walk to the water

Only then did Chu Xiang feel a little hungry in his stomach, his hands couldn't use his strength, he held up the cornbread tremblingly, and just took a bite, his chest felt bursts of suffocating pain.Sighing, he no longer cared about the cornbread, fell sideways on the ground, and fell into a coma again.Suddenly, with a sound of "wow", Chu Xiang was awakened in his sleep. Before he could open his eyes, a bucket of ice water was poured down his head, and his whole body was soaked. The two jailers stood up, "Get up! It's time to go to court!"

The jailer put Chu Xiang on a coat and dragged him outside. It was already dark again. When the cold wind blew, the water on his body quickly condensed into thin ice, and even his hair was frozen into icicles. An icicle, so cold that even the bones are frozen into stones.Chu Xiang had a broken leg and was unable to walk. The jailer dragged him horizontally and vertically, leaving a long line of blood on the white snow behind him.In the lobby, the jailer threw Chu Xiang to the ground, "My lord, the prisoner has been brought!" Chu Xiang struggled to raise his head. There were hundreds of giant candles lit in the hall, which were as bright as day, and there was still sitting in front of him. The three adults, Chu Xiang could not help but smile.

Master Xue said angrily: "Bold Chu Xiang, you are still laughing!"

Chu Xiang said with a smile: "At the end of the year, you adults don't go to family reunions, but you still come to try criminals and ask for confessions. You really forget your personal interests and work hard for business. It's really admirable!"

Mr. Xue heard his sarcasm, and shouted: "You still dare to speak hard? Chu Xiang, I want to ask you, have you thought about it for a day, have you thought it through clearly, should you recruit or not? If you recruit early, you can have a safe new year. "

Chu Xiang raised his head: "Your lords want to be convicted of any crime, whether you want to kill or cut, it is up to you. If Chu Xiang confesses himself, unless there is frost in June and thunder in winter!"

Li Daren said: "June Feishuang? You accused me of wronging you!"

Master Zhang snorted.Said: "This kind of tricky prisoner, what do you want to say to him? Let's put red embroidered shoes on him, and see if he recruits or not?"

It turns out that Lord Xue met Wang Yun yesterday.After discussing with Zhang and Li, they all believed that Chu Xiang was stubbornly resisting.Fearing that ordinary torture methods would not work, they came up with the "red embroidered shoes" torture method.I saw two yamen servants bring up a brazier, the red charcoal fire was burning vigorously, and there was an iron frame on the brazier, and an iron shoe was baked on it.Gradually, the iron shoes have turned red... Chu Xiang's heart felt cold, and he turned his head and refused to look at it. This kind of punishment is illegal, but at this time, he has to be slaughtered... Master Xue said in the hall: "Chu Xiang, you It's not a brass head, but you want to taste the taste of these red embroidered shoes?"

Chu Xiang's eyes suddenly froze: "Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire, I have nothing to offer, let alone a small iron shoe?"

Mr. Xue was very angry and slapped the case: "Give me the punishment!"

Chu Xiang only has a tattered robe to cover his body.Ben was barefoot, his right leg was broken by a stick yesterday, the yamen servant lifted his left foot.The smooth and delicate insteps were frozen white and bluish, without blood.The other used the tongs to pinch the iron shoe out.It was burning red.Waited a moment for the red color to darken.The yamen servant aimed Chu Xiang's left foot at the iron shoe, and pressed it hard!Chu Xiang opened his mouth to scream, but his chest was suffocated, but he couldn't make a sound, he struggled instinctively, his left leg was firmly held down, Chu Xiang rolled his eyes, and died of pain!Master Xue saw that he was unconscious, but he was still splashed with ice water to wake him up.After Chu Xiang woke up, he gritted his teeth and suffered, and didn't say a word again.After the iron shoe cooled down, Lord Xue ordered it to be taken off. The sole of the iron shoe was already stuck to the bottom of Chu Xiang's foot. The yamen servant pulled it out forcefully, and even tore off a bloody piece of leather!Chu Xiang couldn't stand it anymore and fainted again.

This time, he splashed ice water twice, but Chu Xiang was still unconscious.The three people in the hall looked at each other, Mr. Xue said: "The prisoner didn't ask for a confession, so he can't just die like this, otherwise the emperor and the prime minister will not be able to explain. We have to let him go down for two days before making plans." The other two nodded. Said: "It seems that it has to be like this."

On the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year, Fu Ling was hosting a banquet in the palace to have fun with the concubine. The insomnia for several days made him extremely exhausted, but the concubines, concubines, princes and princesses came to toast in turn, Fu Ling had to drink and forced himself to drink two cups with a smile on his face. Alcohol is a bit top-heavy.Seeing this, the queen next to him took the wine glass and drank a few for him.Fu Ling suddenly saw the chief eunuch looking outside the door, and asked him to come in.The general manager Fu Er said a few words to Fu Ling, Fu Ling was startled, his drunkenness disappeared, he stood up and said: "I have important matters to deal with, Zi Tong and all my concubines, please go to yourselves."

Fu Ling Liyan hurried to the Imperial Study Room, Sima Ting was already waiting inside, took a look at the secret report in his hand, Fu Ling's face turned ashen, he tore a few pages of paper to pieces, two black sword eyebrows twisted together , Clenched teeth clucking!Sima Ting knelt and dared not make a sound.Fu Ling pondered for a moment, forced himself to calm down, and said: "The situation is urgent, I must rush to the front line overnight, and you can order someone to send the secret report directly to the Jiangbei Camp! But you must not reveal that I have arrived at the front line!" Sima Ting kowtowed to lead the decree.After he went down, Fu Ling ordered all the officials to tell all the officials to celebrate in the city before the Lantern Festival, and there was no need to go to the court or listen to the performance.It is rare for the officials to spend this long vacation, so they are naturally grateful.Fu Ling secretly arranged affairs in Beijing, that is, he took dozens of guards overnight and rushed to Jiangbei at full speed.

Chu Xiang was in a coma for a day and a night in the prison. After waking up, he developed a high fever. He was so dizzy and unconscious for several days that he couldn't go to court.Master Xue was afraid that he would die from serious injuries, so he found a prison doctor to treat him.The prison doctor's medical skills were mediocre, and the fractures and burns could not be healed within a day or two, so he only dealt with the wounds carelessly to prevent festering and inflammation.The prison doctor was kind-hearted, and seeing that Chu Xiang was unconscious, he asked the jailer for some warm water to feed him, but the decoction he took orally couldn't fill him up.

Fortunately, after lying down for three or four days, Chu Xiang's fever gradually receded, but he was already skinny, and he had long since lost his human form.After waking up, the severe pain swept over again. In addition to the freezing weather, there was only a layer of moldy and blackened straw on the ground in the prison, and there was only a thin quilt that was so rotten that the tattered cotton wool was exposed, lying on the ground. , the cold air penetrated into every joint from all directions, the pain was like cutting out the flesh and bones, Chu Xiang couldn't sleep all day and all night, even his thinking seemed to be frozen, he couldn't think of anything... Chu Xiang quietly Looking at the will-o'-the-wisp oil lamp in the corner, my own life, like this dim light, is fading away bit by bit, and may be quietly extinguished anytime, anywhere.

A few days later, Chu Xiang thought he would die slowly and quietly like this, but he heard footsteps far outside, and there were more than one person coming, Chu Xiang turned his head instinctively to look at the door, the door opened, and the two A jailer escorted a woman in. The woman had silver hair, but she was neatly dressed and looked majestic. After entering the door, she glanced at Chu Xiang and suddenly saw Chu Xiang curled up in the corner. She cried out, "Xiang'er!"