6. Poor elders and new ghosts, may not be the subject of the Holy King

After hearing Lian Xiao's explanation, He Qi snorted, but still couldn't help but sarcasm a few words:

"You still know something about it. I think your deputy commander has completely forgotten your identity as a shadow guard."

Then he walked to a large cabinet next to the main hall table, stretched out his hand precisely, opened a drawer and took out a small box.

The big cupboard was filled with pills for interrogation or torture.Because it was not considered a torture tool, Pei Nianyu didn't realize that he wanted to take it away at the beginning, but now he wants to let Lian Xiao suffer.

He Qi gently opened the box with his fingers, and there were more than a dozen pills neatly inside.A little smell of the pill wafted out, and Lian Xiao, who makes a living as a doctor, knew what it was when he smelled it, so he couldn't help laughing a bit forcedly.

"One day fusion blood pill..."

This name does not sound like a good thing, but it is actually used by the Execution Division for interrogations on weekdays.

When He Qi was in charge of the executive department before, punishment of shadow guards was rare, and most of the time he was dealing with all kinds of gangsters and political enemies who were not conducive to the palace.That's why He Qi developed such a skill in judging people.

Rongxue Pill is almost poisonous, and within a whole day of taking it, it will damage the meridians and lungs with extremely strong medicinal properties, and then the Qi and blood in the body will not be able to flow smoothly, stagnating in the five internal organs.

It is equivalent to a person suffering a serious internal injury, and the sore spot with disordered meridians still tortures people for a whole day.

This is a kind of poison commonly used by shadow guards to interrogate enemies. Ordinary Jianghu people can't last even a day, professional killers with harder bones can last more than a day, and shadow guards from other forces can last two days.More days.

Now what He Qi meant was for Lian Xiao to punish himself, if he wanted to self-examine for three days, he would have to take three pills.

Lian Xiao didn't hesitate much, reached out and took three blood-melting pills and swallowed them.It's just that after eating, he suddenly showed hesitation.

He Qi frowned: "What's the matter? Let me know if you have something to say."

Lian Xiao glanced at the cell next to him, and pointed to a wooden torture rack inside.

"How about...Old He, you should hang me there."

The so-called Shadow Guard asked himself to reflect on himself, taking a pain-inducing pill was considered a punishment.The location doesn't matter, as long as it's in your own room, it's fine if you don't go out, and you don't need to stay in this dungeon all the time.

He Qi didn't think Lian Xiao had any hobby of being abused.

"Cough, when writing Rongxue Pill, my limit is three days. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to hold on until the third day, and if I can't help but give myself a slap. At that time, it will spread that the shadow guards of King Yu Palace are impatient."To receive punishment and commit suicide to escape punishment, that would not sound very pleasant..."

He Qi's face turned cold in an instant, and he folded his arms and looked at him with a cold snort:

"If you can't hold on for three days, you'd be ashamed to say it. If one day you were captured and fell into the hands of the enemy, wouldn't it be..."

Lian Xiao immediately interrupted him:

"I still have a lot of means to die."

He Qi just stabbed him casually, then ignored him, reached out and tied the two iron chains hanging from the shelf to Lian Xiao's wrists.

Since Lian Xiao chose to ask himself to reflect, he didn't use chains to restrain him. It was enough to ensure that he would not commit suicide in an instant because he couldn't bear the severe pain of the poison.In order to prevent him from cutting off his heart veins.

"Food and water will be delivered on time every day by the Shadow Guard of the executive department..."

Lian Xiao couldn't help but frowned:

"Don't, don't let others come in, you'd better come and deliver it yourself!"

He Qi's face turned even darker:

"Prisoners under the ranks have many problems!"

"Hey, I'm not... I don't need to let another person see me like this. I'm also a deputy commander. At least let me show some majesty in front of your subordinates."

"...Desperate to save face, what did you do long ago? If you didn't make mistakes, you wouldn't have suffered like this."

While He Qi was talking, he didn't refuse his request.

…………………

He took the confession and went back to his master, but when he entered the door, he saw that the master had just returned from practicing martial arts and had just finished taking a bath.Lou Yefeng stood behind his master, slowly warming his master's wet black hair with a handkerchief, he was also wearing a loose and light robe.

He Qi couldn't help muttering a few words in his heart, since this old building has been "reverted to normal", I'm afraid it wasn't him when the owner took a bath just now...

Well, don't think about it anymore, that would be disrespectful.In short, it is a good thing that the prince and the princess have a close relationship.

So He Qi stepped forward and told the host again what Lian Xiao had just said.Perhaps Pei Nianyu was in a good mood, and since he had known about Lian Xiao before, he was not very angry after hearing this.

"Lian Xiao asked himself to think about it for three days, and his subordinates gave him three blood-melting pills..."

Pei Nianyu had obviously never heard of it:

"What's the effect of this thing?"

He Qi told the truth, but Pei Nianyu frowned imperceptibly when he heard that "it is used by the Execution Department for interrogation on weekdays", and then fell silent for a while.

Pei Nianyu felt that even if his subordinates made mistakes and had to be punished, wouldn't it be too heavy to use this kind of thing against the enemy to torment his own people?No matter how upset Lian Xiao's actions made him, he didn't have any real intention of hurting him.

Naturally, He Qi could tell that, he kept his mouth shut and didn't speak.

Unexpectedly, Lou Yefeng who was behind him suddenly spoke out, the voice was indifferent with a three-point casual coldness:

"Master, don't worry too much. We practiced this blood fusion pill when we were in the Shadow Guard Camp. It was one of the subjects that trained us to survive various interrogations. At that time, I could last seven days and it was more than enough. Lian Xiao punished himselfThree days, it's just a small punishment and a big commandment, nothing will happen."

Pei Nianyu felt relieved when Lou Yefeng said that nothing would happen.

On the other hand, He Qi almost laughed out loud, and went back with restraint.Poor Lian Xiao... The master couldn't bear it at first, maybe he can save you.But the concubine is angry in her heart, she insists on making you suffer this, you deserve it right.

He had just ridiculed Lian Xiao in his heart, and then thought of Lou Yefeng's words just now - "I can last for more than seven days", he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and the smile on the corner of his mouth faded.

Naturally, he had also taken the Rongxue Pill, and the pain during it was not unknown.With He Qi's tenacious will, he only persisted for more than four days, which was already outstanding among the shadow guards at that time.old building He actually... for seven days...

This is too cruel.

He Qi glanced complicatedly at the black figure behind his master, while Lou Yefeng continued to fix his master's hair with that gentle gaze.

"Master, I don't know something about my subordinates, I don't know if I should talk about it."

"What's wrong?"

He Qi pondered for a long time before saying:

"Master, you have a deep kindness to your subordinates and the He family. You saved me first, and then took in Yanjun. Before this subordinate, I often thought about how to repay the master, but now... I am at a loss. I don't know how to repay this...."

Pei Nianyu sighed lightly, raised his hand to stop his words.

"Repay your kindness...Old He, you think you are my shadow guard, can't you pay it back?"

"Yes. The subordinates have no other skills, and there is no use for them."

"But... If the He family hadn't been changed back then, why would you, He Qi, be my shadow guard? Maybe you could lead troops into battle, and you would have become a famous general."

He Qi was startled suddenly, and looked at his master in astonishment.It's not that he didn't think about this possibility, but... how could the master say this?Doesn't this mean that-

"Old He, during the days when you were a shadow guard, have you never felt dissatisfied with the late emperor, or the imperial court, who killed your father and brother for no apparent reason, and copied your He family... Are you dissatisfied?"

He Qi's face turned pale, and he hurriedly knelt down:

"The subordinates absolutely dare not! Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, how dare the subordinates feel disrespectful!"

Pei Nianyu pulled him up and forced him to look at him:

"This idea, I know you dare not say it, so I will say it for you. The late emperor was stupid and innocent because he seized the party and government, and killed his loyal ministers unjustly—why can't you be dissatisfied? You can say 'the emperor is cold'With such words, it can be seen that you are not very convinced in your heart, right?"

Lou Yefeng quietly looked at the master's figure from the side, the sunlight outside the door shone in, depicting the master's warm outline.He looked at Old He, who was almost frightened, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

His master... Only such a master can tolerate the bad temper of his shadow guard upstairs.If the master hadn't chosen him and replaced him with another master, Lou Yefeng would have died without knowing why he offended the majesty of the master or offended the superior.

Pei Nianyu paced with his hands behind his back:

"You are a courtier, you dare not say such words, you dare not have such thoughts, but I want to say it for you today. No one in the world can be grateful to his father-killing enemy. This is the reason.No high-sounding righteousness of a monarch and his ministers can cover up the truth of the world."

He Qi's face was almost bloodless, and it took a long time for him to speak in a hoarse voice:

"The subordinates are... loyal to the master... the master knows it!"

"Of course I know. But what I want to tell you is that whether it was to save you back then, or to be promoted later, there is also some sense of compensation in it."

"Back then I couldn't do it. The late emperor wanted to punish the He family. I could only watch and save your life. Even though I had a disagreement with the late emperor, it was the power struggle of the descendants of the Pei family that affected Chi Yu. Since IIf you inherit this surname, you can only pay for the Pei family... more or less the crimes committed by the late emperor."

He Qi couldn't bear to listen any longer:

"Master! Don't say any more... You were so young back then, and had nothing to do with you. I was so confused and died with my father and brother back then, so I just recognized it. Master, you don't need it, you don't need it..."

Pei Nianyu shook his head lightly:

"It was originally what the Pei family owed you, and now it's a settlement. Old He, don't mention the matter of repaying your favor in the future."

"I...Master, I...Yes, my subordinates will remember."

He Qi got up slowly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

……………

He was quite shocked by what the master said just now, and after a long pause, he remembered that there was still something to say:

"There are two other things, the subordinates must plead guilty to the master."

When Pei Nianyu heard the word "pleading guilty", the brows were involuntarily stained with helplessness:

"speak!"

"One is that my younger sister Yanjun didn't follow the etiquette of the superior and inferior a few days ago, and she offended the princess a lot..."

"She's not your subordinate, she's out of your control, what crime did you ask for on her behalf? What's more, Yanjun was ordered by me, do you mean to hold me accountable?"

"Subordinates dare not!"

"She is my apprentice, so don't worry about her in the future."

"...Yes, this subordinate understands. The second is that, after hearing Lian Xiao's confession just now, this subordinate became angry because of personal grievances, and couldn't help but hurt him."

He Qi paused, then lifted his robe and knelt down: "This subordinate is fighting privately with his colleagues, please master to punish."

As soon as Pei Nianyu changed his soft words just now, his face darkened, but he still suppressed his breath, and the first question he asked was:

"Did you hurt him? Seriously?"

"... There are some internal injuries, but they are all minor injuries."

Only then did Pei Nianyu show the displeasure on his face, and slapped the table with a frightening aura:

"Because of personal grievances? Old He, do you think that I, the master, will not deal with it fairly, so let him suffer first?"

Although He Qi didn't dare to say it normally, of course he thought so somewhat in his heart.So when Pei Nianyu asked, he didn't know how to reply, so he fell silent for a moment.Pei Nianyu thought he had acquiesced, so he couldn't help but squint his eyes:

"Since you think so, then the king must change this habit, and from now on it will be fair punishment. He Qi, can you accept the punishment?"

He Qi could hear a little yin and yang in the master's tone, and knew that he had offended the master again because of his clumsy mouth.As for the "changed from now on" or something, He Qi certainly wouldn't take it seriously. If his master could not soften his heart when punishing the shadow guards, then the sun really came out from the west.

But this time... couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"Of course my subordinates have no objection, please punish me master."

"You still need to protect the king, so I won't punish you. He Qi, the king will punish you to write a review, no less than 5,000 words. In the style of a parallel poem, the sentences must be neatly aligned and consistent.Rhyme. If the language is rough, rework and rewrite it!"

"Well, since Lian Xiao was fined for three days, you should also use the three-day term! Hand it in after three days, and read your self-criticism in front of all the shadow guards. Don't be perfunctory."

He Qi's pupils shrank suddenly: "...what?"

He suddenly complained in his heart - he was born in a family of officials, so he was naturally literate.It's just that when was young, didn't like articles and poems, so when studied, mainly focused on history books and art of war.After practicing martial arts, was even more ignorant of the kung fu in this beautiful article.

Let him write a 5,000-word Piansi Liliu, he would rather take a seven-day Rongxue Pill.

"This...Master, this subordinate is really...Master, I was wrong! I don't want to admit punishment! Master, can you change to another... woo woo woo..."

Pei Nianyu slapped the table again: "Why, you dare to bargain after receiving the punishment?!"

Seeing that his master was determined, He Qi had no choice but to respond with a sad face:

"...Yes, this subordinate knows."

The author has something to say:

Old He: I have cheating hee hee.