During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the five most populous cities were Kaifeng, Luoyang, Jinling, Hangzhou and Fuzhou. The northern regime occupied the top two, Jinling ranked third, and out of a population of more than 7 million in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinling Mansion occupied about 800,000.

Lu Yuan couldn't feel the majestic scenery of the city at the moment, because he was being held in a dirty cell, but if he just stayed here, it could be regarded as a paradise compared to the prison car.

It didn't take long for the two officials to open the lock and shout, "Lu Yuan, come out!" ”

Lu Yuan subconsciously felt uneasy and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

The two officials would explain to him, entered the prison, dragged him out, and one of them grabbed Lu Yuan by the arm and dragged him to a torture room.

He was tied to a wooden frame, and a full-faced official held a whip and said coldly: "My name is Geng San, and then I will ask you some questions, I ask, you answer, understand?" ”

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and didn't speak, Geng San shook his hand is a whip, Lu Yuan screamed, this was the first time he experienced the feeling of being whipped, he didn't expect it to be so painful.

"I asked, you fight, understand?" Geng San repeated.

Lu Yuan nodded, and Geng San was another whip, accompanied by Lu Yuan's screams.

He said coldly: "Speak! ”

Lu Yuan said in a hoarse voice: "Understood." ”

Geng San still gave a whip and shouted, "Be louder!" ”

After Lu Yuan screamed, he exerted all his strength and shouted, "Understand! ”

Geng San snorted coldly: "What's it called?" ”

"Lu Yuan."

"Did you participate in Feng Yanting's rebellion?"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "No." ”

Geng San whipped a whip and roared, "Tell the truth! ”

Lu Yuan endured the pain and said, "No! ”

Geng San kept whipping, but Lu Yuan didn't change his words, he still had a trace of luck in his heart, hoping to grit his teeth and hold on, the court might not sentence him to death, and Qin Youyu could prepare for a longer time, so that he could have the opportunity to save himself.

However, if you want to hold on, it is not so easy to do, when Geng San picked up a soldering iron that was about to burn red, Lu Yuan choked and said, "I... I really don't know! ”

Geng San sneered, imprinted the soldering iron on him, and Lu Yuan's terrible screams suddenly came from the cell, and after a long time, Lu Yuan's screams stopped, and Geng San said sharply: "I want to listen to the truth, say!" ”

Lu Yuan felt that his thinking had become slower, and the voice of the official seemed to have become erratic, and suddenly a basin of water splashed over, Lu Yuan was much more sober, and Geng San's fierce face appeared in front of him again, and he said sharply: "Say!" ”

Lu Yuan was really scared this time, but thinking of his sister at home and thinking of his two wives, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "No! ”

"Ahhh Geng San did not relent, and imprinted the soldering iron on Lu Yuan's body again, Lu Yuan screamed desperately, and his mind was completely occupied by pain.

I don't know how long it took, but when his voice stopped, he saw Geng San holding an iron hook in his left hand and a pair of tweezers in his right hand, and he said coldly: "Don't say anything, I have to play something more interesting with you." ”

Lu Yuan closed his eyes and didn't dare to look more.

Geng San smiled cruelly: "If you don't want to see things, I can help you get rid of those eyes." ”

Lu Yuan knew that he was not joking with himself, so he hurriedly opened his eyes, just in time to see Geng San gratifying the tweezers on his fingers.

He said coldly: "Give you one last chance, or I will pull out all your nails immediately." ”

Lu Yuan laughed miserably, so far, if he said it, wouldn't all the things he had endured before be in vain?

Geng San sneered and said, "You asked for it." As he spoke, he was about to make a move, when suddenly a person walked in outside the torture room and said something in Geng San's ear, Geng San snorted coldly and said, "Lock him up and interrogate him another day." ”

So Lu Yuan was thrown back to the cell.

……

Tang Palace, Nourishing Heart Palace

Emperor Li Jing was eating, and more than a dozen exquisite dishes were placed on a long table, but Li Jing had no interest in food, holding a book called "Wei Qi's Dictionary" in his hand and reading it with relish.

At this time, Wang Degong walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the East Palace, His Royal Highness King Yan, Lord Han and Lord Wang are all waiting in the Mingde Palace." ”

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "Withdraw." As he spoke, he walked out of the Heart Nourishing Hall and headed towards the Mingde Palace.

As soon as he entered the Mingde Palace, Li Jing walked quickly to Li Jingsui's side and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, look at this poetry collection, this Wei Qi is really a rare talent!" ”

Li Jingsui smiled and said: "Brother Huang, I have heard of this person's name for a long time, and I heard that he is ready to leave the Tang Kingdom. ”

Li Jing was shocked: "Such a great talent must not let him go, you go to invite him on my behalf, and say that as long as he is willing to stay in the Tang Kingdom, I will make him a Zhongshu Sheren." ”

The people of the middle school are the official positions of the three grades.

Li Jingsui bowed his head and said: "Brother obeys the order." ”

At this time, Li Hongyi said with a smile: "Father, General Bian Hao found a very delicious fruit in Chudi, and made a special trip to send a few boxes over, wanting to dedicate it to his father." ”

Li Jing smiled: "Oh? He also has a heart, so let's take it and taste it. ”

Li Hongyi clapped his hands, and several eunuchs came in with a few boxes of red fruits, the fruits were only the size of copper coins, Li Hongyi directly took a fruit and put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "Father, it's all processed, just eat it directly." ”

When the emperor eats, someone must taste it first.

Li Jing smiled and took a fruit to eat, nodded and said, "It's not bad, Brother Huang, Han Qing, Wang Qing, you can also taste it." ”

The other three all took one and ate it, and they were all full of praise.

Li Jing sat down on the dragon chair and said lightly: "Guo Wei has been proclaimed emperor, Feng Yanting has also solved it, you can tell me, is the time for the Northern Expedition to be ripe now?" ”

Li Hongyi said in his heart: "I said that I should do it in advance, but now that Guo Wei has defeated Liu Chengyou and sent troops again, he has lost a good opportunity." ”

He looked at Li Jingsui and wanted to see how he would defend himself this time.

Li Jingsui said: "Brother Huang, Guo Wei usurped the throne and established the country, his subordinates will definitely not be convinced, plus the northern Khitan is eyeing the tiger, we should preserve our strength, wait for them to strike first, and then wait and see what happens." ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "It is reasonable, according to the words of the emperor's brother, wait and see what happens." ”

Li Hongyi was secretly angry, and said in his heart: "My father just favors Li Jingsui, and he makes sense no matter what he says." ”

At this time, Li Jing said: "How is the case of Feng Yanting's rebellion handled?" ”

Li Hongyi sorted out his mood and replied: "Father, the two sons of Judge Liu Ang and Feng Yanting have confessed, and there are a total of nine core personnel involved in the rebellion, namely Feng Kequan, Feng Kechu, Liu Ang, Zhuang Yi, Song Gang, Lu Ning, Lu Weiyi, Luo Bin and Lu Yuan.

In addition to them, there were a total of 378 people involved in the rebellion, and there was also a list, Feng Yansi sent his henchmen into various yamen in the three states, and ordered them to make a list together, which recorded that all the important people in the three states would be loyal to the imperial court or follow him to rebel after Feng Yansi's rebellion. ”

He can remember everyone's names perfectly, which shows that he is shrewd and capable.

Li Jing slapped the dragon chair hard and snorted: "A group of rebels, is the list in hand?" ”

Li Hongyi hesitated for a moment and said: "According to Liu Ang's confession, the list is in the hands of Zhuang Yi, the secretary in charge, but this person has a very hard mouth, and Erchen used some special torture methods, although the list was asked, but the person died." ”

Li Jing said lightly: "If you die, you will die, tell me about the list." ”

"According to the list, half of the officials and gentry in Xuanzhou chose to rebel, and most of the rest chose neutrality, and a small half of Chizhou supported him, and most of them supported the imperial court."

"What about Shezhou?"

Li Hongyi said with a smile: "Shezhou Assassin Shi Jianghuai has always been against Feng Yansi, and Feng Yansi probably knows that the people of Shezhou will not support him, so he only sent a few people to Shezhou. ”

Li Jing frowned and said, "What's the matter with the promotion of the county to the government?" ”

"Erchen has investigated, this matter is Feng Yanting's handiwork, he secretly sent troops and horses to defeat the robbers in the territory, and secretly moved many surrounding populations to She County."

Li Jing asked: "Isn't the county magistrate the backbone of rebellion?" Didn't he cultivate henchmen in She County? ”

Wang Kai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Na Lu was originally a disciple of Chen Jue, but after being demoted by the imperial court because of Chen Jue's affairs, he was resentful of the imperial court, so he took refuge in Feng Yanting. Lao Chen heard that he was a drunkard when he was in Jinling, where did this kind of person have the ability to cultivate party henchmen? ”