Villain: In the beginning, the heroine's spiritual pupil is cut out with a knife

"Huh? Me?" Qianrou's watery eyes revealed big doubts, "How can I know something that you don't even understand, Mr. Xiang?"

"However, since it is Xiangfu who wants to ask for advice, just ask!"

Qianrou put her hands on her hips and said, "If I know, I will tell you."

Shen Yuan immediately turned to face the civil and military officials.

"Actually, there is a question that has been bothering me for a long time. I dare to ask your Majesty for advice today, but I also ask you all to help me solve my doubts."

For a moment, all the princes in the court looked at each other in confusion. Is there still a problem that would make it difficult for Shen Yuan?

"May I ask, Prime Minister, what is your question?"

"Yes, Xiangfu, please tell me what the problem is."

Shen Yuan brushed his sleeves.

"Weichen read an ancient book yesterday. The ancient book said that the older a person is, the less bone marrow he has in his body, and the younger he is, the more bone marrow he has."

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, do you think the words of this ancient book can be taken seriously?"

For a moment, all the officials in the court looked at each other in confusion, not knowing why.

Qianrou really thought about it seriously and continued.

"Father, I feel that the words in the ancient book are not true. If the old man has superb cultivation and his spiritual power feeds back his body, wouldn't his bone marrow be more full? And in the way of cultivation, time is the accumulation of experience. The cultivation of young people It’s hard to surpass the old man, right?”

"After all, there are only a few talented people like you, Father Xiangxiang. In most cases, it is difficult for young cultivators to defeat the older generation of cultivators, right?"

"For example, a few days ago, the three geniuses of the Demon Suppression Department, including you, the Prime Minister, were unable to defeat Gu Yun. They still had to rely on my sister's imperial weapon."

Shen Yuan held his arm and raised his hand: "So, Your Majesty, what you are saying is that the older a person is, the more bone marrow is in his body?"

"Yes, that's what I think."

Shen Yuan had no expression on his face and turned to his ministers.

"Gentlemen, do you think what your Majesty said makes sense?"

All the civil and military officials looked at each other, and then Wei Yan came out.

"The lower official feels that the Prime Minister is right. The older the person is, but if he has not entered the extraordinary world, he will still have a mortal body. The older he gets, the weaker the physical body and the less bone marrow."

"Really?" Shen Yuan said lightly, "But I think what your Majesty said is reasonable."

Wei Yan was extremely embarrassed for a moment.

Qianrou clapped her little hands.

"Does Mr. Xiang also think what I said makes sense?"

"Yes." Shen Yuan pretended to be sorry, "But I am very confused, because Master Wei's words are also reasonable. Therefore, I still haven't been able to find out the truth, so I am very confused."

Qianrou nodded her head, yes, everything she said made sense, but who was right could not be verified after all.

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, let's verify it."

"Verify it?" Qianrou was slightly confused, "Father, how do you plan to verify it?"

Shen Yuan said every word.

"Knock on the bones and test the marrow!"

Hearing this, all the ministers were shocked and all the officials trembled!

Bone knocking and marrow examination? This... I'm afraid only people like Shen Yuan can think of this, right?

"But, isn't this too cruel?" Qianrou couldn't bear it, "It must be painful, right? I don't want to hurt my people in Northern Qi."

"Your Majesty is kind and will naturally not harm the people of Northern Qi, but don't we have a few people from Dongyi?"

Shen Yuan said coldly, "Why don't you bring Gu Yun and Xue Jianyao up?"

"That's right." Qianrou suddenly realized, "Anyway, they are not from Northern Qi. In that case, let's use their bone marrow to verify it. I also want to know who guessed it right, me or my father-in-law."

Not long after, Gu Yun and Xue Jianyao were brought over.

The ministers took a breath of air.

At this moment, Xue Jianyao was no longer as arrogant as before, and her eyes were full of fear and fear.

My sister hasn’t sent anyone to save her yet. Is she really going to be abandoned?

The two were pushed to the ground and unable to move.

"Shen Yuan, what do you want to do? Kill me if you can!"

In the past few days, Gu Yun was tortured by Qiu Lin in prison every day, and it was worse than death.

In fact, Qiu Lin seems to be very good at torturing people and can resolve all his suicide methods!

Even though he was such a noble person, he felt like he had lost all his dignity when he was reduced to such a low level.

"Kill you? Why did I want to kill you? I am compassionate and good at living. I sweep the floor for fear of killing ants, but I cherish moths and cover the lampshades. How can I be a murderous person?"

"Gu Yun, you have a profound misunderstanding of the true nature."

Immediately, Shen Yuan's playful expression suddenly changed, becoming cold and ruthless, his eyes like knives.

"Come here, drag them out, break open the kneecaps of Gu Yun and Xue Jianyao, and then bring up their bone marrow!"

"We need to see what the truth is, whether the truth is right or whether His Majesty is uniquely discerning..."

"Don't! Don't!!"

When she heard that she was about to be dragged down and her knee bones broken, Xue Jianyao crawled toward Shen Yuan like crazy, hugged his thigh tightly, and burst into tears.

"Master Prime Minister! No, please! Have mercy! Have mercy!"

Shen Yuan's eyes were filled with contempt.

"Relax, don't dirty the Prime Minister's official robe."

Xue Jianyao hugged her even tighter.

"Master Prime Minister, I am willing to do whatever you want me to do. Please, don't do this to me!"

Shen Yuan shook it away with a strong blow of his staff.

"Don't blame the truth. If you do, blame your sister for refusing to save you."

"My sister refuses to save me? No...impossible, she obviously cares about me so much..."

Shen Yuan shrugged: "The truth is that I just asked her to trade the three counties of Hengzhou for you, but she refused. In her eyes, your sister is not as important as the three counties of Hengzhou."

"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you drag these two down quickly!"

"Knock on the bones! Test the marrow!"

All the civil and military officials shuddered and their hair stood on end.

"Please, Prime Minister, have mercy! Please Prime Minister, please have mercy!"

The echo of Xue Jianyao's hysterical roar lingered in the Jinluan Hall for a long time.

Shen Yuan saluted again.

"Presumably, I believe there will be results soon."

Qianrou nodded.

Seeing the unbearable look in Qianrou's eyes, Shen Yuan said slowly.

"Your Majesty, don't have the slightest sympathy for the rats of Dongyi. Don't forget that Dongyi is despicable and shameless. They attack their true colors and harbor evil intentions. The gods are angry! Your Majesty is kind and cannot bear it. But your kindness should be shown to me, Northern Qi. The princes and people of the Immortal Dynasty are the ones.”

Qianrou thought for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"I understand, thank you very much, Father."

"Your Majesty, look forward to it. Soon, the truth will be revealed."

In about half a stick of incense, two young eunuchs carefully brought the bloody bone marrow into the lobby.

"Your Majesty, the bone marrow of Gu Yun and Xue Jianyao has been brought."

I saw two trembling little eunuchs kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, each forming a wooden square plate.

Inside the square plate, there is a porcelain bowl. In the porcelain bowl is bone marrow mixed with blood, one more and one less.

"What's the result?" Shen Yuan asked lightly.

"Return to the Prime Minister and report to Your Majesty."

"This plate of bone marrow comes from Gu Yun."

"This plate of Shao Shao's bone marrow comes from Xue Jianyao..."