The courtyard where Xu Zongwen rented was already surrounded by people from three floors inside and three outside. Thanks to the help of the curfew in Linzi City, no one knew that there was such a big movement outside, and the only people who heard the movement were the government officials. When people from the yamen catch people loitering and making trouble on the street, how can they dare to open the door and join in the fun?
In a small dark room with the wall removed on the west side of the courtyard, Xu Zongwen asked someone to loosen the sack... After a long time, a tall and slender man with a rough martial spirit, wearing a black cloth and ragged shirt, appeared. Slowly raised his head.
What faced him was a thin man with his head tilted and bulging cheeks. This man was tied to a thick wooden stake. His upper body was covered with bloodstains in a plain-colored singlet, and his knees were bent and deformed. , it was obvious that he had been tortured with a cane, and there was not a single piece of good flesh left on his body!
There is no doubt that the tied man is the Qin envoy, but at this time the Qin envoy fainted because he could not bear the punishment, and his spirit was exhausted and he lost consciousness.
The burly man in charge of the interrogation was Xu Zongwen's personal soldier Zhang San.
Zhang San took out the leather whip that had just been dipped in hot oil from his hand. He raised his right foot and tilted his head to find the right direction. He swung the whip out with all his strength. He only heard a "pop-" sound and was hit by Qin Envoy without any bias. On the thin shoulders, soon, under the candlelight high on the stone wall of the small black room, a blood-red whip mark gradually became clear from the right shoulder to the left chest through the wet single clothes!
"Ah~" was followed by a harsh cry, and Qin Shi woke up in pain.
"I advise you to speak up as soon as possible, so as not to suffer physical pain! You are a weak civil servant who can't lift your hands or shoulders. Why should you suffer such torture in vain? I advise you not to take any chances. What kind of tricks are you playing? Just tell the truth. Nothing will happen to you." Zhang San only whipped him once and then stopped. He looked up at the weak Qin envoy in front of him, opened his thin mouth and sipped lightly. Her lips kindly advised.
The Qin envoy weakly asked: "Who are you? This is Qingzhou. You dare to break into the post and arrest the imperial officials. This is a serious crime of genocide!"
This official is Ji Mingxia, the Du Sikong of the Zongzheng Mansion who is responsible for prison investigations. Yesterday, Dali Temple moved to Wenzongzheng Mansion, and at the same time delivered Chen Feng, the criminal who came to Beijing to falsely accuse Li Xuanxi, the crown prince of Yue. Ji Mingxia's interrogation made no progress overnight, and he was a little impatient. . At the beginning, King Zhuang asked him to go south to investigate the case on behalf of the Zongzheng Mansion, but now there has been no progress in two or three months. If Chen Feng refuses to let go, he will have no choice but to start elsewhere!
The thin prisoner received a severe whipping. He tried his best to open his hazy eyes, but his eyelids were still drooped. He replied in a low voice: "Sir... I have said it several times, and those words are all from the same person." The noble gentleman asked the villain to tell me. The villain also came to Chang'an to find Mr. Fu Yin on the request of that gentleman. The villain... is just a small accountant of the Shen family. What the villain said is absolutely true. False words, sir!"
"That's enough! I don't want to spend any more time with you. Your wife and daughter will come to this prison to accompany you soon. When your family is reunited, you can then think about how to explain to me." Ji Mingxia felt a little confused. He was impatient. He felt that he wasted a whole night on Chen Feng. He listened to his inconsistent remarks and kept shirk the blame on a certain gentleman who only existed in his mouth. He couldn't help but feel angry. Ji. Mingxia curled her whip with both hands and dipped some hot oil into it and walked towards Chen Feng...
"Ah - ah, please forgive me, sir!"
The continuous whipping lasted for a quarter of an hour, and she didn't stop until Ji Mingxia's hands became numb!
The leather whip was about one foot two inches long and about the thickness of an oxtail. It was dipped in hot tung oil and then soaked in the prepared chili water. Ji Mingxia was born in the Imperial Guards and was already powerful, but Chen Feng's body was frail, and he only wore a torn single piece of clothing. With just a whip, his skin and flesh could be turned out. Hot oil was applied to the affected area, and the chili pepper water invaded his skin. It was like thousands of ants gnawing at his body, and like a burning fire burning his heart. What's more, it lasted for a quarter of an hour. as long as? Not to mention that Chen Feng was bruised and bruised, even ordinary people couldn't survive it! As a result, Chen Feng's muscles and bones were also injured, and he was in excruciating pain. As soon as he stopped crying and begging for mercy, Ji Mingxia looked at him again, his eyes were white, his face was distorted, he had been unconscious for a long time, and he had not recovered for a long time.
"Master Ji, what should we do with this kid?" The prison chief in charge of the prison personally moved a chair, and Ji Mingxia lay down on it. He casually ordered: "Throw him into the death row first and let him hang out for ten and a half days. Yue, eat and drink carefully, but don’t kill anyone."
The warden's bloated face was filled with a smile, and he patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, all my subordinates will be spared. Do you still need to give orders for such a trivial matter? You just have to wait and see, you can die in the prison of Da Zong Zhengfu." You are considered to be blessed with great destiny and good fortune, but living here is a hundred times more uncomfortable than being dead!"
"Okay, I still don't know what you're going to do? I have something important to do to see the prince. Please be careful not to let irrelevant people get in during the next few days."
The warden took a folding fan from the warder's hand, opened the fan and fanned Ji Mingxia, he said: "That's right, Mr. Ji, these are the duties of subordinates, and they will never do this kind of thing." Something goes wrong at the critical moment!"
In a small room with the wall peeled off, Xu Zongwen asked someone to loosen the sack. Zhang San used half a gourd to scoop up a full gourd of water from his employer's water tank and poured it on the sack. In the middle of winter, At this time of year, even if your iron-clad body is poured down by this ladle of water, your three souls and seven orifices will have to take a risk!
"Ah...ah——"
Sure enough, the envoy of Qin shivered and opened his eyes. He saw that he was surrounded by a group of people, and his body was tied with knotted ropes. He hurriedly asked: "Sir, I just arrived at Guibao Land, and I didn't know why I offended you. Please give me an explanation!"
Xu Zongwen walked up and Zhang San took a few steps back, "Cang——" Xu Zongwen pulled out the knife from Zhang San's waist and immediately held it against the Qin envoy, "Are you the special envoy sent by King Qin to Qingzhou?"
When the Qin envoy saw that his identity was revealed, he wanted to hide it at first. Unexpectedly, Xu Zongwen put away the knife and suddenly lowered it. "Ah——" After a fierce cry, one of the Qin envoy's legs was chopped off by Xu Zongwen. After landing, the ground in the small room was immediately stained red by the spurting blood, and even Qin Shi fainted from the severe pain.
Zhang San moved very quickly. He scooped up a ladle of water and poured it over to wake up the Qin envoy.
Xu Zongwen: "Ask you a question, and you answer it, or I will chop off your legs first and then chop off your hands. Have you ever heard of human pigs? Do you want to try what it feels like?"
Human pigging is a criminal method created by Empress Lu to retaliate against Madam Qi. It involves cutting off a person's limbs and facial features, gouging them out, and then soaking them in a large vat filled with potion. They will neither die nor survive. , just a living dead!
The Qin envoy's face immediately turned livid, and he kept nodding his head to express his submission.
"Why did you come to Qingzhou under the order of King Qin?"
"Your Majesty has an order. The bandits in Guanzhong are powerful and Chang'an has a small army and few generals. He ordered General Zhendong and Qingzhou Governor to quickly recruit a large army to support Chang'an in quelling the rebellion."
"How many days have you been in Linzi?"
"It's been three days."
"How will Fu Shijun reply to you?"
"The envoy said that the troops from all counties are being assembled and they will be able to set off for Chang'an in the next few days."
The envoy of Qin did not dare to disobey and vomited everything he knew.
"Bah!" Xu Zongwen spat on the ground and cursed: "This treacherous and treacherous villain, you really shouldn't trust him."
Xu Zongwen returned the knife to Zhang San, "Ah San, chop off this messenger's head and put it on his head. Let's go again tonight."
"No!" Zhang San took the knife and walked towards Qin Envoy with a smile...
