It was late at night.
In the dark and damp prison, the candlelight was dim.
As various instruments of torture were used in turn, bursts of extremely miserable screams could be heard.
"Dead!"
"What's there to be afraid of? It's not the first time. So many people die here every day. Just throw them out and feed them to the dogs!"
Such a simple dialogue, treating life as worthless, is cold-blooded, ruthless, and utterly devoid of humanity.
The air was thick with the stench of blood.
Then it was Tuoba Hong's turn to be dragged out. His body was covered in wounds, and blood had already stained his clothes so much that it was almost impossible to tell that he was wearing a white robe.
He was bound by heavy iron chains, hanging up as if he were on the verge of death.
Even so, he still could not escape the misfortune of being tortured again.
"Speak up! Do you know that woman? Who is she? If you don't tell us, you'll be next to be fed to the dogs!"
Then, not forgetting to insult him further: "You, a fish that escaped from a barbarian nation that has already lost its country, I never expected you to be so difficult to deal with. How can you be so stubborn?"
Tuoba Hong was silently astonished: "I really didn't expect that the queen consort, whom the mighty God of War, Qin King Xuanyuan Han, personally welcomed back with a ten-mile-long red procession, would be unknown to anyone in this vast Western Qin palace."
These past few days, imprisoned in this dark and gloomy dungeon, he pondered and pondered but could not find a solution: "I don't know what they want to do to Wu Le? But in any case, before everything is clear, I must not tell them anything about her!"
"Slap... slap..."
Seeing that he remained stubbornly silent, the whip fell repeatedly, and after being severely lashed, he once again fainted from exhaustion.
Upon seeing this, the imperial guards hurriedly went up to check his breathing and exclaimed in amazement, "He's really tough! Ever since he was imprisoned here, he's been interrogated every hour, yet he's still alive!"
Despite his skin being torn and bleeding all over, the other interrogator next to him didn't even blink.
He coldly replied, "If he's not dead, then keep beating him until he speaks!"
He immediately and forcefully ordered: "Attack!"
As a ladle of water was splashed out, Tuoba Hong was quickly jolted awake.
Before he could react, the whip in the imperial guard's hand was raised high above his head again.
Just then, a woman's voice suddenly rang out from behind, shouting, "Stop!"
It was Emperor Jing who ordered his eunuch to bring the cloud-patterned garment here.
Standing before Tuoba Hong, Yi Shangyun witnessed the shocking scene before him, his brows furrowing in disbelief.
The imperial guards quickly turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowing: "Greetings, Your Excellency!"
The head jailer instantly changed his tune, becoming extremely obsequious, and said, "Sir, why have you come here in person?"
The eunuch raised his chin and asked, "What, has he still not spoken?"
The lead jailer said angrily, "A Northern Fierce Dog, whose country has been destroyed and whose family is ruined, is like a stray dog. For some reason, he is really hard to deal with. We still haven't been able to get him to talk."
The eunuch angrily cursed at him, "Useless trash, a bunch of useless trash."
He then walked over to Tuoba Hong, pinched his chin with two fingers, and lifted his head.
Looking at Tuoba Hong's miserable state with disdain, he spoke sarcastically to Yi Shangyun behind him.
"This person is your old friend! Are you really going to abandon him? Judging from his appearance, he's in very bad shape, and we don't know how many more days he can hold on. Even so, do you still want to run away?"
Yi Shangyun scrutinized him carefully for a long time, recalling the events and silently asking herself questions.
"Old friend?"
"he?"
"who is he?"
"How come I have absolutely no recollection of this?"
But now, for some reason, she gets a headache whenever she tries to think about the past.
Just as she was about to ask the eunuch, "What is he...?"
The eunuch interrupted her, saying, "When you were unconscious and your life hung in the balance, your old friend knew it was all a trap, yet he still risked his life to stay by your side. And now, even though he is seriously injured and not far from death, you can show him no regard whatsoever. If you dare to leave today, this man will surely die a horrible death."
"you……"
Despite having no memory of the threat, Yi Shangyun remained silent in the face of it.
However, looking at the life in front of me, covered in wounds and blood, I still felt a lot of pity.
Seeing that he seemed to still have a slight hesitation, the eunuch slowly picked up a sharp dagger from the table next to him.
He stared at the incredibly sharp blade and said, "I heard that he used to be a renowned physician who saved lives. It's a pity that now he has lost his country, his home, his friends, his soul, and is about to lose his life. Rather than living like a walking corpse with only a breath left, it would be better to die."
With that, he suddenly tossed the man to the guard beside him and ordered him, "First, chop off all the fingers on this man's right hand, and see how he'll practice medicine and take pulses in the future?"
"No..." Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun suddenly snapped out of her daze.
Finally, having no other choice, he had to give up and agreed, saying, "Okay, I promise you, I'll stay!"
At this point, the eunuch finally turned around abruptly and exclaimed, "Good, that's exactly what I've been waiting for, young lady!"
Yi Shangyun thought for a moment and said, "If you want me to stay, I have a condition."
The eunuch looked at Yi Shangyun's face and said, "Oh? Miss, you're being a bit greedy. But what other conditions do you have? Why don't you tell me first?"
Yi Shangyun looked at Tuoba Hong, who was already seriously injured, and said with great concern, "If you want me to stay, you must agree to let me take him back to Changning Palace to heal his wounds."
Upon hearing this, the eunuch, without even thinking, raised his voice and called out, "Someone come here!"
Two imperial guards stepped forward and asked, "What are your orders, Your Excellency?"
"take away."
Only then did Yi Shangyun finally lead Tuoba Hong away from this hellish cage, ending this endless and long torment.
Upon returning to Changning Palace.
Yi Shangyun hurriedly and carefully rolled up her sleeves and busied herself cleaning and bandaging Tuoba Hong's wounds.
As he peeled back his blood-stained clothes inch by inch, Yi Shangyun discovered that it was almost impossible to find a clean spot on Tuoba Hong's body.
Her heart was truly clenched into a knot.
The words the eunuch had just spoken kept echoing in his ears.
"Knowing it was all a trap, I still risked my life to stay by your side."
...
Suddenly, she couldn't even hold her breath and concentrate on the things in her hands.
Fine beads of sweat kept seeping from her forehead, but she didn't stop, only wiping them away with her arm.
He muttered to himself repeatedly.
"Who exactly are you?"
"Why are you doing all this for me?"
"Why exactly?"
Inside the vast, silent hall, candlelight flickered.
After an unknown amount of time, it finally all came to an end.
Yi Shangyun took a deep breath and said with relief, "These people are too ruthless. Luckily, he knows martial arts. If he were an ordinary person, he would probably be dead by now."
Seeing that Tuoba Hong had finally fallen asleep peacefully, he could finally get some rest.
Yi Shangyun then realized that she was also exhausted and hungry that day, and her whole body felt like it was about to fall apart.
So he stretched his arms, walked to the table, and gulped down several cups of hot water.
Finally, with a "thump," he slumped down heavily, resting his head on his arm, turning his head to look at Tuoba Hong's sleeping face, and slowly closed his tired eyes.
The next morning.
A ray of sunlight gently streamed into the hall through the intricately carved window lattice.
A gentle breeze stirred the gauze curtains inside the hall.
In her sleep, Yi Shangyun unconsciously called out that familiar name again: "Wei Mingxuan, come back, come back quickly..."
Upon hearing this, a pair of strong hands that were about to drape a blanket over his shoulders froze in mid-air.
Just then, Yi Shangyun suddenly woke up and opened her eyes.
Upon seeing the man in front of her awake, she quickly stood up and exclaimed in surprise, "You...you're awake!"
Tuoba Hong was genuinely disappointed.
Clearly, this wasn't the first time he'd heard that name from her.
But in the end, he only looked her up and down before asking, "With so many wounds all over my body, inside and out, did you save me?"
Yi Shangyun slowly lowered her head, feeling very apologetic and somewhat embarrassed.
Last night, while I was treating his wounds, I did see many of his private parts.
"I'm sorry, you're too badly injured. I don't trust anyone else to handle it, so... But don't worry, I know the principle of not looking at what is improper."
After a while, she saw that he was no longer blaming her.
After clearing her throat, she raised her head again and tried to speak: "I want to ask you something, is that alright?"
Tuoba Hong slowly put away the blanket in his hands and said, "What do you want to ask?"
Yi Shangyun pursed her lips, then suddenly blurted out, "You...I..."
After hesitating for a moment, he finally blurted out, "Are we...are we that close?"
Tuoba Hong turned around in shock, his eyes fixed on Yi Shangyun's eyes, a terrible premonition rising in his heart: "You..."
Seeing that Yi Shangyun looked completely innocent.
Tuoba Hong hurriedly recalled, and said, "The half-pill of the Resurrection Pill I gave you, could it be that you really used it...?"
Tuoba Hong could hardly believe his eyes.
After staring at him for a long time, and seeing that no one else was around, he lowered his voice and tentatively asked again, "Do you... still remember who you are?"
Without a second thought, Yi Shangyun blurted out, "I...of course I know who I am! How could I forget who I am?"
Tuoba Hong pressed further, "Then who are you?"
Yi Shangyun said, "I am... I am Yi Shangyun... CEO of a pharmaceutical group headquarters in Shanghai..."
As he listened to Yi Shangyun's incessant chatter, Tuoba Hong felt his head buzzing.
Watching the clouds in front of him open and close their mouths.
"Thump"
Tuoba Hong suddenly collapsed to the ground...
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