In the palace, the interrogation is continuing.

With Su Jin's order, two witnesses were brought into the interrogation room, Guo Pinchao's mouth was swollen, and he was waiting to roll around, but as soon as he saw these two people, he suddenly deflated like a deflated ball.

One of these two people was Ma Kui, the head of the box soldiers on duty at the North City Gate that evening, and the other was Lu Zhutou, the leader of the miscellaneous army who got together to change the guard in the Yamen, and he ordered Lu Zhutou to hand over the responsibility of the city gate night duty, and it was Ma Kui who handed over to him.

Su Jin asked: "Ma Dutou, on the evening of the 29th of last month, who did you hand over the box soldiers with after the change of guard?" ”

Ma Kui said: "Lord Huiyu, it's Lu Zhutou." ”

Su Jin asked: "Who is Lu Zhutou, can you recognize it?" ”

Ma Kui arched his hand and said: "Back to my lord, Lu Zhutou is very familiar with his humble position, and he can be regarded as a friend on weekdays, how can he not recognize him." ”

Su Jin said: "Can you be in the hall?" ”

Ma Kui pointed at Lu Zhutou with his hand and said, "That's him." ”

Su Jin nodded, motioned for him to step aside, turned his head and asked Lu Zhutou, "You are Lu Zhutou?" ”

Lu Zhutou hugged his fists and said: "Xiaguan Lu Mang, he is the head catcher of the Yamen of Yangzhou Mansion." ”

Su Jin said: "Did you hear what Ma Dutou said?" Is it you who he said? ”

Lu Mang said: "It is the lower official, it was the lower official and Ma Dutou who handed over the city defense matters that day, and at that time, the lowly post led 18 people to arrest fast, and 33 officials from various ministries, a total of more than 50 people. ”

Su Jin said: "Who gave you the order?" Can this person be in the church? ”

Without hesitation, Lu Mang stretched out his hand and pointed at Guo Pinchao, who was sitting on the ground, and said: "It was Guo Pinchao, who was sentenced by Yangzhou Mansion at the time, and this is the person." ”

Su Jin slapped the table and shouted: "Lu Mang, you are so bold, since you are on duty at the north gate at night, why did you lead the team to evacuate before the handover the next day?" ”

Lu Mang hurriedly said: "The adults are angry, but there is a reason for it. ”

Su Jin said: "Speaking, if you conceal half a sentence, your fate is worrying." ”

Lu Mang hurriedly said: "My lord, how dare you be perfunctory, I did lead the team to leave that night, but I withdrew from the north gate after receiving the order to adjust the defense." ”

Su Jin said: "Are you saying that you were transferred soon after taking over the defense?" ”

Lu Mang said: "As the lord said, less than two hours after receiving the defense, about two watches, Lord Guo patted his personal entourage to give an order, saying that the soldiers at the south gate were too tired, and they wanted to be led by the next officer to change the guard to the south gate, I asked him what to do with the north city?" The attendant said that the soldiers were coming, and there was no need to worry, and immediately urged us to leave the north gate and go to the south gate. ”

Su Jin said: "Nonsense, you casually leave the guard without permission when an entourage comes to pass the word?" ”

Lu Mang said: "My lord doesn't know, there is a warrant from Lord Guo, and the subordinate will naturally respond to the order." ”

Su Jin said: "Where is the warrant?" ”

Lu Mang stretched out his hand and took out a piece of paper in his arms, handed it over, and said: "At that time, the entourage wanted to return the warrant, but the subordinate had a heart, after all, it was not Lord Guo who came in person, and the warrant in hand could also prove that we did not leave our duties without permission, so I did not give it to him; Later, Mr. Guo sent someone to ask for it many times, and I had to lie that the warrant was lost, and Mr. Guo reprimanded the subordinate before giving up. ”

Su Jin took the warrant, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Yes, you have done a good job, you are worthy of being the chief catcher, and you are very careful." ”

Lu Mang arched his hand and said: "My lord's false praise is a matter of duty. ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "Step aside." Lu Mang bowed and retreated, Su Jin shook the paper, and said to Guo Pinchao with a smile: "Guo Tongju, this mouth is not wronged, you see, the human and material evidence are there, you are obviously going to arrange the deployment of defense, why do you say that you are going to patrol?" Is this lie interesting? ”

Guo Pinchao was silent, the blood at the corner of his mouth was dripping down, and his face was hot and painful.

"Master Guo, the next question is here, lying is twenty slaps, my subordinates don't know how to count, twenty slaps may be treated as forty slaps, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes."

Guo Pinchao's face turned red, and he suddenly whispered: "Can the envoy take a step to speak?" I would like to say a few words to you individually. ”

Su Jin said: "There is nothing to say to people, although this is not the lobby of the government, there is no plaque hanging high in the mirror, but the place where the case is tried is the public court, there is nothing wrong with saying it." ”

Guo Pinchao said: "This matter is related to the safety of the special envoy and the mansion, and the envoy will think twice." ”

Su Jin suddenly understood what he was going to say, and said with a smile: "Do you want to make a deal with me, as long as I let you go, you won't mention the matter of me and Lord Fuzun opening a warehouse and releasing grain in front of Shangguan?" Oh yes, and it's military rations; It's really fun now, no matter what cat or dog wants to use this to threaten me, are you supposed to be scared? ”

Guo Pinchao didn't expect Su Jin to break it so happily, he was stunned for a moment and then said: "Since the envoy has made it clear, I won't go around in circles, I know everything about you, if you provoke me, I will definitely shake it all out." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "The criminal official bites back, and it is strange for someone to believe it; Besides, the matter of military rations is purely imaginary, where am I afraid of you? I don't believe that tomorrow I will press you to go to the warehouse to see if the military rations are neatly stacked in the warehouse, and there is still the seal of the third division on it, but we haven't moved. ”

Guo Pinchao sneered: "Who doesn't know that you made up the position afterwards and forged the seal of the third division, do you think everything will be fine in this way?" The people above are not fools. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I don't care about the people above, and I don't need you to worry about it, if you want to trade this with me, it's a fantasy." ”

As he spoke, he leaned close to his ear and said, "Actually, I moved the military rations, but I still have an explanation, and no one will believe your words after I keep it; If the above is really checked, I will say that I deliberately designed with the prefect to lure you into the bait, of course, the military rations were not moved, but only my private food, the purpose is to convey the message through your mouth, so that you think that you have seized my handle, so as to take the opportunity to win me and the Lord Fuzun; In this way, you will show your feet, and in the end we will be caught in the net, what do you say about this reason? ”

Guo Pin trembled with anger, but he also knew that if Su Jin really said so, he really turned a blind eye and let him go; Guo Pinchao was very helpless, obviously this person's tail was flicking in front of him, and he pulled it firmly, but in the end, he found that the tail was slippery and did not leave his hand, and the other party just took it out with all his strength.

"Okay, let's say it all, there are still more than a dozen complaints from the people here, if you don't explain them all, this night will pass, your mouth will become a pig's head, and I have more interesting things waiting for you, do you see the barrel over there? There is croton soup all over the place, after beating your mouth, please drink some soup to nourish your body, after the soup is drunk, the official will order someone to get you a cork, firmly block your grain reincarnation, so that you only have one mouth left in your body, I am very curious, if people can't excrete, will it overflow from the mouth? ”

Su Jin had an evil smile on his handsome face, not only Guo Pinchao, but everyone around him was also dumbfounded; The envoy is too vicious, people say that torture is just whipping or other flesh and skin suffering, this adult is completely unusual, actually boiled croton soup, and then did not allow excretion, this is more painful than hundreds of whips, it is really worthy of the word 'poison'.

Only Song Zhen was not surprised, yesterday on the public trial platform, Su Jin ordered someone to grab Feng Jingyao's hand and poke it at his body, and then took the opportunity to say that he used the black wind finger to hurt people, and then did not hesitate to cut off Feng Jingyao's finger for painting The situation is vivid, Song Zhen is not surprised that this kid will have many torture ideas, and it is not strange that there is anything he dare not do.

Guo Pinchao's whole body was weak for a while, he suddenly felt that he was too stupid, this person in front of him was the real tiger, a fierce and slippery tiger more vicious than Feng Jingyao, Feng Jingyao at least played his cards according to the routine, and the most vicious means was just to directly cut people to death, but this person can make you live or not, and you can't die again, and destroy people psychologically.

"How? Do you want to try it? Su Jin smiled.

"I ...... Recruited. Guo Pinchao has no confidence to confront this person, so he can only confess in full for today's plan, and explain all the things he has done, in short, he can't escape death, so why suffer more.

Su Jin clapped his hands and said, "Refreshing, it should have been like this a long time ago; Come! Untie Lord Guo, watch the seat, and bring pen and ink; Lord Guo is refreshing, I can't be rude, I won't ask, he will write it himself, first explain the matter of the city gate, and then explain the headless unsolved cases in the city. ”

The official hurriedly sent the pen and ink, Su Jin personally rolled up his sleeves and sharpened the ink, and at the same time leaned over and said in Guo Pinchao's ear: "It's still the same sentence, if you miss one thing, those things prepared for you still have to look at you, and the soup will become cold and biting after a while, and it will be even more uncomfortable to drink, you have to be cautious." ”

Guo Pinchao muttered and cursed: "You are a demon." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "The sage Lei Feng said: Treat the enemy as ruthlessly as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves!" I'm doing what the saints say. ”

Everyone wants to break their heads, and they don't know who the saint Lei Feng is.

Taking advantage of Guo Pinchao's self-confession, Song Zhen secretly pulled Su Jin outside the house and asked, "Where did your people's complaints come from?" Why hasn't the government seen the complaint? Otherwise, how could he be let go so easily. ”

Su Jin smiled: "Where did the complaint come from?" It's just a few dozen blank sheets of paper. ”

Song Zhen pointed at Su Jin and was speechless, Su Jin smiled: "What? Am I doing something wrong? ”

Song Zhen sighed and bowed his head: "You're right, yes...... It's the house that's wrong. ”