13th (4th) of the first lunar month
The carriage finally stopped slowly, and where was the place outside the car, Li Ke calculated all the way, and he was already sure in his heart, and he was silently thinking about how to deal with it for a while. At this moment, a few people climbed in the carriage, began to carry the box, got out of the carriage, entered the door, and went down the stairs, and after a while, they should have arrived at the place. It seemed that someone was about to open the box, but was stopped by another person, and the person who stopped asked in a low voice: "The person in the box is very strong in martial arts, are you bound up strongly after being drugged?" Don't let him run away from the box. The voice of the questioner was very familiar, and at this moment he was very sure of what this was, but what he didn't understand was who instructed him to do this.
The person who opened the box replied: "Don't worry, my lord, the small one is bound strong enough, even if there is a tiger in the box, it will be impossible to escape, not to mention that he has been drugged." As he spoke, he opened the box. A little light came in, Li Ke continued to close his eyes and pretend to be unconscious, and the person who opened the box looked at his face closer, and said, "My lord, I just said that he is still in a coma, it's okay!" ”
"Carry him out and tie him to that torture rack, and let him enjoy and enjoy it for a while!" The man instructed the man who opened the box.
Li Ke was carried to the torture rack by several people, and his hands and feet were tightly tied with hemp rope several times, and after everything was ready, a scoop of cold water was suddenly splashed on Li Ke's face. Li Ke pretended to tremble, woke up, looked around in horror, and said loudly: "Where is this? Why did you arrest me? ”
Not far from Li Ke, there was a person sitting on the chair, and after listening to Li Ke's mouth, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Captain Li, this play is really good!" Now we don't have to go around the bush, okay? ”
If that person didn't know himself, how could he arrange for someone to drug himself here, but Li Ke wanted to find out the truth, so he continued to pretend to say: "What Li Duwei? Thou hast misidentified the wrong man! ”
The man laughed again and said, "Captain Li, are you still acting here?" Yesterday I was surprised in the Royal Racecourse, why did such a veteran with outstanding martial arts suddenly appear under the account of Li Sanlang, after Mr. Xue Liang's analysis last night, I suddenly realized, it turned out to be you - Lord Li Duwei! ”
Hearing him say this, Li Ke had a bottom in his heart, it turned out that he only knew his identity after being reminded by Xue Liang, and it seemed that there was no need to hide his identity, so he sighed and said with a smile: "It turns out that you know my identity, it seems that it is Mr. Xue Liang who arrested me here today, right?" Li Ke deliberately asked like this, just to know if this matter was Xue Liang's mastermind, so he stared at the eyes of the questioner tightly, not letting go of a moment, hoping to get the answer from his mouth.
He didn't expect that the man actually snorted on the ground, and said with a disdainful face: "Why do you need Mr. Xue Liang to arrest you?" The doorman held the token of the Long Ansi and presented it to me, and I knew that it was you, so I used a little trick to capture you easily. He said with a smug face.
After hearing this, Li Ke thought about it in his heart, and said sharply: "You are bold enough, you dare to install eyeliner in the Liang Palace!" ”
The man was startled and said in a trembling voice, "What do you mean?" Why did I put eyeliner in the Liang Palace? ”
Li Ke knew that the man had fallen into the trap of his words, so he said: "If the guard who passed the word was not the eyeliner, how could he transfer the token that should have been given to Mr. Xue Liang to you?" How dare you quibble! ”
When the man heard this, he was also anxious, and said loudly: "You don't believe it! Mr. Xue Liang is not in the mansion, so the guards will be handed over to me? ”
Li Ke smiled lightly and continued: "Even if Mr. Xue Liang is no longer in the mansion, it will be transferred to King Liang, and An will be presented to you?" I guess it's eyeliner! ”
The more the man listened, the more anxious he became, and hurriedly said: "The guards were originally presented to the king of Liang, and I was discussing with the king of Liang, and the guards held the order to present the king of Liang, and the king of Liang recognized your identity, so he arranged for me to capture you with a trick... ”
Before the man finished speaking, Li Ke interrupted, and said with mockery in his tone: "In this way, it was King Liang who really recognized my identity and captured me with a trick, not you, Lord Wujiang!" Li Ke has been going around in circles with him, just to confirm who is the mastermind of his capture today, and now Li Ke has the answer in his heart, it turns out that Wu Sansi has seen through his identity, not Xue Liang, he feels a little comforted in his heart, if Xue Liang is his enemy, with Xue Liang's resourcefulness, it is tantamount to a strong enemy, fortunately, he now knows the reason.
Wu Jiang was said by Li Ke, his face was gloomy, and he held back for a long time, and finally said: "So what? Thou art not in my hands now, and thou shalt not be able to survive for a while, and thou shalt have no way to die! ”
Li Ke knew that Wu Jiang was clumsy in wisdom and was not provoked, so he wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no one else to come up with more useful information, so he pretended to beg for mercy and said: "Lord Wujiang, what do you want me to do?" I try my best to cooperate, don't use those torture tools, Li can't bear the pain of flesh and skin. ”
When Wu Jiang heard Li Ke say this, he thought that he had the upper hand, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and the anger just now was swept away, and he said with a smile: "Captain Li, it would be okay if you didn't say this earlier, why bother?" If you get things done early, you and I can make a deal as soon as possible, so why not? ”
After listening to this, Li Ke knew that Wu Jiang had fallen into his trap again, so he said: "What does Master Wu want Li to do?" Please also clarify. ”
Wu Jiang continued to smile and said, "Refreshing! I only hope that Li Duwei will explain how to intercept the Khitan princess and how to escape from prison and brutally kill her, sign and draw the charge, and I can report to Your Majesty and King Liang as soon as possible. In this way, Li Duwei can avoid the pain of flesh and skin, and I can close the case as soon as possible and receive merit. ”
Li Ke understood what Wu Jiang wanted to do, and it turned out that he wanted to make himself a scapegoat, so he looked embarrassed and said: "But Master Wu, Li really hasn't done this thing, how do you ask Li to confess?" Nonsense? At that time, Your Majesty will blame you, and I am afraid that I will harm Lord Wujiang instead. ”
Wu Jiang's face sank, and he said sharply: "If you didn't do it, who else could do these things?" You have to quibble, and you don't invite it truthfully, otherwise the official will be tortured! With that, he gave the man next to him a look, and the man put the soldering iron into the brazier and made a posture of preparing to be tortured.
Li Ke pretended to be weak and said: "Master Wu is angry! Isn't it all written in the sea fishing papers? This was all done by the Turkic Keduo, not Li! Li was indeed wronged! ”
Wu Jiang continued: "That Keduo is haunted, where will I arrest him, not to mention that you also say that Keduo is fake?" ”
When Wu Jiang said this, it really shocked Li Ke's heart, how did he know that he had said that Keduo was fake, Li Ke hurriedly asked: "How did I say that Keduo is fake?" ”
Hearing Li Ke's question, Wu Jiang also knew that he had lost his words, and he couldn't help but have some panic on his face, and he stood for a while, and then said sharply again: "Is it you who are judging me, or am I trying you?" ”
Li Ke sneered and said, "Why is Lord Wu so panicked? Isn't it that everything here was done by King Liang and you, so you want to kill Li to convict? ”
Wu Jiang listened, this time without the slightest hesitation, and said loudly: "Blood spews people!" How revered is the status of King Liang, how could he do such a thing? ”
Li Ke continued to whisper: "What else? For the sake of the struggle for the throne, he deliberately created many disasters and reaped the benefits! ”
Wu Jiang said loudly again: "You... You! I have never done any of these things, you... ”
Wu Jiang was really excited and didn't know what to say, and at this moment, the people on the side hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and said loudly: "See King Liang!" Li Ke looked back and saw that there was a person coming down the stairs, it was Liang Wangwu Sansi.
Seeing that it was Wu Sansi, Wu Jiang hurriedly bowed down and said, "I've seen my uncle!" ”
Wu Sansi looked at Li Ke and asked Wu Jiang beside him, "Have you ever asked anything?" ”
Wu Jiang said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Yu, I just started the interrogation, and yet... It has not yet been explained. ”
Wu Sansi listened to it and scolded sharply: "Then what are you waiting for? Don't be punished? Keep the interrogation! ”
Seeing this, Li Ke hurriedly said: "King Liang, what is the point of this heavy torture to extract a confession?" Li is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he just wants to know the truth, is it true that everything is really done by King Liang, and he can't use Li to blame him? ”
Wu Sansi is scheming, the city is quite deep, of course it will not be as vulnerable as Wu Jiang, Li Ke said this, he did not answer immediately, but slowly walked to Li Ke, looked at Li Ke's eyes and said calmly: "You have heard clearly to this king, whether you believe it or not, this king has never done anything, this king does not need anyone to take the blame!" Even if this king wants to compete for the throne, he will never use such murder and plundering methods! This king expected that this incident was not done by you, but last time you faced this king with a sword in this king's palace, this is indeed what you did, so what this king wants is only your life! Come! Serve the king with torture until he signs and draws the charge! ”
When everyone heard King Liang say this, they replied in unison, "Oh! After that, he began to pick up all kinds of torture tools and prepare to torture to extract confessions.
"Wait!" Li Ke shouted loudly, everyone was stunned, and stopped for a while, Li Ke continued to whisper: "King Liang, last time you faced each other with a sword, can't you not this time?" ”
"What did you say?" Wu Sansi whispered.
I saw Li Ke's hands and feet struggling hard, and the rope that bound him was actually broken in response, he jumped up and kicked an entourage not far from his side to the ground, he picked up an iron hook on the torture table as a weapon, and began to attack, a few snaps of fingers, six or seven followers in this dungeon were knocked to the ground one by one, no longer moving, Wu Sansi and Wu Jiang were trying to escape, Li Ke stepped forward and put the iron hook on Wu Sansi's neck, Wu Jiang saw this and quickly knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy loudly: "Li Duwei spare his life, Spare your life! ”
Li Ke looked at Wu Sansi and said: "King Liang, Li has always acted with clear grievances, and the same is true for this investigation, if King Liang really hasn't done it, Li will not be embarrassed, of course, please also ask King Liang to do it himself, our well water will not interfere with river water; If Li is found to be related to King Liang, Li will definitely act in accordance with the laws of the imperial court. Li also asked King Liang to remember that Li was definitely not the one who robbed and killed the Khitan princess, if it was really for the sake of the gods, don't work hard anymore! ”
Li Ke said, without waiting for Wu Sansi to reply, he turned around and wanted to leave, Wu Jiang hurriedly said: "Thank you Li Duwei for not killing you!" Li Duwei didn't even look back, turned around and left. Seeing Li Ke go upstairs, Wu Jiang whispered to the entourage on the side: "Why don't you ask him to use iron chains?" Suddenly, the iron hook held by Li Ke flew into the ground in front of Wu Jiang, Wu Jiang was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore, and Li Ke's voice came from the stairs: "You wait for yourself!" ”