Chapter 293: Braised Pork
In the palace, because the old princess ordered, everyone didn't dare to talk about the Shen family's affairs anymore, but outside the palace, no one could restrain them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Fifteen years ago, Liu's birth of Shen Yue in the coffin was too shocking, how many women, especially those who gave birth to children, admired Liu's, and now I listen to it again, it turns out that Liu's death by fire was not an accident, but was calculated.
Everyone thinks that the murderers, that is, the eldest lady and the Qin family, are not enough to die ten thousand times.
Besides, the Qin family and the eldest lady were taken to the criminal department, and both of them knew that a catastrophe was coming, and it would not be good.
However, there is still a glimmer of life, as long as they grit their teeth and refuse to admit it, the letter is torn up again, and there is no other witness, who can help them?
If they really confess their sins, not only will they die, but even their daughters will not be able to protect them.
The two made up their minds and did not admit their guilt, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department asked again and again, except for being angry enough, there was nothing at all.
Normally, at this time, the criminal department can only use the punishment to force the question.
It's just that the eldest lady and the Qin family have special identities, both of them are the ladies of the Decree, and the eldest lady is also the mother-in-law of the prince of Chongzuhou.
However, Chu Muyuan instructed, how to interrogate, how to interrogate, no need to scruples.
After hesitating, Shangshu of the Criminal Department still decided to torture the two of them.
It's just that before the punishment was on the body of the eldest lady, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was choked with anger, and he was beaten into a trick, and he was bribed by Prince Xuan's son and poured dirty water on her.
The Criminal Department has tried countless cases, but I have never seen a woman with conclusive evidence of guilt, and she is still so hard-mouthed and beats a rake.
No wonder Prince Xuan is going to be handed over to the Criminal Department for trial, this is in the Shen family, who can help her?
Shangshu of the Criminal Department threw the torture order to the ground, "Call me!" ”
After dozens of boards went down, the skin was beaten and the flesh was opened, but the eldest lady not only pleaded guilty, but also shouted injustice.
Qin Shi was directly knocked unconscious, and was woken up by water splashing.
hit the board and put on the stick, and the criminal department was gone.
There are a lot of tortures in the Criminal Department, and the beating of boards and sticks is considered light, of course, the lightest ones are probably hunger and thirst, and the rest of them make people's hairs stand on end, such as cannon branding, exercise, intestinal pumping, hanging spine, knee ripping, skinning, and cooking......
But these punishments are not suitable for the Qin family and the eldest lady.
The two of them insisted on not drawing a confession, and it was really difficult to execute them with just a letter.
After all, they have been pampered for so many years, and there is pressure from the ancestor Hou Shizi in person, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department put the eldest lady and the Qin family in the prison of the Criminal Department, let him think about it, how to pry open the mouths of the two of them.
The eldest lady was arrested, and a maid sent a message to Shen Yao.
Originally, Chongzu Hou Shizi never thought about marrying Shen Yao, but he had an accident and had to marry, and he didn't want to care whether the eldest lady was dead or alive.
But it was Chu Muyuan who sent the eldest lady to the Criminal Department, and the prince of Chongzu wanted to take care of this matter.
It is best to save the eldest lady, which means that Chu Muyuan slandered the eldest lady, if he can't save it, he will also do his duty as a son-in-law, and more importantly, he will block Chu Muyuan.
With Chongzu Hou Shizi's sideways, this case will not be easy to try.
Moreover, this case caused a stir in the whole of Kyoto, which alarmed the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
If the case cannot be investigated, it means that the criminal department is incompetent.
The Marquis of Chongzu exerted pressure in the Yizheng Palace, and Yichun Bo agreed, basically not allowing the criminal department to use torture, and there was a suspicion of torture.
However, the secretary of the Criminal Department is not a vegetarian, not to mention that this case was investigated by Prince Xuan, who was supported by the emperor, so he said that the use of punishment is the right of the Criminal Department, and no one has the right to interfere.
After arguing for a while, the emperor spoke, and he asked Prince Xuan how to investigate this case.
Chongzu Hou is the uncle of the Second Young Master of Chu, so he naturally hopes that the Second Young Master of Chu will inherit Prince Xuan's Mansion in the future.
But it was Chu Muyuan who sent the eldest lady to the Criminal Department, the son of Prince Xuan.
The emperor wants to take this opportunity to see who Prince Xuan will prefer.
Prince Xuan glanced at the emperor and said, "Give the Criminal Department five days to try its best to investigate this case, and others must not interfere, if they can't be made to confess within five days, let them go first." ”
Everyone helped, and no one helped.
And so it was settled.
Shen Yao visited the prison and told the eldest lady about it, as long as the criminal department could not decide the case within five days, they would be released.
After going to the court, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came to Chu Muyuan, he had to tell Chu Muyuan first, lest he couldn't find out anything after five days, and let Chu Muyuan be disappointed, after all, he was not completely sure that he wanted the eldest lady and the Qin family to confess, and now there is a five-day period, if it were him, he would carry the five days if he said anything.
And the incident happened more than ten years ago, the scene of the crime was destroyed a long time ago, and he didn't know where to start.
Since Chu Muyuan can get the letter, there may be other evidence that it is not necessarily, at least it is easier to find out than him.
After Shangshu finished speaking, he looked at Chu Muyuan worriedly.
Chu Muyuan glanced at him and asked slowly, "Master Shangshu means that he is not sure at all?" ”
He held a soft sword in his hand, and in the sun, the cold light was cold.
Lord Shangshu dared to say that he was not a little sure, and hurriedly said, "I am seventy percent sure, but I have to use some extraordinary means, and I need the help of the prince ......." ”
The key to this case is still on the Qin family.
She is the direct murderer who killed the Liu family, the eldest lady is the culprit behind it, if the Qin family does not recruit, the eldest lady will not be able to recruit.
They know very well that once they confess, there is only one way to die, and if they don't admit their guilt, there is still a way to live, especially now, someone has rescued them.
For now, they can only disintegrate from the inside and let them eat dogs.
This is the same strategy that Shen Yue used at the beginning.
It's just that he is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and there are some methods that he can't use.
Chu Muyuan listened to the plan of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and instructed Qin Fengdao, "Try your best to assist Lord Shangshu and make them confess within three days." ”
Qin Feng took the order.
The Book of the Criminal Department, "....... ”
Five days he felt that the time was too short, and the prince was too much, so he was too anxious.
Chu Muyuan's words were put aside, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department could only try his best to try the case.
Since the Qin family and the eldest lady decided to carry it to the death, they continued to torture and beat them hard.
The heavier the beating, the more Ruan Rou, Shen Yao, and Yichun Bofu visited, several times a day.
Once, the waiter of the criminal department interrogated the Qin family alone, and when Shen Yao passed by, he happened to hear the Qin family and the waiter talking.
Qin Shi was tied to a stool, her clothes were full of blood, and she was weak, she raised her head with difficulty and looked at the waiter of the criminal department, "What you said is true?" ”
The waiter of the criminal department looked at her and said, "I don't have to lie to you, confess leniently, resist strictly, Prince Xuan's purpose is not you, as long as you confess, he will spare you from death, if he wants to kill you, does it take so much effort?" ”
Qin hesitated and said, "Let me think about it again." ”
The face of the waiter of the criminal department immediately turned cold, "I really don't know how to lift, and I still have to think about the pie in the sky, so I'll give you a day to think about it, send her back to prison for dinner, and don't send food at night." ”
After saying that, the squire of the criminal department threw off his sleeves and left.
Shen Yao was afraid of being seen, so she quickly dodged.
At that time, she had already seen the eldest lady, and she wanted to see the eldest lady again, but was stopped by the jailer, "I am only allowed to see him once a day, Mrs. Fang Cai Shizi has already seen it, let's come back tomorrow." ”
Shen Yao had no choice but to go back.
However, she was nervous all the way, if she was the Qin family, she would hesitate if she was the servant of the criminal department, not to mention, the Qin family was afraid of death, if she wasn't worried that her mother would kill her, she wouldn't have written that letter.
Originally, she was wary that her mother would kill her, but now as long as she confesses, Prince Xuan will spare her from dying, and help her in addition to her mother, as long as she is not a fool, she knows how to choose.
Shen Yao was scared, she had never dealt with this matter, and she didn't know what to do, so she found Mother Wu.
Mother Wu has been following the eldest lady and has helped the eldest lady come up with a lot of ideas, and the remedy now is to kill her before the Qin family opens her mouth.
"How to kill her, she is locked in a prison, you can't see her at all, how to do it?" Shen Yao said hurriedly.
Mother Wu knew that she was in a hurry, and she was also anxious, the eldest lady was raised by her, and in her heart, she was the master, and she was also her daughter, so she asked, "Does the cousin go to the prison every day to visit her cousin?" ”
Shen Yao's eyes lit up.
The next day, Ruan Rou went to visit the Qin family, but was stopped by Shen Yao.
Shen Yao used the excuse to discuss with Ruan Rou how to save the Qin family and her mother, Ruan Rou did not doubt that he had him, the current eldest lady and the Qin family were grasshoppers on a rope, they wanted to live together, and they wanted to die together.
At that time, on the street, people and cars came and went, and it was inconvenient to talk, so they got into Shen Yao's carriage.
The two discussed for a while, Ruan Rou went back, and Shen Yao asked her to persuade the Qin family not to let go, and the five days of patience passed.
Ruan Rou knew that her mother had an accident, and Prince Xuan was sent to the Criminal Department by Prince Xuan's son, and the Ruan family couldn't help, so it all depended on the Chongzu Marquis Mansion and Yichun Bo's Mansion.
Ruan Rou went to visit the prison in the prison of the Criminal Department, she brought food and medicine, and gave the jailer five taels of silver to let her go in to serve the Qin family.
I have to say that this daughter is still quite filial.
Ruan Rou fed Qin, but Qin touched the wound as soon as she moved, but she was too hungry last night, and the food was fragrant, and she couldn't wait to collapse the whole plate.
A piece of braised pork was just about to be sent to the mouth, but two big rats jumped over, and the frightened maid screamed.
The maid was scared, not to mention Ruan Rou, who was so frightened that the plate containing the braised pork fell.
The rats in the cell are not afraid of people, they are bold, fragrant braised pork, their favorite.
Qin's heart was distressed, she looked at Ruan Ju and said, "It's just a few mice, don't be afraid." ”
Before the change, the Qin family would also be scared, this is not a few days in prison, it has long been used to it.
Ruan Rou's nose was sour, she picked up another plate of fish and gave it to the Qin family to eat, "Mother, this is your favorite steamed fish, I will let my subordinates pick the fish bones." ”
Qin's eyes were red, and he was about to open his mouth, but when it was over, the maid called again, still a mouse.
Qin's heart is annoyed, this maid is deliberate, she fell one plate, and then another, what else is she eating?!
Qin was about to get angry, but the maid pointed to the mouse on the ground and said, "It's dead, the mouse is dead." ”
The rat was still alive and kicking around, and he died after eating a piece of braised pork.
Braised pork is poisonous! (To be continued.) )