A total of three people were arrested, and they were held in different places, unable to contact each other, so as not to collude with each other.

But in fact, there is no need to collude in this kind of thing, and before leaving, the estimates that should be explained have also been explained.

Against these people, the guards showed no mercy.

Liu Hu and others are different from Liang Yi, this group of people was personally selected by themselves, and they belonged to Zhao Wangfu.

In other words, he decides their life and death, even if he still accepts Li Shimin's command secretly, he will never dare to disobey himself on the surface.

The three men were bound in a sturdy knot, under a large tree the thickness of one man.

Experience has taught them that they must not be too comfortable with these people, so the position of the bundle is in the shade, out of the sun.

Coupled with the cold air, even the guards were constantly shivering, stomping their feet back and forth to maintain the temperature.

"What's your name?" Li Yuanjing looked at the unidentified guy carefully.

He is not very old, about his early twenties, and his figure is not very tall, and now he looks even more down-and-out, but this person gives people a feeling of thief eyebrows, and there is a bastard aura flowing on his body.

"Zhang Ergou!"

"Tell me what you're trying to do!" Li Yuanjing's eyes were still staring at him.

"For what purpose?" Zhang Ergou pretended to look at Li Yuanjing with doubt.

Li Yuanjing didn't reply, just looked at Zhang Ergou and smiled silently, and silence was better than sound at this time.

"The three of us stole a nobleman's money bag in Chang'an, worried about being caught by the government, so we planned to run out to avoid the limelight, this is Huangzhuang, the government generally does not dare to enter the search, but I didn't expect to be discovered just after I came......," Zhang Ergou said.

"Where's the money bag?"

"Throw it away, there is a private seal in it, we dare not keep it in our hands!"

"What are the names of the other two? What's going on at home? ”

"Xu Jing, there are still left! ……”

Li Yuanjing didn't ask, he turned around and left directly with someone, this Zhang Ergou didn't tell the truth, and there were many doubts exposed.

"Whose knife did it?"

"Zhang Ergou!" One of the guards said quickly.

"Where's the knife?"

"Outside, the lowly didn't dare to bring it in, but the lowly took a closer look, there were no markings, and the quality was not too good!"

Li Yuanjing nodded, which also confirmed his guess.

Iron is a controlled item, and it is not easy for farmers to even make an iron farm tool, let alone use iron to make a dagger, if it is only one down, it is easy to say, but three at the same time, then it can explain the problem.

The thugs on the streets of Chang'an are not rich enough to have a dagger in their hands.

In ancient times, there were also ancient rules, the weapons that will be built by the superintendent, each weapon has the name of the craftsman responsible for the construction, and within a certain period of time, once the weapon is abnormally damaged, and it is finally determined that the quality is the reason, the craftsman must be held responsible.

There are also such regulations among the people, the most common of which are agricultural tools, and carpenters will leave their own logo on the agricultural tools they build.

There are almost no folk blacksmiths, only the family will secretly build a small blacksmith at home, generally to build farm tools, and occasionally to create some weapons.

Since it is not a standard weapon, and the number is not large, the imperial court also turns a blind eye to this kind of thing.

The venues on both sides are different, but the way they are disposed of is very different, almost identical.

"Xu Jing!"

Xu Jing looked up at Li Yuanjing fiercely, and a trace of panic appeared in his heart.

This scene was clearly seen by Li Yuanjing, and he secretly said that there was really a problem here.

On the road just now, Li Yuanjing learned from Liu Hu about some of the current interrogation methods, which were used in later generations, and are basically used now.

Different prisoners in the same case will be held separately for interrogation, and every once in a while the two sides will discuss the results, take from each other, and get more useful information through fraudulent means, but this includes the method of extorting confessions by torture.

In this era, there is no such thing as caring for human rights, you have to fight if you are hard-mouthed, all kinds of methods are repeated, if you can still resist, it can only mean that you are a good man, but it doesn't matter, let's do it again with other means.

Therefore, Li Yuanjing, who wanted to use interrogation methods to show his hand, couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Is there anything you'd like to say?" Li Yuanjing looked at Xu Jing lightly, the means must be used and improved.

Xu Jing shook his head!

"This king really feels sorry for you, it's a pity for your old father and mother, your father fought for several years, shed blood for the Tang Dynasty, and finally died on the battlefield, it is not easy for your mother to pull your brothers and sisters so big, how many tears have been shed, how many people have suffered from the white eyes, you know in your heart, pity your little nephew, who is less than a year old and will be implicated by you!" Speaking of this, Li Yuanjing deliberately paused, shook his head helplessly, and ordered Liu Hu: "Since he has nothing to say, go and arrest someone!" ”

"No!" Liu Hu was stunned, but he still answered, turned around and waved at his subordinates.

"Wait! Who to catch? Xu Jing also looked confused, and said in a panic.

"Of course, it is to arrest your nine clans, assassinate this king, you are the mastermind, haven't you understood the consequences of this matter?" Li Yuanjing looked at Xu Jing calmly.

The nine clans refer to the four fathers, their own clan, the family of the aunt and her son who marryed, the family of the sister and nephew who married, and the family of the daughter and grandson who married.

The third maternal family, maternal grandfather's family, maternal grandmother's maiden family, aunt and her son's family.

The second wife's family, the father-in-law's family, and the mother-in-law's maiden family.

Xu Jing is not yet married, so the Zhujiu clan is at most counted as the seven clans, even if it is the seven clans, the population is quite a lot, and if a random person pulls out the relationship between the seven clans, there are at least two or three hundred people.

Because the Zhujiu clan is too cruel, it rarely appears in history, only for some heinous criminals, assassinating the royal family, it is naturally the crime of the Zhujiu clan, but there are also some emperors who can't bear to kill so many people, and often order only their own clan.

"Stabbing? I didn't assassinate ......" Xu Jing was completely panicked, he was just an ordinary person, how could he carry it in front of the Zhujiu clan?

"You sneaked into the Huangzhuang with knives on your body, and were found by the villagers before approaching this king, and you also saw blood with your hands, and your companion has confessed, you are the mastermind, this king asked you what you want to say before, and you chose not to say it, that is, acquiesce, what do you want to say now?" The corners of Li Yuanjing's mouth rose slightly.

"I didn't stab...... I didn't do it, it was Zhang Ergou's hand, so many people watched, I was not the mastermind, it was Zhang Ergou who pulled me here, saying that as long as I followed him, I remembered what I saw, and I would give me two pieces of money after I went back, I don't know anything......" Xu Jing's intestines were blue with regret, he never thought that Zhang Ergou would actually come to assassinate him, and he also pushed this charge to himself.

Li Yuanjing smiled and instructed Liu Hu, "I'll leave the rest to you!" ”