"Nalan Qingcheng, let us go quickly!" An angry shout was heard, echoing in the air.
The carriage carrying Hua Qingcheng and Gongyang Jiezhen sped past, its wheels rolling and raising a cloud of dust. Just as they reached the upper reaches of the Yousi River on the eastern outskirts of the city, Gongyang Jiezhen, sitting inside the carriage, suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out—it was Xiahou Jing's voice!
The carriage slowly stopped and the curtain was lifted. Hua Qingcheng ordered expressionlessly: "Drag this woman away for me!" Before she finished speaking, a soldier quickly stepped forward and ruthlessly dragged Gong Yang Jiezhen off the carriage.
"Nalan Qingcheng, what on earth do you want to do? If you have the guts, come at me! Release Yu'er immediately!"
As soon as Gongyang Jiezhen landed, she heard Xiahou Jing's anxious roar again. Her heart tightened, and she hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, she saw the figures of Xiahou Jing and Xiahou Yu, mother and daughter.
Xiahou Jing's face was full of anger, with her eyes flashing with anger and worry; while Xiahou Yu was standing opposite Xiahou Jing, his eyes revealing fear and helplessness.
At that moment, Xiahou Jing and her daughter were hanging from a crooked tree by the Yousi River, teetering on the brink of collapse. They looked disheveled, their faces pale, their eyes filled with despair and fear, a complete loss of their former high spirits.
But under their feet was the surging river, which was surging and roaring, as if it were a ferocious beast, ready to devour the mother and daughter at any time.
Xia Houyu, who had been hung for a day and a night, couldn't help but tremble slightly when she recalled the feeling of suffocation with water constantly pouring into her mouth, ears and nose. She looked at the river in horror, her face full of helplessness.
At that moment, a soldier with a cold expression began to slowly twist the rope in her hands. She seemed already familiar with this type of punishment. She first slowly lowered the incessantly noisy and annoying Xia Hou Jing into the river. Just as Xia Hou Jing felt she was about to suffocate from lack of oxygen, the soldier suddenly reversed direction, rapidly twisting the rope in the opposite direction and instantly pulling her out of the water.
After Xia Houjing had suffered enough, the soldier mercilessly treated another person, Xia Houyu, in the same cruel way. She skillfully manipulated the rope, first sinking Xia Houyu into the freezing cold river water, and then quickly lifting him up with lightning speed.
This repeated process created an extremely bizarre and horrifying scene. This not only severely punished Xia Houjing and her daughter, but also prevented them from dying immediately.
Gusts of chilling wind howled past, mercilessly lashing the frail bodies of mother and daughter, bringing them endless chill and shudders. The branches swayed violently in the wind, occasionally making terrifying creaking sounds, adding to the eerie atmosphere and making people's hair stand on end.
"Nalan Qingcheng, you...are you planning to hang me up and torture me like you did to them?" Gongyang Jiezhen, who seemed to finally understand the true intention of the woman in front of him, asked with a trembling voice full of horror.
"What? Do you think this is cruel?" Hua Qingcheng glanced at Gongyang Jiezhen, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing a cold and extremely sarcastic smile.
Gongyang Jiezhen realized that fear was useless and chose to face it calmly. "Haha, you are worthy of being the princess of a country. Your methods are so cruel!"
"Gongyang Jiezhen, you are wrong! The idea of hanging the man on the river was not mine, but hers - Xiahou Jing." Hua Qingcheng turned her head, raised her jade hand slightly, pointed at Xiahou Yu, her eyes as cold as ice.
"What do you mean?" Gongyang Jiezhen felt as if she was in a cloud of mist.
"Haha, Gongyang Jiezhen, haven't you always wanted to know where your brother is? He's right there..." Hua Qingcheng then pointed to the surging Yousi River beneath Xiahou Jing and her daughter's feet, and said with a gloomy face, "Your royal brother was imprisoned in a cage by Xiahou Jing and eventually fell into the Yousi River, his body completely destroyed!"
"What?!" Gongyang Jiezhen was struck by lightning. With her hands and feet bound, she struggled desperately, her eyes emitting flames of anger, wishing she could burn Xiahou Jing to ashes.
"Gongyang Jiezhen, do you think that I brought you here on purpose to make you suffer the same pain as Xiahou Jing and her daughter?" Hua Qingcheng's beautiful eyes were glistening with tears, and she shook her head gently.
Then, Hua Qingcheng changed the subject, her voice suddenly turning cold. "No, you're wrong. You're more useful than being tortured. If I don't make your noble and good mother bleed profusely this time, I'll take on your surname Gongyang! I brought you here simply to make you realize how foolish you are. The Xiahou Jing and her daughter, whom you colluded with, were the culprits who insulted your brother and caused his death in the Yousi River!"
"Nalan Qingcheng, is what you said true?"
Gongyang Jiezhen gnashed her teeth, glaring viciously at Xiahou Jing and Xiahou Yu, who were hanging on the river surface. Suddenly, she felt that the Laifeng Kingdom's princess's methods were too gentle. If it were her, she would have torn Xiahou Jing and her daughter into pieces!
Hua Qingcheng sneered when she heard this, "Haha, Gongyang Jiezhen, you are just my prisoner. Do you think I have any reason to lie to you?"
Hua Qingcheng then specifically ordered Gongyang Jiezhen to be untied, but also placed heavy shackles on her feet. She also "kindly" asked the soldiers in charge of the execution to move so that Gongyang Jiezhen could personally torture Xiahou Jing and her daughter.
However, Gongyang Jiezhen, tears streaming down her face, watched Xiahou Jing and her daughter sink and float in the river, sometimes suspended in mid-air, but she felt no glimmer of revenge. Because she knew full well that her brother was gone, never to return...
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