Da Suining

Chapter 190 Strangled to death
Guo Kai's words scared the officials out of their wits.

This is the emperor's own son. If you hit him with ten killing sticks, do you think your life is long?

"It's all lower officials who have blind eyes and failed to recognize the young master. The ten killing sticks are impossible to beat no matter what."

"Why can't you fight, fight now."

The official almost knelt down: "Sir, don't be joking, ten killing sticks will break your legs."

"It didn't hit me, my leg is fine."

"My lord, don't be joking." The official wiped the sweat from his brow, "It's all the fault of the inferior official, who made the nobleman kneel for so long, but... the inferior official is an official ordered by the court, and it seems unreasonable to be beaten in public..."

"It's not for you to be beaten."

"That……"

"Why are you still standing still, hit her." Guo Cheng pointed at Xiang Suining.

Although Xiang Suining escaped from the hole with a smoky smell, he was in a mess, but his eyes were clear and innocent. When other people came to the hall of the Department of Punishment, even men, they were also trembling with fright, which was rare for her. A daughter's family, kneeling upright, without fear, very calm.

"What's the matter with you, tell me yourself." The official interrogated Suining.

Xiang Suining told the cause and effect, and what Guo Wei and others did, the officials listened carefully, and when Xiang Suining finished speaking, the officials stroked their hands and said: "A girl's family doesn't work as an embroidery worker at home, she just does it. Some unsightly deeds."

"My lord, it seems that it is not me who is shameful."

"Are you still talking back? Come on, let's serve you with a killing stick."

The guards quickly ran up with sticks in hand, waiting to knock Xiang Suining down and torture him in minutes.

"Xiang Suining, this killing power stick is to tell you not to meddle in other people's business in the future." Guo Kai smiled greasy: "You will end up messing with me, but you will not be able to eat and walk around. This killing power stick is to teach you a long memory."

The officials listened closely to Guo Kai's words, as if he was the person in charge of the Punishment Department.

"What are you doing in a daze, fight." Guo Cheng flicked his sleeves.

"Hold on."

"What's wrong?" the official scolded.

The guard held up his killing stick, neither hitting nor not hitting.

"What mistake did I make?" Xiang Suining asked back.

"You are minding your own business."

"You...you... making noise in the Punishment Division..." the official said.

"He's also noisy, why don't you hit him?"

"He is..." the official swallowed the second half of the sentence.

"He's the prince, so doesn't he need to be beaten?" Xiang Suining said coldly.

"Since you know, it's not a loss if you get beaten." The official looked at her: "You seem very unconvinced, what is your identity?"

"No identity."

"Then honestly and honestly received the killing blow, go to the cell and lie down, if it's nothing to do with you, I will naturally let you go."

"My dad will be worried."

"Who is your father?"

"Second rank official Xiang Daying."

The official hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand secretly, and asked the guards to take the killing stick back.

"It's really flooding the Dragon King Temple." The official smiled awkwardly: "It turns out that the girl is the daughter of Mr. Xiang, no wonder she looks like she has seen the world. We were just joking with the girl just now. Don't be afraid, girl, check it out. If there is nothing wrong, I invite the girl to go back."

To be an official by the emperor's side is impossible without winking.

Xiang Daying followed the emperor all the year round, and he was the first to rebel in order to welcome the new emperor.

Although his reputation is not very good, the emperor has treated him very well these years.

Didn't the emperor reprimand those who handed over the papers saying that Xiang Daying misbehaved?
Now that Xiang Daying's daughter is in the Punishment Department, if something good or bad happens, the consequences will be enough for the Punishment Department to drink a pot up and down.

Don't you think it's nice to be a son-in-law?Why did you cause trouble, and was brought to the Department of Punishment.

tricky.

Can't afford to offend.

If there is a bump, the parents are still unwilling.

It's still safest to lock up.

Therefore, the officials personally led the way and found two sunny, transparent cells for Guo Kai and Xiang Suining to settle down.

Guo Kai was in the room on the left, and Xiang Suining was in the room on the right. Although the cell was airy, there was only one bed. The officials hurriedly told him to come over with the quilt, carry the table, set out the food and drinks, and waited very attentively.

If it weren't for the various types of torture instruments of different thicknesses and lengths hanging on the wall, Xiang Suining really thought he had entered some inn.

The food was still steaming, and the roast goose in honey sauce was still steaming, full of smoke and fire. It seemed that the bloody smell on the wall had been covered up, making it less scary.

"The food is not good, young master, young lady, please bear with me. When the matter is clarified, the two of you will be let out. Before that, you need to be wronged."

Guo Kai sat down, took off the mask, hugged the roast goose and began to eat it.

Xiang Suining's stomach also growled, since it's all here anyway, so he ate it if he wasn't dead.Seeing that oil was coming out of Guo Kai's mouth while he was eating, Xiang Suining picked up a roast chicken, grabbed a chicken leg, and opened his mouth to bite.

"A girl, who doesn't care about elegance, really has no education at all." Guo Cheng rolled her eyes at Xiang Suining.

"Why, are you more educated than me as a goose eater?" Xiang Suining also rolled his eyes at him.

"Just sharpen your teeth, and you will be beaten sometimes."

"It's not certain who will suffer."

"If your father knew what you did, he would have skinned you first."

"If the emperor knows what you have done, Shang Fang's sword does not know whether it can hold it."

Guo Cheng's heart tightened, and he couldn't eat the roast goose anymore, so he picked up the wine and took a sip: "You don't care about the business of the master, you can eat it, after eating this roast chicken, maybe someone will give it to you." You're on your way."

"You've drunk all the wine, are you still on the road?"

"You..." Guo Kai was so angry that he threw the roast goose towards Xiang Suining, but was bounced back by the railing. The heavy stupid goose almost knocked Guo Kai down.

Xiang Suining wasn't too polite, he just grabbed an egg and threw it to Guo Cheng.

Guo Cheng grabbed another handful of dates and threw them over.

From a distance, Mr. Zhao and the others watched Xiang Suining and Guo Kai fight and fight, throwing food and drink all over the floor, and then looked at their living environment. Throw.

The walls are full of instruments of torture, hooks used by butchers for hooking meat, machetes, boning knives, hammers, irons, awls, ropes, all of which can open a grocery store, and every instrument of torture is covered with blood Yes, it looks like someone just used it not long ago.

very scary.

A few of them shared a cell, and when they entered, the cell was already occupied, and they scolded them, "Squat on the side, and get up if you don't bark."

So Liu Pingan and others could only squat in the corner wretchedly, not to mention roast chicken and goose, and they didn't even have a bowl of white rice. Ignore it, or say: "Is it good to go on the road when you are full?" Everyone dared not speak.

But seeing that Xiang Suining and the others had good food and drink, and the bedding was soft, Liu Ping'an and the others felt quite unbalanced. How could the prisoners be divided into different classes?Not convinced.

Then he shook the iron chain on the prison door again: "Come here, why do they have wine and meat, and we also want to eat it."

The guard drew out his knife and slapped Liu Ping'an's hand several times, causing him to withdraw his hand quickly in pain.

"If you keep yelling, if you keep yelling, I'll sprinkle some rat poison on the food and serve it to you, okay?"

I dare not say anything.

"Be quiet, why bother." A familiar voice came.

Xiang Suining followed the voice and found it was Lu Ying.

Presumably he is a member of the Shenji Camp, the deputy general of the Shenji Camp, and he is not a small official. Besides, he was not arrested, but came here by himself. It can be seen that the emperor does not want to punish him. He is still in the officialdom. mutual care.

Lu Ying also lived in a single room with a soft bed. Although he couldn't see anything to eat, Lu Ying was obviously in high spirits, and he was still the same. He didn't look like he was in prison, but instead danced Tai Chi in the cell.

Of course, Xiang Suining will not be fooled by this illusion of harmony.

It is said that most people who enter the Punishment Division will suffer a lot. Such a happy scene is not normal.

Sure enough, not long after, the guards lifted a person out of the cell, and stopped at a large tank at the end of the cell.

The weather is getting colder and colder, charcoal fires have been lit in the palace, and the charcoal tributes in autumn and winter have been set aside every year. It is very cold in the Department of Punishment, and the wind is "humming" like someone crying by the window.

The guards grabbed the prisoner and threw him into the water tank. Outside the water tank were red-hot irons and charcoal fire.

The prisoner was thrashing about in the water tank, yelling, "Help, you are taking human life so recklessly...I want...PuPuPuPu~"

The prisoner started to drink water, and gradually, the yelling became quieter. His teeth chattered from the cold, and he rolled over holding the tank, lying on the ground gasping for breath.

One is cold, and the other is the depth of the water, almost suffocating.

The guard picked up the soldering iron and blew on it, sparking sparks.

"Go in, or not, it's your choice."

"I beg you to be merciful, I will freeze to death." The prisoner trembled.

"Go in, or not, it's your choice."

Before the guard finished speaking, he saw the prisoner getting up tremblingly, holding on to the edge of the water tank, raised his legs and rolled into the water tank, it seemed that the water was too cold, he wanted to come out after staying in it, but look He could only hold back the soldering iron in the guard's hand and gritted his teeth.

After an unknown period of time, the prisoner's lips gradually turned black, and his entire face changed color.

The guard pushed him with his hand, and he sank to the bottom of the water. Only then did the guard fish out the prisoner from the water tank, control the water, and throw him into the cell.

The prisoner regained consciousness and tried to grab something, but the guard stepped on his arm directly: "Who ordered you to kill, you'd better confess quickly, and suffer less, if not, from tomorrow on, you Instead of soaking the water tank three times a day, after drenching with water, go to the compound of the Department of Punishment to spend the night."

That would undoubtedly kill people.

After the guards left, the prisoner lay down in the cell, silent for a long time.

When it was getting dark, his body struggled violently a few times, Liu Pingan and the others took a look, and were frightened out of their wits: "Ah... ah... this man... bleed a lot... he bit his tongue and killed himself... The tongue fell to the ground."

The guards came over after hearing the sound, and checked it hastily. Liu Pingan and the others were still saying, "Please call a doctor quickly. If you bleed like this, you will die in a while. You will die."

The guard dragged the prisoner out, and shouted to the guard on duty at the door: "Go and report to your lord, that murderer committed suicide in fear of crime."

Soon the prisoner's body disappeared. Maybe he wasn't completely dead, but he didn't know where he was dragged and thrown away. Maybe he was already dead. After all, the place where he lay down just now was full of blood.

The other prisoners, who seemed to be used to it all, sat there calmly, catching lice in their hair, and then put them in their mouths and bit them with a "snap", which made a louder bite than whose head lice was bigger.

This bloody scene, this calm reaction, almost drives people crazy.

Mrs. Lan and the other women were so frightened that they wept and called their mothers: "My lord, we know we were wrong. It is because we don't obey women's morals, and we shouldn't do such a thing for the sake of having a child. My lord, I beg you to see it for the sake of the child." , spare us not to die."

Mrs. Lan threw herself on Mr. Zhao again: "Our child is still young, I can't die, you go and tell the adults, let the adults spare my life."

Mr. Zhao directly grabbed Mrs. Lan and pushed her to the ground: "My child is also young, can I die?"

"Didn't you say... You didn't say that you haven't married yet..."

"You also believe what you say to coax a woman, but you were a famous figure in the brothel before, so stupid."

"Then what are we?"

"Everyone takes what they need, besides, I'm already tired of you."

When Madam Lan heard this, she fell on the ground and didn't get up for a long time.

Liu Pingan was the least calm. Those women were crying in his ears, and he felt angry: "My aunts and grandmas, it's never too late to cry when you're dying, aren't you still dead? What are you crying about?"

When the women heard this, they cried even harder.

"Don't cry. Although we have done this kind of thing... But at least... it won't kill you, right? Don't cry... Hold on..." Liu Pingan said, squatting in the corner of the wall, wrapping his hands around his knees and secretly wiping Tears: "I haven't gotten married yet, and I haven't been able to carry on the family line. Am I going to die? Bodhisattva bless me, if I don't die this time, I will be a good man in the future. Those women, no one can get my body."

A few people are very noisy.

After Guo Kai finished eating, he lay on the soft mattress and picked his teeth with a straw.

Xiang Suining sat silently under the bed with his legs crossed and his eyes slightly closed.

"Hi, Xiang Suining." Guo Cheng called her.

"What?"

"Did that prisoner die miserably just now? Are you afraid?"

Xiang Suining ignored him.

"I also know that you don't speak. You must be afraid of death in your heart. Xiang Suining, after entering here, it is not so easy to get out. You may be the next person to die."

"It could be you, too."

"Impossible, I am the prince."

"In ancient times, princes may be bestowed to death, let alone a mere prince."

"You dare to despise me?"

"Dare or not, I have also despised it."

"Okay, Suining, I'm going to strangle you right now. I'll let you talk back."

"Come pinch."

Guo Cheng got up from the bed with a "teng", and shook the door of the cell: "Xiang Suining, let me see how you die."

The cell doors were locked with chains.

Guo Kai couldn't get out, so he called the guard angrily: "Come here, open the door for me, I'm going to strangle this reckless woman to death."

Several guards stood far away, and no one dared to approach.

Instead, he saw a woman carrying a basket and wearing a black cloak, walking slowly towards Xiang Suining with small steps.

(End of this chapter)