Chapter 487 Do you really think you can commit suicide by biting your tongue?
Yu Yanfeng threw the person he was holding to the ground, then knelt in front of the hall and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, when I was ordered to apprehend the eunuch who frightened Madam Xuan, I discovered that the eunuchs in the Imperial Kitchen were present, and none had deserted their posts. Alarmed, I immediately ordered the palace gates sealed. These two individuals had infiltrated the inner chambers and were attempting to escape through the Luhua Gate, using the carts carrying food and groceries."
"When they saw me leading people there, the two of them tried to commit suicide after failing to escape. I was careless and one of them died, but I was able to bring the other back."
The man thrown to the ground had his jaw removed, his legs and hands twisted and lying on the ground, his face full of pain.
Among the two corpses lying next to him, a thin man dressed in eunuch's clothes like him looked like he had taken poison. His eyes, ears, mouth and nose were full of dirty blood, and his face was already stiff and blue.
The other one was wearing the clothes of a palace maid. She had a beautiful appearance, but there was a big hole in her head. She was covered in blood. She died with her eyes wide open, looking extremely terrifying.
Yu Yanfeng pointed at the palace maid and said, "Tan Xia, who was in the Empress Dowager's palace, was found dead in the Imperial Garden. I have ordered her body to be brought back. I have also ordered all the guards patrolling the Purple Palace tonight to be arrested and handed over to Your Majesty for disposal!"
The guards who had their armor stripped off all had pale faces and were forced to kneel on the ground by the people behind them.
When Cui Lin saw the eunuch writhing on the ground in pain, his heart skipped a beat and he almost cursed out loud, "waste."
Weren't they told to leave the palace early and commit suicide on the spot if anything went wrong? Yet they were caught!
But before Cui Lin could react, Xiao Yan suddenly took a few steps forward and stepped on the person rolling on the ground. He looked indifferent when he saw the person in pain.
"He has a long beard, a rough voice, and thick calluses on his knuckles. He looks like a martial artist."
He lowered his foot and landed between the man's legs.
The man was in great pain but still moved backward frantically. If his jaw had not been dislocated, he would probably have screamed.
Upon seeing this, Eunuch Feng was immediately furious and said, "Your Majesty, this man is not a palace eunuch."
Some people who lost their virginity at an older age or who were not clean would indeed grow beards, but because there were inspections every year in the palace and it was extremely taboo to do so when walking around the palace, and the master also hated people with unclean faces, so everyone would keep their faces clean.
Besides, eunuchs in the palace are not allowed to practice martial arts, and the man's reaction just now clearly showed that he was extremely afraid of Xiao Yan's actions. A eunuch without roots would not be afraid of this.
Eunuch Feng shouted, "Who on earth are you? How dare you pretend to be a palace eunuch?"
The other people in the hall were shocked: This man is not a eunuch?
Xiao Yan raised his foot and kicked the man on the chin, and saw that the wheezing howl in his throat suddenly became sharp.
The man realized that he had returned to normal, and saw that his identity had been discovered. He opened his mouth and wanted to bite his tongue, but Xiao Yan was quick to pinch his chin.
When he was forced to open his mouth, blood oozed out. He looked at Xiao Yan who was leaning over him with horror in his eyes, and saw Xiao Yan suddenly smile.
"Do you really think you can kill yourself by biting your tongue?"
Xiao Yan's hands were like iron pliers, pinching him as if to crush the bones on his face.
"There are countless ways to torture people in this world, and this is exactly what I'm best at. Even if you bite off your tongue, I still have a way to keep you alive."
"After conspiring with others to frame me and Deputy Commander Yu, you want to die? How can it be so easy?"
He sneered softly, then suddenly stepped on the man's broken leg. The man who had just been ready to die suddenly convulsed in pain.
He struggled to scream, but Xiao Yan held his jaw tightly and he couldn't open his mouth. In the severe pain, his eyeballs could only bulge outward, and his whole body was convulsing and his face was hideous with pain.
"Who let you into the palace?"
The man closed his eyes and held down his trembling body.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan sneered: "The bones are quite hard."
He raised his hand and pulled out the long sword hanging on Yu Yanfeng's waist, and it fell on the man's arm with a "swish".
As blood splattered, the man's eyes, which had just been closed, suddenly opened. His face flushed red and his pupils seemed to be soaked in blood with pain. The severed hand flew up and suddenly flew towards Madam Xuan who was kneeling not far away, and hit her directly.
“Ahhhhhhhhh—”
Mrs. Xuan felt pain on her face, and blood splattered all over her as she rolled down.
Madam Xuan nearly jumped up, waved away her severed hand, and crawled backwards in panic with a look of terror, her screams almost piercing the ears of the courtiers and ladies who were closer to her.
"I'm sorry for soiling Madam Xuan's clothes." Xiao Yan said gently, "Don't be afraid, Madam Xuan. This man dared to pretend to be a palace eunuch and hurt you. He deserves to be cut into pieces."
Madam Xuan: “…”
The scream in her mouth suddenly stopped, and she looked at Xiao Yan in horror, and her smile on his face trembled.
Mrs. Xuan always felt that the phrase "cut into pieces" was directed at her.
Cui Lin saw something was wrong and suddenly shouted, "Xiao Yan, you are too presumptuous! How dare you hurt someone in front of His Majesty before he even opens his mouth?!"
Xiao Yan tilted his head and said, "A traitor who pretended to be a palace eunuch and committed violence and injury, I will only interrogate him briefly. Why is Minister Cui so anxious?"
"you!"
Cui Lin saw Emperor An looking up at him, and the people around him began to look at him with strange eyes. He knew that he could not let Xiao Yan continue talking, nor could he follow his wishes and change the subject to something else.
Cui Lin took a deep breath to suppress the rage in his heart, took a few steps forward, knelt on the ground and said to Emperor An:
"Your Majesty, I don't think this man shouldn't be tried, but Xiao Yan shouldn't torture him in public like this. Madam Xuan was accidentally involved in the palace incident, and now she's being threatened like this."
"People who don't know the truth might wonder if Governor Xiao wants to get to the bottom of the murder in the Imperial Garden, or if he wants to silence them so they don't say anything they shouldn't."
Xiao Yan listened to Cui Lin's questioning and saw that Madam Xuan's pale face seemed to have recovered, as if Cui Lin's words had sobered her up and given her some support. He sneered, "I didn't know Minister Cui was such a gentle man."
He glanced at Madam Xuan's face. "But I understand. Madam Xuan has been a widow for many years, yet she's still as beautiful as ever. It's not unusual for Minister Cui to show some concern for her..."
"Xiao Yan!"
Cui Lin's face froze instantly, and Madam Xuan looked panicked.
How could he know? ! !
Mrs. Xuan subconsciously wanted to look up at Cui Lin, but she forced herself to suppress the thought.
Everyone in the hall thought that Xiao Yan was just speaking without thinking. Qian Baokun saw that Emperor An's face had turned green, and he was afraid that if Xiao Yan continued to speak, it would damage Madam Xuan's reputation.
Even though he realized that Cui Lin's behavior was wrong, he still spoke up and helped change the subject.
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