Emperor Longqing was a gentle man. He did not carry out the beating outside the Meridian Gate like his father did. Instead, he held it in the Neichang courtyard on the North Street of Dongshangbeimen.

It was past noon.

Lu Yong, Gao Xiang, Tao Jin, Xu Yi and more than ten eunuchs had already been brought there and were kneeling in a row in the hall. Their shadows on the ground were getting longer and longer.

Finally, Shi Xing was brought in, tied up.

But the high threshold of the inner factory stumped him.

The Oriental barbarian tied her up too tightly, so her legs couldn't be separated. Could she just jump over like a rabbit?

Not to mention that Shi Xing is a big and strong man, whether it is appropriate for him to do such cute actions, this is going to be a punishment, can you be serious?

Several officials following behind wanted to help him over the threshold, but were stopped by the Dongchang guards with weapons.

Fortunately, this was not a problem for Shi Xing. He slowly sat on the threshold, moved his legs over the threshold, then slowly stood up and looked back at his colleagues.

"Gongchen!" The officials burst into tears and called out his name in grief.

"You don't have to do this." In this situation, Shi Xing felt that he should give a speech to express his gratitude for the award. After all, if you have never been caned in the court, you are not a good censor, and if you have never been caned in the court, your life is incomplete.

He glanced at his colleagues and was about to make a few impassioned speeches when he was violently pushed by the guard behind him, and staggered forward.

Just when Shi Xing was about to steady himself, another soldier stretched out his leg and hooked his ankle. This time he was completely helpless and fell face down on the floor.

It was painful just to watch, and the colleagues couldn't bear it and closed their eyes.

"In compliance with the imperial edict, I, the admiral, will supervise the caning in court." Feng Bao, wearing a bright red python robe and a steel-forked hat, glanced solemnly at the people in the audience, and then waved his hand.

“Let’s get started!”

"Yes!" One hundred Dongchang guards who were ready to execute the prisoners responded in unison, and then spread fifteen felt mats on the ground.

"Kneel on it!"

A foreman shouted loudly, and fourteen eunuchs knelt obediently on the felt.

Then the guards divided them into groups of two and put them in straitjackets similar to those of later generations. In this way, their arms were tightly bound in front of their chests, making it impossible for them to turn left or right.

The guards tied ropes around their ankles, and then pulled them from all sides, stretching them into a straight "big" character.

Then they took off their pants, revealing buttocks of different colors.

Shi Xing was no exception. He also wore a straitjacket and was pulled into the shape of a "Tai" character. His pants were taken off to reveal his dark buttocks.

"Put it in your mouth." The guards asked them to put a cork stick in their mouths. One reason was to prevent the person from screaming too much and startling the pigs in the nearby Guanglu Temple. The other reason was to prevent the person from biting off his tongue.

The eunuchs had several file heads overseeing the execution, while Feng Bao walked up to Shi Xing and personally supervised his execution.

There were two guards who executed Shi Xing. Both of them were shirtless, with muscular bodies, and held a three-foot-five-inch-long whip in their hands.

Taking the opportunity to salute Feng Bao, they took a look at the factory manager's toes and saw that his feet were spread out with his toes in a shape of "splayed".

Then I knew that this meant "beat hard", that is, beat severely, you can cripple but not kill.

If the toes touch each other, the prisoner will die...

Eunuch Feng trained them specifically according to the method that Liu Jin used back then.

During training, two dummies are first made with pig leather, one of which is filled with bricks and the other with a stack of paper.

When hitting the former, the pig skin must not be broken, but when the pig skin is opened, all the bricks inside must be crushed.

When beating the latter, it is just the opposite. The pig skin should be broken into pieces, but the paper inside should not be torn at all.

Only if these two points can be achieved can you output damage at will and become a glorious court stick bearer.

"beat!"

Following an order from Eunuch Feng.

The fifteen executioners raised the whips in their hands high and whipped the fifteen people's buttocks hard.

Immediately, the yard was filled with the sound of "pa pa pa" being whipped, occasionally mixed with a few muffled "bang bang" sounds.

In just a few strokes, the eunuchs' buttocks were torn apart and bleeding.

Shi Xing's buttocks were safe and sound, just bruised.

But what was unexpected was that while the eunuchs were still holding on, Shi Xing had already fainted from the pain.

The guards poured well water on him to wake him up, and then continued the execution.

"Hold on, Gongchen!" The censors tried to encourage him with a worried look on their faces, but they couldn't help wondering in their hearts, how could such a big man be even more vulnerable to beatings than the eunuchs?

After sixty blows, Shi Xing fainted again.

The buttocks of the eunuchs were covered in blood and looked extremely scary.

The guards stopped trying to stop the censor from approaching. They rushed in, and hurriedly lifted Shi Xing onto a door panel, then carried him out to find a doctor.

As soon as the civil official left, the guards would quickly take a piece of sheepskin and apply it to the buttocks of the person being beaten, which would quickly stop the bleeding and restore the patient's condition.

Of course, after the wound heals, a sheepskin mark will be left on the affected area, but since the eunuch’s butt is not visible, it is not a big deal.

"You will be able to get out of bed in three days," Feng Bao glanced at the snotty and tearful Lü Yong and said, "When you recover, go to Nanjing. The eunuchs guarding the city will make arrangements for you."

"Thank you, Second Ancestor, for your care..." Lu Yong hurriedly struggled to get up and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

But after feeling grateful, I thought about it. I was whipped 80 times yesterday, and 60 times today. And I will be exiled to Nanjing. This operation seems to be a huge loss...

Alas, impulse is indeed the devil.

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When the officials carried Shi Xing back to the Six Departments Corridor and asked the imperial physician to come over for a checkup, they realized that they had been tricked by the East Factory!

The doctor used scissors to cut the skin on Shi Xing's buttocks, and everyone saw that the flesh inside had become rotten and would fall off at the touch...

Someone vomited on the spot.

"These damn eunuchs!"

Ouyang Mashen, who had a horn on his forehead, flew into a rage upon seeing this, and pointed at Zhu Hui and said sternly: "You are the head of the Criminal Division, but you can't even see through this trick?!"

"I'm far away, how can I tell what's going on?" Zhu Hui said with a bitter face, "Besides, those eunuchs were all torn to pieces, blood all over the place. They exchanged fourteen buttocks for one of ours, what can we say?"

"Their injuries are definitely not as severe as Gong Chen's!" Ouyang Yijing said angrily, "Haven't you figured it out yet? Today was all a conspiracy by the eunuchs against us from beginning to end. They carefully selected the location, arranged the men, and ran away after the fight. Then, while you were still not aware of what was happening, they came and filed a complaint. They also threw in a dozen people to help us fight and shut us up! We couldn't get angry or say anything!"

"Hiss, that makes sense." Everyone looked enlightened after hearing what he said. Zhu Hui couldn't help but complain, "It would be better if you went with us in the morning. We wouldn't have suffered such a big loss..."

Ouyang Yijing thought to himself, should I get beaten with you?

"It's useless to say all this now. The Sixth Department has lost face this time!" He said solemnly: "Everyone, the dignity of the Sixth Department cannot be violated. We must take action to restore our dignity!"

"Yes, Chief!" The officials looked at their backbone, and many of them immediately echoed loudly.

"But we really can't bring this up." Zhu Hui said with a bitter face, "Everyone knows that before we complained, His Majesty beat 15 eunuchs and sent them all into exile. We only beat Shi Xing who started it. Anyone who comments on this will think that His Majesty is strict with himself and lenient with others."

"Yes, His Majesty has already dealt with it. If we continue to hold on to this matter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the sympathy of the officials." Zheng Dajing, the head of the Household Department, also said depressedly: "It is clear that we will have to suffer this loss in silence."

"Oh, otherwise why are we so depressed..." Another section chief was also depressed and panting: "We are beaten and fooled, and in the end we have to be grateful. Isn't this making fun of us?"

"The air is stuck in the chest and can't go up or down. It's really suffocating me to death!" said a section chief who had injured his lungs with a flushed face.

"Then we won't ask anyone for help. We'll do it ourselves!" Section Chief Ouyang gritted his teeth and said, "We won't ask His Majesty to severely punish the culprit. We'll just submit our resignation ourselves. Is that ok?"

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