Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 294 Cruelty

Zhang Xiaocao's body swayed and he almost fell to the ground, but was supported by Princess Wuyang.

"You're a passerby. Do you know his name? Where is he from? He sold me thirteen children. You can't possibly know nothing about him."

"I...I...I really don't know."

Qi was simply unable to cope with the series of questions and could only insist that he knew nothing.

At this time, Princess Wuyang snorted coldly.

"Humph! I don't know! Who are you kidding!"

"Who would wait outside your house just to buy a newborn baby? A commoner's child is not a precious thing, it's just a matter of a few taels of silver."

Princess Wuyang's words were extremely harsh, but they were the truth.

When is a newborn baby worth the broker waiting outside in the middle of the night? And generally speaking, brokers will not buy a newborn baby because it is too difficult to raise and may die if not handled with care.

If the transaction fails prematurely, it means losing money. The broker is not a fool and he does not specialize in losing money.

As a princess who grew up in the palace, Princess Wuyang is a little naive, but definitely not stupid. She saw the strangeness of this matter at a glance.

Qi's face turned even paler, and the sweat was pouring down her face like rain, but she still gritted her teeth and refused to tell the truth.

After being reminded by Princess Wuyang, Xu Jinyu finally remembered to check the system.

【Things don’t seem to be that simple. 】

[Oh my god! The child was not sold to a pawnbroker, but was given to a Taoist priest to perform a ritual. The priest said that the family was not destined to have a son, and that only a biological daughter could give birth to a son.]

[All the children Zhang Xiaocao had given birth to before were already dead. Before they died, several-inch-long iron needles were pierced into their heads. Their deaths were particularly tragic. They were less than three days old and probably hadn’t even opened their eyes or had a chance to look at the outside world before they were killed. The explanation given to the public was that this would scare away girls who wanted to be reborn into this family, so that she could give birth to a son.]

[That's not all. The child's body was taken by that damn Taoist Qingyun to make elixirs. The Taoist thought that the newborn child still had a kind of innate energy, and the elixir made from it was particularly effective.]

【Can help you ascend to immortality.】

[So it has nothing to do with whether the baby is a boy or a girl. It's just that this Taoist priest has set his eyes on the newborn baby. That Taoist priest also has a newborn boy, who was given to him by his family. The reason is that the child is the reincarnation of a debt collector. If he doesn't stay at home, the family will be in turmoil. Or the child is the reincarnation of a jinx. If he stays at home, the family will be in trouble.]

[Anyway, just find a reason and those people will send their children to him. This Taoist priest has harmed at least hundreds of children by using his ability to deceive people.]

The inner guard's fists were clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound, and there was a burning rage in his eyes.

I originally thought it was just a simple case of selling children, but I didn't expect it to be a case of murder of hundreds of young children.

The inner guard looked coldly at Qi who was lying on the ground and still refused to give in.

"Qi, are you still not going to tell the truth? Let me remind you, I am an internal guard."

Qi looked up in panic. She had sent the child to the Taoist temple. She could not tell anyone about this even if she died. Last year, officials from the capital cleaned up all the temples and Taoist temples. Daqian did not recognize Qingyun Taoist's identity at all. If he was caught, he would be forced to return to secular life.

Taoist Qingyun is now the only hope for our family to continue to attract worshippers. We must not expose Taoist Qingyun.

"My lord...I really don't...don't..."

"Snapped!"

The inner guard slammed his palm on the table.

In anger, the guard smashed a table to pieces.

Qi was so frightened that she held her head and shouted, "I don't know! I really don't know!"

The inner guards were so angry that they laughed. What kind of obsession made Qi hold on to it?

"Qi, you colluded with Taoist Qingyun to practice witchcraft and murder. You killed all your granddaughters in the hope of having a grandson. This is an unforgivable crime. You will be thrown into prison immediately and executed in the autumn. Your son is also an insider. Someone, go and capture Qi's son for me."

"It's none of my son's business. It's really none of my son's business! Sir! It's really none of my son's business!"

Now that everything she had done had been exposed, Qi no longer pretended to be ignorant and instead tried to distance herself from her son's involvement.

"What! Murder!"

Zhang Xiaocao felt weak all over and slipped off the chair.

With tearful eyes, she looked at Neiwei and said to him with a 1 in 10,000 hope: "Sir, is my child...my child...still alive?"

The last three words were spoken softly, for fear of hearing bad news.

Facing the pair of pleading eyes, the inner guard shook his head gently and said only two words: "My condolences!"

"Woo~~~"

A sad cry sounded, and the next moment Zhang Xiaocao ignored his own body and rushed towards Qi madly. Neither Princess Wuyang nor Xu Jinyu could hold him back.

He sat down on Qi's body and slapped her repeatedly.

Qi was not to be outdone and started to curse: "You little bitch, a worthless person who can't even give birth to a son, and you dare to hit me."

He stretched out his hand to fight back, but under such great anger, Zhang Xiaocao didn't know where he got the strength from, and he just kept pinning Qi down and beating him.

The man who had just wanted to beat Qi came up and helped Zhang Xiaocao hold Qi down, allowing Zhang Xiaocao to vent his anger.

At the same time, he had the leisure to instruct Zhang Xiaocao: "Just pinch the flesh on your waist a little bit, then twist it hard, twist it as many times as you can, and you can also twist the flesh on the inner thighs in this way."

"Zhang Da, how do you know these places hurt?" someone asked with a smile.

Zhang Da was too lazy to pay attention to these people who were just watching the fun, but someone answered for Zhang Da,

"Of course I experienced it myself. Zhang Da's wife is a bitch. Zhang Da would be beaten and scream every few days."

"Get lost!" The man was not happy when someone said this to his wife. He said in a muffled voice, "How could my wife be so rude? My wife is the most gentle person."

Seeing these people actually chatting back and forth, Qi shouted angrily: "A daughter-in-law hitting her mother-in-law is extremely unfilial, and you are actually helping her. Let me go."

The man glanced at the inner guard, who lowered his eyes and drank tea, pretending not to hear anything.

The man understood, laughed "hehehe", took off his stinky shoes and stuffed them directly into Qi's mouth.

“Ugh~~Ugh~~Wuwu~~~”

Qi couldn't say anything.

The people all watched coldly as Zhang Xiaocao beat her mother-in-law. Thirteen children, thirteen children gone. This Qi was really cruel.

Some people even quietly walked up to Qi and kicked him a few times, then ran back to the crowd.

"Well!"

Zhang Xiaocao, who suddenly hit someone, cried out in pain.

With this cry of pain, Zhang Xiaocao's pants became wet.

[It’s over! I’m about to give birth, but the baby is not yet full-term. What should I do? What should I do? 】

This was the first time Xu Jinyu encountered such a thing and she panicked.

The inner guard also frowned. Zhang Xiaocao's health was too poor. It was even a question whether she could give birth to the child. However, he still frowned and ordered: "Doctor, please check Zhang Xiaocao's health first. Can she support giving birth to a child?"

The doctor lowered his head and stepped forward to feel Zhang Xiaocao's pulse. After a moment, he raised his head and said to the inner guard carefully, "Sir, it's very dangerous. The child is too young, and the mother was too traumatized just now. There is a high possibility that the child will not survive after birth."

"The most important thing now is to let Zhang give birth to the child, otherwise there will be two deaths."

"Then give birth quickly."

Suddenly, Qi somehow freed herself from the stinky shoe in her mouth, her eyes full of anticipation: "Doctor, is it a boy? Taoist Qingyun said that this baby is definitely a boy."