Volume III Chapter 26 Punishment
The celebration banquet lasted until the end of the ceremony, and although Zhang Bin repeatedly restrained himself, he still drank a little high.
However, instead of returning to the backyard to rest, he went to the prison behind the dining hall.
He was going to interrogate Chen Eryi overnight and force this guy to find out about his corruption as soon as possible.
After all, Chen Eryi is the commander of Zheng Erpin, even if he doesn't have Wei Zhongxian's backing behind his back, Zhang Bin can't just get rid of him, if you want to get rid of him, you must have enough crimes.
Zhang Bin believes that this guy's ass is definitely not clean, and if he is really an honest and honest official, he will definitely not be in the same stream as the eunuchs.
The officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty can be said to have rotted to the roots, and the honest and honest ones do not mean that there are none, but it is really difficult to find one in the eunuch party.
Zhang Bin also knew that the eunuchs would definitely not let their people arrest themselves, and within a few days, someone would come to question them and even force them to release them.
Only by forcing out this guy's corruption and perversion of the law can he hold the eunuch party and delay time, otherwise, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep his position as governor!
Chen Eryi naturally knew that someone would come to rescue him soon, so when he saw Zhang Bin entering the prison, he was not only not afraid, but threatened: "Boy, you know that you are afraid, let me go quickly, otherwise, once it reaches the ears of the factory minister, you will die." ”
Zhang Bin burped, pretended to be frightened, held his chest and said, "Oh, I'm so scared." ”
No one in the Ming Dynasty had ever seen this routine at this time, Chen Eryi really thought that Zhang Bin was afraid, and he couldn't help but say arrogantly: "Then don't you hurry up and let Lao Tzu go!" ”
Oh, it's getting more and more arrogant, Zhang Bin put his face on the board and said coldly: "You'd better be honest, otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind." “
When Chen Eryi heard this, he said impatiently: "What is there to explain, you quickly let Lao Tzu go!" “
Zhang Bin was also impatient, he shouted directly: "Come on, tie him to the pillar." ”
Outside, Zhang Cha and Zhao Ru heard this, and immediately ran in with a bundle of ropes, and they quickly set up Chen Eryi on the ground, dragged him to the wooden pillar against the wall, and tied him to the wooden pillar like a zongzi.
There is no execution frame in the county government, just a standing wooden pillar, and tying it up means that it is going to be tortured.
This frightened Chen Eryi, and he said in a panic: "The surname is Zhang, you dare to torture me?" ”
Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "Don't dare, come here, bring up the torture tools." ”
said that he didn't dare to use torture and let people take torture tools, isn't this guy drunk, Chen Eryi shouted in fright: "Hey, hey, hey, surnamed Zhang, oh no, Lord Zhang, what do you want to do?" ”
Zhang Bin said impatiently: "I'll let you explain honestly, didn't you understand?" ”
Chen Eryi was really a little scared, and he hurriedly asked, "Master Zhang, what do you want me to explain?" ”
Zhang Bin said coldly: "Don't you know what you've done yourself?" I'll be honest with me, or else, huh. ”
It turned out that he was asking himself to confess the crime, just kidding, confessing that he was not in trouble, he said stubbornly: "I have nothing to confess, you have to think clearly, I am a second-class official of the imperial court, if you dare to torture me, you will die." ”
At this time, Wang Er had already brought up the torture instrument, and Zhang Bin waved his hand directly: "Put it in front of him, open it for him to see." ”
It turned out that Wang Er was holding a delicate wooden box, which seemed to be the kind used to hold worship posts, what kind of torture tools could be put in it, even Chen Eryi couldn't help but look at the wooden box.
Wang Er directly lifted the wooden box in front of him and slowly opened it.
The contents of the box were very ordinary, and underneath was a thick white cloth with a few goose feathers, a few embroidery needles and a few rusty nails on it!
Needles should be used to prick people, Chen Eryi only felt numb all over his body, and the taste of being pricked by needles was uncomfortable.
What are those goose feathers and rusty nails for?
Without Chen Eryi asking, Zhang Bin picked up a goose feather and introduced: "This is for you to tickle, where you itch, I will scratch you, for example, ears and eyes, soles of feet or something." “
, it's so poisonous, it can't itch people to death.
Zhang Bin picked up another embroidery needle and introduced: "Needless to say, just find a thick place to tie it, it won't leave any scars anyway, right?" “
Chen Eryi was already breaking out in a cold sweat, if Zhang Bin used these two torture tools, then even if he had been punished, no one could see that he was definitely in vain.
Zhang Bin picked up a rusty nail again and said gloomily: "This, I hope I can't use it, you should know the six gentlemen of Donglin, right?" “
When Chen Eryi heard this, his face instantly turned pale, of course he knew that the six gentlemen of Donglin knew that Gonggong Wei had people use rusty nails to drive them into their ears and nail them to death!
I heard that Yang Lian's hard bones were nailed to both ears and he was not dead, and he was nailed to death from the forehead in the end!
He trembled with fright and said, "You, you dare to kill me? You don't want to live anymore! ”
Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "How could I kill you, there is really no way, I can only let you escape from prison, as for where you escaped, I don't know." Don't worry, I'll help you get the charges ready before you escape. ”
Zhang Bin meant this, there was really no choice but to kill him, fabricate criminal evidence, and then destroy the corpse!
Literati generally do not use these shameless and cruel methods, but these methods have been used by Wei Gonggong, and Chen Eryi is really not sure if Zhang Bin will do the same.
Seeing that this guy was still hesitating, Zhang Bin immediately took a nail and probed in his ear: "I heard that the six gentlemen of Donglin were not nailed to death at once, Gonggong Wei asked them to nail it slowly, nail it slowly, nail it for a while, wait for someone to stop screaming and go to nail it again, I heard that the longest nail lasted for six days before dying of pain, Lord Chen, you say, can you hold on for a few days?" ”
When Chen Eryi heard this, he trembled all over, and he was directly scared.
Zhang Bin smelled the fishy smell, looked down, and then he raised his head and said viciously: "Lord Chen, you won't force me, right?" If there is really no way, I can only take a risk, because, I have already arrested you, if you are not guilty, then I am guilty, for the sake of the future, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
Chen Eryi finally collapsed, and he cried: "Master Zhang, don't be like this, I'll recruit, I'll recruit anything." ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then shouted: "Come here, pen and ink are waiting." ”
Outside, Sun Biao and others immediately brought in a table with pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then Wu Shiqi knelt on the ground, picked up the brush, and stared at Chen Eryi.
Chen Eryi originally wanted to hide something, but Zhang Bin suddenly held a nail and shook it in front of his eyes and said: "Lord Chen, don't you want to hide anything or deceive me, everything you say, I will order someone to verify, and I will torture the two commanders under you, if I find out that you lied to me, or deliberately concealed something, then this nail may slowly crawl into your ears." ”
At this time, where did Chen Eryi dare to hide anything, he poured beans into a bamboo tube, and recruited all the bad things he had done.
What falsely reported the number of guards, swallowed the military fields, and enslaved the guards to farm for him to make money;
what accepted bribes and arbitrarily promoted officials at all levels of the Fujian Bank's capital department;
What bribes Wu Chunfu and Wei Zhongxian made to sit in the position of commander;
What bullying men and women, careless disregard for human life, lawlessness in the jurisdiction, and so on.
One by one, the more you talk about it, the more you say, it's shocking.
Is this still human? If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't bear it by killing the second-grade members of the imperial court without permission, Zhang Bin really wanted to slaughter this guy now!