Xun Mou was so angry that he pulled out the red iron brand and burned it on Lu Zuo's chest.
"Zi..."
The hot iron was burned on his chest, giving off a pungent smell. Almost at the same time, Lu Zuo roared, "Ah..."
As Lu Zuo roared, pleasure arose in Xun Mou's heart. The moment Xun Mou pulled back the iron iron, Lu Zuo lowered his head and fainted.
Xun Mou waved his hand to the jailer to get cold water to splash him awake.
The two jailers glanced at the pale-faced Lu Zuo and couldn't help but shudder. One of the elders bowed and whispered: "General Xun, I think he is dying. Generally, after the prisoner is branded, especially on the chest, the cold water will hardly wake him up."
"Do you need to teach me? Do you think he is just like you!"
After a while, two jailers came with a bucket of water, and when they were about to pour it on Lu Zuo, Xun Mou stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, put him down first!"
One of the jailers pulled out his sword and cut off the rope. The other jailer carefully untied the knot. When he looked closely, he saw that the rope had already cut several deep blood marks on his hand.
When the jailer poured cold water on him for the first time, Lu Zuo didn't react. Then the jailer poured all the remaining cold water on him. Lu Zuo shuddered, took a breath of cold air, breathed rapidly, coughed, slightly raised his heavy eyes, and finally turned sideways forcefully and curled up into a ball.
Xun Mou looked at the ragged and scarred Lu Zuo in front of him. A trace of sympathy flashed in his heart, and he couldn't help saying meaningfully: "If you and I were not from the same sect, if we didn't have that saying, 'Xun Mou and Lu Zuo, the world can win him.'" , maybe we can still become intellectuals..." Xunmou sneered and did not continue.
Lu Zuo murmured a few words in a low voice at this time, trying hard to speak out, but he couldn't catch his breath, and he couldn't speak clearly after mumbling for a long time. Seeing that he wanted to talk, Xun Mou calmly asked the jailer to give him a drink of water. One of the jailers flew to a bowl of water, holding the pottery bowl in both hands, and carefully carried it into the cell. One of the jailers helped Lu Zuo up and let Lu Zuo lean on his arms, while the other guard carefully poured it into Lu Zuo's mouth.
Lu Zuo drank it all in one gulp, and the jailer supported him and leaned against the wall. Lu Zuo was able to take a breath and became more awake. Xun Mou saw that the situation was similar, so he ordered the left and right sides to retreat.
"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. After today, you will be dead." Xun Mou turned his face to the side and said coldly.
"Ha..." Lu Zuo sneered, "In fact, what you are most afraid of is that I am alive. What you are most afraid of is my book "Guigu Zongheng Lun"!"
Xun Mou's eyes widened in an instant, he stepped forward and grabbed Lu Zuo's collar with his right hand, glaring at Lu Zuo, "Is there really this book?"
"It's a pity that you will never get it..." Lu Zuo then sneered again.
The contemptuous look in Lu Zuo's eyes made Xun Mou furious. He threw Lu Zuo against the wall with his right hand, then stood up and said disdainfully: "You think you can stand up to me with that book? Now don't you still?" Is this the end? As long as you die, the book will be nothing. I can tell you clearly, yes, that day at Kuji Temple, when the gang of thieves said they had that book, I was indeed shocked, and then when we competed together, I was also really shocked by your brute strength. But I didn't take it seriously until later when the words "Xun Mou and Lu Zuo are available to the world" I didn’t know where I heard about it, so I started to worry..."
"Worried about being threatened, worried that I will take your place one day!" Lu Zuo answered.
"Yes, do you know why I chose to assist the prince?"
"Because I chose the prince..."
"You got it right again. What's funny is that the prince still thinks it's because of his strength that he attracted me. It seems that we are both smart people. It's a pity that in this turbulent court, you are still a novice after all."
Lu Zuo suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, shaking his head repeatedly.
"Why are you laughing?" Xun Mou looked at him doubtfully.
"I laugh at you that sometimes you make miscalculations."
"Oh?" Xun Mou sneered curiously, "Then I'd like to hear it."
"Do you think I will really choose the prince?" Lu Zuo showed a sly smile.
Xun Mou's face suddenly turned livid, "You...but you are too late."
"Then do you think you can assist the prince in his rise to power?"
"Even if that day doesn't happen, you, Lu Zuo, won't be able to see that day." Xun Mou became angry, "Do you know why I want to get rid of King Wei?"
Lu Zuo smiled strangely, "Because you want to take the opportunity to kill me."
"It seems that I read it right. You are indeed the person who poses the greatest threat to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to rush to take action against a fool like King Wei. I just want to get rid of him while he is still young, and then use this case to kill you." . It turns out that compared to me, you are still too young." Xun Mou said proudly, looking at the embarrassed look of Lu Zuo in front of him, feeling that his method was finally successful.
"Are you so confident?" Lu Zuo asked.
"Of course, as long as you die." Xun Mou said disapprovingly, "I have been the envy of everyone all my life. I went into battle to kill enemies at a young age. I have made countless achievements and have never been defeated. But you know that I am the most jealous of one person?"
Lu Zuo ignored Xun Mou's question, his face was expressionless, and he did not answer.
Xun Mou continued: "You must have guessed that the person I am most jealous of is you - Lu Zuo. What I am jealous of is not your crappy book, but that day when I was in Kuji Temple, I took out a huge book with one hand. The cauldron has been lifted." When Xun Mou said, a hint of admiration began to show in his eyes, "You know, in this great Han Dynasty, I am the only one who can lift a thousand catties, but you chose to go against me. If I hadn't given you a comparison that day, I don’t think anyone knows about you now, Lu Zuo.”
"Hmph..." Lu Zuo murmured, "If I had used 100% of my strength that day, I think you would have been even more embarrassed."
"You..." The anger in Xun Mou's heart was ignited at this moment, "Here comes someone!"
After hearing this, the two jailers hurried over and said respectfully, "General Xun, please give me your orders."
Xun Mou pointed at the dagger in the charcoal fire next to him and glared at Lu Zuo angrily: "You two go up and break Lu Zuo's hand tendons and hamstrings. I'll see if he can still lift a thousand pounds." …”
After hearing this, the two jailers looked at each other and hesitated, "This..."
"Quickly..." Xun Mou shouted at the jailer again, "Otherwise it will be you two who decide whether to believe it or not! Go..."
"Ah..." Then there were bursts of screams, and blood spattered. Lu Zuo felt severe pain in his limbs, and felt dizzy in front of his eyes. Suddenly, there was a familiar figure shaking in front of my eyes. Isn't that the old mother from my hometown waving to me? There are also Second Uncle Lu and Third Uncle Qin. Isn’t the other one in rich clothes and embroidered robes his younger brother Lu Renxiang? Lu Zuo blinked his eyes, and the pain in his body slowly disappeared. He seemed to hear a woman's voice in his ears. Is that Jing Ruo? She is shouting that she wants to compete with herself! Then a kind face was staring at him, and Lu Zuo shouted in a daze: "Dad! Dad..."
