Chapter 615: Frozen Dead Bones on the Road

Huo Zhenting never expected that the deep mother-daughter love performed by Ruan Qin did not harm Huo Ning in the end, but actually harmed themselves.

Emperor Jiazhen looked at him coldly, "You're not going to make excuses, are you? Come, take the Huo family away and sentence them to death."

Huo Baiwei, who was not far from Huo Zhenting, suddenly turned as white as fresh snow, and her body collapsed to the ground, as stiff as a puppet.

Ruan Qin looked confused.

She didn't know what the punishment of grooming was.

But when she heard the other people in the cell gasp, she knew that this was definitely not a merciful punishment.

Huo Baiwei's lips and teeth trembled.

She has acted in several costume dramas.

Of course she knew what the punishment of grooming was!

It was an extremely cruel punishment.

The prisoners were stripped naked and made to lie on an iron bed without any dignity. They were then repeatedly beaten with boiling water until their skin was half-cooked, but they did not die.

That's not the end.

After the prisoners were treated like pigs and had boiling water poured over them repeatedly, a specialist would use an iron brush made of steel needles to repeatedly scrub their bodies like they were brushing off dirt.

Until there was no more flesh left on the body, leaving only the white bones exposed.

【??? Shit, this isn’t really going to happen!】

[I searched what the punishment of combing and washing is, and now I feel horrified! Help me, the ancient people were really too cruel, fortunately I live in modern times! ]

[This is simply making life worse than death! ]

【??? As an emperor, if he was unhappy with the Huo family, couldn't he just drag them down and chop them to death? Why did he use such a cruel punishment?】

[I'm telling you guys, don't kneel down and beg for mercy. Given the situation, why don't you just work together to kill him? That would be more reliable.]

At this moment, Huo Baiwei didn't know where she got the strength from, and she pushed away the prison guard who was trying to drag her away to be punished.

She groaned and knelt before Emperor Jiazhen.

"Your Majesty, Huo Ning has fled and is nowhere to be found. Since you believe that she cares deeply about her family, why don't you spare our lives?"

"Leave us here. If she breaks into the palace and offends His Majesty in the future, Your Majesty still has the chips to check her."

"Yes!" Huo Zhenting reacted suddenly and kowtowed to Emperor Jiazhen repeatedly, "Your Majesty, if I were Huo Ning, I would want to overthrow the imperial power if I knew that my parents and relatives all died tragically overnight. But - but if you leave us alive, Huo Ning will be cautious in doing anything she wants!"

Emperor Jiazhen's face darkened slightly, and a hint of deep thought flashed across his eyes.

She raised her hand slightly, signaling the prison guards not to come forward.

"What you said does make some sense, but if everything is as you said, and she deliberately framed me, what's the point of me keeping you here?"

He never kept any useless officials.

He was already sitting in the wheelchair, so what he wanted to do was entirely up to his mood.

He was happy because he could grant amnesty to the whole world.

If he was unhappy, and there were a few civil and military officials he didn't like, he would just have them dragged down and chopped to death.

The playful look in Emperor Jiazhen's eyes made Huo Zhenting's scalp tingle.

He didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Huo Baiwei kowtowed again and said to Emperor Jiazhen: "If you are willing to keep us, we are not useless."

"We are more familiar with Huo Ning than outsiders are. Your Majesty, only when you know yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."

"Instead of killing us, you might as well keep us under your watch. Your Majesty, you have sharp eyes and ears, and no one's tricks can escape your eyes."

"Under the emperor's feet, how dare we cause any trouble?"

"Even if I dare, I can't hide it from you."

Huo Baiwei just knelt on the ground, and every word she spoke was very sincere.

I am also very honored and terrified.

But her flattery did have the desired effect and it helped to alleviate much of Emperor Jiazhen's anger.

"You are born with a clever tongue. In this case, I really have to support you bunch of useless people."

He had a blank expression on his face, and actually felt a little unlucky.

After all, these are just stupid bastards.

"There is no need to punish them with stabbing and washing. Just detain them for the time being and keep their lives. This way they can still be of use."

Huo Baiwei breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that her back was soaked with sweat.

Tears fell at this moment.

Fortunately, fortunately, this level is finally passed.

Almost——

They almost died miserably in this copy.

He didn't know what Huo Ning was doing now, but he was thinking that if they had the chance to meet again one day, she would definitely not be as weak as she is today.

Let’s wait and see, it’s still unclear who will win!

…

Huo Ning first used the teleportation talisman to return to the general's residence, bringing his unlucky uncle Song Yao with him.

The Huo family is naturally heavily guarded at the moment.

However——

This kind of heavy guard is of no use to Huo Ning.

When Song Yao saw Huo Ning, he did not ask what happened worriedly, but yawned sleepily, with an expression that asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

"Is the dog emperor dead?"

As soon as Song Yao opened his mouth, he said something shocking.

Huo Ning spread his hands, but he wasn't in any better shape.

"Not yet, but not too soon."

"Today I entered the palace and played a trick to assassinate the emperor."

Song Yao: “…”

Song Yao said with an "oh". This action might seem absurd if it happened to someone else, but it couldn't be more reasonable when it happened to his little niece!

"You killed the king, how can he still be alive? Did you release him into the sea?"

Huo Ning glanced at him. Emperor Jiazhen was not dead. How could she put it? Song Yao seemed to be more disappointed than her.

"I was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice, and then I escaped. So we have to leave because it is not suitable to stay here for long."

Song Yao nodded.

Anyway, he got the script of The Loyal Servant.

The main point is that he does whatever Huo Ning says.

"Okay, where are we going now?"

Huo Ning threw out a teleportation talisman and chanted a spell. The next second, the two of them appeared in the refugee camp outside the city.

At that time, the cool night breeze blew on my body. There was a big temperature difference between day and night in Yicheng. There were always strong winds in the past few nights. The wind was like a knife cutting on my body, freezing my bones and giving me a headache.

It's a pity that such a cold wind can't cover up the rotten smell of piles of bones in the air.

New ghosts are troubled and old ghosts are crying, the sky is cloudy and rainy and the sound of chirping ghosts is heard.

Huo Ning took out a flashlight from the space ring.

Well, she should have taken a fire starter, but then she thought, there were no guest rules for this episode, and there was no rule that prevented her from taking out modern people's things.

A beam of strong light shone over, and Huo Ning saw that these refugees were all pale and thin, and they were crowded together, as if they were relying on each other.

[It's so scary. There are so many refugees that you can't even tell which ones are alive and which ones are dead.]

[They... they seem to have a lot of dead people, they are sleeping with the corpses! ]

【Ahhhhhh why is this happening?! 】

[So what on earth was this dog emperor Jiazhen doing? There were so many refugees outside the city, their bones were piling up like a mountain, and he didn't care at all! ]

【As an emperor, his eyes and ears can only hear those flattering words, how can he see the suffering of the people?】

Song Yao fell into a rare silence.

He looked at Huo Ning and couldn't help but clench his teeth.

"Emperor Jiazhen, that beast!"

Huo Ning usually had a very expressive face, but at this moment, his face was expressionless.

"It is useless to scold Emperor Jiazhen now. Secondly, there are more and more difficult problems to solve now."

Song Yao frowned.

In the refugee camp outside Chengwai, food is distributed once a day at 3:45 p.m.

There are also a few tents here, which are barely enough to provide shelter from the wind and rain.

But these tents are only for refugees who are seriously ill and can no longer walk.

The rest, as long as they have breath left and can walk upright, have to stay outside.

In the words of Emperor Jiazhen, the national treasury is not sufficient, so we should save wherever possible. There are so many refugees in the world, and the court cannot take care of them all if it wants to.

But half a month ago, Emperor Jiazhen rebuilt the Yishou Palace to show his filial piety.

The cost of building a palace must be huge.

Not to mention that he had already started to ask the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works to begin preparations for the southern tour.

Extravagance was the norm in the palace, but a look at the refugee camp showed piles of bones.

[I just saw the scenery of the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet, and now looking at this place, I can’t stand it. 】

[How pitiful! I can't stand seeing this kind of thing.]

[Alas, the rich are feasting and drinking, but the poor are lying on the streets.]