Li Shizhi is the left minister of the court, his protégés are all over the world, and he has been in charge of the military department for many years, and his party members are very heavy, while Wei Jian is an official of the criminal department, and Huangfu Weiming is a general who has led the army for many years. It can be expected that once the three of them are imprisoned, it will cause an uproar in the court, and for this reason, they cannot be given time to breathe.

So, as soon as Li Linfu left the inner hall, he immediately started to do it, and due to the particularity of the three people, Li Linfu could only call the forbidden army to arrest him.

The wolf-like soldiers captured Li Shizhi, Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian at the same time, and threw them into the prison of Jingzhao Mansion.

After the three were arrested, there were soldiers guarding the front and back of their homes, and the family members were terrified when they saw this shock, and the three adults were arrested at the same time in one day, which also immediately caused the Beijing division to shake.

The relatives and friends of the three party members gathered together immediately after hearing the news, but there was no one in charge, and they couldn't find any good ideas in a panic, so they could only wait and see what happened, and immediately wrote a letter to advise them after they went back, and tried to protect the three of them.

As night fell, Ji Wen and Luo Xixiao entered Li Linfu's house together. In front of the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion led from the gatehouse, I saw Qian Yi standing in front of the door of the study and looking up at the moon in the distance, and he could see that he was very excited.

Seeing this, the two hurriedly greeted them. Ji Wen followed Qian Yi's gaze and looked at the bright moon, which was still as bright as ever. Ji Wen couldn't see anything, so he had to ask Qian Yi curiously: "Sir is really so elegant, but I don't know how different the moonlight is today?"

After Ji Wen asked, Luo Xixiao also looked at Qian Yi with curiosity and hope, and if he wanted to lead the leader, he naturally had to learn to start with the people around him.

Qian Yi was stunned for a moment, glanced at the looks on the faces of the two, and realized that the two had thought of a fork, and were about to explain, but unexpectedly, a loud quarrel broke out in Li Linfu's study at this moment.

In the study, Wan Dezhao was complaining loudly at Li Linfu: "Didn't you say that this time only the emperor Fu was the only one? What is going on now? Don't you know how strong the forces behind it are? If you move three at a time, we will be put in by ourselves!"

"Do you think I want to?" Li Linfu also replied angrily, the incident happened suddenly, and Li Linfu was also not ready for a full-scale war now.

"See for yourself!" As he spoke, Li Linfu grabbed a piece of music from the case and threw it to Wan Dezhao, but it was a copy of the bullet of the petty official of the Ministry of Rites.

Wan Dezhao hurriedly picked it up, looked at it quickly, and in the blink of an eye, his brows furrowed deeply.

After half a ring, Wan Dezhao slowly put down the piece in his hand and said calmly: "The matter has come to this, then we can only solve it quickly!"

Li Linfu nodded silently.

"Okay, then let's go our separate ways!" Wan Dezhao also stayed for a short time, stood up, and walked towards the door, just a few steps, but he didn't forget to turn around and say: "At this point, then the crown prince Li Heng must not be involved this time, otherwise, everything will be over!"

Li Linfu said depressedly: "I still know the severity!"

Wan Dezhao bowed his head and turned to leave.

Outside the study, Ji Wen and Luo Xizao heard the quarrel in the study, and also saw Wan Dezhao when they left.

So, Luo Xixiao asked curiously: "Mr. Kaiyang, I don't know who Enxiang is seeing today?"

Qian Yi glanced at him when he heard this, and scolded softly: "Don't ask if you shouldn't know!"

Luo Xizao suddenly sweated like rain and hurriedly apologized.

After Wan Dezhao left, Li Linfu immediately met with the two.

Jingzhao Mansion Fa Cao Jiwen has now been awarded the title of Imperial History, but it is because not long ago, Fan Yang Jiedu made Zhang Shouqi write a letter to impeach Pinglu Jiedu to make An Lushan kill good and take the risk. For this reason, Li Longji ordered Li Linfu to go to investigate, and Li Linfu recommended Ji Wen to Xuanzong.

As soon as Jiwen arrived at An Lushan's territory, he was recognized by him. Subsequently, An Lushan, who was the envoy of the festival of a town, handed over the festival, and was very courteous to Jiwen, the small government of the government Cao, and smashed a lot of money and beauties, and Jiwen, who was not an upright person, became An Lushan's "brother".

With the help of the "good brothers", a black-and-white investigation result was presented to Li Longji's imperial case, and Zhang Shouqi and Li Shizhi got too close, Li Linfu simply acquiesced to this result.

Immediately, Fan Yang Jiedu made Zhang Shouqi be demoted to the Taishou of Kuojun, and An Lushan took advantage of the situation to serve as the envoy of Fanyang Jiedu, becoming a feudal official who also served as the two towns and towns.

And Ji Wen was also promoted to the imperial history by Emperor Xuanzong because of his meritorious work in handling the case, and since Ji Wen moved to the imperial history not long after, Li Linfu fulfilled the preface, and sure enough, he awarded Luo Xizheng as the law of Jingzhao Mansion, and now Li Shizhi, Wei Jian, and Huangfu Weiming are under the jurisdiction of Luo Xizao.

Li Linfu retreated, leaving only the three of them in the room. Luo Xizao first said: "Enxiang, those three people have been detained in prison. If the favor is granted, the villain can be tortured overnight, and he is not afraid that they will not be recruited. ”

Li Linfu was silent, after all, Ji Wen knew the three of them very well, and said carefully: "This matter must be done safely." These three people are all big members, if they are punished recklessly, and their faces are not good-looking, then Li Shizhi is still a member of the royal family, and the saint will definitely not like it. Moreover, among the three, Wei Jianxu can't bear it, and Huangfu Weiming and Li Shizhi, a hard bone and an old fox, will inevitably bite at this critical moment, and I am afraid that they will not be able to take it down in the short term, and it will be a little inappropriate to let their henchmen come to their senses. ”

Luo Xizao has been recommended by Ji Wen so far, and it can be said that his official fortune is prosperous, so he is very grateful to Ji Wen, and when he saw this, he hurriedly agreed: "What Brother Ji said is very true, according to what Brother Ji said." ”

"Let's listen to Eun Xiang's orders. "Geven, however, is a man who knows how to be faithful.

Li Linfu looked at these two people and knew that they were both ruthless people, and this kind of person was very easy to use, but if he backed up one day, it would be not trivial, and he was vigilant about these two in his heart. He felt that Ji Wen's train of thought was quite appropriate, so he said: "Although the Holy Lord has asked me to preside over this matter, the specific trial will depend on your means. Ji Wen, the Holy One knows that you are able to do things, and he specially ordered that you preside over the specific trial. These two are now in prison, and it is up to you to decide how to try them next. ”

Ji Wen did not shirk, and said: "Enxiang, Xiao can try the periphery of this case first, and then prove the main culprit." When Wei Jian first arrived at the Criminal Department, Huangfu Weiming was far away from the Hexi Army, so the trial should be focused on the Military Department. If there is a breakthrough from then on, it can be gradually expanded. ”

Li Linfu saw that Ji Wen was very thoughtful, and his heart was satisfied, so he said: "Okay, you can hurry up and do it." The Holy One is in a hurry to deal with this matter, and you must wait around the clock, and you must do your best to find out what is going on. ”

Ji Wen naturally knew the seriousness of this matter, and hurriedly said, "Please rest assured. Xi Zheng has recently produced several kinds of torture tools, and if those people from the military department saw these rare things, they would have already recruited them without having to experience them in person. ”

When Li Linfu heard this, he said coldly: "At this time, the trial has not yet been heard, so don't talk too much." In addition, you must be rigorous in your trial, and you must not make any mistakes. ”

The two hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

There are a total of 53 officials at all levels in the Ministry of War, including Wei Jian's younger brother Wei Zhi, who is currently a member of the Ministry of War. On the evening of the second day, when they were leaving the office, Luo Xizao led a group of armed officials to block the front of the military department, and then escorted them into a hall in the Jingzhao Mansion prison.

These people don't know why, and when they are in prison, the nameless fear in their hearts is suddenly born. They cowered and feared, and rumors of the murderous things in prison came to their hearts in an instant.

Luo Xi entered the hall and walked around, his face gloomy, without saying a word, he made contact with the cold gaze and the confused and fearful gaze of everyone, and then slowly paced into the side room with his hands behind his back.

The people in the hall had already heard of Luo Xizao's torture methods, but now seeing that he only entered and walked around and then exited, they did not know what he meant, and people thought about it for a while, and the hall seemed to be very quiet.

Suddenly, the silence was broken by a terrible scream, apparently coming from the side room. A crack was revealed in the door of the side room, and after that, the screams became louder and louder, and everyone listened attentively, and they heard the screams mixed with the whipping of leather whips.

A moment later, screams of different voices joined in, apparently two people being tortured at the same time. These two screams came one after another, and the sound of the whip hitting was mixed in, and the sound was so loud that the people in the outer hall felt creepy when they heard it.

At this time, the sound of the leather whip suddenly stopped, and a rough voice shouted: "Is it a move?"

After a while, another person said in a deep voice, "Change the soldering iron." ”

There was silence in the side room for a moment, and suddenly two terrible screams shook the surroundings, and the sound was much longer than before, and it was obvious that the soldering iron was burning its muscles. When the screams stopped abruptly, it must have been the tortured person who had passed out.

At this time, Luo Xizao came out, tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, and said: "It is really an honor for the lower officials to be able to come to the Imperial Palace. It's just that there is nothing else to look up to, only torture instruments, and it is rare for adults to come here, so please go indoors and watch it. ”

This statement is called an invitation, and it is clearly an order. When the officials heard this, they immediately drove the soldiers into the side room. When they entered the room, they immediately saw the terrible scene, and saw two men with their heads drooped, apparently still in a state of death, and the smell of burning in the room was permeated, and the charcoal fire in the furnace by the wall was blazing, and several of the soldering irons were burned red. Suddenly, there was a sound of vomiting in the crowd, and the timid people among them were frightened and frightened, and collapsed to the ground in the vomiting.

Luo Xixiao was very satisfied with the expressions of these people, and said proudly: "You have seen that these two people are obviously thieves, but they refuse to admit it, so they have to suffer some flesh and skin. When you hear their screams, you must think that the punishment here is severe? Hehe, I tell you that such punishments, which can make people cry out, are the lightest instruments of torture. Speaking of this, Luo Xizao called left and right, "Push the iron cage over." ”

After a loud sound, the officials pushed the iron cage at the foot of the wall in front of everyone. Everyone knows that they have heard of this chilling iron cage, and when they see it at this time, they can't help but feel creepy.

Luo Xixiao walked to the front of the iron cage, stretched out his hand and tugged on the red rope, and listened to the iron bell on the top of the cage. Luo Xizao turned his face proudly, smiled and said to everyone: "This torture instrument does not need to be made by humans. Do you see the hole in the middle? The head of the prisoner is there, and there is a hemp ball in his mouth. If he changes his mind and agrees to confess, his hand can still move, and he can pull the bell once, and the person will be removed; otherwise, the deeper the wooden peg goes, the more he will puncture the criminal's skull!"

When Luo Xizao said this, he let go of his hands and said exaggeratedly: "Just listen to the sound of 'bang', this skull will bloom, and there are red and white in it, and the color is very beautiful." ”

Before his words fell, he heard the sound of "wow" in the crowd, and the brave man vomited loudly.

Luo Xizao frowned and said: "How can you be so delicate as the officials of the military department and in charge of the affairs of the world's soldiers and horses?

Luo Xixiao was in control of the fire, and knew that these people had watched such a scene, and at least a little half of the soul had disappeared, so he began to get to the point: "You think it's been strange all along, and I don't know why you got here. Hehe, I, Luo Xi, am just a little Facao, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to disobey the officials and invite you here. You must know that Li Shizhi, Huangfu Weiming, and Wei Jian have been arrested and imprisoned for conspiracy, hehe, they are just a wall away from you. Oh, again, I want to say that I have invited you here today not to be bold, but to serve the will of God. ”

Someone below began to talk to each other.

Luo Xixiao said sharply again: "Li Shizhi was originally your superior, you either participated in his conspiracy, or you know some things about him, you must explain them one by one today." If someone conceals it and does not say it, it will be a rebellion, and then these torture instruments will be useful. Alright, the smell of blood is too strong here, please return to the hall. You have to think about it, and I will talk to you about it one by one. ”

The crowd fled from the torture chamber as if they were fleeing from the plague, and when they entered the hall, a small half of them were paralyzed on the ground.

Rejoicing at this, Rohi entered another side room and began a separate interrogation. The order of his questioning was: Did you participate in Li Shizhi's conspiracy? Do you know about Li Shizhi's conspiracy? What misdeeds did Li Shizhi have?

Most people in such situations are anxious to get rid of themselves, but they have no compassion for others. The people who answered the words of the military department did not dare to admit that they had a plot with Li Shizhi, and most of them said that Li Shizhi usually had bad words and deeds. Together, the testimony of these people made Li Shizhi a heinous conspirator.

Satisfied, Rohi was so busy that they drew their own defenses. After that, Luo Xizao followed this example again, and worked hard to expand the scope of acquaintance of Li Shizhi and the three of them, and asked them one by one. If he encounters some tough people, Luo Xizao will inevitably greet him with all kinds of torture tools.

After many days of interrogation, Gwen and Rohizao finally settled the case. Li Linfu flipped through the case file and the attached arguments, and found that the evidence was really conclusive and that he had not committed any taboos, so he said with satisfaction: "Not bad! Such a major case can be settled in just a few days, which can be called a miracle speed." Okay, I'll go into the palace and report to the saint. ”

Li Linfu entered the palace and saw Li Longji, and immediately presented all the case files and defenses, Li Longji saw that the case files were very thick, and immediately frowned, and read them patiently one by one.

After a long time, Li Longji closed the file in his hand, but he sighed helplessly in his heart: "After all, he still let him complete the big case!"

But I saw that among the piles of files, it was actually from the meeting between Huangfu Weiming and Wei Jian in Jinglongguan. It said that Wei Jian was familiar with the Lord of Huilongguan before, and this Taoist priest was good at divination and contemplation, according to the Taoist priest's confession, Huangfu Weiming asked him about his face and national fortune.

He also said that the emperor only knew the true colors of a martial artist, but in fact he had no distracting thoughts, but Wei Jian was thoughtful. Under careful investigation, he became more and more aware that Wei Jian was scheming, and he had inadvertently laid a huge net.

Wei Jian, relying on his status as the brother of the crown princess, tried his best to win over the prince's friends Huangfu Weiming, Wang Zhonghei and others, who were also from a prestigious family and had a lot of contacts with officials at all levels in the court.

Then he introduced it in detail: Wei Jian's brother Wei Lan was appointed as a young craftsman, Wei Zhi was a member of the military department, Wei Bing was the commander of Ju County, and his son Wei Liang was the Hu Cao of Henan Prefecture.

Unconsciously, a large net spread all over the government and the opposition quietly opened.

In fact, Emperor Xuanzong actually knew that Li Shizhi and the three of them might not have any objections, but after reading this dossier, he was shocked to find that he had so many henchmen in private. Li Longji also has some idea of these ministers' private alliances, and there are often information from the internal guards that the ministers have made friends privately, but they are not so detailed. After all, the ministers' formation of parties is mostly a private matter, and the internal guard has been suppressed to the extreme in recent years, and the investigation of these matters is much smaller, and this time if it were not for the intervention of Li Linfu, the leader of another party in the court, Emperor Xuanzong may not have been able to get such a detailed file.

However, the matter of forming a party for personal gain has existed in all dynasties, and no matter how wise Li Longji is, he cannot put an end to this matter, so he can only acquiesce, as long as his ambition is not too big. It's just that now, Li Shizhi's henchmen are really beyond Li Longji's bottom line.

The so-called spark can start a prairie fire, and if the sprout is not stifled before it emerges, it will add many variables to the future turmoil.

It was precisely because he guessed Li Longji's mind that Li Linfu concocted such a rich dossier, and he didn't worry about defeating Li Shizhi.

Sure enough, Li Longji closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and after opening his eyes, he said to Li Linfu: "Just follow the precedent and deal with it properly!"

Li Linfu calmly accepted the order, and asked out loud: "Li Shizhi, I don't know who the Holy Lord wants is the left minister?"

Originally, Li Linfu shouldn't have asked this kind of thing at all, but Li Linfu knew that Emperor Xuanzong must have been jealous of him, so he simply did the opposite, and calmly asked this question to show his righteousness.

Now that the political hall has gone to Li Shizhi, only Lin Xilie is left, even if the emperor does not give himself the position of Zuo Xiang, this Lin Xilie, who has no foundation, is just a microphone in front of him Li Linfu.

Li Longji really glanced at Li Linfu deeply, and with doubts in his eyes, he said slowly: "Let me think about this matter!"