Liu Shugu, the contemporary head of the family who left behind most of the family documents and escaped from the underground tunnel, and his three sons who were at home to pass on messages, righteousness, and rituals were tracked by the expert team members with enhanced induction, and successfully blocked the Hidden at the exit near the family cemetery, it was all over.
Even Liu Shugu, who seemed kind-hearted, was caught and tried to commit suicide by throwing himself against a wall. He was beaten unconscious on the spot with a bloody head. Among the three Liu brothers who were captured, one yelled obscene words, one kept whining for mercy, and the other was stunned and dumbfounded.
Nothing can change the fate of the Liu family's imminent destruction. The large-scale underground private prison that was subsequently discovered in the village; the numerous skeletons and property of unknown origin piled up inside; the cells and water prisons used to imprison victims; the animal pens and special passages that were suspected of raising and training aliens;
It is just a further nail on the coffin board of the Liu family. Especially among the surviving victims who were imprisoned, in addition to the majority of foreigners who were robbed and the local poor who claimed to be heading to foreign vassals, there were even a few women who were half-clothed and unkempt.
Although most of them have become crazy after being tortured, screaming like female animals when they see people, or being incoherent and unable to speak normally; some people still regain their consciousness; and in several times In the dark, another darker side of Liu's family was revealed.
For example, the Liu brothers have been secretly robbing local women and then sending them to other places without a trace; only a handful of them are left as playthings, but if they try to escape or resist, they will turn into the blood of beasts. Food, or part of the bone pit connected to the pond in the village;
And these surviving women, there are even some wealthy families from other places or official family records; even the families of in-laws related to the Liu family, or the old wives and daughters of former disciples; basically all of them disappeared accidentally while visiting outside. , it can be said to be so heartbreaking that it is outrageous.
So what followed was a major earthquake in local official circles. As the censors and envoys of Jiangxi Province rushed from the nearby Hongzhou/Nanchang Prefecture, as well as officials at all levels of state and county, they frantically cut and distanced themselves. The relationship with the Liu family may have become cut off. /Abandoned object.
Although there are still two of the famous five sons of the Liu family outside; Liu Chuanren, who was serving as Cangcao in Nanchang Prefecture, was captured as soon as possible after being captured locally; and Liu Chuanzhi, who was the general supervisor in Beijing, After being summoned by flying telegrams in the Department of General Affairs, it was impossible to escape the law.
And the victims who were involved gathered in the state government office angrily. It was even said that they had paid money to buy connections, and were determined to let the Liu family and his son experience the greatest pain in the world before they were executed by Mingdian. and torture...for which he had to be imprisoned in a separate ship.
The focus of the interrogation also turned to tracing Liu's online and behind-the-scenes background. For example, before Liu Shugu became an official, the Liu family was still a local prominent family in the usual sense; although they made a lot of money and filled their own pockets under the pretense of soliciting donations and doing good deeds, they still cared about a little superficial hypocrisy.
But starting almost ten years ago, Liu Shugu's personality suddenly changed. He secretly became more violent and unscrupulous. Not only did he abandon the basic principle of rabbits not eating grass from the nest, he even went so far as to extend his evil hand to the family in a frantic manner. Relevant persons and their documents.
The Liu family even used the name of the Chen family of the foreign domain who had entered into marriage as a guarantee to recruit some young men and women from the local area one after another; they claimed to go overseas to undertake paid labor. Then some of them gradually disappeared; it was said that they had already settled down in the local area.
Now that we are investigating it again, it is obvious that there are also big problems. According to the number of people Liu dealt with, there were probably not hundreds, or even thousands, of victims. And this is just the Liu family that has been discovered. How many others like the Liu family exist in the local area?
In addition, as the doctor of the Yu Department of the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Works, he was in charge of the streets, gardens, mountains and rivers of the capital, officials, vegetables, fuel supply, hunting, etc., and also supplied the palace ministers and servants The horses under the control of the temple are fed with cud. It belongs to a delicate position that is not famous but takes charge of internal and external affairs.
Under such doubts, Jiang Tian personally interrogated Liu Shugu, who was dressed in plain clothes and restrained. The moment he saw him, Jiang Tian suddenly understood why he was restrained. Because it has already appeared on him
There are traces of alienation of beasts and ghosts in many places to varying degrees;
In other words, a long time ago, Liu Shugu, who claimed to be seriously ill and recuperating at home and unable to see things, accepted the transformation/contamination of his bloodline into a beast and ghost in order to survive; and then gradually lost his original rationality and vigilance, And become more and more crazed and insane?
"This girl is very cunning. She seems to be willing to say anything and answer everything she knows. However, she always avoids the important points and chooses the easy ones. Even if she uses a variety of methods, she always insists on the same rhetoric." A fellow shipmate in charge of the interrogation The military official explained: "During this period, he broke free twice and tried to die."
According to this expert torturer from Murong Wu, compared to the three sons who collapsed one after another during the torture process and cried bitterly and confessed everything but only knew part of the truth, Liu Shugu was more cunning than the older woman; it seemed that he had He knew he was going to die but he refused to let go despite being tortured.
"In order to prevent this guy from being unable to bear it any longer, we gave him a special anesthetic while waiting for the interrogation to prevent him from doing something uncontrollable." The military official continued to explain: "However, these changes in his body are Now that we can’t reverse it, we can only temporarily control it.”
"It doesn't matter anymore. Leave the rest to me." Jiang Tian nodded to him. After he resigned from the prison cell, Jiang Tian took out a yellow crystal and pressed it on the dying man's body. Liu Shugu's forehead; the next moment he suddenly opened his eyes as if being stimulated.
"How much were you involved in the Zhenzhu Ji Gu in Shangyuan Night?" Jiang Tian asked quietly in a cold voice, about another seemingly insignificant matter: "What was the order Ling Lang gave you! Why did you suddenly When you return to your hometown after becoming an official in your prime, who is the person in the court who is responsible for protecting you..."
Liu Shugu, who heard these words, obviously opened his eyes; but as if he was frightened, he turned his eyes in vain to face the void, his face was distorted and his whole body was twitching; but he kept saying no in his mouth. Speak up. It was like seeing a dream demon...
After a while, Jiang Tian opened the hatch again and let people come in to clean up the incontinence mess; his expression became a little subtle. Because through impromptu verbal probing and deliberate stimulation, Jiang Tian actually unexpectedly obtained several relevant memory fragments from that year.
One of the incomplete memory fragments is that in what is suspected to be the imperial city; Liu Shugu swore an oath of death to a certain nobleman with a similar face. There is also a memory fragment in which he was in panic. He suddenly received a note and started taking medicine to pretend to be sick, and then logically requested to return to his hometown to recuperate.
However, there are more fragments of Liu Shugu's disorganized memories in Raozhou. About the concubine who was bitten alive by him on the bed on a whim; there was also the possibility that the young boy who accidentally peeked into his secret and ran away overnight was found by him and burned in his parents' house...
"Come here!" After a while, Jiang Tian, who was ready, ordered: "Immediately send someone to hurry up and send my letter directly to the capital headquarters; at the same time, another team of people will go to Nanchang Mansion with my seal, and with the help of the Privy Council A small snare, and a telex sent to the headquarters."
The next step is for Linghu Xiaomu to give full play to his subjective initiative and professional expertise and obtain more sources of information from local sources. Strictly speaking, it is to find out the latent members of the local Wude Division, and then use an irresistible condition to drive them to do something.
Naturally, there are people from the Wude Division in Raozhou, although according to the system of the country, the duties of the Wude Division are limited to the two capitals and the sixteen prefectures. But for some unexplained reason, people from Wudesi are actually also active in some famous cities and towns, but they do not act publicly.
In other words, they can only carry out some underground activities under the cover of various legitimate identities. But if the local magistrate discovers it, then even a county magistrate can legitimately punish it. Usually he hides it very deep, but according to Linghu Xiaomu's ability, he can find it accurately.
At least, compared to the intertwined interests between the two capitals, Wude Si's original office has long been regarded as one of the materials for drunken rice bags and market jokes; the members in these places are relatively good. In other words, they are better at digging into the bottom three religions and nine streams to dig out informants and sources of information.
Therefore, their daily work, in addition to using the channels and resources of the Wude Division to make money, is to inquire about various market news, gossips, and even local officials.
Report the secrets of his family and his family. Therefore, the follow-up investigation of the Liu family can be completed from another angle.
Of course, they can also obtain corresponding benefits or practical benefits, and even long-term potential benefits. For example, from monetary rewards to property sold at a discount after being deposed; or, just a piece of approval slip from the Transportation Department of the local road or the Salt and Iron Institute, or the Honshu Branch Patrol Institute.
If the other party refuses to cooperate or wants to be submissive, Linghu Xiaomu, who has already received partial authorization, has enough means and resources to manipulate the other party. In an official sense, the sub-inspection censor is the natural nemesis, and he can justifiably deal with these illegal lurking personnel of the Wude Division.
It's just that I don't bother to pay attention to these insignificant cats and dogs that I can't get rid of unless necessary. However, following the messengers sent by Jiang Tian, a hidden trend quickly spread from the city of Raozhou in a corner of Jiangxi to the imperial court.
