Qin Hui sent the family to Yangzhou to ask Wan Qian to come to Lin'an for appointment, and the family received the order and invited the two of them. That Wan Qian is a general judgment of Yangzhou Mansion, Luo Ruji is a fellow intellectual, and these two people walk around under the Qin Hui Gate, like dogs.

Hearing that it was Qin Hui who invited him, the two hurriedly took a sedan chair to the Prime Minister's Mansion, got off the sedan chair, and went all the way into the study to see Prime Minister Qin. Qin Hui instructed Ci to sit and wait for tea, and the two sat down to drink tea, and asked tentatively: "The prime minister summoned the two lowly people to come, I don't know what to send?"

Qin Hui said: "The old man invited the two of them here, not for anything else, just because the old man sent Dali Temple to interrogate Yue Fei's crime on Wednesday yesterday, but he didn't expect to flee on Wednesday for fear of hanging the crown. On Wednesday, the post of Zhengqing in Dali Temple was vacant, and the old man heard about the saint tomorrow, that is, the two of you were promoted to serve in Dali Temple, responsible for investigating the case. The two of you are talents valued by the old man, and you must do your best to interrogate Yue Fei. ”

"Yue Fei is a military general, you must torture him, verify his crime, whether he recruits or not, it must be determined as an iron case. That Yue Fei's merit is high, the emperor means that he wants Yue Fei's life, you just watch it, you must do it as soon as possible, but the emperor's heart is sick. If you do this, you will have made a great contribution, the old man will not treat you badly, and the emperor will also give you another reward, I hope the two of you will not live up to the old man's expectations of you. ”

When the two heard this, they said in unison: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, this matter is on us." We will definitely do our best to send Yue Fei on the road as soon as possible. After the two finished speaking, they thanked him and said goodbye, and walked out of the prime minister's mansion and returned to Dali Temple.

The next day, Qin Hui proposed in the court to let Wan Qian be the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and Luo Ruji should be the Wencheng of Dali Temple. The emperor obeyed Qin Hui's words, agreed to Qin Hui's proposal, and immediately passed down the edict, and promoted Wan Qi to be the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and Luo Ruji to be the Cheng of Dali Temple. In the court, seeing that the emperor was obedient to Qin Hui's words, knowing that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, everyone was silent, but they were very worried about Yue Fei's safety in their hearts. Because the two people recommended by Qin Hui are his loyal lackeys, Qin Hui's words carry more weight than the holy decree.

Qin Hui got the word and immediately sent Wang Jun to deliver the decree, and by the way, he urged the trial of the case. Wan Qiaowei and Luo Ruji knew that the two of them could have today, it was all the credit of Lord Qin, they bowed their heads to Qin Hui, Wang Jun passed on Lord Qin's will, and the two immediately took office and were promoted to try Yue Fei's case.

Wan Qianyu instructed the officials to go to the prison to lift Yue Fei to the lobby, Yue Fei came to the dripping eaves, and saw Wan Qiao, Luo Ruji, and Zhang Jun sitting in the lobby. Na Wan Qiao, Luo Ruji, and Wang Jun are all people around Qin Hui, and they will only obey Qin Hui's orders. This Qin Hui has long had ill intentions, and he will not easily let go of a person who hinders his future. Qin Hui is a person from Jin Wuxuan, but he can't help him if he doesn't get evidence of his collaboration with the enemy.

"What can I do about this? It seems that I am really unlucky this time. "Yue Fei is a person who is loyal to the imperial court, and in order to prove his innocence, he has long been determined to die.

"Master Cha, why don't you see Lord Zhou sitting in the hall today?" Yue Fei asked curiously.

"Marshal Yue didn't know that Lord Zhou had already hung up his crown and left, and now the imperial court was arresting him. Sitting in the hall today are Master Wan Qiao and Master Luo Ruji, who were promoted by Prime Minister Qin, and the two of them did Zhengqing and Wen Cheng of Dali Temple, and sent them to investigate the marshal's case. I don't think these two people treat the marshal like Lord Zhou, and the marshal must be mentally prepared. The official said.

Yue Fei sighed when he heard this: "That's it, that's it, this Wang Jun used to escort grain and grass to Zhuxian Town, and because he withheld the sergeant's rations, he was beaten by me with forty military sticks." I regretted not killing him at the beginning, but today I died at the hands of the two thieves, this is my Yue Fei's life. Alas......"

Yue Fei sighed, walked up to the lobby, stood in front of the two without kneeling, arched his hand and said, "The three adults are above, Yue Fei has no official uniform, so he will not be polite." ”

Wan Qian shouted: "Nonsense! You are a rebel of the imperial court, I was ordered to investigate, why didn't you kneel when you saw me?"

Yue Fei smiled faintly and said: "I have contributed to the country, and I am not guilty to the court, what do you ask?"

Luo Ruji said: "Now your subordinate officer Wang Jun sues you for not moving, falsely transporting grain and grass, and falsely claiming that there is no food. ”

Marshal Yue listened to this and said: "There are 13 large battalions in Zhuxian Town, 300,000 horses, how much do you consume every day? Have you calculated this account? How can you say that there is no food in the army? This is purely false, and someone deliberately harmed Yue, and Yue has a clear conscience. ”

"Okay, you Yue Fei, do you dare to quibble here? I don't think you need to be tortured, you won't confess. Someone is coming!

Wan Qian shouted, but the officials did not dare to step forward to torture, they knew that Marshal Yue was loyal and patriotic, and he was a man, and they admired it from the bottom of their hearts. Wan Qiyu was furious when he saw that the officials refused to do anything, but he had just taken office, and he didn't dare to be angry, so in order to convince the officials, he pretended to be generous.

"Yue Fei, even if there is no food in the army, and someone slanders you, why don't you kneel when you see this official? This official is also ordered to be the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, do you want this official to kneel for you?"

Yue Fei said: "I am the marshal of the army, why did I come to kneel to you?"

Luo Ruji and Wang Jun saw that Yue refused to kneel, so they had to ask for a holy decree to be offered in the lobby, and Yue Fei saw the holy decree and had to kneel.

Wan Qiaowei and Luo Ruji moved the public case to the side and sat down, and said, "Yue Fei, you will quickly press the army and recruit the reason for fornicating with the Jin Kingdom." ”

Yue Fei asked: "Since the plaintiff is Wang Jun, please ask Wang Jun to confront me face to face." Wang Jun, I would like to ask, why did you reverse right and wrong in the past? Is it because I beat you with forty military sticks and hold a grudge? When I let you go, it was for the sake of Qin Xiangye's face, but you are the first wicked person to sue here. Ask yourself, are you worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth?"

Wang Jun listened to Yue Fei's count, his face flushed with anger, and he stood up and shouted: "Yue Fei, you are now a prisoner, how can you interrogate me? You are a hypocrite, who looks sanctimonious on the surface, but in fact you are a person who forms a party for personal gain and excludes dissidents. ”

Wan Qiyu knew that Yue Fei was wronged, but he was doing things for Prime Minister Qin, in order to show his ability to do things, he said bluntly: "Yue Fei, everyone says that you are a good man, you can admit this little murder, why do you have so much involvement?"

Yue Fei said: "Cutting off my head is like a hat blown by the wind, what am I afraid of Yue Fei?

"Then you're going to plead not guilty?" Wan asked.

"Yue is not guilty, what kind of crime do you admit? I said you killed someone, do you plead guilty?" Yue Fei asked rhetorically.

"Since you are carrying it to death, then I will let you carry it, come on, first beat forty military sticks and get off the horse, and then do the theory. ”

Wan Qiyu shouted, but the officials still didn't dare to make a move, Wan Qiyu shouted: "Why do you people resist and don't obey the order? Are you willing to be Yue Fei's accomplices?"

The officials had no choice but to carry out the order. They pressed Yue Fei to the ground, stripped off his clothes, and beat forty military sticks fiercely, because above the hall, the three adults were looking at them with fierce eyes, and they didn't dare to bend the law for personal gain. Poor Yue Fei was beaten to the point that his skin was open and his flesh was open, his blood flowed, and he died in pain.

"Yue Fei, ask you again, do you recruit or not?" Wan Qiyun asked.

"Yue is not guilty, where did he get it?"

"Well, since you have a hard mouth, I'll give you a taste of the stick. ”

Wan Qiyu said it, and ordered the left and right sticks to wait. It was to copy the fingers with sandalwood, and ordered the two to beat them with sticks, so that Yue Fei's hair was scattered, rolling on the spot, his finger bones were shattered, and Yue Fei was in pain, but he refused to confess.

Yue Fei was tortured by the clamp stick to the point that he was not human, his heart was cramping for a while, and if he was an ordinary person, he would have already been beaten into a trick. Yue Fei is different, for the sake of his own reputation, he is indomitable, even if he dies and lives, he still does not admit that he is guilty. Seeing Yue Fei's iron bones, Wan Qian was worried that he would torture Yue Fei to death before he confessed his guilt, and he was afraid that the emperor would blame him, so he had to order a temporary imprisonment.

In the evening, Wan Qiwei and Luo Ruji got together to discuss how to make Yue Fei speak, they racked their brains and thought about it, and finally invented new tricks in the torture methods of the ancients, these new tricks are called Phi Ma Question, Skinning and Torture. They crushed the hemp skin overnight, boiled the fish gelatin, everything was ready, and when they ascended to the hall the next day, Yue Fei was brought out for interrogation.

Wan Qiyu said: "Yue Fei, you should quickly recruit the crime of not moving and intending to rebel, and be exempted from the criminal law." ”

Yue Fei said: "I am determined to restore the Central Plains all my life, and welcome back the two saints with the shame of Xue Jingkang. In Zhuxian Town, together with Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Qi, the marshals, they swept away 2 million gold soldiers. I originally planned to wave my army to the north and succeed in one fell swoop, but at this time, the emperor's decree arrived, asking me to lead the troops back to Zhuxian Town to raise horses, saying that I would wait until this autumn when the grain and grass were sufficient before waving the army north. Since it is the emperor's will, how can I not obey it, there is no way, I have to go back to Zhuxian Town, if you don't believe it, Yue Fei has the emperor's holy purpose, and now he is offering it at home. ”

"And after Zhu Xianzhen defeated Jin Wuxuan, I once wrote to the emperor to ask the emperor to go straight to the Yellow Dragon and welcome back the two saints, but the emperor did not agree, he said that it was winter, it was not suitable for the Northern Expedition, and the book urged the transportation of grain and grass, but the result was that the grain and grass were not enough. You say, do I follow the holy decree to return to the army and raise horses, or do I resist the decree and continue the Northern Expedition?"

Wan Qiyu and Luo Ruji listened and glanced at each other, they didn't know how to deal with Yue Fei.

"Two adults, you should know that the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, if it weren't for the holy decree, Yue Fei would not dare to stand still even if he had the courage to do so. Yue Fei obeyed the emperor's order to raise horses in Tuntian, Zhuxian Town for a few months, looking forward to the autumn harvest season a little earlier, so as to prepare for the grain and grass to go north, but I didn't expect Song Jin to make peace, and the emperor summoned me back with twelve gold medals. You say, I, Yue Fei, have received twelve gold medals, should I come back?"

"If I deduct the sergeant's rations, the thirteen battalions in Zhuxian Town that day, with more than 300,000 horses, everyone can stand up and complain about me, why is Wang Jun alone? Could it be that I, Yue Fei, can also block the hundreds of thousands of soldiers? Yue Fei is loyal, but the sun and the moon can be revealed, and the sky can be expressed, what do you call me to recruit?"