Just when the three waves of people rushed to Kaifeng, the situation in the capital began to deteriorate.

More and more officials followed Shangshu to impeach Li Xiu. It's not that Li Xiu is hated, but that those people think they guessed Zhu Youzhen's thoughts.

Cheng Liangjun's inspection direction attracted their attention. No matter how you look at this, everyone is going to Kaifeng, if it weren't for Li Xiu's case, a fool would believe it!

Hey, since the current saint really wants to kill Li Xiu, how can they, as courtiers, not worry about the king?

At this moment, there was one person who finally couldn't sit still, and he was Yang Sichang!

Yang Sichang got off the court today, so he rushed straight to the Qianqing Palace and asked to see Zhu Youzhen alone.

When Zhu Youzhen saw him coming, he thought that he had something to report on military intelligence, but he didn't expect that he was here to offer advice for Li Xiu's case.

"What good way does Yang Qing have to find out about this case?"

"Your Majesty, I think this case is not difficult at all. Li Xiu refused to confess, so he arrested his cronies and subordinates, and as long as they were interrogated, they should be able to confide the truth. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned when he heard this, this can be regarded as a feasible method. Li Xiu usually does things, and it is impossible to do it himself, but the people around him may know some inside information.

But it seems far-fetched to convict him on the basis of a confession alone.

Yang Sichang could naturally guess his thoughts, and he had already prepared a set of words: "Your Majesty, since he is suspected of rebellion, you don't need to be too merciful." This kind of case that endangers society has always been strictly investigated and handled. ”

Zhu Youzhen lightly jawed, and agreed with Yang Sichang's words very much.

Rebellion, rebellion, and rebellion have never been tolerated by kings throughout the ages. The principle of holding has always been to kill mistakes rather than let them go!

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, and asked Cao Huachun on the side, "Who are Li Xiu's henchmen?" ”

"This"

As soon as Cao Huachun groaned, he met Zhu Youzhen's cold gaze, and hurriedly replied: "There are two people in charge of the Li family, one should be surnamed Sun, and the other is not very clear. ”

"Then send an edict to Dongchang and put these two people in prison for interrogation." Zhu Youzhen gave the order without hesitation.

"Yes!"

Cao Huachun answered, and sent someone to Dongchang to deliver the message. He was secretly anxious in his heart, if he really tortured those two followers to extract confessions, I am afraid that there would be nothing in the first place, and it would be like it.

Previously, he had taken great care of Li Xiu. Now looking at the emperor's attitude, if he didn't even use the two subordinates to use the big punishment, I am afraid that even the people of Dongchang would have to suffer.

Cao Huachun sighed secretly in his heart: "Alas, Master Li, our family can't help you anymore, so you can ask for more blessings!" ”

"Bang Bang"

The cell door opened, and Li Xiu saw the two people who were escorted in, and it was Sun Ming and Han Lin.

Perhaps it was deliberately arranged by Wang Zhixin, and the two were locked in a cell not far from Li Xiu, where they could see each other and talk to each other.

Isn't that asking me to collude?

No, it's better not to trust the eunuch too much, otherwise if you really miss something, it's completely finished!

"Childe, are you alright?"

As soon as the jailers retreated, Sun Ming and Han Lin leaned on the edge of the fence and asked with concern.

Li Xiu shook his head and said with a light smile: "I'm fine, you have to worry about yourself." ”

The two of them were stunned when they heard this, and it took a moment to understand what Li Xiu meant. I let people be arrested in the edict prison, but it's not just locked up.

Seeing the whip marks on Li Xiu's body, they could already imagine that they would be punished even more cruelly.

Sun Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, Childe, even if I crush my teeth, I won't hurt you." ”

Han Lin was naturally not far behind, and said solemnly: "It's a big deal, and I, Han Lin, will not betray my son!" ”

Li Xiu shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not a matter of death, those punishments will make your life worse than death." If you really can't bear it, then recruit it. ”

"Childe also thinks too much of me, is my grandson the kind of person who sells his lord for glory?"

Sun Ming's eyes widened suddenly, and his volume increased a lot. He thought that Li Xiu's words were testing himself, and this feeling of not being trusted made him feel very uncomfortable.

Han Lin felt that something was wrong when he heard this, and Li Xiu didn't need to test them at all, because this would not change anything.

After a while, he raised his head: "Childe is"

Sun Ming also reacted at this time, yes, Li Xiu has always trusted himself very much, how could he test himself at this time?

Li Xiu stretched out his index finger and put it on his lips. Then, he pointed in the direction of his side with his thumb, raised his voice and said: "Mine is true, few people can withstand the eighteen punishments of Dongchang, I really can't stand it, just recruit it, I won't blame you." ”

After a pause, he looked at the two of them and continued: "Besides, I haven't done anything rebellious, and you can't suffer this flesh and skin for me. ”

When saying the words "great rebellion", Li Xiu deliberately accentuated his tone and paused for a while. He believed that the two people in front of him could understand what he meant.

After thinking about it for a while, Han Lin and Sun Ming really understood that they couldn't do anything rebellious, that is, they had to confess some sins.

Seeing the two of them nodding lightly at him, Li Xiu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, the people who use it themselves are not stupid people. Otherwise, it's not easy to make a confession without showing up.

After thinking about it, he added uneasily: "I really can't bear it, so I really don't have to bear it." ”

The three words "can't bear it" are deliberately emphasized.

In fact, this kind of thing is not very easy to grasp. If you recruit easily, then people will definitely think that you have not finished recruiting, and the punishment will be even harsher, and you will only give up after you have been cleaned up.

But if you keep gritting your teeth and holding up, and only when you reach a certain level will you be willing to "show the truth", you can play a role in paralyzing the opponent. With great difficulty, they dug up a useful confession, and when they were at ease, they went on to punish you casually, and when they saw that you didn't come up with anything else, they wouldn't torture you endlessly.

This is a very subtle psychological change in people. In addition to the opponent, Li Xiu also calculated the psychology of the two cronies' subordinates.

With a buffer, it is impossible for a person's psychological defense line to be too strong. Anyway, I have all my masters, so I can recruit some inconsequential things.

Then they will not carry it for too long in the process of being tortured. But I hinted that they were carrying more, what should I do?

In the end, they will have a compromise in mind. When they do what they need to do, they won't speak easily.

Li Xiu believes that there is no problem with the loyalty of these two people.

Of course, this is actually a reluctant and even risky move. After all, there are very few people who can really survive the sentence in prison without collapsing.

But what if you don't?

Zhu Youzhen can arrest Sun Ming and Han Lin, but if he can't get anything useful, he may have to arrest Xu Jiang and Fang Ning next. Although the people of Jinyiwei don't know what they have done related to rebellion. (To be continued.) )

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