Chatting is naturally purposeful.
Zhao Ping continued to guide Mrs. Liu and asked her to explain Liu Lai's crimes.
He can only be exonerated if he knows what crimes he committed.
Otherwise, Liu Lai will be released.
He can no longer continue to serve as the Minister of Household Affairs.
Even when His Majesty returns from suppressing the bandits, it is possible that the Nine Clans of Liu Lai will be killed.
If it were in the past, Liu Lai would still be the Minister of Household Affairs, still aloof and respected by others.
Mrs. Liu will never pay attention to Zhao Ping.
They would even send someone to break his dog legs.
But now, Liu Lai is in jail.
The entire court was in trouble by Zhao Ping.
He held the Shangfang sword in his hand, which represented His Majesty and could give orders to the three armies. If anyone did not obey, he was qualified to chop off his head on the spot.
Didn’t you see that the head of the Qian family, Qian Shi, was beheaded by Zhao Ping in front of everyone for just a few words of disobedience?
Although Qian Shi did not have any official position, he was still the head of the country.
He is the father of the current queen.
Zhao Ping said he would chop him off, and he would do it if he didn't give the queen face.
Let me ask, who is not afraid of such people?
Now that he gave Liu Lai a chance and accepted money from the Liu family, it meant that he was willing to solve the Liu family's troubles.
So Mrs. Liu was just like pouring beans, explaining all the crimes Liu Lai had committed over the years.
Then... Zhao Ping was dumbfounded.
According to Mrs. Liu, the crimes committed by Liu Lai are negligible.
Especially in the feudal society of the Dawei Dynasty, that was not a crime, it was simply a normal thing.
For example, when the third young master of the Liu family publicly insulted a good woman on the street, Liu Lai would silence him by offering money.
Another example is that when Liu Wenhao wanted to do business, he didn't have a shop, so Liu Lai found some land hooligans to cause trouble. The owner of his shop couldn't keep it open, so he had to sell the shop to him at a low price.
Although they can't even get on the stage.
But as a minister of household affairs, these "trivial" things are really innocuous.
Even if His Majesty finds out, he will choose to turn a blind eye.
In this way, the two chatted until almost dawn, but Zhao Ping didn't get any useful information out.
In this case, there are two points.
First, Mrs. Liu is a good person and knows what she wants to do, so she has been avoiding the important and taking the easy.
Even if he deliberately guided her towards the well, she was often easily avoided by Mrs. Liu.
He only said that the well was dry and people had died.
He also kept saying that the man committed suicide by jumping into the well and had nothing to do with their master.
Secondly, everything Liu Lai did was extremely secretive, and Mrs. Liu did not know about it.
"Madam, the master is back."
Just when Zhao Ping was about to lose his patience, a servant finally came over to report that Liu Lai was back.
"Mrs. Liu, please rest in the house first."
Zhao Ping stood up in a hurry and said, "I'm going to tell Mr. Liu something, so that he won't spill the beans later."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhao."
Mrs. Liu bowed and saluted.
Zhao Ping went to the front yard and saw Liu Lai.
He was still tied up.
There were many bloodstains on his body and his clothes were messy. He should have been punished a lot.
Zhao Ping is quite satisfied with this.
Shan Dayong is reliable in what he does. When he says he forces a confession, he really forces a confession. There is no ambiguity at all and he does it overnight.
This is also the strategy they discussed before.
Be prepared with both hands.
Any officials caught will be tortured and forced to question the truth.
Outside, Zhao Ping and Liu Dingbei were in charge.
Do your best to search for evidence.
Once he is firmly seated, he can be pushed outside the Meridian Gate and beheaded as a warning to others.
"Master Liu, you, you, what's going on?"
Zhao Ping hurried over and asked, "Who hurt you like this?"
"You tell me and I will stand up for you."
"Zhao Ping? Why are you at my house?"
Liu Lai didn't expect to see Zhao Ping here either.
After being taken to prison, he felt fine.
After all, Zhao Ping would definitely help him if he accepted his money.
Even if nothing happens.
With his level of caution, Liu Dingbei could not even hope to find any strong evidence.
Sooner or later he will be let out.
As a result, as soon as he entered the prison, he was tortured severely.
Don't ask at all.
Take a beating first.
He was beaten until his skin and flesh were torn, and he cried for his father and mother.
But it's of no use.
Those people seemed to be venting their anger and didn't care at all.
After knocking him unconscious, pour a basin of cold water on him.
I woke up and continued to fight.
This happened again and again, and half of his life was lost.
Those people took out paper and asked them to write down the crimes they committed.
Liu Lai wrote again what he had written to Zhao Ping during the day, and then he was beaten severely again.
Just when he could hardly bear it anymore, someone came to mention him.
He was brought back to Liu Mansion.
After entering the house, Liu Lai breathed a sigh of relief.
I feel like I have distanced myself from the relationship.
It was just a beating. After a period of rest, he could continue to dominate.
It's also a shame that he didn't tell anyone about his rebellion.
Otherwise, I'm afraid he will be beaten to death in prison.
However, now, in his own home, he actually saw Zhao Ping.
"Take people's money and help them eliminate disasters."
Zhao Ping said: "Since I have accepted your money, I will definitely help you with things."
"You just gave me six thousand taels of silver, and it's not enough."
"So I can only stop Liu Dingbei for a while."
"I'm waiting here now because I hope you can make up the remaining money."
"When I see Yin Zi, I will take away Liu Dingbei and the imperial guards. You will be innocent after Liu Lai. Even if His Majesty returns to Beijing, he will not trouble you again."
"I am an upright official, where can I get so much money?"
Liu Lai said bitterly: "Mr. Zhao, you should have also searched Liu's house. Did you see any money hidden there?"
"Where's the dry well in the backyard?"
Zhao Ping asked.
Liu Lai was stagnant.
Staring at Zhao Ping closely, he didn't say a word for a long time.
Dry well.
It's his secret.
In the entire Liu Mansion, no one except Tong Sihai knew about it.
How did Zhao Ping know?
"Why don't you speak?"
Zhao Ping sneered: "Do you think the things you did are all secrets?"
"Actually, many people know about your wife, son, family members, etc."
"But I didn't search. I wanted you to confess on your own initiative."
"After all, I only want money, and other things have nothing to do with me."
"As I said before, when I see Yinzi, I'll help you with things."
"If there is no money, Liu Dingbei might dig that dry well. As for what he will dig, I don't know."
"I think you should know very well."
"You can't dig that well. You can't dig that well."
Liu Lai said excitedly: "If someone died in the well, it would be unlucky to dig it out."
"Then take out the money."
Zhao Ping said indifferently: "If you don't have enough money, you can use the house deed and land deed to make up for it. I don't mind."
"How can you guarantee that you will let me go after I give you the money?"
Liu Lai asked rhetorically.
"I swear by Shang Fang's sword, if I take the silver, I will definitely let Master Liu go."
Zhao Ping drew out Shang Fang's sword and said.
"Untie me, I'll go get your money now."
"No, let me untie you now. If you run away, who should I ask for the money?"
Zhao Ping shook his head.
"You lead the way, and I'll follow you. Once you get the money, I'll let you go."
Liu Lai had no choice but to do as Zhao Ping said.
"Wait, Mr. Liu, why are you going out?"
Seeing the direction directed by Liu Lai, Zhao Ping frowned and said, "Your home is here. Do you still want to stay in the prison?"
At the mention of prison, Liu Lai's legs couldn't help but tremble.
His face also turned extremely dark.
He said angrily: "Do you still want the money?"
"If you want it, just follow me."
"Want, want."
Zhao Ping smiled apologetically.
I also figured out the key.
The cunning rabbit has three caves.
People like Liu Lai definitely don't have only one place to live.
Otherwise, Old General Liu had already been searched over and over by the Liu Mansion, but no useful information was found.
Although there is a dry well.
But Tong Sihai only said that there were letters between Liu Lai and other officials hidden there.
As for silver, not a word was mentioned.
Moreover, as the matron of the family, Mrs. Liu is considered to be half the head of the family.
When I got money before, I had to piece it together here and there.
I think the money should not be in Liu's house.
Another secret was tricked out.
Zhao Ping sneered in his heart. Fortunately, he was a time traveler. He had watched many TV series and understood five thousand years of civilization.
Otherwise, there is really nothing we can do when faced with such an official with so many tricks.
Of course, you can also follow Chen Xuan's method.
kill.
The heads of the people killed were rolling, and the blood of the people was flowing like rivers.
The killing made them tremble with fear.
But if you don't have conclusive evidence and just kill people according to your own ideas, you will easily be regarded as a tyrant, and you may also wrongly accuse good people.
When the time comes, people will be in panic, who will sincerely serve the imperial court?
You still need to use your brain more.
After gathering his thoughts, Zhao Ping led Li Hu and Gao Meng's trapped camp to follow Liu Lai's footsteps.
