imperial psychologist

Chapter 42 The Fierce Court Staff
The boards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also known as court rods, were all particular about playing, and there were "fighting", "real fighting" and "hard fighting".

"Beating" means hitting the skin and flesh with a stick, and the skin will be broken, but the muscles and bones will not be injured, and it will be cured after ten days and half a month;

"Really hitting" means hitting on the bone, and the person will be disabled after a few sticks;

"Beating with heart" is a dead stick. The wounded person is often not even obvious, but the internal organs are all broken, and he will definitely die;

From Xianfu Palace to Meridian Gate, along the way, Eunuch Zhang was introducing the differences between these sayings with Bai Yi.

"Don't feel wronged, the empress is willing to beat you because she thinks highly of you and cultivates you. Who doesn't want to be looked at by our empress one more time, you are blessed!"

Bai Yi was too angry to speak.

If it weren't for this matter being involved with Concubine Qu Gui, he wouldn't have tried his best to stop the medicine, and ended up like this.

But no matter what, I must find a way to meet Bo Ling recently and tell her about this in person.

The drug abuse in this palace is simply shocking!
The same as when he came, he was still carried by the guards on the shoulders, and carried outside the Meridian Gate—there is the outermost edge of the palace, where he beat people, and those howling ghosts and wolves would not dirty the ears of the nobles inside.

Those who beat people there and killed them can also throw them directly to their family members to collect their bodies.

When he was approaching the place of execution, Bai Yi saw rows of wooden sticks leaning against the wall - each one was two meters high.

Some are thin wooden round sticks, the top and bottom are equally thick;

The upper part of some is also a round stick, which is convenient for thugs to grasp, and the lower part is a flat wooden board;
In others, the lower part is a square stick;
About each has its own use...

By this time, most of Bai Yi's original anger had subsided, and looking at these wooden sticks, he couldn't help but his hairs stood on end.It was close to the palace wall, and it was shaded and sunny, and there was a faint stench of blood in the air.

"Wait first, I think there are still people ahead, let's not join in the fun." Eunuch Zhang turned his head and said to the guards behind him.

The person escorting Bai Yi stopped.

At this moment, two guards carrying iron buckets passed by them.Bai Yi watched them carrying buckets walking not far away, and rushed the water towards a low stone platform with a "shua--".

The water was washing away, and when it reached the ground, it was already bright red.

Even though he was used to seeing life and death in his previous life, when he saw this scene, Bai Yi still felt his heart beat faster.

In the distance, a familiar voice came.

"What is the cause of the imperial concubine's short-sightedness, can you tell me again?"

Bai Yi followed the sound and found Yuan Zhen standing with his hands behind his back on the other side of the palace wall.

In front of him, there were a group of courtiers dressed in official uniforms, there were not more than twenty, there were a dozen or so.

At Yuan Zhen's feet, there was a young official crouching.

"The empress just gave birth to a dragon's heir, so she...does things of resentment and hope. It can be seen that she is frivolous and has no enjoyment of... the virtue of a posthumous position."

As the official said, he looked up at Yuan Zhen.The corners of his mouth were bloody, the veins on his forehead were bulging, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was flushed red. He might have been tortured before he was dragged here.

"You eunuchs are actually... so rampant, it's really because of me..."

When Yuan Zhen heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

He stood up and whispered to the execution guard behind him, "There are eighty boards in total, give me use, heart, and beating."

After the first rod went down, the official's eyes never closed again.

The thick prismatic stick didn't stop, it was still hitting the flesh and bones again and again, making a dull and short sound.

There was no cry, no cry, nothing, just one, one, dull and short blow of the staff.

Eighty boards, in Bai Yi's eyes, seemed to have been played for a hundred years.

"Okay." Yuan Zhen suddenly said sharply, and several guards immediately stopped - at this time, no more, no less, just eighty times, "Drag it on."

The two stepped forward, each dragging one of the official's sleeves and walked out.Wherever the dark blue robe passed, there was a long streak of blood printed on it.

"Listen," Yuan Zhen said to the courtiers kneeling behind him, "depending on the emperor's benevolence, I will save your life today, take your own papers back and rewrite them, and hand them over when you go to court tomorrow. .”

The palace servants at the side bowed and threw a pile of memorials on the ground.

"Let's go." Yuan Zhen gave an order, and he led the people back.When passing by Bai Yi, Yuan Zhen didn't even look at him, but Bai Yi could already smell the slight smell of the smell he brought.

Everyone dispersed, Bai Yi took off his shirt, and lay down on the washed low slate, the stick fell one by one, leaving chaotic bloodstains on his back, and each hit brought a burst of pain. Fierce stabbing, and then severe pain quickly spread to the entire back.

But he didn't cry out.

The twenty sticks were played quickly, and Bai Yi quickly got up and went to the ground, and put on his clothes again.

"Is that all right?" he asked in a low voice.

"Well, it's all right." Eunuch Zhang nodded, seeing that Bai Yi's face was pale at the moment, he couldn't help but said, "Seeing that you still have some skills, let me remind you that the scene just now is commonplace in the palace. If you encounter something again, don’t be so impulsive like today.”

Bai Yi nodded, turned around and walked towards the Tai Hospital.

The steps under his feet became faster and faster, and finally he almost ran away.

He underestimated this place in the past, so that when the curtain quietly opened a corner, revealing a little bit of cruelty hidden behind it, he suddenly felt a strong discomfort.

Bai Yi ran wildly all the way, and finally came to the palace lane where the imperial hospital was located. He leaned on the wall to pant for breath, his back was sweating, and his pincers hurt like a piercing wound.

It's only been half a day since I entered the palace.

The servants of the Xianfu Palace had sent four liang of tea leaves from Nanjun to Bai Shijun's desk a moment ago, and in front of all the imperial physicians on duty at the moment, they praised "Emperor Bai has taught a good son", Wang Ji Xuan Zi was dumbfounded, but he couldn't say anything more.

It wasn't until Bai Yi came back that Bai Shijun knew what had happened in such a short period of time.

He distressedly took his son to the inner consultation room to get medicine, Bai Yi bit the gauze without saying a word, and asked his father to wipe the broken wound with white wine to disinfect it.

"Then what do you want to do with the tea?"

"I don't want to drink anyway." Bai Yi replied vaguely.

This kind of straightforward wrist of "hitting a stick for a date" not only did not make him have the slightest obedience to that empress, but instead aroused strong resentment in his heart. He turned his head and took off the gauze in his mouth , looking at his father seriously, "Father, I'm so worried about Bailing, how can I know the news about her there?"

Bai Shijun stopped his movements, and said in a low voice, "It's only been half a day...don't worry, there is no news, it's good news."

(End of this chapter)