The death row in Lingzhou Prefecture is every prisoner's nightmare: the cells inside are noisy, smelly, damp and cold.
There was only a broken straw mat on the ground for the prisoners to rest on.
Two meals a day consisted of sour swill. Just looking at it made me feel nauseous, and I didn't want to swallow it even if I starved to death.
Coupled with the vicious jailers' daily curses and abuse, the prisoners inside are all looking forward to being pulled out and beheaded as soon as possible, so as to escape from this boundless sea of suffering as soon as possible!
But they never imagined that Magistrate Cai, who had done many evil things and was ruthless, would be escorted in one day wearing prison uniform, being pushed and shackled.
The prisoners in each cell were holding on to the iron bars and looking out excitedly. In fact, the entire death row could be heard clapping, cheering, and yelling.
What's more, they poured the excrement that had been collected overnight on Cai Youde through the iron fence.
After the "warm" reception from the inmates along the way, when Cai Youde walked into the cell, he was completely unrecognizable and his whole body smelled terrible.
He is very smart and understands deeply that since Beijing has sent people to explain his crime, there is no need to defend himself.
In this way, in order to avoid suffering as much as possible, he cooperated very well with the interrogation and did not tell any lies during the whole process.
But how could those who had been bullied by him easily let go of this rare opportunity? Naturally, they used all kinds of means.
On the fifth day of his imprisonment, it suddenly snowed heavily and the north wind howled.
In the vast sky and earth, I saw a small green sedan, stopping steadily at the entrance of the government office.
The white-robed general who was walking with the sedan jumped off his horse and went to lift the curtain of the sedan. A man in purple brocade robes and black mink fur walked out of the sedan, and strode into the door with his hands behind his back.
The fire in the lobby had already been kept warm by the yamen servants.
As soon as King Yi entered the door, people came running to help him remove his cloak.
When he was sitting in the middle, another maid came to offer tea.
King Yi raised his head and glanced at the four words "upright and bright" on the plaque in the middle of the lobby, and couldn't help but sneered.
He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said calmly: "Bring him here!"
After a while, Yan Rong kicked Cai Youde into the door. Cai Youde stumbled and fell to the ground, breaking his nose.
King Yi put down his teacup, raised his eyes and couldn't help but be startled: After not seeing each other for a few days, the majestic Magistrate Cai on the execution ground, who scolded Fang Qiu, already smelled bad, his clothes were ragged, and he looked three parts like a human and seven parts like a ghost. .
"Cai Youde, I heard that you have admitted all the guilt. It's a good attitude to admit your mistake!"
Cai Youde bared his teeth and said, "I know my fault in my humble position, and I am willing to admit all the blame! I hope Your Highness will be more liberal!"
All the teeth in his mouth have been pulled out by Yan Rong, and his words are exposed.
King Yi ignored him with a sullen face and said solemnly: "Whether I will spare you or not is a matter for later! I just want to know, how did you bully Lu Ning?"
Cai Youde was horrified, and immediately kowtowed several times: "It was because of my humble position that I didn't know the truth. I didn't know that the leader of the Lu Gang was your Highness's, so I punished her! It's my fault. I hope Your Highness will be merciful!" jj.br
King Yi was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted: "Hurry up and make the whole process happen!"
Cai Youde was excited and immediately knelt down. He hesitated for a long time and then muttered: "When we went to the horse gang to arrest someone, it was the leader of the Lu Gang who asked us to come, so I put her on death row. At the beginning, She lied to me, but I didn't see through it, so I didn't torture her, I just locked her up..."
Having said this, he stopped talking in time.
King Yi raised his eyebrows: "Just closed? How did her hands and feet become useless?"
Cai Youde raised his shackled hands and wiped the cold sweat from his head: "Later I found that the caravan was empty, and then I realized that she had deceived her. I went to ask her, but she refused to tell me, so I
... put a clamp on her..."
King Yi's face darkened and he winked at Yan Rong.
Yan Rong understood and ordered several government officials to bring two clamping sticks, hold Cai Youde firmly, and put his legs and fingers into the clamping sticks.
Cai Youde's face turned pale as he begged again and again: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
King Yi had a stern look on his face and said in a stern voice: "When you took the initiative to torture the Lu Gang, did you ever think about this day? Do you have any mercy? Tighten it up hard for me! Who dares to be soft, I will also punish him!
"
When the officials on the left and right saw that the prince was furious, they naturally did not dare to deal with it, and they all tightened the rope with all their strength.
Only a few loud "clicks" were heard, and Cai Youde's hands and feet were immediately broken.
He collapsed on the ground, twitching and wailing uncontrollably. After a while, he rolled his eyes and passed out.
King Yi looked at the people on the ground and said to Yan Rong: "Go and bring all the jailers to me!"
After a while, a group of golden-armored guards kicked seven or eight jailers into the door.
When everyone saw the unconscious Cai Youde on the ground, covered in blood, everyone was so scared that they all knew that a disaster was coming!
King Yi didn't even raise his eyelids, he just asked solemnly: "What did Cai Youde do after he put the clamp on that girl that day? Anyone who tells the story accurately will be exempted from punishment!"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. No one knew whether this was the truth or a trap. They all lowered their heads and remained silent.
Only a young jailer with a wretched look took the initiative and said, "I know, Magistrate Cai... No, when Cai Gouguan saw that girl passed out, he had two buckets of ice water poured on her!"
King Yi raised his eyes and stared at him coldly, and asked in a deep voice: "Then what did you do that day?"
The jailer's whole body trembled, and he immediately whispered: "Xiao Xiao... Xiao Xiao is only responsible for the keys of all the cells on weekdays. That day, Xiao Xiao was also responsible for opening the door. He stood aside and saw the whole process!"
King Yi nodded slightly, waved his hand, and Yan Rong shouted to the left and right: "This dog official doesn't deserve cold water, drag him out, give him ten whips, and pour two buckets of dung water on him!"
The golden armored guards on the left and right happily accepted the order and immediately dragged Cai Youde out.
In an instant, there was a "snap" sound of a whip. Immediately afterwards, there was Cai Youde's cry for mercy.
The kneeling government officials in the room were shaking even more violently, and several of them had already wet their pants.
King Yi picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and continued to ask: "Tell me, how did he treat that girl next?"
The young jailer's whole body was shaking uncontrollably, his upper and lower teeth were chattering, and he was so stunned that he couldn't utter a single word.
Yan Rong was furious and urged: "Speak quickly! Otherwise, I will operate on you first!"
The young jailer did not dare to hide any more, fearing that his life would be in danger, so he hurriedly said: "Prince Qi, Cai Youde saw that the girl would rather die than surrender, so he ordered several jailers to... to destroy her innocence..."
When he said the last word, he knew he was not good, so he immediately bent down and kowtowed several times.
The more Yan Rong listened, the angrier he became, and he hurriedly asked: "You guys are really tired of living! Tell me, who touched her so desperately?"
At a glance, he saw that King Yi's color had suddenly changed, his eyes were spitting fire, and his fists were clenched so hard that they crackled.
All the jailers kowtowed violently and exclaimed, "That little lady is very good at martial arts! We didn't touch anyone, not even the sides!"
In anger, Yan Rong kicked everyone in the face and cursed angrily: "Do you think you are worthy of being called a little lady? Keep talking!"
The young jailer was trembling and said in a trembling voice: "That girl's kung fu is very good. Not only did they not succeed, they were beaten badly. Later, two young men came and stopped Cai... the dog officer in time!"
Yan Rong frowned and asked curiously: "How can those two people take care of this matter?"
The young jailer hurriedly said: "One of the two people is surnamed Xiao, and he is the new favorite of the dog officer! The other is surnamed Hu, and he is Xiao's good friend! Because the two of them begged hard, the dog officer reluctantly agreed to let the leader of the Lu gang go. Later, Hu
The young man surnamed Young Master volunteered to stay and go to jail together so that he could take care of the Lu Gang Leader. Later, the Dog Officer wanted to behead them, but they were never punished again!"
Yan Rong was shocked and thought to himself: It seems that the man named Hu Qi is really interested in Lu Ning!
Thinking of this, he quietly turned his head and saw King Yi looking angrily.
He stood up from the Taishi chair, strode over, patted Yan Rong's shoulder, said, "Don't let anyone go!", then rolled up his sleeves and left.
King Yi left the government office, got on the sedan chair, and went directly back to visit Lu Ning.
When the maid who was serving in the room saw him coming back, she quickly reported: "Your Majesty, the wound on the girl's back has been treated with medicine, and the fever has gone away a lot. It's just that she still sleeps more and wakes up less!"
Yu Fengjin nodded, waved his hand, and the maids bowed and retreated.
He lowered his head and saw that Lu Ning's face had recovered somewhat, and he no longer murmured, but was sleeping quietly.
He knew that this was the effect of the medicine. Once she got through the most painful days, she would stop falling asleep once she stopped taking the medicine.
Yu Fengjin gently sat on the edge of the bed, took her smooth little hand, put it under her lips and kissed her. She felt something in her heart: That man named Hu Qi must have a close relationship with Lu Ning!
The door was slowly opened, and Yan Rong pushed it open and walked over softly, whispering next to him: "Brother, it has been solved, no one is left alive!"
Yu Fengjin asked calmly: "How should you deal with the aftermath, Your Majesty?"
Yan Rong chuckled softly: "Don't worry, everyone is pretending to commit suicide out of fear of crime. No matter who the emperor sends to investigate, they won't be able to find any flaws!"
Yu Fengjin gently caressed Lu Ning's fingers, thinking that these fair and jade hands had suffered such punishment, she couldn't help but frown: "Let them die so happily, it is really easy for them!"
"By the way." He suddenly asked in a low voice: "Who is that man named Hu?"
Yan Rong pondered for a moment and answered cautiously: "I inquired about it and found out that this man named Hu Qi claimed to be Prince Annan. He was hunted down due to civil strife. He escaped all the way here and was rescued by the leader of the Lu Gang and brought back.
Caravan. Afterwards, he followed Gang Leader Lu to help her investigate the case. Later, when he saw Gang Leader Lu imprisoned, he took the initiative to stay and take care of her. Because he also entered the mine at that time, Cai Youde took him with him
Sent to the execution ground..."
The more Yu Fengjin listened, the more serious his face became: "Then between him and Lu Ning..."
"There is no love between a man and a woman!" Yan Rong knew what he was thinking and quickly explained: "If I guessed correctly, that boy has unrequited love, and the leader of the Lu Gang should have no interest in him."
The expression on Yu Fengjin's face softened slightly, and she nodded slightly: "That must be the case. By the way, where is the Emperor? How is it?"
Yan Rong said again: "Hey, our emperor has been pampered for so many years, and his body and bones are no longer what he used to be. The journey from Shengjing to Lingzhou is long, and he fell ill before he even got there. Fortunately, he was accompanied by the imperial doctor, so he could recover as soon as possible.
.If there was no delay along the way, I should have arrived in Lingzhou!”
Yu Fengjin pondered for a moment and then said: "Remember, in the confessions of Cai Youde and others, the iron mine incident and the caravan robbery were all hidden!"
"Understood!" Yan Rong responded loudly, and then said: "Brother, I don't know why! I always feel a little uneasy in my heart. How could it be such a coincidence that the eldest prince's biological mother and Annan's eldest son all appeared here at the same time? I'm afraid it's not
Another bloody storm is waiting for us ahead!"
Yu Fengjin stood up and walked to the window, looked up at the fluttering snow, and said quietly: "When did the wind and rain in the capital stop..."
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