"Someone!"

In Zong Xiu's frightened expression, two Jin Wuwei in full armor walked in.

The eldest grandson looked at Zong Xiu coldly and said, "Zong Xiu lost his morality after drinking, offended the princess, and deserved to be punished heavily." Remembering that there is a reason for the incident, give ten strokes of the whipping to set an example. ”

"Yes!"

The two Jin Wuwei couldn't help but say, grabbed Zong Xiu's arm left and right, and another Jin Wuwei walked in with an iron whip.

Cui Xianwen saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart.

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Wei Chi Jingde, Li Shiji and others were all unbearable, and turned their heads not to look.

Zong Xiu will be scared to death in his heart. Although he has crossed over, his heart is still a modern person.

As a traveler, I have lived in the new era since I was a child, how can I be whipped? Especially in front of so many people, being whipped and embarrassed can't be said, the main thing is that it hurts!

Seeing the sturdy and burly Jin Wuwei raise the iron whip high, Zong Xiu closed his eyes in despair.

"Smack"

A loud whip roared, and the iron whip fell high and slammed into Zong Xiu's back.

'Shhh

The iron whip slashed through the splendid robe, leaving a blood-red sigil and taking away a piece of flesh and skin.

The huge pain made Zong Xiu too late to scream, he rolled his eyes directly and fainted.

Cheng Biting Jin hurriedly got up: "Niangniang, Zong Xiu and last year's battle against the Qiang thieves, twenty-seven knives in the body, excessive blood loss, raised for half a year, now the body is weak, please Niangniang, the remaining nine whips are exempted." ”

Jin Wuwei, who was in charge of the execution, saw Cheng bite Jin and pleaded, and stopped the whip in his hand.

The eldest grandson was unmoved, and said coldly: "Go on!" ”

"Yes!"

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

“……”

The iron whip used for flogging was specially made, the whip was half a zhang long, with barbs, and this whip fell one after another, each whip made a rapid sound of breaking through the air, and at the same time tore the flesh and skin on Zong Xiu's back, and the flesh and blood of the beating were blurred.

And Zong Xiu fainted as early as the first whip, but the whip didn't stop, as if it was a whip corpse, and when the whip was whipped, the unconscious Zong Xiu also twitched.

After ten strokes, the executed Jin Wuwei took the whip and returned to his life.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the execution is over."

"Stand down."

The eldest grandson Wujian waved his hand, and Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chi Jingde hurriedly walked over, holding the unconscious Zong Xiu on the left and right.

Li Shimin's face was extremely bad, and he was in no mood to continue drinking, so he broke up the banquet and led the eldest grandson Wujian to the harem.

In the imperial garden, Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chi Jingde were holding Zong Xiu on the left and right, both with a look of pity, Li Shiji walked over, looked at the unconscious Zong Xiu, and looked at the pity: "Hey~ Zhijie, you take him back to your house to recuperate first, and I will order someone to ask the imperial doctor to come over later." ”

Cheng Yanjin rolled his eyes: "Now be a good person?" Why didn't you help me intercede with Your Majesty just now? ”

Li Shiji sighed: "You think I don't want to?" The more people who interceded for him in that case, the heavier the punishment he received. ”

Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling also surrounded and said, "Lao Li is right, everyone knows that His Majesty favors Princess Lanling the most, he pulls and pulls Princess Lanling in front of so many people, and the whip is light." ”

"Okay, Zhijie, take someone back for treatment first, I'm afraid this injury won't be able to get out of bed for ten days and a half months. Go back quickly, don't suffer the wind on the road, if you feel the wind and cold again, your life will be at risk. ”

Several princes beckoned the guards to help, and carried Zong Xiu out of the palace gate. Li Shiji deliberately gave his carriage to Cheng Yanjin.

In Cheng Fuzhong, Cheng Yanjin took Zong Xiu home, and specially instructed the waiting maid to close the doors and windows of the room tightly to prevent the injury from contracting the wind and cold.

When Zong Xiu woke up in a daze, he found that he was lying on the bed, and when he looked up, his back was still in hot pain.

"Hiss~"

Zong Xiu screamed in pain, the little maid who hadn't slept all night next to her, and was dozing off against the bedpost, heard the sound, and woke up instantly, and when she saw Zong Xiu wake up, she said happily: "Childe is awake?" I'm going to report to my lord. ”

The little maid hurried out. After a while, I saw Cheng Biting Jin leading an old man to rush in, and he shouted: "Brother Zong is awake?" Quick, show him, my brother has weak bones, and he can't go wrong. ”

The old man with the medicine box came to the bed, carefully lifted the medicine cloth on Zong Xiu's back, looked at the ointment applied last night, and said: "Gong Lu, Zong Gongzi's injury is no longer serious, the bleeding has stopped, change the medicine once a day in the future, and rest for more than a month." ”

"Thank you Imperial Doctor Zhao, there is a lot of trouble, I remember Lao Cheng in my heart, and your benefits will be indispensable in the future."

"Wherever Lu Gong goes, it is the duty of a doctor."

The old man said a few polite words to Cheng Yanjin, left a prescription and a few medicinal materials, and found a reason to retire.

After the old man left, Cheng Yanjin moved a stool and sat in front of Zong Xiu's bed, sighing.

"Brother, brother, I thought you wouldn't be able to survive. Hey, you don't know, when I brought you back last night, the blood didn't stop flowing, thanks to Imperial Doctor Zhao. ”

Zong Xiu smiled bitterly: "Hehe, it's just my own bad luck." When I first arrived in Chang'an, I met someone who was not good, but I ran into a princess. If you meet it, you will meet it, isn't it good to teach well in Guozijian? What kind of numbers and formulas are you doing, and you are called into the palace by Your Majesty, this is a crime of Tai Sui, no wonder others. ”

Seeing that Zong Xiu was disheartened, Cheng Yanjin sighed slightly: "Brother, this is what I said, a gentleman is talented, how can he cherish himself with a broom." A good man should have the world in mind, compare with the green mountains, make a thousand years of achievements, and promote the world's fame. If you slack off with a whip, you are still a big husband. ”

"Haha, make a thousand years of merit and make a name for the world? I haven't been famous yet, and if I become famous, I won't lose my life. ”

Zong Xiu lay on the bed and complained vigorously, as a modern person, although he can't talk about brocade clothes and jade food, clothes come to reach out for food to open his mouth, but he has never been whipped since he was a child.

These ten iron whips can make Zong Xiu hold a grudge for a lifetime. What the hell, the truth is that he has to be whipped here, is there such a thing?

Seeing that Zong Xiu was still feeling sorry for himself, Cheng Yanjin sighed and said, "Brother Zong, it's not me saying you, in fact, it's also your fault." ”

"I know, blame myself for being reckless, I deserve to take the princess's hand in public."

Zong Xiu said resentfully.

Cheng Yanjin shook his head: "This is just one of them. If you are not like this, even if this happens, based on your merits, even if Your Majesty is angry, at most you will be punished in a heavenly prison for a few days and then released. ”

Zong Xiu asked rhetorically, "What's wrong with me now?" ”

"Brother, you really don't know how to be an official. Do you know what kind of courtiers the ancient emperors were most worried about? ”

Without waiting for Zong Xiu to speak, Cheng Yanjin had already said: "You are not greedy for money, and you are not lustful, and you have been hiding clumsily at the tail burning banquet last night, do you think Your Majesty can't see it?" ”

Cheng Yanjin laughed after speaking.

"Brother, your talented brother admires, you are not as good as me in the way of officials."

"Just like last night, if you can be more tactful, smile and say a few kind words, even if you are punished, it will be a prison sentence, not a pain of flesh and skin."

"You, you're just too straight, you came up and said everything, it seems to be reasonable, but you haven't thought about it, in front of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, you shook off what the girl in Lanling did, and put the face of the royal family? Your Majesty and Niangniang can't punish you if they want to. ”

Zong Xiu lay on the bed, his back hurting hotly.

The pain also cleared his mind, and he thought more thoroughly.

Oh, yes.

What he said last night, looking at it, after all, it was Princess Lanling's unwarranted speculation, not right first, he didn't know the identity of Princess Lanling, and it was right to drag him to the banquet to reason.

can accuse Princess Lanling in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, especially the dignified Tang princess, because of a guess, she led the general to arrest and execute, which is tantamount to slapping Lao Li in the face - his daughter is not well disciplined, and what kind of virtuous king can he talk about.

He might as well be like Cheng Yanjin said: pretend to be crazy with the strength of wine, sell stupidity, and then say a few good words. At most, he was imprisoned in a prison for a few days, and afterwards made it clear in private, and with Lao Li's character, he was punished at most lightly and severely, and then he was released.

It's good now, just thinking about reasoning, and the whip is also on.

This whip was not in vain, at least it was sober.

Cheng Biting Jin saw that Zong Xiu was silent for a long time, got up and comforted him, let Zong Xiu recuperate from his injuries, and was about to leave, when he heard a burst of wild laughter.

"Hahahaha, the elder brother is right, and the little brother of this little brother will keep it in mind. Now the younger brother has something he wants to ask his brother for help. ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Look at what you said, don't you treat your brother as an outsider again?" If you say anything, I will never say anything if I can help. ”

Zong Xiuqiang endured the pain in his back, gritted his teeth and said: "I also asked my brother to enter the palace for me to send a message to His Majesty, saying that I am a person who is greedy for beauty, and I am willing to exchange one treasure for one person." ”