Uncle Guo, your heart thief has been promoted again

Chapter 11
The maids captured from the palace are now being tried in the prison of Dali Temple.

Because the poisoning of the virtuous concubine was of great importance, the emperor also attached great importance to it. In order to find out the real culprit as soon as possible, Dali Temple imposed heavy punishments on the maids.

Usually, the delicate and delicate women could not stand this kind of torment, the weaker ones simply passed out, even those who were in better health, at this moment they only had one breath left to hang, and they were in a bad shape.

Just murdering a concubine is a felony, not to mention that a concubine Xian is not an ordinary concubine, no matter her family background or great favor, they are all extraordinary.

If it is really found out who is the real murderer, he will not let it go easily. Not only does the murderer himself have a whole body, but whether the lives of the whole family can be saved is another matter.

Therefore, even though they were subjected to cruel and inhuman punishment, these delicate and flowery court ladies could only cry out their injustice, even if they were tortured to death like this, they dared not confess their crimes.

The entire cell was filled with hysterical shouts and an unbearable smell of blood.

Shui Hanzhou has been sitting next to Dali Temple Minister, just staring at the court ladies who are being tortured below. There is no superfluous expression on his face, but Dali Temple Minister Chen Junbao is sweating nervously, and wipes it with a handkerchief from time to time. forehead.

Xin Dao, the Shui Shizi is indeed a talent brought up by the emperor since he was a child. Although he is only 12 years old, he can be so calm in the face of such a scene.

If it was his useless son, he would have vomited early even if he hadn't been scared to pee.

Not to mention his son, even he couldn't help but vomit.

Afraid of being rude in front of Shui Hanzhou, Chen Junbao hurriedly turned his head to look at Shui Hanzhou, and apologized with a smile: "My lord, there is a strong smell of blood in the prison, be careful to stain your eyes, or let's go out for a drink of tea first and keep them here." Interrogate by yourself, and when we have the result, someone will come and report to us."

"No need."

Shui Hanzhou sat upright, staring coldly at the palace maids who were being tortured.

All poor people.

They are also the beloved jewels in other people's homes.

Most of these people must be innocent, but because they are court ladies, after the master suffered a catastrophe, they must suffer such treatment.

Because even if they had nothing to do with the poisoning, the poisoning of Concubine Xian was still due to their dereliction of duty.

This is their crime, and they deserve to be punished like this.

This is the fate of a court lady.

Just looking at the punishment of these people in front of him, Shui Hanzhou always thought of Jiang Baoyu inexplicably.

And thinking that Jiang Baoyu is now a court lady, Shui Hanzhou is always reluctant to take his eyes away from the tragic situation in front of him.

"Continuing to fight like this is not an option. Master Chen, don't forget that the purpose is to find the real culprit, and don't take human lives lightly."

"This--"

Naturally, Chen Junbao also knew that extorting confessions by torture was not the most effective way to find out the real culprit, and unjust, false and wrongly decided cases were not in the minority.

But that person even dared to poison Concubine Xian, what kind of simple character could he be?

He, Chen Junbao, still wants to hang out in Dali Temple in the future, but can he really catch the real culprit?
He just wanted to make a fuss and grab a little Luo Luo to make a statement so that he could do business.

Living people will always go wrong. It is best to record a statement and press your fingerprints, and then commit suicide in fear of crime.

But the emperor didn't want to settle it easily, and even sent Shui Hanzhou, the god of plague, to observe the trial, which really put him in a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

Fortunately, a jailer ran over at this moment, knelt down and reported: "My lord, someone said she knew the truth."

"what?"

Chen Junbao stood up at once, glanced at Shui Hanzhou, and was immediately excited and nervous, afraid that the man would say something outrageous and the scene would end, so he didn't dare to bring him up for interrogation in front of Shui Hanzhou.

He only told the jailer: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you record your statement soon and send it to trial?"

"But--"

The jailer hesitated, subconsciously raised his head to glance at Shui Hanzhou, and stammered, "But she said she only wanted to talk to Shizi alone."

"wishful thinking!"

Chen Junbao blurted out without thinking.

He has also heard how popular Shui Hanzhou's looks are among court ladies. In his eyes, this court lady probably has selfish motives in wanting to see Shui Hanzhou.

"Is the prince someone she can meet whenever she wants? Who does she think she is?"

Chen Junbao pointed at the jailer angrily and said, "Go back and tell her that if you still want to keep the whole body, you must explain it honestly! Otherwise, even her family will not let her go!"

Because Shui Hanzhou wanted to observe on the spot, the place where the court lady was tortured was not far from them. Chen Junbao's voice was so loud that the court lady could easily hear it.

"I have no family. Of all the people here, I am the only one who knows the truth. If I am not allowed to see the prince, I would rather kill myself by biting my tongue and take the truth away with me!"

While speaking, people have already started to move.

Chen Junbao hurriedly called someone to stop him, and the scene was chaotic.

Shui Hanzhou looked towards the direction where the voice came from. The person who spoke was on the far right side of the palace lady. He was almost beaten into shape. Only from the shape of his hairstyle, it could be seen that he was a powerful person. High grade female officer.

The bright red blood had already blurred her face, only those black eyes, like a female cat guarding her cubs in the wild at night, looked at him vigilantly and longingly.

She must have something important to say to him.

Whether it is to protect someone important to her, or to seek a chance for herself to make up for her mistakes.

Shui Hanzhou has already made up his mind, as long as she can help find out the mastermind behind the scenes, he will fulfill her.

So he stood up, stopped the confusion in a cold voice, and finally glanced at the maid again, and said: "Find a quieter room, and bring her here, this son will interrogate her himself."

Chen Junbao is a person who knows how to deal with things. He was afraid that Shui Hanzhou would be frightened by the appearance of the court lady, so he asked someone to clean up the man and changed into clean clothes before sending him away.

When it was delivered, Shui Hanzhou had already been waiting in the house for a while.

Seeing the maid come in, she pointed to a small round stool in the middle of the room and said, "Sit down."

The maid glanced at the round stool, as if she didn't expect Shui Hanzhou to be so polite to her, but she didn't actually sit on it, but walked to the center of the room in a regular manner, and bowed to Shui Hanzhou.

Her legs were seriously injured during the torture, and beads of sweat ooze from her forehead every time she takes a step, but she still tries her best to maintain her demeanor without a single mistake.

"Slave servants dare not sit down as they treat their sinful bodies."

Shui Hanzhou didn't force her, but slowly revealed the identity of the maid.

"You come from the Li family in Jiangdong, you entered the palace at the age of five, and it took you 20 years to become a maid from a young age.

You are rigorous in doing things, have outstanding skills, and have never made mistakes. You are also very popular among court ladies, and even the concubine Xian concubine looks at you differently.

If you keep doing it well, you might be the next Shangfu. With your status, why can't you think about murdering the concubine Xian? "

The light in the room was not very bright, but Shui Hanzhou could see clearly. When Li Shi heard these words, her hands hidden in her wide sleeves were obviously tightened, but she quickly raised her head, Looking firmly at Shui Hanzhou, he asked, "Who is that little palace lady talking to the prince on the imperial road in the daytime? But it's from the Jiang family?"

(End of this chapter)