Night has fallen, but the old mansion of the King of Han, and even the entire Jingshi, are not dark at this hour; Lights were lit everywhere in the city. This Han King's mansion in Beijing is very deep, and the mansion is very quiet at the moment.

Gao Xianning sorted out his thoughts a little.

Xiao Wencai, the young man who was tied up in front of him, may have a true confession such as name and fame; Otherwise, he doesn't have to claim to be a lifter if he lies. In the eyes of the officials of the Beijing Division, a person who lifts a person is a bird, and he can't scare people at all; On the contrary, it is very easy for a person with merit and fame to verify his identity.

If Xiao Wencai wanted to lie, why did he tell a lie that could be easily verified?

And Xiao Wencai said that the person he worshipped was surnamed Li and his hair was small. That's probably a lie!

The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhang Sheng, had confirmed with his subordinates that the tomb was the tomb of the Wang family, and there was nothing wrong! So what does Xiao Wencai mean is that he worships the wrong grave? If you are a person who can confess her mistake even to the grave, why should you go to worship? What's more, Wang's tomb is not the first time it has been worshiped by others.

Thinking of this, Gao Xianning suddenly said angrily: "You'd better recruit from the truth!" fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei, and it was useless to quibble and resist. ”

Xiao Wencai said with a bitter face: "There is no quibble below. If you don't believe it, you can check the list of people in Jiangxi. ”

Gao Xianning heard that he only said fame, and immediately snorted coldly.

At this moment, Yao Fang frowned and said, "When I look at this person, I always feel very familiar...... I must have seen him somewhere! ”

Xiao Wencai's face twitched slightly, and he immediately avoided his face slightly.

"Oh?" Gao Xianning saw the demeanor of the two of them. There are a few lanterns in the wing, and the light is good; Every move of several people present could be seen clearly by Gao Xianning.

Yao Fang took a breath from between her teeth and said, "I've really seen this person!" I'm a good person, and I'm very good at recognizing faces, as long as I've seen one time, I'm somewhat impressed. It's just that I can't remember where I've seen him for a while. ”

Gao Xianning groaned for a while. At first, he always thought about the people related to "Ma Gong", but then he suddenly realized: Since everyone has made a breakthrough and is on the side of Wang's grave, he should first try to start with "Wang"!

As a result, Gao Xianning suddenly realized a detail: Wang's father, Wang Gen, was also from Jiangxi!

"Where are you from Jiangxi?" Gao Xianning asked quietly.

Xiao Wencai was silent for a while, and whispered, "Ji'an Mansion." ”

Gao Xianning immediately asked again: "Home in Jishui County, Ji'an Prefecture?" ”

Xiao Wencai heard Gao Xianning directly say the name of this place (the origin of Wang Gen, an official of the Hanlin Academy of the Jianwen Dynasty), his face became very ugly, and he didn't hold back a word for a long time.

Gao Xianning asked coldly, "Can you recruit now?" ”

Xiao Wencai's face was red for a while, white for a while, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Gao Xianning turned his head to Zhang Sheng and said, "Use torture." Tell the brethren to come in with their things and go through them first. ”

Xiao Wencai opened his mouth and begged: "My lord has misunderstood! You are a man of merit below, and you must not abuse lynching like this! ”

Gao Xianning said: "It's not a secret, this official is Dali Siqing, and he is investigating the imperial case." Don't say that you are a person, even if you are a relative of the emperor and the country, at this point, this official will still be tortured! You have to think about it, don't recruit now, and use torture with your mouth blocked for a while; When the time comes, if you want to recruit, you have to let the punishment go through it from beginning to end, and it will be too late to regret it! ”

After waiting for a while, Xiao Wen still only said that he was wronged. Gao Xianning beckoned Yao Fang and Du Erlang to go out together, and then called the brothers of the North Division of the Imperial Mansion (Jinyiwei is famous, Gao Xianning has always said that Jinyiwei is the person) to go in and torture.

Soon there was a terrible muffled roar and "woo" cry. Gao Xianning and the other three standing under the eaves did not speak at this time. Gao Xianning pondered the joints hard; And Yao Fang also lowered his head with a look of hard thought, as if he was still recalling where he had seen Xiao Wencai. Yao Fang seems to be a very persistent person.

After a long time, when the torturers of Beisi came out, Gao Xianning returned to the house again.

That Xiao Wencai was still crying in pain, his head was full of water, and he couldn't tell whether it was sweat, tears, or cold water that had been splashed. It seems that he fainted once just now, and the "prisoner" is not allowed to faint during the torture, and he must be doused with cold water to wake up and continue the torture! There was also a flood on the ground, and I don't know what kind of water it was.

Gao Xianning walked up, pulled out the cloth ball in Xiao Wencai's mouth, and immediately cried when he saw him, struggling in the chair for a while.

Gao Xianning glanced at the beads of blood slowly dripping on the ground between Xiao Wencai's fingernails, and said, "Fang Cai is only the lightest punishment, if you don't do it once, the cool punishment will continue to increase." Jinyiwei's cool punishment can make people unable to survive or die! How long can you endure a scholar? And we already know your name and place of origin, so we can interrogate your family. If you don't recruit, we can find out the truth! ”

Xiao Wencai inhaled from between his teeth and cried in pain.

Gao Xianning asked again: "Recruit or not?" ”

After waiting for a while, Gao Xianning turned to Zhang Sheng and said, "Commander Zhang......"

"I'm recruiting, recruiting!" Xiao Wencai suddenly cried.

Gao Xianning said: "If you dare to tell half a lie, the cool punishment just now will be repeated ten times!" As he spoke, he walked behind the table next to him and lifted the prepared brush from the inkstone.

"Who is Ma Gong?" Gao Xianning asked directly.

Xiao Wencai was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know." I really don't know who the adults are talking about. ”

Gao Xianning's pen was paused slightly, looked up at Xiao Wencai, and asked, "Who are you from the Wang family buried in the mass grave?" ”

Xiao Wencai said: "She and her childhood sweetheart, although they have not passed the door, they have made a private decision for life. “

"What?!" Yao Fang's eyes immediately widened.

Gao Xianning turned his head and glared at Yao Fang, and asked Xiao Wencai again: "In this way, your Xiao family and Wang Gen's family are not only fellow villagers, but also almost become in-laws?" Do you know that the Wang family always has poison on his body? ”

Xiao Wencai nodded and said, "Wang Xiu's (Wang Gen) family and my Xiao family are world friends. Wang Xiu was martyred as Emperor Jianwen, and was later impeached by Chen Ying, the imperial historian, and Ji Gang was ordered to behead the Wang family! The men and daughters of the Wang family were killed, and Wang Xiu's daughter, Wang Niangzi, was sent to the Teaching Workshop Division. At that time, our family was very frightened, and we wanted to cut off all contact with the Wang family. But......

But the uncle said that sooner or later, the court will find out about the Xiao family! At that time, Jinyiwei was ordered to copy the old people of the Jianwen Dynasty, and the situation was very terrible! Therefore, the uncle instructed me to use my relationship with Wang Niangzi to contact Wang Niangzi. At the behest of my uncle, I called Wang Niangzi and managed to get close to Yao Fang of Fusi in Weibei Town, Jinyi......"

Xiao Wencai said this, and glanced at Yao Fang cautiously. Yao Fang's expression was very complicated, he didn't become angry at this time, he just stood there in a daze.

Gao Xianning saw that Xiao Wencai closed his mouth, so he asked, "What are you doing close to Yao Fang?" ”

Xiao Wencai said: "At that time, Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was very favored; The murder of the house is all done by Jinyiwei. If we put someone next to Yao Fang, we can know early on whether Jinyi Wei will find out about the Xiao family and punish the Xiao family.

Yao Fang is not only the person of Jinyiwei, as early as the Jianwen Dynasty, he was the person installed by Yao Guangxiao, the confidant of the Yan Palace, and he must know a lot of things!

Uncle told me all these things. The uncle said that Yao Fang had assisted Li Jinglong in opening the door at Jinchuanmen, and that he should be a spy in Yanwangfu; Since then, the uncle has gone to investigate Yao Fang's whereabouts and found that Yao Fang has entered and exited Qingshou Temple. Therefore, we guess that Yao Fang of Jinyiwei is also Yao Guangxiao's person. ”

Gao Xianning asked, "Who is your uncle?" ”

Xiao Wencai said: "His name is Xiao Jien ......"

Gao Xianning saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he said, "Tell me more details." You have confessed so many things, and now even if you hide something, we can find out, which is harmful to you! ”

Xiao Wencai remained silent.

Gao Xianning waited calmly, he felt that Xiao Wencai would continue.