Chapter 62: The Roots of Fear

Corporal punishment is actually one of the symbols of the barbarian empire.

The superior needs to be punished with cruelty to make people feel awe of him.

Just like in school, the strongest child always uses his fists to intimidate his classmates, which is the most primitive method.

This method has been around since the beginning of human settlements, and has been evolving, gradually becoming a variety of forms of corporal punishment.

Generally speaking, the deprivation of the life of another person is the most cruel means, and those who are wise in power, lest the rest of the people will not be educated, and will not be able to imitate the sinner's behavior, and will not produce enough wonderful sensations of physical harm and so on, to make the sinner suffer the most terrible punishment before death.

Ending a person's life is never the ultimate goal of corporal punishment, but letting all people feel fearful is.

Before the First Emperor, the king's retainers were not subjected to the humiliation of castration, and only slaves who needed to enter and leave the palace were needed.

During the Warring States period, the magnates also had the habit of giving eunuchs to each other as gifts, and at that time, eunuchs were used as sexual partners to help the women of the family with heavy work, but it was a function that was developed later.

Generally speaking, the ** Chang Yu who can get into the car is the starting point that really causes the eunuch epidemic.

This guy who gave the First Emperor a great humiliation made almost all emperors start to be wary of the men around their concubines.

Why worry?

He never worries about what others have superfluous, because his best tool is to get rid of what he thinks is superfluous in others.

This is a very clean person with absolutely nothing superfluous on his body, including hair, eyebrows, beard, and extra nails.

Having served the royal family for forty-five years, he enjoyed such a high prestige in the imperial palace that from Emperor Wen to the current emperors, they have maintained a great deal of respect for him.

It was because of the existence of this clean person that there were no scandals in the palace of the Han Dynasty, and it also made the people outside the palace completely lose their thoughts of befriending the emperor's concubine.

The reason why Wei Qing doesn't often go to see his sister is definitely one of the insurmountable reasons.

Generally speaking, the popularity of people who love to laugh is not too bad, but He Chou is not, although he has always smiled warmly and brightly, he has no friends, not even a person who dares to be close to him.

For decades, He Chou has never stepped out of the palace.

Standing in front of the palace gate and looking back at the palace of Nuoda, he was full of emotion, this was the first time he saw the renovated palace exterior wall.

A small yellow door stood aside, He Chou did not speak, he did not dare to leave, let alone say a word, even if the officer who sent He Chou to the surrendered city was already a little impatient, he still did not dare to say a word to remind.

"You are the silkworm room that Jianyuan entered in the third year, right?" He Chou You finally noticed this little yellow door.

"If you go back to your ancestors, you will enter the palace in the third year of Jianyuan."

He Chou looked at the yarn crown of the little yellow door and nodded: "It's not bad, after all these years, I am already qualified to wear the black yarn crown, and I should be a diligent young man." ”

Xiao Huangmen lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.

"When people are old, they will be disgusted, and Your Majesty also dislikes me as an old dog, so he sent me far away, out of sight.

It's okay to check it out somewhere else! ”

After speaking, he took off the black gauze crown on his head, rubbed his shiny head, and handed the black gauze crown to Xiao Huangmen with a smile, and then got into the carriage, and went to the city for more than 2,000 miles, and the identity of the eunuch should not be exposed.

He Chou You's stay in front of the palace gate was not too short, so this scene fell in the eyes of many people with a heart, especially He Chou has that bright and shining head, and it is impossible for people to ignore it.

Changping is naturally one of the people with a heart.

The people who came to report didn't know why worry, how could Changping not know!

After hearing the news that He Chou had gone to the surrendered city, Changping, who was drinking tea, didn't even know that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

Seeing that Changping was frightened like this, Zhang, who already had a big belly, hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what happened!" ”

Changping shuddered for a moment and came back to his senses, and said to himself: "Your Majesty, you don't even believe in the embroidered messenger!" ”

"Embroidered messenger?"

"If they can take out a blank letter from the embroidered messenger, they may be able to take out a second letter.

It is not terrible to be exposed, and the documents that are used are not terrible, Your Majesty is worried about those documents that have not been exposed.

Your Majesty's hate the most is that someone deceives and hides it, but I didn't expect that this time even He Chou You was sent out, and they had a hard time when they were sick. ”

Zhang frowned and said, "Is this person terrifying?" ”

Changping smiled bitterly: "Just ask your father." ”

Changping was not willing to easily tell the royal secrets to the Zhang family, after all, why worry about the existence of such a person, it would not be decent for the royal family.

Changping, who returned to the study, picked up the pen as soon as possible, and began to write to her husband, son, nephew, and Yunlang who were far away in the border village.

The reason why He Chou You is famous is completely inseparable from his long-term handling and cruel and vicious methods when dealing with the group of relatives.

The word "ren" is a taboo in the palace, and it is also the two words that make the palace people the most frightened.

Changping even thought that the identities of Huo Quai, Yun Lang, Cao Xiang, and Li Dang were not qualified at all to let He Chou have such a person out of the mountain.

At this time, the biggest relative at the border pass is Wei Qing!

The letter to Wei Qing is the simplest, only saying that He Chou is out of the palace, and the goal is Shuo Fang!

She believes that as long as Wei Qing learns the news, she will know how to deal with it.

The letter to Huo Quai's illness is also very simple, only saying that it is tenary, don't offend this person, even if it is a loss of soldiers, the safety of this person must be the first priority.

The letter to Cao Xiang is completely full of paragraphs, and the words of admonition are only one meaning, you must listen to Huo Quai, Yun Lang's words, and never dare to go beyond half a step!

The letter to Yun Lang was written very long, and in the letter, Changping wrote in great detail the news and legends she knew about He Chou.

This time, Changping did not use a slip to write, but used half a horse of white silk to write the four letters.

Without waiting for dawn, he sent his generals to send the four letters to Baishan Mountain overnight.

He Chou You did not go far, but after leaving Chang'an for thirty miles, he stayed in Xinfeng City.

The lieutenant, who had been very impatient during the day, was now hung on a pillar, and strings of blood slid down his naked body, and finally converged at his toes into a thin fountain of blood into the copper basin.

He Chou put his blood-stained hands into the copper basin filled with clear water, and soon, the blood stains spread, staining the water red.

"Your Majesty is really careless, sending someone to escort me to the border village can easily leak the news.

What do you embroidered messengers eat? ”

He Chouyou's hands stirred in the copper basin, and the red blood water was illuminated by the oil lamp and glowed with a strange black light.

A middle-aged man standing in the corner of the wall was like a sieve of chaff, kneeling on the ground with a puff and kowtowing like pounding garlic.

He Chou You took out a piece of white silk, carefully dried his hands, and asked, "Tonight, how many waves of messengers have gone to Baishan Mountain?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't care to wipe the sweat on his head and hurriedly said: "From yesterday noon to the fourth watch, there were six waves of messengers who went to Baishan Mountain!" ”

"Have you found out?"

The middle-aged embroidered messenger wiped a handful of sweat and said: "Two are the change of guard orders, one is from the hand of Guanglu Qinglang, the target is the central school captain's mansion, and the other is the supplementary military order from Jin Wu to the western school captain's office."

As for the content, the lowly did not dare to probe. ”

He Chou nodded and said: "Military affairs, it's better not to know what we shouldn't know."

Who are the other four waves? ”

"Two waves of the eldest princess's family...... The fine willow camp and the Beida camp each have one each, the content is unknown, if the ancestor wants to know the content, the humble position needs to be further explored! ”

He Chou thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "No need, I'm going to rush to the surrendered city quickly, what can you do?" ”

The middle-aged man immediately replied: "Yes, as long as the ancestors can hold on, they can change horses without changing people, and they can reach Baishan Mountain in seven days at the earliest. ”

He Chou You smiled and said, "It turns out that the surrendered city is a place that is not under the supervision of His Majesty......"