Zhang Xiaowu took out a belt from his pocket, tied the little fat man firmly to his back, and warned: "Hold your master tight, I may kill someone in a while, so don't be thrown off."
The little fat man was eager to try: "Master, don't worry, we will fight together."
He rubbed his wrist, then slowly raised his head, with fighting spirit in his eyes, and said with a sneer: "If you don't kill me today, I will kill you. Come on, do it, let me see you eunuchs."
His ability." When fighting, you just can't carry any burdens with you. The little fat guy can't run and escape, so he simply ties himself up so that he can take care of him during the fight.
Several people looked at each other and complained secretly. These eunuchs were bluffing and bullying, so how could they dare to kill people? Looking at the tall and powerful man in front of them, they also saw that this man looked eager to fight.
, everyone couldn't help but take a step back.
The older eunuch looked stern and said inwardly: "I'll count to three. If you don't leave after three, we will catch you and castrate you, and we will make you all eunuchs."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed, and then suddenly stepped away. Everyone felt a black wind blowing in front of their eyes, and saw the Taoist priest coming to the great eunuch. Zhang Xiaowu pinched his neck with his left hand, raised his right hand, and said "Gaba!"
, the big eunuch’s palm was twisted and turned over.
How could the great eunuch have imagined that the man in front of him was so barbaric and unreasonable, and that there were still people in the imperial city who would dare to attack the eunuchs? Who would dare to attack the eunuchs in the cleaning room?
It's simply - it's simply unreasonable.
"If you have something to say, you have something to say." The big eunuch immediately gave up, "You let go of my hand first, let go of my hand first, are you going to hit me?"
"No."
After Zhang Xiaowu said this, he held his hand and walked into the ablution room and walked towards the screams. He only saw four boys lying naked on the wooden board with their hands and legs tied to death. Although the furnace in the room was
The fire was strong and the temperature was very high, but the boys' pain and
The muffled sounds were still mixed together. The four boys had cotton cloth stuffed in their mouths, and the places where they peeed were exposed to the air. They used a reed tube instead of a urinary tube to urinate. Judging from the healing of the wounds, the four boys
Being purified only happened in the past few days.
Zhang Xiaowu frowned, turned around and said, "The Emperor has ordered not to recruit new eunuchs this year. Why don't you abide by it? This is blatant rebellion!"
The big eunuch said: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to ask this question? You officials in the imperial city should leave the palace affairs alone. I still say the same thing, the more you know, the closer you are to death.
If you don't want to die, don't ask. Once I tell you, you will be dead too."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "I really have no control over this matter today! I have decided to take charge of it and ask, are these four people the children of other people's families that you stole?" As he said that, his hand increased its strength, and the big
The eunuch screamed in pain. The other eunuchs were holding sticks in their hands and wanted to rush over. Zhang Xiaowu kicked a bench. The bench flew out and hit the other eunuchs with a bang. Several eunuchs were knocked to the ground by the bench.
, screaming again and again.
When the eunuch saw it, he was so frightened that he became weak. He was a peerless master, so he could only say honestly: "Master, these four children are really not snatched by us. They were sent in by their families with money."
In order to join the palace as eunuchs, each family sent money, and they all volunteered. If you don’t believe me, just ask them."
The four children, the older one was about ten years old and the younger one was seven or eight years old, were biting their towels in order to endure the pain. Zhang Xiaowu took off their towels and asked softly with pity: "Are you being raped?"
Did you trick her into entering the palace, or was she forced by someone? Don't be afraid, I'll make the decision for you."
The oldest child's features were so painful that his features were deformed, and there was sweat on his forehead. He said: "To this hero, we are all voluntary. The four of us are poor people from poor families. If we don't become eunuchs in the palace, we will become eunuchs."
starve."
"Yes, we are trying to survive."
"We do it voluntarily."
"We're just in too much pain, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much."
Zhang Xiaowu frowned and said, "Are you willing? Your family is also willing?"
"Of course I am willing," the oldest child said, and then begged: "Can you put the towel in your mouth? I'm afraid I can't help but keep shouting."
Zhang Xiaowu signaled the other eunuchs in the cleaning room to stuff towels for them, and said with emotion: "These children are so sensible, they actually voluntarily committed suicide. How many eunuchs voluntarily commit suicide and enter the palace every year? Don't their families feel guilty?"
He looked at these four children and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but for a moment he didn't know what was wrong. In short, it seemed strange.
The eunuch laughed and said: "No matter how bad life is in the palace, it is better than life outside. At least in the palace, as long as you obey the rules and obey the rules, you will not die of hunger. Outside, it doesn't matter whether you are obedient or not, whether you obey the rules or not.
, as long as there is no food, they will starve to death. As parents, how can we not feel sorry for our sons, but their mothers want them to survive more than starve to death."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Do they need money to enter the palace?"
"This..." said the big eunuch, "a little bit, just a little bit. It's just sugar and water money to keep them healthy. I'm afraid they won't be able to eat well when they are castrated, and they will die before the hell gate is closed."
"You have money to enter the palace, but you have no money to support your children." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said, "What kind of parents are these? They are so weird."
The big eunuch said: "Sir, if it were in the past, it would not be easy for our palace to recruit eunuchs. We have to spend money to buy eunuchs from our cleaning room, and a boy has to spend a lot of money. But now, the plague is rampant and people are starving.
Everywhere, can enter
It's good fortune to come to the palace. Isn't it different now? The emperor is afraid that we will spend money to recruit young eunuchs. Now there is no need to spend money at all. People will take the initiative to send money to the palace to be eunuchs. You tell me, we have no reason to refuse.
Bar?"
Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said: "There are records of their family members, so they are not filthy people."
The eunuch was surprised and said: "Sir, why do you ask this?"
Zhang Xiaowu said: "I remember that the eunuchs and maids in the palace must be of clean value, otherwise they are not allowed to accept them. You should know this rule better than me, right?"
The eunuch's face became tense and he said: "I don't care about this. I only care about their injuries. The rest is not my business. You know, in the palace, it is better to do less than to do more. The less you know, the better."
Well, only fools can live longer."
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the four boys who volunteered to be eunuchs in the palace and couldn't help but sigh. Who would be willing to join the eunuchs for life, just to survive?