Chapter 673: Brothers and Sisters
Since learning that Cao Li had fallen from his horse, He Yan panicked and took his wife, Princess Jinxiang, to visit Mrs. Du in the northern city of Yedu.
Yecheng is also divided into two cities, north and south, in the middle is the east and west vertical and horizontal Zhangshui, important pavilions, government offices, palaces are all built in the north city.
The relationship between Princess Jinxiang and He Yan is actually broken, He Yan is of high origin, and he was a little disdainful of being Cao Cao's adopted son when he was a child, not to mention that now Cao Wei has lost consecutive battles, which makes He Yan lack awe of Cao Wei's royal family.
And Princess Jinxiang has a mother like Mrs. Du, and under the mother's explanation, she feels that what her mother said makes sense...... Women, being a jealous woman is too painful, and if you have a choice, it's better to be a widow.
In this way, in the small courtyard where Mrs. Du was, Mrs. Du and Princess Jinxiang were playing cards...... With both paper and block printing, there is no reason to let go of this money-making industry.
This is a card made of bamboo strips and bones, glued to printed paper, so the card appears a little thicker, but tough and durable.
The mother and daughter were playing cards inside, and He Yan was waiting in the courtyard, a little anxious.
Now the emperor is like a sick tiger, and the more it comes to this moment, the more afraid everyone becomes.
This kind of person who is about to reach the end of his life does something perverse...... It makes sense.
He Yan waited left and right, and waited for Qin Lang, who had gloomy eyebrows...... The special life opportunities have made Qin Lang a cheerful personality since he was a child, and he treats people gently. He's a man with a smile on his face.
This is a person who rarely shows a gloomy demeanor, even a half-sibling like He Yan, who has been familiar since childhood, feels strange and frightened at this moment.
"Brother?"
"Well, Your Majesty has severely punished the murderer."
Qin Lang opened his mouth and replied directly, which made He Yan suddenly breathe a sigh of relief, and as soon as he smiled, he heard Qin Lang say again: "Although Uncle Ping is not guilty of capital crimes here, there is also a severe punishment. This is also His Majesty's kindness, Uncle Ping should not forget. ”
“(⊙o⊙)…”
Qin Lang ignored He Yan, who stared at He Yan with a pair of round eyes as if he didn't understand anything, he slightly turned his head to look at the martial guards who came with him, the two martial guards stepped forward to stand up and cut He Yan's arms one left and one right, and the other stuffed the prepared cloth ball into He Yan's mouth when he was about to shout for help, and also used the rope in his hand to tightly strangle the cloth ball, so that He Yan couldn't make a sound.
And because of the backcut of his arms, if there is a little struggle, it will be very painful, he has never suffered this kind of suffering in his life, He Yan was honestly escorted to the stove room in the corner of the courtyard.
The silk embroidered exquisite costume was rudely pulled off by the Wuwei sergeant, revealing He Yan's fair-skinned, smooth shoulders like mutton fat, his shoulders seemed to bloom with a layer of faint brilliance, in the door and window are narrow, the space is cramped, and the light is dimly lit in the stove room, at this moment He Yan's shoulders are like lanterns, making it difficult to take their eyes off at a glance.
"Compress."
Qin Lang instructed, then rolled up the sleeve of his right arm, grabbed the horsewhip with his right arm, dipped it in the saltwater clay pot, raised it and aimed at He Yan's shoulder, tried to wave it gently, and after finding the feel, he took a step back and raised his arm to pull it down.
The other Wuwei sergeants in the stove room were a little unbearable to look at it, and after a crisp sound, a foot-long blood mark immediately appeared on He Yan's fair and pink back skin, and then quickly became blue and red, swollen, and faintly fine blood beads oozed from the scratched skin.
He Yan shivered in pain, and his arms were restrained by others, and he was unable to struggle when he died in pain.
Seeing that he was convulsing in pain, Qin Lang's face was expressionless, he re-dipped the salt water, and whipped it down again, and after a crisp sound, a staggered blood-red × appeared on He Yan's back, and the skin and flesh were already broken at the intersection of the two scars.
Qin Lang still didn't have a little emotion, as if he beat He Yan half to death in order to save He Yan's life.
Therefore, Qin Lang whipped one whip after another, and after twenty whips, there was no complete skin behind He Yan, and all the whips had been staggered as much as possible, but where several whip marks overlapped, the skin and flesh were still broken, and they were blurred.
And He Yan was already unconscious, and every time Qin Lang whipped down, He Yan's body trembled unconsciously, even if it was a response.
The Wuwei sergeants who came with him to watch the joke were all afraid of squeaking at the moment, and even tried to control their breathing, trying to calm down so as not to disturb Qin Lang.
Qin Lang is so ruthless to his brother-in-law and siblings who grew up since childhood, if he provokes him, kill a few sergeants...... Or is it not a one-sentence thing?
After twenty lashes, Qin Lang was silent with a whip, thinking about the finishing touches of the matter.
No one wants to die, they don't want to die, they don't want their mother to suddenly die of a violent illness in the palace, and they don't want their half-sister and two younger brothers to die in a daze.
Cao Li fell off his horse and died, if Empress Dowager Bian didn't know the inside story, if she knew He Yan's relationship, then her mother would be in danger.
There is also a sister, no matter how absurd He Yan is, he also has friends and subordinates, if he writes down today's mortal enemies, if he is not there or loses power in the future, then his sister will be dangerous.
The emperor killed one of his two favorite sons, killed all of the other's subordinates, and because they neglected Cao Li's safety and failed to fulfill their duty as a servant, they were all executed.
With the emperor's intentions, do you want to kill He Yan, a person who is not a clan, but is better than a clan?
must be to vent the hatred in his heart, but He Yan's relationship background is complicated, He Yan himself is absurd, and the mud can't support the wall, and no one will say anything. But such an execution will definitely cause an uproar within the old ministers and clans, as well as a sense of crisis.
So it's not that the emperor doesn't want to kill, but that it's inconvenient to kill.
What about doing it yourself?
What's the use of He Yan's brother-in-law keeping?
Looking at He Yan's bloody back, with He Yan's strength, can you understand that this is a bitter plan? Even if he figured it out, would he be willing to cooperate?
When the world turns upside down in the future, is this brother-in-law willing to live a good life with his sister?
Qin Lang's face was rigid and emotionless, all kinds of thoughts collided in his mind, and the cleaned horsewhip was slowly raised by him, and it was quickly whipped down.
Then one whip after another, without a little hesitation, he whipped towards a few blurred wounds, so that He Yan, who was unconscious, had lost his basic reaction, and with each whip, blood splashed out, but He Yan did not have the slightest instinctive reaction.
But he ...... Still breathing.
After fifty lashes, Qin Lang's right arm was sore, and he threw the blood-dyed horsewhip into the same red-dyed saltwater clay pot, he took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood droplets on his face that had been dry and mixed with blood and dissolved, he didn't wipe it clean, and he didn't plan to wipe it clean if he wiped it casually.
He said to the few people who came with him: "I am so angry that my hands are heavy for a while, and I will quickly take Uncle Ping to the imperial doctor to treat his life." If there is any situation, come here and report to me. ”
After a slight pause as he spoke, Qin Lang took out the five-stone loose porcelain bottle that He Yan gave to Cao Li, shook it slightly, and handed it to one person: "Go to the imperial doctor's office, after bandaging the wound, feed all these magic medicines to Uncle Ping, and be sure to take them with warm wine." ”
Before meeting, the military officials of the Wuwei Army did not dare to take it, Qin Lang glared: "This medicine is the most pain-relieving, so be sure to take it carefully." ”
The military officer didn't dare to refuse, so he had to catch the porcelain vase coldly: "Huh." ”
Qin Lang walked out of the stove room at this time, wiping the blood on his face as he walked, and a lot of splashed blood stained his crimson official uniform, and he didn't care, and went straight into the back hall.
Behind the hall, through the screen, Mrs. Du saw the blood stains on her son's body, and she was also a person who was used to seeing life and death, she was not surprised, and asked rhetorically: "Why did you kill Uncle He Ping personally?" ”
Princess Jinxiang was suddenly a little confused, but in front of her mother and brother, that legal husband was not worth remembering.
Qin Lang showed fatigue at this time, sat on a chair by the wall casually, panting: "Uncle Ping is not dead, my heart is uneasy." ”
Qin Lang said and looked up at the roof beams, his eyes were blank: "There will be great changes in the world in three or five years, why should Ah Mei be burdened by Uncle Ping?" ”
Now that He Yan is killed, there is some room for manipulation, which is convenient for the emperor to operate, and it is also convenient for his family to find living space in the cracks.