Hanfeng Courtyard.

"ah!!"

A shrill scream pierced the air, and I saw a man in black hanging upside down on a wooden rack. A long whip was whipping him, and his skin and flesh were torn apart, revealing his bones.

Another basin of chili water was poured over.

"ah!!!"

The screams were even more miserable and the bloody scene was shocking.

Han Feng threw down the basin coldly, pinched the chin of the man in black, and said in a cold voice:

"Tell me! Who sent you to assassinate King Chen?"

The man in black was the assassin who intercepted the carriage of Prince Chen's Mansion last night, and he was also the one who stabbed Qin Ye.

The man in black almost fainted from the severe pain, gasping for breath and seemingly dying at any moment, but he kept his mouth tightly shut and would not utter a word even though he was being tortured.

Zong Zhengchen sat casually on the armchair, holding an open book in his hand. He flipped a page carelessly and said indifferently:

"Since you are so stubborn, then you will be executed on the spot."

The man in black widened his eyes in horror.

demon!

This is worse than killing him directly!

Han Feng took out the dagger and licked the corner of his mouth: "You have to think carefully. After these three thousand cuts and three thousand pieces of flesh, I will not die until the last cut."

"Do you want to survive or continue to serve? It's your choice whether to live or die."

He held the sharp knife and approached the man in black step by step.

The man in black couldn't stop trembling all over and wanted to commit suicide, but his hands and feet were tied and his jaw was removed, leaving him like a fish on a chopping board, unable to move.

"Say...I say..."

"My Lord, this is bad!"

Suddenly, a servant came running in from outside the courtyard, out of breath, and pointed in a certain direction in panic:

"Little, little marquis... little marquis he, he he..."

Zong Zhengchen frowned slightly, closed the book, stood up and walked out.

Following the servant's instructions, they came to the small courtyard where the princess lived. From a distance, they saw a young man in a blue robe, holding a shovel in his left hand, a broom in his right hand, and a feather duster on his feet. He had a bitter face and was cleaning the room up and down with a wronged look on his face.

Swish, swish, swish——

He was quite surprised and walked in.

The boy heard footsteps, looked up, and immediately started crying as if he had seen a savior:

"uncle!!"

Woo——

Complaint: "Qin Ye bullied me!"

Qin Ye, who was sitting at the door eating melon seeds, raised his eyebrows in surprise.

uncle?

Is this young man the child of Prince Chen's sister? In other words, the eldest princess' child, the young marquis of the dynasty.

Zong Zhengchen raised his eyebrows.

This little devil has been naughty since he was young. He blew up cow dung at the age of three, poked a hornet's nest at the age of five, stole peaches like a monkey at the age of eight, and touched the emperor's butt at the age of eleven. Everyone was afraid of him, but no one expected that one day he would be tamed.

Look at her crying while cleaning, like a wronged young wife, it's so miserable.

I don't feel sad, but rather a bit gloating.

He suppressed his smile, clenched his fist to cover his lips, and said coldly:

"You are a young marquis of a country, but you can't even defeat a woman. Do you still have the nerve to challenge me?"

The young man choked: "..."

He was unconvinced: "She used a hidden weapon!"

He didn't know what this woman had done to him, but he had lost feeling below the waist. If he didn't clean up for her, he would become paralyzed and lie in bed for the rest of his life.

Out of fear, they had no choice but to bow to the evil forces.

Zong Zhengchen frowned: "Useless thing."

Can't win, but still find excuses.

How dare a man like you compete with a woman?

He scolded coldly: "Get out of here!"

"Uncle, I can't move my waist... Eh? Can it move? I can move! Qin Ye, just wait for me. I will repay you tenfold for today's revenge!"

After the boy was freed, he threw away the broom and shovel, pointed at Qin Ye angrily, said some harsh words, and then ran away.