Chapter 163: Queen, Little Eunuch
Lu Cai woke up not long after Su Changan returned to Lingqi Pavilion.
At that time, Su Changan was worried about the child Lu Cai, so he specially asked someone to bring him to Lingqi Pavilion.
but
When Lu Cai woke up and learned that his master had died, he cried but didn't say much. He just said goodbye to Su Changan and said he was going to the yard where his master lived.
Because his master told him some things before leaving.
Now
When Su Changan heard that Lu Cai had returned, he immediately asked Zhou Qianhong to bring him in.
Lu Cai's eyes were red, obviously he had just cried again. In his arms was a large jar of wine covered in mud, and on his back was a large bundle that looked like a box.
Lu Cai had a thin and small figure, so it was not difficult for him to carry these things. He put the large wine jar aside and then took off the large bag behind him.
Lu Cai bowed towards Su Changan and said, "Miss Changan."
Su Changan looked at Lu Cai, sighed and asked, "I told you to have a good rest, why did you come here? If anyone says something sarcastic, just tell me."
Lu Cai looked at Su Changan and shook his head vigorously: "No, no one said anything sarcastic. Although Master is too close to Li Nishang, he has always been very kind to the people around him. I came here because of what Master asked me to do."
As he spoke, Lu Cai looked at Yan Ruyu, bowed and said, "Deputy Commander Yan, this wine is from Master's yard. He said it's for Commander Yan, and asked me to tell Commander Yan to say thank you."
Yan Ruyu looked at the strong internal force in Lu Cai's body, but she was not surprised. After all, she had also heard that Song Diaosi had passed on his internal force to Lu Cai.
However, this does not mean that Lu Cai has reached the end. The end is not that easy.
But Lu Cai is still young, and now that he has this internal strength of the limit, the probability of him becoming the limit is much greater than that of ordinary people.
After saying this, Lu Cai looked at Su Changan, squatted down, and opened the bag.
Inside was an ordinary wooden box.
Lu Cai opened it, and letters appeared in everyone's sight.
After Lu Cai glanced at Sun Shang Gong, he looked at Su Chang An and said, "Miss, the letter that Master left for me said that all the letters here are from Li Nishang, and there are also letters from Xiang Hong and others to the outside world in the past three years. I didn't read them and took them here intact."
Hearing this, Su Changan was stunned for a moment.
On the other hand, Sun Shang Gong on the side was surprised. She bent down to take the letter and wanted to take a look.
But just as she was about to take it, Sun Shang Gong remembered something and turned to Su Chang An and saluted: "It is your humble servant who is rude."
Su Changan shook his head helplessly and said, "Aunt, just take a look. I think it will be very useful. Then, Aunt, go and deliver it to His Majesty in person."
After Shang Gong Sun nodded, she bent down and picked up the top letter.
But after opening it and taking a look, Sun Shanggong's face was immediately shocked. She turned her head and looked at Su Changan: "Miss, do you want to take a look?"
Su Changan shook his head: "Go and send it to His Majesty quickly. I will ask His Majesty the same question later."
Sun Shang Gong nodded quickly, put the envelope back, locked the box, bowed, and left with the box.
The first letter that Sun Shang Gong saw was written by the Queen Mother and the King of Shu. This matter is of great importance and cannot be delayed!
Lu Cai had not expected that the thing he sent would make the usually calm Concubine Sun look like this, and he was a little surprised.
But he also knew that there was still something else to do, so he looked at Su Changan, thinking about how to say it.
Su Changan looked at Lu Cai's expression, smiled, and walked over. He reached out and rubbed Lu Cai's head and asked, "Does your master ask you to do anything else?"
Lu Cai nodded.
Then Lu Cai knelt down in front of Su Changan and said, "I lost my mother and sister. I was not welcomed in the village and they said I killed my whole family. I couldn't even get enough food. After I entered the palace, everyone treated me badly and called me a castrated dog. But when I met Miss Changan, you treated me really well, just like my own sister. Lu Cai will never forget your kindness. My name is Lu Cai, and I am willing to be your slave for the rest of my life."
"Master said in the letter that I will be driven out of the palace this time because I am his disciple, the disciple of a criminal who has committed a heinous crime. I do not regret worshipping Master as my master, so it does not matter what it is. But I do not want to leave you. There is no place for me, Lu Cai, to stay outside. Master said in the letter that if I beg you, you will definitely take me in, but I must take those letters to His Majesty, and then take other things to the Palace Administration Department to interrogate Xiang Hong, otherwise I will be suspected for the rest of my life. Because His Majesty likes you, he will not let anyone who will threaten you stay by your side."
"I will prove that I will not harm you, and I don't want to leave either."
When he said this, Lu saw Su Changan reaching out his hand towards his face, and he stepped back in fear.
Su Changan was helpless.
But looking at Lu Cai, he said, "His Majesty has not designated your master as a criminal, and your master is not on the list, so you will not be expelled from the palace. But if you want to leave, I can have someone give you your indentureship contract, and you can leave. Moreover, I want you to stand up. Have you forgotten that I hate people kneeling to me the most?"
Lu Cai was surprised, but immediately remembered that his master mentioned in the letter that His Majesty might not make him a criminal. If so, he would not appreciate it, because there is nothing that cannot be forgiven for people who have committed a crime.
So he immediately shook his head and said, "Wrong is wrong, there is no forgiveness. Lu Cai now just wants to ask you to let me interrogate Xiang Hong. My master said that even if these things are taken to Gong Zhengsi and asked to be interrogated by Lord Gong Zheng, Xiang Hong will not admit it. I must go. Only then will Xiang Hong admit everything. I don't know what master means, but I want to try."
Su Changan heard this.
I once again felt sad for Song En and Song Diao Temple, the old eunuch whom I had only met a few times.
This is for my apprentice, everything has been arranged.
Thinking of this, Su Changan looked at Lu Cai and smiled. It was Lu Cai's luck to meet such a master.
After nodding with a smile, Su Changan said, "Go ahead. Qianhong, go with Lu Cai, say hello to Zhang Gongzheng, and tell her that Lu Cai is my personal attendant."
Zhou Qianhong immediately clasped her fists.
Lu Cai also kowtowed to Su Changan, then stood up and said, "I won't let you down."
Su Changan smiled.
Lu Cai bowed again and turned to leave.
Everyone looked at the little eunuch's back.
They all sighed.
Everyone in Lingqi Pavilion knew Lu Cai's life experience, and how he was bullied after entering the palace. He was already pitiful, and now he has lost his master. What he just said made them even more sad.
Huang Sibu and the others knew Lu Cai. After all, they were the ones who helped Sun Shanggong investigate what Lu Cai did every day and then reported it to the empress.
Because as Lu Cai said, the empress would not allow any hidden dangers to exist around Su Changan.
but
Su Changan thought for a moment and then looked at Huang Sibu and said, "I forgot to tell my aunt about this just now. I'd like to trouble Huang Sibu to go to Her Majesty and tell her about Lu Cai's interrogation and the things that Song Diao Si left behind that will be helpful for the interrogation. Then tell Her Majesty about the report I just proposed. If she thinks it's okay, she will announce it to everyone in the palace today. In addition, we should also send people to check the purchasing stores that have close ties with the Shangyi Bureau and the Shanggong Bureau. Interrogation is interrogation, and we must investigate everything we can, the sooner the better."
Huang Sibu immediately bowed and said, "I will report this to His Majesty right away."
After saying that, he turned and left in a hurry.
Su Changan looked at Wei Siyan from the Shanggong Bureau. He had met Su Changan many times, so he was also an acquaintance.
When Wei Siyan saw Su Changan looking at him, he immediately bowed and waited for instructions.
Su Changan said, "I had the Queen Mother's body placed in Xingqing Palace before, but I thought it was inappropriate. How is it usually handled in the palace?"
Wei Siyan immediately said, "Miss, this kind of thing is usually handled by the servants themselves. Normally, the bodies of the criminals are thrown into the mass grave outside the city, where wolves, dogs, and wild cats will eat them at night."
Su Changan nodded: "Let's deal with it this way. Xingqing Palace is a palace in the imperial palace after all. It's not good to keep the body of the guilty woman there all the time. Find a few people to deal with it, and then wait for aunt to come back, and we will take care of the exam. These things must be done as soon as possible. As for the other messes left by Li Nishang, let's take it step by step."
Wei Siyan immediately bowed: "Yes."
Su Changan didn't say anything else. Instead, he looked at the mountain of documents in front of him, sighed, and decided to start dealing with these matters.
But he only picked up one official document at a time.
Su Changan thought of Lu Cai’s interrogation.
He shook his head helplessly. Even when Song En died, he was still afraid that his apprentice would be discriminated against and bullied.
But on second thought, Song En probably had no intention of living from the beginning.
After sighing, Su Changan stopped thinking about it and picked up an official document.
After Lu Cai and Zhou Qianhong came out of Lingqi Pavilion, they walked all the way towards Gong Zhengsi.
Zhou Qianhong followed behind Lu Cai, looked at the child's back, and sighed.
There are so many people suffering. Although this child cannot get a number, who made this child appear in front of us?
So Zhou Qianhong thought for a moment and said, "Lu Cai."
Lu Cai turned around and looked at Zhou Qianhong.
But the child looked at Zhou Qianhong's expression, forced a smile on his face and said, "I'm fine, Sister Zhou. Master said in the letter that it's time for him to leave, so I shouldn't be sad."
Zhou Qianhong was stunned, but she still held back the words of comfort that she had just thought of. She didn't say anything else and nodded and said "hmm".
Lu Cai forced a smile again.
But as soon as he turned around, the smile disappeared.
Feeling wronged?
Lu Cai felt very aggrieved.
He thought that he would be happy in his life since he had met Miss Chang'an and found a master who was good to him.
But he never expected something like this to happen.
but
He seemed to understand what the master said in the letter: 'The time has come for the master to die.'
He somewhat understood what she said lightly, but he also couldn't understand why he wanted to die when he didn't have to.
However, Lu Cai didn't think much about this, because he knew that sooner or later he would understand many of the things his master said.
but
Thinking of the letter that his master left for him.
Lu Cai sobbed a little, and although tears appeared, he wiped them away immediately.
Because his master said in the letter that he should not cry anymore.
The letter also told him to learn how to kill people. In the palace, especially when working around the Empress, he must learn how to kill people.
Kill those who want to kill the Queen, kill those who insult the Queen, kill those who the Queen wants to kill but is unable to do so.
The first person to be killed was Xiang Hong, but Xiang Hong had to tell him everything before she could be killed.
Killing is not good, but killing is the best way to protect the Queen.
All the palace servants who have committed crimes are imprisoned in the Palace Administration Department. Although there are usually people there, there are too many people today, and every cell is packed to the brim.
After Lu Cai and Zhou Qianhong entered Gongzhengsi, Zhou Qianhong immediately found Zhang Gongzheng to explain their purpose.
When he heard that it was Su Changan who ordered it and that he brought something that could make Xianghong open her mouth, Zhang Gongzheng immediately became respectful to the little boy Lu Cai.
When Lu Cai entered the Gongzhengsi prison cell, he was actually a little scared, because just standing at the door, he heard countless screams, which were very miserable and creepy.
Especially after Lu Cai followed him in, the young eunuch immediately felt waves of creepy chill coming from the cell.
I walked for a long time in this complex and winding dungeon that was like a honeycomb.
On the way, Lu Cai saw some colleagues in the greenhouse. When those people saw Lu Cai, they immediately rushed over to him, but were immediately driven back by Gong Zhengsi's men.
Lu Cai ignored the people's pleas for help and continued to follow.
Zhang Gongzheng brought Lu Cai to Xianghong. Lu Cai saw Xianghong locked on a rack, covered in blood, and tortured beyond recognition.
But Gong Zhengsi also has his own methods. Although he tortures people, he won't make them faint or something like that.
So although Xiang Hong was covered in blood, she was conscious. When she saw Lu Cai, the corners of Xiang Hong's mouth rose: "Isn't this the castrated dog adopted by that old man Song En? Why, did I ask you to come and see me? Is this all Su Changan is capable of?"
Bang!!
It was Zhang Gongzheng who slapped Xianghong in the face.
But before Zhang Gongzheng could scold him, Lu Cai looked at Zhang Gongzheng and bowed, saying, "Master Gongzheng, I will interrogate them. However, in addition to the crimes committed by Xianghong, there are also crimes committed by other direct subordinates of Li Nishang in the Shangyi Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, etc., so please detain everyone in solitary confinement. It would be best if they can be around Xianghong and see the scene of my interrogation. I will find a way to make them tell everything."
Zhang Gongzheng was a woman in her forties, a little fat with a face full of flesh. Naturally, she looked at the prisoners with a bad face. However, Lu Cai was the Queen's man. Although he was a young eunuch, the word "close attendant" was very important.
When he heard this, although he didn't know what the young Eunuch Lu would do, he still nodded and said, "Eunuch, just interrogate me. I'll arrange it right away."
Lu Cai bowed.
Then he looked at Xianghong, and after thinking for a while, Lu bowed to Xianghong and said, "Miss Changan taught me to be polite. Aunt Xianghong, this is my last salute to you. It may be painful, I hope you can bear it."
Xiang Hong was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "You come to interrogate me. You, a little brat who hasn't even grown all your hair. Oh, and you don't even have that thing. Hahahahaha, you really can't do anything to me, right?"
When Zhou Qianhong heard this, she frowned and wanted to hit Xianghong, but she held back.
Because Lu Cai walked into the cell and gently took out a leather case from his clothes.
When the leather case was spread out on a shelf on one side, there were tiny knives inside. The smallest one was as thin as a cicada's wing and looked very delicate.
Zhou Qianhong was stunned for a moment and looked at the knives curiously.
But when Xiang Hong saw this, her expression suddenly changed. She lost her arrogance and shouted sharply, "Why do you have this? Song En should have thrown it away long ago! Why do you have this?!"
Zhou Qianhong and Zhang Gongzheng, who had rushed back at this time, were both stunned.
Especially Zhang Gongzheng, he didn't expect that Xianghong, who had been stubborn since she came in, would be like this.
Lu Cai said, "Master taught me from the beginning, saying that I would need it in the future, but I am not very good at it. I can't even skin a mouse properly, so I probably can't completely skin you, Aunt Xianghong, and still keep you alive. So I won't skin you layer by layer, I can only peel it off bit by bit."
Having said that, Lu Cai turned around and picked up a booklet from the bamboo basket.
Xiang Hong looked at Lu Cai and screamed, and even shouted at Zhang Gongzheng: "Get him out! Get him out now! He will kill me, and you won't know anything if I die!! You will not know what the queen has done, and you will not know that the queen has... Lu Cai! You eunuch, put down the knife now!"
Xiang Hong saw with her own eyes what Song En did to an enemy whom the Queen Mother hated so much.
It was with this set of knives that the living person was completely skinned. Not only was the person skinned alive, but he was still alive and well at the end.
Song En just peeled off the skin layer by layer until the man died of pain.
That's why Xianghong is like this!
When Zhou Qianhong saw Xianghong like this, and heard the word "skinning" even more clearly, she looked at Lu Cai in surprise.
She couldn't believe that the child could do such a thing, but she looked at Lu Cai's trembling legs and hands.
Zhou Qianhong was stunned and chose to remain silent.
Because she remembered the promise the child made to Su Changan when they were in Lingqi Pavilion.
Looking at Lu Cai's current appearance, it is obvious that he has been thinking about it for a long time and is now forcing himself to suppress his fear and do this.
Lu Cai was indeed suppressing his fear and treated the little mouse as a mouse, but now he was doing the same to a human, how could he not be afraid.
But Lu only knew.
This had to be done. Just by looking at Xianghong's expression, he knew he had to do this in order to get this woman to talk.
So after swallowing his saliva, Lu Cai looked at the book in his hand, then looked at Xiang Hong and said, "After you gained power in the past few years, you liked to watch others having sex, especially the handsome eunuchs and palace maids, so you would choose among the children who entered the palace, and then abuse and kill them. Sometimes, if you didn't choose someone you were satisfied with, you would let people outside the palace catch those in the countryside."
Afterwards, Lu explained the process in detail. When these words came out, Zhou Qianhong, Zhang Gongzheng and some people from the Gongzheng Division nearby were all startled, and then looked at Xiang Hong in surprise.
And there was murderous intent on everyone's face.
Worse than beasts!
This was the only comment the four people had when looking at Xiang Hong.
Xiang Hong heard this and immediately cursed at Lu Cai, "Kill me if you dare!! You bastard who brought disaster to our family."
Lu Cai didn't say anything, but just said: "I'm sorry, you don't need to admit this matter yet. What's important now is."
As he spoke, Lu Cai began to flip through the book in his hand. Finally, Lu Cai said expressionlessly, "I found it. The Queen Mother asked you to contact people in Jianghu to murder Miss Chang'an."
Xiang Hong heard it without saying a word, but just looked at Lu Cai, or to be more precise, at the small knife that Lu Cai held between his little finger and ring finger.
Lu Cai looked at Xianghong without saying anything. After hesitating for a moment, he took a deep breath and walked up to Xianghong with a knife in hand.
Xiang Hong was terrified, struggling and yelling, "Don't come over here, get out! You little bastard! Get out of here!!"
Lu Cai walked to Xianghong and gently cut her leg a few times with a knife. A small square wound immediately appeared on Xianghong's leg.
Xianghong struggled even harder.
Then
Lu Cai gently used a knife to lift a corner of the wound. The knife was very thin, and with Lu Cai's skill, the skin was immediately lifted.
Then
Lu Cai simply tore off that layer of skin.
People will not feel anything even if the dead skin is torn off.
But this is living skin!
A scream immediately came out of Xianghong's mouth.
There were beads of sweat on Lu Cai's forehead, because this was his first time doing it, and he was a little scared, but he had to do it. After he finished, he looked up at Xiang Hong and said, "Can you tell me more about this?"
Xiang Hong remained silent.
Lu Cai continued.
The entire Gongzhengsi was horrified! Screams continued!
Until late at night, screams and pleas for mercy could still be heard throughout the Gongzhengsi.
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