Roselle Peony

The court painter surnamed Ji came here to paint every day.

Lu Shangqiu was tied up with a rope by his servants, and he posed in all kinds of obscene and shameful poses on the couch for the painter to look up to.

Painter Ji is good at fine brushwork, and his hands and feet are extremely slow. It takes one to two days for a painting, so he is kept in one posture all day long, his hands and feet are numb, and he cannot move.

He knew that it was useless to call on these servants for help, so he learned it well and let them manipulate him as he pleased.

Lai Junchen seemed to have forgotten him, and never appeared again.

I don't know how long I was trapped in that house, but Painter Ji didn't come this day.There was no one in the room, so Lu Shangqiu sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, admiring the scenery outside the window.

Just after the rainstorm, the peony petals in the garden were scattered all over the ground.

Several famous gray magpies in Chang'an City and some other unknown birds chirped and flew around the yard, pecking at the earthworms washed out of the soil by the heavy rain.

Lu Shangqiu looked enviously at the bird with wings, and then looked at himself imprisoned in shackles and forced to do perverted things every day. He didn't know how long the old man wanted to imprison him like this Day, can not help but shed tears.

He has lost contact with his family, and at this moment he doesn't know how his parents are far away in Bingzhou City, how his wife Wang Sisi is, whether his concubine Zhao Xiangling has been injured because of him, whether Brother Renyi's family will take good care of her, and whether the fetus in her womb is healthy.

Thinking that that little life was actually his own flesh and blood, Lu Shangqiu couldn't help laughing through tears.

Also, his younger brother Yuan probably will never know that he is here, that's okay, so that his ugly appearance will not be seen by younger brother Yuan and stain his eyes.

At this moment, Lai Junchen entered the yard, followed by several servants.Seeing Lu Shangqiu looking out of the window and laughing silly, he taunted:

"Lu Xianqing, are you addicted to this role model? Ahaha."

At this time, the wound on Lu Shangqiu's tongue had scabbed over, and he finally got the chance. He called Zhongcheng by his name and said, "Come on, Junchen, let me go!"

Lai Junchen smiled and said, "No rush, this old man will let you go right away."

Zhongcheng was so talkative today, Lu Shangqiu finally realized his conscience, he waved his hand down, and the four servants grabbed him by the hands and feet, and threw him back on the big bed covered with gorgeous brocade and embroidered with five-colored peonies.He struggled desperately, and the four servants each grabbed one of his hands and feet and pulled them away.

"Come on, Junchen, what kind of trick do you want to play?" The handsome boy frowned slightly, his red lips parted slightly, but he spit out sharp words.

Zhong Cheng snorted "humph": "Lu is so proud of things that even the Holy Majesty was alarmed. Today, Mr. Zhage and this old man are important people. Do you think I will let you go?" He paused, "Or don't—let—?"

It turned out that Lu Shangqiu was arrested by Lai Junchen and entered the mansion, and he did not return for several days. Zhao Xiangling found Cha's mansion as a pregnant woman.Then Cha Shaoyu reported to the Holy Majesty that the Xinke Jinshi was detained in the mansion by Lai Junchen for no reason, and the Holy Majesty asked Cha Shaoyu to come to ask for him.

When Lu Shangqiu heard this, he suddenly had hope, and his tone softened, pleading: "It's useless for you to lock me up, and you're wasting your family's food, and the recording work has been delayed for many days. Why don't you just lock me up?" If I let it go, I can still do something useful for Lai Zhongcheng and Da Zhou."

"The three-inch tongue sounds nice. But—" Lai Zhongcheng raised his jaw and said sternly, "Want to leave? It's not that cheap. The old man wants you to remember it for the rest of your life. My subordinates, death is also my subordinate's ghost!" Then he taught his subordinates to cover his mouth with a veil to prevent him from biting his tongue.

The servant brought a plate.The four things contained in the plate are a slender iron needle, a small silver ring, an iron clip with a pointed mouth, and a blue and white porcelain vase.

Zhong Cheng smiled wickedly and said, "The old man will leave a mark on you so that you can remember every day who is your boss and whose words you should listen to and who you should not listen to."

Jia Ding took the iron needle and kneaded his right nipple, seeing the red cherry sticking out, he stabbed it down with one needle.The skin of the red cherry is delicate and the nerves are sensitive, how can it allow foreign objects to puncture.Lu Shangqiu was dripping with cold sweat, his arms were trembling constantly, and the iron chains on his ankles rattled.But the servant held the iron needle and continued to twist it mercilessly until one end of the iron needle passed through the other side of Hongying.

After a while, the servant carefully unscrewed the iron needle.I was afraid of damaging the tunnel when pulling it out, so it took a long time and the pain was even worse than before.

The servant took the powder from the blue and white porcelain bottle to stop his bleeding, and took the silver ring the size of a copper coin.There was an opening in the small ring, so he inserted the opening along the tunnel left by the iron needle.He also took a sharp-nosed iron clamp, baked it in the stove by the door, and carefully pinched the opening of the silver ring together tightly with silk.

"Master Qi, the work has been completed. Mr. Lu only needs to lie down for half a day before he can move freely." The servant withdrew his hand.

Lai Junchen touched the silver ring on his nipple, tugged it, looked it over carefully, nodded, and said to the surroundings: "Go down and receive the reward."

There are only two people left in this room.Lai Junchen looked at the white-faced scholar who was about to die of torture, and proudly said: "If there is no special doctor in the palace, this silver ring can't be taken off casually. If you wear it, it will be lifted from time to time. Point you." Then he said bitterly, "If you dare to take it off privately, and the old man finds out, I will present the "Luo Shen Tu" to Dr. Cha, so that he can appreciate the obscene appearance of you, a hypocrite."

Lu Shangqiu rolled his eyes, like a dead fish, he could only breathe out, not in. He didn't know how much he listened to Junchen's words.

At night, two servants who came to the mansion wrapped Lu Shangqiu in that sheet and threw them at the gate of Lu's mansion.

Seeing her husband's return, Zhao Xiangling was very happy at first, but then seeing that he was covered in wounds and unconscious, she couldn't help crying bitterly in anxiety.

***

The next day, Lu Shangqiu was supported by Zhao Xiangling, barely able to walk on the ground.He rented a small sedan chair and went to Yushitai to sign in as usual.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw all the inspectors and clerks gathering in twos and threes and whispering in one place. When they saw him coming in, they all fell silent and cast their eyes on him.

He pretended to be nonchalant and walked to his seat and sat down.

Wang Shunzhi swayed over, pulled him and whispered: "My dear brother, how did you provoke Zhong Cheng?"

Lu Shangqiu blinked, expressing he was puzzled by the question.

Wang Shunzhi gave two "tsk tsk", and whispered to him: "You are not here these few days, and there are rumors outside that you have become Zhongcheng's male prostitute."

Knowing that the news about being taken away by Lai Junchen spread, Lu Shangqiu knew that it was useless to defend, so he ignored him.

Wang Shunzhi saw that he had sat down for a while and his forehead was covered with sweat, his eyes were black and blue, and his complexion was extremely bad.He said earnestly: "The old man has warned you a long time ago that everything should be done according to Zhong Cheng's wishes."

Lu Shangqiu turned his face away and ignored him.

Wang Shunzhi's curiosity never died, and he asked again: "Is it true? Zhongcheng forced you to do male molestation?"

Lu Shangqiu felt agitated, and shouted: "The one who cleans up is himself. My little brother, I can walk upright and sit upright, and I am not afraid of chatter from idlers."

"Tsk tsk tsk, young man, if you don't listen to the old man, you will be at a disadvantage. Alas!" Wang Shunzhi shook his head and went back to his seat to do things.

Lu Shangqiu was in a very bad mood at this time, and his physical condition was very poor at this time, but he didn't dare to ask for leave - his immediate boss was Yushi Zhongcheng Lai Junchen, and he had been absent for so many days because of this shameless boss, wouldn't he dare to ask for leave? Are you sending yourself to your door looking for death?Furthermore, Zhao Xiangling, the concubine at home, was frightened, her fetal movement was unstable, and she took a large amount of traditional Chinese medicine every day to hang herself. This also made him worry a lot as a husband, so he had to entrust Li Renyi's wife, Li Shi, to take care of her.

However, the news that followed swept away the unhappiness.

He learned from others that Di Renjie was plotted against by Shi Yushi Hou Sizhi's men in the east of Luoyang City, was rescued by monks from Shaolin Temple, and has now arrived in Pengze County smoothly.The assassin was caught, and Hou Sizhi himself was demoted.Although the matter could not be dealt with by Junchen, Lu Shangqiu was relieved by the Duke's smooth escape.

At noon, Lu Shangqiu was burying himself in the work of the secretary who had been left off a few days ago, when he suddenly heard an announcement from outside: "Zha Ge is old!"

Looking up, I saw Cha Shaoyu stepping in the door.All the inspectors, censors and ministers got up and bowed one after another.

Zha Shaoyu waved his hand to everyone, motioning them to return to their respective seats, then walked towards Lu Shangqiu.

Lu Shangqiu clasped his hands and said, "What is Mr. Zhage's order?"

Cha Shaoyu said: "Nephew, let me take a step to speak."

The two entered a secret room.

Not wanting to, Zha Shaoyu bowed deeply to Lu Shangqiu.

Lu Shangqiu quickly helped the old man up: "My elder brother is so generous, my nephew can't afford it!"

Zha Shaoyu excitedly said: "My nephew did not hesitate to risk himself to save Prime Minister Di from the hands of traitors. This old man is grateful and disrespectful, and admires him."

Lu Shangqiu said seriously: "It's my nephew's duty to protect the ministers for my great Zhou society. I dare not do it, I dare not do it."

"Okay, nephew, the old man did not misunderstand you." Mr. Zhage paused, and then said, "Nephew, I have wronged you by letting you work under Zhong Cheng."

Lu Shangqiu wanted to be humble, but after hearing the second half of Zha Ge's words, he immediately burst into tears.

Seeing that he was agitated, Zha Ge knew that he had suffered a lot with Lai Junchen, so he patted him on the shoulder.

"Nephew Xiao Xiao just have to be patient for a few more days until the old man goes to petition the Holy Majesty to transfer you to Fengge Zhou Sheren, so that you will not be bullied by that treacherous minister."

Lu Shangqiu kowtowed in thanks.

***

Mr. Zhage's words gave Lu Shangqiu great hope.

After Zha Shaoyu left, he didn't even have the heart to do the work of the secretary, and every day he thought about the Holy Spirit and raised him to leave Yushitai.

Zeng Jin, being able to work at Yushitai with Mr. Zha Ge was a dream of the young Lu Shangqiu.How could the handsome young man in the past have expected that the officialdom is dangerous and the world has changed, but now the Yushitai has become like a dragon's lake and a tiger's lair, fierce and dangerous, making him feel like sitting on pins and needles, and he doesn't want to stay longer for a day.

Lu Shangqiu looked forward to it.

However, more than a month has passed, and the transfer order has not yet come down.

Soon, he heard the gossip that Lai Junchen had instigated Cha Shaoyu to divorce Cha Shaoyu in front of the Holy Master, causing Ge Lao to lose his sacred heart, and he became even more disheartened.

Being bullied by his boss happened to Lu Shangqiu, but he couldn't tell his parents.Even if he told his father about it, how could his father be the governor of Zhongzhou, who was so beloved by the emperor, how could he stand up to the imperial censor Zhongcheng who was so beloved by the emperor!Telling his father will only drag him down.

He wrote a letter to his family every month, and he took a long time to write, but only a few words such as "Liulang is all well, Xiangling's mother and child are safe".

In addition, on weekdays, he has to face the contemptuous eyes of his colleagues and bear the gossip of others.Those eyes mixed with envy and contempt, those obscene and vicious words, were like shadowless swords, extremely lethal, and made his heart ache more unbearably than being caught and thrown into the mansion by Lai Zhongcheng to ridicule and humiliate him.