Chapter 51：

The room fell silent all of a sudden.

Tao Ti stared at the man in front of her in a daze. The phrase "I'm alone", like a protective cover over her, made her feel extremely relieved.

Her heart was beating faster, and her ears rang loudly.

Pei Yan's slender eyelashes hung down unhurriedly, wrapped her hand over her shoulder, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Scared stupid?"

Tao Ti was dumbfounded, and when she reacted, her cheeks became hot, "No, no, but your Highness, why are you here?"

Pei Yan said, "I said yesterday that I will pick you up today."

Tao Ti, "...what's the matter?" Why didn't she know.

But Pei Yan is here, that's a good thing, her patron is here, she doesn't have to be aggrieved!

Tao Ti's waist and pole straightened up, and his little hand grabbed his sleeves, like a schoolboy who was bullied at school and grieved Baba to complain to his parents, whispered, "Your Highness, I think this is not easy..."

Pei Yan let out a low "um" and raised his eyes to look at Princess Mu and Shizi on the opposite side.

The faces of Princess Mu's mother and son were not very good, one by one was pale.

However, Princess Mu has lived for half of her life and experienced many things. She managed to suppress the emotions in her heart and pulled out a stiff smile, "His Royal Highness, why are you here?"

"Lonely came to pick up the princess and returned to the palace, but I didn't expect to see such a big excitement."

Pei Yan's cold eyes swept across the people in the house, and he said casually, "Wang Hao, you post and invite the princess to come to your house as a guest. Is this how you entertain guests?"

Princess Mu's face changed abruptly, and she hurriedly explained, "His Royal Highness, you are misunderstanding! Look at Xuan'er being so badly injured by the assassin... I lost my courtesy for a while! Please forgive my sins."

Pei Yan frowned slightly.

Princess Mu looked earnestly and continued, "His Royal Highness, Jianxuan is your own cousin. Now he is injured like this. We are just asking for justice! Besides, this is my housework in Prince Mu's Mansion, Prince. Concubine's intervention is a bit wrong, isn't it?"

Tao Ti retorted, "The princess has always said that she wants to be fair to the elder son. If the elder son really harms this girl's sister, who will give her elder sister fairness!"

She bent down to look at the **** the ground, "You said your sister's body is in the dry well in the backyard, are you sure?"

The girl struggled to break away from the suppression of the two servants, knelt on the ground, kowtow to Pei Yan and Tao Ti, and said, "Prince, prince, please be aware of the details, what I said is true, you can send it now People go to search in the dry well in the backyard. If they can’t find it, I’ll hit a pillar and die. There’s nothing wrong with it!"

Her cheeks were red and swollen, but her eyes were amazingly bright, with desperate determination.

Suddenly, it was Tao Ti and Pei Yan, but everyone else in the house was a little moved.

Concubine Mu's eyes flickered, her fingers clenched tightly. If her eyes could kill, this girl would have been cut by her thousands of times a long time ago.

Tao Ti stared at the girl who was constantly kowtow on the ground, her eyes complicated.

In her heart, she wanted to manage. At any rate, she grew up under the red flag and accepted the core values ​​of socialism from a young age. As a woman, she hated this kind of violence and murder of women.

But at the same time, she was a little uneasy. After all, this is an ancient feudal dynasty, not comparable to a modern society under the rule of law. She is now facing a powerful palace, and this palace is still her relative in name...

If she manages, will it cause trouble to Pei Yan?

In this situation of anxiety and entanglement, she raised her small head, looked at Pei Yan, and whispered, "Your Highness."

She decided... to give Pei Yan the right to choose.

Pei Yan lowered his head and saw her clear eyes and the worry under her eyes.

After a moment of silence, he seemed to understand her mind, wrapped her little hand with his warm palm, and nodded at her with a smile.

Turning his face, he heard him call out in a deep voice, "Flatten."

There was an immediate response from outside the door, "The minister is here!"

Pei Yan said, "Take a few people to search in the dry well in the backyard."

Zhanping said "yes", and hurriedly took a few people there.

Wang Shizi on the bed obviously panicked, and shouted weakly, "Mother concubine, concubine mother..."

Concubine Mu's face was tense, staring at Pei Yan gloomily, "His Royal Highness, Jianxuan is your cousin, and King Mu is your uncle. You wouldn't even care about blood relatives for such a humble commoner, right? ?"

I don’t know that the prince, who has always been known as "gentle, kind and good-tempered", met her implicitly threatening gaze. Those deep and charming peach blossom eyes were slightly narrowed, and the eyes were so dark that it could not be removed. It is a deep pool of murder without blood.

"The emperor breaks the law and commits the same crime with the common people."

His voice is not too big or small, his tone is calm, and the corners of his lips seem to be smiling.

But for some reason, Princess Mu had a cold back.

Is this gentle man in front of him really like his appearance inside?

Princess Mu stubbornly grabbed her fingers and turned her eyes away abruptly. Taking this opportunity, she secretly cast a look at the servant woman on the side.

The servant woman suddenly realized that she was ready to slip away lightly. Before she took two steps, she was pressed to the ground by Linglong three times and five times, and she cried out in pain.

At this time, the doctor with the medicine box arrived. When he saw this scene at first sight, his legs became weak, "Cao Min, Cao Min visit you nobles..."

"Since the doctor is here, let the doctor show his cousin the injury first..."

Pei Yan smiled softly to Princess Mu, "Waiting alone in the yard."

After all, he took Tao Ti's hand and walked outside the door together.

Linglong also let go of the servant woman, helped the **** the ground, and led her out together.

At this time it was almost evening, the sky was dim, and a group of tall and mighty Donggong guards stood at the entrance of the courtyard, full of momentum.

Pei Yan took Tao Ti and sat down at the stone table.

At first I stood in the room and didn't feel anything. Now when I came out and breathed the fresh air, Tao Ti realized that his calves were a little soft.

She sat down slowly, Pei Yan let go of her hand and whispered, "Ati, your palms are sweaty."

Tao Ti was startled, "..."

Pei Yan sat down beside her, staring at her with deep eyes, and asked in a gentle voice, "Are you afraid that you might choose to let it go?"

Tao Ti looked at him with a stunned look, her eyes widened, as if she was saying silently, how do you know!

Indeed, at the moment when she looked at Pei for help, she was uncertain.

She knew that Pei Yan was a good person, but he was an ancient person and a nobleman with power. Perhaps in his values, the life of the common people was as cheap as an ant, and only a few people died. It was not a big event——

"The emperor commits a crime with the common people", she has only seen it in film and television dramas before, and there are really few princes and nobles who can do this in the history of China.

If Pei Yan really chooses to leave it alone, she may be somewhat responsive, but it is not completely incomprehensible.

But deep down in her heart, she still hopes... he can manage.

Fortunately, he did not let her down!

At the moment he ordered Zhanping to search the well, her heart was filled with infinite joy, and she could not wait to hug him on the spot, and she did not hesitate to boast - Your Majesty, you are indeed a good-hearted little angel!

Tao Ti returned to his senses and said to him embarrassedly, "At first it was a little uncertain, but... I think your Highness, you shouldn't just sit idly by!"

Pei Yan glanced over her small expression and laughed blankly. She probably praised him as a good person in her heart.

After a while, he grabbed a smile, and stared at her eyes seriously and solemnly, "Ati, you have to believe in loneliness at any time, okay?"

Tao Ti, "..."

Why is it so solemn all of a sudden, like...speaking of wedding vows?

This metaphor frustrated her for a moment, and then she met his gentle moonlight gaze, pursed her lips, and gently nodded, "Yeah."

Pei Yan's delicate eyebrows stretched out a little bit, and the curvature of the corners of his lips became softer.

He raised his hand and rubbed her little head, "Ati is good."

Tao Ti's heart moved slightly, and her head silently dropped, and a touch of crimson quietly climbed up to the tips of her white and tender ears.

………

It didn't take long before Zhanping came back.

Also brought back with him was a large wooden box and a stretcher covered with a piece of white cloth.

He had everyone put outside the courtyard, and he didn't dare to bring them in. After all, these things were too terrifying, for fear of staining the eyes of the master.

"His Royal Highness." Unfolding his fists, the usual arrogant face is gone, but a very serious look, "Recovered a severely corrupted female corpse from the dry well in the backyard..."

Having said that, he paused and looked at the **** one side, "A small silver lock was found on the neck of the female corpse. I don't know... Is it your sister?"

When the girl Xia Sang heard the "silver lock", her face became paler, her tears were like broken beads, she reached out and took a silver lock from her neck, "Is that true?"

Zhanping glanced, nodded, and said heavily, "So, the female corpse outside should be your sister."

As soon as Xia Sang heard it, he ran out of the courtyard.

She knelt beside the rotten stretcher, her hands trembling, trying to lift the white cloth to look.

The guard on the side sighed and reminded, "Girl, don't look at it, it's so bad... it's just a little sad..."

Xia Sang moved for a while, hesitated for a moment, still gritted his teeth and opened a corner.

When she saw the almost boneless head, she only felt a surge in her stomach, and her whole body was shaking involuntarily, like sifting chaff.

She couldn't bear to take a closer look, her gaze lowered, and when she fell on the dim little silver lock on the female corpse's neck, she suddenly burst into tears--

"sister!!!"

She wailed painfully, hoarsely, as if she cried with blood.

Her elder sister who had depended on each other since she was a child, the elder sister who treated her so well, her only relative in this world, just like that... died.

Her sister is only seventeen years old. She has never done a bad thing, never hurt anyone, but ended up like this...

The more Xia Sang thought about it, the more painful he became, and the more painful he became, the more he hated it.

The people in the hospital were also sighed at the painful appearance of her heartbroken.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, Xia Sang spewed a big mouthful of blood.

The guards on the side were taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

She struggled to get up, stumbled to Tao Ti and Pei Yan, and knelt down with a plop.

She fell on the ground and pleaded in a hoarse voice, "Prince, Princess, please, please give my sister justice, as long as the wicked person can get retribution, even if it takes my life, I have nothing to do. regret!"

Pei Yan, "..."

Tao Ti said solemnly, "Don't worry, we will."

Zhanping continued to report to Pei Yan, "His Royal Highness, in addition to this female corpse, the minister also found other corpses in the dry well..."

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked.

Pei Yan's face became more and more serious, and he said coldly, "How many."

"The corpses are piled up into small hills, and it is difficult to salvage them at a time, so the ministers will first take out the skulls..."

Zhanping pointed to the big wooden box outside, and said, "There are 22 complete skulls in total, depending on the size, they should all be women."

Twenty-two skulls!

Tao Ti took a deep breath and said in astonishment, "In other words, besides Xia Sang's sister, the world also killed 22 other girls?"

Flattened his voice, "...it should be."

Tao Ti couldn't help being violent in his heart, and only castrated him, it was really cheap for him!

At the same time, I felt a bitter cold. This Prince Mu's mansion looked at the flowers, gorgeous and gorgeous. Who would have thought that there were so many girls' souls buried in this underground dry well.

Beasts, really beasts!

Pei Yan saw her anger, patted her on the shoulder lightly, and said with relief, "It's not worth the bad body for this kind of popularity."

He said to Linglong, "Go in and see what's going on inside."

Linglong promised, looked inside the house, and quickly turned back, saying, "The wound has been treated."

Tao Ti asked angrily, "Is it abolished?"

Linglong, "This..."

Pei Yan, "..."

Flatten, "..."

Tao Ti was taken aback and realized that she had said what was in her heart. She coughed in embarrassment, "Well, I'll just ask casually."

Linglong glanced at Pei Yan, and when he saw that he had no objection, she replied, "Looking at the doctor's expression, it should be abolished."

Deserve it! !

Tao Ti finally felt a hint of joy in her suffocated heart.

Pei Yan glanced at her indifferently, without saying much. He was about to get up and go in when he heard a rush of messy footsteps outside the door.

When the pedestrian walked to the courtyard gate, he was also taken aback by the dead bodies and wooden boxes on the ground.

The people in the courtyard looked out, and the outsiders looked in, with their eyes facing each other, some were calm and some panicked.

Pei Yan looked at Mu Wangye and Sun Fuyin who were coming together, and snorted coldly, "It's all here."

Tao Ti didn't hear clearly, and looked at him suspiciously. He only curled his eyes and smiled, "It's okay."

Prince Mu and Sun Fuyin walked in together. After saluting respectfully, Prince Mu frowned, "His Royal Highness, is this...?"

Pei Yan said, "Uncle Huang really raised a good son."

Prince Mu's eyelids jerked.

Pei Yan looked at Sun Fu Yin again, with a calm tone, "Sun Fu Yin, you are the magistrate of Luoyang, you are here just right now."

The smile on Sun Fuyin's face couldn't stop.

Pei Yan glanced at the two of them, his stature was stiff, his voice was flat and he couldn't hear his anger, "Let's go, let's go in first."

The door was pushed open, and a few people walked in.

The first son of King Mu had just finished bandaging, lying on the bed dying, while Concubine Mu fed the ginseng soup.

Seeing that Prince Mu and Sun Fuyin were also coming in this time, Princess Mu's dim eyes suddenly lit up, and she called out expectantly, "Master, you are finally here."

Twenty years of marriage, it was the first time King Mu saw the haggard appearance of the princess.

Looking at the eldest son who was lying on the bed again, his face turned black with naked eyes, and his beard trembled angrily, "How did this happen?"

In tears, Princess Mu told the story of "The son was assassinated". At the end, she pressed her veil on the corner of her eye and sobbed, "The assassin killed us Xuan'er so badly, but the princess still has to protect her. Lord, you have to call the shots for our son!"

Tao Ti witnessed the whole process from the side, almost couldn't help but applaud for Princess Mu's acting skills.

The master is among the people. This Princess Mu really interprets the four words "reverse black and white" vividly. This should be put in the previous TV series, and it is a vicious female partner who has been scolded on Weibo hot search.

As soon as Tao Ti wanted to come forward to argue, Pei Yan took her hand, shook her head gently, and flattened his eyes.

Unfolding took a step forward and recounted the process they had dug out the corpses from the dry well in the backyard with a blank face.

In the end, there was a trace of sarcasm on his stinky face, and he said coldly, "Prince Mu, I didn't expect that your palace was built on the cemetery, but it is really a treasure of geomantic omen."

Prince Mu choked.

Pei Yan looked directly at Prince Mu, "Uncle Emperor, 23 lives, don't you plan to explain?"

Lord Mu's thick eyebrows tightened, "..."

Wang Shizi on the bed was surprised to get up and shouted, "Impossible, how can there be so many!"

As soon as this word came out, everyone in the house looked different.

Pei Yan squinted his black eyes and said coldly, "The corpses are outside. If there are so many, you will know after careful examination. As for why there are so many..."

After a pause, he didn't intentionally scan the Mu Wangs and his wife, and said slowly, "Perhaps in addition to you, there are others who have thrown their bodies inside."

Almost for an instant, Prince Mu glanced at Princess Mu subconsciously, and Princess Mu's cheek muscles twitched fiercely twice, clenching his teeth.

Pei Yan looked at Sun Fu Yin, who had been working hard to reduce his sense of existence, and named him, “Sun Fu Yin and Mu Wang Shizi are suspected of robbing and committing crimes such as rape, adultery, and murder. What should I do next? You?"

Sun Fuyin buried his head and hesitated, "Chen, minister..."

He didn't dare to respond, but his eyes kept looking at Lord Mu.

Prince Mu frowned tightly, his fist under the sleeves of his large robe was tightly clenched.

When the atmosphere was stiff, Pei Yan's eyebrows curled, and he looked at Prince Mu kindly, "Uncle Emperor, 23 lives, this is not something that can be fooled casually, but it is reported to the emperor. The emperor father will not easily forgive..."

"But the emperor shouldn’t be too alarmed. This matter was done by the son of the world alone. If the son of the emperor can kill the family righteously and send the son to jail himself, he will at most lose his reputation as a godson’s laxity. Too much blame on you..."

"Furthermore, you have several sons besides this son, Uncle Emperor. Why bother to drag yourself down for such an ineffectiveness."

Each of these words was like a strong torrent, which washed away the fragile feeling of licking the calf in Mu Wangye's heart more and more.

He looked at Pei Yan with a sullen face, Pei Yan still looked like a breeze, as if to silently say to him, "Leave the green hills without worrying about the firewood."

Yes, in addition to this unsuccessful son, he has several sons, many of whom are outstanding.

After all, Princess Mu was the pillow of Prince Mu for many years, and it was immediately obvious that Prince Mu had loosened his mind, and it was as if a scoop of ice water was splashed on his head.

She strode forward, grabbed Mu's sleeves in one step, and with tears in her eyes, she cried out, "Master, Xuan'er is hurt so badly, how can he go to a place like prison?"

Seeing Prince Mu with a stern face and not talking, Princess Mu hated him, turned her head and took a cold look at Tao Ti, then looked at Pei Yan, "Prince, Jian Xuan is your cousin, how can you treat him like this? The big deal is that we won't pursue the assassin, she has now avenged her sister, and this matter is over!"

Pei Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked down at his little princess, "Ati, what do you think?"

Tao Ti shook her head, her small porcelain white face full of seriousness, "We are not qualified to say forgiveness for the dead."

Pei Yan reconsidered these words in his heart, his black eyes moved slightly, and he let out a low "um".

Looking up again, he said to Prince Mu, "Uncle Emperor, you are a wise man, you should know how to choose."

Lord Mu, "..."

Seeing him lowered his head in frustration, Pei Yan snorted coldly and glanced at Sun Fu Yin, "Sun Fu Yin, you will handle the next thing. As for Xia Sang, take it back to the palace alone. If you want to be interrogated, Come to the palace to mention people."

Sun Fuyin wiped cold sweat, "Yes, yes, the minister obeyed his orders."

Pei Yan hooked her lips, and said to King Mu and his wife in a gentle and polite manner, "The emperor, the princess, the lone and the princess go one step ahead."

After that, he turned Tao Ti around and nodded towards Zhanping.

He flattened his hands and said in a loud voice, "His Royal Highness rest assured, the minister will do his best to assist Sun Fu Yin in arresting the suspect! The minister will send His Royal Highness and the prince concubine--"

After they leave.

Flattening one hand and pressing the sword, spreading the other hand, he smiled and said to Sun Fu Yin, "Master Fu Yin, if the government's soldiers are unbearable, I don't mind borrowing you from the Imperial Guard. use."

Sun Fu Yin was anxious, turned around and waited for Prince Mu's instructions eagerly.

With a black face, Lord Mu grabbed the doctor who was trembling in the corner, pulled aside and asked a few words.

When he walked back again, his face was even more gloomy, and his voice was low and hoarse like a summer afternoon when the rainstorm struck.

The son on the bed panicked, "Father, how can you treat the child like this! Father!"

Princess Mu also lost his mind, pulling on the sleeve of Prince Mu, "Prince, you can't do this, you are going to send him to death!"

Prince Mu was full of fire, and when he thought of the corpses at the entrance of the courtyard, the veins on his forehead were violent, and he threw away Princess Mu's hand, gritted his teeth and cursed, "This is the good son you raised. !"

He stopped looking at the mother and child, turned his head, and strode out of the courtyard.

Concubine Mu looked at the back of Prince Mu neatly walking away, and only felt that everything was burnt.

Oh, this is the husband she married, the man she has been with for most of her life.

Ridiculous, really ridiculous!

The more Princess Mu thought about it, the more she hated her, she turned around and met her son's pale and panicked face. She only felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, and dizziness.

"Mother Concubine——!"

"princess--!"

Everyone in the room was shocked, and saw that she rolled her eyes and fell straight to the ground.