Tiangang Hall is in charge of criminal law, if the Qingwei Sect is regarded as a small court, then Tiangang Hall represents the functions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate, and in addition to the three law divisions, it also has the functions of part of the Qingluan Wei Governor's Office, so it is in the hands of great power, ranking in the upper three halls.

The main hall of Tiangang Hall is not located on Penglai Island, but there is also a branch hall on Penglai Island, from the outside, it is an ordinary small courtyard, there is a hole under the small courtyard, and there is a dungeon opened up in the place of twenty zhang below.

Enter the back hall of the small courtyard, open the secret door, and a downward portal will be cracked on the ground, first a winding passage, made of pieces of bluestone, such as the passage of the emperor's mausoleum, all over the various mechanisms and talismans, to prevent people from entering this place by digging the ground or escaping the soil. The passage continued to slope downward, about seven or eight hundred zhang away, and it had long been out of the range of the small courtyard, and I don't know where it leads.

After walking through three or four forks in the road, I finally walked out of this passage, and my eyes suddenly opened up, the lights were as bright as day, there were more than a dozen large and small cells, and in the middle of the cells was a spacious open space, which was used as a torture room, and a row of shelves and various torture instruments were placed as a place for criminal trial prisoners.

The four stone walls here, the stone surface all over the ground, and the stone slabs on the top are all paved with granite of one color. Because it is deep underground, there is no sunlight all year round, even if it is dry in the north, it is common to be wet, not to mention Penglai Island, which is located in the sea. If a person is locked up in it, he will not be punished, and after a long time, he will inevitably be weak and sick.

At this time, in the torture room of the dungeon, there was a Taishi chair, on which Lu Yanbing was sitting, at this time she had taken off her outer robe, revealing her close-fitting inner robe and the jade belt on her waist, and the bracers on her sleeves were untied by her, and the sleeves were pulled up, revealing two white forearms, and a black whip in her hand.

Lu Yanbing, the governor of Qingluan Weiyou, is not in vain, for many punishments, such as several family treasures, in a sense, she is not a good person, but when dealing with traitors, she is needed to be a person like her.

In addition to Lu Yanbing, there is another person, but he has the appearance of a grassland person, and it is Ye Chi who followed Li Xuandu to Qingwei Sect. Originally, according to the rules, an outsider was not allowed to appear here, but as long as the hall master agreed, it was not considered a violation of the rules.

Things have to start from the last time Li Xuandu returned to Qingwei Sect, at that time Li Xuandu had not been expelled from Qingwei Sect, Zhang Haishi wanted him to become the hall master of Tiangang Hall, so he said to Li Daoxu: "At the beginning, the old sect master let several junior disciples each take charge of a hall, the right to experience, when the third junior brother Li Yuanying successively served as the master of Tianwei Hall and the master of Tiangang Hall, and now the old sect master has retired to Penglai Island, and the third junior brother inherits the position of the sect master, he is the justifiable sect master, and he is still in charge of Tiangang Hall. According to the thirty-eight rules added by the old sect master when he abdicated the position of the sect master, the sect master should not hold other positions, and this unwritten rule that the sect master is in charge of Tiangang Hall does not apply. Although Li Xuan did not become the hall master of Tiangang Hall as he wished, Li Daoxu still used Li Yuanying's affairs as a reason that he no longer let him serve as the hall master of Tiangang Hall, and promoted Lu Yanbing to be the acting hall master. It's just that Lu Yanbing is in Dijing most of the time, so Tiangangtang still directly obeys Li Yuanying's orders.

Now that Lu Yanbing has returned to the sect, no matter what, Tiangangtang can't disobey her orders, because she represents the old sect master. That's why Li Xuandu will hand over the interrogation of prisoners to Lu Yanbing, and it will be too late for him to appear here.

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It was Li Jinfeng who was tied to the torture rack, who had been personally tortured by Lu Yanbing, his hair was scattered, covered with blood, he was extremely embarrassed, and he no longer had the elder demeanor of his ancestors. Lu Yanbing's grasp of proportion is very good, so that Li Jinfeng can suffer enough from his flesh and skin, but it will not hurt his life.

Lu Yanbing shook the whip in his hand and said, "Li is cautious, do you recruit or not? If you don't, I will continue to be punished." ”

When the words fell, Ye Chi was already very interested in mentioning a soldering iron that was burned red, this was not an ordinary soldering iron, but a special spiritual object, even if it was a person with cultivation, it could hurt, and the pain was even worse. Ye Chi lightly touched the soldering iron with his fingers, and immediately there was a "snort" sound, with Ye Chi's physique, of course, there was no injury, but it made him feel the pain like a pinprick.

Li Jinfeng saw Ye Chi's movements, trembled all over, and said: "Ice goose, ice goose, for the sake of my age, you can spare me." ”

Lu Yanbing shouted: "Li is guilty of being cautious, and Bing Yan is also what you can call?" I don't think you want to recruit, that's good, use torture." ”

When the words fell, Ye Chi had already walked towards Li Jinfeng with a soldering iron, and then there was a "snort" sound and Li Jinfeng's miserable howl.

Lu Yanbing's eyes narrowed into a line, she knew very well in her heart that Li Jinfeng would never confess, because it was a felony to communicate with foreign enemies, which was equivalent to treason, and it was almost certain to die. After all, Li Yuanying is still outside, Gu Yusheng is still outside, and Li Ruxian and others are Li Yuanying's people.

Nowadays, it is like the two sides playing horse tags, which are already open cards to each other, and no one is hiding in the dark, all in the light.

Since Lu Yanbing chose to stand on Li Xuandu's side, she had to consider the problem from Li Xuandu's side, she pondered for a moment and ordered, "Invite those hall masters." ”

A disciple of Tiangang Hall answered, and after a short time, the three hall masters were invited out of the cell, they did not carry torture instruments on them, and they did not move the execution, after seeing Li Jinfeng who was being tortured, their faces changed.

Lu Yanbing threw the whip to the Tiangang Hall disciple standing next to him, got up from the chair, put down his rolled up sleeves, straightened his clothes, and his face was a little more kind, "Several of them are hall masters and deputy hall masters, and they are also considered to be high-ranking and powerful, but they have committed such a crime, which is really embarrassing, but you are only accomplices, not masterminds, so you can still make up for your mistakes." ”

When the four of them heard Lu Yanbing's words, they were all expressionless and unmoved.

Seeing this, Lu Yanbing nodded and said, "I know that you are all people with cultivation, and you may not even be weaker than me, but you are also people with firm wills. I also know what you think in your hearts, it's nothing more than the word 'backer', looking at someone who can save you, now you have to suffer a little, as long as you survive this hurdle, you are still the hall master, the deputy hall master, maybe you can also use this matter to make friends with some big people, to go further, Qingwei Sect is still your world. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Yanbing suddenly raised his voice, and it exploded like thunder, "But let me tell you, the biggest backer in the Qingwei Sect is the old sect master, the old sect master has ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, and he must give Mr. Qingping an explanation, not only you, but also the people in the upper three halls, no one."

You can't escape, so no one can help you, and no one can save you!"

Hearing this, the four of them finally changed their faces, but still no one spoke.

Lu Yanbing continued: "Backing stones, backing stones, you can rely on them in normal times, if the backing stones collapse, the first one to be stoned to death is you, what kind of backers are you still counting on here, it's ridiculous." Think about it with your brains, this matter has been registered with the old sect master, can your backers save you? If not, what will they do? The best way is to use you as scapegoats, and the matter will stop at you, and he can't stand up for you, right? But you are still keeping your mouth shut here, who are you guarding to? After death, the beautiful wives and beautiful relatives in the family, the family business that has been saved over the years, and the children have all become other people's pockets, and others sleep with your wives, spend your money, and beat your sons and daughters. ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Yanbing slowly sat back on the Taishi chair and stroked his sideburns with green silk, "I'll give you a stick of incense time to think about it, and after a stick of incense, I will ask you again, I hope you will answer truthfully." ”

The faces of the four people were different, either hesitant or hesitant, and the heavens and men were fighting.

When Lu Yanbing finished speaking, a disciple of Tiangang Hall brought a small case and placed it in front of Lu Yanbing, with an incense burner placed above it, burning a stick of incense.

The dungeon was silent, except for Li Jinfeng's screams.

The time for a stick of incense passed in a hurry, and Lu Yanbing looked at the four hall masters and said, "Ask you something, and you answer truthfully." ”

All four of them looked at Lu Yanbing.

Lu Yanbing asked: "I don't ask how Li Rufeng died, and I don't ask who did anything to his body, I only ask you, who made you involved in this matter, of course you can answer that out of righteous indignation, I will truthfully report to the old sect master." ”

The faces of the four of them were all pale, they were also the old men of the Qingwei Sect, of course they knew how deep the old sect master was, and if they wanted to use such a statement to excuse themselves, they would undoubtedly slap the old ancestor in the face, and treat the old ancestor as a fool, but he was afraid that he would be guilty of one more crime.

Lu Yanbing knew that the time was almost over, so he raised his voice and said: "Today's incident, is it your own doing, or is it collusion with outsiders? Or are you acting on orders? If you act on orders, the rules contain clear texts, and those who act under orders are guilty of public crimes, and public crimes are not prosecuted or reduced by one degree. ”

One of the hall masters bowed his head, "I'm acting on orders." ”

With the leader, the other three hall masters also bowed their heads, "We are also acting according to orders." ”

Lu Yanbing asked, "Whose order did you take, what did you do, and why?"

The hall master, who was the first to speak, replied: "I was ordered by the third lady to ask us to cooperate with Li Jinfeng to help that lady Wen get justice, in order to deal with Mr. Qingping, it is best to ruin his reputation, or let Miss Qin have a gap with Mr. Qingping." ”

Lu Yanbing raised his hand and said to a Tiangang Hall disciple in the corner who was in charge of recording: "Record it, and then let them draw it." ”