"Tell me! Did you do this?"
"What an injustice! The common people have never done such a thing!"
"Not honest yet!"
From time to time, voices of injustice and continuous screams could be heard in the prison of the Criminal Department.
"Okay." Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly opened his mouth and said something.
As soon as the Minister of Hubu said that the jailer had just stopped the torture.
Cen Shangshu stood up, dusted off his clothes, and walked to Sun Luolin with a smile.
Looking at the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance standing in front of him, Sun Luolin, who had been wronged, had injustice written all over his face.
"I...I was wronged."
Perhaps he had suffered too much punishment, which made Sun Luolin, who was already thin, even weaker. He seemed to be almost unable to speak.
The clothes were covered in bloody blood stains.
"Unjustly accused?" The Minister of Revenue was full of arrogance, feeling that the case he took over was worthy of the people.
"Official...I...I'm really unjust. I've never seen that...that written evidence."
Listening to Sun Luolin's words, Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, sneered and said: "If you refuse to admit guilt even when you are about to die, the words written on it are so clear. This fingerprint matches your fingerprint, how can you be wronged? Say! Where is the stored food now? Where did you hide it?"
"Guanren... I am really unjust. Furthermore... this... this was not done by me at all, and I have never seen it. If you ask me to say it, what should I say? Guanren... I am How could an ordinary common man do such a thing?"
Seeing that Sun Luolin, whose face was stained with blood, refused to tell the truth, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, cursed: "The same virtue as your father."
After scolding, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, walked to a chair in a corner, carefully sat down, tasted the warm tea on the table next to him, and waved with his hand: "Keep beating! Beat him until he feels comfortable!"
"yes!"
After hearing this, the jailer picked up the torture tools and continued to torture.
At this moment, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was walking towards this side step by step.
After noticing the figure of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, looked to his side.
"Guo Yushi, here we come."
Cen Shangshu smiled.
"Still not recruiting?"
Guo Yushi looked at Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, with a curious look on his face.
Cen Shangshu glanced at Sun Luolin who was being beaten on the wooden frame, and recalled the words of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu: "This kid is very strict with his mouth. He was beaten for several hours and refused to say anything."
After hearing this, Yushi Guo glanced at Sun Luolin who was being beaten next to him, smiled slightly, and said: "No matter how harsh your mouth is, how long can you be harsh? Guo believes that you can use more punishment."
"What Guo Yushi said is absolutely true." Cen Shangshu said with a smile on his face.
"Try harder!" Guo Yushi said.
After hearing this, the jailer's hand became stronger, and the injury on Sun Luolin's body became even more painful. You could see that Sun Luolin's forehead was covered with sweat.
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In the evening, the family in Sun Mansion did not want to eat or drink. Without Sun Luolin, the family suddenly became more deserted.
At the dinner table today, there was no one to persuade the master.
After being silent for a long time, Master Sun Zhicai said: "Today I went to visit the houses of many civil servants. Among those who are willing to help us are Gui Yuanwei, the Minister of War, and his relatives, but no one else is willing to help us."
After speaking, seeing the two ladies looking at their daughter-in-law, Master Sun Zhicai couldn't bear to say another sentence: "I'm afraid Luolin won't be able to come back this time, so you should be mentally prepared."
As soon as Mr. Sun finished speaking, the two ladies and Luolin's wife Cao Qingxue burst into tears.
"If I were a minister, I might still have a chance, but I am just an official. I can't do anything against those high officials."
As he spoke, Mr. Sun's eyes became red.
Housekeeper Cen Sheng, who stood aside, shed tears together.
After a while, Mr. Sun raised his sleepy head and looked at the people on the table.
"Eat. Luolin was wronged, I know that. Justice will eventually come, but the time has not yet come."
After listening to Mr. Sun's words, several people tried their best to hold back their tears. They held the rice bowls in front of them, but their tears couldn't stop falling.
I was crying while eating the food that was already cold. In addition, this happened again today, so tonight's meal was particularly unpalatable.
The next day, a big sun rose in the east of Yanyang City, and its light spread to Yanyang City and the entire territory of the Mo Dynasty. There are still dewdrops on the plants that have not been exposed to the sun.
"How is Jiang Lai doing now?" Prime Minister Zuo suddenly asked the ministers standing in front of him with interest.
Eunuch Li, the personal eunuch beside the emperor, was holding a whisk and standing beside the empty dragon chair, looking ahead with his two small eyes.
"Back to Prime Minister Zuo, now the rice seedlings planted in Jiang Lai Province have grown lush and green, and the harvest season will be here in a few months. The people can basically fill their stomachs by relying on the fish in the river." Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said .
Although he has been busy investigating Yu Si's case recently, he is still concerned about Jiang Lai's situation.
"Okay." After responding, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at Guo Kang, the censor of the left capital, who was among the ministers.
"Guo Yushi, how are the cases handled recently?" Su Yun, the left prime minister, asked one after another.
After carefully standing up, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, glanced at Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, looked at Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, and replied: "Back to the left prime minister, the person who bought this Yu Si grain has been captured and is in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. Under interrogation. Just..."
"Just what?" Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at Guo Yushi.
"It's just that this person has a strict mouth. He spent almost a day shouting about injustice."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, who was standing among the ministers.
"Guo Shangshu, since you are handling the case in the Criminal Department, I order you to assist them, pry this mouth open, settle the case as soon as possible, and give the people an explanation."
"I will accept my order." Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, agreed.
As the emperor's personal eunuch, Eunuch Li was carefully remembering what was discussed in the court. Since he got some benefits, Eunuch Li kept his promise. He told the emperor the good things in the harem and took the bad things as his own. Didn't happen.
Therefore, the emperor in the harem is like a useless person. Keep the ministers and eunuchs in the dark.
After the court meeting, Guo Xingwen, the prisoner of the Ministry of Punishment, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, rushed to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment together.
Once you enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, you will only do one thing: pry open the mouth of prisoner Sun Luolin, find a way to make him tell the truth, and mark this piece of paper.
When Sun Luolin saw the arrival of the three people, he was both happy and scared.
"Official! Official, I...I was wronged." Sun Luolin said.
Upon hearing this, the three officials looked at each other.
"Guo Shangshu, do you think...?" Cen Wenxing, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, asked Guo Xingwen, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments.
"Somebody come!"
"exist!"
As soon as Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, shouted, several jailors stood in front of Guo Xingwen, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Torture me! Torture me hard! Try harder!"
"yes!"
Good guy, as soon as the Minister of Punishment arrived, the prison of the Punishment Department was like hell.
Several jailers took whips and beat Sun Luolin hard.
Sun Luolin, who had just rested for a short time, was hit by these whips, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and he fainted.
"stop!"
"Get some water!"
After a ladle of water passed over, Sun Luolin choked and coughed several times.
"Can't tell?!" the Minister of Punishment asked in a stern voice.
"Officer, I...I am really unjust."
Upon hearing this, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, ordered to continue.
Good guy, the Minister of Punishment was so powerful when he showed up that the prisoners on the side were so frightened that they started to urinate.
As long as he didn't say anything, he would be beaten. If he said a word of injustice, he would still be beaten. He would faint with a cup of water and wake up again from the stinging pain. He would continue to beat him without saying anything.
After a stalemate for several hours, Sun Luolin couldn't stand it anymore.
"Just say it if you can't bear it! If you admit it, maybe you can get out alive. If you don't admit it, you will die under these instruments of torture."
When the Minister of Punishment said this, Sun Luolin hesitated for a moment.
After all, no one can bear such a punishment, let alone a thin person.
But thinking about his sister's injustice and the prince's injustice a few years ago, Sun Luolin hesitated again. Between dying and being alive with the crime of being wronged, Sun Luolin would rather die.
Finally, Sun Luolin said something that surprised the three officials.
"I'm...not guilty, I'm...unjustly accused."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Luolin closed his eyes and waited for the punishment.
After hearing this, the three officials looked at each other.
"Keep beating! Beat him until he says so! I want to see how hard you are! You want to die so much!"
After saying a word, the jailer increased his strength and swung his whip. Several people hit him with it, causing Sun Luolin to yell and his body shook.
After a few movements, Sun Luolin fainted again.
"Go get some water!"
A ladle of water passed, and this time, Sun Luolin could not wake up again.
After seeing this, a jailer carefully stretched out his hand and tested it in front of Sun Luolin's nose.
"Shang Shu, he is dead."
This time, punishment was no longer available to him, and even a few scoops of water could not wake him up.
"Guo Shangshu, this..." Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs, looked at the minister of punishments.
"Anyway, the evidence is conclusive. All that's missing is his fingerprint. It would be a shame to die."
I saw a jailer taking Sun Luolin's blood-stained thumb, pressing the ink pad in the box, and then pressing it on a piece of paper.
After it was done, the jailer handed the paper to the Minister of Punishment.
After receiving it, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, took a general look.
"Boy, I think this case is over here. As for the crime, I will make a decision after meeting with the Criminal Department."
"Okay. Thank you, Minister Guo." The two officials on the side said in turn.
"In this case, Cen took his leave."
"Guo takes his leave."
After watching the two men leave, Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, glanced at the dead Sun Luolin on the rack, looked at the jailer on the side, and ordered: "Don't touch him, just follow my orders."
"yes."
After returning to the Ministry of Punishment, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, wandered around the Ministry of Punishment and found several officials to discuss how to convict him.
After thinking for a while, a document confirming the crime was handed to Su Yunqi, the left minister of the Prime Minister's Office. After a seal, the crime was confirmed.
