I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 386 A man who lies should be castrated.
"You dare!" Zheng Qianqian glared.

He always thought that Pingxuan was favored by Yin Lanci because of her pretty face, so he cherished his face very much. He even secretly bought a lot of bottles and jars of rouge from a cosmetics shop and used them secretly every night. Pingxuan even caught him doing so once.

Chu Liuzheng almost pinpointed his Achilles' heel, holding the branding iron a little closer, demonstrating his daring through his actions.

[Don't let your hand shake, stay steady, don't accidentally burn someone and disfigure them.]

Zheng Qianqian tried to press himself back, but the back of his head was already touching the iron frame, leaving him no room to retreat. He could only watch as the branding iron got closer and closer to him.

Just as he was about to get close, he closed his eyes and shouted, "At Lianhua Temple in Hai Cui Bay."

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

【I don't believe you for a second! Yin Lanci is clearly at Laifu Inn. You really think I wouldn't dare burn you, do you?】

Okay, she really doesn't dare.

If this burns, I'll have nightmares for at least three months.

So she glanced at the news about Lianhua Temple in Hai Cui Bay.

[It's over a hundred miles from Xiancheng. Yin Lanci did go there twice, but it's just an ordinary temple.]

She quickly flipped through the system and then closed it, deciding to teach Zheng Qianqian, who had repeatedly lied, a lesson.

She moved the branding iron down, circling it below his navel.

Zheng Qianqian was so frightened that his testicles ached and his anus tightened, and he stammered, "W-what do you want to do?"

It's not what he thought, is it?

Just as he thought,
Chu Liuzheng squinted and said coolly, "As the old saying goes, a man who lies should be castrated."

Zheng Qianqian: !!!

"Where did this saying come from? I've never heard of it before!"

You're right if you haven't heard of it, because it was compiled by Chu Liuzheng.

The red-hot branding iron touched the outer garment, instantly emitting a wisp of smoke.

"Ah!" Zheng Qianqian immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, his fear genuine and heartfelt.

Chu Liuzheng originally only wanted to iron his clothes to scare him, but he didn't expect him to have such a loud voice. Startled, his hand trembled, the branding iron went astray, and it actually hit him on the inner thigh.

Spring clothes are thin, and so are trousers; how can they withstand the heat of a red-hot iron?
This caused Zheng Qianqian to break out in a cold sweat from the pain, and his voice rose eight octaves.

Chu Liuzheng hurriedly moved the branding iron away to check how badly he was injured, but as she bent over, the branding iron tilted upwards and accidentally burned Zheng Qianqian's bare hand again.

"Ah!" Zheng Qianqian shuddered in pain, and the veins on his neck bulged out.

【ah! ! 】

Chu Liuzheng was so frightened that he screamed along with him in his heart, almost bowing to him and apologizing.

Xiao Jingfan, who had wandered over to check on things, was nearly deafened by the loud noise.

This woman is interrogating a criminal, not being interrogated. Why is she calling out like that?

"Your Majesty, may you be well." The soldier guarding the tent entrance bowed in salute.

Xiao Jingfan nodded slightly and asked, "How is it inside?"

The soldier praised, "Miss Chu's interrogation skills are superb; that prisoner was screaming terribly just now."

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

That's quite something, and she herself cried out in a rather pitiful way.

Just as he was about to lift the curtain and go in to take a look, he suddenly heard a voice from his heart.

[Holy crap! There's a monster!!!]

A figure rushed out of the tent.

Xiao Jingfan subtly moved a step to the center and naturally caught the person in his arms.

Chu Liuzheng: ? ? ?

What's the emperor doing here?
A question flashed through her mind. Thinking of the strange scene she had just witnessed, she quickly grabbed Xiao Jingfan's arm and looked up to report, "Your Majesty, Zheng Qianqian is acting strangely. Please come in with me to take a look."

"Okay." Xiao Jingfan took her arm and led her inside.

After taking a couple of steps, Chu Liuzheng suddenly realized something was wrong: "..." She looked down at the large hand on her waist.

Isn't it a little too easy for you to hug me like that?

"Stand firm." Xiao Jingfan withdrew his hand very naturally.

Chu Liuzheng blinked.

Forget it, now is not the time to think about this.

She led Xiao Jingfan quickly to Zheng Qianqian and pointed to the back of Zheng Qianqian's hand for Xiao Jingfan to see.

Xiao Jingfan examined it closely, and apart from the fact that the skin in the middle was a little whiter than the surrounding area, he couldn't see anything wrong.

"Just now, I accidentally burned the back of his hand with a branding iron," Chu Liuzheng explained, pointing to the pale skin. "Right here, it healed in such a short time without even needing any medicine."

Xiao Jingfan was taken aback. After confirming that he had not misunderstood her words, he stared at the intact skin for a moment and then winked at Zhou Yuande, who had followed him in.

Zhou Gonggong understood, casually picked up a dagger from the table, and without blinking, slashed the back of the hand, instantly tearing open the skin and drawing blood.

Chu Liuzheng subconsciously turned his head away, but out of curiosity, he turned back and looked with only one eye.

With his mouth gagged, Zheng Qianqian let out a muffled groan. His curly hair was already soaked with cold sweat. He glared weakly at the three people in front of him, his eyes filled with malice.

The three of them ignored him and stared at the back of his hand.

On the back of the hand that had been cut open, the bleeding stopped quickly, and pink granulation tissue began to wriggle and expand, filling the wound at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From the injury to the wound healing and then to the smooth recovery, it took less than 15 minutes.

Zhou Yuande was so shocked that his mouth dropped open: "Is this even human?" This must be some monster that ran out of some deep mountain forest!

Xiao Jingfan was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment, his face cold and stern.

Yin Lanci has truly gone mad!

Chu Liuzheng remembered that Zheng Qianqian's burns on his legs were more severe, so he wanted to pull them out to show Xiao Jingfan.

Seeing her put her hand on Zheng Qianqian's thigh, Xiao Jingfan immediately reached out and pulled her: "What are you doing?"

"I accidentally burned his groin as well," Chu Liuzheng said, pointing to the hole in Zheng Qianqian's clothes.

Xiao Jingfan's eyelids twitched upon hearing this.

What was this woman planning to do that would accidentally burn Zheng Qianqian's inner thigh?
Having experienced a certain event, Eunuch Zhou quickly thought of a possibility and immediately felt a deep respect for Chu Liuzheng.

He was right; this girl is ruthless.

Seeing the complicated looks in their eyes, Chu Liuzheng felt she needed to explain: "This servant only wanted to scare him a little, I didn't mean to..."

She automatically muted the words "castrated him".

Xiao Jingfan held onto her tightly, gesturing for Zhou Yuande to go and look.

Zhou Gonggong stepped forward and suddenly noticed some dark, noodle-like things on the ground. He picked them up and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Chu Liuzheng covered his eyes and said in a wooden voice, "It's burnt flesh."

Normally, treating burns requires first cleaning away the necrotic skin and flesh at the wound site, but Zheng Qianqian doesn't do that.

Chu Liuzheng had just witnessed the scalded flesh on the back of his hand peeling off like the severed limbs discarded by some mollusks.

It was bizarre, disgusting, and terrifying; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so frightened that she ran away.

Upon hearing her words, Zhou Yuande's face turned green. Although he wasn't afraid of these things, he found them disgusting.

I quickly threw it away.

Then he pulled open the hole in the clothes and looked inside, but he didn't see any wound.

He reported this fact and casually tugged at Zheng Qianqian's outer robe to cover the hole in his trousers.

Of course, it wasn't for Zheng Qianqian, but for Chu Liuzheng.

Chu Liuzheng completely failed to appreciate his good intentions, and only felt that Eunuch Zhou was indeed a respectable person.

She turned to Xiao Jingfan and said, "Your Majesty, Tongniang knows him and may know something. Why don't we summon her and ask her?"

(End of this chapter)