The next day at noon, Luo Lan had just finished taking the pulse of the last patient of the morning when Zhang Yuan walked in, twisting someone's arm.
"Kneel down."
When he came in front of Luo Lan, he pushed the man hard and kicked him in the knee. The man's legs went soft and he fell to his knees.
Luo Lan looked at him, twitching the corner of his mouth and snorting disdainfully.
"Xiao Feng, you finally showed up."
Xiao Feng's expression suddenly tightened, he leaned forward and kowtowed, looking bewildered.
"Princess...Princess, why did you ask Xiao Feng to come back? The day before yesterday, something unexpected happened at home, and I left without even saying goodbye to Butler Agang. This is my fault. Otherwise, I don't want this month's wages. Please, Princess, let me go!"
Luo Lan raised the corner of his mouth, bent down, half-closed his eyes and looked at him, questioning in a serious voice,
"Want to leave? That's not that easy. Before you leave, you have to explain clearly what you've done. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving here."
Hearing her ask this, Xiao Feng blinked a few times in panic, and then he mumbled in response:
"I...what did I do? Although I left without saying goodbye, I didn't take a single needle or thread from Prince Yu's mansion. What did I do wrong?"
Seeing that he refused to admit it, Luo Lan snorted coldly, and when his eyes kept rolling around, he suddenly shouted:
"Where did you get your Five Poison Powder?"
Hearing this, Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head.
"I don't understand what the princess is saying. Where is the Five Poison Powder? Xiao Feng doesn't understand."
"You don't want to admit it, right? So, tell me, on the morning Dazhi was poisoned, Xiao Ma suddenly had a stomachache. You happened to meet him and offered to help him deliver porridge to Dazhi. On the way, someone saw you pour liquid from a purple bottle into the porridge bowl. Is that true?"
"No."
Xiao Feng looked up with a firm expression when he heard this. "Where is the purple bottle? Someone must have framed me. That was clearly a bag of powder."
After saying this, he suddenly realized that he had said something wrong and quickly covered his mouth.
"No, there's nothing, no bottle and no powder. I was wrong."
Seeing that he had told the truth and was trying to deny it, Zhang Yuan behind him suddenly kicked him hard on the buttocks, cursing angrily.
"You've already admitted it, so why are you trying to deny it? It seems like you really did it."
Xiao Feng's face turned pale and blue, and he changed his words in panic.
"No, no, I was wrong. I didn't do anything. You are misleading me into saying the wrong thing."
Seeing that Xiao Feng was still trying to argue, Luo Lan shouted angrily with a serious expression,
"Come here, send Xiao Feng to Shuntian Prefecture and ask the prefect to personally interrogate him. He is guilty of poisoning someone to death."
Hearing this, Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment. He suddenly felt a little overwhelmed and kowtowed like pounding garlic to beg.
"Princess, please forgive me. I don't want to go to Shuntian Prefecture. I have a blind father at home to take care of. I was wrong, I was wrong. I did something wrong in a moment of confusion. Princess, please be magnanimous and forgive me!"
Looking at Xiao Feng who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, Luo Lan leaned over and squatted in front of him, questioning him in a clear but majestic voice,
"Then tell me, why did you want to harm Dazhi? Who told you to do this?"
Xiao Feng raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He looked like he wanted to say something but didn't dare to, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Luo Lan stood up and paced slowly in the hall with his hands behind his back.
Ah Hou, who was standing on the other side of him, suddenly raised his foot and kicked him hard on the buttocks again, roaring angrily.
"If you're not dead, reply to the princess immediately, or I'll kick you to death."
Xiao Feng cried out "ouch" when he was kicked. He bit his lips tightly, his face pale, and he seemed not to know what to do.
Luo Lan stood in front of him again, looking down at him and said softly:
"Since you won't tell me, then go to Shuntian Prefecture and let them punish you severely!"
As soon as she opened her mouth to call for help, Xiao Feng begged for mercy again.
"No, no, no, I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
When Xiao Feng heard that he was going to be sent to Shuntian Prefecture for torture, he panicked and shook his head and waved his hands, "Princess, please don't send me to Shuntian Prefecture. I really have a blind father at home who needs to be taken care of."
Luo Lan had no time to watch him perform a sad drama, but snorted coldly and questioned again,
"Then tell me the truth while I still have patience. Perhaps I can show some leniency. Otherwise, once you enter Shuntian Prefecture, you won't be able to leave just because you want to."
But Xiao Feng bit her lips again, looking like she didn't know how to start.
Seeing that Xiao Feng was still hesitant, Ah Hou suddenly raised her voice and said to Luo Lan:
"Princess, this kid is just being stubborn. In my opinion, we should send him directly to Shuntian Prefecture and let the red iron burn his body and roast his flesh..."
Seeing this, Zhang Yuan also echoed:
"That's nothing. I've done it in the government office. Do you know about water torture? They tie up the prisoner who refuses to confess, then put a towel on his face and slowly add water... add water... More and more water, and it becomes increasingly difficult for the person to breathe, slowly suffocating, unable to live or die. There's also a form of torture where they use hair-thin needles to pierce the person's fingernails, one by one. That feeling, hiss! It's terrifying just thinking about it..."
Hearing them talk like this, Ah Gang also came in and echoed, "I also heard that if someone in Shuntian Prefecture makes a mistake because of their dishonest hands, they will be punished with finger punishment. Do you know what finger punishment is? It means cutting off your ten fingers one by one. It is said that a seven-foot-tall man can only make it to the third one before he confesses everything. Ugh! It hurts just thinking about it..."
The words of these three people, coupled with their actions and expressions, made Xiao Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, start to tremble.
Luo Lan suddenly said sternly at this moment:
"I gave him a chance, but he refused to speak. Fine, then, send him to Shuntian Prefecture."
After saying that, Zhang Yuan was about to step forward and pull him away, but he suddenly shouted:
"I said, I said, it was Xiaozhu from the Prince's Mansion who asked me to do this."
He said this in a state of desperation. Zhang Yuan stopped trying to pull him away, and Luo Lan was also stunned.
She never expected that this incident would be done by someone from the Prince's Mansion.
The person Leng Yun wanted to deal with was Leng Yu. Dazhi was not from Prince Yu's Mansion, so why did he want to attack Dazhi?
This made Luo Lan very angry.
She bit her lip angrily and looked at Xiao Feng, questioning with half-closed eyes,
"Who asked Xiao Zhuzi to do this?"
Xiao Feng shook his head in panic, "I don't know. He said that if I did this, he would give me 100 taels of silver. I was greedy for money and agreed. Please forgive me, Princess, and don't send me to Shuntian Prefecture. I was wrong. Please spare my life!"
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