"Lord Wang, it's not good, the next official is a step late, and the He family and the others have been taken away by the people of Jinyiwei."

Metropolitan Procuratorate, when Li Yuntian was slowly looking at the official documents of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the public room of the Imperial History of Zuodu, Zheng Xianghuo walked in in a hurry, panting and reporting, "On the way back, Xia Guan heard that Jinyiwei took the Yue family from the prison of the Criminal Department, as if he was going to try the case of the murder of Zhao Du's commander Tongzhi. ”

Zheng Xiang received Li Yuntian's order to personally take people to Zhao's house to find He's, and when he arrived at Zhao's house, he found that the door of Zhao's house was affixed with the seal of Jinyiwei, and from the neighbors who were watching the excitement around him, he learned that Jinyiwei's people took away the Zhao family, including He's.

This made Zheng Xiang taken aback, and hurriedly rushed back to report to Li Yuntian, because the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were in the imperial city, so after entering the imperial city, he met an acquaintance of the Criminal Department, and was surprised to learn that Jin Yiwei also took away the Yue family who was locked in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Obviously, the people of Jinyiwei will not do this for no reason, and they want to try this case in person.

"What?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then frowned, the case of the He family and the Yue family not only involved the poisoning of their husband, but more importantly, it was related to Xue Xuan's safety.

Now all the people involved in the case are locked up in Jinyi Weibei Town, not to mention the investigation of the case, it is difficult to see them.

"Lord Wang, what should the officials do now?" Seeing Li Yuntian's serious expression and his eyebrows furrowed slightly, Zheng Xiang asked anxiously, he still wanted to make meritorious contributions.

"Those neighbors must know something, and they should be detained and interrogated." Li Yuntian knew that it was a subordinate move to run to Jinyiwei at this time, so he got up and paced back and forth in the room a few times before commanding in a deep voice, "In addition, you go to the former military capital governor's mansion and ask the people around Zhao Du to command Tongzhi." ”

"The subordinate obeys." Zheng Xiang didn't dare to slack off, bowed to Li Yuntian and left in a hurry, he was helpless now, he could only follow Li Yuntian's instructions.

Li Yuntian paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back and frowning, now that the case between the He family and the Yue family involved Xue Xuan, the situation became extremely complicated, and it would be difficult to restore the truth of the case.

If it involves the murder case alone, then it is very simple in Li Yuntian's opinion, because there are missing breakthrough points in meticulous cases.

However, when this case is related to the power game in the capital, then the matter becomes complicated, and the case becomes irrelevant, becoming a pawn in the hands of various power players.

In other words, since the case of the He family and the Yue family was involved in Xue Xuan's case, the truth of this case is no longer important, the important thing is that Xue Xuan can be hit through it, which makes him feel a little headache.

At the same time, Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi's edict was in prison.

Hula, a basin of cold water was poured on the body of a middle-aged woman tied to the torture instrument, causing the middle-aged woman who had passed out to wake up leisurely.

The middle-aged woman's blouse had been taken off, her body was covered with whip marks, and a stout man with a leather whip stood in front of her, apparently having just been whipped.

"Do you plead guilty or not?" Seeing the middle-aged woman wake up, a brocade-clothed Wei Baihu sitting on a chair not far away asked slowly while sipping tea.

"Mrs. Ben is not guilty, Mrs. Ben was wronged, I hope your Excellency will see it." The middle-aged woman glanced up at the hundred households and replied very weakly.

"You've seen a lot of people like you, and you won't confess honestly if you don't give you a little bit of power." Jinyi Wei Baihu sneered when he heard this, put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile to several jailers standing at the scene, "This official has rewarded her to you, you guys have a good time." ”

"Master Xie." Hearing this, the jailers immediately smiled, and then approached the middle-aged woman in a daze.

Although the middle-aged woman is over thirty years old, her charm is still there, and she is well maintained in all aspects.

"What do you want to do, Mrs. Ben is a court wife!" The middle-aged woman was taken aback when she saw this, and hurriedly shouted to the brocade-clothed guard Baihu, her face becoming a little pale.

"Don't say that you are a fateful woman, even if the six Shangshu come in, you are at the mercy of Lao Tzu, if you don't confess again, Lao Tzu will let people serve you every day, see how long you can last?"

Seeing this, Jinyi Wei Baihu knew that the middle-aged woman was afraid, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help flashing a smug smile, looking at the middle-aged woman and saying, "To tell you the truth, your case has been decided, it doesn't matter whether you recruit or not, this official is just going through a process." ”

As she spoke, the jailers had already come to the middle-aged woman's side, smiling lewdly and tearing her skirt, which made the middle-aged woman's face pale, chastity was more important to her than life and death.

"My lord, my lord, this lady is willing to confess, willing to confess." The middle-aged woman's skirt was quickly torn, and when several jailers were anxiously reaching out to pull the obscene pants, the middle-aged woman could no longer bear the huge psychological pressure, and the psychological defense line couldn't help but collapse, and shouted to the brocade-clothed guard Baihu with a desperate face.

At this time, Jinyi Wei Baihu is a sword, and a middle-aged woman is fish and meat, how can she be a small weak woman with Jinyi Weidu, so after listening to Jinyi Wei Baihu's words, she has lost the confidence and courage to resist, so she chose to surrender.

"It's better to be like this earlier, and it saves you all those hardships." Jinyi Wei Baihu immediately laughed when he heard this, raised his hand to stop the jailers from committing violence, stood up and ordered, "Go, let her copy a copy of the confession, and then sign it." ”

Several jailers bowed down when they heard this, untied the middle-aged woman from the torture device, and asked her to copy the confession she had prepared in the past.

After the middle-aged woman signed and drawn, the brocade-clothed guard Baihu waved his hand and the middle-aged woman was taken out by the jailer, he picked up the confession written by the middle-aged woman and checked it, and left quickly after confirming that it was accurate.

In a public room in Fusi, Weibei Town, Jinyi, a sturdy man dressed in a thousand household costumes was frowning and looking at a file in his hand, with an extremely serious look on his face.

"Lord Qianhu, she has already obtained the confession of the He family, and she admits that she poisoned her husband because she was jealous of the favor of the Yue family." Soon after, the door was pushed open, and the brocade guard who had been in the torture room walked in happily and put the confession in his hand on the table in front of the thousand households.

It turned out that the middle-aged woman who was tortured in the torture room was the wife of the deceased Zhao Du's commander Tongzhi, and this Qianhu was none other than Zhao Cheng, the Qianhu of Jinyi Weibei Town, who was in charge of Xue Xuan's case.

"Good." Zhao Cheng glanced at He's confession, nodded to the Baihu, and instructed in a deep voice, "He's case is bound to attract the attention of the court, so we have to do a good job of the errand this time, not only He's, but everyone involved in this case must get a conclusive confession." ”

"The lowly position understands, the lowly position will do it, and absolutely let those people confess honestly." Hearing this, Baihu bowed his hand to Zhao Chengyi, turned around and left quickly, compared to the He family, the other people involved in the case were much easier to deal with.

After the hundred households left, Zhao Cheng picked up He's confession and checked it again, then picked it up and left, surrounded by several guards, and went to the edict.

In a single cell in the Imperial Prison, a man in his fifties with a Chinese character face dressed in a Zhengsi official mansion was sitting with his legs on a wooden bed covered with hay and his eyes closed.

With a creak, the door to the cell was opened, and the man with the Chinese character face heard the door open but didn't open his eyes, as if he didn't care who would come in.

"Xue Shaoqing is so Yaxing, now I am still in the mood to take a break!" The person who came in was naturally Zhao Cheng, and seeing that the man with a Chinese character face ignored him, a sneer suddenly flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he said in a strange manner.

"You're here to extract a confession, aren't you?" This man with a national character face is Xue Xuan, others may be afraid of Jinyiwei, but he is not afraid, he still didn't open his eyes when he heard the words, and said lightly, "To tell you the truth, this official would rather die than let your trick succeed!" ”

"Xue Shaoqing said with a smile, the official is just here to ask about the case, and we Jinyiwei never do this kind of thing to force confessions." I didn't expect Xue Xuan to be so rigid when he entered the edict, which made Zhao Cheng feel a little depressed, and replied with a smile.

What he doesn't like to deal with the most is a man of letters like Xue Xuan, who often doesn't even want his life because of his name, and he is a very tricky guy.

Not to mention, last year, the Hanlin servant said that Liu Qiu was loyal and unyielding, and was beaten to death in the edict prison, which caused the officialdom in the capital to be turbulent for a while.

Xue Xuan, who is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is a more powerful figure than Liu Qiu, not only has a higher official position than Liu Qiu, but also has a very high reputation in the government and the opposition, which makes Zhao Cheng dare not act rashly, otherwise Xue Xuan would have been tortured by now.

"Question?" Hearing Zhao Cheng's defense, a disdainful smile flashed at the corner of Xue Xuan's mouth, he could feel that Zhao Cheng was in a nervous mood now, so he said loudly, "This official is sitting upright and has not accepted bribes from anyone, which can be seen in the world!" ”

"Xue Shaoqing, this kind of gambling and swearing is done by a child, how can an adult, as Shaoqing of Dali Temple, also believe in these unfounded ghosts and gods."

Zhao Cheng had long expected that Xue Xuan would not admit his guilt, nor would he be angry, and said after smiling slightly, "Xue Shaoqing, don't hide it, this official has already obtained He's confession, she personally admitted that she was jealous and hateful, and then poisoned her husband, if you want to turn this case over, I'm afraid it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky." ”

"Presumably you know He's handwriting, if you don't believe it, you can take a look." As he spoke, Zhao Cheng opened He's confession and spread it out in front of Xue Xuan.

"Bullying people and extorting confessions by torture is really shameless!" Xue Xuan couldn't help but open his eyes when he heard this, sneered after taking a look at the content of the confession, looked at Zhao Cheng coldly and said, "Don't think that you Jinyi Wei can cover the sky with one hand, this case will definitely come to light." ”

"Xue Shaoqing, you are a smart person, you should know the current situation, whether our Jinyi Guard can cover the sky with one hand is not known for the time being, but you will definitely fall into bad luck this time."

Zhao Cheng immediately laughed when he heard this, and looked at Xue Xuan meaningfully, "Xue Shaoqing, this official respects you as a great Confucian, and I don't want to punish you, anyway, you can't escape this catastrophe, it's better to recruit it early to avoid suffering from flesh and skin." ”

"This official never associates with the young, even if he dies, he is worthy of heaven and earth." In the face of Zhao Cheng's "kindness", Xue Xuan replied with a sneer, it would be a fool's dream to make him restrained.

"Xue Shaoqing, even without your confession, this official can put you to death!" Seeing Xue Xuan's tough attitude, Zhao Cheng's brows furrowed, and a sentence burst out of his mouth coldly, and then turned around and left.

Although he didn't dare to do anything to Xue Xuan now, it was easier for the other people involved in the case to control, and the confessions of those people could still convict Xue Xuan at that time.

"Humph!" Xue Xuan saw that Zhao Cheng was leaving in a bit of a hurry, and suddenly snorted coldly with disdain, and closed his eyes again, he wanted to see how these people in brocade clothes reversed black and white and splashed the sewage of bribery on him.