Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 118 The truth from the boy's mouth, revenge on Cui Ying
The fourth lady is missing!

Just one sentence has made everyone here nervous. Could it be that the fourth lady of the Cui family will be the next victim?

If this young man is the murderer, he is still standing here very calmly, as if everything is under his control, and as if all this has nothing to do with him at all.

"Why are you missing?"

The maid replied, "When the Fourth Lady heard the news of the Fifth Lady's death, she panicked. When she heard that you were all on Xuanren Street, she rushed out to seek help. As a result, not long after we entered Baihua Tower, the Fourth Lady disappeared."

"My Cui family has servants, so why would she go out and seek help?" Cui Shi was puzzled and then angrily asked, "Also, what is a young lady like her doing in Baihua Tower?"

The maid suddenly realized that she had said something wrong, and she knelt down in fear, not daring to answer again.

The young man sneered, "Don't you, the Cui family, know that as a noblewoman from a first-class aristocratic family, Cui Ying often visits not only Baihua Tower in Sigongfang but also Yuzhuxuan in Xiuxingfang. She has a group of talented young men under her command who are willing to submit to her. She has also recruited many gangsters from outside the martial arts world to serve as her personal followers and thugs."

Baihualou is a brothel under the jurisdiction of the Jiaofangsi, while Xiuxingfang is the residence of Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi. After Zhang Changzong gained the emperor's favor, he recommended his brother Zhang Yizhi to the empress. The two brothers are now both popular figures around the empress, and even take charge of the Konghe Mansion, which is responsible for selecting male favorites for the empress. Their power is growing.

I heard that Yuzhuxuan in the cultivation center is a place that young men love to play. As for what to play, it has everything. If a young lady goes to such a place, wouldn’t it be extremely damaging to her reputation?
"This is impossible? How could Aying be such a person? She has her own Bailiang Poetry Society, and she makes friends with all the noble ladies in Luoyang City. She can't possibly go to that kind of place?" Cui Shi argued with a serious face.

"Isn't the Bailiang Poetry Society the place where she uses her talent and fame to attract the attention of those young men?" the young man asked in return.

Cui Shi was a little angry and scolded him, "Then why do you think she did all this? My Cui family is a first-class aristocratic family. Do we need her food, clothing and other expenses? Even if she wants to get married, with the status of a Cui girl, so many noble men would rush to propose marriage to her. She has no shortage of anything..."

"Who said she's missing anything? What if her ambitions go beyond simply being a daughter of your Cui family and marrying off peacefully?" The young man paused, and Cui Shi's face was startled. He then continued, "If I remember correctly, your Anping branch of the Cui family already has a woman who holds absolute power in the mansion and who, after the divorce, didn't marry outside the family? And Cui Si Niang, Cui Ying, was raised by your aunt, right?"

Cui Ying's biological mother died early due to complications during childbirth. She should have been raised by the mistress of the fifth branch of the Cui family, but she was not close to her stepmother. Instead, she regarded her aunt Cui Yuan as her biological mother.

Few people know Cui Ying's life experience. Apart from the Cui family, no one knows who her biological mother is. Over the years, the Cui family has always treated her as a legitimate daughter.

Cui Shi looked at the young man in surprise: "How do you know all this about my Cui family?"

"Why else do you think I was able to gain Cui Ying's trust, come to her side, and pretend to be a pawn in her hands?"

"She's winning over people's hearts and secretly cultivating her own power. There must be quite a few men in Luoyang City who could be considered her loyal subjects, right?"

Cui Shi suddenly felt humiliated and shouted, "You're talking nonsense! Come here, a scoundrel, how dare you insult the daughter of my noble family?"

The mistress of the fifth branch of the Cui family was crying while holding Cui Ying, who died in the carriage. Cui Yi, who was listening to this confrontation, was so ashamed that he could not speak.

Cries of surprise were heard again and again from the crowd pushing and shoving each other on the street.

"Humiliation?" The young man laughed. "Even those present here might know what kind of person she is. She has a gentle and dignified face, but in reality, she hides the most vicious heart. She cannot tolerate any woman in this world being more outstanding and more beloved than her."

Then he turned to Murong Huan and said, "Junior Sister, she also plotted against you before, didn't she?"

Murong Huan was slightly startled, and Xiao Muchen's eyes flashed with displeasure. The young man continued, "Three years ago, she was jealous of Yingying's favor for Madam Cui and even the affections of a young general. She repeatedly humiliated and beat Yingying. She even tried to seduce the general into becoming her mistress and using him for her own purposes, but was sternly rejected by the general."

So she not only used the method of informing on the general's father for treason, but also took advantage of the opportunity when the general went to rescue his father to trick Yingying away and bribed a group of bandits to abuse her. This was not enough, she also chopped off the hands and feet of this daughter who should have been the eldest daughter of the Cui family, gouged out her eyes, and tortured her to death by the torture of bone drunkenness.

As he said this, tears gradually welled up in the boy's dark and lifeless eyes, and even his thin body began to tremble slightly.

A wave of sighs and angry curses rose up from the crowd again. Amidst this surging wave of angry sighs, the young man gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:

"This is the whole truth!"

Hearing this, Xiao Muchen suddenly thought of something.

"Could it be that General Heichi Changzhi was falsely accused of treason because of this incident? And the newly appointed governor of Puzhou is the son of General Heichi, Duke of Yan?"

Although Heichi Changzhi was a Baekje general who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he had made great contributions in defending the border territories of the Tang Dynasty. Even the famous Tibetan general Lun Zanpo and the famous Turkic general Ashide Yuanzhen were frightened of him. They did not dare to invade the Tang Dynasty again during the years when he was guarding the border. However, after Heichi Changzhi was falsely accused and killed, the wars that had been dormant for a long time were started again. No matter whether it was the Turkic, Tibetan or Khitan and other small border countries, they dared to invade the border of Wu Zhou.

The boy did not answer again. His silence made Xiao Muchen more convinced of his guess.

"So, where is this young general now?"

The young man then raised his head, with a curve at the corner of his lips.

"Playing chess with my senior brothers and sisters, it seems I really have no advantage at all. You guessed everything so quickly." He said with a smile, "However, Cui Ying is probably dead by now!"

……

In a house in the training center, Cui Ying was soaked in a wine jar that was only big enough for her, and her severed hands and feet were scattered all over the outside of the wine jar.

However, she can still see and hear now, but her mouth is temporarily sealed and she cannot curse or speak.

She just looked at the general sitting in front of her who was looking at her pitifully with tears in her eyes.

The young general no longer had the bright smile and high spirits of the past. Instead, his face was filled with sinister intent, and his eyes, like deep pools, were filled with the coldness of an ice blade cutting through five feet and hatred that cut into his bones.

"That's how you killed A Ying back then, isn't it?" Heichi Jun asked coldly, "Does this feel good to you?"

"And my father, my family, how did they offend you?" he asked, walking up to Cui Ying and pinching her chin. "Do you know the torture my father endured in the imperial prison? He fought his entire life, frightening countless famous Tibetan and Turkic generals into daring to attack the Tang. The irony is that he didn't die on the battlefield. Instead, he was tortured and humiliated by cruel officials, his teeth knocked out. All his pride and dignity were trampled upon in that moment, and he couldn't bear the humiliation and hanged himself in prison."

"Meng Tian once said, 'I once led a million soldiers, but I didn't know that the jailer was more noble than me.'"

"Do you think this is ridiculous? Because of you, my entire family, Heichijun, was wiped out, and Aying was even more brutally murdered by you!" He said, once again fiercely strangling Cui Ying's throat: "Do you think that because you are Cui's daughter, I won't dare to kill you?"