"Mrs. Luo, maybe you are right. In fact, I don't feel so sorry for him anymore. Even if he is not from the Black Lotus Sect, it is impossible for my sixth brother and second brother to agree to my marrying a Taoist priest."

Qi Aoshan wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and continued.

"Mrs. Luo, did Qingxu confess anything in prison?" Qi Aoshan asked again.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head, "The die-hard elements will not let go even if they are beaten to death, but they must have a purpose in staying in the capital."

"There are crazy rumors outside that the Black Lotus wants to assassinate the new emperor when he ascends the throne..."

"Ah!" Qi Aoshan covered her mouth in horror.

"No, our Daqi has finally had peace for a year. Sixth Brother is both civil and military, and he will definitely be a good emperor. I can't let him be in danger!" She said.

"But now Qingxu just won't let go. It's like the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. It's very helpless!" Yang Ruoqing said.

Qi Aoshan said: "Can't the interrogation procedures and torture instruments in the Zongren Mansion and the imperial prison prevent him from speaking?"

Yang Ruoqing shook her head.

Qi Aoshan frowned tightly. After a moment, she relaxed and said, "Mrs. Luo, could you please accompany me to the palace? I have to go to my sixth brother and my second brother for instructions."

"I hope they will let me go to jail. I want to have a good talk with Qingxu face to face. I hope this can be an opportunity for me to redeem my merits!"

…

The imperial prisons in Daqi are generally special prisons dedicated to detaining those who have committed crimes from the royal family, royal family members, and meritorious families.

However, because of the special status of Taoist Priest Qingxu, in order to prevent people from the Black Lotus Sect from coming to rob the prison, Qingxu was also detained in the imperial prison.

The prison was built underground, with no sunlight all year round, and no fresh air or natural wind from the ground could come in.

Therefore, the place is damp, dark, musty, filled with the smell of blood and an indescribable stench.

When Yang Ruoqing accompanied Qi Aoshan in, she had just walked down a few steps when Qi Aoshan couldn't help but cover her mouth and retched.

"Can you hold on?" Yang Ruoqing patted Qi Aoshan's back and asked with concern.

Qi Aoshan supported the wall and finished retching, then turned around, covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and nodded.

"Let's go!" she said.

Yang Ruoqing supported her all the way down the steps. Qianqian and Wan Qingchun held a torch to lead the way. Behind them, Luo Fengtang and Qi Xingyun followed step by step.

In a place like Zhao Prison, many people have died, so it has a strong negative energy.

Qi Aoshan is a golden girl, and when she first comes back here, Qi Xingyun is worried, so naturally she has to accompany her personally.

As for Yang Ruoqing, although she considers herself a womanly man and is not afraid of anything in heaven or earth, she has neglected that in the eyes of Luo Fengtang, a maniac who dotes on his wife, she will always be the fat twelve-year-old girl from Changping Village.

When his wife comes to a place like this, he will naturally follow her everywhere.

The people behind him were led by Wan Qingchun to one of the prison cells. In the dim cage, Qingxu was like a trapped animal, with his hands and feet tied by four iron chains, and his mouth was also covered with blood.

A piece of cloth was stuffed inside.

His hair was disheveled, and he wore a pair of trousers underneath. His upper body was naked, and his chest, shoulders, and back were all marked by torture instruments.

In some places, the skin and flesh were turned out, and the wounds were so deep that the bones could be seen.

"hiss……"

Qi Aoshan took a breath of cold air, stopped in her tracks, and looked at Qingxu inside in horror through the iron cage.

Qingxu inside also saw Qi Aoshan, but Qingxu's eyes did not change at all.

Wan Qingchun stuck the torch on the edge of the cage, leaned into the iron cage, pulled out the cloth strip stuffed in Qingxu's mouth and threw it aside.

"Ninth Princess, you can ask whatever you want," Wan Qingchun said.

Qi Aoshan recovered from her fright, and she turned to look at Yang Ruoqing. Under Yang Ruoqing's encouraging gaze, Qi Aoshan walked into the cage and came to Qingxu.

She looked Qingxu up and down, her nose felt sore, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Young cat crying is a fake act of mercy. I don't need your tears." Qingxu glanced at Qi Aoshan in disgust and snorted coldly.

Qi Aoshan was startled for a moment. She looked at Qingxu: "Do you think my tears are fake?"

"Then what you said to me before were also false?" she asked.

Qingxu tugged at the corner of her mouth and sneered, "Ninth Princess, are you in need of love? What on earth did I tell you?"

"I have never said anything about love to you. I just regard you as one of the good men and women who can develop into Taoism. So when you come to the Taoist temple to ask me to teach you and resolve your doubts, I will give it to you equally.

Reception,”

"It's you who thinks too much!"

Qingxu's words were like a 10,000-point critical blow hitting Qi Aoshan's heart hard.

Her face turned pale, she stumbled back two steps, and pressed her back against the iron cage behind her to steady herself.

"Oh, it turns out that everything was caused by my own fault?" She stared into Qingxu's eyes and asked word by word.

"Okay, that's good. I'm blind. I worried about you in vain. I donated so much candle money to the Taoist temple in vain. I'm so stupid. When the officers and soldiers were chasing you, I actually opened the gate of the princess's house. I thought

Give you shelter."

Faced with Qi Aoshan's sad and heartbreaking condemnation, any man with a little bit of compassion would probably comfort her or say a few perfunctory words.

However, Qingxu remained unmoved, and the contempt on his face only deepened.

"Hmph, so women are stupid because they only know how to love and love!" he said.

"I want to explore the great road, follow my Buddha to save the world, Maitreya, cleanse my sinews and cut my marrow, and overcome tribulations and ascend to heaven!"

"I went to influence you because I thought you might have a connection with our religion, but I didn't expect you to have such dirty thoughts. I am pure and self-sufficient. If I really want to look up to women in my life, I will only look up to the white-clothed saint of our religion.

, and the spokesperson of the Buddha, not you, the so-called princess of the troubled world, with a dirty soul! Bah!"

What is a poisonous tongue? Not only Qi Aoshan, but also Yang Ruoqing was shocked.

It turns out that a man can use such words to hurt a woman who has liked him. Damn it, Yang Ruoqing immediately became angry and was about to slap Qingxu, but unexpectedly someone took action directly.

"Snapped!"

A slap was slapped hard on Qingxu's face, loud and clear, and it even echoed in this prison.

Looking at the person who slapped her again, it turned out to be Qi Aoshan.

Qi Aoshan still kept her hand raised.

"You can reject a woman who likes you, but you can't hurt a heart that likes you." Qi Aoshan said with a slightly trembling voice.

"Qingxu, this slap is given to you by me. This princess has seen it clearly. You are a scumbag and a liar. No wonder your Black Lotus Sect is a moth in Daqi. It turns out it is made up of people like you."

"There are stupid people everywhere, you all deserve to die!"

"You stupid woman, you are not allowed to insult our Holy Religion!" Qingxu suddenly roared, his eyes almost bulging out, and his saliva spurted out, spraying onto Qi Aoshan's face.

Qi Aoshan did not give way, but stood there, looking at Qingxu coldly.
Chapter completed!