Hearing the sound, a few guards rushed up, set up two eunuchs and walked out.

At the moment of life and death, one of the eunuchs was in a hurry, and turned around and shouted: "I remember!" I remember! ”

Wu Zetian beckoned, and the two were dragged back again, and the eunuch kowtowed: "I remember, once I saw Wei Tuan'er take two pieces of paulownia wood and secretly carve them with a knife in the kitchen, I asked her what she carved, and she said to make a pair of wooden slippers." After that, I never saw her wear any wooden slippers, and I can't be sure that it is these two Kirito who are engraved. ”

When Wu Zetian heard this, he was stunned for a moment and groaned secretly.

Li Dan took the opportunity to kowtow and said: "Wei Tuan'er thought that she was the favorite maid of the mother emperor, and repeatedly recommended herself to accept her as a concubine, but she was sternly rejected by her sons. Erchen suspected that she was angry and ashamed, framed Erchen, and asked the mother to investigate. ”

When Wu Zetian heard his son Li Dan say this, he seemed to understand most of it in his heart, but he refused to admit his mistake, afraid that outsiders would see her killing the second concubine in vain.

Wu Zetian said to Li Dan: "I won't pursue this matter, you go back!" ”

After hearing this, Li Dan didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to kowtow to the ground, resign from his mother, and leave silently.

That night, Wu Zetian secretly hunted and killed Wei Tuan'er.

The palace was secret, but there was no impermeable wall, and soon, people knew the truth of the matter, and they all regretted the two unfortunate princesses. At the same time, I also felt indignant, what is the reason why a palace maid can shake the prince?

Originally, this matter was over, but there were twists and turns.

Pei Bandit, the superintendent of the Shaofu, bowed to the house of Fan Yunxian, the regular attendant, to drink, and the two talked about the king when the wine was in full swing.

In that year, when Fan Yunxian and Zhang Qianqiao fought a decisive battle with Tubo in Taozhou, they committed the crime of disobeying orders and were imprisoned by Wu Zetian.

Zhang Qian was unbearable, and sued Xu Yougong, and his words were quite strong, and Lai Junchen ordered the guards to kill him with a random knife. Fan Yunxian also said that he had been wronged, and he ordered Junchen to cut off his tongue, no matter what, Fan Yunxian saved his life.

Fan Yunxian and Pei Bandit, who had half of their tongues cut off by Lai Junchen, bowed to the table and drank, talking about state affairs and family affairs and the situation of King Xiang, the two couldn't help but burst into tears and sighed.

Pei Bandit couldn't express his feelings in his heart, and proposed: "His Royal Highness King Xiang has lost two concubines in a row, why don't we go to visit His Royal Highness King Xiang, and do our best to be courtiers." ”

Fan Yunxian nodded again and again, drank a glass of wine, and sighed on his back: "Tribulation sees the truth, I will go with you!" ”

The next day, the two came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and handed over the greeting post to the family members who were guarding the door.

As soon as Li Dan heard that someone had come to see him, although he was happy, he was still a little uneasy in his heart. It's an eventful time, and it's better to have less contact with outsiders. However, if you refuse directly, will it not hurt the hearts of the people who come?

After thinking about it, in the end, Li Dan still asked someone to invite the two of them into the door.

The two entered the Xiangwang Mansion, saw His Royal Highness the Xiangwang coming out, and then saw that Li Dan was much thinner than before, and there was a sour feeling in his heart, he lifted his clothes and wiped his tears, and then knelt down and saluted: "Shaofu Supervisor Pei Bandit bows, and Fan Yunxian, the regular servant, to meet His Highness, I wish His Highness good health." ”

Li Dan nodded, he hadn't heard such a respectful voice for a long time, he was a little sentimental in his heart, he helped them up one by one, and said gratefully: "It's hard for you two to be loyal, I'm very moved, but in the current situation, it seems that Erqing should not come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to avoid being dragged by me." ”

Pei and Fan said angrily: "It is natural for the ministers to worship the king, but how can they care about anything else." ”

Li Dan chatted with Pei Bandit and Fan Yunxian for a while, and a eunuch hurriedly ran into the house and whispered to Li Dan: "Your Highness, a few suspicious people have been found outside the mansion, and they are likely to be secret agents of the Magistrate's Court. ”

When Li Dan heard this, he fidgeted, got up and said to Pei and Fan: "I won't leave the two of you to sit longer, we will have a meeting later." ”

Pei and Fan also felt that the plainclothes were coming for them, and they didn't dare to stay for a long time, so they got up and left their seats, bowed to the ground, looked at Li Dan with tears in their eyes, and said, "Your Highness, you have to take care of yourself!" ”

Li Dan didn't dare to speak more, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to escort the two outside the mansion.

Bidding farewell to Li Dan, Pei and Fan were still sentimental, walking all the way along Luodi, silently, and came to a bend in the gate, and suddenly seven or eight people came out of the woods next to them, fanning around them with bad intentions.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fan Yunxian shouted and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

One of the guys in the lead smiled wickedly, waved his hand, and said, "Arrest me." ”

Seven or eight people rushed up, Pei and Fan wanted to struggle, but which of these people's opponents were all pushed to the ground with their backs, and they were quickly tied up.

Pei and Fan shouted, and two rags were stuffed into their mouths again, and at this time, the two carriages were driven out of the woods, and the two were pushed into the carriage again. The driver threw a whip on the horse's neck, and the horse cried, and the carriage went away.

The carriage turned around and came to the magistrate's house next to the Lijing Gate.

Lai Junchen was standing in the middle of the courtyard, and when he saw the carriage coming back from the mission, he asked, "Have you been caught?" ”

One of his men jumped out of the car, ran to Lai Junchen, and whispered: "All the people have been captured, and there are many of them." ”

Lai Junchen pursed his lips, nodded uncontrollably, and ordered: "Take it to the torture room immediately." ”

"Yes!" The subordinates agreed, and with a wave of their hands, their subordinates escorted Pei and Fan into the torture room.

Entering the torture room, looking at the various bloodstained torture instruments placed along the root of the wall, Pei Bandit and Fan Yunxian knew that they would definitely die this time, so they encouraged each other: "People always die, and the minister dies for the king, and he dies as he deserves." He will not accuse good people until he dies, and he will never allow their plot to succeed. ”

Of course, who the "good guys" they say are, both of them know very well in their hearts.

The door to the torture room opened, and Lai Junchen walked in.

As if he had seen an old acquaintance, Lai Junchen entered the door and laughed, and said to the two: "Old friends, especially Brother Yunxian, have dealt with me more than once. ”

Pei and Fan stood there expressionlessly, not looking at Junchen.

It was boring to come to Junchen, so he turned to Wang Hongyi and said, "Start the interrogation!" ”

I saw that Lai Junchen beckoned, four thugs, two coerced one, and brought Pei Bandit and Fan Yunxian to the front of the case and made him kneel.

Pei and Fan made up their minds to resist to the end, but they didn't kneel.

Lai Junchen smiled slightly, took a bamboo stick and threw it to the ground: "Hit, break his leg first!" ”

The thugs were ordered, took the wooden stick from the base of the wall, and with a "woo", hit the two of them on the calf, and the two immediately fell to the ground, and they were beaten with a stick on the leg. Lying on the ground, clenching his teeth, he still didn't say a word.

Lai Junchen saw that the killing stick did not work, so he turned around from behind the case and said to the two people on the ground: "The magistrate's court is complete with torture equipment, prepared with all kinds of bitterness, and those who enter this door are not all one, if you two want to get out alive, you must obediently recruit the matter of rebellion against the king of Xiang, otherwise, hum, I don't say that you two also know." ”

Pei Bandit sat on the ground with his head raised and said: "If you want to kill or chop, listen to the respect, if you harm the king, the sky will not tolerate it." ”

Fan Yunxian struggled to sit up, pointed at Lai Junchen and scolded: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, there will always be a time for reckoning, and there will always be a day of retribution." ”

When Lai Junchen saw that the two not only did not recruit but also dared to scold him in person, he scolded angrily, went up and kicked one by one, kicked the two down, and shouted one after another: "Punishment, punishment, slashing with knives, let them suffer living crimes, living crimes." ”

"Yes!" The thugs answered, and the operation began.

No one can stand the criminal law of the Magistrate's Court, but this time it was an exception, Pei and Fan did not admit until death.

However, this is difficult to come to Junchen.

He came to the palace and reported to Wu Zetian about Pei and Fan's vain attempt to restore and privately confide in the king.

Wu Zetian was really furious, and said in a loud voice: "Kill, kill, kill these rebellious people." ”

After finishing Pei and Fan, Lai Junchen told Wu Zetian the prime minister Li Dan, saying that Li Dan had a conspiracy.

Wu Zetian thought of Li Dan's honest appearance that he didn't even dare to kill chickens, and now he also had a hidden conspiracy, so he didn't believe it, hesitated for a while, and said: "This case is extraordinary, we must pay attention to proportions when trying the case, let's go." ”

Wu Zetian waved his hand weakly.

On a rainy day, Li Dan, the prime minister, was standing in front of the window in a daze, and saw that Junchen with a group of people broke into the palace like a vicious spirit.

Li Dan couldn't help but be shocked, and stammered and asked, "You, what do you want to do?" ”

Lai Junchen "smacked", shook off the holy decree in his hand, and said: "Handle the case according to the order, if you don't obey, cut it first and then play!" ”

"You!" Lai Junchen pointed at Li Dan unceremoniously and said, "Stay in this room and don't move." The rest of the people went with me to the side room. ”

With a wave of his hand, his subordinates began to drive away the eunuchs, palace maids, and subordinates. He directly set up a lobby in the Prime Minister's Mansion, opened the torture instruments one by one, and began to exert his lustful power.

After the first eunuch to pass through the hall was brought up, Lai Junchen didn't interrogate or ask, he directly threw a handful of bamboo sticks to the ground, and shouted: "Give me a beating first." ”

His men kicked the eunuch to the ground, picked up the bamboo filled with sand, and beat him with his head and face. There are no external injuries when the bamboo with sand inside hits people, but only internal injuries, which makes it difficult for you to argue and bitter.

At first, I was checking the number 1510, but in the end, I started to fight, and I didn't even check the number. The eunuch was beaten and rolled all over the ground, crying and raising his hands for mercy.

"Uncle, uncle, don't beat me, tell me what I say, don't beat ...... again"

Lai Junchen waved his hand and said, "Since you are sorry, take it down and ask for his materials." Next! ”

Another eunuch was brought up, beaten severely as usual, and told him to spare again and again, and was taken down to ask for materials.

Under torture, there are few brave men. The eunuchs, palace maids and subordinates of the king were overwhelmed with poison, and they wanted to bend into tricks and vainly lure Li Dan into the case.

Lai Junchen said, turned his head and asked his subordinates, "Who else hasn't passed the court?" ”

"It's almost over." The subordinates reported, "There is also a eunuch named Feng Yuanyi, because he has been sick for more than a month, so he has not been interrogated. ”

"It must be tried!" Lai Junchen said categorically: "You can't let go of any clues." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The subordinates made a noise and went to the backyard to take Feng Yuanyi to the side house.

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