eurekapd Chapter 522: Really Good Brothers
Chapter 522: Really Good Brothers
The first prisoner to be interrogated today was a retainer of King Liang.
This guy had intended to leave Prince Liang's Palace and go to Ruzhou, but he was caught by the Internal Guards on the edge of Luoyang and was therefore imprisoned in the Internal Guard Palace.
Huang Shengyan met Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou and quickly bowed to them.
"I am Huang Shengyan from the Internal Guards. I am honored to meet your Highness and Lord Lu."
"No need to do that, no need to do that." Li Cunxi said, "We also want to observe your techniques, General."
"Lord Li wants to know whether I have forgotten the slogan you gave me back then, right?" Huang Shengyan said proudly, "Lord Li, please listen carefully."
Huang Shengyan, who is always serious and stern, now has an expression that makes him look like he deserves a beating.
At the same time, a magical song sounded.
"The whip is soaked in salt water, and I will not show any mercy..."
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
The cartilage whip was soaked in salt water and swung out continuously with lightning speed.
It was truly a lightning-fast five-whip attack, which quickly lashed the thin middle-aged man.
Five whips fell and five screams were heard.
After being whipped several times, the light in the eyes of the captured Liang Wang retainer gradually faded, and he drooped his eyelids as if he was about to die.
Li Cunxi said quickly:
"Is this guy dying?"
"Hurry up and whip him thirty more times to make him sober up!"
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
It was impossible for Li Cunxi to have any mercy on the retainers of Liang Wang Wu Sansi.
The urging at this moment made Wu Sansi's retainer, who was about to play dead, shudder and he immediately struggled frantically on the tiger bench.
"Clap clap clap clap!"
Huang Shengyan made a prompt decision and used a set of vivid five-whip lightning attacks.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
The Liang Wang retainer was in unbearable pain. He struggled madly on the tiger bench and screamed in agony.
"Li Cunxi, I'm going to the morning class!"
"You are a f*cking exile, a criminal exiled by His Majesty's order, and yet you are showing off your power here once you gain power!"
"Humph, you want to ask something from me, I can only tell you, nothing!"
"If you want to kill me, I can tell you that His Royal Highness Prince Liang will never agree!"
The Liang Wang's retainer cursed Li Cunxi without hesitation, hoping desperately that Li Cunxi would spare his life out of fear of Wu Sansi.
Of course, this is somewhat of a desperate measure.
Li Cunxi yawned and asked calmly:
"I didn't come here for this, but since you said so, if I don't ask in detail, it will seem like I don't care about state affairs."
"Well, tell me, why did that bastard Wu Sansi ask you to leave the city?"
The Liang Wang's retainer was furious and started to insult Li Cunxi immediately.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw Huang Shengyan picked up a red-hot iron and was about to burn his face.
"Fuck you, you beast who is worse than dog shit, you dare to scold His Highness, I will let you taste your own cooked meat."
Huang Shengyan didn't wait for anything to happen and poked the branding iron directly into the face of King Liang's retainer.
The closer they got, the hotter the iron became, burning away the little bit of sanity left in Liang Wang's retainers.
Seeing that the branding iron was about to burn his face, he shouted:
"No, no, I confess!"
Lu Dayou looked puzzled and asked:
"What are you recruiting?"
"They didn't ask anything, did they?"
Li Cunxi: ???
"Dayou, didn't I ask anything just now?"
Lu Dayou was stunned: "Did you ask?"
"I didn't ask?"
"You asked?"
"I asked."
"Why don't I remember? Let's go out and have a good discussion."
As they were talking, the two men stood up and without waiting for Huang Shengyan to stop them, they walked out of the interrogation room together, getting farther and farther away.
Huang Shengyan watched the two men leave without stopping them.
After leaving the Neiwei Palace, Li Cunxi found a small stall selling spring rolls on the street and sat down. He ordered about thirty of them. The two brothers sat on a long bench with smiles on their faces.
"I don't know if Huang Shengyan can guess what I mean." Lu Dayou said with a smile.
"It should be possible. He should know that it involves Wu Sansi. After all, he is a smart man." Li Cunxi said.
The reason they ran out early was to let Huang Shengyan trap Wu Sansi.
With Huang Shengyan's ability, Wu Zetian will have the confession implicating Wu Sansi in her hands by tonight at the latest.
Ma Rong, who had been protecting the two along the way, then saw Li Cunxi's gesture, so he walked over and ate spring rolls with them.
More than an hour later, the three men, who had eaten their fill, returned to the Luozhou Governor's Mansion. Li Cunxi, carrying a bag of mung bean cakes in his hand, strolled to find Wu Yanhao.
"Oh, you're still busy, Brother Yanhao?"
"Yan Hao is such a good official. He works so hard to handle government affairs. We, the incompetent officials, feel sorry for His Majesty when we see him."
Wu Yanhao, who was working at his desk handling government affairs, raised his head and looked back and forth at Li Cunxi and Lu Dayou with a resentful look.
"You two are so nice. You must have been eating fried spring rolls outside and came back because you were full, right?"
"Even if you two are standing at the door, I can still smell the scent of spring rolls on you."
"I'm working so hard here, but you guys are enjoying the good food and drinks."
"What a good brother!"
He spoke indignantly, but did not dare to stop his hands.
In order to train Wu Yanhao, Wu Yizong specifically explained in detail what the Luozhou Chief Secretary needed to do, and watched Wu Yanhao handle government affairs for a quarter of an hour before going to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.
Wu Yizong, who was also the Minister of Rites and the General of the Right Jinwu Guard, was even busier than Wu Yanhao had imagined.
"I brought you some food."
Li Cunxi came forward and handed over the mung bean cake.
Only then did Wu Yanhao put down his brush, went out to wash his hands, walked in triumphantly, and personally opened the outer paper to reveal the mung bean cake inside.
He was in a very happy mood. He picked up a piece of mung bean cake and put it in his mouth, chewing it carefully.
After a long while, Wu Yanhao asked, "Did you buy it at Huixiangfang?"
"It is really an honor for me that Li Fumu personally buys things for a little Shao Yin like me."
"I think there are not many people in this dynasty who can have this honor. I am really grateful for it."
Li Cunxi didn't even look at the mung bean cake. He had eaten enough of it and now he felt sick just by looking at it.
Just sit on one side, close your eyes, and say:
"Brother Yanhao, why are you so distant? Brother Yanhao and I are like brothers, so isn't it reasonable for me to buy something for you to eat?"
Wu Yanhao ate a small piece of mung bean cake at a time. He ate seven or eight pieces in a row. Then he put it down, washed his hands, picked up the brush, and continued to handle government affairs.
The whole day passed in a busy manner.
It was not until the afternoon that Wu Yanhao stretched, put down the pen in his hand, and yawned.
"You two are really good brothers. You have been watching here for several hours."