The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 229

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The corners of Jiuyu's mouth twitched, the word came from the mouths of the two eunuchs, it was a bit abrupt, he glanced at the figure on the raising chair out of the corner of his eye.

Geng Qing didn't seem to care. He just held the tea to warm his hands. The small red-hot stove was brought by the soldiers and placed at his feet.

"The two of you have lived like ducks in water in the palace these years, and seem to have forgotten something."

Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu stopped their heads for a moment, but dared not move even if they touched the ground.Geng Qing raised one foot and leaned against the back of the chair, the faint words lingered in the ears of the two, the two buried faces were stunned, kowtowed before and after, and rushed to speak first.

"Geng Shangshu, the slaves and servants have never forgotten."

Naturally, the two of them never forgot that the chance to stand out was when Geng Qing planned to kill the first emperor Li Xuan. The two of them relied on this opportunity to get the throne. At the same time, in their bones, they didn't have much respect for the emperor. After all, the emperor is also made of flesh and blood, so he is really a real dragon emperor, but he is just trying to fool the people.

What's more, they are still close at hand. If they have the chance, they dare to repeat it.

"Just remember, I'm here, you'd better be a man with your tail between your legs." Geng Qing raised his hand, hooked his fingers lightly, "Pull it down, fight ten!"

Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu panicked, the court stick is not a joke, if you talk about twenty or thirty sticks, maybe you can steal and play tricks, and save most of it.

But Ten Sticks may seem small, but it is a solid plank.

"Geng Shangshu, spare your life, spare your life, the slaves dare not—"

"Master Geng, the servant is old and frail, and I can't bear it, please forgive me."

The two kowtowed on the ground, their foreheads were bloody, but they were dragged out of the door by two Longyou soldiers who came over, and they were thrown down the steps with a flick of their hands. Two eunuchs on errands came over, Carrying the torture stick, he turned it skillfully with his wrist, and said in a low voice: "Private Envoy, Lieutenant, I'm sorry."

"Fight!" The soldier watching Gu Jishu yelled at them fiercely.

The two little eunuchs rolled up their cuffs, gritted their teeth, raised their sticks high and swung them down heavily, hitting the buttocks of Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu who were being held down below, with two muffled 'pops' , the two of them in pain widened their eyes, clenched their teeth, gasping for air between their teeth.

Snapped!
When the second stick fell, a layer of sweat immediately formed on the foreheads of the two of them, the sound of inhalation disappeared, and their lips were tightly closed.

Snapped!
With the third stick, the two people's legs were straightened, and they couldn't stop twitching.

The fourth stick, the hem and the trousers fabric had blood oozing on it. When the fourth stick was pressed down, the two couldn't hold on. They closed their eyes one after another, their heads fell to the ground, and passed out in pain.

The guarding soldier stepped forward, checked the breath and pulse of the two men, stood up and clasped his fists at the figure sitting in the hall: "Qi Shao Yin, these two men just fainted from the pain, and their lives are not in danger. Do you want to continue the execution!"

"Wake them up."

Geng Qing blew on the tea stalks floating in the cup, and in his eyes, a little eunuch brought a bucket of well water over. It was approaching midwinter, and the well water was icy cold, and suddenly it fell on the heads and faces of the two of them, and they woke up immediately.

The biting chill of freezing people, the severe pain in the buttocks and bones of the lower body, Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu wailed suddenly, the soldiers looked into the Wude Hall with questioning eyes, Geng Qing raised his hand, and said in a flat voice, "Bring them in."

The young eunuchs and the counting soldiers bowed their heads and retreated respectfully to the left and right.

"Shangshu, I don't dare to do this slave." "Yes. Please let the slave and maid live together."

Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu were dragged into the hall, their lower bodies were dripping with blood, and two bloodstains were dragged out on the ground. They begged and cried as soon as they landed. After a moment of pause, Geng Qing, who was sitting at the top, spoke.

"You guys are really ignorant"

Standing up with his hands on his hands, with a smiling expression on his face again, he came to the side of the two on the ground and looked outside: "You guys have been with Jiuyu for a while, you don't know my temper, I am a person, I don't like to be People use it secretly. But it’s okay, if you two don’t know, I won’t blame you but!”

Originally, Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the following words, but when they heard the word 'but', their sinking hearts rose again, and they pricked up their ears to listen quietly to the following words.

Geng Qing took two steps slowly, turned his head sideways, and looked at the two of them below.

"The state owns the country's laws, and the family has its own rules. The two of you should be punished for doing something out of the ordinary. Are you convinced by the boards just now?"

Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu nodded again and again, who the hell would dare to say the word 'dissatisfied' at this time?
"I accept it." "Shang Shu punished well, the servants and servants did something wrong, they should be punished!"

"Well, I've already been fined, and I'll write down the rest of the board. Come here and give me medicine." Geng Qing called the soldiers outside the door, took out the commonly used trauma medicine, and uncovered the hems of the two people. He took off the blood-stained pants, slightly turned his face away, and evenly smeared the bloody buttocks.

Feeling the coolness occupying the hot wound, Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and their hanging hearts gradually relaxed.

"Xie Shangshu does not kill, Xie Shangshu bestows medicine!"

"You two are being polite." Geng Qing lifted up his robe and placed it next to the two of them, squatting down, looking at the injuries on their buttocks, and turning around with a smile, "When I came to Chang'an, I heard rumors in the city that you and the emperor Discord? Li Ye has always wanted to seize the military power of the two, so the two of you have hurriedly thought about setting up another emperor in Chang'an?"

He clicked his tongue twice, and shook his head: "Li Lingzhi is stunned, the new emperor, who still holds the military power in his hand, how could he listen to you two? Even if he listens, he will beheaded and sacrificed to the flag later, not to mention the capture of Chang'an , the Longyou Army will not stay here for a long time, and will return it to Li Ye at that time, how should you two deal with yourself by then?"

"I have a suggestion here. I don't know if you two are willing to help. Of course, you can choose not to help. When Li Ye comes back, you continue to fight him."

Talking about this matter, Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu were silent for a while, and the latter asked in a low voice, "What trick does the Shang Shu have to teach the slaves and maidservants?"

"Naturally conspiring with me. After we leave, you two can leave the palace. When Li Ye comes back, continue to fight with him in Chang'an. By the way, don't just look at Chang'an, look at how the land of Shu is? Hehe, I heard that Xichuan was brought down by one person. Don’t you two like to drill camps and make friends? You might as well mention a few words about the Jiedu envoy Wang Jian. After all, the world will soon know that the Li family emperor in Chang’an has nothing at all. The prestige is beyond words."

Geng Qing leaned over slightly, curled up the corner of his mouth, and whispered in the ears of Yang Fugong and Liu Jishu.

"The Xichuan that has finally been conquered is in chaos. Li Ye has managed it for three years and has returned to his appearance when he ascended the throne. What else does he have to fight against you?"

The lowered voice was like a bewitching demon.

Soon, the two people on the ground were carried down, and there were only two bloodstains left in the hall, which were quickly washed clean by the eunuch who came in.

Amid the faint smell of blood, Geng Qing sat on a chair and drank some tea to warm himself up, then got up and left the Hall of Martial Virtue. Jiuyu, who hadn't spoken much in the hall, looked at the figure next to him looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back.

"Is there such a big enmity with Li Ye?"

"Why, still can't forget the old club?"

The two have been friends for many years, Geng Qing casually made a joke, Jiuyu naturally wouldn't take it seriously, but found that this scholar became ruthless, it was really terrible, and after years of hard work, once it was destroyed, it was more vicious than murdering one's heart , Forcibly destroying people's ambition and hope, not to mention, but also stepping on it.

The two walked for a while, Geng Qing looked at the thick dark clouds in the sky, and sighed, "Some beams have formed, and we have to fight to the end. There is no way to resolve the matter between me and their Li family. This is a deadly enmity. , I don’t do it, the other party will know the truth sooner or later, and he will do it, and then I will die, as well as the family members, if you say there is a chance at this time, should I do it?”

"Should."

Jiuyu's answer was also simple, and Geng Qing continued with a smile: "I am not a saint, I don't have such a big Hongyuan, what do I do for the people of the world, let alone fight for the emperor, work hard all my life, work hard all my life, give to others, give to others I'm not that great when someone else's descendants make a fortune, and I didn't enjoy it for a few days until I died, just to leave a record in the history books. Geng, what kind of country's great sage is he?"

"That thing is for others to see. I've been dead for hundreds of thousands of years. If I know what a fart, I won't enjoy any benefits."

What he said was vulgar, but all the guards around him laughed. They used to be from the Jianghu. They just wanted to clean up their official status, and they only wanted to benefit. It was the most beneficial to hear the master say this. , It really comes to the bottom of my heart.

Seeing that Jiuyu was still thinking about the inner and outer meaning of these words, Geng Qing slapped him on the chest: "What are you thinking about, let's go, and urge our Li Liuhou to pack up quickly and bring valuable things , there is still food and grass to run away, and then use Chang'an as a bargaining chip to make a deal with Li Ye, then we will go back to Longyou, and send a team to Feihu County by the way, and bring the mother and a group of wives and concubines here. Live a comfortable life in Longzhou for a few days, and think about the future."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hands again and walked to the front, Jiuyu smiled, Geng Qing was still the same Geng Qing, he really hadn't changed at all, and followed quickly with his guards and soldiers.

In the afternoon, when Geng Qing returned to Guangdefang, his wife and children stood in the hall to greet him, while Zhang Huaiyi was wrapped in bandages and lying under the eaves moaning, holding the maid's hand and rubbing it carefully.

Maids and servants come and go, a banquet is set up, and amidst the noise of people, it is the feeling of home.

In the next few days, I was still busy, gathering troops, training, transporting grain and fodder, loading them into vehicles and driving to Fengxiang. The Jiedushi of other affairs, upon hearing the news, looked in the direction of Chang'an in surprise, doubt, and astonishment, and temporarily stopped all important things in his hands.

However, soon, a fast horse left Chang'an and went straight to Huazhou, and handed the letter to Li Ye who was making frequent decrees.

(End of this chapter)