65. Add a brazier to your ancestors
The Riot Room is a place to punish those who have committed mistakes, built underground, and filled with all kinds of torture instruments, shining in the light of the fire.
No wonder Huanlin hadn't heard of it, this should be a newly built institution by the emperor, so those unjust souls in the previous dynasty didn't know, and the sparrows in the palace couldn't see it.
The smell of blood is strong, and it's a bad place.
Huan Lin made this judgment in his heart, but a fat eunuch with a very kind face came out, and looked at Xiao Anzi with joy on his face: "Father-in-law An, you are here again!" How did you concoct this one that was sent today? β
As he spoke, he slipped his eyes around Lin again, and sighed twice: "It's a little girl?" looks good, but it's too thin, and it's not two taels of meat! β
Before he finished speaking, he had to reach out.
Xiao Anzi's face sank, he slapped his paws away, and said coldly: "This person is not something you can move!" I didn't say how to concoct it, let you put it here first, and serve it as an ancestor! β
"No...... the fat eunuch was shocked, "Grandpa An, aren't you joking?" We have never seen any ancestors here, even His Majesty's own ancestors are here, and they are also grandsons here! β
Xiao Anzi glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and sneered: "You haven't seen your ancestors before, didn't I rush to send your ancestors to you!" You just have to wait with peace of mind, and your benefits are indispensable! β
The fat eunuch was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wiped the bench with his sleeve, and sat down around Lin, and then turned around and asked Xiao Anzi: "This is also what Your Majesty ordered?" β
"Your Majesty?" Xiao Anzi chuckled, "Father-in-law Lu, I entered the palace in the second year of the previous Tianxi, remember that you were two years earlier than me, right?" How can such a thing be asked? β
The fat on the fat eunuch Lu Hai's face was piled up, and his expression suddenly became a little complicated.
He has indeed been in the palace for a long time. Since the end of the previous dynasty, there have been two dynasties and three emperors - how can you still be so naΓ―ve to think that if you rely on the emperor, you will be able to worry about everything?
Xiao Anzi didn't say anything more when he saw that he had come back to his senses, but only told Huanlin to tell her to rest assured and not to cause trouble, and then left in a hurry.
Leaving Huanlin alone in this gloomy place to face a few eunuchs she didn't know, she was suddenly so frightened that her scalp was numb and her hair stood on end, and she sat on the bench and called an honest.
I didn't want the fat eunuch Lu Hai to really seem to be serving her as an ancestor, so he turned around and ran to make tea and bring it over, with a smile on his face, and his tone was so kind: "Girl, you can live here in peace, and when the matter is overβwell, although I don't know what it isβyou can naturally go out." β
Huan Lin couldn't help frowning and looked around.
Although sparrows are not too taboo to be dark and damp, the torture instruments in this place are too scary, and the people are ugly!
She replied aggrievedly, shrunk her shoulders to indicate that she didn't want to speak and didn't need to wait.
Lu Hai wanted to speak. With a smiling face, he bent down in front of Huan Lin and asked cautiously, "Girl, ...... Why did you send it? What did Your Majesty say? β
Your Majesty said that you would torture me.
Whoever talks like that is a fool. Huanlin is not stupid, she rolled her eyes, looked at it and said, "Because it's not peaceful!" You know what happened to those Taoist priests, right? β
Lu Hai gasped and nodded hurriedly.
It is related to the affairs of those Taoist priests, that is, it is related to the safety of the emperor and the survival of the world.
Several eunuchs no longer dared to ask what kind of "related" law Huanlin was. Anyway, Xiao Anzi ordered to "serve as an ancestor", and he didn't say that he wanted a confession, so he just lived like this for the first time and waited and saw what happened.
Horizontal and vertical changes are bound to happen, and they are very fast.
So Huanlin really lived in the violent room like this, covered with soft and gentle quilts, roasted in a prosperous stove, and even tea and pastries were delivered to him, and his small life was really like being an ancestor.
The good days of the ancestors passed for two days, and then at noon on this day, suddenly a eunuch rushed in with his buttocks on fire.
As soon as Lu Hai saw that it was the person beside the emperor, he immediately put on a smiling face, nodded and greeted him: "Father-in-law Qi, why are you here, is it because of the girl last time......"
"Where's the girl?" The visitor didn't care about panting, and dragged him to ask urgently.
Lu Hai hurriedly pointed inside, cautiously: "I live in the back room!" How...... Your Majesty wants a confession now? β
He kept an eye on it and didn't dare to say, "We have always been our ancestors."
It's a shame that he didn't say it, because the next sentence of the person who came was: "Is there a confession?" β
Lu Hai was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I haven't asked yet." If Your Majesty is in a hurry, let's ask again overnight......"
"Haven't asked yet?!" When the visitor heard this, he was anxious, "Xiaoluzi, have you been pouring too much yellow soup recently?" Brains wasted? Such an important errand...... Your Majesty personally sent a key prisoner, and you didn't ask for a confession for two whole days? β
Lu Hai knew that something had happened outside, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, but quietly glanced at the people below.
The person who came was almost majestic at this time, and turned around and sat down on the table: "I still don't believe it!" Bring it here, I'll judge! β
So Huan Lin, who was drinking tea and playing chess with the little eunuchs around the quilt in the house, suddenly suffered, was picked up from the quilt, smeared some ash on her face, tore her hair messy, and tore her clothes and poured a small cup of blood into it, and ran out with it.
Huan Lin was almost frightened to death, and he opened his throat and screamed.
The little eunuch who followed next to him was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "My little aunt, don't shout!" When you hear such a loud voice, you know that you haven't suffered a loss, how can you let us explain to the top! β
"What's the explanation?" Huan Lin shook off the little eunuch and stood up straight, asking urgently.
"Auntie!" The steward was anxious enough, "The wind direction has changed again!" A vicious man just came and asked us for your confession as soon as he came in! If we let them know that you weren't being tortured here, we wouldn't be able to save our lives! β
"The wind has changed?" Huan Lin was stunned, hurriedly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and waved his hand: "Hey, you guys said it earlier!" β
She quickly tore her hair up a little more, looked down at her body again, and found that the blood that the little eunuch had poured into it just now had slowly ooped out of it, and it was actually quite like that.
Then there is nothing flawed. She thought for a moment, kicked off another shoe, and limped out as she was dragged out by the little eunuchs.
When she saw someone, she didn't look up, her eyelids drooped so badly that as soon as the little eunuch let go, she collapsed to the ground.
The drama is very sufficient.
Seeing this, the visitor was finally reluctantly satisfied, only frowned, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the wooden shelf next to him: "Tie it up!" β
Lu Hai didn't dare to slack off, and tied both of his hands around the forest on the shelf in three strokes and two strokes, and he wanted to strangle her wrists.
The person who came picked up a whip casually and shook it, and looked at Huan Lin Dao: "I haven't recruited for two days, and my mouth is very hard?" β
"No, no, no, my mouth is not hard at all......" Huan Lin hurriedly shook his head.
Next to Lu Hai, they were so scared that they were about to cry.
Huan Lin came back to his senses, hurriedly lowered his head again, and said "weakly": "I just don't want to pay attention to you stupid and bad bitch...... Even if you kill me, I have nothing to say! β
"It's good, it's really hard-mouthed!" The eunuch threw down the whip in his hand and pointed to an iron plate next to him: "Put this under her feet and light the fire!" β
Huan Lin suddenly shuddered with fright.
Why did she coax Shen Yuli to swear not to hurt the sparrows, but she still couldn't escape the fate of roasted sparrows in this life?
Lu Hai's faces were not very good-looking, and they hesitated and refused to move: "Father-in-law Qi, what ...... That's a cannon brand! Father-in-law An instructed before, saying that His Majesty might want her to be a witness, and if the punishment is too obvious, it will not look good. β
It means that it is to be bent into a move, but it cannot be seen as a bent move.
He thought it was a skillful statement, but it didn't work. After hearing this, Gonggong Qi rolled his eyes at him greatly: "Xiao Anzi ordered?" You don't know yet, do you? Xiao Anzi committed an accident, and was ordered by His Majesty to beat forty boards and throw it out! β
Lu Hai was stunned, doubly uneasy, he didn't dare to say a word, so he hurriedly led someone to put the iron plate up, and the brazier was also moved.
There was also a clever little eunuch next to him, and he couldn't help but step forward and pinch Huan Lin's foot, and took off her remaining shoes and threw them away.
Huan Lin regretted it, and suspected that it was too unlucky for him to throw off the shoe just now, so he would invite such a disaster.
It's too late to regret it. The heat from the brazier crept up the iron plate, and in a moment her sweat came down.
Father-in-law Qi watched from the side, rubbed his hands and smiled at Lu Hai and said, "See, that's it, I won't be able to hold it for a while!" The methods you usually use are scary, scary, and they are really useless when you encounter hard energy. If you want to talk about the real ability of this criminal trial, it depends on me! β
Lu Hai also felt very hot inexplicably, so he hurriedly raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat, and said, "Yes." Father-in-law Qi was born in the Criminal Prison Division in the previous dynasty, so he is naturally more familiar than us. β
Father-in-law Qi cocked his fingers and sneered: "Look at your cowardice!" The sweat is down, and you still talk about it? I said you, don't worry! Our iron plate is thick, these pieces of charcoal in the brazier will not burn it in two hours, and the feet of your little ancestor will not be wasted for a while! β
Lu Hai subconsciously nodded and replied "yes", and then reacted to the words "your little ancestor", and suddenly his legs became weak with fright.
Over there, Huan Lin was already crying and scolding: "Who do you say is the little ancestor?" I am the ancestor of your family! I am the old ancestor of your family! β
Father-in-law Qi was not angry, and simply laughed when he heard this: "Yes, yes, you are the 'Old Ancestor'!" - So Ancestor, are your feet comfortable at this time? β
Lu Hai quietly observed his face, estimating that the "little ancestor" just now should be a coincidence, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "The fire is not hot enough, add another charcoal basin!" β
Huan Lin Yuan couldn't stop moving his feet, and when he heard this, he was even more frightened: "You can't add any more, no matter how hot it is, you will die!" β
"'Old Ancestor' rest assured," Father-in-law Qi was proud, and the orchid fingers were raised higher: "You, you will have a long life, and you will not die!" Add a charcoal basin, this is called 'Blessing and longevity'! β
The brazier really moved quickly, and the soles of the feet around the forest became hotter and hotter, so I had to move my two feet alternately, shouting in a mess: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I didn't dare, I won't be your ancestor, will I succeed?" You let me down! β
"That's not going to work!" This father-in-law Qi is actually a happy person, smiling and watching Huan Lin being tortured, the more he watched it, the happier he became, and said with a smile: "I entered the palace as a eunuch, and the Qi family has long denied that I am a descendant, so easy to come to someone who is willing to be my ancestor, how can I not serve well?" - Ancestor, do you want to add another pot to you? β
"Don't do it, don't you be wrong!" Huan Lin was so frightened that he cried, "I was wrong, I won't be your ancestor anymore!" You are my ancestor! β
You're a bird!
Ah no, you don't have birds.
Huan Lin thought to himself, and before he stopped crying, he suddenly laughed again.
Seeing her like this, Father-in-law Qi couldn't help but look at her more and more happily, and hurriedly beckoned Lu Hai to order: "Go and go, and add a brazier to our ancestors!" I think she likes it so much! β
"I don't like it, I don't like it! I was wrong, ancestors! "Huan Lin struggled and cried on the shelf, and shook the iron chain.
The two feet never stopped, but unfortunately the more they moved, the less strength they had, but the iron plate under their feet became hotter and hotter.
The socks were quickly baked, and the soles of the bare feet stepped directly on the hot iron plate, and the taste was really ...... It's about 10,000 times more uncomfortable than a knife cut.
Even if you cut off a layer of meat with a knife, it is just a pain in the place where the meat is cut. But these two feet stepped on the iron plate, and the burning pain spread from the soles of the feet to the entire leg, and it had to go all the way up along the blood and bones, as if the whole person was roasted on the fire.
It didn't take long for the whole person to wilt. The two feet wanted to move more and more, and the forest seemed to smell the fragrance of roasted sparrows.
"I'm going to be cooked!" Her voice was hoarse, and her backbone had long since worn out, so she used the only strength she had left to beg for mercy: "What do you want to ask me, but ask quickly!" If you don't ask, I'll die! β
Father-in-law Qi was happy: "Yo, such a hard bone, it's only been baked for more than an hour?" β
Huan Lin moved his feet and cried: "No, no, no, if I continue to roast, I won't just be dead, I'm about to be baked, and it's not delicious to roast old......"
Father-in-law Qi laughed: "It's okay, it's old and chewy!" β
"It's all burnt, it's baked, it's baked, it's charred!" Huanlin jumped to his feet and cried: "I have already agreed to recruit!" I admit I'm a youkai, and I admit the things you want me to confess...... If there's anything else you want to know, just ask! β
At this point, Gonggong Qi was finally satisfied, and slowly asked people to remove the two braziers, and then made two basins of cold water to pour on the iron plate.
When the water was poured on the surface of the feet, it was still cold, and as soon as it touched the iron plate, it instantly squeaked and boiled. Countless small bubbles above the iron plate churned and jumped, and a white mist rose.
"Hot!" Huanlin cried and jumped up again.
The pain that had been numb by the iron plate before became acute again when it came into contact with the boiling water, and every inch and every minute under the soles of the feet was boiling, and the taste was even more uncomfortable than before.
"Death, death, death......" she cried sharply, lifting her feet against the wooden frame with all her strength, using the back of her neck as a fulcrum, and placing most of her weight on her two bound wrists.
"Huh?!" Father-in-law Qi looked interesting, leaned over and smiled: "What a clever mind, such a flexible body!" How long can you hold out? β
Circling the forest didn't last long.
The feet softened by the boiling water could not bear any weight at all, and after only a few breaths, they had to let go and continue to bear the next round of burning.
However, gradually I got used to it.
"What time is it?" She looked at Father-in-law Qi and asked.
The latter replied in a good mood: "It's time for Shen." The days are short in winter, and it will be dark in another hour. β
"Oh." Circling the forest, he moved his feet and looked at him with blank eyes, "So why don't you judge me yet?" β
Gonggong Qi pinched the orchid finger and dusted his cuffs, and said with a smile: "Don't worry." His Majesty's order is to take you to the Qixiang Palace after dinner, so it doesn't hurt to try it for another hour. β
Circumambulating the forest and stomping his feet and crying: "I think it's very harmful!" I'll be dead in another hour! You can only take a roasted sparrow to the Qixiang Palace! What are you doing? Do you want to give your majesty a meal? β
Father-in-law Qi didn't understand this sentence too much, and knocked on his sideburns and said suspiciously: "Roasted sparrows? You said...... Are you a sparrow? β
Huan Lin shut up and refused to answer.
Father-in-law Qi turned around in front of her for half a circle, and smiled again: "No matter what you are, what you say here doesn't count, what you say in front of Your Majesty!" At this time, you should think about it, and what you plan to say when you arrive at Qixiang Palace in a while. If you think about it, I'll let you down, and if you can't think about it, we'll add two more braziers, how about it? β
Huan Lin shook his head, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, refusing to answer.
Lu Hai persuaded on the side: "Girl, what does Your Majesty want you to say, you just say it!" Is it wrong to listen to His Majesty's orders? β
"Don't talk, I'm thinking!" Circumambulating the forest and stomping his feet angrily.
Father-in-law Qi kindly agreed to let her continue to think, slowly roasted under her feet with a brazier, and only after a full hour did he ask again: "Do you remember?" Are you a youkai or not? Did the Taoist priest murder His Majesty be instructed by King Qing? Is King Qing conspiring with those lonely ghosts in the palace through you? β
Huan Lin closed his eyes and estimated the time, and then shook his head frantically: "No, no, no!" Even if you burn me, you won't have me! That faint gentleman wanted to bend into a move, but there was no door! β
She had been crying miserably before, but she suddenly shouted out at this moment, which scared Father-in-law Qi a lot.
What's the matter, still hard-mouthed?
Father-in-law Qi, who thought that today's errand would be easy, suddenly became angry, stomped his feet and shouted: "Move the brazier over!" Add two more...... No, four! Let's see what roasted sparrows look like! β
The little eunuchs at the bottom didn't dare to slack off, and the four braziers were quickly brought over and stuffed under the iron plate.
The whole room was immediately hot as summer, and the thick iron plate turned red at a visible rate.
Tied to a wooden frame, he struggled frantically around the forest.
Father-in-law Qi was very proud, waved his hand to signal the little eunuchs to retreat, and then took two steps forward and squinted his eyes, waiting for the little girl to beg for mercy.
I didn't want to go around Lin and suddenly looked up at the door, his face changed, and he was ecstatic: "His Royal Highness King Qing!" β
"King Qing......" The eunuchs present turned around in unison and subconsciously knelt down.
But the door was empty, and there was no one.
When they realized that they had been deceived, they looked back at the forest, but they found that the wooden shelf was standing there in good shape, and the iron chains on top were still wrapped one by one, and the iron plates below were still squeaking, except for the little girl who was tied to the shelf.
Lu Hai hurriedly jumped up, pounced and touched the shelf.
The horror was even greater.
"No one...... It's not stealth, it's really gone......" he muttered.
Father-in-law Qi's horror was deeper than that of others. After repeatedly confirming that there was no one on the wooden frame, the ground suddenly softened under his feet, and the whole person fell straight to the iron plate, so painful that he instantly bounced, and ran out of the door with a meaty fragrance: "Monster!" Youkaiβ"