The lobby was full, not only were the desks on both sides full of generals and officers of all levels of the Han army, but even the passage in the middle was full of soldiers from the Eagle's Nest. Zao Yi, Gao Gao'er, and Zheng Lian stood in the front row with solemn faces, waiting for Nanying's instructions.

This is the banquet hall in the original Xu Feng Mansion, which was dedicated to the banquet of guests, but now it has been changed into a conference hall by Nanying.

Many of the Han Army officers present did not know Zao Yi and others, and when they saw that there were two beauties among them, they were stunned and exchanged their heads one after another. When they learned from Gao Feng, Ma Jun and others that there was Gao Shun's sister among them, they all showed a relieved look of "I see".

Someone even whispered disapprovingly: "Why did General Gao even send out his sister?" However, they are only the general's personal subordinates, and we are all at a loss, can they solve the problem in front of us? ”

Gao Feng and Ma Jun sneered together when they heard this, you boys don't know how powerful, you can still laugh after a long time!

"Ladies and gentlemen! I believe you also know, these friends from afar can be regarded as the general's personal subordinates, although there is no official position, but the general can still be regarded as your common boss, I hope you will be sincere in the future! Nan Ying spoke: "In the next few days, they will take over the inspection of the people involved in the case of Wang Fen's rebellion as subordinates of the commander of the division!" ”

The generals in the hall immediately let out a slight "buzzing" sound of discussion.

"As for you!" Nan Ying's gaze fell on the warriors who listened to the wind: "The general has already asked Lord Zhang Rang, the chief attendant, in his personal name, to prepare identity documents for you. This is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and you must also act according to the laws of the court, just like the unnecessary trouble that occurs at the city gate today, do not appear again! ”

"Yes! Lord! Dozens of people bowed in unison, their movements were clean and neat, and there was no mud and water. The generals' eyes widened in disbelief. It seems that these subordinates of the general are not idle people, and this long-trained rigor alone is not comparable to the elite of the ordinary Han army.

"It's not right, since you are about to do things for the court, you can't use private names anymore, lest others think that you will be selfish, understand?" Nan Ying raised his face and shouted: "If you don't take it as an example, the offender will be punished!" ”

"No, General!" The rumbling response that seemed to come from a mouthful immediately spread throughout the hall, and the Han generals couldn't help but have their eyelids jumping, and they put away a little of their previous contempt.

"Do you know why Ben summoned you all here?" Nan Ying laughed, and his gaze swept over the generals of the Han army: "I know that some of you have always been above the top and think very highly of yourself. It is estimated that except for Ben Jiang, there are few people who can be taken into account by you! ”

The generals of the Han army laughed knowingly, and someone blurted out: "Of course, the general is brave and crowns the three armies, and his wisdom is unparalleled, and we can't catch up with the horses!" As for others, you have to see the real chapter under your hands! ”

As soon as the words fell, many eyes fell on the people in the listening camp, so that the meaning of the words of the person who spoke was undoubtedly revealed.

"Excellent! A group of proud soldiers! Nan Ying shook his head and scolded with a smile: "The mouth is blowing loudly, why don't you bastards help Ben Jiang finish this errand in front of him?" Otherwise, would you still need Ben to bring in foreign aid? ”

The generals couldn't help but shrink their necks when they heard this, and someone muttered in a low voice: "If we haven't done it well, will others be able to do it?" ”

"Listen! What about provocation! Nan Ying laughed, staring at Zao You, Gao Gao'er, and Zheng Lian: "The three of you are the chief officials, let's talk about it, how are you going to start?" Zaoyi, you have been a county lieutenant for many years and have rich experience in handling cases, you say it first! ”

The generals of the Han army couldn't help but be stunned. They had seen that one of the three chief officials was a polite young man, and the other two were weak and slender women, so of course they couldn't help but feel a little underestimated. But when I heard the general say that this ordinary boy had been a county lieutenant for a long time, it seemed that there was some real material.

"Yes! Checkmate! Zao only stepped forward. After a few months, his face seems to have lost a lot of weight, but it is more mature and stable. He said confidently: "Shicai's subordinates have already roughly looked through the relevant files, although there are many people involved in this case, there is no complication, as long as the investigation method of the general professor is carefully screened layer by layer, the case will definitely be closed as soon as possible!" ”

The generals of the Han army frowned together when they heard his astonishing tone. Some people almost wanted to ridicule each other, but fortunately they heard the latter sentence "according to the method of investigating the case taught by the general", and hurriedly swallowed the voice of questioning back into their stomachs.

"Be specific! There's so much to teach you! Nan Ying also frowned, of course he could hear that this was Zaoyi's counterattack against the contempt of the generals of the Han army, but the stakes were very high, and he could not abolish the public for personal reasons. He said in a deep voice: "Say what you think, if it really works, I will order everyone to fully cooperate!" ”

"Yes!" Zao Yi said with a calm expression: "At present, there are still fifty-seven officials who have not been qualified, and forty-two children of the scholar clan who have no position or title, a total of ninety-nine people!" Subordinates can work in groups of three, divided into several waves, to carry out preliminary screening. ”

"Initial screening?" Among the generals of the Han army, Cao Xing interjected: "What does Brother Zao mean is that based on the written article, can you preliminarily judge who is innocent and who is guilty?" Isn't that a bit rash? ”

"Exactly!" Su Fei was also a quick-witted person, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "With just a bunch of books, can you distinguish loyalty and treachery?" In case there is a fish that is deeply hidden in the first round of screening, wouldn't it be a return to the mountain? ”

"These two are Cao Sima and Su Junhou, right?" As soon as Zao Yi opened his mouth, he showed his extraordinary memory ability: "What you said is right, but you misunderstood the meaning below. The initial screening described below is not to find out the innocent, but to exclude the obviously guilty first! ”

"What does that mean?" All the generals were stunned together, and only Nan Ying and Jia Xu smiled together. Zao, this kid, has made great progress!

"What kind of vast and secret organization is the sexagenary branch? Of course, its members are all people who are very deep in the city, and if there are flaws in the first round of investigation, they are really not worthy of their name! Zao Yi said eloquently: "So our first thing is to first bring out those small fish and shrimp that have nothing to do with the rebellion case, and then concentrate limited manpower to make a key breakthrough for the remaining people who are seriously suspected!" ”

"How to break through?" Someone asked, "Can it be useful?" We have also tried those people, all of them are leaky, even if the scope is narrowed, they will not be able to judge the court! ”

"Of course not!" Zao only smiled, "So we will use some extraordinary means. Here, I'll sell it first! ”

"But what if a suspect survives your extraordinary tactics?" Someone sneered: "Do you want to let them go back?" ”

"Of course!" Gao Gao'er's crisp voice sounded: "But they won't be let go back to their hometown." We will order them to stay in the imperial capital on the pretext of assisting in the investigation of the case! ”

"Then, we will send special personnel to monitor them in various capacities for twelve hours without interruption! Until they show their feet or finally find them innocent! Zheng Lian's cold voice also took over the conversation: "If there are still people who slip through the net after the previous layers of investigation, they will definitely be lucky and take the initiative to contact their henchmen." That's when we're going to be on the slopes! ”

"Believe that the time comes!" Zao Yi smiled and said, "Although we are short of manpower, we are still qualified for this supervisory position!" Because, not many people will survive our interrogation! ”

"You're not going to be tortured, are you?" Someone shouted: "These people are either rich or expensive, and if there is no real evidence, it is better to act prudently!" Lest you make enemies out of thin air for the general! ”

"Don't worry about this!" Nan Ying opened his mouth unexpectedly, and he smiled mysteriously: "You boys are too underestimated to look down on the subordinates who will be taught!" Torture? Will they be so merciful? ”

The generals of the Han army were shocked in their hearts, and they all looked at Nanying in shock.

"It doesn't hurt their flesh and skin, but it can make them unable to survive and die!" Nan Ying said casually: "This is what Ben will teach them!" ”

A vicious smile appeared on his lips, and his gaze swept over the generals of the Han army: "Do you want to learn?" Ben will take no penny, free teaching! ”

The generals only felt a chill surging from the soles of their feet, and after looking at each other, they shook their heads resolutely without hesitation.

Over the next three days, nearly 100 prisoners were taken to Huangmen Beisi Prison for interrogation by the Tingfeng Camp. Many of the generals of the Han army held the psychology of watching the excitement and went to observe in groups. Soon, the expressions on their faces became wonderful.

The Tingfeng Battalion was held in groups of three, adopting the method of assembly operations, and the trial of prisoners one by one continued, and each prisoner was "bombarded in turn" by 10 groups of judges almost in one day. For three days in a row, day after day, there was hardly a moment of rest. This harsh interrogation method is not only extremely physically devastated to the prisoners, but also creates a serious psychological burden on them. In the end, those who were in good physical condition could barely stay normal, and some of the weak people who had been addicted to alcohol for a long time were almost taken out of the interrogation room.

What made all the prisoners even more frightened was that they were interrogated dozens of times during the three days, and each time they asked almost 10,000 questions, ranging from the previous questions to such strange questions as "what did you eat for your last meal before you went to prison", "what are your wife's preferences", "do you snore while sleeping".

The questioner's expression was grim, his words were like beads, and a large series of various questions were raised in succession, and the interrogator was not allowed to give much consideration to it. However, often after a bunch of inconsequential questions, the interrogator may suddenly drop a "bombshell": "Do you think that the son of today is a wise king?" ”

After several days of "fatigue tactics" tested, the interrogator was in a state of physical and mental exhaustion and trance, and his sense of self-defense had dropped to the lowest point. Some of the unlucky ones rushed out: "No! ”

"Good!" The interrogator smiled sinisterly and admonished the recorder on the side: "Record alone, this is a dangerous person!" ”

The interrogated person reacted, and couldn't help but be heartbroken, knelt on the ground with a "porphyr" sound, and hissed: "No, I didn't mean that!" ”

"Drag it out, focus on guardianship!" The interrogator didn't lift his eyelids and said, "Next!" ”

After the first round of investigation, 11 of the 99 people were found to be innocent and released on the spot; 69 people were found guilty of dereliction of duty, misconduct, oppression of the people, drunkenness, and disrespect, and continued to be detained; Even the subordinates of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branch were also found out of nine people, but unfortunately they were all small roles and peripheral members, and there was no value in digging deeply, so they were all handed over to the Division for strict handling. The remaining ten people are all people who have serious suspicions but no real evidence, and their common characteristics are: deep background and perseverance.

For the rest of these people, Nanying said lightly: "The appetizing side dishes have been served, and you can order some fierce ingredients!" ”

As a result, the 69 inmates and 10 key inmates who had been substantiated were once again subjected to inhumane mental torture, and in the previous interrogations, many of them not only confessed their crimes, but even revealed all their privacy. For what they feared most, they were locked in different cells, some in cramped cages in the dark, some in filthy water dungeons, and some in burrows full of snakes and insects.

Can it stand up to this? It doesn't matter, there are a lot of tricks for them to taste one by one. Although the generals of the Han army who came to visit were all ruthless characters killed in the sea of corpses and bones, they all changed color a little after looking at them for a while, and when they looked at Zao Yi and the others, there was also a glimmer of awe in their eyes.

Afterwards, someone once asked one of the generals what they saw, and they were so moved. The general was silent for a while before he said, "Don't say it, it's important to be gritty!" Anyway, it's more vicious than the damn torture! ”

After three days, almost all the prisoners showed different signs of psychological collapse, their faces were as dead as ashes, their eyes were dull, and they were no different from the dead except for their breath, but there were no flesh injuries on their bodies.

At this time, the interrogator wasted no time in throwing out the incense bait: "Let's tell the truth, look at who is who, tell the truth, pay some money, and go home safely yesterday, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Think about it! As long as you tell the truth, you can go home and enjoy delicious food and wine, and there is a delicate lady waiting for you! ”

So, when the dying eyes flashed with the brilliance of life, the prisoner hugged the interrogator's thigh and cried: "I say, I say, I say all!" ”

Among the sixty-nine people, three middle-level members of the Sexagenary Branch were once again found, and the rest were almost bankrupt before escaping from the demon cave.

When they breathed in the fresh air again, and then looked back at the Jedi behind them, they all felt like they were in a different world. Since then, many of them have been working in a down-to-earth manner and being honest people until they die.

It's a pity that they didn't expect that a certain bad general still didn't plan to let them go, and he personally ordered: "Copy a copy of the incriminating evidence confessed by everyone and send it back to the Eagle's Nest for archiving as soon as possible!" ”

The subordinates of the Tingfeng Battalion in charge of this matter were puzzled: "General, why did these people's files be sent back to the Eagle's Nest, they have nothing to do with us at all......

"Slap" The man was unexpectedly slapped on the head, and the general reprimanded: "It's really stupid, if you don't leave those people's handles, how can you knock them again in the future!" ”

Only the last ten people, still not showing the slightest flaw.

"The last ten people can be released!" Nan Ying waved his hand and said, "Mobilize all the manpower and keep an eye on it all day, I would have figured out that they were sleeping in that lady's room tonight." At the same time, all those who have dealings with them are all recorded! ”

"Everyone!" He glanced at the generals who had gathered in the lobby again, "Are you convinced this time?" The errand that we couldn't complete in half a month was done beautifully in seven days! Don't you feel anything in your heart? ”

Li Jin said heartily: "I'm convinced!" It seems that it is not enough to just be able to fight, and if you want to do great things, you must be multi-skilled! ”

"Well said! Look at Li Jin, how many days has he been following Ben Jiang? I've even learned to be multi-skilled! Nan Ying raised the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "This is the best fragrant tea that Mrs. Ma gave to the general!" Come, let's replace the wine with tea and listen to the wind with a cup! This errand was done, and I didn't lose the face of the general! ”

The generals agreed with a bang and raised their lamps together.

Only Gao Gao'er pouted disdainfully and said, "What's there to be proud of?" It's all to blame that the little jujube is too soft-hearted, if he listened to the advice of this girl, tied those prisoners with a long rope, and sent them to the court to see the spectacular scene of people's heads falling to the ground, I am afraid that they would already know everything! ”

The generals heard a chill in their hearts, but no one dared to speak out to refute it. No one dared to be disrespectful to a person since someone had seen her own hand hang a poisonous snake around the neck of a criminal, stunting that person alive.

Zao Yi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, so he had to change the topic awkwardly: "General, now that we have only taken the first step, how to supervise the remaining ten people is the most important thing, and we still have to plan carefully!" ”

"Not bad! Makes sense! Nan Ying nodded and said: "I believe that not all of those ten people are traitors, but there must be huge traitors and cunning among them." It's not enough to just blindly wait for the rabbit, it's good to try to take the initiative to break through! ”

"Zheng Lian!" He glanced at Zheng Lian, who was quietly kneeling and reading the papers, and frowned: "You are also an expert in this way, why don't you say a word?" Could it be that some clues were found in the dossier? ”

"Oh!" Zheng Lian put down the wooden slip, swept the hair on the sideburns, and said casually: "It's nothing, but it seems that I saw a person I knew from the file, and this person is among the ten people!" ”

"Someone you know?" Ma Jun rolled his eyes and smiled: "Is it Sister Lian's friend?" Just say it, the general will definitely open the net! ”

"Not bad!" Nan Ying glared at Ma Jun angrily, and then said with a smile: "If you confirm that you are extremely familiar friends, of course you can do something else!" ”

"It's not very familiar, I haven't seen it for more than ten years!" Zheng Lian said quietly: "Although I didn't personally participate in the review, judging from the case file, there is no doubt that he should be!" ”

"Haven't seen you in more than ten years?" Zao Yi was curious and said, "You're just twenty, right?" Who is this person and how does it relate to you? ”

"Actually, it's nothing!" Zheng Lian said lightly, but a complicated and sad look flashed in her eyes: "Although he is my father by blood, it has long been irrelevant!" ”

The sound of "choking" sounded continuously, and the tea cups in the hands of several people fell to the ground and shattered.

All the generals looked at Zheng Lian with a look of dementia on their faces, this chick actually sat back and watched her biological father being tortured at the hands of his subordinates, and could she still say such things casually? This is no longer a righteous killing of relatives, but cold-blooded and ruthless!

Nan Ying almost choked on a sip of tea, he stood up and said coldly: "Zheng Lian, you come out with me!" ”