Chapter 0037 Punishment
Qin Tiannan said coldly: "Although it is a threat, it is also extremely bad and must be severely punished!"
"... Never mind. Threats are just threats. There is no action involved." Han Pingchuan retracted his cold gaze and snorted, "Just a few words of reprimand!"
Qin Tiannan snorted, "If it happens again, don't blame the law for being ruthless!"
"Master Qin, this kid is very cunning. He walks on the edge of Dayue Law and refuses to cross the line." Han Pingchuan shook his head: "There's nothing we can do about him!"
Li Chengkong said solemnly: "This time, Lord Han and Lord Qin believed my words and came here in person. I am very grateful!"
He originally thought that he would have to spend some time talking, but he didn't expect them to come directly and agree to give him three chances.
"Stop talking like that!" Han Pingchuan waved his hand and said, "It's my duty... You two, go."
He was too lazy to talk to Li Chengkong anymore and became angry when he saw Li Chengkong's respectful appearance.
He Changgeng had been silent the whole time, like a statue. At this moment, he said to Li Chengkong, "What a good trick. I admire you!"
His gaze swept towards Zheng Xifeng again, he looked at Zheng Xifeng deeply and smiled.
Zheng Xifeng felt a chill in his heart.
This would be considered a huge offense to He Changgeng. Even if he said that he was threatened by Li Chengkong, it would probably be useless.
Once He Changgeng gets the chance, he will definitely find a way to deal with me or even kill me.
He looked at Li Chengkong again, and seeing Li Chengkong looking at him with a smile, he felt even colder in his heart.
Li Chengkong didn't take advantage of the situation to deal with me, but he doesn't deserve my gratitude. I have been badly harmed by him. Now I am completely standing against He Changgeng. If I don't kill He Changgeng, I will die.
I am so unlucky to meet such a vicious guy!
Huangfu Feng glared at Zheng Xifeng fiercely, then walked away with big strides and no sign of failure or frustration as if he had been schemed against.
Li Chengkong respectfully watched them leave and turned to look at Zheng Xifeng.
Zheng Xifeng forced a smile: "Congratulations."
Li Chengkong smiled and said, "Were you worried that if I twisted my mouth, I would send you in too?"
"Of course not." Zheng Xifeng smiled and waved his hand: "I believe you."
Li Chengkong said: "To be honest, I was indeed hesitant just now. Thinking about how you had offended me in the past, I really wanted to push you over as well."
Zheng Xifeng's smile became forced.
Li Chengkong sighed, "But think about it, even though you had a bad attitude and didn't speak well, at least you redeemed yourself and did something good."
Zheng Xifeng forced a smile.
Li Chengkong said: "The most important thing is that you have proved yourself to be a useful person, so of course you should be kept."
"...Of course I am useful." Zheng Xifeng's smile became more forced.
This is to make myself belong to him and listen to him all the time!
Li Chengkong patted him on the shoulder: "Zheng Xifeng, you are a smart person, I like smart people!"
As he said this, he patted Zheng Xifeng's shoulder heavily, then turned and left.
Zheng Xifeng stood there, waiting for a gust of wind to blow, and his whole body felt cold.
Suddenly I felt that this forest was particularly eerie and scary, as if there were monsters hiding there that wanted to eat me.
He ran out of the woods as if escaping.
The next morning, before breakfast, everyone was summoned to the small martial arts arena.
The situation on the small martial arts arena was exactly the same as when Li Chengkong was punished.
He Changgeng and Huangfu Feng had been taken off the stage.
He Changgeng looked calm, as if nothing had happened.
Huangfu Feng's face was fierce and vicious, and his eyes flashed like a wolf.
On the high platform, Qin Tiannan and Han Pingchuan were surrounded by the crowd in the center, sitting in the armchairs respectively.
Han Pingchuan stood up, his eyes swept over the Xiaoling Guards and the vegetable-growing eunuchs below the stage, and said in a deep voice: "Xiaoling Guards He Changgeng and Huangfu Feng attempted to murder Li Chengkong but failed. They are punished by having their martial arts abolished, 15 lashes, and expelled from Xiaoling Guards and sent back to their hometowns. Execution now!"
The crowd was shocked.
After his martial arts were stripped away, he was given fifteen lashes, and if he didn't die he would be crippled. He was expelled from the Xiaoling Guard and sent back to his hometown, which was tantamount to ending his official career.
For these children of officials, ending their official career is like losing half their life. From then on, they just live a muddled life with no direction in life and are no different from being a walking corpse.
Han Pingchuan swept his cold eyes over the crowd.
Gradually, the discussion died down.
After all, these two men had just entered the Xiaoling Guard, and they swept through the Xiaoling Guard as soon as they came in, so their popularity was really average.
So when seeing such a severe punishment, they did not feel sad, but were just curious about what was going on and why they wanted to kill Li Chengkong?
Li Chengkong stood in the crowd. Song Minghua and three others surrounded him, but they couldn't block the curious looks of the crowd.
"This Li Chengkong is really amazing. He even managed to escape the assassination attempt by the two of them!"
"I must have underestimated the enemy. I thought it would be easy to capture him, but in the end I fell into his hands."
"Is this Li Chengkong trying to pick on us Xiaoling Guards?"
Li Chengkong pretended not to hear.
He originally wanted to stimulate the two whippers and four stick bearers who were walking slowly out.
But I gave up the idea.
It might seem that provoking the two rows of whippers might cause them to whip more heavily and beat the two men to death, but it might not actually kill them.
It is impossible that the great Xuantie Sect does not have top-notch elixirs. It is possible that they have already taken them, so the whip cannot kill them.
Provoking the whipper would only leave a harsh and vicious impression in front of everyone, especially in the eyes of Qin Tiannan and Han Pingchuan.
When living in this world, one still has to do some superficial work and not completely ruin his image. If one is in the right way, one will have many supporters, while if one is in the wrong way, one will have few.
He finally remained silent and said nothing.
Sun Guiwu couldn't help but snorted. He wanted to speak but Li Chengkong waved his hand to stop him.
Sun Guiwu couldn't help but say, "Fifteen lashes is too easy for them. I think it should be twenty-five lashes."
Song Minghua nodded gently: "Yes, it's too light. This is different from Lao Li killing Zhou Wangchuan. That was manslaughter. This is intentional murder, and he even used his hands. He should be punished more severely."
"They may not be able to withstand twenty lashes." Hu Yunshi snorted.
Sun Guiwu was dissatisfied: "But the punishment can't be light because of this, right?"
Li Chengkong said: "It's too light, but there's nothing we can do. The Imperial Sword Master has to follow the law."
The three of them could only shut up.
Xiaoling Mausoleum has clear regulations on the punishment for the crime of attempted murder, which is set and cannot be changed.
The two men were pinned to the ground with sticks, their martial arts skills were crippled, and then they were whipped with purple-brown whips as sharp as pythons.
“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap!”
It was so quiet all around that the only sound was the crack of whips, no other sounds.
The two men gritted their teeth, their eyes were like torches, the muscles on their faces were twisted, and their blood vessels were like earthworms trying to crawl out of their skin.
But they said nothing.
Everyone couldn't help but admire him, what a tough guy!
As they watched, their eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Chengkong.
Look at these two people who didn't say a word, and then look at Li Chengkong, not only was he screaming in agony, which was unbearable to hear, but he was also beaten to the point of shitting and pissing.
Li Chengkong felt uncomfortable with their teasing looks. He coughed lightly and whispered, "As expected of the Black Iron Sect. The Black Iron Horizontal Training is well-deserved!"
He lowered his voice, but just enough for everyone to hear.
Sun Guiwu hurriedly said loudly: "No wonder, I thought they were showing mercy and not hitting hard, it turns out that their horizontal training skills are powerful."
He had tasted the whip before.
Everyone suddenly realized.
The fifteen lashes were quickly completed, and under the gaze of everyone, several guards of the Xiaoling Mausoleum carried them away, covered in blood. They were to leave the Xiaoling Mausoleum directly and were not allowed to stay any longer.
Qin Tiannan stood up and said in a deep voice: "I don't want anyone to be whipped again. I hope you will take this as a warning and not cause trouble. Let's go!"
Han Pingchuan also withdrew his gaze from Li Chengkong.
Everyone left talking.
When Li Chengkong and other three entered the yard, breakfast had already been served. They sat down at the stone table and began to serve the food.
Sun Guiwu picked up a steamed bun and bit off half of it. He laughed as he chewed it, "Old Li, you've already defeated them, but you're still not happy. Are you dissatisfied because you didn't kill them?"
Li Chengkong also bit off half of the bun, chewed it and shook his head: "No."
