To the west of the Tang Dynasty, there was the state of Persia, located in the southwest of the present-day Iranian plateau, which was still under the Sassanid Empire at the time, and the people mainly practiced Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Nestorianism.

Within the territory of the country, there is a place with beautiful scenery near mountains and rivers, where a wealthy family lives. The wealthy family had a son named Abdullah, who was twenty years old at the time.

He was handsome by the standards of a bearded man, burly and strong, with high eyes and a deep nose, and a beard, full of masculinity. He fell in love with a beautiful girl, Parvona.

Parwana is tall, slim, with a high nose, white skin, and long hair. Singing is as beautiful as a yellow warbler, and dancing is as swaggering as a rose.

There is a kiwi forest near Parvanna's house, and she picks kiwi fruit with Prince Abdullah. The fresh kiwi fruit is still very hard, and after being picked up, it is stored in a bamboo basket for a few days.

Abdullah's hands and feet were nimble, and in a few moments he filled a bamboo basket. Parwana could reach the kiwi fruit while standing under the tree, and she also picked a bamboo basket, and then danced merrily.

Abdullah sat on the stone slab and rested on the slate, admiring the dance of the girl she liked, and felt very happy. He couldn't help but shout, "I love you, Parvanna! ”

Unashamed, Parwana boldly responded: "I love you too, Abdullah!" ”

Abdullah rose happily, pointed to the slab and said: "I love you like this rock, which has been stable for 10,000 years!" ”

Parwana pointed to the kiwi on her head and said, "I love you like this kiwi, which starts with green and bitter and ends soft and sweet!" ”

Abdullah happily danced with Parwana like a pair of butterflies among the flowers.

The two are in love, ready to talk about marriage, and are full of longing for their future lives. However, the powerful Arab Empire continued to attack Persia, storming its capital and destroying the Sassanid Empire.

One day, a group of rude and vicious Arab soldiers broke into this beautiful place, they killed men when they saw them, robbed women when they saw them, smashed things when they saw them, and everywhere they passed, chickens flew and dogs jumped, and they mourned everywhere!

They broke into Abdullah's home, smashed doors and furniture, and killed Abdullah's parents and relatives. Abdullah drew his sword and resisted, killed one of his soldiers, and was surrounded by a crowd of enemies with weapons, and Abdullah was outnumbered and fled under the cover of his servants.

He first fled into the mountains, and then turned around and ran to Parvona's house to check on the situation, trying to take her with him to escape for his life. When I went to the woods near her house, I found that her home had become a stronghold for the enemy.

The enemy killed the male of her family, Parvona and her sisters. The woman's screams came intermittently, causing Abdullah's wrath.

Abdullah couldn't hold back, drew his sword, rushed into the enemy camp desperately, and cut off the head of Parvanna's enemy with a single sword.

Several enemies struck him from behind, hitting him in the back of the head and knocking him unconscious. When he woke up, he felt pain all over his body, and he couldn't move his hands and feet, and it turned out that he had been tied up strongly.

A bearded man ravaged the beautiful Parwana in front of him, and her screams reached Abdullah's ears and gave him a strong irritation.

A short man also spoiled Parwana in front of him, and when he was done, he cut off her flesh with a dagger and threw it into the pot to cook. Parwana fainted in pain, and Abdullah's heart was bleeding and fainted.

The bearded man asked, "Is human flesh delicious?" The short man took out a piece of meat from the pot and said as he ate, "Brother, you are wrong, this thing is not a man, but a two-legged sheep, and I eat mutton, you know?" ”

The bearded man said, "The two-legged sheep is not this way to kill, look at me!" He slit the throat of the two-legged sheep with a dagger, and waited for her to breathe before cutting the meat.

Abdullah woke up in pain and was about to be dragged out and beheaded. A short, stocky chief came to him, and when he saw that he was tall and strong, and that he was a strong man, he asked him, "Do you want to live or die?" ”

Abdullah's instinct for life told him that he could not die yet, so he said: "I want to live!" The chief said, "Then listen to me obediently, and do whatever I tell you to do." ”

Abdullah agreed, and the governor made him a slave and did all kinds of household chores for him. The prefect was the warden of the prison, who oversaw a large number of Persian prisoners.

The warden's hobby was to torture the prisoners with all kinds of tricks, and when he was eating, he ordered Abdullah to mix some sand into the food and give it to the prisoners to eat, laughing at the faces of the prisoners who wanted to eat but couldn't.

The prisoner wanted to sleep, but the warden deliberately knocked a bamboo pole on his ear, making a loud noise and waking the prisoner up. The prisoner wanted to poop and urinate, but the warden did not give him a commode, so he let him pull around the grass nest, and the cell was cramped, dense and unventilated, and the smell was unbearable.

This kind of environment is not even as good as a pigsty, and it is very easy to cause plague. Abdullah's heart was filled with anger when he saw the prison warden mistreating his compatriots, but he did not dare to show it.

After a few months, Abdullah followed the prison warden and learned a lot of tricks to torture people.

In winter, when the cold wind was howling, Abdullah was honest and hardworking, and won the trust of the prison warden, who saw an opportunity to kill the prison warden, open the prison, and let the Persians go.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Abdullah grabbed the treasure amassed by the warden and fled. He ran all the way east and ran to the Yumen Pass of the Tang Kingdom.

He said to the guards guarding the gate: "I am the servant of the Persian chieftain, and I want to go to Chang'an to worship the Son of Heaven!" The doorman wanted to see the customs clearance documents, and he said: "The Arabs killed my master, and I want to go to Chang'an to avenge the Tang Dynasty!" In this world, only the Tang Dynasty can be the master for me! ”

The chief guard let him in. Abdullah continued eastward, learning Chinese along the way, and gave himself a Han name, Suo Yuanli.

After Suo Yuanli withstood strong stimulation, he entered the Tang Kingdom and was courteous, forming a strong contrast before and after. He found that the Tang people were very gentle and humble, and regarded gentleness and humility as virtues, and sometimes gave him the feeling of a two-legged sheep.

After arriving in Chang'an, Suo Yuanli bought a house and settled down. At that time, it was the era of the two saints, the world was peaceful, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and Suo Yuanli, who had painful memories, began to settle down and do some small business.

In the blink of an eye, the ministers were not attached, the political situation was turbulent, and the Yangzhou Rebellion broke out, but it was soon suppressed by the Empress Wu.

After the Yangzhou Rebellion, Empress Wu encouraged people to tell the truth through various channels. Suo Yuanli also paid close attention to the development of the current situation, often went to the street to inspect various notices of the government, and also read Luo Bingwang's writings.

One day at noon, Suo Yuanli was walking in Chang'anlifang, and saw a group of people gathered in front of him, including men, women, and children, all chattering, so he squeezed over to see.

It turned out that a notice of the imperial court was posted on the wall, and the main content of the notice was to introduce the use and use of copper to the common people, and called on the people to go to Luoyang to give advice and boldly report the secrets.

A scholar said: "This is the imperial court to hand over the privilege of being an official to the common people, and the common people can submit any plans and grievances in the future, and they will hear it to the heavens!" It's amazing, and the common people can turn over from now on! ”

A Xiucai shook the folding fan and said: "Egang just wrote a wonderful ode, and I am worried about how to dedicate it to dignitaries, now it's okay, you can directly dedicate it to the emperor, haha!" It's going to be famous all over the world! ”

A woman holding a fan said, "My husband has recently picked up a piece of Ruishi, and as long as he throws it, he can alarm the Holy Hearing?" It's great, now my family is going to get rich, haha! ”

The more Suo Yuanli listened, the more excited he became, and he squeezed forward to read the proclamation carefully, and found that there were many preferential conditions written on it, such as: as long as it is a self-proclaimed informant, officials from all over the country are not allowed to ask and obstruct it, and they must provide stagecoach officials along the road, and they must provide free meals for five-grade officials.

Suo Yuanli weighed in his heart and said: Judging from the content of the notice, the imperial court is sincerely asking for a secret, why don't I go to Luoyang to try a ferrochrome? If I can get summoned by the emperor, I can be an official, and what I couldn't think of before can come true today! And if the words are not true, they will not be held accountable.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind to go to Luoyang to inform. He went to the store to buy the four treasures of the study and began to write a whistleblower letter. first sang the praises of the great kindness and virtue of the Tang Kingdom, he was originally a down-and-out Persian, but he was ruined by the Arab army and almost died.

After coming to the Tang Kingdom, he was taken care of by the Tang people, and his life was very nourishing, which was all thanks to His Majesty! In order to repay His Majesty, he made up his mind to seek Shijin to become an official and help His Majesty solve the problem of fugitives.

After writing it, he sealed the letter and put it in his arms, and then ran to the Chang'an County Ya to report for duty, declaring that he was going to Luoyang to inform, and asked the government to give him coils and horses.

Chang'an Ling saw that a notice was posted on the same day, and someone came to report on the same day, so he naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately provided Suo Yuanli with the treatment conditions on the notice.

Suo Yuanli took the coil, mounted the horse, and whipped away. Along the way, I rushed to Luoyang in a few days. Suo Yuanli first went to the hotel to register for accommodation, tied the horses, and then went to Nanshi to drink wine and eat meat.

After being full of wine and food, Suo Yuanli walked across the Xingjin Bridge and came to Tongkuang to prepare to submit a book. The eunuch on duty asked, "Who is coming?" What do you want? ”

Suo Yuanli replied respectfully: "Under Suo Yuanli, according to the requirements of the notice, I hereby submit a letter to inform!" The eunuch said, "Well, very well, come here and register!" ”

After Suo Yuanli reported the name, place of origin and other information, the eunuch registered it in the register, and then allowed him to submit the letter. Suo Yuanli carefully took out the secret letter from his bosom and threw it into Tong Kuan Yanen's mouth.

Back at the Luoyang Hotel, Suo Yuanli washed up and fell asleep on the bed.

In the evening, the eunuch on duty opened the bronze box, took out the letters from the four openings and put them in four document boxes, and then brought them back to the palace and handed them over to the chamberlain for inspection. After the inspection, it was submitted to the Queen Mother for approval!

The next day, Suo Yuanli slept until he woke up naturally, yawned, walked out of the hotel, and found that it was already noon. I walked to the barbecue restaurant next door and bought a few pancakes and a pot of turbid wine, and went back to the store to enjoy them.

As soon as he finished eating, two eunuchs came to the hotel and invited him to enter the palace with him. Suo Yuanli was taken aback, as if in a dream, and said, "Go to face the saint now?" Are you sure? Are you sure? ”

The eunuch smiled: "It's true, it's true, I came out of the palace can I still be fake?" Suo Yuanli immediately dressed up, took off his old clothes, and replaced them with the brand-new round-necked robe and saro hat that he had prepared.

Dressed neatly, dressed up, and then followed the eunuch into the palace.

Seeing the majestic city gates and magnificent palaces along the way, Suo Yuanli was full of envy and said, "This is much more magnificent than the Persian palaces I have seen." ”

When he came to Wucheng Palace, the eunuch led Suo Yuanli to kneel down and salute, and bowed again and again. A loud woman's voice came from behind the purple curtain: "The one kneeling below is the Persian Suo Yuanli?" ”

Suo Yuanli replied respectfully: "It's the grass people Suo Yuanli!" Empress Wu asked loudly: "You want to ask Shijin to be an official, what are your skills?" ”

Suo Yuanli puffed up his chest and said: "The grass people are a rich son in Persia, who can do business, can also ride horses and shoot arrows, can hunt down fugitive slaves, and can interrogate prisoners!" ”

Empress Wu asked, "Oh, you will interrogate prisoners?" Suo Yuanli replied: "I have guarded a large number of prisoners, no matter how stubborn and proud he is, no matter how strong he is, as long as he is interrogated by me, there is no one who does not and pee, and looks at the wind and accuses himself!" ”

Empress Wu was satisfied, nodded and said, "Well, very good, you are exactly the talent I need!" I now promote you to a guerrilla general with a probationary period of three months, and then you will be transferred to a full-time job! ”

Suo Yuanli was very excited, kowtowed and thanked: "Thank Your Majesty for your success, the minister is willing to go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for Your Majesty, and never give up!" ”

Empress Wu arranged for Suo Yuanli to work in the Luozhou Pastoral Academy, where a vast prison was set up, also known as the Imperial Prison, which could push and hold thousands of prisoners.

Suo Yuanli changed into the uniform of a guerrilla general, looking majestic. The guerrilla general was a military officer, also known as a miscellaneous general, who was mainly responsible for arresting prisoners and pushing them to various places.

Suo Yuanli remembered the Arabs' method of punishing Persian prisoners vividly, and immediately upon his arrival, he used the various punishments he had learned from the Arabs to interrogate the prisoners.

He designed a batch of torture and intimidation instruments and ordered craftsmen to make them. When the prisoners saw these torture instruments, they were all terrified, their legs were sifted with chaff, and before they could use them, they were so frightened that they peed their pants, and they confessed one after another, and asked him to implicate whoever he was implicated, and he was told to falsely accuse whoever he was falsely accused!

Empress Wu was very curious when he heard that Suo Yuanli's efficiency in handling cases was extremely high, ten times higher than those who had passed the scientific examination. Suo Yuanli also invited Empress Wu to visit the Imperial Prison several times to see how he interrogated the prisoners.

One day, Empress Wu, accompanied by Wu Sansi and Qiu Shenxian, came to the Luozhou Pastoral Institute to visit and investigate. Suo Yuanli acted as a guide to guide the leaders to visit all kinds of cells and torture instruments.

Empress Wu visited Suo Yuanli's cell, saw all kinds of novel torture instruments, opened her eyes, and curiously asked how to use them. Suo Yuanli explained in detail one by one.

(1) When the sky collapses, put an iron cage on the prisoner's head, wedge the wooden wedge around it, and beat it with an iron hammer, the wooden wedge becomes tighter and tighter, which can make the prisoner's head crack and burst.

(2) The phoenix basks its wings, first fixes the prisoner's head, then ties the prisoner's hands and feet with a cross-barrel cross, and then rotates it from side to side. The human neck can only rotate about 180 degrees, while the hands and feet below can rotate a larger degree, and if you don't get it, you can break the neck, which is very painful.

(3) The immortal offered the fruit, causing the prisoner to kneel down and hold the flail in both hands, and the flail was covered with bricks.

(4) At the last moment, hang the prisoner upside down on a beam, with his feet above and below his head, and tie his long hair with a large stone.

(5) The maiden ascended the stairs and made the prisoner stand on a high platform and pull the flail around his neck with a rope from behind.

Empress Wu watched and listened to the lecture at the scene, and was amazed by several of the novel and unique tortures, praised Suo Yuanli on the spot, announced that he would be transferred to a regular worker, and the state would make up the number, and said that he would be rewarded.

Empress Wu thought to herself: This set of methods to harm people is really cruel and efficient, I thought that my iron whip, iron Laos and dagger are the three treasures in the world, but I didn't expect this kid's props to be more powerful than mine.

My baby clicked others all at once, and others are not very afraid, this kid's props are slowly torturing people, making people terrifying to the extreme, and finally having a nervous breakdown, let him do whatever he wants, contrary to human nature, making people undignified! Oh yes, great, it was exactly what I needed!

Empress Wu turned to Wu Sansi and Qiu Shenyun and said, "At present, many social elites, the so-called well-dressed scholars and Confucian scholars, are showing off their way of life, looking at those whose incomes are inferior to them with disdain, and even laughing at their quality!" ”

"Those who have diplomas from the general examination and the palace examination, while currying favor with their superiors, despise their subordinates with haughty eyes and gaze. In them, there is no spirit, let alone culture. ”

"They play with all kinds of fashionable terms, from time to time come out with a few half-understood nonsense, wear silk clothes to show their quality, go in and out of all kinds of half-high consumption places, and try to look very cultured!"

"In fact, they are not as simple and honest as the Persian Suo Yuanli, and they are not as efficient as him!"

Wu Sansi and Qiu Shenyun nodded again and again, stretched out their thumbs and said, "Your Majesty's words have hit the point!" ”

After visiting the Luozhou Pastoral Hospital, Empress Wu and his entourage returned to the palace. The next day, Empress Wu got a secret letter from Cheng Erlang to denounce the Yu Bao family from Tongkuang, and handed over the case to Suo Yuanli for trial.

Suo Yuanli handled the case of Yu Baojia with extremely high efficiency in handling cases, and became famous and famous all over the world through the arrest and interrogation of the case of Yu Baojia. Since then, Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, Hou Sizhi, Wan Guojun, Lai Zixun, Wang Hongyi and other cool officials have surged out and stepped onto the stage of history.