Not far from the front door, there is a prison that terrifies the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and ordinary people. The people who enter here are either dead or disabled, and no one has ever been able to get out completely, and this is the Zhao Prison, the Jinyi Guard Office.

In the dark capital, Xu Xianchun took more than a dozen brocade guards to escort Zhang Gouzi and others to Zhao Prison. On the way, I also met some soldiers and horses of the Five Cities who patrolled the night, but when they saw Xu Xianchun and others wearing flying fish suits one by one, they were all silent, and looked at Zhang Gouzi with sympathetic eyes on their faces.

"Isn't this the Zhang dog of Xicheng? How could they offend Jinyiwei? And Xu Baihu personally led the team."

A soldier whispered softly to the people around him, and specially accentuated his voice when he mentioned Xu Baihu.

"Whatever, there will be no dog in Xicheng since then."

The soldier who was questioned shook his head pitifully and sighed, and he also knew about Zhang Gouzi. It's just a little gangster with no background, and now that he has entered Zhao Prison, he can get out alive because the sun is coming out of the west.

In fact, this soldier has another idea in his heart, even if there is someone behind Zhang Gouzi, he must not offend Jinyiwei for him. It's just a chess piece, and you can throw it away.

Zhang Gouzi's subordinates were frightened when they saw that Xu Xianchun and others had pressed themselves to Zhao Prison. One by one, the ghosts cried wolf, and if it weren't for the members of the Jinyi Guard who dragged them to death, they might have collapsed to the ground by now.

Although Zhang Gouzi was not as good as his subordinates at this time, he was also panicked. For Zhang Gouzi, who has lived in the capital for decades, he still knows very well what this place is like. The people who are being held here have always gone in standing and come out lying down.

However, Zhang Gouzi still thinks that what he committed is just a small matter, as for why he brought himself to Zhao Prison, he only thought that these brocade guards in front of him wanted to get some benefits from him. In addition, there is the owner of Yang's firm behind him, so it's a big deal to ask someone to find Yang Jianhui to help him solve it.

"Adult".

Several brocade guards standing guard outside the door saluted one by one after seeing Xu Xianchun, to which Xu Xianchun only listened and nodded in response.

According to historical records, the edict prison was "invulnerable, and the atmosphere of the epidemic was reprimanded and imprisoned". Unlike ordinary prisons, edicts are semi-underground prisons. The prison has no windows and is dark and damp all year round. The existence of the Imperial Prison is isolated, and the outside sun cannot be seen inside, nor can the noise outside be heard. What can be seen is the faint remnant of the candle in the dark corner, and what can be heard is the mournful wail of the person being tortured. The air quality in the prison was poor, and the airtight cage was full of mildew and blood.

The torture instruments of the edict are also extremely terrifying. According to records, the main use in the edict prison is to whip the finger, clamp the stick, peel the skin, tongue, broken spine, fallen fingers, stabs, pipa and other 18 kinds of torture tools, in addition to these, the brocade guards in the edict prison also often invent some other punishment methods. For example, grooming, nasal irrigation, nail nails, stickers, etc. Among the many torture instruments in the Imperial Prison, "weapons, shackles, sticks, hammers, and clamps" are called full punishments. Those who have been sentenced to full punishment are all mourned and their flesh and blood are festering. The tragic situation is unbearable to witness. It is no wonder that those who are imprisoned would rather die than be tortured by such hellish demons. But as soon as he entered the edict, he couldn't beg for death, and it was unspeakably vicious.

Looking at the rows of various torture instruments, coupled with this dark and damp environment, Zhang Gouzi's heart couldn't help but feel a little hairy at this time.

As for Zhang Gouzi's subordinates, they were even more unbearable at this time, they had just become a gangster, and it was okay to bully some ordinary ordinary people, but when they saw the officers and soldiers, their hearts were already numb. Coupled with the fact that he knew how powerful Zhao Prison was, he was so frightened that he cried wolf, at this time, this dark and depressing environment and the row of torture instruments, after one of his subordinates suddenly screamed, his eyes rolled and he was scared to death.

"My lord, this person has died of a broken heart."

A brocade guard carefully examined the body that had fallen to the ground and opened his mouth to report it.

Xu Xianchun didn't say anything, just waved his hand. The brocade guard also understood what Xu Xianchun meant, and beckoned a brocade guard to drag the corpse to the back door.

And the death of this subordinate also added a shadow to Zhang Gouzi's already somewhat depressed psychology.

Somewhere in Zhao Prison, Zhang Gouzi at this time had already been tied to the cross. As for Xu Xianchun, he was sitting in front of Zhang Gouzi, and the two members of the Jinyi Guard were standing on both sides.

"What do you say, or will I say it"?

Xu Xianchun's tone did not carry a trace of emotion, as if he was talking to a dead man.

"My lord, the little one is Zhang Gouzi from Xicheng, please be merciful to my subordinates, and I will definitely repay him in the future."

Zhang Gouzi stared at Xu Xianchun with a nervous face, and begged for mercy.

"It's not honest to be here."

As soon as Xu Xianchun's words fell, a member of the Jinyi Guard standing beside him came to the water basin placed aside with a whip in his hand, put all the whips into the water, and then walked to Zhang Gouzi with a sneer.

More than 10 minutes later, Zhang Gouzi at this time was no longer as neat as before, the corners of his mouth were constantly bleeding outward, and as for his body, he could see the wound that was oozing blood through the clothes.

"Your Excellency. I said, I said.

I'll say whatever the adults ask"17

Zhang Gouzi lowered his head and said in a weak tone.

"In that case, let's talk about it, what are you doing in that courtyard? who commands you".

"It was Yang Jianhui, the owner of Yang's firm, who asked me to take a look at what was in the yard .........."

Zhang Gouzi told everything about the incident intermittently, and a brocade guard lowered his head and recorded it on the side.

Xu Xianchun took the transcript handed over by his subordinates, looked at it carefully, and then stood up and walked out. Although Zhang Gouzi wanted to beg Xu Xianchun for mercy at this time, it was a pity that he was unable to do it, so he could only watch Xu Xianchun leave.

"Adult".

A brocade guard looked at Xu Xianchun with cold eyes, and at the same time gently stroked his hand in front of his neck.

"No need, arrange for someone to take care of him, and I will report this matter to Your Majesty in person after dawn tomorrow, and your Majesty's life or death will be decided."

Xu Xianchun shook his head and denied Jinyiwei's idea.

If this was in normal times, Xu Xianchun would inevitably kill him after getting what he wanted, but it was a little difficult to start when this matter involved Zhu Youxiao.

After all, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and no one knows what the emperor's mind is. In case the emperor wants to live, wouldn't he do bad things with good intentions by doing it himself?

On the second day, the day dawned and belonged to the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao returned to the Nuanchun Pavilion after the court meeting, and heard that Xu Xianchun had something to find him, so he hurriedly met Xu Xianchun in the Nuanchun Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, this is how it happened."

Xu Xianchun told Zhu Zhengli everything that happened yesterday, neither exaggerating the credit nor taking credit for himself.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the transcript in his hand, and listened to what Xu Xianchun said, and couldn't help but feel a burst of killing intent in his heart.

Regarding all the things that happened to him, Zhu Youxiao regarded all this as his bottom line, no matter who dared to touch this bottom line, there was only a dead end.

Although Yang Jianhui only wanted to find out the source of the goods of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, this also indirectly threatened himself.

For this threat, Zhu Youxiao's method is to strangle everything in the cradle. Although this is likely to cause a counterattack by the Donglin Party, after all, there is a person standing behind him, but Cao Jixiang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, is a backbone member of the Donglin Party.

"Xu Xianchun, you immediately take someone and raid Yang Jianhui's house, no matter what method you use, not a single hair is allowed to be missed for me.

As for the crime, you can do it yourself."

Zhu Youxiao's tone was full of murderous intent, which Xu Xianchun clearly felt, although he didn't know why Zhuyou School had such murderous intent, he didn't dare to have other reactions, and hurriedly retreated.

"Companion, who do you think is suitable for the Ministry of Rites?"

After Zhu Youxiao saw Xu Xianchun withdraw, he opened his mouth to ask Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian, ".........".

"Your Majesty is awesome, this is trying to break hands with the Donglin Party"

Wei Zhongxian also understood what Zhu Youxiao meant, the emperor was going to kill Cao Jixiang.

As for asking yourself who is suitable, isn't that asking yourself for help? After all, if the Donglin Party members make a joint attack, the emperor will not be able to resist it. Although he can't look down on the position of the Ministry of Rites, he is more or less a big official.

"The old slave didn't dare to say more, this matter was decided by His Majesty."

Although it was a beautiful errand, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to make a decision for the emperor casually, so he could only push the matter back.