The man was arrested by Dali Temple and immediately thrown into the imperial prison.
This is Xiao Feng's privilege. I am afraid that no official in Ming Dynasty can do such cross-department joint handling of cases.
Of course, this was allowed by Jiajing. At first, Jiajing thought that Xiao Feng wanted to take revenge on Liu Xia because he wanted to take revenge. He also felt that his junior brother was still young and energetic and could not stand idleness.
Or maybe the junior brother came back from the dead, and there might be evil fire in his belly. So Jiajing gave Xiao Feng guidance as a forerunner of Taoism and a calm big brother.
"Junior brother, Liu Xia is just a commoner. He is used to being a clan leader in the countryside and a local bully. He doesn't know how high the sky is.
It doesn't matter if you teach him a lesson, but the crime won't lead to death. If he is killed, it won't be worth the discussion.
It would be very polite for you to let Liu Ruyun palm his mouth in the hall, but if you did it yourself, you would be afraid of underestimating your status."
Xiao Feng smiled and said: "Senior brother is wise, but there is a major case that I have been keeping an eye on for a long time. However, this case is very involved and lacks evidence.
This time Liuxia is just the breakthrough point. If what I expected is correct, there is a huge conspiracy behind this case, and even an act of rebellion!"
Jiajing suddenly became vigilant. He remembered the poem: Blocking the cold water alone!
"You can just go ahead and do it. Since it's about rebellion, you can use the Jin Yiwei and just talk to Lu Bing."
"Thank you, senior brother. I still have to keep Dali Temple in the light and Jin Yiwei in the dark for this matter.
Firstly, I am in Dali Temple and it is my duty, and secondly, the thieves are cunning and use the royal guards too early, fearing that they will alert the enemy."
Because of this, what the Dali Temple policeman said in public about colluding with imperial officials was just a smoke bomb. But Liu Tai was frightened half to death, not because of the smoke bomb, but because he guessed Xiao Feng's true purpose.
Liu Xia had long heard of the name of the prison. He knew the situation was not good when he was escorted in. He struggled and shouted loudly all the way.
"Isn't Dali Temple handling the case? Why did you take me to prison? I don't accept it, I don't accept it!"
Half an hour later...
"I'm convinced! I'm convinced! What on earth do you want to know? I beg you, why don't you ask?"
However, the Jin Yiwei were all experienced in investigating cases, and they received orders from Xiao Feng, but they just ignored him and just used torture.
When Liu Xia repeatedly cried and asked, "What do you want to know?" General Zhao Qi lazily answered.
"you guess."
So Liu Xia started to guess. From the first time he filed a lawsuit until he was arrested, he said whatever he could think of.
At this time, he no longer cared about what crime he would be sentenced to, he just wanted to guess correctly quickly and end the performance art of the Jinyiwei Prison Management Department.
"The first time I became a litigator was when there was a tofu-selling Widow Li in a town outside the capital. In the middle of the night, Wang Laocai's second son climbed over the wall, broke in and defiled her.
Widow Li filed a lawsuit with the county government. Wang Laocai's eldest son worked as a pawnbroker in the county government. Hearing about my reputation, he invited me to be a litigator.
I asked him to secretly change the door bolt of Widow Li's house, and then in the hall, on the grounds that there was no sign of a dagger prying on the door bolt, he said that Widow Li was a widow, had a lax household, and had committed adultery in the middle of the night.
Later, Wang Laocai's second son and Widow Li were both beaten twenty times for adultery. Widow Li hanged herself when she got home...
Ah, ah ah! Didn’t I guess right? No, no, no, I said next, I said next!!!”
Shen Lianqi, who was listening and recording in the cell next door, had a pen in his hand that was shaking. Xiao Feng glanced at him and spoke calmly.
"This kind of thing will happen a lot in the future, not to mention now. It's just that you Jin Yiwei usually don't care about these small cases."
Shen Lian took a deep breath: "Sir, I originally didn't agree with your request for Lao Zhao to be executed first without asking questions, but now, I know your intention."
Xiao Feng nodded: "He has become so arrogant. Although Liu Tai and Yan Shifan are the backers, no one's arrogance and viciousness can be achieved overnight.
There must be something wrong with the social environment, allowing evil to continue to take advantage and kindness to suffer, and this will slowly breed a bunch of such evil people.
The case I want to ask is important, but if he can bite one more person out, the world will be less guilty and more hopeful."
Over there, Liu Xia had already recalled his fifth case. Xiao Feng and Shen Lian were surprised to hear the name of an old acquaintance.
"Tan Xinren, the richest man in the capital and president of the Chamber of Commerce, built a new house at his home and asked craftsmen to carve the Grand Master's chair and other objects.
The craftsman was a master and an apprentice. The apprentice was handsome and was attracted by Tan Xinren's concubine. While Tan Xinren was out entertaining, he seduced him many times, but the apprentice never dared to make a mistake.
The next day, the concubine stole a pill of Tan Xin Ren elixir, mixed it into the tea, and asked the apprentice to correct it on the pretext that the gum carving was wrong, and took the opportunity to let him drink tea.
After the apprentice drank the tea, the potion took effect, and he and his concubine did good things. Unexpectedly, the passion was too much and the force was too strong, causing bruises on the concubine's breasts and buttocks.
I thought it would be fine in one day, but unexpectedly, Tan Xinren suddenly came home that night and wanted to make out, and he found out.
Tan Xinren was so angry that he had the disciple castrated on the spot! Then he sent him to Shuntian Mansion.
The Shuntian Prefecture thought that even if the two committed adultery and Tan Xinren was angry, it was understandable that lynching someone to cut off one's descendants was obviously too severe and should be punished.
Tan Xinren came to me because of his reputation and asked me to find a way to describe the apprentice as someone who was unable to seduce him and had committed misbehavior by force, so that his reputation would be preserved and his crime would be lighter.
I taught the concubine some words, and then asked Tan Xinren to simulate raping the concubine once. A lot of scars were added, and the original bruises made it look like it was indeed a rape.
Then Tan Xinren said that he took action in anger after hearing the concubine's cry. Although the Shuntian Mansion had doubts, the apprentice could not prove that he had been drugged, nor could he prove that the concubine took the initiative.
In addition, Tan Xinren was backed by Zhao Wenhua, and Guo Jun had no choice but to complain about his illness and push the case to the Ministry of Punishment, which finally found him guilty of forcible misconduct.
In the end, it was his master who spent many years of savings and managed everything, so he was not sentenced to exile, but only sentenced to one year in prison. But it is said that he never saw him again. Later, the apprentice disappeared."
Shen Lian recorded it carefully and whispered to Xiao Feng: "I didn't expect that after so long, I can still hear Tan Xinren's name. It feels like it's a lifetime ago."
Xiao Feng didn't speak, seeming to be thinking about something. After a long time, he smiled faintly: "That's it."
The screams still didn't stop, and Liu Xia finally started to talk about Liutai.
"Although Mr. Liutai is from the same clan as the Liu family in Hexi, his branch actually left the village very early, and he never returned to Liujiazhuang after he became an official.
A month ago, I suddenly returned to Liujiazhuang and asked to recognize my ancestors and update the family tree. Naturally, my father was very happy. After all, this was a matter of being a third-grade minister and honoring our ancestors.
But when Mr. Liu asked to be the deputy clan leader, his father was quite hesitant, because logically, regardless of status, clan affairs can only be handled by staying in the local area for a long time.
I tried my best to mediate this matter, and Liu Taiyou offered me a large sum of money to do it. Finally, with the support of everyone, my father reluctantly agreed.
But a few days ago, Master Liu suddenly asked the clan to come forward to deal with Liu Ruyun's matter, but my father directly vetoed it.
He believed that although the Liu Lie branch came from the Liu family in Hexi, like Mr. Liu, they had already branched off and lived elsewhere and were no longer in Liujiazhuang.
Whether a person's life is good or bad has nothing to do with the clan. If someone, like Mr. Liu, takes the initiative to ask to come back and recognize their ancestors, then that's okay, otherwise there should be no interference.
Master Liu saw that his father was stubborn, so he negotiated with me to bribe everyone and elect me as the leader of the clan. Naturally, I couldn't get what I wanted, so I went around with Master Liu's silver.
When my father found out, he not only scolded me angrily, but also said that he would have a meeting to kick Mr. Liu out of the family tree. I was anxious, so I asked Mr. Liu to find a way.
Lord Liu sent a woman, a very tall and beautiful woman, I have never seen such a woman, that kind of beauty..."
Liutai actually swallowed his saliva while he was screaming. The Jin Yiwei who was executing the execution said with a smile: "Yes, toughen up. I'll be able to strike later."
Liu Tai immediately softened and continued hurriedly: "She gave me a pill and asked me to secretly put it into my father's wine.
I was very worried, thinking it was poison. If I died of poisoning, it would be obvious. But the beautiful woman told me not to be afraid, it was not poison.
Then I pretended to repent and drank with my father. My father was very pleased to see me like this, so he drank the wine without doubting that he was there."
A trace of regret flashed in Liutai's eyes, but it was fleeting and was replaced by the excitement in his memories again.
"I have never seen my father behave like this. He was shaking all over, his eyes were red, and he was breathing heavily. But he didn't die. It was definitely not poison.
Then the beautiful woman walked in from outside the house and helped my father into the inner room. I...I followed quietly and peeked out of the window.
My father and the woman were lingering on the bed. An old man was so brave. Just when I felt itchy and unbearable, my father suddenly collapsed on the bed.
The woman put on her clothes, smiled at me, and said, 'If anyone asks, just say that your father has found a brothel girl to come to your house, it feels so comfortable.' Then she left.
I was stunned for a long time before I went in to see my father. Sure enough, he was dead, but he still had a weird smile of extreme joy on his face, his whole body was twisted, and he was sweating profusely.
That night, I called everyone in the clan and asked them to witness my father's death. When they saw my father's appearance, they all believed my story.
Because my father is very respected in the clan, they never mentioned the cause of my father's death to the outside world, only saying that he died of a long life."
The screams stopped, and Liu Xia was breathing heavily. He felt that he might have guessed correctly. If he still didn't guess correctly, he really didn't know what to explain.
The tortured Jinyiwei stood up and smiled at General Zhao: "Don't tell me, Lao Wang, who lived in the next cell before, was quite right. Those parts do seem to hurt. This guy explained it very quickly!"
Although Liu Xia didn't know who Lao Wang lived next door, he cursed all eight generations of Lao Wang's ancestors in his heart.
You're actually in jail yourself, and yet you still teach the jailer this kind of knowledge. Do you think the original torture methods in prison are not to your taste? Are you a masochist or a lunatic?
Shen Lian excitedly held the confession in his hand: "Sir, can we bring down Yan Shifan this time?"
Xiao Feng shook his head: "There is too little direct evidence. If Liu Tai does not admit it, given his status, we cannot deal with him as casually as we dealt with Liu Xia.
Not to mention that the strict party will counterattack wildly, even the civil servant group will not stand idly by. When the time comes, the entire court will definitely be in chaos.
Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, this is what Long live just said, and he will not change his mind just because an ordinary old man dies."
Shen Lian lowered his head in disappointment: "Can't you even bring down Liutai? This confession clearly..."
Only then did Shen Lian realize that although the confession was very detailed, there was almost no real effective evidence except that Liu Xia's father died in a special way.
Xiao Feng patted Shen Lian on the shoulder: "Politics and cases are two different things. There is only one truth in all cases, but politics is different.
Although this case may not convict Liu Tai, as long as Manzai believes half of it, he will be a useless waste.
Banzai may turn a blind eye to corrupt and incompetent officials, and even commit crimes, but he will never put a guy who instigates murder in the position of a senior official in the Ministry of Punishment.
My purpose in investigating this case is to get the Paradise Pill. As for Liu Tai, I just want to hunt rabbits and let him jump around for a few more days, so it doesn't matter."