King Lu and the three of them desperately shouted injustice, and they were willing to admit it.

They can't afford such a great sin!

The three of them stretched out their heads, their faces sweating profusely, their muscles exposed, and they were still shouting hoarsely.

The wailang sneered all over his face, these people are full of brains, all of them are pigs, and they don't understand it at this time!

Li Hengbing took a good time to stir up the tea, his tone was calm and waveless, and said: "The assassination of Jinluan Palace, the human and material evidence is conclusive, you should all know that your capital crime cannot escape." After that, it should be a raid on the family and extermination. All you can fight for is to give your family a chance to live......"

The Acting King shouted, "Impossible! We won't admit it! We are vassal kings, descendants of Emperor Taizu, and no one can kill us, let alone destroy our families! ”

Li Hengbing sneered and said, "Do you still need me to remind you of what happened?" The Jinyi Guard will go to your fiefdom at any time, and you don't need to confess your sins at all. You also saw it when I came in just now, King Jin was in the cell, and the reason why he didn't die was because the emperor had just ascended the throne, and it was not good to kill the vassal king. If you come like this, even if the emperor wants to protect it, he can't keep it. ”

Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, conquered Taiyuan, and Li Zicheng entered Taiyuan and surrendered. Li Zicheng was defeated, and before he could escape, he was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department.

King Lu and the others are naturally not stupid, it is impossible to have a turnaround in such a big matter, they are only struggling now, and they are only struggling.

King Xiang cried and said, "Li Shangshu, we have no grievances in the near future, no hatred in the past, please show me a way to live......"

King Lu, the acting king hurriedly cried and shouted, if he was not tied, he would definitely kneel down and kowtow.

Only then did Li Hengbing put down the tea lid, looked at the three of them, and said lightly: "Confess your guilt, remove the knight, hand back everything you have to the emperor, and then protect your lineage." ”

"Removal of the ......"

The corners of the king's mouth trembled, and he couldn't speak.

Titles are their roots, and without them, there is nothing!

Yuan Wailang looked at the reluctant expressions of the three of them, and sneered: "Until now, you still want to keep the title?" If you don't take the initiative, all the males over the age of fourteen in your vein will be put to death! ”

The three of them trembled, and big drops of cold sweat fell from their heads.

They thought of such terrible consequences, but they did not want to die.

King Lu trembled the corners of his mouth, looked at Li Hengbing and said, "Li Shangshu, do we really have no way to live?" ”

Li Hengbing stood up and said lightly: "Pull a few into the water, strive for a light, and save a few juniors." ”

King Lu and the three looked at each other, their faces were pale, and their eyes were full of fear and despair.

By now, they have also recognized the reality, but they don't want to die!

Li Hengbing turned around and went out, and said: "Record a confession for them, and the rest of the people will do it according to this, and those who want to raid their homes and exterminate the clan will also be up to them, and we will do our best to obey the mandate of heaven." ”

"Yes!" Wailang replied sideways.

After Li Hengbing went out, Wailang sat down on the chair, picked up the pen, and said coldly: "I asked, you answered." Remember, think clearly before answering, I have no obligation to save anyone, how to answer, you can do it yourself. ”

The three of Lu Wang looked at this foreigner, and their hearts were like ashes.

The same thing happened in various torture rooms, and one confession after another gathered in Li Hengbing's class.

Late at night, Chen Zhaozhong, the waiter of the Criminal Department, entered Li Hengbing's room with a confession, and said with a solemn expression: "My lord, judging from the confession, almost half of the vassal kings are involved in the assassination of the saint, and there are more than 20 noble ministers, and hundreds of people in the court, large and small, this is unreasonable......

Li Hengbing took it, glanced at it, put it aside, and continued to bury his head in writing the notebook, saying: "You and I act according to orders, as long as we don't indulge in vain." These confessions were to be handed over to the two adults above, and they should also be handed over to the emperor, and it was impossible to say that the emperor and the two adults would come to inquire in person. ”

Chen Zhaozhong naturally knew that the Criminal Department did not extort confessions by torture, but it was very obvious that the inducement of confessions was done, and if they were investigated from above, they would not be able to escape responsibility.

Moreover, these confessions involve so many people who assassinate the emperor, no matter how you look at it, it feels false, how can there be dozens of vassal kings, dozens of nobles, and hundreds of court officials who conspired to assassinate the emperor together, and they are still in the Jinluan Palace?

Fools also see what the problem is.

Chen Zhaozhong looked at Li Hengbing, hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand respectfully: "My lord, the lower officials know that this matter is extraordinary, please give me some advice." ”

Li Hengbing raised his head indifferently, looked at him for a moment, and said: "If you just want to be a waiter, then you can pretend not to know about this matter, and I won't force you. If you still want to do something, then you bet on a future. ”

Chen Zhaozhong looked at Li Hengbing, the corners of his face moved, he raised his hand violently, and said, "Xiaguan understands, Master Xie." ”

Li Hengbing said: "Since you can see it, and then you will see more people, you can keep some people for me." ”

Chen Zhao understood and said, "Yes." The lower officials left some lists blank in the confessions of some people, and they could fill in their names at will in the future. ”

Li Hengbing looked at Chen Zhaozhong seriously, with a rare smile on his face, and said, "Tomorrow, you will enter the palace with me and think about what to say." ”

Chen Zhaozhong knew the meaning, raised his hand, and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

Li Hengbing waved his hand and continued to write the recital.

Chen Zhaozhong left respectfully, already thinking about the matter of tomorrow's face.

Li Hengbing finished writing quickly, raised his head, sat on the chair, looked outside, and said to himself with a cold light in his eyes: "It's still too soft-hearted, I have to help you." ”

This night was too long for many people, so long that it was remembered little by little.

For others, it's too short, short enough for them to do things and race against time.

The lights of Zhou's mansion were not extinguished all night, and I don't know how many people came and went.

Shangguan Lie came out of the palace and sat in the living room of Zhou Zheng's room, biting an apple in his hand and eating it soundly.

Xiao Ke'er was obviously asleep, and was woken up by him again.

Shangguan Qing walked over and frowned, "Do you like to eat so much?" ”

Shangguan Lie's sitting posture disappeared immediately, sat down seriously, and said, "Sister, the palace is asleep, it's not that I can't sleep, come and talk to my brother-in-law." ”

Shangguan Qing held the little guy in his arms, and said angrily: "Your brother-in-law is so busy, how can he have time to chat with you, hurry back." ”

Shangguan Lie hurriedly took out an apple from his arms, handed it to Xiao Ke'er, and said with a smile: "Ke'er, come, eat a ......"

Xiao Ke'er was sleepy-eyed and wanted to stretch out her hand in a daze.

Shangguan Qing slapped Shangguan Lie's hand and said, "Give me back." ”

Shangguan Lie reluctantly retracted his hand and said, "Then I'll go back." By the way, tell your brother-in-law, the emperor said that he plans to let Cao Huachun transfer all the guards in the palace. ”

Shangguan Qingben had already turned around, his face changed slightly when he heard the sound, he turned around, and said, "Your brother-in-law is writing, wait for him to come out." ”

Shangguan Lie sighed, sat back down, and continued to eat apples.

Shangguan Qing became more and more unhappy with this younger brother, and frowned and carried the child into the house.