Compared with Li Xian's half-hung political IQ, the prince Li Hong's political skills are obviously much more sophisticated, and without waiting for Li Xian to say anything, he has sent Wang Dequan to secretly send Li Xian a large stack of vote documents overnight, (the appointment order issued by the left and right prime ministers - according to Tang law, the transfer from officials below the fourth grade only needs to be proposed by the prime minister, and after being submitted to the government hall for review, the official department can issue an order. Although these draft documents have not yet been signed by the Imperial Review, they do not have full legal effect, but at least the gesture of cooperation is fully done, and under the softness of the people, Li Xian naturally has to fold up his spirit and prepare to judge the case.

Although Helan Minzhi is a guy who hates ghosts and hates ghosts, but before his downfall, he was the out-and-out darling of the Empress Wu in the eyes of the world, so he doesn't know how many people are stammering, not to mention the side, just the account book he handed over involved in more than 150 officials, up to the four grades of the central government, down to the small officials of the various ministries, not only the backbone of the party after the martial arts, but also many people who tend to be inflammatory, its composition can be described as extremely complex, to understand one by one, it is obviously not an easy task, Obviously, Li Xian could not have such a long time to squander, so that Li Xian's surprise move became Li Xian's only choice, just like that, on July 10, all the people involved in the case received a summons issued by the British Palace, ordering everyone to wait for the next day to go to Dali Temple for a hearing, and they must not be absent, and the violators will bear the consequences!

Over the years, Li Xian's ruthless methods have seen a lot of ministers, he has issued a summons, since no one dares to disobey, one by one honestly rushed to the Yamen of Dali Temple early in the morning, this time to the ground only to find that the situation seems to be something wrong - Li Xian himself has not yet appeared, but the hall is full of guards armed to the teeth, all fierce and vicious, everyone is full of murderous spirits, plus the rows of terrifying torture instruments in the hall, this kind of formation is really terrifying, All the summoned officials were stunned and silent, and hundreds of people gathered together, but there was not a single murmur, only heavy panting sounds.

Chen Shi Zhengpai, after a fake cough, Li Xian, who was dressed in royal clothes, had already turned out of the back hall, and the palace guards who were originally standing straight immediately brushed their legs together, and shouted in unison like a tsunami: "See Your Highness!" The loud noise was so loud that all the officials who were terrified of the crime were frightened, and I don't know how many of them were trembling with weakness.

"Ascension!"

Li Xian ignored the frightened officials in the lobby, walked slowly behind the copywriting, sat down, picked up the shocking wood, slapped it heavily, and broke his throat.

"Wei ...... Wu ......"

Li Xian gave an order, and the big drum placed at the entrance of the hall immediately rumbled, and at the same time, dozens of palace guards cheered in unison, full of murderous aura that could not be concealed, and in just an instant, the atmosphere in the hall was suddenly tense.

"Take someone to commit it!"

The shouting was not gone, Li Xian had slapped the startled wood again, a loud roar, the sound was like thunder, and the officials who were already panicked were all shocked, and involuntarily stretched their necks, all wanting to see which unlucky guy was the first to be passed through the hall, and at the same time they all wanted to see how Li Xian planned to pass this hall. God knows how much he's been sin these days.

"Goo, goo......"

The criminal officials gathered in the hall looked at Hou Shanye's unlucky energy, and were dumbfounded, and the sound of swallowing sounded from time to time, all of them were bluffed, and everyone was in danger - you must know that Hou Shanye is a confidant of the Empress Wu, a dignified court member, and his status is higher than that of all the criminal officials present.

"Get on your knees!"

The two palace guards who escorted Hou Shanye to the hall ignored what the officials of the congregation thought, and after carrying Hou Shanye to the court, they unceremoniously kicked both legs out and kicked Hou Shanye's leg heavily, kicking him so hard that he fell down in front of the copywriter, and screamed in pain.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?"

Li Xian ignored Hou Shanye's poor call, put on a straight face, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, you can't be like this, Hou is a member of the imperial court, and you can't ...... without a holy decree."

Hou Shanye is ruthless by nature, although he has tasted the "favor" of the palace guards in the past few days, he does not intend to give in to Li Xian, this time he heard Li Xian shouting and asking, he immediately endured the pain of the crook of his leg, knelt straight, and protested loudly.

"This king is ordered to try the case, he has the right to arbitrary, why can't he say it, it seems that he will not be punished, you are planning to resist to the end, then good, this king is perfect, come, give people a toothpick!" Before Hou Shanye finished speaking, Li Xian had already cut off his throat, took out a stick from the sign holder on the copy, threw it on the ground, and ordered the execution without mercy.

"No!"

Li Xian had already given the order, and several of his palace guards rushed forward as promised, and without saying anything, they set up the struggling Hou Shanye, dragged him to the entrance of the hall, and pressed him down in front of a group of criminal officials, the two suppressed Hou Shanye's body, one forcibly raised Hou Shanye's left hand, straightened five fingers, and one of his own guards picked up a toothpick and inserted it into Hou Shanye's nails, and one person took a small hammer and tapped the top of the toothpick, and the toothpick was constantly inserted / into the deep nail.

"Ahh......h

Inserting bamboo sticks is one of the tortures in Dali Temple, in the past, Hou Shanye did not use this punishment to force a confession, this time, but it was his turn to enjoy this punishment, ten fingers connected to the heart, when he was in pain, he was so painful that he came to life, and the crying was extremely terrible, but it was a pity that even if he shouted loudly, it was useless, those palace guards were all characters who rolled out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, how could there be the slightest tolerance, regardless of the ground, Hou Shanye's left hand and five fingers were all inserted into the bamboo stick, and Hou Shanye fainted several times. Several more times I woke up from a coma.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?"

The punishment was over, and Hou Shanye, who had already collapsed, was once again thrown in front of the copywriter under the help of the two palace guards, Li Xian didn't care how mournful he moaned, and asked the same question again with great coldness.

"Your Highness, you can't, you can't, Hou, Hou......"

Hou Shanye is worthy of being a long-lived courtier, even if he has reached such a field, he is unwilling to give in, and he is unwilling to follow Li Xian's pace.

"Can't? Hey, it looks like you're not enough to be tortured? Very good, this king will accompany him to the end, come, drag it down, freshen up! Li Xian sneered, pulled out a stick again, and threw it on the ground.

"No, don't, the lower official Hou Shankarma, please don't want it!"

Grooming is not dressing up in the ordinary sense, it is to use an iron brush to brush off the flesh on the human body one by one, this is a more terrifying punishment than Ling Chi, Hou Shanye himself rarely dares to use such a cruel and inhumane punishment when trying the case, at this time, when he heard that Li Xian was going to entertain himself with this punishment, he was stunned, he didn't care about the pain, shook his hands indiscriminately, and pleaded.

"Hmm!" Li Xianyi waved his hand, said lightly, signaled the guards who had rushed forward to retreat for the time being, and looked at Hou Shanye coldly for a while, and then said unhurriedly: "Hou Shanye, can you be guilty, huh?" ”

"If Your Highness wants to cure the sins of the lower officials, you have to let the lower officials die to understand, right?"

Hou Shanye's interrogation ability is not small, and his ability to counter-interrogate is naturally not bad, this time he escaped the punishment of grooming, his mind immediately became active again, he gritted his teeth, and replied lightly.

"Hey, don't you know about the crime you committed, okay, then the king will use grooming to help Er Haosheng remember, come on, move the punishment!" As soon as Li Xian heard this, he understood Hou Shanye's plan, how could he give him a chance to pass the test, smiled coldly, and broke his throat, and several palace guards rushed forward again, and he was about to drag Hou Shanye to the hall after setting up him.

"Your Highness spares your life, the lower official has been recruited, the lower official has been recruited!"

Although Hou Shanye was ruthless, but when he saw that Li Xian was more ruthless than him, he immediately couldn't hold it anymore, thinking that he was not guilty of capital crimes, how could he be tossed to death by Li Xian like this, and he was busy shouting loudly.

"Drag it back!"

Li Xian wanted a confession, and he didn't plan to take Hou Shanye's life in the court, so he asked for a confession, so he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, snorted coldly, raised his hand, and signaled the palace guards to drag Hou Shanye back to the hall.

"Hou Shanye, this king asked Er, on the second day of the first month of the third year of Xianqing, you sent a bottle of Golden Buddha and Wu Minzhi, worth 300 yuan; On the seventh day of the seventh month of the third year of Xianqing, he gave ten silk horses, two ivory carvings, and two gold bracelets; Xianqing for four years, send 300 yuan...... In eight years, a total of more than 8,210 yuan of property and Wu Minzhi have been sent, can it be true? Say! Li Xian picked up the account book that was resting on the copy, and read it according to the script, his tone was stiff and cold.

"Indeed."

Hou Shanye was afraid that Li Xian would be punished again, and secondly, he also knew that there was Wu Minzhi's confession and evidence, so it was difficult to deny the matter, and thirdly, he also knew that even if he confessed these bad debts, it was not a capital crime, and he refused to be killed by Li Xian in vain, so he simply confessed.

Sample, why don't you stop pretending to be confused, you can't help the end! Hearing Hou Shanye admit it, the corners of Li Xian's mouth curved, revealing a strange smile that was so faint that it was almost invisible......