If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

In Jinyiwei, torture of criminals is also very particular.

Shangguan said "just ask", which means to pull him down and give him a random beating without injuring or killing the person. This kind of treatment is usually applied to criminals who have a more important status or have a relatively strong backing.

After all, most of the people the Jinyi Guard investigates are officials and nobles, and they even occasionally investigate relatives of the emperor. It is inevitable that they will encounter some people with strong backing.

Even if Jin Yiwei has no taboos, he still needs to pay attention to the things that should be paid attention to.

So there is this kind of "asking questions", punishing people with punishment, but not severe punishment.

Moreover, the identities of some criminals may be particularly important, and beating people too hard may not be conducive to the investigation, so some leeway must be left.

For example, Sun Ruowei's plot to assassinate the emperor was something that had to be questioned in Jinyiwei's prison. With the concern of the emperor's grandson, Jinyiwei did not dare to beat the person too hard.

As for "asking questions while still alive", this level will undoubtedly be upgraded to one level, that is, beating the person to death and leaving a breath in the end to make a confession.

This type of crime requires a solid case or a solid confession. Although witnesses can be tortured to extract confessions, they cannot be killed, lest they die without corroborating evidence.

Generally speaking, prisoners who have reached this stage need to save their heads to go to the execution ground. Ming Zhengdian will behead their heads, but other than that, they will be fine, so Jin Yiwei also invented those horrific tortures. Specifically designed to pry open such people's mouths.

In addition to these two, Jin Yiwei actually has a further interrogation method, which is "really asking questions", that is, directly killing the person and then pressing fingerprints with the corpse.

This is basically a case of frame-up, or someone does not want the prisoner to live anymore, or is framed by other people.

For Zhu Zhanjun, it doesn't matter whether Kyogoku Shinsada lives or lives, but the confession must be obtained, and the truth must be obtained.

In this case, it is definitely not possible to kill the person directly, but if you find out, you may not be able to pry his mouth open, so naturally you will need to be severely punished.

It also gives people a breath and makes it easier to review the confession after the trial to avoid any fabrication or misremembering.

Although Shang Da Xing is jokingly called the Great Memory Restoration Technique, in terms of actual effects, it can indeed help people remember many things that they cannot remember or have forgotten.

As for keeping a tight lip and keeping secrets?Unless one can rely on willpower to break through physiological limits, there will be no such thing as the saying "What can you ask for under Mikiko"?

And even if he is really so strict with his words, Zhu Zhanchun still has the means to get out the information he wants.

After all, he is a cultivator, and he is a top-level existence that is only one step away from refining the gods and defeating the void, and the Ming Dynasty is not the kind of world that can plant various prohibitions in people's souls to prevent leaks. It is really not too easy to take something from the mouth of a prisoner who is not very determined through soul searching, mind enchantment and other spells.

The reason why these methods were not used was simply that Zhu Zhanchen didn't like a Japanese living too comfortably.

Moreover, he didn't think that a mere Japanese or a pampered nobleman could have the willpower and integrity to withstand the punishment of Jin Yiwei.

In fact, the result was not beyond Zhu Zhanyu's expectation. In less than an hour, the Jin Yiwei Qianhu who was responsible for the execution came back to Zhu Zhanyu with a confession with bloody fingerprints.

"Prince Qi, the Japanese didn't need to be tortured. He was just tortured for three rounds. He couldn't wake up even after being splashed. We were afraid that he would be tortured to death, so we didn't torture him again, but he deserved all the punishment. It's almost done." Qianhu, who was about to be executed, raised the confession with both hands above his head and held it in front of Zhu Zhanyu: "Here is the confession, please read it."

Zhu Zhanjun nodded with satisfaction. While taking the confession and unfolding it, he said to Hu Shanxiang who was standing beside him: "Reward!"

Hu Shanxiang heard Zhu Zhanqun talking about the reward, so he took out a ruby ​​from his sleeve and threw it to this Qianhu.

Seeing this, the Qianhu quickly took it with both hands and thanked him loudly.

"Get out, the prince will naturally summon you if something happens." Hu Shanxiang saw that Zhu Zhanquan was reading the confession, so he asked this Qianhu to go down first.

This Qianhu didn't dare to neglect, so he collected the rubies and hurriedly left, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

After watching this Qianhu leave, Hu Shanxiang stood next to Zhu Zhanyu again.

She didn't say anything more, nor did she peek at the contents of the confession, although she only had to raise her eyes to see what was written on it.

She just abided by her duty as a maid and stood aside honestly with her head lowered.

Zhu Zhanjun didn't care about Hu Shanxiang's actions, or he was already used to Hu Shanxiang being around and didn't mind reading important information in front of her.

Moreover, this confession sounds important, but it is just that.

"I didn't expect that Japan actually has a divine realm. This is something I didn't expect." Zhu Zhanquan shook his head slightly after reading the confession.

"God Realm? Your Highness is talking about a place like the Heavenly Kingdom in Japan?" Hu Shanxiang complimented him in a timely manner, showing his curiosity just right, and picked up what Zhu Zhanchen was talking about.

"The so-called divine realm is indeed similar to heaven, but Japan is a small country. The so-called divine realm is not too big to be expected. At most, it is just a blessed land in the cave." Zhu Zhanquan shook his head slightly, although he said that he did not expect it, But in fact, he was not very surprised by the circumstances mentioned in the confession.

Regarding what Zhu Zhanchun said, Hu Shanxiang looked confused and couldn't quite understand what Zhu Zhanchun said.

Although she was exposed to a lot of spiritual matters and knowledge while following Zhu Zhanchun, she was still a little unclear about what he just said.

"You have entered Gu's Linghu Cave, so you must know that it is a place of its own." Zhu Zhanzhen naturally saw Hu Shanxiang's doubts, so he explained to her: "The so-called Cave Heaven Blessed Land is not simply naming mountains. Dachuan is a small world of its own formed by various chances and coincidences.

It's just that there are big and small small worlds. The small ones are like the lonely spirit gourd cave sky, which can be refined into magic weapons and carried with you, while the big ones will be fixed in places with abundant spiritual energy such as famous mountains and rivers. And this kind of world is People call it Dongtian Blessed Land, which means the so-called heaven and earth in the cave.As for the divine realm, it is the residence of gods.For example, grandma was enshrined as a god and enjoyed offerings of incense. As time went by, she would be able to create a world of her own and live in it instead of having to lodge her soul in a golden statue as she does now.

For gods like this who have just opened up the divine world, most of the divine realms are only as big as temples dedicated to themselves.

They need more incense offerings and long-term enjoyment of incense in order to continuously expand their territory in the divine world.

For gods such as Dongyue Qitian, because of their priesthood, reputation, incense, etc., their divine realm will be very vast, even encompassing the entire Mount Tai.

Of course, there are also some gods who are lucky enough to encounter a cave that is naturally a world of its own. If they open it up into a divine realm, it will naturally be much more comfortable than those gods who rely on incense to offer their own divine realm.

However, in today's world where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is declining, my Ming Dynasty has experienced Liu Bowen's slaying of the dragon's veins. The world has no longer been sacred. Whether there are still gods left is still open to question.

At the very least, if there are still gods left, they shouldn't be so sacred.Of course, if these gods are limited by the decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is possible that they can hide in their own divine world and cannot escape from the world. "

Hu Shanxiang generally understood Zhu Zhankun's explanation, but he asked even more puzzledly: "Then what's going on in the Japanese country? According to what I heard from your highness before, the Japanese should have gods walking in the world, right? ?”

"That's why I said it was unexpected!" Zhu Zhanqi smiled helplessly, then folded the confession in his hand and put it aside: "The Japanese have a divine realm called Gaotianyuan. If I am not mistaken, , there should be a cave that was opened up as a kingdom of gods. There is still spiritual energy inside, so the Japanese gods can continue to walk in the world.

According to this oral confession, the gods from all over Japan will gather in a place called Izumo every October and stay here for a month before returning to their respective places.

This Izumo is the entrance and exit of Takamagahara. These Japanese gods and gods return to Takamagahara once a year to absorb spiritual energy to maintain their existence.

After all, the Japanese country has not experienced the dragon vein slaying thing, and it is in a place where the earth veins are weak. The decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth itself should be slower. It is understandable that there are still gods walking in the world now.

But even so, the powerful gods of the Japanese country have basically hid in Gaotianyuan to avoid the world, and now only some weak Mao gods are still walking around in the outside world.

Their consumption of spiritual energy is not large, and coupled with the unique way of worship in Japan, they can still continue to walk in the world. "

It has to be said that although the Japanese country was scornfully called a small country by Zhu Zhanqi, this was compared with the Ming Dynasty. If compared with neighboring countries such as Korea, Ryukyu, and even Annan and Siam, the Japanese country was no less small. of a powerful country.

Even if it is placed on the European continent, today's Japanese country can still carve out a world in Europe.

It can only be said that it was not that Japan was weak, but that Ming Dynasty was too powerful.

The Japanese method of worshiping gods is indeed unique, but this method is too cruel. It has reference value for Zhu Zhanquan, but it is of little significance.

"The unique way of worship in the Japanese country? Is there any special way to worship the gods? Isn't it just burning incense and worshiping." Hu Shanxiang obviously didn't know much about this. The only way of worship she could see in the Ming Dynasty was to burn incense and kowtow. This kind of thing.

However, Zhu Zhanjun had to know a lot. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "There are many ways to worship gods, some are simple, some are complex, some are bloody and some are cruel, but it just depends on what kind of gods are being worshiped, and What kind of people are the believers who worship gods?

For example, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, although Buddhist disciples burned incense and lit lamps to worship the Buddha, it was not the incense candles or oil lamps, but the Buddhist disciples themselves.

At that time, some Buddhist disciples held torches and let them burn until their entire arms were burned; there were also Buddhist disciples who hung themselves high and ignited their flesh and blood like sky lanterns...

"Surangama Sutra" records: "If after my death, there is a bhikkhu who resolves to practice samadhi, he can light a lamp, burn a knuckle, and burn incense before the image of the Tathagata. stick. '

The Lotus Sutra also says, "Immediately take various incense - sandalwood, Xunlu, Douluopo, Bilijia, Chenshui, Guoxiang, and drink the fragrant oil of Zhanbu flowers. If you are over one thousand two hundred years old, apply the fragrant oil on your body." It is recorded that in front of the Pure Bright Virtue Buddha of the Sun and Moon, he wrapped himself in heavenly treasure clothes, poured in fragrant oils, and made a natural body with the power of his supernatural power, and the light illuminated the world of 80 billion Ganges sands.

So the Buddhist disciples at that time followed suit one after another and regarded themselves as incense candles, burning their bodies to offer sacrifices to the Buddha.

The scars on the heads of Buddhist disciples today are an extension of this custom, but instead of burning the body, they just light a stick of incense on the top of their heads as a replacement. "

At this point, Zhu Zhanquan paused for a moment, letting Hu Shanxiang, who looked shocked, digest what he said, and then continued: "As for the way the Japanese worship gods, they are similar. They also use humans to worship, but they don't use human beings to worship gods. People light it, but let the gods enjoy it.

The temples that worship gods in the Japanese country are called shrines. Unlike Buddhist temples, most of the shrines are young women, called shrine maidens. They need to choose pure young women to avoid blaspheming the gods.

The way of worship is to let a selected beautiful witch be the god's wife, and she will give birth to an heir after being blessed by the gods.

Because most of these women who can be worshiped before the gods have noble status, if they give birth to a boy, they will be raised by the family and regarded as a noble son.

If she is a woman, she will be trained as a more noble witch, and in the future she will be directly used as an offering to the gods.

Many gods of the Japanese country relied on this method to maintain their power to walk in the secular world. "

"Ah?! Phew! It really is a small country!" Hu Shanxiang blushed with embarrassment at what Zhu Zhanchen said, but he also asked with some confusion: "How can the gods have the power to continue their bloodline? Walking in the secular world?”

Hearing Hu Shanxiang's question, a sneer appeared on Zhu Zhanqi's face, and he asked her: "Do you think being blessed by gods is a good thing? What do you think the final outcome will be for the descendants of those gods?"

"This... I guess the tiger poison may not be food, right?" Hu Shanxiang seemed to have guessed something, but he couldn't believe it.

However, Zhu Zhanquan broke her fantasy and said with a sneer: "Those so-called noble children will arrange marriage and breed bloodlines after they are raised to a certain age. As for themselves, they will still be offered as sacrifices to the gods for the gods to enjoy.

The divine flesh and blood that has been cultivated and grown for many years is a great tonic for the gods. It is no weaker than a great elixir.

The same goes for women. As long as they give birth to children, the witch is useless, because only pure virgins are worthy of being enjoyed by gods. Those bodies that give birth to the blood of gods are also contaminated with divinity. Even if they cannot keep up with those noble sons, they are still nourishing things. , as long as one or two are eaten a year, and the spiritual energy from the divine world is replenished, a not too powerful spirit can be enough to keep walking in the world. "(End of chapter)