The man was dressed in a black brocade dragon robe embroidered with dark silver auspicious clouds. He had a vermilion and white jade belt around his waist, with an exquisite jade token hanging on it. It moved without wind, and he looked very imposing.
When the two guards saw the person coming, they were so scared that they dropped the things in their hands to the ground, and then they quickly leaned over and saluted respectfully.
"Hello, Lord Pei."
Why did Prime Minister Pei come to the Ministry of Punishment, which is responsible for punishment? It is puzzling.
Pei Zheng looked coldly at the two people who bowed to greet him, ignored them and walked into the house.
Qi Changyi's eyes were hazy, and he thought he was hallucinating because of the pain. Otherwise, how could he see Brother Pei in such a place
He shook his little head, trying to make the illusion disappear quickly.
But the illusion not only did not disappear, but instead walked towards him with a dark and complicated look in his eyes.
The little man tied to the cross was completely red, as if he had been soaked in blood, and there were several wounds on his body that were so revealing that it made people gasp.
But although his body was covered with scars, his little face, as white as jade, was not injured at all. Pei Zheng stroked his cheek very gently.
When Qi Changyi felt the warmth on his face, his eyes suddenly became moist. He was still trying hard not to let the tears fall, and he called out in a very small but aggrieved voice, "Brother Pei."
Pei Zheng only felt his heart tremble.
He carefully untied Qi Changyi from the rack, opened his robe and put him inside, then held the little guy against his chest.
The two guards over there saw this, although they were very afraid of Pei Zheng, they also dared to stop him and said, "Master Pei, you can't take him away! The Third Princess has ordered that this person cannot leave the Ministry of Punishment until the truth is revealed!"
Pei Zheng's eyes seemed to be able to shoot out ice, and his voice was so cold that it froze the entire Ministry of Punishment by three points.
"Oh? What if I insist on taking him away? If you have the guts, try to stop me."
After saying that, Pei Zheng really held Qi Changyi in his arms and was about to leave. The little guy who had struggled desperately before and wanted to break his wrists, now nestled quietly and obediently in Pei Zheng's chest, with tears still streaming from his eyes.
The two guards weighed the options between the Third Princess and Prime Minister Pei, and finally drew their swords and pointed them at Pei Zheng.
"Master Pei, if you insist on doing this, don't blame me for offending you."
The sword stabbed towards Pei Zheng in the blink of an eye, but before it touched Pei Zheng, it was suddenly bounced away by an internal force and fell to the ground.
A black shadow quickly flashed in from the door, hooked the sword on the ground with his foot, and the sword seemed to have eyes, and stabbed at the third brother's wrist, directly nailing his entire palm to the cross.
The moment the wailing sounded, the black shadow's hand quickly made a sword flower and pierced the second brother's palm onto the cross.
Next, the sword flew in the air and slashed the two men's bodies randomly, leaving at least dozens of cuts. Blood immediately soaked their official robes.
Chengfeng stood in front of the cross with his eyes lowered, waiting for Pei Zheng's order.
The scene was extremely brutal and bloody. Pei Zheng used his robe to cover Qi Changyi's swollen eyes. "Your Highness, how do you want to deal with these two slave dogs?"
Qi Changyi sobbed twice, "They, they also followed the orders of the third sister..."
He paused, stretched out a boneless hand, pointed at one of them and said, "But, he just wanted to take off my pants. Brother Pei, the maid sent by the third sister didn't say that she had to take off her pants to execute me..."
Just because Qi Changyi didn't understand what was going on, didn't mean Pei Zheng didn't understand either. He looked at the guard who was so scared that his legs were shaking like a sieve, and he suddenly became furious.
The guard shouted, "Master Pei, don't listen to the nonsense of a fool! This order came from above, and I am just following orders!"
Pei Zheng raised his lips to sneer, "On orders? On whose orders? The emperor only said to lock the prince up here and wait for his fate, but the third princess wants you to execute him immediately?"
Pei Zheng stopped smiling, his eyes suddenly became fierce, "You mean, the Third Princess disobeyed the imperial order and abused private punishment? You know, abusing private punishment is a taboo in the palace."
These few words frightened the two guards so much that they could not stand. Pei Zheng sneered, left a few words, and turned away.
"Leave them alive."
Chengfeng bowed his head and said yes.
The two guards breathed a sigh of relief. They both knew the guard who always stayed by Prime Minister Pei's side. They turned to Chengfeng and begged for mercy.
"Guard Feng, Lord Pei's coming to the Ministry of Punishment to seize someone is already considered disobedience. If he injures two of us, it will definitely cause the emperor's wrath. Why don't you let us go? We promise not to make this matter public..."
"Who said that Lord Pei disobeyed the order?"
Chengfeng interrupted them with a voice that was bone-chillingly cold, just like his master.
"The emperor has issued an oral order to release Prince Qi Changyi and confine him to his bedroom for three days. I decree this. Sorry, I forgot to mention it just now."
Chengfeng picked up the cold soldering iron on the ground, put it back into the furnace, and played with it in his hand, "Also, when the adults said to spare your lives, they meant..."
He said expressionlessly, "… Just don't kill him."
After a while, shrill screams were heard above the Ministry of Punishment, one after another and without stopping.
One of the shouts was even more tragic because he had been transformed from a guard into a eunuch.
Pei Zheng held Qi Changyi in his arms and quickly shuttled back and forth between the palace walls. The little person in his arms was getting hotter and hotter, and his blood was flowing more and more, as if it could not be stopped. His lips were pale without a trace of blood.
Feeling that walking was too slow, Pei Zheng simply carried the person in his arms and practiced Qinggong. He lightly tapped the ground with his feet and arrived at the Imperial Hospital in a few steps.
When it fell into the courtyard of the Imperial Hospital, Jiang Yubai, who was fiddling with herbs in the courtyard, was frightened, and all the medicines he had just prepared were mixed together again.
When he saw that the person coming was Pei Zheng, he rolled his eyes and asked, "Master Pei, don't you think you have seen me too often recently?"
Pei Zheng said nothing, but lifted a corner of his robe, revealing the bloody little man inside.
The herbs in Jiang Yubai's hand fell directly to the ground. Without saying a word, he quickly led Pei Zheng to the inner room and gently placed Qi Changyi, who had his eyes closed, on the bed.
Instructing several palace maids to fetch some hot water and quickly prepare the ointment for external application, Jiang Yubai stuffed the ointment into Pei Zheng's hand.
"You need to apply it on every wound. It may be painful. Please be gentle and don't hurt Your Highness."
After saying that, he picked up the medicine bag and went downstairs to boil the medicine.
Pei Zheng coughed lightly, "You want me to apply it?"
Jiang Yubai looked at him strangely without answering. He snatched the ointment and sat quietly beside the bed, then started to take off Qi Changyi's blood-red undershirt.
Pei Zheng pressed his hand down and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Apply medicine."
Pei Zheng snatched the ointment back and said coldly, "Go out and close the door."
Jiang Yubai then picked up the medicine bag again and walked out, closing the door considerately.
Pei Zheng began to carefully take off Qi Changyi's clothes, but the flesh at the wound and the clothes were already stuck together. Even if he tore them off gently, the flesh would still be torn, causing large amounts of blood to seep out.
Qi Changyi frowned in pain, and said in a soft voice, "Brother Pei, it hurts so much."