"Uh... didn't I ask?"
Li Yu turned around in embarrassment, "Sir, you really didn't seem to ask."
"Okay!" Li Qing cleared his throat, "Tell me, was it you who assassinated me or the person behind you?"
"It's not me, and it's not the person behind me." How could Liu Hua dare to admit that assassinating a life official was a major crime among the nine tribes? He quickly blamed the crime and said, "You have arrested the wrong person. It was my housekeeper who bribed the general guarding the city, not me."
"Hey!" Li Qing sneered, "Are your chicken feet exposed?
How did you know about your butler's bribery? "
"Ah? This..." Liu Hua knew he had made a mistake and immediately made up for it, "I overheard it accidentally and was about to report it."
"Li Yu."
"The humble position is here."
"Fuck him."
"Hey." Li Yu chuckled, and immediately pressed the red soldering iron on it.
"Zi~@#￥..."
White smoke billowed out from the prison, and the smell of burning rats came. Li Qing waved his arm, "Are you going to tell me?"
"It's really not me...ah...ah!"
Liu Hua sadly discovered that the method suggested by the Minister was useless, and the torture of Jin Yiwei was simply not something he could bear.
"I'm talking about my family!" Liu Qiang held the whip flower and said sadly, "You are crazy! Why aren't you crazy?"
Liu Hua tentatively said, "I am a fish..."
"Pa bang..."
"Ouch... stop fighting, I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy." Liu Hua was used to being well-dressed and well-fed, and could not bear the torture. "I will tell you, I want to report it."
Li Qing waved his hand, raised his pen and said, "Tell me."
“The prefect of Huizhou, the prefect of Bazhou, the prefect of Hangzhou, and the local censor worked together to embezzle grain taxes, overcharging and underpaying as much as one million taels.”
Liu Hua originally planned to surrender some minor county magistrates to avoid physical suffering, but Li Qing did not respect martial ethics and was punished with a severe punishment. There was nothing he could do. If Li Qing was not satisfied, he himself would have to suffer.
Only then did he temporarily change his story and confess some important officials.
"Not bad, not bad." Li Qing took notes and continued, "Go on."
"say what?"
"I just complimented you, why are you confused again?" Li Qing said with a straight face, "Li Yu, give Mr. Liu another hard meal."
"Don't, don't stop ..." Liu Hua took the crying cavity, "Master Li wants to know what, please make it clear."
"Yes." Li Qing smiled with satisfaction, "Let me ask you, apart from those officials just now, who else has been corrupt and bribed?"
"Well..." Liu Hua rolled his eyes and laughed dryly, "I'm just a doctor. I don't know what else."
Li Qing smiled and nodded, "Brush up!"
"Brushing?" Liu Hua felt a little relaxed after hearing these two words.
He said with a smile, "No need to wash, no need to wash. When Xiaguan came, he had just soaked in the water tank for a long time and his body was clean."
"Hahaha..." Liu Qiang laughed, "I, do you think I am giving you a bath?"
"Isn't it...then what is scrubbing?" Liu Hua became frightened.
Li Yu said, "Stop talking nonsense, you choose a place to scrub, is it an arm or a leg?"
Could it be that you sprinkle salt water on the wound?
Liu Hua thought twice and kicked his least injured right leg, "That's it."
"Okay, you have some backbone." Liu Qiang nodded, turned around and walked outside the cell door, picked up the smoking teapot on the charcoal stove, and Li Yu took out an iron brush full of tiny iron rods.
Then, Liu Qiang stepped forward and poured boiling water on it, while Li Yu vigorously brushed the skin and flesh.
Even an iron man could not withstand such torture, let alone the proud Liu Hua, who only lasted a few breaths before raising his flag and surrendering.
"I will give an account, I will give an account."
Li Qing asked the two of them to stop, with a gentle look on his face: "You said why are you doing this? How good is it that we can be calm?
Say it! "
Liu Hua gasped for breath, "Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, a wailang member of the Rites Department, a doctor in the Punishment Department, and a censor of the Youdu Procuratorate... They are all corrupt and illegal, and the amounts are huge."
"How much exactly?"
"This subordinate really doesn't know."
Li Qing nodded and recorded the confession, "Where are the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Hubu?
So many people are greedy, but the first and second-in-commands in charge of the money bag are not greedy? "
Liu Hua's expression changed and he said quickly, "The lower official is just a doctor. I don't know whether the minister or minister is greedy or not."
"Come on, come on. They go to the pilgrimage all day long and regulate departmental matters. They have no time to be greedy." Li Qing didn't want to waste words with him again, "Continue with the execution."
Liu Hua was completely panicked. Guo Huan was the last card he could play. If he was revealed, who would get him in the future?
But if he doesn't confess, he won't be able to pass this test now. Boiling water is poured on his legs, and his flesh and blood are brushed away with an iron brush. It's almost worse than death. He can't bear it.
"Li Qing, don't be too damn proud of yourself." Liu Hua broke his guard and said, "On the day of my mother's funeral, that's when your head will fall to the ground."
"hehe……"
Li Qing smiled jokingly, "I don't care whether I die or not, but whether you are dead or not, it will still be the grave crime of annihilating the nine tribes."
"I'll fuck you!"
"Hey? Don't be so angry." Li Qing was not angry and said sincerely, "You are lucky to be able to come to Zhao Prison. I want to give you a chance to redeem your merits. Are you willing to accept it?"
"you?
Will you give me a chance? Liu Hua looked incredulous: "You don't care about me assassinating you?" "
"I've always held grudges, so there's no way I wouldn't care about the school." Li Qing took notes and muttered: "Liu Hua personally admitted that he sent people to assassinate the envoy Li Zhen."
"You're so big...ah@#￥..."
Li Yu snorted coldly, "If your mouth is not clean, I will brush the bones out for you."
Liu Hua's face turned pale, and his face and body were covered with sweat. The pain was so painful that he almost collapsed.
He gasped for air, "Then why did you give me a chance?"
"I can't save your life, and of course I don't want to." Li Qing said with a smile, "However, as long as you perform well enough, the lives of your nine tribes may be saved."
"Why should I trust you?"
"You don't have to believe it." Li Qing shook the evidence of guilt indifferently, "You can bear it, can these people bear it?
By then, you won't even have the chance to make a difference. "
Li Qing said calmly, "I won't say whether I will die, but you people will definitely die before me. You have to think about it, which is more important, your colleagues or your family."
"That's right, my family is just as greedy for money. Why do you have to hook up with the Nine Clans?" Liu Qiang followed suit.
Li Yu also said, "If we finish it together, will you give you a share of the money they are greedy for?"
Liu Hua was stunned, as if he realized something, and slowly shook his head, "No!"
"Louder." Li Qing yelled, "Did they benefit you by letting you take the blame?"
"No!" Liu Hua yelled.
The extremely unbalanced psychology grew crazily, and Liu Hua's defense completely collapsed, and he cursed: "Damn, why are my whole family being beheaded, and you are getting away with it?
I confess, I confess everything!
Guo Huan, the Minister of Household Affairs, is the mastermind! He was the one who made me pretend to be crazy. "
"Huh~" Li Qing smiled slightly, leaned back in his chair again, and said with a smile: "Speak slowly."
"Li Yu, give Mr. Liu a cup of tea."
…
After half an hour, Li Qing slowly stopped writing. The number of corrupt criminals and the huge amounts were really shocking.
Guo Huan, together with the ministers, ministers, and officials from various places who went to the central government to pay taxes, formed a nest of snakes and rats. They adopted methods of overcharging and underpaying, fabricating reports, and embezzling materials from the treasury and converting them into money, amounting to more than 15 million. .
Officials from every province, prefecture, state, and county are involved.
Li Qing frowned, "Isn't it because you were biting randomly?"
"If you don't believe it, you can check it out." Liu Hua sneered, "The salary is only that small, and there are a few people who are not greedy.
Do you still want to listen? Do I still have it here? "
Li Qing pondered for a moment, "You continue."
After another two quarters of an hour, Liu Hua finally stopped talking and sighed:
"These are all the corrupt officials I know. At this point, do I have to hook up with the nine tribes and deceive you?"
Li Qing nodded slightly. Liu Hua was indeed not guilty, but the number of people involved in the case and the amount of embezzlement were too much.
"This is just what I know. There are also things I don't know." Liu Hua chuckled. "If there is a thorough investigation, the amount of corrupt officials and money and food will definitely be even greater."
He smiled happily, as if he had seen many people buried with him.
Li Qing put away the confession and asked: "Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight.
Don't worry, if they commit corruption, I will not let them go. As long as the content is true, your nine clans will be absolutely fine. "
"Okay, I will believe you for once." Liu Hua really had no other choice but to believe in Li Qing.
Li Qing nodded with satisfaction and threw a bottle of golden sore medicine to Li Yu, "Apply it on him, don't let him die.
Also, what happened tonight is rotten in my stomach for the time being. "
The two of them cupped their hands: "I understand this humble position!"
Li Qing put away the confession and turned around and left Zhao Prison.
…
In the early morning, Guo Huan, who had been sitting all night and was shaking, finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Jin Yiwei didn't come to arrest anyone. He knew that it was Liu Hua who took the responsibility.
Thinking of this subordinate's contribution, he couldn't help but feel moved:
"Old Liu is still a loyal person!"
