Chapter 1538: The mouth is harder than the bones

This interrogation lasted from morning until dark.

In the middle, they took turns coming out to eat.

Sun Daoning's face was full of exhaustion, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, as if they were flashing.

He held a stack of confessions in his hand, with bloody thumbprints on them.

"Did he confess?" Chen Guanlou asked quietly.

Sun Daoning gave a hum and nodded: "For the one surnamed Wei, you must preserve his life. This old man must rush back to the Ministry of Justice; if anything happens, come directly to the Ministry of Justice to find me."

Chen Guanlou nodded in understanding; tonight would be another sleepless night.

He went down to the Jia-rank prison.

Wei Huaizhang was carried back to his cell.

The bright and clear Zhang Yushi Wei of yesterday had turned into a blood gourd today, a bloody humanoid object.

Medical Official Mu, with Mu Wenxu and several pharmacy prison guards, cleaned Wei Huaizhang's wounds, checked his injuries, applied medicine where needed, stitched where needed, and bandaged where needed.

Wei Huaizhang was like a dying fish, lying on the bed board, his body jumping and jumping. The pain was heart-wrenching, yet he couldn't scream.

His throat had long since gone hoarse; he couldn't scream.

"Old Mu, can you give Zhang Yushi Wei some painkillers?"

"I have already used painkillers. This old man also fed him a bowl of anesthetic. The effect is limited, this is all I can do."

Chen Guanlou clicked his tongue in admiration; fortunately, his limbs were still there, and his face was not disfigured. The exposed bones, if nurtured, would always have a time to heal. As for the shattered bones, with Medical Official Mu there, they could always be saved a little.

Because Wei Huaizhang had drunk the anesthetic, his whole person was drowsy.

Chen Guanlou looked at his face; his eyes were swollen, and his eyes had become a slit.

He snapped his fingers at the other party: "Zhang Yushi Wei, can you hear me? You say, why bother? The Emperor is in a fit of rage, and you went to contradict him; that is simply looking for death."

Zhang Yushi Wei couldn't open his eyes, but he knew it was Chen Guanlou.

He wanted to laugh, but it pulled at his wounds: "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I am not afraid of death!"

"I know you are not afraid of death! But why suffer this crime? Is it satisfying?"

"Scolding the Emperor is indeed satisfying; even if I suffer, I don't regret it."

"You are stubborn! Your mouth is harder than your bones!"

Chen Guanlou gave a thumbs up, expressing admiration.

Regardless of whether the other party was putting on an act, for someone who was not afraid of death, he would sincerely admire them. To be able to put on an act to this extent, he was also a man, worthy of respect!

"Are you mocking me?" Wei Huaizhang couldn't lift his head; he was too tired, too painful. A slight movement of his body could make him wish he were dead.

He couldn't help but suspect that the anesthetic Medical Official Mu gave him was fake; it had no use at all. He was still in great pain.

Painful to the point of wanting to die.

"No! I sincerely admire you. If it were me, I might not have lasted until noon. You lasted a whole day; the people from the Astronomical Bureau next door are not as enduring as you."

"Are the people from the Astronomical Bureau still alive?"

"Before the truth is clarified, they cannot die."

Chen Guanlou said so.

Wei Huaizhang gave a hum: "Do you think I am very stupid?"

"It is precisely because of the existence of fools like you that the world is not so bad." Chen Guanlou sighed from the bottom of his heart, with true feelings.

Wei Huaizhang laughed, then gasped for air: "Sun Daoning interrogated me repeatedly, asking who directed me. I said, I was directed by the ancestors of the Great Ming Jiangshan through the ages, and he was almost angered to death. You didn't see his expression... haha... ah..."

"Don't laugh!" Medical Official Mu reminded him very seriously.

He also said to Chen Guanlou: "My lord, you can chat with him more to distract his attention. Don't let him laugh."

Chen Guanlou nodded, then asked the question for Wei Huaizhang: "Is your anesthetic expired? I see it doesn't seem to have taken effect. Look, he is in so much pain."

Medical Official Mu was so angry he blew his beard and stared: "His bones are all shattered; he can persist until now all thanks to this old man's anesthetic. Otherwise, he would have died of pain long ago."

"Can't you prepare a dose of anesthetic that puts people directly to sleep?" Chen Guanlou muttered.

"No! This old man has anesthetic that puts people to sleep, but I have no confidence that I can wake them up. If they don't wake up, do I use my head to take the blame? This old man doesn't want to die yet."

Medical Official Mu adhered to the principle that before saving people, one must ensure one's own safety. He often reminded Mu Wenxu of this. One must not disregard one's own safety because of sympathy or the benevolence of a healer.

If you can't even protect yourself, how can you treat and save people?

Saving one person versus saving a hundred people, he could still distinguish.

Because saving one person puts oneself in danger, then don't save them! The patient's life is a life, and the Mu family's life is also a life. No one is more noble than anyone else, and no one's life is harder than anyone else's!

Mu Wenxu did not agree at first.

But after training in the Heavenly Prison for a few years, seeing more and experiencing more, he gradually began to agree with this point of view.

Just like now, everyone knows Wei Huaizhang's life is very important, and the higher-ups have said his life must be preserved. There is anesthetic, and one bowl would put him to sleep. However, with such heavy injuries and such an important prisoner, putting him to sleep is easy, but waking him up is hard!

Unnecessary danger should be avoided as much as possible.

Better to let the patient suffer pain than to let the Mu family suffer pain.

Chen Guanlou could only express understanding and urged Wei Huaizhang to endure it.

"I can't endure it! Since there is medicine, use it on me. Even if I die, let me die happily, not live to die of pain."

"You won't die of pain!" Medical Official Mu scolded: "Speak less; I am picking the bones for you. If you don't want to be a cripple, don't move."

Wei Huaizhang was in agony.

Chen Guanlou had no choice but to take action to help soothe him.

The other party finally felt a little better, panting, his face swollen like a bun, looking terrible.

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, aren't you curious who directed me?"

After the pain was not so bad, Wei Huaizhang had the desire to chat again.

Chen Guanlou sent in a trace of vitality, wandering along Wei Huaizhang's meridians, allowing the other party to survive the long treatment.

"Is there anyone directing you? You just said it was the ancestors of the Great Ming Jiangshan directing you."

"No one directed me!" Wei Huaizhang gritted his teeth.

"Why are you targeting Imperial Consort Jing and her son? The Emperor is muddle-headed, and it's not like he only became like this after Imperial Consort Jing entered the palace. Every time a problem arises, you blame it on a woman; Zhang Yushi Wei, you are quite good at shifting the blame for the Emperor. History books will definitely record this in the future. If, one day, the Great Ming Jiangshan fails, Imperial Consort Jing and her son will still have to be dragged out and whipped in their corpses."

Wei Huaizhang sneered: "What do you mean by shifting blame! An evil consort ruining the country is a fact."

"Whether it is a fact, you and I know it in our hearts! If a woman can ruin the country, all the civil and military officials should feel ashamed. So many men, yet you can't play better than one woman; it is truly a disgrace! You have read the books of sages in vain, am I right?"

"You... Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen seems to have words within words."

"I have no interest in knowing what plans you have, or whether you were directed by someone. I just look down on the behavior of shifting blame onto women and children whenever there is a problem. How much can women and children do? Can they decide national policy? Can they set the date for the Heaven-offering ceremony? Can they make the earthquake happen on time? Or can they make the Emperor not kill people? It is clearly a factional struggle in the imperial court, yet you insist on involving women and children; all the civil and military officials are cowards!" ===== CHAPTER 1539 =====