When the New Year's bell rang from the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, the undercurrent that had been brewing for a long time finally came up.

Li Linfu's order also went out of the political hall, and the armored Jin Wuwei shuttled through the streets late at night, disrupting the lively tourists, and the noise was heard from time to time, and the festive Chinese New Year's Eve immediately had a thick killing.

In the cells of Jingzhao Mansion, young people who looked like scholars were escorted in one after another, and Li Linfu once again showed his control over Chang'an.

Li Linfu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly made a move, which seemed to disrupt the layout of the people in the shadows, and the originally prepared back moves stopped one after another, and the second half of the night seemed extraordinarily quiet, and the taste of Chinese New Year's Eve was diluted at once.

Luo Xizao got the message of Qian Yi, understood what Xiangye meant, and had no worries in his heart, and all his methods were used as he wished.

In a side hall of the back office of Jingzhao Mansion, a group of young people who looked like famous scholars were waiting here anxiously at the moment.

The door was pushed open, Luo Xixiao entered the hall to inspect the circle, his face was gloomy, without saying a word, his cold gaze made contact with everyone's eyes, and said slowly: "In Xia Luo Xizao, Xi is the law of Jingzhao Mansion."

"Some of you here may know my name, or none of you may know......" Roshizao laughed, "It doesn't matter, because you will soon have a ...... that I will remember for the rest of my life."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

The people in the hall had already heard about Luo Xizao's torture methods, but now seeing that he only entered and walked around and then exited, he didn't know what he meant, everyone 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 peeked out of the door of the side room, and after that, the screams grew louder and louder, and the people listened intently, 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 and went, and the sound of the whip hitting was mixed in, which made the people in the outer hall feel creepy.

At this time, the sound of the leather whip suddenly stopped, and a rough voice shouted: "Trick or not?"

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. Then the screams stopped abruptly, and I thought that the tortured person had passed out.

At this time, Luo Xi Shi Shi came out, tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, and said: "You are all talented scholars, and I am just a rough person, of course I didn't come here to invite you to drink and enjoy the flowers." I don't have anything else here, only torture instruments, and it's rare for you to come here, so please come indoors and take a look. ”

This statement is called an invitation, and it is clearly an order. When the officials heard this, they immediately drove everyone into the side room. When they entered the room, they saw the terrible scene, and saw two men with their heads drooped, apparently still in a state of fainting, and the smell of burning in the room, and the charcoal fire on the wall, several of which were burned red. Suddenly, there were vomiting sounds 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, the punishment that can make people scream is the lightest instrument 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. As soon as everyone looked at this chilling iron cage, a cold air suddenly jumped up from the soles of their feet.

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 embedded there, and his mouth is stuffed with a lump of hemp. 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 unloaded, otherwise the deeper the wooden peg goes, the more he will pierce 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.

"I ...... We are the Tributes, you ...... You dare to torture us!" The scholar who was finally able to stand firm said tremblingly.

"Gongshi, hehe...... The smile on Luo Xizao's face gradually turned cold: "What a big ...... 'official'!"

Unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was screened by counties, prefectures, and governments, and then screened by the provinces. In the Tang Dynasty, selection was generally carried out only once in a few regions, and those who passed could directly participate in the "provincial examination" (nominally a national examination presided over by Shangshu Province, equivalent to the later "Hui Examination").

Since the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, the imperial court has stipulated that the number of tributes is three in Shangzhou, two in Zhongzhou, and one in Xiazhou.

In other words, as long as the state capital passes a round of exams and obtains the recommendation of Taishou, you can become a tribute and get the opportunity to enter Beijing to catch the exam.

At this time, don't say that you are just a tribute, even if you pass the examinations of the Ming Jing and Jinshi Sect, you will generally not be immediately ordained. "Literature General Examination and Election Examination" cloud: "In the Tang Dynasty, there were only twenty or thirty people per year. The scholar and the first, not to solve the brown, into the office there is still a test officer. Han Wengong's third trial department did not succeed, and he was clothed for ten years. And there are those who have not been hired for 20 years. ”

Unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, as long as you are selected, you have the qualifications to be an official, and you have completed the transformation from ordinary people to bureaucrats. Nowadays, these tributes are considered state reserve officials at best, but they are no different from ordinary people.

As Li Linfu's minions, Luo Xizao usually packs up high-ranking officials and magnates, just a few white-clothed scholars, how can he be afraid?

In the afternoon, there were nearly 200 people fighting on Suzaku Street, but despite Li Linfu's quick move, only 30 or 40 people have been arrested and brought to Jingzhao Mansion at present, almost all of them are poor students who have no foundation, and they can only study to death, and their vigilance is not strong.

As for the real main forces, they have long been hidden by their respective forces, that is, some who have no foundation but have flexible hearts, and when they retreated in the afternoon, they did not return to the pre-agreed meeting point, but found a place to hide.

At this moment, the sky is not yet bright, because of the New Year's Festival, Chang'an City is not curfew, with the passage of time, the search on the street is gradually reduced, although the carnival of the night is less flavorful, but it is still continuing.

The rest of the students also calmed down from the shock, and under the encouragement of those who had a heart, their fear turned into anger, and then the tandem began......

Xu Chen did not stay overnight in Xiangfu, and originally planned to take advantage of Chinese New Year's Eve to take the brothers to visit Chang'an City, but now that there is such a file, naturally he is not in that mood.

"I still don't understand...... On the return carriage, Wang Ce, who was still puzzled, asked, "What happened today?"

"Looking at the teacher's appearance, someone should be making a move on him!" Xu Chen muttered.

"Then why are you trapped, big brother?"

"It's procrastination!"

"Delay?" Lu Hao was slightly startled, looked at Xu Chen and said suspiciously: "Is there someone in Chang'an City who knows us so well?"

"Yes!" Xu Chen nodded.

Lu Hao was stunned, but he still didn't know: "Wanjia is also involved, what do they want to do?"

"Compared to this, I'm more curious about what they are going to do, it's just a bunch of scholars, even chess pieces are too petty!"

"Maybe it's just a reason, maybe there's a back-up move!" Wang Ce interjected.

"There must be a follow-up move!" Xu Chen said: "It's just that I always feel that this time it's not that simple......"

As he spoke, the carriage came to a halt.

"Jin Wuwei is inspecting, the people in the car are down!" a shout sounded outside the car.

Xu Chen was slightly stunned, lifted the curtain and walked out.

"There's no curfew tonight, right?" Xu Chen laughed.

The young general in the lead was covered in armor, his face was covered with a mask, and only a pair of cold eyes were revealed, and he asked coldly, "Your name is Xu Chen?"

Xu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded: "Yes!"

The young general nodded slightly, waved his big hand, and said coldly: "Grab it and take it away!"

Immediately, two guards pounced on one left and one on the right.

"Who dare!" Shi Lei shouted, jumped into the jump, and jumped directly from the car.

"Bold!" shouted the young general, "Do you want to resist the decree?"

"Resist?" Xu Chen asked, "Whose will?"

"Of course it's the will of the Holy Lord!" the young general said coldly: "The Holy Lord ordered Li Xiang to thoroughly investigate the Gongshi brawl that happened on Suzaku Street this afternoon, and all the relevant personnel will be brought back to the Yamen for trial!"

"I'll ask you!" the young general stared at Xu Chen and asked, "Can you be at the scene of the brawl in the afternoon?"

"Here!" Xu Chen said indifferently.

"Then do you have the qualifications to be a tribute?" asked the young general again.

"Yes!" Xu Chen was still cold.

"Then what else do you have to say?" asked the young general coldly.

Xu Chen raised his eyes, looked at the cold gaze exposed in the iron armor, and chuckled: "But I didn't participate in the fight!"

"Is there something that you don't have the final say!" the young general sneered: "The yamen will find out!"

Xu Chen looked at him for a moment, and then suddenly smiled: "You don't know me, or did you just know me? You covered your face, are you afraid that I will know what you look like?"

The young general laughed angrily: "Then wait until you know who I am, and then threaten me!"

"Take it away!"