Mikago

People are knives, I am fish.

Without any room for excuses, Lu You slowly took off his clothes and walked towards the end of the bed.

The charcoal basin was embedded on the sandalwood frame. He lifted the heavy frame and put it on his head, then carefully knelt down and walked back to Zhao Yang.

At first, there was no sound in the dark room.But soon, Lu You heard the clicking sound of stirring the charcoal fire.

"Give it to me!"

Zhao Yang's excitedly changed order came from behind.

Before Lu You had time to react, he felt a piercing pain—the red-hot soldering iron was pressed hard on his back!

Amidst the numb scalp, there was a scorching smell of roasted flesh, and the long-lost extreme pain caused Lu You to desperately open his mouth wide, but he couldn't make a sound!

The excruciating pain like skinning made him instinctively twist to avoid it.But the heavy charcoal brazier above his head reminded Lu You that he must not act rashly.

Once the charcoal basin is overturned, all those red hot coals will be poured on him, and at that time...

No, don't move!

In the gap between fear and pain, Lu You firmly grasped the remaining sliver of reason.But just as he managed to stabilize his figure, the second iron hit his left shoulder quickly!

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I really don't know how long it took before this torture finally ended.

No one dared to come in to help. Amidst Zhao Yang's intermittent laughter and coughing, Lu You resisted the dizziness and pain, put on his robe in a daze, and moved out of the room step by step.

The sky is full of stars outside.

After the rain, the cool breeze gently dissipated the poisonous heat from Lu You's body.

When the wound gets deep enough, the pain seems to become less noticeable.Lu You staggered out of the inner courtyard and came to the pond in front of the hall.The cold moonlight sprinkled from the sky into the pool water, sparkling, looking extremely cool.

Lu You stopped.He suddenly wanted to just walk into the water like this.Then he vented all his pain, bitterness, and hatred towards Zhao Yang in the deep blue water.

But he knew he couldn't do it.

Because there are Zhao Yang's people behind him.

Lu You took a deep breath and turned back slightly.The gaze that was ordered to hide in the shadows and spy on him didn't even have the slightest intention of avoiding it.

It took Lu You some time to remember the man's appearance deeply in his heart, and then he pretended to be docile and said: "I want to go back to Jackdaw's Landing to get some medicine... Please be accommodating."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and walked towards the south, and disappeared outside the half-hidden palace gate in a short while.

The person who was ordered to monitor him also hurriedly followed, but when he opened the door and looked, he saw an empty road, and there was no one left or right.

Under the cover of the night, Lu You walked out of Yuehua Gate like a wandering soul, but instead of going south to Tongming Gate, he turned around and headed north towards Jiayou Gate of Yeting Palace.

Ye Ting Palace, Moon Shadow Terrace.

At the same time as he slammed open the old courtyard door, he exhausted the last bit of strength he was holding on to, and fell into the arms of the person who opened the door.

"You son of a bitch, why are you so careless?!"

Li Hongzhi suppressed her throat, scolding mercilessly.She held the cooling ointment bottle in one hand, and smeared heavily on Lu You's back with the other.

"This Zhao Yang is really abominable, and he even branded the word palace slave! Now it's done, I'm afraid it won't fade away in a lifetime!"

"Let him go..." Lu You lay on the bed half-drowsy, "Anyway, on my back, no one can see it, and I can't see it or worry about it."

"You can think about it now!"

Li Hongjue spat, and then said worriedly: "So, your every move is monitored by Zhao Yang. So now he already knows that you have an affair with Tang Ruilang, and even found out your details?"

"This...not necessarily."

Lu You was rubbed into a daze by her, but his heart was still very clear: "I think I am usually cautious, but I have never found out that I am being watched. So, this should be an idea that Zhao Yang came up with recently because he was very bored... If he really wants to Knowing my past, he should have threatened me just now... He is not the kind of person who can hide his thoughts."

"Then you're lucky kid!"

Li Hongzhi finished applying the medicine for him, and then patted his butt hard as punishment.

"What are you going to do next? What if your Tang Ruilang is really matched by Zhao Yang? Aren't you causing trouble for him?"

"I don't want to either..."

Lu You lay on the bed and sighed softly: "Zhao Yang doesn't allow me to get close to Rui Lang anymore, and even restricts me from entering and leaving the Hongwen Museum. So master... can you do me a favor and send a message to Rui Lang for me?"

"You, you only think of me when you suffer from a beating!" Li Hong gave him a sharp look, "You write what you want to say, and I'm only responsible for handing things over to him."

"Okay." Lu You nodded.

The secret medicine of Tianwu Palace is really extraordinary, after applying it, the wound feels cool and the pain is relieved a lot.Lu You was about to get up to look for paper and pens, when the real owner of the courtyard - the old Shang Gong who guarded the Moon Shadow Stage opened the curtain and walked in slowly with soup and medicine.

"What you said just now was all trivial matters. Have you ever thought about what Zhao Yang will do to you after he recovers?"

What she said aroused Lu You's inner worries.

Now that Zhao Yang suffers from yin disease and is shameful, he really needs a substitute to deceive others; but once Zhao Yang recovers from his illness, will he continue to tolerate a puppet who "messes with flowers and messes with grass"?

Qi Yunchu said earlier that Zhao Yang had used many substitutes.He, Lu You, is by no means the first, and perhaps he won't be the last.

What's more, the current situation in the court is treacherous, if the crown prince is abolished and Zhao Yang takes the throne, how can the world tolerate a person who looks like the emperor, coming and going freely in the inner palace?

I'm afraid...if the birds are gone, the good bow will be hidden; if the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey will cook.

The torture of iron scorching is already so painful, but if he waits to die, then what awaits him next will undoubtedly be even greater pain...even death.

Thinking about it carefully, Lu You couldn't help feeling cold all over his body.

Seeing his face turning blue, Li Honghe seemed distressed: "Why don't you tell Qi Yunchu about this first, although he is cold-faced, he won't watch you die. If you ask him for help, he will definitely find a solution."

Looking for Mr. Qiu?

I have to admit that Lu You's first consideration was also Qi Yunchu.However, he thought of the conflict a while ago, and shook his head again, erasing the thought from his heart.

"It still doesn't work. You can't do everything to Duke Qiu. It's my own fault, and I should take care of it myself..."

Having said that, he turned his head to look at Old Shang Gong.

"Senior, I heard from Master that you used to be a pharmacist in Tianwu Palace. This junior has something to ask... I wonder if there is a medicine to prolong the course of a disease in this world?"

Old Shanggong brought the decoction to Li Honghe and asked her to cool it down, while he sat aside.

"Medicine is the grass that cures the disease. All the medicines in the world exist to cure the disease and save people. The thing that 'prolongs the course of the disease' you mentioned is not a medicine, but a poison."

Li Hongqu, who was holding cold medicine by the side, immediately turned her gaze to Lu You.Lu You shrank his neck as if being accused, and was silent for a moment, but finally raised his head firmly again.

"Then, senior, have you seen similar poisons?"

Old Shanggong nodded slowly: "Indeed, there is, but it is a poison after all, and it cannot be taken for a long time, otherwise the poison will be fatal and life-threatening."

Lu You asked: "How long can I take it?"

"Use it on Zhao Yang, at most, two months."

There are only two months, although it is a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing...