Chapter 31: Punishment should be carried out
"Say no more!" As soon as she heard Luo Qingwan's words, Old Madam Zhuo suddenly couldn't hold it back, and directly raised her hand to stop with a wave of her hand, "Whoever dares to intercede for her again, will go with her to be punished." ”
Today, she is determined to be punished.
Hearing this, Qu's voice was instantly gone, and Lovelan wanted to come forward to argue for her, but Qu pulled her back.
"Mother...... Third Sister ......"
Qu shook his head at her, "Your third sister has done something wrong, and the old lady will punish her...... ...... right," he said, and Qu shook his head at her vigorously.
Her last sentence was said in a low voice, and her eyes were confused and kept looking in the direction of Old Madam Zhuo, Lin Qi heard it very clearly, but she didn't blame her at all, people, you always have to protect yourself first when it is critical, and Qu did not do anything wrong.
In this place full of intrigues, especially under the noses of scheming people like Zhuo and Jiang, her panic and caution have become her means of self-preservation.
Lin Qi suddenly understood why the gas above Qu's head was auspicious blue and stable.
She belongs to the latter group.
"Since Wan'er received a hundred canes before, she will be punished with a penalty today, and the tiger head whip will be twenty whips, and one whip will not be less!" Old Madam Zhuo glared at Lin Qi angrily, with a stick on her crutch, and no one dared to speak anymore in an instant.
Soon, someone invited what they called the tiger head whip from the ancestral hall, which was packed in a gold box, which looked very valuable.
Tiger head whip, as the name suggests, the head of the whip is in the shape of a tiger, the handle is inlaid with two tiger teeth, it is made of cow tendon and is extremely tough, it is seven feet long, and there is a thin iron hook braided every other inch, and in this way, it covers the whip body.
When the whip bearer retracts the whip, the skin and flesh will inevitably be hooked up, and the flesh will be divided, and the harder the force, the deeper the iron hook will be, and the deeper the scar.
The reason why the tiger head whip is so feared is not this, but also its use, according to the ancestral hometown, the person who uses the tiger head whip must first soak the whip in salt water to show respect for the ancestors, and every whip falls, and the whip must be dipped in salt water again when the whip is collected.
The pain of breaking the skin and piercing the flesh is extreme, and when it is covered with salt water, once the wound is contaminated, the recovery is extremely slow, and the pain can be imagined.
Not to mention twenty whips, even one whip is very bearable, not to mention Luo Baisu's perennial body with thin arms and legs.
The burning sensation in her heart became clearer and clearer, as if it reminded her that great luck was at the forefront, if she missed this step, the true dragon qi would be permanently misrelated to her, and her value in this world and even the original world would no longer exist.
In any case, she must endure today's punishment, and she must survive!
Lin Qi's hands tightened, whether he was dead or alive, he moved here, and then quietly took out a silver needle from under his sleeve and blocked several important arterial points on his arm one by one.
"Grandmother wants to be punished, I have nothing to say, but according to the rules, I am a concubine, Luo Qingwan is a concubine, and Aunt Jiang also belongs to the partial room, today my grandmother can listen to the words of the two of them and give me a tiger head whip to punish me, so if I can withstand these twenty whips, can my grandmother return my identity and follow my dignity from now on?"
As soon as Mrs. Bai Qin left, the emperor gave her a marriage, but at the same time, in Luofu, Mrs. Zhuo also ordered that her concubines go out together.
Although the Jiang family has not been corrected, she enjoys the power of the main room, and she is obviously a concubine, but no one in the house regards her as a young lady, without her mother's protection, her father does not often take care of her, and her grandmother does not like it, so that Luo Baisu often can't even eat.
Lin Qi stood steadily, taking in all the expressions and thoughts of the people present.
Old Madam Zhuo's anger, Jiang and Luo Qingwan's pride, Qu's and Luo Fulan's fear, and Luo Ting'an's indifference.
Jokes, even if you are punished, it can't be in vain, the so-called gentleman is not too late to take revenge for ten years, and she Lin Qi takes revenge, why not just revenge for ten years?
Not only did she have to let these people see with their own eyes how she had survived the twenty lashes, but she also wanted them to pay for what they had done today.
And, first of all, I want to get my identity and power back here!
"It's nature."
Old Madam Zhuo's face softened, and when she heard this, she suddenly sank again, thinking that she would kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, but who knew that no, not only did she not, but she was still here to ask her for her identity.
You must know that since ancient times, no one has been able to take twenty lashes and still be alive, and even if they are alive, the wound infected by salt water will festering very quickly, and if it is not treated well, it will die in less than three days.
Since she is already a dying person, what about giving her an empty identity? Maybe it's just that after he died, he was buried according to the etiquette of Miss Yande.
Between the words, someone had already brought benches and put them together in the yard, and the people in the house also surrounded them. I saw Lin Qi walk out without hesitation with a wave of his long sleeves, and leaned over to the bench.
If her father has a spirit in the sky, she will definitely bless her to survive, as long as the lotus stone is lucky, it will be one step closer to the true dragon's qi, and it will be one step closer to completing her father's last wish and family mission.
She prayed silently in her heart.
Luo Ting'an's hands tightened and tightened, and finally stood up directly, "It's a sin for an adopted daughter not to teach, as her father, I am also guilty, and I will carry out this punishment today." ”
raised his voice, which shocked the people present, and wanted to beat his own daughter to death, what a lot of ruthlessness he had to make.
"That's fine." Luo Ting'an's performance today, not only the Jiang family, but even Old Madam Zhuo nodded in approval.
Lin Qi glanced over and saw Luo Ting looking at him steadily, there was a trance between his eyebrows, but the rest was just indifference, it was a father who wanted to beat his daughter to death with his own hands.
"Su'er, do you really not admit your mistake?" Luo Ting'an walked up to Lin Qi with a tiger head whip and asked again.
"Father, don't hesitate any longer, I received this punishment today, and it has nothing to do with my father, whether I live or die, I will bear it myself." Lin Qi immediately sighed coldly.
"You...... Are you so hard to admit your mistakes? ”
Lin Ji didn't answer, and slowly closed his eyes.
"How are you going to bear it!"
Luo Ting'an shouted angrily, took a few steps back angrily, raised the whip, whipped down, whipped the hook, and immediately blood splattered on the spot!
The unprecedented punishment scene attracted many people, family members, guards, and maids, who stood in place and didn't dare to move, just watched with unbearable faces, but no one went up to protect them.
Jiang and Luo Qingwan's eyes widened, as if they had arrived at the scene of death, they had never seen the execution of the tiger whip, today, it was an eye-opener, and this whip was still hit on the person they hated the most, not to mention how happy they were.
The corners of Luo Qingwan's lips hooked slightly, and she began to secretly calculate in her heart, as long as Luo Baisu died, Princess Ning's position would be hers, she hadn't fallen off the cliff before, and today she was going to watch Luo Baisu die with her own eyes to see how she would be resurrected.
The splattered blood spilled onto the eaves of the window, Qu hurriedly stepped forward to hold Luo Lan in his arms, covering her eyes, Luo Fu Lan burst into tears, and muttered "Third sister......
Luo Ting'an raised his voice again with red eyes and asked, "Can you admit your mistake?" ”
Lin Qi lay quietly on her stomach, her hands clenched, her teeth bitten, and the pain of the skin and flesh on her back being peeled off almost made her unconscious, but such pain and scars were not enough to make her afraid.
Thinking that she had survived the life of bullet guns and guns in the barracks before, let alone this little whipping.
For the sake of the true dragon's spirit, in order to be able to fulfill his father's last wish.
She can endure it!
"Woo la......" is another whip.
Lin Qi's white clothes have been stained with red blood, and a layer of skin on her back has been cut open, revealing flesh and blood, and the salt water has stained her, and the burning pain has already plunged her whole person into a state of paralysis.
"Admit your mistake...... Luo Ting'an looked up to the sky and roared like crazy, raised his hand and whipped again, the harder he hit, and from beginning to end, they didn't hear a word of pain from Luo Baisu's mouth.
The warm sun gradually collected, and the cold wind that followed suddenly swept through, and the blood all over the ground almost merged into a river, bubbling outward, and filling the garden from the gate of the West Garden.
The snowflakes in the sky fell as soon as they said they fell, covered with blood, and were soon melted into thin water, but they did not melt the hearts of those present, and no one dared to stand up and speak for her.
Fourth Whip, Fifth Whip...... Tenth Whip ...... Seventeenth Whip, Eighteenth Whip......
Lin Qi's back had been whipped by the tiger's head and the flesh was blurred, and under the blood, the white bones were already visible.
She could only feel a chill, it was the snowflakes that brushed on her body, and suddenly there was a smell of red plums.
When she tried to open her eyes, she seemed to be the scene of her father holding her under the red plum tree in the yard when she was a child, smiling and smiling.
"You're admitting your mistake!"
Luo Ting'an whipped and whipped it, and each whip was like hitting him in the heart.
Nineteenth Whip......
Old Madam Zhuo couldn't help but cover her eyes, her face was anxious, her hands were holding the crutches tightly, and her nails almost broke the crutches.
Jiang and Luo Qingwan glanced at each other, and curled their lips slightly, Luo Baisu must die today!
They could almost have imagined how happy life would be when Luo Baisu died, and there would be no one in this Luo Mansion to oppose them.
Twentieth Whip ......
The burning sensation in her heart gradually faded, and Lin Qi closed her eyes, she knew that the lotus stone had come to pass.
Luo Ting'an finally stopped, casually threw the blood-stained tiger head whip on the ground, and looked at the person on the bench who was already motionless, and his whole body slipped to the ground like collapse.
No one heard it, and at that moment, Luo Ting'an muttered, "You are like this, how can I protect you......"
"Okay, I've seen enough of this play, I've had enough of the punishment, it's time to go back to dinner, let's disperse."
Jiang said unashamedly at this moment, patted Luo Qingwan's hand, and happily reached out to help Old Madam Zhuo, she was sure that Old Madam Zhuo also hated Luo Baisu before she dared to say so.
The two stood up and walked in the direction of the door, Old Madam Zhuo looked at Luo Ting'an on the ground, and sighed helplessly, "Come on, help the old man back to the house." ”
"And that evil spirit...... No, there are still three young ladies......" Jiang covered his mouth and glanced at it, and added with a smile, "It's better to drag it to the firewood room first, and then bury it according to the rites when the sun comes out tomorrow." ”
Since Old Madam Zhuo had promised Luo Baisu to return her identity before, she still wanted this funeral ceremony, and it was impossible for the Jiang family to be so stingy and fight for something from a dead man.
Seeing that Old Madam Zhuo did not react, the Jiang family was even more convinced that Old Madam Zhuo was also murderous today, which shows that Luo Qingwan's weight in her heart is not light.
However, just as the two turned to walk outside the courtyard, a voice sounded behind them.
"What did my grandmother just say...... Does it count? ”