnan are lush, the winter in the north is unimaginably cold for Chen Yousheng who has been living in the south for a long time. The snow scenery and mountain winds continued day and night, and he finally returned to Hangzhou after the changing landscape.

  The horse carriage slowed down and stopped, Chen Yunsheng got off the carriage and looked into the distance.

  "Finally arrived..." He let out a soft sigh, his face showing some excitement, although he had the tiger tally, this journey could be said to have been smooth sailing, but he was still exhausted.

  "The imperial historian continued on for several more li before arriving at the town."

  Chen Yunsheng nodded and returned to the carriage, which slowly started moving again.

  "Old man, take these fabrics for the New Year"

  Tang Weihua took the fabric from Old Wang and handed it over to the elderly person in front of him, who thanked him hastily.

  "Tang Yuanwai, don't worry, I've also seen the young master grow up, and I'll do my best to think of a way to get the villagers to help"

  "Overwhelmed with gratitude" Tang Weixi clasped his hands together, let out a soft sigh. The elderly man before him was a respected elder in the village, advanced in years and prestige. On that day, those who saw Tang Guan take action against the villagers were all locals, and with this old man secretly making contact, they would definitely be able to stall for some time.

  Liu Chunliang's reputation was extremely bad, and after all, there were few common people who wanted to intervene in his affairs.

  Tang Weixi bid farewell and walked out of the door with Old Wang, lightly sighing: "Where's our next destination?"

  Old Wang looked at the short few days of Tang Weixi's added white silk and shook his head slightly, saying: "Master, let's go back first. With Brother Xu helping out, there's no need to run around anymore."

  Pitiful is the heart of parents all over the world. No matter how many wrong things their children do, responsible parents will not abandon them. Tang Wei Xi looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh. He had a late-born son and recovered from a serious illness, but just as one wave subsided, another rose up.

  "Ah" He immediately turned around and walked back to the government office, his front foot had just left, a distant yamen runner in official uniform walked up to the gate of Xu Qi's old house.

  "Bang Bang Tied, Mr. Xu"

  The newcomer was Wang Hu, who had come to collect evidence. Although he was a bit of a bumpkin, he was still in his forties and hadn't lived in vain, so he understood that it was impossible to take evidence from every household, and they had to find the leader among them.

  Mr. Xu slowly opened the door and saw that it was Wang Hu, smiling and saying: "Tiger boy, what's up?"

  Wang Hu listened as Xu Daobo called him by his milk name, feeling slightly displeased, but still smiled and said: "Xu Daobo, I have something to ask for your help"

  "What's up? Come on in." Mr. Xu's heart skipped a beat as he heard the words, his old and cunning mind instantly grasping what Wang Hu was getting at.

  As expected, Wang Hu waved his hand and said: "Don't go in anymore. Tang Weixi's son killed the young master of Liu Shijun's family. According to the servants' words, the villagers all saw it with their own eyes that day. I'd like to ask you to come forward and coordinate, gather witnesses, and hold a trial to judge the offender."

  "Ah, you're referring to the young master of the Tang family?" Old Man Xu exclaimed in feigned surprise.

  "That's right, that lawless little beast!" King Hu was now resentful of Tang Guan as well, who had actually been playing tricks on him in prison.

  As he spoke, he pulled out a document from his bosom and said: "You give this to the fellow villager, and have him put his fingerprint on it."

  Xu Laobo took the document, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, and said seriously: "That young master Tang is only eight or nine years old, how can he kill someone?"

  Wang Hu said somewhat impatiently: "You don't have to worry about this, anyway many people saw it, you just help gather them"

  Mr. Xu nodded silently, and Wang Hu saw that he had agreed, so he didn't thank him and turned around to leave. Mr. Xu returned to the house again, closed the door, and looked at the wrinkled face on the official document with a hesitant expression.

  Her gaze turned back to the fabric on the table, and she slowly folded the official document in her hand, walked slowly to the bed, stuffed it under the bed.

  "It's you who have done many evil deeds." Old Mr. Xu shook his head slightly, picked up the fabric, stroked it gently, and put it away in the cabinet.

  "Little Lord! Little Lord!"

  "Little Lord! Little Lord!!"

  The cry echoed beside Tang's ear, causing his fingers to move slightly, and a glimmer of light appeared before his eyes.

  Xiao Qi, who had been shouting loudly, was overjoyed when she saw this and knew that Tang Guan was going to wake up.

  "Water..." Tang Guan's dry, cracked lips slowly formed the word. He had been unconscious since being carried back after his torture and had lain there for three or four hours.

  Xiao Qi leaned his head close to the edge of the cage and listened for a long time before he could make out that Tang Guan wanted water.

  "Little Lord, don't make a sound, wait a moment." Xia Qi's heart immediately skipped a beat as he picked up the bowl beside him and knocked it against the prison bars.

  "Dong dong, Old Root Uncle, Old Root Uncle!"

  Someone came over upon hearing the noise, and it was Lao Gen, the jailer who had let Xiao Qi in. Seeing Xiao Qi making a big commotion, he hastily walked over and said: "Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, what are you trying to do?"

  "Uncle Laogen, I want a drink of water." Xia Qi smiled and Laogen shook his head slightly, saying "Wait a minute".

  After speaking, he turned around and fetched water. Before long, he brought a bowl of water from downstairs and handed it to Little Seven, who immediately thanked him.

  "Don't mess around, the wind is tight lately. And don't talk to that kid next to you." Lao Gen said while pointing at Tang Guan. Xiao Qi hastily agreed and he turned to leave.

  "Come closer, young master." Xiao Qi wanted to hand someone over to Tang Guan, but the bowl was stuck. At this time, Tang Guan's whole body was in severe pain, his ten fingers were numb, and he almost crawled to the edge with a creeping motion.

  Xiao Qi slowly poured water for Tang Guan, stretching her neck and head to reach the corner of the bowl.

  "Cough...cough..." Tang Guan drank too hastily and was choked into a fit of coughing.

  "Slow down... slow down..." Little Qi held the bowl with both hands and comforted Tang Guan, knowing that Tang Guan had suffered another cruel punishment, his heart couldn't bear it.

  A bowl of water was drunk in an instant, and Tang Guan suddenly collapsed to the ground. A grasshopper fell out of his bosom. With great effort, Tang Guan opened his eyes and stared at the grasshopper, wanting to reach out and grab it, but the severe pain in his fingers left him powerless.

  Tang Guan stared at the grasshopper, which was what he had given to Lin Yuhong. At her most helpless moment, he had handed it over to her; and when he was at his most helpless, she had returned it to him.

  "One day, I want to get what I want, and there's nothing I can't get!"

  At this moment, the humiliation and torture of the past few days suddenly erupted in Tang Guan's heart! He was originally a person with not too much ambition, but at this moment, he realized that it was this point that had ruined him. Human desire is so strange, always growing rapidly under pressure.

  "One day! I'll make you pay a thousand times over!"

  "Little Lord, what did you say?" Xia Qi heard Tang Guan muttering to himself and thought he had another request, so she asked.

  "Kid, after being pinched a thousand times, you must move your fingers, or else they won't be able to connect"

  At this time, Ma Lie's cell on the other side also transmitted a voice. Tang Guan heard the words and endured the severe pain, lightly shaking his fingers. What was strange was that with such a degree of torture, his fingers did not break.

  Ma Lie saw that Tang Guan could still move his fingers, and a strange light flashed in the bottom of his eyes.

  "Your Honor, don't you want to go back to your mansion and take a rest first?"

  The robust man across the knife gazed at the nearby town and asked like Chen Yunsheng in the carriage.

  Chen Yunsheng lifted the curtain and urged: "What are you resting for? Hurry up! Go straight to the Tang Mansion!"

  At this time, Chen Yunsheng was even more different from the distant view, his face was excited and suppressed, the carriage started to move quickly, Chen Yunsheng picked up the package beside him and held it tightly in his arms, inside which were two extremely important things that could even be said to change a person's life.

  "Drive! Drive!" The whip cracked out one last time, and the group of people burst into the town, rushing along the streets without stopping, not halting until they reached the entrance to the Tang estate.

  "The inspector has arrived"

  Chen Yunsheng got off the carriage, looked at the long-separated Tang Mansion, his heart was excited, he held the package in his arms, adjusted his clothes and hat, stepped forward and knocked on the door.

  "Open the door! Open the door!"

  At this time, Chen Yunsheng had completely lost his composure. There were two things in the package: one was the sacred edict of the Empress Dowager, and the other was the invitation card from the Prime Minister's residence!

  No one knows how Chen Yunshang felt when he personally received the letter written by Pei Yan, only that it was like a dream come true. Pei Yan was the prime minister appointed by Emperor Gaozong before his death, and all major military and national affairs were to be decided in consultation with Empress Wu.

  What an honor! In modern terms, you can listen with one hand, but I'm the one who actually gets things done.

  The gate finally opened, and Chen Yusheng saw it was Old Wang and said: "Where is your master?"

  Lao Wang had not yet responded when Chen You Sheng hastily stepped into the courtyard, "De Hua brother! What wonderful news!"

  Chen Yunsheng saw someone's shadow in the living room and stepped forward. As he entered, he was stunned on the spot.

  Only the Tang couple sat on the chair, Tang Weixi's face was expressionless, but Mrs. Tang kept wiping away tears, and what was most frightening was that there was a small coffin standing in this living room.

  Seeing this scene, Chen Yunsheng's burden in his arms almost fell to the ground, stuttering: "De... Dehua brother... where are you going!"

  Tang Weixi looked up and glanced at Chen Yusheng, saying in a wooden tone: "In the dead cell..."

  "What!? Who's been caught? Ah, it's all over! It's all over!" Chen Yunsheng jumped up in shock as soon as he heard the word "death", and his reaction startled Tang and his wife.

  "Everyone who received the sacred invitation dares to kill! Fake death, fake death!" Chen Yusheng's expression changed from extreme joy to extreme anger and grief, he directly pushed open the coffin lid, but suddenly stopped his roar.

  All he saw was an empty coffin, without the small body of Tang Guan as imagined. He immediately turned his head and asked: "Where is he?"