The Embroidered Uniform Guard was the last line of defense responsible for guarding the inner city of the palace. The foolish emperor actually sold it off like that. It was like selling a head off the market!
Sima Lie became more and more excited as he thought about it. He looked at Qin Yu, suppressed a laugh, and shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Seeing Sima Lie's smug look, Qin Yu couldn't help but sneer. He then waved his hand, put his arm around the slender waist of the palace maid, and announced the end of the court session.
After the court session ended, Qin Yu took out one million taels of silver notes and secretly handed them to An Fu.
"Your Majesty, what is this silver note?" Anfu asked, puzzled.
"You secretly slip out of the palace through the tunnel, hand the silver notes to Zhu Fei, and discuss with him the matter of buying an official position."
An Fu was startled, not expecting that Qin Yu had already made preparations.
So he immediately bowed and accepted the order.
Qin Yu watched An Fu's departing figure, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.
Chapter Seventy-Five: The Nobleman of the Heavenly Prison
Meanwhile, in the dark and damp prison.
This place is where the most heinous criminals of the Great Xia Kingdom are imprisoned. Once captured, they will suffer all kinds of torture.
Ordinary prisoners, after being brought to this place, quickly break down and go insane.
Almost no one who enters here manages to leave alive.
"Ah! You son of a bitch Zhang Shichang, if you're even a man, just kill me!"
A shrill scream came from somewhere in the prison.
The horrifying sound sent chills down one's spine!
"Kill you? Li Geng, you wish."
Zhang Shichang sneered, "The Emperor's decree that day allowed me to torture you properly. Killing you like this would be too easy on you."
After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and two more jailers walked in.
Two men carried over a charcoal brazier, inside which burned a red-hot branding iron.
Zhang Shichang walked up to Li Geng with the branding iron in his hand and waved it around. He said with a smile, "I can't let you die like this. I have to make sure he experiences all the punishments he's supposed to suffer in the Heavenly Prison."
"Traitor!"
Li Geng's eyes were bloodshot, and the red glow of the branding iron illuminated his face.
"Zhang Shichang, what do you have to say? If I beg for mercy, I'm not a man with guts. And you, a treacherous minister like you, your future end will be many times more miserable than mine."
"Miserable? Hahahaha!"
Zhang Shichang burst into laughter as if he had heard a ridiculous joke.
"Li Geng, Li Geng, how come I never noticed before that you have such an innocent and naive side? Have you forgotten that it was the Emperor himself who ordered you to be arrested?"
Mentioning that incompetent emperor, Li Geng gritted his teeth in anger and turned his head to the other side.
Zhang Shichang was determined to rub salt into his wounds today, continuing his arrogant statement: "Do you know what the Emperor said in court today? He's going to publicly sell your position as Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Whoever can afford it can buy it."
"Tsk tsk tsk, Li Geng, you risked your life and sold your life for so long to get this position, and I just bought it back with a little money."
"Now do you realize the gap between us? Do you still dare to challenge me?"
To kill someone, you must first destroy their spirit. Li Geng's eyes instantly turned bloodshot as he glared at Zhang Shichang and roared, "Weren't you going to torture me? Hurry up and do it! What are you doing talking so much nonsense?"
After saying this, Li Geng closed his eyes, looking as if he was going to die a heroic death.
Zhang Shichang was taken aback, then sneered, "It seems you really can't understand the current situation unless I teach you a lesson. Well then, let me let you have some fun!"
After saying that, Zhang Shichang tossed the fire tongs to a jailer beside him and said, "Take good care of him with the branding iron."
He disdained to do such dirty work himself, for fear of getting his hands dirty.
Upon hearing this, the two jailers exchanged a glance and then nodded.
However, just as they were about to take action...
Footsteps sounded outside.
"Where is Lord Zhang? I have urgent business with him."
Zhang Shichang frowned, looked at the jailers, and waved his hand, saying, "Never mind, you can go and bring the people outside in first."
"yes."
The jailer turned and left.
A moment later, one of his men was brought in. Upon seeing Zhang Shichang, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"grown ups!"
"What happened?"
"The Prime Minister has sent someone to deliver a message, requesting that you come to his residence to see him."
The subordinate spoke respectfully.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Shichang frowned, pondered for a moment, and then instructed, "Understood. Go prepare the horses; I'll be there in a bit."
"It seems the Prime Minister wants you to come over immediately."
His subordinate looked at Zhang Shichang with a troubled expression.
Zhang Shichang frowned slightly, and finally could only turn his head to look at Li Geng, and snorted coldly: "You've got a stroke of luck today. I was originally planning to torture you properly today, but since the Prime Minister has summoned you, I'll let you off the hook for now. Let's go."
After saying this, Zhang Shichang led a team of guards and hurriedly left.
No sooner had he left than Li Geng couldn't help but cough violently.
He had suffered a great deal of torture in the prison these past few days, leaving his body covered in wounds.
But he was still tied to the rack, unable to rest even for a moment. His limbs were bleeding from the pressure, and the pain all over his body made it impossible for him to even sleep for a moment.
He gritted his teeth, staring hatefully at Zhang Shichang's departing figure.
After Zhang Shichang left, a brief silence fell over the prison cell.
But after a short while, someone else arrived.
Hu Pan walked into the cell, glanced at Li Geng's miserable state, and his eyelids twitched.
"Go and put him down so he can rest for a while." He waved his hand, signaling to the jailer.
"Sir, I'm afraid this is inappropriate," the jailer said hesitantly, head bowed.
Hu Pan glared fiercely at the prison warden. "If you don't spread rumors, how will anyone know about this? If anything happens, I, the warden, will take responsibility. Open the door!"
"Yes! I understand..." The jailer wiped the sweat from his forehead, then hurriedly untied the ropes and put Li Geng down.
Li Geng landed on the ground, his legs went weak, and he almost fell over, but Hu Pan reached out and caught him in time.
"Warden Hu... thank you..." Li Geng said weakly. He had no prior dealings with Hu Pan, but since he was imprisoned, this stern-faced warden had always taken care of him.
"Oh, you've really suffered these past few days!"
Hu Pan sighed, then looked at a jailer behind him and ordered, "Bring the things here."
The jailer quickly brought over the prepared medicine box.
Li Geng looked up at Hu Pan and asked, "What's this?"
Hu Pan sighed and said, "Some medicine was brought to you by someone. Lie down and I'll apply some to you."
Li Geng watched as Hu Pan opened the medicine box, and immediately felt an intense stinging sensation in his nose.
He never imagined that, even when he was in such dire straits, with his life hanging in the balance, there would still be people willing to come and see him!
"Just make do this time. Although the application was a bit sloppy, these medicines will stop the bleeding and make you feel better."
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