The general is easy to bully

In March, the palace wall is deep, and the spring is cold.

In the punishment department, the long whip pierced the air, making a series of sharp noises, and rained down on the kneeling young man on the ground.

The child was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was a stunning beauty.Fair skin, bloody wounds all over the body, being severely beaten is nothing more than biting the pale blue lower lip, the long black hair was soaked in cold sweat, sticking wetly to the sides of the cheeks, blood mixed with sweat kept blooming Drips dripped from the flesh, and the pickled wound was hot and painful.

The rest of the slaves have long been accustomed to this scene, and continued to wash clothes, pound rice, and sweep with a blank face... In the huge training department, there was only the sound of the boy's skin and flesh being bruised from being beaten, one after another, making one's teeth ache pain.

Eunuch Yang, the eunuch in charge, came from outside with a whisk, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Your movements are sloppy, don't try to be lazy when you enter this place, or you will end up like him."

As soon as the words fell, the young man was whipped hard on the back again, his thin body hit the ground heavily, his hair covered his pale face, and his pupils dilated from the pain.The slender and pale fingers were stained with blood, trembling slightly on the ground, struggling to move twice, and then there was no movement.

The father-in-law Xiao Xiazi withdrew the bloody whip, "Eunuch Yang, if you keep beating this lowly slave, I'm afraid it will die."

Eunuch Yang shook his dust fly, walked over a few steps, raised his foot and stepped on the boy, seeing that he was still breathing, he asked a few people to carry him back to the servant's room, eyes full of disgust: "Remember to find someone to watch, If it doesn’t work, just carry it to a mass grave and bury it, don’t die here, it’s really bad luck...:'

Before the words fell, a long voice came from outside the door——

"The sixth prince is here! Ning Yuan is waiting!"

Two young men in fine clothes strode in.

Eunuch Yang burst into laughter instantly, and trotted over to greet him with a smile on his face: "I have seen His Highness, I have seen Lord Hou, why did Lord Hou come to such a dirty place, how can this be called a slave."

The sixth prince Yun Xiurui, seventeen years old, is the younger brother of the crown prince and his mother. He has a high status, and there is no exception in the palace to curry favor with him.

Eunuch Yang looked at the little prince who was loved by thousands of people, and the smile on his face deepened.

The little eunuch next to Yun Xiurui was stuffed - the bag of broken silver was in the hands of Eunuch Yang.

Eunuch Yang's eyes lit up, and his eyelids lifted, His Highness, this is..."

Yun Xiurui blinked: "I have a slave who committed a crime a few days ago and was sent here to do hard labor. He was just a slave, so it doesn't matter, because he served me since childhood, and I live without him. I'm really not used to it, so I asked my father-in-law to help me take him back."

Eunuch Yang collected the money in silence, nodded and bowed his head: "Why does Your Highness need to come in person? For such a trivial matter, you can send someone to inform the servant—just say so."

He hurriedly asked the servant's name and asked someone to bring it.Ning Yuanhou beside Yun Xiurui smiled softly.Those were two chilly laughs full of disdain and hostility. Although the voices were not loud, they were also frightening. Eunuch Yang's cold sweat rolled down instantly.

This Marquis of Ning Yuan, Xiao Qihan, is a great personage.

Three years after the founding of the Great Qi Kingdom, Xiao Qihan single-handedly brought down this country. Three years ago, during the Battle of the Tiger Feather Gate, Xiao Qihan led his elite soldiers to capture the former emperor alive, and single-handedly sent the current emperor, Emperor Wanhe, to the palace. Dragon chair.

After Emperor Wanhe ascended the throne, he quickly handed over his military power and became a lazy Marquis of Ning Yuan.

Although the real power has been weakened a lot, everyone in the court respects this famous young Marquis.

"I heard that Your Majesty is discussing marriage with Lord Hou, and has already booked the daughter of Zuo Xiangfu. This servant is asking for a lottery today. Congratulations to Lord Hou first."

Ning Yuanhou's face was flat, and he saw a few eunuchs carrying a blood-stained person in the distance, his chin slightly lifted, and his voice was cold for years: "Who is that?

Eunuch Yang glanced back and hurriedly said: "Oh, that's a lowly slave from the Execution Department. He usually contradicts others, but today he even uttered insults to the steward, so he pulled him out and beat him up, making Lord Hou dirty his eyes. I also ask Lord Hou to forgive me."

Yun Xiurui said "Yeah" in surprise, "The court training department actually has such a tough bone now?

This is the place where criminal slaves and palace officials who made mistakes are held. Who is not honest?There are actually idiots in the world who take the initiative to fight?

Eunuch Yang let out a "tsk" and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, Lord Hou doesn't know, this criminal slave is not young, he was the youngest son of Shen Xingzhi, the former general of Zhen Guo...;

Xiao Qihan's eyes turned cold for an instant, and the fingers holding the folding fan were also locked in an instant, and he looked forward - several young eunuchs had already taken people away.

Eunuch Yang did not notice the strangeness of the person in front of him, and continued: "After the fall of the previous dynasty, those princes and grandchildren who deserved to be killed, naturally the Shen family did not escape, just because Shen Xingfeng When he was less than fourteen, he managed to save his life."

Eunuch Yang grinned, and said braggingly: "This is the kindness of our Majesty!"

Xiao Qihan's eyes became even colder.

"It's just that this lowly slave doesn't know how to be grateful. He always utters wild words, contradicts the palace servants, begs for beatings every now and then, and eats a whip before he is willing to be honest! Thanks to His Majesty's kindness, he only spared his dog's life, and he didn't cherish it." ..."

Xiao Qihan interrupted him, "I wonder if Eunuch can call someone to show me?"

"Master Hou, this is..."

"This marquis has some grievances with the former Shen family that have not been sorted out." Xiao Qihan said and went to pick the jade pendant around his waist.

Eunuch Yang was terrified, and hurriedly said: "Master Hou is so polite, it really is a shameful slave, I will ask him to come over immediately and let Master Hou have a look."

Not long after, Shen Xingfeng, the son of the former general and the once well-known noble son of Beijing, stood in front of Xiao Qihan bloody with whip marks all over his body.

From the moment he was pressed to stand in front of Xiao Qihan, he hung his head, not knowing what he was thinking, standing straight, motionless.

"Bold, you don't kneel down when you see His Highness and Master Hou!"

Eunuch Yang knelt down according to Shen Xingfeng. The 17-year-old boy was already tall, but thin enough, and he had just been tortured. After thinking about it for a while, his knees bent, and he knelt heavily on the hard bluestone slab with a "dong" sound. superior.

Shen Xingfeng was sweating profusely on his aching forehead, and he felt dense needle-like pain from his knees. He quickly bit his lower lip and swallowed the pain into his stomach.

The pain, every part of his body hurts unbearably, Shen Xingfeng's mouth was full of sweet blood, his shoulders shook, as if he would faint at any moment.

— Gently raised Shen Xingfeng's chin with the folding fan, and slowly raised his head.

Their eyes met, and Shen Xingfeng's pupils suddenly dilated when he saw the person in front of him clearly.

"Mr. Xingfeng, don't come here without any problems. After three years, do you still remember me?"

The fan bone lightly tapped Shen Xingfeng's blood-stained cheek, and Xiao Qihan's voice was so cold that ice scum was about to fall down.

Shen Xingfeng stared blankly at Xiao Qihan, that little beggar who was wearing tattered clothes back then, now dressed in fancy clothes, has really become a dragon among men.

Eunuch Yang just called him Lord Hou...

Oh, is he already Lord Hou?

It took Shen Xingfeng a while to reunite the Xiao Qihan in his memory with the Lord Hou in front of him, and stretched out his hand to "snap" the folding fan away.

"Oh, son of a whore, how dare Xingfeng forget?"

Eunuch Yang's expression changed drastically.