"Give him thirty lashes! The kind that involve soaking him in water. Xiao Gui, you do it yourself!"
The young eunuch was dumbfounded. Terrified, he knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy.
"Your Highness, please spare me! I don't understand why you're hitting me!"
Liu Wei did not answer, but turned around with the imperial edict in hand and sat down in the head seat with an air of authority.
"Heh, blame that Eunuch Du!"
Xiao Gui chuckled and then ordered the guards to drag the man out.
Then came the sound of whips cracking and pounding meat, accompanied by the little eunuch's screams, which rang out outside the tent. The little eunuch and his several guards were terrified and turned pale.
"Yang Yi, give these men a reward!" Liu Wei said to the guards with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the guards turned ashen-faced and their legs went weak with fear.
However, what Yang Yi had brought up this time was actually strings of cash, leaving the guards dumbfounded and too afraid to accept it!
"Your Highness tells you to take it, but do you want to end up like that guy outside, getting whipped while his whip is soaked in water?"
The guards quickly accepted the money and kowtowed to Liu Wei in gratitude.
"Alright, it was just a minor incident! Everyone, please return to your respective tents."
Liu Wei smiled calmly at the group in the tent and said, "Military Advisor, Instructor Cai, Clerk Wei, Commander Shen, the four of you stay here. We have something to discuss!"
Yao Guangxiao and the other three immediately understood that Liu Wei was arranging for his entourage to go to Beijing, and they became excited.
However, a scholar with a lifelike face lingered in the tent, hesitant and reluctant to leave, as if he had something to say.
Seeing his appearance, Liu Wei asked, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"
"Your Highness, my father is Chen Ji, and my student is Chen Qun from Yingchuan!"
The scholar bowed respectfully.
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