As long as a major artery is not pierced, you will generally not die, and it will be very painful.
Master Shen pulled out the dagger, and blood immediately splattered out.
He turned slightly sideways and was not stained by blood.
Zhou Yuanchuang's eyes were full of fear, and he wailed: "Master Shen, I...I am in the Northern Dynasty, and I have a very high status in the Purity Department!"
He loudly said: "I am useful to you, I am useful to you!"
"You are useful to the court."
Master Shen used a dagger to cut off a section of Zhou Yuanchui's clothes, held it in his hand, and while wiping the blood on the dagger, he looked at Zhou Yuanchui with no expression on his face.
"And I am Shen Yi."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, even Zhou Yuanchui, who was suffering from severe pain in his thigh, had some doubts in his eyes.
Because he couldn't understand what Shen Yi's words meant.
Logically speaking, Shen Yi was a native of the Southern Dynasty and an official of the Southern Dynasty. As long as he did something that was beneficial to the court, he would not only make meritorious service in front of the emperor, but also benefit his hometown.
Shen Yi should have no reason to refuse.
But Shen Yi said that he was not the court.
This is completely inconsistent with the idea of loyalty to the emperor in this era.
This is essentially because Master Shen is no longer the young Shen Qi from Jiangdu Prefecture.
In other words, he is not exactly the same Shen Qi.
He does not have those foolish and loyal thoughts.
He worked hard in this era, worked hard to take scientific examinations, worked hard to be an official, and worked hard to do things. Essentially, he wanted to make himself stand out and let the people around him live a good life.
Of course, if he can do something good for the country, the people, and his hometown, he is also willing to do it.
But the court is not the same as the country.
Shen Yi's personal ideals were not completely consistent with the direction of the entire imperial court.
Of course, for now, his and Emperor Hongde's goals are still highly consistent, which is why Shen Yi has been willing to work hard and travel here and there in the past two years.
However, in some details, his interests were not consistent with those of the court.
For example, Zhou Yuancui.
If this person can be used by the Chen court and can be used well, it will definitely be beneficial to the Chen court. But for Shen Yi personally, the only way to feel comfortable now is to kill Zhou Yuancui.
After saying this, Mr. Shen stabbed Zhou Yuanchui's arm with another knife, which naturally resulted in another cry of pain.
"The matter between the two of us can be said to be a personal enmity."
Mr. Shen's face was still expressionless: "It has nothing to do with official business."
Zhou Yuanchui's face was twisted in pain.
He stared at Shen Yi with a vicious look and cursed: "Shen Yi, if you have the ability, kill your father. If your father doesn't die, he will definitely come to you and settle the debt with your whole family!"
Seeing that begging for mercy had no effect, he began to speak harshly.
Shen Yi still had no mood swings. He just silently pulled out the dagger and said lightly: "There is no such possibility."
He wiped the dagger clean and walked towards Mr. Zhou again.
Zhou Yuanchui was completely desperate.
He looked at Shen Yi and yelled helplessly.
Shen Yi stabbed each of his limbs, then turned around and left the hut without torturing him any more.
Let his blood drip onto the ground bit by bit.
…
Early next morning.
After a good sleep, Mr. Shen woke up in this strange manor. After stretching, he came to the yard. At this time, Xue Wei and his subordinates had packed their bags and were ready to set off.
After seeing Shen Yi stand up, Xue Wei immediately stepped forward and said: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei, then at the small room where Zhou Yuancui was locked up, and said, "Is that man dead?"
Xue Wei lowered his head and said, "My subordinate went over to take a look early in the morning. He is still alive. According to your instructions, I dealt with him and took him to the field to bury him."
Shen Yi nodded silently and said, "Thank you."
"Then you should leave Liuhe now and go south back to Yueqing as soon as possible. Don't tell anyone what happened today."
Xue Wei hesitated for a moment and then said: "Mr. Shen, do you want the brothers to escort you to Jiankang City and then go south to Yueqing?"
"Need not."
Shen Yi looked around and smiled: "I'm very safe."
Xue Wei nodded silently and asked: "Mr. Shen, when will you return to Yueqing to take charge of the overall situation?"
"I guess it will be at the end of this month."
Shen Yi thought for a while: "In early February, I should be able to return to Yueqing. After you return to Yueqing, pay more attention to resting the generals below. This year..."
Shen Yi looked at him and said calmly: "You are probably going to Guangzhou Mansion to do some work."
Nowadays, only Guangdong still has Japanese pirates along the coast.
This military merit was reserved for Xue Wei. If the suppression of the Japanese went smoothly, Xue Wei would stay in Guangzhou and establish the Guangzhou Guard on the spot to protect the soon-to-be-established Guangzhou Ship Division.
If Xue Wei's job is done well enough, he will be called the commander of the Guangzhou Guard and take charge of his own role.
It also means that within three years, he has completed the multi-level jump from the pawn path commander.
This kind of rocket rise is basically impossible among civil servants, but it is not impossible among military generals. After all, military generals are promoted based on military merit. Xue Wei's performance in the past two years is enough to be regarded as outstanding military merit. He is in charge of the first guard, and there is no big problem.
Of course, in addition to sufficient military merit, the speed of such an increase is due to the fact that there are people in the court. To put it more bluntly, there are eloquent civilian officials in the court as backers.
Otherwise, if even 10% of Xue Wei's current military exploits can be attributed to him, it would already be a sign of Shangguan's kindness.
Because of this, Xue Wei is so respectful to Shen Yi, because he is basically Shen Yi's disciple.
After explaining some things to Xue Wei, the two groups of people separated at the gate of the manor. Mr. Shen got on his horse and ran all the way back to Jiankang.
Liuhe County originally belonged to Jiankang Prefecture, so it was not too far from Jiankang. Shen Yi rode a horse and arrived outside Jiankang City in the afternoon and entered Jiankang smoothly.
After entering Jiankang, Mr. Shen's horse speed slowed down. When he reached a crowded place, he had to dismount and lead the horse.
Finally, before the sun completely set, Shen Yi returned to Beicheng. He looked up and saw the gate of Shen's residence not far away, with two lanterns hanging on it.
Shen Yi led his horse closer.
When he walked in, Shen Yi's eyes were in a trance for a while, and he saw that there were not only two lanterns at the door of his house, but four.
Two were hung on the door, and two outside the border were carried in the hands of the two young eunuchs.
When Shen Yi approached with his horse, the two young eunuchs came forward with lanterns, bowed their heads to Shen Yi and said, "Scholar Shen, Your Majesty has summoned you."
This situation did not particularly surprise Shen Yi.
He glanced at the two young eunuchs. After being silent for a while, he looked at the horses at his hands and said with a smile: "You two, would you like me to take the horses home?"
The two young eunuchs looked at each other, then lowered their heads slightly and said, "Scholar Shen, there are stables for horses outside the imperial city, and they are filled with fine fodder."
Shen Yi had no choice but to hand the reins to one of the young eunuchs, and then got into the sedan prepared by the two young eunuchs in advance.
The sedan was quickly and steadily lifted up and ran towards the imperial city.
When it got dark, Shen Yi was taken outside the Manna Hall. The Manna Hall was brightly lit.
Mr. Shen was led by a young eunuch into the Ganlu Hall and saw His Majesty the Emperor who was approving the memorial. Shen Yi stepped forward, silently knelt on the ground, bowed his head and saluted: "My lord, Shen Yi, is here to greet Your Majesty."
The emperor put down the ink pen in his hand, glanced at Shen Yi who was kneeling on the ground, and smiled faintly: "Why did Shen Qing perform such a big ceremony today? Get up quickly."
When the monarch and his ministers meet in private, it is okay to kneel or not. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to kneel.
"clever."
The emperor shouted and said, "Give me a seat for my dear Shen Qing."
Eunuch Gao immediately moved a chair over and carefully placed it behind Shen Yi.
Mr. Shen also sat down carefully.
The emperor smiled and said: "In the past few days, I sent people to Shen Qing's house to inquire. The Shen family said that Shen Qing went out to visit friends. I don't know where he went to visit friends."
"Return to Your Majesty."
Shen Yi took a deep breath, knelt on the ground again, lowered his head and said.