There are always bad guys who want to attack me
Chapter 38 Confession
It was He Kun who was in charge of interrogating Du Xin. He vaguely revealed to him that Zhou Lixian was a reborn person, and that she would collude with Du Xin to murder Gao Zixin in the future, but he didn't say that Zhou Lixian and Du Xin had colluded together to give Gao Zixin Zi Xin wore a green hat.
Even if it happened in the future, in He's view, Gao Zixin's reputation was still seriously damaged, so the less people know about this matter, the better.
She also has her own selfishness, no matter how much He Kun kisses her own son, she can't.She is willing to give anything for Gao Zixin, let alone hide some scandals from He Kun that never happened.
However, even though He Kun didn't know that Zhou Lixian and Du Xin would collude with each other or even conceive a scandal in the future, he didn't have the slightest affection for these two people who dared to murder their nephew.
So he simply interrogated Du Xin himself, just to dig out more things from him.
Du Xin still couldn't understand why he was exposed, but unlike Zhou Lixian who was already crazy, he knew very well that once he confessed honestly, what awaited him would be death.
So at the beginning, he made up his mind not to say anything, only to say that he was wronged.
At this time, he still had an illusion in his heart, thinking that He Kun had no evidence, as long as he didn't recruit anything, nothing would happen.
It's just that this fantasy is like a bubble in the sun, fragile and quickly burst.
Du Xin soon discovered that even though he made up his mind not to say anything, He Kun seemed to be sure that there must be something wrong with him. To make his life worse than death.
Du Xin's bone is harder than Zhou Lixian's, but it's just a little harder than Zhou Lixian's.
He is a playboy himself, with good medical skills and a bit of slick wrist, but he can be placed in a dangerous place like the imperial palace, and he is also a small person in the imperial hospital. Obviously his status is insignificant to his master.
So He Kun didn't even give him much punishment, but Du Xin couldn't bear it anymore after the whip was whipped until his whole body was ripped apart.
He regretted it. If he had known that he would be found out so quickly, he would not have volunteered to sneak into the palace in the first place.
If he hadn't had such shameful thoughts in his heart, and wanted to meet the legendary beauty queen dowager with his own eyes, hook up with the emperor's concubine, the beautiful maid in the palace, he would not have recommended himself.
I thought it was just a simple task, but who would notice him for such a small person?
Who knew, he hadn't even seen the face of the empress dowager, and he hadn't even hooked up with the emperor's concubine, but he had only teased a few little maids, yet he was discovered!
He regretted so much in his heart, looking at He Kun with a stern face, he was even more frightened to death.
He still has a great time, and he doesn't want to die, not at all.
At this moment, He Kun threw down the blood-stained whip, but before Du Xinsong could take a breath, he picked up the red-hot soldering iron again.
The soldering iron was burning red, but He Kun didn't intend to put it in cold water for a while, and walked up to Du Xin with the soldering iron.
He looked at Du Xin's handsome face even though he was embarrassed, and smiled coldly: "What do you think if I stick it on your face?"
When Du Xin heard this, his handsome face instantly turned extremely pale, and his pale and chapped lips kept trembling.
Daliang people pay attention to appearance, but Du Xin was born good-looking, so he pays more attention to his face.Once the soldering iron was put on, Du Xin couldn't bear the disfigurement alone, not to mention the heart-piercing pain.
Seeing the soldering iron approaching, the scorching heat made the air distort, and the heat rushed to the face, even through the air, it could still burn people.
Under the extreme fear, Du Xin's eyes widened, his eyeballs were covered with bloodshot eyes, as if he was terminally ill, and he was never the same as before.
Looking at He Kun with a cold face, it was obvious that he had no intention of stopping.
Du Xin finally couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled sadly: "No! Don't! I'll say it! I'll say anything!"
He Kun looked at his greedy life and fear of death, sneered disdainfully, put the soldering iron in his hand back into the burning charcoal basin, and then said coldly: "Tell me everything you know, if you If there is half a lie, I will personally peel off your face!"
He has already seen that Du Xin attaches great importance to this face.Instead of beating him a few more times, it is better to use this face to threaten him.
After hearing the words, Du Xin was really frightened to death, and immediately began to confess, and sold out the master behind him.
He didn't even care that his whole family was still in that person's hands. Once he said it, the family would die because of him.At this time, in order to save his face, he didn't even care about the life and death of his family.
Listening to what he explained, He Kun's face became more and more ugly.In the education he received, a man stands in the family, and the meaning of existence is nothing more than defending the family and the country.
However, this Du Xin doesn't even care about the life and death of his family for the sake of his own face, so cold-hearted, it's unbearable!
After listening to it once, he sneered again: "You still have something to say? Why? Don't want your face anymore?"
Du Xin shivered in fright, looking at He Kun as if looking at a cold-blooded and heartless evil spirit.He pondered slightly, hesitating a little.
It's not that he didn't want to say it, but he really didn't dare. If He Kun knew his real purpose of sneaking into the palace, He Kun would definitely cut him alive!
However, when he was hesitating, He Kun didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he picked up the red-hot soldering iron without saying a word, and held it up in front of him: "You don't want this face, I will help you!" .”
"No! Don't!" Du Xin screamed even more terribly, and tears came out of her nose, "I can say anything! I can say anything! Don't use a soldering iron! Don't use a soldering iron!"
Just getting close, he felt the scorching heat above him was extremely hot, and he couldn't even imagine the torture it would be if such a terrible thing was attached to his body.
This time, He Kun didn't put down the soldering iron directly, but said in a cold voice: "If you don't want to suffer, just explain it honestly. My patience has never been good. If you dare to dawdle, you don't have to use this extra tongue anymore." wanted!"
He Kun was so frightened that he burst into tears, and hurriedly nodded and began to explain: "I...I said! I can say anything! I entered the palace this time...I was ordered by the King of Lingnan to poison...your majesty... …ah--"
Du Xin screamed terribly. Accompanied by his terrific scream, there was the sound of steam evaporating from the hot iron pressed against the skin.
Du Xin yelled for a long time before stopping, his face was pale and he was sweating profusely.
With a gloomy face, He Kun threw the soldering iron back into the charcoal basin, and the place where Du Xin's chest was burned by the soldering iron was already bloody.
He Kun didn't speak, just looked at Du Xin with a pair of eyes, wishing to make him cramp.
From the very beginning, he expected that Du Xin's infiltrating into the palace must have a lot of schemes. He also heard from the Queen Mother He Shi that he would conspire with Zhou Lixian to kill Gao Zixin in the future.
However, both the reborn person and the future are too unimaginable. Although he listened to it, he always felt a sense of illusory unreality.
After all, the so-called things that will happen in the future have not happened yet.
But he never expected that Du Xin wanted to poison Gao Zixin!How can he endure it?
Yu Gong, Gao Zixin is the king, he is the minister.If Gao Zixin had any troubles, Daliang would surely fall into chaos, and it might even lead to endless invasions and wars by foreign races.
In private, Gao Zixin is his nephew, the hope of the He family!Once something happened to Gao Zixin, the He family would be doomed!
Whether it was public or private, he couldn't tolerate someone daring to harm Gao Zixin!
So he was so angry that he directly pressed the soldering iron on Du Xin's chest.
Seeing Du Xin's pain, his heart didn't move at all. Instead, he looked at Du Xin as if he was looking at a bug or a dead person.
He picked up a red-hot soldering iron again and put it in front of Du Xin: "Go ahead!"
At this time, Du Xin had already bit her lip in the pain just now, and the scarlet blood stained the pale and cracked lips, showing a fragile and sadistic beauty.
It's a pity that He Kun doesn't have any special hobbies, and he doesn't like to get pleasure from torturing people.At this moment, he only had strong anger and endless hatred in his heart. He wished to tear Du Xin alive, and even more wished to kill the people behind him!
King of Lingnan!
He Kun remembered it!
Du Xin's body was still shivering constantly, and when he looked at the hot soldering iron close at hand, his body trembled even more instantly.Obviously, the pain just now had a huge impact on his body, causing his body to form a conditioned reflex.
He knew what the consequences would be if he said it, but he dared not say it now.
Because he knew very well that He Kun had become very tyrannical at this time, if he dared not to speak up, or even deliberately delayed the time, He Kun would press the soldering iron on him without hesitation!
One is to suffer endless pain, and the other is to simply die. Du Xin quickly made a choice.
He honestly confessed: "This... this is... all the orders of the King of Lingnan, I... I didn't do anything... I just... I heard... I heard that the queen mother... the queen mother is rare. The beauty...beauty, I want...want to see with my own eyes...ah—"
The soldering iron in He Kun's hand was pressed on Du Xin's body again, his eyes were red now, filled with violence and madness, like a fierce beast that was completely enraged.
This bastard actually... dared to blaspheme his own sister!
He Kun was really furious, but Du Xin had already passed out because of the pain, he angrily threw the cold soldering iron back into the charcoal basin, then picked up a bucket of salt water, and poured it directly on Du Xin.
"what--"
The salt water seeped into the wound, and Du Xin woke up from the pain. He let out a hoarse scream, and finally begged sadly: "I...I said it all...Kill...Kill me..."
He knew that based on his confession, He Kun would never let him go, so he didn't beg for mercy, he begged for death.
It's just that even though he begged to die, he didn't have the courage to bite his tongue to commit suicide, instead he expected He Kun to give him a good time.
He Kun didn't torture him anymore, but just looked at him coldly: "I will call someone in to record the confession, and you will know what to say and what not to say when the time comes!"
Du Xin shivered violently in fright, but understood what He Kun meant.
The fact that he sneaked into the palace to poison the emperor under the order of the King of Lingnan must be clearly explained, and he can even add fuel and vinegar to it, but he can't mention a word about the Empress Dowager He!
He opened his eyes and looked at He Kun.
Because of the backlight, there was a shadow on He Kun's face, making his eyes more fierce and deep, like a beast that chooses and devours people.
Du Xin was so frightened that she shivered again, feeling regretful in her heart.
If he had known that this person was so scary, he shouldn't have offered to sneak into the palace for a little selfishness.The majesty of the royal family cannot be desecrated, how can a little man like him think about it?
Unfortunately, it's too late for him to regret it now.
He Kun had no interest in torturing people, so he didn't bother to torture Du Xin at this time.This Du Xin is just a nasty villain, the most hateful thing is the King of Lingnan behind him!
Torturing such a dirty villain, He Kun was worried about getting his hands dirty!
He wrinkled his nose. The smell of burnt meat and blood from Du Xin's body made him sick, so he stopped wronging himself and went out directly. After a while, he came in with a clerk to let Du Xin Tell the confession again.
Du Xin was already covered in cold sweat from the pain and weak. He glanced at He Kun weakly, and after seeing the warning in his eyes, he immediately confessed honestly.
Just as He Kun requested, he didn't mention the Empress Dowager He's family at all, he only talked about how the Lingnan King was so ambitious, how he privately made dragon robes in the palace, how he threatened and lured him, detained his whole family and forced him to sneak into the palace Poisoned the emperor, trying to seek power and usurp the throne.
He Kun listened to him talking nonsense with embellishments, but he didn't stop him.
The King of Lingnan dared to arrange for Du Xin to sneak into the palace and poison Gao Zixin, which is already a capital crime of rebellion.
Anyway, this person must die.
Not long after, Du Xin finished explaining.The clerk handed the written paper to He Kun for inspection, and after confirming that there was no problem, he asked Du Xin to put his fingerprint on it.
Afterwards, He Kun didn't bother to pay attention to Du Xin anymore, and after having someone watch him, he took the paper and hurried to see Gao Zixin.
When he arrived, Gao Zixin was holding a small silver mirror and looking at it with a smile.
So, when He Kun entered the room, what he saw was Gao Zixin taking a picture of himself with a mirror.Although he didn't recognize the thing as a mirror, he still couldn't help feeling that the scene was a bit weird, couldn't help but coughed lightly, and then said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Gao Zixin was in a good mood, and He Kun was not an outsider, so he didn't bother to put on that serious face. Instead, he put down the small mirror in his hand with a smile: "Oh? It seems that Du Xin has confessed ? Tell me, what did he recruit?"
He Kun silently glanced at Huanxi and the other palace servants who were pillars in the corner, the meaning was quite obvious.
Gao Zixin was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Even if it happened in the future, in He's view, Gao Zixin's reputation was still seriously damaged, so the less people know about this matter, the better.
She also has her own selfishness, no matter how much He Kun kisses her own son, she can't.She is willing to give anything for Gao Zixin, let alone hide some scandals from He Kun that never happened.
However, even though He Kun didn't know that Zhou Lixian and Du Xin would collude with each other or even conceive a scandal in the future, he didn't have the slightest affection for these two people who dared to murder their nephew.
So he simply interrogated Du Xin himself, just to dig out more things from him.
Du Xin still couldn't understand why he was exposed, but unlike Zhou Lixian who was already crazy, he knew very well that once he confessed honestly, what awaited him would be death.
So at the beginning, he made up his mind not to say anything, only to say that he was wronged.
At this time, he still had an illusion in his heart, thinking that He Kun had no evidence, as long as he didn't recruit anything, nothing would happen.
It's just that this fantasy is like a bubble in the sun, fragile and quickly burst.
Du Xin soon discovered that even though he made up his mind not to say anything, He Kun seemed to be sure that there must be something wrong with him. To make his life worse than death.
Du Xin's bone is harder than Zhou Lixian's, but it's just a little harder than Zhou Lixian's.
He is a playboy himself, with good medical skills and a bit of slick wrist, but he can be placed in a dangerous place like the imperial palace, and he is also a small person in the imperial hospital. Obviously his status is insignificant to his master.
So He Kun didn't even give him much punishment, but Du Xin couldn't bear it anymore after the whip was whipped until his whole body was ripped apart.
He regretted it. If he had known that he would be found out so quickly, he would not have volunteered to sneak into the palace in the first place.
If he hadn't had such shameful thoughts in his heart, and wanted to meet the legendary beauty queen dowager with his own eyes, hook up with the emperor's concubine, the beautiful maid in the palace, he would not have recommended himself.
I thought it was just a simple task, but who would notice him for such a small person?
Who knew, he hadn't even seen the face of the empress dowager, and he hadn't even hooked up with the emperor's concubine, but he had only teased a few little maids, yet he was discovered!
He regretted so much in his heart, looking at He Kun with a stern face, he was even more frightened to death.
He still has a great time, and he doesn't want to die, not at all.
At this moment, He Kun threw down the blood-stained whip, but before Du Xinsong could take a breath, he picked up the red-hot soldering iron again.
The soldering iron was burning red, but He Kun didn't intend to put it in cold water for a while, and walked up to Du Xin with the soldering iron.
He looked at Du Xin's handsome face even though he was embarrassed, and smiled coldly: "What do you think if I stick it on your face?"
When Du Xin heard this, his handsome face instantly turned extremely pale, and his pale and chapped lips kept trembling.
Daliang people pay attention to appearance, but Du Xin was born good-looking, so he pays more attention to his face.Once the soldering iron was put on, Du Xin couldn't bear the disfigurement alone, not to mention the heart-piercing pain.
Seeing the soldering iron approaching, the scorching heat made the air distort, and the heat rushed to the face, even through the air, it could still burn people.
Under the extreme fear, Du Xin's eyes widened, his eyeballs were covered with bloodshot eyes, as if he was terminally ill, and he was never the same as before.
Looking at He Kun with a cold face, it was obvious that he had no intention of stopping.
Du Xin finally couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled sadly: "No! Don't! I'll say it! I'll say anything!"
He Kun looked at his greedy life and fear of death, sneered disdainfully, put the soldering iron in his hand back into the burning charcoal basin, and then said coldly: "Tell me everything you know, if you If there is half a lie, I will personally peel off your face!"
He has already seen that Du Xin attaches great importance to this face.Instead of beating him a few more times, it is better to use this face to threaten him.
After hearing the words, Du Xin was really frightened to death, and immediately began to confess, and sold out the master behind him.
He didn't even care that his whole family was still in that person's hands. Once he said it, the family would die because of him.At this time, in order to save his face, he didn't even care about the life and death of his family.
Listening to what he explained, He Kun's face became more and more ugly.In the education he received, a man stands in the family, and the meaning of existence is nothing more than defending the family and the country.
However, this Du Xin doesn't even care about the life and death of his family for the sake of his own face, so cold-hearted, it's unbearable!
After listening to it once, he sneered again: "You still have something to say? Why? Don't want your face anymore?"
Du Xin shivered in fright, looking at He Kun as if looking at a cold-blooded and heartless evil spirit.He pondered slightly, hesitating a little.
It's not that he didn't want to say it, but he really didn't dare. If He Kun knew his real purpose of sneaking into the palace, He Kun would definitely cut him alive!
However, when he was hesitating, He Kun didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he picked up the red-hot soldering iron without saying a word, and held it up in front of him: "You don't want this face, I will help you!" .”
"No! Don't!" Du Xin screamed even more terribly, and tears came out of her nose, "I can say anything! I can say anything! Don't use a soldering iron! Don't use a soldering iron!"
Just getting close, he felt the scorching heat above him was extremely hot, and he couldn't even imagine the torture it would be if such a terrible thing was attached to his body.
This time, He Kun didn't put down the soldering iron directly, but said in a cold voice: "If you don't want to suffer, just explain it honestly. My patience has never been good. If you dare to dawdle, you don't have to use this extra tongue anymore." wanted!"
He Kun was so frightened that he burst into tears, and hurriedly nodded and began to explain: "I...I said! I can say anything! I entered the palace this time...I was ordered by the King of Lingnan to poison...your majesty... …ah--"
Du Xin screamed terribly. Accompanied by his terrific scream, there was the sound of steam evaporating from the hot iron pressed against the skin.
Du Xin yelled for a long time before stopping, his face was pale and he was sweating profusely.
With a gloomy face, He Kun threw the soldering iron back into the charcoal basin, and the place where Du Xin's chest was burned by the soldering iron was already bloody.
He Kun didn't speak, just looked at Du Xin with a pair of eyes, wishing to make him cramp.
From the very beginning, he expected that Du Xin's infiltrating into the palace must have a lot of schemes. He also heard from the Queen Mother He Shi that he would conspire with Zhou Lixian to kill Gao Zixin in the future.
However, both the reborn person and the future are too unimaginable. Although he listened to it, he always felt a sense of illusory unreality.
After all, the so-called things that will happen in the future have not happened yet.
But he never expected that Du Xin wanted to poison Gao Zixin!How can he endure it?
Yu Gong, Gao Zixin is the king, he is the minister.If Gao Zixin had any troubles, Daliang would surely fall into chaos, and it might even lead to endless invasions and wars by foreign races.
In private, Gao Zixin is his nephew, the hope of the He family!Once something happened to Gao Zixin, the He family would be doomed!
Whether it was public or private, he couldn't tolerate someone daring to harm Gao Zixin!
So he was so angry that he directly pressed the soldering iron on Du Xin's chest.
Seeing Du Xin's pain, his heart didn't move at all. Instead, he looked at Du Xin as if he was looking at a bug or a dead person.
He picked up a red-hot soldering iron again and put it in front of Du Xin: "Go ahead!"
At this time, Du Xin had already bit her lip in the pain just now, and the scarlet blood stained the pale and cracked lips, showing a fragile and sadistic beauty.
It's a pity that He Kun doesn't have any special hobbies, and he doesn't like to get pleasure from torturing people.At this moment, he only had strong anger and endless hatred in his heart. He wished to tear Du Xin alive, and even more wished to kill the people behind him!
King of Lingnan!
He Kun remembered it!
Du Xin's body was still shivering constantly, and when he looked at the hot soldering iron close at hand, his body trembled even more instantly.Obviously, the pain just now had a huge impact on his body, causing his body to form a conditioned reflex.
He knew what the consequences would be if he said it, but he dared not say it now.
Because he knew very well that He Kun had become very tyrannical at this time, if he dared not to speak up, or even deliberately delayed the time, He Kun would press the soldering iron on him without hesitation!
One is to suffer endless pain, and the other is to simply die. Du Xin quickly made a choice.
He honestly confessed: "This... this is... all the orders of the King of Lingnan, I... I didn't do anything... I just... I heard... I heard that the queen mother... the queen mother is rare. The beauty...beauty, I want...want to see with my own eyes...ah—"
The soldering iron in He Kun's hand was pressed on Du Xin's body again, his eyes were red now, filled with violence and madness, like a fierce beast that was completely enraged.
This bastard actually... dared to blaspheme his own sister!
He Kun was really furious, but Du Xin had already passed out because of the pain, he angrily threw the cold soldering iron back into the charcoal basin, then picked up a bucket of salt water, and poured it directly on Du Xin.
"what--"
The salt water seeped into the wound, and Du Xin woke up from the pain. He let out a hoarse scream, and finally begged sadly: "I...I said it all...Kill...Kill me..."
He knew that based on his confession, He Kun would never let him go, so he didn't beg for mercy, he begged for death.
It's just that even though he begged to die, he didn't have the courage to bite his tongue to commit suicide, instead he expected He Kun to give him a good time.
He Kun didn't torture him anymore, but just looked at him coldly: "I will call someone in to record the confession, and you will know what to say and what not to say when the time comes!"
Du Xin shivered violently in fright, but understood what He Kun meant.
The fact that he sneaked into the palace to poison the emperor under the order of the King of Lingnan must be clearly explained, and he can even add fuel and vinegar to it, but he can't mention a word about the Empress Dowager He!
He opened his eyes and looked at He Kun.
Because of the backlight, there was a shadow on He Kun's face, making his eyes more fierce and deep, like a beast that chooses and devours people.
Du Xin was so frightened that she shivered again, feeling regretful in her heart.
If he had known that this person was so scary, he shouldn't have offered to sneak into the palace for a little selfishness.The majesty of the royal family cannot be desecrated, how can a little man like him think about it?
Unfortunately, it's too late for him to regret it now.
He Kun had no interest in torturing people, so he didn't bother to torture Du Xin at this time.This Du Xin is just a nasty villain, the most hateful thing is the King of Lingnan behind him!
Torturing such a dirty villain, He Kun was worried about getting his hands dirty!
He wrinkled his nose. The smell of burnt meat and blood from Du Xin's body made him sick, so he stopped wronging himself and went out directly. After a while, he came in with a clerk to let Du Xin Tell the confession again.
Du Xin was already covered in cold sweat from the pain and weak. He glanced at He Kun weakly, and after seeing the warning in his eyes, he immediately confessed honestly.
Just as He Kun requested, he didn't mention the Empress Dowager He's family at all, he only talked about how the Lingnan King was so ambitious, how he privately made dragon robes in the palace, how he threatened and lured him, detained his whole family and forced him to sneak into the palace Poisoned the emperor, trying to seek power and usurp the throne.
He Kun listened to him talking nonsense with embellishments, but he didn't stop him.
The King of Lingnan dared to arrange for Du Xin to sneak into the palace and poison Gao Zixin, which is already a capital crime of rebellion.
Anyway, this person must die.
Not long after, Du Xin finished explaining.The clerk handed the written paper to He Kun for inspection, and after confirming that there was no problem, he asked Du Xin to put his fingerprint on it.
Afterwards, He Kun didn't bother to pay attention to Du Xin anymore, and after having someone watch him, he took the paper and hurried to see Gao Zixin.
When he arrived, Gao Zixin was holding a small silver mirror and looking at it with a smile.
So, when He Kun entered the room, what he saw was Gao Zixin taking a picture of himself with a mirror.Although he didn't recognize the thing as a mirror, he still couldn't help feeling that the scene was a bit weird, couldn't help but coughed lightly, and then said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Gao Zixin was in a good mood, and He Kun was not an outsider, so he didn't bother to put on that serious face. Instead, he put down the small mirror in his hand with a smile: "Oh? It seems that Du Xin has confessed ? Tell me, what did he recruit?"
He Kun silently glanced at Huanxi and the other palace servants who were pillars in the corner, the meaning was quite obvious.
Gao Zixin was taken aback for a moment, then narrowed his eyes dangerously.
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