Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 737 Secret
"Lian Xian!"

"Lian Xian!"

In a slightly cramped cell, several strong men holding various torture instruments bowed and saluted respectfully to Cui Chengxiu who walked into the cell.

"Have you recruited?"

Cui Chengxiu covered his mouth and nose, frowned and looked at the furnishings in the cell. In a corner, there were several soldering irons stuck in a stove that was emitting sparks from time to time.

"Lian Xian, this person is too stubborn."

One of them stepped forward and said, "We tried every possible means, but we couldn't pry open his mouth."

"waste!!"

Tian Ji, who was standing behind them, frowned and scolded them, "What are you doing? It's been a few days, and there is still no progress."

"Damn you little ones!"

Several people's hearts tightened and they knelt on the ground one by one.

"Go out."

Cui Chengxiu didn't look at those people, his eyes were fixed on one place.

Then he saw a middle-aged man in an official robe, with his hands and feet tied to a wooden stake. The tattered robe was stained with blood. The middle-aged man, who had his head lowered, heard Cui Chengxiu's voice and tried to raise his head. His eyes filled with resentment were now staring at Cui Chengxiu.

If eyes could kill, Cui Chengxiu would have been killed countless times!
"Prefect Zhou, please don't look at me like this."

Being stared at by the middle-aged man like this, Cui Chengxiu put down his hand. A stronger and more pungent smell surrounded his nose, which made Cui Chengxiu frown even more tightly, but Cui Chengxiu said.

"I am really a little panicked when you stare at me like this. Who would believe me if I told others that one of the culprits behind the tax resistance in Zhejiang is actually the prefect of Shaoxing who eats the emperor's food, receives an official salary, and wears official clothes!"

"Cui Chengxiu, you cruel officials will not have a good death!!"

Zhou Zhitai glared with anger and struggled hard, looking like he wanted to bite Cui Chengxiu to death. "The Integrity Commission is a den of thieves that brings disaster to the country and the people. Do you think that if you frame me like this, I will surrender..."

Zhou Zhitai's roar echoed in the cell.

When Tian Ji, Li Kuilong and others saw Zhou Zhitai like this, they all frowned. If Cui Chengxiu had not sent people to secretly investigate Zhou Zhitai, they really would not have thought that Zhou Zhitai, the then prefect of Shaoxing, would be related to the sensational tax resistance in Zhejiang.

"Okay, save your energy."

Cui Chengxiu didn't care at all when Zhou Zhitai glared at him and scolded him. As he walked towards the stove, he said calmly, "Whether it's a cruel official or a den of thieves, since we have arrested you, there is solid evidence. Just because you don't say anything doesn't mean we don't know what you did in private."

When he said this, Cui Chengxiu reached out and picked up a red-hot iron. When he held it to his eyes, he felt a burst of heat.

"Who would believe it if I told you that?"

Cui Chengxiu smiled, turned around with the branding iron in hand, stared at Zhou Zhitai and said, "A daughter of the dignified Yuyao Sun family turned out to be your concubine, Zhou Zhitai. Even if she was a concubine of a side branch, with Sun Ruyou who entered the cabinet in Beijing, the Yuyao Sun family would not be in such a state, right?"

hum.

Zhou Zhitai, who was very emotional, looked at Cui Chengxiu in disbelief.

At this moment, his heart suddenly became panicked.

"See, what I said was right." Seeing Zhou Zhitai like this, Cui Chengxiu smiled and walked towards Zhou Zhitai with the branding iron in hand. "The Sun family of Yuyao has produced a great talent like Yichuan Gong (Sun Sui), who petitioned the Ning King seven times to sue for rebellion. This heroic act will be remembered for thousands of years!"

"But I just can't figure it out. How can you, who came from a poor family and had a wife who had been with you through thick and thin, marry the daughter of the Sun family as a concubine? Don't tell me that your wife can't have children!!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't understand!"

Zhou Zhitai panicked, his eyes evasive, "I only have one wife..."

"Haha, it's already come to this, so stop deceiving yourself."

Cui Chengxiu walked up to Zhou Zhitai, raised the branding iron in his hand, and said with a smile: "Since Benxian said so, there must be solid evidence. Your young son is only three years old."

“Cui Chengxiu!!”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhitai suddenly became agitated and tried hard to break free from the restraints, but no matter how he struggled, the chains tied him firmly to the wooden stake.

Seeing this, Tian Ji, Li Kuilong and others subconsciously walked towards Cui Chengxiu. They were really afraid that Zhou Zhitai would go crazy and break free from the chains.

"what!!"

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But before they took a few steps, Zhou Zhitai's screams were heard in the cell. Cui Chengxiu held the red-hot iron and placed it on Zhou Zhitai's chest, and a meaty aroma wafted out.

"Are you awake now?"

Cui Chengxiu showed a grim smile, staring at Zhou Zhitai with a ferocious expression, "I claim that I am not a good person, but compared to you, compared to you all, I feel that I am a good person. At least I dare to admit what I did!"

"And you, including the group of people behind you, will only hide in the dark. You are a group of people who cannot see the light. You call yourselves noble and gentlemen. Haha, if Confucius knew about this, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would jump out of his coffin!!"

"Cui...Cheng...Xiu! Aren't you afraid that you will die without a burial place?"

Zhou Zhitai, with a ferocious expression, endured the severe pain. His cold eyes met Cui Chengxiu's gaze and he gritted his teeth and said, "You...ah!!"

"Whether Ben Xian is dead or alive, it has nothing to do with you or any of you."

Cui Chengxiu twisted the branding iron in his hand, stared at Zhou Zhitai and said, "Don't worry, even if I really die one day, I won't feel anything. At least I have you guys as scapegoats, so I haven't lived in vain, don't you think?"

This……

When Tian Ji, Li Kuilong and others who were standing saw these scenes, especially when they heard what Cui Chengxiu said, doubts arose in their hearts.

"Zhou Zhitai? Haha, if I hadn't found out something, I would have been fooled by you." Under the surprised gaze of several people, Cui Chengxiu threw away the branding iron in his hand and reached out to pat Zhou Zhitai's cheek.

"Sun Ruyou is such an arrogant guy. Even though the girl from the Sun family is a concubine from the Yuyao Sun family, she still has to respect her reputation."

"Speaking of this, should I continue to call you Zhou Zhitai? Or should I call you Yang Zhitai? You really hid it well, you slave-born son of Yin County, Ningbo!!"

"who?!!"

When Li Kuilong heard this, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Yang family from Yin County, Ningbo?" At this moment, Li Kuilong's eyes changed when he looked at Zhou Zhitai.

Good guy!
Good guy!
A concubine's daughter from a branch of the Sun family in Yuyao and a son born to a maid in the Yang family in Yin County, this marriage is really secretive. If this is true, everything can be explained.

Otherwise, Zhou Zhitai was born in a poor family. Even if he passed the imperial examination, it would not be easy for him to secure the position of Shaoxing prefect. The officialdom in the southeast is much more complicated than the central government and other places! !
(End of this chapter)