Chapter Seventy-Four: Detective Zhou Xiaocao (13)
PS: No air conditioning, no heating, freezing to death! God, help me!
Imperial Palace, Wenyang Pavilion.
Tianze Emperor Liu Zhengyuan was holding a pillow in his arms, his face was sweating like rain, his teeth were clenched, his upper teeth were grinding his lower teeth, and he was "creaking" and terrifying. The two little palace maids beside him knelt on the ground, not daring to move. Emperor Tianze's favorite eunuch Zhu Mao was standing behind him, constantly helping him beat his back.
After a while, the pain in Emperor Tianze's body was slightly lighter, and the flush on his face due to the pain gradually receded. Who said that if you become an emperor, you can do whatever you want? At the very least, when you are in pain, you want to cry and shout, which is an expression of affection that a normal person should have. But the emperor did not have this right! He is the lord of the world, and he can only show his strong side, and he cannot show any cowardice, whether it is in the face of his enemies, or when he is facing his relatives, or when he is facing illness. All he can do is be strong! Just because, he is the emperor!
At the end of the Han Dynasty, just because Emperor Xian was cowardly, he trembled with fear when he saw the feudal officials, and Dong Zhuo, the king of Xiliang, was about to implement the abolition; Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Ming Dynasty died in the temporary court of Chengdu, and the coffin was moved to Chang'an, Kyoto.
The emperor, who gained everything, also lost everything. This is the sorrow of an emperor, but unfortunately, most people are so confused by the side that they have all that they have and cannot see what they have lost.
Five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the emperor is like a marquee, "the emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year" was handed down at that time. Among them, there was an emperor who succeeded to the throne as emperor because of the death of his stepfather, but he was actually unwilling to do it. He often bowed to the sky, praying that God would grant him a meritorious ruler so that he could meditate. He also showed great tolerance for the people. People in troubled times are not as good as dogs, but their people are the best lives. It's just a pity that later, this person who was barely counted as a good emperor in the five generations died in civil strife.
Emperor Tianze waved his hand towards the back, signaling Zhu Mao to stop beating his back. Zhu Mao accompanied him and said carefully: "Your Majesty, but is your body better?" Do you want the slave to go to the imperial dining room and make some hot porridge? ”
Emperor Tianze said: "No need. It's nearly two shifts now, and these cooks are working day and night, so don't bother them anymore. In two hours, I will go to court, and it will not be too late to eat porridge at that time. ”
Zhu Mao said: "Yes! His Majesty is diligent and loves the people, and even the chefs in the palace can take care of it, which is really a great blessing from heaven. ”
Emperor Tianze smiled bitterly: "Ten thousand blessings? It's a pity that I have this body! Over the years, I have always pampered that Master Xing, but I didn't expect that this is a guy with wolf ambitions! ”
When Zhu Mao heard this, he immediately walked to the front of Emperor Tianze, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, it is the slave maid who did not discover the true face of Master Xing in time, which caused His Majesty to suffer from the dragon's lack of peace, and the slave maid is guilty of death!" ”
Emperor Tianze said: "Get up! It's no wonder that you, Master Xing's method of burying blessings, don't I also believe in it? ”
Zhu Mao kowtowed and said: "This is all the great rebellion of Prince Nagong's son, who brought this dead god to the palace and harmed His Majesty!" ”
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One of the two palace maids suddenly made a noise. They were also recently transferred to Emperor Tianze, and when they heard about such imperial family affairs, Prince Gong's prince would find a god to slowly poison the emperor with medicine, which is simply incredible! I couldn't help but make a sound out of surprise. But then he immediately realized that this was in front of the emperor, how could he be so rude? Only then did he quickly stop talking.
However, Emperor Tianze had already heard it, and he also noticed the existence of these two palace maids. In this small room, there are only Emperor Tianze, Zhu Mao and these two little palace maids.
Emperor Tianze thought to himself, fortunately, there is no one else, this matter is a scandal of the royal family, and it cannot be said in the open. Just like Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi killed his brother Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin with poison, which historian dares to say?
Emperor Tianze coughed, and said in a majestic voice: "Zhu Mao, you have been following me for so long, and you still can't control your mouth?" Is it okay to talk nonsense about everything? ”
When Zhu Mao saw that the emperor was angry, he was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and his face turned pale. Immediately knelt on the ground again, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty spare your life, the slave and maid should die, the slave and maid should die!" ”
As he spoke, he slapped himself violently, as hard as he could. After a while, Zhu Mao's face swollen into a pig's head, turned purple sauce, and a trace of blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, but Zhu Mao didn't mean to stop at all, and kept hitting his face, as if that face was not his at all.
"That's it! It's still useful for me to keep your life, so remember your head first. ”
Hearing Emperor Tianze's words, Zhu Mao replied inarticulately: "Yes, thank you for the grace of not killing, thank you for the grace of not killing."
As he spoke, he kowtowed, and the tears came down, I don't know if it hurt, or if he was moved by Emperor Tianze's decision not to kill him. When the two little palace maids saw such a posture, they were already frightened, and the two of them cried and hugged each other, trembling with fright. What is called a companion is like a tiger, the two of them finally understood the true meaning of this sentence. Don't look at Zhu Mao as Emperor Tianze's most trusted eunuch, with great authority, but at the feet of Emperor Tianze, he is not even as good as a dog!
Emperor Tianze said lightly: "Fortunately, no one else heard it here, these two girls, well, the cane is dead." ”
"Yes, slave and maid!"
The two little palace maids heard at first glance that the emperor was going to kill them, just because they heard the words that Zhu Mao inadvertently said just now! Dengshi's little face turned pale with fright, and even the tears that kept flowing were scared back to the tear ducts, and only two people were left hugging and trembling tightly.
Zhu Mao dragged the two out of Wenyang Pavilion one by one, came to the gate of the hall, and beckoned to a guard outside the door. The guard didn't say a word, and walked over quickly: "Father-in-law, what do you command?" ”
Zhu Mao pointed to another guard and said, "You come over too!" ”
When the other guard also arrived, Zhu Mao pointed to the two little palace maids who were still trembling on the ground, and said coldly: "Your Majesty has a will, kill these two slaves and maids on the spot!" ”
Zhu Mao's cheeks were swollen, and he couldn't even speak a little inarticulately. However, among the guards who have lived in the palace for a long time, which one has not practiced a good ability to turn a deaf ear and see it? Naturally, I won't ask or look at it. As long as it is His Majesty's will, then it will be done without hesitation or discount.
picked up the court cane, and beat up according to the two little girls who split their heads and covered their faces. Because he was to be killed with a cane, that is, he was beaten to death with a stick on the spot, so he didn't care about the severity of the attack, and no matter where he was hit, he just mechanically repeated an action until the two palace maids were beaten to death.
At the beginning, with the "crackling" sound of the court staff hitting the human flesh, the two little girls were still screaming. Then the scream became a quiet, vague humming. In the end, the two little girls were motionless. But the two guards didn't stop there, and kept fighting until they confirmed that the two girls were too dead to die, and then they stopped.
The two of them walked in front of Zhu Mao in unison, and Shi Li said, "Father-in-law! ”
Zhu Mao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, drag it out and throw it away." We still have to go to the Tai Hospital. ”
The two guards should be in unison, one for each person, dragging the bodies of the two little girls away, leaving two blood stains. Immediately, a palace maid stepped forward and started to clean up the two blood stains, and the entire Wenyang Pavilion returned to the way it was just now, as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Mao came out of the medicine from the Tai Hospital and returned to Wenyang Pavilion. When he was about to walk to the door, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the two palace maids standing outside, and said, "You two, just take the place of those two little girls." ”
The two palace maids trembled with fright, but they still carefully followed Zhu Mao's footsteps and entered the Wenyang Pavilion. What awaits them, I don't know what kind of fate it will be