Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Zhang Yao was still quite scared when she saw Lao Liu was also here.

Especially when he saw Lao Liu giving him a fierce, warning look, Zhang Yao couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He also knew that once he got on this pirate ship, there was basically no possibility of getting off.

Now I don’t know what to do.

However, when she saw that those Jinyiwei would punish Lao Liu first instead of herself, Zhang Yao's nervous heart eased a little. But after punishing Lao Liu, she would definitely be the next one to be punished, so she felt nervous again.

"I'll give you another chance."

Jiang Lin had someone bring a chair over, sat on it, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said slowly: "If you can confess everything, I won't torture you. Otherwise, you know very well what our Jinyiwei's methods are."

"I said it all."

Lao Liu's face was filled with fear, and he said in a trembling voice, "I will tell you everything I need to say. It was Master Zhang from the Ministry of Personnel who asked me to do this. I... I thought it was very profitable, so I agreed to it because I was bewitched. Please spare my life, Master!"

As he said this, he also looked at Zhang Yao.

It seemed as if he was warning Zhang Yao not to refute him recklessly.

Zhang Yao felt a little annoyed when he saw that this guy was trying to put the blame on him, but he really didn't dare to tell him about Lao Liu's affair.

Lao Liu said again: "My lords, all the Jinyiwei lords, I am not the mastermind, I really am not!"

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes and could tell at a glance that this guy had not confessed yet.

Just now he noticed the look in Lao Liu's eyes, which seemed to be a warning to Zhang Yao. Even after being the leader of the Jinyiwei for so many years, some small actions could not be hidden from his eyes.

Lao Liu thought he was hiding well, but in front of Jiang Li, he was just like that. He said calmly: "Whether you are the mastermind or not is not up to you to decide, but the evidence, but..."

Jiang Li put down the teacup, sneered and said: "If you still don't want to confess, don't blame us for helping you confess, do it!"

After hearing his order, a Jinyiwei beside him smiled grimly.

Lao Liu and Zhang Yao could see that the Jinyiwei took a piece of black cloth, wrapped his eyes, then swung a hammer and hit Lao Liu hard.

boom……

With his eyes covered, the Jinyiwei hit the wall with a hammer, making a loud noise.

The wall shook, causing Lao Liu to tremble all over.

“I can’t hit it!”

The Jinyiwei continued to cover his eyes with a black cloth and swung the sledgehammer at Lao Liu again.

Another hammer hit the wall.

It’s just that the first hammer is closer to the second hammer.

Compared with the second hammer, the third hammer was a little closer.

It seemed as if it could hit Lao Liu at any time.

Lao Liu could clearly see that the sledgehammer was getting closer and closer, and the Jinyiwei, who was covering his eyes, didn't know when the hammer would hit him. The feeling of being about to hit him, but almost missing, and then the next hammer seemed to be able to hit him was very torturous.

Seeing the Jinyiwei covering his eyes, he kept hitting him.

Lao Liu's heart began to lift.

Every time he was mentally preparing himself for the hammer to hit him, it easily tortured his mental state and almost made him collapse.

When Zhang Yao saw this, she couldn't help but tremble all over.

I've heard that the Jinyiwei are very good at torturing people, but seeing it with my own eyes, it is indeed very torturous. I was terrified. If these methods were used on myself, I didn't know if I could withstand three hammers.

According to Zhang Yao's understanding, this is just the simplest method.

There were even more cruel and ruthless, more terrifying methods, which Jiang Li had not used yet, and Lao Liu had not collapsed yet, but Zhang Yao was about to collapse, with beads of sweat constantly sliding down her body, as if she had been fished out of the water.

Ah...suddenly.

A hammer hit Lao Liu's thigh.

The piercing pain filled Lao Liu's nerves and he screamed heart-wrenchingly.

That's why the Jinyiwei was afraid of killing Lao Liu, so he deliberately didn't hit the vital parts. Breaking his limbs would not kill him.

“Finally hit it.”

The Royal Guard sneered.

Jiang Li had no intention of letting it go, and said, "Continue!"

call……

The Jinyiwei swung the hammer and smashed it down again.

"Don't...don't..."

Lao Liu was about to collapse. He could no longer bear such torture and such a blow. He was completely dazed and shouted, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything."

Jiang Li then nodded, asked the Jinyiwei to stop, and said, "I thought you were so tough, but you couldn't withstand a blow. Tell me! Who is it?"

Lao Liu said: "King of Chu... King of Chu..."

He said these two words, breathing hard and panting.

Not only was he beaten like this, but he was also scared to this extent because he said these two words.

The other Jinyiwei immediately lowered their heads, as if they knew nothing, and as if the things they were asking had nothing to do with them.

Hearing the words "King of Chu", Jiang Li raised his eyebrows.

Based on his keen sense, he knew that this cheating incident was not simple and involved the prince, so it would be much more troublesome to deal with.

Of course, he doesn't have to deal with it, it's enough for him to just report the information back.

"What about you?"

Jiang Li's gaze fell on Zhang Yao.

"I said it, I said it all!"

Zhang Yao saw that Lao Liu had confessed, so there was no need for him to insist any longer, and hurriedly said, "King of Chu, it's all because of King Chu! I... I'm from Wuchang, and my family is all under the control of King Chu. He asked me to steal the test questions, and I dared not disobey. If I didn't steal them, he would kill my son, take my wife, and my parents."

He blurted out everything he knew, panting as hard as Lao Liu, and gasping for breath: "I was wrong, I know I was wrong, it was the King of Chu who forced me, Lao Liu is the King of Chu's man, I was forced, please tell His Highness, I...I don't want to die!"

Being able to say all these words out loud seemed to have used up all his courage.

The rest of the Jinyiwei still kept their heads down, looking as if they knew nothing.

Jiang Lin was excited when he dug up this information, but he soon became more cautious than ever before. After all, this case was related to the vassal king, and the King of Chu actually colluded with people inside and outside the court to cheat.

This matter is just as serious as the previous case of Prince Ning embezzling military pay.

That was cheating in the imperial examination, and it was closely related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty court.

If cheating leads to unrest in the Ming Dynasty court, the King of Chu will definitely not be able to bear the responsibility.

"Sir, spare my life!"

Zhang Yao was still begging.

Lao Liu said to himself, "Stop hitting me, don't hit me anymore, I've said everything."

The former was terrified, and the latter was tortured to the point of having his defenses broken down. But when they finished talking, the place became quiet for a while. (End of this chapter)