Chapter 0680 The young master is running, the old man is coming with a knife!
Kou Ji felt that it was a bit much and couldn't help but speak for Liu Heng.
The leading eunuch bowed to Kou Ji and said, "Kou Jinglue does not need to speak for Duke Ning. Duke Ning made a big mistake. The official specially ordered the slaves to punch two plum blossoms on Duke Ning's buttocks."
The slaves don't dare to show any signs of neglect.
The official issued an oral order that if the slaves cannot produce two plum blossoms from Ning Guogong's buttocks, he will spank the slaves' buttocks into plum blossoms."
The eunuch knew Kou Ji's position in Zhao Zhen's heart, so he did not dare to be disrespectful to Kou Ji.
When Kou Ji and Liu Heng heard the eunuch's words, the corners of their mouths twitched together.
Kou Ji said to the leading eunuch: "Can I have a few words with Liu Heng?"
The leading eunuch said: "Please Kou Jing slightly hurry up, the servants will hurry back and resume their orders."
Kou Ji nodded, walked to Liu Heng, squatted down, and asked with a grin: "What on earth did you do, and why did the officials punish you like this?"
Liu Heng felt a little guilty and said vaguely: "Fourth brother, don't ask, I am responsible for everything I do."
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched again, "Then I don't care about you."
Liu Heng nodded fiercely.
Kou Ji stood up and stepped aside, ordering someone to seal the door to prevent the soldiers of the Hengshan Army from seeing Liu Heng and making a fool of himself.
The eunuchs held water and fire sticks and began to execute the people.
"Pa bang bang..."
The crisp sound echoed in the Yamen of the Divine Warrior Army Division in the left wing of Xixia.
Liu Heng gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and said nothing.
Not long after the eunuchs beat him, Liu Heng's buttocks began to bleed.
Kou Ji couldn't bear it, but he didn't stop him.
Zhao Zhen could send people all the way to punish Liu Heng, which shows that Liu Heng's mistakes were really not small.
Liu Heng himself also acquiesced in Zhao Zhen's responsibility.
It can be seen that in Liu Heng's heart, he also believed that he had made a mistake and deserved a beating.
The eunuchs beat him for a while, and Liu Heng's buttocks were already badly beaten.
The eunuchs wiped their sweat and continued to fight.
The eunuchs didn't stop until two bloody plum blossoms appeared.
After the eunuchs finished beating Liu Heng, they took a piece of white silk, printed the plum blossoms on Liu Heng's buttocks, and carefully took it back.
After the eunuchs finished beating Liu Heng, Kou Ji took the initiative to step forward and saluted: "Thank you for showing mercy!"
The eunuchs quickly waved their hands.
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
Kou Ji ordered people to prepare some money to give to the eunuchs, but the eunuchs refused.
After they finished fighting Liu Heng, they did not stop and left the Yamen of Xixia Yongxiang Army on the left side of the horse.
After they left, Kou Ji approached Liu Heng and sighed: "You have to thank them. They dare not accept the gift I gave you. You can send someone to give a gift later."
Liu Heng nodded decisively.
The eunuchs seemed to have beaten Liu Heng's butt until it was bloody, but they were indeed merciful.
Both Kou Ji and Liu Heng had seen the court staff in the palace.
Within ten sticks, it will last seven or eight days.
Within twenty sticks, it will take a month or two.
Thirty sticks or more will result in either hemiplegia or death.
Liu Heng received more than thirty strokes.
The eunuchs seemed to have beaten Liu Heng very badly, but both Kou Ji and Liu Heng knew in their hearts that it was just a superficial wound.
The eunuchs were wiping sweat while beating each other. It was not because they exerted too much effort.
Rather, it takes a lot of effort to play the club while conserving your strength.
Kou Ji squatted in front of Liu Heng and said seriously: "There are no outsiders here. Tell me, what exactly did you do to offend the officials?"
Liu Heng closed his mouth and gritted his teeth without speaking.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Do you want to hide it even from me?"
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "I don't dare to deceive my fourth brother... In fact, I didn't offend the officials. When you were assassinated, I sent someone to pass a letter to Bianjing City, saying that your life or death is unknown.
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Kou Ji's eyes widened in astonishment.
Liu Heng saw that Kou Ji's face was very ugly, so he hurriedly said: "But when I was there, I sent someone to send a letter to Bianjing City to tell the officials that your life is not in danger."
Kou Ji's expression softened a bit.
Liu Heng added in a low voice, "It's just that the six-hundred-mile expedited..."
Kou Ji's eyes widened again and he said in shock: "The first time you used the 800-mile express?"
Liu Heng nodded slowly.
Kou Ji raised his hand and slapped Liu Heng hard on the butt.
Liu Heng screamed in pain like a slaughtered pig.
"You should fight! Why did you tell me such an important thing now?"
Kou Ji shouted angrily.
Liu Heng smiled bitterly and said: "It just caused the officials to worry for two days, and it didn't cause any major disaster..."
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng fiercely, "Just wait to die!"
After saying this, Kou Ji stood up and left.
Liu Heng said in astonishment: "Fourth brother, what are you doing?"
Kou Ji said without looking back: "Pretend to be sick!"
Liu Heng asked doubtfully: "Why are you pretending to be sick?"
"Avoid disaster!"
"Avoiding trouble? Is someone trying to assassinate you again?"
"No one is assassinating me, I just don't want to be spanked like you."
"..."
Liu Heng laughed and said: "In the northwest, you are the only one who can hit others, no one dares to hit you."
Kou Ji paused, sighed and said, "It will be there soon...and there will be two of them."
"How is it possible..."
Liu Heng said something casually, but he was stunned halfway through.
Then he stared at Kou Ji's back and said in horror: "You mean... you mean..."
Kou Ji said with a grimace: "The officials and my grandfather will arrive in a few days."
Liu Heng opened his mouth in horror, "No...it can't be right?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said nothing.
Liu Heng hurriedly asked: "What did those eunuchs tell you?"
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Do you need anyone else to tell me? You can guess it. You rushed eight hundred miles to send back the news that I was assassinated and my life or death was unknown. To this day, the officials have not sent anyone to check.
Now, my grandfather didn't send anyone from his family to check.
That means that after they got the news, they didn't send anyone to check it out. Instead, they set off and came to the northwest in person."
Liu Heng panicked for a moment, "Are you just guessing?"
Kou Ji turned around and glanced at Liu Heng, "The eunuchs who punished you have arrived, but no one came to check whether I am alive or dead. Do you think it's normal?"
Liu Heng's face turned pale in an instant, and he was trembling all over.
Kou Ji's eyes fell on the two plum blossoms on Liu Heng's butt. He sighed and said dissatisfied: "The beating was gentle!"
Liu Heng's face became even more ugly, as if he was mourning for his heir.
Kou Ji left this place with his hands behind his back. He didn't want to deal with Liu Heng, a cheater now.
After Kou Ji left, Liu Heng was frightened on the bench for a long time. It took a long time before he recovered from his panic.
He softly called for his personal attendant and helped him back to his room.
Not long after he returned to the room.
Kou Ji ordered the imperial doctor to come over and give him medicine.
The imperial doctors came over to take a look at Liu Heng's injuries, but they didn't bother to pay any attention to him.
Those eunuchs had practiced their punishment methods to perfection.
Liu Heng's buttocks were red and looked very scary.
But it was nothing serious at all, just a layer of skin broken and some blood seeping out.
Just sprinkle the ordinary gold sore medicine on it, and the wound will scab over after a couple of days in bed.
The imperial doctor was too lazy to do it himself, so he asked the medicine boy next to him to give Liu Heng the medicine.
Liu Heng knew that his injuries were harmless, so he was not worried about his injuries at all.
What he was worried about was how he would face Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun when they arrived.
Unwilling to give up, he sent someone to find out whether Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun had really left the capital.
Not long after Liu Heng sent someone out, Kou Ji appeared with a big ice cube in his arms.
"Fourth brother, what are you doing?"
When Liu Heng saw this, he looked suspicious.
Kou Ji held a big ice cube, sat next to Liu Heng, and sighed: "I feel like I can't get away with pretending to be sick. I can only get really sick."
When Liu Heng heard this, he said with a bitter look on his face: "Don't be sick. If you are sick, how should I deal with the officials and the bandits?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and analyzed: "The officials probably won't be cruel to us."
Liu Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Kou Ji continued: "That's why my grandfather will be more ruthless!"
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji in shock.
Kou Ji sighed: "If the officials don't punish us, and if my grandfather doesn't be ruthless, after this matter is reported back to the court, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will never let it go. At that time, they will not only use this to embarrass the officials, but also impeach us."
A traitor who brings harm to the country."
"Kou...how will the Kou Guild deal with us?"
"My grandfather was the kind of person who wouldn't frown even if a knife was held to his neck. How ruthless do you think he would be?"
Kou Ji said with a worried look.
Liu Heng's heart twitched.
Liu Heng looked back at the wound on his butt and said with a grimace, "Should I wash off the medicine I just applied and let it heal so quickly?"
Kou Ji thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "You can give it a try."
As soon as these words came out, the two of them looked at each other with bitter faces.
They will soon become brothers in need.
The people sent by Liu Heng returned to Xiazhou City two days later and brought bad news to the two of them.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun indeed left the capital.
Now we have arrived at Suide City.
We will arrive in Yinzhou soon.
At the same time, all the soldiers and horses north of Bianjing City are also converging on Yinzhou.
When Kou Ji and Liu Heng received the news, their faces were ashen.
Kou Ji tried his best, but finally fell ill before Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun arrived in Yinzhou.
Although Liu Heng washed the gold sore medicine off his butt, his wound still healed slowly.
"The officials have arrived in Yinzhou City..."
Liu Heng stared at the sick Kou Ji lying on the bed with a resentful look on his face, and said in a low voice.
Kou Ji was lying on the bed, his face turned pale, and he said weakly: "Then you take the people to Yinzhou to meet the driver."
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth and said, "You won't come with me?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said angrily: "Didn't you see that I'm sick?"
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial doctor said that your illness is not serious and will be cured as soon as you apply some medicine."
Kou Ji said seriously: "As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison. Taking too much medicine can be very harmful to people. I still want to live for a few more years."
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji and said, "Can you bear to let me suffer alone?"
"Have patience!"
Kou Ji said calmly.
Liu Heng's face drooped, and he said bitterly: "Can you not go to Yinzhou?"
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng in astonishment, "Have you seen that minister who is waiting for the king to ask for an audience?"
Liu Heng opened his mouth but was speechless.
Seeing that Kou Ji refused to go to Yinzhou even if he died, he had no choice but to go alone.
Liu Heng walked out of the room in despair.
As soon as Liu Heng left the room, he saw Lu Ming running over in a hurry.
Liu Heng asked: "When did you get so panicked?"
Lu Ming ran towards the room and said quickly: "The old man is coming with a knife to kill."
Liu Heng was stunned when he heard this.
When Kou Ji in the room heard this, he immediately got up from the bed and quickly ran out of the room.
"Quick! Find two horses!"
Kou Ji appeared outside the door barefoot and gave urgent instructions.
Kou Ji originally thought that Kou Zhun would stay in Yinzhou City and wait for him to visit him, but he did not expect that after Kou Zhun arrived in Yinzhou City, he did not stop and came over on his own initiative.
Zhao Zhen hid it from Kou Zhun, which was very effective.
Kou Zhun worried all the way and never showed any sadness.
But when we arrived at the border of Yinzhou, I couldn't help but shed tears and didn't dare to enter Yinzhou.
He was afraid that when he entered Yinzhou, he would see Kou Ji's body.
Kou Zhun bravely entered Yinzhou, and when he arrived at Yinzhou City, he saw that the people in Yinzhou City were beaming with joy and were a little confused. After a little inquiry, he learned that Kou Ji had captured Xiazhou and other places.
Kou Ji distributed land to the people.
They also learned that although Kou Ji was assassinated, his life was not in danger.
Kou Zhun's expression at that time was truly wonderful.
He was ashamed and angry.
He couldn't go to Zhao Zhen to vent his anger, so he could only put all the blame on Kou Ji.
He couldn't wait for Kou Ji to come to Yinzhou to pay him a visit, so he picked up a knife and led his old servant to kill Xiazhou.
He claimed that he wanted to kill Kou Ji, a deceitful minister.
Kou Zhun arrived at Xiazhou City after a long journey. After asking about where Kou Ji lived, he came to kill him aggressively.
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Inside the Xixia Yongjun Division on the left wing.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng found two horses in a panic, got on their backs and rushed out.
The two of them rushed to the door of the Yamen and saw Kou Zhun standing with his hair and beard spread out, holding a knife.
When the two saw Kou Zhun, they were startled and started to rush forward.
Without waiting for the two of them to speak.
Kou Zhun said coldly: "One of you is an envoy and the other is a prince. You don't bring any followers with you when you go out. If these two were assassinated, the government and the public would probably be shocked.
Maybe the officials will come in person, and I will have to sit with you."
Kou Ji and Liu Heng looked embarrassed.
The two of them wanted to escape, but Kou Zhun blocked them. Now that they couldn't escape, they could only deal with it hard.
"You two haven't dismounted yet, are you planning to ask me to come over and be a stepping stone for you?"
Kou Zhun spoke again, his tone even colder.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng quickly jumped off their horses and bowed together to salute.
"grandfather!"
"Kou Gong!"
Kou Zhun stared at the two of them and said through gritted teeth: "They are all very good, lively and lively, very good!"
Kou Ji smiled awkwardly: "Grandpa, grandson..."
Before Kou Ji could say anything, Kou Zhun opened his eyes angrily and shouted angrily.
"I'll chop you two treacherous sycophants for bullying me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kou Zhun slashed with his sword.
Kou Zhun seemed to really want to kill Kou Ji and Liu Heng, so he slashed at their necks with the knife.