How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 273: Xie Chengze, gentle and cruel, Shengshi Huai

Xie Chengze lowered his head and huddled in a corner with a tearful look on his face. He glanced at Sheng Shihuai secretly from the corner of his eyes, and did not sense any murderous aura from him. Then he restrained his body from trembling and revealed a flattering smile.

"Everyone knows that Lord Sheng is a martial arts master who can defeat thousands of soldiers single-handedly. I am just a weak young man who can't even tie a chicken. Lord Sheng can crush me to death with just one finger."

He moved his knees towards Sheng Shihuai with a "clack clack" sound, and with eyes wide open, he swore seriously, "Give me one more chance! From now on, I will listen to you in everything!"

Sheng Shihuai sneered twice, looking at him with a half-smile, "Really? But Weichen, it seems that I have already given Your Highness a chance."

This stupid Second Prince really seemed to think he was easy to fool.

I thought he couldn't notice the changes in him, I thought he couldn't find out his concern for the Crown Prince and the Eldest Prince, I thought he didn't know Shen Yuan was secretly helping the Crown Prince, I thought he had wasted the past eight years in the court.

But Sheng Shihuai was not angry, just like he would give all his followers a chance. As long as they listened to him, he would naturally not use cruel means to control them.

For example, the salt administrator in the Salt Yamen clearly sent someone to tell them that the stamped certificate papers must be soaked in water, but he chose to save trouble and burned the stamped papers, which led to his addiction to opium.

Now, in order to get the medicine, I can only obey him completely, otherwise I will suffer all kinds of pain.

He also gave Xie Chengze a chance. He sent out the substitute he had worked hard to train for fifteen years. The substitute's situation was special. The heart of ordinary people was on the left side of the chest, but the substitute not only looked very similar to him, but even had a heart on the right side, which was rare. Sometimes he felt that this was God's blessing. God destined him to be an emperor, so he sent this substitute to protect him.

He doted on Xie Chengze so much that he didn't hesitate to expose this substitute. He thought that as long as Xie Chengze had a soft heart and allowed this substitute to survive, he could forgive his stupidity and kind heart.

But he pulled the tendons in the opponent's hands and feet, and poked the body so that it was full of blood holes, and the right side of the heart was unrecognizable.

What a cruel heart.

How could he be the weak and powerless young man he described?

Sheng Shihuai smiled faintly, stretched out his hand and moved his fingers towards Xie Chengze, who looked flattering and frightened, and said in a gentle tone like a swamp, "Come here."

Xie Chengze quickly shook his head.

He dared to guarantee that as soon as he went there, Sheng Shihuai would strangle him to death.

Seeing Xie Chengze's refusal, Sheng Shihuai narrowed his eyes coldly, his face turned gloomy, "Xie Chengze, don't make me say it a second time."

As we all know, men all over the world are afraid of being called by their full names by those in a higher position.

When Xie Chengze was called by his full name, he immediately knelt down and moved in front of Sheng Shihuai. Then he turned his back and lowered his head to reveal his white neck.

His whole body was tense and he shouted as if ready to die, "Then strangle me! Don't strangle me to death right away, that would be too unsatisfying. If you keep me alive, you can vent your anger a few more times!"

It’s too suffocating to strangle someone from the front, but it’s different from the back, you can breathe!

Xie Chengze's little thoughts were clearly visible, which made Sheng Shihuai feel amused and angry. He really hated Xie Chengze and had thought about how he would torture Xie Chengze if his substitute died.

But when I really met him, I didn't want to kill him anymore.

Sheng Shihuai valued talents. He was reluctant to kill talented people. As for those who betrayed him or were unwilling to join him, he preferred to control them with drugs, and then watch these proud people suffer from the pain of addiction, and finally have to surrender to him for the antidote.

This is how he planned to deal with Xie Chengze.

Who made this little guy so proficient in making money, managing mountains and rivers, and developing thermal weapons?

The man raised his hand and grasped the young man's slender neck, turned him over and pressed him on the bed. He hooked the rope with his slender fingers and untied the knot on it, then used it to tie the young man's hands to the head of the bed, forcing him to be unable to leave the bed.

He lowered his eyes to look at the young man who dared not struggle, stretched out his hand to lift the strands of hair covering his eyes from his forehead, and said in a gentle yet cruel tone, "Be good, just bear with it."

Xie Chengze didn't understand what he was saying.

Until Sheng Shihuai stood up, took out a piece of colorful incense from his arms, and placed it in the incense burner in the house.

Xie Chengze suddenly opened his eyes wide.

He struggled desperately, his wrists turned red from being tied by the thin rope, and he yelled in shock and anger, "Sheng Shihuai! How dare you!!!"

Sheng Shihuai curled his lips slightly, glanced at him with a neutral look, and dropped the fire starter in his hand.

A wisp of smoke curled up from the incense burner, beautiful and deadly.

"Sheng Shihuai! Let me go!"

"Sheng Shihuai! Destroy it now!"

"Sheng! Shi! Huai! This king and you will not share! the same! world!"

The young man's angry and powerless shouting was isolated within the closed wooden door. The night grew darker, and soon, those angry shouts turned into low gasps. The suppressed cries of panic came through the narrow window gap, causing the moonlight to pour in, but it could not penetrate the tightly closed paper window to peek at the colors inside.

Until dawn.

The windows were opened wide, and the smoke cleared away.

Sheng Shihuai stepped into the room and saw a young man lying on the bed, his whole body soaked with sweat. His eyes, as beautiful as autumn water, were crying sadly and pitifully. His rosy lips were bitten with pale teeth marks, and his hands were rubbed with blood blisters by the rope. He looked very miserable.

The hair that was originally neatly combed fell to the ground and a corner of the jade-colored hair crown was broken because of the constant struggle. The black hair was entangled and stuck to the wet neck and lapels. He fell into a deep sleep, his frowned brows twisted uneasily, as if he had a nightmare.

Sheng Shihuai raised his hand and placed it on his forehead, which was extremely hot and his cheeks had already turned red.

"Why bother?"

He shook his head, stood up and told the clerk to prepare cold water. Then he dipped a towel in cold water and personally wiped the sweat from Xie Chengze's face and neck, and put the cold towel on his forehead to cool him down.

"No one else is so delicate."

He was even reluctant to use the best quality incense for him, and instead used mixed incense. Once you get addicted to the best quality incense, you can't quit, but mixed incense can be quit, and even the body's pain reaction is much weaker than that of the best quality.

He was worried that Xie Chengze might be too stubborn to bear the pain, so he used the mixed fumigation. Unexpectedly, he was so delicate that he couldn't even bear the mixed fumigation.

The towel on the young man's forehead was soon warmed up. When Sheng Shihuai raised his hand to take it, he heard the inarticulate mumbling of the young man who was in a nightmare. There seemed to be the words "jade seal" faintly heard, but he could not hear it clearly, so he lowered his head to listen.

The young man, who should have been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, opened his teeth and bit Sheng Shihuai's ear fiercely.