Chapter 170
Torture
"I told you that I stayed overnight on Ms. Si Lili's flower boat, so of course Ms. Si Lili can testify!" Fan Xian said that Si Lili was very confident to help him cover up, because when he went back at night, he discovered that
It turns out that Si Lili was not intoxicated by her own medicine at all and was simply pretending to be comatose, so her identity must not be simple. Her identity as an oiran must not be a cover for her, so the two of them have something to do with each other.
Now, if Si Lili doesn't expose his identity, he will definitely help him prove it.
"Pass it to the manager!" Mei Zhili ordered the officials in the east of the hall.
"Here!" Several government servants came out, bowed and left with fists in their hands.
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"Si Lili, did Fan Xian stay at my flower boat last night and never went out?" Mei Zhili glanced at the two princes again and asked Si Lili directly, wanting to know if Fan Xian had told him what he wanted.
He said he had never entered the inspection institute with Teng Zijing.
"Sir, was it true that the young lady was with Mr. Fan last night? Mr. Fan never left the flower boat." Si Lili glanced at Fan Xian and sighed inwardly. He knew that he had to ask Fan Xian for help tomorrow, so he hoped that Fan Xian would be with him.
I have enough time to accept my favor.
"If that's the case, then someone has indeed wronged Fan Xian!" Mei Zhili said softly.
"Wait a minute, how can you trust the words of a prostitute? Those who are wrong should be severely punished, otherwise it will be difficult to hear the truth!" The prince looked at Mei Zhili and wanted to beg Fan Xian to be let go, so he immediately stopped him and made a proposal.
The wrong manager ordered him to be tortured and tortured to extract a confession.
"What?" Mei Zhili looked at the prince with some embarrassment, then turned to look at the second prince, wanting to see the reactions of the two princes.
Mei Zhili saw that the prince was determined to do this, and the second prince had no intention of stopping him, so he just went with the flow and said, "Let's punish him."
"Here!" the officer responded and took out the instruments of torture.
"Si Lili, did I remember something? I saw the instrument of torture. I want to know the east of the three trees. Why can't I ask for it?" Mei Zhili looked at Si Lili and asked her again for confirmation of Fan Xian's whereabouts last night.
"Everything the little lady said is true!" Si Lili looked at the clamp with fear. She knew that if she changed her story now, she would offend both parties, and that would lead to a dark road and resist the punishment.
Not only can he gain Fan Xian's gratitude, but it can also make him famous far and wide.
"You're very stubborn, I'm going to torture you!" Seeing that Si Lili didn't change his words, Mei Zhili directly ordered the Yamen servant to move his legs.
"Here!" The two government officials came to Si Lili with torture tools. They stretched out their legs to separate Si Lili's legs and put them into the clamping sticks. They tightened the clamping sticks on both sides.
"Ah!!!" Si Lili groaned in pain. After all, his fingers were connected to his heart. This punishment could be called torture.
Clamping is also called zan (zan) punishment, which is a kind of torture used on female prisoners. Zan is a punishment that pinches the legs and fingers of the offender, so it is also called zan. This is a torture method commonly used by female prisoners in the government to extract confessions.
"Si Lili, he is asking me if I have ever lied or if I have thought of other things!" Mei Zhili continued to question Si Lili.
"Everything Lili said is true!" Si Lili's face was already covered in cold sweat, and the muscles on her entire face were deformed in pain. It could be seen that she was enduring tremendous pain at this time.
Fan Xian felt a little guilty as he watched Si Lili being tortured. Did Si Lili suffer this misfortune because he had the handle on her? He could not be considered the torturer.
"Continue the torture!" Mei Zhili ordered Dongda, who was a little annoyed.
The officials tightened the torture instruments even harder.
"Ah!!!" Si Lili felt that she was worse off than dead, and intense pain filled her mind. The pain caused her entire face to become deformed, and it no longer had the beauty of the past.
"Si Lili, he is asking me again, do I have anything new to say?" Mei Zhili's voice came here. At this time, Si Lili was already a little unconscious, but he still shook his head firmly.
He shook his head, indicating that he had nothing more to say.
"Torture again!" Mei Zhili was already in a difficult position at this time. The prince's gaze made him uneasy, so he could continue the torture. He must pry open Si Lili's mouth and let her retract her confession. That's what happened.
Only then can the gap be opened so that things can continue to go east.
"Kick your legs!" Guo Baokun slowly pushed through the crowd and came to the court. He came to stand next to Si Lili and waved his legs to ask the government servant who was inflicting torture to retreat to the east.
The two Kyoto government officials looked at Guo Baokun with some embarrassment and looked at Mei Zhili to ask whether he could withdraw from the East. In the past, Mei Zhili asked if he would give Guo Baokun face and favor, but the mood of the people present was not the same.
Now that he can make the decision, he can turn his attention to the prince and hope that the prince will say something.
Guo Baokun looked at the situation in the hall and naturally understood that the old guy Hongmei was refusing to come forward. He turned his attention to the prince, raised his leg and saluted, "I wonder if the prince will give Guo some face?"
The prince looked at the calm Guo Baokun, but he couldn't help but feel a new fear. He knew who Guo Baokun was. If he didn't give him that face, he would definitely punish the prince in court with the imperial ruler.
Drama, thinking about it, the prince unconsciously looked at Guo Baokun's sleeves.
Guo Baokun glanced at the prince and knew what he was looking at. He deliberately exposed the ruler in his long sleeves, just in time for the prince and the second prince to see. The pupils of the two princes could not help but shrink slightly, and they felt pain in the soles of their legs unconsciously.
"Scholar Guo's face is of course not what I asked for. Please remove the instruments of torture." The prince said in front of the calm Cuo Mei.
"Here!" When the two yamen servants saw the prince's words coming from the east of the palace, they immediately pulled the instruments of torture away from Si Lili's legs.
"Yeah!" Si Lili's leg fingers were already a little bloody. When the torture instrument touched her leg fingers, she would feel excruciating pain. Her entire face was red and covered with cold sweat, and her hair on her forehead was tight.
Sticking to it, the whole person looked pitiful and exhausted.
Guo Baokun looked at the people present and was a little annoyed. No matter what the reason was, everyone was bullying and forcing a weak woman like this. They were not considered good people. Even Fan Xian was a bit too much. One person was responsible for what he did, and he used excuses to blackmail someone.
The weak woman lied for herself and watched her being tortured for herself without doing anything, which made Guo Baokun angry.
"A room full of seven-foot-tall men bullies a weak woman, does this really bring shame to Daqing!" Guo Baokun was really angry and couldn't help but sarcastically said to the people present.
The crown prince and the second prince looked a little angry, but then they calmed down and left Zhu Qi as if nothing had happened.
Fan Xian, on the other hand, had a hint of guilt on his face, and he was a little ashamed of his misunderstanding with Guo Baokun, so he unconsciously covered his face with his legs. It seemed that he was not as cold-blooded as the others.
There was Mei Zhili, an old fox who had been in the officialdom for many years and had long since lost all moral integrity. He looked like he was smiling and didn't care at all about Guo Baokun's sarcasm, so he just did it in his face.
Chapter completed!