life imprisonment

Huo Feng's retreat caused Fenghuagu, who had supported him, to change its owner, while the Moyi Sect, who also supported Huo Feng and even murdered many generals of the Tianzi Army for it, became the target that must be wiped out.

The situation changed much faster than Yue Xinghe imagined.

Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity to break Fenghua Valley, but instead, he made himself besieged on all sides, Yue Xinghe could only smile wryly.

"Whether it's the imperial court or people in the rivers and lakes, they all want to destroy us. Heh, Ao Ying, how many dead soldiers are left in the Tibetan Shadow Hall?"

The heavy-faced Ao Ying looked at Yue Xinghe with anxious eyes, and said after a long while, "Reporting to the leader, there are still six first-class dead men in Zangyingtang, twenty second-class dead men, and three third-class dead men. It's death."

"This is much bigger than the loss of Fenghuagu's Wuzitang back then..."

The Moyi Sect is not as large as Fenghua Valley, and the Zangyingtang is already their elite. Such a loss is unbearable for Yue Xinghe.

He shook his head, regretting in his heart that he would make a wrong move at a critical moment and drag Mo Yijiao into such an unbearable situation.Although he would definitely not cooperate with Huo Feng if he was in charge of the Moyi Sect, but all this is Shao Tingzhi's expedient strategy to save himself and preserve his strength, so how can he blame the other party?

After a moment of silence, Yue Xinghe got up slowly and said, "Moyi has been teaching since my father's generation, and it can be regarded as a deterrent to the world. As the saying goes, prosperity will inevitably decline. I don't think I am the material to be a leader. It is difficult to achieve great things with only a passion. On the contrary, I have harmed myself and everyone. At this point, I am afraid that there is no way to recover from it. As the leader, I have failed everyone! Before the imperial court and Fenghuagu join forces to attack, you should go."

"The subordinates will never leave the leader alone! The subordinates are born as members of the Moyi Sect, and will die as ghosts of the Moyi Sect!"

Ao Ying was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately knelt down.

Shao Tingzhi, who was sitting by the side, had been quietly listening to Yue Xinghe's arrangement. Until then, he got up and said in a low voice, "Master, this matter was caused by Tingzhi's poor consideration... If it wasn't for the fact that my subordinates had colluded with each other at the beginning... Huo Feng, there will be no disaster today."

Yue Xinghe glanced at the extremely beautiful deputy leader, smiled and waved his hands. He has been imprisoned in Fenghua Valley for more than ten years, and his disposition has changed a lot, and he has seen through a lot.

"Don't say that, you are also here to save me, to protect the Moyi Cult, maybe this is just doom."

Yue Xinghe sighed softly, but there was still some resentment and resentment in his blue eyes.

He originally thought that after he escaped from Fenghua Valley, he could wash away the humiliation of the past and revive the Moyi Sect, but who would have thought that the intractable love-hate entanglement between him and Lu Yiyun would eventually become a disaster.

If he had known this, perhaps he should have let Lu Yiyun die on the execution platform mercilessly from the very beginning, but...

His heart sank slightly, and Yue Xinghe frowned slightly. He touched his slightly swollen abdomen these days, and his expression gradually became bewildered.

The torture finally caused Huo Qing to pass out.

When he woke up, he was extremely astonished by the soft feeling under his body and the exquisite layout around him. It stands to reason that after the torture, he should be sent back to the gloomy sky prison. How could he be treated so favorably?

"Well……"

Not only was his left leg broken by Huo Lang, but the subsequent torture left Huo Qing with terrible scars again.

He struggled slightly, and the pain made him unable to restrain himself from moaning.

Seeing that Huo Qing had woken up, the little eunuch standing by the bed hurriedly went out to notify the guards, and Huo Lang came in after a while.

"you're awake?"

Huo Lang looked at Huo Qing who was lying on the bed with his usual expression. He saw Huo Qing passed out under torture that day, and he was momentarily shocked by the sight of Huo Qing spitting out blood.

Huo Qing doesn't know why Huo Lang treats him so kindly at this moment, but he also understands that his broken body is running out, even if the other party changes his mind, he will not be blessed to bear it.

Huo Qing nodded, and sat up with the help of the little eunuch. The wound on his body was well bandaged and his body was washed well.

"Bring it here." Seeing that Huo Qing's lips were chapped, Huo Lang turned his head and asked the attendant to bring up the medicinal soup that the imperial doctor ordered to boil.

Huo Lang personally took the soup cup and sat down beside the bed, then scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Huo Qing's mouth.

Huo Qing froze for a moment, as if he couldn't believe Huo Lang who was so gentle to him suddenly, he looked at the serious Huo Lang in a daze, and was at a loss for a while.

"Come on, have some soup." Huo Lang urged gently, and then put the spoon into Huo Qing's mouth.

Huo Qing just swallowed the soup in a daze. He was about to say something when he heard Huo Lang laughing softly.

"You have to take good care of yourself, Brother Huang."

Huo Lang raised his head, and there was a playful look between his brows and eyes. Seeing Huo Qing's flattered look, he found it funny, but also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Although Huo Feng was defeated, he was still entrenched in Beidiguan, and Huo Qing, who was captured, was one of the chief culprits of the rebellion, and it was Huo Feng's cover for rebellion.

Many ministers suggested that Huo Qingming should be punished sternly, so that those who supported Huo Feng could no longer make excuses, and let the people of the world understand who they should be today.

The imperial doctor who treated Huo Qing had already told Huo Lang that Huo Qing suffered from internal and external injuries, and was tortured repeatedly, so he was already exhausted.

Although he knew that Huo Qing would die at his own hands sooner or later, Huo Lang still felt a little caught off guard when the imperial doctor told the news with a serious face.

He looked at the unconscious Huo Qing, thought of the other party's betrayal, thought of his mother's death, and finally made a cruel decision.

The hostility in Huo Lang's eyes couldn't be hidden no matter what, and Huo Qing knew this cruel brother too well.

"How else do you want to deal with me?" Huo Qing smiled wryly, but obediently swallowed the second spoonful of soup Huo Lang sent.

Huo Lang withdrew his staring gaze at Huo Qing, and said slowly, "In three days, you will be executed."

Hearing these words, Huo Qing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his uneasy expression just now became soothed.

How could he be so naive?He really "betrayed" Huo Lang this time, how could this cruel brother let him go so easily.

"That's right. Executing me at this time can not only defeat Huo Feng's rebel party and eliminate hidden dangers, but also consolidate your rule and win the hearts of the people. It really kills two birds with one stone. May I know what punishment I, a traitor, will be punished?"

"Ling Chi." Huo Lang said suddenly.

Hearing these two words representing extreme blood, Huo Qing was taken aback suddenly, and his face became a little stiff.

After realizing that Huo Qing's expression was not right, Huo Lang smiled and said, "Hahaha, don't be nervous, I am teasing you. You are also my emperor brother, and you did a lot of hard work when I was able to ascend to the throne of God. Just for this point, I can't bear to see you die without your whole body. There are several old men in the Ministry of Criminal Justice who wrote a letter to sentence you to be cut in half and the car torn apart. I rejected all of these. However, you are a rebel after all. Regardless of the common people, I can’t let you die too easily. I’ve already decided on the punishment—whipping, I will personally give you the first whip at that time, and then all the officials will come forward to flog you one after another, and the onlookers can also line up Go forward and whip you, even if you die of anger, it doesn’t matter, because the corpse of the first rebel like you has to be dead for three days, just to make an example.”

Huo Lang spat out words that were almost heartless, every single word, and Huo Qing's complexion gradually turned pale.

He couldn't help but clutched his chest, just because that heart was already in so much pain right now.

"Since you have decided to execute me, I have nothing to say. It's just... after I die, can you burn my body and scatter my ashes at the Cangyang Pass where I once garrisoned, so that I can survive my death?" Then continue to guard the people I want to protect."

"No. Do you think it's fine if you die? You are a heinous traitor. I have decided to seal your body in a clay sculpture, so that after you die, you will forever guard the imperial tomb for me, so that you will never be able to escape again for the rest of your life." I."

Huo Lang said viciously, he looked at Huo Qing's pale face coldly, and felt a distorted pleasure in his heart.

Looking at Huo Lang who refused to let go of his own body, Huo Qing really wanted to cry, he really regretted that he fell in love with such a vicious person, and even put himself in a doomed place for him.

"Huo Lang, if I say..."

I did not betray you. I took refuge in Huo Feng just to take the opportunity to consume the rebel forces. The secret letters you received from the scouts were all leaked by me on purpose. The battle of Longming Valley was just my act of begging for death...

But Huo Qing didn't say these words in the end.

He was already tired of entanglement with Huo Lang, and he didn't want the other party to think that he was showing weakness and begging for mercy.

"What if you said something?" Huo Lang heard something in Huo Qing's words, his expression changed slightly, and he asked.

Huo Qing raised his head and sighed lightly, then smiled lightly.

"I just want to say that you are really considerate of me, even my dead body is not spared. However, death is like a lamp going out, how can you trap me forever? In the next life, I will definitely remember to hide from you , Never meet your cruel brother again. I dare not... fall in love with you again."

The words that had been suppressed in his heart and had never been uttered before finally took this opportunity to speak out. Huo Qing said those three words calmly, just as he calmly accepted his bleak fate in this life.

"It's you who is sorry for me. I want you to understand that betraying me will only lead to death! I should have killed you a long time ago!"

The muscles on Huo Lang's face twitched, and he seemed emotional, as if something in his heart had been revealed to his face.

The attendants and eunuchs who were waiting nearby all lowered their heads in horror, because they never thought that the Ni Wang who provoked Huo Lang's anger actually loved each other, or had loved each other.

Huo Qing smiled and watched Huo Lang walk away with a flick of his sleeves. His pale face gradually faded away, leaving only a sad expression on his face.

The news that Huo Qing was going to be whipped to death soon spread to Fenghuagu, and Xu Shisan, who replaced the eighteenth attendant beside Lu Yiyun, was so shocked that he dropped the cup he was wiping in his hand to the ground.

He didn't have time to pack up the debris, so he rushed into the study in a hurry, interrupting the discussion between Lu Yiyun and Tan Tianyin that they agreed to join forces with the imperial army to wipe out the remnants of the Moyi Sect.

"Thirteen, what's wrong with you?"

Although he encountered Yue Xinghe's revenge and Fenghuagu's betrayal, Lu Yiyun's gentle and tolerant temperament of his subordinates still did not change much.

He turned around, glanced at Xu Shisan whose eyes were full of tears for some reason, and asked softly.

Xu Shisan wept and pleaded with sobs, "The owner of the valley...His Royal Highness Huainan King is about to be executed, and I want to go out of the valley to see him off for the last time...He, he is a good man, he must have been framed of."

Lu Yiyun, who was busy dealing with the Moyi Sect, didn't care about the outside affairs. When he heard the news that Huo Qing was about to be executed, the man with deep and beautiful eyes appeared in front of him, calm and calm.

No matter what, it is an unchangeable fact that the other party defected from Fenghua Valley with Huo Feng, although the matter may not be as simple as it appears on the surface.

Since when have the affairs of the royal family ever been easier?

Lu Yiyun sighed, he was grateful for Huo Qing's enlightenment and persuasion, and he also respected the prince who was imprisoned in Fenghua Valley in his heart.

He reached out to help Xu Shisan, and said, "You go. Just treat him as a ride for Fenghuagu. There are many things in this world that people can't control. Perhaps for His Royal Highness Huo Qing, death is a better relief." Maybe. I can see that he has long since had nothing to love in his life, and now, his wish has been fulfilled by death."

Xu Shisan vigorously wiped the rolling tears, sobbing so much that he couldn't speak a complete sentence, and finally walked out of the room with Lu Yiyun's support.

When Tan Tianyin heard Lu Yiyun's words, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He looked at the other party's face that had looked extremely melancholy since his return, and his eyes with a sudden look, and bit his lips lightly.

Three days passed quickly, early in the morning, Zhong Anu brought people over to take Huo Qing to the execution ground.

Huo Qing was still sleeping lazily. In the last three days, Huo Lang finally gave him a trace of cleanliness and peace.

"Get up, King Huainan, it's time to get on the road." Zhong Anu's shrill voice sounded extremely harsh, and Huo Qing, who was actually a light sleeper, frowned, and then slowly sat up.

He lazily stroked his loose long hair, his handsome face was calm and calm.

"Come here so early? Wait for me, at least let me be neat and tidy to meet people."

Huo Lang had ordered before, don't embarrass Huo Qing any more in the last two days, Zhong Anu just smiled when he heard what he said, and signaled the attendant next to him to help Huo Qing wash up.

Soon Huo Qing combed his temple hair, dressed neatly and stood up.

Looking at the man with extraordinary bearing in front of him, Zhong Anu still had some admiration in his heart. He was ordered to torture Huo Qing for so long, and he never saw him give in. Even when he died, he was so chic.

"Does the prince have any last words to leave?"

Zhong Anu asked.

Huo Qing blinked lightly, he had already told Huo Lang all he wanted to say, and there was nothing to worry about in this world except his mother and concubine whom he had already arranged to hide elsewhere.

What's more, he is already a dying person, so how can he care about others?

Huo Qing smiled softly, looked out of Chaori Chusheng's door with gentle eyes, and said firmly, "Send me on my way."

After Xu Shisan hurried to the capital, he arrived near the execution ground early in the morning.

After a commotion, the civilians on both sides were separated by soldiers, and Huo Qing, who was dressed in plain white clothes, was escorted over.

The torture rack was erected, and Huo Qing was brought to the execution platform amidst the people's angry scolding and ridicule. The jailer separated his hands from left to right and tied them up, held his slender body tightly, and locked his feet In this way, no matter how cruelly whipped Huo Qing suffered, it was impossible for his body to twist or struggle in the slightest.

Xu Shisan's eyes were already filled with tears. He squeezed into the crowd, approached the execution platform, stared at Huo Qing's calm and smiling side face, and shouted loudly with a choked voice.

"Your Highness, Thirteen is here to see you off! Your Highness..."

Among the noisy voices, Xu Shisan's crying sound was very special. Huo Qing's heart shook slightly, and he turned his head away.

"Your Highness, it's a good journey! Thirteen will never forget you!"

A simple and honest man in the crowd burst into tears and was yelling at himself.

Thirteen... Huo Qing thought of the honest child in Fenghua Valley who took care of him. He didn't expect that Xu Shisan, who never had a chance to come out once a year, would actually come here for himself.

This world is not so cold.

"Thank you."

Huo Qing smiled and nodded at Xu Shisan, his gratitude was written in his eyes, but his voice was too soft to reach Xu Shisan's ears.

At this moment, a majestic and dense drum sounded, and then a eunuch shouted - Your Majesty is here!

The surrounding people and soldiers knelt down one after another, whether they wanted to or not.

Huo Lang came out of the eight-carried sedan chair. He glanced at Huo Qing who had been tied to the torture rack. His handsome brows frowned slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

The senior members of the Ministry of Punishment took the lead in pronouncing Huo Qing's crimes, and the surrounding people also pointed at Huo Qing and yelled and cursed.

For them, the emperor is the supreme existence, how can anyone dare to rebel, and the rebellion can only bring them war and harm.

A thick leather whip was presented in front of Huo Lang. Huo Lang picked up the whip and walked onto the execution platform under the guard of soldiers.

The first lash to execute a sinner was executed by the emperor, which not only shows the seriousness of the crime, but also shows the prominent status of the person.

Standing behind Huo Qing, Huo Lang suddenly realized that after today, the other party and himself will be regarded as eternal farewell.

Although he had tortured Huo Qing for many years, he still didn't want Huo Qing's life back then, not only because of the high-sounding words he said, but also because he still had a little bit of reluctance in his heart.It's just that Huo Qing's betrayal and the needs of the tense made him have to face up to his heart again and understand his responsibilities as an emperor.

Since Huo Qing was already planning to get rid of him, he should cleanly and thoroughly eliminate such a hidden danger of the other party.

"Don't blame me, you betrayed me first. You must die."

Huo Lang murmured in a low voice, and suddenly pulled out the whip in his hand.

A bloodstain immediately appeared on Huo Qing's back. Hearing the sound of Huo Lang's hastily leaving footsteps, he raised his head and said softly, "Huo Qing...not guilty."

After Huo Lang finished the first whip, he sat on the dragon chair beside him to watch the torture.

All the officials who had been arranged for a long time began to beat Huo Qing one after another. Many of them were old with Huo Qing and showed deep intolerance when they beat each other. Of course, there were also some who tried their best to please Huo Lang. Huo Qing, beating and cursing at the same time.

Huo Qing, who was seriously injured and had never recovered, could not hold on for long.

After dozens of officials left the field, he fell into a coma twice, and was awakened by imperial medicine in the middle.

Standing in a pool of blood, Huo Qing, who was forcibly awakened again, opened his eyes weakly, and the cruel cheers around him made his heart hurt so badly.

And that bright yellow figure sitting on the dragon chair made him feel like a knife piercing his heart.

But everything will be over soon, and he will never suffer again in this life, and he will no longer suffer for that unworthy person.

After discovering that Huo Qing was awake, the whipping on the back soon resumed.

Now the people on stage are onlookers.

For those ignorant people, it is a great pride to be able to cut off the life of a sinner prince with his own hands.

The brutal whipping became more and more fierce, and everyone in the audience seemed to be in a carnival.

Huo Qing started to vomit blood again, and finally he couldn't help the tears of sorrow from his eyes that had started to become chaotic.

In the end, I am still unwilling and wronged...

Huo Lang looked at Huo Qing with his head down with a stern and numb expression. He was holding the armrest of the dragon chair tightly, and his chest felt more and more painful.

He couldn't stop, he could only watch Huo Qing step by step towards death.

Suddenly, the man raised his head slightly, and opened his bloody mouth slightly towards him.

Huo Lang stood up nervously, but before he got close, he saw Huo Qing's head drooping down again.

The imperial doctor who was waiting on the side hurriedly told the whipper to stop, he stepped forward to feel Huo Qing's pulse, and hurriedly urged the medical officer to pour Huo Qing the hanging soup, but it was all in vain.

Seeing this, Zhong Anu quickly stepped forward to have a look.

Huo Qing's complexion was livid at this time, blood was gurgling from his mouth and nose, and the two wet tears on his face were even more unbearable to look at.

After checking Huo Qing's nosebleed, Zhong Anu let go of the hand that raised Huo Qing's jaw in a daze, and hurriedly stepped off the stage to return Huo Lang.

"Your Majesty, King Huainan...is dead."

Huo Lang was stunned for a while, and waved his hand after a while, indicating that he knew.

That's right, so many people rushed up to whip Huo Qing, and the other party's body had already been destroyed to the point of exhaustion, how could he not die?

If it weren't for those hanging soups, maybe he would have died earlier.

"Your Majesty, do you want to continue to be whipped, or..." Zhong Anu couldn't figure out what Huo Lang was in, so he had to ask cautiously.

"Forget it, don't let anyone beat him again. According to the original plan, let him be dead for three days, and then send him to the imperial mausoleum for disposal."

Huo Lang turned around and didn't look at Huo Qing's body anymore. Many scenes when Huo Qing was alive appeared in his mind. At that time, they were still young, brothers and friends, and the time was good.

Since he could no longer go on stage to whip Ni Wang, the spectators gradually dispersed.

The sergeants guarded the rack, untied Huo Qing's body, tied his hands again and hung him up.

The bloody back of the dead body was still dripping with blood, which was really horrible.

On the calm street, Xu Shisan was the only one left who knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously to Huo Qing regardless of the strange gazes of others.

"Your Highness, go all the way! Go all the way!"

He choked with sobs and howled in pain, hating that he was not an extraordinary person like Lu Yiyun, otherwise he could have saved Huo Qing, or just given him a good time, it was better than allowing him to suffer humiliation and torture to death.