"Compared to now, death is a relief. Unfortunately, as you said, Dehai will not let us die easily." There was deep despair in Xiao Mencius' words.
Listening to his words, Xiao Yuanzi showed a strange smile, "If you really think so, I have a way. Although you can't survive, you can seek death."
When Little Mencius heard the word "death", his heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously wanted to retreat, but as soon as his body moved, it felt like a knife was scraping his body. The pain was really unbearable, and he said: "What can I do?"
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"It's very simple, admit the murder of Imperial Concubine Yi!" As soon as Xiao Yuanzi finished speaking, Liu Qi said hesitantly: "Didn't you just tell me that you couldn't tell the truth? Why did you change it in the blink of an eye?
Oh, what are you planning on doing?"
"I didn't say to confess the truth, I just asked Xiao Mencius to admit the murder of Concubine Yi." This time, Xiao Mencius understood clearly and said sharply: "You...you want me to take on this matter alone?
Impossible, it was clearly Concubine Yi who you encouraged me to harm, why should I be responsible for it alone? Xiao Yuanzi, I tell you, if we live together and die together, don't try to trick me into taking the blame."
"You can't lie or not." Xiao Yuanzi tried his best to move in the direction of Xiao Mengzi and said: "No matter how this matter progresses, you will never be able to escape. You also know this in your heart. You don't need me.
Let me remind you again; please tell me, what good will it do to you to drag us into the water?"
Little Mencius gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what, I will not agree."
When he said this, Liu Qi's thoughts became more vivid, but he did not directly advise Xiao Mencius, but said: "Don't be anxious, and listen to him carefully first."
Xiao Yuanzi listened to the movement outside. Although there were footsteps all the time, luckily no one came in yet. He immediately said: "I know it's not fair to ask you to shoulder this task alone, but if you agree, I can try to agree to it."
If you die happily, you will both die, so why not choose a happier way to die?"
Xiao Mengzi's heart moved slightly, but he still snorted coldly on his face: "No matter what you say, you can't coax me into agreeing. I will definitely tell the emperor that all this was done under the instigation of you and your master. Concubine Yi is
You killed me."
Xiao Yuanzi sighed and said: "I know you hate it in your heart, but think about it, what good will it do to you if we die? At the end of the day, there won't even be anyone to avenge you." Seeing that Xiao Mencius didn't speak, he
He added: "Think about it, am I the one who caused you to end up in this situation? Originally, the emperor believed your words and thought that Concubine Yi committed suicide by hanging from a beam, but the queen insisted on holding on to Concubine Yi and insisted that Concubine Yi did not commit suicide.
After committing suicide, the Emperor has now traced you. The person you should hate the most is the Queen. And Master... is the only one who can avenge you and the only one who can keep your family safe."
Little Mencius sneered and said: "Your concubine is only a fourth-grade concubine. How can you deal with the empress, and how can you protect the lives of my family from the emperor? This lie of yours is not clever at all."
Faced with Xiao Mengzi's words, Xiao Yuanzi responded with the same sneer, "Master is a good concubine, but didn't Concubine Yi die in her hands? Besides, the master is so smart, how can he stay here forever?"
The position of concubine, fourth concubine and even noble concubine is a matter of time. In addition..." Xiao Yuanzi paused for a while and said: "To tell you the truth, the master expected today's disaster long before he acted yesterday.
, she was afraid that you and Liu Qi’s family would be implicated, so she asked Xiangju to find the two young masters of the Wei family and ask them to take you two families to a safe place. But if you harm the master, then the two young masters will
There is no need to protect your family anymore."
Little Mencius looked at him doubtfully and said, "Is this all true?"
Xiao Yuanzi's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "I know you don't believe me, but no matter what, you and I share the same hardships. How could I lie to you about this kind of thing? Aren't I afraid of hurting Yin De in the next life?
Are you going to be reincarnated as a eunuch?"
Listening to his categorical words, Xiao Mencius felt shaken in his heart. At this time, Liu Qi said: "Xiao Mencius, you and I have always been good friends, and I absolutely don't want to see you die. But now, either you will die alone, or you will die alone."
The three of us... or even more people will die, including you and my family, no one will be spared. If no one is buried for us, no one worships us, we will become lonely ghosts, wandering in the world and difficult to reincarnate. This is
The result you want?"
"I..." before Xiao Mencius could continue, Liu Qi said again: "If you admit this, I promise you that I will offer you three sticks of incense every morning and evening, so that you can live forever in the world and pray to the Buddha.
Let you be reincarnated into a wealthy family, so that you don’t have to suffer the pain of being enslaved by others in the future. This time... just treat it like I’m begging you, accept this, please!”
"Why me, why?!" Xiao Mencius repeated this sentence painfully, but no matter how much he didn't want to, he couldn't avoid it, because no matter how he calculated, he was the one who was bound to die.
After struggling for a long time, Xiao Mengzi finally said helplessly: "Okay, I promise you, Xiao Yuanzi, if you lie to me and fail to save the lives of my family, even if I become a ghost, I will come to find you and take your life!"
There was a trace of relief in Xiao Yuanzi's eyes, and he said: "If I lie to you, you don't need to come to find me, I will give you this life myself." Seeing that there was still some hesitation on Xiao Mengzi's face, he said again:
"Don't worry, not only will your family be fine, but even your revenge, my master and I will definitely avenge you."
"That's good! That's good!" Xiao Mengzi murmured, with deep despair in his eyes. It's no wonder that he is like this. After all, his life will come to an end in a short time.
After a while, Dehai walked in with an ugly face, glanced at the three people who were still lying on the ground, and snorted: "Since none of you like to drink toasts, our family will only give you a glass of fine wine.
"As he spoke, he said to the internal supervisor who was following behind him: "Cut their scalps open, then pour mercury into them, and see how long they can keep their words."
"No! The emperor said you can't kill us, you... you can't do this." Liu Qi had heard of such a punishment. Once the mercury is poured along the cut scalp, the weight of the mercury will kill the person.
The flesh and skin are gradually separated. During this process, the person will feel itchy and painful all over the body. When they can't bear it anymore, they will jump out by themselves, leaving an intact person in the same place.
Skin, and people who shed their skin will not die immediately, but will live for a while, but come to think of it... no one wants to live like this, it is too terrible and painful.