Chapter 388: Stubborn
In the kitchen, Feng Jing was watching over the stove and decocting medicine for Siyue.
Zhou Yuande looked around before he found the person and briefly told him about Hongying's situation.
Feng Jing didn't bother to decoct the medicine and called Chen Xing over. He asked her to look after the medicine, boil three bowls of water into one bowl, and feed it to Si Yue to drink.
Then he left in a hurry with Eunuch Zhou.
When they arrived at the tent where Hongying was imprisoned, Feng Jingxian saluted Xiao Jingfan, and couldn't wait to go into the tent to check on Hongying's condition. Tongniang followed him in.
Chu Liuzheng looked at the swaying door curtain, still thinking about interrogating Zheng Qianqian.
She tugged at Zhou Yuande's sleeve and whispered, "Eunuch Zhou, if we bring Zheng Qianqian here and let him see Hongying's miserable condition, will he be frightened and confess everything?"
[When a rabbit dies, the fox mourns. All creatures feel grief for their own kind. Second Junior Brother wouldn't want to see himself become like Hongying, a half-human, half-ghost, right?]
Zhou Yuande quickly pulled his sleeves back.
His Majesty is watching us, stop showing off!
Xiao Jingfan looked over: "What are you talking about?"
[I'm speaking so quietly, do you have a good ear? ]
Chu Liuzheng complained in his heart, but on the surface he obediently repeated what he had just said.
Xiao Jingfan thought about it and decided that it was worth a try.
He snapped his fingers, and a dark shadow flashed out: "Please give your orders, my lord."
"Bring Zheng Qianqian here."
"Yes, sir."
When the secret guards left, Feng Jing and Tong Niang came out of the tent.
Feng Jing walked in front with his hands in his pockets, shaking his head and sighing, with a very complicated expression.
Tongniang's expression was slightly tense, as if she had encountered some difficult situation.
"Don't just shake your head." Chu Liuzheng pointed at the tent. "What have you figured out?"
"It's hard to say." Feng Jing smacked his lips. "Someone can actually do it."
Hearing that he was still in the mood to keep the secret, Zhou Yuande hurriedly urged: "Doctor Feng, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now."
"I only have a partial understanding." Feng Jing turned to look at Tong Niang, "Hongying's condition should be caused by the forbidden magic of the Miao witch. Abbey Master Jiang must know more than me."
The implication is that Tong Niang is Jiang Yao's person. Since Jiang Yao knows it, Tong Niang, her confidant, should also know it.
Everyone followed his gaze and looked at Tong Niang.
Tongniang pursed her lips, a look of hesitation on her face.
"Hurry up and tell me." Feng Jing glanced at her. "Things have come to this. I can't hide it anymore. It's not you who did it, so I can't blame you if I tell you."
Tongniang opened and closed her mouth, clenching her hands tightly, obviously not sure whether to speak or not.
At this moment, the secret guard carried Zheng Qianqian over.
Zheng Qianqian was put into a sack with only his head exposed. His mouth was blocked and he could only struggle with a groaning sound. He looked much stronger than before.
Feng Jing walked over, took out a bottle of medicine powder, pinched his mouth open and poured it in.
Zheng Qianqian was choked and rolled his eyes, and his struggle gradually weakened.
"Why did you bring him here?" Seeing that the man had behaved himself, Feng Jing patted off the powder on the back of his hand and turned to look at Chu Liuzheng.
Chu Liuzheng blinked and told about his accidental discovery of Zheng Qianqian's strange behavior and his plan.
Feng Jing clicked his tongue and shook his head: "What a sin!"
Chu Liuzheng felt that this "evil" should not be referring to himself.
"I'll take him in." Tong Niang took the initiative to speak. Xiao Jingfan glanced at her and nodded in agreement.
Tongniang felt a chill down her spine after seeing that look. She didn't dare to delay any longer and dragged Zheng Qianqian in along with the sack.
The inside and outside of the tent are completely two different worlds.
His nose was filled with a sticky, sweet, and fishy smell. Zheng Qianqian stared at the person in the cage in amazement, forgetting even to breathe.
Is this fucking Hongying?
Could this be Hongying?
What on earth did these people do to Hongying? !
He glared at Tong Niang in shock and anger, and made "mmm" sounds from his blocked mouth, as if he was cursing someone.
Tongniang simply pulled the cloth out of his mouth.
"What the hell did you do to Hongying?" Zheng Qianqian asked angrily, his eyes faintly blue.
Although he didn't like his junior sister Hongying very much, compared with Pingxuan, the relationship between the two could even be considered harmonious. Sometimes they would squat together and curse Pingxuan, the shameless vixen.
Now that he saw Hongying being harmed in such a tragic state, how could Zheng Qianqian not be angry?
"Why did she become like this? Do you really have no idea?" Tong Niang sneered, "Why deceive yourself?"
Zheng Qianqian frowned: "What do you mean?"
Tong Niang stared at him for a moment, her lips slowly uttering two words: "Human Gu."
Zheng Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then a puzzled look appeared on his face: "What is a human Gu?"
Now it was Tongniang's turn to be stunned. She stared at him suspiciously: "You don't know?"
Zheng Qianqian shook his head: "Never heard of it."
"He's lying!" Chu Liuzheng pried open the door curtain to listen to the noise inside and shouted, "He's a liar. He doesn't tell a single truth. Tongniang, don't believe him."
Zheng Qianqian: "..."
Why is it this annoying woman again!
Xiao Jingfan held his forehead helplessly.
If you want to listen, listen carefully. What does it look like to pull at the door curtain?
He ordered people to bring stools, and several people sat in a row in front of the tent, listening attentively to the movements inside.
Feng Jing took out a handful of peanuts and asked everyone one by one. Chu Liuzheng took a small handful in response.
The two of them happily ate peanuts together.
Xiao Jingfan glanced sideways and suddenly said, "I want some candy."
[Doesn't the tyrant dislike sweets? ]
Chu Liuzheng was puzzled, but his hands moved swiftly. He immediately took out two candies from his purse and handed them over.
"Take your time to eat. If you don't have enough, there's more."
I also gave one to Zhou Yuande.
Eunuch Zhou glanced at his Majesty and didn't dare to accept it.
Xiao Jingfan didn't look at him. He held the candy in his mouth and listened to the movements in the tent.
Unlike the relaxed and joyful atmosphere outside the tent, which felt like a spring outing, the air inside the tent seemed stagnant.
Tong Niang stared into Zheng Qianqian's blue eyes. "The art of refining the human Gu is listed as the most forbidden technique. To refine the human Gu, a living person must be broken up and reassembled. Even with the help of the Netherworld Gu, not even one in ten thousand people can survive. Even if someone survives by chance, they will likely become a monster that is fearless of pain and death, has no mind, and only knows how to kill."
"I feel pain, and I'm conscious. I'm not a human Gu, nor a monster." Zheng Qianqian defended himself, glaring at Tong Niang. "Don't you dare slander my master!"
"You are so stubborn!" Tongniang has never seen anyone more self-deceiving than him.
She reached out and pulled him out of the sack. She pulled out a dagger and slashed his arm. She pressed his head down and made him stare at her. She asked coldly, "How can a normal person's injury heal so quickly? If you're not a monster, what are you?"
In the fresh wound, pink granulation tissue is wriggling.
Zheng Qianqian's face turned pale, and cold sweat dripped into his eyes, stinging them.
(End of this chapter)
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