Qin Yu nodded to himself, but just as he was about to bandage the wound further, Hu Pan's deliberate shouts rang out from outside.
"This humble official pays his respects to Minister Xing. I am sorry that I was unable to greet you properly upon your arrival!"
As soon as Hu Pan finished speaking, Xing Jun's sinister laughter rang out from outside: "Get up. I'm here to deliver roast goose to that old bastard Li Dingbang. Hmph! If that old dog isn't dead yet, I'll have to give him a good push, hahaha!"
You must never eat roast goose if you have carbuncles, otherwise it will cause ulceration, and in severe cases it can even be life-threatening.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the three people in the room immediately changed.
"Oops!"
Qin Yu tried to stop them, but it was too late; footsteps could already be heard outside.
"Your Majesty, you can't be exposed! Quickly put on your fake beard!" Li Dingbang reminded him anxiously.
Qin Yu made a quick decision, but just as he put on the fake beard, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer.
"Old General, scream as loudly as possible, and I'll continue scraping your carbuncle!"
Qin Yu spoke urgently, and Li Dingbang, after a moment's hesitation, immediately understood and screamed in pain.
"Ouch! That hurts so much!"
"Ouch! It hurts! Help!"
Li Dingbang's shrill screams caused everyone around him to change their expressions drastically.
Minister of Justice Xing Jun happened to push open the door and saw this scene, which left him stunned on the spot.
In sight, a "prison guard" with a full beard had blood-red hands and was repeatedly scraping flesh off Li Dingbang's back with a knife, one cut after another, like being slowly sliced to death, as bloody as could be.
"You bunch of villains, even if I were the worst ghost, I wouldn't let you get away with this! Ouch! It hurts so much!"
Li Dingbang's shouts nearly ripped eardrums, sending chills down the spines of those around him and leaving them utterly horrified.
"Hmph, you old fool, today I'm going to make you taste the agony of being slowly sliced to death! Aren't you suffering terribly from carbuncle on your back? I'll scrape your carbuncle wound hard and make your pain even worse!"
Qin Yu said in a low, menacing voice, with a vicious and malicious expression.
"You! You're all a bunch of treacherous officials, bastards, and beasts!"
Li Dingbang cursed repeatedly, but the more he cursed, the more crimson blood flowed from the carbuncle on his back.
This scene made Xing Jun's eyelids twitch, his liver and gallbladder feel like they were about to burst, and even his legs began to tremble.
Damn it! No wonder everyone in the prison is a bunch of lunatics!
These madmen kill without blinking an eye; whoever provokes them is doomed.
He had originally planned to send roast goose to further rot Li Dingbang's back and to torment him severely.
As a result, the ruthless people in the prison just scraped him with knives!
No matter how much they tortured Li Dingbang before, they never heard him utter a single groan, but today's shrill scream was more tragic than a pig being slaughtered.
Hu Pan's eyelids twitched as he watched this scene. After clearing his throat, he looked at Xing Jun and asked tremblingly, "Minister, are you still sending this roast goose?"
"Forget it, you guys are more resourceful than me. This roast goose... take it to the bar."
Xing Jun's lips twitched, he rubbed his forehead, and waved his hand helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Hu Pan grinned and said, "Thank you for your generous gift, Minister."
Xing Jun then left, trembling with fear.
Even after everyone left, Qin Yu was still worried.
"Old General, don't hold back your screams. I'll cut all your rotten flesh off first!"
"Ahhh..."
Li Dingbang screamed in agony again. His back was already soaked with blood, but his tiger-like eyes were brighter than ever before!
His only thought now is to survive, serve the emperor, and personally kill the treacherous officials!
No matter how painful it was, he had to endure it all!
"Pfft!"
With a swift motion, Qin Yu sliced chunks of rotten flesh from Li Dingbang's back.
Blood splattered across Li Dingbang's back, a horrifying sight.
"General, that's enough. I'm going to apply the medicine now."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this old minister... this old minister is unworthy of such a position..."
Li Dingbang spoke weakly, tears welling in his eyes.
He never expected that the emperor would personally come to treat his illness and take care of him!
Such imperial favor moved him deeply, and he burst into tears!
"General, you have been loyal to our dynasty all these years. What I have done is nothing compared to this."
Qin Yu spoke slowly, her eyes slightly red, clearly deeply moved.
"General, it will still hurt for a while after applying the medicine, so please bear with it."
Qin Yu picked up various bottles of anti-inflammatory and hemostatic powders and began to pour out the powders and apply them to the affected area.
Li Dingbang gritted his teeth and gasped for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
In no time, the powder had solidified on the wound, and the gushing blood had stopped.
At this moment, General Li Dingbang was panting heavily, but he could clearly feel that his condition had improved a lot!
"Hu Pan!"
Qin Yu called out to the outside.
Hu Pan quickly ran over.
"Your subject is present."
"You have all these medicine bottles. From now on, you must come here every day under the pretext of torturing the old general and administer the medicine to him three times a day!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hu Pan accepted the medicine bottle.
Qin Yu then looked at Li Dingbang and instructed him, "General, you must not insult Sima Lie in the prison anymore, and you must not get into conflicts with other ordinary prison guards. You must take good care of your health. I will get you out soon!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Dingbang knelt down and kowtowed with great emotion, his eyes filled with tears.
Qin Yu helped him up, sighed, and stood up, saying, "I cannot stay here any longer. I have taken a great risk to come here. General, you must remember my words and take good care of yourself."
"Your Majesty, I obey your decree and respectfully see you off!"
Li Dingbang forced himself to kneel again and respectfully bowed to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu waved and left, led by Hu Pan.
Treating the old general seemed simple, but it actually took a lot of effort.
When Qin Yu returned to Qingyun Temple, it was already dawn.
"Return to the study."
"Here you go!"
Upon returning to the study, Qin Yu collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
He was exhausted that night.
Little did he know that the news had already spread throughout the palace that the tyrant had spent the entire night with Liu Caiqing at Qingyun Temple, with detailed accounts describing even the positions and sounds they made in a very explicit manner.
...On the other side, at the Prime Minister's residence.
Thump!
Wang Zhen rushed over, and upon seeing Sima Lie, he immediately covered his swollen cheek and knelt down on the ground.
"Prime Minister!"
Wang Zhen said with a mournful face, "Who would have thought that the tyrant went to Qingyun Temple to have an affair with Liu Caiqing? I was beaten like this by the tyrant just for spoiling his fun. Prime Minister, look, half of my face is swollen like a steamed bun."
Sima Lie glanced at it a few times, his heart filled with disdain.
That tyrant was truly a lecherous fiend; he even went so far as to commit lewd acts in a Taoist temple!
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