Beads of sweat oozed from Xuan Eighteen's forehead, and he replied: "Back to the king, before Wang Jiahe committed suicide by hitting the wall in the heavenly prison, Jia Rong was forced to pretend to be crazy and stupid, the minister thinks that the mastermind behind the scenes can take action in such a short time, and someone has already been bribed by the guards of the heavenly prison, and someone must be willing to cooperate." But after all, the minister is not a Tang Dynasty official, and he can't investigate and adjust the guards of the prison, if Li Mian is also locked up in the prison, the minister can't guarantee his safety, if he is also killed, this clue will be completely broken, and it will be even more difficult to find a new clue! It can be seen from Wang Jiahe's suicide by hitting the wall that Wang Jiahe and Jia Rong are important figures in the rebellion case, otherwise the mastermind behind the scenes would not be so impatient to make a move on the day they were just imprisoned in the prison, and it can be seen from the slaughter of Wang Jiahe and Jia Rong that the mastermind behind the scenes is so cruel and terrible, in order to keep their mouths shut and do anything, this is a manifestation of losing their minds and madness! ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at Li Jue and asked, "King Yan and all the princes of the clan, you are all clear now, right?" I don't know how many assassinations Lone has encountered over the years, but the nature of this time is completely different, although Lone's two princesses were killed in this assassination incident, Lone is indeed very sad and angry, but this is not the reason why Lone really made a big move, the reason you know, they actually imprisoned the generals in the army, plotted to seize military power, and rebelled! This is absolutely intolerable and compromised, you are the clan of the Tang Dynasty, if the rebellion succeeds, what good will it do you? You too will be slaughtered by traitors! Everyone, you have to find out your identity, Gu is now defending your Li Tang's foundation, you should stand with Gu and resolutely oppose this kind of rebellion that damages the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, instead of adding chaos here! ”

Li Jue's old face turned red, he just wanted to scold his mother, but he couldn't scold him, suppressed the anger in his heart, and arched his hand: "Okay, since the regent said so, this king doesn't want others to scold behind his back, but this king thinks that the reason for arresting people is a bit far-fetched, as far as this king knows, Jia Rong is already crazy, how can a madman be gullible?" Is it just the words of a madman to do something to an important minister of the court, a prince of the clan? Is there still a rule in the imperial court? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, since King Yan said so, then let's see if this Jia Rong is really crazy or fake crazy, come on, spread Jia Rong!" ”

"Chuan Jia Rong—"

"Chuan Jia Rong—"

The eunuchs passed to the imperial city gate one by one, and the Praetorian Guards and eunuchs on duty at the city gate immediately went to the heavenly prison to pick up people, and it didn't take long for Jia Rong, who was wearing wooden shackles and chains, to be brought to the top of the main hall.

"The criminal minister Jia Rong visited the king, and the criminal minister died, and the ······ died" Jia Rong, who had a haggard face and was dressed in prison clothes, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and said, "Jia Rong, get up, look at all the civil and military ministers here, and recognize all the people you can name!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Although Jia Rong didn't know why, he still stood up and pointed to the ministers one by one, calling out their names and official positions.

After the identification was completed, Zhao Ziliang said again: "Jia Rong, Lone trusts you a lot, and the court treats you well, why do you want to rebel?" Don't you think the court has given you enough? ”

Jia Rong hurriedly knelt down again and said: "No, no, it's all the ministers who are not strong-willed, and they were dragged into the water by Li Mian, the ministers are guilty of capital crimes, capital crimes, and the ministers are ashamed of their kindness to the king and the court, and the ministers only want to die!" ”

"You will be judged by Dali Temple if you die, and I ask you, how did Li Mian pull you into the water? In detail, let all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty listen! ”

"Yes!" Jia Rong agreed, and immediately told in detail how Li Mian dragged him into the water.

After Jia Rong was escorted back to the prison, Zhao Ziliang asked the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu: "Ladies and gentlemen, you all saw Jia Rong's performance just now, is he really crazy or fake crazy?" Is his testimony credible! ”

The ministers began to talk in low voices, and soon someone stood up and said that Jia Rong was absolutely fake crazy, and his accusation was valid, which was seconded by many officials.

However, Li Jue still stood up and said: "Although Jia Rong is not crazy and his accusations are valid, who can guarantee that he will not bite people indiscriminately?" Just relying on his words to attack a clan prince, this is too child's play! ”

Lu Qi is a person who is good at drilling, he saw that Zhao Ziliang clearly wanted to follow Li Mian's line to investigate, he immediately stood up and said to Li Jue: "King Yan, you are wrong, no matter what, Li Mian is still a major suspect, isn't this being investigated, if there is conclusive evidence, do you still need to investigate?" Directly sent to Dali Temple for trial to correct the law of the country! ”

Li Ying and other princes of the clan and the princes of the kingdom resolutely refused to give in, insisting that the arrest of Li Mian was too hasty and hasty.

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, feeling that it was best not to get into trouble with the clan at this time, made some concessions, and said to Xuan Eighteen: "Lone will give you ten days at most, if you can't find the exact evidence of Li Mian's crime within ten days, then let him go!" ”

Xuan 18 knew that this was already the longest investigation time that Zhao Ziliang had bought him, and promised: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Liu Congyi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Xiao Fu, the secretary of Dali Temple: "The forces behind the rebellion case have infiltrated the Heavenly Prison, and the Heavenly Prison is under the joint jurisdiction of your two departments. ”

Liu Congyi and Xiao Fu's families are all well-established, Liu Congyi's ancestor Liu Linfu served as a Zhongshu squire during the period of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan, and Xiao Fu's father Xiao Heng was the concubine of Princess Xinchang, the daughter of Emperor Xuanzong.

The prison was originally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but when Zhao Ziliang carried out the reform of the official system, he considered that the prison belonged to the judicial system, and if it was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, it would be unfavorable to judicial construction, but the prison had always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and it was not appropriate to be assigned to Dali Temple all of a sudden, so it was decided to let the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple jointly govern the prison, and divide the prison into two, namely the detention area and the punishment area, of which the detention area is under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and the punishment area is under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple.

Liu Congyi and Xiao Fu immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The ministers and others as the superior officials of the prison did not supervise effectively, causing people to commit suicide, and the ministers are guilty and ask for punishment!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Put aside the punishment for the time being, and ask you alone, what are you going to do about this matter?" After so many days, how could Lone hear that the prison had not taken any countermeasures? ”

Liu Congyi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Wang, Wang Jiahe and Jia Rong are locked in the cell of the detention area, and it is the fault of the minister that such things happened, in fact, after the accident, the minister has ordered the prison to strengthen the vigilance, increase the sentry and patrol, and increase the internal personnel who enter and exit, and supervise each other, these days are also undergoing internal verification, but it is estimated that the traitors who are mixed in are hidden deeply, and it is difficult to find out for a while, please give the king some time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Lone can give you grace time, but what if something happens to someone again?" ”

"This ······" Liu Congyi was speechless.

"In Gu's opinion, the warden of this prison is also a wine bag and rice bag, it has been so long since the accident, he has not found out the inner ghost, what is the use of him as the warden? Replace it immediately, if you don't change it, you will replace the two of you, you choose yourself! Do you want to replace Lone, or do you want to replace the warden and choose another meritorious? Lone gives you two days, and the new warden must be in place! The affairs of the ghosts in the prison will be investigated together with the conspiracy case, and the officials, jailers, and guards inside the prison must all cooperate! ”

When Zhao Ziliang said this, he said sharply: "At this time, everything is based on the investigation of the rebellion case, everything must make way for this case, whoever does not cooperate and who resists, who will be seriously suspected, and will be punished for the rebellion against the same party!" If you are innocent and have no ghosts in your heart, you should honestly cooperate with the investigation, if there are no ghosts in your heart, what are you afraid of? Hinder what? ”

The point of these words is quite obvious, before Li Jue and other clan princes and princes were quite dissatisfied with the arrest of Li Mian, and they also fought with Zhao Ziliang in court, and now Zhao Ziliang is fighting back, which can be described as a knife to blood, even these clan princes and princes are also frightened, and many people are shocked.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xuan 18 had just returned to the secret place where Li Mian was secretly imprisoned, and he heard his subordinate Tao Jinshui excitedly come forward to report: "My lord, I found it, after a morning of searching, the brothers found a secret passage in a room in the backyard of Li Mian's house, and there was a huge secret room under the secret passage, and the families of Wang Jia's family were hidden in it, and there were many of them, but after these days, those people were locked in the secret room, and several of them were very sick, and now they have been found. The subordinates have sent people to strictly guard and protect them, and strengthen the sentry! ”

"Great, let's go, go see Li Mian, this official wants to see how hard he is still talking this time!"

"Yes!"

Xuan 18 walked to the door of the cell where Li Mian was being held, suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked, "I searched for it for half the night last night and didn't find it, why did the official find it in less than half a day?" ”

Tao Jinshui twisted and pinched, and hesitated: "This ······ Yes, it was the brothers who tortured Li Mian's second son and cut off one of his arms, and he was so painful that he couldn't get through it! ”

Xuan Eighteen sighed: "It seems that sometimes in order to solve the case, you can't follow the rules, the official should not have heard this, and you haven't said it!" ”

Tao Jinshui hurriedly bowed his hand: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Approaching the cell, Xuan 18 came to Li Mian and said, "Li Mian, we found a secret room in a room in the backyard of your house, and rescued the Wang Jia family from it, what else do you have to say now?" It doesn't matter if you say it or not, just by this one, your crime of rebellion is a certainty, if you continue to keep silent and resist to the end, your crime will only be heavier, according to the new law of the Tang Dynasty, your family will not be guilty to death, but if you refuse to explain the problem, they will be beheaded with you to show the public, and if you take the initiative to confess and say everything you know, I can still intercede in front of the regent, at least I can save their lives, how to choose, you think about it yourself! ”

Li Mian was paralyzed as mud when he heard this, he was reluctant to let his family die with him after all, and finally chose to give in after struggling for a long time in his heart, "Okay, I said!" ”