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He stepped into the wooden tub,
Qin Song sighed comfortably,
Although he had scrubbed himself from time to time in prison,
It had been a long time since he had washed himself from head to toe like this.
He lowered his head and looked at the wound on his shoulder,
He was suddenly stunned. He remembered that the scab had fallen off on this place yesterday, leaving behind a dark red circular mark,
But at this moment..,
Only his jade-white skin was left, and there were no traces of it.
He raised his wrist in shock and looked at his hands.
These days, he had been wearing iron shackles,
So his other injuries were getting better, but the skin on his wrist was constantly being worn out. However, at this moment..,
There were only faint red marks left on the wound on his wrist,
The calluses and slight deformations on his fingers from years of writing had also disappeared without a trace,
His hands were as beautiful as a piece of jade that was meticulously carved out, without a single flaw.
This body..,
It was different.
Qin Song realized that he was not surprised or shocked by this change at all... Did he really forget something?
He thought of the barrier in the dark. Obviously..,
It was not something that he could break through with his current strength..
Qin Song soaked until his skin was a little wrinkled before he came out of the bathtub,
Yu Sheng had also washed up briefly,
He was guarding outside,
Seeing him open the door, he went in to help pour the water.
Qin Song dried his hair until it was half-dry, combed it, and put a thin blanket on his shoulders to block the water. He looked at Yu Sheng, who was busy beside the small stove, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I don't like to live a muddle-headed life, so, there are some things that I want to make clear to you first."
Yu Sheng was putting the tea set into the boiling water one by one. When he heard this, his hands paused and he said, "Go ahead."
Qin Song said, "Those who are locked up in prison will never be grateful to the prison guards who deliver food to them every day. Therefore, no matter how much you do for me, I will not be grateful to you. Of course, I will not be grateful to the people behind you."
No matter how attentive and considerate Yu Sheng was to him, it was impossible for him to like someone sent by Qin Yue. But Qin Song also knew that even if he didn't like it, it wouldn't change anything. Even if he refused to let Yu Sheng stay by his side, what was the use? There were only three possible outcomes. First, Yu Sheng would shamelessly follow him, since he couldn't defeat him. Second, Yu Sheng would go into hiding, since he was originally a secret guard. Third, Yu Sheng would go back and be punished, and Qin Yue would send a new one. No matter what the outcome was, it wouldn't be better than the current situation.
"So, first, since you're doing the work of a follower, I'll treat you as a follower. I'll pay you as much as you deserve, but that's all."
Yu Sheng grunted and didn't say anything.
Qin Song continued, "Second, I can't expel you, but it's not that I don't want to expel you. If one day, I have the ability to expel you, you can either leave or die."
This time, Yu Sheng was silent for a moment. Then he grunted again and still didn't say anything.
"Third, I don't know what you think, but in my opinion, everyone, especially adults with normal judgment, is an independent individual. No one is subordinate to anyone. Therefore, you can only be responsible for your own choices." Qin Song said, "I won't be mean to you just because you're sent by Qin Yue. But similarly, if you do or plan to do something to frame me, I don't care if you're following orders or have many difficulties … I won't forgive or sympathize with you. I will only … kill you by hook or by crook."
Yu Sheng responded quickly this time. For him, this point was a bit redundant. If the operation was exposed or failed, of course, he should die.
He nodded and said, "I understand."
Qin Song was a bit surprised that Yu Sheng agreed so quickly. He paused and said, "If you have any requests, you can tell me."
Yu Sheng hesitated for a moment. Suddenly, his face turned a bit red, "Can I … get a bit of my salary in advance?"
Qin Song was stunned.
Yu Sheng said, "I … don't have a change of clothes."
Qin Song was stunned. Didn't they say that the emperor didn't lack hungry soldiers? How could this shadow guard, who was once ranked Black No.1, be driven out to work empty-handed? Was there some secret that he didn't know?
He silently took out some money and gave it to him, saying, "This twenty taels is your salary for this month. In addition, find a reliable slave trader and ask him to bring more people for selection tomorrow. The remaining ten taels is the deposit for him."
Yu Sheng nodded in agreement. Qin Song got up and walked towards the inner room, "I'm very tired. I'm going to sleep first. If there's nothing important, don't disturb me."
Qin Song was indeed very tired. He lay on the bed and hugged the quilt until it was dark. He hadn't had such a good sleep in nearly two months.
When Qin Song was awakened by a tempting fragrance, he found that it was already dusk. He got up and went to the outer room. He saw that Yu Sheng was setting the table. The dishes were very rich. He asked in surprise, "You went to buy them?"
"No," Yu Sheng said in a muffled voice, "The cook in the residence made them."
He then explained, "When you were asleep, the government sent people over … they said that they were prepared for the people who were sent back to the residence as hostages."
Qin Song wasn't surprised. After all, Qin Yue still had to act out the scene of losing his mind with lust. Since they had already practiced for a while, it was time for them to "bury the hatchet and reconcile as before".
He simply washed up, rinsed his mouth, and sat at the table, saying, "Sit down and eat together."
In Yu Sheng's training, there was obviously no such thing as a master and servant. Although he was a follower, he still referred to each other as "you and I". At this moment, Qin Song asked him to sit down and eat together. He didn't stand on ceremony and sat down. Before he started eating, he stopped and said hesitantly, "I just went out and bought … um, one person."
Qin Song didn't think much of it and made a sound of acknowledgment. Buying a person was just a small matter.
Yu Sheng was a little annoyed, saying, "On the way, I was bumped into by him for no reason. He insisted that I took his grass label and wanted me to pay for him … he has some martial arts and is very fast. I couldn't get rid of him. In the end, I had no choice but to give him the money. He followed me again."
Why did this scene sound so familiar?
Qin Song asked, "Where is he?"
Yu Sheng said, "He's outside. Should I call him in? "
Qin Song made a sound of acknowledgment. After a while, he heard a familiar voice. It was still as proud as before, "This lowly one, Han Pu, greets gongzi!"
Qin Song's face was wooden as he looked at the dirty cloth hanging on Han Pu's body. He turned his head and asked Yu Sheng, "Why didn't you let him change first?"
Yu Sheng said, "I don't have any clothes for him to change into … he took all the money."
So even if you don't have money to buy clothes, he has money!
Qin Song was speechless. After a while, he said, "… Let's eat."
He now knew why shadow guards were a lifelong profession. It was because if they retired, they wouldn't be able to live on.
After the meal, Yu Sheng got up and cleaned up the table. Qin Song said, "Didn't you say that you've got all the servants?"
Yu Sheng had brought four servants from Southern Chu. According to Yu Sheng, he should have given him four servants. Why did Yu Sheng have to do these things himself?
Yu Sheng's expression stiffened. Han Pu had eaten his fill. He hung lazily on the chair like a boss and said with a smile, "He didn't dare to let them in. He was afraid that you would be angry."
Qin Song didn't think that he would be angry because of a few servants. But when he saw the real person, his expression changed. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Is it the same for the second prince and Qiu Yun?"
"Yes." Yu Sheng lowered his head and said, "These people were all selected from the Qin Palace."
"His Highness didn't say anything?"
The entire hostage residence was served by the eunuchs and palace maids sent by the Qin Palace. Did they really think that the hostage residence was Qin Yue's mistress?
"The second prince resigned. But the officials who came said that they didn't dare to neglect the second prince's identity as a prince, so they sent these people to make the second prince feel at home. So the second prince didn't say anything."
"Send these four back to the Qin Palace. Tell them that Qin Song isn't a prince and they don't dare to overstep their boundaries. Tell them to take these people back. " Qin Song smiled bitterly. The hostage residence belonged to Yi An after all. Since he had accepted it, what else could he do? He said, "Also, ask Qiu Yun if we should send the people around him back as well."
Yu Sheng agreed and hurriedly left with his men.
Qin Song turned to Han Pu and frowned, "What are you playing at now?" He said that he would look for him later, and he really did come looking for him.
"I'm not playing!" Han Pu looked like he had suffered a blow and said, "I'm serious!"
Qin Song said coldly, "I've already sworn that I won't assassinate Qin Yue again. So if you want to use my identity to assassinate him, I won't agree."
Han Pu waved his hand indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill him!"
"Hmm?"
If Han Pu was the person he knew, then he remembered that this number one assassin of Korea had already tried to assassinate Qin Yue more than ten times. He had been seriously injured several times and narrowly escaped death, but he still didn't change his mind. How could he stop so easily?
"You might not believe me, but I'm not interested in killing Qin Yue!" Han Pu sighed and said, "It's all because of my master. He can't forget about the destruction of our country. Before he died, he forced me to swear that I would make the King Of Qin stain Qing Feng with blood. Otherwise, he wouldn't be willing to close his eyes even in the underworld. Now, Qing Feng has already been stabbed into Qin Yue's chest. Although I didn't do it with my own hands, I still made the oath. Why would I still want to kill the King Of Qin? "
"The destruction of our country … Don't you hate it?"
"What do I hate?" Han Pu poured himself a cup of tea and drank a big mouthful. He spread out on the chair with satisfaction and said, "The destruction of our country should be hated by those high-ranking officials and nobles. Why should I hate it? I was born as a tenant farmer. My family rented dozens of acres of land. My parents and several brothers were as tired as dogs every day, but they couldn't even fill their stomachs. I was sold to my master. Rather than saying that he wanted to sell me for some money, it's better to say that he was afraid that I would starve to death because of my young age, so he found a way for me to survive. "
He sighed and continued, "Even so, it's good to be able to live a peaceful life like this! But there were constant wars! Wars! Wars! If we weren't attacked, we were going to attack others! Several of my brothers were pulled into the army one after another. One less today, one less tomorrow … Just like this, Korea was still destroyed. "
"Korea 1 was destroyed, the king lost his throne, and the officials lost their official positions … But what does that have to do with us ordinary people? Even the people who come to collect rent every year are still the same people! On the contrary, because there were no wars these few years, my youngest brother survived. Now, his child is already three years old … "Han Pu asked," Tell me, why did I kill Qin Yue? "
Qin Song laughed bitterly. He raised the teacup in his hand and made a toast to him. He said, "That makes sense."
He drank it in one gulp.
Han Pu immediately beamed with joy and said, "You are indeed different from others. In this world, you are probably the only one who doesn't think that I'm crazy. Back then, I said the same thing to my master. In the end, I was chased by him for three days and three nights, and I was almost beaten to death … That was still considered good. In the following months, he constantly nagged me about loyalty and patriotism. He nagged me when I was practicing martial arts, when I was eating, and even when I was outside the toilet … I almost went crazy from his nagging. Even in my dreams, he talked about killing Qin Yue before he let me go. Now that I think about it, it was really like a nightmare. It was really too scary. "
He shuddered with lingering fear and sighed again. "But now, even if I want someone to nag in my ear, I can't anymore."
Qin Song was silent.
However, Han Pu was depressed for a moment and became spirited again. He said with a smile, "Now that I don't have to kill Qin Yue, it's quite boring. Previously, I was thinking about rescuing you, but now that you have come out on your own, I have nothing to do. After thinking about it, I might as well follow you. You see, first of all, I have to repay you for saving my life, right? Secondly, Qin Yue's defense is getting tighter and tighter. If it weren't for you, I might never have been able to make him bleed. Then, in this lifetime, I will keep on assassinating, assassinating, assassinating. When I fail once, I will die! Don't you think life is so boring? So I, Han Pu, am living for Qin Yue! So to me, this is much more important than saving my life. Moreover, you have a good temper with me, so I might as well sell it to you! "
Qin Song said indifferently, "But you don't want to kill the King Of Qin, but I still want to kill him!"
Han Pu said in surprise, "Why do you still want to kill him? He didn't treat you well before, but didn't he let you go now? Even if there is a great enmity between you and him, you stabbed him in the chest like that, and he survived because he was lucky. Besides, he actually treated you well, and he couldn't bear to kill you … Listen to my advice, don't waste your good life on killing Qin Yue, it's not worth it. "
"I am from Chu," Qin Song looked at Han Pu and said indifferently, "I am a landowning household."
He leaned lazily on the back of the chair, his expression indifferent. "Anyone with some knowledge in this world knows that if the world is united, the people will be spared from the suffering of war. But since ancient times, only people used this as a pretext to start wars and fight for the world, and no one gave up everything for this reason … I, Qin Song, am no exception. "
"Alright, alright!" Han Pu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to make yourself out to be so bad. When the Kingdom of Han was destroyed, I saw it with my own eyes. Not to mention someone like you, even someone who is slightly fairer and prettier can die quickly. Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one will bully you! "
Qin Song was speechless, and finally said helplessly, "If you want to follow me, then follow me! When you are tired of playing and unhappy, just leave. "
Han Pu didn't show any loyalty, and said with a smile, "That's good!"
He stretched and said, "I'm going to take a shower and change my clothes. While I'm at it, I'll also get some clothes for that silly boy. When I fought with him in the past, I felt that he was sinister and ruthless. I thought he was a ruthless character. I didn't expect him to be so silly! Other than fighting, he doesn't know anything else, and he is so honest that I am embarrassed to bully him. "
Qin Song couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. You are just embarrassed to bully him, old man. If you were, how arrogant would you be?
"You fought with Yu Sheng before, aren't you afraid that he will recognize you?"
Han Pu had already walked to the door, and with his back facing Qin Song, he waved his hand and said, "If I don't even have the ability to conceal myself, why would I be an assassin?"
Just as he thought of this, a wave of heat hit him in front of him. Qin Song looked at the approaching red soldering iron, and his body began to tremble reflexively, which caused the tall man to laugh at him.
"Didn't you say that you are a tough nut to crack?" The man threw the soldering iron back into the brazier, and slowly lifted the boy's chin, which was soaked with cold sweat, and said, "You can't take it after two rounds of torture, the southerners are really weak … But, tsk, tsk, you are really good-looking."
He was beautiful, but unfortunately, his identity was special, and he was locked up because of that matter, so he didn't dare to act recklessly before the higher-ups gave the order.
The man let go and said, "Give me the thing."
His subordinate handed over a piece of paper, and the man took it and stretched it in front of Qin Song, saying, "This is the thing that you just confessed to, you should still remember it, right? In a while, copy it obediently, sign it, and you won't have to suffer anymore … Hmm? "
Qin Song looked up. Just now, perhaps because he was in too much pain, his memory was a little blurry. He only remembered that he was in so much pain that he admitted to whatever they said, and only hoped that he would suffer less. It seemed that this was indeed what he said.
Qin Song was silent for a moment, and then said, "Can I sign it?" His voice was low, hoarse, and weak.
How dare he ask for a condition!
The man sneered, "What do you think?"
Qin Song let out a sigh and said, "Then forget it." If he really had to personally write the confession that he was a spy from the Northern Qi, and that he wanted to assassinate Qin Yue to drive a wedge between the Chu and the Qin Kingdom, what awaited him and his family would be the most miserable fate, and even the Chu Kingdom would be implicated.
He closed his eyes and didn't speak again.
The man was furious. He forcefully grabbed his chin and sneered, "Did you think that you didn't enjoy enough just now? Since you don't want to write, then there's no point in keeping your hands. Someone, help Qin Song Gongzi crush his beautiful fingers one by one! "
Qin Song helplessly opened his eyes again and said, "The King Of Qin ordered you to interrogate me. Do you really want to know why I tried to assassinate him, or do you want to force me to copy the story you made up? Do you want to ask clearly before you come? "
The man's expression became serious, "So there's a hidden reason why you tried to assassinate the King?" Wasn't it because of that thing in bed? Was there a hidden reason? Was he going to make a great contribution?
Qin Song smiled, "No, I'm just killing for fun when I'm bored."
"You!" The man shook him off and said, "Watch him!"
Qin Song lowered his head and fell asleep.
…
Qin Yue looked at the young man chained to the wall. His expression was cold and his eyes were malicious.
The young man lowered his head. His long hair was disheveled and fell to his waist. He was still wearing his thin underwear, but the layers of blood stains made it impossible to see its original white color. Its owner was also no longer cold and arrogant. He was covered in cuts and bruises as he was dragged by the iron chain. His thin and slender figure showed a miserable beauty.
"At the beginning, he was so arrogant." The man who first carried out the torture stood beside Qin Yue and said, "But after a few lashes, he began to cry for his father and mother. When the soldering iron was touched, he was even more unbearable. He was even willing to call for his ancestors. He almost peed in his pants."
Qin Yue sneered. The man waved his hand and someone poured a basin of cold water on the young man's head. The young man tilted his head slightly. It was obvious that he had woken up.
The man went forward and pulled the young man's hair to raise his head. Qin Song looked up at the man beside him and then looked at Qin Yue who was sitting in front of him. Then, he lowered his eyes again.
"Speak!" The man shouted coldly, "Why did you try to assassinate the King? Who ordered you to do so? "
Qin Song was speechless. If he really wanted to assassinate the King Of Qin, he should have done it when Qin Yue was at his weakest. Why did he resist so desperately from the beginning? It was fine that this man did not know the inside story, but why was Qin Yue here to join in the fun?
"You really want to know?"
The man said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense!"
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