Chapter 45: Tragedy
Question: How much difference is there between pit a commoner and pit a monarch! Answer: Pit a commoner will make you feel guilty, and pit a monarch not only has a sense of accomplishment but also saves people. Yun Yue is doing this great work!
Wang Jian left, and Yun Yue didn't even go to see him off. His current identity is a traitor to the Qin State and a new vassal of the Qi State. It's really a new vassal, and the king of Qi has already sent someone to measure the land. Facts have proved that King Qi is a trustworthy person, saying that 800 li will definitely not be 799 li, and he is not ready to fight at all. It's just that measurement is a huge project, and the time may be a little long, one or two years, three or five years. Looking at this situation, there seems to be no sign of completion in the lifetime of King Qi.
The Qi Palace is old, and it is even said to be a little dilapidated. There is no way, it was just ransacked by Le Yi and the Five-Nation Alliance a few decades ago, and the brilliant Linzi City was severely damaged in that military disaster. As the place where the treasures of the Qi country are hidden, the Qi Palace is naturally taken care of. There are many places that dig three feet into the ground, which is no longer enough to describe the grand scene at that time.
It is said that when the king of Qi attacked Linzi, even a large pit was dug in the council hall to find the treasure that would not be removed. The magnificent and beautiful palace of the King of Qi can only be described as ruins, and even today, more than ten years later, many ruins still reproduce the scene at that time.
Yun Yue, who has nothing to do and walks in the palace, can often see such ruins. It's not that you have to pay a sigh of affection to the ancients.
There is only such a person who can wander around the huge harem of King Qi at will, of course, in order to avoid suspicion, he naturally has to arrange an entourage. Yun Yue's entourage was the old attendant with eagle-like eyes, and there was a moon gate in front of it, with a lock on it, and the cry of a child came from inside.
I cried miserably inside. Yun Yue wanted to go in and have a look. The old guy stretched out his hand like a dry twig. The bronze lock was broken like a toothpick. Yun Yue was surprised to find that this guy could do martial arts. It's still high! The young priest behind him all showed a vigilant look, could it be that he had practiced the Sunflower Treasure Book?
The moon door suddenly opened, and Yun Yue was surprised to find that there were some children about four or five years old inside. A few of them are obviously smaller, and they belong to the kind that can just walk a good road and can't even speak. An attendant was scaring the children, and their faces were frozen like apples in the winter. I wanted to cry but didn't dare, and my aggrieved appearance made Yun Yue very distressed.
Shao Si Ming kicked over the waiter, and kicked twice before he could get up. Now, it's time for him to cry.
"What's going on?" Yun Yue turned her head. Ask the old chamberlain named Yukichi.
"Qi Yunhou, this is the torture room. Every year, a group of school-age children are sent here from outside the palace to be castrated for use in the palace. The old slave can still serve the king, and he is an outlier in the palace. There was a hint of sadness in the eagle's eyes, and he must have been subjected to such a criminal punishment once upon a time.
It's winter, in order to reduce the mortality rate as much as possible. Castration is usually carried out at this time, and consider that these children are forcibly taken from their parents at such a young age. also wants to destroy the dignity of men in this filthy place, and a nameless fire burns in Yun Yue's heart.
"Hey......! Originally, there was no need for so many children in the palace, but this castration was really nine deaths. The old slave's brother and brother all died in that house. The old slave came back to life, think about the miserable back then. Only eight out of 100 children survived. Yukichi looked at a house not far away. The tone was muffled and heavy.
No anti-inflammatories, no tetanus shots. One reed missing. Sticking a handful of incense ash is considered a surgical operation. Of course, the mortality rate would be high, but Yun Yue never expected it to be so high. Looking at the hundreds of naughty children crowded in the courtyard, Yun Yue's heart seemed to have been cut by a knife.
Dripping blood, Yun Yue's heart is dripping blood. I don't know when castration began, and Yun Yue was full of curiosity and disdain for the ancient work of eunuchs. But who would have thought that under the inquisitive and curious eyes of people, it would be so bloody.
When I walked into the house that Yuji was referring to, my ears were filled with the squeaky cries of children. The faint voice of Shen Yin, the miserable howl mixed into the most heartbreaking sound. Yun Yue didn't dare to think about it, and even more so didn't dare to look at it. He was afraid that he would kill someone when he saw the terrible scene inside, and in fact he wanted to kill people now.
But he still saw the tragic scene, the door opened, and two chamberlains carried a large basket. The inside of the basket is ...... The children were all four or five years old. His tattered clothes were stained with blood, and his little hands were clenched into fists. The eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, and the little face was full of pain.
The two chamberlains had cloth toils on their noses, and there was no expression on their faces. Carrying a basket of children's corpses, they were dumped into an ox cart like garbage. A small hand exposed the baffle, apparently there were quite a few corpses inside. The little hand in the cold wind seemed to move, and Yun Yue's heart also twitched.
A pig-killing scream came from a nearby room, and Yun Yue kicked the broken wooden door off the ring. A smell of blood and rancid stench came to my nose, and the light inside was dim, and a bean-like oil lamp swayed in the cold wind, as if it was about to be blown out at any moment. Three or four attendants stood there, one of them still holding a knife in his hand. Blood was dripping from the knife, and a child, who was about three years old, was tied to the shelf like a pig. There is already a piece of blood under the crotch!
I can't stand it, I really can't stand it. Shao Si Ming blew in like the wind, and the soles of his fists and feet kept changing. Those attendants were beaten one by one, and they were kicked a few times by Yun Yue. The screams didn't stop from Yun Yue entering the house.
Picking up the knife on the ground, Yun Yue stabbed into the thigh of an attendant. You can't castrate them a second time, you can only let them taste the taste of white knives in and red knives out.
The knife was picked up, but it could not be pierced. Yun Yue's hand was stopped by a withered arm, and she stared at Yu Ji with blood-red eyes. But I heard this old guy say: "Yunhou! Rest easy, they are also doing what they are told. If you kill him, someone else will do something like this. Great Qi has been established for hundreds of years, and such things happen every year. No way, blame! It's all about the lives of these children. ”
As a person who has come before, Yukichi knows the pain of castration. Five-year-old brother died, and three-year-old brother also died. He was the only one who survived, and as a pariah in the face of the powerful state apparatus, they could do nothing but blame the injustice of fate. Perhaps, this is the most primitive Ah Q spirit.
"Heaven does not give birth to those who are above men, nor those who are under men. Everyone has their own way, and my life is up to me. Let those who are imposed on people die, there is Lao Tzu and no one can touch these children. ”
Yu Ji's old eyes "Huo" lit up, and there was a fluorescent flash in the dim room. But the fluorescence was like lightning, and it flashed in an instant.
"Master Hou can protect them for a while, but he can't protect them for a lifetime. can protect one person, but can't protect the world. If you save them, there will be other children in their place. As long as this Jianzhang Palace exists, it needs to be sprinkled and cleaned. How many people have you been able to save? ”
"Be ......!" The knife in Yun Yue's hand fell to the ground, and there was a feeling of weakness and powerlessness all over her body. Yuji is right, as long as there is Jianzhang Palace, Xianyang Palace, and Taizheng Palace...... Wait until these kings' palaces are there, and this kind of human tragedy is indispensable in the world.
In the past, I only learned about the arrogance and lasciviousness of the emperors in the history books. Yun Yue didn't have the slightest feeling for the boring words, and only when she saw the real scene did she know that there was blood oozing between the lines, and the miserable howls and sorrows of the ancestors were solidified. No wonder Lu Xun said that after reading through Chinese history, I found that there were only two words written, that is, cannibalism. It's really cannibalism, and the dead child outside full of ox carts can testify.
"Lao Tzu is not a savior, he can't save the world, Lao Tzu will save the land. can't save the common people, so Lao Tzu will save these children outside. Tell them to stop at once, or I'll kill them all." Looking into my eyes, Ben Hou is very serious! ”
Yun Yue's eyes were red, much like a hungry wolf. In order to let Yuji know his attitude, a suffix was added. Yuji nodded equally earnestly, and when he turned around, he ordered the castration to be suspended.
"Yunhou! You and I can't do anything in this palace, one day! The old slave will only give you one day, if there is no decree from the king at that time. These children still have to be castrated, or that sentence can't be helped, this is fate! It doesn't matter if it's by people, or by the sky. Life is life, stay up! Yuji tilted up forty-five degrees to look up at the sky, and the cold winter sun shone on his face, faintly plastered with a layer of gold. The old guy is a philosopher, which is amazing.
Yun Yue looked at this old guy with some surprise, obviously just an old eunuch. actually has the thoughts of a philosopher, Linzi is worthy of being the cultural center of the Warring States Period, and an illiterate old eunuch actually has such philosophical thoughts. Yun Yue had to look at Linzi City with admiration.
Walking out of the small courtyard, Shao Si Ming was still angry. "Why don't you let me kill those servants, they're not human. Such a small child can do it......"
Women are like this and babbled endlessly, but there was no way to solve anything. If you listen to their stupid ideas, you will definitely lead yourself to the ditch. For example, now this stupid woman is muttering, taking the iron tower and Zheng Bin to kidnap King Qixiang. The purpose is to let King Qi Xiang issue an order to release these children.
Yun Yue has two big heads, this girl is so stupid that she is bubbling. That's fine, it's not a good thing for a woman to be too smart. In his last life, a buddy told Yun Yue that when he met his favorite woman, he could save all of them holding hands to eat and watch movies. A stick was beaten and dragged home, and the family was harmonious from then on.
In view of the ferocity of Shao Si Ming, Yun Yue has never dared to have the idea of being stupid. Now this woman is actively stupid, maybe this is the only good thing today. (To be continued.) )