(2-in-1)

After the bandaging was completed, Lin Jue was about to ask questions. Xiong Ye sat on the ground with his legs weak, and Lin Jue scolded with a spike against his neck: "What are you doing? Stand up? ”

"Brother, will you let me sit? I don't have any energy. Master Xiong gasped.

"Pus-stained." Lin Jue scolded.

Master Xiong looked ashamed, but he didn't dare to say more. Lin Jue squatted down and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me in detail, who are you?" Something sin came in. Who gives you the courage to do power in this prison, and who condones you? What is the intent? If you say anything that is not true, they will kill you. ”

Xiong Ye hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare to hide." Our brother committed an incident in the army and was taken back to the capital for questioning. After ......"

"What crime has you committed?" Lin Jue asked in a low voice.

"This ...... Needless to say. "Master Xiong is embarrassed.

Lin Jue glared and said, "Then I have to ask the guy in my hand if he agrees." ”

Master Xiong muttered, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, it's not a secret anyway." Several of our brothers were originally the generals of the defenders of the border town of Zhuozhou, and I am Xiong Sanshan, a partial general under the command of the Jingwu Army of Zhuozhou. Those are my lieutenants. We have confronted the Liao people in Zhuozhou for many years, and we have fought a lot of battles large and small. Last autumn, after the imperial court reached a peace agreement with the Liao, it was slightly stopped. More than 12,000 Jingwu troops have been stationed in Zhuozhou. It was a very boring day, and my brother drank some wine and went out of the city to fight the autumn breeze. Unexpectedly, we encountered the Liao soldiers and horses, and we thought that there was a peace negotiation, and the two sides would no longer fight, so we didn't care about them. Who would have expected them to launch a sudden attack, and we were caught off guard, and more than half of the more than 100 people were killed by them. After escaping, a few of us discussed that if we went back to the city, we would be punished by Lord Yuan Shangju, the commander of the Jingwu Army. So after thinking about it, we got dizzy and did something wrong. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "What did you do?" Didn't Shicai listen to you, did you kill Shangguan? Could it be a mutiny and rebellion? ”

Xiong Sanshan shook his head and said: "That's bragging, scaring others, and making others think that we are bold and not afraid of heaven and earth." But in fact, we just lied about the military situation, saying that we had won a battle and asked for merit. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "How is it possible?" Obviously losing dozens of manpower, how can you lie about the military situation? ”

Xiong Sanshan snorted for a long time and said in a low voice: "This...... There are still solutions...... Just bring some heads back and ask for credit. In the border town army, military merit is calculated by head. ”

Lin Jue was stunned: "What? Did you kill the people and take credit for their heads? Bastards, you guys are a bunch of bastards. ”

"No, no, no, how can we kill the people and ask for merit? Wouldn't that have been dealt with by military law a long time ago? We're just ...... It's just that he cut off the heads of the people killed by the Liao people to invite merit. The Liao people sacked several market towns and killed many people. We thought that they were dead anyway, and that borrowing their heads would help us get through this. I, Xiong Sanshan, swear to the sky that I will never kill any of our people in Dazhou. Xiong Sanshan hurriedly explained.

Lin Jue was speechless, and despised Xiong Sanshan and the others very much. The border town of Da Zhou is actually guarded by such a group of pus, what security guarantee does Da Zhou have? I have long heard that the officers of the border towns killed the people indiscriminately in order to invite merit, and cut off their heads for war trophies. I didn't expect to really encounter the real thing today. Although he did not kill the people and cut off their heads to invite credit, this kind of behavior is equally shameful, and even more indifferent to some extent. Xiong Sanshan's gang is still a leading general in the border town, under the leadership of these people, what good can the Great Zhou army do? What prestige and combat effectiveness can it have?

"I'm so ashamed of you. Doesn't your conscience hurt? The court has raised you, provided you with food and drink, and provided you with military salaries, so that you should protect the people. You can't protect the people, and you still use the people's heads to invite credit? Are you still human? It sucks. Shameless waste. Lin Jue scolded with his head covered his face, he was really angry, and he used his hand hard, as if he wanted to pierce the neck of this waste.

Xiong Sanshan shouted in fright: "Brother, don't be impulsive, you can't get out of it if you kill me." Besides, I've already been arrested and put in prison, what else do I want? If we had known that, we wouldn't have done it. ”

Lin Jue took a deep breath, calmed the anger in his heart, and shouted in a deep voice: "You were imprisoned for this matter?" So why are you still in prison? ”

Xiong Sanshan swallowed and foamed: "After our brothers were taken to prison, they told us that they wanted us to do something for them. There are people in the prison who are disobedient and want us to help them get a cure. As long as we do so, we can eat well, sleep well, and not be whipped, and we may be able to reduce the crime. We don't know why they fell in love with a few of our brothers, maybe they saw that our brothers were burly and were warriors in the army. ”

"Who are they?" Lin Jue shouted.

"It's the jailers and the wardens, and some of the people from the Imperial Tower. Who else could it be? They said that some officials were disobedient and came in shouting and shouting for injustice, unwilling to confess their crimes. If they are not allowed to suffer a little, they will not explain. He said that he wanted our brother to scare them and force them to comply. But the conscience of heaven and earth, we are just scare, but we have never harmed a person. Xiong Sanshan shouted.

"I see." Lin Jue suddenly felt in his heart that this was consistent with his previous judgment. The officials who came into the Yushitai Prison were all officials who had committed crimes, and their identities were different from ordinary criminals, so they could not be punished. But when they encounter stubborn people, they will not bow their heads without punishment. This method of using prisoners to extract confessions in prison cells can effectively evade official responsibility. Being beaten and humiliated by other prisoners is not the responsibility of the government, it is a matter between prisoners. If you can't bear this kind of humiliation, you can only confess your sins and cooperate in order to improve your situation. This is a clever and clever way to evade responsibility and is more effective than extorting confessions by torture.

"Guess I believe you or not. You are so suitable for me, that is when you meet such a ruthless character as the master. If it were anyone else, would you let them go? Haven't you done any of those disgusting things you just said? I think you're deliberately concealing it, maybe you should stab you in the neck to be honest. "Lin Jue used a three-edged tip. The thorn slapped on Xiong Sanshan's face.

"Conscience of heaven and earth, I swear to heaven, if there is half a lie, I will die without a place to be buried. Officials came here before, and we all deliberately said how to treat him at night, just to scare him. They actually collapsed in fright before they could survive the night. Even if there was an overnight stay, we definitely didn't do those dirty things, there were beatings and scolding, and there were also forcing him to sleep next to the and urine bucket. But chickens. We've never done anything like that. We like women, but we don't really have an interest in men. When it was dark at night, we deliberately said something to the people around us, and they all thought we had done it. But we didn't really do it. That's no fart. How can we do the things of the eye? Xiong Sanshan pointed to the sky and the earth, and swore a curse.

Lin Jue frowned and pondered for a long time, and said coldly: "Xiong Sanshan, let's discuss." You do me a favor, I spared your life, and when I get out, I will find a way to get you out of prison early. ”

Xiong Sanshan frowned and didn't speak, Lin Jue sneered: "I'm afraid you don't know my ability, do you think that I can't get out of this prison for the rest of my life, and I'm talking to you?" I tell you who I am. The master's name is Lin Jue, the champion of last year's spring......"

"......" Xiong Sanshan and the others looked at Lin Jue blankly.

Lin Jue smacked his lips, for this group of martial artists, the champion Lang is probably no different from the oil seller on the street, they don't care about this.

"Does Lord Liang know? That's my father-in-law, I'm the county master of the Liang Palace. Lin Jue said.

"Huh?" Xiong Sanshan and the others' eyes lit up, the son-in-law of Liang Wangfu, this identity was enough to surprise them.

"Lord Dun Rufang, the lord of this Imperial History Terrace, that's my teacher." Lin Jue continued. 、

"What?" Xiong Sanshan and the others cried out in shock, and they all looked at Lin Jue with incredible eyes. They suspected that Lin Jue was bragging about Cui and was a student of Fang Zhongcheng, so how could he end up in prison?

"Do you know how I got into this prison? It was on the orders of Mr. Fang that he came in to investigate the murder of prisoners in Yushitai Prison. To tell you the truth, Fang Zhongcheng didn't know anything about this prison, so he deliberately ordered me to make a bureau and let me come in to investigate the matter. Now that I know the truth, I'll report it when I get out, and you're finished. I expect you to be beheaded immediately. Lin Jue frowned.

"Huh? This...... How is this good? We were instructed by the cell bosses, and they forced us to do this, and it's none of our business. Xiong Sanshan and the rest of the big men hurriedly shouted.

"I know, I'm not actually targeting a few of you, I'm here to find out who is making trouble inside, who is breaking the rules, and who is making these famous names behind Fang Zhongcheng's back in the Yushitai Prison. But they will definitely put all the blame on you. And I don't have real evidence, so naturally I can only use you as a scapegoat. They will say that you are being a bully and a bandit in a big prison, and you are doing mischief. They don't know it. You have no room for argument. And then there are the witnesses of the people in the surrounding prisons, who are all witnesses. You say you don't do anything unseemly, but they don't think so. Do you say yes or no? Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Xiong Sanshan and the others were dumbfounded, weren't they? This is really indefensible, and a few of them are responsible for everything.

"Lord Lin, we are wronged, I have already told the truth. Lord Lin, you have to make it clear to Fang Zhongcheng that we are also forced. Xiong Sanshan said with a white face. Originally, they did not kill a single civilian, but only borrowed the head of a dead man. This point has long been found out in the army, so it has not been dealt with by military law. But it was not worth losing your life for this in prison.

"Whether you are wronged or not, the evidence has the final say, and I report to Fang Zhongcheng that there is no evidence, so I want you to cooperate with me. You will write down everything you said to me, sign and draw for confirmation, and after I go out, you can present it to Fang Zhongcheng as evidence. Be sure to be detailed, and be clear about who asked you to do this, what intimidation and humiliation was done to which officials, and what the purpose was. So that I will have the credentials in my hand and I will be able to exonerate you. Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

"This ......" Xiong Sanshan frowned and hesitated, he was not a fool, it was impossible for Lin Jue to say whatever his surname was. There are several credibility points in this kid's words, but they can't be explained. You must know that the agreement between them and the cell boss warden was a secret agreement, and the other party said that if they dared to leak it, it would be a dead end. In order to survive, he could only speak out first to save his life, and it was useless for this kid to talk nonsense, because there was no basis for his words to be repented. But once the black and white words are put on paper, it will be ironclad.

"Or I shouldn't have made a deal with you, I'll just kill you and get clean. After all, you threatened the official before, and if I kill you, you also deserve it. attacked the imperial court officials, and died innocently. "Lin Jue will be three-edged. The stab pressed against Xiong Sanshan's artery with slight force.

Xiong Sanshan hurriedly said: "It's not that we don't want to, how do we know your true identity, how do we know that you didn't lie to us?" Who do you say, we don't know you. ”

Lin Jue sneered: "It turns out that you are worried about this, but you are a delicate ghost." Well, I really can't identify myself. So, let's go and ask if there's anyone in the cell next door who knows me. If there's someone new who comes in, maybe they'll get to know me. ”

Xiong Sanshan said: "There are two officials who came in last month, saying that they were imprisoned for writing against the new law. Ergouzi, go and ask the prison next door and ask them if they know the details of a person named Lin Jue. ”

A big man agreed to come to the fence and shouted into the prison cell opposite, "Which of you knows an official named Lin Jue? ”

There was silence in the prison on the opposite side for a long time, and someone said in a loud voice: "Lin Jue? Nature knows. Last year's champion Lang was famous. is the fast son-in-law of Liang Wangfu again. A student of Fong Dunru. It's just ......"

Lin Jue shouted: "Enough, no need to say more." ”

The man on the other side was busy. Lin Jue said softly: "I don't want them to say too much about my background, so as not to be known and exposed by the jailers." Now you should believe that I didn't lie to you. ”

At this time, how could Xiong Sanshan and the others not believe it. The identity that the person said was completely consistent with the identity reported by Lin Jue himself, so it would not be wrong.

Xiong Sanshan frowned and looked at the few people beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers say, what should we do?" ”

Several big men hurriedly said: "Listen to the eldest brother." ”

Xiong Sanshan said: "We don't want to die, they will use us as scapegoats, since this is the case, why should we be polite." I cooperated with Lord Lin. Let's all record confessions, and when Lord Lin goes out, he can help us out and defend us. Lord Lin, can you really get us out? ”

Lin Jue sneered: "My identity is here, is it okay to save a few of you?" What you have committed is not a capital crime, this time you are purging the officials who pervert the law within the Imperial Historical Observatory, and you can be regarded as meritorious atonement. It's easy to get you out. ”

Xiong Sanshan gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, let's write a confession." ”

Lin Jue smiled and said: "There is no paper, you can write on the cloth, but the pen and ink are not, fortunately, General Xiong shed some blood, and wrote it with grass dipped in blood." You have to write quickly, or you'll have to make another opening when the bleeding stops. ”

Xiong Sanshan was startled, and hurriedly asked a big man to tear a large piece of his clothes, and wrote some words densely on the cloth with grass dipped in blood. After working for a long time, although the sentence is not very smooth, it can be seen clearly. After that, the six people signed and signed one after another. Lin Jue waited for the blood to dry and took the blood book into his arms.

……

When Lin Jue controlled the situation in the prison cell, what he didn't know was that there was already a commotion in the Yamen of the Yushitai outside the prison house.

At this moment, the courtyard of the Yamen of the Imperial Historical Observatory has become tense. The little county lord Guo Caiwei stood in the open space under the stairs of the middle hall with a big belly and white ice and green dance. Yang Xiu and Lin Hu, as well as several old arresters and twelve or thirteen palace guards, surrounded the front. They were faced with more than seventy officials of the Imperial History Platform at the foot of the middle hall and Fang Dunru standing on the steps with a gloomy face.

The guys in the hands of both sides have already shown up. The sword light and shadow are tense, and a fire fight is imminent.

A few hours ago, when Lin Jue was summoned to the Yamen of the Imperial Historical Observatory for questioning, Yang Xiu was already closely concerned about the matter. Yang Xiu knew the purpose of Fang Dunru's summons of Lin Jue. In the afternoon of the day before yesterday, Fang Dunru came to try to persuade Lin Jue, but Lin Jue did not hide it from Yang Xiu.

In fact, Lin Jue did not hide many things from Yang Xiu, and for Lin Jue, the only person who can confide in Yang Xiu is at present. Even Lin Jue, the wife and concubine at home, couldn't say a lot of things, because that would not bring relief, it would only make them more worried, and thus make Lin Jue feel more worried. Therefore, although Yang Xiu is not familiar with the whole thing, he also knows the ins and outs and knows the tricks.

After Lin Jue left, the more Yang Xiu thought about it, the more unsteady he became. So he took the head catcher Lao Wu and three old catchers to follow, and stayed in front of the Yamen of the Yushitai to listen to the news and wait for Lin Jue to come out. The wait lasted until late afternoon. Although Lin Jue said with a smile before leaving, he said that he might have lunch at Yushitai, but Yang Xiu saw Guo Shilang of the Criminal Department with his own eyes, and Pei Shaoqing of Dali Temple had already left before noon. That means that the inquiry is actually over. Even if Fang Dunru left Lin Jue to have lunch at the Yushitai, it was time to come out now.

Yang Xiu patiently continued to wait, maybe their master and apprentice had a lot to say, and there were many things to explain to each other, maybe it was unknown how long this meal would take.

And so on, and more than half an hour passed. The time has come to the early moment, and Yang Xiu finally can't bear it anymore. He decided to go to the Yamen to find out.

So, Yang Xiu came to the yamen and asked the official to hand over the name and report in, saying that there was something important in the yamen of the Criminal Division, and he had come to ask Lord Lin to go back to the public house of the Criminal Division to discuss and decide. This reason can be described as high-sounding.

However, the news soon came out, Lord Lin was cooperating with Fang Zhongcheng to lien in custody to handle the case, and there was no time to take care of the affairs of the Yamen of the Criminal Division, so there was a word for Yang Xiu and others to solve it at their own discretion. This answer obviously made Yang Xiu unsatisfied. According to Lin Jue's style, even if he doesn't have time to go back, at least he will come out to meet and explain. Yang Xiu felt that there was definitely a problem here.

So Yang Xiu asked the official to report again, saying that the matter was important and urgent, and it had to be decided by Lord Lin himself, and he and others did not dare to be good at it and did not dare to take on this matter. If it really doesn't work, please ask Lord Lin to come out and meet him, report it in person, and ask him to decide.

This time, there was no news at all. Yang Xiu waited for a quarter of an hour and finally understood that something was wrong. Lord Lin can't even come out to see him, there is only one possibility, and that is to be restricted in his personal freedom and detained here.

Realizing this, Yang Xiu panicked. After discussing with Lao Wu and others, it was decided to let Lao Wu and others stay behind to monitor the entry and exit of the yamen, and go to report for help. Lin Jue explained in the morning, and he must not report to the little prince, so as not to cause trouble. But the situation is urgent, Lin Jue's situation is unknown, and Yang Xiu can't take care of it much. Even if you don't report to the little prince, you have to inform Lin Jue's family immediately. If Lin Jue's wife, the little county lord, told her brother Xiao Wangye, it would not be her own fault.

Yang Xiu made up his mind and immediately hired a car to rush to the Lin family's mansion in Xiangguo Temple to report.