In the firewood room in the backyard of the Southwest Palace, Yan Du looked out through the crack in the window, just when he looked, there were many guards on the side of the door, but there were no guards on the window side, and when it was dark, they could escape from this side.

Thinking like this, a few guards came and sealed the window with wooden boards.

Yan Du sighed speechlessly, and looked back at Tuoba Fei'er, who was frowning widely.

"Second brother, don't worry, Sister Mingyue will definitely find a way to save us."

Yan Du wanted to roll her eyes, "You didn't hear it just now?" She was also locked up by her father, and she couldn't save herself, and she still saved us? ”

Tuoba Fei'er remembered the fierce appearance of the King of the Southwest, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "The King of the Southwest is the father of Sister Mingyue, just be locked up for a day or two and punished a little, it won't be locked up for too long, right?" ”

Yan Du raised her eyebrows, "What do you say?" ”

"Ah, then wouldn't we hurt Sister Mingyue." Tuoba Fei'er said with annoyance.

"We really got out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den, what did you think in your brain, you would ask Sikong Mingyue for help. That Sikong Mingyue didn't know what to think, knowing that she didn't call the shots, she still had to ask us to come to Red Leaf City with her. Yan Du said and shook her head.

"Sister Mingyue is also kind."

"Heh, thank her for her kindness."

Yan Du sat down on the ground, and then looked at Tuoba Siqi, his face was worried, obviously not worried about their own situation, but worried about Sikong Mingyue.

"Don't worry, the king of the southwest still loves his daughter, and locking her up is just for show."

Tuoba Siqi shook his head, "According to the customs of the twelve tribes in the southwest, the status of women is very low, even if the county lord makes a small mistake, he will be punished heavily. ”

"What punishment?"

"Whip."

In the front yard of the Southwest Palace, the King of the Southwest stood in front, and the leaders of the other tribes stood on both sides.

Sikong Qingyun came to report, saying that the imperial court had begun to mobilize heavy troops in the direction of Shou'an Town, and when he heard this, the other tribal leaders shook their heads and sighed.

"Your Majesty, the county lord of Mingyue has caused us a lot of trouble in the southwest this time."

"Yes, she is a girl who can't stay at home well, and she dares to rob the prison, no wonder the court is so angry."

"Although we have skirmished with the imperial court from time to time, we are still safe, and if this causes large-scale conflicts, countless clansmen will die because of this."

The tribal leaders are all pointing to Sikong Mingyue.

The King of the Southwest frowned and said, "The imperial court wants to drive the twelve tribes of the southwest to the western desert, and everyone knows in their hearts that although Mingyue is at fault in this incident, it is just an excuse for the imperial court to embarrass our southwest." Moreover, she saved the acting king, the acting king is friendly with us in the southwest, and often helps our people, and Mingyue saves him for righteousness. ”

"Your Majesty, you can't say that, but you have to speak of righteousness, but you have to take care of yourself. If you want me to say, in the end, she is a woman, short-sighted, and she has more than enough success and failure. If she can't get married, the king should set up a son, so that she can be born and raised. ”

"Yes, Sikong Qingyun is not bad."

"I'm optimistic about him too."

The king of the southwest glanced at his nephew who was standing next to him, Xu felt his gaze, Sikong Qingyun glanced up, and then said modestly: "Qingyun is dull, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility." Mingyue is the only daughter of the king, and according to the rules left by her ancestors, her husband should succeed her as the leader of the twelve tribes. ”

"But this Mingyue County Lord made a big mistake this time, so he can't ignore it just because he is the king's daughter, right?"

"What do you say, Your Majesty?"

The king of the southwest breathed a sigh of relief, the twelve tribes were not twisted into a rope, but several, although they respected him as the king, but they were not convinced, and they had already begun to make small calculations.

"Mingyue made a mistake, this king will never protect him, and punish him according to the rules."

The leader of a tribe narrowed his eyes, then stroked his beard and said, "That's the punishment of whipping." ”

The King of the Southwest's face tensed, "Then let's go with the whip." ”

"How many times?"

The king of the southwest looked at the person who said this, and his eyes sharpened, "How many times do you mean?" ”

The king of the southwest was tall and big, his eyes were fierce, staring like a vicious wolf, and the man couldn't help but shudder, "Lord Mingyue is a first-time offender, then go for three ......"

"How many times?" The king of the southwest asked again, and his eyes became even colder.

"Just one or one time."

This was already an obvious favoritism, but the others didn't dare to really go head-to-head with the King of the Southwest, so they agreed to go again.

The so-called walking whip is the leader of the twelve tribes, each hand has a leather whip, this leather whip is specially made, with tiny barbs on it, hitting the body like hundreds of needles piercing the flesh and blood. It hurts, but it doesn't bleed too much.

And the tortured man shall come from that end, and pass by a tribal chief, and shall be whipped by him, until he shall come to the king of the southwest, and the king of the southwest shall be struck at last, and this is the journey.

With this style of play, even a strong man will fall down after not walking five times.

Sikong Mingyue was brought up by another maidservant, in fact, before she went to save Tuoba Siqi and Yan Dui, she knew that she would be punished by this punishment. Just once, it must be her father who defends her.

She looked at the leaders of the twelve tribes with the whip, some of them saw her with pity, some as cruelty, and more with indifference and contempt.

Those who pity her father are those who follow her, those who are cruel are against her father, and those who are indifferent and contemptuous of her are those who look down on women from the bones.

Sikong Mingyue looked at his father again, his eyes were lowered, and his face was cold.

She took a deep breath and began to walk forward. The leader who hit the first whip didn't use much force, but Sikong Mingyue still shivered in pain, but bit her lower lip and didn't make a sound. Then the second whip, the one who struck this one snorted coldly before the blow, so he struck it with rage, with full strength.

The barbs on the whip pierced her body like needles, piercing flesh and bones, causing her feet to go limp and bite her lower lip hard.

Go on, the third, the fourth, the fifth......

She didn't scream, and was whipped to the last time. The whip was for her father to strike, and she looked up at the king of the southwest, and saw that his face was both distressed and full of anger.

"Are you wrong?" The King of the Southwest asked sharply.

Sikong Mingyue was not stupid enough to argue with her father, and nodded hurriedly, "My daughter knows that she is wrong." ”

The king of the southwest was a little less angry, and raised his whip and hit it, which was naturally extremely light.

"Mingyue, the imperial court has mobilized heavy troops to Shou'an Town, you have caused a big disaster this time, I only hope that it can be remedied. My second uncle and I took Tuoba Siqi and Na Yan Dusk to Shou'an Town and handed them over to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court could withdraw its troops. Sikong Qingyun squinted his eyes and said.

As soon as she heard this, Sikong Mingyue was really anxious.

"Father, you must not hand them over to the court, they ......"

"You don't know what's wrong!" The King of the Southwest roared angrily.