Chapter 475: Purgatory (1)
To be honest, Changsheng couldn't wait to find out, who was trying to harm him?
Xiao Liuzi Xu is innocent, and he may be a victim of knowing. In any case, it was a human life!
Changsheng still remembers the little eunuch who was quiet and waited for him to write and ink.
Meng Xilan frowned slightly when she heard this: "The internal affairs office is not doing well, and it has its own Dali Temple to take over, why should you go over?" ”
The means of high welfare are the most poisonous and ruthless, his mind is not yet fully mature, and he still has the spirit of a teenager, I am afraid it is difficult to accept.
Changsheng said with a serious face: "Queen Mother, you don't have to worry, Erchen has grown up, he is not a child anymore, and he can see those things." ”
He understood the concern in his mother's words, and then reaffirmed. Back then, he also went on an expedition with his father, washed the battlefield in blood, and witnessed brutal killings.
Meng Xilan sighed secretly in her heart, so she had to tell him, "You have to be careful." ”
The gore there is dirty, not like the killing decisions on the battlefield.
Gao Fuli saw that the master nodded, and His Royal Highness had made up his mind again, so he had to let His Highness out of the main hall.
Shen Dan and Xiao Chunzi followed closely beside His Highness.
Along the way, Gao Fuli always looked at His Highness's face, intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Changsheng didn't look at him, he could feel his gaze.
"What are you looking at?" He was the first to ask, and Gao Fuli immediately lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, the slave is just a little worried, can Your Highness see the scene that you will see later?" ”
Changsheng picked the corners of his mouth and said, "Xiao Lizi, don't underestimate me too much." ”
Hearing this, Gao Fuli hurriedly stopped, and said with a respectful expression: "Your Highness, the servants dare not underestimate Your Highness." ”
Changsheng's footsteps did not stop, only leaving him behind: "Didn't you say it before?" I have seen too little of the sinister nature of this world. Now, it's a good opportunity for you to take me to see and see. ”
Gao Fuli's heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly quickened his pace to follow.
Since His Highness wants to see it, then watch it. Anyway, he'll have to know sooner or later. The most sinister thing in this world is the human heart.
The eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office, when they saw the prince himself coming, panicked for a moment and knelt down to salute.
It was the first time for Changsheng to come to the Internal Affairs Mansion to walk around, and he swept the layout of the office with a cold gaze, and then chuckled: "What a chic place." ”
Koharuko used to be the first head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now, she is in second place. The person who is now in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is named Zhang Jiming, also known as Ming Gonggong.
He was once a little eunuch waiting for the emperor's pen, ink, calligraphy and painting, and he entered the palace for 20 years, not fighting or grabbing, and it was unremarkable.
It is precisely because of his low-key and quiet that he has won the emperor's respect.
The emperor once praised him personally, saying that he was upright and steady, and if he was not born as a eunuch, he would definitely be a malleable talent.
After Gao Welfare left the palace, Xiao Chunzi became the first celebrity around the emperor. In the palace, it can be said that it is very prosperous, however, during the time when Koharuko was in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, there were a lot of things in the palace, and a lot of silver was lost.
The emperor was disappointed in him, so he sent him to the prince's side and asked him to take care of the prince.
Zhang Jiming is not smart, but he is down-to-earth and willing to work. After a few months in office, he changed the law to various places in the harem and cut expenses, which was very popular with the queen.
However, this is also his only benefit, he has no posture, he can't control people, his subordinates are all dissatisfied with him, he can't do anything all day, he can only calculate accounts and save money.
After Gao Fuli returned to the palace, although there was no official and half-position in name, everyone knew that he was the leader and the most powerful.
Zhang Jiming wore a eunuch green coat and came to His Royal Highness to salute and kowtow.
Changsheng had seen him many times before, and only said: "Xiao Mingzi, now I see that you really look like an official." ”
His tone was flat, and it was impossible to hear the emotion in it.
A layer of fine sweat appeared on Zhang Jiming's head, and he only said: "Your Highness, please don't laugh at that minion." The slave has no ability to be an official, but he just does his best not to disappoint the emperor. ”
Zhang Jiming knelt on the ground, and Gao Fuli stood behind His Highness and said: "Your Highness, the back hall is the place of interrogation, please move Your Highness." ”
Changsheng let out a soft "um" when he heard this, and was about to turn around and take a step, but he heard someone behind him say Qingli: "Your Highness, the slave maid will accompany you in." ”
The person who spoke was none other than Shen Dan.
A master, a room of slaves, and only she is a daughter.
Changsheng turned to look at her with a cold gaze: "You? What are you going to do? ”
Shen Dan saw that everyone's eyes were looking at him, bowed his head and said, "Niangniang told me that the slave maid should stay by His Highness's side every step of the way." ”
That's a pretty thing to say.
But how terrible that place was, she must not have seen it.
"Okay, then you can come along." Changsheng coldly withdrew his gaze.
Since she wants to show her loyalty so much, it would be better to give her a chance.
From the front room to the back hall, it is only a few dozen steps away, and Gao Welfare is walking very slowly.
It's early summer, and the weather is unusually warm, but when you walk through here, there is a gloomy chill all around.
This aisle obviously has no windows, but the wind blows, and it is cloudy.
Shen Dan's heart was beating like a beat, and he was full of uneasiness.
It's the first time she's been to this kind of place, and it's a lie to say that she's not afraid.
Gao Fuli led the way in front, and when he arrived at the door of the interrogation room, he glanced back at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again: "Your Highness, none of the things in this room are bloody that I have never seen, although it looks clean, I just ask Your Highness not to touch it." ”
Hearing this, Changsheng turned his hands behind his back, and his heart was measured.
The high welfare is to roll up the sleeves and reveal two strong arms.
As soon as the door opened, a pungent smell of blood came to my face.
Gao Fuli walked straight in, and Changsheng stood outside the door, raised his eyes to scan the room, and then took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and gently covered his mouth and nose.
The light in the torture chamber was dim, but it was enough to illuminate the large and small objects in the room.
The most eye-catching things are, of course, those torture instruments listed on the wooden frames, large and small, glowing with cold light.
However, it is very strange that in this torture chamber, there are only torture instruments, but there are no prisoners.
Changsheng walked slowly, and Shen Dan behind him cautiously followed, but he didn't dare to look up to look around, for fear of seeing something that shouldn't be seen.
"Hurry up and bring someone here." Changsheng commanded.
Gao Fuli turned around when he heard this, and glanced at His Highness with a faint gaze: "Your Highness, this person is already here." ”
Changsheng frowned slightly when he heard this: "Where is the prisoner?" ”
There was no one in the room except for a few of them.
Gao Fuli walked a few steps to the corner, walked in front of a large jar, stretched out his hand and gently knocked: "Your Highness, please look." ”
As his words fell, a human head slowly emerged from the jar.
The man's head was hateful, his hair was scattered, and his dirty hair, mixed with blood, stuck to his face, made it impossible to distinguish his facial features.
This situation made Changsheng slightly surprised.
Shen Dan secretly raised his eyes and glanced at it, his legs were weak in fright, and he almost screamed.
She covered her mouth with her hand, covering it firmly, refusing to make a sound.
Gao Fuli looked calm, lowered his eyes to look at the man in the altar, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I guess I can't recognize him anymore." Just a day ago, he was a miscellaneous eunuch in the palace, and he was obsessed with a broom every day to tidy up the garden for His Highness. ”
Changsheng's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at the face carefully, only to feel that it looked a little familiar.
However, there were so many people in his palace that he really couldn't remember it so clearly.
Maybe that's what he wants. He always felt that the palace was the safest.
"Why did you put him in this jar?"
Soon, Changsheng sensed the strangeness of the people in the altar.
The man breathed, his eyes were dazed, but he did not move, and the clothes under his shoulders were empty, as if he had lost his arms.
Gao Fuli turned around and said quietly: "Your Highness, this kind of punishment has been around for a long time, but it is rarely used in the palace. This punishment, called "human bi", turned a living person into a beast that was inferior to a pig, and imprisoned him in this jar, so that his life would be worse than death. ”
When Changsheng heard this, his stomach couldn't stand a tumbling and he felt nauseous.
Shen Dan couldn't help it, lowered his head and covered his mouth, and went outside to vomit.
The man in the altar remained silent and did not move.
"How can you interrogate people like this?"
Changsheng's tone was slightly displeased.
He knew the severity of the punishment, but it was too cruel to use it in such a way.
Gao Fuli said: "Your Highness, don't worry, as long as the person is not dead and can still speak, he can still be judged." ”
As he spoke, he scooped up a scoop of water from a nearby bucket and splashed it directly on the man's face.
The man snorted, his eyes finally regaining some energy.
Gao Fuli put down the water scoop and only said to him: "Look, who came to see you today?" ”
"Your Highness...... Your Highness ......"
Changsheng stood in the darkness of a room, his face was obviously so gloomy, but he had a Qinghua aura.
As the crown prince, even if he stands in this humble room, he has a bright temperament.
Gao Fuli saw that he was silent, so he walked to the wooden frame full of torture instruments and carefully selected.
"You keep calling him His Highness, but behind your back, you suspect that you want to murder him! It's so undeserved. ”
Gao Fu's voice is not high, although he is not castrated, his voice is also very low.
His voice was creepy as if it came from hell.
He took a barbed scimitar, walked over to the altar, gestured to the man, and said, "This is the last day." This is the only chance you can speak. I have chopped off your limbs, and you will have to live in this altar for the rest of your life. Your eyes and ears are the last condition. ”
The man had no hands or feet, only a body and a head. He moved with difficulty, his lips trembled, and he couldn't slurred words: "Your Highness...... Save...... Save ......"
As soon as his words fell, the scimitar in Gao Fuli's hand landed on his scalp, and his strength was controlled very accurately.
The tip of the knife scraped his scalp, cutting through his scalp, but not too deeply.
Changsheng frowned at the thick eyebrows, took a step back, and waited for the change.
"Say, after Xiao Liuzi died, did you poison the bowl?"
"I didn't...... I just cleaned up, those broken bowls. ”
Gao Fuli saw that he didn't answer, and only scraped off a piece of his scalp, and the scalp was thrown to the ground sticky with hair, looking so dirty.
"Ah......h
The screams of weakness turned out to be more terrifying than the shrill voice.
Shen Dan stood at the door and didn't dare to enter the house, let alone look at it again, she closed her eyes and just waited here.
Gao Fulu's face did not change, he was already familiar with this kind of thing.
I said...... I put the poison in that bowl. ”
The man finally relented.
"That's okay with the chicken soup...... The poison was added later. ”
As soon as these words came out, Gao Fuli turned around and glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Changsheng's face also became solemn: "Sure enough, they deliberately framed my aunt." ”
He didn't wait for Gao Fu to ask, and then asked: "Say, who instructed you?" ”
The man's breath was faint and he was silent.
Gao Fuli had no choice but to take another step forward: "Your Highness, you can't ask what you want." ”
As he lifted the knife and fell, most of the man's scalp had been peeled off.
The bloody breath is getting heavier and heavier, making people breathless.
Gao Fuli saw that Changsheng's face was getting more and more ugly, so he said, "Your Highness, leave the rest to the minions." As you said, this dirty work is the work of the minions! ”
Changsheng's eyes sank slightly when he heard this.
He's suddenly a good person, and he's far more powerful than he thought, he's not just a minion who can get into the flames.
When Changsheng stepped out, he saw Shen Dan, whose face was as pale as paper.
Her whole body was trembling uncontrollably, and she felt like she was going to collapse at any moment.
Changsheng glanced at her and didn't say anything.
Such a scene, if it were someone else, might have fainted a long time ago. She's kind of bold!
Changsheng returned to the Tai Palace with a solemn face, and the first thing he did after returning to the palace was to bathe and change clothes.
It was clear that nothing had touched or touched on his body, but he still cared in his heart......
He has seen many dead people on the battlefield, who have lost their heads and broken arms, even if it is a scene of corpses all over the field.
But those scenes cannot be compared with what we see today.
On the battlefield, the two sides fought to sacrifice their lives for the country and serve the Lord. And the blood and cruelty in that torture cell were all caused by trickery and conspiracy.
Changsheng bathed for nearly half an hour before he felt that the bloody qi on his body was gone.
And Shen Dan had also freshened up and changed his clothes, carrying the palace lamp refreshingly, waiting in the outer hall.
Changsheng came out to see her, and after a deep sigh, he said, "You still dare to follow me?" ”
Shen Dan lowered his eyes: "The slave maid will follow His Highness for the rest of his life." ”
Today, she dared to accompany him into such a place, and she would naturally not give up the opportunity to be by the prince's side even if she died.
Changsheng's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth were hooked, revealing a cold smile: "Then you have to be careful of being on an errand." Otherwise, one day, you too will become a human being because of your mistakes! ”