Ping An Biography

According to the order of Wang Qinian, a member of the Ministry of Rites of Shangfeng, "you don't need to go to the Ministry of Rites", Zhang Ning went directly to the Jinyiwei Yamen the next day.

Anyway, wherever he went on errands, his salary was added to his seniority, and Zhang Ning didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, his easy life was broken because of this errand.He didn't think much about it when he received assistance from Hu Butang in handling the Qin case, but after he went to the Jinyiwei yamen and looked at the file, he realized that he was handling the case of Emperor Yong Le being poisoned by a court lady.That's all, he soon saw words such as "Peach Blossom Villa" and "Peach Blossom Fairy" in the file, and he couldn't calm down anymore.This is the confession of Zhou Ne, the censor who was arrested and imprisoned. Zhang Ning thought that the peach blossom fairy he met on the way to Beijing was related to Zhou Ne, and it should be those people.

Why is Zhang Ning in a hurry?Of course, he wasn't worried about the female assassin who had only one side and one relationship, he was worried about himself.When he met an assassin on the road last time, when life and death were on the line, he copied a peach blossom poem by Tang Bohu, and it was written by himself!

It doesn't matter if Peach Blossom Fairy is just a private salt dealer or even a gangster. The big problem is that she is involved in the assassination of the emperor, which is very relevant.It hasn't been long since the imperial meal poisoning case, hundreds of people have been arrested, some of them were involved for very absurd reasons.What about officials in the face of Emperor Yong Le's personal safety?The county magistrate in Yangzhou was arrested just because he suspected that the court lady was selected as a beautiful woman in his jurisdiction.

At that time, if he really caught Peach Blossom Fairy and found out that poem, how would Zhang Ning get away?Said that I don't know anything, maybe she bought it from elsewhere?If this explanation is okay, Yangzhou Nazhi County can find a hundred or so reasons to justify itself.

This thing is really bad luck.

Zhang Ning thought of the statue of Yue Fei enshrined in Jinyiwei's yamen, and there were four large characters on it: "Serve the country with loyalty and loyalty", should he pay homage to it?

After spending a long time sitting on pins and needles in the office, Hu Ying came and greeted Zhang Ning: "Today, the court lady Zhou will be interrogated. The content of the secret interrogation must be kept secret, and I will record the statement safely."

"Yes, Hu Butang." Zhang Ning got up and responded calmly.He was a bit preoccupied, but Hu Ying was very satisfied with his reticent and indifferent performance, and seemed to know the rules.

Zhang Ning packed up the paper, pen and ink, and followed Hu Ying to a room downstairs. There were two chairs facing each other in the middle, and there was a table and a stool next to it.Zhang Ning took a look at the situation, put the things on the table next to him, and waited for Hu Ying to sit down before he sat down on the stool.

After waiting for a while, a thin eunuch and several Jinyiwei school captains escorted a girl in.I saw that she was only in her teens, estimated to be about the same age as Zhang Xiaomei, her hands were tied behind her back, her feet were shackled, and a piece of cloth was tied around her mouth. She should not be afraid of her yelling, but of her biting her tongue and committing suicide. ?But it is extremely difficult to bite your tongue and kill yourself.Her hair was disheveled, and her face and clothes were a bit dirty, but she couldn't see any scars, so she probably hadn't been tortured.

Sure enough, the eunuch came over and said in a low voice: "The female prisoner is an important living creature. The Commander of Jin Yiwei was afraid that something might go wrong and no one touched her. She is also the one who toasts and does not eat fine wine, so she doesn't say anything. After receiving the emperor's decree, as long as you say a word, you will bring a few sets of torture equipment here, and there are almost no people who don't speak in this place."

Hu Ying looked at the female prisoner Zhou and gave her a wink, and the eunuch turned around and said, "Get the thing off her mouth."

After Zhou's tongue was relieved, she still remained silent, she didn't cry and cry, but showed a kind of quietness that didn't match her age. She looked down at the floor with dull eyes.He didn't show any expression, but Zhang Ning clearly felt something like dead ashes. He thought of the bare oleander in the yard without a trace of life.What kind of things did she go through, she was just like this when she was only a teenager.

Hu Ying asked in an extremely bland opening: "What's your name?"

Zhang Ning dipped in the ink, and quickly wrote a sentence in cursive script on the manuscript paper. In this case, regular script could not keep up with the speed.But soon there was a silence, a long silence, and he actually had more than enough time to record.

Zhou remained as she was, neither struggling nor speaking, as if she hadn't heard the question at all.

"Why don't you go through the punishment first, and you can't die if you handle the severity properly." The eunuch suggested.

Hu Ying was noncommittal, and asked: "Have you checked yourself?" The eunuch said: "There is nothing, I searched it earlier." Hu Ying asked again: "Are there any clues such as tattoos?" The eunuch replied: "This... I don't know, I haven't stripped her clothes, she is a court lady."

"Now it's just a convict. She has no peace of mind when she enters the palace." Hu Ying said calmly, "Take off her clothes and take a closer look."

After hearing his words, the eunuch felt no pressure, and ordered Jinyiwei Xiaowei: "Take off your clothes!"

Several school captains rushed forward happily, two of them held her down, and one went to untie her belt.When the coat was unbuttoned to reveal the red bellyband, Mrs. Zhou struggled immediately.Seeing this, Hu Ying had an expression of success, but she didn't have time to hide it.

With a sound of "wow", the captain unceremoniously tore off the maid's bellyband, immediately revealing Bai Shengsheng's small |ru| breasts, which have not yet developed well and look relatively immature, "Bastard!" Zhou really spoke .

She struggled so much that she tossed from the chair to the ground, her skirt and trousers were pulled down together, "Let me go!" Zhou cried, but Captain Jinyiwei turned a deaf ear to her and would not let her go, and quickly pulled the skirt The trousers were pulled up to the ankles, and they were not pulled off directly because of the shackles. "You bastards, killing innocent people indiscriminately, insulting women..." Zhou cried and cursed hoarsely, unable to move his hands and feet, he could only twist|struggle with his torso like a dehydrated fish.

In Zhang Ning's eyes, this so-called torture was a group of men and a eunuch bullying a teenage girl. He sat upright and had no idea of ​​stopping it, because it was an absurdity allowed by order and rules.He is not a person who is willing to easily try to challenge the rules, and he understood this truth many years ago.

The lieutenants are still "carefully inspecting", the ru | room is the most obvious part of the inspection, they even have to break|open Zhou's leg to check the inside|side of the thigh.Zhang Ning dipped the brush in the inkstone a few times back and forth, trying to get rid of distracting thoughts in his mind, pondering the eunuch's words "she is a court lady", and recorded in "detailed and appropriate": Hu Butang ordered the tattoo inspection, (no Obtained) After Jinyiwei Xiaowei reported the results, he added these four words.

He also felt that Zhou's scolding sentence might contain hidden information, so he wrote it down after weighing it: The criminal Zhou scolded, you bastards, killing innocent people indiscriminately and insulting women.

At this moment, Hu Ying sat very calmly and did not move, and asked, "What does Peach Blossom Villa have to do with you, and what background do they have?"

Zhou spat, "I won't tell you even if I die!"

The eunuch reminded: "The clothes are all stripped, it's better to find a Wen Po to check if her body is broken." Hu Ying thought it was right, so she asked someone to pass on Wen Po, and wrapped Zhou with a quilt while waiting. After all, the weather in November is terrible, even though there is a charcoal fire in the room, I am afraid that she will get sick and die.

After Wen Po came, she opened her legs again, and after the inspection, she reported: "The female prisoner has transgressed human relations, and it cannot be wronged."

Hu Ying turned her head and said to the eunuch, "My lord, you can still become a beautiful woman and enter the palace. It seems that the father-in-law below you has to catch two more."

The eunuch surnamed Wang was working on Wang Gou'er, and he replied: "I have been arrested a long time ago, and none of the people who dealt with this court lady can get away with it! If you dare to poison the emperor's imperial meal, no one has the courage to cover it up, Huh!" Don't worry, the hall."

Hu Ying looked at Zhou with disdain and disdain: "You are not married, who broke your body?"

Wrapped in the quilt, Mrs. Zhou looked at Hu Butang with hatred, and stopped talking.

"That's all for today. Change her into a prison uniform so that she can take care of her so that she doesn't make any mistakes. Anyone who has an accident at her hands will be suspected of silence!" Hu Ying said in an emphatic tone.

The torture ended in absurd chaos, nothing was asked at all, and the female prisoner had no confession except a few curses.

Hu Ying looked at Zhang Ning's record specifically, and nodded approvingly after reading it, saying: "Ping'an has a good handwriting." But Zhang Ning knew that his approval was definitely not because of the handwriting. What's the use?

"Hu Butang is absurd." Zhang Ning said modestly.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Hu Ying smiled and said, "One of the few words contains a lot of words. I'm safe and cherish the ink, but I remember the scolding words in detail?"

Zhang Ning explained calmly: "The scolding words were said when she lost control of her emotions. At that time, her psychological defense was low, and there may be clues."

Hu Ying chuckled: "It seems that the old man did not choose the wrong person when he asked you to be his deputy. You and I have the same opinion. For example, the horoscope of 'killing innocents and insulting women' is nothing more than insulting women. Why should we kill innocents indiscriminately? Didn't kill anyone. So today's interrogation was also fruitful, at least she let her speak... The key person is still the court lady Zhou, we have to get something out of her; as for the other people involved, they are of no value, if they know I wouldn’t take such a big risk to cheat in the female draft. Also, whether the man from Taohua Villa captured by Jin Yiwei is related to the case is just speculation for the time being.”

"Hu Butang is right." Zhang Ning bowed quietly.

Now he had a vague guess: Hu Ying chose him to participate in such a major torture, and it was definitely not the reason he said that he did not choose the wrong person. He is a small official who has just entered the officialdom. Who would not choose him?

Zhang Ning remembered that Hu Ying said during the interrogation, "What is the relationship between Peach Blossom Villa and you, and what background do they have", I am afraid it has a deep meaning.Since the king of Han was behind the impeachment case of the imperial censor of the East Palace, why did Hu Ying want to blame this person in Taohua Villa?I'm afraid I don't believe that the person who is the king of Han is the emperor. Hu Ying is sandwiched between the emperor and the East Palace, so we need to find someone who is closely related to the East Palace?But why didn't he find Yu Qian...