Nian Huajiao: The cold-faced treacherous minister spoiled her unconditionally after breaking his vow

When he was the only one left in the room, Lord Ling stood up and walked to the bookshelf on the side of the desk. The bookshelf was filled with rare treasures and antiques.

In the middle, there is a gilded Buddha statue as tall as a half-year-old child, which is the most eye-catching.

I saw Elder Ling stretch out his hand and turn the Buddha statue half a circle, and then a small door as high as a person suddenly opened on the flat wall behind the desk.

He turned around and walked quickly towards the door. He waved his hand gently and the door closed. As the door closed, the Buddha statue on the bookshelf returned to its original state.

Elder Ling took a few steps with the help of the candlelight on the wall of the corridor and entered a secret room.

The secret room was brightly lit with the aroma of incense curling up. Above the quaint and old altar was a one-meter-tall golden Buddha statue, and below it, on a cushion, was a monk sitting cross-legged.

He is chanting.

Elder Ling stood quietly behind him. After a moment, he suddenly asked, "Master, did you hear me?"

Wuyan opened his eyes, stopped moving his lips, looked at the Buddha statue in front of him, and said, "Naturally."

Elder Ling took two steps forward and looked at the Buddha statue: "Master, do you think this is feasible?"

"Donor Ling already has a plan in mind, so why bother with this?" Wuyan still looked at the Buddha statue, and said thoughtfully.

"Haha... Master is indeed well versed in Buddhism and can even guess what is in my mind. In that case, let's do it this way." He retracted his gaze and glanced at the person sitting cross-legged on the cushion, motionless and speechless.

"Amitabha."

"Have you presented the longevity pills to the emperor?"

"Amitabha, this is offered by Lu Jinan's hands." Wuyan closed his eyes, faced the Buddha statue, and said piously.

Hearing this, Ling Ge Lao simply lifted his skirt and sat on another futon. He turned sideways and looked at Wu Yan: "How does the emperor feel after using it?"

"It works, very good."

"Congratulations, Master Wuyan. Your status in front of the Emperor has risen to a new level."

Wuyan's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Lord."

"Master, there is no need to be modest. This longevity pill is the work of the master. Ling knows this."

"I wonder what instructions the Lord has for me to come here today?"

Elder Ling thought for a moment, then said meaningfully: "Continue to give the longevity pill to Lu Jinan, and let him carry it into the palace. When the time is right, it won't be too late to change the pill."

"Amitabha, I understand."

Elder Ling then stood up, patted his clothes without any airs, and respectfully lit a stick of incense: "In a few days, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Master Wuyan to read the fortune of Jiang Luo, the eldest daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, who is Xun'er's fiancée."

Wu Yan listened to him, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and the little fingers of her clasped hands slightly bent and then quickly returned to their original position.

Elder Ling was looking up at the golden Buddha statue in front of him devoutly and did not notice these subtle details.

"It doesn't matter. All you need to do is send someone to inform me."

"Then I am Ling here, thank you Master Wuyan."

After hearing this, Wu Yan finally opened his narrow eyes. There were raging waves in his eyes, like a bottomless abyss.

When he turned to look at Lord Ling, he was as calm as the clear lake water in the Ningyang Marquis' Mansion.

He clasped his hands together, bowed to Elder Ling, then walked out of the secret room and into the darkness at the other end of the corridor.

The sound of footsteps was particularly clear in this silent secret room. Unlike the corridor that Elder Ling had walked through, there was no candlelight in this part, and it was pitch black without one's sight.

Just like everyone's future life, it is unpredictable.

Du Heng rode his horse all the way to the Northern Pacification Office. Liu Ming was waiting outside the door. When he saw him, he hurriedly called out, "Sir."

"Where is Wang Jin?" Du Heng asked as he dismounted, obviously very anxious.

Liu Ming hesitated: "He was... arrested and interrogated by Lord Lu."

"Waste." Du Heng cursed softly.

Liu Ming heard it clearly, and was a little angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he said aggrievedly: "Sir, calm down. Lord Lu arrested people for no reason. Sir, please go to the prison and take a look."

There are two factions in the Northern Pacification Office.

One faction is headed by Commander Lu Jinan, and the other faction is composed of people who have followed Du Heng for a long time.

Back then, everyone thought that the commander would undoubtedly be Du Heng, but they didn't expect that he would be preempted by Lu Jinan, who had achieved experience within two years of arriving.

Lu Jinan was the commander, and he, a centurion, didn't dare to act rashly. But Du Heng was the deputy commander, only one level lower than Lu Jinan, and both of them were senior officials in the Northern Pacification Division.

With Du Heng stepping forward, he can at least suppress Xu Yuan, Chen Fei and others.

Du Heng threw the horsewhip in his hand to the Jinyiwei at the door and walked towards the Jinyiwei prison in two steps.

Liu Mingze followed him closely, but he was very anxious.

Du Heng is not much better.

Wang Jin and Liu Ming were his right-hand men in the Northern Pacification Office. They had done a lot for him and knew a lot about him.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the Jinyiwei prison. When the Jinyiwei guarding the door saw that it was Du Heng, he didn't dare to stop him. He just scratched his head and said, "Lord Lu has ordered that outsiders are not allowed to enter."

Du Heng looked at the person who was blocking him, his face so gloomy that it seemed like water was about to drip out.

Liu Mingze shouted in a bully-like manner: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, is Lord Du an outsider? Don't forget that Lord Du is also the commander of the Jinyiwei."

Although he is a deputy, he is better than everyone else, except Lu Jinan.

"This...this...but Lord Lu has already given the order..."

Liu Ming took a step forward and pushed the two men away: "Get out of the way, Lord Lu has given his orders, so let Lord Lu speak. Our Lord must come in today."

Then he looked at Du Heng with a flattering smile: "Sir, please."

Du Heng glanced at the two people in trouble, turned around and walked in quickly.

Just after taking a few steps, a smell of blood mixed with mold hit their noses. The two of them didn't react much, and didn't stop, but walked straight in.

Obviously he has gotten used to the taste.

"Wang Jin, we are both members of the Imperial Guards, and you know all the remaining tricks. You'd better confess. I will give you a quick death and save you from suffering." Chen Fei advised with a smile, playing with the whip with barbs in his hand.

The man on the rack spat out a mouthful of blood, smiled, and said weakly, "I, don't, confess. I didn't do it."

Seeing that he was so stubborn, Fade Chen twitched his lips and shouted, "Use water torture."

Waterboarding, as the name suggests, is a punishment made of water.

The prisoners were put into a water dungeon and died of suffocation due to the unbearable condition.

But Lord Lu improved it, and now there are hundreds of snakes in the water prison of Jinyiwei.

The snakes are not poisonous. But once you throw a person in, they will all crawl over and bite anyone they catch.

People are very afraid of snakes, especially in dark, damp and quiet places. The sound of snakes spitting out their tongues is in their ears, and every inch of exposed skin is rubbed by slippery things, even entangled.

The prisoners who were beaten half to death had no strength to stand up and could only fall into the water, where they saw countless snakes wriggling in front of them...

If someone died and no one came to perform an autopsy, it wouldn't take long for a snake to crawl into every part of the body...