Zhang Yi understood more deeply at this time: all of this was carefully planned by the prince, Qu Mu and others, and it was performed scene by scene, all for the purpose of cleaning himself up, and he couldn't tell even if he had a thousand mouths.

The only thing he could do was to defend himself a few more words, so he kept shouting that he was wronged. But Zhaoyang was furious at this time, where to give him a chance to speak.

Zhaoyang scolded angrily: "Good you Zhang Yi, the king of our country treats you well, as soon as you arrived in Chu State, he extended you as a guest and placed you in the upper house." I also look down on you, so I specially invited you to participate in the summer banquet today. I didn't expect you to be so daring. ”

Zhang Yi looked at Zhaoyang, and when he understood what was going on, he calmed down and said: "Lord Zhaoyang, listen to me, I have been wronged by others, I have neither stolen nor insulted the prince and concubine, I am innocent." ”

Zhaoyang listened to Zhang Yi's defense, and instead of thinking deeply, he became even more annoyed, and he then scolded: "Not only do you steal chickens and dogs, but you also dare to forcibly insult the crown princess, is it true that there is no royal law in my Chu State!" ”

After Zhaoyang finished scolding, he ordered his subordinates: "Come, give me Zhang Yi two hundred leather whips, so that he can understand the laws of my Chu State." ”

There was a criminal law of whipping in the decree of the state of Chu, and at this time, the official called someone and brought a leather whip more than one zhang long from the hall, which was tightly tied from thick cowhide strips, which was as thick as a child's arm. The executioner in Ling Yin's mansion took the whip and whipped it fiercely according to Zhang Yi.

Under the whip, Zhang Yi's middle coat was torn into a big hole, and the skin inside was whipped and bruised and swollen. Seeing this situation, the prince and others couldn't help but be shocked, and said: "This whipping is so vicious!" ”

Zhang Yi knew that today's punishment could not be avoided, so he gritted his teeth and said nothing. The executioners saw that Zhang Yi was dead, and his hands were extremely heavy, and after five lashes, Zhang Yi's body was already drenched in blood. People who watched the excitement couldn't bear to look at it directly.

But Zhang Yi didn't make a sound at all after reaching the end, his hatred was like a seed planted in spring, silently and stubbornly sprouting in his heart, and it was out of control. Every time he felt pain to the bone, the hatred in his heart grew.

Zhang Yi secretly swore in her heart: "You treacherous villains, one day I will make you pay." Including you, the person who is the crown prince, maybe one day you will ascend to the throne of Chu, but I will definitely let you pay off your debts for what you did today. ”

After the executioners beat him with 200 lashes, Zhang Yi's body was almost completely skinless, and the blood marks were superimposed on each other, and the flesh and blood were blurred all over his body. Zhang Yi's consciousness was also blurred, but he still remembered how he was framed by these powerful people in the Chu State, and there was still an unyielding fire burning in his heart.

Zhaoyang saw the tragic situation after Zhang Yi was whipped, and he felt a little unbearable, he wanted to end this matter as soon as possible, and asked Zhang Yi again: "Zhang Yi, let me ask you, do you admit your guilt or not, if you confess your guilt calmly, I can let you go today." ”

Zhang Yi glared, looked at Zhaoyang, and then looked at the gloating prince Mi Huai, he replied: "I am not guilty, what crime can I confess!" ”

Zhaoyang was once again angered by Zhang Yi's words, and he said in his heart: "The evidence is conclusive, you are still hard-mouthed, then don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Zhaoyang was annoyed, so he instructed the executioners: "It seems that he is still not convinced, you slap him twenty more times." ”

The executioners brought another thick bamboo board, which was thick but extremely flexible. He hit Zhang Yi's face twenty more times, and after the execution, the corners of Zhang Yi's mouth cracked, and his face was covered with blood. At this time, from his head, all the way to his feet, almost bleeding, the whole thing turned into a bloody man.

Zhaoyang asked again: "Zhang Yi, do you admit guilt?" ”

Zhang Yi wanted to speak, but her face was red and swollen, her mouth couldn't open, and she couldn't speak. He shook his head vigorously, but his head shook only slightly due to the lack of strength in his body, but he could still tell he was denying.

Zhaoyang was even more angry, and said in his heart: "I'll give you a chance, but you don't appreciate it, and you deliberately go against me, can't I clean you up?" ”

Zhaoyang turned his head and wanted to give another order to the executioner. At this time, a person stood out from the crowd of onlookers, and he was Jing Chi. Zhang Yi was brought by Jingchi from the Wei State, he really couldn't stand it, and after making up his mind for a long time, he finally couldn't help but speak.

Jing Chi took two steps forward and whispered to Zhaoyang: "Let Lord Yin calm his anger, no more punishment can be added, and if the punishment is increased, Zhang Yi's life will not be guaranteed." Zhang Yi was sent by Su Qin, he was Su Qin's junior brother, Zhang Yi died in my Chu State, so Su Qin must not settle accounts with us. ”

As soon as Zhaoyang heard Jing Chi's words, he thought for a while, and then suddenly came to his senses, and he regretted his reckless impulsiveness just now.

He thought to himself: "Yes, Zhang Yi came by order, although it was not by the king's order, but Su Qin is currently the minister of state of the four countries, if he crusades against my Chu State in order to avenge Zhang Yi's revenge, the soldiers will intersect, no matter whether they win or lose, I Zhaoyang will not be able to escape the involvement." ”

Zhaoyang began to loosen up at this time, he glanced at the crown prince Mi Huai, and found that Mi Huai was still with a condescending demeanor, holding an attitude of seeing what you Ling Yin do.

Zhaoyang wanted to be a peacemaker at this time, and he said: "I miss that you Zhang Yi is a well-educated person, and he intends to take refuge in my Chu State, and I can't bear to abolish your future." You have also learned a lesson from today's events, so let's stop here. If you commit it again in the future, don't blame me Zhaoyang for punishing you more severely. ”

Zhang Yi put Jing Chi out of the queue and whispered with Zhao Yang, and later heard Zhao Yang's words to give up, and understood that Jing Chi interceded for himself. However, to make Zhang Yi submit and admit his guilt, he absolutely refused at this moment.

He indifferently glanced at Zhaoyang, Prince Mihuai, Qu Mu and others, and his eyes were full of dissatisfaction. He allowed the officials of Ling Yin's Mansion to loosen the ropes on his body, and slowly, slowly, but firmly, slowly and slowly moved away from Lingyin's Mansion.

After Zhang Yi left the Ling Yin Mansion, he leaned on the wall of a private house on the side of the street and greatly changed his breath several times. He could barely take a step at this time, but he forced himself against the wall and walked towards his dwelling in the west of the city.

Several times, he almost fainted due to the pain in his body, but he cheered himself up from the bottom of his heart and encouraged himself to persevere. He has always used hatred to motivate himself. I silently recited countless times in my heart: "You traitors are waiting, I, Zhang Yi, will not take revenge in this life, and I will not be a man." ”

When he really couldn't hold on, he thought of his wife Yao Yue again, if he couldn't insist on going to the official residence to report to her and ask her to leave Chu immediately, maybe she would also suffer from the poisonous hands of the Chu people.

took his wife to lobby the world, originally to let her enjoy the glory and wealth she brought, but who would have expected that it would come to such a point today, how could Zhang Yi bear to let her wife suffer the same fate. Whenever he thought of his wife's safety, his motivation to move forward was re-energized.

In this way, he struggled forward step by step, and did not approach the official residence of Chu until the second half of the night, and when he knocked on the door where he and his wife were staying, his wife Yao Yue had been waiting in the house restlessly for nearly a night.

Yao Yue opened the door and saw a bloody person lying on the floor of the room, and she screamed in fright. Yao Yue approached the person with the lamp and candle in his hand, and after a closer look, he found that this person turned out to be her husband.

Yao Yue was in a hurry, "wow", and cried loudly, crying while saying, "Oh my God, what's wrong, how did you do this." Didn't you go to a banquet in the happy area? ”

Where did Zhang Yi still have the strength to answer his wife's question, his consciousness was already in a blurred state, and he vaguely felt that his wife Yao Yue was by his side, and it seemed like a dream, it was so unreal.

Zhang Yi hoped to remind his wife Yao Yue to let her leave the Chu State as soon as possible, his own safety had already been put on the sidelines, and he used all his strength to say: "Leave quickly." ”

But his body was close to running out of oil, and his strength was almost gone, so he tried his best to repeat those words.

Yao Yue cried for a while, then sobbed sadly, and wiped the blood from Zhang Yi's body with both hands. However, blood continued to drip out of various parts of the body.

Zhang Yi's mouth made a muffled sound, Yao Yue noticed that he was about to speak, so he leaned his ears to listen, but Zhang Yi's voice was weak and indistinct, and it was really difficult to understand.

Zhang Yi kept repeating those words, and gradually Yao Yue heard the word "leave" clearly, she guessed that Zhang Yi felt the danger and wanted to leave here, so Yao Yue asked loudly: "Do you want us to leave here?" ”

Zhang Yi nodded weakly, but in his consciousness he vaguely felt that his wife understood his words, so he stopped talking, and as soon as he relaxed a little, his body completely collapsed, and his head was planted, and he passed out.

Yao Yue saw Zhang Yi fainting, and even screamed in fright and pain, however, after all, she is a peasant woman who has come out of a hard life, and she has experienced too many trials in life.

Yao Yue quickly calmed down at this time, she saw that her husband was already like this, and she must immediately find a Lang Zhong to treat him, otherwise he would die. Besides, when the husband tried his best to return to his residence, didn't he just ventilate himself and leave here?

Thinking of this, Yao Yue didn't hesitate any longer, she simply rolled up the luggage, pulled it into a burden, hung the burden on her chest, and then vigorously helped her husband Zhang Yi and turned him behind her.

Yao Yue exerted all her strength, lifted her husband, who was as soft as a piece of linen, and carried it on her back, and then stepped out of the gate of the official residence.