Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"So, this is what it sounds like when someone's tongue is cut out...tsk tsk tsk."

Beside Li Chengqian, Prince Wei Li Tai, Prince Liang Li Yin, Prince Yan Li Yun, and Prince Chu Li You were all gathered here, but they were looking at Chen Congyun, who was in the cage at this moment, with his tongue cut out and his limbs gone, looking like a monster.

On everyone's face, there was nothing but hatred and pleasure.

Then there was no other expression on his face.

King Li Yin of Liang stroked his chin, clicking his tongue in amazement.

Chen Congyun stared wide-eyed, trying to ram his head against the cage like a madman. However, he only had the strength of his neck, and given his current state, even moving was difficult.

It's so hard to even die if you want to.

It could only utter mournful whimpers.

"Woooooooo..."

His gaze fell on Li Chengqian, who was at the head of the group, his eyes filled with fear and pleading.

"Are you begging me to kill you?"

Chen Congyun nodded repeatedly, tears mixed with saliva spilling out and staining the low cage.

However, seeing his appearance, Li Chengqian scoffed.

His cold eyes held not a trace of pity or wavering.

"You've also participated in the imperial examinations, so you should understand what a human pig looks like. I didn't have your eyes gouged out or your ears destroyed. Can you guess why?"

Chen Congyun's eyes widened; his face, already pale and covered in grime, was now stained.

It quickly contorted into an extremely ferocious expression of fear.

"Yes, that's the expression! If it weren't for you, those people I ordered to be executed should have been living a comfortable life under the court's rule. But because of you, they all died under the butcher's knife with faces full of fear!"

Li Chengqian squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

Footsteps could be heard outside the prison.

Qianlou led several doctors in white coats in, but most of these doctors from the National Medical College looked like blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners.

They first bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian and the others.

Then, as if lifting a piece of pork, they pulled Chen Congyun out of the cage.

They began examining the severed fingers on his limbs.

Because of Li Chengqian's orders, this guy couldn't be allowed to die easily, so the people at the National Medical College used penicillin when they were cutting off his limbs.

Although there are now pharmaceutical factories that specialize in producing this product, and it has reached a certain production scale.

But production is still insufficient.

"Your Highness, his injuries are under good control. He will be able to be paraded through the streets in two or three months."

Two or three months is naturally not enough to fully recover from such an injury, but Li Chengqian's requirement is to ensure that the other party does not die, and two or three months is enough for that.

Parading them through the streets?!

Although the man speaking looked like a Persian, his Tang language was quite clear.

This sent a chill down Chen Congyun's spine, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"Woo!!!"

"Woo!!!"

He's already turned into this monster, and this damned tyrant still wants to parade him through the streets?!

When Empress Lü treated Consort Qi like a human pig, it was merely a way to imprison and humiliate her.

The thought of his grotesque appearance being seen by the crowds and people on the street in broad daylight made Chen Congyun struggle even more frantically and anxiously.

However... it was all for naught.

Li Chengqian nodded in satisfaction and gave instructions to Qianlou, who was standing to the side.

"You select a capable group of Imperial Guards to keep a close eye on this fellow. I will assign them several physicians, and the Ministry of Rites will contact you. My request is simple... Take this fellow and travel throughout all the prefectures, counties, and even villages of my Great Tang!"

Chen Congyun: "!!!"

"Whoosh—!"

"I will show the world just how utterly despicable and shameless my methods can be!"

"Let them think twice before they get involved with those poisonous things. How many lives do they have left to risk?"

Qianlou nodded respectfully and accepted the order without hesitation.

"Your Highness, Zhang Zhenzhou and Li Xiyu have also been dealt with. In addition, there are Chen Congyun's relatives. Although they have been turned into human pigs as you instructed, they probably won't live much longer."

Chen Congyun, trapped in the cage, was even more devastated.

He almost doubted whether he had misheard Qian Lou's words, staring incredulously with his bloodshot eyes.

"Woo!!!"

Li Yin grinned strangely, and seeing his manic appearance, his smile grew even wider.

"Oh, I almost forgot, our King of Thieves, Chen, hasn't seen his relatives since he was imprisoned. Hehe, are you surprised? Are you taken aback?"

"Hahahaha!"

"Your relatives numbered over forty people, regardless of age or gender, all of them have now become like you. It's just a pity that several of your nephews were too weak and couldn't hold on..."

"Ugh!!!" Chen Congyun went mad, two lines of bloody tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

His gaze, combined with his current appearance, made him look like a vengeful ghost.

However, in this feudal dynasty, as the supreme ruler of the empire, who could stop Li Chengqian from doing anything extreme if he wanted to?

He glanced indifferently at Chen Congyun, who seemed to want to tear him to pieces with his eyes, gave a light snort, and continued to give instructions to Qianlou.

"In that case, let these people be paraded throughout the entire Liangjiang Road area. Afterward, regardless of whether they live or die, transport them all to Hongzhou City, put them into molds, cast them in bronze, and make them kneel in Hongzhou City for all eternity!"

"Even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed in the future, they will still have to kneel before me!"

Li Chengqian turned around, his gaze meeting Chen Congyun's horrified and crazed eyes. He spoke slowly and deliberately, without a trace of mercy.

"Leave the front seat empty for this fellow. When he dies, cast him in bronze like that!"

.......

"Kill him! You bastard! Corrupt official!"

"You bastard, you've ruined us all because of your damn wife!"

"You deserve this fate!"

"Give me back my son's life! You corrupt official, give me back my son's life! Waaaaah..."

In Hongzhou City, prison carts carrying monsters who had lost their human form were parading through the city streets. Because the soldiers deliberately slowed down, the people on both sides of the street could clearly see the appearance of Zhang Zhenzhou and others in the prison carts.

Even many men, upon seeing these people's appearance, couldn't help but instinctively gag.

There were many children on both sides who were so frightened that they burst into tears.

"The criminals, Li Xiyu, former Prefect of Shuzhou and Duke of Fangcheng, and Zhang Zhenzhou, former Governor of Hongzhou, colluded with the villain Chen Congyun to privately manufacture opium and sell it in the Jiangnan and Huainan regions. Millions of people suffered from their poison, and officials and clerks were harmed by them."

"After imperial decree, the Crown Prince and the Six Ministries jointly decided to execute him by dismemberment, exterminate his three clans, and dismember him into human pigs to be paraded through the market as a warning. Subsequently, a bronze kneeling statue was cast to forever guard the tombs of all people, so that he could never be freed from this punishment for generations."

"If anyone dares to sell opium and cause trouble in the future, they shall be punished like this!"

When Fang Xuanling and the others heard about it, and even saw the procession in the streets, they were all filled with fear and trepidation.

This Crown Prince truly regards reputation as dirt. He not only used such inhumane torture, but also created hundreds of human pigs at once, including young children.

Dai Zhou was covered in cold sweat and his body was swaying uncontrollably, as if he would faint at any moment.

When Li Chengqian promoted him to the position of Grand Counselor, he was convinced that he was not afraid of death, and that it would be even better if he could die for his cause and leave behind a good name for all time.

But, when you see the miserable state of these people at this moment.

He truly felt the terror and dreadfulness of this Crown Prince.

If he makes another serious mistake in the future, which displeases or enrages the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince will likely grant him a chance to be remembered for all time.

"Prime Minister Fang...we...we should not stand here and watch; let's hurry and attend to state affairs..."