Chapter 58: The Punishment of Deboning
Liu Zixing's head was covered by a bag and tied to a wooden cross.
Liu Zixing's head is clouded until now.
He hurried to see Jin Rong overnight, and it took a lot of saliva to impress Jin Rong and ask him to send troops.
During this period, he suffered a lot of trouble from Jin Rong, and in the end, he was imprisoned in the name of protection and imprisoned in Jin Rong's mansion.
The days of his captivity were not easy, and he was anxious and worried every day.
On the third day of his lock-up, he was drinking and worrying, but he was knocked unconscious, and he was brought to this place with his head covered.
He didn't know where it was.
He only knew that he was not close to Taiyuan here, although he was drugged all the way and was always in a state of dizziness, but he woke up a few times in a blur and felt that the journey was not short.
Once here, he was tied to a shelf, and it was still pitch black in front of him, and he couldn't see anything.
All you can hear is the squeaking of rats, the smell of decay in the air, and the stench of feces and urine.
Are you in prison?
Who is going to deal with themselves so deliberately?
Could it be that Zhao Teng knew that he was looking for reinforcements to deal with him, so he sent his henchmen to infiltrate Taiyuan and kidnap him?
Still is.....?
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and the biting chill came from the outside in, and he suddenly became a little scared.
From the day he was chosen to enter the palace, he had his own nightmare.
The son of a powerless prince was chosen to be the crown prince of an emperor who was only 6 years old at the time.
As the emperor's companion, whenever His Majesty does something wrong, the Empress Dowager Qi will only punish him.
Cane punishment at every turn, punishment for kneeling.
Even if there is no punishment, every morning and dusk, when the Queen Mother is unwell, she will suffer a lot of hardship.
I can't reveal my own preferences.
Love birds, and the birds will be given to death by the Queen Mother.
If you raise a few fish, you will also be poisoned by the Queen Mother.
His body was hollowed out little by little in such a life, so that now he can't leave his medicine every day.
As he grew older, his treatment in the palace became worse and worse.
The queen mother's punishment for him became heavier and heavier, and the subordinates around him, except for a cronie who accompanied him into the palace, were also very perfunctory to him, and did not treat him as a master.
He also gradually understood that in this palace, he could only survive if he didn't fight, rob, grab, or don't want to.
At that time, he also knew that he had a marriage contract with the Luo family, and the emperor originally wanted to prepare a portrait of Luo Shiyi for him as a gift, but every year he would be killed on the way back from Xizhou, either a robber or a water.
So he never knew what this fiancΓ©e looked like.
In this imperial city, he was just a wretched creature begging for his life.
But when did he start to change?
He no longer just wanted to live, but had an idea about that throne.
Since Zhao Teng teamed up with the emperor to imprison the Queen Mother, his life has been much better, and he no longer has to be tortured by the Queen Mother every day.
But the good times didn't last long, Zhao Teng held the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, and he was in the palace, and he was cautious every day.
Why do people like him, who have no quarrel with the world, live so unbearably?
is also bleeding the blood of the Liu family, why can Liu Yuan, Liu Wei, and King Xiao Nanchen, who abandoned the imperial surname and changed his surname to Zhou Sheng, live so freely, but he can only be reduced to a prince who will never be canonized to see the eyes of a eunuch?
He began to be angry, he became jealous, and once these emotions appeared, they were like a flood that broke out of a dam, and he suffered a lot of pain in his heart.
But he still needs to disguise himself and hide these emotions, only in this way can he live.
On the day when Luo Guang asked for an edict to return to his hometown, he stopped Luo Guang.
Luo Guang made him forget about the marriage with the Luo family.
That was the only thing he had, even if he had never seen the Luo girl, but he had always thought that she was his, but now even this only thing was going to be snatched away.
The world is so unfair to him.
He was unwilling, so he chose to cooperate with Empress Dowager Qi, an old witch who had been studying him for many years.
He promised to save the Queen Mother from the Xuanguang Palace, in exchange for the canonization gift that the Queen Mother helped him repay, the position of the Son of Heaven.
He tried to hook up with Liu Hui's queen, but unfortunately he couldn't get any chips, in exchange for a snub in exchange.
He took the initiative to ask for help in Xizhou, let King Xiao Nanchen secretly transfer troops into Zhongzhou, get rid of Liu Yuan, and exterminate Zhao Teng's party, if the emperor can be suspicious of King Xiao Nanchen, the imperial uncle, maybe even this imperial uncle will die in the palace.
But there are always so many accidents, how can he be trapped in a prison that he doesn't know where today?
"Da Da Da"
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Liu Zixing looked up and looked ahead, but unfortunately he was still blocked by the bag and couldn't see anything.
Suddenly, the bag on his head was jerked away, and he saw the person in front of him.
"Uncle Huang?" Liu Zixing said in surprise, how could it be him?
He Tian looked at the biggest villain in the play in front of him seriously, and replied, "It's me." β
Liu Zixing originally thought that He Tian was here to save him, but seeing the indifference on He Tian's face, his heart slowly sank.
After a long time, he spoke in an angry tone, "Why? Why do you even do this to me? β
He Tian shook his head, looked at Liu Zixing's hideous expression and said, "My original idea was that if you have been in the palace all the time, then after I enter Zhongzhou, I will let you and Xinghua go out, so that you can spend the rest of your life in peace." β
He Tian didn't know how much of a butterfly effect his arrival would have, so if Liu Zixing really didn't make small moves, He Tian wouldn't kill him.
You can't condemn a man just because he hasn't done something he hasn't done, because people's hearts are changeable after all.
What's more, judging from the play, Liu Zixing did not blacken at the beginning.
But it may be that the wings of his butterfly are too small to set off too much wind and waves, so He Tian'an's spies inserted into the palace still found Liu Zixing and the Queen Mother alone.
He Tian also saw Liu Zixing's calculations with his own eyes.
He Tian looked at Liu Zixing, not knowing what expression to make, so he simply kept saying with a cold face: "You said when you were a child that in this palace, you can only survive if you don't fight, rob, rob, or grab." β
Liu Zixing's face was incredible, he had only told a personal eunuch about this, why did He Tian know?
Seeing his doubts, He Tian had no desire to answer: "Why can't you do what you say?" In this way, at least I won't kill you. β
The strings in Liu Zixing's brain snapped suddenly: "But that should have been mine!" I entered the palace to become the crown prince since I was a child, why didn't I have a canonization gift? Why should even my marriage contract be annulled? Why? I don't fight or grab, but that's supposed to be mine! β
"Liu Zixing, you asked this king to take heavy troops to Zhongzhou before, did you want Your Majesty to be jealous of me, and even want Your Majesty to kill me, right? Why? β
"Why are they all members of the Liu clan, you can be your prince in Xizhou, and you are loved by all the people in the world, but I only can't bear to spit out in front of a eunuch?"
"Then why don't you ask Your Majesty for an edict and let him reward you with a fief, then you can escape the cage of Zhongzhou."
Liu Zixing was silent, and Luo Guang once advised him that if he wanted to live, he would ask for a fief and stay away from Zhongzhou as soon as possible.
But he didn't heed that advice.
"You're greedy, aren't you? You should know that even if I don't do anything, you can't become a prince. Your Majesty is in his prime, he will have his own heirs, how can he really make you the crown prince. β
"You blame God for being unfair to you. But have you ever wondered how you got all this? When it comes to governing the country, Liu Hui doesn't understand, let alone you? In terms of dedication to the world, you have made a little contribution to the world in the palace? In terms of orthodoxy, the dragon son born to His Majesty is the real candidate for the crown prince. β
He Tian sympathizes with Liu Zixing, but he is not particularly sympathetic, he is much better than people in the world.
If he is not greedy, as long as Liu Yuan and Zhao Teng are clear, the emperor will take back power, and according to his friendship with the emperor since childhood, the emperor will not be stingy, and will definitely find him a good fief.
He could choose to live happily and happily for the rest of his life, but he gave up on his own.
People have to pay for their choices.
After He Tian finished speaking, he began to turn around and leave.
Liu Zixing raised his head and stared at his back and shouted, "Uncle Huang, you let me go!" We have the same blood in our bodies, we are all relatives, will you let me go? β
He Tian stopped, turned around and said, "Relatives? There is a person who died a tragic death because he believed in his relatives very much and did not believe that his relatives would harm him. β
"Beautiful bones are rare in the world. He who has bones, but not skin. He who has skin, but not bone. β
Liu Zixing didn't understand what He Tian was talking about, he had heard this passage in the palace, but there should be another sentence, King Xiao Nanchen is the only person in the world who has both bone and skin.
Is he talking about himself?
"Because of this sentence, he was given the punishment of deboning by his relatives, and he was executed for three hours."
The more Liu Zixing listened, the more confused he became, what was He Tian talking about?
Why didn't he understand?
After He Tian finished speaking, he kept turning around and leaving, leaving Liu Zixing behind him who kept shouting.
That night, He Tianci Liu Zi was deboned, and the execution lasted for three hours, and the sound of wailing continued.