Chapter 425 Extortion of confessions by torture

After a long time, day by day, there was no sign of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple preparing to investigate the case, and it seemed that the two old foxes were really ready to drag it out. However, it is not a way to drag it all the time, it is almost impossible to offend both the East Palace and the Wei Palace.

After Zhang Yunwen found out the clues, he also pressed the matter, anyway, there are two people on top, even if Li Shimin blames it, they will also act as shields.

In the meantime, another big thing happened. When the guards guarding the palace opened the palace gate early in the morning, they found a large coarse cloth package placed in the doorway. When I opened it, it was a white wooden box, and the four big characters "Long live the in-person opening" were written on the box. After checking it, the guards only found a piece of music and a bulging envelope in the box, and they did not dare to slack off and handed it to Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin opened the recital and read it, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

However, in this recital, someone sued Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the dynasty, in the form of a secret letter, for stealing fertile land and murdering people's lives, etc., and listed a total of seven major crimes.

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, but still left this seal above the court, let the ministers take a look, and ask them what to do.

As soon as the ministers saw the content of this recital, they immediately knew that this was done by Li Tai, the king of Wei, and it must be revenge for the previous assassination. The ministers looked at each other, but they did not know how to answer.

Finally, after a period of deliberation, Li Shimin reprimanded Li Chengqian in court, and then rewarded him with some things. As for Li Tai, he has also received numerous awards. Under this kind of muddy means, whether it is Li Chengqian or Li Tai, they all pursed their lips tightly and remained silent.

At the beginning of April, Liu Dewei, the secretary of the criminal department who had been investigating in Qizhou for more than half a month, finally returned to Chang'an, and submitted a fifteen-page piece to Li Shimin on the same day, which described in detail everything Li You had done in Qizhou since he became a vassal, as well as how the elders of Qizhou treated him after Li You's rebellion, among them, Luo Shishi, Gao Junzhuo, Du Xingmin and others were emphatically mentioned.

After reading this detailed recital, Li Shimin pondered for a long time and announced the results of his treatment of Li You. Li You was degraded to the common people for the crime of rebellion, although the responsibility was heavy, but he was mostly bewitched and instigated by villains, and he was specially exempted from the death penalty and lived in Lingnan. In addition, his name was removed from the clan, and the surname was given as wood, and the surname Li was no longer used.

As for Li You's comrades, forty-four people were executed, and as for those who were coerced, they were spared death.

In addition, Li Shimin also issued a holy decree to give Luo Shishi the history of Bozhou Thorn. With Gao Jun as the order of the Yushe Society, with Du Xingmin as the history of the Bazhou Thorn, he was named the Duke of Nanyang County; His accomplices and executors were rewarded poorly.

In addition, Qizhou was exempted from paying taxes for three years, and ministers were sent to appease the people of Qizhou.

In addition to these rewards and punishments, Liu Dewei also submitted a list of names of some people who had close contacts with Li You but did not participate in the rebellion. In his view, there is a need for a detailed investigation of these people.

And the name of Nagan Chengji is among them.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "These people should also be checked!" By the way, Liu Aiqing, there was an assassination case of King Wei a few days ago, and I ordered Cui Aiqing and Lu Aiqing to jointly investigate and deal with it, but I don't know how it has been investigated now! ”

Liu Dewei was stunned for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Cui Shilang, and said to Li Shimin: "Weichen has just returned from Qizhou, and he doesn't know about it yet!" However, Your Majesty can rest assured, the minister will definitely supervise this matter and strive to find out the murderer as soon as possible! ”

"Good!" Li Shimin stroked his palms and praised, "With Liu Aiqing's words, I am relieved!" By the way, Liu Aiqing, I have already sent Zhang Yunwen to lead the investigation institute to assist the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, if you need anything, you can discuss it directly with Zhang Yunwen! ”

Liu Dewei bowed his head: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Li Shimin saw Liu Dewei's respectful appearance and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

After the court meeting dispersed, Liu Dewei directly found Zhang Yunwen: "General Zhang walks slowly, the old man has something to discuss!" ”

Zhang Yunwen stopped and looked at Liu Dewei: "Hmm, what's the matter with Liu Shangshu?" ”

Liu Dewei smiled slightly: "General Zhang, please!" I'll talk as we go! ”

Zhang Yunwen also made a "please" gesture, and the two walked side by side on the way out of the palace.

"Hehe, I heard that General Zhang is proficient in the art of torture?" Silently walked for a while, Liu Dewei asked.

Zhang Yunwen smiled modestly: "What is proficient in the way of torture, but knowing the common methods of several interrogations!" ”

Liu Dewei smiled: "Hehe, Yunwen, you are too modest!" The old man has long heard that in your reconnaissance camp, in order to interrogate the captured tongues, the torture methods used are all taught by you, brother! The subtlety of it is that even the old man is breathtaking! ”

Zhang Yunwen knew that this Liu Dewei was also an old fox, and now he said these words, what must be the purpose, and said with a smile: "If Lord Liu needs to help with something, he will definitely help him!" ”

When Liu Dewei heard this, his face suddenly showed joy: "Okay!" Since Yunwen agreed, then the old man will say it directly! Presumably Yunwen also heard it just now, His Majesty handed over those people on the list to the old man to come for questioning, however, the old man has to deal with the assassination of King Wei again! And Yunwen, you are proficient in the art of torture, so the old man wants to ask Yunwen for your help and help the old man interrogate those people on the list! ”

Zhang Yunwen pondered for a moment: "Since Liu Shangshu has spoken, how can he shirk it?" Okay, let's take this on! ”

Dewei Lau was overjoyed: "Okay, Yunwen is really refreshing!" Thank you for this! ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at Liu Dewei's wrinkled face, and suddenly remembered the information he had collected, and immediately said: "Liu Shangshu, there is one thing I have to tell you about next!" ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"About the assassination of King Wei!"

As soon as Zhang Yunwen's words fell, Liu Dewei's face was a little ugly, he sighed lightly, and said: "The old man just came back, and His Majesty talked about it, and the old man didn't know it at first, but he suddenly promised His Majesty to arrest the murderer as soon as possible." Later, when I heard what Brother Cui said, I realized that this matter not only involved the fight between the two highnesses, but also that the assassin was ethereal, where could he find it! ”

Zhang Yunwen chuckled: "Liu Shangshu, this is exactly what I said!" Hundreds of people in the lower investigation institute fought for several days and finally collected intelligence clues about the assassination of King Wei, and originally wanted to hand it over to Lord Cui, but Lord Cui was afraid of taking responsibility and kept delaying the progress of the case. Liu Shangshu came back today, so that he could hand over these things to Liu Shangshu! ”

When Liu Dewei heard this, there was a deep joy on his old face: "Is Yunwen's words true? ”

Zhang Yunwen chuckled: "You dare to deceive adults in the future!" ”

After handing over the information in his hand to Liu Dewei, Zhang Yunwen showed a smile in his mouth. This trouble is finally gone!

However, by the afternoon of the second day, this Andy Lau came over again, with a solemn face.

"What? Lord Liu, what's the matter? Zhang Yunwen looked at Liu Dewei and asked.

Liu Dewei pondered for a moment and said softly: "Yunwen, is your information about the assassins in the East Palace true?" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "How can such things be faked?" All the information archived in the investigation institute is well documented, so rest assured, this matter is true! ”

Liu Dewei stroked the long beard under his chin: "If this is the case, then the East Palace will not be able to get rid of the rebellion of King Qi this time!" Yunwen, do you remember yesterday's list? There was a man named Sugan Chengji inside. And this person is precisely the assassin that the East Palace has been cultivating for a long time! And this time to assassinate the King of Wei, maybe he and another person did it! ”

Zhang Yunwen chuckled: "Didn't Lord Liu get His Majesty's consent?" As long as the adults say that Su Gan Chengji is arrested and tortured to extract a confession, maybe he can ask something! ”

Liu Dewei pondered for a moment, twisted his beard and smiled: "Okay, this method is wonderful!" The old man will take someone to take this person down and hand it over to Yunwen! Yunwen, you have to interrogate well, and you must find out all the details of this person! ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "Don't worry, Lord Liu, I will not disappoint Lord Liu!" ”

Liu Dewei's movements were also fast, and in the afternoon of the same day, this Gan Chengji was invited to the Criminal Department. And Zhang Yunwen learned the news and was already sitting there waiting.

When he was taken to the interrogation room of the Criminal Department, he felt that something was wrong. Although Li Shimin said that he wanted to investigate some people who had close relations with King Qi, this should be an interrogation, not a forced confession, so what was brought to the interrogation room?

Through the blazing torches on all sides of the interrogation chamber and the bonfire in the center, he could clearly see the torture instruments hanging from the dark red patches on the walls, as well as the wooden stakes that stood upright and the iron chains the thickness of two fingers that were wound around them

Seeing this, Su Gan Chengji's heart couldn't help but feel cold.

"You're the Gang Chengji?" After entering the torture room, this Su Gan Chengji heard a voice say.

When he looked around, he saw a figure sitting in the corner. It was from this man's mouth that the words spoke.

"It's the foundation of the Gang Cheng below! I don't know ......" But before he could finish his sentence, the man shouted, "Take it!" ”

In an instant, several jailers of the Criminal Department pulled out their horizontal knives and pointed them at Su Gan Chengji.

And when that Gan Chengji entered the criminal department, the saber on his body was confiscated, and in the face of these bright horizontal knives, he took a deep breath and asked: "This lord, why did you take it down?" ”

"Hmph, why? Just because you were ordered by the crown prince to assassinate Guo Zhining and His Royal Highness the King of Wei one after another, and colluded with Li You to plot rebellion! Shouldn't you be taken for such a crime? Left and right, take this guy! ”

Su Gan Chengji's face changed, and he looked around, but he sighed gloomily, and did not resist, letting these jailers who raised horizontal knives take him down.

"Your Excellency, you must be mistaken! He is the guard of the East Palace, and he is usually responsible for handling chores, so how could he assassinate Lord Yu and His Royal Highness King Wei? And I've only met with that Li You a few times, so I can't talk about any close relationship at all! As he let the jailers tie him up, one said to the man in the corner in an innocent tone.

The people in the corner smiled coldly: "Hehe, I won't fight with you about this!" My duty is to interrogate you, not to discern what you've done! As long as you tell everything as it is, then everyone is happy! You don't have to be tortured! ”

Hearing the "torture", Su Gan Chengji's body couldn't help but stiffen. However, he still insisted and said: "This lord, there is really nothing to talk about here, how can I say it?" Besides, the villain is not talented, and he can be regarded as the prince's confidant, if you use torture, the prince will be very angry when he sees the scars on his lower body! ”

In the end, he took out the crown prince as a shield to deter everyone.

However, the black shadow smiled faintly: "As long as there are no scars on the body, won't you be able to see it?" Speaking of this, Zhang Yunwen's words suddenly became serious, and he pointed to the jailers and said, "You are waiting to find some people, gather six people, and then give me to interrogate this person in turns day and night!" Remember, you can't torture, you can't let him sleep, you can't let him drink water and eat! And keep asking these questions, keep repeating, and don't say a word to him in between! Have you ever understood? ”

When the jailers heard the Black Shadow's idea, they couldn't help but look at each other. However, remembering the identity of this black shadow, he still bowed down at the same time: "Oh! ”

"Alright, you guys do it first, and I'll come back in three days!" The shadow stood up and walked slowly out.

Out of the interrogation room, and then the light outside gradually thickened, and I could see this person's face clearly, who was it if it wasn't that Yunwen?

Three days later, when Zhang Yunwen came to the prison of the Criminal Department and wanted to see how the interrogation was going, he met Liu Dewei with a heavy face at the entrance of the Criminal Department.

"Big things are wrong! Master Zhang! As soon as he saw Zhang Yunwen, Liu Dewei hurriedly shouted.

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he chuckled: "Could it be that Gan Chengji hasn't confessed yet?" ”

Liu Dewei shook his head: "No, this Gan Chengji couldn't stay up in the early hours of the morning, so he recruited it!" However, the old man found a shocking event in this confession! “