Chapter 575 Difficulty
"Liu Xunyi, the Palace Master is resting, you can go back now!"

At noon, when Liu Xunyi, who was worried, came to the back hall to ask to see Luo Tianjin, he was rejected by Deng Changchuan who was guarding outside the door.

Liu Xunyi was unwilling to give in, and begged again and again: "Fifth Master, I really have something urgent to ask you to see the Mansion Master, please pass it on for me."

"You shouldn't come here." Deng Changchuan's reaction remained calm. No matter how anxious Liu Xunyi was, he remained unmoved.

"But..." Liu Xunyi hesitated, "This is an emergency, I really don't dare to act on my own."

"Where's your courage?"

Suddenly, Xie Xuan's voice sounded from behind Liu Xunyi, which cheered him up and he quickly turned around to salute.

Xie Xuan ignored Liu Xunyi's greetings and said calmly, "Since you entered the mansion, haven't you acted on your own a lot?"

"I……"

"The mansion master won't see you. Instead of wasting time here, you should go back and find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible."

Faced with the ruthlessness of Xie Xuan and Deng Changchuan, even if Liu Xunyi was unwilling a thousand or ten thousand times in his heart, he had to follow their wishes and leave in disappointment.

"and many more!"

Luo Ningyu hurried into the backyard. Seeing Liu Xunyi's disheartened look, she couldn't help but look worried. She glared at him and argued with Xie Xuan and Deng Changchuan: "Second Uncle Xie, Fifth Uncle Deng, do you know how chaotic Luoyang City is right now?"

"Yu'er, this is a test from the mansion lord to Liu Xunyi, please don't meddle in other people's business!" Xie Xuan said unhappily.

"But Xunyi has tried his best, you guys..." Luo Ningyu felt resentful and simply stopped arguing with them. Instead, she stood on tiptoe and shouted, "Dad, Xunyi wants to see you, come out and meet him..."

"Yu'er, stop messing around!"

"Let me in..."

Facing the dispute between Luo Ningyu, Xie Xuan and Deng Changchuan, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel moved. At the same time, a trace of shame appeared in his eyes.

After all, everything is caused by my own incompetence.

“Ningyu, I appreciate your kindness!” Liu Xunyi grabbed Luo Ningyu’s arm and whispered, “The Palace Master must have his own reasons for doing this. If you force your way in, even if I see the Palace Master, I’m afraid nothing will happen to me.”

"But……"

"Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it."

After saying that, Liu Xunyi bowed to Xie Xuan and Deng Changchuan to apologize, and then dragged the indignant Luo Ningyu out of the backyard.

In the back hall, Luo Tianjin, Yelu Qin and Xunzhen sat around the table, three cups of tea were smoking, and the atmosphere was very leisurely.

"Lord Luo, you are giving up so much power, aren't you afraid that Liu Xunyi will cause trouble?" Through the window, Xunzhen looked at Liu Xunyi and Luo Ningyu who were gradually going away with an inexplicable look in his eyes, and asked curiously, "So far, Liu Xunyi has never been able to gain an advantage in front of Qin Ming, and has been played around by Qin Ming instead."

Luo Tianjin smiled faintly and said, "Liu Xunyi's character is too straightforward, even a little pedantic. If he doesn't change his temper, he will suffer a great loss in the future. I want him to understand that if he wants to achieve great things, he must do whatever it takes. Of course, if he doesn't experience some pain, he will never break through his own shackles."

"Lord Luo is right," Yelu Qin nodded. "Those who achieve great things are all able to bend and stretch, and can be both good and evil. It seems that Lord Luo has high hopes for Liu Xunyi."

"Actually, there is another reason why I avoided him." Luo Tianjin changed the subject and said with a half-smile, "The only person who can deal with Qin Ming is Qin Ku. Although I am the leader of the martial arts world, I cannot get involved in anything."

Xunzhen understood and said, "The leader of the martial arts world is always the leader of the martial arts world. His status determines his methods. There are some things that Lord Luo is not convenient to intervene in."

"Qin Ku is the only way to deal with Qin Ming, but he is too slick. He always thinks of himself first and is always submissive. He is even a little timid. Therefore, if I want to persuade him to take the initiative, I don't think I have the ability to do so."

“Even Palace Master Luo is not sure, who else can convince Qin Ku?”

"The person I just rejected is Qin Ku's weak spot." Luo Tianjin said, "Although Qin Ku is greedy for money, he values ​​his life more. It's interesting that such a cunning person has such deep feelings for Liu Xunyi."

"What Lord Luo meant was..."

"Liu Xunyi is so conservative, Qin Ku can't be moved by him. Only..." At this point, a terrifying light suddenly flashed in Luo Tianjin's eyes, and he said word by word, "Only when you are in a desperate situation can you survive."

……

After Liu Xunyi returned to the East Courtyard, he wiped away the disappointment on his face and put on a calm and composed look to prevent people from becoming uneasy.

"What did the mansion master say?" Upon seeing Liu Xunyi, Luo Qi and Su Tang quickly stepped forward and asked in rapid succession, "Does he agree that we should ask the general's mansion for help?"

"Yeah." Liu Xunyi responded lightly, but did not give a direct answer. Instead, he said vaguely, "The Palace Master means... let us do it boldly."

"Okay!" Su Tang was delighted and said hurriedly, "I will go to the general's mansion immediately and ask him to send out soldiers."

"Bring some gifts, don't go empty-handed."

"I understand!" After saying that, Su Tang hurriedly said goodbye and went straight to the general's mansion.

"Let's go! Let's go see how Xu Heng and the others are doing with the interrogation."

In the dungeon, four thieves were hung on a rack in a row. After a whole morning of torture, their bodies were covered with scars and blood.

The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of dampness and mold makes one's stomach churn and feel nauseous.

At this moment, Xu Heng, sweating profusely, was shirtless and waving a whip soaked in salt water in his hand, beating the four thieves one by one.

Every time the whip hit them, there was a wail of exhaustion. It seemed that the four thieves had been tortured to the point of exhaustion and listlessness.

"Boom!"

Ling Qing picked up the glowing red iron from the stove, slowly walked up to a thief, and threatened him, "Tell me! Who sent you here?"

However, facing Ling Qing's questioning, the man just shook his head and laughed wildly without saying a word.

"laugh!"

"what……"

The red-hot iron mercilessly pressed against the man's chest, causing the skin and flesh to wrinkle and shrink rapidly, with blood oozing out and evaporating in an instant. This was accompanied by a terrifying "sizzling" sound, which made people feel timid and horrified.

"I seem to smell the aroma of barbecue, but it's half-cooked and lacks seasoning."

Accompanied by Qin Ku's teasing laughter, he and Liu Xunyi pushed the door and walked into the dungeon.

"I have seen the black fan and the vice fan!"

Upon seeing Liu and Qin, Xu Heng and Ling Qing hurriedly put down the torture instruments in their hands and quickly stepped forward to greet them.

"Recruited?"

"Not yet." Ling Qing said guiltily, "They...seem a little strange."

"Strange?" Liu Xunyi looked confused and asked suspiciously, "What's so strange?"

"After they were taken to the dungeon, they talked back at first, but later..." Xu Heng hesitated and evaded the question, "then they just kept grinning and kept silent, allowing us to torture them without any other reaction."

"Is there such a thing?"

Qin Ku was stunned for a moment, and looked around at the four people with disheveled hair and bloodstained faces. After a moment's hesitation, he walked towards one of them and asked, "What's your name?"

However, in the face of Qin Ku's questioning, the man turned a deaf ear and remained silent with his head down.

Seeing this, Qin Ku couldn't help but frown. He stretched out his right hand to the blazing stove beside him and picked up a piece of red charcoal from the stove with his bare hands. Then he pinched the man's chin with his left hand, forcing him to open his mouth, and stuffed the hot charcoal into his mouth without hesitation. Then he covered his mouth and nose with his right hand to make it difficult for him to spit out the charcoal.

"Woooooooo..."

"Zizzizi!"

Chilling sounds followed one after another, and the red-hot charcoal burned the man's mouth and tongue.

Looking at the man again, he was shaking his head desperately, struggling his body, and making extremely painful screams in his throat. Tears could not be suppressed and flowed out of his eyes, mixing with the blood on his face, making Qin Ku's hands covered with blood.

When Qin Ku loosened his right hand, broken charcoal mixed with broken teeth and rotten flesh gushed out all at once under the flush of black blood.

But even so, the man's eyes were still blurred, as if he was crying and laughing at the same time.

At the same time, Liu Xunyi turned his gaze to the other three people. They turned a blind eye to the miserable plight of their companions. They were like zombies, wailing, giggling, crying, and shouting from time to time.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi and Qin Ku looked at each other, both with bitterness on their faces.

"Hei Zhishan, what are they doing..."

"They've gone insane." Liu Xunyi sighed, "I guess Qin San must have calculated the time before sending them here, and fed them poison. They gradually lost their minds and became crazy."

"Fuck it!" Xu Heng cursed, "I'm going to find Qin San to find out..."

"No need." Qin Ku teased, "They were fine when they were sent here. Everyone saw what happened. These four people are smart and eloquent. Now they suddenly become crazy. Do you think the Qin family will admit it? I'm afraid that you won't be able to accuse them, but instead they will blame us and say that we set up a trap to frame good people. If they spread this matter, it will not only be embarrassing, but even the reputation of the mansion master will plummet."

"No wonder Qin Ming dared to send the person back so openly. It turns out that he had already made sufficient preparations." Liu Xunyi gritted his teeth and said, "We were careless for a moment and fell into his trap again."

"Besides, it's like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain." Qin Ku looked helpless.

"It's not entirely fruitless. At least... we know that Qin Ming was related to Duan Tianhong's ambush." ​​Ling Qing comforted.

"Find the victims to identify them." Liu Xunyi said absentmindedly, "See if the four of them participated in the riot the night before?"

"We did look for it, but... no one remembers." Xu Heng replied, "It was dark, and there were all kinds of people. People were busy running for their lives, so how could they have the time to remember the thief's appearance? Moreover, in the case of the poisoning at Mingling Yayuan, no one knew who did it, and it was even more impossible to identify it."

"In other words, we don't even know if they are in the same group as the rioters the night before?" Qin Ku said in astonishment, "We have worked so hard for so long, but it's all in vain."

"No need to try them again. At sunset, bring them outside the palace and behead them in public to appease the people."

At this moment, Liu Xunyi's mood had become extremely gloomy.

In his own territory, he was teased again and again. Not only was Qin Ming playing him around, but Luoyang City was also surrounded by enemies, and innocent people were often harmed. On the other hand, he was helpless in every way.

On the one hand, there is Luo Tianjin's seven-day deadline on the other hand, there are the complaints of the people of Luoyang on the other hand. Time passes by little by little, but he has been going around in circles and making no progress.

This great humiliation has made Liu Xunyi unable to endure it any longer and he is almost on the verge of collapse.

……

(End of this chapter)