Yu Lu's heart suddenly thumped again, Fang Xi was too ignorant.
In the officialdom, reporting to the grandson first is a big deal, not to mention this situation, where he is sent to his grandson and he doesn't come.
Isn't it obvious that he is estranged from his grandson?
Yu Lu was anxious and could not go deep. However, although Fang Xi did not come with him, since he went to Zhang Dai's place, there should be no danger as there were soldiers at Zhang Dai's place.
"In the future, I really need to teach him more. He is too young and will become a Jinshi too early."
Yu Lu also sighed secretly, and abruptly changed the subject, saying: "That Han Chengyi... is really hateful and hateful. He only pays for it by selling food on his empty wages, and yet he dares to set fire to the city and even kill people openly!"
"You even dare to kill officials!"
"Don't worry, none of them can escape."
Listening to Taisun's promise, Yu Lu could hear the firmness in his words, and his heart, which felt like it was rolling in a pot of hot oil, gradually calmed down.
While he was persuading himself, he heard Taisun blame him again: "Don't talk about other people, please talk about yourself first."
Yu Lu looked at him in astonishment, and Su Ziji said with a cold face: "If it hadn't been for timely treatment, you might have lost one of your hands. Even if it was timely, your left hand would still be somewhat inconvenient."
"You will be an official in the future. Officials have good manners. It doesn't matter if this is inconvenient. What if you look disabled?"
"You must never be so reckless again."
Yu Lu took a slow breath, nodded, and said with a wry smile after a while: "Yes, I think now that what I thought before was too naive."
Now that Taisun knows everything, he will definitely not let Han Chengyi go because of his intelligence, so he doesn't have to worry about escaping.
After hearing this, Su Ziji looked better and said, "It's good that you know. I know you are anxious. Let me help you change your clothes first."
With that said, Su Ziji clapped his hands, and two boys came in immediately from outside.
The boy was holding the clothes in his hands. Yu Lu also knew that it was rude to wear only his inner clothes now, and it would be troublesome to change into clothes by himself, so he did not refuse and allowed the two boys to help change the clothes. .
Su Ziji waited in the room with his hands behind his back. After a while, he turned around and looked at Yu Lu, who was fully dressed and sitting beside the bed.
Then he said: "As for this matter, I will explain it to you. Now that you are in good health, can you go and listen to the music?"
"Yes, please allow me to go and listen to the music!" Yu Lu's eyes lit up and he said immediately. Looking at his appearance, he drank the medicine again. Although he may still be in pain and his face is pale, he is much better than when he was in a coma. .
More importantly, Yu Lu's expression was much calmer than when he first woke up, and he felt calmer.
"Okay, let's come together." Su Ziji went out.
Yu Lu immediately followed, following Su Ziji, walking along the corridor. The house was not big, and not far to the north, he heard faint majestic sounds and screams.
"Are you reviewing the case?" Yu Lu's heart moved.
The two of them entered not through the main door, but through the side door. They did not show up directly, but stopped behind a screen.
As soon as I sat down, I heard a sharp voice: "I am also an official of the imperial court, how could you humiliate me like this..."
This voice was extremely sharp, which showed that the person shouting was really angry and was forced to a certain extent and had no choice but to resist.
Yu Lu looked out from the screen and found that he could see blurry things outside. Even if he looked carefully, he could see clearly. This screen was very suitable for such an occasion.
He carefully looked at the person outside who was shouting sharply, and found that he was an official wearing a ninth-grade official uniform, but his hair was disheveled, and he was being pressed on the shoulders, looking like he was trying to struggle but couldn't get out.
Judging from that, when they came over, the official had just been subdued, and there must have been some resistance before that.
Yu Lu frowned slightly, then relaxed his eyebrows and continued to watch.
The only person sitting outside was naturally Chai Kejing. Chai Kejing looked coldly at the official who kept yelling at him, with a cruel smile on his face.
"I'll be punished!" He didn't say a word of nonsense and got straight to the point.
"you dare……"
The ninth-rank official screamed, and saw someone behind him kicking his knee. The official knelt down involuntarily, and with a pull, the two Yamen straightened the official's hand and raised it above his head.
With a snap, the torture instrument "拶子" was put on.
The Kouzi system is made up of ropes and several small wooden sticks. The number of wooden sticks is mostly five or six, strung in the shape of a "book". The ropes on both sides are pulled to press the wooden sticks. If a person puts his finger in it, the sticks will be pressed lightly. In some cases, the skin is torn and the flesh is torn, and in severe cases, the finger bones are broken.
This punishment is often used by the government to extract confessions from female prisoners, but it is also suitable for officials.
"If you don't tell me, you will be tortured." Chai Kejing said gloomily.
This is very different from Yu Lu's imagination of interrogation. In Yu Lu's imagination, officials were always interrogated with dignity. Why is this so?
If it were before he was hunted down, although he would not express any objection, he would definitely reject it. After all, as a scholar, not many people would naturally like this kind of torture.
Isn't this the legendary way of subduing one's strength into a move?
Moreover, he did not take off his official uniform and directly executed a ninth-grade official. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?
But Yu Lu had just been chased and almost silenced along with Fang Xi.
In just a few days, Yu Lu has changed a lot compared to when he was a new Jinshi.
Even though it was a little awkward, he just frowned slightly and continued to watch quietly.
Su Ziji glanced at the reaction and smiled.
In the lobby in front of the screen, the ninth-rank officer continued to protest: "Master Magistrate, although you are the fifth-rank officer, you have no right to dismiss me, let alone use punishment."
"The majestic Zheng Lu, don't you care?"
"You are about to die, yet you dare to be so arrogant and yell at the court!" Chai Kejing's eyes darkened, and he shouted with a ferocious smile: "I will help you, come and torture!"
"Who dares, who dares?"
But the officer holding the ninth rank officer was like a wolf and a tiger. The instrument of torture clamped his ten fingers, and only heard a "tighten" sound, followed by a creaking sound.
"Ah!" The screams were so violent that they almost didn't sound like human beings. However, the torturers continued, and after a while, the screams stopped.
"Sir, he passed out!" A person checked and reported.
"Pour cold water on him to wake him up. If he doesn't say anything when he wakes up, he will continue!"
"yes!"
Wow!
A bucket of cold water was poured directly on the Ninth Grade Official's body, and the person who had been unconscious for a moment woke up faintly from the pain.
Chai Kejing asked coldly: "Will you tell me? If you don't tell me, I will torture you again!"
"Don't worry, this is still a child's play. I'm leaving you with dignity. When I use severe punishment later, you will miss the little pain and itch now and cry and beg for mercy!"
"I...I don't know what you want me to say..." The ninth-grade official gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words: "Even if the lower official is guilty, he will follow the procedures. How can he use lynching like this?"
"Okay, okay, what a tough guy." Chai Kejing nodded with a ferocious smile: "In that case, I will help you, come and continue the torture!"
Hearing Chai Kejing's urging to continue the torture, the ninth-grade officer was frightened and frightened, and screamed: "How dare you, you are severing yourself from officialdom!"
Chai Kejing smiled ferociously: "Of course I dare. You are waiting for a coward in the country, and you are plotting against the imperial court. How can we allow you to be so rampant? Let alone torture. If you don't tell me, I will kill you with a stick on the spot!"
"Execution!"
"Ah!" A howl that was so cruel that it almost didn't sound like a human being sounded again. In the sound, Chai Kejing turned his face and smiled sinisterly at the kneeling clerk below. A trembling civil servant said: "He is a tough guy. If you insist on not saying it, what about you, will you say it?"
