Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 262 The Fish Hooked
evening.

In the wild woods outside the capital.

Two officers escorted Xiong Gai on a small path in the woods.

Xiong Gai saw that the sun was about to set, but the two officers had no intention of finding a place to stay in a shop, so he walked to the ground and sat down, shouting: "I really can't walk anymore, please find a shop and have a rest!" "

"Get up and go!"

The guard on the left kicked Xiong Gui and said sternly.

"Uncle Chengyi gave you two silver bowls, which together probably cost dozens of taels. You can't treat me like this!"

Xiong Gai retorted with great dissatisfaction.

The officer on the right said coldly: "Nonsense, where is the silver bowl? I think you are delaying on purpose!"

Xiong Gai seemed to have noticed that the two officers had ulterior motives, and asked tentatively: "Are you going to kill me, Xiong, when you turn your back on me?"

"Stop talking nonsense. When you walk out of this forest, there is an inn in front of you. Come on, it's getting dark soon."

The officer on the left took Xiong Gai's arm and winked at the officer on the right.

So, the two officers worked together to lift up Xiong Gai and walked forward for a while.

Soon, a large, low-lying pit appeared ahead.

The two officers then stopped.

When Xiong Gai saw the big pit, he visually estimated that it was about three feet deep, indicating that something was wrong.

"Go down!"

The two officers kicked Xiong Gai into the pit, then turned over and jumped down.

"Are you going to kill me?"

Xiong Gai fell into the pit, struggled to sit up, and asked loudly: "Did you know that killing an official of the imperial court without permission is a crime of conspiracy, and everyone in the family will be executed!"

"You are an imperial criminal who was punished by His Majesty's decree. You are no longer an official of the imperial court!"

The officer on the left pulled out the machete from his waist and said coldly: "I'm sorry, Minister Xiong. We have received an order to send you back to the west."

"If the matter is exposed, you two will be punished and executed."

Xiong Gai hurriedly advised: "You two, think about your families, and don't be someone else's executioner!"

"We were also ordered to run an errand. If we don't kill you, others will kill our family members. I'm sorry!"

Just when the two men drew out their machetes and planned to kill Xiong Gai on the spot, Sai Hazhi suddenly appeared around the pit with a group of strong warriors holding fire guns.

"stop!"

Following Sai Hazhi's loud shout, the two officers were frightened to a halt.

While they were stunned, several Jin Yiwei with high martial arts jumped into the pit and surrounded them.

After a while, Xiong Gai was rescued from the pit, and the two officers were tied into rice dumplings by Jin Yiwei and thrown on the ground beside the pit.

"Your Majesty has long expected that you would play dirty tricks."

Sai Hazhi knelt down, looked at the two officers, and said coldly: "Tell me, who ordered you two to kill Xiong Shangshu?"

Everyone in the world knows how ruthless Jin Yiwei is, especially the low-level officials who serve in the Ministry of Punishments. They regard the Beizhen Fusi Imperial Prison established by Zhu Di as a human purgatory.

The two officers did not hesitate at all. The officer on the left answered honestly: "Pang Delin, the right servant of the Ministry of Justice."

The officer on the right added: "Pang Shilang threatened us. If we don't kill Xiong Shangshu, he will kill our whole family."

late at night.

Jinyiwei North Town Fusi.

Sai Hazhi walked into the execution room of the imperial edict and found Pang Delin, the right servant of the punishment department, covered with injuries and in a coma.

So, he glanced at Xu Gong, the executioner on duty, Beizhen Fusi Qianhu, and asked in a deep voice: "Xu Qianhu, has Shi Lang Pang confessed?"

Xu Gong replied neatly: "I didn't say anything." Sai Hazhi took a few steps forward, approached Pang Delin, looked at the other person's face carefully, and said coldly: "Bring a bowl of salt water."

Xu Gonggong claimed that it was, and turned around to get salt water.

After a while, he came over with a large bowl of salt water.

Sai Hazhi winked, and Xu Gong poured salt water on the wound on Pang Delin's chest.

"what!"

Pang Delin woke up instantly from the pain.

"Shilang Pang, I really admire you for being so tough and able to resist."

Sai Hazhi clasped his hands behind his back, looked at Pang Delin after he woke up, and said slowly: "I heard that you are the most capable official in the Ministry of Punishment. All the criminals you preside over will be punished and all will plead guilty. Yes and no. ?”

Seeing that Pang Delin remained silent, he continued: "I also heard that the torture methods you invented include sawing, breaking vertebrae, filling with lead, playing the pipa, and even removing the intestines, and riding wooden donkeys for women. These Once the instruments of torture are used, the prisoners can neither survive nor die. There are at most two instruments of torture, and no one will be punished without a doubt, right or wrong?"

Pang Delin still said nothing.

Sai Hazhi sneered and said: "Since you, Mr. Pang, don't say anything, I will treat him in his own way today. First, I will let you try the punishment of evacuation of the intestines. If you don't do it, then How about I saw off your legs and break your spine?"

"No, no!"

Pang Delin was so frightened that he shouted: "I'll attack, I'll attack them all!"

Sai Hazhi said sharply: "Tell me, who ordered you to do it?"

Pang Delin took a deep breath and slowly said six words: "Lü Zhen, Minister of Dali Temple."

"Ten years ago, in the 16th year of Yongle, Lu Zhen, then Minister of Rites and now Minister of Dali Temple, framed Yin Changlong, the former Young Minister of Dali Temple. Were you involved in it, then Minister of Yousi of Dali Temple?"

Sai Hazhi asked again immediately.

When Pang Delin heard this, he trembled all over, as if he had been shocked by electricity, and stammered: "I, I, I——"

At this moment, the tragic situation of Yin Changlong before his death ten years ago appeared in his mind, and the words "Unjust" shouted by Yin Changlong before his death even rang in his ears!
"You are also an old criminal. You should know that the crime of deceiving the emperor should be punished by the Nine Clan. If you report Lu Zhen, it will be considered as a meritorious expose. Your Majesty will be merciful and will definitely let your family go."

Seeing Pang Delin's abnormal expression, Sai Hazhi slowed down his speech and said, "Shilang Pang, you only have one chance, so you must think clearly. I'll ask you again, did you have anything to do with Lu Zhen's frame-up of Yin Changlong?" participate?"

Pang Delin said with a cry: "I participated."

"In the case of Lu Zhen framing Yin Changlong, tell me in detail what specific things you did and why you did it."

Sai Hazhi turned around and walked to a chair next to him. After Damajinda sat down, he looked at Pang Delin from a distance and said.

Pang Delin sighed: "I knew that Yin Changlong's unjust case would be cleared up. Lu Zhen did too much."

"Xu Qianhu, could you please bring me a bowl of wine to cheer up Mr. Pang?"

Sai Hazhi turned to Xu Gong and ordered.

Xu Gong cupped his hands and said, "Commander, you're welcome."

Immediately, he fetched a large bowl of wine and fed Pang Delin to drink it himself.

After drinking the wine, Pang Delin felt refreshed and began to tell everything he knew about the case of Lu Zhen framing Yin Changlong.

Two quarters later.

"Have you memorized everything?"

Saihazhi turned to look at the clerk not far behind Xu Gong who was responsible for recording the confession, and asked loudly.

Xu Gong hurriedly walked to the clerk, took the confession from him, lowered his head and read it silently quickly.

After he confirmed that the confession was correct, he forwarded it to Sai Hazhi and said, "Please direct the envoy to review it."

Sai Hazhi carefully read the confession, nodded, returned it to Xu Gong, and ordered: "Let Minister Pang draw the pledge."

PS: I will speed up the progress so that the protagonist can complete the cleansing of the problems left by the favored ministers of the Yongle Dynasty as soon as possible, arrange the famous ministers and capable ministers from the Renxuan period in history, and start the next volume, which is the new story of Zhu Di's voyage to the West and the protagonist's free rein. Chapter.

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