Gu Zhao stepped forward and picked up his clothes with his sword. He saw that the top was covered with oil stains and the bottom was covered with oil stains. It was difficult to cover it up.
"Bring it up!" Gu Zhao ordered.
Xiao Anzi was brought up, and then his clothes were unfolded. His body and size matched. Gu Zhao spread his brows and said, "Take him down and examine him carefully."
Concubine Fang became anxious when she heard this and wanted to stop her, but Hua Rong immediately grabbed her arm and warned her not to be impulsive with her eyes.
Huarong looked at Xiao Anzi who was in custody. She stared at her with warning eyes, conveying the message. Xiao Anzi lowered his head in disappointment and nodded slightly. When he raised his eyes again, Xiao Anzi looked at death with eyes full of death.
"Concubine Fang, I will take you away. During this period, you cannot leave this courtyard. You can wait for the emperor to summon you."
With that said, Gu Zhao took Xiao Anzi out.
Seeing that the door was closed and heavily guarded outside, Fang Concubine could not stabilize her mentality and said to Hua Rong, "Go and kill Xiao Anzi."
Concubine Fang was also anxious, and the only way she could think of was to kill someone and silence her.
But Hua Rong calmed down a bit, pulled her into the house, and whispered, "Master, don't mess up on your own. Xiao Anzi's family is in our hands. He doesn't dare to talk nonsense. Go and kill people now. Aren’t you just asking for it?”
"But what if he can't bear the punishment? Can you still expect him to keep a tight mouth?" Fangbi gritted her teeth.
"Things are not that bad yet. Don't worry. If he really can't handle it, I will help you." Huarong said helplessly.
After all, Fangbi is young and has an unstable temperament. She helps her with many things. She wants her to grow up and be able to think about many things independently and wait.
Besides, she had warned Xiao Anzi before that once the incident came to light, let him deal with himself and not involve his master, otherwise, she would kill all his family members outside the palace.
Xiao Anzi naturally received his hint just now and responded to him.
If Xiao Anzi really couldn't bear it, she would risk her own life to help Fang Concubine. No matter what, she would find a way to let Fang Concubine escape.
After hearing Hua Rong's words, Concubine Fang could only nod, "You have to find a way to deal with Xiao Anzi. I don't want to be relegated to the cold palace before I accept the favor. I'm still so young, how can I go to the cold palace?"
Huarong hugged her and said repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I will help you. I will find an opportunity to kill him tonight. I won't implicate you."
After hearing Huarong's assurance, Fangbi calmed down, nodded, and allowed Huarong to send her back to the house.
Afterwards, Hua Rong asked someone to check all the things in the yard. If there was anything suspicious, they burned it on the spot.
Gu Zhao took Xiao Anzi to the Inner Court Department and began interrogation.
But the boy refused to say anything. He hit the stick twice and his fingers were broken. He shouted but refused to say anything.
Gu Zhao was sitting with a golden sword, holding the sword with both hands, looking sharply at the weak Xiao Anzi in front of him. If the stick doesn't work, then use the soldering iron.
Seeing the raging fire burning in the iron basins on both sides, burning a handful of triangular iron pieces red, and exploding one or two carbon flowers from time to time, Gu Zhao pushed the handle and looked at Xiao Anzi, "If you still don't want to Say, I can only do something powerful."
Xiao Anzi's body was shaking from the pain. He was whimpering and his eyes were full of fear. Watching Gu Zhao pick up the soldering iron, coupled with the pain and stimulation on his body, made him extremely depressed.
"Please forgive me, I really don't know anything." Xiao Anzi cried.
Gu Zhao chuckled, picked up the soldering iron, and shook it against his face. The warm temperature intensified the fear. He resisted and stepped back, but was held down by someone. He had no way to retreat, and watched the soldering iron approaching his body. , he screamed in fright and actually lost control.
"I said...I said everything." Xiao Anzi compromised.
The pain in his hands caused his psychological defense to collapse. He thought he could take a breather, but he didn't expect that the devil would even burn himself with a hot iron.
As long as he didn't do it, he would be tortured non-stop. He really couldn't stand it anymore.
Gu Zhao smiled when he heard this, threw the soldering iron back into the iron basin, asked someone to bring him a pen and paper, and said to him, "Write down who ordered you and how you accomplished this."
Xiao Anzi looked at the piece of paper in front of him. He was confused and looked at Gu Zhao, "If I write it, I will be free."
Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows and patted his shoulder, "As long as you write it, I will let you out."
Hearing this, Xiao Anzi lowered his head, breathed a deep sigh of relief, and slowly picked up the pen and paper. But when he put down the pen, he looked up at Gu Zhao helplessly, "I can't read, and my hand is injured."
Gu Zhao clicked his tongue irritably and said to the jailer beside him, "Come here and write, he said."
The jailer did as he was told.
Xiao Anzi fully explained what he was going to do, and asked the jailer to write it down very clearly. Gu Zhao picked it up, took a look at it, and asked, "Is there anything else that hasn't been explained yet?"
Xiao Anzi sat up and sighed, "General Gu surrendered to the attack, how do you expect your slaves to do it?"
Gu Zhao frowned when he heard this, "When will I let you make up lies? If you don't do it, I will naturally find a way to make you do it."
Xiao Anzi glanced at the confession and said, "Everything I know is here."
"Let's sign and pledge it," Gu Zhao said.
Xiao Anzi raised his hands tremblingly, signaling for others to loosen their bonds.
Gu Zhao impatiently asked someone to untie him, and the jailer stepped forward to untie him. But as soon as Xiao Anzi was untied, he immediately stood up and pulled out the sword from the jailer's waist, and slashed his neck hard...
Blood was spilled on the spot, and the handful of blood sprayed on the confession, and Xiao Anzi fell to the ground instantly.
Gu Zhao didn't even have time to stop him and rushed to rescue the confession, but it was soaked in blood and the confession was useless.
"Xiao Anzi? Xiao Anzi?" Gu Zhao then remembered to step forward to check on Xiao Anzi, but he died with his eyes open.
Gu Zhao closed his eyes in annoyance. He didn't expect that a eunuch would be so stubborn and would risk his life to save his concubine.
The jailer stood at a loss, watching his own sword being pulled out by Xiao Anzi and killing himself. General Gu beat the floor angrily, looking very annoyed. He was afraid that General Gu would question him, so he stood aside, he was very at a loss. .
"General, what should we do?" The deputy came in and saw this scene. He could only ask Gu Zhao how to handle this matter.
Gu Zhao was helpless, what else could he do? The key figures were all dead, so he could only go to the imperial court to reply, ask for another privilege, and search the concubine's palace again.
But before he could leave, the young general from outside came in and said, "General, the emperor has summoned you to the imperial study. He said he has something important to discuss."
Hearing this, Gu Zhao said lightly, "I'll be here right away."
Just in time, he conveyed this matter to the emperor.
But as soon as Gu Zhao arrived at the door of the imperial study, he heard the emperor's angry voice and the sound of broken porcelain.
He looked extremely angry.
