vstars Chapter 159 Severe Injury, Sudden Death
Chapter 159 Severe Injury, Sudden Death
When Situ Yuan heard the news, his heart was lifted.
He muttered to himself, "What kind of news could the Black Qilin Guards bring at this time?"
These words were said specifically for Xie Ying to hear.
Xie Ying was originally sitting lazily, but when she heard the news brought back by Lai Fu, her expression immediately changed.
When Situ Yuan muttered to himself, she was also looking at Situ Yuan.
After the two looked at each other, Situ Yuan sent Lai Fu away again.
Then he leaned close to Xie Ying and whispered, "What do you think the news will be?"
Xie Ying rolled her eyes speechlessly: [With so many possibilities, how could I possibly know?]
There was a disaster somewhere, or there was trouble somewhere, anything was possible, Xie Ying was too lazy to make blind guesses.
She looked at Situ Yuan with burning eyes, grabbed his little hand and wrote on his palm: If you want to know, why not let your mother go to the palace and ask?
Situ Yuan felt a little itchy in his palm and couldn't help but look at Xie Ying's chubby little hand.
She is too young now and her hands are small, so it is actually very inconvenient for her to write.
Unfortunately, she couldn't speak yet, and he didn't dare let Xie Ying know. He could hear her thoughts, but this was the only way for now.
He said directly: "Then I will ask my mother to go to the palace to ask."
Xie Ying looked at him in surprise: [You're really not polite? ]
Situ Yuan curled his lips: That's his biological mother, why should he be polite to her?
He explained in a low voice: "Grandfather and uncle are guarding the border now. If there is news from the border, it may be related to them."
Xie Ying's heart moved when she heard this, and she couldn't help but look at him with complicated eyes.
She didn't know whether Situ Yuan had read the novel, but she remembered that in the novel, Situ Yuan's grandfather and uncle both died in battle at the border.
But that was a few years later, and now both of them are still alive and well.
Wait until she can speak again and then ask Situ Yuan.
After all, they were his grandfather and uncle, and they died fighting for their country. Now that she knew this, she had to find a way to save them.
Situ Yuan took Xie Ying directly to find the eldest princess, told her about Lai Fu seeing the Black Kirin Guard, and asked her to go to the palace to inquire about the news.
After hearing this, the eldest princess's face changed drastically and she quickly went into the palace.
Inside the palace, Emperor Taihe looked extremely ugly.
Because just now, the Black Kirin Guard reported that Luo Zheng was assassinated after finding the miracle doctor and almost died.
Moreover, the thief was lurking beside the miracle doctor in advance, which was obviously a premeditated plan!
Now he is rushing back to the capital with the miracle doctor. In order to prevent any accidents on the way, he has also asked the local garrison to escort them all the way.
Emperor Taihe had a gloomy face and clenched his fingers tightly.
Because of the palace maid's confession, he suspected Luo Zheng of harboring evil intentions, defiling the harem, colluding with spies from the enemy country, and wanting to kill the genius doctor and prevent him and Concubine Jiang from having a prince.
But the report sent by the Black Kirin Guards said that Luo Zheng was seriously injured and nearly died while protecting the genius doctor!
Obviously the palace maid lied!
A mere lowly maid actually dares to deceive the emperor!
Who gave her the courage?
And there was Xu Maochun. If it weren't for him, the palace maid wouldn't have been captured.
This person must also be investigated strictly!
Emperor Taihe said in a deep voice, "Wang Zhi, go and question those palace maids we captured a few days ago. I don't care what method you use, but this time we must pry their mouths open and make them tell the truth! Especially that palace maid from last time!"
Wang Zhi's face turned pale, and he quickly accepted the order: "I obey your command!"
He had already realized that something was wrong, and he hated the palace maid who was so bold and presumptuous as to deceive the emperor.
So after he exited, he immediately went to the secret cellar.
Inside the secret cell, the palace maid was still tied to the wooden frame, with something stuffed in her mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue to commit suicide.
These days, she only had a small amount of food and water every day, just enough to keep her from starving to death.
Because of the weakness brought by hunger, she couldn't muster up the strength to commit suicide even if she wanted to.
When she saw Wang Zhi, the remaining color on her already pale face instantly faded away, and her lifeless eyes instantly widened, obviously she was terrified to the extreme.
Wang Zhi stepped up to her, a faint smile on his lips, and looked at the trembling palace maid with cold eyes: "You are so bold, you dare to deceive the emperor. Do you know how serious this crime is?"
When the palace maid heard this, she trembled even more violently, and a small stream of heat surged from her body.
She was frightened to death.
Wang Zhi was so shocked that he stepped back repeatedly, covering his nose in disgust. He looked at her more and more as if he was looking at a dead person: "This is your last chance. If you don't tell the truth, you will end up living a life worse than death."
After saying that, he first asked someone to clean up the water marks on the ground, and then asked someone to bring a set of special torture instruments.
These torture instruments don't look big, but they are of different shapes and are neatly placed on a wooden pallet with a layer of white linen underneath, which makes people even more frightened.
Someone respectfully brought a chair over, and Wang Zhi sat on it. He said calmly, "Let's get started. First, pull out two of her nails. If she still refuses to speak, pull out the rest."
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately picked up a pair of oddly shaped pliers, walked up to the palace maid, and grabbed her left hand.
The palace maid was so frightened that her whole body was trembling, but before she could react, she felt a sharp pain at the tip of her left little finger!
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
She wanted to scream in pain, but her mouth was stuffed with something, so she could only make painful whimpers.
The man did not hesitate and quickly pulled out the nail of her left ring finger.
The maid trembled with pain, her pupils dilated. She thought of those gentle and affectionate eyes, and suddenly she felt endless despair and guilt in her heart.
Sorry, I can't hold on any longer.
It really hurts.
The palace maid burst into tears and felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
Not only did her fingertips hurt, but her heart also hurt so much that she couldn't even breathe.
Feeling that breathing was becoming increasingly difficult, the palace maid suddenly realized that something was wrong.
She opened her eyes wide in horror and opened her mouth to breathe, but suddenly a sharp pain came from her heart, causing her vision to go black and she lost consciousness instantly.
At this time, the executioner was preparing to remove the foreign object stuffed in her mouth.
Seeing her eyes suddenly widen and become lifeless, he immediately realized something was wrong and quickly reached out to check her pulse and breathing.
Wang Zhi noticed something was wrong and quickly stood up and stepped forward, demanding, "What's going on? What happened to her?"
The man turned around, his face pale. "Eunuch Wang...Eunuch Wang...she...she's dead..."
"How could this happen?" Wang Zhi was unwilling to believe this result. "Wasn't she fine before? How could she suddenly die?"
The man was trembling with fear: "Slave...slave didn't know...her eyes suddenly widened, and then she died..."
Wang Zhi pushed him away in disgust, carefully checked the maid's pulse and breathing, and touched her chest without giving up. He found that she was indeed dead, and he was so angry that he overturned the tray next to him.
Countless torture instruments of various shapes fell on the stone brick ground, making a clanging sound.
Wang Zhi felt extremely annoyed and troubled after hearing this.
This bitch died just like that, how is he going to explain to His Majesty?